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Men Crotehety Mt breakfast.

"If walters had their way, men would
not be permitted in a restaurant before
the dinner hour, or at least before
lunch" said the proprietor of a cafe on
upper Broadway.
"Why? Simply because they are SO
cross at breakfast. No, it isn't the
question of tips altogether, although
never saw waiter refuse a quarter.
But the fact is men are crotchety be-
fore they get their breakfast. If they
have to wait five minutes, it seems an
hour to them, and even the morning
paper seems to lose its charms unless
breakfast is on the table. There Is no
meal in the day where the walters get
so many kicks as they do at break
fast, and the men are always more i'll
tempered than the women. New York
prass
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PIctnrea and the Eye.

Sir Thomas Lawrence, an eminent
English painter and president Of the
Royal academy, commended the pic
lures Of young artist and then said
to him: you have around your room
two or three rough, clever, but coarse
Flemish sketches. II l were you,
would not allow my eye to become IA
miliarized with any but the highest
forms Of art. II you cannot afford to
buy good oil paintings, buy good en-
cravings of great pictures, or have
nothing at all upon your walls.
You allow, in intercourse with your
fellows, that evil communications cor
rupt good manners SO Is it with pic
lures If you allow your eye to become
familiar with what is vulgar in con-
ception, however free and dashing the
handling and however excellent the
feeling for color, your taste will insen-
sibly become depraved. Whereas, If
you habituate your eye to look only
on what is pure and grand or refined
and lovely, your taste will insensibly
become elevated"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-09
TiMlDITY AND TALENT.
A LncL of Courage Is the Death or
Great Deal of Ability.

LncL of Courage Is the Death on
Great Deal of Ability.
A great deal of talent is lost to the
world for the want Of little courage.
Every day sends to their graves num-
Der of obscure men who have only re-
manned obscure because their timidlty
has prevented them from making nrst
effort and who, If they could have been
induced TO begin, would in all proDa-
bility have gone great lengths In the
career of fame. The fact is that TO do
anything in this world worth doing we
must not stand shivering on the brink
and thinking Of the cold and danger,
but lump in and scramble through as
well as we can. 1t will not do to be
perpetually calculating risks and ad-
justing nice chances. 1t did very well
before the flood, when a man could
consult his friends upon an intended
scheme for hundred and fifty years
and then live to see its success for SIX
or seven centuries afterward. But at
present a man waits and doubts and
hesitates and consults his brother and
his uncle and his first cousins and par
ticular friends till one fine day he hnds
that he is sixty-fve years of age; that
he has lost so much time in consulting
first cousins and particular friends that
he has no time left to follow their ad-
vice.-Sydney Smith on Courage In
the Use of Talent"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-09
OWEN MEREDITH.
A Dinner speech of His That ELECTED
HoyvIa OF Derfsfcn.

HovvIa of Derisicn.
once sat at banquet given In Lon
don by Wilson Barrett TO Lawrence
Barrett, says a writer in an English
magazine. Earl Lytton presided, a
curled. oiled, effeminate, supercilious
fop. lie had a Roman tragedy to sell to
Wilson Barrett. That was why he
came.
He eulogized Wilson Barrett In a
speech. 81 believe" he said, that MI
Barrett won some success with piece
called consulting his notes. The Lights
of London l suppose it was the work
of some dramatic hack" George Sims
sat facing him and never said word
Then his lordship went drawing on:
II next find on the list of Mr.. Barretts
successes something called The Silver
King Here again l know nothing OF
the authorship. The names OF those
dramatic carpenters do not interest
me-" At which Henry Arthur Jones
glared and flush came into the face or
poor blind Henry Herman.
FINALLY" said Lord Lytton, MIR.
Wilson Barrett has placed on his
boards what he humorously calls Ro-
man tragedy. l refer to 'Claudian,' at
trlbuted to one W. G. Wills, Of whom
have never heard" This was too much
for the banQueters. All of them were
personally acquainted with lrvings
net poet, the modest Wills. So they
howled derisively.
And Earl Lytton's tragedy, produced
q month later, was a dismal failure.
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African Natives and Salt.

To obtain salt the Bakalulua and 9th
er African natives burn banana leaves
and certain grasses and, collecting the
ashes. place them in large funnel in
geniously made from large banana
leaves. Through this they percolate
water and then evapOrate the filtered
water by boiling, obtaining a fairly
white salt composed Of very small
amount Of chloride of sodium and a
very large amount of chlOrate of potash
and other salts Prior to the advent Of
the traders and the missionaries this
was the only salt they had to satisfy
the natural craving of a vegetable eat
ing people.
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SOME QUAINT ENGLISH.
Portuguese Idea of the Language In
IA Hook of "Lenrnlng."

n Book of ''Lenrnlng."
A book as amusing as il is rare Is in
the library Of WissAhickon student.
The work is called 20 Nova Guia da
Conversacao." II is supposed to IN
struct the Portuguese in English con-
versation, and the following. a dia-
logue headed For TO Ride Horse IS
the kind of English conversation 1t sup
plies: =,
Here is a horse who have a bad
looks. Give mi another; will not that
He not sail know to march, he is pursy,
be is foundered Don't you are ashamed
TO give me a jade as like? He is und-
shoed, he is with nails up; it want to
lead to the farrier."
An anecdote in the book is:
"A day came a man TO consult TINS
philosopher for to know at o'clock it
was one TO eat If thou art rich, told
him eat when you shall wish; If you
are poor, when you may do.
In the preface the most elegant par
agraph is the following:
I'VE expect tneH, WHO 'liV H''iV ONVi>
flor the care what we wrote him, ana
for her typographical correction that
may be worth the acceptation Of the
studious persons. and especially of the
youth. at which we dedicate him par
ticularly."
The authors of this strange volume
are Jose da Fonseca and Pedro Caro-
limo. 1t would be interesting to know
where Pedro and Jose learned" Eng
hsh.-Philadelphi Record.
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The Missionary Apple Tree.

In the rectOry garden OF Pysford, near
Working, England, there stands what
is Familiarity known as the missionary
apple tree. The tree is large one and
Of a good age and has been so named
for the reason that for many years
past it has been the custom Of the rec
tor of the parish to collect the fruit
sell it in the best market and devote
the proceeds to the missionary socie-
ties of the Church of England. Quite a
large sum of money has been raised
in this way, and the apples, which are
of the Blenheim orange variety, always
find a ready sale at excellent prices
among the gentry and farmers Of the
district
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RIazed Her Way.

There is a story about Alaska and its
people in which is mentioned a man
who chose bride from among some OF
the Indian tribes up toward the Chill
coot pass. He took her to a large city,
Montreal, perhaps, and left her In
splendid hotel while he went out to see
some one about dog. She missed him
sadly. She sat at the window looking
out on the street four stories below.
Solitude became intolerable. She de-
eided to find her husband. There was
an elevator, but she didn't care for It,
Softly as moccasins could carry her sne
issued forth. When she had gone out,
a bellboy saw queer marks on the bal
listers and doorcasings. The lndlan
bride had blazed her way with toma-
hawk so that she could find her way
back. The Indian bride was merely
living up to her education, for it is very
necessary to know how to blaze tran
In Alaska.
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A CATS STAGE TRAINING.
The Simple Way In which Puss Wa
Made to Play Her Part.

Made to Play Her Part.
at often happens" said Mr.. DaviI
Belasco while talking about some q
the mechanical effects used in "Th'
Darling of the Gods" that tricks q
the simplest description arouse tn
popular wonder and curiosity to tn
greatest extent, while on the othe
hand the most original, delicate an
daring work passes unnouced BY q
save professional experts. A grea
many years ago. when was learni1
the business Of mounting and produ,
ing plays, l introduced a cat Int
Hearts Of Oak'-the play that mad
the late James A. Herne famous. w
had q live baby in the play, too, whid
excited a tremendous amount of Intel
est. but | think the cat created mon
talk and wonder because every one
familiar with the habits Of that df
nestle animal and knows how difficu
It is to teach one to perform even tn
simplest trick.
every night at certain cue tht
cat came on the stage, walked acrof
to the fireplace, stretched herself aH
then lay down in front Of the blazing
hearth, for we burned real fire in ga.
log In order to make the scene more
realistic and natural. The cat did hfr
part so easily and naturally that she
frequently got round Of applause,
and II always happened that before we
had played three nights in town the
most popular topic Of conversation
was, How did you ever train that cat
to come on the stage, stretch herself
and lie down in front of the firer
might after night the cat took her
cue and went through her little act TO
the wonder and delight Of all behold
ers. 1t really seemed like remark
able performance on her part; but,
after all, her education was a very
simple matter. A few minutes before II
was time for her to go on we used to
put her in a basket just large enough
to hold her comfortably without CIV
ing her n chance to change her posi-
ton and then leave her in cool place
in the cellar. At the proper time she
was brought upstairs and released In
the entrance in time to answer her cue.
or course she walked across the stage
to where the fire was burning, and
when she got there what was there to
do except to stretch herself as meas
ure of relief after her cramped posi-
ton in the basket and then lie down In
the warmth of the blazing log? The
fact is, it would have been very diff
cult indeed to train her TO do anything
else under the circumstances."-S
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Odd definitions,

Amusing and ridiculous answers TO
examination questions are fairly COM
mon in graded public schools every
where, | suppose" said a teacher at a
public institution for the higher educa-
ton Of the colored race, but an ex-
ample recently handed in by girl at
least eighteen years Of age surpasses
anything Of this kind have heard yet.
being required to define the word
1.-THE and compose sentence show
ing its use, her paper read: 'Tithe,
something that binds. love, friendship.
"Blest be the 1.-THE that binds"
"a scarcely less amusing answer was
given by another pupil:
"Upbraid, to braid up. She up
braided her hair TO lift up. They
upbraided their hero who was dead
with their bayonets.' ,"
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Superstition About Cats.

In the Monferrato 1t Is believed tnat
all the cats who wander about upon
the roofs during the month of Febru-
airy are really witches, whom 1t Is law
full and even necessary TO shoot A
German superstition has 1t that If a
black cat sits upon the bed Of SICK
man 1t is a presage Of his death, While
il after his deceasc it is seen upon his
grave 1t is enough to arouse doubts as
70 the locality to which his soul mas
departed. In Hungary it is thought
that cats generally become witches be-
tween the ages Of seven and twelve
years. A French belief concerning the
eat is that If the animal be carried In
q cart and the wind blow from 1t to
the horses they Immediately fall tired.
If any part Of the horscman's clothing
be made Of cats skin. the horse VIII
feel as though it carried a double bur
den. In other countries, however, SUI
perstition is favorable rather than adj
verse to the cat. A variant of the IA
nous story Of the Kilkenny cats Is
found In Piedmont, the cats being,
however replaced by wolves.
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keeninr Track of Shinn.

In the course of a year more than O
dozen pOnderOus books are filed at
LlOyd's with nothing but the names OF
ships, their captains and the dates on
which they touch and leave port. Ev-
cry known vessel in the world Of more
than 100 tons register has its record in
them, and the underwriters can easily
turn to the name of any British or for
eign ship and tell approximately where
she is at the mOment-LOndOn Tit-Bits.
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"Give Him the Sack"

Two noblemen in the reign OF Maxi
milan If.-one a German, the other a
Spaniard-who had each rendered a
great service to the emperor, asked the
hand of his daughter in marriage.
Macmillan said that, Us he esteemed
them both alike, it was impossible to
choose between them, and therefore
their own prowess must decide 1t; but,
being unwilling to risk the loss Of ell
Their by engaging them in deadly COM
bat. be ordered large sack brought
and declared that he who should put
his rival into it should have his fair
Helena. And this whimsical combat
was actually performed in the presence
Of the imperial court and lasted an
hour. The unhappy Spanish nobleman
was first overcome, and the German
succeeded in enveloping him in the
sack, took him upon his back and laid
him at the emperor's feet. This comical
combat is said to be the origin Of the
phrase "Give him the sack" so common
in the literature of counting.
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Insect Temperature.

The body temperature OF insects, un-
like that Of mammals, varies greatly.
A recent investigator, P. Bachmetjew,
finds that when the insect Is at rest the
temperature is near that of the sur
rounding air, but that it rises rapidly
with active movements. The tempera-
ture endurance Of insects proves to be
about the same as that Of plants. The
species tried were immovable at 81 de-
grees F., began to move the wings at
about SO degrees, commenced to buzz
at GS degrees, showed signs Of uneasi-
ness at 1O4 degrees and died at 113 de-
grees.
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A Vcry Old Hat,

Among the treasures in the safe Gus
tody of Corpus Christi college, Oxford
is an old, old hat which was found in
an Egyptian tomb and must date back
at least 5000 years.
Its simplicity Of make has been its
safeguard, for it has no nap or perish
able trimmings. such as moths might
corrupt. 1t is closely akin to what is
now known as a panama straw hat and
is of such excellent quality that II can
be folded or crushed without any harm
to its appearance. 1t is also quite as
we'll adapted for practical use now as
it was in the days Of the pharaohs.
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LIFE AT WEST POINT.
An Example of How the Cadets Are
Made to EconOmize.

An Example of How the cadets Are
Made to EconOmize.
The cadets at the Military academy
at West Point are not favored rs are
often the students in colleges and uni.
versities who have wealthy parents
that Is, they are not furnished with an
unlimited amount of cash TO buy "eX'
tras" for rooms, clothes and luNurieS.
All the cadets stand on the same foot
ing and receive $500 year, plus the
Communication of rationS amounting TO
S1O9.50 a year. However, with proper
economy this yearly allowance is suid-
cient for the support of cadet.
The army cadet who goes to the Mill
tary academy with spcndthrift habits
soon receives a decided and severe
check. AS an instance, a cadet some
time ago went 10 the superintendent
for an order for four shirts, but the
superintendent peremptorily refused to
give his approval. The young man was
sorely in need, and he attempted to
convince his superior Of the fact The
latter took up the CADET account pooh
and perusing it couple of moments
threw it back to him, saying, Il have
no doubt you are in great need of these
shirts or you would not present this or
der, but you are iii debt, and there's no
excuse for you" The young cadet,
with tears starting in his eyes and Il
trembling voice, responded: But, colo
mel, am almost destitute Of changes OF
clothing. l have only one shirt to my
back, and that is a fatigue jacket"
The colonel was immovable and sim
ply said as he dismissed the cadet from
his presence, "Well, Mr.. -, would
advise you to wear that fatigue Jacket
until you get out Of debt, but be care
full that you can pass muster at the In
spection. New York Tribune.
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Life Saving Devices.

Mimicry among butterflies, moths
and other insects would be comic were
il not a matter Of life or death. Not a
few moths have at the hinder ends OF
their wings black mark and two or
more tails resembling the horns of their
own heads. 4 veteran In warfare not
seldom has these portions missing d
proof of the value in having saved his
life. Thus the lizards brittle tail,
which. first attracting the enemy,
comes off at his touch, lets his would
be prey escape. When at bay, crabs
distract the enemy by throwing or
their claws. and Holsters do the trick
more neatly by Selling the enemy with
q claw and then throwing off limb and
enemy. Thus the bushy tail OF the
squirrel is accounted for. There Is
chance Of escaping the enemy minus
only mouthful of fur.
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A Soldiers Strange. Death.

find the following singular incident
in the old Atlanta Intelligencer:
after the fight near Drewry's BLUM
on Monday last surgeon who was
searching the field for the wounded,
that he might administer to their needs,
observed a man in kneeling position,
with his gun to his shoulder pointed to
the front, his left eye closed and hav-
ing all the appearance of life. Upon
examination he was found to be dead,
a ball having passed through his brain
at the moment when, resting on his
left knee, he had taken sight at the
foe. 1t is very remarkable that, SO
rigid was the corpse, some force was
required to remove the gun from bis
grasp. He proved to be a member OF
the Twenty-ninth Virginia regiment
Of infantry."-Atlanta Constitution.
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Small, but Perfect.

In sour paste, vinegar, the melt OF a
Goldfish, or even In water in which de-
cayed vegetables have been infused the
microscope reveals animalcules Qitte
animals) so small that millions OF them
would not equal a common grain OF
wheat in bulk. And yet nature with
singular prodigality has supplied many
of these minute creatures with organs
as complete and perfect as those OF a
whale or an elephant. In a single
ounce of such matter there are more
living creatures than there are human
beings on the face Of the globe.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-05-09
A Lincoln Story.

Abraham Lincoln had a rule for
evading difficulties. At cabinet meet
ing one day. it is related, Mr. Seward
jokingly remarked, Mr.. President, 1
hear that you turned out for a cOlored
woman on a muddy crossing the other
day" Il don't remember" answered
Lincoln musingly. but | think it very
likely. l have always made it rule
that if people won't turn out for me
l will for them. If | didn't, there
might be a collision"
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nhnre Are Executions.

"Do you mean to say" she inquired
Indignantly, that there never was a
woman who could keep secret"
ooh not at ALL" he protested earnest
". 'To the contrary, there was Lots
wife. who never up to the present day
has revealed what she saw when she
stopped to take a farewell glance at
the town she was leaving. Syracuse
Joro III
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Strawberries. Strawberries,
Crates are now in Season.

One of the most novel as we'll as
substantial strawberry crate now on
the market is made by the Green
bush Mfg. Co., at Greenbush, Va,
their postofice Is Parksley, Va. One
important point which all growers OF
berries will appreciate is In the fact.
that they are putting. thirty..three
baskets In every crate thereby insur-
ing plenty OF cups. This Is home
industry and is worthy OF the pat
ronage of the public. All parties
using crates will do well to write the
above named firm for prices which
they will find in keeping with things
In general.
They also wish to express their ap,,
probation OF all past favors granted
them and kindly solicit a continuance
OF the same. They cordially invite
the public to visit their works at
Greenbush, Va, where they will re-
ceive hearty welcome and be shown
the many details Of manufacture In
connection with q strawberry crate.
Greenbush Mfg. Co.
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"f" Stops for passengers on signal
or notice to conductor.
SC" Stops only to let of passengers
from Cape Charles and points South,
and take on passengers for points
North of Delmar.
SD" Stops only to let of passen-
gers from points North of Delmar,
ard take on passengers for Cape
Charles and points South.
Trains 81 and SO will stop at all
station. on Sunday for local passen.
GERS, Oh signal or notice to conductor
&. d. cooke, ]. q. Rodgers,
Traffic Manager, Supt
Norfolk, Va. Cape Charles, Va
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InSenRrahle Words.

Say" asked the red faced man in
the hotel writing room. How do you
spell 'unmitiSatedT
why" replied the stranger next to
him, Its u-n-m-i-t-say, my friend, l
wouldn't advise you to call a man a
liar of any sort in a letter You'll get
yourself in trouble" - Philadelphia
PrpSS
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III. SocinI Repetitions.

you say his wife had him arrested
Tor repeating? | didn't know she took
my interest in political electionsT
In political elections"
ayes. didn't you say she accused him
of repeating?"
"Yes. Bigamy"-Catholic STANDARD
and Times
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A Born GrOwler.

Flows all the fOlks|
"All we'll, but-the measles is In the
neighborhOod."
well, you orter be thankful you're
alvin"
81 reckon so, but-we've all got to
Atlanta Constitution.
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Souie Comfort.

Bicycles, sir. Sad case. Man who
built this house of mine just got 1t FIN
ished when he died.
Wigg-Well, it might have been
worse. He might have had to live in
it.-ToWn and Country.
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More to the Point.

The Parson-I intend to pray hat
you may forgive Casey for haung
thrown that brick at you.
The Patiept-Mebbe yer riv'rence uo
be saving tonne If ye'd just walt till
OF Git we'll an then pray fer Case
Brooklyn Lie.
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On the sh ore.

.How sweet 1t would be to live alone
with you In yonder lighthouse" DO
whispered, tenderly.
Eyes" she murmured abstractedV,
land do Light housekeepins."-Smsf'
GOT
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Too Far TO Walk.

Leading Lady tof defunct opera ON
pany)-I wonder If We'll ever be ible
to fly.
Manager-Well, that's about the nly
possible way we'll ever be able toget
home.
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The ReDenfcr.

Jim-Would you call man who
steals another mans funny stories or
his plots and uses them literary
thief?
Jams-No. l would call him a second
story man.-Baltimor Herald.