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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-25
OWLS IN WINTER.
where They Hide and How they
Manage to Get Food.

where They Hide and How They
Manage to Get Food.
Owls are much COmmOner in winter
than one is led to believe by the occa-
sional specimens which are seen abroad
in the daytime. If we searched the
hollow trees Systematically any morn
ING, we should probably discover sever
al screech owls and perhaps some or
the larger species. We might be sur
prised to find some Of the screech Owls
red and others gray, and, like the ear
ly OrnithOlOgists. we might conclude
that the difference in color was due to
difference in age or sex. 1t is now
known that there are two distinct color
phases of this species not dependent on
either age or sex, though just what
they are dependent on is not yet known.
When taken from their retreats In
winter, these birds frequently teign
death, shutting their eyes and lying
perfectly still in the hand. BY and by,
when they find that their little ruse
does not succeed, they will snap their
bills and bite and scratch in a solemn
but very effective manner. How they
manage to get enough to eat on the
dark, cold nights is mystery to those
unacquainted with the woods; but, as
q matter of fact. there is more prey
abroad on winter nights than is gener-
ally supposed Wild mice are very nu-
merous. a fact which is attested by
their footprints on the newly fallen
snow, and owls are most expert mouse
catchers. Their hearing is so acute
that not a squeak escapes them, and
they themselves are so soft on the wing
that they do not alarm the game.-Wo-
mans Home Companion.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-25
WHEN THE SPAWN CAME.
1t Ended the Brilliant Career OF tire
Park Police Horse.


The fell rvom Greatness Of police
horse that had taken the blue ribbon Al
the national horse show Is told by
Sewcll Ford in "Horses Nine" as FOL
lows:
For a whole year Skipper was the
pride of the force. He was shown 10
visitors ut the stables he was patted
on the nose by tie mayor. The chier'
who was bigger man than the may
or. came up especially TO look at him.
In the park Skipper did his tricks ev-
cry day for ladies in fine dress. VINO
exclaimed. How perfectly wonderful!
as we'll as for pretty nursemaids who
c'~~loa and said. "Now. did you ever
see the likes O. that. NorahT
And then came the SPAWN. All, but
that was the beginning of the end!
Were you ever spawned? If so, you
know all about it. If you haven't BEEN
there's no use trying TO tell you. Rheu-
matism? Well. that may be bad, but
a SPAWN is worse.
For three weeks Reddy rubbed the
lump on the hook with stuff from q
brown bottle and hid 1t from the In
spector. Then one black morning the
lump was discovered That day Skip
per did not go out on post Reddy came
into the stall, put his arm around his
neck and said "Goodbyw in a voice
that Skipper had never heard him use
before. Something had made 1t thick
and husky. Very sadly Skipper saw
him saddle one of the newcomers and
60 out for duty.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-25
EIeDhant Love.

A pathetic story of intelligence and
affectionate sOlicitude of an elephant
comes from the Midnapur district In
Bengal.
A wild tusker and a younger animal
had done great damage to crops, and
the head man of the district, Bahia
Canaan Lal Malta, attempted to kill
them. He shot the larger animal in the
leg, disabling it, but not sufficiently
for any one to approach it.
For a month the animals fingered In
the district, the smaller one ministering
to the wants of its wounded compan-
ion, and by furious charges kept the
villagers at safe distance.
Twisting It's trunk about that of the
stricken brute, it uttered the most
mournful cries, famed the wound and
gave every evidence of acute distress
When the wounded elephant died, its
companion disappeared and has not
been seen since.-LOndOn Express.
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BiLLIMGDs FOR WOMEN.
According 10 shakespeare, Cleopatra
PlnS ID the Game.


Play ID the Game.
In France Il gentleman Is not ashamed
to take his wife TO see professional
billiard game. Frenchwomen are good
billiard players ana like to see all the
fancy shots made by professionals as
soon as they begin to attract attention.
They read the billiard news In the
daily Papers and subscribe to journals
published especially for billiardists.
According TO Shakespeare, women have
played billi..Is from the time Of Cleo
patra. In so Il. c. he makes the Egyp-
tian queen summon Chairman to BILL
lizards. Mary. queen of Scots, was pas
sionatcly fond of the game. On the
evening preceding her execution she
wrote to the archbishop of Glasgow
that her billiard table had been taken
away from her rs preliminary step
TO her punishment. The Empress Jo-
sephine used to rouse Napoleon from
his gloomy moods y Il game OF BILL
liards Adclina Patti became disgust
ed with her English table and had one
made in New York for which she paid
$500.
The efficacy of billiards as Il health
restorer is beyond dispute. The mo
tons gone through viii reach every
part of the body and operate on the en-
tire system. They completely dispel
languor and that tired feeling" The
tension of the muscles is tested and the
blood sent in swiftcr circulation through
the veins.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-25
WettinUn wheel.

Once when Chief Justice John Mar
shall was driving in Virginia he found
that the tire on one of his wheels was
loose and kept slipping off. He didn't
know a great deal about common az
fairs. for he had not lived much with
the common affairs Of life, but he did
know that wafer would tighten tire
ON a wheel. So he came to a little
branch and drove into it and got one
little section Of the wheel wet, then
drove out and backed his horse, and
the same part of the wheel went into
the water again, and he pulled back
and kept seesawing backward and for
ward. all the time getting the same
part of the wheel wet. While the judge
was bothering himself about how to
get the wheel wet negro came along
and, seeing the situation, told him to
back into the water again. He did 50
and the negro took hold Of the sp, Y
Of the wheel and, turning it around III
rectly, had it wet all around. Judge
Marshall said, "Well, l never thought
Of that" The darby replied, "Weil,
some men just nat'ly have more sense
than others anyhow"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-25
Historic bachelors.

Many eminent men whose names are
household words and who have left
their impress upon the world were
bachelors. Beethoven, Schubert, Bel
lini, Cinarosa and Donizetti, all great
German musical composers, were
bachelors. John G. Whittier, our
American poet, was a bachelor. Kant
the great philosopher; Erasmus, the
scholar and philosopher; Leibnitz. the
German mathematician; Humboldt
the philosopher; Galilei, who discover
ed the application Of the pendulum
and that the earth revolves; Hugens
the German astronomer who discover
ed Saturn's ring and one satellite; Lei
big, the chemist; DR.. Hahnemann, the
originator of homeopathy; DR.. Franz
Joseph Gall. the originator of phrenol'
ogy. and Guericke, the inventor OF the
air pump, were all bachelors.
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SUNDAY ~ OLD ENGLAND.
A Day of Feativiiy Under the Snno-
tiou of the King.


tion of the King.
For n considerable period prior to the
English revolution SUNDAY was day
of great festivity and high revelry In
the old country. Incredible though 1t
may appear, its observance was gov
erned and ordered by n paradoxical
royal declaration issued by James l.
This document Is generally known as
the Book of Sports" In its preamble
II recites royal rebuke administered
TO "some Purltanes and precise people
for prohibiting O. unlawful Furnishing
of Our good people for using their law
full Recreations and honest exercises
upon Sundayes and other holy days
after the afternoons sermon or service,
and then he refers TO 'the general
complaint of our people, that they were
barred from all lawful Recreation and
exercise upon the Sundayes afternoons,
which cannot but produce two evils,
the one the hindering of the conversion
of many. whom their priests Will take
occasion hereby to vexe, persuading
them that no honest mirth or recrea-
ton Is lawful or tollerable In our Re-
licion which cannot but breed great
discontment In our peoples hearts.
The other inconvenience Is that this
prohibition barreth the common and
meaner sort OF people from using such
exercises as may make their bodies
more able for Warre when we or our
successors shall have occasion to use
them
Then follows the royal mandate that
no lawful Recreation shall be barred to
our good People" and 1.-THE Bishop
and all other inferior Churchmen and
Churchwardens" and enjoined TO "bee
CAREFUL and diligent, both to instruct
the ignorant and convince and reforme
them that are misled In religion"
"Our pleasure likewise Is that the Blsh-
op of the Diocese take the like straight
order with all the Puritans and Preci-
slams within the same, either contrain-
inc them to conforme themselves or to
leave the country according to the
Lawes of Our Kingdome and Canons
of our Church" This declaration pro-
ceeds to define lawful Recreation as
Dancing, either men or women; arch-
erie for men, leaping, vaultlng or any
other such harmless Recreation. includ-
ING May games, Witsun-Ales and Nor
ris-dances and the setting up OF May
poles and other sports Herewith used
But withall wee doe here accompt still
as prohibited all unlawful games 10
be used upon Sundays onely. as Beare
and Bull baitings, Interludes and at all
times In the meaner sort OF People by
Law prohibited, Bowling" A penalty
was inflicted upon those who did not
ioin in the Sunday sports, and no one
could take part in them without nrs'
having attended divine service in the
parish church, which was also enforced
under pain of penalty.
In those days the clergyman would II
obedience to the royal decree. publicly
recite the Book Of Sports from the
pulpit. After divine service he viii
his churchwardens y would proceed
with the congregation TO the village
green. there to indulge in all kinds Of
.lawfull recreation" While the sports
were going on 1t was the custom FOL
the parson and his churchwardens L
retire to the adjoining inn.-Baltimor'
American.
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HE FOLLOWED THE KING.
1t Was u Long Chase, but the Consul
Was Tenacious.

"A consulship vacancy occurred IN
one Of the group of islands of the
south Pacific" said a Pacific coast fed
eral Judge. Il commended a friend
for the vacancy. He was appointed,
and. as it was imperative he should
reach his post at the earliest possible
day, he sailed from San Francisco
with the understanding that his COM
mission should follow him and that he
should take the oath of office before
local magistrate after he had arrived.
Well the new consul sailed, and 1t was
six months before the state depart
ment heard from him. He reported
there was no local magistrate and In
ouired of the secretary If lie could not
take the necessary oath before the
king. The secretary wrote him IN the
affirmative. and it was several months
later when another letter came, this
time by sailing ship, after going around
the world 1t contained the graphlc
information that the aforesaid king
had In the meantime gone to an ad-
Joining island and taken to the brush.
Should the consul follow him? Again
he was given an affirmative answer.
The archives of the state department
will show that he eventually located
this south sea island king in the brush,
was sworn in and, after the lapse OF
nearly two years from the date OF his
appointment, was fully qualified to en-
ter upon his consuship."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-25
Pats Puzzle.

Five or six men were recently chat
ting in a village inn when one of them
said:
Il say, bets We dinners all round ye
can't tell me the answer to q puzzle
knows Of"
Done" they said. Il bet we can
What is it,
"Well," said Pat, why is a journal
ist the funniest creature in the wOrldT
After vainly trying for about two
hours they sadly said they must give II
up.
why" said the delighted Pat, "be
cause his tale comes out Of his head
don't itY'-Spare Moments.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-25
Curious Denth Custom In Fiji.

The F1jians believe that in case a
manageable youth or maiden dies
without having gone through with the
elaborate nuptial knot tying ceremony
of the ISLANDS his or her soul Is doomed
to wander about forever in an inter
mediate region between heaven and
hell. When any one dies, man, woman
or child. n whales tooth is placed in
the hand OF the corpse, the missile to
be thrown at the tree which stands as
II budapest to point out the road that
leads to heaven and the one that leads
10 hell.
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LLAnCS ~ SAMOA.
The Way They shed Their Tails and
Fool &c kittens,


! writer of Samoa writes In an inter
esdng way of the lizards, little fellows
about two Inches long, prettily colored
In light and dark shade Of brown.
They can run up window pane quite
rs easily as can the flies on which they
feed.
when alarmed, the lizards are Off
like a flash of light and will take the
most reckless leaps. l have seen them
land safe at the end Of twenty foot
lump. Yet when cornered they have
no hesitation in swapping off the most
of their tails.
THAT was maddening puzzle to my
small cat. The sight of a moo any
where was an immediate challenge to
the kitten. She would Immediately
start on the hunt, for the most part a
fruitless chase, for the little lizard
could skulk off faster than two cats
could pursue. Yet when the kitten did
succeed in landing on the lizard there
followed q scene Of bewilderment.
The moo invariably snapped off Its
tail. which was left wrlggling In one
part of the veranda, while the lizard
ran Off a short distance and awaited de-
velopments.
1.-THE kitten never knew whether to
catch the lizard or the tail. If the moo
moved, the kitten went for it, but she
always stopped short to keep an eye on
the wriggles Of the tail. AS soon as
she turned back to take care OF the
tail the moo got in motion and had to
be looked after. Hundreds Of times
have watched the dilemma, and the
ending was always the same-the liz
ard got away and the kitten had to be
content with the bony tail But there
were lots Of lizards about my house
sproutinC new tails" - Youths Com
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-25
How Trees Differ as to Their Roots

Trees whose roots are of the same
length and fiber do not thrive as well
as those which are unequal, because
they develop better when their roots
reach for nutriment in different strata
or depths of the earth. The oak could
not live in soil where the pine would
thrive luxuriantly. This Is owing to
the nature of the trees. One requires
the most solid nutriment. The pine re-
quires light, sandy soil and the atmos-
pherlc conditions of sunshine and rain
The oak, maple, elm, hemlock, birch
and beech all require warm and clean
soil. Trees are noted for picking out
the attractive places, and where there
are fiourishing forests may be found
the best land and the soil always pro-
ductive.
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Ewes Mt Different Ages.

The Stockholm museum possesses al
interesting collection of eyes taker
from human beings at different ages
which are cut across In such way a.
to exhibit plainly the internal and thu
external eye. 1t is easy to observe tina
the eye of a young child Is as trans
parent as water; that Of the youth 8
little less so; In the man Of thirty the
eye begins to be slightly opaque, In the
man Of fifty or sixty 1t Is decidedly
opaque, and in the man Of seventy o.
eighty it is dull and lusterless. Thu
gradual development Of opacity is due
to the increase of fbrous tissue and de
posit Of waste matter In the eye.
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The Meaning of Historic.

One Of my artistic friends was upon
a business visit to picturesque dis
trict Of Perthshire the other day. A
little leisure was afforded him by the
wait between trains. and he asked a
native If there were any historic places
in the neighborhood, so that he might
spoil a film or two, with which he had
loaded his camera. mo, there's no
onythlng historic ABBOTT the place. The
Black castle up by there used to be
historic, but it's no sac historic moo!
What that bucollc individual imagined
the word historic" to mean Is not very
apparent by the reply.-Glasgow Times
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-25
A GafiriCnI ReWarda

There was perhaps more satire than
gratitude in the reward bestowed by a
French lady on a surgeon for bleeding
her-an operation in which the lancet
was so clumsily used that an artery
was severed and the poor woman bled
to death. When she recognized that
she was dying, she made a will IN
which she left the operator a life an
nuity of 800 francs on condition that
he never again bled anybody as long
as he lived"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-25
A Eeni of HnrGemanship.

For the sake Of a wager remarka-
BILE feat of Craftsmanship was some
years ago accomplished by a sport
ing nobleman in a certain London
mansion. He made a bet with a
a friend that he would ride his pony
from the ground floor of the house to
the top and down again. His steed re-
quired a good deal of persuasion to at
tempt the task, but it was finally per-
formed, though the damage done to the
stair carpets and other things amount
ed to almost $1,000. which had to be
paid by the winner.
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The Second Fiddle.

"Mr. Henpecque, let me introduce you
to the Count de Dieppe."
"Ah, eet eez re honor to meet musi-
clan. hear, sar, Eat you an your
family play re music"
"Why, l don't know the first thing
about music"
But l hear eet all around Eat you
play second fiddle to your Wifer
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HnSfY AfterthOuEht.

policeman" said the stranger, ad-
Pressing the officer who was guarding
The muddy crossing, "can you direct
me-
Here he slipped and fell.
Ito the nearest place." he contin-
ued, gathering himself up and survey
ing his soied garments, where they
clean clothes &c Chicago Tribune.
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Willie and His Politeness.

Willie (reading his verse at Sunday
school)-"And they took JOseph's coat,
killed a boy and dipped the coat in the
blood"
"Now, Willie" said the teacher, you
know the text reads killed kid not
n boy"
Eyes, but didn't you tell us it is vul-
gar to say kid when talking about lit
ile boys?" replied the apt scholar,
beaming with delight at his good mem
ory.-Philadelphia Telegraph.
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A Good PuIl.

"How does young Swift manage to
uncork so much champagne? He
doesn't earn any money"
"Well, he pulls the same cork over
and over"
"Why, how do you mean?"
HAS q rich uncle with cork Leg
Boston Transcript.
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A Good Deed.

Mother (severely)-Johnny, where Il
that piece of cake l left here when
went out?
JOHNNY gave 1t to hungry LITTLE
boy. mamma, and, oh, he was so glac
to get it!
Mother-Come to my arms, you dear
dear angel. Who was the little boy?
Johnny-Me.
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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
stations on Sunday for local passen-
gers on signal or notice to conductor
z. 3. Cooke. j. G.. Rodgers,
Traffic Manager, Supt
Norfolk, Va. Cape Charles, Va
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Maintaining the Proportion.

Mrs. Nagston-Why my dear, the last
time | heard You tell that story it was
only $12 instead of $50 that you lost.
Mr.. Nagston-Well, this crowd I'm
telling it to is twice as big as that one
was.
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Strawberries. Strawberries
Crates are now in Season.

One OF the most novel as well as
substantial strawberry crate now on
the market Is made by the Green
bush Mfg. Co., at Greenbush, Va,
their postoffice 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 a home
industry and Is worthy OF the pat
ronage of the public. All parties
using crates will do we'll to write the
above named firm for prices which
they will find in keeping with things
In general.
They also wish to express their APP
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 a hearty welcome and be shown
the many details OF manufacture In
connection with strawberry crate.
Greenbush Mfg. Co.
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What He Knew.

"Can no child tell me what kind OF
bird Noah sent out of the ark?" asked
the superintendent.
"Billy can" volunteered the children.
"Hls father keeps bird store" -
Judge.
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Efendish Revenge.

The burglar softly opened the door Of
the suburbanite's sleeping apartment,
slipped inside and searched tie room
thoroughly, but found nothing worth
stealing.
"Pll get some satisfaction out Of him,
anyway he said.
Thereupon he set the alarm clock on
the bureau for the hour Of and softly
departed. Chicago Tribune.
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pnrI0r EOIderO1s.

Some of the money spent on folde-
rolls in the parlor should really go to-
ward buying hardware for the kitchen
and tools for the man of the house to
work with.-Atchison Globe.
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He Let The stn,e 4. sIicro.

At an auction sale that las Tor
the best part of week the auction
GERS throat began to trouble him Great
ly. and to save himself as much rs pos
sible he had one of his employees read
off the number and name of each arti-
Gle as it came up for sale. The assist
ants pronunciation of such words as
"marqueterie," Francois" "ScvreS,
"Delacroix" and "Beauvais' was So
weird that the audience got on to
him." and all those who were not too
busily engaged in making bids were
reading their catalogues to follow the
assistants blunders. He met bis Wa
terloo when he started to read Bronze
and ormolu empire clock, set OF three
pieces, supported by Egyptian figures,
chiseled'- And as he came to rull
stop the catalogue readers burst into n
roar of laughter that was ineXplicable
to the rest of the audience. The word
after "chiseled" which the assistant
simply refused to have try at was
"hieroglyphics. New York Press.
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Not without Reason.

Sunday School Teacher-Well, who
was sorry at the return of the prodigal
son?
Little Girl-The fatted calf.-BostOn
Christian Register.
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Hfs RepufnfiOn.

Upgardson-On the strength OF your
Recommendation lent Bilcombe So the
other day. and now | find he's a con
firmed deadbeat that never pays his
debts. You told me he was man OF
established reputation.
Atom-So he is. That's the reputa
ton he has established.
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More Convenient.

Employer-Just file these letters for
me, will you, Patrick
Employee-Oi can trim them of aisier
with a pair of scissors, sor.-Kansas
CITY independent.