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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-02-18

arithmetic and grammar, and could
remember certain dates In history,
and locate q large number OF cities,
rivers and lakes, she would have, no
earthly use for anything that mad any
connection with such ordinary things
as cooking, laundering or sewing. The
last and main difficulty was that q
large proportion of the colored people
throughout the south would become In
famed at the mere suggestion Of teach
ing their children any Of the domestic
or indomestic occupations; they con-
nected such teaching with slavery
and considered It badge Of degrade
ton. Aside from the regular text
books, as one mother said to me, the
, the only things that she was willing
her daughter should be taught were
Emusic and embroinery." IL was o te-
dious and often trying process to con.
vince parents and students that every
girl should know how to perform well
all duties In connection with q home
and that the disgrace came In only
when Door service was performed.
But all this ! am glad to say has t.
do with the past. Since those early
wears not only has there been q revolu
ton on the part Of the students, bu,
equally 80 10 the minds Of parents IN
1 practically every part OF the south
|; Que of our main difficulties at presea
at Tuskegee Is to prevent the student,
from devoting too much of their tim'
to industrial branches 70 the neglec
of the academi" raining. Every CIR
comes with request from parents o
herselft to bt taught some industry
: There are fiv kitchens ut the institu
! ton woere students are trained II
cooking, table.serving. and sue
household duties. One OF the thing
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
Rants RelaxationE.

The only relaxation Kant, the cele-
brated German philosopher, allowed
himself was walk, which he invaria-
bly, took during his life at Konigsberg
at about the same hour every afternoon.
His usual stroll was along the banks Of
the Pregel toward the Friedrich's fort,
and In these walks he was always a
careful observer of the phenomena OF
nature. He told his friends one day
how, as he passed a certain building in
his daily walk, he had noticed several
young swallows lying dead upon the
ground.
On looking up he discovered, as he
fancied, that the old birds were actual
" throwing their young ones out OF the
nests. 1t was a season remarkable for
the scarcity of insects, and the birds
were apparently sacrificing some OF
their progeny to save the rest. "At
this" added Kant. my intellect was
hushed. The only thing to do here was
to fall down and worship."-Chambers'
Journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
ATHLETICS IN ENGLAND.
They Arouse Great Enthusiasm and
Produce Strange Trophies.

Athletics attract much more atten-
ton In England than In America. The
people are more enthusiastic, and 1t IL
not unusual 10 see 1S,0OO or 10000 PEG
pie attending the games. There are
sports three und five times week. 80
that an ambitious runner can fill his
trophy room with any number Of suit
able prizes. An American champion
has no idea OF the reception that awaits
him. The many sports committees at
tend him. and he Is shown the hospital
ity Of the cities
1t Is no extraordinary thing to be In
vlted to a dinner In your honor or to
stay a few days with the lord mayor
of the city. All Of these affairs, one
must admit, nre great handicap to
his training.
The prizes abroad are. as a general
rule, very valuable, much more 30 than
In America. They are not wholly con-
fined to sllverware, such as cups and
the like, but 1t Is nothing extraordi-
nary to see an athlete departing from
the races with n sewing machine or
hatrack, and in some cases | have heen
orders for beds. The lucky competitor,
as rule, can have any article he de-
sires, and, as many British athletes are
married, they generally take the most
serviceable article.-Arthur +. Duney
In Outing.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
GEORGE ELY !.
4 etory,of the A~tt
nnrGnt a I'd

4 etorytof the A&sb ~ MANN.
scrfpt Of - IL, ns-onaa.v
George F-S~ was conspicuous as
person VIZ" was kindly and sympathet-
&c I'D Ugh degree She was lever
re&c 20 be amused and interested In
=" nat concerned her friends" She
y ID also, keen sense of humor ana
sometimes made her friends laugh as
+ well as laughed with them. She was
solicitous about her manuscripts and
was afraid she should lose them. Black
wood had occasion to send her the man.
uscript Of Daniel DerOnda." She
would not have it intrusted to the mail,
and Mr.. BlackwoOd said he would SEND
it by his footman the next day.
"Oh. don't" the author said. HE
might stop at public house and forget
itw
Mr.. Blackwood explained that this
footman was a perfectly sober man OF
high character and went on to praise
the mans virtues, but this did not reas-
sure her at all. "If he is the sort OF
chivalrous Bayard that you describe,
she said, "he is just the kind that would
stop and help at fire!"
This was contingency that Mr.
Blackwood could not bear to consider
He promised that some member OF his
family would bring the manuscript, and
next day, in fact, Mr.. Blackwood drove
over with it.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
smalIno1 In olden Days.

The first accurate description OF the
nature and ravages OF smallpox Is that
of Rhases, an Arabian physician, who
fourished in the tenth century ana
was the author of books on medicine
and alchemy.
This terrible scourge was also de-
scribed in most Of the ancient Chinese
and Indian books. In China 1t was
known as the bean disease" and
traced back to the times Of the En-
peror Kwang WI, who relgned A. D.
1928.
The earliest Chinese treatise on
ymallpox was published In 1923, and
from this 1t appears that incubation
has been known and practiced In the
far east since the Sung dynasty, A. d.
9G0-1127. Chinese experts hold that
the poison Is communicated by the
parents to their offspring, 50 that all
possess It's germ in their constitution.
waiting only for circumstances favor
able to It's development.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
Liquid oxygen.

LIQUID oxygen when first formed Is
milky I'm appearance owing to the pres
ence Of some impurity which may be
removed by passing it through ordl-
nary filter paper When pure, it Is OF
q pale blue color, which, however, is
not due. as some have thought, to the
presence of liquid ozone, which is OF a
dark blue color. Liquid oxygen Is
nonconductor Of electricity, but Is
strongly magnetic. 1t may be hIteu
from a cup by presenting the poles OF
a strong electro magnet. 1t seems 10
have very slight chemical activity
since it will extinguish lighted match
and has no action on piece OF phos-
phorus dropped into it. 1t is well
known that the A and b lines of the
solar spectrum are due to oxygen. ana
from experiments on the top OF Mont
Blanc it is thought they are largely II
not wholly due to the oxygen In the
earth's atmosphere. Professor Dewar
showed that these lines come out very
strong when liquid oxygen is inter
posed In the path of the rays from an
electric lamp.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
Mo.Iem Etiquette.

All true Moslems when eating must
begin with salt and finish with vine
gar. If they begin with salt, they will
escape the contagion Of seventy dis
eases. If they finish with vinegar,
their worldly prosperity will continue
to Increase. The host is in etiquette
bound to be the first to start eating
and the last to leave of. Tooth pick
ing is considered an act of grace In
the true Moslem, for the angel Gabriel
is reported to have brought tooth
pick from heaven for the prophet after
every meal. The priests recite certain
passages Of the Koran before and after
lunch and dinner, and also before
drinking water at any hour Of the day.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
What 7. Said About Ears.

You never saw a poet or a painter
with large, coarse ears that stand out
from the head like extended wings.
That kind of an auricular appendage
betokens coarseness of mind. A long,
narrow ear that lies fiat to the head Is
a sign of pugnacity. Never trust man
with q thin, waferlike ear. He was
born hypocrite, if not thief. A very
small ear betokens trifing mind, lack
ing decision. Ears set very high on
the head indicate narrowness of mind.
A large. well shaped ear that does not
spread itself to the breeze is indicative
Of generousness. Most Of the world
compellers had large ears and well de-
yeloped noses. Although there are SO
many millions Of people in the world,
no two pairs Of ears are alike. Each
has q marked individuality.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17

"My word, Fitznoodle," said a war
office clerk, according to the London
Express, to n colleague who sat at the
next desk, lust look at that workman
on the roof of that building over the
way"
whats the matter with himT In
ouired Fltz, CHANGING through the win
dow at the individual indicated.
Matter" retorted the other, why,
I've been watching the lazy beggar for
the last twenty-five minutes. and he
hasn't done a stroke OF work all the
time"
At the precise moment at which the
above conversation occurred a British
workingman was addressing his
mate"
"Sy, Bill" he remarked In a tone OF
deep disgust, dye see that ere loafin'
war offs clurk In that room darn
there? Sep me. If Hi amt bin
a-watchin' lin fur nigh on arr a hover.
an the boomers done nothin' but
stare bout o. the winder the ole bless
ed tyne. That's the sort o chap as we
pys taxes ter keep"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
,ouSor Police Methods.

This is the modus Operandi of Lon
don's police: Two citizens engage IN a
street fight; crowd gathers to see the
mill: four "bobbles" appear, working
their way through the press with by
YOUR leave" or kindly let me pass"
they have neither billies nor guns. Two
seize each combatant, leading him aside
with no rough hands and arguing thus
in Gliding tones: Aren't We 'shameo
O. ye'self? What's the good o hghtin
Leave scraps to dogs. Now, run along
an behave yeself. There's a gooo
chap" These words are accompanied
by a pat on the shoulder and a gentle
shove away from the scene of conflict.
Rarely is there an arrest. A brutal
clubbing is unknown. The London po-
lice are peacemakers.-New York Press
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
Rnat Indinn Children.

East Indian children from their ten
derest years are more carefully trained
In certain respects by their mothers
than the children Of the most civilized
peoples. The moment the youngest ba-
by ceases nursing Its lips are closed oy
its mother. II the baby does not keep
them closed, she usee mechanical means
rigidly and even cruelty. When the oa-
by is put to sleep, 1t is strapped on TO
a board, Its head slightly raised and Its
chin lowered, which tends to keep the
mouth shut The result is that when
the teeth are forming and making their
first appearance they meet and contin'
ually feel one another Thus they take
their relative positions and that health
ful and pleasing regularity that gives
to the American Indian as q race the
most manly and beautiful mouths In
the world.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
A Verified story.

A group Of railroad men In New Or
leans were talking about the fastest
rides they ever experienced, says the
Times Democrat. One man In relating
his experiences said: Across bayous
and through marshes we rushed like
mad. When we reached the Rigolets,
the most remarkable thing | ever saw
took place. The train was travelling so
fast It sucked the water up behind 1t
as II rushed across the trestle, and l
could hear the fishes groan as we few
over this neck of the gulf. Most re-
markable thing l ever saw In the way
Of fast runs" And he lapsed into 81
lence.
"T am glad you reminded me of that
rum" said another member OF the
group. 81 had forgotten the incident.
l can vouch for all you say, for l was
on the back end Of the last coach, and
the water which was sucked In behind
the train by the vacuum almost wash
ed me overheard, but l held on all
right and when we made the crossing
and the waters had receded l picked
up on the platform Of the rear coach
the finest bunch Of fish ever sew.
They were no doubt the fish you heard
grooming"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
Horse. with Four White Feet.

In France and believe In European
countries it Is a most ominous sign
for a rider, and especially soldier, to
want a horse with four white feet. The
famous general Lasalle, who was very
superstitious upon this point. never
knowingly mounted such a horse. The
day of his death, after several ominous
events which had happened to him
that day, such as a broken mirror,
broken pipe, the picture Of his wlfe
broken at the very moment when he
went to look at 1t for the last time. be
mounted a horse not lis own without
glancing at the feet. The horse had
the unlucky signs. Mounted upon TINS
horse. he was struck by shot fired at
a moment when fighting had ceased by
q Croat among the prisoners just taken
at the battle Of Wagram.
On the other hand, these four white
feet are a mark and token of consid-
Grafton with the Orientals, who do not
fail to mention the fact in the pedigrees
Of their horses.
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a KINGS POEM.
,u,ournph Verses by James L. L"
uooix Owned In Boston.

uooix Owned IN Boston
An interesting volume In the BOSTON
public library is Montaigt9s Els
saws" printed early in the seven.eeil'H s
century. which WAS owned by james
I the English king who was 50 'arSsAS
resnonsIble for the publication on tnS
accented version of the Holy blpt~
Tho hook IS the first English tEaaSv
t,on of the great French authG and
,ros made by John Florio> q ny end OF
many of the famous Eli4A0ett an writ
ers including Shakespe9'.e himself
who drew several sugg' stions from it,
pages for Wyll know, passages in his
plays.
The Boston library copy has a mod
ern binding, but the ancient fly leaf Ii
preserved ON which is written the fol
lowing poem, in King James auto
graph
Here lyeth nakit to the anatomie
OF nv fraNl HART. o humane devite
o trust the Almychtie. lyk the Almychtie'i
word
O put on me thy robe as guhylom lord
Thou putest once more me In thy Oies'
beliefe
And in my souill thy secretst law ensrave
The queer words and quaint spelling
are characteristic Of early Scotch poe
try, which King James, as Il Scotch
man himself, took great delight II
writing, and perhaps the average reader
will have no more difficulty in decipher
ing the royal meaning than in making
out a page In modern Scotch dialect
novel.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
ZiGZAG VALLEYS.
THE Processes of Nature by Which
They Are Formed.

Volcanic action has in most cases pri-
marily determined the conhguration or
the crust Of the earth, but the CHER
agents in the formation Of tOrtuous val
leys have been streams flowing above
ground or below the surface. These
naturally take the course Of least re-
ristance, dislodging the softest soil, ana
thus gradually enlarge their channels
and are hanked by rising ground.
II has been ascertained by a well
known expert that the serpentine course
OF the valley of the Cheddar gorge is
caused by the jointing In the limestone
The rock, he tells US, is trayersed By
two systems Of joints, which appear 10
be vertical or nearly so, intersecting ap'
proximately at right angle. The JOINT
surfaces form salient and re-entrant an
giles. the former opposite to the latter
so that II the two sides Of the glen were
brought together they would seem &c
tnterlock. Water above or below the
surface would soak along these open
Joints and widen them into assures, anc
this movement, sometimes to the righ'
and sometimes to the left, would follow
xigzag lines, so that the natural course
of the current would by its continuous
action excaNate a valley Of this unusua
character. london Answers.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
The Glass We Eat.

"How much glass do you suppose you
consume daily? physician asked OF
one Of his patients the other day, says
the Philadelphia Record, and then went
OH, in response to the others interroga-
tive look: 1T is a fact that we all Swal-
low each day more or less glass, the
manufacturers not yet having reached
the point where their product is imper-
yious to the action of fluids. He who
drinks beer consumes the most glass.
A chemical analysis Of any bottled beer
inevitably reveals some Of glass con-
stituents. But the water drinker, too,
swallows his share. In carafe or In
a glass pitcher have you never noticed
the odd line which marks the level that
the water has had? Well, that line
shows how the water has changed the
appearance Of the glass slightly by abb
sorbing some of its compOnents. And
so every day, when we drink beer or
water or milk, we consume little glass.
But it does us no harm. l have yet TO
hear Of any disease that 1t has ever
caused"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
ReDafring a Crown.

What curious old records one comes
across sometimes In unexpected ways!
Here is one which rather calls to mind
certain fairy tales beginning "Once
upon a time" and going on to recount
extraordinary proceedings quite as If
they were the most natural and COM
mon things in the world. 1t has refer
ence to Edward III. and Philippa Of
Hainault and is kept with other dOcu-
ments at Harwich. their majesties hav-
ing had at the time palace at Felix
stowe. 1t runs thus, For repairing
re queens crown which ye king threw
into ye fire, item 3s. 3D." The points
which strike one in this memorandum
are the violence Of the kings temper
and the cheapness Of the mending
process,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
Military Statutes.

OF military salutes, raising the right
hand to tie head is generally believed
to have ORR, mated from the days OF the
tournament, when knights filed past
the throne Of the queen of beauty, and
by way of compliment, raised their
hands to their brows to imply that her
beauty was too dazzling for unshaded
eyes to gaze upon. The officers salute
with the sword has double meaning
The first position, with the hilt oppo-
site the lips is repetition Of the cru
sader's action In kissing the cross hllt
Of his sword in token Of faith and
fealty, while lowering the point after
ward implies either submission or
friendship, meaning in either case that
it is no longer necessary to stand on
guard.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
The MErine Flag.

The revenue marine service flag, au-
thorlzed by act Of congress March 2
1899, was originally prescribed to ICON
sist Of sixteen perpendicular stripes,
alternate red and white, the union OF
the ensign bearing the arms Of the
United States in dark blue on a white
field" The sixteen stripes represented
the number Of states which had been
admitted to the Union at that time
and no change has been made since
Prior to 1871 it bore an eagle In the
union of the pennant, which was then
substituted by thirteen blue stars In q
white field, but the eagle and the stars
are still retained in the flag.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-17
THE APOSTLES.
Emblems Bestowed Upon Them b'
the Medieval Artists.

Eublem. bestowed Upon Them by
the Medieval Artists.
The medieval artists, having no idea
OF the personal appearance OF the say
tours followers, adopted a set OF signs
or emblems, for each, which soon be
came familiar to all. The emblem OF
Peter was either a large key or TWO
keys crossed, which is readily explain
ed by referring TO the words of Christ
(Aiatthew xvi, 80. And | VIII give uh-
TO thee the keys Of the kingdom OF
heaven" The emblem Of Paul was
sword and a bOok-the latter to REMIND
the beholder that he was a teacher OF
men, the former to indicate that he was
beheaded with sword. st. Andrew
WAS usually figured standing by cross
shaped like a letter Y, that being the
form of the cross upon which legend
SAWS he was crucifed. The emblem OF
st. James the Great was either sword
referring to the fact that he was also
beheaded. or pilgrims staff, he being
a great traveller.
st. Johns emblem was a caldron, re-
ferring to his experience in the boiling
oil. st. Philips emblem Is an enigma.
1t was spear and Il cross, yet II ID
known that he was hanged. st. Bar
tholomew. who was. "hayed alive" Is
represented with a knife and his skin
hanging over his arm. Matthew's en-
blem is a square, supposed to have
some reference to Christ's calling. ST.
Thomas, having been pierced with a
dart" is pictured carrying a spear
The emblem of james the Less was
club. he having been beaten to death
with faggot:" st. Matthias m a1, he
having been beheaded. Simon's en-
blem was a saw. The legend says "he
was sawn asunder."
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HUNTING CARIBOU.
bne, Shot Through the Heart, Has
Two Hundred Yards.

The caribou Is very tenacious Of life,
tays S. W. Watts in Golfers Weekly
whiting about hunting these animals
In Newfoundland. Ny crmpanion used
q sc. 40 Winchester and the writer USED
an 8 Ma-2nllcher. With such strong
guns we were seldom able to stop
big stag with single shot. even when
hit In q vital spot. One that the WIFI
err shot through the heart ran with the
rest OF the drove for 200 yards, us
though he had not been touched, be-
fore collapsing. When we opened him.
he had only one bullet hole and his
heart was cut in two. Another went
about the same distance on the jump
with both fore shoulders broken and
bullet through the neck. On several
other occasions the stays when hit
went off with such strength that when
they fell they dug their nntlers in the
ground and turned complete somer-
saults.
The first caribou we killed was
fawn. We picked him out because we
wanted meat, and. being young, we
thought he ought to be tender In fact
however, his meat was almost useless
lean. tough. stringy and very dark
In color. This was difficult to under
stand. and the guides. for some reason,
were unable to offer an explanation.
However learned the reason later.
1t appears that during the mating sea
son the fawns arc weaned. The OLD
stag. driving the fawn away from the
mother will strike him with his horns
and chase him half mile. AS soon
as the stag gives up the chase ana
turns back to the doe the fawn VIII re-
turn; then the stag will chase him
again. This Is kept up for eight or ten
DAYS. with the result that from worry
violent exercise and change Of diet the
meat of the fawn becomes for a time
unpalatable.
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Not Much of q Snowman.


The showman's little boy had a
Noah's ark which he examined with
some contempt.
"Say!" he exclaimed at last Noah
wasn't much of felier, was her
1t was suggested to the youngster
that Noah succeeded In gathering To-
gether O pretty good menagerie'
"Goodw exclaimed the boy scorn'
fully. Huh! Where's the two head.
ed calf and the six legged goat and
the ishthyosaurus and the elegianto-
pard and the magnicintelope? Why
II Noah set up as a Snowman In these
days he couldn't make expenses.
HE couldn't7"
"Of course he couldn't. Why, say
he didn't have thing In his ark ex'
cept animals that actually exist"
Brooklyn Eagle.