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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31

Under this title Mr. Arthur II. Bell
in knowledge describes the life history
of the aerial frost flowers of winter.
In order 20 have a fair start In life a
snowflake should be built up on par
tice of dust. Then, if it has the good
fortune to begin its career at the top
of a cloud many miles above the earth
and to pass through many atmospheric
strata, differing iii their temperature
and the amount of moisture they con-
tain, our snowflake is very likely to
become a notable individual among Its
kind. In a stratum Of warmer air the
little fake catches moisture on its tiny
spicules, and when it enters colder
stratum below the moisture is frozen,
and so the fake grows. In a thawing
air many fakes sometimes cohere'
forming disks from an inch to two or
three inches across.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
BACON AND SHAKESPEARE.
The Two Men Separately and the
Two In One Behrg.

The Two Men Separately and the
Two In One Behrg.
Aristotle was an extraordinary man.
Plato was an extraordinary man. That
two men each severally so extraordi-
nary should have been living at the
same time In the same place was a
very extraordinary thing. But would
It diminish the wonder to suppose the
two to be one2 So say of Bacon and
Shakespeare. That human being pos
segsed of the faculties necessary to
make q Shakespeare should exist Is
extraordinary. That human being
possessed Of the necessary faculties to
make Bacon should exist Is extraor-
binary. That two such human beings
should have been living in London at
the same time was more extraordinary
stiii. But that one man should have
existed possessing the faculties and
opportunities necessary to make both
would have been the most extraordi-
nary thing Of all.
Great writer's, especially being CON
temporary, have many features In com
mon, but If they are really great writ
ers they write naturally, and nature Is
always Individual l doubt whether
there are FIVE lines together to be found
in Bacon which could be mistaken for
Shakespeare or five lines in Shake
speare which could be mistaken for
Bacon by one who was familiar with
their several styles and prachced in
such observation-disclosures Speeding S
ESSAYS"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
Speaking From Experience.

blanche. dear" said the watchful
aunt to her niece, don't you think that
Fred spends too much money upon
your
do you think so, aunty"
Indeed l do, Blanche. I've been no
ticing, and l think he's really extrava-
CANT. You ought to check him and tell
him to save his money. You will need
a good deal when you begin housekeep-
ing. and it is far better for him to put
In the bank the money he is now spend
ing on carriage rides and luncheons
and tickets to this thing and that than
to be squandering it. Think over the
matter a minute or two dear, and you
will see it as l do"
"Oh, I've thought about 1t already,
aunty. I'd take your advice if were
absolutely certain that we shall be mar
ried, but I've been engaged before,
aunty, and l don't intend to advise a
young man again to economic for
some other girls benefit"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31

The celebrated Beau Brummel dur
ing the first years of his exile, while
yet his fame as a dandy was pre-emi-
nent. had the ceiling Of his bedroom
covered with mirrors so that even While
at rest he could study elegance and as
sumo n graceful pose. For such pur-
pose a glass ceiling is, however, not
unique, and the notorious Duchess or
Cleveland had such another construct
ed to crafty her vanity.
For a far different reason a certain
Yorkshire gentleman Of the last CEN
fury had his ceiling paneled with mir
rors. Ardently devoted to the sport OF
cockfghting. he continued to the last
to enjoy his favOrite pastime and even
when on his deathbed his room was the
scene of many an exciting fight, which,
lying on his back, he saw reflected ID
the glass overhead.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
what Is n Well Dressed House,

"What in theatrical parlance is well
dressed houseY said a dramatic writer,
and after a silent pause he continued:
II went the other night to show, and
as l passed in the doOrkeeper said to
me, We have a we'll dressed house to-
night, sir l supposed he meant that
the audience was sporting its best
clothes, but | found on looking about
that this was not true, and so between
the acts | asked him what he had
meant. He answered: L meant that
the house had been seated by the box
office man very cleverly, so that it bal
anced well, and so that the fact that 1t
was not small was not perceptible. To
dress a house is to distribute an audi
ence all over it so it looks full when it
is. as matter Of fact far from being
so. There are here enough people to
fill about the first seven rows Of the
orchestra, but the house is well dress
ed. and on looking at it you have the
impression that it is fairly well filled.
Every ticket seller should see to it that
his house is dressed properly. That is
why you so often fail to get seated as
far up front as you would like "-Phil-
adelphia Record.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
WHY shnkesnenre Endures.

What interests us in Shakespeare's
plays is not the plays themselves, but
the (strictly irrelevant truth and beau
ty that he poured into them. We love
them for their matchless poetry and
their matchless insight into the human
soul. Hamlet" is for us nothing but
the study of a contemplative man dis
tracted by the necessity to be up and
doing, Macbeth" the study of noble
mind degraded by ambition, 1.-The Mer-
chant of Venice" the study Of racial
strength against contempt and persecu-
ton. Nothing to us now the actual
framework Of these studies; everything
the studies themselves and the Ian
guage in which they are set forth. Our
pleasure in the production Of a Shake
spearean play is according solely to the
illuminative rightness of the conception
of the chief character or characters and
to the sonorous beauty with which the
verse is detained by al.-Saturday
Review.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31

An enterpriSing insurance agent in
duced an Irishman to take out an acct
dent policy for his wife. A few days
later while conversing with a friend in
his office he was startled to see the
Irishman rush in. brandishing fiercely
a stout cane.
"Ye rascal he yelled, springing to-
ward the agent. I'VE wanter cheat
meT
Fortunately the enraged man was
disarmed and held fast by the agents
friend, who was powerfully built
man. The Irishman. struggling to get
free, shouted:
Let me git at the spalpeen! Think
Ov it, chargin' me foive dollars fer an
acshident ticket fer me ole woman, an
she jest broke her leg a-fallin' down
shtairs. Wot's the good of the ticket
anyhow
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
Reading and Talking.

Reading will be of little use without
conversation and conversation will be
apt to run low without reading. Read
ing fills the lamp and conversation
lights it. Reading is the food of the
mind and conversation the exercise,
and as all things are strengthened by
exercise so is the mind by conversation.
There we shake off the dust and stiff
ness of a retired scholastic life. Our
opinions are confirmed or corrected by
the good opinions of others, points are
argued, doubts are resolved, difficulties
cleared, directions given and frequent
ly hints started which, if pursued,
would lead to the most useful truths,
like a vein of silver or gold which di-
reefs to q mine.-Washington Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
.Doipr" Europe In Your Mind.

According to a Cairo contemporary.
persons who wish 10 let their friends
know that they are doing Europe on
n princely scale the while they are liv-
ing in retirement for time need only
apply to an agency in Paris which will
undertake to send your letters to prac-
tically any place in Europe you may Sc
lect and there to have them posted for
you on any date you may choose. The
demand for such an institution arose
out of the absolute horror the Partisan
of high life" has of being suspected OF
remaining in Paris or its envrons III
the bathing season. One feature Of the
joke is that you can not only get your
letters posted from some distant spot,
but you can get answers received for
you and repOsted to your temporary hid
ing place. There are great possibilities
for American travellers in this. Why
not stay in America and do Europe
New York Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.
Keeping out the Germs II Better
Than Doctorfnr For Them.

Keeping Ont the Germs Is Better
Than Doctoring For Them.
In looking over the history of the
search for means Of cure one Is
struck by the great value Of the ounce
of prevention. Keeping the germs out
is in every way preferable to dealing
with the matter after they have once
entered the body. This fact scientific
medicine Is impressing more and more
deeply on the minds of public authori-
ties and the people. and their response
In the form Of provisions for improved
public and private sanitation Is one OF
the striking features of the social prog
ress Of the present time. All the more
enlightened nations. states and cities OF
the world possess organized depart
ments of health, which, with varying
degrees of thoroughness. deal with the
problems presented by the infectious
diseases in the light Of the latest dis
coveries.
Fifty years ago the term preventive
medicine was unknown. Today 1t rep
resents a great body Of well attested
and accepted principles. 1t has cleaned
our streets. it has helped build our
model tenements, 1t has purified our
food and our drinking water, 1t has en-
tered our homes and kept away disease,
It has prolonged our lives and 1t has
made the wofld a sweeter place In
which to live.-Medical News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
Australian Ten.

In the interior of Australia all the
men drink tea. They drink 1t all day
long and in quantities and at a strength
that would seem to be poisonous. On
Sunday morning the tea maker starts
with clean pot and clean record.
The pot is hung over the fire with a
sufficiency of water in 1t for the days
brew, and when this has boiled he
pours into it enough Of the fragrant
herb to produce deep, coffee colored
liquid.
On Monday, without removing yes
terdays tea leaves, he repeats the proc
ess; on Tuesday da capo and on We'd
nesday da capo, and so on through the
week. Toward the close of it the great
pot is filed with an acrid mash Of tea
leaves, out of which the liquor Is
squeezed by the pressure of tin cup.
BY this time the tea is of the color OF
rusty iron, incredibly bitter and disa-
greeable to the uneducated palate. The
native calls 1t real good old post and
rails" the smile being obviously drawn
from a stiff and dangerous jump, and
regards 1t as having been brought 10
perfection.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
John KaOx's Old Home.

1t is interesting to know that the
ground floor of John KnoX's house in
High street. Edinburgh. has been trans
formed into Il quaint haunt OF old
books. 1t has been in turn hairdress-
er's, public house. greengrocer's, res
taurant ard tobacconist's. Eye house
of John Knox" which is one Of the most
picturesque of Edinburgh's relics, was
standing in 400 Surviving many vi
cissitudcs til 1859, it was then rented
by the town council Of Edinburgh for
the lodging" of John Knox, when they
called him to be minister OF st. Giles
I'm 1909. From .he west window he fire.
quently preached, and here in NOvem-
her. 1J72 he diod
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
pbvsioIosfcaI Autographs.

Every human being carries with him
from his cradle to his grave certain
physical marks which do not change
their character and by which he can
always be identified, and that without
shade of doubt or question. These
marks are his signature, his physiolog-
ical autograph, so to speak, and this
autograph cannot be counterfeited. nor
can he disguise 1t or hide 1t away, nor
can 1t become illegible by the wear and
the mutations of time.
This autograph consists OF the dell
cate lines or corrugations with which
nature marks the insides of the hands
and the soles of the feet. If you will
look ut the balls of your fingers, you
that have very sharp eyeslght, you Will
observe that these dainty curving lines
lie close together, like those that indi-
cate the borders of oceans in maps, ana
that they form various clearly defined
patterns, such as arches, circles, long
curves, whorls and so forth. and that
these patterns differ on the different
fingers.-"Pudd'nhead Wilson"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
RnrPed Island.

Ragged island, alias erie Haven, on
the coast of Maine, is certainly happy
above most islands. 1t has neither
mice nor magistrates, though its in
habitants number nearly fifty. The
solitary doctor comes over when want
ed from the mainland. There Is not
the solace of church, but there is also
not the distraction Of a lawyer. There
are a few cows and horses, but neither
dogs nor cats, nor is insect life, if pres
ent at all, a nuisance even in the hot
test season. The natives catch Holsters
and eat all that they cannot sell.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
THE BRAVE WOLVERINE.
Not n Little Wolf. but a Dtgnthed
Forest Monarch.

Not little WOLF" as the ignorant
think, is the significance Of wolverine.
but something Of greater dignity-an
embodiment of the terrible spirit Of the
wild fire of the prehistoric forests.
Wonderful In its strength and courage.
q tree climber on occasion, not immense
of size. but with limbs and claws great.
out of all proportion to its size, with a
muzzle almost hoglike, but with great
white fangs, the beast had still an
element Of the grotesque In Its makeup,
with its sweeping. bushy tail and the
broad bands of yellow white upon its
back and shoulders. Woe to the small
er beast or the deer upon which it
dropped from some great low hanging
branch or before which it suddenly APP
peared in the dense windfalls! o
OF all the continent, the Michigan
peninsula was the chosen habitat Of
the wolverine. and he struggled long
before backwoodsmen drove him from
his heritage. SO enduring was he, so
desperately courageous, that his name
became a synonym for pluck and
prowess, and proudly the people OF
Michigan accept the nickname which
has been given to him.-Outing.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
City of Three Kings.

Do you know what city has been
given the name of the City Of Three
Kings? 1t is Cologne, in Germany
and the reason is that it is in Cologne
that the three kings" or "magi," Oh
wise men" who came to Bethlehem
TO offer gifts to the infant Jesus are
supposed to be buried.
According to an ancient legend, their
bones were brought from Milan to Co
logne by the Emperor Frederick Bar
barossa in 1162 and presented to the
archbishop of Cologne.
Visitors to the cathedral are shown
the supposed souls Of the magi, stud
ded with diamonds and inscribed with
the wise mems names in rubies.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31

A lady who lives in a fashionable
suburb is of n saving turn of mind and
manages to combine her love of econ
omy with a due regard for her hus-
bands appearance by turning his OLD
top hats into waste paper baskets. Inc
other day she saw on the hall table a
prehistoric hat venerable with age.
She seized 1t In triumph and had Just
removed the brlm, covered the body
with light blue silk and was finishing
It off with a tasteful arrangement OF
lace and bows when she was interrupt
ed by the servant: please, mum, the
piano tuner says he can't find his top
hat nowheres. He left it in the hail.
he says" Ten minutes later that tuner
left the house with cap on his head
and a sovereign in his pocket Waste
paper baskets are now scarce In that
house.-London Answers.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31

To those who suffer from cramp IN
the leg at night the following hint may
be useful: When the cramp comes on
take a good strong string-a long gar
fer will do-wind it round the leg over
the place that is affected and take an
end in each hand and give it a sharp
pull one that will hurt a little. In
stantly the cramp will depart, and the
sufferer can return to bed assured II
will not come Oh again that night.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
CATCHING CRABS.
ChoptanlS River Fishers Land Them
by an Ingenious Method.

ChODtanl< River Fishers Lana Inenh
by an Ingenious Method.
Those who crab for market on the
Choptank river Maryland, have an In
cenious method of catching crabs IN
quantity. \ rope about the thickness
of a clothesline several hundred feet
long is kept coilod in keg. At inter
walls of two feet along the entire length
of the rope the fisherman has UNFINISHED
it and inserted between the strands
short pieces of sailed cells. The torsion
of the strand holds them tightly In
place Each end of the rope has Key
buoy attached. together with heavy
stone Arriving at the favored place.
usually on oyster beds. he throws keg
overheard and pays out highly scent
ed rope as he sails. When the other
end is reached, he anchors it with an
other stone and throws out another
buoy. After lowering his sail he waits
n few minutes. then takes his stand on
the bow of his boat. Alongside of him
is his landing ret. with handle six
feet long. He raises the buoy and
stone and. hand over hand, pulls his
boat along the line. When a crab,
clinging to its refreShment. comes in
sight, he seizeS bis net, daShes it under
the crab and filings it into the boat. The
wary crab may loosen his hold and dive
for the bottom, but such is the fisher
mans deXterity that his net is swifter
than the crab One seldom gets away.
Several hundreds of crabs are often
taken at each overhauling of the rope.
When he has caught all he wants, he
packs them in barrels and sells them to
q local dealer, who ships them to mar
ket.-Country Life In America.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
The snanish schoolteacher,

The teacher Of any land may be over
worked. He may suffer from the par
simonious policy Of the powers and be
underpaid even in our own enlightened
country, but in few countries, certain
" not in the United States, could such
a story as the one which follows be
truthfully told:
In the streets Of Spanish city, says
the author of THE Land of the DOns,"
a police officer stumbled on the corpse
of ragged and emaciated pauper. In
making out his report he asked what
he should enter as the dead mans pro-
fession.
"What did he die OFF, asked the mag
istrate.
starvation" replied the policeman.
"Put him down as a schoolmaster.
replied the magistrate.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
Male RlusherS.

One of the most i'll founded Of all
popular decisions is that blushing is
the special characteristic of the female
sex. AS matter of fact. except in the
case of very young girls, men blush far
more readily than women. The well
bred woman never bushes at all, while
it is a matter of everyday experience
that in the excitement Of business or
political discussions mems cheeks red
den with very little prOvOcatiOn. What
ever may have been the case a hun
dred years ago, the modern woman
shows her emotion not by blushing, but
by turning pale.-LohdOn Taller.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
EDGAR ALLAN POE.
HIS Dainty Hands, Tropical COunte-
nance and Good Digestion.

HIS Dainty Hands, Tropical COunte-
nance and Good Digestion.
Poe's arms and hands were slender
and tapered very gracefully and gently
down to the ends of his fingers, which
were very tender, gentlemanly and
ladylike In fact, his hands were truly
remarkable for their roseate softness
and lily white, feminine delicacy. You
could have judged of his nobility by
his hands.
His face was rather o al, tapering IN
its contour rather suddenly to the chin,
which was very classical, and, espe-
cially when he smiled, really hand
some. His countenance was tropical in
its aspect, precisely the reverse OF his
heart. which, like the fountains of Sol
ONION, had long been kept sealed up as
something sacred from the vulgar gaze
of the world, his face whenever he
wrote long at any one time putting on
sickly, sallow and rather pallid hue,
but never to such an extent as to indl-
cate indisposition. His digestion was
always good, which is prima facie evil
dence that he was never a student
His dress was always remarkably
neat for one in his circumstances. But
| do not believe that it would have
done for him to have had money. He
was ruined in his youth. His college
life in Virginia was the cause Of all
his after inebriation. That was the
internal whirlpool into which was driv-
en- the beautiful milk white ship of his
soul, never to be reclaimed. Is it not
one of the most remarkable things IL
the world that any man of his abilities
should have been so amenable to the
dictations of others ?-POe-Chivers Pa
pers in Century.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
Janopese Natural Vnrnish.

The Rhus coriaria, or varnish tree,
grows in many parts of what may be
termed the Mediterranean district, and
its Juice is known for its deleterious or
Injurious properties and has conse-
ouently been let alone. The japanese
however, seem to understand 1t, and 1t
is certain they make a beautiful lac
ouer or varnish from the juice of their
trees, but they keep the processes Sc
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
Ma1bennfIcs of Love.

Margaret" he began, Il have $3.50
In the bank. own half interest in a
patent churn company that clears ST.
700 q year. My salary is $50 a week,
with prospects of raise to $50. have
an aunt who will leave me twenty-sev-
en- shares of a railway stock now quot
ed at 80. Tell me, Margaret, will you
be miner
"Wait," she replied, It'll get pen
GILL"
For she never had been good at men-
tai acknowledgements News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
Pigeons MIX Not n Joke.

The joke about pigeons milk he's a
foundation in fact. After the incuba'
ton Of the young has been completed
the crops of the parent bird become
thicker and secrete sort Of curd, with
which the young are fed. This de-
scription Of nourishment Is necessary
for them, for If the young pigeons are
deprived Of 1t during the first week or
TWO after Matching they are sure to die.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
The Baths of CaracaIla.

The Romans appear to have been
well off in the matter of bathing places
in the first and second centuries. In
the baths of Caracalla 1000 bathers
could be accommodated at one time.
The inclosed area was $50 square
yards, but it included a course for foot
racing. The bathing establishment was
24O yards in length by 124 wide. The
remains Of the walls are 8 and 10 feet
thick and in some places as much as 90
feet high.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31
Love Plants.

Plants used in love divinations are
common. In many parts Of England
and Scotland the familiar southern
wood is known as lads love-" LAD
Iovelass" or lads love and lasses' de
light" Another British name for the
plant is "old mans love" or simply "old
man." from its use recommended by
Pliny. In Woburn, Mass, this herb is
called "boys' love-" and it is said that il
a girl tucks a bit in her shoe she will
marry the first boy she meets.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-01-31

Fancy two plants being so unfriendly
that the mere neighborhood Of one is
death to the other. Yet that is the case
with two we'll known British plants.
These are the thistle and the rape. If
the field is infested with thistles, which
come up year after year and ruin the
crops, all you have to do is to sow it
with rape. The thistle will be absolute
" annihilated.-LOnd Standard.