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WORKING OFF A CROUCH.
The Operations OF n Curious Ph"se
of Human Nature.


John was grouchy and cross ana
found fault with his dinner His wife
surveyed him calmly.
81 know there Is some reason Ior
your-your-what shall call itf Weil'
for your unhappy frame OF mind' she
said. Probably things have gone
wrong ut the office. but why should
YOU come home to work off your anger
on me? I'm not to blame in the slight
est It's a curious trait Of human nature
that when one has been whipped he al
once wants to turn around and whip
somebody else"
az suppose that trait was left out OF
your nature" remarked John sarcas-
tically.
mo, indeed" replied his wife. when
things go wrong In the kitchen l am
rather inclined to scold the children.
If YOU reprimand me for extravaganza,
my impulse is to fuss with the nrst
person | meet. If l have been out
calling and return home late to dinner
| feel very much inclined to rate you
for coming home so early. I've watch
ed this same trait In the children
When l scold Alice, she always finds
occasion TO shake Maud on the sly. III
YOU spank Jim, he generally goes out
and makes faces at the little girl across
the way. If the children come home
from school saying teacher was awful
cross today l jump to the conclusion
that the principal had been criticisine
the teacher. If you tell me I'm not
economical, l know you have just SUI
fered from q slump in the stock mar
ket, and l suppose after you and
have had a little heated discussion you
90 down to the office and make things
unpleasant for the clerks"
ITO be frank with you, Mary" salc
John. 81 do not often find you guilty
of working off a crouch on me. Tel
me what you do instead"
Mary smiled demurely. II wait unit
you 90 out of the house; then run tol
my room, lock the door, throw myself
on the couch, burrow my head IN th'
pillow and have a good cry."-NeW
York Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-19
Beauties of Ireland ,

Dublin can and does boast Of many
superlatives. 1t has the widest street
and the largest public park in Europe,
the first horse show in the world and
the largest brewery, but certainly the
chiefest of all It's claims is that adj
vanced in behalf of its women. 1t Is
really no exaggeratiOn to say that in
no city in the world will one see so
many beautiful women as one does in
the Irish capital.
There is something, too, about the
Irish type of beauty that cannot be ac-
tually described There is an express
sion, an air of something akin to sad
ness almost. In every real Irish face,
something interesting, that holds the
attention more than mere skin deep
beauty. 81 have been in most capitals
Of Europe" says a traveller in Ireland
"but never did l see so many really
beautiful women as saw in Dublin
And they were not visitors. There was
no mistaking the wonderful gray eyes
Of Dark Rosaline.'
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-19
A City of Roof Gardens.

The majority of the houses In Buenos
Ayres have but one story, whose HAT
roof serves all the purposes of Yankee
lawns and dooryards. While the pa
tios are frequently utilized as dining
and sitting rooms, it is the universal
custom to promenade IN the cool of the
day on the house tops, to sit there ~
morning and evening enjoying the re-
freshing breezes, extensive views ana
varied panorama IN the street below
The children find their fayQrite play
ground on the roof. There the nurses
bring their infant charges, the seam
stress her sewing and the maid her
mistress bedraggled tinery to put IN
order again. The clothes are dried ana
aired and iPoned atop, and during the
heated term" Of THIS deWless latitude
thousands bring up their beds ana
sleep with the starry sky for counter
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-19
PrecOciOus Mozart.

At three years of age Mozart would
amuse himself for hours together In
picking out thirds on the piano with
his wonderful ear; at four years he
learned minuets and before six played
some Of his own compositions, actually
starting on a concert tour with his sis
ter at that age.
Before three years had elapsed he
had taken by storm four Of the most
important capitals in Europe-vienna.
The Hague, Paris and London. His
reputation as a composer was estab-
lished by the time that he was only ten
years old. Mozart fulfilled in maturity
the promise of his early years, but at
the age Of thirty-five passed away, en-
gagged on a requiem which he gradu-
ally learned was to be for himself.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-19
Tho cxar and the Flag.

When the car proposes to present
new standards to his regiments, the
flags with their poles are placed on o
table in the Winter palace, and when
the officers and men are assembled the
car and his family enter the room.
The car then examines the flag and
after making the sign OF the cross
takes a hammer and drives in the first
golden nail which fasteps the stand
ard to the pole. He then hands the
hammer to the empress dowager, who.
with the same ceremonies, drives In
the second nail. The czarina then
drives In the third nail, and the car
owitz the fourth, and after them the
generals of the staff, the officers OF
the regiment and finally the soldiers
drive in other nails till the silk Is fixed
to the staff. Then the czar fastens q
deep red ribbon to 1t and, raising up
the flag, gives 1t to the standard bearer
with the words: II intrust this to you.
Defend 1t to the death"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-19
Shoes,

Considerable difference will be found
in the wearing qualities Of two pairs
Of shoes of the same quality and make
worn by different persons. Shoes worn
continuously in the house and outdoors
will never give as much wear as II
worn one day and left to rest day. 1t
saves money to wear cheap house shoes
within doors and let the shoes worn
outdoors rest and get into shape. Keep
an old pair Of shoes to wear under
rubbers. The perspiration Of the feet
which india rubber excites ruins good
leather. Select strong calfskin ana
keep it well oiled in winter for outdoor
wear. Low shoes are better for house
wear, because they permit of .ventila-
ton. The hand is free from many
of the ills of the foot partly because
of It's continuous exposure to the air.
Boston Budget.
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OLD TIME SURGEONS.
TAey Had to Work Rapidly BEFORE
Anmsshetics Were Used.

BEFORE anesthetics were known the
surgeons only expedient was to aDridge
his patient's sufferings by working
rapidly. In this the old time surgeons
did wonders. They had control ana q
surety In their hands that are now sell
dom found. One day the celebrated
surgeon Maisonneure had to amputate
the leg of a poor devil who began TO
howl in advance. "I'll give you my
watch" said the surgeon, III the oper-
alton lasts more than minute" The
man accepted the offer, but was obliged
to forego the handsome watch, as the
operatlon took less time than 1t re-
Quires to describe.
To amputate an arm at the shoulder
is n most difficult operation. DR.. Ian
genbeck of Germany did 1t in two min
utes. A young physician who came to
see him perform the operation adjusted
hls spectacles to his nose so as not &c
lose a single movement, but when the
spectacles were In place the operation
was over, and the severed arm lay Oh
the floor
Times have changed much since then
It suffices to put bit Of chloroform OF
ether on compress and let the patient
breathe through 1t for a few minutes
to nut him into slumber 80 deep tina
he remains inert while the surgeon
makes his incision, cuts, files the bon'
and sews up the flesh. On awaking TIT
operation is over, and the patien
knows nothing of 1t. Thanks to chloro
form, surgeons can practice operation
today which arouse our admiration.
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Proper Treatment Of Pneumonia.

Pneumonia is too dangerous disease
for anyone to attempt to doctor him.
self, although he may have the proper
remedies at hand. A physician should
always be called. 1t should be borne
in mind. however, that pneumonia al
WAYS results from cold or from an at
tack of the grip, and by the proper
treatment of these diseases a threaten
ed attack of pneumonia may be ward
ed off. There is no question whatever
about this, as during the Thirty years
and more that Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has been used, we have yet to
learn of single case of cold or at
tack of the grip having resulted In
pneumonia when this remedy was
used 1t is also used by physicians III
the treatment of pneumonia with the
best results. DR.. w. J. Smith, OF Sand
ers. Ala. who is also druggist, says
IF il: II have been selling Chamber
,sin's Cough Remedy and prescribing
it in my practice for the past six years.
/ use it in cases of pneumonia and have
always gotten the best results." FOR
sale by all medicine dealers.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-19
Zig Australian Oysters.

"In the part of Australia in which |
live we get oysters as big as saucer"
said a resident Of Adelaide to the
Washington Post. "They are twice the
size of any | have seen in the United
States, but in quality there Is nothing
TO recommend them, for they have no
flavor and are so tough that 1t takes
pretty sharp knife to make any impress
sion on them. Still there are people
who manage to eat them after they
have been stewed sufficiently long In
other parts of our country we have
better grade. approaching nearly to
your American oyster, but hardly Its
equal. In fact. after my acquaintance
with the Chesapeake bay products |
am firmly Of the opinion that In the
matter of sea food the United States
leads all nations. an assertion that VIII
be backed up by any man or VIDE
travel"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-19
A FAMILY QUARREL.
rs Drou Ending After the Poet
shelley Had Interfered.

In his "Rossetti Papers" William
Rossetti says that when Shelley was
staying in the villa of the Gisbornes
n most drOll incident occurred. II ap-
pears that his servants, Giuseppe ana
Annunziata, who were man and wife,
Ouarreled, and Shelley, hearing Gu
scope abusing his wife very savagely
and also Ill using her, rushed upon hin
with a pistol, shouting: I'll shoot you'll
I'll shoot your The startled fellow
ran for his very life, Shelley after
him. till the servant, coming to shrub
berry of laurels. managed to slip under
them, Shelley, in his eagerness, darung
past him. The servant in a few min
utes found it possible to dodge back
into the house unperceived. Shelley,
seeing him no more, at last went back
TO the house, where, to his unutterable
surprise, he found Giuseppe and An
nunziata sitting together in the most
amicable manner, addressing each 9TH
er as "caro" and "carissima." But
were you not quarreling even nowT
exclaimed the perplexed poet. Quar-
reling?" gasped Giuseppe in amaze
ment. mo, signor, we never quarrel
ed" "But have been running after
you In order to shoot you" mo, ST.
gnor, you never ran after me, for have
been sitting here for the last hour or
more. You must have fancied all this"
And Giuseppe and Annunziata, who
had both been considerably frightened,
continuing to assure him that they had
had no quarrel, and Mary Shelley,
whom they had let into the secret, say
ing the same, Shelley was at last utter
" mystifed and inclined himself to be-
lieve that he must have fancied 1t.
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What They Eat.

Nearly every nation has its own par
ticulsr form Of food, and things which
some races would not, as the express
sion goes, touch with the tongs' are
considered by others as the greatest
luxury.
For instance, while the Arab eats his
lotus bread and dhourra with the relish
OF fresh dates, the Greenlander gorges
himself on animal fat and whale Oil as
the necessary means OF keeping
warmth In his body. Hindoos VIII NOT
touch any form of flesh, but live happi-
ly on rice and rancid butter. An Eng
lishman is supposed to value beer ana
bacon above all other articles of food
while the jewellers In the Apennines
live on chestnuts. In ancient days the
Roman emperOrs were accustomed 10
have a peacock served u all great
feasts as one Of the principal dainties'
while in these days birds nests and
rats form choice dishes in Chinese
menu.
Some people say that snail soup Is
delicious. while the French assure you
that there are few more delicate dishes
than those made out OF frogs legs.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-19
nha Wnrd 0Hurrah -

Some authorities connect "hurrah
with Hebrew shout of JOY to Jeho-
yah. which occurs In the Psalms, Oth-
ers derive it from "Thor aide" war
cry of the ancient Mortimer. Others
poInt to the Swedish and Danish "hur'
ra" and the German "hurren,' to move
quickly. or the Danish "hurre," to
buzz, with which our hurry is associ-
ated
Sir Francis Palgrave M hls History
OF Normandy md England says wi
was n wise custom IN Normandy, es'
tablished by Rollo's decree. that any
one who had reason to fear damage
of goods. life or limb could raise the
country by the cry 'Haro! "Ha Raoul'
iustios In Duke Rollos name; hence
our hue and cry The old English
harrow and our 'hurrai' are but yari
etions of this" There are some WIG
regard 1t as merely an initiative Inter
lection akin to "whurra," used by Ad
Olson in O play, l71a. or or "hqzza'
found In Evelyn's Diary. 1863.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-19
Man Making.

Map making has kept pace with the
progress Of other arts, though its steps
are not so loud and are heard oftenest
in the schoolroom. 1t is really an art
to make map and has always been
80. From the time Of the earliest
crude affairs to the elaborate and ex-
act pictures of today a great degree OF
skill has always been necessary to
give a perfected representation. Map
making Is now at the height OF Its ex-
cellence and popularity. The man with
land to cultivate, houses to build or
land to sell must have everything set
down on his map for reference. NO
body thinks Of travelling any great dls-
lance without consulting Il map. In
deed It is almost impossible to escape
II. for the Obliging ticket agent thrusts
It into ones hand with thoughtful
kindness. mindful OF the advertise
ment within the pages as well ms OF the
convenience Of the tourist Maps are
so common now that there are no more
little boys who think the soil OF one
state is green. another brown, another
red. because that is the way 1t Is col
ored In the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Spy
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-19
The "oId Nanny" Is No More

Have you thought about it-that the
war ended here In Macon In April,
1865, nearly thirty-nine years agof
And who was an "old nanny" then?
She was not one Of those fresh young
negro women Of twenty or thirty.
No, indeed. She was that unctuous
sable and soulful old negress with the
madras kerchief around her neck and
the spotless apron pendent from the
waist, who ruled the roOst Of the white
brood Of the family. She was brevat
mistress of the menage-bossess OF the
bathroom and the observation-disclosures
ia chief Of the keys and the kids! II
any one Of her kind is alive today she
must be nearly eighty years OF age
and how few Of that kind do you meet
in your daily walks!
All, no! The "old nanny" Is no
more, and she has left no descendants.
She lives only in fiction and memory.
Macon Telegraph.
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cu... n,ble Clas.es In Rochester.

The mems Bible classes OF ROches-
ter. n. Y, have long been famous. The
most noted Of them is the so called
Alllng class, which at times has borne
over a thousand men on Its rolls ana
which has put its stamp on the whole
group. There are thirty-nine others.
In the Hubbard class Of the Central
Presbyterian church. conducted Tor
thirty years by w. A. Hubbard, Jr', a
prosperous manufacturer OF Rochester,
over 10000 young men have been en-
rolled. In the Baptist church Is the
Hubbell class, named for its teacher,
one of the leading lawyers Of the city,
identified for years with the Eastman
Kodak company and its tributary en-
terprises. The Methodist class Is
taught by Erwin e. Shut, a well
known business man. These consti-
tute what might be called the Big
Four, though there is another large
class taught by Mr.. Montgomery In
the Lake Avenue Baptist church and
still others that elsewhere would be
regarded as Of special Importance
Church Economist.
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A Muscular Mi 1ster.

The Rev. DR.. Schick is President
Roosevelt's pastor in Washington. He
is an example of muscular Christian
ity. One day this winter he was out
shoyeIlng snow 10 front Of his church
tie Grace Dutch Reformed. when the
president rode by. "Good morning
DOCTOR" said the president WHAT are
you doing there" I'm doing my duty
Mr.. President" replied the minister
with a strenuous movement Of bis
shovel. an a strictly limited but nee
essary sense l am obeying the Scrip
tural injunction, Prepare ye the way
OF the Lord"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-19
His Master Stroke.

George Ferguson" said his wife
looking with crushing scorn at the
gaudy rug he had bought Mt special
sale. II wonder II ever IN your life you
knew a good bargain when you saw
itT
The case was critical. Mr.. Ferguson
saw that something bold and decisive
must be done, and his mind worked
quickly.
"Why, yes, Laura" he said. when
I wanted a wife ! picked out the
incest, sweetest little woman In the
whole world, and | got the best bar
gain any man ever got There, there
petr'-Chicago Tribune
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-19
CONSTANTlNOPLE.
II Has Perhaps the Finest Site For
City In the World.


Constantinople looks much better
from the water than it does when view
ed ashore. The tourist who touches at
the port, remains on board and sees the
city only from the sea retains an en-
tisely different impression from that OF
him who goes ashore. Seen from the
water, Constantinople is very beauti-
full. Seen from the shore, 1t Is the
apotheosls of everything that is filthy
and foul. | do not say that 1t IS I'M
worthy Of q visit, but do say that he
who stays on board will take away a
much more picturesque impression.
The site Of Constantinople Is ideal.
There is probably no finer site for
city in the world. 1t is situate on the
Bosporus, between the Mediterranean
and the Black seas 1t lies between Eu-
rope and Asia, for Scutari is part or
Constantinople, and Scutari is on the
Asiatic shore II is cut off by natural
boundaries into municipal divisions,
for the Golden Horn divides Stamboul,
the Mohammedan, from Galata, the
Christian. city. So the Bosporus di-
vides Scutari, the Asiatic, from Con-
stantinople, the European, city; yet all
Of these places make one great city
under the general name of CONSTANT
NOBLE. And this great city Is guarded
also by nature. 1t has the sea of Mar
mora close at hand. with fortihcations
at either end Of this great water high
way. rendering the city unassailable
by sea. 1t has peninsular conforma-
ton which also renders it, properly for
tilted, impregnable by land as well as
by sea. 1t Is as if San Francisco were
TO have batteries of heavy artillery all
around her water front, from India
basin to the preside, from the preside
TO Lake MERGED and then across the
neck of the peninsula from Lake Mer
ced to India basin. With all these fac
tors in It's favor no wonder that Con
stantinople has always been looked
upon as an ideal site for city. Iha'
so many races should have battled ovel
Byzantium for so many hundreds OF
years Is not surprising.-Argonaut.
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AS GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE.
some of the odd Reasons That Are
Assigned In Petitions.


"The Chicago man who recently ap-
piled for divorce and gave as one Oh
the grounds at least the fact that he
could not stand the jokes OF his wires
female friends directs attention again
20 some of the odd facts In connection
with the American divorce system"
remarked a popular young lawyer yes
terday, land really some OF the rea-
sons assigned as ground for divorce
are odd in the extreme.
persons who are engaged In fight
ing the divorce evil as they call 1t,
could spend the time no more prohta-
bly, than by inquiring into the method
I'm which the legal grounds for divorce
have been interpreted by the courts OF
the country. was looking over re-
port the other night cited by an Eng
lish writer and was much amused at
some Of the allegations set forth IN
divorce petitions. Really 1t is mix
ture Of the comic and tragic. A nus
band accused his wife's sister OF theft,
and the injury to the wife's feelings Is
made ground fer divorce. During our
whole married life,' says another, my
husband has never once offered to
take me out riding. This has been a
source Of great mental suffering and
injury The husband whose wife COM
planned In another petition that he did
not wash himself, thereby inficting
on plaintiff great mental anguish
must have been disciple Of the Chica-
20 physician who recently declared
against the bath.
1.-The complaint in another petition,
filed by the wife, was that the husband
Quotes verses from the New Tesla
ment about wives obeying their hus-
bands. He has even threatened to mash
the plaintiff and has drawn back his
hand to do it. Still another wife, ac-
cording to the author quoted, alleged
in her petition that her husband did not
come home till 10 o'clock at night, and
when he does come home he keeps
plaintiff awake talking. 1t Is also
charged that he keeps saloon, which
sorely grieves mind Of plaintiff. These
are only a few Of the cases which
might be mentioned to show the liberal
manner I'm which the courts OF the coun
try deal with the question of mental
anguish or mental cruelty. "-Galyes
ton News.
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THE STATELY STORK.
His Immense Power on the WING
and His Lack of Voice.

In Holland the nests Of storks are
generally on the summit Of tall post,
rat up OH purpose for them, on which
is fixed an old cart wheel. Says an
English writer: "A Dutch gentleman
of nv acquaintance has one snch post
In his grounds within sight OF his IL
brary window, but he improves on the
cart wheel by having an iron frame
work for the reception of the nest. Inc
first year 1t was put up, toward the
end Of June, a solitary young stork
used to come daily and inspect TINS
framework. saw him there myself
one day, standing in the empty recep'
tacle exactly like would be Benedict
inspecting an empty house, contem'
plating the view and wondering II the
drains are all right. The verdict was
apparently favorable, for next season
saw the nest occupied by the newly
welded pair. Their power Of wing Is
very fine, and on hot days l have
watched them ascending spiral circles
hardly moving their broad, black
wings, till they have looked no bigger
than flies. After the young are hatch
ed they appear TO be suspicious OF one
another and unwilling to- leave the
nest unguarded."
Storks have no voice. The only noise
they make is "klappering' Swapping
their great red mandlbles rapidly ant
loudly. Thus they greet one another
generally by throwing back the heac
until the upper mandible rests on the
back, but occasionally "klappering' II
performed with the head and bill II
the former position.
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How m Btrd Dresses.

AS bird fashions do not change, two
suits a year are quite enough for most
birds, but they need to take great care
of them. Each separate feather must
be cleaned and looked over and the
useless ones pulled out. These feath'
ers are not packed close together. you
know, but lie loose and have places
between filed with air. When bird
wants to get warmer he lifts his feath'
ers so that these air spaces may be
larger But II his feathers are tan
gIed or wet and dirty he could moi
raise them, and soon he could moi
keep the head in his little BODY ano
would of course die.