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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04

Since the Indian has laid down his
tomabawk and come in off the war
path, the post traders store on an In
dian reservation has become the gen.
eral gathering place where the white
and red men meet on common lever
with feeling of good fellowship. Inc
nroneness Of the white man to pur-
chase beyond his ability to pay has
been speedily initiated by the red man
If personal appeal for credit does not
avail he usually attempts a written
one. The following is copy OF let
ter written by Mark Long pumpkin
who acquired some knowledge OF the
English language at one Of the govern
ment boarding schools:
Rig Turkey Camp, Wososo. So. OAK
NV dear Trader. / shake my HANDS "lln
Won with a good heart. sir. You kno"
am your honesty friend and now wouio
| like to owed you something's. rms
what I owed you for: A blue pants ioi
Il "a lust one perfume % cents worth
coffee for 80 cents and one gum 10 enc"
| for five cents worth. Now for TINS you
can have charge against me always OF
paper. and l paid you when ! sou my
| cattle. Your truly honesty friend.
| MR.. MARK LONG PUMfhiN'
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04

The Japanese themselves attribute
their high average of physical strength
TO a plain and frugal diet and the sys-
tenn Of gymnastics called jiu JItsu'
which includes a knowledge of anato-
nv and Of the external and internal
uses of water. Although during the
period of their ascendency the samu-
raj kept the secret that their great
physical superiority was due in great
measure to the internal and external
use of water, the belief that If used
literally and intelligently water is an
infallible weapon against disease Is
now generally held. By those who go
in for jiu jitsu an average of gallon
a day is drunk. 1t is noteworthy that
rheumatism is almost unknown in ia
pan. 1t is probable that the absence
of meat from the diet, combined with
the use of plenty of water, accounts
for this immunity. - British Medical
Journal.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
A Queer Custom.

Between the mountains Of India and
Persia is a powerful tribe among
whom an extraordinary custom pre-
walls. Women's rights have apparent
IL received full recognition, for the Ia
dies of the tribe cen choose their own
husbands. All a single woman has TO
do when she wishes to change her
state is to send servant to pin a hand
kerchief to the hat Of man on whom
her fancy lights, and he is obliged to
marry her unless he can show that ne
is too poor to purchase her at the price
her father requires.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
MYSTICAL NUMBER NINE.
IL Is n Trinity of Trinities ana is
indicative of Perfection.

indicative of Perfection.
Nine is trinity of trinities and in
dicates perfection or completion. ihere
are nine earths, nine heavens, nine
gods, nine muses.. nine WORTHLESS, nine
crosses, nine points Of the law, nine
rivers of hell, nine orders Of angels
and nine circles Of rank in Clines so
ciety. Milton, in Paradise Lost,
saws: 1.-THE gates of hell are thrice
threefold-three folds are brass, three
folds iron and three folds adamantine
rock They had nine folds. nine plates
and nine Innings" When the angels
were cast out Of heaven mine days
they fell"
cat has nine lives. There are nine
crowns in heraldry. Possession Is
nine points of the law. The whip for
furnishing evil doors had nine tails, the
superstition being that q flogging by
trinity Of trinities would be sacred
and more efficacious. In order TO see
the fairies, mortals are directed to put
nine grains Of wheat on n four lear
clover. The hydra had nine heads.
Leases were formerly granted for IVY
years. Even now they run for ninety
nine years, the dual of a trinity OF
trinities. To see nine magpies Is most
unlucky, as the old Scotch rhyme goes
ones a sorrow. two's mirth.
Three's a wedding. tours oirtn'
Fives a christening. six dearth'
Seven's heaven, eight Is hell
And nine's the devil his ane SELL
If a servant finds nine green peas
in q pea pod she may lay 1t on the
linte! of the kitchen floor, and the mrs.
man that enters is to be her cavalier
When the loving cup goes round II IL
the custom to drink three times
three toast to the one most highly non
ored or tenderly loved. AS the we're
sisters in Macbeth" danced rounC
the caldron they sang, Thrice 10 thin'
and thrice to mine and thrice again u
make up nine," and then declared "th'
charm would up" The nine OF aia
monds was considered the curse o
| nd
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
How Bacon Settled Him.

A story that is told of Leonard ba-
con. who was one Of the best known
theologians In New England In the lat
ter half of the nineteenth century, IL
Illustrates the absurdity of popular
kind of argument. DR.. Bacon was at
tending q conference in one of the New
England cities, and some assertions ne
made in his address were vehementiy
objected to by member of the OPPOSE
ton.
"Why," he expostulated, Il never
heard of such q thing In all my hfe!
"Mr. Moderator" rejoined bacon
calmly. Il cannot allow my opponent
ignorance, however vast, to offset my
knowledge. however SMALL
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
The Little One Was Anxious 10 hhoV

The Little One Was Anxious TO Know
Mrs. Leslie NJ. Shaw, with her daugh-
tiers, Miss Erma and Miss Enid, VISIT
ed San Francisco last month, and many
social functions were given there In
honor of the secretary of the treasury
family.
At a tea one afternoon Mrs. Shaw,
smiling toward her daughters, said;
when Enid was four or five years
old she used to repeat at night the little
prayer, Now / lay me-
II suppose that millions of children
have said, Now l lay me- millions OF
times, but j doubt If the simple ana
charming words of the prayer ever
suggested a question so unusual as
they did to Enid.
"She one night repeated the prayer
reverently and then asked me, with q
puzzled frown:
Mother, If l should die before
wake, how would know l was
dead? New Orleans States.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
STAINED GLASS WORK.
An Art In which Methods Have MOI
Changed Much In Centuries.

changed Much In Centuries.
The twentieth century American
stained glass maker follows without
important variation the simple meth-
DDS of the French monk OF eight cen
turtles ago. The FIRST requisite Is the
design. The artist makes small wa
ter color sketch to show the general
design and color scheme, accompany
ing II with detailed studies. From THIS
two large drawings or cartoons are
made the exact size OF the desired
window. One cartoon shows where the
leads will be placed-the thin strips
NJ lead. followed Oh both sides ana
looking In a transverse section like the
letter III. which form the framework
TO bind the pieces Of glass together.
Another drawing gives the size ana
shane OF each piece Of glass. This car
toon Is cut into its comrRnent pieces by
a pair Tor tripleU of three baded scis-
sors, which leave between their parai-
lel blades a space sufficient for the
loads These cut out patterns are put
together again on large glass easel.
TO which they are attached by wax, ana
the spacesd between are BACKED IN 10
give the effect of the leads.
The easel is then placed against a
window where the light can stream
through 1t. The artist or his substitute
replaces each paper pattern on the ease
by a piece of glass Of exactly the same
size. cut from a sheet of glass OF the
color called for by the color sketch
The sketch is not followed exactly
experiment with the actual glass VII
suggest improvements. To greater
or less extent this stained glass Is sup
plemented by painted glass. on whici
the colors are fired as in china paint
ing. When all the pieces have peer
cut they are transferred to the lead
ing" drawing, the flexible leads arr
twisted into shape and soldered at tn
Joints and a special cement applied u
make the whole water tight The win
dow is now complete, ready to be pu
in position, where 1t is made secure D.
copper wires fastened to the trans
verse bars of iron.-Booklovers' Maya
Zine
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
CHAMPAGNE MAKING.
The Methods That Are Used In Pro-
ducing the Wine.

ducing the Wine.
II ia TO the invention Of the cham
pagne cork that the world owes cham-
pagne. according TO Court Puryeyor D.
Fromm of Frankfort, Germany.
This wine is said to have been maze
successfully by the butler OF a monas-
terry near Epinay, in France IN 1910
Until the early part of the nineteenth
century sparkling wines were maze
only In the French province OF Cham
payne.
Next to the wine, carbonic acid forms
the most important part OF cham-
pagne. The picking of the grapes USED
requires great care to prevent dlscoiora-
ton. The grapes should not contain
too much acid and coloring matter, but
considerable sugar.
In order that the grapes should not
become warm, thereby fermentng pre-
maturely, picking is done in the early
| morning hours. The grapes are tnen
placed In the press at once ana the
mice squeezed out very gently. AFTER
Il
twelve TO twenty-four hours 1t Is run
into watts, where its impurities are re
moved. After the first violent fermen
tation is over the young wine Is put ID
cool cellars, into barrels Of from 10 &c
15O gallons. Toward the end or De
cember the young wine is drawn OH IL
order to separate 1t completely IRON
the yeast.
The wine is then mixed with wines
Of other years and kinds. 1t Is thei
bottled and the progress of fermenta
ton carefully watched, the bottles be
ing opened to "disgorge' the albumen
yeast and other products Of fermenta
ton which it is necessary to get rid OF
II is then sweetened and stored In Gel
lars to mature for the market.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
A TOBACCO LEGEND.
The story of the Way In Which Man
Obtained the Weed.

The story of the Way In Which Man
Obtained the Weed.
An ethnologist tells an interesting
story as to how tobacco was first oD-
tanned by man, according to the ira
ditions of the Menominee Indians:
zone day the god hero, ManaDozo.
was on a journey, when he perceived
a delightful odor. 1t seemed to come
from crevice in the cliffs high up on
mountain side. On going closer ne
found a tavern which was occupied by
giant. In fact, the giant was the
tenant of the mountain. and from the
mouth of the cave passage led down
into the very center Of the hill, where
there was q large chamber. Around
the chamber were stacked great quanti-
ties of bags filled with curious DRIED
leaves. From the leaves proceeded the
delicious fragrance.
."These leaves were tobacco. once
a wear, the giant explained, all OF Tue
shirts came to the mountain for the
nurpose of smoking this exquisite
weed. But it was not possible to give
any of it away" said the ethnologist'
"Nevertheless Manabozo watched lot
an opportunity and, snatching up one
of the bags, fed, closely pursued oy
the giant. The thief leaped from peak
TO peak. but the giant followed SO fas'
as to finally overtake him. so Mana
bozo turned upon him and, upbraiding
him for his stinginess, TRANSFORMED
him into a grasshopper.
sThat is the reason why the grass
hopper is always chewing tobacco
Manabozo took the bagful OF leaves
and distributed them among hls
friends, the ancestors of the Indians Of
TODAY. Since then they have had the
use and enjoyment of the plant
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
A Matter of Huhinesa.

The ladies of the club were closely
prouped about the speaker of the aft
ernoon. a remarkably successful wo-
man. In whom commercial and literary
ability were admirably balanced.
@rell us in a few words how to De
successful" said one of the ladies In
sistently.
"To be successful" said the success
ful one. "all we women have to do Is
TO make as much Of business OF our
own business as we do of the things
that are none Of our business"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04

ST" Stops for passengers on sigma
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 passsn.
gers from points North Of Delmar,
ard take on passengers for Cape
Charles and points south.
Trains 81 and 80 will stop at ell
stations on Sundayfor local passens
gers ,onsignal or notice to conductor.
z. B. Cooke. J. G.. Rodgers,
Traffic Manager, Supt.
Norfolk. Va. Cape Charles. Va
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Easv ExpIa nation.

"How do you account for the fact
asked the doctor, "as shown by actual
investigation, that thirty-two out OF
every hundred criminals In the country
are left handedT'
That's easily accounted for" SAID
the professor. 1.-THE other slxty-eigh'
are right handed."-Chicago Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04

"Now, than phrsse,' said the teacher
SIS an idiom. Does any little boy know
what an idiom is?'
@Yes'ia," piped little Tommy skrapps.
That's what pa is when ma don't
want him to have his own way and he
does."-Philadelph Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
LuaI Worrying.

"You appear i'll at ease" said the
young lady. Are you illF
NO" answered the young man, but
you know how sensitive and nervous
am. and I'm in agony for fear that
your little brother here will repeat
some of the remarks you've made about
Indianapolis Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
Pride Of Ancestry.

"We can't afford to recognize them.
Their ancestors were in trade"
weren't ours"
"Of course, but our trade ancestors
are two generations further back than
theirs. "-Chicago Post.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04

"Does your husband keep any
horses|
"Yes," answered young Mrs. Torkins.
"He keeps q number Of them. But
other people own them and manage the
races. "-Washington Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
Mean.

Miss Mugley-I always try to retire
before midnight. I don't like to miss
my beauty sleep. Miss Pepprey-You
really should try harder. You certain
" don't get enough Of it.-Exchange.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
Exasperating Experiences.

1.-TWO. things make. my wife awful
mad ~
"What are theyT
sasTo get ready for company that
doesn't come and to have company
came when she isn't ready."-Indian-
apolis Journal -.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04

I've never any pity for conceited peo-
pie. because l think they carry their
comfort about with them. - George
Eliot.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04
NEW YORK, PHILA. & NORFOLK
RAILROAD

Time Table In Effect May 20, 1904.
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Nor
folk and Old Point Comfort.
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ONANCOCK TELEPHONE
Directory.

w Il. Wainwright, Treas. Il Manager.
r. d. Haley, Assistant Manager.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-01-09
HORSE VS.. AUTO.

Dick and hfs girls just left us; that's
them, nigh out OF sight.
Wish him luck, for it's surely royal
sparkin' night
FROM our gate to the courthouse is IA
mile, exact
A two-hour drive. we call It, when roads
are good and packed;
But that auto rig contraption of his
scoots up and down,
ana nc says II cuts the distance In half
twfxt here and town!
wen, mebbe II does: but seems like he's
goin' at things wrong
ON a night like this he ought to contrive
at twice as long!
IT'S part of the age, however, an age
OF rush and run,
When unless you're fairly jumpin' you
can't be havin' fun,
When couple must take their ridin'
at gallon speed or more,
With choo' choo! choo! behind them,
and nothin' at all before.
In rig that can't be trusted to mind
crooked road.
And right in the midst of matters Is
liable to explode:
i reckon that one feels clever to make
the dom whirl.
But days when l was a-sparlSin' the main
point was the girl!
When was a-courtin' Marthy hitched
up old white Pete,
And the only thing 1 asked him was that
he'd keep his feet.
wasn't obliged to guide him: he did the
tCrnin' out.
And he rounded all the corners at mile
an hour. about.
When Marthy was snug beside me that
old horse seemed to know
The likcliest shaded stretches where he
had best go slow
Why, grass and the trees and bushes
along the way he cropped!
SLOW! Well. on a few occU>lons we
warn't aware he'd stopped!
That was the style of -ridin when I was
courtin'-seey
Nothin'. to watch but Marthy, and both
hands. bless you. free.
With old Pete joggin'. grain. and cock
In at times an eye
Back at the seat. but sayin': Don't
mind: It's just fly
I s'picion there's fun In courtin' at even
break-neck pace;
And Dick Is the boy 20 do tive read
II in her face.
But courtin' by rapid transit don't pear
to me so sweet
As the rambly, ambly courtin' of Marthy
and me and Pete.
Edwin l.. Sabin. in Lippincotts.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-01-09
DANGERS OF IMAGINATION.
Subject WINS Mistaken for n
PickpOcket.

story OF Colertdge's boyhood,
which appears in book by Mr.. Will
fred Brown on the poets childhood
and later years, shows the dangers that
beset the star-gazer, and also the re-
wards that come to him, says Youths
Companion. From his early youth
Coleridge lived in q world Of books
and dreams. Yet his favorite walk
seems to have been the Strand, the
last place in the world for poet to
lose himself in reverie.
AS he strolled down the street he
imagined himself swimming the
Hellespont-the feat Of which other
poets had written, and which the poet
Byron was to accomplish later. Once.
while the mind of Coleridge was thus
far from the busy Strand, he absently
thrust his hands before him in the
manner of one swimming. Suddenly
one hand came in contact with a gen.
tleman's pocket.
The gentleman, thinking to capture
thief, seized the hand and exclaimed,
What! So young and SO Wicked" He
accused the poor. poetic boy OF an at
tempt at pocket-picking.
With some fright and few tears
the boy explained. and we can i'm
agine that words did not fail him who
was to become the most brilliant talk
er OF his age. The gentleman was de-
lighted with Coleridge's imagination.
which could turn the Strand into tho
Hellespont The intelligence Of the
young Leander made the stranger
inquire into Coleridge's tastes. and
when he found the boy liked books.
he opened for him subscription at the
circulating library in Cheapside.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-01-09
Romance
Water Trough.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I'M IGHT as well be in Halifax as in
Wl my barnyard. 1t amt good
for anything, and what's more, 1t never
will be-"
Farmer Stone stood looking down In
evident disgust at the water trough
and faucet which had just been placed
by the town official in his barnyard.
Not drop of water came through the
faucet, although it was wide open
When the town officials of Southville
had applied to Farmer Stone for per-
mission to dig ditch and lay water
pipe through his land on the way from
the springs above to the village below,
he had told them that he did not need
any of the water and he could not see
why he should have his farm all dug
up to benefit somebody else unless he
were to receive an adequate return.
The water commissioner OF the village,
sturdy Luke Mathers. declared that
he would take the law to Farmer
Stone" To which he had just as
fiercely replied that he might take the
law and wallop him as much as he
pleased" Then Luke did go to the
law. The right-of-way across private
property had value which must be
considered before entering upon 1t.
But. like many another man, Luke was
stubborn, and he did not want to APP
pear to have yielded in any way what
ever.
Sitting on the fence he had argued
with Farmer Stone the better part OF
a day on the wonderful benefit 1t would
be to the people of the village, and
that nothing Farmer Stone could do
would bring him SO many friends. He
would be public benefactor. The vii
lage was poor and could not afford to
20 to great expense in the matter of
right-of-way. Argument was useless,
Farmer Stone said. The farmers were
swindled on every hand by unfeeling
corporations; and he'd just be as fool
ish as the rest of them II he followed
their lead, like a "passel o sheep"
1t was at this juncture that a would
be arbitrator appeared on the scene,
the very pretty daughter of Luke
Mathers, so fair and so sensible that
Joshua Stone, the stirring son OF the
man who owned the farm, had been
suspected for more than year OF car
ing more for her than for any other
woman in the world. One afternoon
not long after her fathers failure to
come to terms with Farmer Stone. she
rode over to the scene OF contention
with her father and sat for long time
in the carriage listening with sorrow
full countenance to the conversation OF
the two incorporating men. Then
she made proposition.
"Mr. Stone" she said very sweetly,
of the town would put a nice water
trough here in the barnyard and fur
nish It with faucet. so that you could
have all the water you need the year
round, would you not be willing to let
the line go through your land?"
Farmer Stone thought Mettie never
looked prettier. But he was not so
easily captured. II he wanted a water
trough he supposed he could put II
there.
but you haven't got the spring.
have your" Mettie innocently queried.
And this settled this part of Farmer
Stones argument. II was a fact that
his farm was destitute Of springs; and
when. as always happened In dry seq