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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-03-12

To this day all Japanese speak OF the
great uprising which put an end to the
shogunate as the Earthquake" while
they term the new era, which has now
lasted thirty-six years, as "meiji," C'be-
ginning Of order'). Yet none but the
ignorant regard japan as commencing
civilized life six and thirty years ago.
She was a cultured nation at date
when Britain was barbarous and fought
the armada Of the Mongol conQuerOr
Kubla Khan VIGOROUSLY before How
ard and Queen Elizabeth saved Eng
land from the spaniard and the inqui-
sition-Sir Edwin Arnold In London
TELEGRAPH.
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A 2urnriaed Duka.

Just after the late Duke of Rich
mond and Gordon received the latter
half Of his utle-he was created Duke
of Gordon in January, 1S76-he was
sent to this country as president of the
British commission to our centennial
exposition. While in this country be
heard of a certain picture owned by q
country woman in which he thought
he might be interested, and so wrote
to her, using the official stationery Of
the commission and signing himself, as
q peer does, simply by the names OF his
title, Richmond and Gordon"
Much to his surprise and a good deal
to his disgust-fop be had precise ideas
as to his dignity as a duke-the letter
which he received in answer to his was
addressed, "Aiessrs. Richmond & Cor
don," and began, "Gentlemen"
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Not So Very Weak.

The train was on a windy pass In the
Rockies. There were in the car a few
miners, two cowboys, woman, who
looked i'll, and man clothed In very
British tweeds. He was evidently used
to rougbing it and sat beside the open
window Indifferent to the cold air that
swirled into the car.
Behind him sat the woman, SILVER
ing. Across the aisle was a large
boned westerner. He did not seem to
mind the wind himself, but he gave a
kind, solicitous glance toward the wo-
man.
After an hour Of shivering she leaned
forward and asked the man in front Of
her to close the window. He paid no
attention TO her request, except that he
looked straight ahead and said, ad-
dressing himself to the world at large,
americans seem to be weak lot"
Then the tall man across the aisle
rose slowly. His head came just under
the bell cord. He reached across the
tweed suit, pushed the owner of 1t
rather rudely into the corner Of the
seat, laid hold of the window catch
with his big thumb and finger and sent
the window down with slam.
Il guess we amt so very weak, pard-
ner" he said.
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NOT IN THE BIBLE.
puotations Popularity Attributed to
the Good Book.

the Good Book.
"There are a number OF sentences
not I'm the Bible which everybody
thinks are there" said a clergyman
"The chief OF these sentences Is, he
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb
You would search the Bible pretty
thoroughly before you would find that
sentence In It. Where you would nnd
II would be In Sterne's Sentimental
Journey
"Sterne gets good deal Of praise for
the orieination of this sentence, but II
was originated, as a matter OF fact,
before he was born. In a COLLECTION OF
French proverbs published in 1904 we
find .Dieu mesure lie vent la brebis
tondue.' That cokvicts Sterne or pla-
giarism.
"In the midst of life we are In
death Everybody thinks that Is In the
Bible. 1t isn't. though. 1t Is In the
burial service.
""That he who runs may read. This
Is another sentence supposed. wrongly
TO be Biblical. 1t Is not BIBLICAL
though the Bible has something very
like it-namely, That he may run that
readeth.'
"'Prone to sin az the sparks fly up
ward The Bible nowhere contains
those words.
IA nation shall be born In day.
The nearest thing to that In the Good
Book Is, Shall nation be Dorn AZ
onnaTv
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WALL STREET BROKERS.
What the Public Pays to Keep Them
In business.


Wall street brokers hold themselves
n million miles higher in caste than
bookmakers. And they are right
They are the creme de Ia creme OF
finance. Bookies are the scum. Yet
there are many boOkmakers i'll the
street, and not a few of them are
hackers of brokers. Some are Dig OPP
orators, supporting brokers by their
commissions. There are LOO mem
bers of the Stock Exchange, ana these
represent brokerage and commission
firms whose partnerships aggregate no
less than 1,452 ablebOdied men. Ii Is
safe 10 venture the assertion that each
member of the exchange and his part
ners would turn up the nose at an In
come of less than $4,000 a year
Hencei
At $4,000 each year these brokers
clean up net about 29,OOO,OOO. There
are some 500 Stock Exchange firms
which pay 100000 annually for the
rent of their offices. These firms en-
plov 1000 clerks and assistants, book
keepers, runners, etc, at an average
wage of $1,000. which makes S1O,oOO'-
600. Thus we have in three items alone
$40. 100000 that MUST come out of the
pockets of customers to keep the great
machine well oiled. That Is to say
the public pays the sum of S42,5OO,OOO
annually for the privilege Of support
ing in splendid style S,452 people in
order that they may try their hands at
telling which way stock will 60
New York Press.
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RUN by MOUSE POWER.
A Thrifty scotchman's scheme FOE
OperatfnK His Thread Mills

A Thrifty ScotchmhhS
OperatfnK His Thread Mills.
Thrift is generally acknowledged 10
he one of the leading characteristics Oh
the native of Fifeshire, and 1t never
was more forcibly exemplified than In
the person of David Hutton, native
of Dunfermline, who actually proved
that even mice, those acknowledged
nests of mankind, could be made not
only to earn their own living, but aiso
70 Weld n respectable income to their
owners.
About the year 1920 this gentleman
actually erected small mill at DUN.
feminine for the manufacture OF threhu
"A mill worked entirely by mice. IL
was while visiting Perth prison IN
1919 that Mr.. Hutton first conceived
this remarkable idea of utilizing mouse
mower In an old pamphlet OF the
time. 1.-THE Curiosity Coffee Room" ne
gave an account OF the way In when
tho idea dawned on him. I'm tho sum
,ner OF the year 1872" he wrote, i
had occasion TO be In Perth, and when
inspecting the toys and trinkets thai
were manufactured by the French pris
oners I'm the depot there my Afternoon
was inyoluntarlly attracted by little
TOW house. with a wheel In the gaDit
of II that was running rapidly round
impelled by the insignificant gravity Of
a common house mouse. For ! shil
ling | purchased house, mouse ane
wheel. Inclosng II In handkerchief
ON my Journey homeward l was com
PEELED to contemplate its favorit'
Amusement. But how TO apply hal
ounce power, which is the weight OF
mouse, to useful purpose was tn
difficulty. At length the manufaetup
Ing Of sewing thread seemed the mos
practicable"
Mr.. Hutton had one mouse that raj
the amazing distance Of eighteen mile
a day, but he proved that an ordinar.
mouse could run ten and half mile
on an average. A halfpenny's WORT
Of oatmeal was sufficient for Its sup
mort for thirty-nve days, during whlcl
II ran 1856 half miles. He had actuall.
two mice constantly employed In III
making OF sewing thread for more thal
a year. The mouse thread mill wa
so constructed that the common hous
mouse was enabled to make atopemen
TO society for past offenses by tWls'
ing. twiplng and Keeling from 100
100 threads O day, Sundays not except
ed. TO perform this task the littl
pedestrian had to run ten and q hal
miles, and this journey 1t performs
with ease every day. A halfpenny'
worth of oatmeal served one OF thes
thread mill culprits for the long perio
of five weeks. In that time 1t mao
1850 threads of twenty-five inches, an
as a penny was paid to women for e'
cry hank made In the ordinary wa
the mouse at that rate earned nine
pence every six weeks, just one IA
thing day, or rs. Cd. year.
Taking sixpence off for board an
allowing / shilling for machinery, ther
was clear yearly profit from eac
mouse of @ shllllngs. Mr.. Hutton firm
" intended to apply for the loan OF I'll
empty cathedral in Dunfermline, whic
would have held, he calculated, lO,Oc
mouse mills, sufficient room being lei
for keepers and some hundreds
spectators. Death, however, overtoo
the inventor before this marvelor
project could be carried out.-Edil
burgh Scotsman.
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THE MAN WHO WAS NOT.
Strange story Concerning Powder
Magazine Explosion.

Magazine ExploslOn'
Gone Whitehouse the authority on
Egyptology and other branches OF sci
ence. discussing the recent explosion at
Woolwich in the Newport Herald, re-
lates the following story, which, no
says, was told by Sir Benjamin Baker
at dinner Of the Smeatonian club, an
association Of British civil engineers,
which was attended by Mr.. White
house:
"There were two mixing houses at
Waltham abbey, separated by a con-
siderable space and fully protected by
banks of earth. Two men were pass
ing between these houses when both
exploded. They said that the one on
the right went off first, but 1t was sup
posed that this was an inference affect
ing the memory. They could not IN
derstand the simultaneous explosions
and therefore supposed that one must
have preceded the other by a sensible
period of time. But the scientific ad-
visers of the government were OF the
opinion that the stability Of the COM
pound was disturbed through some
sympathetic action.
These men also said that they
threw themselves on the ground TO
avoid the falling fragments AS
prone position was the worst possible
their nerves were evidently shaken.
They had observed before the ex-
plosiOn a workman approaching the
door Of one of these houses. When
they rose to their feet their first
thought was for him, and they looked
around to see where he was. But al
though they looked and looked they
found no body or part Of it. He was
not, for the air took him. According
to the scientific explanation his atoms
had received jar which had shaken
them to pieces Of about the billionth
of an inch in diameter or less.
"As would be said now, he became a
collection of antagonistic electrons.
They found part of an empty stocking
and the heel of boot. That was all.
1t must be remembered that there
would have been no inorganic matter
about him, no metal or hard substance.
Therefore as the mysterious processes
Of life had built him up, 80 also they
had built the material Of his clothes.
The fragments which escaped anui-
hilation were apparently due to one OF
those electrical freaks common In
thunderstorms"
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Liverpool,s New Cathedral.

The most remarkable and striking
feature of the new Liverpool cathedral
will be the height OF the vaulting OF
the nave and choir-measured in the
barrel vaulting, 118 feet, and into the
high transepts 40 feet-which cannot
fail to produce a very magnificent eff
feet. No cathedral III the country ap-
proaches it's height. The nearest 70
Westminster, the nave of which has a
height Of 102 feet, while York meas
ures 80 feet; then Salisbury 81 and
Lincoln 80. Chester reaches only IS.
The whispering gallery" Of St Paul's
cathedral is 100 feet from the floor
St. James Gazette.
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TANpssfINAre MAJOR.
.rAfsnd His Way Even After He was
In His Coffin.


Many amusing stories are toid OF
me great formality blended with hu-
morous brusqueness and independence
which characterized early Revolution
urv DAYS. An incident of camp lie Is
related by the author Of Romance anu
Realism Of the Southern Gulf Coast
In 1898 the first United States troops
that came down the Mississippi were
chartered at Fort Adams. General
Wilkinson. Colonel Hamtramck, MAJOR
Butler. Captain Green and other ON
GERS were merry over their punch Que
NIGHT. and the general, by some acci-
don't got his cue burned of. Angry
ot tho laugh which followed his mis-
han. he next day issued an order lot
bidding any officer TO appear WIN d
che. Obedient to orders. all the OH
GERS but Major Butler cut OH 'heir
cues.
"rhe vain old prig" said the major:
"Iu see him hanged before l cut Oh
my cue to crafty him. AND he Doioiy
onneared without changing the style Vi
his hairdessing.
The major was put under arrest ou.
he declared obstinately that he wouiu
spend the rest of his life in prison De
fore he would comply with such shy
command. Soon afterward he was TAX
on very ill, and, realizing that he was
at the point of death, he gave lhs'ruo,
tions for his burial, which he kne"
would be witnessed by the whoie coh'
mand. A.,
"Bore a hole" said he, through Tue
bottom of my coffin, right under my
head and let my cue come through II
that the old general may see that ever
whom dead l refuse to obey his OF
der" ,u,
And these direction were Literally
carried out.
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THE HOME IN FRANCE.
IL IL Mainly an Adjunct TO Life or
the Outside.

The father and mother In Paris eat
NJ home when they do not eat out, but
absolutely no informal social inter
course invades the apartment, when ID
more than anything else sort OF rae
tory In which is produced Whatever
the family needs for life outside. A vast
amount OF sewing Is done here. frehch
girls of even wealthy parents, AFTER
they finish school, attend courses OF
dressmaking and millinery and to a
greot extent the industry which turns
out the French woman as modei Oh
GOOD dressing, to be followed by the
world is carried on by the women OF
the family In what would be the nome
If the French knew the meaning OF Tue
word.
A reception day is vigorously kept,
and much entertaining at dinner ana
deieuner may be done, but always OF u
formal character. A person having the
nenetrating qualities OF book agent
might venture to try dropping in" Oh
n French woman on day when she Is
not regularly receiving, but In the nat
ural course Of ordinary social expert
ence I'm Paris this would never happen
saws Flora Mcdonald Thompson IT
Harper's Bazaar.
Such order Of living readily permits
great economy. One has not to waste
time, good clothes or house room IL
daily preparation for the unexpected
guest Six days Of the week Frenci
woman may run her sewing machine
in the middle Of her salon II she likes
secure from the interruption OF chance
callers. 1t is said that the chief func
ton of the petit salon Of Paris apart
ment is to provide storage room 10
ball gowns which on reception days ar
taken down from the chandelier ant
locked up in a bedroom till the guest
have departed.
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The Saliva,

The poisons of some Of the common
and also some Of the most loathsome
diseases are frequently contained In
the mouth. In such case anything that
Is moistensd by the saliva Of the In
fected person may, If 1t touches the
lips of another, convey disease. The
more direct the contact the greater the
danger. 1t is believed that much can
be done to prevent contagion by teach
Ing habits Of cleanliness. But If such
instruction is to be effectual 1t must
be continuous The teacher in the pub
lie school should notice and correct vio-
lations of these rules as habltually as
violations of the more formal school
rules are corrected.
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Origin of the Letter v.

The letter V may be regarded as the
mutilated remains of one Of the SYM
bols used by the ancient Egyptians In
their hieroglyphics or picture writing.
A common animal in their country was
the two horned sand viper, represen-
tation Of which stood for V. The
priests ultimately found that for the
practical purposes Of everyday life 1t
was a waste Of time to use elaborate
hieroglyphics and invented a kind Of
shorthand to meet the occasion. In
this the snake was reduced to V with
a dash W to represent horns and
body.
The PhGnicians adopted this letter.
and from them we get our V by loss of
the dash, leaving only the two little
horns Of the original picture. This
snake is still common In Egypt and Is
probably the one mentioned in Genesis
Xix, II, dan shall be serpent by the
way, an adder in the path, that biteth
the horse heels, so that his rider shall
fall backward" Travellers tell us that
it is still addicted to this unpleasant
habit
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Enough Said.

Two Boston ladies strOlling along
road just outside Of the borough came
upon the first milestone. On 1t was
written, II IN. from Boston" Having
never yentured so far from their native
place before; they mlstook the stone for
a sepulchral monument How touch
ingy they exclaimed. How simple!
How humanl Pm from Boston, What
more needed to be said? So the dead
k!-Rochester Post-ExpreSs.
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PHILADELPHIA Buddhist Temple.

We are very pleased to learn that
there is Buddhist temple in Phlladel-
phia. 1t occupies a part Of the Mu-
scum of Archaeology in the University
of Pennsylvania and is under the d.
rectorship of DR.. Maxwell Sommer-
vile, professor Of glyptology in that
institution of learning, and its equip
ment has been gathered by Professor
Sommervile during his travels through
eastern countries, especially Japan
He is a learned, refined gentleman, and
is especially fond Of art. Buddhism
has interested him deeply, and he has
become quite learned in its philosophy.
This Buddhist temple in Philadelphia
has cost more than 100000, and all
these valuable religious articles
brought by him from the far east have
recently been presented TO the uni
versity Professor Sommeryille has
been delivering instructive lectures on
Buddhism in this Buddhist temple
Light OF Dharma.
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WEDDING PRESENTS.
Some Hints About How and Whnt
and When 10 Send.

and When 10 Send.
II is a golden rule to send your wed
ding Gift In good time. the first to ar
rive being much more appreciated than
that which is one of the many pouring
in from all quarters during the last
week.
BY adhering to this rule you are also
saved the annoyance Of hearing that
the saltcellars are charming the third
set already received.
A month before the wedding day Is
not too early to send the present, which
should be accompanied by a visiting
card. to be placed on the gift when dis
played among the others.
The package should be addressed 10
the bride If you are intimate with both
the happy couple. and to the Dride 3
house. addressed to the bridegroom, IL
II is he with whom you are best ac-
Quainted.
Most people wish to give something
novel, useful and pretty. The future
circumstances of the happy couple
should influence the choice.
If they are going abroad, do not give
anything unsuitable to the require
ments of the climate or so cumber-
some that packing and conveying 1t to
its destination will amount to half the
value of the present.
II the recipients Will not be particu-
larly we'll off, it is only kind to select
some useful present. In these days
when artistic taste is shown in all the
necessaries of life, this should not be
difficult.
If the happy couple are likely to re-
ceive many presents, 1t is safe to give
something which will not be amiss II
received In duplicate, such as silver
sweetmeat baskets for the dinner table
or q set of afternoon teaspoons or g
At.
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Why.

LILLIAN IS not sure that she loves
Walter Sometimes she thinks she
does, and at other times she's con-
WINGED she doesn't"
"And yet she is going to marry him :!
"Oh, yes, that's all settled"
"But If she Is not sure she loves lin
why doesn't she break the engage
ment?"
Because she is twenty seyen. kan
sas City Journal.
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The Boston Waiter.

A Philadelphia professor dining at a
Boston hotel ordered bottle of hook,
saying as he did so:
Here, waiter, bring me bottle of
hock-hic, haec, hoe"
The waiter, who had been to college,
smiled, but never stirred.
What are you standing there fOr?"
exclaimed the professor Didn't l
order some hockY
Eyes, sir" said the waiter, "yOu or
dered 1t, but you afterward declined
it"-Chicago Journal.
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At the SOciable,

Mr.. eliptongue-I have not met your
wife. Is she here this evening?
Mr.. HansOme-Yes, but just ut this
moment she is engaged over there at
the piano.
Mr.. Sliptongue with affected enthu-
siasm)-Ah, see. She is that goddess
like beauty who is playing an accom-
panImept for the mountain Of flesh
who is singing.
Mr.. Hansome (stifly)-My wife does
not play; she slngs.-London Telegraph
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Very Eccentric.

Hes the most eccentric genius ever
met"
"He certainly is a genius, but 1 never
considered him eccentric"
That's just It, The average genius is
eccentric, and his lack of eccentricity
makes him all the more eccentric. y
Philadelphia Ledger.
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If" 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 passen.
gers from points North OF Dslmar,
and take on passengers for Cape
Charles and points South.
Trains 81 and 80 will stop at all
stations on Sundayfor local passen.
gers, onsignal or notice to conductor.
&. b. Cooke. j. q. Rodgers,
Traffic Manager, 6upt.
Norfolk, Va. Cape Charles, W.
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Family History.

: "Both of my grandparents on my
mothers side were nonagenarians. y
said Mrs. Oldcastle.
.Ts that sol" replied her hostess. "My
folks was all Baptists, but Josiah
comes from a Methodist family. Chi
cago rd-Herald. -
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The AmhifInua Climber.

The Guide-Well, here we are on the
peak at last.
The Tourist-Oh, guide, do you mean
to say we can get no higher? Don't say
that can ascend no further.
The Guide-Well. you can climb up
this alpenstock If you want to. It's sew
en- feet long.-Chicago Tribune.
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Her Preference In Games,

"Does your daughter play Mozartr'
inquired the young man with gold
glasses.
81 think she does" answered Mrs.
Cumrox affably. "But think she pre-
fers whist" -Washington Star.
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Fixing the blame.

"The trouble amt with the farm"
said the old man. "If the farm didn't
have to do anything but support itself,
It could be made to pay, but 1t don't
seem to be able to carry the burden OF
us Twin on It, so I reckon we're TO
blame" -Chicag0 Post.
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Some people want you to give them
everything for nothing, including your
life. your liberty your labor and your
pursuit of happiness choolmaster.
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A. Most Cats Get Them.

Elsie-I don't believe that story
about "Puss In Boots" How could
cat have seven league boots?
Robbie-Slaybe a giant threw 'em al
him one NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press.
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Losing an Opportunity.

"The curtain goes up at S:l3, so wen
be just in time"
"But II we have a box IT really see
n shame to be so punctual."-Brooklyn
Life.
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It is better to live rich than to die
rich.-JOhnson.
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ORGANS

mat come in. The Weaver and Far
rand in oak and walnut. l can sale
" saw have the best organs on the
market. They have been tested for
over 30 years-are still good and sing
ing their own praisee'
Do not purchase any other until
Won trv the Weaver. After trial on
a Weaver you will be convinced OF
its superiority.
Cali and see me or write for prices.
John T. ROBINSON,
North st., ONANOOOh'