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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
AN INDIAN CHESTERFIELD.
First Eagles Poetic Greeting to
Returning Missionary.

"Poetry can still be found in the
language Of the Indians" said Miss
Caroline Courteney, a teacher in the
Presbyterian Indian Industrial school
at Wolf Point, Mont, lin spite of the
leveling influences Of reservation life.
When l went away on my last vaca-
ton was gone two months. When
returned found several of my friends
from the reservation at the depot to
meet me. Among them were old ex-
Chief First Eagle and his three wives.
After the chief had shaken hands he
laid his hand on his heart and said:
First Eagle all time sick here you 90.
Squaws all time sick here you go. First
Eagle all time laugh here you come.
Squaws all time laugh here you come
mo white man." said Miss Courte-
ney. could have given so poetic WEI
come. even if he had felt 1t. 1t woulu
have stuck in his throat The nearest
he could have got TO it in tiguratlve
language would have been, You're
good sight for sore eyes.
"Some of the Indian children fresh
from the tepee are most interesting.
For one thing. 20 degrees below zero
is a temperature which they don't mind
In the least. Cora MoOre-we renamed
her because her Indian name was I'M
pronounceable and very unattractiVe
when translated-is only seven years
old, but she will climb a tree on the
coolest day Of winter and calmly sit up
there and read her Second Reader. Cora
Is irrepressible. She is an indefatiga-
BILE tree climber and comes in with
dresses of the stoutest material torn
nearly off her body She can climb
ANYTHING that ever grew or was ever
made.
MY mother used to say that a tom
boy is sure to make smart woman,
because the fact that she is 'tomboy'
shows that she is full of vitality and
energy. If that is the case, l am sure
Cora will be a genius later on. She Is
ready for anything active, work or
play. except washing dishes. There Is
an lQUluu CNNtS NAAAN - 49, 49,
turn to help with the dishes. Scouting
parties are sent out, which pull her
out from under some bed or table. One
day they found her at a distant point
Of the grounds, gazing SteadfaSty OH
over the prairie. She turned and said,
with immense dignity: Why you trou-
Bile me? l look, maybe my mother
come
"These Indian children, in true In
dian fashion, study all the teachers
and try to read them through ana
through. so as to find out and utilize
their weak points. One very little boy
in nv class is William Black Thunder,
the son of Bad Knife. He is lovaOle'
but full of tricks. When start to cor
rect him he will look up at me with
most bewitching smile and say, Go zee
zee That means, My dear, dear
friend and the little scamp has found
out that 1 am totally diSarmed when he
saws that."-New York Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10

No longer satisfied with the dreary
black coat. men are at last beginning
to adopt clothing Of bright color and
vivid pattern. Especially is this the
case with sporting men, owing to the
fashion set by the king. During his
majesty's recent stay at Sandrlngham
he adopted very snowy style Of dress
consisting Of a scarlet tam-o'-shanter,
a drab Norfolk jacket and Knockers and
brightly cOlOred hose. The efforts to
relieve the sombernesS Of mems cloth
Ing have been specially directed toward
the production of stylish fancy vests.
Particular attention has been paid to
the buttons of these garments, the tai
lor and the jeweler having tried to out
do each other in the beauty of their
productions. The latest development
In this direction is the reproduction IN
miniature of famous works of art such
as the most beautiful female portraits
by such artists as GainsborOugh, Rom
ney and others.-LondOn Tailor and
Cutter
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
A Curious wooden Watch.

The most curious timekeeper perhaps
that has ever been made in this coun-
try was the work Of one Victor Doriot,
who lived at Bristol, Tenn, in the last
century. This theological oddly was
nothing more or less than a wooden
watch. The case was made Of brier
root, and the inside works-all except
three Of the main wheels and the
springs. which were Of metal - were
made from a piece of an old lockwood
rule. The face, which was polished
until it looked like slab Of finest
ivory, was made from the shoulder
blade Of an old COW that had been
killed by the cars. "DOriots queer
watch" as it was called, was an open
faced affair, with a glass crystal, and
was pronounced an elegant piece OF
workmanship by all the watchmakers
in east Tennessee.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
A Strange Hobby.

NJ. Gustave Schlumburger, PARTISAN
collector. has one of the strangest hob
bies of the world, and interest in the
work is doubled by the variety Of the
objects he seeks.
His hobby, which he has pursued for
over thirty years, has been the bring
ing together Of the seals formerly at
tached to the correspondence Of the
princes and prelates settled in Syria
in consequence Of the crusades. In all
be has secured fifty specimens, which
he intends to beQueath to the French
nation.
Some of the seals are Of great inter-
est. as, for example, that of King ANA
ury III. Of Jerusalem, showing on its
reverse the three chief buildings Of
the city; that Of Balian d'Ilberlin,
seigneur of Naplouse, who defended
Jerusalem against Saladin in 1857, and
that of seigneur of the stronghold OF
Marvellous, on the seacoast of Syria,
which shows the formidable keep OF
the fortress.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
RELATING TO IRON.
Discovery of the Metal, According to
Various Authorities.

Discovery of the Metal, According to
Various Authorities.
The Bible speaks of Tubal Cain as
the discoverer of iron and the father
Of smiths. The Egyptians imputed to
Hephaestus the same honor, while PHI
ny mentions it having been discovered
by Dactyles on Mount Ida after the
forests on the mountain side had been
destroyed 10y lightning. This was about
1882 years r. c. Jeremiah and Eze-
kiel both mention iron in their Scrip
trral writings, the latter specially men
tloning two qualities Of the metal and
calling one bright iron, which was prob
ably steel.
Moses mentions an iron furnace, and
Job speaks of it as being taken out Of
the earth. Thousands Of years before
the opening Of the Christian era the
Egyptians used iron in making sickles,
knives and such things. Sparta first
used iron for money. Britain also used
it as a medium of barter and exchange
prior to the conquest by the Romans.
The Britons before the time Of Christ
used to export iron to Gaul. and after
the Roman conquest the cOnquerors es-
tablished extensive smelling works,
which existed at least as late as the
Saxon conqucst.-St. James Gazette.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
Hopping From World to World.

Few children reach the age Of eight
years without having worked out a
cosmology of their own and their own
system of metaphysics. A group OF
youngsters of that mature age were
going home from school the other day
when one began to instruct the others
what to do in case Of certain crisis.
"When the end of the world comes do
you know what you want to dor ask
ed the manikln. "Well, you want 10
give a little jump like this. The world
will slip out from under you, and you'll
light on the one a-fOllowin' 1t and be
all right" Then the youngsters began
practiclng the sort of jump that was
necessary to give them Immortality
Kansas City Times.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
WHY He Kept the Lamps.

Milton II. Smith, president OF the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, IS
known as one of the hard headed
men Of business in the south. Fifteen
years ago, when the gas system for
lighting railroad cars was being intro
duced, an agent called on Mr.. Smith in
the interest of his company
After explaining the new system the
representative asked permission to fit
up a coach. Mr.. Smith expressed him
self as doubling the efficiency Of the
new light and refused.
"Oh, We'll" said the gas man patron
izingly, "you will have to come around
to us some day anyway"
"Never as long as l am at the head
of this road" replied Mr.. Smith.
Smith has kept his word, and the
Louisville and Nashville road is still
lighted by the old fashioned lamps in
use twenty years ago.-New York Trib-
une
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
HUNTING VIOLlNS.
Farisio Was Found Dead Surrounded
by Valuable Instruments.

Farisio Was Found Dead Surrounded
by Valuable Instruments.
Violin makers now and again come
upon pieces of wood of phenomenal
resonance and beauty, and when they
do we may be sure they give special
care to the making and finishing of the
instrument formed of the wood. Strad-
ivarius, mt any rate, did. In ZIG he
had a piece Of luck in this particular,
and his luck went into an instrument
with which he fell so much in love that
he absolutely refused to sell 1t or allow
it to be played upon by any hands but
his own. He kept it locked up and
when he died at the advanced age Of
ninety-thre he bequeathed 1t to his
sons. BY and by an enthusiastic col
lector named Salabue got on the scent
of this instrument, and about the year
176O he acquired it-at what figure Is
not known-frOm one Of the great
mans sons.
Salabue cherished 1t until his death,
about 1897. and then a strange charac-
ter appears on the scene as purchaser.
This was an eccentric old fellow named
Luigi Tarisio, who, abandoning his
trade as carpenter, had started collect
ing old violins and was now searching
in every nook and corner Of Italy for
the treasures of CremOna. He could
neither read nor write, this enthusiasts
tic collector. but he could tell a valua-
Bile fiddle the moment he saw it, and
he estimated the worth Of the Salabue
"Strad" so we'll that after he had ac-
quired it he kept it to himself with all
the loving care that its maker had al
ready shown for 1t. Tarisio lived en-
tirely alone in a wretched garnet in
Milan, and one day in the year 1854 his
neighbors found him lying dead among
a confused heap of CremOnas. The old
man had amassed a collection Of some
$50 instruments, the result Of n thirty
years hunt" and, although he had
started life q penniless carpenter, he
died worth about ,OO0.-Cornhill
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
THE BANANA PLANT.
Each Tree Produces Only One Bunch
of the Fruit.

of the Fruit.
The banana plant is not properly a
tree at ALL 1t has no woody fiber. 1t Is
large. green, fleshy plant, with big
leaves six or eight feet long and some
times two feet broad. 1t grows to
height of ten to fourteen feet or even
more, according to the variety of
plant and the soil and climate. Each
tree produces one bunch of fruit only,
which is really the terminal bud Of the
plant. Just like an ear of wheat or
barley. 1t has no branches, and when
the fruit is ready, which is twelve or
fifteen months from the date Of plant
ing. the tree Is cut down and done
with.
But while It is growing up and ma
turing its fruit 1t is at the same time
sending up from its roots other young
plants or suckers perhaps eight or
nine of them. Each Of these will pro
duce its own bunch in turn, some OF
them in a couple of months after the
parent plant, and there will thus be
regular succession Of fruit. Many or
these suckers have to be dug up and
planted elsewhere, or they would be
too thick on the ground.
And there is this popularity about
the banana: You can plant it at any
season. and the fruit ripens all the
wear round. When once a banana field
has been planted out, all that is neces-
sary to be done is to keep it clear or
weeds and keep thinning out the multi
plying suckers.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
VARIETIES OF CRAMPS.
Curious Affections of Men In Various
Walks of Life.

One of the curious consequences or
the modern division of labor Is the
cramp that attacks those who constant
" use their hands In one particular
manner.
Writing cramp was the first to ap-
pear being quite unknown until the In
trodEction Of steel pens. 1t affects men
far oftener than the fair sex, and, sim
gularly, those who suffer are not liter
airy men, but copylsts. 1t is almost In
durable. and even when the left hand
is used the cramp very soon crosses
over to II.
Musicians Of every kind are attacked.
Among planists 1t is chiefly ladies am
bitious to become professionals who
are the victims Violent pain, weak
ness and fatigue of the arm make play
Ing an imposslbillty. Violinists are al
fected both in the fingers Of the left
hand and the hand that holds the bow
Clarinet players get cramps OF the
tongue. and flute players get cramp In
the larynX.
Telegraphers suffer very often, and
they call it Gloss Of the grip" Tailors
get cramps in legs as well as hands
Smiths and carpenters get what IS
called hammer cramp," resulting from
the enormous number Of blows struck.
II IS estimated that a fOrger Of knives
and scissors strikes $4,000 blows every
day.
Drivers get cramps in the hand, espe-
cially In the case Of those who break IN
hard mouthed horses. Cigarmakers'
vatchmakers, photographers, auction
GERS, sawyers, billiard players, DENTISTS
turner's. stampers, weavers, painters,
money counters and ballet dancers-all
suffer from their own peculiar cramps
and often so severely that they have to
exchange their employment for some
other
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
s-------7-sEv7I -
ADVERTISING A BOOK,
How the Author of "Valerie" Cap
tured Parfsians Long Ago.


We had some notes little while
ago on the methods which some au-
thors have adopted for the advertise
ment of their books. A correspondent
sends us an example of this sort or
thing, which is the better worth quot
ing because we have never seen 1t
quoted In this connection before. 1t Is
taken from n life of Nine. de Krudner,
whose novel "Valerie" appeared short
w after Nine. de Staels "Delphine."
"You know quite WELL" the author
wrote to friend, that neither talent
nor genius nor the excellence of ones
intentions is sufficient to Insure n
success. Everything demands some
charlatanism." And the biographer
proceeds to tell us how she translated
her doctrine into action.
During several days, he writes, she
made the round of the fashionable
shops incognito, asking sometimes for
shawls, sometimes for hats, feathers,
wreaths or ribbons, all "a la Valerie
When they saw this beautiful and ele-
CANT stranger step out Of her carriage
with an air of assurance and ask for
fancy articles which she invented on
the spur of the moment the shopkeep-
ers were seized with q polite desire
to satisfy her by any means In their
power. Moreover, the lady would soon
pretend to recognize the article she had
asked for. And If the unfortunate
shopglrlS, taken aback by SUCH I'M
usual demands, looked puzzled Nine.
de Krudner would smile graclously
and pity them for their ignorance OF
the new novel, thus turning them all
into eager readers of valerie" Then,
laden with purchases. she would drive
off to another shop, pretending to
search for that which existed only In
her Imagination. Thanks to these ma
neuvers. she succeeded in exciting
such ardent competition in honor OF
her heroine that for week at least
the shops sold everything "a In Va
lerie." Her own friends, the innocent
accomplices in her stratagem. also visit
ed shops on her recommendation, thus
CARRYING the fame of her book through
the FaubourS Saint-Germain and the
Chaussee dAntin.-LondOn Academy.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
Arctic Mosquitoes.

The presence of mosquitoes In myr-
lads within the bare, uninhabited arc
tic circle is surely in some degree a
mystery. The mosquito IS a blood
sucker, but in these unvisited plains
he is for the most part, and Of strict
necessity, a vegetarian. A few birds
excepted land the birds are furnished
with impervious feathers, there is no
local life whatever. The Lapp in sum-
mer drives his reindeer TO the sea, and
no native crosses the field If he can
help it. Yet in this region, seemingly
the most unsuitable for its effective
working" the mosquito fOuTishes, "a
primeval and enduring curse, inexpli-
cably developed to its utmost."-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
The English of India.

Applying for a post in the police or
the central provinces Of India. native
wrote: 81 have a good long equiline
nose. piercing eyelashes on a semy-
globular face and n good physique.
My family has history that takes my
Imagination back to three pedigrees,
when my grandfather was a millioner.
With the vissicitude and times matter
change and my father was driven to
the necessity to accept a schoolmaster-
ship. Ultimately he enjoyed his well
earned pension by the time he gave up
his ghost. In case my aspirations turn
out a reality I shall as a matter OF
course be bound to prey God for your
long life and prosperity"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
CRIMINAL BEES.
Honey Gntherers That Have very
Loose Moral Idens.

Honey Gntherers Thnt nave very
Loose Moral Idens.
Almost every form and variety or nu-
man crime IS to be found among AMI
mails. Cases of theft are noticed among
becs Buchner I'm his Psychic Life Of
Animals" speaks Of thieylsh bees
which. I'm order to save themselves the
trouble of working, attack well stocked
hives i'm masses, kill the sentinels and
the inhabitants. rob the hives and car
ry off the provisions. After repeated
enterprises Of this description they ac-
oulre a taste for robbery and violence.
They recruit whole companies, which
get more and more numerous, ana
finally they form regular colonies or
brigand bees.
But It is a still more curious fact that
these brigand bees can be produced ar
officially by giving working bees mix
ture of honey and brandy to drink.
The bees soon acquire a taste for this
beverage. which has the same disas-
trous effects upon them as upon men.
They become i'll disposed and irritable
and lose all desire to work, and finally,
when they begin to feel hungry, they
attack and plumber the we'll supplied
hives.
There IS one variety Of bees - the
sphecodes - which live exclusively up
on plumber.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
The EnrIx Astronomers.

The early astronomers were all as
trologers and claimed to be able to pre-
dict the future careers of various indi-
viduals by casting horoscopes" show
ing the position Of the planets at the
time Of their birth. The position and
movements Of the various celestial
bodies were not only supposed to con-
troll the destinies of-men. but were also
thought to bring veal or woe, tempest
or sunshine, upon the earth itself. A
man born when the sun was In the con-
stellatiOn of Scorpio was believed to be
naturally bent toward excessive indul-
gence of the animal passions. One born
when the sun was In Pisces was pre-
destined to grovel or be a servant,
while one whose earthly career was
opened when the great luminary was
in Aries would be a great scholar and
a man known to the world despite all
opposing influences.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
How to Rest.

To understand how to rest Is of more
importance than to know how to work.
The latter can be learned easily. The
former it takes years to learn. and some
people never learn the art of resting.
1t is simply change of scenes and ac-
tlvities. Loafng may not be resting;
sleeping is not always resting; sitting
down for days, with nothing to do, Is
not restful. A change Is needed to
bring into play a different set of facul-
ties and to turn the life into a new
channel. The man who works hard
finds his best rest in playing hard; the
man who is burdened with care finds
relief in something that is active, yet
free from responsibility. Above all,
keep good natured and don't abuse
your best friend, the stomach.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
Schliemann's Luck.

1t is told of Schliemann, the exhumer
Of buried cities of the ancient world,
that he was pursued by Ill luck in his
earlier undertakings. Mentioning the
fact to a friend, the latter asked him
which leg and arm he first inserted in
trousers and coat. Schllemann said
he habitually inserted the right. THAT
is the cause Of your misfortunes," said
his friend. you have offended the
left hand fairies, and they take out
their vengeance on you. Reverse your
habit and see" "And," said Schlie-
mann in telling the incident in his later
and prosperous years, you see how 1t
changed my luck"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
AN EMpERoR's TASTE.
II Was the Origin of n Common Say
ing In Austria.


An anecdote which was current Of
Ferdinand |. of Austria at one time
greatly delighted his subjects and gave
rise to common saying. One sum-
mer day he was hunting In the Syrian
mountains and was oyertaken by a
violent thunderstorm. He sought ref
uge In n farmhouse whose occupants
were Just then at dinner, and his fan
ey was caught by some smoking dump
lings made of coarse flour. He tasted
them. liked them and asked for more.
and when he got to Vienna, to the hor-
ror of the royal cooks, he ordered the
same dumplings to he served up daily.
The courtiers were scandallzed that
such coarse dish should figure on
the menu, and even his physicians re-
monstrated against the use Of such
food.
The emperor had always been the
most plant of men, but he now show
ed that he had will Of his own and
persisted In gratifying his new fancy.
Finally the physicians pretended that
It was dangerous to his health to be
living on dumpllngs and insisted on his
giving them up. The hitherto docile
sovereign stamped his foot and de-
clared that he would never sign anoth-
err official document If his diet were
denied him.
Emperor l am" he shouted, land
dumplings will haveH
TO prevent stoppage of the govern
ment machinery opposition was with
drawn, and his majesty chung tena-
clously to his dumpllngs. Then the i'm
perlal phrase became proverbial, and
thereafter when any one Insisted on
gratifying a silly within some one was
sure to say:
emperor am, and dumplings l will
havew
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10

DIR. Arthur ]. Hayes in his "The
Source of the Blue Nile" tells how the
llnnets come to drink out of the Atbara
river: "They come with an undulating
rush. and, small as they are, the rush
ing of the wind as they beat the air
makes a noise like thunder, and their
numbers darken the sky. The weight
of the throngs Of them which alight at
a time bends down the ends of the
overhanging branches and twigs to the
level of the water"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-03-10
SAVED THE LANDS.
How De COsmus' Great Speech Hap
pened TO he Delivered.

How De COsmuS' Great Spcech bHP~
pened TO lie Delivered.
The longest speech on record Is be-
lieved TO have been that made by Mt
de Cosmus in the legislature of British
Columbia when measure was pend
ing the passage Of which would nave
taken from n great many settlers their
lands. De Cosmus was in minority.
The measure had been held back till
the eve of the close of the season or
session. Unless action was taken be-
fore noon of a given day the act would
fail De Cosmus got the floor at 10
H. m. and began speech against the
bill Its friends supposed he would be
done by o'clock. At o'clock he was
saving. In the second place" At 3
he produced a fearful bundle Of evil
dence and insisted on reading it.
Then the truth dawned. He was go
ing to speak till noon the next day and
kill the bill. Then they made merry
over it and tried to shout him down,
but that gave him time and breathing
space. They finally settled down to
watch the combat between the strength
Of will and weakness of body. They
gave no mercy, no time for dinner or
wetting lips with water and no sitting
down. Members went to dine and
sleep in squads. but De Cosmus went
on. Day dawned.
The speaker was alternately doing
and trying to look wide awake. At
last noon came, and a single man was
triumphant Although his voice had
sunk to a husky whisper, his eyes were
bleared and blOOdshOt, his legs tottered
under him, his baked lips were cracked
and smeared with blood De Cosmus
had spoken for twenty-six hours and
saved the lands.