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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
VANISHED TREASURES.
Masterpieces OF Art That Arc Lost
to the World.

Tho "Venus de Milo" which has been
In the Louvre for many years is, as all
the world knows, an imperfect piece OF
sculpture. though II Is the greatest
treasure of its kind the world has ever
seen. A great reward would DO given
the man who could find the missing
parts. About 1878 the most Important
Of them-the right arm-came TO ilgnt
IN London and was proved by experts
IN he genuine. The owner, however,
refused to part with 1t and concealed
II for fear II would be stolen. Unfor-
tunately he died without revealing its
hiding place. so 1t is as much lost as
ever.
A bronze drinking cup which was
stolen from an Egyptian temple In
1879 and brought to Europe has mlrac
ulously disappeared. On 1t Is engraved
the whole history of the Pharaohs, ana
II could easily be sold for 100000. In
fact. the French government offered Il
reward Of $4,000 for Its discovery pu'
the famous cup has vanished, proDaDly
forever.
Another treasure which has vanished
I'm IA strange way Is the Marcella
vase Of the Dresden collection. Ibis
Is the only piece missing from the Ia
mons Dresden Marcella collection, the
value of which is said to be S75,OOO'
II bears the cross arrows and the hon
head. Not long ago the vase was SAID
TO be In England, but, be that us II
may, the person who redlscoVers 'nis
treasure may command any price III
reason for 1t.
How it is possible that treasure sc
large as a painting could be lost sign
of entirely Is not easily explained, Du'
this has often happened. one OF heyn
olds paintings. Countess OF Derby
which is considered his best portrait
has disappeared. Not long AFTER i
was painted 1t disappeared from The
collection of the Earl of DERBY ahC
has never been heard Of since, though
It would bring $1500O0 to the finder
There are also two Vandykes ana
Rembrandt missing, for which collec'
ors are willing to pay S2OO,OOO Int
Earl of Crewe would give Il large sun
for the return Of Cupid which SOM
yandal cut from the portrait Of the for
mer Countess Of Crewe and her son
who was painted rs the sprite. - 81
Louis Republic.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
THE l-UNACY OF LOVE.
Buiwcr Lytton's Letters to His ov

Buiyycr Lytton's Letters TO His own
"AGorcd Poodle"
To Miss Louise Dewey. the former
friend and the eXecutrlX Of Lady Lyt-
ton had been connded packet of 20S
letters. representing the correspond
ence Of Bulwer Lytton with Miss
Wheeler in the days of their early
courtship. Miss Dewey published these
with a preface, stating that she took
this action in order to ylndicate the
memory of her dead friend. In what
manner the letters could be regarded
as a vlndlcatlon 1t is difficult to see,
though they serve as remarkable con-
tributlon to the literature of epistOlary
loyemaking. The eXtravagant absurdi-
~ of some of them is almost beyond
belief, and two passages may be quot
ed as illustrative of many others. In
the letters Dulwer Lytton addresses
Miss Wheeler as Poodle" and signs
himself Puppy" or "Puppo."
"My Adored Poodle: Many, many
thanks for 90 darling letter. Me Is so
happy me is wagging my tail and put
ting my ears down. Me Is to meet 90
tomorrow. o day Of days! l cannot
tell you how very, very happy you
have made me! No, my own love, don't
como before 70; but really 1 shall meet
youl Oh. darling Of darlings o
ZOO love Of loves, me is ready to leap
out of my skin for JOY! Adieu. Tween
ty million kisses.
and so they dressed my poodle IN
white and black? 0 700 darling! How
like poodle! And had 90 oo's bootiful
ears carried nicely, and did 90 not look
too pretty, and did not all the puppy
dogs run after 90 and tell 90 what
darling 90 was? All, Me sends o(
, o 100000 kisses to be distributed as
follows: 100000 TO- 90 bootiful mouth
| 25O.OO0 to 90 RICH. eye, 2so'tO to %
left eye, 100000 to 90 dear neck an(
the rest to be equally divided between
90 arms and hands.
zen mi lion NOE L.Sses, my o|i
darling. for Your ie;ler which Is Jus
arrived. 1t IS read, and now before J
IS answered take the following (mark
of klsses) Pray, darling shall w
not kiss prettily tomorrow, darling
Id (O (r) O d W) (g)?
"Adicu, my own Rose, my life OF life
very poodle of very pOodles, adieul
"Adieu, 90 own idolatrous puppy.
Ever my dearest, dearest dearest
fondest, klndest, bootIfulest, darling
est, angelest poodle. 90 own puppy. -
Lyndon Orr III Bookman.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
Fortunes In Waiting.

Do you want fortune? One of CO.
Iossal proportions is waiting for the
man whose ingenuity leads him to In
vent perfect substitute for either rub
Der or gutta percha. The supply OF
these two substances has been almost
stationary. while the demand is con-
stantly increasing. The world also
wants malleable glass, as well az q
means of obtaining atmospheric cleo
tricity at first hand, and the man who
discovers either will be comforting O
great boon upon humanity and earn
immense wealth for himself. - Grand
Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
Cuban DlarrhOea.

U. s. soldiers who served in Cuba
during the Spanish war know what
this disease is, and that ordinary
remedies have little more effect than
so much water. Cuban diarrhoea Is
almost as severe and dangerous as a
mild attack of cholera. There is one
remedy, however, that can Away. pc
depended upon as will be seen by the
following certificate from Mrs; Minnie
Jacobs, of Houston, Texas: 81 here
by certify that Chamberlain's Colo,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured
my husband of a severe attack OF
Cuban diarrhoea, which he brought
home from Cuba. We had several
doctors but they did him no good
One bottle of this remedy cured him
as our neighbors will testify. l thank
God for so valuable medicine" For
sale by.
B. s.. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac, AL County Agencies.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
Quaint Customs In Abyssinia.

Quaint customs prevail In parts OF
Abyssinia. When a father Is getting
on in wears the son bids him climb into
tree and jump down from the
branches. If the old man staggers on
landing the son spears him on the spot
his usefulness is over. One tribe had
n custom of sewing chance visitors up
in green hides and leaving them to be
t,llod Inv the contraction Of the skins.
with another the only orthodox way oil
dealing with strangers was to tie them
IN n bundle and roll them over prec-
ipice.-London Mall.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
BOOKS OF GREAT PRICE.
Among the More Recent Pubiica-
tfons, Audubon's Heads List.

Among the More Recent fupASer
ttons, Audubon's Heads LIST
When they speak about expensive
books Of recent publication they WIZ
know refer to the jade books, two VOL
umes, full pages, Illustrated IN me-
chanical colors, costing for the edition
$500 or for the hundred copies prinr
ed $4,000.
Rut Librarian Smith of the Avery
collection in the Columbia library says
that these books have but minor reia-
tive value to the Audubon bird BOOKS
of which the library has one OF the Few
whole sets known to exist togetner.
They. like the Jade books. are fuiI
paged. but their Illustrations are halo
colored. and the only thing mechahica'
about them Is their text and their Oinu'
ing. They embrace some SUI iuii page
pictures colored by hand from lie or
still studies OF birds posed after deatD'
and their artistic value is what makes
them practically priceless.
Audubon painted these pictures I'D
the forest and fields. He sold them Tor
Sl,OOU SET. AS nc SoNuASN Va
made replicas of the originals, but so
carefully and faithfully that it is I'M
nossible to tell which was the nrst
painting and which Is the second. He
himself said that in making the picture
Of n bird he not only counted precisely
the number of feathers, but the num-
her of differentiated cOlOrs in the plum
age of quill.
He sold to subscribers in England
about twenty copies and to patrons ID
this country less than eight. His oooI
of beasts was reproduced In mechanic
nj colors. and its excellent pictures
were for the most part done by nis
children. though the bears, the prairie
wolves. the raccoOns and opossums
wore drawn from life and colored py
him.
1t would he difficult to place valu'
otion on the Audubon bird pictures IL
the absence of any sale Of them whicr
would fix the price in recent years, ou'
~ Librarian Smiths estimate or then
can be taken the two books could no
no purchased for a sum less than 50,
900 each and perhaps under spur o.
interest, such as a possible sale woui'
create. for a much larger sum.-NeN
York Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
THE STAGE KISS.
II Tests the Genius of the Actor anu
the Actress.

z
the Actress.
The stage kiss is important. There
is nothing which so tests the genius Oh
an actor and an actress as the aDill'y
under Just such circumstances 10 pro-
duce the illusion Of love. On the stage
It is necessary for them to forget thelr
own personalities, to smother iheir
own feelings. one for the other, ana III
the place of the warped though gehu-
inc kiss we see at the railroad station
and the steamship wharf present 10
our eyes by the magic of their acting q
highly artificial product.
And this highly artificial product, De-
cause II is art and because 1t Is pro-
duced by art, impresses us as real ana
genuine where the actually real ana
genuine would have filed US only WIN
derision and contempt just as real
fears on the stage would fall to move
us. Indeed, the best stage KISSES lhe
kisses that are most convincing In the
way of realism, are usually given ana
received by actors and actresses whose
feeling for each other In private lie u.s.
TO saw the least, Indifferent. Frequent
IL II audiences only knew, they watch
lovemaking on the stage between men
md women who are literally at dag
gers points with each other.
I would not 60 so far as to say tna'
such a state of feeling always contrib
utes to good stage lovemaking ana tC
realistic stage kissing, but do know
that it IS an automatic truth, recog
nized by theatrical managers every
where, not to engage playfolk lovers
TO enact similar roles In drama II
is nj all possible to get any one else
Blanche Ring In "The Psychology o.
the Stage Kiss"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09

On d rainy morning a good deal OF
wisdom may be learned from the
chickens. If 1t is to be a soggy, rainy,
drizzly day all day, the chickens Will
get out and stand about In the RAIN
with an utterly Indifferent manner
They look just as human beings feel.
and they keep 1t up all day. But II
the rain Is to continue but few hours
the chickens will stay under shelter
They cannot be kept out. They hurry
under cover when disturbed and stay
there till the fair weather comes, which
It does presently. And then they go
out and enjoy the sunshine. The chick
ems know.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
Coli ninmnnds md Iron.

BY combining the most trustworthy
data obtainable the French scientific
journal La Nature estimates the total
amount of gold that has been extract.
ed from the earth within historic time
at 1900 tons, valued at $12,0OO,OOO,'
900. The total amount of diamonds
taken from the earth during the same
period is estimated at about twenty,
tons, valued at $7OOOO0,000. Basing
the comparison upon weight, the
amount of iron daily produced is near
~ equal to the total quantity Of gold
taken from all the earth's mines since
they were first opened.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
Just What Everyone Should Do.

Mr.. ]. It. Barber, of Irwinville, Ga,
always keeps a bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy at hand ready for instant use.
Attacks of collie, cholera morbus and
diarrhoea come on so suddenly that
there is no time to hunt doctor or
go to the store for medicine. Mr..
Barber says: 81 have tried Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy which is one of the best
medicines I ever saw. keep bot
tie of it in my room as have had
several attacks of collie and it has
proved to be the best medicine ever
used" Sold by
B. s. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac, All County Agencies.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09

A professor In the University Of &C.
neva says that snails perceive the odor
of many substances, but only when not
far away. In order to prove this 1t IS
necessary merely to dip glass rod in
O strongly smelling substance and
bring 1t near the large tentacles Of a
snail In motion. If 1t is put close to
these horns the tentacles are violently
drawn back. AS the animal perceives
the odor 1t changes its course. Snails
also smell by means Of their skin. Con
tact is not necessary, for the mere vi
cinity Of a perfume causes an indenta-
ton of the skin.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
LII Onif WnrrYinG.

Nobody knows what produces eartn,
ouakes although It Is often claimed
that they do. The earth quakes some
where every day. Nobody knows when
the eorth came or when 1t Will 60
whore It came from, how it came or
how it happened to be here. The lac'
IS when you get down to the truth, no
hodv knows anything about anything
past, present or to come-and about the
only way to get along In this know
nothing world is not to try to kho"
very much.-Eldorad Republican.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
Indigestion.

The following cure for indigestion Is
recommended by the eminent Dr. Bona
in tbe London Lancet, a medical jour
nal OF world wide repute.
"The indigestion must be a very
homeless one" says DR.. Bond, (which
will not yield to a diet Of small cup
of warm milk to which a teaspoonfui
of rum has been added, followed by a
plain biscuit or two and some very
mild cheese, paradoxical as this com
bination may SEEM
According to DR.. Bond, there IS a
subtle harmony between these lhgre-
dients that does the business.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
Enrfhnnnke Gowns.

In 1850 there was a great earthquake
In England, and Horace Walpole re-
cords that Several women have made
earthquake gowns'-that Is, warm
gowns to sit out of doors all night"
Walpole also tells that Turner,
great china man at the corner OF the
next street had a Jar cracked by the
shock. He originally asked 10 gulneas
for the jar. He now asks 20, because
It Is the only jar In Europe that mad
been cracked by an earthquake"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
A Wise Scheme.

mo matter what opinion is offered,
YOU express a contrary view," said the
impatient friend.
"Well," answered MIR. Bliggins,
chats a way 1 have of acquiring
knowledge. A man is more likely to
give I'D all he knows on subject If
you get him to warm up with little
controversial Indignation" - Washing
ton Star. ----.-..--.--c'>
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
Fame.

Fame Is the inheritance not Of the
dead, but OF the living. 1t Is we who
look back with lofty pride to the great
names of antiquity, who drink of that
food of glory as Of river and refresh
our wings In It for future flight
HaZlitt
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
ahrcwd Guess.

Senior Partner-We must be carerui
not to give Billings any more creoit'
He's evidently losing money. Junior
Partner-How do you known Senior
Partner-I heard his remark today that
life is full of ups and downs" No
man ever admits that until he begins
To strike the down.-Philadelphia Press
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09

IT have called" said the confident
Young man, with a manuscript sticking
out Of his pocket, Ito see whether there
is a vacancy In this office"
"No," replied the melancholy editor
as he looked round the place; I'm sor-
~ to say there Is none. Even the
waste paper basket Is full"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
Talking.

Wife-You were talking in your sleep
again last night, dear. Why DO you
pcrslst in doing It? Husband-Good
gracious, Maria, man ought 10 10
allowed to talk sometimes, oughtn
he?-Bohemian.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
His Influence.

"Do you think a mans influence lasts
after he Is gomez asked the philoso-
pher.
"Well, l should say" cried the young
woman. "My husband tied my prop
erty I'D so that l can't ever marry
againr'-Detroit Free Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
DuII Times.

"Just set It for o'clock" said he
young lawyer, who was purchasing an
alarm clock. "I'll never want to change
It,"
"Do YOU always get up at that hour
In the morning. asked the clerk.
"Oh. no. That's the hour In the after
noon when always close my oihce
and 90 home."-Philadelphia Press
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09
A Change.

"Well, we'll! There goes Miss Strong
When / saw her last she was posing
az a bachelor girl. That's her hobby.
"All that's changed now. She drop
ped her hobby for a hubby" Elk
chQpRa
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-09

Evil spreads as necessarily a. dis
ease.-Eliot.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-17
KILLED AT HIS POST.
Engineer Put Head Out Of Cab to Get
Mail and StrlcL Projection.

Binghamton n. Y, Feb. l6,--Joseph
Leslie, locomotive engineer on the
Susauehanna division Of the Erie rail-
road, was found dead at his post today
at Wellsburg. No damage was done
because OF the alertness OF the train
crew
Leslie was engineer Of n fast freight
train and reached out of the cab at
Corning to catch orders handed to him
on ring, when his head struck some
projection and presumably he was In
atantly killed. Passing through FL
mira his llfeless body hung out OF the
engine cab, the head striking soma
phores and gates. blood being spilled all
along the tracks.
The tower man at Elmira noticed
something wrong from the fact that the
freight was then running at the rate
OF a mile minute and they cleared the
track ahead.
The conductor made Ills way over the
train and set the air brakes The fl.e-
man was not aware OF the death OF the
engineer until Wellsburg was reached,
the engine being OF the Mother Hub
bard" type
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-17
GAMBLING WITH DEATH.
What Many Of Us Are Doing Three Times
A Day.

For everything we get something
IS taken away Every act pulls two
ways Some men IN power dole out
their souls for u They can't have
soul and power q. the same time
And so, in this quick-llying age most
OF as can't have energy and health at
the same time One or the other must
be- lost and Il ~ usually health
We know we are doing wrong and
would like 10 reform, but we have a
morbid fear Of being laughed at n We
aim Ia live and eat according to con-
science and good sense
Some OF us break away Tor aWaile
and onsluyo ourselves TO q diet We
read about the hardy Scotsman being
rcd OH porridge and ogtcake. making
soldiers Of muscle and dash and how
Caesars army Was fed on corn. But
the diet doesn't last long. We quickly
swing back into the great lire, eating
and drinking 10 fulness like the rest
eating anything and everything az
any time and any Way we find IT, we
shy "What Ii stomach for II IL isn't 10
obey the palate"
But there ls really no one rule APP
piicahie 10 everybOdy's stomach, what
one man may eat another may not.
But the dyspepiic should remember
that the death Hist has . dark shadow
lowering over II with long bony mn.
ger pointing N died of heart disease
Physicians win tell us that there are
few cases OF heart disease that do not
como from n stomach arrangement
At every meal We may be brewing
for ourselves a terrible case OF dyspep-
STA II may come upon us after
breakfast tomorrow morning, or after
that oyster supper tomorrow night.
Acute indigestion means that YOU
have even chances for death or life
That's the, gamble YOU are taking. That
precious gastric Juice decides, az rule
whether YOU continue TO live or not.
Therefore II you feel your food lies
like q "lump OF lead" on your stom-
ach beware, Your gastric juice Ia
weak II can't dispose OF the food In
time TO -rcvent fermentation. Take
somethh. that VIII do II effectively
and nj once. Take stuarts Dyspep-
sin Tablets. the most powerful tablet
IN the world for the relief Of all kinds
~ stomach trouble, nausea, Indigestion,
the worst cases Of dyspepsia, fcrmenta-
ton, bloaty feeling, sourness, heartburn
and brash.
one grain OF AN ingredient Of these
tablets viii digest 1000 grains OF food
our SlnillNtU UffuN lfHN ~ INV
stuart'g Dyspepsia Tablets will re-
liave your stomach OF more that two
thirds Of the work Il has 20 do. digest
ing perfectly whatever food there is In
your stomach.
You can't do your work well, or be
cheerful or have energy or vim or am
bition, when your stomach Is bad.
Make Yourself feel good after hearty
meal, feel good all over. clear your
mind and make you enjoy life, by TAX
inc stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets.
Give your stomach n rest 30 u can
right Itself. then you need fear nothing
YOU can get these tablets anywhere for
90 cents a package.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-17
J. W. ALIEN AMBER SERIOUSLY III.

New York, Feb. l6--James W. Alex
under former president Of the Equita-
BILE Life Insurance society, is seriously
~ IN his home, No, 1 Fast Sixty-fourth
street.
Mr.. Alexander underwent n surgical
operation on Thursday afternoon, after
being removed 10 his home from "A
sanitanum In DoerGeld, Mass
II IS said that MT. Alexander has
been suffering from some chronic at
lection OF the kidneys FOR some time.
An operation had been necessary for
a long time, but owing TO Mr.. Alex
anders physical condition resulting
from his long Illness II was postponed
as long AS possible. The operation Il
said to have been successful
The physicians have hope Of the pa
TENTS recovery, despite his advanced
age aud weakened condition.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-17
NO PARDON FOR PETERS.

Denver, Feb l8 The state board OF par
dons today refused to grant a pardon for
Charles o. Peters Of West Dover. o. UNI
der sentence Of death for the murder OF
Mrs Amanda Youugsblond several years
ago. The application was based on the
claim that Peters IL insane, and was rec
ommc-ded by the trial Judge, IN case IT
was SO proven, The board considered the
application but few moments and In Sc
CT et session
Two Of Peters friends were also con.
yictcd OF participation In the crime and
have suffered the death penalty Peters
Is sentenced to hang In May.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-17
JOHN CoNLEY RETRIEVED.

Santa Re, N. NJ, Feb. l6,--Gov. Hag-
erman granted reprieve for one week
10 John Conley, who was to have been
hanged ut Taos today for the murder
OF James Redington, In order to permit
an examination Of his mental condi-
ton,
II IL reported that Conley became a
raVing maniac when told that the gov
ernor had refused to commute his SEM
tence There is no telegraph line at
Taos and a messenger carrying the re-
prlevc rode thithcr last night from
Embudo, IS miles over mountainous
road.