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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
THE BILE OF THE REPTILE.
Said to he an Almost Certain Cure
For Snake Bite.

"Take a hair Of the dog that bit you,
is an old saw that, as a suggested rem
edy, has led many a man out Oh tne
frying pan into the fire, and 1t cannot
certainly be recommended as a cure
suitable for modern times, when an
antidote is more recommendable. Dogs
are not. however, the only animals
whose bite is to be feared, and those
people whose travels have led them to
far lands know that poisonous snakes
are much more to be dreaded. Though
by far the greater proportion OF those
persons thus bitten die, there is GER
tain number who recover, thanks 10
nrompt measures and thanks also to
the administration of the exact remedy
which any particular snake bite re-
ouires. The poison elected by the
tooth of asps and serpents varies as
much as does the poison from the
spoken words of the wicked, and 1t has
lately been dscovered-especially IN
Brazil. which seems to hold the record
for its variety of death giving snakes
that the serum with which those bitten
are treated should vary, according 10
the kind Of snake. But this, though al
vantageous to know in theory, Is OF
small practical use, since the traveller
cannot be sure Of having exactly the
right serum with him at the moment
of the fatal bite. 1t has lately been re-
ported that, on the principle OF the Ole
adage mentioned above-which thus
serves a turn-an almost certain cure
for snake bite is the injection or
small portion of the bile Of the reptile
which has attacked any one and whicf
the snake being generally killed OF
the SPOTS naturally at hand. The gal
bladder is extracted, its contents hitter
ed and the fluid injected under tint
skin. The method sounds somewna
complicated, but no snake bitten per
son will complain If by this means N
escapes a rapid death. The experi
ments made have given the best re
suits. those recovering from the poison
GUS bite Of a South American snak
coming off with nothing worse than al
abscess at the point Of penetration o
the snakes tooth.-Chambers Journal
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
JAPANESE ENGLISH.
Some of the Wonderful Signs That
Are Seen In Tokyo.

Some of the Wonderful Signs That
Are Seen In Tokyo.
"a Japanese Is usually so happy ana
proud over an English sign that he new
or questions its correctness" writes
q Tokyo correspondent. Sometimes
when he has it right the painter I'M
proves upon it, as witness: 'Haird.
resser.' Note the period after the word
haird.' And again: Boot MaeKer'
Sometimes the painter, with view OF
showing off. inserts figures instead OF
letters. thus over an archery shooting
gallery. LarSe BowinS.' Again, the
letters are all there, but wonderfully
mixed. Over an Ice store: Eel Some
times the signs are hopelessly mis-
spelled. H. Takenda. Karare and
Kufus.' This sign puzzled me not a
little till l looked in the dealers WIN
dow and saw he was a maker OF COL
lars and cuffs. A haberdasher adver-
tises the fact that he sells THE Adorn-
ing Goods
"In Azabuku district japanese own
er of a dog kennel is the proud pos
SCISSOR of a lantern on which Is written,
Great Japanese Sporting Dogs and Co.
Within the small Enclosure stands q
cage containing the forlOrn, flea bitten
dog, and sign over the cage an
nounces that the occupant is a Pointer
setter spaniel Dog The owner has
other dogs. one of which is Dog for
| the Chase Another dog Is labeled
Dog for the Pet and all about are
placards warning one to Give nc
| Food
a sign that would be more suitable
over q restaurant or somebody's health
food stands over a tailor shop: Ladies
and Gentlemen's Outfatter.' Mr.. q
Iuokuchi of Tokyo is a plumber, ant
his sign reads: u. Iuokuchi, well known
for being honest and cheap Iron
Coal and Other Precious Metals leads
one to wonder what other precious
metals the dealer sells. 'Claret put VI
by Bordeaux & Co., France and Flor
da Water from Florida are inspira
tons.
"a dealer In milk has Flush Milk
Does he mean blush milk? II SO, VIII.
advertise it? I was sorely tempted t
order some clothes from the man WIN
possesses this gem: 'Daijiro Ota Taitor
Noble Style A shop l would avoi'
has Cheerful Berber,' while anothe
sign reads Barber the Kindness Shop
Mr.. t. Tauikawa announces that he !
High Washman.' "-Chicago News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
A Wonderful Lock.

Neuman Tobias of Kingston, Jamai-
ca. has invented remarkable lock.
The combination consists Of four sets
of twenty-four letters Of the alphabet,
which can be set to sentence in most
modern languages. When one letter Is
used in one alphabet and another in the
second set and so on 1t becomes very
complicated matter indeed. Further
more, instead of letters the inventor
has employed four sets OF numerals.
Assuming that the lock is set to fig
ure In the number Of 5000, 1903, 030, 303,-
O3O it would take any one who under
took the Job Of unlocking the safe &c.
09O27S years go days 30 minutes and
30 seconds working at the rate Of Gu
numbers a minute to arrive at the
proper combination. During that time
he would have no time for eating
drinking or sleeping.-Chicago News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
A Sort of No MINIS Land.

Australians least known and least de-
yeloped section Is the northern terri
tory. 1t is sort Of no mans land. It's
capital. Palmerston, contains more Chi
nese than Caucasians and is the only
place In greater Britain where the
Monaghan is the master and the white
man the servant. The climate Is very
trying to whites, and the aboriginal
blacks are of a fierce and sanguinary
disposition. Vast herds Of buffalo, the
descendants of few experimentally
liberated O century ago, roam over the
plains, and the place will some day, II
ia believed, he q sportsman's paradise
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
Just What Every one Should Do

Mr.. ]. It. Barber, of Irwinville, Ca,
always keeps bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Djarrhoea
Remedy at hand ready for instant use;
Attacks of collie, cholera mor6us and
diarrhoea come OH so suddenly that
there is no time to hunt doctor OF
90 to the store for medicine. Mr..
Barber says: 81 have tried Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy which is one of the pest
medicines l ever saw. keep a bot.
tie of it in my room as have hao
several attacks of collie and it has
proved to be the best medicine l ever
used" Sold by
B. s. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac. All County Agencies.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
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 always be
depended upon as will be seen by the
following certificate from Mrs: Minnie
Jacobs, of Houston, Texas: II here
by certify that Chamberlain's conc,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured
nv 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" Fol
sale by.
B. s. Ashby & Co.,
Accomac, All Contingencies.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
Arithmetical.

EYES," said the old mathematician
with a CLEAN In his eyes, eve always
looked at it that way. Marriage Is adj
dition, when the little ones come It's
multiplication, when dissension looms
I'D to cloud the horizon Of their happi-
ness it's division and when the final
parting comes It's subtraction"
"And how about divorce" asked the
listener.
ooh, guess that would come under
the denomination Of fractiOns."-New
York Press.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
The Pawnbroker's Sign.

The pawnbroker's sign came from
the sign used by the Lombard bankers
who took 1t from the sign used by the
Medici family of Florence. The, found
or of the house had been medicus
or physician. His descendants became
bankers and brokers, and their sign
was their ancestors golden pills
When they became mobiles they assum
ed as arms six golden pills or balls OF
a blue field.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16

Mr.. Rounder (tenderly)-Do you re-
member. dear, during our counting
days how used to tell you the "old'
old stOry2'
Mrs. Rounder-Yes, and you still tell
me the old. old story.
Mr.. Rounder I'm surprise) When
dear?
Mrs. Rounder-When you start for
tina club-ChicagO News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
A Rare Article Indeed.

A little girl not long ago displayed q
bit of feather-black. as 1t happened
TO a caller at the house This man
looked impressed and inquired gravely,
"What is that Nelly an angels wingT'
The child slowly shook her head. "Oh,
no." she answered at once. angels
feathers are white and 1 think they
aro varv scarce"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
&fodern Existence.

To dress better, live better and occu-
py better houses that are better fur,
nished forces men to work harder and
longer than their predecessors did. The
result of this is that the ordinary man
IS separated from his wife and family
almost as much as If he were absent
Truth.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
Sunny People.

The world delights In sunny people
The old are hungerlng for love more
than for bread. The air Of Joy Is very
cheap, and If you can help the poor on
with a garment of praise it will be bet
ter for them than blankets.-Henry
OrummOpd.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
The Critical Period.

Duffer-One Is born every minute,
you know. Puffer-Yes, but they're
not listed till they get old enough to
think they are not-Indianapolls Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-06-16
Pianos, Organs and Sewing
Me- chimes.

Why should you pay 5000 to slO 81.
more for a sewing machine? l guar
a ad to save you from $1,000 to $40, 90
on any high grade sewing maenln ne
made. Why should you pay sooOo
for a sewing machine, when guaran-
tee to sell you the same machine m Ior
Wheeler & Wilson, No. Ballbearlng'
The White, Ballbearing, New home,
Standard, Singer, Household and and an
other makes that l can afford 10
Guarantee. New Machines from SHY
M Alway carrying big stock on hand
and can fill orders at once; Bargains
in Pianos and Organs can be found al
my place,
The Worlds Best Makes.
Henry F. Miller Piano, Behr & Bros,
Ludwig & Copen and The Weaver q
Farrand Organs. Pianos new from m
s175. 90 up. New Organs from 10
up sold to suit your convenience Oaii
or write for catalogue.
JOHN T. ROBINSON,
North St., Onancock. Va.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03

ceiyable that a refined girl should tol
crate man who passed from one igno
rant and vicious woman to another
and yet AIMS greeting remained gra
cious, il not friendly. What it wa
when they We're alone, he dared no
think.
As for Raymond himself, he contin
ued to punish himself by putting aside
the many opportunities which came tt
plead his own suit, and took morbid
sort of pleasure in his remuneration
''There will be one man at least who
will not prosecute her." he said say
agely and bent his best energies to the
work Of developing his mine.
One afternoon as Ann and Mrs. ket
ly sat sewing and chatting together O
woman suddenly appeared In the open
door. She was large and high colored
her hat was awry, and there was a
wild glare in her eyes and look In
her face that froZe even Nora into 81
lence. Both stared at their strange
visitor in breathless apprehension till
she pointed her unsteady finger al
Ann and hoarsely cried out:
$50 you're the one that's cut me out p
The muscles of one cheek cOntorted
and her eyelid dropped like that OF a
paralytic as she fixed baleful Look on
the astonished girl. After a moments
pause she stepped uncertainty upon
the threshold and leaned against the
jamb. "Well, you'd better watch out.
If you don't give him up. I'll kill your
''She's crazy" whispered Nora.
ly fiamboyant skirt and at last drew
out a pistol. NOW you better hopw
she said, with menacing calmness.
Ann rose. white and calm. "Who
are you? What do you want?"
"Wbo am 1? I'm Jack Munro's wife,
that's who I am, and 1 want you to let
him alone, that's what l want. You
can understand that, can't you?" Her
big. fiabby face again contorted hor-
ribly.
Nora found tongue. You go away
or I'll call Matt"
Call him. What do care for him?
amt afraid of no man livin'. No.
sir: let him come. But l got no war
with you; you're all right. But that
thing there, with her fancy dresses
I'll pink her with bullet if she don't
let my Jack alone"
If the drunken creature had swept a
handful of mre into her face Ann
could not have been more revolted,
more degraded. Fixing look of dis
dain on the woman. she said: You are
quite mistaken. Your Jack Is less than
nothing to me. 1 despise him and all
he represents"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03

OF failure. Munro had adroitly writhed
out of his grasp and was probably ex-
ulting at his own cleverness. He was
troubled. too. by the confident tone
which Munro had taken in saying, "The
way was open; she fingered"
Out OF the tumult of his doubt he
emerged with an accession of conf
dence in himself. If it comes to a
choice between us, my chances are as
good as Jacks. Her tolerance of him
is due to ignorance of his real charRc-
ter. Mrs. Kelly must tell her"
He saw. the light in Kelly's home,
and its allurement was stronger than
ever before, but lie resolutely held his
way to his own fireside, there to bit
terly muse the entire evening over his
poverty and the false position in which
Munro had cleverly placed him.
He repented of his resolute passing
of her door when he heard next day
that n couple of the Independent opera
tors had spent the entire evening with
Kelly and that one of them talked
great deal to Ann. The sting of il lay
in the fact that Tracy was Il fine young
fellow. studious and capable. You are
Il fool" Raymond said to himself. You
threw away u chance to be happy.
Don't do IL again"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03
CHAPTER XVI.

4 YOT day passed that the cap
tain of the patrol did not ride
VI down TO the door of the Kelly
h cn hin aud lean from hia saddle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03
THE STOMACH.
How 1t Is Affected by the Use of
Mixed Fatty Foods.

How 1t Is Affected by the Use of
Mixed Fatty Foods.
The stomach never has the least pow
er of digesting true fat. This is dis
posed of in the intestines. When eat
en- in the ordinary forms, as fat meat,
butter, etc, the fat separates out in
the stomach and does not in the least
interfere with the work of the gastric
juice on the other food, but when a
nonfatty food has been intimately mix
ed with grease the latter prevents the
gastric juice getting at the food it
could digest. Fish fried in oil or but
ter is by no means the most marked
example, as the fat does not penetrate
very deeply. Potatoes mashed with
butter are rather worse, and minced
vegetables fried with butter are bad
offenders. The reason advanced ex-
plains why pork is difficult of diges-
ton. The muscular fibers are mixed
up with fat cells, and by the liberation
of the oil in each tiny cell the eaten
pork Is made into an oily paste. A
very strong stomach will do the work
required, but it is not fair task to
impose frequently, and weak stom-
ach will refuse to do ANYTHING beyond
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03
Napoleon,s Poison.

A curious detail of Napoleon Bona
parties costume was the religious care
with which he kept hung around his
neck the little leather envelope, shaped
like a heart, which contained poison
that was to liberate him in case of ir-
retrievable reverses of fortune. This
poison was prepared after a recipe that
Cabanais had given to Corvisart, and
after the year 1908 the emperor never
undertook campaign without having
his little packet of poison.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03
its owner by a few stabs
that it will not stand such treatment
Websfer's Portrait.

Daniel Webster once sat for his por-
rtait to G. Z. Healy, and the senator's
remark when he surveyed the complet-
ed picture became one of the artists
favorite anecdotes in after years ~
Think said Webster as he looked at his
counterfeit presentment, that is face
l have often shaved" Healy found
Andrew Jackson a disagreeable and
unwilling subject" and he compensat-
ed himself by painting Old Hickory
with absolute fidelity to nature not
CLOSING n single defect. The portrait
gives jackson an ugly, savage and pal
lid face.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03

Il YOT day passed that the cap
~ tain of the patrol did not ride
VI down TO the door of the Kelly
h cabin and leap from his saddle
with some fanciful greeting, carefully
and ornately uttered. So much he re-
tanned of his Kentucky breeding.
THE sheriff's army grows apace, but
does not march," he announced one
morning.
Ann could not understand this hui
recklessness. What will you do when
II does march,"
Meet IL and bust it,"
Tell me, now" she said to him at
another time. what is your real mo-
tive? Why should you be the cham
pion of the rights of labOri"
He astonished her by giving back
earnestness for earnestness. III tell
you. my lady. Labor has got to fight.
This union is the coming thing. The
toilers have not only got to stand to-
gether. but they've got to drill i hap
pen to have n little military training.
and I'm going TO give western labor its
first lesson in the power of military or
ganiZation.
Rob and Kelly both stand for the
thing that Is going out. They think any
man has the same chance they have.
but tell you this union that they de-
spise is the coming order"
In truth, Kelly and Raymond were
watching Munro's rise to power with
growing uneasiness. He was now in
almost complete control of the camp
and though he still deferred to the I'M
ion and its committees, his reckless
bravery, his prompt execution of or
ders and his knowledge of military
forms had made Of him the chief
source of command, the only adequate
regulative force on the peak. Those on
the outside did not hesitate to call him
1.-The arch devil of the district" and the
whole western world was filed with
his doings, his reckless speeches.
His fame had fired the hearts Of all
the dead shots and restless spirits Of
the west, and from an irregular squad
of twenty-five or thirty men his forces
and hardy horsemen.
Raymond, though keeping keen eyes
upon Munro, was unable to find cause
for war in any word or act of the gam
bier, nor could he fathom AIMS mind
either toward Munro or himself. She
appeared to find Munro diverting and
spoke Of him only in that way. If she
understood his home life" 1T made no
change in her attitude. 1t was incon-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03

Rexall" Remedies, one for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03

Some three years ago number of
prominent retail druggists - realizing
that big change was to be made in the
proprietary medicine business, that the
public demanded to know what the in
gradients were of the preparations they
were advertising, and that a general
reform was about to take place in pro-
prietary medicine manufacturing and adj
vertising, formed a cooperative COM
pany to meet the public demand. This
company was called The United Drug
Company, of which the undersigned
is one of the thousand members.
Our object was, first, to manufacture
a line of prescriptions such as we had
tried out in our stores and found to give
the very best of results, and second, by
owning our own cooperative nanufac-
turing company we would be able to
know the exact formula of every prepar-
alton we were selling, thus enabling us
to give to the public the very best rem
edieS we could find at actual manufac-
turing cost, plus a single retail profit.
This enabled The United Drug Com
pany. to escape the heavy charges for
advertising and other expenses such as
have to be paid by proprietary remedies.
What was most important, it insures
safety and satisfaction to our customers,
because we druggists know just what
we are selling.
A committee of experts was ap-
pointed who spent a long time in testing
the merits of more than two thousand
formulas and prescriptions recommend
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03

The othec wildly laughed. "Ah, yes,
you can talk-you're smooth-but
know" She began to buster. IF you
hated him, why do you talk and laugh
with him? saw you yesterday" She
raised the pistol. Il tell you, I'll blow
you into kingdom come If you don't
promise right now to give him up!''
AS she advanced the two little lads
at play just outside appeared in the
doorway, and the sight of them steeled
the little. mothers heart. 60 away,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-03-03
Straight Talks on
Patent Medicines

ed by the various druggists constituting
the company.
From these, about fIOO hundred
were selected as being the best ren1eS
dies knosDn to medical science for
the cure, each of its particular ailment.
The exclusive rights to these remedies
were then transferred to The United
Drug Company, which has since manu-
featured them in its superbly equipped
laboratories in Boston under the now
famous name of The Rexall Remedies.
Note then, first of all, these facts:
1st. "Rexall" refers, not to one rem
edy but to about fIDO hundred
each for some one particular purpose.
Nobody knows better than The
United Drug Company druggists the
absurdity of the "cure-an."
I'd. Each "Rexall" Remedy is test,
ed and proved success, selected
for its conspicuous merit from many
of its class. All had established rep
utations through their continued use
by physicians before they became
members of the Rexall family.
Srd. Rexall Remedies are sold at
low prices because they are free from
heavy manufacturing charges, job
bing profits, and the heavy expense
of being advertised separately, as
formerly.
The United Drug Company, which
manufactures the Rexall Remedies, has
already scored the greatest success
ever known in the history Of the drug
business.
medieS one for eacL human III are.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-09-15
AUTUMNAL CATARRH
Disease Prevalent Now. HyOme viii Cure II
Quickly

\ great many people suffer more witt
catarrh during the lall months than al
any other season Of the year. ~ change
in weather seem tO have "A bad cllrcl
upon the disease.
At the first warning of catarrh. ON
should begin the Use of Hyomei. A lew
DAYS treatment will often prevent q
serious attack oi this distressing and
annoying disease.
There il no stomach dosing with llyo
mel IT cures catarrh by the simple and
natural method of breathing medlcat'd
air into the nose. throat and lungs, III
this way killing the germs oi catarfl
poison. healing and sOothing the lrrltai
ed mucous membrane and entering the
blood with the oxygen, thus driving AL
catarrh germs from the system.
II yon have any of the ordinary ca.
tarrh symptoms, such ~ offensive
breath, burning pains in the throat
coughing, raising Of mucous, difficulty to
breathe, snpzing, buskness, discharge
from the nose. droppings ia the throat
coughing spasms. etc, begin the use ol
llyOmei at once.
A complete lIyomci outfit costs hnl
81 90, extra bottles JOc. and h. y.
G0olrick gives n personal guarante" with
every package that money will be riund
ed unless it cures. II u