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N.noleon and His Snuff.

In the late thirties and early fortles
os the last century a favorlte spectacu-
lar play at Astley's in London was
"The Battle of Waterloo" In WHICH un
actor named Gomersal gained renown
"a Nanoleon Bonaparte. His Imitation
Of the emperor was so ifelike that the
oraat Duke of Wellington invited nlln
70 Ansley House, and the interview
Affords an amusing Illustration OF tue
actors close conscientiousness III
tontion TO the most minute detail. All
er COMMUNICATING his guest the duke
remarked: A..
az observe, Mr. Gomersal. that you
do mot use a snuffbox in the part Dut
make the emperor take his snun loose
fron, his waistcoat pocket. Permit me
to enable you to supply the omission
and his grace presented the actor Wild
q very handsome silver "tabatlere'
Gomersal pocketed the casket ana
stomached the criticism in silence Du'
whom he reached home he wrote 10 tne
coroueror of Waterloo and respecttui
- nointed out that the omission Wa'
~ set purpose and absolutely true u
history "Boney" being In the naDit o
d,snensing with a snuffbox ana taxing
the powder loose from his walstcoa
nocket. which he had made lined VIII
channels leather for that purpose.
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4 -; and His Mummies.

Pierre Lott. the French novelist mas
obtained a new acquisition to his weirc
and wonderful collection Of Egypuar
mummies. 1t is that Of young prln'
cess with gilded face, almost as eA.
nress,ve under its mask as 1t mus
have been in life. This mummy, whicn
ia ono of the best In the collection, &C
centuates In his study "the smell tha'
Green's from a winding sheet when
mummy is half unrolled." Lofts griev'
once is that his servants will not move
or touch his mummies under any cir
cumstances. =.
"Only think" he says, mot one o.
nv servants would touch this Deautl
full young woman. They are so super
st,tious about the dead had to carr!
her upstairs myself And, would yol
believe me, as | reached the landing
suddenly flashed through my mind Una
was carrying a corpse. | seemed u
fool the chill Of the dead breast pene
trate my own"
Noticeable among the other empaim
ed bodies OF dead and gone egyptian
IN Lofts study is that of a little three
vear-old girl. who stares down VIII
sIehtless eyes on her present owner a
he sits writing his romances and play
in the still watches Of the nignt'-on
pcaG0 NeWH -'.'
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Til. seroeant's Tribute.

After the battles Of Weissenpurs
and Worth. which he had won' Tue
crown prince, afterward emperor
Frederick, was sauntering alone one
evening past a barn occupied py
party Of Wurttemberg troops hear-
ing something like a stump ora.ory
going on. the prince opened the door
and looked in. Every one rose.
"Oh. sit down! I'm sorry to disturb
I dare say there's room for me 70 10
the same" said the prince. ray
who was making a speech?"
All ewes were turned on sergeant
whose very intelligent countenance
looked. however, sorely puzzled when
the commander In chief asked 49,
"And what were you talking aboutf
Quickly recovering his presence Oh
mind the sergeant confessed:
"Wel. Of course we were talking Oh
onr victories. and | was just explain
ing TO these young men how ioul
Years ago, If we had had you to ieac
us. we would have made snort "oi'
If those COMPOUNDED Prussians!
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The reyerseS Of fortune are well IL
lustrated among the descendants OF
the old French nobility.
According to NJ. Lescure, grandson
of that same Marquis d'Ilauteroche
who chivalrously requested the Eng
fish troops at the battle Of Fontenoy 10
"Are first ended his days as a com
mon policeman.
One of the noble family of BaDou de
Ia Roardaisiere is now washerwo
man.
Representatives Of other noble ram
lilies equally famous In their time are
mr. were according to the same author
ity, occupying the humble places Oh
gamekeeper. carpenters apprentice
house painter, cab driver, mlilers u.s.
sistant, innkeeper, conductor Of an ON
nibus. box opener at a theater' gas
man. bathing man, maker OF mouse
traps. chorus singer at the opera ano
woodman. while one who Is a great
erand-cousin Of the illustrious Cardi
nal de Retz unites in his own person
the lowly Offices Of gravedigSer ant
village fiddler.-London Tit-Bits.
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From Different Viewpoints.

Some years ago a party OF American
travellers, journeying leisurely up tne
Nile EXPRESSED a desire to celebrate
Washington's birthday in some appro-
priate manner. Their chef according
ly prepared a great frosted cake upon
which he executed in confectionery
representation of George Washington
sfter having familiarized himsel1 VIII
the life and achievements or MS SUI
iect AS represented in sugar WASH.
incton wore turban on his head ana
qreat sash across his breast, ne was
smoking a long pipe and before him a
chorus of dancing girls were perform
ing This was the way the greatness
Of George Washington looked to tDe
Arab chef. -.
In China many amusing instances OF
q similar kind may be found. III
grim's Progress" as recently transiat
cd and illustrated by native artists
shows Christian with long plgtail
tho dungeon of Giant Despair as tn
familiar wooden cage of Chinese grimm
nails while the angels are arrayed Il
the latest productions of Picking dress
makers.
A chinese publication once describe
Americans as Giving for months VIII
ont eating a mouthful Of rice ana neN
err enjoying themselves by Stun
oriatly on their ancestors graves; Du
instead. Jumping around and kicking
ball as if paid for it."-Pittsburg foS'
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ci.s Distinctions In Sweden.

The old time class distinctions IN
Sweden have yielded to the more ilp-
oral ideas of modern times. The horny
handed toiler is more respected tnan
be used to be. But yet kind OF out.
ward show Of humility and dofnng Oh
can is expected Of the man III Tue
humber walks of life by his more
nrosnerous fellow Christian. only tne
other day a letter carrier was Insult
ed set upon and raped on the head
nv a wholesale merchant Tor not IAN
ing off his cap when entering the lat,
tors Office to deliver mail. The man
carrier was afterward reprimandeu W
his superintendent, who held tnat
while the postal regulations did MOI
specifically bid the mail carrier to take
off his cap when entering place. ye.
II was plainly his duty to do So as on'
Of the rules gave the carrier permis
eion TO salute in military fashion VIII
can on when outdoors, from when
was TO be inferred that the cap shoui'
come off indoors.
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At Liberty to Scream.

It was on a ferryboat plying between
SYDNEY and Manly, one OF that city )
beautiful suburbs. Every seat was oc'
cupled. Each occupant felt the innu-
ence ana prepared for an eEjoyaDle
trim when lank girl Of fifteen appear
ed. dragging by the hand Il screaming
child. There she stood. glowering a
mild lady suggested the child might pe
in pain. An old bachelor muttered tha'
people who had charge Of children
should Keep them at home. 10"
voiced but distinct imprecatlons We''
now rife. She took not the slighleS'
heed of the muttcrlng or the bawilhs
which was now at the highest pitch
iii the suggestion was offered tna'
medicine would do 1t good. linen sht
arose In her wrath. as 1t were. ana
giving the child vigorous shake said
Ethel. cry as loud as you lIke. Tv'
paid your fare" London Tit-Bits.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-02-08
Liouid Sulphur.

At Lake Charles. near the gun Vi
Mexico. $50 miles from New orleans
sulphur is obtained from deep deposits
in the form of liquid. Wells driven 10
n depth Of GOO feet In search OF peuo.
leum revealed instead rich deposit OF
sulphur. To obtain the mineral hollow
tubes we're driven into the earth Each
sulphur we'll consists of three tubes
one within another Through the outer
tube hot water is forced down. ana II
issues through perforations near the
bottom. Through the central tube not
mir is driven a little lower than tpe
points where the hot water escapes
Through the third tube, inclosed De
tween the other two. the liquid SUI
phur dissolved by the water rises 10
the surface under the combined ihhu.
ence of the pressure of the column oil
| water and the lmpulsion of the rising
afr The liquid sulphur Is leu int'
wooden reservoirs. where 1t cools ah'
hardens. Exchange.
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The Aims and Baby Coaches.

"What strikes me most In Switzer
land IS the baby COACH" said traV-
eler. "Other people are struck there
by the huge COW bells. by the woou-
carvings, by the stupendous wnite
Aims. but 1t is the baby coach tna'
takes nv eye. On every road. on every
nath. YOU see baby coaches. They con-
tain not babies, but bags OF -four OF
fopots or lunches or a young live pig
or goat The baby coach Is unlver-
soIIv used In Switzerland as push
cart q wise thing. We Americans
don't get the worth Of our DaDy
coaches. With US as soon as the DaDe
Is old enough to walk up goes the
coach into the attic. 1t Is done ior
But at this stage the career OF INC
Swiss coach may be said only to De
gin. A long life Of usefulness lies De
fore It. In rain and shine IN $40"
and hail. it will glide by many year
sturdily W and down the steep S"is
roads. carrying anything from a youn'
colt to q squashed mountaineer." -
New Orleans Times Democrat.
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Coastinq, Indeed.

The young man had small, sharp iron
rakes nailed to his boots. AS he threw
himself. belly bumpers" on his high
steel toboggan girl said;
"Why those iron rakes' ana WHY "
sled of STEELE" 49,. =
az" the young man replied am d
coaster of repute coast at st. MOTIF,
IN the Swiss Engadlne. | am entiueu
70 use the famous Cresta run.
"That rum" he explained rs iceu
Won don't slide on snow there. Dut Vi
pure ice. And how fast yoS-go! II
fact. you go eighty to ninety miles al
hour. ,o
"you use a steel sled because
wooden one wouldn't be stable enough
and YOU wear iron rakes on your Doot
because otherwise you could not stee
on that steep, winding course OF glar
ice"-Philadelphia inquirer
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Question of Nationality.

An Englishman, a Frenchman ana
German sitting together In the smok-
ing room of an ocean liner, the CONVEX
sation turned on their nationality, and
one Of them asked what each Of the
three would choose to be if lie were not
of his own nation. The Frenchman said,
.Tf were not a Frenchman, would
be an Englishman." The Englishman
said. "If l were not an Englishman'
would wish to be one" The German,
az were not German I would wish
not 10 be a German. Peters ID
Deutsche Monatschrift.
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Hendrick Hudson.
~ ROBERTVS LOVE.

YHEN year or so ago stea'n-
A boat for traffic on the Hud-
NM son river was launched WIN
n the name Hendrick HUDSON,
somebody demonstrated, holding tnat
+ba name of the vessel should pe
Horny Hudson. because that was HUI
son,s real name. Nevertheless 1t seems
citing that the boat be named t1en-
drick instead of Henry. for 1t was
while in the service of the Dutch East
India company that the English na'f
GATOR discovered the great river winch
| hears his name. Moreover MS own
country was so jealous of his prowess
nc q discoverer for another nation tna'
ON his return to the old world HUDSON
was practically impressed into tne
pri+ish service and was not permitted
TO enjoy his full reward for the sue
cesses achieved by him when he voy-
aged under the Dutch name OF hen
drick. 49,
Hudson persisted miserably IN tne
service of British interests. This "as
when he made his disastrous voyage -
: search of that long hidden northwest
, massage which lured so many mariner
: 70 defeat or doom and which was maj
/. " discovered by Captain Road Amunu
t sen nearly three centuries after HUI
e sons death. Hudson sailed into tn
e vast northern bay which, along VIII
: the gloriously picturesque river keep
e his name on the map of the wor,O
s There was mutiny aboard, and IN
II ! mariners set the great navigator adrll
$ IN q small boat in the icy waters VIII
IS his son and a few other adherent
lie The fate of Hudson and his party
10 still a mystery Of the frozen nortn.
d For the people of the United Stat
lie uudson's chief achievement was u
c. discovery of the wonderful river
tho mouth of which has grown up u
ne second CITY of the world In populatl'
n and the first in commercial impC
oe lance.
he Hendrick Hudson sailed nortnwa
as around Sandy Hook and entered Z
river in September, 1909, in the Du'
of shin Half Moon. The explorer spe
In month studying the stream gong
nt as far as the site Of the city OF AiDai
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TWO MINUTE SKETCHES.
Henry Wadsworth LOngfsIl'w.
Bv ROBERTVS LOVE.
Ripe scholar
and poet Of me
people.
oNCFELLow has been called by

o~cEEyIOW has been called py
or,tic the poet of the com
ornlace" Some friends OF tue
AM beloved American poet nave ~
sentsd this Characterization Du' o'"v.
have accepted it with thanks 10 'ne
o~,t;c THESE latter hold that II 10
glory enough for a poet TO s'or1! Wv. W.
COMMONPLACE. to see and express 'no
beauty Of simple things as Lonsie'''"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was
tive scholar one of the best educa'eu
mon Of his time. He was a re"uei -
,,orv literatures in many languages
~1,oh Of his work consists OF trahSia
tions from other tongues, the poe' p"
ting into simple and lucid hns,.Sn .
80 the thoughts of other men, Ou'
,o+roaucinp also much of the person.
ol,tv Of the translator. BY far Tue
Iorcer bulk of his writings is orlgina''
and much of this work is dis'lnc'Ne'
of American flavor and inspirauo"
Iongfellow in "Hiawatha' prouuceu
tho first great American poem oil epi0
length and treatment. In TINS Wo,
tho noet brought the neglected ana ue,
snised American Indian for the nls'
time into poetic literature he PEI
ceived and gave expression 10 Tue ~
nance of the aborigine' -,
Rut il is by his briefer poems 'u'
lyrical pieces. that LongfeIloW Is ov'
Known to the great mass OF the peop'e
..Tbo psalm of Life" has passed ln''
current speech. The Children Hour,
..Tho Rr;dge." The s<Senal at Sprlne
Aald" and q score of lyrics IN sinpr
ond tender strain have become Il par
~ the life of English speaking peop'
ororvwbere. In the sonnet. one OF III
most artistic forms of poetic expires
sion Longfellow still stands unSO
nassed in American literature
Other poets have arisen IN Ane ,,'.,
son,o few of whom have shown hlel
o. ganius in creative work, but Lon
follow the kindly old Harvard PROBES
or the poet of The Village biac
Sr,,tb" remains. when all is SAID al
f-one the most widely popular
American poets. not only on TINS si'
Of the Atlantic. but across the sea
wor Longfellow was the people po
hoconse he wrote so lucidly that I
noonle could understand and app
cIate because he made the commC
place poetic.
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Stephen A. Douglas.
nv ROBERTVS LOVE.
He Wa5 a giant
in intellect.

Y VERY early in his career S ''lorTn
~ A. Douglas became Known
VI throughout the country as Tue
~ Little Giant" The sobriquet was
6t one. Physically he was short anu
slight-a little man. Mentally lie W"S
bio from his boyhood. His head was
large and CORRESPONDENCE pralny' nc
was a giant in intellect. ,a
Douglas was daringly ambitious. ms
coal was the presidency OF the Onl'eu
States. AS a schoolboy in Vermont anu
western New York the familiar para
doxical fact that "any American IVY
can become president seems 10 nav
tolon nossession Of him. He settled III
now state. Illinois, to grow up win
the country and work himself into ieau-
ersh,p. Though he failed OF the pres.
idency. he was in the whitest neat u
the presidential limelight for years,
Perhaps no man in American history
rose to national eminence so rapiuiS
&C did Douglas. He almost won
nomination for congress at the age Vi
twentv-five. Only three years iatei
ba was q member Of the supreme
court of Illinois, resigning TINS oinc'
Of the age of thirty to enter congress
In the lower house Douglas became
once a national figure. Entering ln'
senate few years later, his lam
w,dened and deepened with each SUI
coodino wear. Douglas was far NOR
prominent man in 1872 IMAM W"
FRANKLIN Pierce, who defeated him 10
the Democratic nomination for pre-
idon+ and was elected. Douglas wa
still under forty. Four years later u
enprossing slavery problem had
divided his party that again ne lane
TO win the nomination. In Iooo
was nominated by the northern Sc
ton of the Democracy.
If was his espOusal of the doctrii
Of "souatter sovereignty" whlcn co
tended that every territory Should
permitted to vote for ltsel Oh =.
Question of slavery, that cost Dougl
the presidency
Douglas died at the earl! age
forty-eight. few months after the
aueuration of his greatest opponel
Abraham Lincoln. 1t is 10 nls eN'
lasting credit that he upheld Llhc'
IN the effort to preserve the repuDl
This fact may be taken as the mo
measure of the man. His last wol
to his political adherents were;
"There can be no neutrals IN I
~vorv
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NEW LOCOMOTIVES.
TESTING Their Capers and ereaN'"s
Them In For Work.

hem IN Eo' WYNN
Few persons outside the realm OF Tue
onerating department OF rai'io"u
know anything Of the ofttimes 'eAa
,,o,s neculiarities and not infrequenuy
seemingly intelligent capers OF a 'oIo'
motive when being broke 10 its iaiS-
sion in the world. Each new engine
r,ust undergo a set training or test
before It is put into actual service anu
oooh locomotive which has gone
through the shops for repairs Is gwen
a certain working out before II is re-
turned to It's erstwhile duties.
Some locomotive manufacturing coni-
NAMES complete their engines reauy
Tor actual service before sending them
ont: others ship them to the uestina
t,on IN a partial "knockdown sta'e'
and they are completed In the SHOPS
90 the road to which they are deilV-
cred. ,,.o q
when a new engine is taken into a
sbon II Is turned over to mecnHn'0
whose duty 1t Is to At 1t up ana n'ahe
81, connections and adjustments OF tue
,ntor,or mechanism. This completeu'
.ha engine is turned over to fireman.
uho staams II up and blows 1t on ID
order to remove any grease tna' 'nisu'
have accumulated in the boiler OF any
srcb foreign substance as might cause
ho,Ior RI foam" while In service
rho engine Is then turned over 10 u.
: engineer whose duty 1t IS 10 Oie@S
, ~ IN The engine is steamed up asa,n
ond ~ II will run Is taken for ilt'"
Z tryout about the yaru' ,,u,,n,
Tho science of locomotive puiiui''
;, hos heen developed to such fine pom
that there is little danger now Vi a
= engine "bucking' on its first triai' u
- main feature in the test IS 10 see 'n'
there Is no heating in the Journals
,od hrosses. IT there Is no heating u
o engine Is run about the yards ~
oheut holf a day. and the steam
Y. again blown from the oo''el' 49,
- The engine is then steamed up an
- totan for a long run on the main III
II during this test there are no cape
ont tho engine Is sent out for its III
! cut, lut NhS'N
, trim with about 500 tons to draw
!, II runs all right, the weight IS gfa
=. rollv increased to $50 tons. Inc 10
Nv mage depends greatly upon the SIZE
no the engine. The average engine Vi
day will draw about 800 tons 81 VI
or mountainous road and from l,Zoo
nd 100 tons over level haul. Inc II
nd speed is from one to twenty iniieS
In hour. ,,.i 4
"A Heating is one Of the principal u
am eases OF an engine, and II Is 'ni' :,
,or ture the engineer looks to more u
or. ANYTHING else. The mechanical SCI
I,s Of the engineer is so developed 'na'
Ith can detect the least defect ABOUT
Inv engine. .,ooou,o+
,oy John Miller, who Is the "locono'
,ao buster" for the Nashville. Chattaho'
n1 and st. Louis Railroad-company' pre-
Wild ON an average twenty engines '.
month. He has been breaking ehgl
tim for this company for the last hVe ye'
tod t-Chattanooga Times.
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BRITISH NAVY MYSTERY.
Traditions Regarding the Death OF sir
CIoudesley Shovel.

Traditions Regarding the peatn OF OF
CIoudesIey Shovel.
OF the almost complete wreck OF
souadron under Sir Cloudesley onovei
On the rocks Of the Scilly isles, togeth-
or with the death of its gallant COM !
mander. the greatest seaman Oh 'ne
oga number of curious TRADITIONS
are associated both with the evenpS
leading I'D to the catastrophe and the
fate of the celebrated admiral.
The outstanding feature OF the catas-
trophe is the mystery OF shoVeis
death which will probably never De
solved and the latter turns upon tue
admirals emerald ring. One story goes
that the body was picked up on tne
obore nv a soldier and his wife anu
hurled by them on Perth Hellick
sands A spot is still shown at Portn
Hellick as being the burial place OF the
admiral. and, according to tradltioh'
grass has never grown upon 1t. SUISSE
ouentlv the identity Of the corpse was
discovered. The remains were eXnun-
cd and conveyed to London via Plym-
outh. where they were embalmed' La
DIV Shovel rewarded the soldier Win
nane,on for life and received from him
the ring found on her husbands hnger'
Another story is that Paxton, the
nurser OF the Arundel. discovered TWO
ST Mary men quarreling over the pos
session Of ring He at once recos
n,zed II AS Showers ring and inquired
from which body 1t had been taken
and when that was found he Kne"
and claimed the body. Alstly. there
, tho startling narrative Of foul play
: viz that many years after the "rec'
. an aged woman confessed to the par
ish minister on her deathbed that. e1
= bausted with fatigue. one man Wh
. had been washed ashore on nate
u reached her hut and that she had mul
= dered him to secure the valuable proi
artv ON his person. She then produce
a snlendid emerald ring taken iroi
~ tho finger of her victim and identihe
- as the gift of Lord Berkeley 10 SHOVE
80 The responsibility for this story res
=. Of Romney. Modern research repor
&c rather In favor of the murder tneor
L The ring was eventually recovered al
~ altered into the form of locKet al
g. e. set with diamonds 1t is a precious rel
- of the Berkeley family.
III The theory as to how 1t passed IN
tho nossession of the family OF 1
original donor is that Lady shoVel
=. ceiyed It from the murderess as state
30 , and bequeathed It at her death 10 10
-! Berkeley. Several old works OF rel
once contain the baseless story IL
-. LADY Shovel was aboard the Assoc
o. tIop and was drowned along with
~ husband BY the way, her ladysni
a ghost is supposed to walk at Inidnit
~ ~ in the avenue of May place. Dartlo
: = Kent once the home of the ShoVei'
hIs London Globe.