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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
The First Cookbook.

To the Romans belong the honor OF
having produced the first European
cookery book. and. though the author
ship is uncertain, 1t is generally attrio'
uted 10 Cactus Apicus, who lived I'M
der Traian. ia A. d. Here are two
recipes from this ancient collection:
'First. for sauce to be eaten with
boiled fowl. put the following ingredi-
ents into a mortar: Aniseed, dried mint
and la7er root. Cover them with vine
gar. add dates and pour in liquamen
"a distilled liquor made from large FISH
which were sailed and allowed to turn
putrid in the SUM, oil and a small
ouantitv of mustard seeds. Reduce all
70 q proper thickness with sweet wine
warmed. and then pour this same over
YOUR chicken. which should previously
be boiled in aniseed water"
The second recipe shows the same
queer mixture of ingredients; TAKE
a whcelbarrow of rose leaves and
hound in a mortar; add to it brains OF
two pigs and two thrushes boiled and
mixed with the chopped up yoke OF
egg. oil. vinegar, pepper and wine.
Mix and pour these together and stew
them steadily and slowly till the per-
fume is developed." -Chambers' Jour
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
The Wonderful Aphis.

The aphis is in one way the most
startling of all forms Of insect life,
for. although the females can and do
lay eggs, its usual method of increase
is by a sort Of budding process, the
young growing on the bodies OF the
parent exactly as brussels sprouts
grow out of the stalks Of the plant.
The old produce young at the rate OF
twenty-five a day, and as the young
are at once mature each can produce
Its twenty-five Oh the following day.
1t positively frlghtens one to work
this multiplication out to conclu-
sion. for it means this: Surprising that
the aphide could increase and multiply
without interference, the twenty-tfth
generation would he number too long
to quote here. Put down l and fol
low 1t with % naughts and you Will
be within q few millions of it.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Whv Mot Ba an Ecotist2

There is much mistaken sentiment as
TO the sin Of egotism. The fact is ego
tism is not a sin. On the other hand,
If is somewhat of virtue and an in
dispensable element in all real prog
ress. Some phases of egotism are un-
pleasant to the beholder and unfor-
tunate for the possessor, but if all OF
self love. or. rather, the love of other
peoples admire ton and good will, were
to be extinguished there would be little
to hold society together and less to
give impetus TO the great enterprises
which spring from individual thought
and eliminate in personal proft-Les-
lies Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
NMLinh Ernt Walks Easter?

You may think this very silly ques-
ton to ask. but it isn't. 1t IS simple
demonstrable fact. which you can
prove to your own satisfaction III
very few minutes. If you will take
pavement that is clear, so that there
will be no interference, and walk brisk
" in the center, you will find that be-
fore YOU have gone fifty yards you
have veered very much to one side.
You must not make any effort, OF
course. to keep in the center, but II you
will think Of something and endeavor
to walk naturally you cannot keep a
direct line. The explanation Of this lies
in the propensity of one foot to walk
faster than the other, or one leg takes a
longer stride than the other, causing
one to walk to one side. You can try
an experiment In this way by placing
two sticks about eight feet apart then
stand off about sixty feet, blindtold
Yourself and endeavor to walk between
them. You will find 1t almost impos-
Sible
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
One day is worth two tomorrows.
Have you something to do tomorrow
Do II today-B Franklin.
Tvnes Of Female Beauty.

In northern Europe, among the leu
tonic races, there are distinct types Of
beauty to be met with In Sweden, Po-
land. Saxony and Austria. The Swed-
ish type, however, lacks animation, but
the mold and figure to some extent
atone for this, says the London Globe.
The Austrian women possess a COM
posite beauty in which are united the
charms Of three or four races. Vienna
ladies' are tall and stately, with great
harmony and proportion in feature and
figure. The Tyrolese maiden often
lacks a good figure, but her face and
manner possess all that Is most be-
witching in the two races Of which she
is composed, Latin and Germanic.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21

Once while James Whitcomb Riley
was visiting a town where he was
booked to give a reading a committee
called to take him In a carriage over
the city. In acknowledging the com
pllment he said:
"IIl 90 with you, gentlemen, provid
ed you promise that you will not show
me the new courthouse, the new town
hall. the new bridge, the new school
building and the new Jail, for I've seen
them all a hundred times In as many
towns, and they invariably wear me
out before the time arrives for the
curtain to rise on the evening enter
tainment."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Clinnino Their WINGS.

The costume Of the Pu Yuan Pen-jen
women in the Shan states IS very strik-
ing. consisting of a cloth hood. an open
Jacket and a pair Of short white trou-
sers reaching barely to the knee. But
the most important though the least
noticeable part of their costume is their
colored cloth CATERS. These the women
are Obliged TO wear as without them
IT IS believed they would be able to ny
away. leaving their husbands and
sweethearts sorrOwful.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Influence of Mountains.

The influence Of the mountain Is pure
and holy, giving strength and simple
ity, encouraging the older virtues, dis
couraging the newer vices. In the hill
men Of Wales we see this clearly
enough. Go where you will among the
wilder and more mountainous parts OF
Wales and you will find that rare in
dependence and self reliance which are
not marred by a curlously defiant dis
courtesy. You find there those that
are truly natures gentlemen."-Lon-
don Standard.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Adam Eve and Some Apples.

How many apples did Adam and Eve
eat?
Some say Eve and Adam 2, total
of1O. Others say Eve s and Adam 8
also; total, 1 6. But If Eve s and Adam
80. the total will be 90. Now, If Eve
8 l and Adam s l 2 the total would be
B93. Then if Eve list and Adam z
the total would be 623. Or, again,
Eve S14 Adam, Adam s 124 2 oblige
Eve. total 82,O56. Though we add
nit Eve S14 Adam, Adam, if lie s ]
PAP keep Eve company; total, s, 1 50 ,
O56. All wrong. Eve, when she 1 2
many and probably felt sorry for it,
and Adam, in order to relieve her
grief, S12; therefore Adam If he 1 s
1424O-fy EYES depressed spirit;
hence both ate 81, SOC, S64 apples.
Kansas City Independent.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
THE PARACHUTE.
Leonardo da Vinci Was the First Ono
to Suggest 1t.


to Suggest 1t.
Credible accounts exist Of an English
Benedictine monk, Oliver Of Malmes'
bury. In the eleventh century having
tried to fly by precipitating himself
from the height of a tower with the
assistance of wings attached to his
arms and his feet. 1t is said that, hav-
ing gone along little way, he fell ana
broke his legs. He attributed his acct
dent to failure to provide his appara-
tus with tail. which would have help
ed preserve his equilibrium and made
his descent gentler one.
In the sixteenth century Leonardo ga
Vinci first demonstrated that 4 bird,
which is heavier than the air, sustalns
itself. advances in the air, by render
inc the fluid denser where 1t passes
than where II does not pass" In oruer
TO fiy 1t has to fix its point of support
on the air. Its wings in the descending
stroke exert pressure from ABOVE
down. the reaction Of which from be-
low ID forces the center Of gravity OF
ITS body to ascend at each instant TO
the height at which the bird wishes TO
maintain 1t. Some sketches which nave
come down to us prove that Leonardo
occupied himself, like Oliver Of Nalmes-
bury, with giving man the I 10 ny
by the assistance of wings ~itaDly
fixed to the body.
We owe to Leonardo also the inven-
ton Of the parachute, which he de-
scribed In the following terms; III a
man had a pavilion each side Of when
was fifteen braces wide and twelve
braces high he might cast himself from
anv height whatever without fear OF
danger" 1t may be said too OF Leo
nardo da vinci that he was the hrst 10
suggest the idea of the screw propeller
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
The Apple of Discord.

At the marriage Of Thetis and Pc
leus. where all the gods and goddesses
met together, Discord threw on the Ia
BILE q golden apple" for the most
beautiful" Juno, Minerva and Venus
put in their separate claims and, not
being able to settle the point, referred
the matter to Paris, who gave Judg-
ment to Venus. This brought on him
the vengeance of Juno and Minerva,
TO whose skill is attributed the fall OF
TROY
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
An Estimate.

"Old man Titewad must be worth
billion dollars observes the man with
the ingrowing mustache.
"Nonsensew says the man with the
detected ears. "He hasn't over a hun
dred thousand to his name"
But | was estimating 1t at what he
would be worth if dollar was as DIG
as he thinks it is ."-Chicago Post.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Force of Habit.

1.-THE question of enlargng the church
comes up tonight, John, doesn't it,
Eyes, dear, and we expect to have a
lively time. They tell me the opposi-
ton to the pastor will be strong.
Where's my overcoat? Oh, yes! And
now I want the tin horn and the COW
bell and the big rattle"
Mercy, John, what are you going to
do?"
do! Why, I'm going to root for the
nastor. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
MARRIAGE Customs In Savage Africa.


The charge which is sometimes
brought against white men Of marry
ing for money" cannot be used against
their sex in Africa, for there it is the
other way about, husbands having to
purchase their wives. When man
has a wife bestowed upon him as an
act Of charity he feels that she Is not
properly his own, and she, If she will,
can treat him with contempt. This
custom of wife purchase, although 1t
is to be decried as tending to lower
marriage to the level Of a commercial
contract, is an incentive to young men
to work. Lazy youths cannot com
pete with energetic ones in the matri-
monial market, as they are despised by
the young women and rejected by their
parents as being unworthy Of their
daughters.-Wide World Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
ADDING to His SufferinGs.

The Doctor-I expected to 20 out OF
town next Saturday, as usual, to spend
Sunday with my family in the country
but professional duties forbid. The
fates are against me. The Professor
The fates are to blame, are they? Well,
it's natural for a week ender to come
to a lame conclusion.-Chicago TriD-
mo
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
The Retort Courteous.

A lady passing through the negro
quarter in Mobile, Ala, heard an old
woman chanting a dirgelike tune.
"Auntie," she observed, that Is a
mournful song you are singing"
"Yassum," was the response, u
knows it's mO'nful, but by singin' dat
song an 'tendin' to my own business
I spects to git to heaben."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
southern Spoon Corn Bread.

Pour two cupfuls boiling water over
a cupful cornmeal; cook five minutes,
stirring continually: add tablespoon
full butter, two eggs well beaten, a cup
full milk, a teaspoonful salt; beat thor
oughly. pour into well creased bak-
ing dish and bake thirty-tive minutes
in hot oven. Serve from the dish In
which 1t is baked.-What to Eat.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
A Gocd Eeason.

One day Mary was found standing
on chair in front of the mirror, gaz-
ing at her pretty image.
"Why are you locking in the glass,
darling |asked her mother.
cause | like the look Of me-" was
the frank reply.-Chicago News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21

A young man named Sweet engaged
to marry young woman named Lowe.
A few Sundays previous to the we'd
ding the happy couple attended church
together, and as they walked along the
aisle the choir began singing the song
"Sweet and Low" entirely unconscious
Of the musical pun that was being per-
natratpl
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
A Human BUNGALOW.

Pnkson didn't impress you favora
bly,, then?
"No; he's just a bungalow"
"a what?"
"a bungalow. He hasn't any foun-
tion."-Newark News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Overhurdsned With Memory.

"Your son tells me that he is going to
take lessons to cultivate his memory"
81 hope not" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. "He can remember every fool
tune that was ever whistled." Wash
ington Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
An o-der Not Obeved.

An exasperated Irish sergeant. drill
ing a squad of recruits, called to them
at last:
Halt! Just come over here, all OF
We ard look at yourselves. It's a fine
line ye're keepin', isn't it?"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
a Chande.

at used to be the height of my ambi-
ton to own a motor car" said the wor-
ried looking man.
"And what is the height Of your am
tition now" asked his friend.
ITO sell t."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Literary Taste.

~ have written a book that every
body ought to read" said the author.
81 am afraid it won't do" answered
the publisher. "What the public seems
TO want now is a book that nobody
ought to Washington Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Thrifty.

"Well. parson is your flock lib'ral in
their 'nevolences"
Liberal? Well, should say dey is
not that. Why. when | asted them to
sing ole Hundred dey done sung The
Ninety and Nine "-Harper's.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Ample Cause.

"What on earth possessed you to be-
come engaged to Herbert?' a young
lady asked her friend. you don't love
him an atom
81 know" was the candid reply, but
that horrid Jones girl does"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Poor Angel.

81 wonder" said the sweet young
thing, "why a man is always so fright
ened when he proposes"
"That," said the chronic bachelor, rs
his guardian angel trying to hold him
back"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
His Luck.

81 have been engaged to at least a
dozen girls" said young man.
"And always been unluclky in love,
eh?" inquired a lady.
ooh. no-rather lucky! was the an
swer. give never married any OF
thpnw
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Two Bad Bites.

Diogenes being asked "What is that
beast which is the most dangerousT
replied, "Of wild beasts the bite Oh a
slanderer and of tame beasts that OF
the hatterer."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
LII.

at takes a baby mos two years to
learn to talk" said Uncle Eben. IAN
den it takes de res of its lifetime 10
learn to keep FUN talkin' too much
Washington Star.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21

Experience would be a wonderful
asset but for one thing"
"What's that|
"You never can sell 1t for what 1t
cost ."-Cleveland Leader.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
The Resemblance.

81 was always interested in airships
and flying machines, so bought the
ater.''
"Why did you do that"
"A theater has wings and flies"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21

All who have gardens know what q
pest the green hy, or aphis, becomes. 1t
seems to cover rose trees and other
plants like magic.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Quite Liqht.

Marie-I think Chollie is delightful
dancer. He's 50 light on his feet! LII
liam When you're better acquainted
with Chollie .-oun discover that he's
light at both elds.-Town and Country
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21

Those who want friends to whom to
open their griefs are cannibals OF theH
own hearts.-Bacon.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
Marked Him.

care you aware who l ann"
"Sure! Didn't just call you an old
kiot?"-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21

An acre in Middlesex is worth prin'
cipality in Utopia.-Macaulay.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1908-11-21
FOR RENT, or LEASE.

The large, airy, commo-
dious store belonging to and
formerly occupied by w. 7.
Winder. Said building is
30x90, two stories high, and
has an annex 30x72 and is
located on the corner Of
Main and Hill streets.
It 10 a hrst-class Business
Stand and embraces all the
conyeniences and facilities
belonging thereto. A No. l
business can readily be con-
Quoted there in any line pre-
ferred. Apply to
w. T. WINDER,
Onancock, Va.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-05-08
HATED TO LEAVE THE MoRGuE

M. Gaud, for 30 years the superin.
tendent of the Paris morgue, said fare
we'll to the grewsome place with tears
in his eyes and words of regret on his
lips. Newspaper men asked him for
Experiences" and impressions, !"
and when he had given them he Ie-
oeived from those who had heard him
the title philosopher of the MoIgue. {"
To the representatives of the Matin he
said that he had been very happy at
the morgue and had learned there the
lesson of life. "When one sees before
him continually" he said, what it
is for which we work and slave and
commit all sorts Of folly, our fears and
our worries vanish. Or course it took
quite while before realized that q
dead man is no longer man before l
learned TO look upon those who are
brought here from the physical point
only. Until that was accomplished /
could not eat, except with aversion.
Two weeks cured me-. He recalled
some of the grewsome scenes which he
had witnessed. and said: 81 became
accustomed to all these things. but
never to the police practice Of con-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-05-08

At the Kansas station alfalfa roots
have been traced to a depth of over
nine feet, while at the Colorado exper-
iment station DR.. W. P. Headden has
washed out the roots of an old alfalfa
plant to the depth of nearly IL feet,
says an alfalfa leaflet. Various re-
ports have been made, without good
authority, of finding alfalfa roots at
even greater depths. 1t is without
doubt one Of the deepest roofing plants
gown OH the farm. Alfalfa will do
more for western agriculture in the
next 50 years than all the other crops
which farmers may he able to grow in
this region. The great value of the
crop as money maker is the main
factor which Is introducing it into the
agriculture of the central west. Where
alfalfa can be successfully marketed
or fed, no other crop grown in the west
will yield so great net profit per acro
in series of years.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-05-08

The Commercial Club of Walla
Walla, Washington, has passed 1850
lutions urging the railroad companies
to grant one-fare rate for the round
trip, by continuous passage, between
points in interior Washington and
Oregon and the seaside resorts of these
two states. 1t is understood that the
Club also favors higher rate when
stop-over privileges are allowed The
Walla Walla Club has requested the
commercial bodies of Eastern Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, as we'll as the
Commercial Club of Portland, to pass
similar resolutions. 1t is hoped that
favorable action may be taken by all,
as the people of the interior should te
given the opportunity of visiting the
coast especially during the summer
months, at the least possible cost.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-05-08
ATHENA. ORE. MAY 8 ...... 1908

One of the most important economic
movements of the day about which the
general public has yet learned little is
the concerted action of owners of tim
ber in different parts Of the country in
organizing associations to protect their
holdings from fire. In the Pacific
Northwest, the Washington Forest
Fire Association has just elected
officers at Seattle and begun work for
the year with 5000, 900 acres under
its care. The plans include system
of patrol by rangers resembling the
work done by the United States Forest
Service in guarding against and ex-
tinguishing fires. Organizations of
similar kind and for like purpose are
at work in Oregon and Idaho. In the
latter State. a portion of the expense
is borne by taxation and paid from the
State treasury. A western railIoad
company which holds large tracts of
timber has taken steps to guard its
property from fro, and during the
short time that its plans have been in
operation, it has met with most en-
oouragiDg success.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-05-08

fronting a prisoner with the body of
a murdered person. 1t always disgust
ed me, probably because my experience
told me that these experiments are
senseless. The dramatic breakdown
never follows except in books. Only
once did see man 60 to pieces. and
he was the giant wrestler, Gamahut,
in 1885. Now 60 10 the country, to
little house with a garden. where
theI 10 are fresh flowers and green fields.
Who knows but what I may not find
there in the pastoral surrounding dis.
appointments a1d SORROWS which es-
capped while l lived with the dead?
Who knows?"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-05-08

Owing to the fact that there is an
unusually large amount of money on
hand In the state treasury it has been
decided to advance the various coun-
ties of the state . substantial advance
on the sums due the counties from The
common school fund. Their payments
are due in August and the remainder
OF the moneys due will be paid at that
time. Deputy State Treasurer Perkins
states that the income from the school
fund will be greater this year than at
any time in the history of the state.
Usually the total has been atopt $780,
900, but this year it is expected to te
considerably more.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-05-08

With view to freeing themselves
from the dictation of beef prices by
the Chicago packing houses, a group
of central Iowa farmers have lately
shipped a carload of fine beeves direct
to Portland, Me-, where they will be
loaded for shipment to England. A
prior shipment direct to the Liverpool
market resulted in their receiving such
good prices that they were led to try
the plan again.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-05-08
The Worlds Rest Climate

is not entirely free from disease, on
the high elevations fevers- prevail,
while on the lower levels malaria il
encountered to greater or less extent,
according to altitude. To overcome
climate affections lassitude. malaria,
jaundice, biliousness, fever and ague,
and general debility, the most effective
remedy is Electric Bitters, the great
Alternative and blood purifier; the anti.
dote for every form of bodily weak.
ness, nervousness, aud insomnia. Sold
under guarantee at Palace Drug Co.'S
store. Price 900.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1908-05-08

The proper spirit is in evidence up
at Waitsburg and Dayton. The latter
town proposes to close shop and attend
Waitsburg's big picnic, and Waitsburg
will 90 to Dayton's Fourth Of July
celebration. The pull-together spirit
does not end with neigh hborly felioita-
tions, but extends to a united boost
for the upbuilding of that part of
Washington.