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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-01-04
Eurnir1p Capital.


afAAHAt aAN - II AfttAf@ % t.AA%7s
Via Annapolis and Bel im7Fs saorl line
X Il from J1ae l6. 1922
Dspart,sre. --s.45 a. d., t2 81, $50 p.
b.. 7.l5 r. NJ.
Arrtpal. -s8o A. II. 1920 A. NJ. nc
p. NJ, 6.55 P.M
sundays DtspatoA.-3.s0 ?. II.
Sundays Arripai. --lO.20 =. VI.
Wa Annapolis. 50 ssnaetsu iAd Bsllaasre
Railroad
Departure $50 = H.. 1905 p H.,
$50 Il. Nj.
ArrioaL -s.5s A. NJ, 1907 A. b.. l.43
pm. 6,45 r. N.
Sundays, Departure p. N.
sundays. Arri0pl o. A. NJ
Oollectionr.--7.f5 A. N, p. NJ g. g
T.. 81.
66S-A Ala MD matter 10 order 20 leave or
these trains, must b. IN the pOstoiace at least
10 minutes before the above hours.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-01-04

Moves the bowels each day In order to
no healthy this IL necessary.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-07-08
The Cowboy Of the Past.

The cowboys of picture and story OK
listed in the brilliant days. At first they
had come from Texas, but in the zenith
of their romantic glory they came from
everywhere and from every class. They
included young Englishmen. college
graduates from the east, well born Amer
icans-all sorts who did not ';strike luck"
at anything else and who were full Of
vim and love of adventure. They got $40
month and good keep during the great
er part of each year. They rode good
horses that had as much of the devil in
them as the "boys" themselves They
bought hand stamped Cheyenne saddles
and California bits that were as ornate
as jewelry and stuck their feet in grand
tapaderos, or hooded stirrups, richly or
namented, padded with lambs wool, and
each as big as fire hat. Their spurs
were fit for grandees. their ''ropes,s or
lariats, were selected with more care
than q circus tightrope, and their big
broad felt sombreros cost more than the
Prince of Wales ever paid for a pot hat.
And then, alasi the cowmen began to
econoanize in men, food, wages-every-
thing The best of the old kind of cow
boys, who had not become owners or
foremen, saloon keepers or gamblers or.
had not been shot, drifted away. Some
of the smartest among them became
'.rustlers" cattle thieves whose
dcpredations resulted In what almost
came to be war in Wyoming. They in
sisted that they had to do 1t to live
Harper's.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-07-08
A Woman Correspondent.

The special correspondent of the Lon
don Times, whose collected Letters
From South Africa" have been published
in book form, and whose able letters
from Australia are now running in that
journal, is lady, Miss Flora Shaw. A
discussion on journalists and their meth
obs was once going on in which Lord
Cromer, who had seen good deal of
special correspondents, took part. Some
body made remark sighting to the
average journalistic thirst for accuracy.
The British minister, who was of course
fnancier before he was diplomatist,
cited from his experience striking ex-
ception.
A journalist had come to him once
about financial matter of great public
Importance but tedious and complex in
its details. He expounded it, but never
expected to see in print anything more
than some loose and perhaps not very &C
curate generalization on the subject. In
the sequel he was agreeably surprised by
Rn exposition Of the case to the public at
once lucid, detailed and absolutely cor
rect. "And that" he concluded. "was,
oddly enough. lady journalist. twas
Miss Shaw. who is probably better in
formed on colonial affairs than almost
any other London journalist.-London
Letter.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-07-08
American. In France and England.


It is likely enough that had the second
empire LASTED France and not England
would have been selected by the Ameri-
can millionaire as his European refuge.
Paris, not London, was the place to
which it was said that good Americans
went when they died and to which
Americans good, bad and indifferent
used to flock in former days. At the
court OF Napoleon LII eminent citizens
End citizenesses Of the United States
were always especially welcome, and the
court Of Napoleon III created and con-
trolled Partisan society. At that time,
too, Americans were, above all things,
urban In their tastes and pursuits. With
thesports and pastimes in which English
men of rank and fortune occupy them
selves they had little or no sympathy,
and hotel in Paris was infinitely more
in their line than such rural retreat as
Mr. Astor purchased from the Duke of
Westminster.
A palace on the banks Of the Thames
would then have been about the last
place III WHICH Olio COiiet Ae''o oAPSooS>'
TO find an American millionaire, and the
Champs Elysees, not Cliveden. would
have been as far into the country as he
would have cared to go. Only quarter
OF century ago two well known citizens
of New York, Mr.. William Butler Dun
can and Mr.. Samuel R. Barlow, were
much wondered at for having each
bought retreat, ore at Staten Island,
the other at Long Island, to which they
were in the habit Of retiring from Satur-
day to Monday and there entertaining
their friends. What the establishment
would have been if not Long Island, but
the island of Britain had been the site OF
their acquisitions it is not easy to mag
ine,-I.ondon World.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-07-08
LEARNING FROM US.
England and Germany Send Commissions
TO Learn How Wo Do Things.

England and Germany Send Commissions
to Learn How We Do Things.
Accumulation was sent from England
to this country about six weeks ago for
the purpose of examining the American
system of public education in order to
ascertain if there be any of its features
that can DO advantageously adopted IN
England or can be incorporated IN now
school bill which is in course of prepare
ton for introduction to parliament. All
of the FIVE members of the commission
are ladies. and all are teachers in London
schools. To each of them has been as
signed prescribed district in this coan-
try, and the one of them on service IN
and near this city has performed her duty
thoroughly and has gathered large
amount of useful information, knowl-
edge of a kind that cannot be obtained
from school reports or from books about
our system of popular education. Inc
commissioners are women of experience
and of singular capacity for the duties
intrusted to them. We trust that their
labors here will inure to the advantage
of their country and aid in the deamorti-
cation of its schools.
It seems that Germany as we'll as
England is willing to learn something
from this country. The German gov
eminent has appointed 6 commission OF
military engineers to examine the rail
road system Of the United States and
make report upon it. They ore to study
the agencies of direction, the mechanism
in use and the methods of tranSporta-
ton, with especial view to tho obtaining
of suggestions that may be useful to
Germany in the event of war. We sup
pose that all persons who have Travelled
extensively over the railroads OF Ger
many and have observed the way Of
conducting railroad business there must
be assured that the commission can OBJ
tain number of useful hints here. The
commissioners upon their arrival in this
country will doubtless endeavor to make
the acquaintance of DR.. Chauncey NJ
Depew, who is entirely familiar with all
the details of railroading and with the
methods of transporting both men and
freight for long distances or for short.
DR.. Depew is now jaunting out west,
where he is charming the interviewers,
but we are sure that he will take time IN
any month of the year to render service
to the German military engineers sent
here to devise ways by which the rail
road methods of Germany may be i'm
proved.
We are happy that our country Is able
to give valuable suggestions both K
England and Germany. The English
system Of popular education is not as
orderly as our system. The German cd
ministration Of railroads may be made
more efficient than it Is by the adoption
Of some Of the novelties that are OF ust
here.-New York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-07-08
steamer EASTERN SHORE.
NEW YORK. PHILA. { NOR.
FOLK R. R. Gu.

Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., N orr:
folk and Old P oint Conf ort.
N
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-07-08
-RrpREsENrED BY Sewell ii. CIadding. of Accom-
SUMMER SCHEDULE. ,sss~
OF THE kssakssssssssss
Eastern Shore Steamboat ComDan,
Steamer TAHelER
on RAIrrMonE

UntIlfurthor notice. will run their steamers ne
follows, weather permlttlng,) leaving South AZ.
Wharf nj e 30 O'Clock %. nj.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-07-08


Steamer TAKGIER
GAIT. ". W. MATTHEW'S.
Monday and Thursday for r0rls, Crl.Iod,
Finney'a, Onnncock, ChcscnnncsseX, lInnrin:
Creek and Messongo. RETURNlNG-loaves
Messnngo on "Wednesday md Saturdays Mt G
n. M, Hunting Crock $50, Clloscon-
nossox 80. Opancock go p.m., Nnncy's3.
Etonmer pOCGMOKE.
CAPT. IIEwARD.
Tuesday and Friday for Cris1old, TanclorIsland,
flnneys ,Onuncock, Shutdown, Pits Wharf o.
DIR Hall, Re hoboth, Powell's, rocomoke OIty,
Matr"poni, and snow iiili. RETURNING
M"nduys aud Thursday. leaves Snow Hill 6
u. M. pocumoke City g, Rehobolh 0,
Cedar Hull $780, Pitts wharf 10, Onancocls
$50 p. NJ, Finney's 5, Tangier Island 40.
Steamer EASTERN SHORE.
CAPT. G. h. 1iAYNOR.
wednesday and Sunday for Crisfieid, H01mGn's,
Evans Goggs. Buzzari Hill, Nandua, Con-
cord, Roads vis', Miles,, Shields and Euo's.
Northumberland Ruc's Tuesdays and Fri
days $50. Shields D, Miles 9.l5, Davis 10,
Roads 1920, Concord II, Nandua $50, Bnzznrd
Hill 1915, Boggs2.46, Evans'3, Hofman's S.lb
leave crisfeld to1 Bati.
~ more. on arrival of last down train
Freight anc passengers received or III pointe
on the N. Y. Phila. and Norfolk, Wicomico and
Pocomoke r. r. daily, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia Railroads Oh Tuesdays and Fridays
opf:.
Positively no freight received after 90 p, m.
and must be prepaid to all points, oxcop;
on tho N. 2. PhIla. and Norfolk Railroad.
P. E. CLARK, General Agent,
I05 South Street. Baltimore
The Lamar register., 1893-01-14
The San Junn Mines.

Mr. Thomas {. Clayton of Grand Junction
has received the following letter from D. J.
Nichols, the president of the Grand junction
school board and an experienced prospeetos
gings:
II have been to the new 'diggings' and ana
the first person to report after Investigation
| had fine outfit and could out-trave every
body. No dirt between Blun C1ty anu the
San Juan river has yielded 10 exceed 80 cents
10 the yard in gold. II you have any friends
whom you desire should save their money,
advise them to stay at home.i
The Lamar register., 1893-01-14

As a rule a single man is rarely discovered
leading double life. SO much FOR bachelor
hood
The Lamar register., 1893-01-14

Judge H. l.. Alden in the District Court OF
Wyandotte county, Kansas, has ruled that
the lease of the famous Cherokee strip onties
is illegal and void.
The Lamar register., 1893-01-14

IA
DO not believe the labor question VIII
ever be cquitsbiy settled ua,ll ,he lsborias
men as a class, composing a majority oi
The voters. acquaint themselves with their
rights and by thcir votes compel legisa' lon
sgainst monopoly aud In favor of the peo-
pie
voluntarily alcpted by manufacturers aad
put an end in those districts to loeSou;s
AMI strikes. Voluntary arbitration may NOT
be practicable in this country. bu. in my
,han Industrial war In the quarrels of
chi.dren they sre usually left TO aghc II
out hut this mode OF settling disputes Is
Illegal among men. ana the state compels
the contestants. unless they settle peacably,
to submit their differences to a court.
Difficulties between states are settled by
the supreme court Of the United States
and the decision. whatever It may be, must
be accepted by the defeated sovereign party.
But a corporation and its employees are LETT
to light out their difficulties for any length
OF time. unless there may be such breaches
OF the peace as compel police interference.
No attention is paid to the Inconvenience,
the loss and even business ruin often occa'
STONED by lockout or strike TO parties
these labor difficulties occur. and in no
sense responsible for them.
The public have rights, and they ought
not to he ieopsrdized by strike lock-
out. Compulsory arbitration is not GER
the application, to the settlement OF IN
The sun., 1893-02-23
THE RANK OF GENERAL
Only Three American Soldiers
Have Held IT


Only Three American Soldiers
Have Held 1t.
The following communication was
received some days ago from reader
of this paper:
WIN you be kind enough to tell me
what officers of the army of the United
States held the rank of general and
what ones that of lieutenant general?
This question is often asked of the
newspapers, and 1t is seldom answered
correctly. In order to get official In
formation we sent letter OF inquiry
to the war department and received
the following reply:
Slr-Replying to your letter of the
2Oth inst. | beg to say that the only
officers Of the American army who
ever held the full rank of general
were Grant, Sherman and Sheridan.
These also held the full rank of lieu
tenant general previous to their ap-
pointments to the grade of general
Gen. Washington was commissioned
lieutenant general July 4, 179S, but
he was never appointed to the full
rank Of general under the authority
conferred by the act of March 3, 1899.
Gen. Scott was commissioned brevet
lieutenant general March 7, 1855, but
he never held the full rank of lieu-
tenant general. Very respectfully,
q. GEORGE d. BUGGLES,
Assistant Adjutant General
The World Almanac gives Washing
ton the rank of general. Other
books of reference that we have seen
do the same. The popular impression
certainly Is that Washington held the
rank Of general and that Scott was
lieutenant general; but the letter from
Assistant Adjutant General Ruggles
shows that this is a mistake. Washing
ten, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan
were the only ones that held the rank
of lieutenant general, and Grant, Sher-
man and Sheridan We're the only ones
who held the rank of general.
1t may be added that during the war
of the Revolution Washington had uo
higher title than that IF major general.
He was commissioned lieutenant gen
eral by President Adams July 4, 1898.
rnder the act of May % of Ch1t year.
War with the French directory was
threatened, and the young republic
was preparing for hostilities. On March
3, 1799, an act was passed by congress
containing this provision: "That a
commander of the army of the United
States shall be appointed and commits
stoned by the style of general of the
armies of the United States,' and the
present office and title of lieutenant
general shall hereafter be abolished"
War with the French did not come,
however, and the nomination Washing
ton to be general Of the army was
never sent to the senate, and he was
never eommissioned.-Roch Post
Express. .4
The sun., 1893-02-23
An Ancient Mule,

Speaking of ancient mules,s this
from the Hamilton MOI News
Graphic is quite interesting: "Jule
q mule now owned by Maj. Robert j..
Williams of Ray county, came into
his possession during the siege of
Vicksburg. From that time to the
close OF the war julie was one of the
team that hauled the majors mess
wagon and brought him home to
Missouri. She was twice wounded
during the siege at Vicksburg with
MIME. bullets, one OF which remained
in her body until q few years ago,
when it worked it's way through and
fell out. The mule is quite feeble and
is in her 35th year. She is tenderly
cared for her by her grateful owns
and the members of his family"
The sun., 1893-02-23
Do FISH SLEEP?
An Interesting Question Decided in
the Affirmative

An Interesting Question Decided in
a the Affirmative.
Never seen fish asleep, eh?' said
Cornelius Hinman, who is located at
the Lindelr. ''Well, I have. I've seen
them sleep sound and much to their
sorrow, especially catfish. There is
nothing more wary than a fish. You
know that you cannot creep UP on
them nor drop pebble anywhere with
in so feet of them but what they will
dodge away; that is when they are
not asleep. How I came to know
so much Of this is that caught them
without bait when they were sleeping,
although 1 did not use hook and line
The first one that ever caught in this
way was q large catfish that I OBJ
served daily to be in one particular
spot-the base of wooden pile that
supported an ice house chute that led
out into the water. A kind of nest
was there, Il depression in the mud,
and here that catfish was to be found
every day about p. m. 1t would lie
for hours in the rays of the afternoon
sun and never move. / decided to
catch it. First 1 fished around there
day after day, but to no purpose. Bait
of any kind wasn't any inducement to
that catfish. I concluded that it must
be asleep, when it would allow a fat
minnow' to swim by and never touch
it. 1 got a sharp, plain hook, which 1
properly weighted, so that it would act
direct. / lowered it and moved it
slowly up to the side Of the fish. Then
/ turned the line so that the hook was
directly under it. Then gave quick
jerk; the catfish darted away, but not
very far I had him foul, and all be-
cause he was sleeping. 1 have caught
pike and sunfish the same. way at least
a dozen different times."-St. Louis
Globe Democrat. . ..
The sun., 1893-02-23
Suspension ola Half Drowned
Man.

wan.
Notes and Queries
Reason and experience are agreed,
! believe, as to the senselessness and
mischievousness OF this supposed
remedy. But superstitions die hard.
Not many weeks ago, in the course
Of q walk, fell in with a fish hawker
and walked most of the way home
with him-an old soldier who had
been in India, and an intelligent fel.
low In this way. He told me that,
not two hours before, he draws a
little boy out OF a milldam, not in
time to save his life, for the poor
child had expired in his arms. He
did not tell me, what learned from
the report of the inquest, that he
had held the child up by the heels
''to let the water run out" thus
destroying his last chance of life.
One would have thought that such @
man might have learned from others,
or have judged for himself, what
mischievous thing he was enacting.
One beautiful morning last year [
was on q steamer passing from Sa7
lonica to Mount Athos when the cry
was heard, 'Man overboardr' The
ship was stopped and somewhat
clumsiIy put about. 1t seemed to
me full quarter of an hour before
we got back to the man, monk of
Mount Athos, somewhat touched i'm
the upper story it was said, who had
thrown himself over but found a
SOLDERING effect in the fresh, cold wa
ter, for he was keeping himself afoat
with little effort and was in no sort
of immediate danger. A boat was
lowered to pick him up, and it might
have been thought that nothing
more was needed in the case than to
bring him in and get him out of his
wet clothes, which operation, by the
way, was very publicly performed
when they got him on deck.
But as the boat brought him along
side | saw that he had been placed
with his head in the bottom of it,
and his heels hanging over the side.
1t was the orthodox thing to do, so
| supposed, and carried out de rigu-
eur, and the poor dotted fellow sub
mitted in meekness, though in a
good swimmer, as he evidently was,
natural instinct must have asserted
itself ON the instant of the plunge,
and probably he had not swallowed
mouthful of water. So they did in
the days of the great Rameses, 400
years B. C. The sculpture on the
wall of the Ramesseum at Medinet
Abu, representing his famous battle
on the Orontes, shows, among other
incidents, general of the hostile
force, whom his soldiers have drag
ged out of the river and are holding
up ignominiousiy by the heels. Thus
we have much over 5000 years for
the practice. When, wonder, did
prehistoric man first misapply his
thinking faculty in this direction?
The sun., 1893-02-23
An Affecting Incident.

The confagration of the scaffold
intended for fireworks for the cele.
bration of the marriage of Louis
XIVis generally known. Amidst the
distracted multitude pressing on
every side, trampled under the
horses feet, precipitated into the
bitches of the Rue Royale and the
square, was a young man, with a girl
with whom he was in love. She was
beautiful; their attachment had last.
ed several years; pecuniary causes
had delayed their union; but the fol.
lowing day they were to be married.
For a long time the lover, protect
ing his betrothed, keeping her behind
him, covering her with his own per-
son, sustained her strength and
courage. But the tumult, the cries,
the terror and peril every moment
increased. II am sinking" she said:
"my strength fails. I can go no
further"
"There is yet a wayl" cried the
lover in despair; "get on my shoul-
ders." He feels that his advice has
been followed, and the hope of saw
ing her whom he loves redoubles his
ardor and strenth. He resists the
most violent conclusions; with his
arms firmly extended before his
breast he with difficulty forces his way
through the crowd; at length he clears
it. Arrivedat one of the extremities
of the place having set down his pre-.
cious burden, faltering, exhausted,
ia tigued OF death, but intoxicated
with joy, he turns round. Tt was a
different person! Another, more ac-
tive had taken advantage of his
recommendation. His beloved was
no morel-NeW York Ledger.
The sun., 1893-02-23
Didn't Comfort Him Any.

From the Boston Courier,
The line in which consultations run
is something unique enough and the
want of tact which some folks dis
play is as conspicuous as is the ease
and grace with which some folks
glide out of an awkward situation;
A nice old lady recently related at
much length how complete heart,
broken an old man was at the death
of his only daughter.
"He is completely FRUSTRATED" she
said. 'He cannot bear to be Sc par
ated from her. and he says that there
was never anybodyso afflicted before
in the world"
"But he lis so old her hearer respond
ed, chat he cannot possibly live
long. I should think he would think
how soon he will go to her."
"Yes," responded the other,
"That is what just told him the
day OF the funeral, and thought he
was offended. At any rate it didn't
seem to comfort him any"
The sun., 1893-02-23
Biblical Aid for All Moods.

If you are getting lazy watch James
If your faith is below par read Paul.
If you are impatient sit down quietly
and have q talk with Job. If you are
just little strong-headed go and see
Moses. If you are getting weak-kneed
take a look at Elijah. If there is no
song In your heart listen to David. If
you ara getting sordid spend while
with Elijah If you feel chilly get the
beloved disciple to put his arms around
you II you are losing sight of the fut-
urc climb mp to Revelation and get n
glimpse Of the promised land.-Boston
Gazette.
The sun., 1893-02-23
KAH-kWAH RELICS.
They Have Been Unearthed by
Workman at Buffalo.

They Have Been Unearthed by a
- Workman at Buffalo.
Some remarkable Indian relics were
found in this state last year on the out
skirts of the city of Buffalo. A num-
ber of workmen, while cutting through
a hill across which q street was to be
laid, came across quantity Of human
bones which had evidently lain there
for ages AS they proceeded with their
work they unearthed household uten-
sils and implements of metal which
had been constructed with considerable
skill There were a fat-bottomed cop
per kettle, five inches in height, and
ranging from four to five inches i'll
circumference. There were pots of
copper and brass, with iron handles,
and there were also sundry other met
allie implements. AS soon as the we'll
known Buffalo archaeologist, Mr.
William c. Bryant, laid eyes upon
them, he declared that they were very
ancient, and that some of them were
of a kind which he had never seen be-
fore. He believes that they are relics
Of the Kah-hwah tribe of Indians, a
tribe which became extinct over two
centuries ago, which belonged to the
Iroquois family, and which was of I'M
usual stature, as is shown by the
skeletons that have been unearthed.
He believes that they were manufaet-
ured by the Kah-Kwahs, who had de-
posted them in the burial ground
which was disturbed by the workmen
engaged in laying out a new street in
Buffalo Mr.. Bryant says that these
relics gave new knowledge Of an Amer
lean tribe about which hardly any.
thing is yet known.---New York Sun.