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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-09-15
SIMMER SCHEDULE. SRa>
OF THE ,E11sss;ssaa
Eastern Shore Steamboat Compan

OF BALTIMORE,
Until further notice. Will run their steamers q:
follows, weather permittlngn leaving South st
wharf at $50 o'clock p. m.
steamer pOCOMOKE.
CAPT. HEwARD.
Tuesday and Friday for Crlsfeld, TangierIsland
Finney's Onancock, Sheltown, Pitts wharf Ce
dsr Hall. Rchobotn, Powells, Focomoke City
Mattoponi, and Snow Hill. RETURNING
Mondays and Thursday, leaves snow Hill
n M. pocomoHe City 8, Rehoboth g.
Coda Hail $50, Pitts wharf 10, Onancocb
2.3O D. m, Finney's 3, Tangier Island 4.30.
Steamer EASTERN SHORE.
CAPT. G. b. RAYNoR.
wednesday and Sunday for orishsld. Harborton'
Evans Boggs. Cedar View, Nandua, Con-
cord, Reads Davis, Miles,, Shields and Rue's;
observation-disclosures Rue's Tuesdays ana
Fridays $3.50. Shields Miles 9.l5, Davis 10,
Hill 1915, Boggs 2.45, Evans 3'Honmans o.1o
Steamer TANGIEK.
CAPT. W. W. MATTHEWS.
Nandav and Thursday for Fords, Crlsncld,
Finney's, Onancock, ChesconnesseX, HuntinS
Greek and Messongo. RETURNlNG-lcaves
Messongo on Wednesday and saturdays at D
n. NJ, bunting Crock $50, Chescon-
ncssex i1.30, ODancock $50 p.n''' flnney > o.
ALL Steamers leave cris1eld tol Balti-
EY more. on arrival of last down train.
Freight and passengers received or ell points
on the n. Y, Phila. and Norfolk, Wlcomlco ana
Pocomoke r. r. daily, Delaware, Maryland anu
virginia Railroads Oh Tuesdays and fridays
Positively no freight received after 90 p, m.
and must be prepaid to all points, except
an the n. Y. Phila and Norfolk Railroad.
P. R. CLARK, General Agent,
IO6 South Street. Baitimor
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BY SeweIl III. CIadding, of Accomac.-

VIRGINIA:-In the circuit
court for the county of Acco-
mack, in the vacation of the
said court, the 22nd day of Au-
gust, A. D., 1894.
John E. Wise and James A.
Hall, commissioners appointed
by the County School Board of
Accomack county,. .....Pltffs.
against
Juliet A. Parramore, George
F. Parramore, w. Winder Par
ramore, Sally Seymour Fletcher
and Juliette E. B. Parramore.
............ ..........................Defts.
In chancery.
The objects of this suit are to
obtain the appointment of a
trustee in a certain deed of trust,
bearing date on the Goth day of
Nov'r, 1882, and now of record
in Accomack county court
clerks office, executed by Thorn
assC. Parramore, trustee for the
sole and separate use of the de-
PENDANT, Juliet A. Parramore,
and the said Juliet A. PARA
more, to Benjamin T. Gunter,
trustee for the benefit of the
plaintiffs, in their capacity of
commissioners as aforesaid, in
the place and stead of the said
Benjamin T. Gunter, the trus-
tee named therein, who has de-
clined to execute the trusts by
said deed c1eated;-to settle and
adjudicate the respective rights
and interests of the parties to
this suit in and to the real es-
tate and appurtenances by said
deed conveyed; and to obtain a
decree for the sale of said real
estate, or of so much thereof as
may be necessary, to satisfy the
debts the payment whereof is
secured by the deed aforesaid,
and the costs of executing the
trust thereby created, and also
the costs of this suit; and to OBJ
tain such other and further re-
lief in equity as the plaintiffs
may be entitled to.
Affidavit having been made
before the clerk of the SAID
court that w. Winder PARA
more, one of the defendants in
the above entitled cause, is
non resident of the State of Vir-
ginia, on the motion of the
plaintiffs, by their attorneys, it
is ordered that he, the said non
resident defendant, do appear
here within fifteen days after
due publication of this order and
do what is necessary to protect
his interests; and that this or
der be published once a week
for four successive weeks in the
PENINSULA ENTERPRISE, a news
paper published at Accomack
Court House, Virginia, and also
posted at the front door Of the
courthouse of the said county
on the first day of the next term
of the county court of the said
county.
Test: John D. Grant, c. c.
A Copy
Test: John D. Grant, C. C.
Blackstone & Bundick, p. q.
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VIRGINIA:-In the circuit court
for the county of Accomack, in the
vacation of the said court, the oath
day of August, A. D., 1894.
Joseph 7. Kenney. ........... Pltff.
against
Joseph H. Taylor. ........... Deft
In debt and upon an attachmer
returned Levied and executed"
The object of this suit is to recover
of the defendant, in favor of the
plaintiff, one hundred dollars and
twenty cents ($100.20), with inter-
est on $3.50, part thereof,
from August 18th, 1893, and on
S42 40, the residue thereof, from
January 1st, 1877, till payment,
and the costs of this suit
subject to the following releases,
1887. April 4th $3.50; 1888, May 18th,
$1,000; and 1889. January 18th, 1872.
Affidavit having been made before
the clerk of the said court, that the
said defendant is not resident of
the State of Virginia, on motion of
the plaintiff, by his attorney, it is
ordered that said defendant do ap-
pear here within fifteen days after
due publication of this order and do
what is necessary to protect his in
terest; and that this order be pub
lishedo once week for four successive
weeks in the PENINSULA ENTER
PRISE, newspaper published at Ac-
comack C.. H., Virginia, and also
posted at the front-door of the court
house of the said county, on the first
day of the next term of the county
court of the said county.
Test: JOHN D. GRANT, C. C.
A Copy
L. Floyd Nock,.p. q.
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FAIR NEW ZEALAND.
a LAND WHERE MURDER ONCE WAS
RIFE A PARADISE TODAY.

DR.. Talmare Holds Up to View tho Two
Pictures-Maoris Indulsed In Murder as
-Pastime-Their Battle Grounds Now
Beautiful Gardens and Magnificent Cities.
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boarded, and above these are latticed
openings about four feet wide, and higher
still are more boards between the lattice
and the roof. Some of the buildings are
shops and others are dormitories, bath
rooms, kitchens, and a few contained cells
for punishment The work shops are about
two hundred feet loIg by one hundred feet
wide. Many of them are floored, but in
some the workmen stand upon the ground.
A Look at the Kitchens.
We first entered the kitchen, where the
cooks were dishIng out the food for the
prisoners. 1t consisted of rice and barley,
mixed together and forming a sort of dry
mush. There were also little dishes of
picked turnips and a stew of horse meat
and potatoes. The food was served out in
wooden measures each prisoner getting
about a pint OF mush. tablespoonful Of
pickles end a measure of soup or stew. l
tried everything, while the superintendent
and the prisoners looked on and watched
me. The mush was not bad, and / ate a
mouthful without trouble The pickles 1
nibbled at successfully, and then tried a
section of the horse meat stew. With the
tndiscretion of ignorance, l picked up with
my chop-sticks a piece of horse meat as
big your thumb and put II into my
mouth. The moment Ii touched my tongue
l knew l had made a mistake. 1t was not
at all appetiZing, and 1T was as tough as
sole leather, 1t must have come from a
very old horse and a very lean horse. 1
tried to bite through it. i could make no
impression. The eyes of all the officials
were on me, and / had to go on chewing
as though l liked it. After much work 1
got off bit and forced it down with a
gulp. 1 felt my stomach turn bodily over,
and was glad at this moment to see the
chiefs back turned. With sleight of
hand which would have done credit to
Hermann | got the remainder of the meat
out of my mouth, and held it tight up in
my hand until W. lett the kitchen, when
slyly threw 1t away. Young horse may be
good, but this was not good to me. and
was told that this meat is given to the
prisoners because 1t is cheaper than any
other and they can thus be given more of
1t. The prisoners are said to like it,
How the Prisoners Are Fed.
The prisoners have three meals a day,
and there is difference in the food ac-
cording to their behavior. Those VINO do
best have their mush made of half barley
and half rice. Those who are not
so good have two-thirds barley, and
only the sick are given pure rice. There
is no bread in japan, and this ;nush
takes its place The japanese are not as
great eaters as we are, and the whole
what America wastes. The prisoners rise
little after A o'clock, and they have their
breakfast before 5. At II they eat their
dinner and at $50 they have supper. They
work ten hours and half, and go to bed
at O'Clock. / watched the mon at their
dinner. They were fed in the workshops,
and each had his own table, in the shape
Of a board about two feet long and a foot
wide. This they rested on low work tables
or placed on the floor, and squattcd on
their heels or on their knees behind 1T and
ate. None Of the prisoners had knives.
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TREE-PLANTING IN FRANCE.
Useless Sand Dunes Converted Into
Valuable Land With Pines.
From the London Times

From the London Times.
The French thoroughly appreciate the
advantages to be derived from systematic
tree planting. Tracts Of sand have been
covered with pine forests. and the word
lande borrowed, as 1t is thought, from the
German. is losing its meaning of waste"
Till a century ago a large portion Of the
forest of Fontainebleau consisted Of bare
sandhills, but the planting of pines was
begun, variety capable of standing the
severest winters was eventually found, and
millions of trees now diffuse healthy and
agreeable odors besides furnishing timber
and fuel. The decomposed fir needles,
moreover gradually form a crust of veg
etable mold, permitting the growth of
trees and shrubs less able than the pine
to live on air. The department of the
Landes once a barren region with sand so
loose that people had to walk on stills, is
draining the subsoil has been solved, as
described in Edmond Abouts story of
"Maitre Pierre" The losses by fire and
anxiety to produce something more remu-
nerative than pine are now, however, in
ducing schemes of artificial fertilization.
In many French catering places dunes
have been transformed into woods, thus
holding out to seaside visitors the attrac-
ton of agreeable shade and change from
been prevented from extending inland. In
some cases dunes have been acquired by
companies, which, after planting them,
have cut them up into building lots, and
have seen them dotted with villas. Else
where municipalities have taken up the
matter, and in large operations the district
or the department has provided the funds.
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A New Dog Language.
From the London Dispatch.

From the London Dispatch.
It is no doubt startling conclusion. but
DR.. Louis Robinson, who has been investi-
eating the mysteries Of canine language,
has practically set up the theory that a
dog speaks with his tail tip. In the case
Of all hunting dogs which pack together
the tail Is carried aloft and is very free in
movement. There is no doubt that fox
hounds habitually watch the tails Of those
in front of them when drawing a covert.
II a faint drag is detected, suggestive OF
the presence Of a fox, but not sufficient to
be sworn to vocally. the tail of the finder
is set In motion, and the warmer the scent
the quicker does It wag. Others seeing the
signal instantly join the first, and there
is an assemblage of waving tails before
even the least whisper is heard. Should
the drag prove a doubtful one the hounds
separate again and the waving ceases. but
IL 1t grows stronger when followed up the
wagging becomes more emphatic, until one
after another the hounds begin to whine
and give tongue and stream off in Indian
file along the line Of scent. When the
pack is at full cry upon a strong scent the
tails cease to wave, but are carried aloft
In full view.
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e 4y~~k Y. Cnte'>As~
HIS 300 ANXIOUS WIVES.
She uld the Ameer of AfShanistan Die
They Would All Be Shot.

They Would All Be Shot.
From the London Truth.
There is a certain village in the Midlands
where the illness OF the Ameer of Afghan
istan has been followed with painful
sanxiety. The reason is to be found in the
following curious, but, L believe, perfectly
authentic story: Some years ago an enter
prising young tailor left the village In
question, and went abroad to seek his for
tune He eventually found his way to
Cabul. Here great luck awaited him. He
obtained the patronage of royalty, and be-
came the Poole of Afghanistan. He had
left a sweetheart behind in England, and.
as soon as he found himself on the road to
fortune he sent for the damsel to join him.
She came, but here fortune deserted the
tailor. His intended bride in her turn OBJ
tanned the patronage OF royalty, with the
result that she eventually became one OF
the 800 wives Of Abdurrahman.
This, however, is only the first act OF
the tragedy. 1t is understood that, by the
laws OF Afghanstan, when the ameer dies,
the whole or his 800 wives must be shot.
The laws of the Afghans are as immutable
as those OF their ancient neighbors, the
Modes and Persians, and the whole or the
little Midland village, where the ameer s
English wife was born, and where her
parents are still living has been during the
past week or two in a high state Of excite
rnent over the possible fate of the young
lady, Fortunately, the ameer seems better
now and 1t is to be hoped, If only for the
sake OF his wives, whatever their nation
atty that the improvement may continue.
In the meantime, cannot diplomacy do any
thing for the young woman? At his time
of life, and with equity habit to boot, /
should have thought Abdurrahman might
have been induced to get along with 200 Of
them. If, however, he must have a round
number in the family circle, perhaps an
exchange might be negotiated.
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1 to u cents day. They are paid por-
ton of their wages, which is credited 10
them and given out when they leave. L
was told that some saved as much as $50
during their term, and upon my replying
that that was not much, the superintendent
said:
mo. 1t is not a great deal, but 1t will
keep japanese man for a year"
In one shop / saw men making straw
sandals, which sell for 1 cent pair and
which are used by the poorer classes all
over Japan. In another place 200 boys were
making paper lanterns. The bamboo
frames were split by hand with what look
ed very much like kitchen knives, and II
you will look at a Japanese lantern you
will see that it's frames are made of bam-
boo wires no thicker than darning needle,
and that these are wound about the Ian
tern with practically no support other than
the paper. The whole workmanship is by
hand. and it is the same with many other
things The japanese use their feet as well
as their hands in their work, and the
coopers hold the tubs between their toes
while they hoop them.
Japan's New Penitentiary.
This is the old japanese penitentiary.
Tokyo is now building one of the finest
prisons in the world. 1t is about five miles
outside Of the capital. 1t is a great buck
structure, covering many acres, and fitted
out with all the latest prison appliances.
The work is being done by the Japanese
prisoners, and the architect is a Japanese.
/ saw the men at their work. They had
built 4 scaffold from the ground up to the
top of the walls, and this, strange to say,
was of poles tied together with ropes, and
the men carried the bricks up on poles over
their shoulders. In one place / saw them
driving piles, and they had made great
scaffolding of poles which ran fifty feet
above the ground, and in the center of this
an immense beam was put in a perpendicu-
lar position. To the bottom of this beam
ropes were tied, and score of men stood
on platform near the top of the scanold-
ing, and by these ropes raised the heavy
beam high in the air, and then let II fall
down on the pile which was being driven
into the earth. They sang as they worked,
and at the end of each line the beam was
dropped.
The prisoners have built q large part OF
this new penitentiary, and, though the
penitentjary does not pay for itself, II Is
run very cheaply The superintendent told
me that II cost 20 cents a day In silver per
prisoner to keep up the establishment, or
10 cents a day in gold and that the actual
expense of keeping and boarding prisoner
was less than cents per day per head.
How the Prisoners Are Punished.
Japan in the past had crucifxion and all
sorts Of horrible p'inishments, but these
have long since passed away. The super
intendent told me there was no such thinG
as corporal punishment used, and that the
only punishments were the cutting down of
the food and solitary confinement. There
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wanted a pension, and the matter became
so conspicuous after a few years that in
1920 Secretary Calhoun of the War De-
partment was instructed by Congress to
prepare a statement showing the number
of pensioners on the roll His statement.
now In the files of Congress, showed that
there were 1868 pensioners at that time
and that the total amount of pensions paid
was more than 100000 year-to be ex-
act, S3,20S,3I6 From that time until the
civil war of thirty years ago, the average
pension appropriation was S2,OOO,OOO year.
In I6G0 the appropriation had fallen to
81, 100, SO2. Then came the civil war and
Congress, when 1t made laws for the crea-
ton of the military and naval force which
put down the rebellion, made pension laws
for the protection of the disabled and of
the widows and orphans Of those who were
killed. Under these laws the pension ap-
preparation in 1865 was S16,3f, 621. Today
1t takes half million dollars a year to
pay the clerks who distribute the PEN
sions to the survivors of the different wars
and their widows and children.
Daughters of the Revolution.
OF the relics of the revolutionary war
carried on the pension rolls three are
daughters of revolutionary soldiers, who
were pensioned by special acts Of Con-
gress. They are Susannah Chadwick,
daughter of Elihu Chadwick of New York,
who now lives at Emporium, Pa; Ann M.
Slaughter of Virginia, daughter Of Philip
Slaughter now living at Mitchelrs sta
ton, Va. and Sarah c.. Hurlsburt, daugh-
ter of Elijah Weeks of Massachusetts,. now
living at Chatham Valley, Pa. The two
former aged seventy-nine and eighty
four, respectively. The two former are
aged seventy nine and eighty four,
respectively. Mrs. Hurlsburt is seventy
six. The other revolutionary pension
ers are: Mrs. Mary Brown, aged eighty
nine, living at Knoxville, Tenn; Mrs. Nancy
Cloud aged eghty-one, living at Chum,
Va; Mrs. Esther S. Damon, aged eighty,
living at Plymouth Union, VT; Mrs. Nancy
Jones, aged eighty, living at Jonesboro',
Tenn: Mrs. Rebecca Mayo, aged eighty
one. living at Newbern. Va; Mrs. Patty
Richardson, aged ninety-three, living at
East Bethel, VT: Mrs. Mary Snead, aged
seventy-eight, living at Parksley, Va; Mrs.
Asenath Turner, aged eighty-nne, living
at Manchester. N. Y. Mrs. Nancy Wealth
erman, aged eighty-four. living at Line
back, Tenn.
There are, of course, a great many wild
ows of soldiers of the war of 1872 on the
pension roll. There were 4,437 when the
last annual report of the pension commits
Of these were pensioned at the rate of
$12 a month. The others drew from IS
to $50. OF the As survivors Of the war Of
1872 whose names are given above, Al
draw only IS month. OF the Others one
draws $50, one draws SIS, one $40 and one
$50. There are people on the invalid pen
sion list drawing as little as 81 month
for service in the war OF the rebellion.
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Near by is Asakusa, with its gorgeous
temples, its hundreds CT peep shows, and
Its ever-vary:ng panorama OF Japanese
pleasures. Not far off is the famed foshi-
wara. with its thirty-fve hundred frail
but fair japanese maidens, and just below
II Is Skull, where the missionaries and the
foreigners live. This prison is separated
from all this hum of life only by the wide
waters OF the deep Sumida river, and the
only human voices that these prisoners
hear are those of their officials. They dare
not use their own, and year in and year
out they stand, Tantalus like. in the very
midst of all that the japanese loves, with
the waves of pleasure almost tapping their
lips. but unable to drink of the waters.
1t is not an easy thing for visitor to
get access to japanese prison. AS for
the criminal he finds The way just as open
In japan as In America, but the visitor
must have the best credentials and only
the fewest of travellers have ever gone
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Study of the Dead Languages.

From Foreign Correspondence Of indianapolis News
The new tendency to substitute some
other studies for the dead languages does
not meet with favor in the great univer-
stiles of Europe I am told that they are
sticking steadfastly to their Latin and
Greek, their Hebrew and Sanscrit, and, In
stead of curtailing. they ore enlarging the
list Of the dead and difficult languages.
They reject the modern proposition that the
culture to tho science of phiiology and the
latter, instead Of decreasing, Is increasing
in favor. History Ii also increasing In IA
vor, In this field our American Johns
Hopkins University Is held In high esteem
In Europe
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Keeping Up the Supply.
From Truth.


Occasionally 1t is possible to satisfy the
souvenir seeker without doing any damage
in particular. This is the case at the tomb
Of George Washington. in Mount Vernon.
A lady had just picked up a pebble from
the walk in front OF the venerated spot, to
carry home with her, when a workman
came up with wheelbarrow load Of
gravel, which he dumped on the spot.
Have you-have you fixed up the place
that way recentlyY' the lady asked, in a
slightly apprehensive tone.
"Bless you, MISS" was the reply, I'VE
has to do this about every two weeks, SOS
the tourists can have something to carry
away for momentums."
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every word 1 said was taken down in
japanese as soon as my interpreter had
translated my questions. He probably took
down the answers of the superintendent,
and, as l shall send this letter to the pen
itentiary, they will probably be able to tell
whether my statements are correct.
In the Prisons.
This penitentiary contains $500 prison
ers, who are engaged in all sorts of labor,
and who form a complete exhibition of in
dustrial Japan. The buildings are long,
one-story structures, more like stables and
factories than prisons. They cover many
acres, and they are made of wood, with
roofs of Japanese tiles. They have no
windows but the upper part of the walls
are made of heavy lattice or wooden bars,
and there is no lack of ventilation. From
the ground to your shoulder the walls are