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ORAWFISHING.
How tho Ugly but Toothsoms Crostnros
Are Caught.

ROW Lno Ugly uoo ~O0'AAooiuo OfcAIuxO9
Are Caught.
Mr.. A. Ulrich of Chicago, who once
lived in New Orleans and is familiar
with the matter of which he speaks,
sends in the following very interesting
account of the way i'll which crawflsh
arc taken by the men who fish for them.
He says:
"Around New Orleans there are
swamps which are always being hunted
for crawfish, and yet the supply is un-
limited. So numerous are they that ono
cannot leave fish on string in the wa
ter, for they will tear tho fish into
shrcds
"A small net about the size of but
tcrhy net, about ten cords, each two feet
long, and cents worth of meat COM
pleto the outfit for one person.
'"In the swamp there are small islands
and long necks of land which intersect
one another in all directions and upon
which the catchcrs 30.
1.-THE start is usually made in the
early morning, when the sun does not
shine SO ficrcely and walking is much
easier
Arriving ut their destination, they
cut their meat into small pieces about
two inches around. Each piece is now
attached to one of the cords. After this
they are thrown into the water, and the
other end of tho cord is attached to a
stick which is stuck into the ground SO
that the crawfsh cannot pull the meat
away. One usually waits Il few minutes,
and then when the cord is gently raised
tho catcher will see about half dozen
crawflsh with their pinchers stuck into
tho meat, eating ravcnously.
1.-The net is now gently put into the
water directly under them, and with a
sudden jerk they are landed, for as soon
as they strike tho air they will let loose
Of the meat.
1.-THE crawfish arc of large species.
The writer has caught some measuring
10 inches from tip TO tip. These are by
no means uncommon.
'"rhc average catch for three persons
is about an ordinary bucketful The
meat when prepared right makes a de-
icious delicacy. Forest and Stream.
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Glass Day serimmage at Harvard.

Young Harvard has been stirred to
the depths at the news that the corpora
ton intended to abolish the scrimmage
around the tree which has formed part
Of the class day exercises for more than
so years. 1t seems that every class since
the battle Of Waterloo has had scrir-
mage around the tree ON class day ox-
cept the class of 1877, which could not
manage to select class day officers and
failed on that account to follow the
usual programme. In that year, no pro-
vision for class day being made by the
class, the corporation interviewed, ap-
pointed officers OF the day and, with the
assistance of Professor Lowell, who en-
tertained the class at breakfast and of
the Harvard nine, which beat Yale i'll
the afternoon on Jarvis field, provided
day of considerable festivity. There
were no chapel exercises, no grafton, no
poem and, so far as is known, no re-
grets at the omission Of these features
But successful as this class day was
there is no desire TO repeatiU. So strong
were the objections of the class of 81
to the suppression of the scrimmage that
it was proposed that if the corporation
was obdurate and wouldn't listen to
reason the class day officers should re-
sign and no observance of the day be
attempted. Happily harsh measures like
these are not likely to be needed. The
seniors have grown calmer, milder
methods are obtaining, and the last
news was that the authorities would be
glad to agree to any compromise by
which those features of the tree exer-
cises which had become dangerous,
through the great increase in the num-
Der both of participants and spectators,
could be eliminated and the more at
tractive ones be retained.
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1Rc1y1AANTn the circuit court

VIRGINIA:-ln the circuit court
for the county of Acccmack, in
the vacation of said court, the
18th day of January, A. D., 1897.
Nathan Ulman and w. A.
Boykin, merchants and part
ners trading as Gilman, Boykin
& Co.," Henry Fink, Stanley
Fink, Phillips and Solo
mon Smith, merchants and part
ners trading as "Fink Bro. &
Co." and Winfield S Quigley
and William D. Mullen, late
merchants and partners trading
as "Quigley & Mullen," credi-
tors of Eva S. Justis, late mer-
chant and sole trader, trading
as "E. S. Justis," who sue for
themselves and all other, the
unsatisfied creditors of said Eva
S. Justis. ...................P Plaintiffs,
against
Eva S. Justis, j. Lee Justis, j.
w. G. Blackstone, trustee, John
r. Satchell, trustee. and in his
own right, Nancy Taylor, Isaiah
P. Justis, Edward B. Justis and
John L. Bailey.......Defen
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to
have declared null and void and
the same surrendered to be can
celled two certain deeds of trust;
dated January 23d, 1897, and
recorded in the Accomack coun-
ty court clerks office as of even
date herewith, from Eva S.
Justice to J. w. G. Blackstone
and John T. Satchell, respec-
lively, trustees, for the benefit
of a certain Nancy Taylor and
other creditors; said deeds OF
trust having been made for the
purpose and intent of hindering,
delaying and defrauding the
plaintiffs and other creditors Of
the said Eva S. Justis. And
that a lien may be obtained on
the storehouse, stock of goods
and other property named IN
said conveyances, and the same
subjected to the payment of the
plaintiffs debts and otherwise
as the court may direct.
Affidavit having been made
before the clerk of the said court
that Isaiah ?. Justis and John
T. Bailey, two of the defendants
in the above entitled cause, are
non-residents of the State of
Virginia, on the motion OF the
plaintiffs, by their attorney,
it is ordered that they, the
said nonresident defendants,
do appear here within fifteen
days after due publication ct
of this order and do what is nee
essary to protect their interests;
and that this order be published
once a week for four successive
weeks in the Peninsula Enter
prise, a newspaper published at
Accomack e. H., 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.
A Copy.
Test: John D. Grant, c. C.
Thos. w. Russell, p. q.
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PRISONER OF HIS FEARS.
Sultan Has Fifty Beds and Lets NO One
Know Which He'll Occupy.

Sultan Has Fifty Beds and Lets No One
Know Which He'll Occupy.
1.-THE commander of the faithful is
of middling stature, rather under than
over the average, and of weakly consti-
tuition. His countenance has no wicked
expression 1t is Of the Circassian type
from the mothers side, but bearing the
marks of degeneration. The eyes are
haggard, the forehead insignificant and
narrow, the eyebrows very thick, form
ing two great arcs, which coalesce. The
large nose dominates the whole physi-
ognomy and is slightly inclined to one
side at the lower extremity. The mouth
is large, the lips thick. The sultan
wears his beard long, and care has
sprinkled his hair and beard with silver
within the last few years. 1t is farni-
" tradition among the heirs of Osman
to speak in loud voice. Abdul Hamld's
utterance is strident and imperious. 1t
is the voice of master addressing those
whom he regards as his slaves.
Ever since he has been on the throne
Abdul Hamid has rarely gone to bed at
night to rise in the morning like an or
binary mortal. He seldom retires until
dawn, but rises again at S O'Clock, hav-
ing spent the night hard at work listen
ing to reports and attending to the
affairs of state When he has nothing
else to do, he reads French detective
Stories for he has an all peryading idea
that conspiracies are being Matched
against him, and passes his time cir
cumventing al imaginary conspirator.
Nobody knows where he will spend any
part of the day or evening. Often he
enters a building, and, while the sen
tries at the door believe that he is inside,
he has gone by back door and to
some other building. Moreover, in what
ever part Of the palace he may be, there
is a permanent service Of surveillance
day and night, and he is constantly &C.
companicd by score of persons, who
organize special service i'll the build
ing or apartment where he happens tc
be for the moment.
Where the sultan will sleep is never
known. He possesses more than 90 beds
in the different parts Cf the palace, ana
these bedrooms are separated from the
rest of the ediiice by iron doors and fur
nished with most ingenious ard compli-
Gated locks. Two superb st. Bcrnards
also sleep outside the door Of the apart
ment in which tie sultan may be sleep
ing. for he knows that four footed
p1ardians cannot be tempered with.
Formerly the members of the imperial
horem used 10 move about among the
numerous palaces on the Bosporus, but
Abdul Haniid put a stop to it. The la
dos of the harem never have the benefit
of a change Of air. Their palace is their
prison, and nowhere does phrhisis claim
e. many victims as in the harem of
y-i,lliz -Contemporary Review
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KOSSUTH AS AN ORATOR.
Imposing In Appearance and the Finest
Speaker of His Time.


I'm appearance Kossuth was taller
than Americans had been led to sup
pose. His face had an expression of pen
Grating intellect writes Parke God
win, recalling the American visit III
1851 of the great Hungarian patriot
in paper of the "Great Personal
Events series in The Ladies' Home
Journal 1T was long, tho forehead
broad, but rot excessively high. though
u slight badness made it seem so, and
the chin marrow, but square in its
form. His hair was thin i'll front and
dark brown, as was his beard, which
was quite long, but not very thick, aud
arranged with neaness and taste. His
mustache was heavy and rather long.
His eyes were very large and OF light
blue. His complexion WAS pale. AS a
speaker his manner was ut once incom-
parably dignitied and graceful. His
posture and appearance in reposc were
imposing, not only from their essential
grace and dignity, but from II sense of
power they impressed upon the beholder.
He spoke as if with little preparation
and with that peculiar freshness which
belongs to cxtempormeous speaking,
and the wonderful compactness and art
of his argument were not felt until you
reflected upon it afterwalrd. He gcsticu
lated freely, equally well with both
arms. Nothing could be more beautiful
i'll its way than was the sweep of his
right hand, us it was raised to heaven
when he spoke of the Deity; nothing
sweeter than the smile which ut times
mantled his face. Beyond doubt he
was the greatest of orators then living"
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VIRGINIA: In the circuit court
for the county of Accomack, in
the vacation of said court, the
18th day of February, A. D.,
1897.
Geraldine F. Lewis, assignee
of John w. G.. Blackstone and
and d. Frank White, trustees of
Stanley j. Lewis & Co.,........:
.............................. Plaintiff,
against
Thomas E. Coard. 80. Defendant.
In chancery and upon an at
tacnment returned "levied" and
executed
The object of this suit is to
obtain a decree against the de-
PENDANT for the recovery of
$o6I.50, (Which sum is evidenced
by two certain bonds of the
defendant), with interest on
$1l7.5O, part thereof, from the
9th day of December, 1891, and
on $244.O0, the residue thereof,
from the LIST day of January,
1894, till paid, and costs of suit;
and to subject, for the payment
of said decree, the undivided
interest in remainder OF the de-
PENDANT, in a certain tract of
land situated in Accomack
county, Virginia, containing 200
acres, more OF less, and bounded
by the lands of Benz. f. and
Wesley j. Watkinson, Mrs.
Ann Bond, John W. Gillet's
heirs and others.
Affidavit having been made
before the clerk of the said
court, that the defendant in the
above entitled cause, is a non
resident OF the State of Virginia,
on the motion of the plaintiff,
by his attorney, it is ordered
that he, the said nonresident
detendanG, 10 appear mere WltHll
fifteen days after due publica-
ton Of this order, and DO what
is necessary to protect his in
terest; and that this order be
published once a week, for four
successive weeks, in the PENN
SULA ENTERPRISE, a newspaper
published at Accomack q. IT,,
Virginia, and also posted at the
trour-door OF the courthouse OF
! SAID county Oh the first day OF
The next term of the county
court OF The said county.
Test: John D. Grant, c. c.
A Copy
lest: John D. Grant, C. c.
James II Fletcher, Jr., P. q.
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Dickens, Valet.

Jackson Jordan, for some time the
valet of Charles Dickens, celebrated his
eighty-sixth birthday on Jan. s. Dick
ems picked him up III New Orleans, and
he was in the service of the author
when the American Notes" were writ
ten, later accompanying him home to
England At present he is steward of
the steamship Coptic, running between
San Francisco and China, and he ex-
poets to sail for many day yet, though
he can remember when there were only
two stores in San Francisco and when
gold mining had not been begun.
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The Can1erona.

When Don Cameron is retired from
the senate of the United States on the
4th of March. it will be the first TIM
in a generation that the senate has bee
without Cameron among its member
His father, Simon Cameron, entered
senate in 1915 and was famous WI.
leader ten years before the Republica
party was born His son was elecr
largely through the fathers popular
in Pennsylvania If we leave out Il
brief period during The Lincoln admir-
istration, when Simon Cameron Wa:
secretary of war and minister to Russia
and three years following, when he was
in retirement, the period of Cameron
occupancy of a senatorial chair Will
have lasted for over half century.
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How Lover Worked.

Samuel Lovers daughter, Mrs. Fan.
ny Schmid, writes her rccollections of
1.-THE Author of Rory O'Moro'" for
The Century Mrs. Schmid says: His
industry was such that i'll the busiest
years of his life he did not even grant
himself time TO look at the daily papers,
or to read any new beck that was much
talked Of His wife always read the pa
pors and the new books for him, giving
him i'll conversation resume of the
news of the day and the contents of the
books, so that he was always we'll in
formed of everything that was going oil.
If anything exceedingly important was
Oh hand in the political world, or if any
part of book was particularly interest
ing or well written these she would
read to him while he was painting.
Many artists arc as dumb us fishes at
their easels, but he could converse
char1ningly while he was painting,
which was particularly pleasant quail
lily for his sitters. in painting or i'll
writing no worked indefatigably, and
seemed to lie Independent of tho
moods" to which many artists appear
to be victims AS to his songs, he used
to say himself that he never wrote a
song i'll his life except when he couldn't
help it.
The songs used to "come to him, Z"
generally words and melody simulta-
neously, so that he had only to write
them down. Frequently the idea of a
song would come when lie was occupied
with something quite different, as, for
instance, while painting. He would
then leave his easel, write down tho
idea and return to his work AfteIward
he would return to the idea and work
II ont
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WHAT foea ARE MADE OF,
Ncbala pulverr.s and Their Airy Relatives
uT To.,n snd Country.

uf ToNn snd Country.
\ convcnient though not strictly sci
entifc clusSitiruticn of fog types is sea
or coast f'g, valley CT hill fog and town
or dust fog. The last named has been
given the eurhonic designation nebula
pulverea. 1t is an artificial rather than
a natural condition. The Rev. Clement
Ley, who gave Il large portion of his life
to cloud study, says, i'll his book,
"Cloudlard, =" that III some parts of the
globe nebula pulverea is occasionally so
thick as to obscure almost totally the
sunlight, and in Abyssinia has led to
the tradition that the plague or dark
ness in Egypt was in reality an unusual
dust fog. The amount of moisture varies
so much in different fogs that the terms
dry" and wet" are used, the scien-
t:1ic name OF the latter being nebula
stillms. In wet fog the particles arc
apt to be larger than in dry fog. A still
further division, due, we believe, to
Robert H. Scott. is anticyclonic fog, or
fog in which no rain falls, while the
temperature generally low in the morn
ing, continues to rise during the day,
and cyclonic fog, i'll which rain does
occur, while the temperature remains
about temporary.
Before leaving these town fogs we
may notice the part played by them IN
affecting the health of the community.
Mr.. Scott has given figures showing the
mortality from diseases of the respira-
tory system for some of the moro memo
rable fogs of London We have room
for but one OF the many periods he gives.
From Jan. 26 to Feb. 6, 1880, London
experienced eight days of fog. The aver
age temperature at s O'Clock i'll the
morning was 26 degrees F. The total
death rate was As. per 1000, rate
unequaled since the last cholera cpl
demic, and there were no less than /, 657
deaths from diseases of the respiratory
organs.
1t is not always an easy matter to
trace direct relationship even where the
statistics are carefully gathered, but
there can be little doubt that these town
fogs are unwholesome. Indirectly they
affect the health of the community i'll Il
way few would imagine. A town fog is
an excellent trap for noXious gases, hold
ing them close TO the ground. DIR. r.
Barnes, studying this question, found,
by inspection Of gas plants near London.
that III foggy weather the escaping gas
was held in concentrated form i'll and
near tho works. There are other sources
Of contamination in foul examinations
from the ground, sewers, etc. On clear,
bright days, even if no wind is blowing
the law OF diffusion of gases acts more
effectively and helps disperse the gases
-Hmper's.
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Six Kentucky Marriages.

At the village Of Roley one day not
long ago there were six couples mar
ried. In the morning there was triple
wedding in the church. In the after
noon three other couples were welded
within All hour of each other at the
homes of the respective brides. All SIX
Of the couples were entertained at the
home of Uncle Bob Tucker, who, after
the different marriages, was closely re-
lated to all the principals thereto. Now
come some CT the singular features of
the case Uncle Bob, before the we'd
ding, had in the lot of IL individuals q
daughter, son, three granddaughter,
one niece and one nephew. In the 10
there were a brother and sister, two
sisters, two brothers, three cousins, two
uncles, an aunt, four nieces and two
nephews, and yet no one of the ~ per
sons married any one related to him or
herself Another funny feature is that
before the weddings there were two
named Hopkins, two Dunbars, two
Chefs, two fuckers, two McWhorters,
one Pendleton and one Hood. After the
omelet was done, the Dunbars and Hop
kinses had gained two, the Pendletons,
Chefs and McWhorters had been ex-
terminated, the Hoods had been in
creased by one, and the fuckers had
held thoir ground. Ever since the we'd
ding day the gossips have been figuring
on the probable kinship between the
several brides and grooms and their mu-
tual relative Uncle Bob Tucker. Go
lumbus ky. Spectator.
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Opportunities.

In proportion as communities be-
come more settled and populous, Phil
ip, said Mr.. Gratebar, 1.-THE great op-
portunities that exist in them fly higher
and higher and become more and more
difficult to capture. For this reason men
often seek new fields, where the shoot
ing is easier Bat III this, Philip us in
everything else, one must exercise judg-
ment. He must find field i'll which
game actually does exist, and one that
is likely to produce such opportunities
as he is able to turn to account. No
snow shoveler, for example, should To-
cate in the tropics. Nor could the best
boat builder that ever lived reasonably
expect to succeed in desert, even
though it We're hundreds of miles i'll ex-
tent and he had monopoly of the bust
ness.
What am endeavoring to point out
to you, Philip, is that not all new fields
are sure to yield profit. AS matter
of fact, many are quite barren. A man
must find the right place, and the dis
cernment that would enable him to do
this would almost certainly qualify him
to stay right here and fight with the
giants.
And that is just what should ad-
wise you to do. Philip. Here is where
the big game is to be found But, as l
have before III substance remarked, you
must be prepared to meet it. Don't fool
away your time waiting at bear lick
with gun loaded for snipe, Philip. -
New York Sun.
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Bricks OF 1912.

The first bricks made in this country
for building purposes were manufactur-
ed by colonists in Virginia in 1919.
They were used in the construction of q
church edifce at jamestown and the
residence of the governor of the state.
A part of the Jamestown church is still
standing, and the bricks are in good
state of preservation, showing that the
colonists believed in making articles to
resist wear by exposure to all kinds of
weather. Budget.
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A Practical Prima Isoana.

do you think" asked the young
man who was preparing some interviews
with great people Oh trivial topics,
"that light opera singer should marry
if she is really t;aa truly ambitious to
succeed III her AIT.
The queer Of hnrlesque stopped read
ing what her press agent had written
long enough to respond:
Surely, sir, you cannot be serious.
If we didn't mary, how could the pa
pers say any thing about our divorces2'''
Washington Star.
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James Crichton, better remembered
as 1.-The Admirable Crichton," could
read, write and dispute i'll IL different
languages. He was an expert swords
man, civil and military engineer, a
mathematician, dramatist, and al
though but 2S years old at the time of
nis death he was the master of all the
science and learning of his age.
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Not EPIDEMIC.

Professor james of Harvard denies
that genius is disease. Probably those
who hold otherwise would be willing
to admit that the disease is not yet cpl
der,ic. Times Herald.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-27

The manner Of a well bred man has a
certain confident diffidence which Is par
ticularly attractive. 1t is the conscious
ress of power, combined with respect
fer the opinion of Others
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-27

I have a small cousin, aged 8, who
has already contracted the very bad
habit of smoking whenever he gets q
chance.
The other evening, after be had been
put to bed, his father went up stairs to
the room where he was and began to
search the youngsters pockets.
The boy lay watching him for few
minutes, then suddenly sat up and ex-
claimed:
"Oh, father, clean forgotl l bocnt
a pennyworth of cigarettes the day for
a present tae ye.
And lust then his father drew four
cigarettes out Of one OF the small peck
cts. Needless to say, he escaped that
time. Answers
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A Scotch Child.

From Washington to Batavia ia H.
I1S miles
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Els Ability.

Fuddy-You say that Biglin gets q
saiary Of $40, 900. And there is posi-
tively nothing in Biglin-he is not an
educated man and he has no natural
abilities.
Duddv-Except the ability to get a
salary OF, $4,000 year. = Boston
Transcript.
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R. b. Nicholas, superintendent,
Cape Charles, Va.
r. B. Cooke, Gen'l Freight end Pas
aonger Agent, Norfolk. Va.