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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
slnnc Words mud Phrases.

Professor Eugene II. Babbitt of Co.
lumbia university, as secretary of the
American Dialect society, recently sent
to all the leading American colleges 4
circular asking for assistance i'll collect
ing information about college slang.
The circular contains list Of words
about which the members of each col
lcgc are requested TO give the following
information: l. Whether the word is III
use among them. 2. In what sense the
word is used, with examples. 3. What
part of speech it is. These are the words
III question:
Ball-up, bone, cinch, coed, cram
crib, fond, flung, fresh, fruit, grind,
grub, horse, jelly, lunch, hooks, play
horse with, pluck, play pony, prep
prime, quiz ride, roast, shecpshin, snap
stunt aud trot.
In addition TO answering the above
questions concerning the words contain
cd in the list the college officials are
asked to interest the students i'll collect
ing lists of slang words and phrases pc
culiar to their OWL institutions, that
these additional collectionsmay be conf
pared by the Dialect society with slang
expressions i'll Use elsewhere.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
FlLLINGABULLDOG'S TEETH.
AN Operation Which Scranton Dentist
Did With Hesitation, but Success.


A powerful and fcrocious bulldog,
owned by Dr. Ward OF Scranton, Pa,
enjoys the distinction OF having big
gold filling i'll one Of his incisors, and y
good many citizens, who have caught 4
CLEAN of the gold i'll his mouth. wonder
how the filling WAS done. Some think 1t
was done through hypnotic influence by
the doctor over the dog. While others
insist that it was through the dog I'M
plicit obedience TO his masters COM
mand.
The bulldogs name is Gem. lie is rs
ugly in appearance rs prize winner i'll
dog show. His nose isamaSs OF wlln-
kles, and his eyes have Il wicked Slcam
for any ono but his master and Mrs.
Ward. His affection for them, however,
knows no bounds. When Gem WAS dis
covered ono day claSping his nruzzlc be-
tween his paws. rolling over aud over
on the floor and moaning. his mouth
was examined. ana il WAS found that
there WAS Nis cavity il enc of the IN
ciSors. Ii was decided that dentist
should be consulted. The dentist found
that il would be necessary Il use 4 rnh-
Der dam. and he promised To fill the
cavity provided Gem waS etheuzod.
This was done, and the operation wAS
considered y successful one. although
Gem evidently thought otherwise. Some
time afterward the filling came out. and
Gems last state WAS WORSE than his
first, for he refused 10 submit to another
operation with ether NJ the first sniff
of the annsthetic he not only added Il
score Of wrinkles 20 those already i'll his
nose, but showed his teeth III so danger
Gus way that the dentist refused 10
proceed. DR.. Ward insisted that he could
make Gem stand on the table and have
the tooth filled without wincing. The
dentist was dubious about trusting his
hand between the brute's jaws, but
finally consented TO Try.
Gem was put on the table, and his
master stood III front of him. kept his
eyes fixed on Gcm's and told him &c
open his mouth. Gem did So anda rub
Der dam was soon adjusted i'll place.
The dentist SET to work with the insru-
ment OF torture called Il bur, and one
of Gem 5 ears Went down in 4 threaton-
ing way, while the othcrrelaaincd cock
cd The doctor held one finger raised
and kept his eyes fixed on Gems, that
never wandered from his masters gaze.
The attitude OF Gem 5 ears proved Il
barometer OF his suiferings when the
bur touched Il spot close 10 the nerve.
When both ears went down, the dentist
knew he had gone rs fal as dogs nature
would let him 60. Gems eyes never
wandered from the doctors III the =
hours the dentist WAS ut work. Gem
stood the final polishing, ana when his
master gave the Word for him TO get
down from the table Gem danced with
demonstrations of joy at his release.
Since that day he has no trouble IL
masricatins the biggest beef bone
New York Sun
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
Fishing For TUNA, Santa Clara.

The fish ranged from 4 to 6 feet in
length and from 10 to 300 pounds in
weight, judging from their size. Like
wolves they had rushed III from the deep
sea and were moving down the coast,
stampeding a school OF smelts and flying
fish and driving them out Of the water,
swapping at them and following them
I'D into the air. Moving OH, we found
the school of unfortunates brownish
patch of solid fish III the water. into
which the tunas We're charging.
have fishcd in the haunts OF the tar
pom and taken almost every game fish
to be found in American waters, but
from this exhibition of the velocity and
wonderful power of the tuna L did not
believe it could be captured with "a
ounce rod or tarpon outfit. We baited
with large smelt and began trolling
through the school soon had strike,
and, while not unused to surprises, l
lost 800 feet of line and the tip of my
rod so quickly that l hardly realized
what had happened. My companion had
his fine rod jcrlicd from his hands, and
1 believe the fish was Of the largest size,
which nothing could stop. Sportsman $
Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
The German Emperor.s sponsor.

Prince Hohcnlohc, the chancellor of
the German empire, made recently the
extraordinary statement that he accept
cd responsibility for the official utter
ances OF his master, the German cnper-
or At least he is quoted b. English
newspapers to this effect Now, if this
is the case, he must have approved Of
the telegram sent IL the German en-
peror TO President Kruger in January of
this year, III which that monarch used
language implying that if the Beers
had rot thrushod the English at kru-
gersdorf he would have cheerfrlly as
sisted them with German reinforce
ments. THIS telegram served the pur-
pose of turning the whole of England
from friend into an enemy. Every
Englishman felt outraged at this unnec-
essary act of unfriendliness, particular
Il as the emperor had been made so
often welcome i'll English waters.
We cannot discover that this particu-
lar telegram did good either to Ger
many or to the Boccs, and it certainly
produced Il udu IctliiS NHciC iOt4 iiNtis
good understanding had prevailed,
at least between the foreign Office and
the Wilhelmstrassc. 1t was supposed at
the time that this dispatch might have
been done hastily, under the strong
sense of Indignation excited by the
wholly unjustiiiable jameson raid, but
who could haze supposed that man so
old as Prince Hohenlohe could be guilty
of such production? Ii the emperor
did send this fatal cable without the
knowledge Of his prime minister, it was
the duty of self respecting official to
hand i'll bis resignation. If, on the other
hand, Prince Hohenlohc accepts the re-
sponsibility fer this document, it seems
strange that he still holds Office, consid-
ering the mischief which those few
words made. The German constitution
provides that the prime minister be held
responsible for the acts CT the sovereign,
but in these later days the legal organ
ism Of the German empire has had to
sustain severe strains. -Iiarper's Week
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
ERRAT!C GEOGRAPHY.
mountains and lakes Found On She hfap,
but Nowhere Else.


Among the anomalous results that
geographical exploration is constantly
Calling 10 the front is The humiliation
of landmarks which have been consid-
cred to be firmly established. Less than
three wears ago it WAS discovered that
Mount Iseran, IL peak OF the GRAHAM
Alps. which figured on MI detailed maps
of the Alpine regions with the very re-
Specialize elevation Of upward of Is, coo
feet. had no existence i'll fact. and the
assumed mountain has since been cen
signed 10 oblivion. y somewhat less
complete eil'accmont WIS announced Ill
the early part of the pastyear i'll the rc-
lnoval OF 200 feet from the height of
Mount Brown, i'll British Alucrica-
seuerally credited With am altitude of
10. GOO fcct.in place of the 5000 feet
which is NOW given to it by Professor
Coleluall-a condition somewhat similar
TO the experience of Mount Hood, III
Oregon. which, when being gradually
reduced from its presumed height OF
6.000 feet to 1900 feet, brought out
the facotious remark that with 4 few
wears moro of grace thcmomtain would
be Il hole in tie ground. 1t Is not alone
The miner explorer. however, Who is re-
spouSible for the porpctuation of great
errors OF observation. Sir Samuel Baker,
the discoycrer Of the Albert Nyanza, the
second great basin Of the Nile stated
that from his position on the lake no
boundaries OF it could be traced south
ward to the limits of vision whereas
Stanley and others have since shown
that not only did the lake terminate
within few miles of where Baker
stood. but that its southern shore WAS
actually bounded by high mountains.
Mr.. &. Scott Elliot, i'll his recently
published work, \ Naturalist in Mid
Africa, III turn corects Stanley S errors
with the no insigniticants statement that
Mount Gordon Bennett, Macldnaw
pealz aud Mount Lmnson are not moull-
tains, but quite insignificant hills, ii
they lad any existence ut Ill. He also
said: Il spent much TINE and trouble
in trying TO discover where on earth the
enormous fresh water sea, discovered
and christencd the Alexander Nyanz;!.
by Nh Stanley, could possibly be. This,
OF course. it Is HOW clear, has no exist
euce Whatever And. finally, rs the
latest negative contribution to geo
graphical knowledge, we have III the
Jackson H,umsworth reports from Franz
Josef Land (recenrly broughtto London
bv the vessel OF the expedition, the
Wiudwar(i) the assurance that not a
t,.acc Of the 50 called PcteInlan Land OF
Lieutenant Bayer could be discovered,
and that even Lichy Land was merely a
disjoinJcd ;rchipeia@ic mass OF entirely
inconsiGerable extent.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
A TlGERlSH TURKISH MOB.
NIurdcrous Bludccon Men In the Streets
of Constantinoplc.

NIurt,crous BIudccon Men In the Streets
of Constantinople.
Such men as the bludgoon mon one
does not often sec III the streets of Con-
siantinople. OF the better class of Turks
there were none among them. They
were of class like the wharf rats and
long5horemen of western lands. They
were of all shades of color, from the
white skinned Lac and Circassian to the
brown and hook nosed kurd and the
coal black Nubian from Africa. Their
faces were study of fearful passions
There were faces scanned and SCARED
like the head of fighting bulldog; faces
distorted by malice and greed; faces
scared, us by fire, case hardened i'll ig-
norance of all except vice and ferocious
as an angry tiger. Some of those faces
burned their way into my memory and
remained for days, a haunting revela-
ton of brutal instincts and beastly de-
sires which made one wonder how it
was possible to have lived i'll safety for
weeks i'll city containing such men.
These men were not armed, III the
common sense of the word. Some Of
them had rcvolvcrs, and the most Of
them had knives. But they seldom used
either, for awkward questions might be
raised if the police were called to ac-
count for failing to arrest armed civil
ians OIL the streets. Carrying AK hclves,
pickax handles, heavy clubs, like base
ball bats; jagged fragments of broken
scantling-carrying anything that can
crush the skull of man-this horrible
rabble flooded the streets of al Chris
tiaD quarters of the city, like an all DIES
olating tidal wave, silent but irrosisti-
Bile. Their silence by day was almost as
terrible as their bowls by night. They
would bc seen going along the street,
when they would meet an Armenian
who had ven,ured to attempt to reach
his home. Without word they would
break in his skull ard go CD their way,
entirely unmoved and hardly having
spoken loud word. If resistance was
offered, they had only to say, 1.-The
Giaours resist" and horde of their
fellows would come rurEing from all
directions to destroy ore who had prov
ed his seditious quality by daring to re-
eist Il Mussulman. "A Bystander' S
Notes of a Massacre, y by WAN Troshine,
n Scribner's.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
Didn't Locate 1t.

DR.. H. r Fisk, principal of the acad-
envy of the Northwestern university, is an
exact man, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
He has made it rule that for al alb
sences from recitations his students
shall write out reasons i'll full why they
We're away and what recitations We're
missed. One day Dr.. Fisk received Il
note as follows;
'On account of the earache, headache,
stomach ache and cramps 1 was unable
to attend algebra at s Il. H., grammar
at 10 a. H. and English at 3 p. III. .
DR. Fisk excused the student, but at
the same time took occasion to rcbuke
him for not stating in his letter where
be had cramps.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
INDIANS HATE ENGLISH.
why They VIII Not Speak 1t After They
Lcevo School.

For years government instructors
among tho Indians have been troubled
by the fact that the red men, after
learning English mt the schools as chill
llren, invariably return to their own
tongues and seem positively to hate tho
white man language.
The superintendent of Indian schools,
". N. Mailman, in u report just made
10 the commissioner OF Indian affairs,
SAYS ti!at the Indians were actually
taught to hato the English tongue, be-
cause OF The rigid rllr.i against the uso
of Indian conversation by pupils. Until
lately the great majority OF Indian
tcacl,ors have l.borad rn;ler the delusion
CHAT they can hasten the acquisition Of
the English language ON the part OF tho
pupils ny compulsory measures, visiting
more or less severe penalties upon tho
unfortunate children who were caught
in the use of the Indian speech.
Tho unrcason"blenoSs Of such proceed
inss, which are always punished with
nero or less serious failure, appears
!. hen it is considered thatan idiom that
is forced upon child By means of pen-
alties and other appeals fear is ncces-
saIily hateful To him. Then, in his own
heart, he turns away from it and uses it
only undcr more or less pronounced pro-
tests. This becomes quite manifest rs
soon rs the children are removed from
tho restraint of tho school, when, for
instance, they return to their parents
for a visit or moro or less permanently
after graduation, and when, on meeting
their fcrncr teachers, they will either
refuse to speak English altogether or
answer with shame faced reluctance
Professor Mailman says: "Thore is
no doubt in my mind that the unreason-
ablcness OF tie offensive warfare made
in the Indian schools against the Indian
vernacular Is largely to blame for tho
apparent stubtorisness with which older
indians refuse to learn English or TO uso
the little knowledge thereof which they
may possess. Ii it is argacd that with
liberty 10 use the Indian vernHcuiar the
Indian children will engage i'll CONVEX
sation, possibly improper, which tho
teacher can neither understand nor con-
troll. The fault lies not with the child's
knowledge and use of his own idiom,
but with tie teachers Ignorance of the
same, and the remedy viii be found
not iii the reprcssiyo measures, which
must, because Of their unreasonable
ness, fail of their purpose, but i'll tho
determined effort on the teachers part
to acquire u knowledge uf tho child 5
idiom.
Probably Tie traditional hostile at
titude eli certain schools to the Indian
vernacular is responsible Tor the fact
that III number of instances teachers
ANA other school employees continue at
the same school, working with the same
tribe Of Indians without acquiring any
appreciate knowledge of the language
spoken at the homes OF their children.
This ignorance frequently extends TO tie
customs, habits of life and the histor-
ical development Of the tribe in qucs-
ton. They seem to treat the Indians as
outcasts, and the outcome of their work
corresponds with this attitude. Chi
cage Tribune.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06

The editor of the New York Chris
tan Advocate learned not long since
from coachman that horses are lot
unlike human beings He writes:
Riding in friend 5 carriage one day,
we noticed that the coachman made con-
slant efforts to restrain one Of the
horses and to hasten the other. AS the
pair We're handsome and perfectly
mated, we said, What is the difference
between these horses, that you are CON
stantly touching up one and holding in
the other::''
Said he: 1.-The one that I whip can
not possibly overwork himself. I will
not say that he is lazy, but he is SO
made that he never can and never will
do himself any damage. 1t would be
impossible to whip him 50 hard that he
would hurt himself The other can trot
mile in less than 2:25 and he would
trot from the love of it until he drop
ped dead. Hot or cold, he does his best. >
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
salaries Earncd by successful Buyers.

A good buyer who year after year IN
creases his business and the reputation
of his department, who leaves for til
semiannual inventory clean and de-
sirable stock-one Who in fact, has the
genius of money malling-is paid Il sal
airy in the big houses OF from s., 600 &C
SO, 900 and often Il percentage on the
yearly increase of his sales. In some OF
the largest departments number Of the
most capable buyers thus receive as
much as $50, 600 4 year and are regard
ed as cheap at thar, fact which can be
readily understood when ii is remem-
bered that in single department of a
great shop selling, say, $1,000, coo
worth of goods q year, a difference OF .
per cent in the profits, which may be
the result of u good manager as distin-
guished from mediocre one, amounts
TO 500, 900. On the other hand, i'll the
lower class stores buyers in many OF the
departments are paid as low Us s25 a
week, with no percentage. Ii the large
incomes are the great exception, il is
also to be said that the opportunities are
more numerous than the men with the
ability to take advantage OF them
"The Department Store" by Samuel
Hopkins Adams, in Scribncr's.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
The Wedding Ring.

The associations called up by a we'd
ding ring are very touching, and it is
the last thing that even the poorest wife
will Part with. If itcyer was consider
ed Il badge of se1vitude, it now is much
more suggestive of queenship and SOW
.ereignty. an Old Latin writer thus &C.
scribes the ring: 1t is circular, because
the mutual love ard hearty affection
CT matrimoay should be forever their
continuity lcmai!i!ng as unbroken as
tie circIet itself. 1t is I'll old-and ex-
ploded-nciion that the ring is placed
upon the fourth finger because a small
artery connects with the heart. Tie
real reason probably is that the left
hand is not used as much as the right
and the fourth finger less than the other
fingers.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
A ROMANCE OF WALES.
The Two Ladies of Llaneollen Who Lived
Strange Life Together.

IL Strange Life Together.
Holun Marshall North contributes TO
The Century an accountof Lady Eleanor
Charlotte Butler and the Hon. Sara
Ponsonby, who, more than century
ago, ran away from their homes and
settled i'll The picturesque little town CT
Llangollcn. They dressed i'll strange
costume that WAS partly made up OF
masculine garments. They were visited
by many distinguished people and cor
responded with most Of tho notablcs OF
their times The writer says
Among their visitors tho ladies also
counted certain Sir Alurcd, hand
somo and interesting but venerable man
mt this period Here is romance within
II romance, for of this gallant gentleman
it is said that one of tho princesscs fell
desperately in lovo with him, and hor
father, poor old George III, sent tho too
fascinating young man away to India,
whore there YVES war at the time, and
whence, therefore, there was some like
lihood that he would not return. But mt
so no came back, still handsome and
fascinating, and was received with dis
tinsuishcd favor by the now king, who
made him y field marshal. OF the
princess and her affection nothing moro
is learned.
Sir Alured had long known Lady
Elcanor-indeed, for aught 1 know TO
the contrary, ho may have been one of
the five despairing SWANS mentioned i'll
that lady's obituary-and once IL year,
usually in October, he came down to
Llangollcn to pay his respects to tho
two ladies, to whom tho visit WAS III
ways IN occasion Of consequence.
The death of Lady Eleanor was a
grievous blow to the old man. He caMo
tho year following, however, but was
less gay than usual, and it is even SAID
that he neglected to bestow the usual
parting kiss OH his fair entertainer. Tho
Hon. Sard promptly reminded him CT
the oversight, for which ho ut once
made atunement.
Mary Calryl, tho faithful servant,
hid died i'll 1909, making tho first
change that had occurred in the inmates
of tho household.
Each CT the friends wished picture
of tho other hut neither was willing to
sit for her portrait. BY some stratagenl
of IL friend pictures of the two together
were secured when tho ladies were un-
aware.
In June, 1929, at the ago Of 90, Lady
eleanor passed away, and, although her
friends surrounded Miss Ponsonby with
every possible Kindness, she refused to
te comforted She was seldom seen eX-
cept by her lomestics and survived i'll
Ler loneliness only Is months.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
Clcvcr Commercial 20.

"Ten or Is years ago > says bust
ness nlan quoted By the Philadelphia
Record, "thc canned meats put up i'll
square tins by American houses were
sold in great quantities in Samoa 1t
was not long before Australia and New
Zealand packers saw that they We're
missing a good thing, so they sent out
agents who circulated Il story among the
natives 10 the effect that cheap Alncri-
can meats Were composed i'll part OF hui
man flesh. They said that in the process
of preparing the bones CT dead China
men for shipment to the Celestial en-
pire from san Francisco the meat was
canned and labeled beef for Pacific is
land consumption. The story gained
crcdenno 10 such an extent that the ma
tives stunned the square tins and could
only he induced to buy the round, fiat
tins put out by Australian and New
Zealand houses. That prejudice exists
today to such an extent that United
States Consul Mulligan has mentioned
it III his rcrcrt to the state department..
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
a Story of Cecil Rhodes.

Often mentioned is Cecil Rhodes dis
like to women and the fact that he will
hot allow female to serve him in any
way. He had a secretary to whom he
was much attached. Ore day he an
nounced tho fact that he was going to
be married The chief Was thunder
struck, ard after glaring at him for q
second growled out, "Where the devil
am / to get another secretary?o and then
walked cut of the room and banged the
door. His innate goodness of heart,
however, prevailed after Il bit, for he
presented the bride with some lovely
diamonds, and when, soon after, he LETT
for England he lent the young couple
his carriages aud horses, so that the Of
Tending bride Was enabled to return her
wedding calls at his expense! 1t never
occurred to him, however, to keep his
favorite secretary on. The nero fact of
his marrying put that quito out OF the
pale of possibility.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-02-06
Dramatic kissing.

The OSCILLATION that prevailed at the
Delnhardt fe;e was edifyins. After SHr-
dou had proposed his toast "to the great
and good Sarah, " Bernhardt wiped
away tear and kissed the playwright,
"wliile both her hands were busy send
ing kisses everywhere " Then, when NJ.
HarancouIt had recited his ode to the
greatest tragedienne, emotion over
came him to such an extent that he
kissed her face and her hands too. 1t
was IL dramatic scene, but only the en-
thuyiasm Of the moment prevented it
from becoming ridiculous.