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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
No More Argument,
In the Light Of Existing Fact, Why
Argue?

The great Munyon systematic school
OF medicine which is superseding all
oJhers-has passed the stage where argu-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

Per Central Of Georgia railway Dec.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31
Savannah Almanac.

Sun rises to-day at 7:o6 and sets at'454
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

The schooner Annie t. Bailey from this
port. bound for Philadelphia, arrived Dec.
y at Delaware Breakwater with ioremast-
mead and jibboom gone and sails split
She was towed to Philadelphia.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

The barge Joseph Souther was yesterday
towed to Port Royal for a cargo of phos-
phate rock to be brought to this city for
the Southern Fertilizer Company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

The tug Bristol. On Dec 20, at 4 D.
m.' in latitude 80 degrees, 4 minutes. lon
gitude 70 degrees, "a minutes, spoke the
schooner Haroldine from New York Dec.
Il bound for Key West The first night
out, when off Five Fathoms bank. the
vessel encountered a heavy northwest
ploW, in which sails and some from work
We're carried away. She was stin under
mizzen storm trysail, and the crew were
repairing the torn sails.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

The United States lighthouse supply
steamer Armenia is on her regular winter
cruise along the South Atlantic coast.
she arrived here yesterday She has a
fuli cargo of general supplies to be dis
tributed among the lighthouses and light
ships along the coast.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

1t is probable that the 2,OOO-ton five-mast-
ed schooner now being constructed in the
Palmer shipyard at Bath will not be
launched before spring. She will be .larg-
er than the Governor Ames, and will be
named Nathaniel T. Palmer She will be
adcHd TO the fleet of schooners owned by
the builder. One of the owners of the new
hve-master will be Capt Clement Harding
of Chatham. who will also be her com
mander.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-31

The British ship Euphemia, Capt. Kin
ney' arrived at Tybee yesterday for orders
She made the unusually quick passage of
81 days from Marseilles. Capt. Kinney is
accompanied by his wife and three chill
dren: The family is stopping at P. Man
hihg exchange restaurant. Capt Kin
ney is well known in shipping circles here
MS vessel having sailed from Savannah for
Santos last spring with cargo of lumber.
The vessel went to sea drawing 231h feet
at that time. The Euphemia is consign-
ed to Richardson & Barnard.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
Drugs Summon Ghosts.

A strange custom described by early
Spanish and Portuguese explorers still
fingers III the region about the headwa-
tiers Of the Amazon, country rather
less known to this day than equatorial
Africa and hardly more affected by civ
ilizing influences 1t is the custom Of
the pave, of certain sorcerers who
profess to fcrcsee the future by the aid
of ghosts, whom rl.ey invoke by swal-
lowing toxic herb decoctions which
throw them into temporary madness
In this condition the spirits of the de-
parted come to guide them in their de-
visions by superhuman wisdom. Tribal
feuds, suits at law, the treatment Of
disease, migrations, the treatment OF
crops and other questions are submitted
to the spirits Of departed sages, war
riors and medicine men.
1t is weird scene, this of the pave.
By night, i'll the gloom Of the deepest
forest, the rites Begin, lighted by the
titful glare of opeii fires. The sorccrers
drink the nauseous stecpings Of the poi
son plants amid Il silence broken only
by the beat OF the drum THE drugs
take Immediate effect The sorcerers
sometimes fro;h at tie mouth Their
eyes open wide and the pupils dilate.
They utter uninreliigible cries and
yclls, which are taken to be words of
deepest meaning. Finally they fall
down in utter exhaustion to sleep off
the effects of their medicine,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
ELECTION and Irigures.

When one considers that 1000 copies
is fair sale for novel and 5000
copies an extraordinary sale and that
about $3.50 is 4 pretty good honora-
rum for novelist's work-after such
time as it has cost him twice that sum
out of his own pocket and brought him
next to nothing-then one can realize
the folly of those poor individuals who
look to Il book to retrieve the fortunes
of household. And yet novels pay
best of any class Of books on the whole.
AS far as history and science and crltl-
cism and poetry and ether forms of lit
erature are concerned, their sale is uni
formly less than the sale Of most novels
and their emoluments no more, ii not
smaller. Royalties are pleasant addi-
ton to steady income, but they are a
sorry dependence, except perhaps i'll one
case out of thousand.
Children S books Of q good character
are in steady demand, bat one would
not like to make living by them
alone. Short stories are profitable if Of
fair kind There are, however, more
publications that pay So and $40 and
less for short stories than there are pub
locations that pay more The average
writer of short stories for standard, first
class magazines gets anywhere from SIS
to 800 OF $50 for story Of 4,O1o
words or thereabout. Ten dollars per
1000 words is, however, the rate Of
payment made to most writers of stories,
even in the greatest of magazines, ex-
cept where the authors popularity can
set higher price 4 senlioccasional
writer gets $500 for a short story, but
the majority get more like $40 or SIS,
and the writer who can place" short
story every month is more fortunate
than most OF his kind Self Culture.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
REACHED FAME AT A BOUND
How tho Famous Dialect Novelist Made
His First Fit.

How tho Famous Dialect Novelist Made
His First Fit.
The man who had sprung into sudden
prominence in the literary world had
grown tride reminiscent under the
influence of a good cigar and a small
bottle, and one of the members OF the
party decided that there could be NC
better time to get the story of his re-
markable success.
II donot recall that any one ever be-
came more suddenly famous i'll the lit
erary world than you" suggested the
curious one.
Il imagine that came very close to
breaking a record, replied the literary
light.
Zone day You Were unknown, and
the next day every literary critic i'll the
country was singing your praise and
people We're standing in line TO buy
your books, y continued the curious one.
Quite true, admitted the literary
light My reputation was made by a
single story, and thar story might be
called an accident
That what want to set at, ex-
planned the curious one. Il want to
hear the story of that story Where did
you get the idea and what impelled you
TO write it: What was your inspira-
tion?'
The literary light laughed and reached
FOR his glass.
Tho secret Of that story is soon
told, he said rs soon rs the glass was
empty. You see l had typewriter. y
Young and pretty" they all broke
III.
Machine rot operator, explained
the literary light Machine was all l
could afford at thai time md l had to
get that on the insrallnieiit plan. l ran
it myself, you know.
well? Go on.
lone day I thoughtlessly went out
without putting the cover CT it. and
my 5-year-old boy got at ii. :
Couldn't run ii, could he:' they
asked.
"Of course rot, but I'd let him help
sic put the paper in and take il out I'M
I'll he had mastered that much of the
operation of the machine. and as the
sick Of it pleased him and there was
no one there TO stop him he hammered
away at it for about two hours. .
But what has that to do with Your
story
'.That was the story, answered the
literary light When 1 saw what he
had done. I gathered the pages TO-
gether numbered them, got up title
and sent the whole thing to a leading
magazine with note saying that it
was dialect story of Scotch-Welsh
settlement that got mixed up with the
Dutch in South Africa, and-well, l
haven't had TO do thing since then
except buy typewriters for the boy.
He's little bit rough at times, but so
long as lie doesn't smash over one ma
chine month 1 can afford it. Chi
f,oco Post
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
TIE GENUINE MAN.
a Quality That Goes With Good Sense and
Self Respect.


No man is genuine, says Woodrow
Wilson in The Atlantic. Who is forever
irving to p:.i,e a III; li-a after the lives
of other people, unless, i:decd, he be II
genuine cot Bat i:;iiy;;, iia!ity Is by
no means the saiia as sumN:ncaesS, Tor
individuality may &c associated with
the most cxtienie and even ridiculous
eccentricity, While gcnuineEesi we con-
ceive to he always wholesome, balanced
and touched with dignity. 1t is quail
ty that goes with good sense and self re-
spcct 1t isn sort of robust moral sanity,
mixed of clements both moral aud in
tcllectual. 1t is found in natures too
strong to be mere trimmers and COLI
formers, too well poised and thought
full to fling off into Incorporate protest
and revolt. Laughter is genuine which
has in it neither the shrill, bysterlcal
note of nero excitement nor the hard
metallic twang of tho cynic's sneor,
which rings il, &c honest voice OF gra-
cious good .lan or, which is innocent
and unsatirical Speech is genuine
which is without Stiffness, atfectation
or pretense. That character is genuine
which seems built by nature rather than
by convention, which is stuff of indie
penGence aud of good courage.
Nothing spurious, bastard, beSotten
out Of true weGlock of the mind. moth
ing adnterated and seeming TO be what
it is rot. nothing unreal can ever get
place among the nobility of things gen
uine, natural, Of pure stock and unnis-
taxable lineage. 1t is Il prerogativo Of
every truly human being to come out
from the low estate of those who are
merely grcsalicus and of tho herd and
show his innate powers cultivated and
yet unspoilcd sound, unmixcd, free
from imitation. showing that individ,
ual;zatiou without extravaganza, which
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
SUICIDES SHUN 1T.
Declining Popularity OF Prussic Acid as
an Agency of Self Destruction.

Declining Popularity of Prussic Acid as
an Agency of Self Destruction.
Twenty years ago the most familiar
method of suicide was poisoning by
prussic acid Last year there We're ISL
suicides in this city-295 men and 50
wonleu-and of this number, as far us
the official records CT the board of health
go. not one used prussic acid. All tl.a
other poisonS which are known to the
science of medicine and can be easily
procured were represented i'll the list
arsenic, muriatic acid, carbollc acid,
cyanide of potassium. hydrate of chic
raj, bichloride of mercury, paris green,
the favorite with female suicides; car
bon monoxide, hydrocyanic acid, lime
chloride, stryclnine, morphine, nitric
acid, opium, oXalic ACID and rough on
rats, but no prussic acid by separate
classification.
The term prussic acid was first APP
piled, chemists say, TO the scsquicyanide
of iron, the acid OF prussian blue. 1t
was subsequently applied to the proto-
cyanide of iron, to the cyanohydric of
iron, to the hydroguret of benzyle, the
essential oil of bitter almonds and of
the laurel cherry and TO cyanogen, and
it may be possible that persons suicl-
daily inclined and who accepted prussic
acid as clear and sure cut to oblivion
from all mundane cares and griefs, be-
came perpleXed at the definition OF
some of the chemists and turned their
attention to other acids, tho scientific
status of which is more clearly defined.
And to this reason, perhaps, may be as
cribed the growing Indifference to prus-
sic acid which is shown by suicides gen
orally, at least in the city of New York,
for III Europe, as far as recent official
figures go, prussic acid retains its for
mer popularity, so to speak, as means
of self destruction by suicides.
The figures of the New York board
of health show that one of the suicides
of 1896 adopted a method of destruc-
ton which would scarcely entitle his
case to the isolation which the board of
health gives it-one suicide by the use
of alcohol. One peculiar circumstance
about suicides observable in the last
annual report which the board of health
as such in the present city of New
York will make is the fact that though
the number of male foreigners who
committed suicide during the year is
three times greater than the number OF
native born male suicides there was
very little difference between the native
born and foreign born female suicides.
Of 80 in all, 40 were natives Of this
country and 40 were foreign born. The
number of male suicides is usually
about three times greater than the num-
Der of female suicides, but between the
years of lG and 26 the number of male
and female suicides is substantially the
same. Aztec that the number of male
suicides is, of course, much greater.
Between the ages of 40 and Go last
year, of l22 suicides, 1O5 were men,
New York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
MAcARoNl, ACCORDING TO MARIA DA
PRATO.

Sweet macaroni, you must softly simmer
In savory bouillon till you re soft and mel
low.
Then. blended like the notes of flute and
cello,
The cheese is sprinkloi;-pa":.icsan's bright
glimmer,
With eruyere grated, unctuouS and DINNER.
The whole n wondrous symphony i'll yellow,
AT last served steaming TO some lucky fellow,
With red tomato essence for Il trimmer.
Such was ambrosia that the gods invented
For feasts Olympian, crowned with nectar
thirst.
Great Jupiter himself cssaycd it first,
Then passed the dish, and Juno was contcnted.
Double faced Janus, OF guard for TIE nonce,
Partook of it. lie had two plates ut once!
Henry Tyrrell in New York Sun.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
HE WAS II0MESICK.
so HE WAS EASILY zLURED ACROSS
THE MEXICAN LINE.

Row an Amateur Detective outwitted an
Misunderstanding as Forgcr In Exile
Who Knew of Rich Deposit of Ore
That Had Never Been Reported.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
Re al Estate Norice.

The undersigned having en-
tered into the Gland agency
business" at Pungoteague, Ac-
comac county, Va, desire to
call the attention of The public
to the fact.
We propose to give the bust
ness our strict attention adver-
Using extensively and be cap
able of finding purchasers for
lands in .,ccomac aid North
ampton counties that private in
dividuals cannot reach. All per-
sons having real estate and wish
ing to dispose of it or those
wishing to purchase land or
property en- the Eastern Shore,
Va, are invited to communicate
with us. All classes of town
property, water fronts, &c., are
desired. Persons communicate
ing with us, having such prop
erty for sale, the same will be
examined by us and advertised
Immediately. Business entrusted
to us will be strictly confidential.
Respectfully,
WINDER, WARD & Co.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
The Duke OF wellington at Home.

Ii Dean Holes Memories are re-
lated several anecdotes of the Duke of
Wellington, the first of which shows
that he had the modesty, common among
great men, that is unconscious of its
own greatness.
He met lady who was going up the
steps to see the model of Waterloo and
remarked to her:
"Ah, you're going to see Waterloo!
It'svely good was there, you know. ;"
A bishop was once preaching i'll the
Chapel Royal of st. James, when he
was much perplexed by the conduct OF
the verger, who at the close Of the ser
mon opened the door Of the pulpit and
suddenly closed it with all his force so
that the noise rang through the build
ing.
''He informed me in whisper, re-
ports the bishop, "that his grace the
Duke of Wellington was asleep and
that, not liking to touch him, he
adopted this method of rousing him
from his slumbers. " This ingenious
stimulation of bombardlnent never
failed TO stir the old warrior.
Wellington left behind him three
memorable sentences Education with
out religion would surround us with
clever devils. To verger who pushed
aside poor man who was going up be-
fore him to the altar, with the words,
Make way for his grace the Duke Of
Wellington, he said, Not so; we are
all equal here y And when young
clergyman was speaking in disparage-
ment of foreign missions he rebulled
him with, Sir, you forget your march
ing orders, 60 We into all the world
and preach the gospel to every crea-
ture I"
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
No Need to Cry.

don It cry, Buster, said ;Jimnieboy
sitter the catastrophe. Napoleon didn' t
cry every time his brother hit him acct
dentally OH the eye. y
81 know that, retorted Buster. ma
poleon did all the hittin on the eye his
self. '-Harper' Bazaar
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
A Railway Drnnln.

a Halfway DToIla
Scene Train stopping at big
junction
Ticket Collector examining passen-
ger ticiet)-This won't do, sir You'll
have to get out and
Passenger shall not get out. l re-
fuse to be bullied by you. Here is my
card. You have your remedy" (etc)
Ticket Collector only wanted to
say, sir
Passenger-Don t talk to me. You're
only mental Fetch the station mas
ter
Ticket Collector-It's all right, sir.
Train proceeds and passenger relates
tales of his various triumphs over rail
way officials
Scene ia dark and lonely railway
platform One melancholy figure, brood
ing,
Passenger (thoughtfully)-I wonder
if that collector only meant to tell me
was in the wrong train.-Pearson' S
Weekly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09

r. 81. Nicholas, superintendent.
Cape Charles, Va.
t.. q. Cooke, Gen'l Freight end Pas
senger Agent, Norfolk, Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
Carpets For sale-Thc obligins Abba.

S6IPelS Ior Siit- Iuc OOllSlEss stDDas
One day strangers came to the house
of hospitable Abba. They We're kindly
received, seated at sunptuous table,
and the softest carpets were spread out
for them to sleep on. However, before
the morning dawned they rose noise
lessly, rolled up the carpets and carried
them off. In the course of the day Abba
went out and beheld in the market place
his guests Of last night, each with par
eel under his arm. AS soon as they saw
him they came up to him, apologized
for having been obliged by pressing
business to leave his house before he
was up and asked him if he could not
offer them an acceptable price for the
carpets they had for sale. Abba looked
at the goods and offered for them GER
tain sum- ''That is too little, !" said the
strangers. Excuse me-" said Abba,
sit is the exact amount they have cost
me-. - From Talmud, in Menorah
Monthly.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09
Rare Felicity.

She-Such lovely bargains as there
are at that new place.
He-Ah?
She-Yes, silks at IS cents, and in a
store so small that hundred persons
crowd it to Observation-Disclosures Jour
nal,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09

Onttlturtner notice. will run their steamers as
follows, weather permitting leaving South 81.
Wharf at 6.OO o'clock .. m.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-10-09

I" stops for passengers on signal to conduct
+''da,Iy, exc 5pt Sul iay.
The herald., 1897-12-09
PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL.
Baltimore and All Americans to Play
Two Games Here

For the first time in several years
lovers Of the national game in this city
will be given an opportunity to witness
baseball played by professional teams.
The Baltimores and All-Americans will
cross bats at Fiesta park Saturday and
Sunday afternoons. These clubs have
been playing in the north for nearly six
weeks. They are making tour of the
coast and heretofore have been meeting
local teams at any of the larger cities
where a nine could be found to play
against them. It was at first the inten-
ton to have such game here and to
have one team come at time and then
both of them after they were about
ready to return east The desire on the
part Of the eastern players to reach
home by the holidays caused q change
in this plan and arrangements were
made for the two games mentioned.
The two clubs will arrive here Friday
afternoon or Saturday morning. They
will be met at the depot with carriages
and will spend as much time as possible
seeing the city and the surrounding
country. 1t Is not now known just what
the batteries will be, but that the games
will be excellent exhibitions Of base
ball as she is played" Is certain. The
rivalry between the two clubs is as in
tense as that between any opposing
teams in the national league, from
which all the players are brought. The
records Of the men are well known
throughout the country.
After the Sunday game the clubs will
leave for the City of Mexico, where a
series of games will be played. They
will then return to their homes, arriv-
ing there by Christmas.
The herald., 1897-12-09

The chair was instructed to appoint
such delegate.
A communication was read from Alb
bot Kinney, stating that the American
Pathological society was seeking a place
to hold its 1893 annual meeting and sug-
gested that the chamber extend an in
vitation to hold 1t In the city of Los An
geles. The secretary was instructed to
write an invitation to the society to
meet here.
The. secretary was instructed to make
arrangements for decorating the tally
no to be used in the Pasadena tourna-
ment Of roses.
The following were elected to member
ship: Eugene German. Zurich, Switzer-
land, broker in California products;
Ontario -Cucamonga fruit exchange;
George e. Platt, dairy and Jersey stock
dealer; Thomson & Boyle, water and
well pipe manufacturers; o. C. Sens,
merchant tailor; c. Ducommun, hard
ware; Wybro & Lawrence Co.; Semi
Tropic fruit exchange. Director Klokke,
chairman Of the committee on member
ship, reported that the list Of active
members in the chamber of commerce
now numbered 1000 and that his COM
mittee since the beginning Of the can
vass for new members this year has Sc
cured the signatures Of 1893 applicants.
The board then, on motion, adjourned.
Word was received late yesterday
afternoon from the commissioner in
charge Of the Guatemala exhibit from
California that Los Angeles exhibitors
came out ahead with awards.
The herald., 1897-12-09
SOUND, COLOR AND FORM
Lecture Before the Theosophical So
ciety by w. G. Bailey


Will c. Bailey Of San. Francisco deliv-
cred the second Of series of lectures be-
fore the Theosophical society in Odd
Fellows building last night. His subject
was "The Relation of Sound, Color and
Form" The speaker took up the recent
discoveries in sound and color and COM
pared the higher octaves Of each and
their transformation from one to the
other and the building of forms. The
we'll known symmetrical figures pro-
duced by the vibration Of the violin bow
upon plate Of glass were used as illus
trations Of the method Of the production
Of thought forms by harmonious
thought vibrations.
Around the astral mold thus formed
are gathered the grosser atoms which
produce the materializations sometimes
seen in the seance, and these material
izations in time by the continuation Of
the proper thought vibrations or sounds
become the more tangible objects mani
fest on our physical plane. Reasoning
from the old law of correspondence, "as
above, SO below" the speaker took up
the subject and carried 1t toward the
source Of present existence, and in the
furtherance of this thought will. at his
next lecture on Sunday evening speak on
Three Waves Of Creation"