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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-10-29
Builders Material,
Fertilizers &C.,

We desire to call the attention OF
the public TO our large and wei
selected stock of
Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings,
Builders Hardware, Shingles,
Laths, Lime, Bricks, Locust
Fence and Gate Posts and
Building Material generally,
also Paints, Oils and Painters
Supplies,
and all else that tends to enhance the
value and beauty of your buildings.
We would also invite special at
tention to our stock of Fertilizers,
particularly our high grade Sweet
Potato Mixture and Pure Fine
Ground Dry Fish.
Gall and inspect our stock before
buyi &, as we will be pleased TO show
you our goods and feel sure that
quality art prices will be satisfactory
MARTIN & MASON CO.,
Harborton. Va.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-10-29
Way to Clean Paper Money.

One Of the tellers Of a prominent
savings bank was discussing some pc
culiarities of his business. I'VE get
money over the counter in every i'm
aginable condition. Most Of the time
notes are handed to US in a dirty,
crumpled state that makes difficult
handling, but there is one depositor
who always brings bills in an immac-
ulate condition. This is an old Ger
man woman. The bank notes she
hands in are as crisp as II they had
lust left the treasury. 1t used to puz-
zle me to account for the crispness OF
the old notes she brought along-notes
that by appearance had been in use
long enough to make them as limp as
rags. So one day l remarked about it
and found to my surprise that the old
lady carefully ironed all her bank
notes. / thought her fad somewhat
foolish at first, but later it occurred to
me that it would be a good thing II
people everywhere ironed their bank
notes. 1t would kill any germs
Philadelphia Record.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-10-29
sbe Had No Foreign Complaint,

as it true that you were very sea
sick on the trip overT asked Mrs.
Goodart.
Eyes, indeed" replied the old lady.
"Why, l understand your daughter
left a sure remedy in your stateroom
before the ship sailed"
mo, indeed, there wasn't nothin'
there but a bottle Of something for
NAL de mer, an knew l didn't have
no foreign disease like that. "-Phila-
delphia Ledger
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-10-29
TO THE PUBLIC.

will offer from September LIST to
January LIST, 1905, my entire stock OF
goods at low prices. After first OF next
year will offer my entire stock at prl-
vate sale and will lease storehouse and
warehouse for term Of years at rea-
sonable prices. ~
Owing to bad health 1 have fully
decided to retire from business, hence
the opportunity offered to someone to
secure a business place, on railroad,
centrally located, in thriving town,
and trade established that Will COM
pare favorably with any, not only IN
Accomac and Northampton, but IN
lower Maryland as well.
1t is necessary for those owing me
on book accounts to settle meas soon
as possible, feeling sure my successors
will extend the same favors l have,
provided they stand o. X. on my
bObks.
All retail goods will be sold for cash
after September Isl. Reasonable time
given Oh building material.
Now is your chance. Don't miss IT,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-10-29
A Good Time to Stop.

When you have said what you In
tended to say, stop; when you have
written what you intended to write,
stop. A practice of this habit will rem
der many after dinner speakers toll
cradle and many literary persons read
able. verbosity Is the ruin Of much
that might otherwise be endured pa
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-10-29

Porter" said the man who finds
fault, there's draft in my section of
this sleeping car" well, SIR" was
the reply, accompanied by an out
stretched hand, "dar ain but one way
to git rid OBJ a draft" whats thatY'
"CaSh IT."
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-10-29
A SUGGESTION.

Shortlelgh-To be honest, old fellow,
I'm rapidly growing dissatisfied with
my own company. Jokeleigh - Great
Scott! Why don't you marry and join
soma club Flown Topics.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-10-29

"f" Stops for passengers on signal
or notice to conductor.
sc" Stops only to let of passengers
from Cape Charles and points South,
and take on passengers for points
North of Delmar.
"b" Stops only to let of passen-
gers from points North of Delmar,
ard take on passengers for Cape
Charles and points South.
Trains 81 and SO will stop at all
stations on Sundayfor local passens
gers, onsignal or notice to conductor.
r. B. Cooke. j. d. Rodgers,
TRAFFIC Manager, Supt.
Norfolk, We. oape Vnafiess w.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-10-29
NEW YORK, PHILA. & NORFOLK
RAILROAD

Time Table In Effect Sept IA, 1904.
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Nor.
folk and Old Point Comfort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30
Some Booklore.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
The first book printed in English America
was the Bay Psalm Book. 1t was issued
from the press Of Stephen Daye, at Cam
bridge, in 164O. and was decidedly good
piece of work, as one who has never seen
any of the ten copies of the first edition
known to be extant may Judge from a fac
simiie reprint provided by Dodd. Mead &
Co., with a careful introduction by Wilber-
force Eames. 1.-The Chief Divines in the
Country" by which we are to understand
the Massachusetts Bay Colony, took each
of them portion to be translated" Rich
ard Mather of Roxbury and Thomas Weide
and John Eliot of Dorchester, however
were chiefly intruSted with the work
THESE, like the rest" says Cotton Mather
were of so different a Genius for their
Poetry that Mr.. Shepard of Cambridge, on
the Occasion addressed them to this Pur-
pose:
You 'bry Poets, keep clear of the Crime,
OF missing to give very good Rhine.
And you of Dorchester, your Verses lengthen,
But with the Texts own Words, you Will them
strengthen RI. ~--s
Richard Mather (probably) answers with
firm logic in his preface IF, therefore
the verses are not always smooth and ele-
giant as some may desire or expect, let them
consider that Gods altar needs not our pol
iShingS." ~ 'i-
The first book printed In New York. as it
is DelleVeu, may also be nad IN us lac
smile from Dodd, Mead & Co., and fac
smile reprint as well of the first published
proceedings of an American legislature.
The former is the document known as
"Bayard's Journal" or sometimes as 'The
Lost Bradford Journal signed by Nicholas
Bayard and Charles Lodowick, and con-
cerning 1.-THE late actions of the French at
Canada, with the manner of their being re-
pulsed by his excellency Benjamin Fletcher,
their Majesties' Governor of New York"
Q693). reference to the book Is found in
communication of Lord Beelomont, gov
ernor of the colony. to the lords of planta-
tons in 1893. but noacopS had been seen to
be recognized from then until 1902. when
Miss A. r. Hasse, who edits the present re-
| print, with an introduction, discovered one
| in the Public Record office, London. Miss
Hasse edits also the journal of the House
| of Representatives for his Majestie's Prov
ince of New York In America" civilian
Bradford: 1850. The~same publishers have
| reproduced, with Introductory notes by
Luther 8. Livingston, the excessively rare
"Briefe and True Report of the New Found
Land of Virginia" by Thomas Hariot, from
| the first edition Of 1888 and the sBriefe and
| True Relation OF the Diseoyerie Of the
| North Part of Virginia." by John Brereton,
| from the first edition Of 1902.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30
OLD TIME PARTIES
One at the White House
Thirty-Five Years Ago.
CHILDREN WERE GUESTS
PRESIDENT JoHNsoN's GRAND
CHILDREN WERE HOSTS.
Two Pretty Little Souvenirs of It Look
Fresh and Nice
Today.

Written for The Evening Star.
So far as can be recollected there have
been only three entertainments given at
the White House of an entirely juvenile
mark. These were the fancy dress ball for
children during the administration of John
Tyler the party given by the grandchil-
dren of President johnson on Tuesday, the
oSth day of December, that being the six
tieth anniversary of the birth of Mr.. john
son, and the recent children's festival given
by President Roosevelt This Is, of course
fresh in every ones memory the other two
being far away in inches of the past.
On a day of last week a representative of
The Star was talking with that venerable
attache of the White House staff. Door
keeper Pendei, who has been on duty at
the inner portals almost from that time
when the memory of man runneth not to
the contrary" about the Johnson grandchil-
drer's festival. There were not so many
children present at that soiree." said the
old Official '.as at the recent entertain
ment given by Mr.. Roosevelt, but think
the crowd of boys and girls numbered at
least four hundred, and they had the finest
fun they ever had before in all their lives.
OF course they have all grown to be men
and women now, for that delightful event
happened thirty-flve years ago. The re-
melnbrance of 1t I will venture to say I'm
gers In the mind OF every child who wu1
present and who is stiii on earth. Alas:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30

the Columbian beginnings OF American ex-
ploration and the early French and Spanish
pioneer movements In the west and SOUTH
eliminating finally in the purchase of the
Louisiana region by this government from
France. To this is added appropriately a
narrative of the Lewis and Clark expedi-
tion. which opened up the Oregon region to
civilization. This is done with view to
enabling the reader to grasp in one volume
the whole range of the influences which led
vance both to the Gulf of Mexico and the
Pacific ocean.
MOTHER AND FATHER; from in the
Morning Glow" By Roy Rolfe Gibson. Illus
trated by Alice Barber Stephens. New York:
Harper 4 Brothers.
These charming sketches of child-life in
its relation to the larger problems of the
family, which have heretofore appeared in
another form, are now presented in an edi-
ton de luxe, richly merited by their ex-
quisite deicacy. They describe in nara
tive form the great love between children
to understand the worries of their elders.
There is hint of story under the sur
face, as the sketches are drawn from the
point of the view of the child. The text is
bordered in green-tinted design, the whole
printed on extra heavy paper with wide
margins. Eight fulI-page illustrations form
a special attraction. These pictures, from
the charcoal drawings of Alice Barber Ste
phens, are reproduced in sepia half-tone,
the prints being seni-deta cfed. They are
highly artistic and convey the authors
thought delicately. This is a happy blend
of captivating style in both language and
design, which is certain to add to the en-
joyment of the lovers of children and good
books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30
SAID THE FiSHE

SAID THE FISHERMAN. By Marina dnke
picSthau. New York: Mcclure, Philips x 70
Said the fisherman may have been called
by many another name. For he was Said
the liar. the hypocrite. the thief. the
traitor. the renegade and finally the fanatic
after his mind has gone and he becomes
Said the dementcd. But withal Said IS an
engaging fellow, an Arab OF the Arabs.
greatly impressed with his Importance and
his talents. greedy OF pleasure and henors,
and in a certain measure Of his life success
fuI. The story of his adventures, told here
by a new author whose work gives great
promise of future performances, is set in
modern times. lightning in 1870 with the
flight of Said from his native town. where
he has humbly lived as a fisherman. Suffer
ing the loss of his hoard through the treach-
cry of a thieving partner-save for the
faithful SeIim and the devoted Hasneh, his
wife, Said was always surrounded by his
like-the fisherman takes the unsupported
rascaI's advice and fees to avoid the Jinns.
or evil spirits, VINO are evidently bent upon
his destruction. ON the journey to Damas-
Gus he has many adventures, and abaHdonS
his sick wife III order to avoid detection IN
one OF his rascalites. In Damascus he rises
and falls in fortune until the great massacre
of the Christians in June and July of lSG)
While under the leadership of q vengeance
seeking ancient beggar. who had been Serv-
ing as Said's guide philosopher and friend
in the ways Of merdiclncy. this accomplish
ed KITS herman gains not only great wealth.
but beautiful Christian wife. With true
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he said Several of them have in the long
lapse of time since then passed into an
other world, and nearly all of the elder folk
who were present are dead"
Mr.. Penders two children, Frank and
Ida, were among the guests at this festi-
val, and The Star reporter was shown the
souvenirs they in common with all the
children were given before the party ended.
They were beautiful little designs import
ed from France and each contained bon
bon of some description One of them was
miniature sailors hat of the style worn
by young ladies in that period while the
other pretty roSette. They had
been carefully inclosed in a box and We're
in a remarkable condition of preservation
The carpet in the great east room had
been covered with some sort of linen crash
for the children to dance on, and this they
did to their hearts content. The dancing
arrangements were under the management
of Professors Marini and Bates, who pre-
pared the following program: Promenade,
quadrille, polka, lancers and gallop. Then
followed an intermission, after which the
young masters and misses, refreshed and
reinvigorated by the delights of the repast
that characterized the intermisSion, happily
and hastily lined up to again trip the Light
fantastic toe" as directed in the second part
of the dancing card. This began with
waltz and was followed in the order named
by the basket, Esmerald, Varsoviennes,
lancers. polka-redowa and galop.
1.-The promenade" said Mr.. Pendel, was
really a beautiful scene, and the quadrflle
which followed It was absolutely grand.
All the children present joined In it, and
the elder folks great many of whom were
present, looked on with rapture at the evo-
buttons of the little ones" There was
grand collation. served in the state dining
room. which was prepared by the old-time
confectioner. Joseph H. Shafield, and this,
said Mr.. Pendel, attracted much more at
tention from the grown folks than 1t did
from the little ones, whose heads and hearts
were turned with dancing and merrymak-
ing generally There were number of
newspaper men present" continued the old
gentleman, land they were taken In charge
by those two magnificent men. the late Col
William G. Moore and the late w. w. Wor-
den both of the Presidents staff of secre-
taries. They took the reporters down in
the basement somewhere. / don't know
how they treated them when they got them
OF by themselves" he continued, but they
kept them down below for long time"
At this long comedy festival. which was
called Andy Jehnson's" party, because It
was given by his grandchildren In honor of
his Birthday, one feature attracted much
attention. That was the appearance OF
Mrs. johnson. the wife of the President
who waa an Invalid, and this was her third
appearance ut q public reception during the
entire term Of Aer husbands rntlser stormy
administration or the Presidents ONCE.
The a1fair was also dignified by the pres
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30
Two Kinds of Writers.
From the New York Tribune.

FROM the New York Tribune.
Two types of the writing man have al
ways been spoken of with scorn-the man
who farms out" a literary job to a
ghost" publishing the result over his own
name, and the man who is willing to play
the ghost" But apparently one has only
to acquire the right point of view in order
to see good in everything in this world.
Some one signing himself Proxy" has re-
Gently contributed to The Author a curious
defense of ''ghosting." He puts the whole
question on a practical basis. A popular
author, he argues, must either content him.
self with a comparatively small amount of
work. turning profitable offers away, or,
having agreed to do more than he is able
properly to do, he must scamp" things.
Therefore he is justified in falling back
upon a ghost" Proceeding from this
beautiful assumption, Proxy" relates some
of his own experiences. For the first long
story 1 .ghosted.'" he says. 81 received
f2 15s. a thousand words all the way
through, one-third of the total amount
being paid to me before had written a
line; one-third when had completed about
one-half of the story; one-third on the day
/ delivered the MS. complete" Are we
touched by these figures? Perhaps not. but
let Proxy continue his tale. Now sup
posing" he says, that had written that
story on the chance of its being accepted
by some newspaper some syndicate. or
pened? In the first place. I should have
worked hard for four whole months with
out receiving single shilling" and so on
and SO on. his plant leading up to a burst
of enthusiasm over 1.-THE well-known writer
who farms out his work." that hero strik.
ing him ''as a sort of heaven-sent being,
and not, as some appear to consider him, Q
species of impostor."
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

andre Dumas with Introduction. Notes and
cSairan French Ps Department High School Of
Commerce, New York, late Director Of Romance
Washing ton, D. c. New York: American Book
Company.
AN EASY FIRST FRENCH READER.
With Exercises Based on the Text By 1. c.
de TUnirersite de France; author of First
Second and Third T1rh 9esrs IN French Of the DE
York: American Book Company.
BY Joseph Victor Seheffel. With introduce
ton, Notes and Vocabulary by yalentin Bueh
ner, Teacher of Modern Languages, High School,
San Jose, Cal. New York: American Book
Company.
GATEWAY SERIES-ESSAY ON MILTON
BY THOMAS BABBINGT0N MACAU-
assr by Of Enpsb ee n the SueK
Vile School. New York: American Book Com
pany.
LES AvENTUREs DU DERNIER ABEN-
CERAGE BY R Edited rdn with
AN, Instructor in Frenchfin the College of the
City of New York; Newa York: William R.
Jenkins. u'
UNDINE; Fine Erzanlung Won Friedrich Baron Baron
and Vocabulary by J. Henry Senger. Ph,p. As
sociate Professor of German in the University
of California. New Aork: American Book Com
pany ~
M. TULLI CICERUNIS CATO MAJOR
DE SENECTUT0. Edited by Frank Gardi-
ner Moore. Ph.D., Associate Professor of Latin
and Of Roman Archaeology in Dartmouth Col
lege. New York: American Book Company
sHAKEsPEARE,sgo OF AS YOU
Rolfs Lit d TssmsIly Head Master Of the
New York: American Book Company.
PARTIR A 14EMf,o; somsdla En- I'm Acto por
Don Mariana Jose ds lara With Notes and
Professor in the uaseersy Of Cincinnati. New
York: American Book Company.
MADEMOISELLE DE LA SEIGLIERE.
Coincide par Jules sandsan Win hnTodVesgn
ERASMUS n 'a Hail sH,' High School ' Brooklyn. New
York: American Book Company.
LIE BOURGEOIS GENTILHoMME. BY
Moliere. With fntoduction, Notes and Vocabu
larry by r. A. Roi and VIM; b. Guitteau, Cen
can Book Company.
co.'s. AM, Instructor in the College of the City
of New York, author of introductory French
Prose Composition &c. New York: American
Book Company.
MANH0OD's MORNING.; Book to Young
Of Age. By Joseph Alfred CONVEX New Re.
vised Edition. Philadelphia: The yir Publish
ing Company.
GATEWAY SERIES-THE MERCHANT
OF VENICE. Edited by Felix Z. Schelling,
New York 'h American Book
Company.
EN- VOYAGE; Collection of Conversations in
French and English Adapted the Use of
Tourists and Glasses By I. NJ. Clark. New
York: William R. Jenkins.
SONGS BY THE WAY. By Edith Virginia
Bradt New York: The Neale Publishing Com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30

Enthusiastically to antornobiling. It is evi-
dent that he does not Intend to repeat his
experiment of an American residence, for
he has just sold for 5000 the Vermont
place upon which he spent $4,000.
Julian Hawthorne declares that he is not
by profession literary man. but an en-
gineer. This despite the fact that for three
decades he has not done stroke of en-
cheering work, but has been continually
in the field of letters. This is how he ex-
plains the apparent anomaly: while I
was waiting for another job after leaving
the dock department, l. happened to write
a short story for fun, and sent ii to Har-
per's Weekly. 1t was accepted and I got
$50 for 1t. That seemed an easy way OF
making money while was out of engineer
ing the new work. That was over thirty
years ago, and during that interval l have
done a great deal of writing, but have
never for moment ceased to hope for an
order for a bridge or a canal. 1t may
come any day. l am young yet, only fifty
seven"
Another washingtonian is soon to be
given publicity by the Appleton press, Mr..
o. p Austin, officially known as the chief
of the bureau of statistics of the Depart
ment of Commerce, and a frequent con-
tributor to the magazines. Mr.. Austins
book is to be entitled Steps in the Expan-
sion of Our Territory and is to describe
from point of view heretofore unoccupied
the great changes which have occurred in
the American territorial system
Another Appleton book of the near future
certain to interest many readers is by
Frank Spearman, author of "The Daughter
of Magnate" and other excellent railroad
stories. This time he departs from the
familiar theme and writes a tale of the
stage and commercial life as they affect an
actress and man of large means who
loves her.
1t is surprising in these days of corpora
that the old-established publishing Scribner
house is not of that class of business enter
prises It has remained firm" all these
years, and now, 1t is stated, the long-de-
layed change will be made, and after Feb
ruary 1 it will be legally listed as an in
corporated body. Some of the older Scrib-
ner workers are to be given shares in the
corpora ton.