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Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-03-12
The Paper Makers.

One morning i'll early summer, while
standing beside all old rail fence watch
ing some COWS that were cropping the
grass my attention was attracted by the
peculiar movements of wasp that set
tied Oh the rail beside me. The rail was
covered with light gray fuzz of woody
fiber, beaten up from the decaying wood
by the excessive soakings it had receiv-
ed from the long spring rains, and when
the wasp had gathered as much of this
as he could carry be slowly flew away.
In short time there were a dozen or
more of those industrious pulp gather
ers at work on the old rail, and as fast
as each of them obtaineda load away he
flew in the direction Of clump of
bushes that grew beside small stream.
Ny curiosity was aroused, and de-
termined to find out if possible what
they were doing with such quantity
of fiber, and approaching the thicket
cautiously soon discovered them at
work on good sized nest which hung
from the limb of white beech sapliDg.
1 was able to getquitc near it, for wasps
are not apt to be quarrelsome if left
alone, and these were too busy to take
heed of anything except their work.
AS fast as their loads were deposited
they flew down to the brook, and hav-
ing "wet their whistles returned to
the nest and set about beating the fiber
into a thin sheet, which was so deftly
Joined to the main body of the nest that
the jointure was imperceptible There
was constant throng Of workers COM
ing and going, the objective points be-
ing the nest, the old fence and the
brook, and while each addition to the
structure was only the tiniest mite, yet
it grew perceptibly under the united
efforts of those little builders. Ami
NAL Friends.
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Proposals Invited.

By virtue of an order of Ac-
comack county court, entered
on December I'd, 1897, in the
Petition of Sidney M. Hancock
and others for a Public Road"
appointing me a commissioner
to advertise for proposals to
open and establish the said road
in accordance with said order,
l hereby advertise for said pro-
posals: In building said road the
contractor shall take up all
stumps and remove all roots
that are above the surface of the
ground, cut feet 2 spit bitches
on each side about half the dis
lance of the new road in the.
lowest parts and throw the dirt;
from di,ches in the road to raise!
it in the centre about 10 inches;;
but the said road is to be in
spected by me after the stumps'
and roots are taken up, before
any dirt is thrown in the road Or
stump holes filled up: the con-
tractor shall also build:
Two feet bridges, 16 feet long,
white oak, to cross R. R. bitches
One 6 feet bridge, 16 feet long,
white oak, to cross Bloomtown
ditch.
Two feet under drain boxes,
white oak, for small bitches
South end of road length the
width of road.
No bid for larger amount
than $500 will be considered by
the commissioner.
limit the time of proposals to
Saturday, March Goth, 1898, at
noon. The court reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
l will cheerfully give any further
information to any one applying.
VIM. l.. MOCK,
Commissioner.
Temperanceville, Feb. &c, 1898.
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a Sarcastic Postmaster.

Hanging il a conspicuous place in the
postofice lobby is plain, unassuming
sheet of white paper bearing list of
boxes upon which the rent remains un-
paid There is nothing particularly i'm
pressive about this sheet of paper, but
there is attached to it small piece of
MANILA paper upon which appears the
following very caustic sentences: "No
need to pay these rents. Your postmas-
ter has advanced the amounts for you.
His bank account is unlimited. So use
his. That is what he is appointed for"
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ma rante and MY Uncle.

An ingenious French writer has been
explaining to curious world why the
pawnbroking establishments are called
my aunt" (Ma tantc). The Prince de
Joinville, son of Louis Philippe, was
kept very short of money in his youth.
One day the father noticed that the
prince was not wearing splendid gold
watch that had been given to him by
his mother. "Where is your watch?"
asked the bourgeois king. cat my
aunt's," was the reply. Princess AIDE
laide was interrogated OH the subject,
but she knew nothing about it. Then
the young scapegrace admitted that be
had pawned it. "My aunt therefore,
became proverbial for the Mont-de-
Piete.
But then, it may be asked, how it
came about that the pawn broker In
England is facetiously spoken of as
uncle The French writer is quite
equal to the occasion. The English say
"uucle'' because the French say "aunt. "
Here in England everything goes by
contraries. The French coachman drives
on the right, the English on the left;
the French soldier has red trousers, the
English soldier red coat; the French
man eats an oyster out of the hollow
half of the shell, the Englishman out of
the fiat half; the French epicure drinks
champagne after dinner, the English
epicure during dinner, and SO forth. 1t
is all case of pure "cussedness. ~
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Only nine persons went so high as
$40 bill OF more, and only SO times was
larger amount than 81 contributed.
The nickel was the source of the largest
single total in the column. The average
contribution was estimated at little
less than 10 cents.-New York Sun.
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Daily Output News Print Paper

The daily output of news print paper
in the United States is about !, 200 to
1900 tons. The production of news
print is larger than any other grade.
That of book paper is probably as much
as /, 900 tons and Of writing $50 tons
each daily
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ScnrDulr OF rHE--z=zs
Baltimore, Chesapeake T. Atlantic
Railway Company.
Until further notice, will run thelr
steamers as follows, weather per
mitting.) leaving South st. Wharf at
500 o'clock p. III.
STEAMER POCOMOKE.
Capt Howard.
Tuesdays aud Fridays for Crisfeld,
Tangier Island, Finney's, Oman
cock, Shelltown, Pitts Wharf, &C.
dar Hall, Rehoboth, Powell's, POGO
1noke City. Mattaponi. and Snow
Hill, observation-disclosures and
Thursdays, leave Snow Hill, = a. m,
Mattaponi $3.50, Pocomoke City s,
Poweli's $50, Rehoboth 8, Cedar
Hall 9:30, Pitts wharf 10, Shelltown,
1918. Onancock $3.50 p. H., Finney's
3, Tangier Island 4:30, Cristield &.
STEAMER EASTERN SHORE.
Capt. Il. H. Raynor.
Wednesdays and Sundays for Girls
field, Barborton, Evans, Boggs,
Cedar View. Nandua, Concord,
Reads, Davis. Shields and Rue's
RETURNING leaves Rue's
Tuesdays and Fridays s. Shields
$40. Davis 1000, Reads 1920, Con-
cord IL, Nandua 1890, Cedar view
1915, Boggs 2:45, Evans B, Harbor'
ton 3:15, Crisfield 8.
STEAMER TANGIER.
Mondays and Thursdays for Fords.
Crisfield, Finney's, Onancock,
Hunting Creek and Messongo. RE
TURNING-leave Wednesdays and
Saturdays, Messongo &, Hunting
Creek, 8 30, Onancock, 2:3O. Fin
ney's, 3, Crisfeld, &, Ford's 7.3o.
All Steamers leave Crisfeld for Balti
more on arrival of last down train.
Freight and passengers received
for all points on the N. Y, Phila. and
Norfolk. Wicomico and Pocomoke K:
r. daily, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia Railroads.
Positively no freight received after
4:30 D. m. and must be prepaid to al
points, except on the N. I.
Phila. and Norfolk Railroad.
Willard Thompson, T. Murdoch
Gen'l. Manager. Gen'l Pass. Ag't.
j. Sawyer Wilson, Jr.,
Gen'l. Freight Agent.
eO5 r. Baltimore st.
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NEW YORK, PHILA.& NORFOLK R.R

Time Table in Effect Nov 80, 1897.
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phlla.,. Nor
folk and Old Point Comfort.
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Natural Suspicion.

"What makes you think this man an
impostor when he says he is from Bos-
ton?"
1.-The fact that he doesn't claim to
live i'll the Back Bay district Chi
cago News.
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Twenty years ago England had 1l,61e
.ale and i4,901 female schoolteachers.
Ct year there were sc, $40 female and
Nv s6 270 male teachers.
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WHY COPS ARE CORPULENT.
An Old Member of the Force Explains
the Inevitable Paunch.

"It's a standing joke with lots of
folks" said retired policeman the
other day, THAT almost as soon as q
new man is put on the force and goes
out on patrol duty he gets fat. You
never yet saw picture Of policeman
but that he had paunch on him wor-
thy of an old country German.
"But it isn't corpulence that forces
policemen to buy bigger wasted trousers
and coats as they grow older It's de-
formity; that's right : a deformity.
When a man is on his feet anywhere
from - to 20 hours out of the "a, he
Just settles down on himself. He puts
all his weight on his hips.
This throws out his abdomen and
draws his shoulders back, making him
look hollow backed. 1t seems to rest
him. His feet and ankles, which get
sore, rheumatic and all out of shape on
account of his constant walking, are re-
lieved when be rests his hips. Just try
it aud see how easy and restful the
habit is. But you'll get an amazing
front In short time.
ga policeman feet always become
large. I wore a No. shoe when l
went on the force 80 years ago. Now
have to wear No. 10, and the width
well, guess they don't letter them
ND to my width. And it's all on account
of the walking.
eyes, all men who have patrolled for
two or three years are fat and at the
same time not fat. New York Sun.
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VIRGINIA:-In the Circuit Court:
for the county of Accomack, in the
vacation of the said court, the 18th.
day of February, A. D., 1898.
Lewis E. George. .......... Plaintiff.
against
Cordelia Emaline George....... 80
In Chancery.
The object of this suit is to obtain
a divorce from the bonds of matri-
mony.
Affidavit having been made be-
fore the clerk OF the said court
that Cordelia Emaline George,
the defendant in the above en-
titled cause, is nonresident of the
State Of Virginia, on the motion OF
the plaintiff, by his attorneys, it
is ordered that she, the said non resi-
dent defendant do appear here with
in fifteen days after due publication
of this order and do what is necessary
to protect her interests; and that this
order be published once q week for
four successive weeks in the PENN
sULA ENTERPRISE, newspaper pub
lisbed at Accomack G. 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.
Test: JOHN D. GRANT, C. C.
A Copy
Test: JOHN D. GRANT, C. C.
Wescott & Gunter, p. q.
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The accuracy of some parts of the To-
connective is ten times finer than in the
Iyotch. but fo- absolute measurement
tbe accuracy in the watch is almost
sl,,aa times as fine as in the locomotive.
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A man may float in salt water with
out moving his hands or feet if he has
the presence OF mind to throw his head
back and allow his body to sink TO the
position which it will then naturally
take.
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1.-THE left wing, if you please. +"

EYES," retorted the major. gazing
obviously at the platter. II believe it is
always good military tactics to bring
the left wing of a veteran corps into ac-
ton. London Fun.
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A Turkish turban of the largest size
contains 20 yards of the finest and soft
est muslin.
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The Left Wing.

lis there any portion of the fowl you
prefer, MAJOR" asked the hostess bland.
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"fp stops for passengers on signal
TO conductor. sDaily, except Sunday.
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IS cHrDuLE OF rHE-zsszi
Baltimore, Chesapeake g. Atlantic
Railway Company.

Until further notice, will run their
steamers as follows, (weather per.
mitting.) leaving South st. Wharf at
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Queen Lil's Dignity.

A cat may look at the king, but there
the license stops. 1t is not permissible
to laugh in the face of royalty. The
gentlemen of the Philadelphia Produce
Exchange who, with their ladies, re-
Gently enjoyed pleasant excursion to
Washington, are no exceptions to this
rule which seems to apply to all royal
personages, regardless of color. Ex-
Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii still con-
siders herself royal parsonage, and
she maintains small court about her
in her apartments in the Ebbitt House,
at Washington. Every evening after
dinner she repairs to the public parlor
of the hotel and holds informal recep-
lions. She is glad to meet all, especial
" American gentlemen, who care to
shake hands with her and chat about
her country.
Among those Of the Produce Ex-
change party who took the opportunity
of meeting her last week were James D.
Ferguson, president Of the exchange,
and several ladies Of his party. They
chatted with the ex-queen for few
minutes, and then moved off to dis
tant corner of the parlor and soon after
forgot all about her. They were talking
over one of the amusing events OF the
day, the recollection of which prompted
the ladies to laugh rather heartily. In
stantly the ex-queen's dusky secretary
stalked across the floor, and Sowing
upon the party demanded, "What for
you laugh at my queen:' The ladies
were astounded. you're mistaken"
said Mr.. Ferguson. eve were not laugh
ing at your queen. eyes; you laugh
at my queen, persisted the secretary.
The queen herself looked. very angry.
Mr.. Ferguson and his party left the
room, and then they did laugh at the
queen and her Observation-Disclosures.
phia Record.
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EARLY FRENCH EXPLORERS.
The Work of Cartier, Champlain and 9th
ers In the Great Lakes.

The Work of Cartier, Champlain and 9th
ers In the Great Lakes.
W. S. Harwood writes in st. Nicho-
las Of "The Great Lakes" Mr.. Har-
wood says:
Jacques Cartier, who shipped from
st. Malo in 1884, explored the coast Of
Newfoundland and made the circuit of
the gulf of St. Lawrence, and he did
much else, too, for New France in open
ing up negotiations with the many tribes
of Indians who thronged thousands
strong and friendly from all the regions
in and about Quebec and Montreal and
Ottawa and Kingston. Another mariner
of ST. Malo-Francis Greve-began the
colonization of the land. About 1870,
in France Samuel de Champlain was
born, and when he reached the age Of
early manhood he, too, joined in the
new world exploration in the region
above the great lakes. The kings of
France were much interested in the
new land aud did all in their power not
only to explore the region, but to colo
nize and develop it. Champlain, in
1915, made an expedition up the Ottawa
river and penetrated as far as into
Georgian bay, thus touching on the wa
tiers of Lake Huron.
In 1918 Etienne Brule, an old inter-
prefer, came into Champlain's camp
with the news of the discovery of Lake
Superior. Lake Erie, with Ontario. was
probably discovered some time earlier
than this. Nicollet, in 1884, started in
canoe from the head Of Georgian bay,
skirted the eastern and northern shores
of Huron and at last found himself at
Sault Ste. Marie, or the falls of st.
Mary, now shortened to "Soo"-tho
first white man, it is believed, to reach
this key to the noble lake beyond. He
went as far as Green bay, on Lake Mich
igan, and so the various lakes at last
came into the actual knowledge of the
explorers and were no longer myths.
But as these French explorers con-
tinued to develop new and hitherto un-
dreamed of possibilities Of empire the
English began to take deep interest in
the region-an interest little less marked
than that they were then taking in
their schemes of colonization in Vir-
GINA and Massachusetts. Again and
again through the years that follow the
threads cross and recross, not weaving
beautiful garment Of harmony, but
tangling in wretched snarl, patch
work of disputes between the nations.
ENHANCEMENT followed entangle-
ment, wars harassed the land, until at
last the English were masters of the
northern lake region for all time-un-
less some day we shall see the stars and
stripes floating from the heights of
Quebec,
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BILE. The players deal out the cards.
They unconsciously play into satan's
hands, who takes all the tricks and both
the players souls for trumps-he being
a sharper at any game. A slight stake
is put up, just to add interest to the
play. Game after game is played. Larger
stakes and still larger. They begin to
move nervously on their chairs. Their
brows lower and eyes fash until now
they who win and they who lose, fired
alike with passion, sit with set jaws
and compressed lips and clinched fists
and eyes like 6reballs that seem start
ing from their sockets to see the final
turn before it comes; if losing, pale
with envy and tremulous with unutter-
ed oaths cast back redhot upon the
heart; or winning, with hysteric laugh
Tia, ha have it!'
A few years have passed, and be is
only the wreck of man. Seating him
self at the game ere be throws the first
card, he stakes the last relic of his wife
the marriage ring which sealed the
solemn vows between them. The game
is lost, and staggering back in exhaus-
tion he dreams. The bright hours of the
past mock his agony, and in his dreams
fends with eyes of fire and tongues of
fame circle about him with joined
hands, to dance and sing their orgies
with hellish chorus, chanting, Hail,
brotherl'' kissing his clammy forehead
until their loathsome locks, flowing
with serpents, crawl into his bosom and
sink their sharp fangs and suck up his
lifeblood, and coiling around his heart
pinch it with chills and shudders unut-
terable.
Take warning! You are no stronger
than tens of thousands who have by
this practice been overthrown. No
young man in our cities can escape be-
ing tempted. Beware of the first begin
ningsl This road is a down grade and
every instant increases the momentum.
Launch not upon this treacherous sea.
Splint hulks strew the beach. Everlast-
ing storms howl up and down, tossing
unwary craft into the hell gate. Ispeak
of what have seen with my own eyes.
To a gamblers deathbed there comes no
hope. He will probably die alone. His
former associates come not nigh his
dwelling. When the hour comes, his
miserable soul will go out Of miser-
able life into a miserable eternity. AS
his poor remains pass the house where
be was ruined. old companions may
look out for a moment and say, "There
goes the old carcass-dead at last, but
they will not get up from the table. Let
him down into his grave. Plant no tree
to cast its shade there, for the long,
deep, eternal gloom that settles there is
shadow enough. Plant no "forgetme-
nots' Or eglantines around the spot, for
flowers were not made to grow on such
blasted heath. Visit itnot in the sun
shine, for that would be mockery, but
in the dismal night, when no stars were
out, and the spirit of darkness come
down, horsed on the wind, then visit
the grave of the gambler.
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Tears ON a Wedding Gown.

A young woman of this city who is
about to be married had call recently
which was in the nature of surprise
and affected her unpleasantly, like a
decree of fate.
She was summoned to the parlor,
where young woman Of her own age
awaited her, but who was evidently
very differently situated in life, and
who was now weeping softly.
"I have called to make an apology"
said the girl between her sobs. II am
seamstress employed by Miss Smith,
who is making your wedding gown.
There are several of us girls working on
it, but today got to thinking, and then
was nervous and cried, and some of my
tears dropped on the silk.
"And ruined it," suggested the owner
Of the gown, with a tragic motion.
"No, there was no damage done, but
Miss Smith was very angry and said it
meant bad luck to cry over wedding
gown. and she discharged me. I am
very sorry, and don't believe such
trifing thing can bring you any harm.
and I thought if you would be kind
enough to ask her Miss Smith would
take me back. I know she would not
refuse you
Then this fortunate young woman
said:
"I wouldn' It have had it happen for
the world-the tears, mean-and I
think Miss Smith did perfectly right to
discharge you before you had ruined
other wedding gowns. 1t should be a
lesson.
And she showed the Niobe of fash
ionable dressmaking to the door,
cago Times Herald.
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THE BOOM IN MULES.
They Are Increasing Where Other Farm
Animals Are Becoming Fewer.

They Are Increasing Where Other Farm
Animals Are Becoming Fewer.
The average value of an American
mule, or, more properly, the value of an
average mule, is $40, and in most states
of the country mule is worth more
than a horse. By the bulletin issued by
the department of agriculture on March
s, the live stock returns Of the country
were, approximately: Horses, 14,000,-
600; mules, 2,200 900; milk cows,
5000, 900; sheep, SS, 900, 600; swine.
$1,000, O0Q. Horses, COWS, oxen and
swine, and especially horses, decreased
below the totals of last year and the
year before. The number of sheep and
mules increased, and, in proportion to
the number of them, mules increased
more rapidly than any other. There are
now 1000, 900 fewer horses in this
country than there were two years ago,
and fhe number is steadily declining in
consequence of the use of electricity on
street railroads, the popularity of bicy-
Giles and motor carriages, and the su-
anu 6ula4AC1 SOoo VI
maintenance of mules. The American
mule has been criticised adversely by
essayists, humorists, persons consider
ing themselves humorists and superb
cial observers of American life, manners
and customs, but it is fact. especially
in the states of the south and SOUTH
west, that the American mule is an i'm
portant factor in agricultural develop
ment. He is willing beast, oheaply
maintained, never likely to run away,
not subject to the ailments and disabiIl-
ties which unfit the horse for much hard
service and better able to stand the CHI
matte conditions
There are four states in which mules
are very numerous-Missouri, Texas,
Georgia and Tennessee There are $780,
600 mules, by the last official report, in
Texas, and the value of them is in ex-
cess of $40, 600, 900. Louisiana has fewer
but better-mules, and all the gulf
states are represented largely by this
farm animal South Carolina has more
mules than horses by nearly 30 per
cent. Georgia has more mules than
horses, and almost in the same proper
tion. The average value of horse on
farm in Georgia is S4S, the average
value of mule is 500, and COWS are
sold for $40. Florida, possibly on &C.
count of the fairness of the state and the
moisture, has few mules, but in Ala
bama the number of mules and of horses
is almost identical. There is only q diff
ference of a couple of hundred between
the two in the state, with 1S0,00 of
each. In the western states, and par
ticularly in the northwest, mules are
not numerous, being used principally
in mines. Recently an ingenious in
ventor has devised plan for doing
away with this employment of mules
by substituting an electric appliance
Tor the carriage of ore. In California,
and especially in southern California,
in agricultural operations the number
of mules is considerable, and it is,
moreover, increasing. at the beginning
of 1868 there were only $4,000 mules
in the United States. In 1880 there
were ZOO, 900. Since 1893 the number
Of horses has been steadily declining
New York Sun.