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A HORN WITH A HISTORY.
For Years 1t Sounded Warning to Mary
land Mountain Moonshlners.

For Years 1t Sounded u warning Co hlAry-
land Mountain Moonshiners.
There is an old battered tin horn in
the possession of an ancient colored man
Mt Dalton, Ga., around which arc asso-
ciated memories Of many deeds of vio-
lence.
In antebellum days tho horn was the
property of Colonel Ben Longbridge, a
wealthy planter of Murray county. 1t
was originally used to summon his
many slaves to work and to meals, and
its welcome note at sunset was the sig
nal for them to rest from the day 1T
bors.
After tho war the horn became sepa-
rated from tho Longbridge family, and
from that time until few months ago
was tho period of its stirring history.
Murray county has for Years been n
stronghold of the "moonshiners. . Time
after time tho revenue officers made DIES
perate raids on the illicit distillers,
killing and being killed, yet never Ell,
tirely subduing the stubborn mountain-
GERS. The mellow note of the old tin
horn would always warn the whisky
rebels of the approach of their enemies,
and many i, mans death hasit presaged.
The moonshiners would station a
lusty lungcd sentinel on some proml-
nent mountain rock which commanded
view of the valley below, and the
slightest symptom i'll the lower defiles
was sufficient to send the bass echoes of
the old horn flying and tho moonshincrs
themselves flying to their improviSed
fortresses, armed to the teeth and ready
to take and risk life for what they con
sidered their rights and in defense of
their hearthstones. To tho "revenues"
it always bore a dismal information
that from the next cras or bramblo they
might expect q Staying volley from
their hidden foes.
Tho venerable horn is special re-
minder OF Il notorious gang which ter
rorized the country up to within year
ago. 1t was used to rally the forces Of
the gang and was often the preface to a
bloody conflict between them and the
laws representatives..
When the gang was finally disposed
of, the horn passed into the possession
of old Uncle Isaac, a typical "befo de
wah" negro, and tho old man often
brings it out and rccounts its interest
ing history. -Baltimor Sun.
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They Contain Essential Elements For Per-
feet Hourishment of the Body.

They Contain Essential Elements For Per-
feet Hourishment of the Body.
Cereals and fruits should form the
base OF breakfast foods. writes Mrs.
S. r. Rorer on Breakfast Cereals and
Fruits" in her cooking lesson in The
Ladies Home Journal. "They Will sup
port muscular action, preserve the heat
of the body and strengthen the brain III
its nervous activity. Whole or steel cut
oats and whole wheat, from which our
nineteenth century bread should he
made, contain the essential elements for
the perfect rourishment of the human
body. The great objection 10 cereal
foods is their difficulty of digestion, not
from any fault OF the foods, but, first.
from lack of time in cooking aud, second,
from lack of proper mastication. Raw
starches are indigestible. The first step,
then, toward the digestion OF SEARCHES
is over the fire. Each little cell must III
ruptured, and for this long and carefc:
cooking is required. The second step t
the digestion CT starches is III tie
mouth. They are there converted frc:I
the insoluble starch to soluble su2;ir.
If they are swallowed quickly, without
mastication, they miss this digestion,
entering the stomach as strangers. This
organ not being prepared TO receive
them, they are cast out into the small
intestines to be entirely instead of part
ly digested This organ, now compelled
to do, in addition to its own duties, the
work of the mouth, soon becomes over
taxed, and we have, as result, the
disease most common in this country
intestinal indigestion.
'.Of the breakfast cereals steel cut
oats head the list. Any of the wheat
germ preparations are good. After these
come the rolled wheat and barley and
rice preparations. All these foods, how
ever, must be thoroughly cooked and
eaten without sugar. J"
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THEY DON'T LIKE PAPER.
savages Mt First Contact Regard the Fabric
With Suspicion.


When savage people first come in con-
tact with tho whites, none of the Won
ders that they see is regarded with moro
suspicion than large sheets of paper.
The native is apt to regard paper as a
sort of cloth, and the fact that it tears
easily and is worthless for most Of the
purposes to which cloth is put oonvinces
him that it is fraud.
Ono or two Kongo travellers told OF
the disgust with which the natives ct
first regarded paper. The Kongo tribes,
by the way, are on the lookout for
sharpors, and it is exceedingly hard
work for anybody to sell them bad
quality of cutlery or cloth. Savages
soon find. however, that paper is not in
tended to serve the purposes of cloth.
Then they cease to look upon it as
fraud, but they do not think it ranks
high among white man $ manufactures,
and they have little use for it.
Some time ago q we'll known explorer
was travelling in the interior of Queens
land, Australia, where he met many
natives who had never seen q white man
before.
One day crowd of natives was in
the white man camp carefully inspect
ing the explorer and his baggage when
newspaper happened to drop out OF
his pocket.
The natives unfolded and spread it
out on the ground They decided that it
must be an article Of wearing apparel,
and ono Of them tried it on. He wrap
ned it round his shoulders like shawl
aud sat down on the ground, arranging
his covering this way and that and
watching the faces of the crowd to see
what they thought of his elegant gar
ment, covered as it was with many
thousands of curious marks.
Presently, however, an accident hap
pcned. While the savage was rearrang-
ing his shawl and trying to bring the
corners together in front Of him the gar
ment began to tear at tho nape Of his
neck. a howl from the crowd called at
tention to the disaster. The blanket, or
whatever it was, was evidently made OF
the poorest sort of material.
The savage took his covering off, ex-
amiued the mischief he had wrought,
made the tear little longer and then
with his finger poked hole through
the paper.
That settled the fact that the article
was worthless. The newspaper sudden
ly lost all interest for the natives, who
turned their attention to less destructi-
bic objects. Pearson Weekly.
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Bear and Forbear.

II was beautiful day, and every
thing i'll the farmyard was bright
and busy. Keeper, the watchdog, lay
stretched out at full length before his
kennel, taking MONDAY nap i'll the
sunshine.
But tho poultry kept up such a noise
that they soon reused him out OF his
sleep.
"Quack, quaclS, quaclS' said the
duck.
Hiss, hiss ....ss! said the goose.
-. ::,Cs.ssckle, cackle, cackle!" said the
hen.
"Whatever are you ladies making all
this noise about" asked Keeper drowsi-
ly.
81 have found fine large worm, y
said the duck.
~ have laid an egg" said the hen.
81 like to make a fuss, said the
goose.
"And why can you not all go about
your business quietly:" said Keeper,
land not let all the world know it.
You just mind your own business.
screamed all the three ladies together
angrily.
$50 Twill, said Keeper "And don {
you make such chatter over yours.
Remember that l. was keeping guard all
night while you were comfortably at
roost.
And he laid himself down again.
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\ school where blushing is taught is
tho latest novelty in Paris Ii there is
any place where blushing has become a
lost art, che would certainly think it
was Paris, but tho Parisians, on the
other hand, declare that it is a result of
Anglomania and the influence Of the
American girl The young woman who
plays golf and rides Il bicycle i'll Ia
tionals' i'll the frcost canaraderie with
her male friends is likely to acquire .
self poise which will make tie Hush of
embarrassment stranger 20 her cheeks
and the city where womeh are bicycling
OH the boulevard 1,tn their bare knees
ex:r,G1sstc has felt the necessity of reuc-
ton. The classic grace and simplicity
of the early years OF the century, with
their accompanying downcast eyes and
Shippers are now III vogue again, and
the maidens who have forgotten how
to blush are going to school to learn that
primitive art.
They say it is easy enough to droop
the eyes and affect bashfulness, but to
call up mantling color is as difficult
as pulling eye teeth. How the crimson
ing flow of red blood to the paili;i cheek
is accomplished III these lin do steele
schools Of department we cannot imaS-
inc, unless it is that they have taken a
page out Of Du Maurier's iohebooli and
emulate the society girl who surprised
her friend by always blushins at the
right time How can you manage to
do it" asked the other girl obviously.
ooh, it'syery easy!' the expert blusher
replied. 81 simply think OF something
that makes me blush. San Francisco
Argonaut.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-01-29
EnElia;, IN Quebec.

The notion prevails that the English
language is being used increasingly all
over the world. 70 az extent it is
founded On facts, bet 4 conspicuous ex-
ception appears in Quebec province.
The other day IL DEBATE occurred III Eng
lish III the provincial legislature, and
it was such 4 novelty that the Canadian
papers are commenting upon it. The
laws permit bilirgual discussion, and
20 years ego the members of this body
often spoke in the queens tongue, lut
for long time the practice Of using
French has beer steadily growing, and
today it is exceedingly rare for speaker
to employ one English word III the
course of lis ut;lTa,ices. Providence
Journal
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-01-29
Victim OF White Caps Lives to Tell
tho Tale.

There was man in the city the 9TH
er day who had about as sensational an
experience as ever falls to wa"ki""33. He
was once burie1a oil eiii,e by White Caps
Liter they had nearly murdered him.
The man is Ben Watkins, farmer of
Dekalb county. He WAS in Atlanta
with load of cotton AID was at the po-
lice barracks in the afternoon talking
to several of his friends who are on the
police force.
The old farmer was approached and
asked about his terrible experience with
White Caps.
ooh, it wasn't much" he said, with
SMILE "only was once buried. F"
The old man then proceeded to give
his experience with the White Caps. He
said:
81 was living in Gwinnett county at
the time, and it was 10 or - years ago.
I have always tried to live the life of
all honest citizen in my county, but
there be those who amt disposed that
way, and they ain { too particular about
how they treat other people. I was
suspected of giving some information to
revenue officers, which wasn't true, and
1 was told several times if didn't look
out the White Caps would take care of
me. l went along minding my own
business until one day was driving
along the public road near the old Burns
mill in Gwinnett, and Twas walking by
the side of my wagon to give the team
rest as they were going up hill.
Suddenly seven or eight men jump
ed out of a thicket by the side of the
read and put the muzzles Of their guns
in my face stopped. OF course you
know I did that. Then one of them
spoke up and said, you just might as
we'll say your prayers, for we are sure
going to put you where you can't tell
any more news to the revenue officers.
I tried q little bluff, but it didn't work.
Every one of those fellows wore white
rags over their faces, and couldn { tell
who they were. They dragged me down
into the woods and began to beat me
with sticks and the butt ends Of their
guns. yelled like wild Indian. All
of sudden they stopped and ran away.
They must have heard somebody COM
ing. I tainted dead away, and when
they came back they must have thought
was dead sure enough, for they took
me to where there was an old hole, and
into it they tossed me-. Then they piled
q lot of brush over me and threw sand
over the brush. They were burying me,
and the only reason they didn't make
better job of it was because they didn't
have shovels to handle the dirt If any
shovels had been handy, I wouldn't have
been here to tell the tale.
~ laid there in that grave all night.
The dead branches of the brush gave me
breathing places. The next morning l
came to, and I had hard time scram-
bling out of that grave. was awful
sore and bruised up, but I managed to
get home, and I told the people what
had happened. You know, to this day
some of the people in that neighborhood
think 1 rized from the dead. y
Farmer watkins is male ana stronS
man for his age. He moved from Gwin
nett to Dekalb county few years ago
and owns good farm which is all paid
for.
He never tires of telling his expert
ence with the White Caps and of his bu-
rial and resurrection. Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
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s Curious Rluntlcr.

A curious blrnder is to he found il
the second volume of II. Pierre La
rousse's "Grand Dictionnaire Universal
du XIXc Steele" recently published
in Paris. In sketch Of Browning this
statement is made, "The best critics
say that the genius of Browning had
more kinship with that of his American
contemporaries, Emerton, Wendell.
Holmes and Bigelow, than with any
English poet
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-01-29
When Philadelphia Was the Greatest City
In tho American Colonies.


In 1774 Philadelphia was the largest
town in the American colonies. Esti-
mates of the population, which are all
we have, differ widely, but it was prob
ably not far from 10000. y single city
now has larger population than all
the colonies possessed in l774, and there
are in the United States today l04 cities
and towns of over 30, 900 inhabitants.
Figures alone, however, cannot express
the difference between those days and
our own. Now a town Of 30, 600 people
is reached by railroads and teleSraphs
1t is in close touch with all the rest OF
the world. Business brings strangers to
it constantly, who come like shadows
and so depart unnoticed, except by
those with whom they are Immediately
concerned. 1t was not so III l774, not
even in Philadelphia, which was as
nearly as possible the central point OF
the colonies as we'll as the most popu-
lous city.
Thanks to the energy and genius OF
Franklin, Philadelphia was paved. light
ed and ordered in way almost unknown
in any other town of that period. 1t
was well built and thriving. Business
was active, and the people were thrifty
and prosperous and lived well. Yet, de-
spite all these good qualities, we must
make an effort of the Imagination to re-
alize how quietly and slowly life moved
then in comparison to the pace OF today.
There in Philadelphia was the center
of the postal system of the continent
and the recently established mail coach
called the "Flying Machine, not in
jest but in praise, performed the jour
ney to New York in the hitherto IN
equaled time Of two days. Another
mail at longer intervals crept more
slowly to the south. Vessels of the coast,
wise traffic or from beyond seas came
into port at uncertain times and after
long and still more uncertain voyages.
The daily round OF life was so regular
and so quiet that any incident or any
novelty drew interest and attention IN
way which would now be impossible.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1898-01-29
AGRICULTURAL PAPER.

1t is edited by writer's of practical
experience, who know what farming
means and what farmers want III an
agricultural journal. 1t contains
regular reports of the work OF the
agricultural experiment. stations
throughout the country. OF the pro
ceeulngs OF farmers clubs aud lnsJl
tutes, AID tile discussion OF Lew
methods and ideas i'll agriculture.
its market reports, poultry depart
u. III and veterinary column are par
tlcularlS valuable To country readers.
Every Issue contains stories, poems,
household and puzzle cOiumns, d
variety OF interesting AID selected
Instructive matter anu other features,
which make it Il welcome vlsltUI III
city and country homes alike.
One Dollar year. inducements to
getJers-up Of clubs for the Weekly
SUI. Both the Daily and Weekly
.,uu mailed free OF postage III the
United States. Canada and Mexico.
Payments invariably in advance.
address,.
A. s. ABEL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprietors,
BALTIMORE, MD.
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And he laid himself down again.
The Dull Darwin.

Since the days of Sir Isaac Newton
there Las not arisen a greater man Of
science than Charles Darwin, and yet,
as Chambers Journal tells, he was con-
sidered by his father and schoolmasters
as ga very ordinary boy, rather below
the common standard i'll intellect. y
ITO my deep modification, +" he tells
US, "my father orce said to me, You
care for nothing but shooting, dogs and
rat catching, and you will be disgrace
to yourself and all your family. -
Young Darwin had strong and diversi-
fed tastes" So has many a Toy who is
considered dull and stupid because his
tastes do not coincide with those of his
companions or are not Of the kind that
his parents and teachers consider most
profitable. The boy Darwin was called
Gas" because, with his brother, he got
up small chemical laboratory in the
Toulouse of the school garden and spent
his leisure hours there making gases
and compounds instead of joining the
boys in their games He was also pub
licly rebuked by the head master for
wasting his time "on such useless sub
jects. Darwin the philosopher has
taught us that evolution is & slow proc
ess, and his teaching was exemplified
| in Darwin the boy.
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Mems all wool suits regular price
1926, Cheap Johnny's price 1918;
mems suits, best part wool regular
price SIS to So, for 50; gents oyercoArs
regular price $12, for $6.75; boys suits
worth SO to SIS, for $2.25; boys over.
coats worth 81, for $3.75; boys suits
only $780,; mems shoes worth S., Tor
$3.50; mems shoes worth 50, for 81;
ladies' shoes worth $3.50, Cheap
Johnny's price s1.25; ladies' shoes
worth $l.75, Cheap >Johnny's price
&c.; ehildren's shoes from 10c. Hp.
A suit of clothes, hat or cap, un Ter
and over shirt, heavy drawers, sls-
penders, socks, tie and pair OF shoes
Tor only $4.25.
The best coal oil 10 cents per gallon
and all line Of groceries correspond
lngly cheap. Good dress ginghams
A cents per yard, cotton fannels
heavy Al to Z! cents per yard, prints
Al cents per yard, Fruit OF the Lo pm
muslin u cents. A full line of ladies
silk plush capes $3.50 to S., cloth for
81 to $3.50, cambria muslins 81 GEMS
DER yard, Lancaster apron gingha'ns.
Il cents, best outing cloth # cents.
G. Is ZAP 10 ID q
(THE POOR MANS FkIENDl
MAPPSVILLE, VA.
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The BALTIMORE WEEKLY SUN.

The Weekly Sun publishes all the
news of each week, giving complete
accounts OF all events OF interest
throughout the world. The Weekly
Sun is unsurpassed as an
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,.'.. The Sun. Is
BALTIMORE, MD.

THE PAPER OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE
PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE.
HONEST IN MOTIVE.
FEARLESS IN EXPRESSION.
SOUND IN PRINCIPLE.
UNswERNING IN ITS ALLEGIANCE TO
RIGHT THEORIES AND
RIGHT PRACTICES.
THE SUN publishes all the news all
the time, but it does not allow its
columns to be degraded by unclean,
immoral or purely sensational matter.
Ed1torially, The Sun is the consist.
ent and unchanging champion and
defender OF popular rights and inter,
ests against political machines and
monopolies OF every character. In
dependent in all things, extreme IN
NONE. 1t is for good laws, good gov
eminent and good order.
BY mail Fifty Cents month. SIX
Dollars year.
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The aone CT the North Wind

Inc AOne CT the NOrtn Wlnu.
AS ,Jacliy lay III his little bed,
Tucked in 50 warm and tight,
There came III his wise and curly head
a fancy quaint last night,
And he thought IN so . voyage and find
The ho,ae OF Tie !l1st ring, rough north wind.
So, laughing ut rain ard hailstorm, too,
He climbed a sen gCil's lack
And swift as ali ar CIV, ouc JaclIy flew
Over the oceans track
And said, . 'Tis the ;ianGest plan 10 find
The home OF the tear ing loud ncrth wind"
Would it be in saow6el>is far away,
With glitierins iceLerss Lourd
Where the brown eyed seas come cut TO play
And polar bears are fcunG:
All, the sea gull knows jus: where 10 find
The frozen home Of lie stc!:, rcr,h windl
And did they reach it, this couple brave?
Alas, the morning broke
And tie goC,. sya s;ii ans, tic roaming wave
All fled whe,; Jac...y woke!
And only in t,:eani;.nd no% he'll find
The home of the bus; ring, ropsh nor;hwiad
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Atrive.... r. AIM - 2. N p. II I'M
e" stops I or passengers on signal TO conduct
tnd ally, esespt Sunday.
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r. q. Nicholas, Superintendent,
Cape Charles, Va.
r. B. Cooke, Gen'l Freight ind Pas
senger Agent, Norfolk, Va.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-08
TAYLOR NEWS.
Coming Fair and Festival-Prepar-
ing the Christmas Exercises-Per-
sonal News.


The fair and festival which is to be
held by the young ladies of the Law
renee fire company, of Old Forge dur
ing the present month, promises to sur
pass in interest any previous event.
The exhibitions will he worth a large
patronage.
Taylor Castle, No. 267, knights of
the Golden Eagle, will meet this even
ing in Reese's hall.
Mrs William Daniels, of Division
street. Hyde Park, was the guest of
Mrs. John B. Daniels, of Main street,
on Tuesday
The English and Welsh churches in
this place are preparing for the holi-
days. during which they will present
Christmas exercises of an appropriate
character to the public.
The funeral of Helen. the four-year-
old child of Mr. and Mrs John F. Thorn
as, of Main street, occurred yesterday
afternoon. Services were held in the
house by Rev. DR.. II. II. Harris. Burial
was made in the Forest Home ceme-
terry
Corporal Leslie FrutChie, of Company
Is, Thirteenth regiment. who has been
ll'illt bll II ClNh itdNt, ltll utEuuy 10
rejoin his regiment in Georgia.
Mrs David Pugh, of Cleveland, O..
is home visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John II. Evans, of North Taylor
The following number of cont2 gious
diseases have been reported cM the
board of health during the month OF
November. The report is as follows;
Diphtheria cases, SO; scarlet fever, 39
typhoid fever, l. There We're five deaths
during November and all were from
diphtheria.
Prof. Welham Clarke, of Scranton
was a business visitor in this town on
Tuesday evening.
Lackawanna Valley council, No. 81
Junior Order United American Mechan-
les, will meet this evening in Var
Horns hall
The youngest child of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas GrifIiths, of Oak street is slow
ly recovering from it's recent sickness.
Mr.. James Palmer will serve as c
juryman at the next term Of court.