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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-10
Elce,ive Eranohis, PLANK.

fuIiNWg that the extension ur 4
elective franchise 81 - race inferior
intelligence HHl without prcplraii
for no" wise and prudent exercise III
privilege 50 Vital 10 the mliutcnn
Or good government was mistake
not a crime committed by the Rcpu
llcun party during the reign OF pass
and prejudice following the civil W
for political ends aud purposes. we ,
clrre t'pt -" E"uaanrn'in rprtv "a
ordingly
"A Philadelphia Ledger special says
hat Mrs. J. c. Erb and her sister,
irs. Catherine Beisel, who are held
I Media, Pa, in connection with the
illng OF the formers husband, at
'illage Green, Pa, on Wednesday
light, formerly lived in Newark, Del,
heir maiden name being Conway.
-Elk,on Chapter OF the Epworth
.caguc on Thursday evening elected
he following officers for the ensuing
* months President, +. w. vii.
ans, First Nice-Presidcnt, J. Harvey
Second, Mrs. c. V. Howard:
bird, Mrs. Arthur Dcibcrt: Fourth,
IRIS. J, +, Sparklin: Secretary. Mrs.
Daniel $. Terrell; Treasurer, George
tickets.
Former State Treasurer William
|, Berry OF Pennsylvania, and J. II.
'ovington, oi Easton, candidate for
congress addressed Democratic
iecting at Rising Sun last Friday
ight On Saturday night Governor
rothers and s. s. Field, OF Baltimore,
ere the speakers at the Fair Hill
,ceting, at which Joseph s. Scar
prough presided
James Holland and Samuel Biddle |
Elkton. Arthur Diggs, Of Frederick
'wn, and John Bartlett. OF Port De
pSit, all colorcd. were taken to the
'ouSc 81 Correction on Monday BY
deputy Sheriff J. w McAllistcr, to
rive the sentences imposed upon Their
the Circuit Court last week. The
rSt three were convicted Tor selling
luor and the latter OF assault.
from Venus Coun-
! Jr O. u. a. NJ. oi Iayrc de Grace
I'd several county councils visited
berry Hill Council on Saturday
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-10

JcT0fippu ut VT. SAMUEL KOwriffu OI
Port Deposit. and was run by his SON
n-law, Mr.. Clapp and Mr.. Lou Abra-
lams., when approaching the team
hey reduced speed. but when they
.ried to pass, discovered they had
pst part OF the steering gear and ran
air into the horse, breaking the har-
less and cutting part OF the horses
'pot of. The machine ran into a
fncc, breaking il considerably.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-10
ANTl.NEGRO PLANkS IN IVES
VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC
FORM.
Jim Grow Plank.

We favor the enactment Of n law r.
qulring common carriers engaged Il
passenger traffic 10 furnish scparnt
coaches or compartments for white an,
colorcd passengers
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-10
NORTH EAST

about fifty from here heard Senator
Burrows speak in Elkton Wednesday
evening.
Miss Mamie Mcdowell was taken to
the General Hospital in Philadelphia
last Sunday for an operation OR APP
pcndicitis.
Concnes, sIo.vv eacn. Can
&C
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
GREAT MAN H()NOR|||E|::D
ANN'vERsARYoF. R,RrH OF NOAH
WEBSTER cELEeRKTED. T
Famous American photographer and
Educator Remembered in Connec- =,
ticut-His Grammar Still a
Standard Work.

New Haven, Conn.-The one hun.
dred and fiftieth anniversary of the
birth of Noah Webster, the great lex
1cographer, was generally observed by
the educational institutions through
out the state the other day. Yale uni
versfty, with which he was closely al
though not officially connected, hon.
ored him by appropriate classroom ex-
ercises and Hartford, his home when
a boy, held exercises of a simple ma
ture, largely in the public schools.
Webster gave the schoolboy of
America his dictionary, his grammar
and his spelling book, and, while his
fame might rest imperishably on any
one of the three achievements, the
triple accomplishment establishes his
title as the greatest American edu-
Gator. His dictionary, the first since
that of DR.. Johnson, nearly a century
before, unified the English language
in America and made it impossible
for sections of this country to fall into
dialect. His spelling book fixed firm
ly the pronunciation and spelling of
common words, and his grammar has
remained a standard work for a CEN
tury.
Born in 1853, in Hartford, of a fam
lily distinguished in colonial history,
Webster was sent, at the age of IA
years, by his father, a farmer, to the
parish clergyman to prepare for Yale
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
SAVED FROM AWFUL DEATH,
Woman Mired in Swamp Is Heard in
Nick Of Time.

Mays Landing, N. J.-But for the
prompt assistance Of David Smith Mrs.
Mary Megargee, wealthy woman re-
siding near here, would have perished
in dense swamp. Smith had Just re-
turned from work when he heard loud
cries coming from the swamp. Think
ing at first it was hoot owl he paid
no attention, but recognizing the voice
OF a woman he put on gum boots,
plowed his way through the swamp,
and, after tumbling over tussocks
time after time and going over boot
tops In water, finally spied Mrs. Me-
gargee standing waist deep in water
and holding to tussock The woman
was greatly excited, her hair disar-
ranged and clothing soiled
Smith carried the woman after
great difficulty out to a clearing. She
said she had left home for Mays Land.
ing, taking by-path for short cut.
She lost the path, but thought she was
going all right when she struck the
swamp. She tried to find the path, but
got farther in the swamp and had
been in that position for some time
when Smith heard her cries.
Mrs. Megargee is well-known in At.
lantic City, and is great lover of dogs
and horses. She employs several SER
wants, and is reputed to be very
wealthy.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
TUcks FOR THE HOUSE GOWN.
Varying Widths Offer Opportunity for
Display of Taste.

Tucks appear on most of the sleeves
OF the new gowns intended strictly for
house use, and their varying widths
offer suggestions as to what may be
done with the aid of energy and two
kinds Of material. If only just
enough net is on hand to make a
scantily tucked tight-fitting long
sleeve, the tucking would best begin
half way between the shoulder and the
elbow, and the intervening space COW
cred with closely fitting cap of silk
or satin, elaborately hand or soutache
embroidered. Or there may be wide
tucks entire deux with silk or satin
bands, as such a scheme will admit of
any amount of piecing. Sometimes it
may prove advisable to drape the
heavier fabrics over a tight lace
sleeve, in which event the under side
OF the transparency need not absolute
ly match, as the drapery may be
tackled down to the inner section, and
only the top need be exposed. The
woman who finds it necessary to make
over sleeves would best provide her
self with sleeve form on which she
may make experimental drapings, for
she has only to bear in mind that so
long as the sleeve is full length and
tight-titting from the elbow to the
wrist almost any fancy will pass mus
ter in connection with a house gown
or blouse not of the strictly tailored
type.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
BULLF|GHT IN A
GALE ON A SHIP
ESCAPED ANIMAL DEFEATS
GREAT MATADoR, BUT LOSES
TO YOUNG SAILOR.
PROFESSIONAL FLED IN FEAR
Tells Of His Proves In the Arena
But Runs for Safety When Time
to Prove valor Arrives
Sailor Bests Beast.

New York.-Bull fighting in an
arena where the animal has not a
ghost of chance is quite different
from bull fighting in gale aboard
ship, as Valantin Picardos, one of
SPANS best matadors, found out to
MS sorrow during the trip of the Span
ism line steamship Antonio Lopez,
which has just arrived here
Ihe passengers Of the Lopez tipped
their noses skyward when mention
was made of Senor Picardos' courage
and dark-eyed senorita, who came
in the vessel, said that the matador's
Idol was shattered.
Flushed with the glory of a score of
brilliant campaigns in the plazas of
Barcelona, Cadiz and Madrid, Picardos
boarded the ship at Cadiz, and during
the first week at sea was wined and
dined and praised until, according to
the officers, his waistcoat buttons
threatened to fly off, and there was
not cap aboard the ship big enough
to hold his head.
Slowed in the we'll which divides the
superStructure or the Antonio Lopez
from the forecastle were three bulls
that were taken aboard at Malaga en-
route to Mexico for the fights.
One day when the ship was nearing
Its destination Picardos was busy eX-
planning to dozen or more admirers,
chiefly women, how adroit he was in
dispatching the savage bull, when an
attendant came running aft shouting
that one of the bulls had broken loose
and was smashing everything in sight.
Here was Picardos' chance Jumping
to his feet, he fastened to his state
room, quickly returning with a gleam-
Ing sword
He had scarcely reached the deck of
the well when the bull came tearing at
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

In 1774: when 1e years old, he was
admitted. His studies were inter-
rupted by the war of the revolution,
and in his Junior year he shouldered
his :nusket and joined in the campaign
which wound up in the defeat of Bur-
Coyne.
On his return from college in ITS
with a Yale sheepskin his father pre-.
sented him with four dollars and told
him that in the future he must rely
on his own exertions. Webster pur-
sued his ideal of legal education, al
though compelled to read law as an
accompaniment to his school teaching
in Goshen, N. Y. With the country
Impoverished by the long war, Web
ster found the schools without text
books. He composed a spelling book,
a grammar and a reading book the
first of the kind published in the coun-
try. No volume has had so wide a
vogue as the spelling book. For years
more than a million copies were sold
annually, toward the close of his life.
From the receipts of the book he was
enabled Immediately to pursue his Ia
bo1s on his dictionary.
He began the practice of law in
1882, in Hartford, but in 1893 removed
to New York to found a newspaper in
support of President Washington's
policy. The Daily Minerva was his
first venture and then came Il semi
weekly, the Herald. In 1898 Webster
removed to this city and continued
to write for his newspapers, which
were continued under another editor,
but he soon disposed of them and de-
voted himself to the work on which
his fame was to rest, the preparation
OF new dictionary of the English Ian
guage.
For years he had contemplated this
work, and in 1907 began it, For 20
years he toiled. Finding his finances
unequal to living in New Haven. he
removed to Amherst, Mass, in 1872.
where he was instrumental in oreaniz.
ing Amherst college.
The first edition of the dictionary
was published in 1928. Only $500
copies were printed in the United
States. Then came an issue of 1900
copies in England DR.. Webster vas
at this time 20 years of age and an
nounced that he considered his liter
ary lators practically ended. Yet he
revised many of his former works. and
in l841 the second edition of the dir
tionary was published, containing sew
eral thousand new words and many
revised definitions. His papers, read
before many learned societies, were
published in 1843. The revising OF
the appendix to this edition was his
last labor, and after a four days ill.,
ness, starting with cold, he passed
away, May %, 1S43.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
HOUSE DRAPERIEs ARE BRIGHT
extravaganza in Color "A Marked Fea
ture of the Season.

The woman who loves beautiful COL
orlng and design should go through
the shops to see the new things for
household decorations.
Inc eXtravagances of color in fabric
IN the new costumes for women are
not only equaled but surpassed in
those for house draperies. Dozens of
new things have been brought out,
and, best of all, they are offered at
small prices.
In the Japanese stuffs there is the
widest profusion of stamped designs,
OF embroidery, and of bullion work; ;
some are very expensive and are in
tended only for handsome rooms.
Others are at small cost, and would
delight the heart of the artistic WON.
an. For less than so cents a yard
there are extra wide Japanese drape-
ries of printed crepe in pale greens
with family colored Japanese lanterns
swinging down the outside edges as
border.
There are white and violet crepes
with wonderful designs in wistaria
floating all over the surface.
These could be used as silk curtains
for any room except formal parlor or
reception hall.-N. Y. Times.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
BABY's ITCHING HUMoR,
Nothing Would Help Him-Mother A.
most In Despair-0Wes Quick
Cure to Cuticura.

Several months ago, my little boy
began to break out with itching sores.
l doctored him, but as soon as got
them healed up in one place they
would break out in another. I was
almost in despair. I could not get
anything that would help him. Then
l began to use Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment, and after using them
three times, the sores commenced to
heal. He is now we'll, and not scar
is left on his body. They have never
returned nor left him with bad blood,
as one would think. Cuticura Rene
dies are the best I have ever tried,
and shall highly recommend them to
any one who is suffering likewise
Mrs. William Geeding, 1O2 Washing
ton St.. Attica, Ind, July %. 1907"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
ASTONlSHED THE DOCTOR
Old Lady Got Well with Change OF
Food.

A great scientist has said we can put
off "old age' if we can only nourish the
body properly.
To do this the right kind of food, of
course, is necessary. The body manu-
factures pOisons in the stomach and
intestines from certain kinds Of food
stuffs and unless sufficient of the right
kind is used, the injurious elements
overcome the good.
my grandmother, II years DID,"
writes N. Y. lady, had been an in
valid for 18 years from what was
called consumption of the stomach and
bowels. The doctor had given her up
to die.
Il saw SO much about Grape-Nu
that persuaded Grandmother to try
it. She could not keep anything on her
stomach for more than a few minutes.
"She began Grape-Nuts with only
teaspoonful. AS that did not distress
her and as she could retain it, she took
a little more until she could take all Of
teaspoonfuls at a meal.
"Then she began to gain and grow
strong and her trouble in the stomach
was gone entirely. She got to enjoy
good health for one so old and We
know Grape-Nuts saved her life.
'The doctor was astonished that in
stead of dying she got well, and with
out drop of medicine after she began
the Grape-Nuts." There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read ''The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of hun,aa
Interest. 4. ..,a
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

before coming into those of Nicholas
Narbonne, a sea captain in the East
India trade, to whom it was left by
an uncle in the early part Of the last
century.
The captain died here, and so did
his wife, who lived to the ripe age of
95, passing away in 1890. They had
daughter, Mary A. Narbonne, who
was born in the house and lived in it
all her life, dying in it at the age Of
81, in 1905
Miss Narbonne was we'll known in
Salem, chiefly for her aversion to
meeting strangers. She was a great
reader and was content to live en-
tirely by herself. In fact she rarely
suffered anyone to remain long under
her roof, although she greeted callers
on their arrival at her door with state
ly courtesy.
One story told of her is that she re-
quired the few friends who came to
take tea with her to fetch their own
teapots and cups, as she did not
care to have them use hers.
The house was we'll filled with old
furniture and curios, collected chiefly
by her father, and she was greatly an
noyed by collectors, for whom she en-
tertained cordial contempt
On Miss Narbonne's death the COL
lection was taken away by her heirs
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
The Utility Coat,

Undoubtedly the number of women
who must make one long coat answer
for allround daytime service is great
ly in the majority, and to such is ad-
dressed the statement that in select
ing such garment it will be better
to secure material not too heavy for
ordinary autumn and spring use, rely
ing upon extra wraps for additional
warmth in winter. Any of the me-
diumweight worsteds, supposing al
ways that they are close and firm of
weave, are advised, but special atten-
tion must be devoted to their color
ing, which should show a preponder-
ance of white or gray rather than
black, dark brown, blue or green. as
the dust seems to settle on weaves
in those colors as though with a firm
determination to cling in the pro-
verbally brotherly manner, whereas
white, gray and tan simply become
bit more dull, but never look actual
ly rusty.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Where Willie Was,

There is a humorous story of Marx
Twain's Observation-Disclosures" but It
doesn't match the following:
The Professor (at the dinner tablet
oh, by the way, Mrs. Chopsticks,
have you seen your little boy, Willie,
lately?
Mrs. Chopsticks-No, professor,
have not seen him since ten O'Clock
and l can't imagine what has become
Of him. In fact, am very much wor.
ried about him.
Professor-Well, seeing Martha pour
me out that glass Of water just now
reminds me of something that had
on my mind to tell you some time ago.
but which unfortunately escaped my
memory. It. was just about ten
o'clock, think, that l saw little Viii.
lie fall down the well.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
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The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Tramp Thrashed by a Woman

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Mrs John Snyder
Of Riverside, who weighs 275 pounds,
busted the roadside with a tramp who
had insulted her. When she was
through with him the knight of the
road was a. pitiable sight.
The tramp went to the Snyder farm
house and, after being given some
thing to eat, discovered Mrs. Snyder
was alone and insulted her. Mrs. Sny-
der knocked him down, picked him
up again, ran him to the road, held
him with one hand and beat him with
the other
Neighbors, hearing the tramp's
shrieks, ran to Mrs. Snyders aid.
They wanted to lynch the man, but
she insisted the punishment she had
given was severe enough.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Adopts American Dress,

Three Chinese young women study
ing in Wellesley after many months
of hesitation at last have adopted the
American dress. They have packed
away their wonderfully patterned silks
and have blossomed forth in lingerie
waists and tailor-made skirts on the
most approved American plan. The
girls are Faung YUM Tsoa, Wing Sisia
Hu and Chiche Wang. They entered
Wellesley almost a year ago, and were
reluctant to abandon their native
dress. A seashore trip short time
ago in their brilliant Chinese raiment
brought SO much attention that was
the reverse Of pleasing that they de-
cided on the change.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

him. The matador lodged and more
cheers went up.
The bull turned quickly in his
tracks, lowered his head for the sec
ond attack and Picardos essayed to
thrust the animal in the back of the
head
The bull was up to such tricks,
however, and in a jiffy had waltzed
around the matador, who found it no
easy matter to keep his feet because
of the shifting of the vessel.
The excitement was intense Even
the officers on the bridge left their sta.
tions and added their ''bravos" to
those Of passengers and crew.
1t looked as though the bulls time
had come, and some of the forecastle
hands were betting how soon the ami.
NAL would be killed, when the mata.
dor suddenly dropped his sword and
giving yell of terror, ran up the lad
der to the promenade deck, leaving
the bull to his own devices.
Ell Toro paved the sword once or
twice and, as he began to below fo1
more worlds to conquer, Juan Fuetos
19-year-old sailor, jumped down into
the we'll, grabbed the sword and gave
the bull savage dig.
The animal did not like the new at.
tack and, turning sharply, charged the
sailor man. Fuetos was not dismayed
Twice he thrust the sword into the
shoulder of the bull, and as he with
drew it for third the ship gave an
unusual lurch and a sea broke into
the well.
The sailor lodged it, but the wave
caught the bull, threw it off its feet
and, before the surprised passengers
could cheer, washed it overheard.
The passengers raised a purse fol-
Fuetos, who was real hero. Picardos
kept to his cabin when the vesse
berthed here and declined to discus:
the matter.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06

proceed with the burial, and this was
done.
Mrs. Joseph Smith, formerly Miss
Lydia Ray of Stroudsburg, tainted
when she heard the sound of the cof-
fin saw
The trouble all came about through
the mistake of driver, who took to
the grave box too short, which had
been secured already when the funeral
party arrived. A scene followed the
discovery of the drivers error, and it
was with much difficulty that many of
the sorrowing relatives could be re-
strained
1t was at first suggested that anoth-
er box be procured, and this would
have been done blh for the long delay
entailed, and so the undertaken and
relatives finally agreed to make the
coffin fit
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
The Women May Walk.

A new directoire tailor-made is a
light blue broadcloth, the skirt made
very tight with corselet waist line.
At the line of the knee, however, a ruff
f1e of side-plaited broadcloth is added,
so that, although from the waist to the
knee the skirt is very tight, it is pos
sible for the wearer to walk. The
bodice of the dress is of the broad
cloth, trimmed with black satin pip
ings, which are shaped to suggest the
directoire. The sleeves are Of white
net, very long and shirred, and the
yoke which fills in the square neck of
the bodice is also of white net. The
gown just clears the floor.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
The Still Alarm.

A tourist in an out-of-the-way region
of England put up one night at an
amiable old lady's cottage, the village
inn being full.
Now, the tourist was very deaf.
which fact he took pains to impress
upon the old lady, together with in
structions to wake him at particular
hour in the morning.
On waking a great deal later than
the time appointed, he found that the
amiable old lady, with commendable
regard for propriety, had slipped un-
der his door a slip Of paper on which
was written:
"Sir, it is half-past eight!
er's Weekly.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
The Prolific FIv.

"The fight with the fly will be a stihl
one," said Sir James Crichton-Browne
in an address to the sanitary inspec
tors congress in Liverpool recently,
Zone fly, it has been calculated, will
lay 1000 eggs, and must, on the snow.
ball principle, leave 25.0OO,0 900 de-
scendants in season. 1t is only by
systematic attacks on the breeding
places that we can hope to rout this
multitudinous disease carrier. Tuber
cular diseases are steadily diminishing
throughout Great Britain, and we have
good reason to hope they will be alto
gether abolished in another 30 years. =
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
Sachets as Bridoe Prizes.

Sachets are now given as bridge
prizes, so that the hostess who posses
ses more of the virtue of hospitality
than money may entertain correctly if
only she has a large number of fresh
looking silk pieces at hand Such lit
tie bags are Of all sizes, as they are
used to drop among the handker-
chiefs, the neckwear, the gloves and
the lingerie. They are mounted over
little fine white linen sacks which
hold the powder, and their ends may
be fringed- and tied together with
baby ribbon, or they may be faced or
shirred into sort of rose effect.
Sachets are especially acceptable
these days when only vague sugges-
tons of perfume are permissible.