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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-20

Nor WORTHY OF MENT1oN.-It is expected
that the Postmaster General will transmit to
the House of Representatives to-day all the
facts and correspondence involved in the
special mission of Senator Ramsey to Paris
during the past summer Mr.. Ramsey passed
some two months at the French capital in a
vain endeavor TO accomplished what ex-Con-
gressman Kasson had failed to accomplish be-
fore him-the successful negotiation Of fair
and reasonable postal treaty between the
United States and France. For his fruitless
labor in this cause Mr.. Ramsey, we are told,
received no compensation, but about six hun
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-20

fJ- The pressure upon our columns for ad-
vertising purposes prevents us from giving as
great quantity and variety Of reading
matter to-day as usual. We solicit the in
dulgenoe Of our readers for few days.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-20

ROCKhlLL & WILSON'S
IMMENSE WINTER STOCK
NOW GOING
OFF! Off Oft Off! Off Oft OF OFT Off
RocKHILL q WILSON have
The largest Stock,
The Finest Mat erias,
The Oh oicest Patterns,
he Most Elegant Fits,
The Most Varied Styles,
the LOWEST PRIcrs
RocxHILL WILSON have
The Oldest House,
The Longest Experience,
skiIfu Cutters,
The M ost Courteous statesmen,
The Best Satisfied Customers,
THE LoWEsT PRICES
Roc~+sILL WILSON have
The stoutest overcoats,
The Most Elegant Dress Coats,
This Most Exquisite Business Coats,
The Most superb Waistcoats,
THE Most Tasteful PantaIoons,
the LOWEST sRicEsI
AND wow
The Whole Of the WINTER STOCK
As coings Going congh
Going! Going Going
And soon Will Be Cone
Gone Gone! Cone conei.
At Such Prices Will
AST0MISH YouI
Every armert in tire Great HAL.
WAS Made be Sold,
And lis
NOW OFFERED FOR SALE!
Great Reduction in Price on our Whole Stock
Come and buy before it is all gomez
ROCKHILL & WILSON,
Great Brown Stone Hall,
Nos. 6O3 and COS CHESTNUT Street.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02
-SionOr RlitZ. the YcntriloulIiSt. o

-SignorBlitz, the vcntriloquist, gives
the following amusing account of an
interview he once had with Daniel
Webster when Webster was Sccrc-
tary of State, the Signor was in Wash
ington endeavoring to collect bill from
a man who held a lucrative position in
the Treasury Department As he was
intimate with Webster, Blitz called
upon him and asked his advice on the
subject After learning that he could
not attach the salary of a government
officer, the Signor said to Mr.. Webster,
i think | would like to hold a govern
mcnt position" We'll, what would
you want?" inquired Webster 81
would like to be government magician. -
"Why so?' asked Webster. Be
cause" said the Signor, latter YOU had
carefully counted over 4 bundle of one
hundred bank-notes several times,
could count them over after YOU and
there would be only scvcnty-fvc." -
Nonsense" said Webster " we have
men in the treasury now who can give
you twenty-five and then beat you"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

WHY ARE THERE so MANY BALD
HEADED MEN?-Why so many bald
headed men, and so few bald women
Why is it that they shine like billiard
balls? Why this spectacle of bald
headed BARRIERS rubbing the dry tops of
bald-hcadcd men, recommending invig-
orators warranted to produce hush locks
in less than fortnight, while bald
headed spectators and middlc-aged men
with wigs look on with derisive smiles
though all the while their wives and
daughters throng our streets covered
with crowns of beauty, and charming
actresses toss their blond tresscs in lux
urious profusion on the stages of our
theatres? Our male population will no
doubt take a serene satisfaction in say
ing that it is because men have more to
worry them than women, and have the
trouble of contriving how to support
these wives and daughters. Probably,
however, that is not the reason. Wo-
men, of course, have finer and longer
hair than men, but men destroy their
hair by making ovens of their heads
under their hats, and thus heat the tops
of their craniums until the hair dies out
for very want of air. Men should
either take off their hats oftcncr or ven
tiiate them better.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02
COMING HOME.

o brothers and sisters, growing old,
Do you all remember yet
That home, in the shade of the rustling
trees,
Where once our household met?
Do. you know how we used to come from
school,
Through the summers pleasant heat
With the yellow fennefs golden dust
On our tired little feet?
And how sometimes in an idle mood
We loitered by the way;
And stopped in the woods to gather flowers,
And in the field to play;
Till warned by the deep ming shadows fall.
That told of the coming night,
We climbed to the top of the last long hill,
And saw our home in sight?
And, brothers and sisters, older now
Than she whose life is DER,
Do you think of the mothers loving face,
That looked from the open door,
Alas, for the changing things of time;
That home in the dust is low;
And that loving smile was hid from us,
In the darkness long ago!
And now we come to life's last hill,
From which our weary eyes
Can almost look on that home that shines
Eternal in the Skies
So, brothers and sisters. as we 90,
Still let us move as one,
Always together keeping step,
Till the march of life is done:
For that mother, who waited for us here,
Wearing a smile SO sweet,
Now waits on the hills of paradise
For her childrens coming feet!
p. CARY.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02
THE PRESIDE CHAIRS.
HUSBAND TO WIFE.

"The daylight gains upon the night,
And birds are out in later flight;
IT'S cold enough to spread our hands,
Once now and then, to glowing brands,
SO now we two are here alone
To make quiet hour our own,
Wen take, with face to face, once more
= Our places on the warm hearth-tloor,
Where you shall have the window view
Outside, and |. can look on you.
"When first brought you home, my BRIDE
In yellow glow of summer-tide,
l wanted you to take chair
On that side of the fire-out there
And have the ground and sky in sight,
With face against the window light;
While I, back here, should have my brow
In shade, and sit where am now;
That you might see the land outside,
And might look on you, my bride,
'And there the gliding waters spread,
BY waving elm-trees overhead,
Below the hill that slopes above
The path, along the high-treed grove,
Where signing winds once whispered down
Our whispered words and there S the crown
OF Dunclits hill, where widening shades
Of timber fall on sloping glades
So you enjoy the green and blue
Without, and will look on you.
And there we pulled, within the copse,
With nutting crooks the hazel tops,
That now arise, unleaved and black,
Too thin to keep the wind-blast back;
And there the church, and spreading lime,
Where we did meet at evening time.
In clusters on the beaten green,
In glee, to see, and to be seen;
All old sights, welcomer than new,
And looked on, Us looked on you.'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02
THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD.

In relation to the controversy now
going ON concerning the character of
the work on the Pacific Railroads, we
publish the following teiegraphli report
from the Special Commissioners who
were recently appointed to examine the
Central Pacific Railroad:
20, II. Browning, Secretary of the In
terror, Washington.
"The Central Pacific Railroad Is
well and substantially. built 10 " ohs,
worth, on the Truckec River, one hun
drcd and cighty-ninc miles from Sacra'
mento, except two bridges now nearly
finished. Grades and curves are within
the iiMifz, and the locations are salts
factory. Pie Vaiis Mei9i. city ok to
sixty-four pounds to the lineal yard -
The ties are of sound timber, and are
of full size, and are laid at the rate OF
| twenty-four hundred to the mile. The
track Is firmly laid and ballasted; the
eulyerts aRa bfiadgsa f9ttl'' 4:G,"ns , are o.
heavy granate masonry. Ine phasf5;
aFe OF Howe's truss pattern, we'll framed
~ iraaea: The tunnels arc sixteen
"a About twenty n4ileE 9n the
ieet ".oe. -as orc covered VIII
summit OF the oie,. -'"a 9th rili
snow sheds. Passenger TIA
from fifteen to thirty miles per houi
safely and smoothly. The equipment
of rolling stock, enginc-houses, ana ma
chine shops is fully equal to tho de-
mands of the traffic. Seventy-nlne 10
comotives are running on the road, ano
eighty more are on the way. On th'
new portion of the road along thu
Humboldt Valley the cross-ties, bridges
and rails are up to the standard. There
are few minor defects-not OF VITA
importancc-in culverts, drains. wldtl
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02
THE NEW NJcEEI CORY

THE NEW NICKEL CoINs.-The de-
nominations of the new coins are to be
one, three and five cents, and they are
to be composed of onc-fourth nickel and
three-fourths copper. The one cent
coin is to weigh grain and half, and
will be about the size of the five cent
silver coin which some of the existing
inhabitants of the United States will
rccollect to have seen. The three and
five cont pieces are to be about the size
OF the one and two cent coppcrs now in
use, and will weigh respectively three
and five grains. The new coin is to be
legal tender for dollar except for
duties on imports, and all the existing
nickel and copper coins will be with
drawn,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

BY the sound blind man can tell
whether room be inhabited or not, and
even form tolerably accurate idea of
the nature of its furniture. A story
told by Mr. Anderson of blind mes
senger at Edinburg corroborates this:
81 had OCCASION" he says, "to send
one of these blind men with a mattress
l gave him the bill with it, that he
might receive payment. But, to my
surprise, he returned with the account
and the mattress, too. I've brought
back bath, We see, sir" said he. How
SOP Indeed, sir, didna like t leave
t yonder, else Pm sure we wad nc'er
see the siller-thcrc's nae a stick of fur
niture within the doorn How do you
come to know that?' ooh, sir, twa
taps Oh the floor wi my stick soon tell't
me that!' And true enough was the
blind man guess; for guess it must be
called, though in both cases cited it was
shrewd enough to pass for wit"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02
COLORED SCHOOLS IN MARYLAND.

The Assistant Commissioner of the
Frcedmcn's Bureau for the District
composing Maryland, says in reference
to public sentiment wardpublic schools
in Maryland:
The only allowance as yet made by
law for the support of public schools
for colored children in Maryland is that
part of the school fund derived from
the taxes paid from colored people
This, of course, is very small, in consC-
qucncc of the short time in which the
freedmen have had chance to accumu-
late property and the disadvantages
they have been under resulting from
their suddenly changed condition and
the hostility or prejudiccs of their for
mcr owners. In Baltimore, where there
was really less need than elsewhere,
owing to the wealth of some of the
colored people, the school authorities
have adopted ten of the colored schools,
paying the expenses, including salaries
of white teachers. This movement OF
libcrality deserves commentator from
al IL ltHtS vi ulllN CISdl i.oO
only for the good results in Baltimore,
but for the example it gives to other
cities and communities.
In some parts of Maryland bitter
hatred has been shown to colorcd
schools. Although, as before indicated,
this feeling has improved. yet the re-
port of Captain Won Shirach, sub-Assist-
ant Commissioner for Upper Maryland,
gives one case of assault of colored
teacher in Cecil county, and another Of
a colorcd female teacher at Havrc de
Grace The latter was awarded one
cent damages by an inferior court, but
Judge Giles, of the United States Gil
cult Court, to whom the case was APP
pcaled (thc same mentioned in my last
years report as declaring the bred
Scott decision the law of the land) has
refused new trial, although it was
plain to an unprcjudiccd mind that JUS
tice had not been done AS long az a
false public sentiment is thus supported
by high officials of the United States
Government, any Improvement must
be slow; though the facts now indicate
that an Improvement in public scnti-
mcnt, concerning the education of the
colorcd people, is surely taking place in
Maryland.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

A SIMPLE CURE FOR RHEUMATIsM.-Boil
a small pot full of potatoes, and battle the
part affected with the water in which the
potatoes We're boiled, as hot as it can be ap
piled Immediately before going to bed
The pains will be removed or at least
greatly alleviated by the next morning.
Some of the most obstinate rheumatic pains
have lately been cured by one application
of this novel and simple remedy
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

Many persons wonder why men
of great fortune labor, intead of resting
and enjoying themselves, and attribute
it to mere love of gain. They do not
remember that long habit becomes a
second nature; that such men find rest
in constant occupation, and that the
enjoyment prescribed for them would
be the sevcrest punishment that could
be inflicted.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

\ CURE EoR SORE THRoAT-Takc
the whites of two eggs and beat them
with two spoonsful of white sugar
gratp a iitilp nntmeg, and then add a
pint of lukewarm water. Stir well and
drink often, Repeat the prescription il
necessary, and it will cure the most OBJ
stlnate case of hoarscncss in a short
time.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

G5@" Nike" said bricklayer to
his holman, if you meet Patrick tell
him t. make haste as we are waiting
for him" "Snre and [ WILL rppliod
Mike =: but what @ill I lpll him if |
don't mate him."
a. IIe who knows the world will not be
too bashfuI. lie that knows himself will
not be too forward
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

Two and half days staging is the
only and triiiing gap now dividing the
two great railroads which tap the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans. \ few months, and
the iron rails will span the continent A
few years, and not one but three or more
tracks will belt it. Verify, business is
stranger and more exciting than romance
in our day and land.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

Coon ADyIoE.-Neyer chase your
hat when it blows off in gale of wind ;
just stand still, and you see halfa-doz-
en- persons in pursuit of it. When one
has captured it, walk lcisurcly toward
him, rGceiye it with grateful acknowl-
Judgements, and place it on your head
He will invariably act as if YOU had
done him n favor
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

of cmbankment and ballast, but these
can be rcmcdicd at small cost when the
hurry of pushing forward the road is
over. Heavy trains of rails, ties, and
fuel are running safely to the extreme
end of the road, four hundred and forty
five miles from Sacramento. The road
is being constructed in good faith, in
substantial manner, without stint of
labor, material, or equipment, and is
worthy of its character as great ma
tional work. The telegraph line is first
,1,c,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02
HOTELS.
THE EXCHANGE HOTEL
THE HOWARD HOUSE,

THIS FIRSTCLhSS HOUSE has been rcfittet and
improved in y that will adj much to the com
fort and c0nvcIiei"" If guests.
In undertaking the management Of the Howard House
the Proprietor will spare prns to supply the table
with the best vtn,s the market will Afford and the Bar
with the choicest liquors. The Chambers neatly fit
ted up, airy and comfortable The stable accomno,la-
tions unsurpassed
He extends invitation To his old customers and the
public To stop with him, and he will spare pains
please them.
WILLIAM FALLS, Proprietor
Nov 81, 1S6S-y E,kton, Md
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02
Germantown Telegraph.

A FAMILY AND AN AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL.
Devoted 10 CHOICE LITERATURE. including Poetry. Novel
cites. Tales, and Moral and Entertaining Reading gen.
orally In the Literary Department we shall present
the choicest varieties within tie reach Of our extended
THE S"vcl"cS Tales. Poetry etc. shall SUP
piled from the lest and highest sources and be equal to
anything L. he found i'll any journal or magazine.
AGRIruLTuEE AND HORTICULTURE, embracing Farming.
Gardening. Fruit Raising. Our !nhors in this depart
mcn for over thirty years have met the cordial appr,-
baton IF the public" Orr purpose has been to furnish
useful and reliable information these very important
branches Of industry and TO protect them far within
power against the false doctrines and selfish purposes
of ti:c many empires ami sensation adventures by which
til" farmer is i'ssaltlv .a.ailcl. This horton the
GcrGti1.ca Telegraph is alone worth tho price of sub
scriptpn.
NEWS DrPiITMEST.-Tc same industry. care and dis
elimination in gathering aud preparing the stirring
events of the day. expressly for this paper which hithor-
to has been one of its marked features and given such
universal satisfaction, will lao ,.t.ucd with redoublcd
efforts l.. io"t ia" i roasn demands of the public.
TEKHs.-rwo dollars and fifty cents per annum. No
orders received without the cash and all subscriptions
stopped AT the end of the time pail for. Specimen
bcrs sent. Address PHILIP 4. FREAS,
Editor AMI Proprietor,
dec Il, 1865 Germantown Philadelphia, Pa.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

~ \ farmer who lives in Hardscrabble,
Botetcourt county, says that, owing to the
drought and poor land together his grass
was SO short he had to lather it before he
could NOW it, and when it was dry, to rake
with Il fine tooth comb
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

Is Il have nothing but my heart to
give you,'' said a spinster to lawyer who
had conducted suit for her. "Well, "
said the lawyer, gruffly, "go to my clerk
he takes the fees
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

=" \ young man advertises in New
Jersey paper for a situation as son-in-law
in 4 respectable family. Would have no
objections, he says, to go short distance
in the country.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

UI3 Josh Billings says he has "seen
some awful bad throtc diseases completely
cured in 3 days 10y simply jining a temper
ance society.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

y" The name of the young lady who
behaved badly i'll church, the other evening,
was Misconduct.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02

Is The man who sucked democracy at
his mothers breast, now imbibes it from
pint flask.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02
G1OOOPER YEAR guaranteed
CarDGtS,- Don't Paw the High Prices!

TINE NEW ENGLAND CARPET CO, of Boston, Mass.
i established nearly quarter Of a century ago in
their present location in Halls H. 81 a. H. ~ ST.
49, S. and 81 Hanover Street have probably furnished
houses with Carpets than any other house in the
country. In order To afford those at distance the advaI-
taes of their low prices propose to send the receipt
of the price, 20 yards upwards of their beautiful Cot
tage Crpeting 30 per yard with samples ten
varying in price from 25 s. per yard suit
able for furnishing every part of any house. 4w
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02
AGENTS WANTED. P Ts ss, New ;s a ssri

culture and the Mechanic Arts. Edited by GEO L. WAR
ING, ESQ. the distinguished Author and Agricultural
Engineer of the New York Central Park. Nothing like
it published: 200 En.ravngs. Sells at sight to
Farmers, Mechanics and Workingnen of all classes
Active men and women are coming money. Send for
Circulars. Z. i. TREAT CO.. Publishers, 654 Broad
way n Y,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-01-02
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,

Sl00 MONTH san he % aSsn,. by male %s h aHs
nothing for curiosity seeker but reliable, steady, proa-
BILE employment, for those who business. Address
New York.
COMMITTING NEW AND USEFUL.-A New Era in
- Music. POPULAR MUSIC at POPULAR PRICES.
ilitchcocks llalfDime Series of Music for the Million
No now reaty.-Musc and Words of the Comic Song.
captain JINkS OF TIE HORSE MARINES.'-
Others to follow rapidly. Price, cents each. Your
Newspaper has it will get it for you. Mailed
ceipt of price Address BENZ. W. HITCHCOCK, Pub
fishers. 81 Spring street New York
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-04-29

VYToULD announces TO the citizsns Of Marsha,
" eounty that his Planning Mil, Saw Min an
Turning Lathe are In good running order, and Oh .
he 4 prepared, at ell times to do work IA Nh line
LUMBER.
OF all kinds planned. In the rough, consaHtfy on
hand, end 1t tbeIowest rates.
IN. Matched Flooring on hand ut al times.
- Planning. saving. Matching and Turning done
- Cash paid for No. ! Logs deli vered At my olc
Mn on the RIvsr. directly Esstsfths Pr Mn!
pivmsmfh Indiana -. s2m3
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-04-29

A little slfayer-A BARRIERS boy.
Natural politeness-The boughs
of trees
Why is an egg like an cctorooni
Becauseit has more white than yell
low.
What quadruped does q nkaed
negro resemble? A black bear.
When Is q lady's neck not a necks
When it is q little bear.
When Autumn is married to
Winter, the wedding cake is always
frosted.
An exchange says the census
embraces II, 600, 900 women, Who
would not be q census?
We always respect old age, keep
when stuck with pair OF tough
chickens.
A sporting friend summed up The
character or two Dogs one was I
pointer the other disappointer.
Here iR o concise but hopeful low
latter written by Colorado miner
bowen. years is rather long to kort
gal, but Ne have you yit, Cate"
ssMy dear" said . rural wife t.
her husband on his return from
town what was the sweetes. thini
You saw in bonnets In the cityr"-
1.-THE ladies' faces, my love-"
What madness it is for Kan t.
starve himself to enrich his heir, an
and so turn . friend into and enemy
for his joy at his death viii be- j
proportion to what you leave him..
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-04-29


We clip from the Marietta Ohio
Register, the folio wing most excel
lent tables, established by the COM
mercial world, for the greater conve-
nience OF trade:
To find the number of even BUSH
els in q bin. multiply the number Of
cubic feet in the bin by eight and
point of one decimal; for heaped
bushels, multiply twice by eight and
point off. two decimals.
For example-A wagon-bed, or .
bin 8 feet lehg, 8 feet vide and 2 IT,
deep, contains 48 cubic feet, which
multiplied BY 8 makes 30.4 bushels,
such as shelle1 corn; or, multiplied
again by 8, pointing offtwo figures,
it gives 30.72 heaped bushels, such
as potatoes.
Again: To find the number Of
bushels In sae bin, multiply length
breadth and depta in inches together
and divide by 2.150.42, and it will
give the number Of bushels, struck
measure.
To measure corn in the crib, find
the cubic inches as above, and d.
| vide by ISIS (cubic inches in q
heaped bushel) and take two thirds
for shelled corn; this is on the rule
| of three heaped baskets of ears to
one of grain.
| A farmer gives this: 84
| Having leveled the corn in the
crib, measure the length, breadth
and sspth, multiply them together,
deduct from the product one fifth
and you have the number Of bush.
els in the ear; for shelled corn take
one half.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-04-29

Do not keep more live stock on .
farm than you can keep well.
House all things as much ~ pos
sible-aaimals, tools and crops.
Sell when you can get a fair price,
and don't store for rats and specu.
lators-
The more comfortable you can
keep your animals, the more they'll
thrive.
A good cow is . valuable ma
china. the more food she digests the
greater the proRt.