The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-07-03

his reputation is built story on story.
A Boston merchant has in his pos
session business ledger 100 Years old
A light heart makes nimblc hands,
and keeps the body healthy and the
mind free
Edwin Booth has little daughter
that he tries to keep away from the
theater
From 1904 to 1927, North Carolina
furnished all the gold produced in the
United States.
Here's to internal improvements, y
as Dobhs said when he swallowed Il
dose Of salts.
OF 729 inmates of the California
State Prison, only PSI were born in the
United States.
The highest store rent paid in New
York is 100000; the highest in Chi
cago, $4,000.
A Yankee says that prciudices against
color are very natural and vet the
prcttest girl he ever knew was Olive
Brown.
The best penance We can do for envy
ing another's merit is to endcavor to
surpass it.
The imaginary troubles are to us like
the dissolving views of a camera-somc-
times magnilicd hundred-fold
Josh Billings says" When young
man amt good for anything else l like
to see him carry gold headed cane
The New York Sun SAYS that aSouth
American princess is now in that city
as the confidential servant of an Ameri-
can family.
Hans Christian Andersen speaks four
different languages fuenty, and reads
four more.
Horace Greeley recommends the use
of the guillotine for executions instead
Of hanging.
The officers of the Maryland Agri-
cultural Society have raised about $50,-
GEO by. private subscription.
\ large sperm whale was recently
harpooncd on the coast of Madagascar
| L rom IL was ODldlHeu ZSO IDS. vi Illl-
hcrgris worth about $4,000.
Private cquipagcs can now be hired
in New York by the month-gildcd
harness. monogram, door and brass,
buttoned coachman included
Senator I'VE SAYS "that any blind
man can see through Billy Spraguc's
motives" lie ought to know-a Nye
from an eye
1t is a pleasant thing to see roses ard
lilies glowing on young lady's check,
but Il bad sign to see q young mans
face break out in blossoms.
\ Young clerk in the Central Tcle,
graph Office in France has discovered a
very ingenious plan for the rapid self
printing of dispatches, and has been
offered 300,0 francs for his patent
Said an ambitious youth one day to
young lady: Don't you think I'd
better dye my moustachc?" caressing
the infant prodigy 81 think if you
let it alone it'll die ITSELF" said the lady.
A colorcd man, named Snclson, whom
Mr.. Crcswell desired to make postmas-
ter at Andersonvilc, Ga, declined the
position on the ground that he had not
the time to spare from the field.
Mrs. Gaines has gone to New Orleans
to gather the fruits of her long strug.
gle and final victory The Supreme
Court, at its last sitting, ordered Judge
| 10 4 l. E.
Fifteen thousand colorcd persons in
the South have at the present time on
deposit with the National Freedmen's
Saving and Trust Company, and TWEEN
ty-thrcc branches in the Southern States,
Sl,l50,429.62
Ned Buntlinc having lccturcd on the
evils of intemperance in California,
many months, is now said to be illus
trating by his personal example, the
aforesaid evils; and has gone into the
faro banking business at White Pine.
1t is unlawful for the soldiers station
ed at Sitka to purchase liquor They
send the Russian children to the stores
to purchase liquor for them, and from
this practice the children are said to
have become habitual drunkards.
Profane swearing is abominable.-
Vulgar language is disgusting. Loud
laughing is impolitc Inquisitivencss
is offensive. Tattling is mean Telling
lies is contemplate. Slandering is
devilish. Ignorance is disgraceful, and
lazincss is shameful Avoid all the
above vices, and aim at usefulness.
Lost wealth may be restored by in
dustrv the wreck of health regained
by temperance; forgotten knowledge
restored by study alienated friendship
smoothcd into forgctfulness even for
fcitcd reputation won by pcnitcnce and
virtue; but who ever again looked on
his vanished hours, recalled his sighted
years, stamped them with wisdom, or
efaced from heavens record the fearful
blot of wasted time?
We have heard of an amusing in
stance of how General Grant was
hanked by an applicant for position
4 short time since. \ gentleman called
on him-asking for an of1ice-was de-
sired by the President to produce his
recommcndation-and drew from his
pocket letter sent some three years
ago to President Johnson strongly urg-
ing him for place, with the significant
signature at the bottom, u S. Grant"
The result we do not know, but can
imagine.
Save something, no matter how little
it may be, always save something
Never turn away your head from small
savings; they are the foundation of all
great ones. A penny is not much
Many man would rather throw away
penny than pick it up, if it lay before
him. Yet penny day is nearly eight
dollars a year, and eight dollars is the
interest of between one and two hun
dred capital. Waste not, want not, "
is an old saying; and he who is extrav-
agant enough to cast idly away what
can be made useful, though it be but a