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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-09-02
A MODERN POCKET BOOK.

The medium and his fairy guide then set
out to find the money package. And here
the spirits showed most singular want of
taste aud delicacy. They led close by tho
unseemly bitches that had been used as
sinks by the National Camp. Their filth
mess was indcscribable; but right here the
medium stopped, and the man with the
pick struck it into marshy ground few
yards distant. The pressure of the crowd
was great, and one unhappy follow went
into the sink with n dismal splash that
irretrievably ruined many of the delicate
fabrics that fringed the banks flor many of
the woman were as eager as the mem. A
pocket book was dug up and exhibited to
the wondering throng. 1t was an ordinary
pocket book, somewhat water-soaked, and
may have been in the ground three or four
days. 1t was not opened, and the people
were left to speculate as to what it contain
ed. Mr.. Hull announced from the stand
an hour later that the pocket book would
be put into a safe unopened and there
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-09-02
SEND YOUR MONEY

in Post Office orders. checks, or drafts on New
York, wherever convenient II not, then register
the letters containing money. Address
w ENnr ANN D.husA..
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-09-02

ElktOn Academy.-The scholastic session
of this Institution will commence on Thurs
day next, Sept. 18th, at 9o'clock, A. M
Parents will have their sons present at that
time
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SPIRIT ARTISTS.

Mr.. Moses Hull exhibited number of
nondescript drawings, the work of spirit
artists, Mr. Potts, of Harrisburg, being tho
medium. Some of them represented the
leaves OF gigantic plants that might
have tlourished during the carboniferous
period, others were purely imaginative,
and were combinations of plants, water,
sky, cloud and drapery .umbled together
in an incoherent mass. They might have
been worshipped without any Infringement
of the second commandments for certainly
they were 1.-THE likeness of nothing in
heaven above, or the earth beneath, or the
waters under the earth" Some of these
pictures were drawn by the medium, the
spirits moving his hand, others were drawn
by the spirits directly, the paper and pen
ellis being put into dark room. In the
composition of one of the most elaborate
pieces Moses Hull was informed sixteen
dozen of Faher's pencils were used. Mr..
Potts is not an artist, and it is said he did
not have the least knowledge of the ele-
mentary principles of drawing. In the
afternoon some spiritdrawings were exhib-
tied, Mr.. Anderson, of New York, and his
wife being the mediums, which as works
of art were quite creditable. In the max
ing of colored pictures the spirits find their
own paint, but in sketching the medium
must find the pencils. When Mr.. Hull
had concluded skeptical gentleman in the
audience inquired if the mediums were
themselves artists, and was informed that
they were not.
Mr.. Moses Hull preached short sermon,
at the conclusion of which he told the audi
ence that the spirits had informed medi-
UNI, Mr. Potts, that Indian relics and a
package containing money were buried in
the woods in which the camp was being
held, and that they had further agreed to
conduct the medium to the spot at precisely
- o'clock. One condition, however, must
be observed, the medium must go first, the
crowd must keep few PAGES behind
Should the people get in front it might
endanger the success of the spirit NANTES
tation. Mr.. Hull, however, appeared to
have but little faith in the finding of the
treasure, for he made a most earnest appeal
for liberal collection, trusting rather to
sceptacs to pay the expenses Of the camp
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-09-02
HUNTING FOR TREASURE.

AT 10 o'clock Mr.. Potts left the stand and
started out through the woods with little
girl leaning on his arm. 1t was hard to
tell whether the child was leading the man
or whether she was only playing fairy sprite
to heighten the theatrical effect. All the
people followed after, and some were so
eager that it required the utmost exertions
of some of the assisting mediums to keep
them from getting ahead of the leader. 4
few good natured gentleman acted as cap
tains, and by frequent appeals and con-
slant flourish of umbrellas, which they used
as batons, they managed to keep up sort
of rule alignment in front, behind which
the regular body march. There were
many persons who felt little ashamed
of themselves as they walked along, but
there was an impulse to follow on which
could not be resisted At the lower
edge of the woods the medium or his fairy
conductor stopped at the base of large
white-oak tree, and the people, surmising
that this was the spot, broke away from all
discipline and crowded around the tree in
such numbers that it was impossible to
proceed with the "test'' las Mr.. Hull
termed the treasure finding.) The next
ten minutes were spent in trying to per-
suade the people to fall back and form a
circle. In the meantime young man
appeared with pick, and, striking it into
the ground near the roots of the tree two
or three times, unearthed two Indian
tomahawks or hatchets and handful of
glass beads, which were eagerly gobbled up
by the assisting " mediums - and exhibited
to the crowd with great triumph. The
tomahawks were made of dark tlintstone,
and their rough surfaces appeared to have
been ground and polished. They had no
doubt occupied place in some antigua
rian's museum for a great many years. and
had been polished so as to show well in the
glass cases. After looking at the little
nest in which they were buried and at the
loose earth around, the Reporter of Tie
-1merican concluded that they had been
there something less than five days. The
glass beads have a very suspicious newnss
about them. They are such as are sold in
the toy shops at the present time, and
utterly unlike those which the early white
settlers gave to the Indians. The whole
stest" appeared to be a most palpable
and transparent .fraud, and inasmuch as
Mr.. Potts was the principal actor, it
destroys all faith in its spirit drawings and
in his statements in relation thereto.
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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-07-01
THE HOUsEKEEPFR.

Soar MAKING.-Tbe most important
thing to insure good luck is strong ye. Ia
putting up leach, put in q little straw
irst, next pint Of lime, then Gil with
hard wood ashes Do not 10 in too great
a hurry to get The lye TO running but give
it time 10 draw the strength Fl ON The ashes;
put your grease into the frs I've that runs
hrougb, set it over the fire I'd boil slow
ly until all is dissolved add handful Of
resin, and pour into a barre If you put
10 two or three pounds Of "a soda and
one Of borax, il will make your clothes
wash easier and look very white. Finally,
I'LL up the barrel with bot e, and stir il
we'll, and the soap il made -HIine Far
nler.
To IMPROVE STARCH-fo each bowl of
starch add one teaspoOnful O, Epson salts,
and dissolve 10 the usual way by boiling
the fabric thus starched will b. consider
ably stltfer, besides being ron Tered to a Ger
tam degree 6reprooE
CREAM PIE.-Half pound butter, four
eggs, sugar, salt and nutmeg 10 your taste,
and two tablespoonfuls Of arrow root wet;
pour on it quart Of boiling milk, and stir
the whole together. To be baked in deep
dishes
CHEAP FRUIT CAKE One cupful Of
sugar, one eupful Of butter, half cupful
Of buttermilE, three eggs, one cupful Of
rasins, one cupful Of currants, and a little
soda; -four enough to make proper thick
ness. Chop the raislns and currants very
fine.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-07-01

1t is said BY good medical authority that
there is not the remOtest corner or little
inlet Of the minute blood vessels Of the hu
man body that does not feel some wavelet
from the cOnvuleion occasioned BY good
hearty laughter, and also that the central
man. or life principle is shaken to its in
nermost depths, sending new tides of life
and strength to the surface, and thus ma
terially tending to insure good health 10 The
persons who indulge therein The blood
moves more rdPidly-probably caused by
some chemical or electric modification Oc-
casioucd by the convulsiOn-and conveys
different impression to all the organs of
the body as it visits them on that particu-
lar mystic Journey, when the man is laugh
ing, from what it does at other times. For
this reason every good hearty laugh in
which person INDUCES tends to lengthen
bis life, conveying, as it does, new and dis
slnct stimulus to the vital forces. We
doubt not the time will come when phys-
clans, cOnceding more importance than they
! nov do to the influence Of the mind upon
the vital forces Of the body, will prescribe
70 the torpid and melancholy patient GER
tam number Of hearty peals Of laughter, to
De undergone at stated periods, and believe
that they will, in so doing, find the best
anf most effective method Of producing
tie required effect upon be patient. Oar
advice to all j., indulge in good, hearty,
soulful laughter, when the opportunity Of
fers, and if you Do not derive material ben
ehl therefrOm, charge US with utterng
false principles of materia medica. Health
and Home.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-07-01

The atrocious scoundrel Words can new
er paint the miserable coward and boaster
70 bis true cOlOrs. After his dcpredations
along the Eastern shore Of Maryland, there
,OloWed the Sacking Of Washington, the
OauIe of North Point, and the attempt of
'ne enemy to take the city Of Baltimore by
water, as they had failed u 40 il by land.
on know all about the bombsrdmpnt NJ
Fort M'HenrY, September Is, 1914. I
have gone over il again, il hncy. hundreds
Of times, and tell you f .uk Kew. patri-
otto as he was to his b, ants core, could
not help composing that loem. IL was
forced out Of him. Just rbnk. He WIS
prisoner on the feet, which was anchored
two miles from Fort McIIrnry, the city's
main defense. He could watch all the
enemy's Preparations, and he knew the
danger they forboded. Though the terrific
cannOnading Of that midul-bt fight, while
the sky was lit up with the fiery courses of
the flying bombs, do you think be could
sleePH As the struggle ceased upon uhe
coming morning, and be looked through
the dimSWilight for The flag Of bis country,
his heart sick with fear and Coubt, could be
helU the grand Outburst of that frst verse
And then, as through the midst Of the
deep the banner loomed dimly in the
morning suns first rays, and be e1claim-
ed,
: fis the star-sp sngrd banner Oh Iorg may Il wsve
Ger the lard Of the tree and the home Ofths brsvs
i was prayer and praise al iu one and
there has never been anything like il
since"
SO Have you heard Francis KEYS
poem 2" said one Of our meAs, coming in
one evening, as we lay scattered over the
green bill near the captains marquee. II
was rude copy, and written in a scroll
which Horace Greeley might have mistaken
for bis own. He read it aloud, once, twice,
three times, until the entire division seemed
electrified by its pathetic eli quence. An
idea seized Ferd Durang. Hunting up a
volume Of old flute music, which was in
somebody's tent, he impatently whistled
snatches Of tune after tune, Just as they
caught bis quick eye. One, called Anac-
reon in Heaven i have played it often,
for it was 10 my book that he found it,
struck his fancy and riveted bis attention.
Note after note fell from bis Duckered lips
until, with leap and shout, he exclaimed,
Boys I've bit 7 and fitting the tune to tbe
words, there rang out for the first time the
song Of the 'Star-Spangled Banner How
the men shouted and clapped, for never was
there wedding Of poetry to music made
under such inspiring infuen es Getting
a brief furlough, the brothers sang it on
the stage Of Holiday street Theatre soon
after. 1t was caught up in the camps, and
sang around our bivouac fires and Whistled
IN the streets, and, when p, ace was de-
elared, and we scattered to our homes, car
ned to thousands Of 6resides as the most
precious relic Of the war OF 1912. Ferdi-
land Durang disd-I do not know where
and Frank Keys bones lie 10 the GENE.
ry at FrederIcktoWn but [ guess bat
'ong will live as long as there is an Amer
= - . a;-g it"-Mrs. Nor;o- F.,s.>-,
n HarPer's Magazine for July
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-07-01
SEADRIFT

Oh n IL
See where she tsnd on the V I sea sands
Lot KING Acr' IS the water
W q . tie night. ut wilder stiiI
The face Of The fishers dag Ter.
what does he there. IN tie Iightning's glare,
What does she there. | wundery
What dresd demon dr-gs Her forth
In the night snd Nind and tbuudeT'
Is Il tho ghosts that haunt this coasti
The cruel waves mount higher,
Ani tie beacon pierces TIE stormy q 4rk
With IT. jUe.in u f.ei
BeyoLd The light Of the be ,cou bright
merchantmsn T. tACkInv
lie hOsrse wind Nhi,tiirg ti,r, u n the shfuud.
And tie brittle tup.His ; Grading
The SEA 4 uosns ever dead mons bones,
TIE sea 10 tosms in anger
The cur ew- swoop through the son 1T sir
WIN warning cry OF dlLgyr.
The star FISH eiiIgs 70 the -reeI.sIIng.,
In vegu-. dumb sense a. peril
And the spray ~iih rs phantom Il gers grasps
Al the null ii d-y ANA ,tyrrie.
o.. Who j. she that St ,nis by TIE s.a.
ln thr nghtuing's gaIe uh auuttdf
seems tn nov K. NJ cost of t,I
By ene white spuit Lauutcd.
The night drses br, snd TIE hretker. d,-
Alo' z th- ragged ldees-
The robin irs 81 it- drenrred nest.
The h'NthOrn Oh the hedges
In shimme Ing lines, through H. sun pines.
The stealth o. ndyauce-.
A-d he heavy sea tog 4 u .lles hack
Before tbose bristri lances.
SIN she stardi on the vet s,s sand,--
The morning break above ler
Ana the cor - OF sailor CLEANS On the rocks
what i !. ~eie ler love.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-07-01
THE STAR sPANGLED BANNER.
HOW IT WAS COMPOSED AND SET TO MUSIC.

" And you knew Francis Key z"
Knew him Why be lived but few
doors above ny fathers house. There we're
once two brothers. John Ross and Philip
Barton Key. Philip was an officer in the
British army during the Revolutionary
war, while John was ID that Of the United
States. John lived on Pipes Creek, near
Taneytown, Frederick county, Maryland,
where Francis aud his sister Anna, Johns
only children, were born. There was an
eXiled Scotchman, Mr. Bruce said to have
been heir to the throne Of ScotIand-who
had built a mill on Pipes Greek, and
there, IN the company Of this noble aristo-
crat, Frank spent bis very early boyhood.
The brothers, Philip and John, were large,
manly looking fellows. but Frank and Anna
were Of much smaller mould. Anna Key
was q beautiful little girl with the cheer
fullest face and most pleasing smile ever
saw. When they moved into town, near
my fathers, Frank was half grown, and
ready 10 enter az law student with Roger
b. Taney, then at the head Of the Fred
erIck bar. Roger was a tall, gaunt fellow,
a. lean, they used 10 az, a. a Potomac
herring, aui a. snrcwd D. tie sbrewdrs.
Ivy uarrri bright Irte Anna. 10 a,
nike the unlon Of a hawk with sky lark
but she lived to be the wife Of Chef
Justice OF the United States, and | never
heard that either repented Of their mar
rIage. Mr. Taney was a strict Catholic,
and Frank an EpIscopalian, not considered
very Jealous and sharp 10 bis profession,
ana much gwen to dreaming. lie went to
Virginia, aud brought home a wife much
larger and taller than himself, went to
housekeeping Oh Market street, and bad
couple Ut little children when | left home
m 1873 70 seek my fortune in Lancaster.
Pennsy lvania.
You have heard Of Admiral Cock
burr, who commanded the British fleet
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-07-01
The Elements

The following list contains the names Of
all the known elements, or primary bodies,
Of which the entire creation Of our earth,
air and sea, "and all that in them is, ap-
pears to be composed Those marked With
an asterlsk ~, variOusly compounded and
endowed with life, form the living organ
isms, both animal and plant Those mark
ed With a dagger (t) form he water those
with a parallel lNl the air. Those marked
with a section On are a family Of them
selves, whose peculiarly is their salt pro
ducing power All the rest are metals,
and partake Of an inanimate or earthly ma
ture.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-07-01

" You have heard Of Admiral Cock
burn, who commanded the British fleet
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-07-01

Owing 10 JulunGupn or ring Of
some kind amongst coal operators ~
Plusburgh aud vicinity, the price Of
Pittsburgh coal has advanced IN Gin
cinnati to 81 90 per load. Il has been
selling for SO 90 for some weeks past
Canal coal il $3.50 per load, and cheap
rr at that price than PItlsburgh coal at
q 90. Semi csnnrl coal from The
Kanawhe river coal region sells at
IS so.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-07-01

The St. Clair shaft has been stopped
by order of the Nine Inspector, for tear
that the water from w adeSvllle shaft,
which Is being let in to smother the
tire there, should force its way into and
drown those working in the ST. CLAIR
shaft. St. Clair feels this donble mis-
fortune very sensibIy, as it leaves with
out employment several hundred men
and boys.
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-02

The JuIy statement of the national debt
shows a reduction that munth of S87JI,-
e,,6. Since inaG- G-uration of President
Grant there has been paid over two hund-
red and forty million d liars, or To be pre-
else, up to the lst of this present month
the total payments were S242,lZoriVl.
That was from March lst, 1869. to August
list, 1871 By this marvellous economy
and iru :ality, the interes' charge has been
decreased 81 l.230.ll7 per month, or Sll,-
76l,4J4 per year. In March, 1859. the
annual interest on the public debt was
S126, 6,29J,744. 1t is now but Slll ,6-9,-
3IU BY the close of the calendar year It
promises to be as low as s 05.OOO,0O0,
and by the ose of Grants present term,
it can hardly be over S9J.000. 900! That
is to say, a reduction will have been made
in fur years of S36 JJ0 0J0 in the annual
interest IN III, debt This is what the
Tammany thieves and their California ech.
o.s call the proHigate waste of tn. peoples
money. Now look at their side OF the
picture. On the 3lst Of December. 1869,
the debt of New York city was S34 ,407,-
O47. and on the 3Jth day of April, lS71-a-
8 xteen mnnths-the debt If New York
city. under the management Of these
plnndering dem gog1 \. wis Ss454l. .186.
The increase WIS S5).l3fI39. or mnre
than sI.l=0.00J per m,nth of which-te-
tai sum more than three-fourths must have
been stolen by the ring" aud its various
links.
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-02

NICE Thing TO lNDoRsE.-Governor
Hsight is known to tave given his appro-
val to eighteen subsidy bills passed at the
last session the Legislature. The plat
form adopted by the Democratic State
Convention contains the following:
"Resovcd, That We heartily inIorse
the Democratic State Administration and
declare 1t eninently entitled to the entire
cnti lence ID approval Of the whole
people"
In other words, the Democratic party
indorses the action of Gov IIaight in
signing these subsidy bills, while profess
il. to 90 before the people as strong ly anti
subsidy as do the Republicans 1t is,
NOR over, an indvisement :. f his action in
taxing mo ey from the State Treasury
with which to erect ton b to o de.
ceased friend The donation ot' money
from the contingent fund (in his own
name) toward paying for The Neumau flags,
after having vetoed a bill providn for
th ynent for the flags out Of the Trea.
.ury. The party m,iorses all this, and
thu has the cheek 20 ask the people to
support its nom.u Is Bee
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-02
Notice to whom 1t may Concern.
UsrrEp STATES LAND OFFICE.
L q i Oh


UsIrED STATES LAND OFFICE.
Shasta, Cal, An ust Sth 1871.
In the matter Of the Pre- mn tim claim of Arnod
Tapie. deceased tn the s fthe and the
& WI fthe S E 1 of Section No. l8. Township
M. 81 North Range, West Mount Diab.o Base
and NJ, ridisn:
whsr, as Marie Tapie whose Post Office address
is Shasta, County Of Shasta State of Californi4,
has made spplicatia this office 70 enter agri-
cultural land the tract Of land above described
under the Pre- enlption laws Of the United States
As widow and Administrative on behslf Of th !,
Heirs of sail rnod Tapie. decess d. And Where
ss on the day Of A d. 1870. Robert B, rg Ph :
lip Hitler Hugh M.Crncken. Schsurer Bernhard
James Watson. Willism Walsh, Adolph Mnnville
William Bnatrght. and Dennis Pender, filed in the
o. S. Land ofcs At Mar sville. CAL. their affidavit
alleging the said land to be mi sral in character
and more valuable for mineral than agri, ultural
purposes, Now Therefore notice is hereby given
have appointed the 18th day of September. A. b
1871. ~ 10 o'clock. A. N. the U. +. Lard OF
8 IN the town and county Of Shasta. State Of Cal
ifornis, as the time and place for the hearing Of
testimony before the Register and Receiver of said
Mice &c determine the fs It's I" the minefsl or
NON mineral character # aid land. at which time
and place all parties in interest. with fh, ir wit
nesses may he heard. and their testimony reduced
to writing: after which the pros eedings will he
unlimited to the C-mmissi ner of the General
Land ONCE for -sview pri,r y, q Zeal ard. And
In eas. Of failu to appear and show the land
B. be more valushle for mining rhan for agrirul-
tural pprpos.s. the said applicant will be allow.
enter the land embraced in her appirsiion npOn
sat sfsctnry proof that sad land is more valuab
for agricultural ID for mineral pur poses and that
ths said applicant has fully complied with the
fequifsnsrts oftns Pr emp'ion laws.
JN0. &. FOIL tNsBER. Register.
CHARLES MCDONALD, Rseeiver.
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-02
NUMBER %.


bis whvlesome law parsed to circum-
vent the decision Of the Supreme Court
which had d clsred the Passenger Act"
Of 1858 unconstitutional, was taken before
Democratic Supreme Court In .the-e case
of ~ Lin Sing IS WasbburD," and was DE-
cided null aud void. hus matters rested
until the session of 1869 TO- The Desho.
Gratis then had sixty-eight majority 10 the
lower house and sixteen majority, iu the
Senate. Both houses were flooded with
unconstitutional measures, but nothing was
done except to pass bill introduced BY
Miller of Dorado, taxing all Chinese
four dollars per mouth This bill our
worthy Governor (probably through sym-
pashy for:his elder brethren,) put in his
pocket. and it is there yet. 81
When legitimate opportunity was of.
fered to strike blow 10 favor Of white Ia.
bor, then Democratic hyplcrIsy became ap-
par,n Mr.. Romer b,ving introduced
bill to donate certain salt marsh and tide
lands to the North Pacific Railroad: when
the bill came up for action on the 24th Of
Feb'y, the following proceedings we're had.
which eau be found on page 4S3 Of the
Assembly Journal.
MIR Mcmillan moved to recommit the
bill to the Committee on ominerce and
Navi ation, With special Instructions osdd
to section four the following amendment :
That if any Mongolian or Asiatic be em.
ployed on the construction cf the North
Pacific Railroad, in any capaci y, that all
State all herein granted shall re vert to the
State
. he House refused by vote Of q to
SO to re .ommit. and then passed the bill
by vote Of 20 to 23-eight of the twelve
Republican members OF the Assembly
voting again its passage.
Or a verify We believe, with Laspeyre,
that parties should be j lged by their
acts" And yet every Democratic whang.
doodle III the State will tell you his party
is opposed to Chinese labor and immigra-
tion.
The Shasta courier., 1871-09-02
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Andrew j. Welct. deceased. Notice il
be rebv given by the undersigned. admins rafrix
of the above nam,1 Estate, to the creditors Of
and all persons having claims against said deceas
ed 70 exhibit the same With necessary vouchers
within ten months from the first publication of thi-
notice. u the undersigned, at her residence near
Miilville Shasta County. California.
MARTHA WEIGH.
Adminstratrix
CnAs. A, CARTER. Atty for Admi- -istratrix.
Shasts, July 20. II. ii