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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-02
NO BRAINS.

Judge Ray, the Temperance lecturer, in
ono of his efforts, got off the following hit
at " moderate drinkers"
All those who in youth acquired a
habit of drinking whisky, at forty years
of age will be total abstaners or drunk
ards. No person can use whisky for years
with moderation. If there is a person in
the audience before me, whose experience
disputes this, let him mako it known. l
will account for it, or acknowledge that I
am mistaken
A largo man arose, and folding his arms
across his breast said:
Il offer myself as one whose experience
contradicts your statements"
care you moderate drinker Pr
81 am"
GLOW long have you drank in modera-
ton ~
"Forty years.
"And wore never intoxicated"
"Never.'
We'll" remarked the Judge, scanning
the subject from head to foot, "yours is a
singular case; yet think it is easily &C
counted for. am reminded by it little
story. A colored man, with loaf of
bread and bottle of whisky sat down to
dine, on the bank of clear stream. In
breaking the bread he dropped some
crumbs into the water. There were eager
ly seized and eaten by the fish. This cir
cumstance suggested to the darkey the
idea of dipping the bread into the whisky
and feeding it to them. 1t worked WE'LL
Some of the fish ate it, and became drunk
and fioated helplessy upon the surface
In this way he easily caught large num-
Der. But in the stream was a large fish
very unlike the rest. 1t partook freely Of
the bread and whisky with no perceptable
effect. 1t was shy of every effort of the
the darkey to take it. He resolved to
take it all hazards, that he might learn its
name and nature. He procured net and
after much effort, caught the fish and car
ried it to colored neighbor and asked his
opinion in the mntter. The other surveyed
the wonder moment and then said:-
&C Sambo, understand dis case, dis fish is
mullet head, it amt got any brains" "In
other Words" added the Judge, "alchohol
effects only brain, and of course, those hav-
ing none may drink without injury
The storm of laughter which followed,
drove, moderate drinksr' from the
house,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-02
Four Hundred Years Ago.

Those persons who are in tho habit of
wishing for tho return Of "the good old
times are probably willing to be under
stood with qualification. We do not sup
pose, for instance, that they would desire
restoration of the middle of tho fifteenth
century, with all its characteristics, as they
were manifested in country life in England
A precarious condition of affairs in that
period is revealed in the PASTOR Letters, an
edition of which has been recently pub
lished for the edificati ion Of bibliomaniacs
In the letters of Margaret Mantely to
her husband, John Pastor, written about
1449, reference is continually made to out
RACES and scenes Of violence. Margaret
writes to her husband, praying him to get
some cross-brows and bolts, as their house
is so low that {: long bow could not be used
however great the need might be. Two or
three short pole axes, she suggest, should
be kept within the doors, as their enemies
had made bars to bar the door cross rise,
and wickets at every quarter Of the house
to shoot out at, both with bows and hand
guns, and five holes to shoot through knee
high from the floor. The use of those
war-like instruments wasApparent enough,
as i'll the following year, during the alb
scence of her husband, Lord Moleyns at
tackled Margaret in her manor-house at
Gresham, sending there ga riotous people,
arrayed in manner of war;" They came
with bows, arrows, shields, guns, and pans
with fire, broke down the gates and doors
with long trees, mined down the wall Of
the chamber in which Margaret was, broke
up all the co!fers and stuffs of the value
of e2OO. Breaking of heads and wound
ing with daggers were everyday &C
currences.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-02

A BEAUTIFUL EXrERIMENT.-The fol-
lowing beautiful chemical experiment may
be easily performed by lady, to the great
establishment of circle at her tea party:
Take two or three leaves of red cabbage,
cut them into small bits, put them into a
basin, and pour pint of boiling watsr on
them; lot it stand an hour, then pour it off
into decanter. 1t will be fine blue
color. Then take four wine glasses; into
one put six drops of strong vinegar; into
anothe six drops of solution Of Soda into
the third strong solution of alum, and
let the fourth remain empty. The glasses
may be prepared some time before, and
the few drops of colorless liquid that have
been placed in them will not be noticed
Fill up the glasses from tho decanter, and
the liquid poured into the glass containing
tho acid will become a beautiful red; the
glass containing the soda will become a
fine green; that poured into the empty ono
will remain unchanged. BY adding lit
tie vinegar to the green it will immedi ately
change to a rod, and on adding little
solution of soda to the red it will assume a
fine green, thus showing the action of
acids and alkalies on vegetable blues.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-02
DR.. Franklin described the farmers

Adversely e1asperates fools; defects
towards, draws out the faculties of the
wise and industrious, puts the modest to
opulent, and makes the idle industrious.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-02

sB-Oak Hall may be the popular cloth
ing house but to have your clothes clean
use MOORE & Bros Wilmington City Soap.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-02

BEAUTY OF OLD PEoPLE.-Men and
women make their own beauty, or their
own ugliness. Lord Lytton speaks of a
man "who was uglisr than he had any
business to be-, and, if he could but read
it, every human being carries his life in
his face, and is good looking, or the re-
verse, as that life has been good or evil.
On our features the fine ohisels Of thought
and emotion are externally at work
Beauty is not the monopoly of blooming
young mon and of white and pink maids.
There is a slow growing beauty, which
only como TO perfection in old age. Grace
belongs to no period of life, and goodness
improves the longer it exists.
DR.. Franklin described the farmers
condition in 1776 as follows:
"Farmer at the plough,
Wife milking COW,
Daughters spinning yarn,
Boys thrashing in the barn
All happy to charm"
Another gives the account of 1872 as fol-
lows:
"The farm gone to see show,
His daughter at the piano;
Madam gayly dressed in satin,
All the boys are learning Latin
With mortgage on the farm"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-02

DANBURY SPECTACLEs.-Wh an elderly
individual loses an article, the entire neigh
borhood is quite apt to hear of it. There
is an old gentleman who recently lost his
spectacles, and he tore around the house,
and out in the yard shouting, "Where's
them spectacles?' Merciful heaven! won't
anybody find them spoctacles ?" And he
kept this up for days at time, stirring up
tho whole community into state of ex-
element that was extremely hurtful. He
looked himself into every place whore a
pair of spectacles would be likely to con zeal
ITSELF such as under the wood pile, in the
parlor stove, and on top Of the barn, but
to ne avail. Saturday morning he was
taking sitting hen from the nest when he
found his glasses. She had probably seen
they were not her size, and had concealed
them there until an opportunity offered to
exchange them for a suitable pair.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-02
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-02
THE GEYSER REGION.

One who has visited the wonderful Gey-
ser region in the Yellowstone National
Park, near the line of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, expresses the belief that this
collection of natural marvels will be of
more Importance to the revenues of the
railroad in the multitudcs of tourists it
will attract, than would be a city Of $780,
600 people midway on tho route. Hon. N
P. Langford, Government Superintendent
of the Park, says, in recent official
report:
"There are 1000 hot springs, large aad
small, in this basin, and of this number
probably 200 are Geysers. The whole
basin is enveloped in steam, and seen at a
distance, is like the approach to cluster
of manufactures. The Geysers project
water with terrific force, and in fabulous
quantities, and in every conceivable form,
to heights varying from twenty to too hun
dred and fifty feet. These seen in the rays
Of midday sun, or in the beams of a full
moon, are inexpressibly grand. Unlike
any other scenery in the world, they amaze
the beholder by their magnitude and novel
ty. \
Ten miles farther down the river are the
two great cataracts, and the Grand Canyon
of the Yellowstone, perhaps the most
stupendous elements of tho scenery in the
Park. The upper fall is 115 feet in height;
the lower, which plunges directly into the
Canyon, is $50 feet, and the Canyon itself,
varying from one to three thousand feet
in depth, is forty miles in length, and for
the whole distance presents to the eye the
most wonderful chasm in the world. Jets
Of hot vapor issue from its sides, and celor
them with the most brilliant dyes of
nature. From its profound depths stars
are visible in the day time.
Nothing has been, nothing can be said,
to magnify the wonders Of this national
pleasuring ground. 1t is all, and more
than all, that it has been represented. In
the catalogue of earthly wonders it is the
greatest and must ever remain so. 1t
confers distinctive character upon our
country, greater than that Of Niagara,
Yosemite, Or Mommoth Cave, though each
Of these is, in itself, without parallel
But here, the grandest, most wonderful,
and most unique elements of nature are
| combined, seemingly to produce, upon the
most stupendous scale, an exhibition unlike
any other on the globe. 1t should be sus-
tained. Our government, having adopted
it, should foster it, and render it accessible
to the people of all lands, who, in future
time, will come in crowds to visit it,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-22
A MONSTER ANVIL.

Vulcan himself, with ali his Swart
giants who worked at the gods smithies
Etna, never owned such au anvil ~ wItl
soon be IN use Ill new rolling mills at
WOOlwich, England. For long time
past the engineers have been busy at the
Royal Gun Factories of the Arsenal in
constructing this Titanic piece nf iron-
mongery, ana they are now deppsillng IN
ifs place the enormous plate which is to
form the bed of the anvil block. THIS
plate weighs of itself 107 tons, aud had to
be cast of necessity iu an open mould. Ito
surface which is to receive the auvi block
lay, therefore, downward, and when after
many weeks the colossalc4sting grew cool,
1t Was needfnl to turn the huge mass com.
pleteIy over. At the appointed time an
army of sturdy smiths undertook THE
task with hydraulic jacks, and comb
natlon of the strongest TICKLE; before
night they had lifted the m ons trous lump
81 s"lld metal, twenty-five feet square, and
since then they had laird it on its bed
upon the rock like structure If concrete
and piles made to receive 10. The anvil.
bloch to be mounted ON the huge plate
will weigh only trife short OF 800 tons.
and the steam hammer which WIKI strike
upon 1t IS made of thirty i've TINS of sol id
metal, the blow at full force being, of
I course, treme Rdous. In fact it is rather
doubtful what will happen to WooIwic
AMI its vicinity when the mighty piece of
mechanism gets 10 work. That the earth
around will shake ADD the mir roll with
M a Hred thunder seems probable: for
nothing like his Sup .ndous forge has
ever been st tn work since the b, Its OF
Jove were hammered. Thor's famous
weapon was u mere driver Of tia tacks
cou rasted with it; aud indeed, the old
Norske god, for all his huge strength,
would be ouzzi ed tn throw this Woo.vich
tooI--which, TAX ug all its metal work
together, weighs hard upon 500 tons.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-22
JOHN STUART MILLS TRIBUTE T.
3''cq 70 19ida TO HIS WIFE, b1A


The death Of John Stuart MIN recalls
40 incident which revealed the depths OF
his tender nature. His work on Liberty"
appeared in 1859. soon after the death Of
his wife, and the memory of the lsdy's
singular abilities and womaaIy vi rtues
vas embslmod by him in the touch i a g
and eloquent dedication Of the volume.
T, ,xo. ae f,Ilow ps@ Ao hotFon H0 a@TE
i. ITO the beloved and deplored memory
of herwilol was the infpirer, and in part
tae author, of5all that 10 beat in my
writings the friend and wife whose az
allied sense of truth and right was my
strongest iucitemenl, and whose appro-
baton Was my chief reward-I dedicate
ths velum0 Like all have written fbr
many years, it belongs as much to her as
&c me; but the work as it stands has had,
in very insufficient degree, the inesti-
Unable advantage Of her evision; some of
the most important portions having been
reserved for more careful examination,
which they are now never destined To re-
ceive.f Were but 5c4pable OF Interpret
ling to the world one half the great
thoughts and noble feelings which are
huriyd Ia her grave, should be the mo
dunn OF a greater benefit to it than il
fever likely to arise from anything that l
can write, unprompted and unasslstsd by
her all but unrivaled wisdom, 20" E'@
Mrs. Mill lies buried 1T Avignon, long
the home OF the well.mated pair, and in
the spring of every year since her dea h
he has made a pilgrimage to her grave
During the last of these visits he died
The world now pays to him tribute q.
sincere aad just as that which he paid te
her.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-22

There is'iiving In Detroit venerable and
respected lady who, to thoee who knew
her is the her line of strange story. She
may ne seen almost any day on the streets,
hurrying fron'her tour of shopping back to
her pleasant little home, where, over her
needle and thread, ner fancies have Tul
pay. and memory issuprerne. She is a wo.
usan OF rare intellect and grca: cultivation.
and charming couversationalist. She bas
been twice married ana vice widow and
now. as time isdrawing his silver t.acings
through her hair, she moves alone The
loved ones OF the past are gone. Fler inter.
ests and her affections draw her toward the
world OF spirits. She was in her young DAYS
the helrothed OF Jefferson Davis. Wow thew
never married Is not known. It is certain.
however whatever may have prevented the
contamination Of their early plans. she and
the rebel President have never lost their re-
gard for each other. They still exchange
letters and watch over each others. welfare !.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-22

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Hf9 l2w43
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-22

The sbowmen at Vicksburg, Mississ-
ippI, In order to exclude the negroes
from their exhibitions without violation
OF law, have adopted the device of issu-
ing cards Of invitation" soliciting the
company ofthe holder thereof to the en-
terta'nnent, spenlfying the plumber of
nls seat and informing him that sin
order To meet the necessary expenses he
~ expe ted to pay" whatever the price
Ola ticket" would usually be. Theap
invitations" are not transferable.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-22
Ayers Cathartic Pills,

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- OILS. They are mil
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49, , nssa,.s s.rsly veg
EM 49, no mercury or rnil
20 $3.50 49, srAl whatever. Nuc
@H serious eiekmees an
1872 ~aara-7 : suffering 10 proven
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Long experience has proved theNa 10 ba sha "a,
est, surest and best Of all the PILE with whioj
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activity. Internal organs which become eloprot
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Although searching, they are mild, and operat
without disturbance to the constellation, diet, o.
occupation. Hau t# sgf
Full directions are given on the wrapper te
cach box, how to use them as Family Physic
and for the following complaints which thest
For Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Listloss-
ness, LanGuor, and Loss of Appetite. theJ
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ach, and restore its healthy tone and action.
For Liver Complaints and les various symp.
toms, Bilious Headache, Sick Head
s.ciIe, Jaundice or Green sickness, B2I.
iuus Collie and Bilious Fevers, they shOuld
E9 judiciously taken for each sase to correct the
diseased action or remove the distinctions which
cause it. il st'+k
For Dysentery or DiarrRoO@, bss enc
mild dose is generally required.
For Rheumatism, GOuts GrssyWA Pal
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side, Back, and Lofns, they should be contin.
uously taken, as required, to change the diseased
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they should be taken in large and freoueuf dose
to produce the effect of . drastic purge.
For Suppression, n large dose shcnld bf
aiken, as It produces Tho desired e1ecE by sym,
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AS q Dinner Pill. take one or TIVE piyza n
promote digestion and relieve the stomach
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
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The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-09
BULLS
WORM DESTROYER
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER FROM
GEORGIA.

VILLANow, Walker Co., Ga,
June Is. {
DIR. John Bull-Dear Sir: / have recently given
yonr Worm Destroyer several trials, and find ii
wonderfully efheacions. 1t has not failed in q sin
gle instance to have the wished for effect. am
doing pretty large country practice and have
daily use for some article of the kind
am, sir. respectfully,
JULIUS +. CLEMENT, NJ. D.
P. $50 unqualified and numerous are the testi-
monials in favor Of my Worm Destroyer that news
paper space is entirely too small to tell its merits
1t is an infallible remedy for Worms. Try it and
be convinced. See my journal for more full de-
scription.
JOHN BULL.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-09
LOTTERY.
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after the drawing For balance of Prizes send for
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AGENTS WANTED Address J. NJ. PATTEE, Mana
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The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-09


s.a.aS wrought Iron Frame
gives greater strength aha sh sa,I;. r. srnine
single tongue affordlng pstsSi i~N'4's - S4AAAe'
and less liability to accident
It's height of Axle gives greater eiearAhee iof
"a. z.,I,r,Ietrees Lowered to the direct line
- 80 ralIayes All downward pressure on the end
OF tongue
its improved Safety Break relieves the shov-
els and beams nom extraordinary sIalh Wnen
meeting an obstruction.
It's wrought Iron Coupling gives greater
strength and durability to this, the vital point In
All Cultivators.
It's Shoseis are Adjustable TO deep or shall
low work, as well as to throw the soil either way.
II Is essentially Wrought Iron Machine.
Either Wood or Iron Beams are furnished,
according TO preference.
These improvements commend themselves to the
farming community; and you have only TO exam
Inc the ADVANCE" to be convinced of its sHpe-
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The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-09
BULLS
SARsAPARILLA

Read the foEloetng ertract Of letter
from Mrs. Rieers, aoife Of Regerend Or.
Rioers, one Of the most learned eloquent,
and popular Ministers Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and srho IS at present
stationed at Broadray Church, Loafspiue,
kentucky.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-09

= LII 10 ExTR ACT 3 U G n u.
Is the only known Remedy for Brights. Dis
ease, and has cured every case of Diabefes in
which it has been given, Irritation Of the Neck
OF the Bladder and Inflammation Of the Kidneys
liberation OF the Kidneys and Bladder, Retel-
ton of Urine, Diseases Of the Prostate GLAND.
Stone in the Bladder, Gravel, Brick Dust Deposit
and Mucous or Milky Discharges. and toT Ell
feebled and Delicate Constitutions of both sexes
attended with the following sgnpt .1 ~ Rrst.
Snr Weak Nerves, wakefulness, Pain ia the
Back. Flushing Of the Body, Eruption on NE
Face. PalHd Countenance, Lassltaoe OF the
Used BY persons in the deeline or change Of
life. after confinement or labor pains, bed-wef-
ing in children. etc.
IN many affections peeuliar to ladies, the Ex-
tract Buehu is unequaIed by any other remedy
Asin ChIorosis or Retention, frregularify, PAIN
fitness or Suppression Of Customary Rvacuafione
liberated or Sehirrus state Of the Uterus, Leu
corrhaa or Whites, Sterility, and for all COM
plants incident to the sex II 10 prescribed
extensively by. the most eminent Physicians and
Midwiyes for enfeehled and delicate constiu-
tons of both sexes and ali Ages
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-05-09

Ny journal abounds with similar letters, all of
which I guarantee to be genuine and written by
the persons whose name they bear
Do not suffer yourself to be imposed on. Don't
be drawn away after new and doubtful expert
ments. Don't risk your health by letting novices
experiment upon you with their trash.
My sarsaparilla has stood the test Of twenty five
years it is still the sarsaparila Of the day, and Of
the age, towering over all Others in popularity and
its curative qualities.
Avoid all those who are trying TO palm of on
you other extracts Of Sarsaparilla so-called Re
member it is Dr. John Bulls SarsapsriIa, Of Louis
vile, KY that Is the old and reliable remedy for
impurities of the blood and scrofulous affections.
Always bear that in mind