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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-08-01
THE BENEFITS OF CAMPING OUT.

The best article in Lippincotfs Magazine
for August is the one on "The Camp
Cure" by DR.. S. Weir Mitchell. We ex-
tract few remarks, which set forth the
benefits of outdoor life in a very clear and
convincing manner:
"This indeed is true and potent alter
alive; and just what it is in detail-how
full of harmless and health-giving enjoy
ments and of novel surprises-will bear a
little comment. 1t is an odd thing at first
to feel you are living out of doors with no
builded home to sleep in; but this simple
fact is full of value. In our common,
every day life Of house and street we prac-
tically change our climate whenever we
leave or enter house, and from this, with
overheating of our homes, come, | suspect,
the many little colds and nasal catarrhs to
which most of us are liable. The dweller
in tents has SO much annoyance, and far
from the constant exposure giving rise to
diseases of lung and throat, the outdoor
life seems to be an almost absolute insur-
ance against these. Yet the changes Of
temperature are often enormous, but as
they are always natural, and unaccented
by going into and out Of hou ses, their lack
of abruptness seems to deprive them of
danger. On the northwest shore of Lake
Superior, the midday temperature in Au-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-08-01

gust was often 70o to 800 Fahrenheit, and
the minimum of the night 80 to G5o; yet,
as l remember, no one of large party
suffered in any way. Both on our sea-
coast and in Maine this is well understood,
and Is often practically applied; SO that it
is thought to be best for persons recover
ing from intiammatory rheumatism to live
on the sounds for awhile or out in the
woods, add as soon as possible to loosen
the stiffened joints by handling an axe.
Not only are well people better for such
steady exposure, but cases of chronic
throat trouble, catarrhal disorders and
chronic bronchitis rapidly disappear under
the natural and mild treatment of what,
for brevity, l have ventured to call the
Camp Cure. | have more than once seen
alarming coughs simply vanish after a few
nights in camp, while, on the other hand,
it was common thing among our men and
officers during the late war to find that a
leave of absence and the exchange Of tent
life for house-life frequently brought about
colds or coughs. | will recall also a case
of chronic loss of voice, which for years
had bafiled many wise doctors, and was
perfectly and permanently cured by three
weeks in camp on the Potomac. During
the war it was a subject Of freqvent sur
prise to civil surgeons to see how speedily
wounds healed when men were living in
tent-hospitals, and how potent was their
use in dispelllng and checking the pro-
gress of that horror of all surgical hor-
rors, hospital gangrene. l have several
times had occasion to remark while in
camp upon the same quick healing of
wounds, and to see injuries which at home
would have sent man to bed, get well
without the slightest annoyance and with
singular rapidity. The evils which are
naturally dreaded as results of camp-life
have in reality no existence.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-08-01
A MOTHERS BOY.

els there a vacant place in this bank
which 1 could fill ?" was the inquiry of
boy, as, with a glowing cheek, he stood
before the manager.
"There is none" was the reply. "Were
you told that you could obtain situation
here? Who recommended you?"
"No one recommended me, SIR" calmly
answered the boy. 81 only thought 1
would see''
There was straightforwardnes in the
manner, and honest determination in the
countenance of the lad, which pleased the
man of business, and induced him to con.
tinue the conversation. He said:
"Iou must have friends who could aid
you in obtaining situation; have you told
them? ~ -,
The quick flash of the deep blue eyes
was quenched in the overtaking wave of
sadness, as he said, though half musingly:
My mother said it would be useless to
try without friends;' then recollecting him
SELF he apologized for the interruption, and
was about to withdraw, when the gentle
man detained him by asking why he did
not remain at school for year or two, and
then enter the business world.
81 have no time" was the reply. 81
study at home, and keep up with tho other
boys"
i" Then you have place already" said
his interrogation. "Why did you leave it ?"
81 have not left it," answered the boy,
quietly.
"But you wish to leave. What is the
matter?''
For an instant the child hesitated; then
he replied, with half reluctant frankness:
81 must do more for my mother ~
Brave words talisman of success any,
where, everywhere. They sank into the
heart of the Misunderstanding the radiant
past Grasping the hand of the astonished
child, he said, with quivering voice:
"My boy, what is your name? You
shall fill the first vacancy for an apprentice
that occurs in the bank. If, in the mean
time, you need friend, come to me. But
now give me your confidence. Why do you
wish to do more for your mother? Have
you no father?''
Tears filled his eyes as he replied: "My
father is dead, my brothers and sisters are
dead and mother and l are left alone to
help each other. But she is not strong,
and l wish to take care of her. 1t will
please her, sir, that you have been so kind,
and am much obliged to you" So say
ing, the boy left, little dreaming that his
own nobleness of character had been as a
bright glance of sunshine into that busy
world he had so tremblingly entered. A
boy animated by a desire to help his mother
will always find friends.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-08-01

THE EARLY EDUCATION OF CHILDREN.
In lecture, Professor Walter II. Smith,
of Boston, Mass, said that the want of
accuracy in children should be no source Of
sorrow. He considered it more desirable
that they should be dull and stupid at first,
that their process of education might be
more gradual and thorough. A rapid de-
velopment should be checked rather than
encouraged. One plan Of instruction which
was followed with success was a course Of
study of lines and forms, requiring the
pupils to draw from description and dicta-
ton. Simple forms and objects should be
selected first; and when the pupils are
sufficiently advanced, more difficult and
complex forms could be substituted, each
step being so gradual that no perceptible
improvement is shown at the time, but
which, when looked upon afterward, will
denote rapid progress. This plan, he said,
insured perfect attention OH the part of the
pupil, and developed an absorbing interest
in the work.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-08-01
should become habitual among our work.

should become habitual among our work
ers. Toll would be sweeter if there were
a reward at the end of it; work would be
gentler when used as means for securing
pleasure which stands closer than an old
age of ease; character would be softer and
richer and more childlike, when acquired
among genial, every day delights. The
all-subordinating strife for wealth, carried
on with fearful struggles and constant
self-denials, makes us petty, irritable and
hard. When the whole American people
have learned that dollars worth of pure
pleasure is worth more than a dollars
worth of anything else under the sum- that
working is not living, but only the means
by which we win a living; that money is
good for nothing except for what it brings
of comfort and culture; and that we live
not in the future, but the present, they
will be happy people-happier and better
than they have been. "The morrow shall
take thought for the things of ITSELF" may
not be an accepted maxim in political econ
omy, but it was uttered by the wisest being
that ever lived in the world, whose mission
it was to make men both good and happy.
DR.. j. G. Holland. Scribner's for Ausust
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-08-01
HARVEST.
BY NELLY N. HUTCHINSON.

Sweet, sweet, sweet,
Is the winds song,
Astr in the ripled wheat
All day long.
1t hath the brooks wild gayety,
The sorrowful cry of the sea.
Oh, hush and hear!
Sweet, sweet, and clear,
Above the locust's whirr,
And hum of bee,
Rises that soft, pathetic harmony.
In the meadow-grass
The innocent white daisies blow;
The dandelion plume doth pass
Vaguely to and fro
The unquiet spirit of flower
That hath too brief an hour.
Now doth little cloud all white
Or golden bright
Drift down the warm, blue sky;
And now on the horizon line,
Where dusky woodlands lie,
A sunny mist doth shine,
Like to a veil before holy shrine,
Concealing,
Half revealing
Things Divine.
Sweet, sweet, sweet,
Is the winds song,
Astir in the rippled wheat
All day long.
That exquisite music calls
The reaper everywhere
Life and death must share,
The golden harvest falls.
So doth all end
Honored Philosophy,
Science and Art,
The bloom of the heart
Master, CONSIDER, Friend,
Make Thou the harvest of our days
To fall within Thy ways.
Scr,6ner's for august
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-08-01
A MARKET FOR OLD HATS.

We find the following odd story in the
London academy:
"The group of islands known as the
Nicobars, situated $50 miles south of the
Andamans, has been but little explored,
though the manners and customs of the
inhabitants of these islands offer very in
teresting peculiarities to the notice of the
ethnologist. One of the most noticeable
of these, and one which seriously affects
tie trade Of the island, is the passion for
old hats, which, without exception, per-
vades the whole framework of society.
No one is exempt from it. Young and
old, chief and subject alike, endeavor to
out vie each other in the singularity of
shape no less than in the number of the
old hats they can acquire during their life
time. On fine morning at the Nicobars,
it is no unusual thing to see the surface of
the ocean in the vicinity of the islands
dotted over with canoes, in each of which
the noble savage, with nothing whatever
on but the conventional slip of cloth and
tall white hat with black band, may be
watched standing up and catching fish for
his daily meal. Second hand hats are most
i'll request, new hats being looked upon
with suspicion and disgust. This curious
passion is so we'll that traders from
Calcutta make annual excursions to the
Nicobars with cargoes of old hats, which
they barter for cocoa nuts, the only pro-
duct of these islands; good tall white
hat with black band, brings from fifty
five to sixty-five good cocoa nuts. Intense
excitement pervades the island while the
trade is going on, and fancy prices are
often asked and obtained. When the hats
or the cocoa nuts have at length come to
an end, the trader generally lands cask
or two of rum, and the whole population
in their hats get drunk without intermis-
sion until the rum also comes to an end.
1t is curious that in those far away regions
SO profitable a market should be found for
cast-off specimens of one of the most dis
agreeable symbols of civilization.
The same yearning after better things in
a more advanced stage may be observed in
Madagascar, where no official is content if
he cannot deck himself out in the furnished
plumage of some long defunct admiral,
general or ambassador"
A STRANGE SIGHT AT SEA.-In the year
1885, the captain of a Greenland whaling
vessel, found himself at night surrounded
by icebergs, and :" lay to ~ until morning,
expecting every moment to be ground to
pieces. In the morning he looked about
and saw ship near by. He hailed it, but
received no answer. Getting into boat
with some of his crew, he pushed out for
the mysterious craft. Coming alongside
the vessel, he saw through the portfolio a
man at a table, as though keeping log
book, frozen to death. The last date in
the log book was 1869, showing that the
vessel had been drifting for thirteen years
among the ice. The sailors were found
frozen among the hammocks, and others
in the cabin. For thirteen years this ship
had been carrying its burden of corpses-a
drifting sepulchre manned Ivy frozen
crew.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-08-01

t3 An Irishman who got laughed at for
making faces over some persimmons, re-
torted thus: " Ye may grin, We mutton
headed idiots; but l can lather the sowl
out of the man that split vinegar on thin
plums"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-08-01
Meetings Of County Commissioners.

THE regular meetings of the County Commissioners
month.
Persons having claims against the County will please
fe the in the Commissioner Office with legal
voucher; account will be allowed not properly
ehargeabls to the same.
Collectors and others having accounts to be stated
settled will apply to the Clerk during the of the
Board. By Order
l. p. VANARsDALE, Clerk
Commissioners of Cecil County.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-05-20
I Have Drank My Last Glass.

No, comrades, thank you, not any for me;
My last chain is rivcn, hcnceforward I'm free
win 80 TO my home and my children tonight
With no fumes of liquor their spirits to blight
And with tears in my eyes will beg my poor wife
To forgive me the wreck have made of her life !;
81 have never refused you before :" let that pass,
For I've drank my last glass boys,
1 have drank my last glass
Just look at me now, boys In rags and disgrace,
With my bleared hoggGIi eyes, and my rcd,
bloated face
Mark my faltcring step, and weak, palsiel hand,
And the mark on my brow, that is worse than
Gains brand.
Sec my crcwnless old hat, ani my elbows and
knees
Alike warmed by the sun or chilled by the breeze
Why, even the children will hoot rs pass
But haye drank my last glass, boys,
have drank my last glass
You would hardly believe boys, TO look at me now,
That a mothers soft hand was once pressed on IN
brow,
When she kissed me and blessed me- her darling,
her pride,
Ere she lay down to rest by my dend fathers side:
But with love in her eye she looked up to the sky,
Bidding me meet her there, then whispered good
bye.
And I'll doit God helping Your smile let pass
Fer I've drank my last glass, boys,
have drank my last glass
All I reeled home last nght-it was not very late,
For I'd spent my last sixpcnce, and landlord's
won't wait
On n fellow who's left every cent in their till,
And has pawned his last bed their Golfers to ill
Oh the torments felt, and the pangs I cnduredl
And 1 begged for one glass, one glass would have
cured;
But they kicked me out door-I let that, too pass
For I've drank my last gass, boys,
I have drank my last glass
At home, my pet Susie, with SOFT golden hair,
saw through the window Just kneeling in prayer;
From her PALE bony hands, her torn sleeves we're
strung down.
While her feet, cold and bare, shrunk beneath her
scant gown;
And she prayed prayed for brcad-just a poor
crust of bread.
For one crust-on her knees-nv pet darling
plead
And heard, with no penny to buy one, alas
But I've drank my last glass, boys,
have drank my last glass
For Susie. my darling. my wee six .ycnr-old,
Though fainting with hunger and shivering will
There on the bnre floor, asked God to bless me
And she said, Don't cry, mammal he wil for
you see,
believe what ask fort" Then sobercd crypt
Away from the house; and that night, when l
Next my heart lay the pledge-you smile, let it
But I've drank my last glass, boys,
/ liuul. IN lng ola
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-05-20
ADVERIlsINO RATES.

Business Cards, one your, one dollar for every
line.
Local Notices. ton cents per line each insertion.
and all notices continued for three months or
LONGER, discount Of 70 per cent
Advertisements unaocompanied by written or
verbal directions viii lie published three months
Advertisements, under contract. ordered out be-
lore expiration Of time will he charged fun rntos.
No paper discontinued until all nrrcaiages are
paid' except at the option Of the publisher.
liansieht advertisements must be paid in ad.
vance.
To Terms, CASH, payable quarterly.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-05-20
Written for the Argus.
Night at "a Hotel.
BY CON &. QUENCE.

1t is generally supposed that a
hotel is an institution where food
and lodgings are furnished to
guests. And when a traveller puts
up at hotel for the night, he of
course wants to rest his body and
mind from the scenes and trials of
the day just passed.
stopped at the Boss Hotel about
ten o'clock one evening, and called
for bed. The clerk informed me
that there was only one unoccupied
bed in the house, and that was in n
large room with two other beds. !
accepted the situation, and sable
waiter proceeded TO show me up
yes, up four flights of stairs,-to a
room sixteen feet square, with three
beds in It. | found the other two
occupants of the room very earn
cstly engaged in a consultation as
to what should be their course Of
action during the night. l heard
something about killing or dying in
the attempt. This made me feel a
little suspicious, but as / learned
the drift of the conversation, | felt
little more easy, but much out OF
humor, for | soon found that the
Counsel of war" was the planning
of some means by which they might
lessen the number of occupants in
the beds, whose chief business 1t
was to keep wearisome travellers
awake nights by their pcslxy biting
when n man is sleepy. We three
soon hit upon a plan which we car
Iied out with entire success. We
took the beds down, and inch by
inch went over every part that
would hold q bed-bug, and after
catching and depositing every Of
fender we could find In the water
pitcher, we lit our cigars, enjoyed q
smoke and then retired. Not
bite during the whole night.
Next morning at daybrealk, We
were aroused from Our peaceful
slumbers by hearing the beautiful
strains Of an old familiar air. We
listened to the serenaders for some
time, and then got up to find, il
possible, from what sourso came
such sweet music. 1t was found a
last. Half o dozen matches heC
accidentally been thrown into the
pitcher of water, and the bugs
having made a raft thereof, wer
floating and singing:
"a life on the ocean wave,
A home on the rolling deep"
We called the landlord up, AM
that evening be paid for an oyste
supper.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1874-05-20
Over s3O,Ooo,ooo Capital
Represented.

TIRE DEPARTMENT
Tiro Aeociation Of phjlndelphia, "a, 2,500,Oo0
German American Ius Co, Now York, l,5U0,0C0
German Ins. Co., Eric, Pa, 100000
Allcmnnnia Jns Co PittsburVh Pa, 100000
Penn lns. Co., Philadelphia Pa, sOO,OOO
LIFE.
New England Mutual ms Co, Boston,
Mass, law, ''' -'O" o''''''' " iO,ooO, 900
ACCIDENT.
Travellers Ins. Co. Of Hartford, issues
general accident policies against any
kind of accidents happening any where, t2,500,o0o
Railway passengers Ins. Co. issues ac-
oidont tickets g, 600 for 3sc Per day. 100000
j. F. NcSWEEN, fgt.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-08
Icon IN COTTON.

Three or four years ago we gave in the
APPEAL the history OF the celebrated
milestone bale Of cotton, which, after
reaching Liverpool ria New York and
New Orleans, was returned to the origi-
nal packer in Alabama with an accumu-
lation of charges that cured him of false
packing and deferred others from SIM
liar indulgence, until this season, and
few days ago, when the Macon ga. }
Telegraph revealed the facts in regard to
q couple of bales received in that city
from Arlington, which. upon being SAM
pied, were discovered to be water
packed. They We're sold, says the Ttle-
graph, for what they were worth, and
and the buyer took them to a.cOtton-
press in the city to have them repacked.
Upon unpacking them, one of the bales
was found to be in a worse condition
than could be produced by water, for in
the center Of it wss found an iron
gudgeon, an old sausage grinder, a pair
of hinges, and four pieces Of iron tie,
each foot aud half in length. The
whole Of the iron contents in this bale
weighed eighteen pounds. The original
shipper Of the bale will be notified that
the articles are here subject to his order.
He ought to be more careful in future
how he allows extraneous matter to get
mixed in his cotton, as the bale might
fall into the hands Of some suspicious
person, who might believe the iron was
placed there, and prosecute
the packer for fraudulent practices. 1T
is a penitentiary offense to adopt such
means to increase the weight of cotton.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-08
HONORS TO THE POET-JOURNALIsr.

HONORS TO THE POET-JOURNALTSF
The New York Herald, of the fourth,
referring to the fact that William Gull
len Bryant had the day before completed
his eightieth birthday, joins its congrat-
ulstions with those of his admirers on
an occasion of so much interest, and
says, in review of his honorable career:
" Mr.. Bryant has outlived Cooper, our
first novelist; he has outlived Irving,
our greatest master of elegant prose; he
has outlived Jackson, Clay, Calhoun,
Webster, the most gifted statesmen who
were conspicuous in the active period of
his life; he has outlived Bennett, and
Greeley, and Noah, and Crosswell, and
Richie, and Gales (but not Blair, who
still lives at an age as advanced and
with faculties as vigorous as Mr.. Bry-
ants, nor Weed, who is nearly as old;
out if several Of Mr.. Bryant's distin-
guished journalistic contemporaries,
WHO We're so potent and so vigorous
in the days of his prime, still sur
vive, he is the only one of them who
retains an active connection with jour
nalism. Mr.. Blair dissolved his edito-
rial relation to the Globe nearly thirty
years ago and retired to Silver Spring;
it is some thirteen or fourteen years since
Mr.. Weed retired from the Albany
Journal, and Mr.. Webb from the CoUr-
jer and Enquirer, so that Mr.. Bryant is
the oldest editor in the United States
who retains his connection with the
press. We tender him our sincere con-
on this anniversary and re-
cognize him as the most distinguished
member of the editorial profession in
the United States"
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-08
THE FIRST PRINTING RRESS IN
MISSISSIPPI.

The following letter from the late Col
onel Andrew Marschalk, who was the
father of the typographical art in Missis-
sippi, gives succinct history Of the early
press of that State:
WASHINGTON, September 2, lS47.
L. A. Besancon, Esq:
DEAR SIR-The first press in Missis-
sippi was small mahogany one, brought
by me from London, in 1890. 1t was out
of my possession for six years. When
ordered to this Them Territory Il was
an officer in the United States army in
the year 1877 and 179S, / regained pos
session of il, and obtained small font
Of type, say thirty pounds, and while st
the Walnut Hills. printed ballad the
Galley SGUe). Great excitement was
caused at Nstehez by the knowledge of a
press being in the country, and strong
inducements were held out for me to re-
move to that place. Finally construct
ed large press, capable of printing 3
foOlseap sheet; and printed the Terri
tOrial laws. This press was sold by me
to Ben. NJ. Stokes, and be commenced
in Natchez and continued for some time
the Mississippi Gazette on 3 foolseap
sheet. This was some time in the sum-
mer of 1893, but ne soon failed. About
March or April, 1900, MIR. Green, from
Baltimore, brought press to Nstchez.
do not reeollect the title Of his paper:
it ceased while was at the north, and
the press fell into the hands Of James
Terrall, who, with one MOfEat, published
a paper for s short time. l arrived from
Philadelphia the last of July, 1902, and
commenced the Mississippi Herald, 1
think, on the sixteenth OF July of the
same year. cannot conveniently lay
my hand on the first volume, but send
you as 8 specimen OF the poverty of
those days small file Of 1904. 1 COM
menced on medium, but was reduced
for want Of paper to cap. am yours,
etc., ANDREW MARsCHALK.