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The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31
OUR SCHOOL HOUSE.

We are in full sympathy with the views
OF CA Protestant as expressed in the
last issue of The Whag We, too, think
there is something wrong where Mission
established in our midst by the church of
Rome, for the purpose of inculcating her
peculiar doctrines and extending her do
main, meets with such marked success.
When the thin disguise of this ancient
enemy to all education, progress and lber-
ty, enables her so readily to gain the conf
dence and support of the community.
We think there are seoeral things wrong,
but the one thing we wish to speak of here
is the want of suitable school buildings.
Our Public School House is a standing dis
grace to the town. If Elkton were town
Of ten or fifteen years growth, standing on
the Western plains, she would have
school building of which, her citizens
might be proud. As it is she has miser-
able eye-sore, inconvenient, uncomfortable
and without facilities, which is filled to
overilowing, while more than half our
cui!uIen are receiving instruction (otten-
times inadequate or injurious) elsewhere.
Many of our citizens have voluntarily ex-
pressed willingness to contribute hand
somely toward the erection of school
building, and we think that our County
School Board, land especially the member
for this district owe it to themselves and
to this community to at once commence a
vigorous agitation of this subject. And
we hope that our citizens Gall of whom are
will meet them half way with
sympathy and assistance SO that hand
some, spacious and comfortable school
building may be assured to us before the
year 1874 has gone the way of his prede-
cessors.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31
TEACH PRINCIPLES, NOT WORDS.

1t is not an uncommon error with teach
ers to enforce upon their pupils the difficult
task of reciting to the very minutip every
word and syllable of lesson just as it is
in the book-this in the experience of the
most successful teachers is not criterion
that the pupil understands his lessons, it
is only mere tax upon the memory with
out lnstructing them in fundamental prin-
ciples. A pupil may commit to memory
certain lesson just as parrot is taught to
articulate certain words or short sentences
and pass with an unobserving teacher as
No. in his class and yet not understand
word of it.
l have known teachers to say to their
class, 81 will not assist you in any way,
and if any of you miss one word, be it
ever SO small, you must remain after school
hours until you have it right OF what
use is such a teacher? If 4 child can un-
derstandingly commit lesson SO perfectly
without the aid of an explanation, the
teacher is certainly supertluity. believe
all the best instructors coincide that if
pupils are taught to recite their lessons in
their own language, be it ever SO simple,
so it expresses the principle contained in
the text, whether it be in geography, gram
mar, arithmetic, mental or history, th(D
invariably become more interested int,o;u
studies, and hence progress more ra,;1Ir.
than by the too frequent, but/fnore d,f,i
cult plan of verbatum recitaSions, Is,r
more difficult because the mind is tbersh,,
doubly taxed. A pupil ma " read a oues.
tion in arithmetic attentively, and under
stand it-then if he explains lit in his own
language-varying little from the words
written in the book, but giving the princi-
pie he must understand it-or he could
not do it-whereas if he attempts to mere-
ly adhere to the written words for mis- sue
cess in the recitation class--the moment
his memory fails him, whether frem confu-
sion or any other cause-he is done-he
has not studied that all-important princi.
ple-hence all his efforts are futile, there
fore, teachers, in the language of the text,
| say unto you, "teach principles rather
than Words d. E. f.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31

MoYoBAMBA AND THE MANUFACTURE
OF. STRAW HaTs.-The great business of
Moyobamba and the surrounding villages
is the manufacture of straw hats.
These are made of the same material as the
so-called Panama hats of Ecuador and
New Grenada. 1t is the undevoped leaf of
the "bombonaje" (carluaopsa palmsta Of
SCIENCE, which is screw pine rather than
palm. The trunk of this plant is only a
yard in height, but the leaf stalks are two
yards in length. The bark of these leaf
stalks is woven into baskets, and the ex-
panded leaves are used for thatching. 1t
is the leaf before it has opened that is pre-
pared for the manufacture of hats. 1t
then consists of a bundle of plaits about
two feet long and one inch in diameter
The green outside of this "cogollo" or
bunch is stripped off; and then by an in
strument called "picadera, resembling
pair of compasses, with legs set half an
inch or less apart, according to the fine
ness of the straw required, the leaflets are
nistue lulO strips Oh UNIFORM size with par
allel sides. The cogollo is then boiled to
tougher the fiber, and hung up in the sun
to dry and whiten, when the leafts run up
into cord-like strands, which are then
ready for use. The longest straw which
can be procured from the bombonaje is
twenty. seven and half inches. 1t takes
sixteen cogollos for an ordinary hat, and
twenty-four for the finest; and single hat
is plated in from four days to as many
months, according to texture. We saw
fragment of one begun, which, if finished,
would bring $500 in Lima. Fortunes have
been made in the hat trade; but change
of fashion in Brazil, Europe and the Unit
ed Stated has reduced the number exported
from 100,0 to so, 900, and the price from
$40 dozen to $15.-From tile ne,c erplora-
tions Of the Amazon rtrsr, By Professor
Orton-ogsr the Andes.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31

chestnut ring, scarcely continuous above;
underparts and space Immediately anteri-
greyish brown; speculum greyish tipped
with white.
Female has the black replaced by brown;
sides of the head and chin adjacent to the
bill whitish; white ring around the eye.
Length, IS inches; wing s; stretch Of
WINGS 81.
This is not an exceedingly common duck,
although numbers are shot every year.
They appear to be more plentiful in the
spring, at which time they fly in pairs or
in small punches of from three to five;
they decoy well. The white marking on
the bill fades soon after DEATH
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31
ODE TO AN ODIoUs OLD DRESS.
BY MISS E. CoNoMY.

Poor thrice turned garment with
Thy threadbare air,
Can I thy faded form
Again repair?
Turn yet once more thy we'll
Worn narrow skirt,
Now fringed with specimens
Of city dirt?
Can thy ruffles change
To pleatings wide,
And cover up the stains
On either side;
Give thy close sleeve
Graceful, easy flow,
And piece it so that
Nobody will know?
Thy shabby bodice can l
Then restore,
Aud shape the trimming
A la Pompadour
Thy overskirt loop high
With careless grace,
O.. Yet hide with cunning the
Oft-mended place?
Goddess of Fashion, at whose
Shrine we bow,
Lend me thine aid, sadly 1
Need it now.
Inspire my hand with skill
To turn the stuff,
And make the scanty pattern
Seem enough.
And when l wear il,
Howsoe'er feel,
Grant I may look
Exceedingly genteel.
Nav all the beholders think it
A new gown,
And me the best dressed lady
In the town.
From Demorcst's Monthly
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31

-One night last winter young Mullen of
New Castle, who feared that the lady he
loved was entertaining another admirer,
determined to climb tree in the yard from
which he could see into the sitting room in
the second story, where the young woman
was supposed to be. Just as he got him
self fixed in a comfortable position COM
manding the window, some one on the in
side pulled the curtain down. Then Null
len made up his mind to descend. 1t was
very dark, but just as he began to slide
down the trunk, Mullen heard dog bark
furiously beneath, and looking down he
saw huge animal capering about ap-
parently very eager to nip Mr.. Mullen's
leg. Then Mullen suddenly climbed up
the tree again, and endeavored to drive
the dog off, but the more he spoke to the
brute the more it danced around and bark
cd. Then Mullen came down as low as he
dared, and tried to coax the animal, but
this only made him hop about and howl
more furiously than ever So it became
apparent that Mullen would have to snend
the night in the tree. He fixed himself rs
comfortably as he could in a crotch of the
limbs, and kicked his legs and moved his
arms to keep himself from freezing to
death. Several times when he thought the
dog was asleep he attempted to descend,
but each time the brute awoke and began
to caper about. By the time daylight ar
rived Mullen was so benumbed with cold |
that he could hardly use his hands: but as |
the sky grew brighter he leaned over to
examine his prosecutor, and to his amaze
ment found that it was his own dog, which.
unknown to him, had followed him to the
tree and had barked and capered only to
express its delight at the prospect of Null
en coming down and going home. The
'uddenness with which Mullen reached the
ground is said to have been remarkable.
and the language used by him bad. He
las some Of the rheumatism which he GOT
IN that night in his bones yet.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31

- The Country Gentleman gives the
following prescriptions of correspondents
for the relief Of frost bites:
eff II. X. will soak his feet in water as
hot as he can stand, increasing the heat by
adding hot water as long us he can bear it,
he will find relief from the itching and
burning caused by chilblains.''
"If Eros. Bites will take one tablespoon-
full of laudanum to a medium sized tum-
bier of water, wet a cotton rag OF cotton
batting in it, and bind it upon the frosted
spot when going to bed for few nights,
he will be cured. Remove in the morning,
of course. Oiled silk outside the bandage
will keep it moist all night. Warm water
is best, although causing more pain and
swelling at first
" Give the feet thorough rubbing and
drenching with warm salt water, for sew
eral nights previous to going to bed, and |
think it will effect cure-if not, repeat
the trial, and then use the soldiers motto
in regard to his powder-keep the feet drv.
week in and week out, or, if you must wet
them, do it with cold water when you first
get out Of bed in the morning, and wine
them dry. and your feet will be warm
through the day
:" would advise as remedy for FROST
bitten feet, that when they begin to itch
he remove the shoes and stockings and hold
the foot where it itches to the fire. so that
it feels almost hot enough to burn; then
the foot for a few seconds and
expose it again to the heat, until the itch
ing ceases, which will be in the course of
ten minutes; then anoint with salve, in
case the part frost bitten is sore, infamed
or tender''
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31

Editors would save world of trouble
and vexation if all contributors, or those
who desire to become contributors. under
stood how to prepare manuscript designed
for the press. The following rhyming ad-
vice is so excellent that we quote the whole
of it for the benefit of whomsoever it may
concern:
" Write upon pages Of single size,
Cross all your ts, and neatly dot your is;
On one side only let your lines be seen
Both sides filled up announce a Verdant
Green.
Correct-yes, correct-all that you write,
And let your ink be black, your paper
white;
For spongy foolscap of a muddy blue
Betrays mind of the same dismal hue.
Punctuate carefully, for on this score
Nothing proclaims the practised writer
more.
Then send it Off and. lest its merit lack,
Enclose the postage stamps to send it back:
But first pay all the postage on it too,
For editors look black on six cents DUE
And murmur, as they run the effusion Ger,
A shabby fellow and a wretched bore y
Yet ere it goes, take off a copy clean
Poets should own copying machine:
Little they know the time that's spent and
care
In hunting verses vanished-who knows
where?
Bear this in mind, observe it to the end,
And you shall make the editor your
friend"
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31

eS No wise teacher will ask or allow a
class to attempt anything in which failure
is almost certain. A single failure estab-
fishes a bad predecedent, the effect upon
pupils is somewhat similar to that produc-
ed upon horses by allowing them to sue
camb to the weight of their load 1t is
apt to make them baulky.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31

see the fleet opposed to them, and said,
"Yonder are your enemies; shake hands,
and be friends.' Shall we be less wise in
better cause? Yours truly,
THOMAS L. PoULsoN.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31

The FARMERS MUTUAL OF YORK, Pa,
is acknowledged to be one of the safest
Mutual Fire Insurance Companies in oper-
alton. Its Agents do a large business in
this county. Risks on farm property taken
at low rates. E. E. EWING,
Agent at Elkton.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31

~ Have the courage to cut the most
agreeable acquaintance you have when
you arc convinced that he lacks principle;
a friend should bear with a friends in
firmities, but not his vices.
Have the courage to obeyNour NJ,
the risk of being ria:--
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31
THE DOCTORS CONSULT.

Soon after arriving in Philadeldhia DR..
Hollingsworth proceeded to the office of
DR.. Pancoast, at Eleventh and Walnut
streets, and private consultation between
these two gentlemen was held regarding
future movements to be made in the mat
ter of examination. Through the courtesy
of DR.. Pancoast, reporter Of The Press
was admitted to the council, and the fol-
lowing
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31

HIS BREAST
W ~. awhile they retired to
,I fell into deep sleep.
the room, al
-, was dead. Eng was
alarm turned e., ~.
~ and was seized with
SINS. No physicians
,3eing three miles to
sarily elapsed,' -
~. H. Co. was despatched to
-. ingsworth, and he
49, .,oa...; physician, at once
the vital spark h ~
ERE DEAD.
The news spre. .., l., A.
village being fort. Cp
"a 49,. elegraph Office,
e public of the
DR.. Hollingswort
of the bodies, and
knot" or band whi
.-c cted them to
four inches in lengt ~,
and in front
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31
SKETCH OF THE DECEASED

IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE BODY OUT
of the doorway of the dwelling before a
portion of the sides of the door frame was
cut away. Some time after taking up
their abode in Mount Airy they purchased
a second plantation about two miles from
he first, and erected dwelling upon it, to
'vhich Eng removed his family, Chang's
mily remaining at the old homestead.
was their custom, and the plan was
yer departed from, of spending
The Cecil Whig., 1874-01-31

which was in the centre Of the band, and
it is supposed that there were two unbili-
cal cords branching from this, one extend
ed into each body.
The connecting link was found to be the
ensiform cartilage and was as
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-27
AntidOte to HydrophObia.

The artificial excitement which our
learned city fathers have managed to
create during the past summer by their
wise legislation on the subject of vagrant
dogs will give interest TO the following
brief abstract of a paper presented at
recent session of the Medical Society OF
wilma, Poland: 1t appears that Mr.. ].
Jitzi had observed during the preceding
year that a certain ill-tempered house
dog of that city frequently attacked and
killed serpents of u venomous description,
such as are frequently seen in the ehvi-
rons; and that after having been bitten
by these reptiles he suffered from SWELL
ing of the neck and throat. This dog one
day encountered another dog in which
rabies had fully declared itself, and
which had already bitten dogs and cat
tie which afterward became mad Hav-
ing received deep bites from this animal
he was shut up and watched, the inten-
ton being to destroy him on the first APP
pearance of the symptoms of madness.
The dog, however, got well and remained
in perfect health. This fact excited Mr.
Jitzki's surprise. On instituting an in
quiry he presently encountered a woman
who, having once been bitten by ven
omous serpent and afterward by mad
dog, escaped any ill-consequences from
the second bite. From these rather mar
row data Mr.. Jitzki was led to conclude
that there is probably some antag-
onism between the venom of a
poisonous serpent and the virus
of a mad dogs saliva. He
imagines some such relation to exist here
as between the active principle of con-
taglon in the smallpox and the cow-pox
Supposing this to be case he imagines
that immunity from hydrophobia may be
secured by inoculating human beings
with serpent poison before they have
been exposed to the bites of mad dogs
There are perhaps timid or fastidious
persons who would esteem remedy like
that which is here proposed to be worse
than the disease. And others might be
disposed to take their moderate chances
of death by hydrophObia, which are per-
haps about one in one hundred millions,
rather than to run the risk of going off
prematurely by SO ignominious a cause
as the poison of serpent. Mr.. Jitzki,
however, is not disposed to relinquish his
hope of being recognized as a second
Jenner for lack of perseverance. He
notified the society that before leaving
the country he had taken measures to
catch and shut up a considerable number
of the poisonous reptiles, to whose bites
he intended to submit all animals in his
neighborhood which should happen here
after to be bitten by mad dogs.-Neao
York Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-27
The Preservation of Timber.

An Arkansas correspondent of the
Scientific american says i came here
thirty years since and began clearing
land and building houses with hewn logs
and boards split from the tree. After
several years residence I noticed very
often that pieces of the same kind of
timber decayed more quickly than
others; and, after much thought and
observation, | came to the conclusion
that timber felled after the leaf was
fully grown lasted the longest. / no.
ticed that timber felled when the leaf
first commenced to grow rotted the sap
off very quickly, but the heart remained
sound that timber felled after the fall
of the leaf rotted in the heart, even
when apparently sound on the outside.
When fire-wood cut in the winter was
put on the fire the sap came out of the
sap-wood and next the bark. / noticed
also that all our lasting wood had but
little sap at any time in the heart-such
as cedar, mulberry, sassafras, and
cypress.
"A cypress post cut in the summer of
1888 is still sound, although exposed to
all weathers; while one of the same kind
of timber cut in the winter of 1856 and
painted has rotted in the heart. l saw
yesterday piece of gum plank which |
sawed in the summer of 1859, that has
lain ever since and is perfectly sound
while oak timber that was felled in the
winter before is now entirely rotten.
my conclusion, then, is: Cut timber
after full leaf-say in July and August
to get the most last from it. The sap
goes into the heart of the tree after leaf
fall and causes decay
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-27
A Thrifty Wife.

A CASE which gave queer specimen
of woman's rights was reported in our
court reports Saturday. 1t appears there
from that Charles A. Mayhugh went to
California, and in 1859 ceased to COM
municate with his wife. After waiting
eight years the wife gave him up for
dead, and, through a real estate agent
named Robinson, exchanged her prop
erty in this city for farm.
Five years after that Mayhugh turned
up, claimed his property in the city, and
Robinson paid him So, 600 for quit
claim deed. Doubtless Robinson thought
that, as the wife had conveyed all, she
had conveyed her right in it. But in a
year Mayhugh died, and then the wife
put in claim to her dover in the very
property she had conveyed wholly to
Robinson when she thought her husband
dead
Thus she made good thing out of him,
both dead and alive. Robinson was now
called on to pay the third time for what
he bought out and out the first. The
dover claim was defeated in the Court
of Common Pleas, but the District Court
held that as the wife's deed, when her
husband lived, was null, her right of
dover still remained. AS there is no bar
to wife's securing a conveyance, we
suppose she held on to the farm that was
! conveyed to her, and that Robinson had
no recourse on her. This was consider
ably better than the entire independence
of the wife.-C CipciRlGti Gazette.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-27

This is a tolerable location. The
grounds, see, are little out of order,
but dare say you manage to get along.
Is the rent heavyW
The host Informed him that he paid no
fent, as The House was his own property
The brass dOorp1ate next attracted his
attention, and lie remarked that IL
should be cleaned, by all means, as 1t
looks very disreputabe ut present"
Being escorted into the parlor, the man.
tel-piece next attracted his attention, and
he inquired;
/ Is that genuine marble?" and, after
examining it, remarked: "Oh, no, / see
it's only oil-cloth imitation"
The family coming into the room, he
engaged in conversation with the young
lady of the house
Miss Kate, can you play the 'Moeking
BirdY All, by the way, your hair needs
oiling. should recommend some sort
of vegetable dressingp
Continuing in this vein he informed the
family that he had lately been travelling
in the hope of overcoming a certain con.
stltutional bashfulness that threatened
to ruin all his prospects In life. He
thought he had made some improvement,
but still had much to learn. There was
certain easy self-possession which he
would perhaps never attain. Said he
ut is natural to some people"
He remained at the house over night,
and, rising in the morning before the
rest, he built the fire, remarking when
the family came down that they were
very saving of COAL Gin fact it was cussed
cold there when he came down." He
then invited the head of the family to go
down town and get drink before break
fast, to which the Colonel replied
wouldn't be seen on the street with
you for fifty dollars"
To which this coolest of all cool men
responded:
All, Colonel, there is your keen wit
again you're always ready; l wish Ihad
your possession"
He remained for dinner and supper
said he was on his way 10 Chicago to be
married; that he had turned a trump
card and won very wealthy girl; that
modest merit had met its reward at last
He said he was opposed to third term
and early marriages; that he was sorry
Ben Butler was defeated, and attributed
it to excessive cheek; he thought if Ben
had been more modest and Withdrawn
his name unreservedly," he would have
been triumphantly elected.
He remained that night and the follow
ing day, assuring the family that he
would be compelled to leave some time
this week.
This is all true, and not bit of fancy.
That chap can undoubtedly lay claim to
the medal for superabundance of cheek.
-DeS M0Snes (I0lCd) State Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-11-27
Decidedly Cheeky"

THE subiimity of cheek is generally
reached by an evening newspaper man,
but prominent citizen of Des Moines
was made acquainted with the fact, few
days since, that there is peak on the
mountain of brass that even sundOwn
journalists seldom reach.
A chap from "down East" put in an
appearance here, claiming to have had
an acquaintance withcertain Des Moines
people before they came to this city
Soon after his arrival he met the head OF
one of these families upon the street and
forthwith invited himself to the gentle
mans house. The Colonel responded
that he was very sorry, indeed, but he
had just moved into his present quar-
tiers, and was not yet fixed up, and con
sequently could not entertain strangers
at present. Taking the Colonels arm
the CHAP respOnded
Don't mention IT, What earthly dit
ference can II make TO an old friend
Come right along. Wen 60 right up"
The Colonel protested, but without eff
feet. Arriving at the house this chap
casually remarked;