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The Cecil Whig., 1874-06-06
THE MARVELS OF MECHANICS.

During the last siege of Paris, the inhab-
tants from time to time effected communi-
cation with their friends beyond the German
investing lines by means of carrier pig
cons. In fact, regular pigeon post was
organized, having one of its receiving sta
tions in London. Here the written mes
sages for Paris were received, and, by
photography, reduced to microscopic size,
each letter being reduced SO small as to be
invisible to the eye except as speck.-
Some two thousand of these specks we're
then printed on bits of tissue paper about
an inch and half square, which was rolled
and carefully attached to one of the tail
feathers of the pigeon. On the arrival of
the bird in Paris, the postal officials placed
the paper under the microscope, which
enlarged the several specks into readable
communications, which were duly copied
in writing and delivered to the persons to
whom they were addressed. The total
postage received for the transmission of
one of those tiny bits of paper frequently
amounted to two thousand dollars.
Small as this photo writing seems, it has
been surpassed by mechanism. Ina recent
number of the Lens, DIR. j. j. Woodward,
U. S. A, gives an enlarged photograph of
microscopic writing done by machinery on
glass, by means of a diamond, executed by
Mr.. William Webb, of London. The
writing consists of the Lords Prayer,
which is written upon glass, within space
equal to one two hundred and ninety fourth
part of an inch in length by one four hun
dred and fortieth part of an inch in width,
or space perhaps equal to letter. The
photograph given by DR.. Woodward shows
this dot of writing enlarged so as to occu-
py space of about two inches long by one
and ahalf inches broad. All the words are
brought legibly out on the photograph the
total number of letters being 227; and
such is the exceeding tineness of the erigi-
nal writing that 90, 431, ,45S letters written
! in the same would only cover one square
inch of glass surface. The combined Bible
and New Testament contain in all 1885,
$50 letters; hence it would be possible for
| Mr.. Webb to write the entire contents of
more than eight bibles within the space of
one square inch. Two specimen plates
/ containing the microscopic writing above
alluded to have been supplied by Mr.. Webb
for the United States Museum at Washing
ton. Their cost was fifty dollars each.
The Webbs machine, however, does not
equal, in the tineness of its writing or per-
fectlon, the prior instrument of Mr.. N.
Peters, a wealthy banker Of London, who,
as long ago as 1855, was able to write
nearly three times finer than Webb. So
perfect was the Peters machine that it was
competent to engrave the entire contents
of the Bible and New Testament twenty
two times over within the space of 4 single
square inch.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-06-06
THE SHORTEST WAY HOME.

"The shortest way by half mile
| come so often by it
Is up the road, across the stile,
And through the meadow; Shall we try
it?'
The days were not without charm
When, talking soft and looking silly,
My love and | walked arm-in- arm,
And lanes were lone and fields were stilly
We found so many things to say
That always, in shiny weather.
We took the-well, the shorter way,
To be a longer time together.
We spoke about (but goodness knows
Our topics of confabuation)
About the weather, suppose,
The crops, the harvest, and the nation.
AT all events, although the talk
Was neither very wise nor witty,
We ended each successive walk
With "Home already-what a pity o'
We might have lost a little ground
Through coming by the road selected,
But both agreed that we had found
The journey shorter than expected.
Can Life's experiment support
The paradox that love proposes
Does any path seem very short.
Unless it be the path of roses?
We seldom find the nearer way:
And if we hit upon and take it,
BY creeping on from day to day
1t seems as long as length can make it.
The road to fame is never BRIEF
The way to wealth is dull and dreary:
All earthly routes, in my belief
Are very long and very weary.
Nay-one that leads through care and strife
Is short when mortals once begin it;
We take the "near cut" out of life,
Although we take the longest in it.
TinsleNs MaQazine.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-06-06
THE TEACHERS OFFICE.

"Take heed that you despise not one of
these little ones.-Matt xvii, TO-
Desirest thou teachers work? Ask wis.,
dom from above;
1t is work of toll, of patience and of love,
Ask for an understanding heart to rule in
Cody fear
The feeble flock of which the Lord hath
thee overseer.
Alas thou surely may st expect some evils
to endure
Fen children's faults are hard to bear, and
harder still to cure;
They may be willful, proud, preverse, in
temper unsubdued,
In mind obtuse and ignorant, in manners
coarse and rude,
Thou may'st contend with sluggish minds,
till weary and depressed,
And trace the windings of deceit in many
youthful breast;
let scorn them not; remember Him who
loved His lambs to feed,
Who never quenched the smoking fax, nor
broke the bruised reed;
Who, for the thankless and the vile,
poured out His precious blood,
And makes His sun to rise upon the evil
and the geod
The love of God extends to all the works
His hand has framed;
He would not that the meanest child should
perish unreclaimed;
Pray that His Holy Spirit may thy selfish
heart incline
To bear with all their waywardness as He
has borne with thine.
If, by example or by words, thou leadest
them to SIN,
Thou perilest the precious souls that Jesus
died to win;
If thou from indolent neglect should'st
leave their minds unsown,
Or shoulds st their evil passions rouse by
yielding to thine own;
Should'st thou intimidate the weak, and
thus destroy their peace,
Or drive the stubborn to rebel by harsh
ness or caprice:
Should't thou their kindlier feelings chill
by apathy and scorn,
'Twere good for them, and for thyself, that
thou had st ne'er been born.
But oh! what blessings may be thine, when
thou hast daily striven
To guide them in the narrow path that
leadeth up to heaven;
What joy to see their youthful feet in wis.,
dom's way remain,
10 KNOW lHdG ny Iuo grace Oh UOQ, my
labor is not vain;
To watch the dawn of perfect day in many
hopeful child;
To see crooked mind grow straight, the
rugged temper mild;
To mark the sinful habit checked, the stub
born will subdued
The cold and selfish spirit warmed by love
and gratitude;
To read in every sparkling eye depth of
love unknown,
To hear the voice of joy and health in
every silver tone!
If such the joys that now repay the teach
er's work of love,
If such thy recompense on earth, what
must it be above!
Oh blessed are the faithful dead who die
unto the Lord;
Sweet is the rest they find in heaven, and
great is their reward;
Their works performed in humble faith are
all recorded there;
They see the travail of their souls, the
answer to their prayer;
There may the teacher and the taught one
glorious anthem raise,
And they who sow, and they who reap,
unite in endless praise
Enqlish PupH Teacher.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-06-06
Tree Habitati0ns in the South Sea Islands.

Among the papers presented to the Brit
islanders, is a report by Captain c. II.
Simpson, of Her Britannia Majesty's ship
Blanche, giving an account of his visit in
1872 to the Solomon and other groups of
islands in the Pacific oceap. While at
Isabel Island, Captain Simpson, with
party of officers, went a short distance
inland to visit one of the curious tree vii
lagos, peculiar he believes, to this island.
He found the village built on the summit
of rocky mountain, rising almost perpen-
dicularly to height of eight hundred feet.
The party ascended by native path, and
found the extreme summit mass of enor-
nous rocks standing up like castle among
which grew gigantic trees, in the branches
of which the houses of the natives are
built. The stems Of these trees rise per-
fectly straight and smooth, without
branch to height of from fifty to one
hundred and fifty feet. In the one Captain
Simpson ascended, the house was just
eighty feet from the ground; one close to
it was about one hundred and twenty feet.
The only means of approach to these
houses is by ladder made of creeper,
suspended from a post within the house,
and which, of course, can be hauled up at
will.
The houses are most ingeniously built,
and are very firm and strong. Each house
will contain from ten to twelve natives,
and an ample store of stones is kept, which
they throw both with slings and with the
hand, with great force and precision. At
the foot of each of these trees is another
hut, in which the family usually reside,
the tree house being only resorted to at
night and in time of danger. In fact,
however, they are never safe from surprise,
Notwithstanding all their precautions, as
the great object in life among the people is
to get each others heads. Captain Simp-
son found row of twenty-five fresh
human heads fastened up across the front
of chiefs house. Raids are made to get
heads of men, women and children are all
taken, and the wonder is that the island
has not become depopulated.
The people of this and other islands are
not, however, noted for their courage.
Such thing as stand-up fight between
tribes is unknown, but they prowl about
for prey attacking whenever they have a
victim in their power, without risk to
themselves. In some of the islands the
men have long hair, which they wear in
fashions like those adopted by the other
sex in civilized lands, the favorite modes
being the chignon or loose down the back;
the women, whose hair is shorter than the
mems, wear it loose and undressed. "In
their clothing there is not at present op-
portunity for European or any other fash
IONS"
The Cecil Whig., 1874-06-06
THE CAUSE OF LONDON FOGS.

What is the cause of these dense
fogs?" asks The Builder, which says
"Those who have studied the question
reply: A fog is formed by the mingling
together of masses of air of different tenn
peratures, and may properly be termed an
earth cloud because it is formed at the
surface of the earth, and seldom rises
many feet above it. A London fog does
not in general extend much beyond the
height of the houses. During it's prevail
ence one may, by ascending ST. Paul's
Cathedral, obtain clear atmosphere, while
underneath the dark vapor is rolling like
sea, through which the spires and steeples
rise like the masts of stranded wrecks.
London fog is not equal in density in all
places; long, depressed line marks the
course of the Thames, and the deepest
darkness hangs over the most crowded
neighborhoods. Before the act of Parlia.
ment was passed requiring the London
factories to consume their smoke, the fog
was particularly dense in the localities of
the great breweries. The height of the
fog is greatly determined by the nature of
the subsoil. If it is clayey it stands high.
and low if it be of sand or gravel. De-
france states, in his Treatise on Vapor,
that fog is occasioned by descending cur
rent of air, which beats down the smoke
and rolls it over the surface of the earth
At this time current of air may be
observed to descend through the chimneys
which have no fire, producing strong odor
of SCOT; thus proving the existence of
descending currents in the atmosphere.
Therefore, if the smoke of tens of thous-
ands of chimneys be discharged into the
air, and there mingled with watery vapor,
and then again forced to descend, dense
fog must necessarily ensus. 1t is generally
considered that those fogs which have
peculiar taste, and cause the eyes to smart,
owe their disagreeable properties to gases
and vapors produced by the combustion of
fuel, and from this source the atmosphere
is charged with carbon, sulphureous, nj
trous, and pyroligneous acids. A moder-
ate wind will usually break up fog, but
an increase of temperature without wind
tends to increase its density. 1t has often
been observed that during the middle of
the night, until early in the morning, Lon
don is free from fog, which, however, sets
in as soon as the fires are lighted; some
times it clears away for a short time at
noon, and increases in density as evening
approaches and the gas is lighted. London
fog has also peculiar tidal motion, which
tends down the river toward the marshes,
and an extraordinary amount of electricity
frequently accompanies thick driving fogs.
Fogs and epidemics often accompany each
other. They have, it may be, common
origin, or perhaps the one is the cause of
the other. DR.. Prout, in his Bridgwater
treatise, specially refers to certain poison
Gus gas, seleniuretted hydrogen, which
exists in the atmosphere during fog, the
smallest atom or bubble of which, when
inhaled by the nostrils, excites pain. This
is followed by catarrh and pains in the
chest. During the recent fog, as is well
known, both human beings and animals
perished, probably through the inhalation
of this poison"
The Cecil Whig., 1874-06-06

tB- No risk in buying of MICHENER &
Co., at Colora, Md, for they always war
rant their goods. lI6
The Cecil Whig., 1874-06-06
FOr The CeClI "
FRETFULNESS.


l would were an uncaged bird,
To find my home in greenwood Wild
Where noises rude are never heard,
But nature whispers to her child.
And there upon the topmost spray
Which gently bends, light zephyrs greet
ing,
To welcome the first blush of day,
A cheerful song its welcome breathing.
1 weary of this daily strife;
No,o but the shadow of tomorrow.
Oh, give me freedom, give me life
Which neither dullness knows, nor sor-
Peace, son of toll thy life was lent
Some glorious purpose to fulfill;
Be faithful, and when life is spent,
Then shalt thou have thy will.
All woman thy highest honor is to
mature and rear earth's men and women,
and to breath over the homes where you
rear them, something of the atmosphere of
that home yours should typify. Exercise,
l entreat you, this foul spirit, this demon
fretfulness, from your domain. Let its
shadow never darken your threshold let
its breath never blight the spirits where it
is your province to ward and watch
Would you have your's-your own dear
ones-large of soul, loving and beloved in
their lives, living in sunshine and scatter
ing sunshine? Would you be to them
while you live, and live in their memories
after you are dead, as one of those sent of
God and manifesting Him in their lives?
Then never let your brow be clouded, your
tones sharpened, the loving beaming of
your eye never quenched by this foul spirit,
that gathers its venom and blight from dis
content and unholy unrest.
truly noble man, loving, innocent
child, might find a better home in den of
stinging reptiles, than with ga brawling,'
or fretful woman in a wide house." If
you are sick and cannot give to your house
service and care, give them the smile of a
calm, unruffied soul, the sunshine of peace
and love, and trust in God. If you are
burthened with care and toll, add not to
the load you must needs carry, one you
need not, by fretfulness of spirit, but let
cheerfulness and hope buoy you. And if
difficulties, dark and frowning, meet you,
or your path lay over an intricate or thorny
way, let the light of a calm, quiet spirit
tighten it, and the music of gentle, loving
tones thrill along its tangled mazes.-
Listen for them, and you shall catch, ever
and anon, strains of poetry and measures
of melody, even on the dreariest road.
Have you the greatest blessing true wo-
mans heart Graves, affectionate friends,
pleasant home, loving and noble man for
companion, and dear promising children?
Let your gratitude for these gifts keep you
always from the lowering frown of i'm
patience, and the harsh, grating tones of
complaint and fretfulness at the little ills,
the little disappointments, the physical
taxations, and the nervous disc omforts and
ailments that every mother of family,
however blessed and favored, must at times
encounter. Let each strive, in her own
sphere and in her own home, to make that
home as perfect, that sphere as ennobled
as it can become. If this is the aim and
ambition, surely from such home and
sphere will be banished, with much else
that belittles it, degrades it, and mars it,
the demon-.fretfulness.
"Honse Oh the Hill," Nd, 1874.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-06-06

been cloudy day since the machine first
started, and the moon now rises two hours
earlier and lasts all night. No one should
be without it,
He took the certificate with triumphant
smile, and
But | must leave off here. Farnsworth
Duplex High Low" machine-she only
leading machine in the market, and he is
telling my wife how we got swindled by
McManus.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-06-06
MEETINGS Of County Commissioners.

yI1UE regular meetings of the County Commissioners
will be held the second TUESDAY Of every
month. ~ ~
Persons having claims against the County, will please
fs the same in the Commissioners Office, with legal
voucher: as no account will be allowed not properly
chargeable to the same
Collectors and others having to be stated
s.tled will apply the Clerk during the of the
Board. By Order - .
J. y. VANARSDALK, Clerk
Commissioners OF Cecil County.
The Cecil Whig., 1874-06-06
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
CONDUCTED BY j. L. HANNA,

The Educational column is conducted the interest
of teachers of public schools. Such facts concerning
individual schools likely to interest the public
encourage pupils, aid teachers in securing good
discipline and progress together with articles upon the
subject Of common school education, furnished by
published
The Cecil Whig., 1874-06-06
Mutual Building Association
IF CECIL COUNTY.

Issues Semi Annual Series in January and July
Premiums paid in Monthly lnstalments. Loans can be
repaid at time. Stockholders can withdraw nj any
time, with legal interest Series - y Will be issued
the last Saturday in Jnly. 1874. -
Prrsiient-DAVID SCOTT. TredSWer-R. lIAINES.
Secretnry-R. G. REESE. CounSet-C. MCCULLOUGH.
MAY s. 1ST3-ly
The Cecil Whig., 1874-06-06

THE FARMERS MUTUAL OF YORK, Pa,
is acknowledged to be one of the safest
Mutual Fire Insurance Companies in oper-
alton. Its Agents do large business in
this county. Risks on farm property taken
at low rates. E. E. EWING,
Agent at Elkton.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-14

San FRlScrsco, October li-l:30 p. N.
An ARRAY occurred this morning on
board the steamer Amador, just before
her arrival here. between John Fogarty,
fireman, and a resident Of this city, aud
Hiram Sterling, in which tho latter
drew a pocket knife and stabbed Fcgar.
~ to the heart, killing him instantly.
The body OF Fogarty vas brought to the
city and Sterling delivered over to the
police. He is in court to-day awaiting
examination on a charge OF murder.
The body Of q male infant was found
on McAllister street this morning. The
child had evidently been born alive and
killed. The Coroner will hold an in'
quest to-day.
The investigation into the affairs OF
the Street Supsrintsndent's Office was
resumed at 10 A. 81. to-day.
The Grand Lodge Of Masons re-as-
semblsd at 10 A. ~. and is now in sos
sion.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-14
FROM SAN DIEGO, CAL.
Wool Crop-Heayy Rain lmmigr"'
tlon-Charged with E~nbracery.

SAN DIEGO, October 1.-THE Fal
crop OF wool Is coming in freely ant
will exceed that Of last year.
The Union has the following dispatch
ea from Arizona;
PHKscorr, Oct. ia heavy rain and
thunder storm occurred in this section
last night.
Six immigrant wagons arrived here yes
tsrday from Colorado. They came over
35th parallel route.
TucsoS, Oct. 13.-T. G. Hughes. Dis.
trict Attorney, was arrested on a charge
Of smbracoIy. His examination was
continued till tomorrow on application
Of tho prosecution. The trial will bt
before Judge Osborne Of the Probate
Court.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-14


PERsoSILs.-Mrt. N. II. Ball, Of this
place, who buried a child yesterday,
leaves for San Jose tonight, with hi.
wife, who. we regret TO learn. is in feeble
health. Mrs. Ball undertakes the jour.
ney in accordance with the advice Of hei
physicians. ". II. Aiken, General-in'
chief Of the Grand Army Of the Repub.
lie on the Pacific coast, arrived In vir.
ginia City from San Francisco yesterday.
Among the arrivals by this mornings
train was IL. A. Hedger, q gentleman
we'll and favonbly known in this sec,
ton.
NoS-suIrrp.-Yssterday q man res
iding in Lower Gold Hill, learning thai
another party had used abusive Ian
guags toward his wife, went after him
with n pistol and succeeded in frighten'
ing him pretty sffectually. The party ol
the second part caused tho arrest OF ths
woman's husband for an assault with
deadly weapon. The parties had a hear
ing in Justices Wnsht's Court this ~
ternoon. The case was dismissed and
the prosecuting witness was ordered to
pay the costs Of the suit.
Won TIE CASL.-Itwill be remembered
that at the late st. Patrick's Fair, IN
the Miners Union Hall, visitors wsr'
allowed, for the sum OF four bits, tc
vote whether q certain cane. which wa,
donated for the benefit Of the fair
should be presented to Mr.. Sharon OF
General Williams. Upon counting thu
votes, il was ascertained that Mr.. Sharon
had received the largest number, ant
accordingly the cane was awarded u
that gentleman.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-10-14
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
ohio Election News.

Ohio Election News.
CINCINNATI, October 14.-Complste
returns from Hamilton county give Bell,
(Dsm.) for Secretary Of State. 1904 ma
jority, which is about an average Of the
majority on the rest Of the Democratic
State ticket. Tayler (Dsm.) is reelected
in the LIST District by 1854 majority. and
Banning Dem is reelected in the I'd
District by l,4l7.
CNcrsSArr. Ohio, Oct. 14.-From
very full returns from all parts Of Ohio.
received during the night, II is evident
that the State has gone Democratic by
from 10000 to $1,000 majority. Fur
Their returns received up to nine o'clock
this A. n. do not change the status Of
last ningt's dispatches. The indiea-
tons are that the Democrats elect ~ Of
the 90 Congrsssmsn. The additional
Democratic Congressman are supposed
70 be Savage, Third District, Mcmahon,
Fourth, Hurd, Sixth, Pappleton, Ninth,
Dewey, Tenth, Payne Twentieth.
The Enquirer editsrially says for this
triumph We are indebted not alone 10
the Democratic party. but to the aid OF
men who have heretofore been OPP
ponsnts. This election means opposi-
ton to the National Bank monopoly.
The volumns Of currency should be en-
larged a tariff for Revenue only. The
Gazette says, on a platform Of Republican
and Imitation Anti. Temperance and gen.
sral cusssdness, the Democratic party
has carried Ohio. by decided majority,
and elected eleven Of twenty Congress-
men.
The Louisiana Dinieuity-Proposi.
ton by McEnery.
NEw ORLEANS, October l4.-McEnery,
in an address published to-day, renews
the proposition mado by him in a letter
to Kellogg in July, 1873, to submit the
elsCtOn roturus VI ios- w W eah'oSs""
by Ave persons, two to be selected by
each party, they to select a fifth, all to
abide by tho result Of such canvass.
Kellogg replies and says he made a sim
liar proposition before the returns had
been ~canvassed at all. This proposition
Gov Yarmouth declined, Kellogg SAWS
further: al can now, Of course, only
speak for myself. but l would be willing
now that the returns, though nearly
two years in the hands OF the spoilers.
should DO submitted to the examination
Of three or five disintsros,sa persons, to
be appointed. say by the President Of
the United ststss, and after a thorough
investigation, II it does not appear that
1 was elected. I will willingly resign.