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IL OUR UNDERWEAR DEPARTMENT
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-23
A Voyage Down an Unknown River.

Major Powell's description Of his famous
voyage of discovery down the Colorado.
begun in Scribner for January, the Pub
fishers say, will grow in interest as the mar
ratve goes on. 1t was almost literally a
voyage through the center of the earth
the cliffs lowered sometimes more than a
mile above the heads of the voyagers
involving them in gloom, and hiding from
their sight the dangers toward which they
were hurried by the impetuous torrent of
the unknown river.
The Major tells his story so modestly-
with SO little of trumpet blowing and flag
fying-that it takes the reader some time
to discover that this is the record of one of
the most daring and remarkable feats ever
performed by an explorer. 1t is worthy to
rank among the tales of Arctic endurance
and heroism.
The narrative is set off and enlivened by
some most unexpected and charming bits
of description of the gentler and more
beautiful phases of nature, which have the
same effect upon the reader that the phe-
nomena themselves must have had upon
the travellers through these weird and awful
scenes.
A part of the expedition at one point
refused to so any further upon what seemed
an insane journey-they turned aside, and
met a dreadful death in the wilderness.
Only those who went on survive to tell the
story. The illustrations are probably the
best that ISeribner's Monthly, or, for that
matter, any other magazine, has ever pro-
dIced
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off and the space covered with boards. A
feet from the corner of the room, so as to
form triangle, then the cabinet was like
an old fashioned, three co-nered cupboard.
In the portion, which formed the front part
of the cabinet, was door to admit the
medium into the cabinet from the parlor,
and two small apertures, about twelve
inches wide and eighteen high, five to six
feet from the floor, over which was placed
black curtains. The inside of the cabinet
was also covered with black muslin. 1t is
dangerous to have much light in cabinet.
These manifestations commence with what
they call the "dark seance.'' The room is
made entirely dark; not a ray of light is
allowed to penetrate. Before darkening
the room, however, the lady medium exacts
from all in the room at least an implied
promise that they will submit to the exist
ing " conditions of the evening. In this
part of the performance Mrs. Holmes plays
the part of captain-general. 1t given out
that she only possesses the mediumistic
powers necessary for this peculiar phase of
spirit manifestations. She requests the
audience to join hands and to sit perfectly
still; not to allow their feet to extend out.
There must be perfect silence; no talking
or even whispering is allowed. She usually
invites some one in the audience to tie her
hands with a rope in any manner they may
think best. Sometimes, if there is a skep-
tic present, he will accept of the invitation
and tie her to chair, her hands behind her
back, or any way his fancy may select. All
things being ready, she seats herself along
side of a table, which is always placed
close to a wall on one side of the room.
THE DARK sEANCEs.
On this table is placed number of gui-
tars, small tea bells, tambourine rings, &C.,
&c. The room is then made entirely dark,
and music is commenced by singing, in
which all are requested to join, whether
they have any musical ability or not; some
times hurdy gurdy or other instrument is
brought into requistion. In very few
minutes after the music commences there
is great disturbance among the guitars,
bells, &c, which are lying on the table.
The first spirit usually heard from is
"Dick," who says he is Canadian sailor,
who died in the Marine Hospital in Chicago,
thirteen or fourteen years ago. Dick plays
| on the guitar, rings the bells, hangs the
tambourine rings on the necks of some of
the audience, and goes through otherpranks
| too numerous to mention. Next comes
"Rosie," who says she belongs to the Choc-
taw Indians was killed by lightning about
thirteen years ago, when she was five years
old; was very small in stature at the time
of her death, not over eighteen inches
high. 1t is claimed that Rosie magnetizes
the medium, renders her insensible, and
then uses her vocal organs with which she
talks to the audience. The language used
| by Rosie in the conversations she has with
! the audience is supremely ridiculous
When Rosie is through, Irish Ann " just
drops in to have a wo:d; she is followed by
the " French lady," WHO, after exhibiting
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-23

sB Next to the breathing of pure air,
exercise, and the use of suitable food, moth
ing more contributes to the preservation of
health than the possession of good teeth.
All the arts used for their preservation are
therefore of the highest Importance. 1t
should never be forgotten that the teeth
will not ordinarily decay, either originally
or after being properly filled, unless food
or other foreign substances are allowed to
remain between them long enough to decay
or acidify, and thus act rjuriously on tie
dental enamel. The importance of keep
ing the teeth clean, by brushing, 10y draw
ing silk threads between, by frequent rims
ing, and other simple agencies, may thus
be understood.
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For The Cecil
LINES TO A WAVE.

THE following graceful lines are frem g
now aspirant for poetic honors:l
List thou child of storm and sea,
Tell me of the windy deep;
Where waves murmur listlessly,
Or the wild tornadoe sweep.
Tell of fair and far-off lands,
With bright streams and mines of gold !;
Of their shores Of yellow sands,
And the stately ice berg cold.
Tell me of the mermaids fair,
Who lie hidden in their caves;
Have you seen their golden hair,
Which is washed by rolling waves
You know many tales quite we'll
Tales of shipwreck on the deep;
Can't you break the binding spell?
Are you bound those tales to keep?
Speak, speak out, be not afraid;
Tell, Oh tell me all you know;
Tell of sorrows you have made;
Stay with me, no farther 60.
But you give me no reply,
And you sccrn to answer me;
| hear something like sigh,
AS you roll back to the sea.
Woodlaton, Md. REX LIE Roy.
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KATIE KINGS HISTORY.

A sIcKENING STORY OF HUMAN cREDULITY
AND CLUMSY SLEIGHT OF HAND.
The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes the
following autobiography, or confession of
Katie King, tho woman whose feats as a
spirit medium caused so much sensation in
that city during the past year:
This confession, presented to our readers
As it fell from the lips of Katie King, is
duly supported in every particular by the
said Mrs. -, or Katie Kings affidavit,
affirmed to and subscribed before the Hon.
VIM. B. Hanna, Judge of the Orphans
Court, which is thereto annexed, and which
was deposed to in the presence of several
reputable gentlemen, one of whom was DR..
Henry T. Child, who, by thus lending his
valuable aid to the full and complete expo
sure of the Holmes swindle, has made every
PREPARATION in his power:
was born on the first day Of January,
1851, in Massachusetts. So far as the pub
lie are concerned my name is Katie King,
and this only I propose to use. Like all
others, l have, of course, real name, but
the public have no interest in knowing
what it is. About the first of March, 1874,
1 purchased the furniture of house on
North Thirteenth street, Philadelphia, for
the purpose of keeping boarding house;
but a very few weeks elapsed before my
furniture was sold to pay overdue rent
which did not know existed when | made
the purchase. In this transaction lost all
the money l had, except small amount
left of the portion given me by mother
friend. 1t was during this time that
first became acquainted with Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson Holmes. They had just returned
from Europe, and came to board with me
shortly after l commenced keeping the
boarding house on Thirteenth street. AT
ter my furniture was sold they proposed
that ! should take what little money had
left, purchase as much furniture with it as
could, hire another house and they would
assist me in furnishing it, board with me
and would also assist me in paying the
rent. l acceded to this proposition. No.
so North Ninth street, was the house Sc
lected, Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes using the
second floor for their business purposes,
the balance of the house, except the store
room on the first floor, was used by us
jointly. They commenced giving their pre-
tended spiritual manifestations while we
occupied the house on North Thirteenth
street. Katie King" did not make her
appearance for very good reasons until we
occupied the house on North Ninth street.
This was about the middle of April, 1874.
The first thing after we commenced to
occupy the house on Ninth street, was the
erection of cabinet, in which the spirits
were supposed to materialize." There
were but two rooms on the second floor.
The front room was used by Mr. and Mrs.
Holmes as parlor and place to hold their
seances, the other as bed room. These
rooms communicated. In the back corner
of the front room was erected the cabinet,
covering the doorway that communicated
with the back room. The door was taken
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-23

CLOSING CRACKS IN CAST IRON STOVES.
Good wood ashes are to bs sified through
a fine sieve, to which is to be added the
same quantity of clay finely pulverized,
together with little salt. The mixture is
to be moistened with water enough to make
a paste, and the crack of the stove filled
with it. The cement does not peel off or
break away, and assumes an extreme de-
gree of hardness after being heated. The
stove must lie cool when the application is
made, The same substance may be used
in setting the plates of a stove, or in fitting
stove pipes serving to render all the joints
perfectly tight.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-23

PHOSPHORUS lights, closes the seance by
thanking the audience for their kind
attention." asks " the angels to bless them
and bids them call good night" The Ian
guage used by those different so-called spir-
its is of the very lowest order, mere slang,
idiotic, and, to person of ordinary intelli-
gence, exceedingly disgusting. "Sixteen
Years Experience in Ventriloquism -" ex-
plains these manifestations.
SPIRIT FACES AT REDUCED PRICES.
This farce being ended the gas is turned
on, and preparations are made for the light
seance. Mr.. Holmes enters the cabinet,
bolts the door in the inside so that it would
be impossible for any enc to get in by the
front entrance. The gas is turned off, and
a very dim light, emanating from kero
sene lamp, covered with a shade, placed in
that part of the room which affords the
greatest distance from the cabinet, is all
the light that is allowed in this seance.
The bulk of persons in the room can be
seen, but it would be almost impossible to
distinguish the features of any one unless
it would be an intimate acquaintance. The
circles, facing the cabinet, all are requested
again to join hands, vocal or instrumental
music is again started up, silence, other
! than the music, is imperatively demanded.
and all eyes naturally turned to the aper-
lures in the cabinet. In from five to ten
minutes the curtain covering one of the
apertues will be pushed to one side, and
what is represented to be "the face of a
spirit" will make its appearance. This
usually creates quite commotion among
the audience, and the lady medium, who is
on the outside of the cabinet, quite limo
Gently and with much apparent earnest
ness requests the audience to "identify
the spirits so much to be recognized"
These esprit faces are simply false faces,
which can be purchased by the dozen for
ten cents a piece. They are placed in the
hands of the medium and raised up to the
aperture, and by him manipulated to suit
surrounding circumstances. A white cloth
of thin, gauze-like material is usually placed
on the heads of these false faces, which
gives them life-lke appearance. The
audience are told that I" these head dresses
are worn by materialized spirits for the
purpose Of protecting the brain" The
faces are allowed to remain at the aperture
bnt for moment, the reason given that
"they cannot remain longer materialized."
1t is singular fact that scarcely a face is
produced that is not fully recognized by
some one in the audience. 1t is astonish-
ing the number of credulous persons that
will be found in an audience composed of
twenty or thirty people.
KATIE KINGS DEBUT.
One day while eonversing about the pro-
bable success of the seanccs, a white cloth
was thrown over my head by the lady
medium, accompanied with the remark,
"You would make good Katie King;
wish you would try it; 60 in tie cabinet
once; look out at the audience and speak,
say something, just to see how it will take"
II is useless to repeat all the conversation
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-23
A LIVELY CONVERSATION At TIE DOOR.
A Life Drama
Scene Corner Of Sixth g. Market Streets,
Time, One O'clock.
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a il exchange.
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will
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STRANGER WHAT'S that quality goods?
label attached Oak Hail.
looks lovely to
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The who believe
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HALL excellent Clothing
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-23
Major T. B. Ferguson AMI Col. P. W

Major T. B. Ferguson AMI Col. P. w.
Downs, the Fish Commissioners of Mary
land, have just completed the work of
stocking the waters of Maryland with
young salmon Matched at the Kent Farm
Green Spring Valley, Baltimore county,
from eggs brought from California by Prof
Baird, Of the United States Fishery Com
mission. OF these fish, 12G, coo have been
distributed in the waters of Maryland,
including $4,000 in the Gunpowder, 10, 900
in Deer Creek and 5000 in the Octoraro
The next work for the Maryland Commits
sion is to obtain bass to stock different
streams in the State. to he hereafter decided
upon. These fine fish can he obtained in
quantities in the upper Potomac, and Majo~
Magruler, one of the commissioners, was
expected to be present, when the water
was drawn from the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, with nets, boats, &C., for the pur-
pose Of capturing as many of the fish as
pOsSiule.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-23

THE FEMALE SrIDERs.-Only the female
spiders spin webs. They own all the real
estate, and the males have to live vaga
boad life under stones and in other obscure
hidin. places. If they come about the
house SO often as to bore the ruling sex
they are mercilessly killed and eaten. The
spiders skin is as unyielding as the shells
of Holsters and crabs, and is shed from
time to time in the same way to accOmmo-
date the animals growth II you poke
over the rubbish in a female SPIDERS back
yard, among her cast off corscts YOU will
find the jackets of the males who have
Paid for their sociality with their lives
trophies of her barbarism as truly as scalps
ai:ow the savage nature of the red man.
Pref. r. 8. Nore.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-23

tS-A two foot ru!e-Don't stumble.
Best tent for the Summer-Con-t tent.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-01-23

IS The average heat of the human body
is ninety-eight degrees.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-08

MEMPHIS THEATER,-Last night the
theater wal well filled, all the seats being
occupied. Tonight Mr.. jefferson will
take a benefit, and viii once again pre-
sent Rip Van Wrinkle, which will be re-
peated at the matinee tomorrow and
at the closing performance tomorrow
night.
MRS. LASDER. This we'll know lady
viii appear at the Memphis Theater on
next Monday night and open up an en-
gagement as Marie Antoinette". The
st. Louis Journal refers to Mrs. Lander
in the following style
We congratulate our thea~ter-poers nm
on the fact that Mrs. Lander will remain
In the city a week longer, thus affording
all lovers of the higher school Of the
drama a last chance Of enjoying il at
the hands Of one Of its most powerful
d~elineators. We have rarely seen a more
conscientious, painstaking and natural
actress than Mrs. Lander. She is not
only possessed OF great histriopic powers
but she has had the advantage Of years
OF stage experience and discipline. In
such roles as Queen Elizabeth, 2 Lady
Macbeth and Cleopatra" she has O n
fessedly but few equals.
The support afforded this admirable
lady by Mr.. Taylor and Mr.. Lawlor' 5
Star Combination Company, has been
exceedingly fine, indeed, Lawlor's Com.
pany is the best that has visited st. Louis
for many a day.
JEFFERSON OPERA HoUsE.--This tenn
pie OF variety amusement is open nightly
to the public. Manager Steele has a
fine company, and presents a change Of
programme each evening.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-08


A Chinaman will court aud get mar.
ried in a week. but if be tries hard he
can transact a divorce in half that
period.
A Nevada justice, when appealed to
issue a warrant for the arrest of some
three.card monte men who had swindled
a traveller, refused to do so, saying that
the offense came under the head of dis
pensation of Providence, and he hadn't
jurisdiction.
A New York paper says: "Dio Lewis
declares that he could live two weeks on
a Hubbard squash" and asks: why
should he live two weeks on a Hubbard
squash2' Why should he live two weeks
on anything? We can see no reason,
indeed, why he should live at all.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-08

The Phil Allin, Captain James Lee in
command. brought in this morning 2s5
bales of cotton, COS sacks of seed, and
was full of people. She leaves this eve
ming with a return trip for Friar's Point
and the bends, attending to all way bust
ness. Captain Stack Lee controls the
affairs of the office, and has for his aids
Messrs. Geo. Grifing and Billy Willis.
The Quickstep, Captain Milt Harry in
command, is the regular Saturday White
river packet. She will be in port to-day
ready to receive, and leave tomorrow
evening with a return trip.
The Mary Ament, Captain O. X. Jop-
lin in command, came in this morning
from the upper coast with 81 bales of
cotton, 200 sacks of seed, a lot of sun.
dries, and a good list Of people. She
leaves this evening with a return trip for
Osceola and the bends, carrying the U.
s. mail and attending to all way bust
ness. Joe W. Rhodes, a prince Of good
fellows, has charge of the Office.
The Future City and barges passed up
at noon today for Cairo. She dropped
one barge here to be loaded With oil
cake and cotton.
The Indiana, Captain Rusk in com
mand, will leave the wharf this evening
for Cairo, Louisville and Cincinnati.
Mr.. All Croxal, a courteous and attentive
gentleman, will be found iu the office.
The Bismarck is loading at Cairo for
New Orleans.
The Thompson Dean, Captain Paul.
will be up tomorrow morning for St.
Louis.
The st. Francis. Captain Basket, will
be found in port today receiving for St.
Francis river, and leaves tomorrow even
ing for Helena, the bends and all points
on st. Francis river through to Wits
burg. D. P. Davis, an efficient and
worthy officer, presides at the desk.
The Great Republic, Captain Thor
weigan in command, left Cairo last
evening. She will arrive here this even
ing and leave promptly tomorrow even.
ming for New Orleans aud the bends.
Freight will be received for her at the
elevator.
Tom Demons, the celebrated steam
boat painter, returned to the city last
evening.
The fine steamer Mary Boyd, in com.
mand of that ever popular officer, Capt.
Ed Rowland, is receiving for Arkansas
river and all way points through to Lite
tie Rock, and leaves promptly tomorrow
evening, carrying the mail and attend.
ing to all way business. Dan Sullivan.
a clever and accommodating gentleman.
has charge Of the office.
The A. ]. White. Captain George Ma.
lone, came in this morning from the
lower coast with 65 bales cotton. 6O5
sacks seed, AIS sacks coffee and a biz
passenger trip. She leaves tomorrow
evening with a return trip for Napoleon
and the bends, carrying the mail and at
tendiag to all way business. Captain
Lee Cummings is her prime minister.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-01-08

bins; Third, C. w. Metcalf; Sixth. I.
Happek; Seventh, j. T. Hillsmap
Tenth. Gus. a. MORT.
Councilmen-First Ward, John Zent
and p. J. Kelly; Second, W. Hewitt and
Hermon Caro-; Third, A. G. Tuthe rand
s. j. Camp; Fourth. Henry Luiirman
and s. w Graen; Fifth. R. Doherty and
JOS, Cluston, jr, (col.l; Sixth, VIM. GAY
and Chas. G. Fisher; Seventh, Jas. S.
Carpenter and L. Solari; Eighth. j. w.
Moores and j. W. Cochran; Ninth. ].
d. Danbury and L. d. Grant; Tenth. t.
A. Ryan and Jacob Moon, (eol.)
School Visitors-First Ward. Thos.
Kelly; Second, ]. E. Randle; Third, DR..
K. w. Mitchell; Fourth, N. j. Wigrin
Fifth, c. C. Churchill; Sixth, Jerome
Hill; Seventh. G. V. Rambaut; Eighth,
n. W. Speers; Ninth, H. Townsend:
Tenth, W. c. Fowlkes.