The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-10-28

-Flattery is a sort of bad money to
which our vanity gives currency.
"A paper called the Skeleton has been
started in Chicago. 1t is full of bone mo;s.
The Western papers tell of boy who
"peered fatally into the muzzle of shot
gun"
What is friend? A person whose
good qualities we tolerate on condition that
he overlooks our defects.
In Paris, street musicians drag pianos
about, and, stopping before house, play
with great self-possession.
Personal in Cincinnati paper-"A
young blonde widow would like to cores
pond with middle-aged coal merchant"
Democratic transparencies-"G Give us
office, or give us death. A good paying
position is the price of eternal vigilance"
A new play, called "Our Boarding
House" is running at Chicago theatre.
We judge from the title that it is merely
rehash Of old pieces.
"A poor fellow seeking for employment
In a Chicago telegraph office finally asked
to be hired as a telegraph pole. 1t was no
use; every post was full.
"A Chicago liveryman secures the pa
tronage of lovers by having the seats of
his vehicles made rather small for two
persons.
-Spurgeon told his students the other
day to avoid the use of the nose as an organ
of speech, for the best authorities are
agreed that it is intended to smell with
According to accounts from Eastern
papers, the Jews are flocking into the city
of Jerusalem, and are buying and renting
every available tenement. Prophecy is be-
ing fulfilled in that direction.
You must not expect poet to live up
to his professions any more than any other
man. The author of 81 Would Not Live
Always" is nearly a hundred years old. If
he keeps Oh few decades longer, people
will begin to lose confidence in him.
1t appears from the number of chairs
ton at the Centennial, that the 90 Father of
his Country" sat down $3.50 times during
the Revolutionary War, and each time in
different chair, many of them being pat
TENS of 1879.
In Algeria there is river formed by
the union of two streams, one coming
from region of forruginous soil and the
other draining peat swamp. The acid
in the latter acting upon the iron in the
fromer makes true ink, and the river is
actually stream of good writing fluid
There is a considerable commerce in
toads between France and England. A
toad Of good size, and in fair condition,
will fetch about twenty-five cents in the
London market, aud dozen of the extra
quality are worth five dollars. Market
gardeners employ them to keep down in
sects.
The Chinese question in California
has many phases, but a peculiarly bad one
for John is that he looks so much alike.
In Napa lately the wrong John was arrested
for murder, and in San Francisco not long
ago the Court failed to discover that the
Chinamau on trial was not the real defend
ant until the jury was almost ready to
bring in verdict
"A school girl used to carry slate,
spelling book, geography, and
a lunch in paper. The modern school
girl goes along with big litter, a hustle,
striped hose, hump backed, carrying thirty
one different books, three States four copy
books, bottle of ink, pocketful of pencils
and pens, 81 worth of pinchbeck iewelry,
two pounds of candy, the last new novels,
and dozen red ribbons futtering around
her.