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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-12-30
SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

The School Commissioners of Cecil county will meet
at their Office in Ekun for the transaction of current
School business, on the SECOND TUESDAY of each
and every month JOHN SQUIER,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-12-30
For StOm a chs Out of Order.

No medicine will so effectualIy improve the tone o.
the stomach these Pills: they remove all acuty
occasionci either by iutrmIerance improper diet
They reach the liver and reIuc" il healthy action
rhoy wonderfully cfi"aciuus in of spasn in
fact they fail in curing all disorders of the liver
and stomach.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-12-30

SCARCITY OF MoNEY.-There is no doubt
but the present condition of all kinds of
business and industry is iearfully depressed,
md it behooves every family to look care
fully to their expenses. Winter is coming
on when children are liable to Group. Hoop
ing Cough, etc. Coughs and Colds will
prevail every where, and Consumption, with
other throat and lung diseases, will carry
off many. These diseases should not be
neglected. Doctors bills arc expensive,
and we would advise orr people to use
BosCHEE's GERMAN SYRUP. 1t never has
failed. One bottle at - cents will keep
your whole family well during the Winter.
Two doses will relieve any case. Sold in
all towns in the United States, and by II.
H. Mitchell, Elktou; E. b. Frazer, Port
Deposit; and Dir. L. r. Kirk, Rising Sun.
rs Try it; keep trying 1t, and try it
again. We say this because we believe
that the health, happiness and prosperity Of
the people depend upon the proper use of
these medicines which have proved so sue
cessful in graduating disease and defeating
death. The medicine SO effective in its cure
of diseases is the great Southern remedy,
SIMMONS Liver Regulator. Try it; we be-
lieve that the first trial will be satisfactory
"a
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NEW ADTER EASEMENTS.
ELBOw-RSCM,


lisnri viii rutsrli any book in the field This bright
est oil um''ons books, Is rrousrly illustrated with the
most lau@hIh'r pictures by Arthur Ii. Frost.
VII f"Ii Icy reason ct ii. beauty aId chrapnre-. No
oth"r hoo" published posse sing general fitness for
tn" wants "i IT," present time. Agents who wish to
make BIG WAGES waited in every town Temptug
terms and circulars sent, application To J. NJ STOD-
DARI 4 co ~ lhn-In frnnt Id.
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cc week in your town. Terms aud > outfit
DUO free II. IIALLETT Il CO. Portland Maine
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Some Of our citizens engaged in the
doubtful pleasure of pigeon shooting on
the ice, Christmas day, but with very poor
success, because of the peculiar manner in
which the trap was placed, More than
one half of the pigeons flew to the Cecil
and Hartford shores.
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PROF. BROWN

who advertised for a Slight ot hand show,
ventriloquism, &c, had the Odd Fellows
Hall lighted, Saturday night, but not
single person concluded to invest their
quarter for such sport. and he left, dis
gusted with our town. This community
has been fooled, and it takes some one with
an excellent reputation to draw a crowd.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-12-30

Hoo,raES PITS the best rsErig kaD,, in the ,cCri
for TIE tnIIOLriul iLsanN.S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-06

The New York Htvdld, in an editorial arti-
Gle entitled, "An Error at Starting" charac-
ferizes as unfortunate and ill-advised the ac-
ton Of the majority OF the House OF Repre-
sentatives in the case of the member cleo;
from the new state Of Colorado. The MAORI
ty can only relieve themselves from the
charge of partizanship by seating the MEM
Der elect on a report from the Judiciary COM
mittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-06

Fit be true as reported, that the New York
hank note companies are to continue the
printing of revenue stamps for the United
States, although the government has i'm this
city all the means and appliances for prompt,
safe and satisfactory execution OF the work
and at a less cost than the contract price, Il
is certainly time for some one to rise and ex-
plain. Even il II cost the government a little
more to do the work, there are many good
reasons why ii should do its own printing of
this character. If there are any equally good
reasons why it should go oltside to hunt up
contractors and let the machinery lie idle in
the Treasury printing bureau, the public
would Ike to know them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-06

On the day Congress met. special prayer
meetings were held i'm New York and Phila-
delphia to invoke the divine blessing on the
deliberations of the Congress of the United
States The prayers of the righteous OVAL
much, and il is therefore suggested that godly
men and women throughout the land pray
without ceasing that the divine guidance
may be vouchsafed our public men in the pre-
sent troubled condition OF the country. Ho-
meopathic treatment won't answer in this
case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-06

In reference TO the portion of the Message
in favor Of basing suffrage upon an educa-
tional qualification as a safeguard over the
method of choosing and declaring the cleo
tion OF President, the Baltimore american
thinks ''the President is to be commended
for speaking out so boldly and frankly upon
a subject which few public men have the
courage to touch. His advice will be lost
upon Congress, but perhaps some day a po-
litical party will spring up that will dare put
this quotation from President Grants last
Annual Message in its platform
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To Business Men.

On account Of the pressure of both news and adver
tisements upon columns at the present time and
20 euabIe THE STAR to BE- circulated at the earliest
hour possible each day advertisers are requested to
send in their early in the day as practicable
They must be in hand before clock to insure in
seriOn the day. and they ought to be in much
earlier than that as is possible in each case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-12-06

The Presidents message is commented
upon favorably by the press, but some of the
papers think IL remarkable for what it does
not contain 1. e., any special reference TO the
exciting political issue on hand. IL is under
stood, however, that the President will treat
this matter at considerable length in a special
message, some day this week.
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kth ana sts NV, mod. imps...-... .--....... DO
Nv. cor. nth ST. and Pa. ave-, store ...., lS
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New Houses on street, above 10th. ........... 20
no ON ST. se 10 rs, mod. imps- ~
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Also, large number of other houses. full partic-
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How to Remedy the Electoral System

In view OF the complications which have
grown out of the system of electing Presi-
dent and Vice President by means of an
electoral college IL is pretty generally agreed
that the present method should be abolished,
and that hereafter those officers shall be
elected by a direct vote OF the people. Sena-
tor Morton's plan for Constitutional amend
ment while 1t may not be the best that can
BE desired. IL undoubtedly vast improve
ment on the present awkward method.
Briefly it provides that each state shall be
divided into districts equal i'm number TO the
number of Representatives to which the state
may be entitled in Congress- and that the
person having the highest number Of votes in
each district for President shall receive the
vote OF that district, which shall count
one Presidential vote; that the person
having the highest number of votes for Pres
ident in a state shall receive two presidential
votes from the state at large; that the person
having the highest number of presidential
votes in the United States shall be President;
and that the foregoing provisions shall apply
to the election OF the Vice President. One OBJ
lection which might be raised to this plan is
that IL ignores majOrities in the same way
that the electoral college system does. A
majority of 10000 in a district would count
no more than a majority of one, and this
holds true of the electoral system as regards
state majorities. While there may be some
valid objections to a direct vote for Presiden-
tial candidates, a system based on this prin-
ciple would doubtless be generally accepta-
bic.
The fIightful calamity through the burning
OF the Brooklyn Theater reported i'm our tel
egraphie columns), by which nearly a hun
dred persons were burned to death, shows
that with all the attention given to the sub
Ject. the adequate means of exit from thea
tiers in case of fire has not been secured even
in city of the size and wealth of Brooklyn.
In the case of our Washington theaters the
modes of exit are unusually ample in conse-
quence of the warning given by previous
fires.
Smyrna times., 1876-05-17
A MATTER OF POPULAR INTEREST,

We condense/ from the Lefigh Register the
substance of Conversation about Oak Hall, in
an makers Largest
attendant&fe the speakers:
Visitor. "What corner is the Building on?"
AnendGnt; South East corner of Sirth and
strangers seeking Oak Hall, have been misled
by designing persons"
>. ", 1t is perfectly colossal Do you know
Its dimensiOns?' =
A. $4,000 square feet-66 on Market, and
1sO odd on Sixth, six stories high, has over
three acres "a foOriRg, and covers space once
Rsss RssgPiiSs PPisaisy y twenty different Susi;
V."Do you use steam-power?"
A.. giant young engine furnishes power
for the freight and passenger elevators, and the
boilers S steam can tor heating, and the other opera
Y. What order do you Jake with goods?"
,tA Al "dhey va are @ tirst M 3PeZed and arranged in
tors room on ths%vh floor" - " '-'' --''p''
Y. . Is 1nspectingthe first operation?"
A. mo, sir, measuring. The goods are first
measured in the piece, then inspected. The
cloth passes over rollers in the face of q strong
light, and two men sit, one before and one
behind the goods, watching with the eye of
hawk for the least pin-hole imperfection, and
marking every flaw, so that the cutter may see
ments."
Y. you must employ an ar1zty of cuttersY'
keep 20 hands all the ti%e cyEting up the cloth
into garments,-besidesyO machines that do
dozen mems work eacIf&ft stroke"
". Do you manufacture all your own
goodsP
A. "We do, and most carefully. Our ex-
aminers inspect every stitch and seam, and
certify to every garment as extra-well made
before we put our ticket on it, and become
responsible for it."
deal ?' '"'0 ~" eie~'
A. "In every direction, sir. 1t is tM system
and economy we practice all the wW through
TooGd IaGt enables o US to put our to the
of itY' ---Tt '''As '-le "oiA' "n"' becomes
A. Before it goes into Stock it is .icketed
Every single garment has its number anC
other points ed on it, so that its entire his
books" NFo- w.
Y. " You must have 80 or 40 salesmenY'
A; why sir, on busy days you mayisee 10
IN the various rooms and suites of rooms
seIllng to the throngs of customers"/
v. DO you do an order buSAeS by mai
and express?' "
A. Very great. All over the country. Gu
Smyrna times., 1876-05-17

CHINESE METHOD OF WELDING.-The
Ironmonger says that Mr.. Balester, who went
on mission to the East, describes the
Chinese method of welding cracked IRON
wares by cementing them with cast iron
while in a liquid state. In cast iron pan,
which Mr.. B. required to be welded, the
operator commenced by breaking the edges
of the fracture slightly with hammer, so
as to enlarge the assures, after which the
fractured parts were placed and held in
their natural positions by means of wooden
braces. The pan being ready, crucibles,
made of clay, were laid in charcoal and
ignited in small portable sheet iron
furnace, with bellows working horizontally.
As soon as the pieces of cast iron with
which the crucibles were charged were
fixed, it was poured on layer of partly
charred husks of rough rice, or paddy, pre-
viously spread on a thickly doubled cloth,
the object of which is to prevent the sudden
cooling and hardening Of the liquid metal
While in the liquid state, it is quickly con-
veyed to the fractured part under the
vessel, and forced up with jerk into the
enlarged assures, while paper rubber was
passed over the obtruding liquid inside o
the vessel, making a strong, substantial
and neat operation.
Smyrna times., 1876-05-17

In political circles the thing that makes
most talk in New York for the moment is
the cropping out again of the hostility of
Tammany Hall to Governor Tilden. This
hostility was calmed down little through
the exertions of prominent members of
the party outside of the State just after
the State Convention, but it would seem
now that the policy of silence has ceased to
operate. Mr.. John Kelly, who is to all
intents and purposes, Tammany itself, has
formally given notice that the Governor is
not the choice of New York, and that no
effort, therefore will be spared to aid in
giving the st. Louis nomination to prom
inent citizen of some other State, "upon
whom all can unite. ."--Ph1adelphia Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1876-05-17

perfect system eAd rules of self-measurement
make i itRossiTe to please people 1000 miles
Sgsg Ssrsg6. @Tperfeotly as if they were here in
V. "I suppose you have at least half dozen
different departmentsY
A. MY dear sirl we have more than ttrent,
each charged with its own business, and each
thoroughly organized, a necessary wheel with
in the great wheel"
V. "Will you name dozen or so of themY'
A. with pleasure. The Custom Depart
ment, for those who prefer custom made to
ready-madea Tke Furnishing Department,
with its NvAn1gnse stock of all underwear
The Shirt Nsctory, with its busy machines,
making our own hrst-elass rs q shirts. The Trim
lar store. The Garment Stock Room. The
Receiving Room. The Order Department,
named before; The Special Uniforms Depart
ment. The Delivery Department, with its
score of messengers. The"
V. Hold holdl sir, enoughW
A. "Pm not half throughI The Advertising
editing and publishingA business and popular
e all your Send forfP The h@oMntaly Menys
Department, witFitS many rooms The Boys
Department The Youths Department. The
Childrens Department, with its special
entrance for ladies. The Telegraph Depart
ment. The Chief Clerks Department. with
its book,keepers and assistants. General Man
other offices of the FIRM all busy as bees
thinking, planning, .exeZuting, buying, max
ing ing registering, g sending out selling
to carry on business with the people amount
ing to between 100000 and $3OOO,OOO an
nually."
V. "S-tu-p-e-n-d-o-u-sp
A. Indeed it is! forgot to name the
Cashiers Department, which handles its S25 600
of retail sales on some single daysP'
", "S25,0OOl Immense That, what enables
the house to buy cheap and seYcheap?"
A. Exactly You have jEst hit it, The
people throng here kn%kEiQE that we depend
on low prices and immesA Zsaies." i''--O
v. What are the FOUR RULES I hear SO
A. "Our system of business dealing-1. One
price, no deviation; 2. Cash for everything; 8
guarantee protecting the purchaser; 4. The
money returned if the buyer can't otherwise
be suited"
V. Nothing could be fairer"
A. Nothing. And the people see it."
" We'll, thank you, sir, for your polite
A. "Not at all. It's pleasure to s1Fve you
Call again; and be sure of the plsEe-Wana
maker Browns Oak Hall lSkoYh East cor
ner Sixth and Market" "a
v. THANK you! shall be happy to do 60
Good morning"
Smyrna times., 1876-05-17

The question is often raised in all parts
Of this country, namely, " Is there any law
to compel creditor to receipt for money
from debtor p This inquiry was especial
" a topic of discussion when stamps were
required upon receipts, as many creditors
refused to give receipts unless the debtors
would furnish stamps. In England the re-
ceiver of money amounting to f5 can be
compelled to give a receipt on stamped
paper, or he may be brought summarily
before the nearest magistrate and fined for
his refusal; but in Pennsylvania the debtor
has no remedy if the creditor uncourteOus-
ly refuse to give a receipt. In fact, the
money offered in payment of debt isanot
legally rendered if the debtor makes*his
Tor anything else) condition. 1t Is not a
tender to say " will give you this money
if you will give me a receipt" The JoUr1a,
Of Commerce says only in cases W here the
title to real estate is concerned can a
receipt or " satisfaction piece be exacted
If a mortgage refuses to execute such
release he may be compelled by legal pro
cess, but an ordinary creditor may deny tc
the debtor all evidence from him that the
obligation is cancelled. He may refuse
even a certified check to his order anC
demand simple payment in cash.