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Fashion Notes.

Black hats will be worn only for dem
toilet. .. e.. e. ..r ..! r..... .'."''
Perfumed hats are q novelty attempted
in Paris. '.. ...,.
Saturday morning weddings are again
in vogue. r.-.. 3D..
Silks are ruinously low, say the mer.
chants in London. ." -.
Fancy millinery silks command bet.
ter price than dress silks.
Bustles are so small at present that
they are invoiced" invisible" ...
The fashionable fancy work for sum
ner resorts will be lace making. f
Quaking grasses are mingled with all
the bonnet trimmings in London. -.
Violet wood fans are novelties intend
ed to take the place of sandal wood
ones. ,.. .,. .a.
Pearl gray failles, trimmed with FROST
ed gauze and with Spanish blonde, are
very popular. ''' " '.."..' .'.' ... ......
Gold and silver threads are introduced
into all; the embroideries of evening
DIR ssses in Paris. .,...........,.. .:..>. -:
bridesmaids wear gauze dresses
trimmed to correspond with the bridal
dress of repped silk. BIZ -':.' ...:@' 80
English round hats with broad brins
are worn by the ultra fashionables for
promenade costume. .....I..;
Silver sautache is used by French
modistes for trimming silver gray
camels hair costumes. '..
None but very handsome women, with
small and regular features, can wear the
hair in the French twist style. -
The tabilers of wedding dresses are
made 'of heavy repped silk covered with
seed pearl and chenille embroidery. s-s
Fashionable dressmakers say that
every lady is ordering black grenadine
suit for wear at the summer resorts. -.
French or italian chip of the palest
shade of cream is the full dress midsuna-
mer bonnet for Newport and Saratoga. .
All the bridesmaids. of Mile. de
Rothschilds wore, at the wedding in
Paris, dresses of blue silk and blue
gauze.
The large, long, or square pocket, in
evitable on all costumes, is now placed
back Of the left hip and rather low
down. -.
There is o tendency to revive high
coifures. The French twist, worn
very small and high, is to replace the
Greek coil. .., .. ..... ..
The brims of the English round hats
are rolled instead Of being closely
pressed against the sides OF the crown,
as last season. @'
Very dressy hats from Virot's are
turned up only on one side, and have q
coquettish face trimming of velvet
bands and flowers. ...;..
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A TramD's Ride.

Michael Ryan has ridden from Chi
cago to San Francisco for nothing and
made dollar on the road. From Chi
cago to Omaha he rode under the head
light of the engine, and from Omaha to
Reno part of the time slowed under
the baggage of some Germans who from
time to time provided him with food
and water, and part of the time on a
coupling of freight car. At Reno he
bought from m immigrant the unused
piece of his ticket for 81, but having
an opportunity to sell the coupon for 81
he did 80 and "beat" his way onward
to San Francisco, which he reached after
being elected from the cars score OF
times.
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you something that you need never
have known. And yet, perhaps, it is
better that you should. She.means that
I once loved her."
He went on talking for few minutes,
but do not know what he said. My
hands were cold, and objects before my
eyes were blurred. She had deceived
me. It was to her and to him I had
listened that evening so long. He had
loved her. I, who heard him declare
it, knew the depth OF sincerity in the
voice that told her so. Had he sought
nv love as a solace for the wound that
she had inhicted2 Friend and lover
were both to fail me?
"Have you nothing to say, Agnes
Why do you not answer me2"
"Wait for me one moment" re-
piled, hearing my voice, but hardly re-
cognizing it. CT will answer you when
I return"
LEFT him abruptly, going slowly, up
stairs, my heart feeling broken. i got
the ring, and came down. again, not
trembling at all, quite quiet, with that
dreadful calm which accepts despair.
In the blind jealousy of the moment it
seemed impossible that he could really
love me, having once loved her.
cit is usual, I believe,"I said, with
some sort of a smile, "to break an en-
gagement by returning ring. Would
you like that ours should be broken so ?
This is your ring, is it nots"
-"What do you mean, Agnes3 Where
did you get this rings" cried DR.. Rich
ardsop, in great surprise.
CT was in the alcove there the night
that Miss Huntingdon threw, it, away.
I found it in the garden next morning.
I heard all that you both said. She has
deceived me. She said, when I asked
her, that this ring was never hers. And
you have deceived me; you told me that
you loved me-"
In another moment the sob in my
voice would have given place to miser-
able childish tears. But DIR. Richard
son folded me in his arms and kissed
me, laughing. That -comforied me
more than any words could have done.
"Poor trusting little onel" he cried.
"The whole world is in conspiracy
against you, is not it2 I shall play my
role to the end, however, and say that I
love you forever. And cannot you for
give Miss Huntingdonf Is not she
right when she says that I owe my hap&
piness to her And she may have told
the story that grieves you for the pur-
pose of making us happy. Cannot you
forgive herr" = =:
Yes. When he had talked to me an
hour or two, particularly when he had
reassured me as to the grounds upon
which T held his love, I freely forgave
her. Sitting there in the delicious twi-
light, with that dear voice sounding so
lovingly in my ears, whom and what
could I notPhave forgiven2 ~ 4-yr,
And then. in the dusk, IIheard her
light footstep on the stair, and the rustic
OF her dress.
"Come in, dear Miss Huntingdon" I
cried, "and let me kiss you once more.
I have your ring on my finger, and love
you more than ever did in my life"
And we have been friends all our days
1,pti1 nou
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Giggling Girls.

A lady writer gives the following we'll
merited remarks on what she terms
gigeling girls: The Te.hes. Per-
haps you don't know them by that name.
Well, then, suggest better. They are
the salt Of our society, in one sense !;
girls of good minds minds that will be
good if they survive the giggling age
girls of good families, we'll dressed,
polite, and fine looking, but possessed
of the insane idea that they must laugh
upon all occasions, whether there is any
thing to warrant it or not-else they are
not Jolly, gay girls, and lively company.
a bevy Of them cameinto apubEc library
one day. One had just had an ad-
venture, which was to be recited. She
dropped into chair, bent over, and
held her sides, and they all chorused IN.
They hadn't heard it yet; but OF course
it would be awful funny when it was
told. She was coming up the street
when she stepped on rotten plank-te
he r he chorus, to he!-and down she
went. Oh, dear !-te he ! he land her
foot got tangIed--full chorus, te he ne!
hei-and a man came along with
horrid check shirt on-hel he he J.:
big checks; perfectly horrid The p
and helped her up-he he hel Then
waving of the bodies back and forth,
and q grand to he ad H6it,ans, all to-
gether. They were splendid girls II :.
speak sincerely. But what an exhlbl-
tion! I saw an old graybeard take q
book he didn't want and hurry away.
Then another girl took it up, and said
her book was so comical she just howled
over it-heI he! They must all read it
they would laugh so. AS it that was
the end and aim OF a girls existence.
When man is amused he laughs with
gusto, and then straightens his face till
the next time. And it has some mean
ing But the perpetual grin or giggle
is detestable. Alta lecture recently I saw
six young ladies seemingly convulsed
with laughter for five minutes or more
at the accidental dropping of paper
of candies over the floor. T think I can
20 into social, parlor and select the
groups of married ladies from those Of
the girls-not by their faces nor by their
dresses, but by the amount of gigglng
done. .Matrimouy subdues the snickerer.
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Novel JeweIry.

Thomas Jefferson's great-granddaugh-
ters, who reside, in comparative pow
erty, in Florida, have contributed'to the
Centennial several beautiful sets of fish
scale jewelry. The material used is the
large scales Of certain fish found in
Southern waters. These are bleached
and then fashioned into the charming
brooches, earrings and necklaces now
displayed in the Women's pavilion. In
beauty of design and finish they rival
the airy AGgree work Of the Swedes or
Italians.
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V1uss1ruDEs OF LnT.-Billy, Man
ming, the negro ndinstrt,l, died in Chi
cago at the age of forty-two. He COM
mencei life on a canalboat, then drove
an omnibus in Cincinnati, and at about
the same time appeared on the stage as
an amateur performer. He took to
negro minstrelsy and was so thoroughly
successful that he aocumulaA ed for
tune. But he squandered all OF 1t and
loft bis widow penniless,
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Displays at the Exposition.

The following stated displays will be
held during the Centennial exhibition,
the dates having been recently revised
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-04-29

The best protection for man now is
innocence.
Times are called hard when lazy men
are obliged to work for living.
The coming placard- =" No Peddlers of
Centennial Articles Admitted Here
The best centennial notes reporter
can pick up are hundred dollar bills.
"A pocketbook too weak to stand
loan must be in reduced circumstances.
In the place of doing, We too often
exhaust ourselves with preparing to do.
The man who continually sits bolt
upright in society is not a thing to adore.
1t is ght that " Lent lectures should
very often be composed of borrowed ser.
mons ?
Personal friends of the parsnip will be
glad to learn that it is an umbeliferous
plant.
The man who "penned a few ram.
bling thoughts repented afterward, and
let them out.
A man in Indiana recently sent twenty
five cents by mail, pasted on the back of
a postal card.
Owe man something and he will
follow your fortune closely and take an
interest in you.
The hens of France are said to earn
their owners ssO,0OO,OOO year. and their
motto is eggs sell sior.
-" don't like Winter" said one pick
pocket to another, everybody has his
hands in his pockets
The collector for gas companies will
not be turned off with an excuse; he
does all the turning off himself
"A man in Wilton, Iowa, asks if brass
band can attain a fair degree of proficiency
without an instructor? Certainly not.
Every brass band must have a tooter.
HE was bound to be accurate, and he
described the woman's costume thus
"She wore an elegant suit of something
or other, cut bias, and trimmed endwise."
A man out in Iowa has just put up
$500 for-well, to be brief, he put it up
chimney for safe keeping, and while he
was away his wife lit fire there, and you
can imagine the rest.
The disguised Britisher who concluded
that the American national tune was the
spit toon, is revising Shakespeare for young
Yankees. He has got as far as; lis true
tits spitty, and spitty it's, tbs true
When thief enters house in Paris,
and carries off all the valuables, along
with the door knobs and blind hinges, and
then returns for the clapboards and the
rest of the building, it is called stealing
"a la mode Amerlque."
A French countess seized philosopher
at the supper table, and sinking her voice
to whisper, said: "Whlle they are cutting
up the fowls we have got five minutes to
spare; do tell me the history of the world,
for want to know it SO much.''
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-04-29

Maria. The colony of Virginia opposed
this grant 10 Lord Baltimore. claiming that
it conveyed territory that belonged to it.
William Claiborne, tie erH genius of the
colony Maryland, had, by virtue of powers
granted him by the Virginia colony, estab-
iished trading posts on Kent Island and on
Palmers or Watson Island. at the mouth of
the Susquehanna. The territory granted
to Cecil Lord BALTIMORE extended by the
charter from Watkins Point opposite the
mouth of the Potomac river uorthward to
the fortieth degree of north latitude, and
from the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay
on the east, to the Potomac river on the
west, including part of what is now the
State of Peuusy lvania and the rhole of the
State Of Delaware.
The SwedeS and Dutch had made some
settlements between the Delaware and
Chesapeake Bays, and We're afterwards in
Guided in the colony of Lord De La- Ware
Dclaware), aud were also made the pretext
on which William Penn succeeded in de
priving Maryland colony of a large and
valuable territory. Thus Eastern Mary
land was curtaled to the narrow strip
known as the Eastern Shore. Lord Balti-
more sent his brother, Leonard Calvert, as
Governor for this colony, with two hundred
emigrants in the vessels The Ark and The
Doce. Historians have not given the pro
mincnce 20 these vessels and emigrants that
they were deserving of.
Gov. Leonard Calvert made his first set
/ Element on the eth of March, 1884, at an
Indian village of the Yo-a comico tribe,
having made amicabe arrangements with
the Wero vance or chief, and named the
town "St. Mary's." For a time the set
tiers and the natives Indians lived in har-
mony, bnt Claiborne was active in sowing
seeds Of dissenSion and finally determined
on open rebellion against the colony. He
fitted ont an armed vessel and surrounded
himself with bold and daring adventures,
conspicuous among them were Warren,
Smith, and Talbot. Claiborne was deft ated
and his vessel captured. He fled TO the col
ony OF Virginia, but was pursued, captured
aud sent to England for trial Others were
tried and convicted of rebellion and muir
der and sentenced to he hanged or shot.
1dItot made his escape and took refuge in
I 4 cave at Mount Arrarat, one of the high
est peaks or bluffs of the banks OF the
Susuuehanna.
So, Mr.. Editor, tie place and incident of
which | write is not legend-a romance,
but historical fact. Though having writ
ten from my recollection of readings long
years ago, | do not claim to be technically
accurate. Palmer's or Watson's Island, IN
the mouth of the SuSquchanna river, was
the first trading settlement north Of Kent
, Island.
In 4 subsequent letter | may give some
historical notices of Iavre de Grace and
Bells Ferry, and "reminiscences Of the
trade and business of the west side of the
river, in connection with Port Deposit,
which is a younger town than either of the
above named places.
Yours truly, GUYAs CrTAs.
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ments to the last column of rents blacks
his own shoes. shaves himself, plays leap
frog with any of 'em, and yet he's never
heard of the Centennial
Well, why hasn't he? Do you know ?''
Eyes, certainly; he hasn't heard of it,
cause he's deaf
have a glass stopper for an ink stand
will dispose Of cheap. The last seen of the
ink stand it was rolling around FiZZle's
head. depositing its contents over his hair
and down his neck.
Yours disgustedly, TOoTs.
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canning fruit, principally peaches for the
Philadelphia and Baltimore markets.
When the people of this section shall
have fully accepted the situation " and
pulled out of the rnts, i. 9 , manners and
customs prevalent "before the war, we
see nothing to hinder it from becoming the
center of prosperity and happiness, as it is
now of culture and refinement.
We almost forgot to mention the
DORSET LITERARY CLUB,
composed of the lawyers, doctors, editors
and teachers of the town They have an
elegant reading room open alike to mem :
bers of the club and visitors Some of
their entertainments are very fine.
More anon, PICKLE HERRING.
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" THE LAST ARRIVAL"

There came to port last Sunday night
The quperest little craft
Without an inch Of rigging on:
looked, and looked, and laughed
1t seemed 50 curious that she
Should cross the unknown water
And moor herself within my room;
My daughter. o my daughter.
Yet by these presents witness all,
She $ welcome fifty times,
And come, consigned 10 Hope and Love
And common meter rhymes.
She has no manifest but this,
No flag floats Ger the water:
She's rather Young for British l.!"ytiS:
My daughter. @ my daughter.
Ring out wild bells, and tame ones too,
Ring out the levers moon,
Ring i'll the little worsted socks,
Ring in the bib and spoon.
Ring out the muse! ring in the nurse,
Ring in the milk and water,
Away with paper, pen and ink,
My daughter, . my daughter.
BuckS Go. Inteiligehrer
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LETTER FROM PHILADELPHIA.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. April 21th, 1876.
DEAR WHIG:-The Philadelphia con-
tinues to receive promptly his letters and
postal cards. the contents of which, on an
average, reads: "Why don't you write?
We've been busy house cleaning, but John
and | think we can arrange to make our
long promised visit about June. Do write
soon What recollection of old Phia-
delphia friends this Centennial is stirring
up,
Judge Elcock has just given the women
a new right. The right not to hold on the
straps in the car when inconvenent to do
so, and to receive indemnity when accident
results in such cases from not holding on.
He must grasp the strap firmly and hang to
it grimly. Though his sleeves may settle
to the elbow, his bare arm must yet remain
in unrelinguished contact with the strap.
Should the motion of the car swing his
body round to all points of the compass.
and his feet be stepped on or Jared from
under him, he must still continue to retain
his grasp, or loosen it at his own peril.
The case in point is that of lady, who,
,;airr NM, . West pbi1odeI,bi, railway
car, was thrown down by sudden jar of
the car ahd fractured her knee-cap. roll
lowing out the Judges charge: who said
women were NOT cnmueIled ia hold IN to
'"o ''i"P' on" mus pio'.'' %,
unless convenient to do so; theJ jury awarded
the plaintiff $500 damages. There's no
telling what this decision NAV lead 10
And whatever nriyiIeyes the women assume
uuon cars now. the conductor wont dare
demonstrate. This knee. cans the climax,
and man must hereafter look uuou women
in a street car with envjous feeIiuos.
The census of the CITY taken on the 81 d
inst. shows its pouuIation TO he S17.34S
he,n,r an increase of 143 4oo over the cen.
,ns of 1870. There are ol,3la more fe
males than males, This prepond,rance OF
the gentle sex is probably because there
are more girls than bows born here.
State House SQUARE has been the first of
our public SQUARES to do away with the
uusisb1Iv raiIiuus surrounding them. Con
siderable improvement has been made in
mis- souare lately. and il now presents
unite an attractive appearance. A granite
wall two feet in hpiubt surrounds it: the
inner g,nund gently RISING from the wall
Numerous Iiphts have been added. the trees
aud Grass tT,mm,d &c Into the lamn
posts AT the entrances, all that was posi-
hI. tn remind ms of The period of I116 has
harn crowded The olnhes contain mic
tnrss of the old Iiner,y Ren the nnsts are
wranped with sa,hes bearipp thirteen pilr
stars, and slope off first into a fac simae OF
the old Liberty Bell. and then into thir-
teen-sided base brariuC the names of the
thirteen ORIGINAL States in c,lt letters
Az, friend NIL. j. ON, nf ,b,.. mo-, ,h,
I,s h.,s ~, ;,,.;dart -, ,,I,,, -, ,',,
',ni'n h,',,.,''a -, i;,,, l,.t ,,,'.,l, ,.;,."
his last rerb,t;D, ., I,berotio,
"WelI, I come across one of tn, GREAT
est curiosities ,o-dav il has ever been nv
,royinca IN stumILa away Ei,,hty fnnr
wears old roads hr,Iliant half mile of, win.
ont GLASSES busks n,tatnrs dos corn sews
80, r,,,s dne. arv ,h;n,r -, an ,nd ,.t
and ve-ef 80. and vet what. =" said l.
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GLEANINGS.

One Column, $500 per inch for year. Three changes
allowed to yearly advertisers without additional charge
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"A dignitied answer to beggar girl is:
$50, waif, from me-
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BUBBLES.
-Artful-A picture gallery.

-Artful-A picture gallery.
"A matter of interest-a coupon.
Incorporate winds are apt to get high.
"A race of sculptors-The Chip-away
Indians.
Deception one cannot see through-A
glass eye.
Disturbing the grave-Making a sober
man laugh.
Captured battle flags should be of SUBJ
dued coiors.
The man who won ks with will-The
probate judge.
An hCHest bllb Der will hone up when
he has dull razor.
-" Hunting parties ''-Mothers with
daughters to marry.
There is one thing that don't mind
pinching, and that is snuff.
The man who can invent a lazier
amusement than croquet will make his
fortune.
The individual who was accidentally
injured by the discharge of his duty is still
very low.
"A mau has eye. Identified himself with
lamp post by running against one injur-
ing his sight.
Sunday school teacher" Annie, what
must one do to be foreiven?' Annie-
He must SIM
-Civility doesn't cost as much as half
pint of peanuts, and yet some people
prefer investing in peanuts.
A Liverpool merchantmen is called
The Cork" 1t can never sink, and the
cork S crew is always on hand when wanted.
-" How one thing brings up another!'
said lady, absorbed in pleasing RETROSPECT
ton. Yes" replied the practical Dobbs,
San emetic, for instance
Wanted, at this office about four
bushels of poems on Spring" Our office
boy, who sells the waste paper, wants to
raise money to go to the Centennial opening.
-" Mamma don't you want some nice
candy?' said a shrewd little child. "Yes,
dear, | should like some'' Then if
you II buy some, Ill give you half!' lisped
the polite girl.
When you see a man on a moonlight
night trying to convince his shadow that
it is improper to follow gentleman, you
may be sure it is time for him to join a
temperance society.
A landlady who had some very weak
chicken broth for dinner the other day,
was asked by one of her boarders if she
couldn't coax that chicken to wade through
that soup once more.
An Iowa woman has a kettle cast in
1853. But unless that kettle was once
tied to the tail of George Washington's
dog, it dosen't possess enough historical
interest to be sent to the Centennial.
-" Now, George. my DEAR" said Mrs.
Spifkins at the play the other night, as
her hubby was cropping for his hat
You needn't go ont to get roa t ID coffee
for your heart burn; | have brought a
handful in my pocket
MUS UidCt WI Sdii ENtLLit, tS 10
stood on the doorstep at A. NJ, '''ill never
do to let oil lady 'spect anythil'" and, as
Mrs. :. descended the stairs. clad in her robe
de nuit. Sozzle braced up. knocked the
ashes off his cigar, and, as the door opened,
said, cheerily, Hullo, Mira, (hicl up yet?
Got a match n your pocket ." OF c,urse,
she did not suspect anything.
-" The password is "Saxe now
don't forget it Pat" said the colonel, Just
before the battle of Fontenoy, at which
SAKE was marshal Sacks. Faith and
will not. Wasn't my father u miler?"
Who goes there:' cried the sentinel,
after the lrshman had arrived at his post.
Pat was as wise as an owl, and, in a sort of
whisper howl, REPLIED Bags, yer honorr'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-04-29
C.ANB RIDGE.

The streets are partially macadamized with
oyster shells, the side walks paved. There
is an indescribable al: of decayed grandeur
pervading this ancient town, which strikes
one forcibly after a sojourn amid the live
and growing towns Of the middle West.
Yet am assured over and over by the citi-
zenS, that Cambridge is growing town.
the beautiful Choptank. fifteen miles from
the bay. The steamer Highland Light
makes three trips per week between this
place and Baltimore, touching at Easton
and other points.
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FOR SALE

The DWELLING HOUSE ON High street occr-
pied by S. {. LOwnran. Apply on the premises.
February ~ 1S7G-tf