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The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01
DIR. CHANCELLOR'S REPORT.
ITS CONTRADICTIONS.

1t was not to be expected, of course,
that the statements contained in the
recent report of the Secretary of the
State Board Of Health relative to the
condition of most of the aims houses of
the State, would go unchallenged, or
that local officials interested in their
management and superintendent would
not readily rush into print, with dis
chalmers of its truthfulness, or with
positive denials of the conditions de-
scribed From one end of the State to
the other, indignant denials have been
hurled at the head of the unfortunate
Secretary Professional and unprofes-
sional gentlemen have directly or indi-
rectly charged him either with willful
Misrepresentation of facts or with an
unprofessional tendency to exaggerate
the conditions of the institutions to
which his report has attracted such
general attention. In defense of it and
in corroboration of the truthfulness of
the conditions he pictures, Dr. Chan
cellor has, since the publication of it,
appeared in a public card, reafiirming
the general accuracy of his report, and
defending himself against the local
attacks to which it has subjected him.
If we were disposed to take partisan
view of the subject, we might readily
encourage the quarrel as purely " fam
lily affair."" and make the report the basis
of general denunciation of the present
party" methods of management in
vogue throughout the State Disclaim-
ing, however, any such intention, we
refer to the subject again only for the
purpose of ascertaining the actual con-
dtion Of our own county institutions,
from whatever source the information
may be derivable, with the view of
urging such reforms upon the county
authorities as their actual condition
may require.
Dr. c. NJ Ellis, of this town, a gen
tleman of acknowledged professional
reputation and standing, a member of
the State Board of Health, and visiting
physician of the county aims house, has
published card intended as a general
refutation of the charges, either express
ed or implied in DR.. Chanceler's report,
against the management of the aims
house After IA careful reading of Dr.
Ellis letter, we are forced to the conclu-
sion that he had not read the report, as
published in pamphlet form, but had pre-
pared his communication upon news
paper extracts from it. The opening
sentence of his letter betrays this fact
In this DR.. Chancellor is accredited with
the general and sweeping assertion,
that the aims houses of Maryland are
disgusting dens of filth and prostitu-
tion too sickening and disgusting to
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01
THE PRESIDENTS TITLE TO HIS
OFFICE.

Ever since the decision of the Flee
toral Commission certain class of
Democratic editors and orators have
been in chronic state of fretfulness,
discomfort, and irritability, bordering
on childishness 1t is peculiar nerv-
Gus condition, accompanied by a con-
siderable degree of mental Hayes-iness,
which, in its milder types, assumes a
sort of melan-cholia, or predisposition
to fret and whine at the mention of the
Presidents name, and to grumble and
carp at any or every reference to his
Administration. In more pronounced
cases this politico-nervous maladv as
sumes the form of a welI-delned mono
mania. This more painful and gener-
ally incurable type of this very locally
prevalent malady may, for present pur-
poses, be pertinently described as spe-
cies of Hayes-ophobia, as distinctly de-
fined in its symptoms and conditions as
any case OF negro or color-phobia IT,
deed very many eminent political prac-
titioners have, after the most skilIful
and patient diagnoses of both diseases,
rarely been able to distinguish one from
the other. Both maladies have somanv
symptoms in common. As in the case
of hydrophobia the patient is generally
thrown into prolonged spasms and par
oxysm by the sight or even presence of
water; so in the case of Hayes-ophobia
$50 called), any allusion to the Flee
toral Commission, or in many sensitive
cases, the mere mention of the name of
the disease itself produces the most dis
tressing mental distempers and painful
nervous disorders The familiar and
well-authenicated effect produced upon
the nervous system of the irate mascu-
line Bovine, by the gentle futterings of
a cardinal bandana, is the most analo-
gous performances in nature that we
can at this moment recall But what
ever phase this mental malady may
assume, its effects are always as un-
pleasant to others as injurious to the
patient himself For instance, what
moral obtundity, what persistent de-
pravity, what silly chldishncss is ex-
hibited in the case Of the average Hayes
ophobast-or ordinary Bourbon organ
grinder in his laudation of Governor"
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

THE New York "Tribune saws -
" Mr. Tilden should come home and
quiet his party in this State. The old
squabble between the Canal Ring fac
tion and the present State Adminstra-
tion has broken out fiercely on the ques-
ton of the denomination of the State
officials. As usual, the Canal faction
is making most of the noise, and deal
ing largely in threats 1t is a very
entertaining fight as it opens. and no
right-minded Republican will try to
quiet it. 1t all springs from an over
powering zeal to secure reform-and
get share of the spois."
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01
A DISTINGUISHED MARYLAND WOMAN,


contains an interesting sketch of the life
of Madame Patterson Bonaparte, who,
although verging close upon rounded
century of years, still retains her pro-
digious memory, which recalls minute
ly every incident and parsonage of her
eventful career.
The story Of Miss Patterson's life as
told here, shows her to have been an
ambitious, gifted and beautiful girl, an
undaunted and courageous wife and
mother, whose indomitable spirit even
old age itself has failed to conquer.
Instances of her independence, spirit
and courage are numerous, and the fact
is apparent, that if there be such a
thing as royal side to the character
of the Bonaparte family, the honor of
it belongs solely to her
Jerome Bonaparte, her husband, was
man as conspicuously weak as his
brother, the First Consul, was bold and
unscrupulous. Singular to say, how
ever this abused and injured wife, the
fair fabric of whose life the unrelenting
Emperor had sacrificed to the pretended
exigencies of politics and of State, still
cherished no resentment toward Napo-
leon himself, and for whom she seems
to have cherished unusual admiration.
One single incident in her remarkable
life will suffice to establish the fact of
her courage and fortitude 1t was not
very long after her marriage with
Jerome, which occurred in 1903, before
Napoleon began to illuminate his wrath
against his brother for his wavward
and inconsiderate alliance with the OBJ
scure daughter of Baltimore merchant
Jerome Bonaparte's nature was not of
the heroic type, and he would have
gladly avoided meeting the iratc En-.
peror by delaying his return to the Con-
tinent. His spirited wife, however,
pressed it, and in 1905 they set sail
from Philadelphia. Before the capes Of
the Delaware were reached the vessel
was stranded in a gale and their de-
struction seemed imminent. Chamber
ing to the deck of the vessel, the brave
woman ordered the sailors to man
boat. Pray" said the angry Captain
to her, "are you commanding this yes
SELF Yes, if necessary" she coolly
replied The boat was launched and
manned Glow are YOU to reach it,"
he asked. "You are to throw me in"
was the reply. He obeyed, but in at
tempting to lower her from the ship,
his strength failed, and Madame Bona
parte fell into the waves. As she rose
to the surface, the sailors grasped her
and hauled her into the boat, in which,
through dangerous surf, the Jersey
coast was reached
We may remark incidentv, that it is
said that New Jersey earned its title as
a Foreign Country from the fact
that one Of the Bonapartes bought and
laid out handsomely an estate at Bor-
dentown, on the banks of the Delaware,
above Philadelphia. 1t was plain that
the State that could boast of a resident
king was kingdom. But as the king
dom could form no part of the United
States, the logic was Irresistible, and
the conclusion inevitable, that Jersey
was Foreign Realm"
We have not the space to follow the
interesting narrative of Madame Bona |
parties early life, which, gifted as she
was, it seems to have been the appar-
ent desire of her father to suppress.
He seems to have been strangely bit !
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01
Relief without u Doctor.

Though we would by means be understood as
dcprecatng, but rather recommending professional
aid in disease, there mulfudcs of instances when
il is neither to obtain A family pru
Nidel with comprehensive household specific like Hos
letters Stomach Bitters, is possessed Of medicinal
resource adr,lu ,luate To io,t emergencies III which ma
cal aiyr" would ic n'herwlse peedful. That sterling
tonic and corrective invariably remedies, and is auor
tativrly recommended for debility indigestion. liver
disorder, irregular habit of body, urinary aud uterine
troubles. inripi"nt rheumatism and gout, aud many
other ailments "G r gu"nt occurrence. 1t graduates
and Prev H intc tent and rcuIticnt icvrrs relieves
mental d"spondcncy. checks premature decay, and in
Vig"r:tcs the ntry"uS and muscular tIssNcs. Steep,
digestion and appetite ar" promoted hy it, aud it ii
extremely useful in overeu'nS the effects of exhaustion
and exposure.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

THE CoNFIICT.-Them most prominent
characteristic of life is its uncertainty; the
conflict between the life and death prin
ciple begins with birth and terminates with
victory for death; yet every one sincerely
desires the issue to be as far removed as
possible, and when threatened with disease
employs such aids and measures for its
removal as the common experience of man.
kind has proven valuable and reliable
rheumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Sciati-
ca, and very many other diseases, danger
GUS In their tendency, readily yield to treat.
ment with Keller's Roman Liniment, every
where acknowledged as the best external
application in the world.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

SUrERsrITIoN.-A panacea, or "care-
ALL" is one of the myths of the age of
superstition. DR.. r. V. Pierce does not
recommend any one or even his whole list
of standard remedies as adequate to cure
every disease. For severe lingering coughs,
bronchial, throat and chronic lung diseases,
he believes his Golden Medical Discovery
is unsurpassed, but it will not cure you if
your lungs are half wasted by consump-
tion. The Discovery not only exercises
potent influence over pulmonary affections,
by reason of its pectoral properties. but
possesses all the most valuable Alternative,
or blood cleansing properties, and is there
fore sovereign remedy in blood and skin
affections. But while it will cure scrofu-
lous and other ulcers or sores, blotchcs,
pimples and eruptions, it will not cure can
Ger, nor does its manufacturer claim any
such merit for it as is done by proprietors
of other blood cleasing medicines, who dis
honestly try to deceive the afflicted into the
belief that their preparations will accom-
plsh impossibilities BY reason of its real
intrinsic merit, it has sale SURPRISING that
of any other blood and cough medicine.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

WEST VIRGINIA was unable to put
down a miserable little riot, but she
grappled successfully with the location
of her State capital, for which purpose
she had a vote while ago. The
figures were: For Clarksburg, 30,s72
Martinsburg, s,O49; Charlestown, A.
2ss-majority in favor of Charlestown,
5,3G7. The decision, however, does
not go into effect until 1885, to which
time Wheeling will continue to be the
capital of the State.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

SECRETARY SHERMAN has returned
from Ohio full of hope that the Repub-
lican party will carry the State. He
found the Democrats much divided on
local issues, and the Republicans united
and determined to do everything to
deserve success.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

THE South modestly informs the
President that it is capable of being
reconciled some more by his picking out
a Southerner for the Supreme Court
vacancy.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

THERE be two Williams: /. Blue
Jeans, of Indiana, whose nomination
caused the better sort of Democrats to
blush; and, 2. Williams, of Maine,
whose letter of acceptance, in which he
acknowledges the validity of the Presi-
dents title, causes the baser sort to
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

JUDGE SETTLE, of Florida, does not
give up the Republican party of the
South. He says there is strong Ad-
ministration party growing up, and
that it will be felt in the elections this
Fall. The absurd and persistent at
tacks on Mr.. Key, even after he has
said he was only joking, ought to help
on a new party, which should have
common sense for one of it's doctrines.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

THE Turk is fatalist, and that is
why he fights SO desperately. His
hereafter is assured it is six or seven
heavens, and each heaven filled with
houris, sherbet, tobacco and opium.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

A collector has been appointed for
Alaska. He will collect his salary, at
least, until the Indians collect his scalp.
1t was the only office that went begging.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

FALSE IMPREssIoN.-It is generally sup
posed by certain class of citizens, who
are not practical or experienced, that Dys-
pepsia can not invariably be cured, but we
are pleased to say that GREENS AUGUST
FLOWER has never, to our knowledge, failed
to cure Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint in
all its forms, such as Sour Stomach, Cos
tiveness, Sick Headache, palpitation of the
Heart, low spirits, &c, &c. Out of 10000
dozen bottles sold last year, not single
failure was reported, but thousands of COM
plimentary letters received from Druggists
of wonderful cures. Three doses will relieve
any case. Try it. Sample bottles 10 cents,
Regular size IS cents. For sale by II. Fl.
Mitchell, Elkton; L. b. Frazer, Port De-
posit; DR.. l.. R. Kirk, Rising sun, and
Druggists generally.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

EX-Gov. Brown, of Mississippi, pre-
diets the speedy dissolution of the
Democratic party, of which he is a
conspicuous member.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

THE New York Germans are disgust
ed with Tammany Another proof that
beer and whisky wont mix.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

OlANnc Magnificent $3.50 Rosewood Pianos SI75,
TIaNUO fine Rosewood Upright Pianos 0iitle
used cost SSUO only SI2i. must he sold
nkI.nM \Parlor Organs. Stops 81! q Stops So. l
On0 ~ w " Stops only So Nearly New Set Reed -
stop Sub BASS Octav" Coupler organs $3.50
only SOD Lowest Prices Offered Ii days test
trial lnn ask why offer cheap: reply Hard Times
Result sales l,000O00 ly War e.i by
m"n"poi-ts. Beware ANONYMOUS Circular. Write tor
PLANTATION Battle ~. Full particulars free Address
Daniel +. Beatty, Washington, NEW JERSEY
QcC week i'll Your own town. Terms and - outfit
0OO free. II. lIALLETT co Portland. Maine.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01
ORDER NISI.
'llARLES ST. JOHN

CHARLES ST. JOHN
JOHN j HENRY and MARIETTA b. QENRY his
wife
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county In Chancery
No 7j9, ID. 3.
nRDERED, This 22nd day of August,
" lS17. that the sale made and reported by L. Mar
shall lIanrs Trustee for the sale of the Real Estate
mentioned in the proceedings in the above entitled
cause, lie ratified and confirmed unless cause TO the
contrary thereof be shown before the 26th day
oi October next; provided, copy of this Order be
inserted in some newspaper printed in Cecil county,
One week for one month before the 10Th day of Sep
tcmhcr next.
The Report states the amount of sale TO be 81 go 90
A. W. MITCHELL. Clerk
True copy; test A. W. MITCHELL
Aug -, ls'i-lm Clerk.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

SECRETARY KEYS vows he will never
joke again.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01
"Omne Vivum Ex ObO."
HEALTH, ~! TONE, YIGOR,
EXCURSION TICKETS.

pERSONS desiring to visit the INTER
4 NATIONAL EXHIBITION, the great American Indus
trial Palace-the largest graniest and most complete
exhibition in the word,-at the Centennial Grounds
Philadelphia can secure Excursion tickets any day,
application to the railway agent at greatly reduced
rates Those who visiting tho city should bear this
in mind and profit by the arrangement.
Sept l, lS77-2m
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

Sitting Bull has returned to the United
States with 1000 warria:s, and fears are
entertained that he will unite with Chief
Joseph.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01
ORDER NISI.

McCLENAHAN 4 BROTHER, use &c.,
CECIL LODGE, NO g.. |. o. .. F. and others
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county. In Chancery.
No. 217, ID. >.
ORDERED. This third day of August.
In the year 1877, that the sale made and reported
by William J. jones' Trustee for the sale of the real
estate of Cecil Lodge No g. Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, be ratified and confirmed, unless the
contrary thereof be shown before the Sixth iay
of October next: provided copy Of this order he
inserted in some newspaper published i'll Ccci! county
once week for one month before the Fifth day of Sep
trmher
The Report states the amount of sales 10 be S6UU
A. W. MITCHELL. Clerk.
True copy; test, A. ". MITCHELL
Aug 4, lS7-lm Clerk
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01
INE EALL N\SO\ OI K77,
StraWbridge & Clothier take pleasure

StraWbridge & Clothier take pleasure in
announcing that their preparations for the Fall
business of 1877 largely exceed in every direction,
all that they have attempted in previous seasons
During the past few months BUYERS have
visited the Great Centres of Production in Europe
and PERSONALLY selected the latest novelties in the
most desirable fabrics.
In Dress Textures the very choicest pro-
ductions of the looms of France will be shown upon
counters in unrivalled assortment while the
staple fabrics will be exhibited in immense
variety.
In goods of Domestic manufacture propose
also to LEAD THE MARKET not only in great
variety of assortment but in uniform lowncss Of
prices.
Regarding Prices would say, that
erefy customer purchasing at oar house is
at either wholesale or retail in the United
States.
Mail Orders are filled promptly and satslactor-
lily in special department. the identical prices for
which the goods are sold over the counters Con-
sumers everywhere are invited to send to for sam
pies of whatever they may need in Dry Goods.
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

announcing that their preparations for the Fall
business of 1877 largely exceed, in every direction
all that they have attempted in previous seasons
The Cecil Whig., 1877-09-01

During the past few months our buyers have
visited the Great Centres of Production in Europe
and PERSONALLY selected the latest novelties in the
most desirable fabrics
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-10-18

ster's bill. Of course, the majority of
people are skeptical about stories relat-
ing to monsters, and many were incredu-
lous, but those who know Captain Cara.
way felt certain that whatever he might
relate could be depended on as truth
full in every respect.
There certainly can not be longer
doubt that the Mississippi is inhabited
with monster that not only ranks in
horrid proportions with the tabled crea-
lures of fiction, but one that may do
much to interfere with free and uninter-
rupted commerce on the great river. 1t
is undeniable that among river men
there is feeling of insecurity, and it
has been suggested that the matter is of
such importance that an expedition
ought to be organized under Govern
ment management to hunt down and
annihilate the leviathan. The New
Madrid Gazette (from which place the
Globe-D Democrat published special dis
patch concerning exploits of the mon
ster) of Wednesday says that a number
of valuable horses and cattle were mys-
teriously destroyed while the monster
haunted that part of the river; that no
less than three boats were overturned,
and one sklff shattered and its occupant
drowned. The Vicksburg Pilot pub
fishes an interview with Captain Cuth-
bert, of the Ohio River trade, in which
the Captain states that at point ten
miles above Henderson the monster at
tackled fatboat, overturning the boat
and throwing the ferryman and two pas
sengers and their horses into the river.
One of the men was drowned, and the
monster devoured one of the horses.
These stories seem almost incredible,
but they are so fortified by the testi-
mony of unimpeachable witnesses that
all unbelief is necessarily dissipated.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-10-18
Mysteries of a Lump of Coal.

For yearsno one supposed that piece
of soft coal, dug from its mine or its bed
in the earth, possessed any other quality
than being combustible, or was valuable
for any other purpose than as fuel 1t
was next found that it would afford
gas which is also combustible. Chem
ical analysis provedit to be made of hy-
drOgen. In process of time mechanical
and chemical ingenuity devised a mode
of manufacturing this gas and applying
it to the lighting of buildings and cities
on large scale. In doing this, other
products of distillation were developed,
until, step by step, the following ingre-
dients or materials are extracted from
it: l. An excellent oil to supply light
houses, equal to the best sperm oil, at
lower cost. 2. Benzole-a light sort of
ethereal fluid, which evaporates easily,
and combined with vapor or moist air, is
used for the purpose of portable gas
lamps, so-called. 3. Naphtha-a heavy
fluid, useful to dissolve gutta percha,
india rubber, etc. 4. An oil excellent
for lubricating purposes. 5. Asphaltum,
which is black, solid substance, used
in making varnishes, covering roofs and
covering over vaults. 6. Parrafne-a
white, crystalline substance, resembling
white wax, which can be made into
beautiful wax candles; it melts at a tenn.
perature of one hundred and ten de
grees, and affords an excellent light
| All these substances are now made from
soft coal
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-10-18
Sitting Bulbs Quarters.


lCyprcss Hill Letter TO new tOrR WOrlu-I
The region in which Sitting Bull is
encamped is full of pleasant places.
Not many years ago the country be-
tween Wood Mountain and Cypress
Hills swarmed with Buffaloes. Now
their skulls whitening on the plain and
the deep worn tracks which traverse the
prairie in every direction are the only
evidences of their former existence. For
two or three days past, however, vast
herds from the north have been passing
southwark, and the Sioux are laying in
abundant rations. Foxes, wolves, bad
gers, skunk and mink TEEN both in these
hills and Wood Mountain, and musk
rats are very abundant in the swamps and
creeks. On the prairie the little gofer
or ground squirrel and mole are found in
populous colonies. Prairie chickens,
ducks and geese, cranes, bitterns,
plover, sand-pipers, snipe, and othel
waders, as well as pigeons, blackbirds
and larks, are found everywhere, and
serve to keep the wolf from the door of
Sitting Bulls lodge. Wooded belts are
scattered throughout the country. The
herbage is clean as a well-shaven lawn,
and clumps of aspen and poplar abound.
Between the Cactus Plain and Wood
Mountain the Great Salt Plain, that be-
gins just west of Touchwood Hills, seems
! too renew itself. Hundreds of small
lakes of saline or brackish-water, with
out any visible outlet, are to be found
and these are frequented by wild fowl
in countless focks. Sitting Bull has
ammunition enough to keep his camp
supplied with the luxuries of the season
his braves being wonderfully expert il
stalking the cabri or prairie deer.