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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-10-05
Registers Notice
To the Voters Of Cecil County,
T'HE undersigned, Officers Of Rceistra.

TNHE undersigned, Officers of Registra-
L ti"n for Cecil county, in compliance with tie re-
quircment- Of the Act of 1876. chapter 2!s whirl.
makes it the duic Il Ofcer- OF Registration 81, at
PLACE convenient To- The Of their respective
districts for two successive days commencing on the
arsi Monday of October. in each year, for the Iur-
pose Of di-charsias hir dutic- hereby give mott
that they will attend a. follows:
The Officer u Repatriation for the Frst Election
district will lit at CECiLTON:
The Officer 81 Registration for the Second Election
distrie; will -it at CHESAPEAKE CITY;
The Officer o; Registration for the Third Election
district viii sit at ELkTON:
The Officer q Registration for the Fourth Erection
district will sit At FAIR HILL:
The Officer ui Registration for the Fifth Election
district will sit at NORTH EAST:
The Officer Il Registration f,r the Sixth Election
district will lit at RISING Sun:
The Officer "f Registration for the Seventh Election
district will -ii al PORT DEPOSIT:
The Officer 81 Registration for H." Eighth Ecriat.
district will lit At MOUNT PLEASANT:
The oficrr of Registration for tho Ninth Election,
district will al at BRICK MEETING IuUSE-
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Philadelphia. Wilmington and
BALTIMORE RAILROAD
CARS LEAVE ELKToS,


TRAINS Run AS FOLLOWS
Lave Port Deposit. s25, SOS. 925. lbs 4. T. and
10 sni SEQ Pm
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COLLECTION OF CLAIMS.

I will give strict and prompt attention to
l. the Collection - all Claims that placed in my
hands those pro--cutrd before Justice OF the Peace
will receive equal attention with those prosecuted
before the Court. Persons ay"riug me with business
Of this Kind may expect prompt returns.
wM. T. BOJLpEN. sheriff
Elkton. April -, Is7s-u Cecil county.
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CONTINUED FROM WRIST FACE

ones means; no man should be encouraged
to spend few feverish years in luxury at
the risk of breaking down and making
dishonorable ending.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-10-05
ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
THE 7TH AND 9Th DAYS
OF OCTOBER, 1878. FROM
9 O'CLOCK A. NJ, TO 6
O'CLOCK P. N.
The Registration Act Of Is.s provides:

for the purpose Il -charsns their duty -. uiccrs Of
Registration, according the Act Of the t;rnr.al
Assembly.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-10-05
OR DER NISI.
ORDER NISI.
FRANKLIN J. WHITTEMORE
MARY GRAY AND OTHERS.

No hIF, D. 3
ORDERED, This 18th day Of Septem-
" her, IN the year LIS that the -a~- made aud re-
ported ~ William J. Jon-- Trustee for the sale 81 the
inor.agc real ~-taic of Isaac GRAY -ra-- AMI VIII
in the ah"YecnitleI cause hc ratified ami confirmed
unless cause 10 the contrary thereof lee shown on n
before the 10th DAY Of November mat provided copy
Of this Order b. inserted Newspaper printed IN
Cecil county, week month before the 10th
dsy Of October next.
The Report states the Of sales be- 81 tl %
A. ". MITCHELL. Clerk.
True copy: t'-t- 4. W MITCHELL
sept u, 1s,S-lm Clerk.
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Notice to Creditors.

THIS is to give notice, that the subscri
Il Ter Of Cecil cuuuty hath obtained from the Or
phsns Court al said county, letters Of Administration
uu the personal c-t4tr ot
JOHN WILSON.
late Il said county deceased All person, having claims
against the said decreased hereby warned to exhibit
the same with the vouchers thereof duly authenticated
On or before the lIh day Il September. 1872
they may otherwise hy law ~ cNrli.i. from all L-n.
fit said All p-rsun- indebted -lIi
requested I" make immediate Isy the -ui,
~crii-r 'iiN-n under my hand h, lIth day "f SEP,
tsmber. 1875. STEPHEN REYNOLDS.
Administrator e John Wilson. decd.
Tr-i-RrUHrN u. JSNIE, Register.
Sept u, ls1s-6w
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DIR. VAN DYKES SULPHUR SOAP,

Make the skin -o clear and pure whit. and healthy
IL CLEANSING d-oorxing. disinfecting. soothing, heal
ing and purifying iandrun GRAZING Ulcers,
sores cruption. roughn--s and rc,ne-. of the skin
relieves itching burning and singing Of the skin and
irritation Of biting and singing insects: will relieve
Itching Piles where nothing else will have any effect
Is free from all offensive oors, and prevents Contagious
Diseases aud external medic nj aud toilet pr-para
tion IL has equal Price y cen's, box 70 cakes ~
cents. Ask for DR.. Van Dykes soap Insist upon H.
and take TO other $. WEBSTER. Proprietor. Officr
80 North Fifth street. Wholesale depot, 800 North
Third ST. Philadelphia p. sold by DR. H. II. Mitchell
Eikton, Nd, aud druggists generally.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
Sale of widows.

A century ago the authorities of a
town in Massachusetts hit upon an inge-
minus expedient for dispOsing of their
widows who were a tax upon the town.
1t started pauper traffic by selling the
poor annually ''at vendue," and it con-
tinued this business during many years.
In January, 1875, the widow Lowell was
added to the annual list, and at ven
due 'the said widow Lowell was struck
off to Josiah Stevens for to keep one
year for the sum of nine pounds six
shilIings; and if she did not live one
year, he to have in that proportion"
The widow LovelPs disposition was very
migratory. Although sold and bought
for years service, the buyer seems to have
considered her bad bargain, literally, for
in a few months Joshua Briggs had her in
his house, and also had bill of four
teen pounds against the town for keeping
and clothing her. She became an ex-
pensive property to the town. After
considerable knocking about she finally
died, and was buried at the towns ex-
pense. But one of these widows, Jane
George by name, seemed determined not
to die, but lived on until she outllved all
who had been her contemporaries.
Through nearly two generations the
standing inquiry among farmers was,
Who's going to buy GeorgeY 1t passed
into saying; and thus "By George!"
became the town expletive. In 1906 she
was sold for sum equal to about ten
pounds. She began to be one of the
towns poor in 1859, and was set up on
sale for the last time in 1908. The town
was pleased with the business, and per-
voted ''not to build a poor
house" on every occasion when it was
The widows gradually in
creased in number and they were sold to |
the lowest bidder, every year, without |
any expression of sentiment. Thus, in |
December. 1908, it was "voted to sell
the widow of the late Jonathan Percy and |
child, and also one COW and one heifer."
In this children were sometimes rated |
with cattle, and separated from their
thus severing all family ties.
This method of disposing of the towns
poor may have been a good one under
he circumstances of the times, but it
vas accompanied by some acts which
must be considered as scandalous to any
community that favored them and which
ended to destroy all family affection.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
For THE CLARION.
The Ancient Lady of Sorrow -

The worship of the Madonna or Mater
Dolorosa--our LADY of Sorrows not
confined to the Roman Catholic faith; it was
an important feature in all the ancient Pa
gan systems of religion, even the most
primitive. In the sacred mysteries of
gypt and of Greece, her worship was the
distinctive and prominent element. In the
latter her name was Achtheia, or sorrow.
Under the name of Demeter, by which she
was generally known among the Greeks, she,
like the Egyptian Isis, typifying the Earth,
was represented as pathizing with the
sorrowing children of Earth, both as
bountful mother, bestowing upon them her
fruits and COLDER harvests. and in her more
gloomy aspects-as in autumnal decay, in
tenpests and wintry desolation-aa signing
over human frailty, and over the wintry
deserts Of the human heart. The worship
connected with this, that one sensible person
will be pleased, | will relate a story of a
favorite author, Goldsmith, in his 'Citizen of
the World"
IAN artist of eminence was once resolved
to finish picture which should please the
whole world. When, therefore, he had
drawn the piece, in which his utmost skill
was exhausted, it was exposed in the public
III dTket- place, with directions at the bottom
for every spectator to mark with piece of
chalk which lay by, every limb and feature
which seemed erroneous. The spectators
came and in general applauded; but each,
willing TO show his talent at censure and
criticism, marked whatever he Thought
proper. At evening, when the painter came,
hc was mortified To fad the whole picture
one universal blot; not a single stroke that
was not stigmatizsd with marks of disap
probation; not satisfied with this trial, the
next day he was resolved to try them in
different manner, ana exposing his picture
as before, desired that every spectator would
mark those beauties he approved or admired
The people complied; the artist returning
found his picture repete with the marks of
beauty; every stroke that had yesterday
been condemned, now received the charac-
ter ofapprobatiOn. ''Wcll,' cries the painter,
IL now find that the best way to please one
part OF the world, is not to regard what the
other part say; since what are faults in the
eyes OF these, shall be by those regarded as
beauties. Il.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

George Francis Train recently gave
the following advice to some college
young men
You want some good advice. 1t has
ruined many man, but may not harm
you, because you will not follow it.
Rise early be abstemious; be fru-
gal; attend to your own business and
never trust it to another be not afraid
to work, :and diligently, too, with your
own hands treat everyone with civility
and respect--good manners insure sue
cess; accomplish what you undertake );
decide, then persevere; diligence and
industry overcome all difficulties never
be mean-rather give than take the odd
shilling never postpone till the morrow
what can be done to-day; never antici
pate wealth from any source but labor
honesty is not only the best policy, but
the only policy; commence at the first
round and keep climbing make your
word as good as your bond seek knowl-
edge to plan, enterprise to execute, hon.
esty to govern all never trade beyond
your stock never give too large credit !;
time is money; make few promises
keep your secrets live within your in
come; sObriety above all things luck is
a word that does not apply to a successful
man; not too much caution-slow but
sure is the thing; the highest monuments
are built piece by piece; step by step we
mount the pyramids; be boId-be reso
lutte when the clouds gather; difficulties
are surmounted by opposition self conf
dence, self-reliance is your capital; your
conscience the best monitor; never be
over sanguine, but don't underrate your
own abilities don't be discouraged; ninety
nine may say no, the hundredth, yes; take
off your coat roll up your sleeves, don't be
afraid of manual labor; America is large
enough for all; strike out for the west; the
sea-shore cities are too crowded; the best
letter of introduction is your own energy;
lean on yourself when you walk; keep good
the Spaniards say if you lie
down with dogs you will get up with feas;'
keep out of politics, unless you are sure to
win; you are never sure to win, so keep
out"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
TURKISH WIVES.
Extent of POIyEamy-IistH
Western Ideas Regarding the
MOSlems.

First among the Turkish social topics
is that OF the harem. The Koran allows
a Mussulman to have four wives; and
many persons have consequently imag
med that polygamY is the rule in Turkey,
whereas it is the exception. A Mussul-
man may only have as many wives as he
can keep in comfort; and it is only the
very rich who can afford four. The
middle-class Turks have only one wife
apiece; the men of the lowest class are
often obliged to remain single from not
having the means to support cOnsOrt in
the style wnich the Moslem law enjoins.
Nothing can be more un-Turkish than
the Mormon idea of accommodating a
number of women to live under one roof
quarrelling in the kitchen and parlor,
and acting as household drudges for their
husband. The Turkish wife is not
slave; the chief fault to find with her is
that she has too lofty a sense of her own
dignity. An advocate of female rights
would have some difficulty in pursuading
her that her lot was pitiable: she has
never envied the emancipation of Chris
tan women, whose free ways shock her;
while she has noticed that they get much
less respect from the men of their faith
than that which is invariably vouchsafed
to herself She wells her face with no
more regret than a Western lady unveils
her shoulders Turkish women are not
shut up. They go out when they please,
attended by their odaliks if rich, or hold
ing their children by the hand; and their
maybe voices fill the bazaars, for they
are noisy takers. Whenever they pass,
men of all creeds stand aside deterenti-
ally. If husband meets his wife in the
street, he makes no sign of recognition;
if he perceives her halting before
diapers stall and gazing significantly at
silk dearer than he can afford, he must
possess his soul in resignation, mutter-
lug "Mashallah." This respect for wo-
men prevails also in the home circle, and
it comes naturally to the Mussulman,
who has been taught from his boyhood
to behave courteously to the softer sex.
The Western conjugal expression about
wearing the breeches" has its Turkish
in the phrase to olive under
the slipper" and it is to be feared that
not few Turks know the taste of this
implement of uxorial persuasion. A
hamtl (street porter once came before a
cadi to complain that his wife trounced
him too frequently. ''See what mine
does" answered the magistrate, opening
his gown and showing some weals on his
neck and shoulders. $50 thy way, my
son, and thank Allah thou art Iuckier
than l."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
a Summer shower.

What spur and impulse the summer
shower is! How its coming quickens and
hurries up the slow, jogging country life !
The traveller along the dusty road arouses
from his reverie at the warning rumble
behind the hills; the children hasten
from the field or from the school; the
farmer steps lively and thinks fast. In
the hay field, at the first signal-gun of
the elements, what a commotion How
the horse-rake rattles, how the pitchforks
fly, how the white sleeves play and
twinkle in the sun or against the dark
background of the coming STORM One
man does the work of two or three. 1t is
a race with the elements, and the hay
makers do not like to be beaten. The
rain that is life to the grass when growing
is poison to 1t after it becomes cured hay,
and It must be got under shelter, or put
up into snug cocks, If possible, before the
storm overtakes it.-John Burroughs;
Scribner for July.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
THE UNBELIEvER.

" thin my arms thou1t lie, love minel
With rapture past all measure
Nv whole heart leaps and rhrobs To THINK
OF such enhancing pleasure.
Within my arms thoult lie, love mine!
With thy iair golden tresses
Nv fingers srort; tiny dear wee head
Upon my shoulder presses.
Within my arms thou'lt lie, love mine!
Sweet fact fulfiils sweet vision.
Even here on earth | shall enjoy
Heavens dearest bliss Elysian.
Oh, holy Thomas! Can this be?
The doubt, i know, will linger,
Till on the wound my bliss hath left
Am able to place my finger.
Theodore Martin, in Blackwoods Maya
zine.
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LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.

NTOTICE is hereby given that under anu mo- !"
~ pursuance of the terms OF DeS4 q0 o. % III
4,-ao1ted nv the MOBILE AND OhlO M y
R0aD COMPANY to the underslgheu r.
Trnstees. datad MARCH 24TH, lo. y anu uuiy
recorded, aud for the purposes therein ni'"
toned, we will, on
Monday, the 9th Day Of September 1879
be,veen the hours of II NJ. and p. M IN ir?h'
Of the Custom House, in the CITY OF MI1iie'
Droceed TO sell, at public auction, to the hisn-
Isl bidder. for cash, all the right, ute. in
est and estate conveyed 10 Us by SAID uetu,
IN ar 10 he Railroad extending from a porn
an the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, IN the 9tut'
Of Mississippi, commonly called the u1 GAN
vile Junction, to the town Of GalnsNllle' ~
he State of Alabama, and also IN or 10 al
The nroperty along the track OF SAID raiItoau'
lately belonging to the Mississippi Nalnesl
vile and Tuscaloosa Railroad Company my
in or 10 the franchises Of said last mentloheu
Railroad Company. .e,,orsor.
This sale is made at the request OF person.
henefciallv Interested in and provided LOT ~
said deed Of trust The title to SAID proPerty
Is believed to be good, but the underslR li ~
will sell and convey only such title as Is Fes'o0
in them bv said deed of trust.
VIM D. DUNN,
JNo. REID. JR., trustees.
RoRT G. CRAWFORD,
Nozzle MAY y, lS7S-td.
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"Take That.

This is not slang; not bit of it. 1t is
but the translation of an inscription on an
ancient Egyptian ball, leaden one, used
as kind of bullet and thrown from a
sling. Sometimes the name of the
singer was put on the bal, so that
the wounded could tell whom to thank,
perhaps.
The phrase Take thati" has not en-
tirely gone out of fashion; and yet the
world ought to be old enough to know
better, BY this time. -'s Jack-in-the Pull
pit, ST Nicholas for July.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

SUN SONG.

What makes the bride so merry?
What makes SO ripe the cherry?
1t is the sun that comes along
To mellow fruit and mellow song:
This makes the birds SO merry,
This makes so ripe the cherry.
What warns the blood that rushes
To bring the tint that blushes
Ii is the Sun imparting heat
To rosy lips to make them sweet.
This warns the blood that rushes
To bring the tint that bushes,
Why are the flowers growing,
With odors overlooking
Because the sun each blossom loves
More than the honey bee that roves.
For this the flowers are growing,
with odors overlooking.
E. b. Robinson in Scribner.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

Wheeling CIV. va.) Standard
The following letter was recently writ
ten by boy in Augusta, seven years of
age, to his uncle in Savannah:
idea uncle george please get me a
newfoundland dog. i want a puppy. I
hope you are well like i am. 90 to
school now and have recess. am had
off for the dog. send him as soon as Won
can send my love to you for christ
sake amen.
send boy dog. RoBERr s. H
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

Troy Whig.l

Troy Whig.l
A Troy inventor will shortly take out
a patent for cataphone By means
of wires stretched along backyard
fences and house-tops he conveys, with
the aid of some simple machinery, all
concatenated caterwauls into an air tight
barrel. By another simple CONTINUANCE
the sound in the barrel can be com.
pressed, and can be used in quantities
for fire and burglar alarms. The inven-
tor predicts that he will give to the bows
something that will make Rome howl. in
place of dangerous fre-crackers for
Fourth of July celebrations. For blast.
ing rocks, he says, it is just the thing.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
improvements in the Art of Dress

From Haper's Bazar.]
Great improvements have been made
lately in corsets. AS the princess dress
now worn defines the hips as plainly as
the waist, all corsets have been lengthen-
ed both in the busks and over the hips,
where they fit as smoothly as glove fits
the hand Stiff busts formed by cross
bones or by thick cords stitched in are al
so liked, as they dispense with the pads
worn by ladies who have fat chests
THE SLeeIS or Dusks are also made more
flexible, and may be bent into a circle
without breaking. There are also broad
doubled steels for those who like wide
busks; these are very light, yet flexible.
A brand eff corsets is distinguished by
having its steels covered with kid, which
makes them pleasantly soft against the
flesh, and keeps them from being rusted
by moisture. Striped coutilie and the
plain jean are the materials most used in
white and the pale grey shades, there are
also many high-colored blue and scarlet
corsets sold.
The ventilating corsets are made of a
lace like check goods as thin as canvass
grenadine; this is cool and pleasant for
summer wear. The upper and lower
sections around the bust and hips are
made of this thin material, but the mid
die section that passes around the most
tapering part of the waist, and bears all
the strain of lacing, is of thick coutille.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03
Tramps ana re- Rihhons.
m the Boston POST

:
Startling reports are those from st.
Louis concerning a mysterious order of
tramps, the members of which have each
a piece of red flannel pinned to the left
breast. It may, however, simply be .
new kind of chest protector Of which the
fraternity has abundant need. At any
rate We see nothing dangerous in piece
Of red flannel.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-07-03

COMPANY"
l. C. PLANT, EFT ALL
THE VIcKsBURo AND MERIDIAN RAILROAD
COMPANY, EFT Al.
In the United States Circuit Court-Southern
District of Mississippi i.
A Suit in Equity by Bondholders to Fore
close Mortgages of said Railroad Company.
All holders and owners of any Bonds and
Coupons of said Railroad Company, secured
by any mortgages, deed of trust or deeds of
trust made by said Company, whether made IN
its present corporate name, The Vicksburg
and Meridian Railroad Company or its for
mer corporate name, THE Southern Railroad
Company" ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED: that by
an introductory decree Of the Court aforesaid,
rendered in the cause aforesaid, on May 20
1873, they-such holders and owners OF such
bonds and coupons-are allowed
Until the First Day of September, 1878,
within which to present to, and file with, the
undersigned Clerk and Master of said Court
at the United States Circuit Court Room, in
the City Hall, in Jackson, Mississippi, all
Bonds and Coupons of said Railroad Company
held and owned by them, together with aiii-
davits Of their ownership thereof made by
them respectively before some United States
Commissioner in the State of their respective
residences, but if not resident in the United
States, then before some United States Con-
sui or other officer of the United States au-
thoriZed to administer oaths.
They are further notified that if their bonds
are endorsed bonds, issued under the mortgage
or deed of trust of said Railroad Company.
dated in March, 1866, maze to McAlister and
others as Trustees therein, their atidavits ac-
companying their bonds and coupons must
state the endorsement and the color of the ink
with which that endorsement written
on their bonds, by whom the endorsement was
signed, and the number Of their bonds. They
are further notified that by the terms Of said
interlocutory decree unless they present their
bonds and coupons to, and file them with the
undersigned Clerk and Master, at the United
States Circuit Court room, in the City Hall, in
Jackson, Mississippi and make proof thereof,
as required by said interlocutory decree, they
will lose the benefit of said suit, and the pro-
ceedings and DEGREES made or to be made in
said suit. JAMES NJ MCKEE,
Clerk and Master.
SHELTON SHELTON, Soils for CompIts.
June5 78-10w.