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the less hateful because it imposes enor-
nous expenses upon those that can not
afford them. The savings of a year are
often squandered in the idle ostentatiou of
funeral 1t is natural feeling among
the poor that the last service they can rem
der to a beloved friend shall not fail in any
usual distinction, and the result is that
living family is often straitened that dead
member of it may lie in a mahogany coffin
and be followed by long train of carriages
to his grave. Reform must come from
those who "set the fashion," and modest
simplicity in funerals can be attained only
by the example of those who can afford to
be extravagant.
The worthy undertaken, who lives by the
death of his fellow creature, is naturally
DESTROYS that grief shall be lavishly mani
tested, and he encourages to the utmost
this somber splendor. Two or three years
ago the movement against this extrava-
gance began in England, and it has the
public sympathy and support of very emf
nent persons. 1t has shown itself in this
country by the common request, with the
announcement of death, that no flowers
be sent. A simple and beautiful tribute of
affection has grown into an oppressive
fashion, and certain flowers have become
odiouS to many persons from their constant
association with funerals.
When such gifts are in truth the offer
ings of love and sympathy, no symbols can
be more touching, but the moment they
spring from the mere force of fashionable
custom, and are sent to the house of mourn
ing as gifts are sent by formal acquaint-
ances to bride, with no more feeling than
in the leaving of ceremonious visiting
cards, they are touching and significant no
longer. The change in the mere fashion
of flowers upon such occasions can be car
ried by the same good sense into every
other funeral extravaganza, so that the
poor need no longer feel that their dead
are sighted if they are not buried with
ruinous expense.
There was another suggestion made at
Pittsburgh which is worthy of considsra-
ton. 1t was proposed that funeral ser
mons as matters of course should not be
preached; and to this suggestion there will
be probably very general amen. They
are of necessity eulOgies, for no good
hearted preacher would choose such time
to tell unpleasant truths. Yet if a man
has been selfish, hard, graspng, self-indul-
gent, sordid-and there are such men!-
what is the poor preacher to doo The
we'll meaning reply that every person has
something good in him, and the eulogist
can speak of that, is conclusive if the
preacher is not to give his honest view of
the character of the dead. But to say of
man notorious for meanness that he went
regularly to church, Or of debauchee that
he gave generously to the poor is not to
tell the truth, but tc dodge it. A change
in this habit, however, must spring from
the good sense of the clergyman and the
community in which he lives. And the
first step toward the change is calling at
tention to the subject as the Pittsburgh
clergymen have done.
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jerks.

The appearance and conduct of this
lady before the Potter committee set
at rest all question of the inferiority of
the weaker sex in political emergencies.
She has fully demonstrated the capacity
of woman to meet in fair contest and
vanquish with her own weapons the
traditional lord (?) of creation She
has slain with weapon that nature
never allows to become rusty, the giant
of the professional QegaD ring. Met
aphorically speaking, she has taken the
widow Buffers scalp, and hung it
in triumph at her belt She has brow
beaten and hectored whole committe
of lawyers, not merely by the selfde-
fensive shrewdness of her wit, but con-
quered them into submission by her
aggressive boldness. The phases of
femininity that she exhibits may not be
suggestive of the refined atmosphere of
the drawing room, or of the sweet in
fluence of the home circle, but they
afford refreshing evidence of pluck and
pertinacity. The woman who does not
dread Butler on a cross examination
and has intellectual force enough to
conquer him into respectful Difference
toward her while on the witness stand
is a model of her kind, although it may
not be the best kind. Whether heaven
be finally her home or not, Louisiana
is splendid place in which to exercise
her exceptional genius.
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Well Said.

The rebuke administered by the Iowa
Republicans to Mr.. Hayes, who, on one
of his "junketing trips down South,
said that the rebellion was "a mere
trial of physical force between Greeks"
is as timely as it is forcible:
The armed conflict between traitors
and rebels, who sought to destroy the
Republic, and the patriots who defend
ed it and preserved it, was more than
mere trial of physical force between
Greeks; it was struggle of right
against wreng, of a true civilization
against false one Whoever regards
the Republican and Democratic parties
from. other stand-points than this fails
to understand their character.
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A ISLANDER REFUTED-OFFICE.HOLD.
Frs TO THE FRONT.

The Hon. John l.. Thomas, .Jr., one
Of the few incorruptible politicians
whom the State of Maryland has pro-
duced, gentleman whose name is the
synonym of personal and political pur-
ity, and whose unselfsh services in be-
half of bis party have never been sui.
fciently recognized, and who to-day
holds the position of Collector of the
Port of Baltimore, simply in the inter-
est of party peace and harmony, has
been recently accused of MANIPULATE
ING the primaries in Baltimore, in VIC
lation Of the Presidents order prohibit
ing office-holders from interfering with
and controlling the party organization.
Evidently this is weak device of the
enemy to injure Mr.. Thomas. We
don't believe any such thing. The
mere suggestion of Mr.. Thomas hav-
ing employed such equivocal methods
as Democratic BRUIsERs and pUDDEN
TICKETS to secure this Endorsement of
his administration, is altogether prepos-
ferrous and absurd. Mr.. Thomas is
above such methods AS is well known
he accepted his present position as Col
lector very RELUCTANTLY, and simply
to crafty distinguished Electrician"
now absent from the country. Mr..
Thomas never sought Office for himself,
but accepted it SOLELY FOR HIS FRIENDS.
To a gentleman of his delicacv of feel
ing, and nice sense of honor, office hold
ing is especially distasteful. Office, how,
ever, has pertinaciously sought him.
With that nice discriminating power
that distinguishes Mr.. Hayes, and which
recognizes true merit, the present AID
mnistration dragged Mr.. Thomas from
the obscurity and retirement of private
life and ungraciously imposed upon him
the cares and responsibilities of his
present unenviable position. That he
is an able exponent of Mr.. Hayes adj
vanced ideas of Civil Service Reform,
is universally conceded, and the pres
ent charges Of corruption against him
are as ill-founded as those that disap-
pointed politicians are endeavoring to
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FASHIONABLE FUNERALS.

A popular writer has recently haZ-
arded the assertion that STYLE" that
most vulgar of words and things, has
done as much to corrupt the women of
America as wine Not only is it
the cause of our financial downfall, but
modesty, honesty, and decency are sac
rifced to it. Fashion now publishes
even the rules for the young maidens,
first communion dresses, and sets forth
the pipings and couture in which all
innocent girl may approach her God
There is nothing so holy that is not
made subservient to it." But whether
this be an exaggerated statement or
not Of the demoralizing tendency of
modern fashionable indulgences, yet it
must be admitted that there is much
force in the statement. Fashion rules
supreme in nearly every circle of So
ciety. 1t is not wealthy parents alone
WuO flIIdlt Iue uiluuS vi IueIF cDllufen
by this worship Of folly, but the poor
catch the contagion and foolisbly imi-
tate those whom they cannot hope to
rival. There is one phase of this mod
ern tendency Of the poor to initiate the
expensive indulgences of the rich, par
ticularly noticed in our large cities.
We refer to the display and expensive
ness of modern funerals Indeed the
remark is quite common one, as these
funeral pageants pass, respondent in
plating and plumes, There goes some
POOR man to the tomb" We commend
to our readers the good sense and wis
dom evinced in paper read recently
on this subject before an association of
clergymen at Pittsburg and commented
on by one of our leading monthlies.
Mere fashion is no where more hateful
than in the burying of the dead, and none
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Foolish MEXICo.--A few days ago
General Mackenzie and Colonel Shafter of
the United States forces, pursued Indian
banditti over the Rio Grande into Mexican
territory, owing to the fact that the river is
narrow and fordable at many points, and no
other course was open to give hope to the
arrest of the robbers and murderers from
the Mexican side. This, it is understood
between the two governments could be dc ne
in emergencies. But whether it is to throw
dust into the eyes of the Mexican people
or not, it is stated in kilograms from the
border, that the Mexican Colonies Nuncio
and Valdez were at Saragossa, with several
hundred men, and would send a commits.
sion to Mackenzie to ascertain the purpose
of his invasion, are volunteering in large
numbers and impressing horses, evidently
with warlike purpose. We opine, how
ever, that nothing will come of it. 1t is
clearly only Mexican buncombe.
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ACCIDENT BY FIRE.-Every reader of
this paper knows the frequency with which
the press is called upon to chronicle the
loss of life, the painful accidents and
the destruction of property by fires,
caused in SO many eases by the grossest
carelessness. 1t should, therefore, be the
constant aim of every one to guard, with
the utmost care. against the possibility
thereof. At recent fire in Washington,
MIR. j. I. Greaves, of the Fire Department,
met with an accident, spraining his wrist
SO severely as to render it altogether use
less. This gentleman says: Il was prompt
ly cured by two applications of Keller's
Roman Linment, and this is the cleanest,
most prompt and etlicacious remedy have
ever used or known AS a household
article, to be resorted to in cases of acct
dents and pain, nothing in this world
equals or even approaches it.
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AN OPINION FROM Mr.. HENDRICKS
Mr.. Hendricks is now visiting Washington.
He thinks that the next candidate of the
Republican party will be General Grant.
He thinks he will be nominated because he
will be the strongest man to be found in
the party, and because many of the Re-
publican leaders have already made up
their minds to put him in the field. This,
he said, is the sentiment in Indiana. The
denomination of General Grant, in his
opinion, will be followed by a fierce cam
paign in which the old issues will be re-
vived.
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MATTINGS MATTINGS
FROM THE
RECENT LARGE NEW YORK AUG
TON SALES AT PRICES SO PER CENT
LESS THAN IMPORTATION COST.
Largest assortment of FANCY MATTINGs
ever exhibited in Baltimore.
EXTRA QUAIE.rY WHITE MATING % cents.
EXTRA QUALITY RED CHECK MATING 25c.
Coon QUALITY FANCY MATTINGs % cents.
260 PIECES
PLAIN WHITE MATTINGS AT
12} CENTS PER YARD.
Same quality as sold last year at % cents.
An inspection of our stock will convince
every one that our
STOCK is THE LARGEST
AND
PRICES THE LOWEST.
HAMILTON EASTER & Sons.
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sS jeff. Davis has been elected men,
Der of the " Association of the Confederate
Army of Tennessee, and has received a
gold medal from his admirers in that or
ganization. A recent letter of his to Con.
gressmen Singleton, who avowed that his
first duty was to his State, notwithstanding
his oath as member of Congress, shows
that jeff. is as deeply dyed with treason as
before he wore the old woman's pettiooatg.
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s5s There are few facts in American
statistics so imposing as the annual pro.
duction of cc.u in this Republic-over a
thousand millions of bushels. 1t only re-
quires profitable foreign markets to in
crease this product indefinitely. Its i'm.
mense quantity is steadily forcing it into
consumption more and more every year.
Wheat stands no comparison with it.
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WILL THE PEOPLE CALL A HALT?-The
closing scenes of the late session of Con-
gress have been only partially portrayed
by the press, but more than enough has
been given to the public to make the nation
keenly realize the humiliation it must &C
cept from it's w-makers. Indeed, for
some time before the final adjournment the
popular branch of Congress presented al
most daily exhibitions of the most shame
full disorder and at times of indecent brawls;
and it is not now disputed that during
considerable portion of the last night of
its sittings when most important bills, ap-
propriating tens of millions of dollars, were
to be finally disposed of, a large number of
the members we're SO drunk as to be insen-
sible of what was transporting in the body,
and utterly incapable of maintaining any
measure of decorum. In this wanton
shame upon an intelligent country, men
of all parties and of all sections partici-
pated; and so general did it seem to be in
one Of the leading and, at the time, most
responsible committees, that the black
man, representing the unschooled but lately
enfranchised bondsmen was made conspicu-
Gus because he was sober and able to rescue
bill of the greatest public interest from
the maudlin stupidity or vulgar hiarity
of his proud associates of whittier skin
Not only we're the measures of the gravest
moment crowded into the last hours of the
session and thus denied deliberate copsd-
GRAFTON for want of time; but they were
passed when leading members, with many
humber followers, we're utterly untitled to
speak or vote intelligently even had there
been amplest opportunity for the proper
understanding of them. The result is that
the large majority of the men who en-
acted the appropriation of millions of pub
lie money did not know what they had
done until they were enabled to peruse the
laws after they had become irrevocable.
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tB The one paramount duty that was
upon Congressional of determining
method of Presidential counting by which
all such troubles as those from which we
have lately emerged would be hereafter
impossible, -Congress never as much as
touched
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ELKTON, JUNE %, 1878.

The Democrats have discovered that
the Potter investigation is like the mill
tiaman's musket, ait kicks harder than
it shoots"
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GEN. GRANT is said to look exceed
ingly well, lighted-footed, red-cheeked,
and bright-eyed. Next Summer he
promises to return to his country
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EpH HOLLAND, the Cincinnati re-
former, who was sent to the peniten-
tiary for stufing ballot-boxes and par
doned out by President Hayes, seems
to have been restored to good standing
among the Democrats at his home. He
was sent as delegate to Wednesdays
convention by majority of $50, but
the convention had sudden attack of
virtue, and turned him out on the ground
that be had been elected by Republican
help. This is the man who elected
Banning to Congress, and his reappear-
ance on the scene of his old triumphs
is plausible explanation of Banning's
sudden confidence in his own re-elec-
ton.
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THAT last Administration Civil Ser
vice Reform circular is unanimously
regarded as the funeral Grafton of the
movement
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Burns and Scalds.

This Liniment has proved itself to be
one of the best remedies ever used for
Burns and Scalds. it, quickness liz allie
Waiting pain when applied, gives it great
superiority over all other preparations.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NO ADVERTISING AGENT

can insert an advertisement in list Of twenty-sx
STANDARD WEEKLIES at ten dollars :. line
wth"ut losing money. Those advertisers who want To
Obtain the largest and best circulation possible thout
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GENERAL GRANT IN HoLLAND.-Gen.
Grant and Mrs. Grant have been spending
a week in Holland, as the guests of United
States Minister Birney. On the 18th they
were present at a dinner, at which diplo-
mats resident at The Hague, and the Min
lister for Foreign Affairs for Holland at
tended, and at reception in the evening,
both given at the residence of Mr.. Birney;
and on the 18th at dinner and reception
given by the Minister for Foreign Affairs
They were invited to audiences by the sew
eral Princes, and a grand military parade
was ordered in their honor by the Dutch
Government. Every attention was shown
by the Dutch to their distinguished guests.
1t is now believed that the ilustrious
General and ex President will return to the
United States in October. His advent here
will be celebrated with marked enthusiasm,
far above anything that has yet met his
progress in Europe or America. His con-
duct in Europe has been SO well poised, so
courtly, aud on all occasions so unexcep-
tionable, as to gain for him in his own
country far more consideration than he has
yet received. We all know that ga pro-
phet," &c, is to be found out and honored
as he deserves to be in other countries.
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NAsBY GIVES Up IN DEspAIR.-We he'd
the radikels in vice from witch they Good
not escape. But wat cum of it? Just ez
this wuz all fixed, Burchard interdoost
resolooshen declarin that the obiick Nv the
investigashen wuzn't to disturb the title Nv
the President. Dimycratlc members votid
for it and it wuz past! In the name NV
Hevin wat wuz it for then? For wat did
90 to Washinton and spend my time and
Iilden's money, eff it wuzn't to GUST
Hayes? For what wuz the eyes Nv every
Dimycrat which hez looked longingly on
post offs and custom house these meny
years, turned anxiously to Washinton -
Not disturb his title? Why, that wuz wat
we wantid, and all that we wantid. We
wantid them places, witch we Good only get
thro Tilden, and witch SO long ez Hayes sets
there wuz not for US. 1t don't matter to
me whether Tilden Or some one else is the
Dimycratic nominee in 1880. The disap.
pointment hez SO weighed onto my mind,
that long before 1880 shell be in the silent
toom, and it won't matter to me who sue
ceeds Hayes. | can't live ez | hev bin,
and the sooner die the better. Dimocrisy
amt got no muscle nor much ntelleck.
It's flabby. 1t won't survive me long.
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MARRIED..

MCCAULEY-GALL AT the resi-
dence of the bride, on June Goth, by the
Rev. G. T. Cochel, JAMES J. MCCAULEY
and ETTIE b. GALLAHER, both of this
county.
REA-CONOLY.-On June 20, 1878, at
Lombardville, by the Rev. J. II. Johns,
SAMUEL l.. REA, of Chester county, Pa,
and GRACE ANNA CoNoLY, of this CO.
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A Stitch in the Back

Is caused by sudden wrenching OF the
spine, and produces violent and acute
pains, making it very difficult for the
person to move. 1t should not be neg
lected, rs the curvature of the spine is
often brought on by neglect Of this ccm-
mnn cDmnIrint
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STRANGE ADVENTURES OF POCKET
BooK.-A young lady of Brooklyn, whose
pocketbook was snatched from her last
week, in the street, and who gave chase to
the thief and caught him. is said to have
exerted herself in his behalf when the case
came up before the magistrate, because of
learning his pitiful story of destitute
family and no work. But there are few
ladies, old or young, who refuse to listen
to pitful stories, or even investigate them
when earnestly appealed to. In this case
it is said that the mans relatives were in
good circumstances, and that he was too
proud to apply to them for aid though not
above snatching a pocketbook from
stranger and young girl in the street.
A great deal of undeserved sympathy ap.
pears to be called out in this instance by
reason OF the accuser turning into an advo-
cate for the accused; but the moral of it
should teach young women to carry their
pocketbooks elsewhere than in their hands,
and to advise all who are really suffering
that it is not necessary to turn highway
men and bring their names and family cir
cumstanees into the police court, to reach
the sympathes of such of their country
women as are accustomed to relieving dis
tress, and to recognize its true appearance
and accents.
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The surest means of preserving health
is TO prevent the encroachment of disease,
such as Dyspepsia, Liver disease, ETC., by
using keller's Vegetable Life Drops
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The PRESIDENTS PRERoGATIyE.-It is
to be remembered that the President has
very wide discretion is spending this year
the sums appropriated under the River and
Harbor and the Sundry Civil bills. If he
follows the example of President Grant
there will be found at the end of the COM
ing fiscal year very large unexpended
balance to he converted into the Treasury
to the credit Of some of these extravagant
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liberated Sores.

The healing and purifying qualities of
kELLER's LISIMENT render it the best
article for the speedy and safe cure of
liberated sores.
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Frosted Feet.

The Roman Linment has proved effect
ual in all cases where it has been properly
used. No instance is known where it
has failed in giving immediate relief.
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SENATOR BRUCE's wedding is de-
scribed as pretty one The pleasant
house of the brides father, in Cleve-
land, was tastefully decorated with
flowers. There were about sixty guests
in elaborate dress, and many handsome
presents and the bride was attired in
a gown of white silk trimmed with satin
and orange blossoms, and covered by a
long tulle veil Prejudiced readers will
please not forget that Bruce is black
man.
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TO THE PUBLIC.

fIHE subscriber having been appointed
4 CONSTABLE for the Third Election District of
Cecil county, he will give prompt attention to alb
business placed IN his hands.
SAML b. F0ARD, JR.,
May ll-Sm ELKToN, Mp
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Neuralgia.

This overwhelmingly painful disease is
instantly relieved and rapidly cured BY
the continued application of this Lini-
mpnt
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Toothache.

This painful and annoying complaint
is instantaneonsly cured by the applica-
ton of the Liniment.
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Hesa- We all have our preferences; but no
one prefers to hear a crying baby when the
fact is so we'll know that DR.. Bulls Baby
Syrup would at once quiet it.
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Sore Throat and Quinsy.

The causes which usually induce Sore
Throat are those which give a sudden
check to perspiration, and thus obstruct
Natures regular work, quickly producing,
i'll consequence, an inhammatory condi-
ton which, involving the tonsils, and
rapidly spreading over the whole mucous
membrane of the fauces will cause Quinsv.