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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-15
Gl.EANlNt;S.

A marriage on railroad train may be
termed railroad tie.
The only thing that go best when they
are thoroughly tired are wheels.
Why is the nose put in the middle of
the face" Because its the senter.
What is it that 4 man with two eyes
cannot see with one IT other eye
Some people are like eggs-too full of
themselves to hold anything else.
The man who polished the suit of
armor made a clean breast of it.
Garlic is said to be sovereign remedy
for govt. There is no remedy for garlic
Prudence may be slow coach, but its
running gear is always in the best OF order
The times are hard-cverybod says so
but the wages OF sin have not been cut
down.
When rider is thrown over a horses
head the horse becomes the power behind
the thrown.
Most of the shadows that cross our
path through life are caused by standing in
our own light.
A bad memory has soothed many 4
mans conscience, even if it did fail to save
reputation.
Egypt needs a famine or something OF
that kind every once in while to keep it
before the public.
An old bachelors proverb: Sorrows
grow less and less every time they are told,
just as the ages of women.
IT'S the last rows of January" as
the book keeper sang when he footed up
the business for the last month.
In the way of worship, in hot weather,
a man thinks he is doing we'll enough when
he allows his wife to go to church.
Our passions are like convulsive fits,
which. though they make us stronger for
the time, leave us the weaker ever after.
A pound of energy with an ounce Of
taleut will achieve greater results than a
pound of talent with an ounce of energy.
Some men are very fond of wearing
medals aud badges, which are often the
only marks of merit to be found about
them.
When a man is hanging by his toos
from the corEice of high building and
expects momentarily to drop. nothing SO
completely treasures and SO thoroughly
satisfies him as the sudden discovery that
he is safely at home in bed.
A bright little boy, who had been en-
gagged IN combat with another boy some
time ago, was reproved by his aunt, who
told him he ought always to wait until the
other boy pitched upon him." Well, !"
explained the little hero, but if wait
Tor the other boy to begin, / m iraid there
won't be any fight
A prudent contemporary gives n word
tsresting subject. Ii says" We don't
know much about 1t. but We have an opin-
ION that the girl who is not fully prepared
20 support husband should be little
cautious about matrimony these days"
Girls, do you hear that?
Prof. Malone. the brass and string
bandit, was interviewed by man who
wanted a situation in the band. What
can you play asked the Professor
Well, amt much for Ii idlin, but il
Jon want wind stuffed into a cornet or
Delteu ont of brass drum I'm ynur
oyster" lie was engaged.
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ASSESSING DOCS.

Notice hereby 20 Collectors ami {. the
af bgs that all the Dass and Sgs IN the --yrFai ~.
tret-. months I'D Snh upward, shall T." as-c.,.s
uadsf the Il 1867. chapter 20. Taxing bsss
SUITS. b-ts--I tie 1T In { F.bru.ry AMI 2s
of the month. the tHN.tl-
pg Slut as--l istw~ru ilo-. dates sball h- hell
accountable for the a.----i 10 him whether n,
shall Afterwards Part with tho u slut AMI
said returned Is the several Collector,
60 the n u the County CaTnmi>-ionsr-. b.fnr.
The 18th iay of February next.
By order. l. 3 VANAR-DALE
Clerk Commissioners Cecil COUNTY,
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RETIRING FROM BUSINESS is
scarcely 4 more wretchsd class Of men than
those who, after spending years in active
business, go into retirement in the prime
of lie. They become drones, of very little
use Ia themselves or TO others. There is
now aud then among them n student.
whose intellectual pursuits afford him an
inexhaustible spring of enjoyment. But,
As a general thing, long addiction to the
close pursuit of business disqualIfics ono
for anything else. and retired business men
are. consequently, without any occupation
worthy the name. and seem. ridiculous
enough, Ia be standing around aud just
waiting for their time To come aud die !;
which, we have no doubt, comes much
sooner than 1t would If their minds were
diverted by some useful pursuit Life is
short at best, II all Of It is occupied But
IL sit down in iileurss IN ones prime. is
like destroying half our days. Rest and
rust are synonymous terms. Industry is
Indispensable to happiness Al whatever
stage of our existence; and 10 retire out of
ones accustomed occupation is To retire
into misery, AS many man has found to
his lasting sorrow.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-15
Leaving on hand toward next
dividend.
81. 1913 Iii

When the comm issiouers assum, Il con-
troll the ordinary annual expenses of the
company amounted to about Slj5, 600, of
which the sum Of $..',06s was paid out for
salaries alone. For the first five or six
months after the failure all the cashiers
aad many of the other employees of the
different branches had to be retained to
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-15
NOTICE To COLLECTORS.

THE Collectors in the several districts
l. Ar h-r-by nniIh- g. make ih-ir r-tu-n 60; New
A---.-m-nt. for the wear lsT!' OF fore the la
81: March and make return e u.rI,,.ti
for the ISIS t.for- she 2o'h iay F-lfusrt
lNI.. with The rea-nn- a.r rrnrnIns tho -an...
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-15

adjust their accounts and close up their
branches. involving, unavoidably, very
heavy outlay. But every opportunity has
been seized upon to reduce these and other
expenditures from time TO time to the
loves, point consistent with the proper
execution of the trust For all tTaDsac-
tions, whether involving receipts or expen-
ditures, the commissioners stand ready
with their vouchers to account dollar for
dollar.
Considering the depressed condition of
all business interests, and the consuming
depreciation of values which has SO long
prevailed, and which have placed almost
insuperable difficulties in the way of max
ing collections and of disposing of every
kind of property, and the very high valua-
tion placed upon much of the property at
the time the loans were made, the commits
siouers think they have reason To congratu-
late the depositors upon what has been &C
compished in their behalf
There was, however, large amount of
assets ON hand ON the 30th of November
last. OF which AN approximate nominal
valuation may be given, thus:
Notes in process of collection or
not matured, $50, 10000
q pieces vi property in the Dis
trict OF Columbia aud the adj
lacent counties of Maryland,
which the commissioners have
bsen compelled to buy in To
prevent al almost total sacri-
flee, and have not yet been able
to sell, assessed at 90. OOe 90
Banking houses in this city,
at jacksonville, Tallahassee
Nashville, and Nicksburg, aud
other properties acquired by
the company before it's failure,
and which remain undispcsed
OF, assessed at 275,OOO.OO
Judgments and law suits pend
ing in the courts OF this Dis
trct, the United States Su-
prems Court and other courts
in the Southern States, iuyolv-
ing over $50 900 90
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$4,000 90
Total,
Si,22j,00O 90

Some of these items, it is true, have al
ready been ascertained TO he worthless,
and many others To fall short of their NOM
mai value. venture the opinion, how
ever, that if Congress can be induced to
purchase at a fair price the banking pro-
psriies in Washington city and Jackson
willie, Fla, both of which are admirably
adapted aud much needed for the public
service, at least 20 per cent more may be
divided among the depusitors, thus realiz-
ing 30 per cent in all, which is the utmost
that the most sauguine could ever find rea-
son to expect.
The commissioners have long been aux-
ious TO be relieved from their ungrateful
labors. Congress has been importuued 10y
them at every session since 1875 to enable
them to resign, but SO far without avail.
They have renewed their application at
the present session, and sincerely pray that
they may be permitted to close up their ac-
counts at once and hand over the remain
ing funds and assets to some department or
officer of the Government for final DISPOSE
tion. Now that the larger part of the
wark has been performed. great saving
in expense may be effected by the action
proposed without endaugeriug the success
ful completion of the trust.
JOHN \. J. CRlswELI..
Washington. d. C., Feb 6th, 1879.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.

THE County Commissioners Of Cecil
L All At their ullic- L- Court Hons
ia EIAIuu Tus-si-y aid W-slu.s iay thu iiih AMI
l2Ji. nd ru~-.isy W~,lU-sdas Md Tu'r-day. iLr
l.th. it,h airl sjth auI Tg--.!ay tni H.dh.-Isy
ihs &fh amt -Sh day q f~trua-y next fr the pt.r-
pos 81 makiH- tfsn-iars anl s'rrcJ;Gg assessments
aud uuirr .. hereby that after the .ft lay of
february n~Nt J-.fs,.i alteration will D.. male
any ass--.m-ui tar the Gar ls7y
BY order. /. >. NASARSDALE
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-02-15
; MULES. l YOKE OF OXEN,
3 Mich CO,cs. = Young Steers.
Heirer, = Colts, 4 Shouts.

new YARN Wagon. Germantown Wagon. Buggy
Iisy Rigging. u1 Cart. Pl"Ws. Cuiiyatnr-. IT uip
Pall,r. Hay cutter. Roller Wheat Drii. H-r-- R,k-
.; gallon fsrm-rs Buil-T GIinistou- H.. Hives Corn
"a the -ar. ilArn-.-. aud many other articles.
TERMS OF SlLE-Au .uui. Il $40 anil under. ,ltsh
,,y.f that amount Sr,iii - >iE nsuih. will given
h" purchaser 'ius Note with approved .~ouriiy, pay.
alb % Cecil National Bank IIhout u paid
maturity.
NJ Ia..fpouriucnt On account # weather.
WI. ARMSTRONG,
surviving paTiu-r Of Armstrong ( Co
Feb s-2v ". ]. LNDN, Au.tiou.er.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-21
ssissins a success.

Kissing ia ancenaa, The audience at the
Fifth Avenue Theatre night before last hias"d
piece. The manager came before The tnat
lights Last night and announced that he bowed
tu the public rensute. aud withdrew the piece.
Why should an audience wait Until the nast
morning to learn whether they are ~ like OF
dislike A play they pay thelt money tn lie
pleased OF instructed They ought ~ cay
that they are not. The right Of Missing is az
sacred Az the right If applauding. In the
present state at Criticism. It ia an absolute
necessity, Managers can nnderaiant the
hiss, The can explain away the aesthetic
damnina of the newspaper. llisalnE will not
be explained away II mnana and means nnl y
that the nnhlic are dissatisfied.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-21
arRnt and the chicago Communists

The English speaking section OF the fhina-
40 saeialiatir Organization held n meeting
yesterday tn consider the reception given
ten. Grant In all ita uhasea. Numerous COOL,
bad and Indifferent apealsefa af the language
addressed the crowd AZ n'lgth, All q them
seeing In the demonstration AL name, af
threatening things. They denounced the
committees Of veterans TT not inviting them
30 the banquet, the etiaona fur moi assigning
them places In the great procession. anh the
city In general for giving ths distinguished
soldier such n generons welcome. After set
ting the aenl ~ their condemnation IN the
things Of the past, they turned ~ tito future
and stamped the school ehtl,irena reception
arranged fnr to-day as i'm American. perni-
eious and calculated 81 inatil IL the mimic Of
the young degrading hero Worship Witch
would prepare them for n dictator. When MI
these unpleasant sentiments had henn ut
tered, the diaauated assenhlaae dispersed
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-21

A Hungarian entered the studio OF a por-
trait painter and said; II want You V paint
d portrait If my late father With pleas
ure, sir. Have veu \ photograph Of the la
mented deceased III No. but YOU don't want
any photograph. Just paint wild looking
Hungarian. between sixty wears old and six
feet high. with big white moustaehe, Four
weeks later the family came round to see the
picture. Bravo SAYS the Hungarian
warmly, tits speaking likeness, only the
old gent seems ~ have changed good deal
aimee his death
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-21
THE MICHIGAN senate RsHIP.
Judge Beaman Declines Henry T, Baldwin
Appointed ~ His Stead.
Lfllneinnatl Nnmmnleial.l

DETROIT, Nov. 17.-@As predicted III these
dispatches, The apppiniment of Judge lien.
man. OF Adrian. to Il seat III tile United States
Eerate made vacant hy The tleath nf Ianha-
siah Chandler, did not give sntiafaeti"n tn the
Republicans 1t Michigan. On The contrary.
Al called down upon The head af Inv. Gfna-
well the denunet.tIens " Ills own pn1tv aud
The rIdicnle II the i'sntoetary lt'a selee,io',
VI u man 10 fill M, Chandler = rlnra who Ind
Fatfrra from tpiiiies neafiy u decade ago q
man lettering III tha edge ~ th" grave who
could not he conspicuous hN reasan ~ hia W.
tirmjtips railspd wall of indignation ta ~
lii ALI over Michigan, from Detroit tn lioueh-
Ton, from the shore af Lake Michigan to tho
Haainawa. Not only was the Governor openly
dana,,nnad Int waa ,leluge,l with letters chat
aetnrizlng his course AZ pnailanlmous " The
extreme. and warning him that II IN Ind
formed any alliance with The venerable Bea-
man br which he waa To to hia successor. II
could never be fulfilled. aov. 1roawe'l saw his
thunder aa auan "A he had made 1t, and has
tened to correct his error.
Tonight Adrian dispatches announce the
denllnaton VI Heaman and the appointment
uf Henry l. Baldwin. " Detroit.
Mr. baldwin never held but one office OF
note that q aovetn1r y Maeh,nan which ne
MI 1863. and given away to Mr RaHlay III 1879.
Ha alsu served term In the State Senate.
lie Ia a sell, made man, having amRaseI u
fortune ne Wholesale boot and sine dealer
Ha came til this city with Mr. Chandler more
than quarter III century aRo, from New
Hampshire. lie was life long friend nf tha
dead HenRtor. Hell has been for many yaara
president of the Second National nank, tile
largest financial institution III the city sud
State.
Gov. Baldwin Ia All earnest Republican, anil
II is believed he is thoroughly alive IT, Tile
great questions " the day. He ia. however,
negative sort of a man. mild hammered ami
gentle, and. by come. at yled ian old woman"
tie II thoroughly honest. tlue to hls convn-
tiuns and will very likely make annh Sana-
tot, but ia not q sufficiently aggressive man
To ever make much of atlr. Il s question
able whether even ths appnin'ment Will
please the great mass Vt Michigan Repnhli-
cans. The State at large wanted Bagley or
AGonuer petraitars, outside II the Chandler
regency, elatnDrei tor James Il. lny Is
seems To Ne the impression Tonight that they
will accept the least ct the two evils. and con
tent themselves with the Governors latest
selection. GpS. Baldwin has formally ac-
eepted the appointment.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-21
Tnrce Lucky rsaern, omcers.

or the three Federal officers removed hv
the administration fram the New Yor, GUS
tom house. Cornell II Governor elect III the
State. Sharp a memher of Tho eeisIature,
with aspirations for the apeakarship. and
Arthur a candidate far Tho United States Sen
more Than nyan With Ms dear friend Havoc
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-21

Let us hold on la eur Nhaltsl1 and stand
right ~ the commander. even though we
have Go shed Eayptian Garringe eenal ,,is.
quantities. We dom care for tho 0holisL. A
nation that supplies itself with petritiea
giants and pre- Adamie human f,N4ils ta order
can make better oheiisks for itself than Egypt
ever saw, but We dent propose t. be beat out
of an ohaitsk hy Il race 1T people who sleep
eighteen hours a day aud wear their hair like
q picture iii the Stole dictionary, BurIing-
ton Hawkeve
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-21

boston roai. nem.l

Forneys h,odftaa aava here ia "a sttona
Southern element In our Philadelphia society
Every year freah new beauties from Virginia.
Kentucky and other Southern States are in
PRODUCED into our social eirelea. How tho
reasons for putting "a streng man al tho
head Of the government 10 multiply.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-21

The Pane's nrw paper Is likely IL run a
year or more the lato lnpe having left S53.-
600, 900 in bank.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-21
The Waaieal Creed Condensed.
NEW York Tribune

ENnW \ Nfk TfIhNNa=T
When the solid South splits enough 70 put
some Republicans into etlicr, II will he ample
time 10 talk about splitting the solid North,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-11-21
Meaning tnc Enthusiasm Tar s.rau

t9tHeinuati Commercially
The way to cute a boom II IL take too muel
.,fs
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-03-08
Wonderful Cures by Colored Woman.

MIS-. Edward Mix, Wolcotville col
ored woman, who is As years of age, it
Is alleged, is creating quite sensation
in Litchfield County, Connecticut, by
the wonderful cures which she performs
by the laying on of hands. 1t Is report
ed that the woman says she does nothing
without Gods Help; that her patients
must have implicit faith to Insure sue
cess; and that she herself was cured,
after years of i'll health, by the prayers
and the laying on of hands of Second
Advent preacher named Allen of Spring
field, Mass. The preacher suggested
that she had the power of healing in
her, and her first experience was in cur
ing troublesome wart under her eye.
After laying her hand on the protuber-
ance and praying for its removal it
withered away and dropped off in a
night. Then she began with other per-
sons, and has treated 230, some of them
with wonderful success. A Mrs. Burr,
of Burrville, who had been sick for 30
and confined to her room for % years,
was treated on one Sunday, and has
been well and strong ever since, while a
Wolcotville boy, who had never walked
on account of weak ankles, was similarly
cured The doctors in the vicinity say
Mrs. Mix has wonderful power of some
kind, but claim that she is successful
only with functional or chronic diseases,
and that the most of her cures are effect
ed among the lower and more super
stitious classes. Mrs. Mix never asks
for any pay from her patients, and she
says it would be wrong to do so while
doing Gods work; but she takes what
is offered her. Sometimes, however,
she has to pay her own expenses when
going to see people, and gets nothing in
return.-Hartford Times.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-03-08
The View from Chapultepec.

A correspondent of the Chicago In.
ter Ocean, now travelling with the Mexi-
can excursionists, writes: From this
height the valley looks like basin,
blocked up at the South by solitary
mountain that rises, like Ben Lomond,
and cuts off the view of Lake Zochimil-
west is the rugged Sierra Madre. In the
Tezcuco, an unbroken mirror, on the
further shore of which the old city of
the same name can be distinctly seen.
To the north is Guadaloupe, with its
sacred crest, while the cities of the
Aztecs and Tacubans fill up the center
of the picture. To the southeast stand,
cold and grand, Popocatapetl and
Ixtachuatl, side by side, a resting place
for light clouds that float lazily through
the air like the robes of angels who
might hold court there in silence. To
some, Orizava appears the grandest
of the great peaks of Mexico, but not
me. Its peak rises sharp and cold from
amidst the lesser mounts, like a men,
Der of the earth through which the
pulse of life had ceased to throb, so
still and chill with its snowy summit,
pointing always and forever upward to
its home among the skies. The twin
mountains, in sight from Chapultepec,
are more massive and ragged in their
outline. They, too, are always white
capped with eternal snow, carpeted in
purity, as though the Creator had set
apart these spots for His own use,
where the foot of man might not tread
nor pollute the sanctity of His terrestrial
throne. What must have been the
glory of the scene when the fretful
mountain used to blaze out In angry
fires, and the trembling earth quivered
with the fury of its roar! But the fires
are sleeping now, only light wreath of
smoke rising now and then to indicate
the latent power that is slumbering
within its depths.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-03-08

to require instant suppression of further Inn
migration froD China, no reason can require
the immediate withdrawal of our treaty pro-
lection of the Chinese already in this coun
try, and no circumstances can tolerate an
exposure of our citizens in China, mer-
chants or missionaries, to the conse-
quences of so sudden an abrOgatton of their
treaty projections. Fortunately, however,
an actual recession of the influx of tmmf-
grafton from China to the Pacific coast, as
shown by trustworthy statistics, relieves us
from any apprehension that the treatment of
the subject In proper course of diplomatic
negotiations will Introduce any feature of
discomfort or disturbance among communi-
ties directly affected. We're such delay
fraught with more Inconvenience than has
ever been suggested by interests most earn
est in promoting this legislation, 1 can not
but regard the summary disturbance of our
existing treaties with China as greatly more
announcement to much wider and more per-
manent interests of the country. 1 have
no occasion to insist upon more general
considerations of interest and duty which
sacredly guard the faith of the nation In what
ever form of obligation it may have been
given. These sentiments animate the delib-
eratiOns of Congress and pervade the minds
of our whole people. Our history gives little
occasion for any reproach in this regard, and
in asking renewed attention of Congress to
this bill, 1 am persuaded their action will
maintain public dnty and public honor.
(Signedl r. B. HAYES.
Executive Mansion. March l, 1879.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-03-08

urge upon the President the necessity of
signing the law restraining Chinese immi-
grafton. The San Francisco clergymen and
other influential bodies also joined in the
appeal for the Executive sanction of the law.
The New York Chamber Of Commerce, on
the other hand, denounce the law as unjust
and impolitic, and interceded for the Exec
utive veto.
The Marquis of Lorne and the Princess
Louise will visit New York in May. A suite
of II rooms has been engaged at the Wind
sor Hotel, which will be especially decorated
and prepared for their occupancy.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-03-08
School and Church.

The average age of the Congrega-
tional ministers who died during the
past three years was &c years, z months
and "a days.
The study of the Irish language is
vigorously prosecuted in New York and
Brooklyn. The classes, comprising
both sexes, meet two or three times each
week.
According to DIR. Hepworth, the
Roman Catholic Church takes the best
care of its clergy. If a man isn't good
in one position, it puts him in another.
The next best is the Dutch Reformed.
The Catholic Bishop of Montreal
has issued circular forbidding ladies
to belong TO church choirs after the 1st
of June next. Many of the churches
have anticipated the order by dismissing
lady singers.
DIR. David Murray, the American
gentleman who has had charge of the
cause of education for the last five years
in Japan, has received from the EN-
peror a decoration of merit and a present
of money.
As the result of II years. work in
Texas, Northern Methodists now count
l4,2O7 members, 2,467 probationers, 3OS
local and 221 travelling preachers, ia
churches, and 1T Sunday-schools, with
1922 scholars.
1t is stated that number OF
veal hy men in New York have pledged
5000, 900 toward the endowment of q
new college for colored youth in that
city, the special object of which should
be to educate teachers for the colored
people in the South.
Bishop Whittle, of Virginia, has in