The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-11-13
TIMES CHANGES.

\ fac-simile of the first number of q
Boston paper has just been sent to the
subscribers. to commemorate the compile,
ton of its semi-centennial. Suppose one
of the readers of that little "seven by
nine paper to have fallen asleep with
the sheet in his hand, and not to have
awakened until this morning, when. OBJ
livious of the lapse of time, his eye falls
upon one of our great dailies. How he
would be puzzled. Let us look over his
shoulder for few minutes and hear what
he has to-say. Election returns from
Massachusetts,. Minnesota. and Califor-
mia just received" Where on earth is
Minnesota, and what has withered, old
tions? Foreign news by cable. The
Gar of Russia was shot at during his
drive yesterday afternoon. but fortunate
ly escaped. The Pope is reported to have
been more comfortable last evening"
What sort of cable is this that tells what
is going on in St. Petersburg and Rome ?
1t sounds like the old nonsense of the
Arabian Nights. 1.-THE Bell Telephone
Company are now prepared to make con-
nections within a circuit of 100 miles OF
the city in all directions. By the new
arrangement conversation may be heard
distinctly in any part of the room. The
Handel and lIadyn concert. given in Bos-
ton on Sunday evening, was satisfactory
ly repeated at Chickering's, in New
York" Whew. Igive thatup. "For-
eign arrivals. Screw steamer Ptria. tele-
graphed off Sandy Hook, eight days from
Ireland, with 100 steerage and $50 cabin
passengers Is the population of the
old world pouring into the United States
after this fashion? Where is room to be
found for them all, and are they really
screwed across the Atlantic? Through
trains to San Francisco, with saloon and
sleeping cars. Leave New York at 6 A.
NJ. IL NJ, 6 p. NJ, and IL midnight"
And just below, Elevated Railway.
Cars leave the Battery for Harlem, etc,
every 3 minutes; fare 10 cents" Cheap
enough, but where do the passengers
come from-and what is there to take
them to Harlem?
The good man has got about as much
L. ln1.l L.. Nd
he turns to the miscellaneous advertise
ments. "Great sale of petroleum, per-
fectly safe and of the purest quality.
Well, petroleum is literally crock oil -
can it be that in these days they get their
lighting material out of the stones ?
Safety parlor matches: warranted to
ignite only when rubbed on the box. -
Are the old flint and steel of no further
use? Metropolitan Gas Company.
Price reduced fifty cents per thousand
feet. Meters supplied" What can a
gas meter beo Is it long, or short, or
particular Those are the only meters
that l ever heard Of Electric light.
Candles, lamps, and gas superseded.
Fair-sized print easily read at the dis
lance of mile" I should think that
they might AS well have added" Sun,
moon. and stars superseded" India
rubber store, No. - Broadway. Water
proof clothing of every description
tents, mats. tubing. cushions, water
beds. car springs, canes, pipes, plates,
ink-stands. pen-holders. and five hundred
other articles made of this invaluable
gum Invaluable gum | could buy
load of old India rubber quicksilver
bags for couple of dollars. How could
they ever make all those things out OF
such stuff as that9 The wonders multi
ply. Photographic Gallery. Families
taken in groups at low rates. Portraits,
life size, beautifully tinted. lnstantane-
Gus views of Niagara, Nesuvius. etc. We
call special attention to our microscopic
department" This goes ahead of the
India rubber business.
Photography is new word and means
eight writing" Let me look at the
last dictionary. photography, the art
of producing pictures and fac-similes Of
objects, on chemically prepared bodies
such as glass, paper, ETC., by the actor