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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-20

The advocates of whisky say,
"You might as well grant license as
whisky viii be sold and drank any
how" On the same principle, you
might as well grant license to men
to steal, commit murder, rapine,
and al. other crimes, for they will
be committed anyhow, and always
will be, regardless Of law. If the
justices do their duty, we opine
there will not be much whisky sold
on the sly in this county.-Pojnt
Pleasant Register.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-20
The late Lord Beaconsfeld made

The late Lord Beaconsfeld made
an amusing mistake one morning
a short time before his death.
Buried in thought, he entered the
House of Lords. He abstractedly
strolled up to the ministerial bench,
and was about to take his old seat
as leader of the House, when he re-
cognized Earl Granville already in
possession. He Immediately retired
and, skirting the table, took the
seat opposite. The mistake created
much merriment, Lord Beaconsfeld
himself heartily joining in the
laughter.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-20
SOAP MAKING.

AS the soap making season is APP
preaching | concluded | would offer
to the Gazette readers my recipe for
making hard soap, from which
some benefit may derived. | use
B. T. Rabbits ball potash as an al
kali. There are perhaps other man
ufactories, equally good, but | have
not had experience with any other.
| generally make my soap in a lard
kettle (similar in shape to wash
boilert, on my cook stove, and con-
sequently whenever | have suflici-
cient waste grease to make a kettle
Of soap, purchase the potash and
make the soap at my own convent
ence, thereby saving my grease
from the depredations of rats, mice,
etc. The recipe is as follows: To
one ball of potash add one gallon Of
rain water, and let it boil until the
potash is dissolved, then add five
pounds of clean grease, or an extra
half pound Of cracklings or scraps !;
boil again until the grease is all
dissolved, and then add two gallons
Of hot water, with an extra quanti-
ty sufficient to replace the portion
which has evaporated from the first
gallon. Continue to boil few
minutes; then add one pint of COM
mon salt and stir until the salt is
dissolved. The soap Immediately
rises to the top, the I've and refuse
settling to the bottom. Then, with
a skinner or ladle, dip the soap off
carefully into molds. | use my
largest stove or bread pan, which
just holds the quantity of soap
made from two balls | then stir
in few drops of oil Of sassafras, to
perfume it, and set it away to cool.
In about one hour it is sufficiently
hard to cut into bars, even in the
warmest weather If you wish to
add resin, add three ounces and let
it dissolve just before adding the
salt. [ now have seventy-fve or
one hundred pounds made in this
way, which cannot be excelled in
the market. 1t has every advan-
tage over making soap the old way,
with wood ashes. 1t not only re-
leases the wife Gas she is generally
the soap-maker) Of much hard labor
and patience, but it relieves her
from beholding the ascetic counte-
nance of her husband and his temp
tation to use profane language (if
he is so inclined, while attempt
ing " to put up leech"
| have experimental in making
soft soap with potash, but am not
partial to it. Mrs. F. B. F.
New ALsACE. IND.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-20

ing, and the next time he will be
more frightened. Give him time
to smell all of the objects, and use
the bride to assist you in bringing
him carefully to those objects Of
fear.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-20

If thou hast wronged thy friends
in thought, reconcile thee to them
in thought. If thou hast offended
them in word, let the reconciliation
be in words. If thou hast trespass-
ed against them in deeds, by deeds
be reconciled to them. That re-
Cancellation is most kindly which
is most in kind.-E,rchange.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-20
Christian Advocate!
ESTABLISHED 1888.
Rev. A. WHEELER, D. D., Editor.
Office, I3l Smithfeld Street.

Ufflce, III S1nlIh1eIU Street
Organ of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in Wetsern Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and
West Virginia.
Able Editorials on all the live questions of
the day. The Contribute include some of
the most eminent writers of the Church.
The weekly exposition of the Sunday
School Lesson, is pronounced by Sunday
School workers to be uneXcelled. Interest
ing news from all the churches.
Special attention given to the Young Folks
Department.
Terms, $500 per year in advance. All Tin
Grant Ministers of the NJ. f. Church are
agents, to whom subscriptions may be paid.
Sample copies sent free. Mention this paper.
Address J. A. MOORE, Christian -AdUocate,
Pittsburgh Pa.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-07-20
FirewOrk Formula.
COLORED LIGHTS.

These fires serve to illuminate,
hence intensity Of light with as lit
tie smoke as possible is aimed at.
In the preparation Of such mix
lures the ingredients, which should
be perfectly dry, must be reduced
separately, by grinding in mortar or
otherwise to very fine powders, and
thoroughly but carefully mixed to-
gether on sheets Of paper with the
hands or by means Of cardboard or
horn spatulas.
For colored fires, where the mix
lures are ignited in shallow pans
and maintained by additions Of the
powders, the compositions are some
what different.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30
THE STAMPEDE TO AMERICA

The report Of Mr.. Nimmo, government
statistician, that the number of imm!-
grants arriving in the United States dur
ing the year ending June so, 1881, was
officially 600, 239, and really several hun
bred Thousand more, naturally begets
great establishment. The highest num-
Der arriving during any previous year
was 27,371 in 1886. But the arrivals at
New York from the LIST of January to
the 1st Of July this year We're 240 600 in
dicating that the aggregate immigration
of the next fiscal year will be the great
est in the history Of the country. AS the
actual number of arrivals during the last
year approximated go, 900, it is estimat-
ed by some that the number during the
year to come will be 700, 900. The mag
nitude of such an addition to our popu-
lation in a single year is not appreciated
until we remember that it almost equals
one-seventieth of the inhabitants of the
republic. Such a movement from Europe
to America amounts to nothing less than
a stampede. The countries of the Old
World where most distress or apprelien-
sion of it exists are the ones from which
the exodus to the United States is great
est. 1t is believed by many that Ger
many will lose aa6. 600 inhabitants this
year by emigration. Distress drove Co.
800 Irishmen from their native land to
the United States during 1880, and the
number is likely to be greater this year.
Bismark' 5 tyranny and England, oppres-
sion are driving the people Of two count
ries to America by ,e.- Of thousands.
The prosperity of the United States draws
them. while distress ut home drives them
across the Atlantic. The rapid payment
of our national debt has bcn.: one of the
achievements which have done much TO
convince Europeans of our real prosperi-
ty. Now that a stampe.iS TO America
has begun, it is probable that we shall
have reason to complain of too many
rather than of TOO few immigrants
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30
The New Officers.

There ma- = m99eting on Welnesday
afternoon, in Philadelphia, OF The ,eeent-
~ elected board of directors of the Phil
adelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad Company. 1t was held at the
Office ii tt..e company in the depot at
Broad street aGa WasItLgtGt, 4<fE4o-
The principal business was that 0f ranf-
ganiZatiOn. There was full Attendance,
including President Hinckley and Vice
President A. ]. Cassatt. The committee
on reorganization. ffter 2 short recess.
brought i'll the following list Of oi4eers,
which were read by the secretary. and
then unanimously adopted
General Manager, Franz Thomson.
General Superintendent, II. F. kenney:
General Solicitor, John Scott; Assistant
Solicitor. James a. Logan: Controller.
r. w. Downing: General Passenger
Agent. James II. Wood: General Ticket
Agent. George \. Dadmun: Purchasing
Agent, Ennch Lewis: Real Estate Agent.
Clifford ;. Sims; SECRETARY ar, Treasurer,
Robert Craven: General Baggage ! gent.
Robert w. McWade
The officers of the Delaware Division
of the p, W. & B. will remain the same
being elected by the board of managers
of the Delaware Division. which meets
annually in Dover and subject in no way
to the change i'll ownership of the princi-
E2l line. Mr. l. \. Mills, the General
Superintendent, vii, therefore, continue
in his present position
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30

summer gpats can be. hut they are kept
down by atmospheric disagreeables. Or
20 ,sibly. there is another reason for it,
the male insect never bites, it is the
female mosquito that siings. and We all
know that the feminine side of humanity
is kept in due order and sub lection IN
Europe, only occasionally asserting the
power it really possesses; no doabt snats
follow the mode, the male gnats do not
sting because they cannot, the female
gnats do not because they may not; but
they would like, and therefore find their
way. whenever possible. to the countries
of the New World. where opportunity
and power go hand in hand. Just to
show what can he effected by discipline
it may be stated that there are sixteen
varieties of the Culex family Ito which
the poisonous mosquito belongs in Ger
many, yet they are scarcely heard of, for
that is 4 country for feminine subsection.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30
PATRIOTIC LADIES OF ENGLAND

English ladies of distinction are form
ing an association to encourage the use
of British goods in preference TO those OF
foreign manufacture. Such movement
in such quarter is unexpected, although
it is by no means discreditable to its
authors. The occasion for their associa
ton is the belief that the depression in
the British wooden trade is the result OF
the extensive substitution of foreign
fabrics for the products of British looms.
1t was hardly to be supposed that the ar
istocratic ladies of England would adj
dress themselves to the relief of suffer-
ing trade by denying themselves the use
of fabrics which they may prefer to any
product in their own country. However
much Englishmen may admire the spirit
of these women, they must, to be con-
sistent as TO free trade theories every one
of them is supposed TO entertain, con-
denim their practice as species of pro-
lection.
But they are likely to exhibit no snch
consistency, for tenaciously as English
men may hold to free trade theories, they
always break away from them to practice
virtual protection when they find it for
their interest to do so. Englishmen nave
endeavored to shut out from England
American beef, contrary to free trade
principles, and now English women are
forming a league to keep out foreign
fabrics in wool. We do not condemn
their practice. On the contrary, we wish
influential women of America would
emulate their patriotic devotion by deny
ing themselves favorite fabrics for the
sake of encouraging American manutac-
lures. But in view of her practice, Eng
land should be less ardent in rebuking
this country for protecting such indus
tries as require it.
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THE PRESIDENTS CONDITION

The unfavorable news, on Saturday
caused almost as m4ch anxiety the count
~ over as thai experienced on the
third and fourth instants 'rLa Presi-
dent had met grave perils and needed all
tue help that the highest professional
skill, the best nursing. and 4 splendid
constitution and Graye heart could give
him. In his weakened con,i,~,an the re-
peated chills, followed by fever that at
one time nearly reached the point where
life becomes imposslbiS, we're like the at
tack of fresh and formidable fG..Ga on
an army Gorn out by hard campaign.
He was equal 70 tie emergency. His
fortitude in bearing the operation that
let out the accumulated purulent matter,
without the dangerous help of anRsthe-
tics, was an essential 6,ament of the sue
cess of the skilllul surgeons WHO discov-
cred the source of his danger and used
precisely the right means to relieve it.
His quiet rest afterwards and the return
toward normal pulse and temperature
show that the reassuring tone of the
latest bulletins is not insincere or un-
founded
But the experiences at saturday and
Sunday ought to deepen in the MINDS Gf
the people the conviction that the Presi-
dent is not yet out of danger. For some
days before the :aeWs of the alarming
chill of Saturday came IL Wa lightly as
sumed that the speedy and full recovery
of the President was matter of course.
There We're not a fsW suggestions that he
had really never been in peril; that
the bad symptoms were exaggerated;
that the doctors were seeking to enhance
the magnitude of their services by max
ing the most out of the difficulties of
their case, and SO on.
All such silly talk as that came to
sudden end on Saturday and men were
tericus as rule, in proportion to their
diligence. And all the emotions. po-
al, patriotic and humane. that were
~, d by the first news OF the asssssina-
Al; re deepened and strengthened.
i'n :" sectional and partisan feelings
~ o a. sun as the people stood anxiously
r rno peos'te of the President, and the
sort; D.oahN one nation, in sympathies,
sentiments andaspirations.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30
CREAMERIES.

BECAUSE we believe that what would
be good for Bucks county farmers, would
generally speaking. be equally good for
Cecil county farmers. we take considers
BILE space this week to give our farmer
readers information on the above sub
iect. We believe this to be an enterprise
that should Immediately he endorsed by
our dairymen. They are successful else
where, and there is no reason why they
should not be equally so in Cecil county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30

POLITICALLY considered tears are liauii
l.aaria, OF drops of dew, glistening in the
Eye Of beauty: but as i. matter of chemi-
cal tact iand chemical facts we all know.
arc absoiutel, they are a week solution
chloride Of sodium aud phosphate OF
'lnle. Physiology again teaches us that
they are the overflow of the lachrvmal
LANDS caused by the contraction of cer-
tam muscles, and, therefore. tears must
re less sentimental than muscular, and
lave only 10 do with the emotions when
foolish people let their muscles have the
upper hand. Tears are by no means as
'sthetic as all reading tells US they
mould be. The pearly drops ought TO
we'll up and fill the beauteous orbs with
nntathomable radiance, but as matter
ol cruel fact, they usually dribble down
the bridge of the nose; it requires a good
deal OF training to let them suftuse the
eye, and then fall on to the snow white
hand, or on to his hand. as OCCASIONAL,
happens in tender moments. KISSING
away tears sounds thrillingly sweet, but.
"n the whole Il handkerchief performs
'ite duty more effectually than NOUS
sache
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NOTHING more clearly proves the gray
ny 81 the dangers attending the Presi-
hf!it : recent relapse than their effect on
Als heroic wife, whose faith in his recov
ely had been SO perfect and SD electric in
ats effects on others. Mrs. DR.. Edison.
y hen asked by the HtroiTs Washington
correspondent as to how Mrs. Garfield
WIS affected, said:
Badly. indeed. She had been SO buoy
rd up with the encouraging look of things
Tor the week past that the occurrences of
saturday alarmed her very much. Still.
al that is outside the sick Groom. She
never allows the slightest trace Of the
anxiety which she must feel--thc great
csc of al those around the coucil-to be
manifested in the presence of the su fer
Ell. She preserved the same hopeful dis.
position that she has shown from the first
shock of the meeting with her husband
and cheered him up by her presence and
nlnistrations during the weary hours OF
prostration that eusued. This is til,
ore remarkable since the events of the
AZ must have suggested the nameles>
ND and anxiety of the day of shoot
-,learAll were looking forward to q
s{e-s Little anniversary. as the Presi-
fs'"rIeSis Saturdays when lac jokingl,
4" end the events of the shooting al
'e ''residse two weeks. The wife o.
re >'t'iatio,th"ngh, is the woman fo
lpn@ ar hefSo matter how she feels,
4 II remain otngtll will keep up she
~ia OF her presdly calm, and the
a respondent ieep will smooth away
hs's nt the Presidto which the suf-
way. wight make him
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President Garfield's Condition.

Everything sent from the Executive
Mansion on Thursday, relating to the
condition of the President vas highly
encouraging. except that the official
evening bulletin mentioned return of
the febrile rise, vliiah the patient had
entirely escaped on the previous day.
The morning dispatches were cheerful ia
tone, aid the improvement was reported
by the physicians as ''distinctly percepti-
bic" All the conditions being deemed
favorable, the PRESIDENTS bed VAS push
ed in another room, and the room winch
he has occupied ever since he was wound
ed was thoroughly cleansed and aired and
the carpet removed. No unfav rrab's
symptoms followed the temporary change
of apartments, unless the fever later in
day may be attributed to the excitement
occasioned by the incidents Of the morn.
ing. At the time of issuing the latest
bulletins the fever had nearly subsidized
and the patient was resting quietly.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30
Our Neighbors.

Peaches are beginning to appear in the
iientresiiie Aaitet. They are not fully
ripe
The Caroline county SCHOOL teachers are
4qing 10 strike for higher alaries
a sea tprtie wasn,uu ssh RoaAHs WIS
caught last week at fha mouth Of the Ches-
ter Iilver
y mare in Caroline county, last week.
gave birth to twin colts, one Il horse. the
other a mule.
Thomas neFor'l. near Cenlreyillc. had his
hana neary sui or III :, uaad cu,tev knife
while threshing last week.
Mr.. John Tweed, who lives on Elk Creek,
between Kimheville and Strickersville, has
oats five feet eleven inches in height.
Extensive improvements are being made
at Centreville landing. Two new granaries,
.}ne with q ean2.%ity cf 5000 bE,she,s :.
warehouse and several houses and other
buildings are being erected.
Captain Rockwell saw whale in Chester
River one dav last week. The whale was
seen off the cliffs, nearly opposite the mouth
ii CArsiGa Creek. II was among q school of
proposes, wnicn sfplaed ~ lie Iraking way
fare against it. This is the first whale seen
in these waters for thirty years,
An unknown man was seen living on
the railroad track, just beyond Bush River,
early on Sunday morning, by the engineer
of an approaching train. He was lying
With lis feet towarii& tbs aGlus ana paid
no attention 10 the whistles The train
could not be stopped and the mans body
was badly mutilated. The corpse was
found 10 be quite cold and it is supposed
that the man was dead or dying when first
seen.
James Oldham, .Jr., of Chrisriana. met
with painful accident, on Tuesday of last
week, while working in a sand pit in Mr..
Loudon's wood. The bank caved in, bury
ing him in the sand. Walter Southgate,
who narrowly escaped similar fate, called
to the men at the other pit, Tho came i'm
mrdiately, and in less than two minutes
nv q. WAS rescusd fran his p.ril"HS posi-
lion. He was brought nome III wagon,
aud com UI aims nf main in his hack
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30

AREADI the question as to who shall
ne the successor of the late Justice Cliff
lord is freely discussed. Two names
have been most prominently suggested in
This correction. One is that of Judge
Deyens, late Attorney General of the
United States. The other is that of
Chief Justice Gray. of the Supreme Court
nj Massachusetts. Both are able men.
earned lawyears and experienced on the
bench. Either would be an ornament to
our highest judicial tribunal.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30

VIM. j. joSEs. ESQ. of this town, is
prominently named as the Republican
>:andi!ate for the State COMPREHENSIVE.
We are not advised as to whether he
you'd accept the nomination; but one
thing is certain, that the ability he dis
played Us Chairman of the Committee of
Ways and Means in the Legislature of
1854, as well as the success with which
he has managed his professional business.
snow that he eminentIy possesses tie
qualifications required in the chief finan-
rjal officer of the State.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30
Judge from who, =

.iGGge from what &
asst thing to do, by thth pears (the
suppose That America "ay)' one
OF mosquitoes. Now thu mo
ing fact, and no country. i'f
boast of What is not true.
abound in almost every climat,
9 be met with in Europe quit,
y as here. They are a nuisanc,
S, on the Riviera, in the Rhop,
n many pats Of Germany. il
! Norway, and, as if that were
ga, they are invading England.
'the difference between a cnat
5Squitos or is there any? if there
ano it is only tie climate that
the wretches so irritable, WHY.
oes III cold counties only don't
cause they can t; they are there
anne; little buzzing nuisances, as
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30

IT would be both interesting and edi-
flying, says the y. T. Tribune. to know
Just how much money the ex-primate's
four months tantrums cost the nation
and the State. No doubt it would But
the amount that the New York Central
syndicate spent in Il vain effort to elect
Chauneey NJ. Dupew would also be in
tcresting. Let us have both.-Boston
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30

IT seems quite likely that the Presi-
ient will live, in spite of ali the predic-
ticns to the contrary of doctors whose
services We're not required. Had those
services been accepted -! But We will
not contemplate such suppoSition.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30

Mr.. WM. PISkSEY WHITES urn organ
the Baltimore .lnstrtcun, stands solitary
and alone i'll its melancholy grandeur as
the advocate of the christian statesman
rs Judge Clitford's successor.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30
ORDER NISI.
JAMES NJ. COWAN AND WIFE
Ms.
WILLIAM II. SMITH EFT AL.

In the Circuit Court for Cecil county. III Equity.
No. l,O77.
ORDERED. This 21St dav of July,
~ 1851 that the sale made and reported by
William !. Jones and Robert G.. Thackery Tru>-
tees appointed By the decree in the above entitled
cause he ratified, and confirmed unless cause to
the contrary be shown on or be lore the 2lth day
OF September next: provided. copy OF this Order
he inserted in some newspaper published in Cecil
county once Il week for one month before the 18th
day of August next.
The Report states the amount of sales to be
81 0u0U0. JAMES A. DAVIS. Clerk.
True COPY: test JAMES \. DAVIS.
July 22-lm Clerk.
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Q|'e Qeti| M1hie.
ELKTON. JULY 80, 1891.

Coz. JOHN G. BURCH, Secretary of the
I. 5. Senate. died of heart disease, at
Washington. on Thursday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-07-30
A Better Market for Grain

A Better Market for Grain
We take pleasure in informing
our customers, and the farming
community generally, that We
have erected. on our wharf,
substantial Warehouse for the
reception and storage Of
Grain. BAJed Hay, &c.
The building is fitted with al
Elevator, aud grain is stored
without labor to the seller. We
have placed in position new
Fairbanks Standard Six-ton
scale of the most approved pat
tern. In connection with these
facilities, our own vessel il am-
uloyed III carrying the grain,
which at oucc secures the forrest
,rrcight-r0tC 0ifaindJie. We offer
our customers the advantages of
this change, as the highest prices
warranted by each dry's markets
will be paid. Grain stored and
freighted from here, or from any
point on the river, at the lowest
rates.
d. SCOTT & BRO,
ELKToN, MD.