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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-29
PROFESSOR SWING ON HERESY

y few Sundays ago Professor David
Swing, Of Chicago, preached a sermon on
heresy, suggested by the recent prelim-
nary trial of DR.. Thomas. In the conrse
of his remarks Professor Swing spoke as
follows: If, then. trials for hereSy are
logical and essential. whence is to come
the peace of this religious Storm The
answer is complex. Perfect peace cannot
soon appear. Men will differ in opinion
as long as the human race shall continue
on earth. The race is an inquiring one,
and we can never hope that the time will
ever be seen when all inquiring minds
reach the one result. Not by any posi-
bility can difference of Judgment iisap-
pear from tine temple of God. Debate
will be as lasting as society. But this
debate will diminish in quantity. because
with the advance of the mind men will
lose interest in small questions, and
theology has been rich in small matters
Questions which set the world wild in
the days of Abelard do not affect in the
least the men of the current century
This new age asks for more influential
aud more practical doctrines, and not
only are these fewer in number but they
are less open to debate. Most of theolog-
zeal wars have been fought over metaphy-
steal questions where one side was Just
as clear as the other, and thus assured
almost an equal division of the parties to
the dispute. Were the question raised
whether the followers of Christ should
be honest and piouS. and kind, so many
would rank themselves upon the aflirma-
tive that there would be no incentive
We're the question whether Christ was
the equal of the Father. there is 10
choice of sides. and by the law of aver.
ages there must be such an array on
either hand as to suggest conflict.
When questions have no answers are
quite equally apportioned to yes no
Therefore. the darker the inquiry the
more probability of Il war in the olden
time and a hereSy-trial in the more recent
periods. The rational tendency of our
age is therefore diminishing the num-
Der and popularity of abstract inquiries
and by directing Church love and thought
toward the laws of Christian practice
over which there can be less animosity
Hundreds of dogmaS have silently with
drawn from the field of discussion. and
other theories, such as that of heaven
and he'll, are evidently preparing to fol-
low, it being at last admitted that many
of the ideas of religion do not admit of
an exact definition. All Christians adj
nit the fact of an atoncment and the
fact of inspiration and of a heaven and
hell, but they do not feel willing to put to
death anyone who may not know Just
what is meant by these terms. What
all admit to be fact no one can define
and explain"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-29
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-29
THE HIGHLANDS OF NORTH
CAROLINA.

Believing that a sketch of this country
will be of interest to many readers of the
old cecil IIhig will try to give them an
idea Of this. to most readers, almost terra
iHc0gnita. If they will consult map OF
the United States. the southwestern end
of North Carolina will be found to over
lap South Carolina and Georgia on the
morrill, and the three States cornering in
the extreme southwest point of the Blue
Ridge chain of mountains. Within nine
miles of this tri-State corner is located
the village of Highlands, in Macon coun-
ty, y. c., deriving its name from this
elevated portion Of country, which was
always designated as the "high lands. -
The Blue Ridge rounds off here with a
sharp curve to the west, and is lost in
the plains of Georgia and South Carolina.
From the level cotton lands of those
States, the Blue Ridge chain rises for 80
miles, till it eliminates and terminates
in mountain peaks and plateaus 1000 to
5000 feet above sea level. The village
of Highlands is situated in one of these
basin-like plateaus, containing about a
thousand acres, 300 feet above tide
water and on or near the 80 parallel of
north latitude. The mountain peaks and
ridges rise like Il rim all round the pla-
teau, with valleys running to every point
of the compass, with roads winding
through them CONNECTING with other
plateans. valleys and coveS. All of this
elected till very recently, and was used
only as Summer range for stock whose
owners lived ten to fifteen and twenty
miles lower down, and just above the
cotton belt and homes of the rich slave
holders and cotton planters. 1t would
not pay slave labor to settle in and clear
up this mountain country, where every
description of grain, fruit and vegetable
peculiar to Maryland. Pennsylvania, New
York and other middle and northera States
can be grown in perfection. The noun
taineers born and reared III their glens
and valleys, knew little or nothing Of the
outside world, lived in primitive way.
cleared and made feeble efforts at farm
ing few acres, raised few cattle and
hogs which gathered the greater part of
their subsistence from the boundless
forests.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-29
PAY BY SAVING.

Now in 1868 the State passed 4 law
(act 1868 chapter 231), authorizing the
loan of $4,000, 900 for fifteen years, and
the same law levied the tax. as required
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-29

N A On ~P@4 - Agents wanted iur Life OF
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~ S0 As0 1 pletc. faithful history from
cradle to grave. by the eminent bin"rapher. Con
we'll Introduction by His EXccllcncy. John ID.
Jon. Governor OF Massachusetts. Books all
ready for delivery. An elegantly illustrated vol
umc Endorsed edition. Liberal terms Agents
take orders for from ~ to - copies daily. Dut>cls
anv oThcr book ten to one. Agents never mad"
money So fast The book sells Itself Experience
not necessary Failure unknown. All make I'M
mcnse profits. Private tcruls Tree.
George slit son Il Co., Port land, Maine.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-29

One greasing with Frazer Axle Greas
will last two weeks, all others two or three
days. Try it. 1t received first premium at
the Centennial aud Paris Exposition,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-29

These are very scarce and in great demand for
Trimmings and Jackets. We believe We are the
only house showing varied AN assortment
These goods sold last wear Tor 81.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-29
THE DANGER To THE PARTY

THE DANCER TO THE pARTI.
In this effort to drive the money
changers and hucksters out of the tenn
pie of the party we are constantly threat
ened with the defeat Of the party. If
you do not vote for the candidate select
ed for you by the bosses. say they Re
pubiicans will be elected, and of course
good Democrats do not want Republi-
cans elected. To this we answer we are
not responsible for such consequences.
You have no right TO force us into Il
choice of evils-to require us to vote for
a corrupt Democrat OF Republican,
When you put us in that dilemma our
duty is plain-we Will vote for neither:
not for the Democrat, because he is dis
honest: not for the Republican, because
his party is.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-29

THE PROTEST AGAINST BOSSISN
All over the State lifelong Democrats
are rising up and denouncing the pirates
and wreckerS who have intrudcd them
selves into the management Of the Dem
ocratic party. That old Roman, Judge
Carmichael, and his county man. John
r. Brown, of Queen Anne's; IIar,lcastle
lIamblcton and Lloyd of Talbot: the
DenniSeS, of Somerset: Constable. of
Cecil; Railley. Of st. Mary's: Cox. Of
Charles: the MerrickS. Wuotten and Mar
shall. of Neutrality-suspicious. the men
who stood by the Democratic party in
lifelong devotion. who have given years
of service to its cause, who believe in
and trust it, are rising up and denounc-
ing the abuses brought upon it by the
bosses. the managers and the lobby. who
for a few years past, have obtained ALSO
lutte sway over it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25
Plymouth l62O.

The following poem, Written ly James I
Fields, for the celebration II Forefathers
Day al Plymouth, Dec. Il, l>>0, was read
by the PRESIDENT
Welcome thou dark December morn,
That breaks across word of snow.
Ye clouds Of winter, .empest-;orn,
Ye blasts from icy caves that hlow.
For with you comes sacred band
OF sea-worn wanderers, fain, with toll,
To plant upon chosen and
Gods flower Of freedom in the soil.
Oh guard that flower thus sown in tears,
And hedge. about with patient prayer,
So nursed amid such hopes and fears,
So watched through dangers night Of care
Oh glorious morn. Oh glorious il9wer
Immortal league Of trusting souls!
Time meier will dim thst hallowed hour;
While round our shores the free sea rolls.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25
The Elder Bennett's Marriage.

The following account of the mar.
rage Of James Gordon Bennett the ell
der, written presumably by himself,
and published in the HtraN on June l,
1870 will be read with interest at the
present time.
To the Readers of the H.rGtd Declare
ton of Love-Caughta at Last-Go in
TO be Niarried--New Movement in
Civiliz alton.
| am going to be married liz
a few days. Tie weather is SO
beautifnl-times are getting so good
the prospects of political and moral re-
form so auspicious, that l cannot resist
the divine instinct of aonest nature any
longer so | am going to be married to
one of the most splendid women in in.
tellect, in heart, in soul, in property, in
person, in manner, that have yet seen
in the course of my interesting pilgrim
age through human life.
/ cannot stop In my career, l
must fulfill that awful destiny which
the Almighty Father has written against
my name in the broad letters OF life
against the wall of Heaven. l must
give the world pattern of happy we'd
ded life, withs all the charities that
spring from a nuptial love. In few
DAYS | shall be married according to the
holy rites of the most holy Christian
church to one of the most remarkable,
accomplished and beautiful young
women of the age. She possesses for
tune. l sought and found fortune
a large fortune. She has no Stonington
shares, or Manhattan stock, but in pur-
ity and uprightness she is worth half u
million of pure coin. Can any swind
ling bank show as much In good sense
and elegance another half Million
in soul, mind and beauty, millions on
millions, equal to the whole specie of
all the rotten banks in the world. Hap
PLY, the patronage of the public to the
Herald is nearly so, 900 per annum, al
But equal to q Presidents salary,
most property in the worlds goods wa
never my object. Fame, public good,
usefulness in my day and generatio n
the religious associates of female excel
lence-the progress of true industry
these have been my dreams by night
and my desires by day.
LII luC Low ahh hOiy SSANAeASA ~]ec
which l am about to enter, and to enter
with the same reverential feeling as l
would Heaven ITSELF anticipate Some
signal changes in my feelings, in my
views, in my purposes, in my pursuits.
What they may be know not-time
alone can tell. Ny ardent desire has
been through life to reach the highest
order of human excellence by the short
est possible cut. Associated night and
day, in sickness and in health, in war
and in peace, with a woman OF this high
est order of excellence, must produce
some curious results in my heart and
feelings and these results the future will
develop in due time in the columns
of the Herald.
Meantime, return my heartfelt
thanks for the enthusiastic patronage of
the public, both of Europe and of Amer
lea. The holy estate of wedlock will
only increase my desire to be still
more useful. God Almighty bless you
ALL James Gordon Bennett.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25
What q Mother Did.

Some one, who had noticed the in.
huepce OF wives in promoting the
good or evil fortunes Of their husbands
said, q" A man must ask his wife's leave
to be rich" We doubt not that a
similar observation OF the influence Of
mothers upon their sons would justify
the remark, "a man must ask his
mothers leave to be great Years ago,
family of four--a father, mother
and two sons--dwelt in small house,
situated in the toughest locality of the
rocky town of Ashford, Conn. The
family was very poor.
A few acres of stony land, dozen
sheep and one COW, supported them.
The sheep clothed them, and the cow
gave milk, and did the work of a
horse in ploughing and narrowing.
Corn-bread, milk, and bean-porridge
was their fare.
The father being laid aside by i'll
health, the burdens of supporting the
family rested on the mother. She did
her work IN the house and helped the
boys do theirs on the farm. Once, in
the dead of winter, one of the boys re-
quired new suit of clothes. There
was neither money nor wool on hand.
The mother sheared the half-grosn
fleece from the sheep, and in one week
the suit was on tho boy. The shorn
sheep was protected from the cold
by garment made of braided straw.
The family lived four miles from
the Westinghouse" Yet every Sab.
bath the mother and her two sons
walked to church. One of these sons
became the pastor CT the church in
franklin, Conn, to whom he preached
for sixty.one years. Two generations
went from that church to make the
world better.
The other son also became minister
and then one of the most successful
of college presidents. Hundreds of
young men were moulded by him.
That heroic Christian woman's name
was Deborah Mott. She was the
mother of the Rev. Samuel Mott, ID. d.,
and ofsEliphalet Mott, d. D., LII. d.,
President of Union College.
"Honor and shame from no condition rise {;
Act well your part-therc all honor lies"
but then a man who has and accepts
his mothers aid is moro likely to "act
we'll |" his part than one who has it not,
or having, refuses to accept it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25
In Favor Of Raw OYsters.

1t is pretty generally known that raw
oysters urc moro easily digestel than
oysters cooked il any form, and il nas
been as generally believed that this
/ was for the same reason that soft-Doilet;
eggs are more digestible than those
which are hard boiled.
The albumeu Of eggs and oysters offer
less Lindrance to digestion when in the
soft or uncOagulated form. DIR. William
Roberts, writing in the London Ln,c,t,
suggests another, and even better rea.
son, why the raw oyster is so digestible
food. lie says: THE oyster is al
most the only animal substance which
We eat habitually, and by preference. i'll
the raw and uncooked state, and i. is
interesting to know that there is a
sound physiological reason at the bot
tom OF this preference. The fawn.
colored mass which constitutes the
dainty part of the oyster is its liver.
and is little else than heap of glyco.
gen. Associated with the glycogen,
but withheld from actual contact with
I it during life, is its appropriate digest
i've ferment-the hepatic diastase. The
mere crushing Of the dainty between
the teeth brings these two bodies to-
gether, and the glycogen is OF once
digested, without other help, by its own
diastase. The oyster in the uLcooked
state or merely warmed. is, in fact, self
digestive. But the advantage of this
provision is wholly lost by cooking, for
the heat employed Immediately destroys
the associated ferment, and a cooked
oyster has to be digested like any other
food by the eaters own digestive pro-
cess" To make sure that the Doctors
explanation be understood, We will add
that glycogen is nutritive substance,
which in its chemical composition is
allied to sugar sort OF sugar Of ami.
NAL production. The diastase, which
the Doctor calls the appropriate digest
i've ferment of the glycogen, is simply
q substance which assists in tie diges-
ton of the glycogen, just as pepsin,
which is an ingredient OF gastric juice,
assists in the digestion of heterogeneous
food taken. Physicians sometimes pre-
scribe pepsin to aid in digestion, and
in eating raw oysters the diastase of
ferment necessary to their digestion is
supplied by the oysters themselves. So
if pepsin can be regarded aa a medicine
oysters might be regarded as medicated
food. We simply write in this way il
order to make the whole matter easily
understood-not TO prove that oysters
are medicated,- DR.. Foote'S Health
Monthly,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25

SWEDISH CoURTsHIp-Courtship and
marriage in Sweden are peculiar lnsti
buttons. Du Chaillu says: 81 saw one
match made. He met her at the gate
and poked his fingers in her ribs, and
said, I want to get married. don
you?' ooh, don't know. Go away.
Yes, you do; let's get married. Well
ask pa No, never mind him, we'll
get married anyhow And he went
around telling every body he saw, I'm
going to marry that girl The prepa
rations continued the three weeks
required by law to have the hanns pub
lished in the churches, fishes were
caught, stores for the feast laid in, beer
brewed, and whisky purchased. We'd
ding Publications were INDUCED in fol
week. This couple were married.
They went from the church to the
house, and the bridesmaids locked the
bride in her room. The groom knocked
at the door. How much will you
give to come IMP . cows and So
q. That's not enough '3cows and SO.
. Oh, You are rich; you must give more
than that % cows and S2o' was the
final offer, which was accepted"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25

To MAKE YOURSELF ATTRACTIVE. -
Study your style of face and figure
and dress in such a manner that they
will gain beauty rather than lose it.
Do not throw yourself into unpictur.
esque positions, Do not permit your
self to be called by ridiculous nick.
name expressive of your peculiar de-
fects. Avoid manners. Do not wear
masculine. looking garments. Do not
stride like man in your walk. Do
not mince your steps. Do not place
your arms akimbo. If your hands are
large and red, do not wear rings. II
you have red hair do not be ashamed
of it. Remember it was the hair that
some OF the greatest painters loved to
paint. Ii .rnu at'' fit, Don't loll on the
tables and chairs. Don't be sulky and
resent injuries forever; imrlacability
injnres beauty more than any other bad
passion. Do not romp; hoydens are
never attractive though they may be
amusing. If you have fine teeth, do
not laugh and grin to show them. II
you have fine eyes, 60 not roll
them. Never indulge in horselaugh.
Don't be slovenly; don't bo prim.
Avoid indulgence CT bad passions of
every kind. Cultivate cheerfulness.
Take care Of your health.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25

THE FAMILY SCRAP BooK.-In many
papers which you do not care to pre-
serve you will find items of interest
which are worth saving. To meet this
case, make scrap. book. You can get,
from junk dealer, some old books
with good bindings, as for example. old
blotters, day books, journals, etc., of
defurct firms; or public reports OF all
descriptions. Always index the con-
tents of your book. You will find it
tedious work, but it is worth mine
when done. 1t is not bad plan to cut
slips from political papers from time to
time, which represent your views poiit-
icAlly. A back look ut these will give
YOU an idea Of how men change, and
will tend to make d man less partisan.
On all accounts scrap-book i invalu-
a. Mo
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25
A Plea for the Babies.

In new 1Ork tney atreSt udu
ager who entices, hires, or compels
little children to sing or dance on the
stage of his theater. and they fine him
heavily for it. But they allow the
dairymen to poison the babies with swill
milk and nobody makes any fuss about
it. Poor little folks, if they had their
own way, probably they would rather
dance and sing on the stage. Not, OF
course, that we approve of children on
the stage. We think if the children's
parents haven't sense enough to keep
them off tie stage, Mr.. McGeaghy and
the law do we'll to supply the wisdom
which the parents lack. Entirely aside
from any physical or moral resources,
we have the healthiest dislike of chill
dren in public entertainments. Moth
ing under the broad heavens is so utter
IL fiat, tasteless and tiresome as tho
child prodigy dancing or squeaking be-
fore the foot-lights. All that is grace.
full and sweet and natural and child
like in child life is gone, and you see
an elf instead of q child. We cannot
recall minutes pleasure, not q CLEAN
OF enjoyment that we ever derived from
the acting of a child in any capacity,
on the stage. The sight of the name of
some "infant prodigy" on the bills is
always sufficient to turn US away from
the play house door, the "infant prodi-
gy" bores and tires and irritates us.
It never looks, never speaks, and never
acts like child. 1t is changeling.
And yet, as We We're saying, while they
protect the child from the stage, or rath-
err, in more humane sense, protect the
play-going public from the child actor,
they ought to hang few of the babies
really dangerous enemies.- Hawkeye.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25

THE FEMALE SSoB. The most
disgusting thing in humanity 10 Il
female snob. A masculine snob is
uncomfortable enough, but female
snoI, is worse. A woman with wom
ans heart is never q snob. Neither
wealth nor position can make her such.
Sho may occupy the highest social posi-
ton, and may have wealth in abundance,
but she never fails to be u lady, and is
known as such by all classes. Instead
of repelling those benea th her iii social
standing and wealth, she commands
their respect. The srob-f feminine is &
woman VINO has been pulled up the
social stairway, probably by some one
above her, or who has wealth, and she
then Immediately ass umes the air Of
snoDbery over those with whom she las
formerly walked. There are two things
the female snob never p08seses-braiu4
and heart. Without these, neither
wealth nor assumed hyperion social
standing coun. for much with sensible
people,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25

II is unlucky-To fall out of a third
story window or Monday. To meet g
red-headed woman on a Tuesday-es-
pecially ii you owe her anything. 10
break forty dollar mirror on 4 We'd
nesday. To dream yoU see red snakes
or green monkeys on Thursday. 70 gel
hung on Friday. Or to get ckod
up on Sunday. Paste this il your bat.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25

There was young rustic named
Mallory, who drew but very small
salary. When he went to q show, his
purse made him go to a scat in the up
peruost gallery Pittsburgh Telo-
graylr
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25

That's what's tho matter : acri!
virus.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-02-25

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