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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-06-16
A Precious Piece of Paper.

\ story bordering on the romantic,
and of which more will probably be heard
in the future, came TO the ears of a news
gatherer yesterday, the facts in which,
as near as can be learned, being as fol-
lows: The parties who are principally
interested live in this city, and the story
was told by one of them, an English
lady, named Mrs. Thomas Kay. 1t seems
number years ago the family of which
Mrs. Kay is member, came over from
London, England, to this country. Three
years ago Mrs. Hays mother died at the
advanced age of eighty-tive years, and
disturbed after her death for a long time
Having occasion last August to go TO
bureau in her room, among number OF
other articles stored away, Mrs. Kay
found an old fashioned account and
pocketbook combined, in which were
records kept by that lady's great grand
father as far back as the year 1745, and in
it marriage certificate Of the same date.
Thinking perhaps the book was of value,
she put it in her pocket and forgot its
existence. Washing day coming around
the dress was consigned to the tub, book
and all, and when discovered the latter
had become water-soaked, and being
taken out fell to pieces. disclosing to
view piece of paper between the Innings
of the back. The paper proved to be
note for goo, made in New York in 1873
Just century ago, to be paid by Lon
don merchant, named Wilhelm Roulette,
to William Goerrich, the great grand
father of Mrs. Kay.
The note was duly endorsed, and be-
ing shown to several parties it was de-
clared genuine.
Dave Neuman the express agent living
at Saginaw City, who is a sonin-law of
Mrs. Kay, was given the note for safe
keeping, and he still has possession of it.
Letters were sent to London making in
quiry for the relatives of the maker OF
the note, but nothing has been received
in reply, and one or two letters have been
returned.
Recently Mrs. Kay was asking advice
from counsel, and it is probable some
thing may be heard from it when placed
in the hands of English lawyers. 1t may
be stated a note is never outlawed in
England and should the heirs of Rou-
lette be left alive, or if he left an estate
at the time of his death, it is thought
that the note can easily be collected. The
original sum with interest and compound
interest, by this time amounts to the
snug little sum of 10000 or $4,000
.SaginaC Courier.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-06-16
A Newspaper Man Wanted.

Any real live young newspaper man
with limited capital, will find good
opening to start a paper in Constantine
pie. They had a newspaper there up to
a few days ago, and the editor was get
ting along very well, and it looked as
though by the time that the fall crop was
harvested, and the farmers came in with
their wood and turnips, and paid up their
subscriptions, he would have his hands
paid off, and be in good shape financially
to meet the long, cold winter of that
country. But in an unguarded moment
the editor referred to the Sultan as 4
baldheadcd old crank, and used other
words, which proved conclusively that
he was half breed and not in sympathy
with the administration, and the Stalwart
Sultan arose in his might and "pied
the editor and his office, and the editor
now languishes in jail. All rising
young editor would have to do there
would be to support the administration
give the Sultan good puff once in
while, and devote about seventeen col
umns of his paper each week to telling
how beautiful the Sultan's numerous
wives looked in their new spring bonnets,
and the government printing and city
printing would be his, and he would live
high, and the Sultan would subscribe
for two papers to send to his friends, and
furnish the editor with new wife from
his harem, if the editor should happen
to run short of wives. Some of the fu
ture editors, who are about to graduate
from the Eastern colleges, and who are
looking for a newspaper tripod some
where to mount, will do well to look over
the field in Constantinople, before ac-
cepting the managing editorship of some
leading daily paper, and eking out mis-
cradle existence on a salary of ten thou
sand dollars year.-PckS Sun.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-06-16
WHOLE No. 2,114

is legitimately much greater now than
fifty or hundred years ago.
The external must try at least to keep
up with the internal in development and
progress. And this fact makes poverty
seem tenfold more harsh and unbearable
than ever, and makes laborers strike for
higher wages because they cannot meet
the multiplied demands of their house
holds and families. There is little pros
pect of any decrease in this respect until
absolute want oompels it. AS long as
people can have what they want they
will in some way manage to procure it,
or go to ruin in the effort Chicago Jour-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-06-16
Poison Ivy.

The poison ivy is very poisonous to
some persons; they are poisoned by not
touching it at all, or even, it is said, pas
sing near it, while others may handle it
without being affected by it in the least.
The poisonous property of the plant is
owing to volatile acid, its effect is an
acute inflammation of the skin. often ac-
companied by great swelling. The
effects remain sometimes for months be-
fore the poison as completely removed
from the system. An application of
solution Of hops has been known to prove
an effectual remedy when:.all other RENE
dies failed. The plant has been some
times mistaken for Virginia creeper, to
which it bears no slight resemblance.
The distinguishing feature is that the
poison ivy has three leaflets, whereas the
Virginia creeper's leaves have five leaf
let's. Persons have been poisoned by
installing the poisonous for the harm
less species. This plant is of the genus
rhus or sumac There is also an upright
plant that is poisonous.
National Republican., 1883-03-30
A story about JOHN quincy Adams.
UIIN % " T. IfIbU0t

An ex-governor said to me- " How many pres
dents have been accused of personal i'm
III oraltyy" Ireplled that had heard six Sian
dered in that respect, but with scant proof.
Said ho; 4" As cold a man as j. O. Adams re-
lates that Isaac llill, one Of Jacksons editors
in New Hampshire, wrote " book charging
Adams with having used Il beautiful girl in
Russia to attract the passions of the Emperor
Alexander for political results. Mr., Adams
explained the basis of the story to Mr., Everett
He had in his family beautiful Boston girl,
Martha Godfrey, keen and irreproachablo
who afterwards became the wife of q Boston
musical instrument maker. Martha wrote
homo TO her mother rumors she had picked up
in Russia of the emperors amOurs, and her lot
ter was opened by the postOiiiGo spies, and
sent to the emperor, who read it to his wife, and
she, hearing of the good looks of tho girl,
asked her sister, Amelia of Baden, to bring the
baby Charles Francis Adams to Amelia's
apartments, and of course the pretty nurse
came along, and there entered the emperor
and wife and remained quarter of an hour,
enjoying the nurses viyaclty from behind
the mrrorshe had drawn of them, "Yet how
hard TO Overtako a SANDER" said the governor,
"when ii has even that much legs to walk
on"
National Republican., 1883-03-30
omcAao pRopucE MARKEr.
ErHEL's cRoss-EXAMINArIoN.
Which Throws Her Mamma and a. One
Legged Man into Confusion.
Neip York SNn.


A fashionably dressed matron yesterday sat
in the rear cabin of n Fulton ferryboat. She
was accompanied by thin-legged, restless
eyed little girl, aged four years or thereabout.
A few seats away was man with wooden
leg AS the boat started the child turned to
the mother in search of little information.
Mamma" she began, how docs the boat
move2"
By steam, my dear"
"And how do they get the steamW
"A man below makes it., dear"
"And suppose the man forgot to make
enough steam to carry us all the way across -
"Well, suppose the wind would blow us
across then"
But suppose dere was not enough windY
"Oh, don't bother me any more, dear. I'm
sure | don't know what we should do them"
but, mama-"
At this instant the inquisiton came to u
sudden stop. With unerring instinct the
child's eye had lighted upon the man with
the wooden leg. That eye at once became
fixed, dilating with concentrated interest
The child Crawlcd down from her seat, upon
which she had been knccing, in order to al-
ford that eye better facilities for observation,
The object of scrutiny squirmcd uneasily in
his seat. The mother, probably sur
missing what might be coming and pre-
sumably acting in tho light of previous
experience, sought TO create diversion
by successfully calling attention to n
little French poodle at the other end Of the
cabin, to a passing tugbont and to little
man up there ON the big bridge 1t was all
of no use. Turning to the mother tho child
exclaimed in u portentious whisper;
"Oh. ma! Look ut that man."
"llush, my dear. You must not he rude"
But, ma lin very audible whisper),
"do look mt his lcg.'
"Bo quiet, Ethel, tell you" frantically
urged the matron IN agitated tones. "The
poor man has lost his leg It's very rude to
notice it,"
"What's that one made Off"
Hush of wood, my dear. Look at that
pretty little boy over there. See how good
he is"
"Did you ever have leg like that, mar"
"No, my dear. Look over there at
that ---"
"Will pa or Uncle John or ever have one,
mar"
"No, dear"
Gould he kick ball with that log9"
"Hush, do
"But ma --"
At this juncturo the man with the wooden
leg sought, in turn, to create diversion. He
drew from his pocket a pretty little bonbOn
box and offered the child some sweetmeats
Tho child accepted them with some hosita-
ton and mistrust An instant later tho boat
reached the slip. The mother rose, and, smil-
ing graciously, said THANK the gentleman,
Ethel, and say good by"
Ethel advanced, her eyes still firmly fixed
upon the object of interest, She held out the
tips of her little fingers.
Good by" she said, in voice full of
emotion; "good by, you poor, poor man."
The mother seized the child by the hand
and hurrying through the boat gained the
bridge.
National Republican., 1883-03-30
The following we've the opening and closing

The following urc the opening, highest, lowest
and closing prices OIL tho Chicago Board of Trade,
as corrected by special wire reports to Cooke Co.,
brokers:
National Republican., 1883-03-30

AYERS CHERRY PECToRAL possesses far
reaching and powerful healing qualities which
its persistent use will demonstrate in any case
of colds, coughs, throat or lung troubles, while
its soothing aud restorative effects are re-
allied at once.
National Republican., 1883-03-30
lTeG Glublitations.
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A. BRENTANO & CO.,
PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS. sTATIONERs,
AND NEwSDEALERs,
1918 Penna- -A-v aa1a Q,
con. OF ELEVENTH STREET,
WASHINGTON, d, G,
WASHINGTON, D. G.

plense bear in mind that our establish
tncnt il kept open every evening until 10
O'cirrE.
National Republican., 1883-03-30

BALTIMORE, Mar. 29.-Yirginia Gs, consolidated,
dO do. second SERIES 3556 past due coupons, 4O;
new lO.4Os, i5l5 new IS, 5i bid to-day
National Republican., 1883-03-30
Whit. Corn. Oats. Pork. Lard.
pALrIMonE srocK MARKEr


D., BALTIMORE Mar, 29-yirgnia Gs, consolidated,
40; do. second series, 355E; past due coupons 4O;
new lO.4Os, i5I9; new Ss 5l bid to-day
BALTIMORE PRODUCE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, Mar. 20.--Cotton dull middling, 10c
Flour quiet and steady: Howard street aud west
crn superiine S337@1 90; do. extra, So O0@5 81 do
family SO o0@5 So city mills superiine, sS 37@4 0O
do. extra 81 25QD6 90: do. Rio brands Sc O090 % ;
Patapsco family, So 7J do. superaye patent, 81 5O
Wheat-Southern quiet and steady western higher
and strong; southern red, 81 15@1 IS; do; amber,
y Ni5Sx april, $fiSy "a ig$; May, 81 a5sa5
western strong aud higher southern white, $50
Csc; do. yellow, 62@63G; western mixed spot, $3.50
G6Hc; April, 6jA@G6c; May, 66A@6G2s. Oats
white, 5l@53c; do. mixed, 5O@5lc; Pennsylvania,
5l@53c. Rye quiet at 6jgiQc. Hay firm; prime to
choice Pennsylvania and Maryland, Sl3 0O@l5 90.
bulk meats, shoulders and clear rib sides, packed,
SA@llc bacon shoulders, 92Ic; clear tib Sides l2c;
western packed, l7@21e; roll, iislsc. Eggs quiet
At l6c. Petroleum dull refined, s4@s}Sc. Coffee
firm; Rio cargoes, ordinary to fhir, S14@019c,
at pf iSaiS WHISKY I STEADY at iiS is Freshs t
TO Liverpool per steamer dull cotton, 5.S2@3-l6d.;
flonr,, Is 3D.. grain, 4d. Receipts-Four,, 2,269
els oats 5000 bushesS rye, 500 bushels Ship
ments-wheat, 5000 bushGls corn, 1900 bushels.
sales-Wheat SO5 900 bnsheis corn, 10000 bushels.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.
CHICAGO, Mar 2q-Flour quiet and unchanged.
Wheat in ucGive demand. hut unsettled; regular,
81 05 March; 81 05l4 April. Corn in active de.
mand, but unsettled 51A@jll5c cash; 5lA@52c
March; 52c April. Oats III good demand for
future delivery; 4O@42c cash, March, and April.
Lard in active demand; Sll 27@Sll so cash, March
and April. Whisky lower nt 81 10, Pork unsettled,
but generally higher; SIS 10@lS 1919 cash and
March; SIS l5@lS ~ April.
PirTsBuRG OIL MARKET
PITTsBuRG, Mar. 29-There is nothing doing in
oil this morning. The trade is waiting for de.
finite news from the Murphy well in Forest
county. The market opened dull with sales ut
0i3I, advanced to 96 and declined ut noon to 959S
National Republican., 1883-03-30

Facilities are at our cOuImnnd that cna-
BILE us "a keep before our cusiOlners lhe
best, fresuest, nnd most varied stock Of
WOOIGs, Newspapers, and lnguAtnesi our
InrCe nsAOrtInent permitting "a good selec-
lion in amy department Of literature.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-11
OFFICIAL WHEAT REPORT

WASHINGTON. April 10.-The Depart
ment OF Agriculture reports the condition
of the winter grain crop, On the 1st OF
April, over its entire breadth in Michigan
and other northern territory The wheat
IS still covered with snow In the Ohio
valley the winter production partial for a
term, locally, varying from three to- ten
weeks, after which the loss from freezino
has been quite general. The average de.
preclation is greater in the upper part OF
the Ohio valley and In Kansas than else
where. East of the Alleghanies the con
dltion is good in the northern belt. de
Ginning slightly in the lower ATTITUDES, and
is not to the average. In many parts of
the south, the average for the crop is
eight per cent, and last April it was 1O4
per cent, and in 1881 IS per cent.
Most observing reporters have examined
roots and in many cases found them
healthful, while the plants were brown.
Phere is good reason for believing that
the real condition of the wheat is there
fore less unpromising than it seems. The
averages of condition in the states of large
production are: New York 1O1, PennsyI-I
vania 50, Ohio 20, Kentucky so, Indiana
%, Michigan 50, Illinois so, Missouri SO,
Kansas 70s California g.
The average of winter wheat garies
from last years breadth. The returns in
dictate an increase of per cent. Illinois
returns per cent increase; Ohio, Michi-
gan, Indiana and Missouri 1 per cent de-
crease California 10 per cent increase,
and slight decrease appears In the Gulf
states.
The returns of the quantities of seed
used per acre indicates tendency to thin |
seeding. Ten years ago about six pecks /
to each acre was used; it is now less than /
five and one@haff in the winter wheat re- |
gion. The increasing use of the drill |
admits this economy. The average of |
winter rye is 80 per cent OF last. years /
breadth. Average condition, 81 per cent. |
Returns have been received by the De.
partment of Agriculture from the spring
wheat region, show that seeding was in |
progress on the 1st of April, but is not
anywhere finished. Ia Dakota and parts
IF Minnesota it is hardly commenced
large areas are still covered with snow.
The Department therefore does not at
empt to anticipate the probable yield of
pring wheat.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-11

| met with so much favor Will soonshave
! seen its day. The swallov.taiI dress
coat, with its low cut front, has lapels
/ faced with the heaviest silk, and its edges
are finished with fine cord The silk
| facing. however, is matter of taste and
may be omitted. The vest is cut as law
as the coat, with the wide lapels. and Is
fastened with three buttons. Anyth;no
extreme in the cut and finish is carefully
avoided by men of taste. The trousers
have stripe down the outside seam on
the leg made of silk braid for youno
men. or of slight cord for elderly gentle.
men. Scotch homespun plaids. worsteds
ana casslmeres,- of neat small checks and
mixed threads of color, are used for the
entire suit, coat, vest and trousers, worn
by men during business honrs. The
goods with red, brown and green threads
woven together to produce quiet. dark
effects are most liked The plain whip.
cord worsteds in many different colors.
olive, gray and brown shapes will be
much worn by fashionable young men.
The cheviots melton and soft goods
generally are double stitched on the edge
three-eights of an ihch, but the worsteds |
and finer goods are bound wide with |
braid laid on flat, which produces a good |
effect. The three and four buttoned cut
away is as popular as ever, as is also the |
four-buttoned sack coat, but fashion
seems to favor change from the high
cut style of dress to low roll showing
The shirt bosom with one stud and neck
scarf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-11
Ar SEA.


From John Burroughs, in. April Century.
onesdoes not seem really to rave 90
out of doors till he goes to sea- On IN
land he is shut in by the hills or the for
ests, or more or less housed by the horizoI
but at sea he finds the roof taken off. th
walls taken down; he is no longer in tn
hollow of the earth's hand, but-upon it
naked back. with nothing abetween hin
and the mmcnsities He is lin theprea1
cosmic out OF doors as much as if Vova
glng TO the moon or to Mars An as
tronomlc solitude and vacuity surrounds
him, and his only guides and landmarks
arc stellar; the earth has disappeared; the
1 norizon has gone; he has only the sky and
ITS orbs left; this cold, vitreous, blue
black liquid through which the shin blows
is not water. but some denser form of the
cosmic ether. He can now see the cnrve
OF the sphere which the hills hid from
him. Re can study astronomy under i'm
proved conditions. It was being borne
through the interplane tary sspaces on an
immense shield. his impressions would
not perhaps be much. different. He
would ma the same vacuity, the same
blank or negative space, the same empty.
indefinite, oppressive out of doors.
For it mnst be admitted that a voyage
at sea is more impressive to the magma
ton than to the actual sense. The World
is left behind; all standards of size. of
magnitude, OF distance, are vanished.
there is no size, no form, no perspective:
the universe has dwindled to a Ittlecfr
Gle OF crumpled water, that JOURNEYS
with You day after day, and to which
you seem bound by some enchantment.
Inc sky becomes shallow, close fitting
dome, or else aspan Of cloud that seems
ready to decend upon you. You cannot
see or realize the vast and yacent sur
roundIngs: there is nothing to define or
to set it off. Three thousand miles of
ocean space are less impressive than three
miles bound by rugged mountain walls
Indeed, fhe grandeur of form, of maoni |
tude, of distance, Of proportions, etc.
are only upon shore. A voyage across
the Atlantic is only ten day sail through
vacancy There is no sensible progress; |
you pass no fixed points. Is it the steam
er that IS moving, or is il the sea? or is it |
all a dance and Illusion of the troubled |
brain? Yesterday, today and to-morrow
you are1n the same 3arenthesis of no
where. The 300 or mere miles-the ship
Tally makes is ideal, not real. Every
night. the stars dance and reel there in the
same place and amid the rigging; every
morning the sun comes up from behind.l
he same wave, and staggcrs slowly across9
he sinister sky The eye becomes hun
gry for form. for permanent. lines, for
iorizon wallto lift up and keep off the
ky, and give it a sense of room. One
understands how sailors become an i'm |
lglnat1ie and superstitious race, it is the
eaction from this narrow horizon in
which they are put-this ring Of fate
urrounds and Expresses them. They
scare by invoking the aid of the sup
natural. In the sea itself there is far
ess to stimulate the Imagination than in
ne varied forms and colors of the land.
low cold, how merciless, how elemental
looksl
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-11
Chinese Metal Workers.

Ihe making of sheet lead for the
Inning Of tea chests, etc, is a somewhat
important industry of Hong Kong. 1t
is made principally in sundry establish
ments to the westward. On entering
one. the workmen will be seen with
shears busily employed in cutting out
the sheet of lead into the required
sizes and shapes. The shears are simp-
" large pair of scissors, firmly fixed
| to a solid block of wood some two feet
IN height. The lower blade of the
shears terminates in a square piece of
IRON, instead of being pointed, as is the
upper blade. The sheet of lead will
also be observed to be of small size and
somewhat irregular in shape, and this
arises from the method of manufacture.
as viii subsequently be seen. Goine
further into the shop will be seen an
iron pan raised ~ inches or so above
the ground and carefully finished off.
Beneath this iron pan is furnace.
and ut the side Of the pan next the wan
is the fine communicating with il. In
this pan the lead is melted, and when
Judged To he hot enough, the workman
takes two of the large square paving
TIE, whfch may be seen almost any.
where in he colony, and these are then
smoothly and carefully covered with
several LAYERS of unsized paper Hay
ing placed these two tiles before him
one above the other, the workman
RAISES the upper tile with his left hand
and. taking ladle of the proper size in
his right, he dips it in the melted leadI
and then pouIs It's contents on the upper !
tileand quickly presses the lead out in the |
form al II sheet The paper being a
bad conductor of heat, the lead does |
not solidifk Immediately it leaves the
ladle, and, by long practice the work
mah always ladies out exactly the same
quantity of lead; the sheets made vary
but little in size or thickness
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-11
ELEGANT MEN.
From the BROOKLYN Eagle.

In full dress there has been a tendencs
TO change a little from the conventions
black cloth to the vale cord or fine dag.
onals of French manufacture The coat
is made with very small cord binding
on the edge, the size of steel knitting
needle, which gives it fine finish The
vest is cut with four buttons, and has a
Serpentine braid laid on about one-eourth
OF an inch from the edge. Vests will be
made mostly with rolling collar, but
some still prefer them without. The
stylish vest for change is the figured
silk or cashmere in gold or black.
small checks and fine stripes in dark
colors Will be chosen for trousers this
season. All high cOlored goods win be
avoided by addressed men. The irons
ers are cut medium, that is, neither tight
nor loose, and, in all cases. pantaloous
intended TO wear with a full dress suit
are made with the pocket in the top seam
instead OF on the.s side or in the corner. as
IN others, and no pistol pocket. If there
- an eiihg mat mars the appearance of a
Luh-dfess suit it is to see either, by the
mapping out of the skirt that the gentle
man wearing 1t has his handkerchief in the
pistol pocket, or to see the wcarer stand
ing with his hands in his pockets. which
temptation is out of his reach when the
Pochets are not in a convenient plaee
ihe aodDie-breasted Prince Albert is
"."aSs appropriate for evening wear. bat
SOME with propriety. prefer the single
crested, or what is known aa the Rroad-
way coat; the latter is especially suitable
10 slender figure; both of these stvIae
should be bound with silk braid laid an
nat, and facing in many cases adds 10
the effect, though of course, that depends
somewhat on the material used for tho
coat The frock coat will be worn 10
some extent with a low veil TO show the
SHIRT bosom, as in the case OF business
coats: In fact, it may be said that the
hlgh-buttoned style of dress which has