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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
Some Popular Slang.
From the New York Sun.

From the New YORK Sun.
whats the matter with means almost any,
thing nowadays. 1t is said that it was started
by Schoolcraft, the minstrel, who has scene
with his partner, Goes, in which they indulge in
the "What's the matter with" lingo to an ex-
traordinary extent. Mr.. Goes threatens to
throw Mr.. Schoolcraft out Of the window. end
the latter asks, whats the matter with the
door?" In the same way, when he threatens to
stand his companion on his head, the latter
wishes to know again what's tine matter with
standing on his feet, and so on indefinitely The
expression has become very common now, but
has not yet. and probably never will, reach the
point attained by probably the most popular bit
of slang since the war-the expression, 81
should SMILE" with the various changes of s.tft-
teriag." 'gasping." ''gurgling" and smoker
ing" that are constantly nang on 1t.
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I'm A Cincinnati Sanctu m.

From the Philadelphia Call
Managing Editor: HAS the leader writer sent
you his article YETI"
Foreman: eyes, it came in two hours ago."
Managing Editor: "What is it about?"
Foreman: 'It Is about the danger of drinking
ice-water in warm weather."
Managing Editor: Good subject Has he
looked over his proof YETI"
Foreman: 81 sent it to him but it hns come
back untouched"
Managing Editor: STRANGE! Why doesn't he
correct it?"
Foreman ''Ee Is too drunk"
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Too Hasty.
From theGranhic


do you call that twenty-five pounds of ice.
you miserable chcat?' exclaimed the city Gus
toner to the iceman. I've a good mind to
make you eat it, sir, every bit Oft"
few minutes later the customer looked into
the basement for his ice.
What has the scoundrel done with the icei"
he asked of the cook
He ate 1t, sorr," replied the domestic.
lhen the city customer regretted that he had
been SO hasty. for it was a warm day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
AZ Foundry Prices.

from the Pliiladelphia Call.
Lover of Antique-"What is the price Of that
Louis XIV cabinet!"
Bric-a-brac Dealer--"Fiye hundred dollars"
mercy! Why. friend OF mine got one just
like that for $780,"
''Where!"
"At Milbursyille, Connecticut"
"Oh! of course. You can't expect Is to COM
pete with Mlburgv ille."
Sand why noti"
'That's where they make en-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09

From the New York Sun.
"George, DEAR" said q sweet young wife to
her husband, i've had a talk with the servants
this morning and have agreed to raise their
wages. They said everything was SO dear
now-rent was so high and thu price of meat
and butter had risen to such price. and every
thing-I thought this was reasonable. because
I've so often heard you complain of the same
thInr"
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In Suu,,,,.r T;,,,a

She leans far out upon the window sill,
And battles her fair brow ia the cool night ali:
Inc moonilt street below her feet is still,
Or echoeS only TO the pasSer rare.
Far OUT she leans, her rounded arms CLEAN white
Her dainty, rose-hued lips breathe odorous signs,
And In her deep blue melting eyes the light
Of an unutterabie yearning lies
Wntc roDcd she Is. the lovely sentry OF the night
faiI as the vision OF young mans dream;
Al length her eyes with hope fulfilled grow bright
cream," The f,,Joe
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oSt the government about Si7 piece to pub

cost the government about 81 piece to pub
lisi.
''Some of the members" he added, "send
ont lots of seed. and it Is said.
but ! dOntt know how true 1t is, that
the cOniiding constituents often are deceived
b. their willy represen tatives. who, when they
can't get enough seeds at government expense.
60 of and buy a lot OF cheap grass seed and
have it done up in small packages, and send 1t
off as something rare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-08-09
OUR 1ARYLAND NEItHBORS.


PoIITICNL-A TROTTER sOLD-THE COMING FAIR
-ACCIDENTS-A NARROW EsCAPE-PERsONAL
NOTES, ETC.
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fHE WISE OBSERVATIONS OF MAN IN TIE Fol r.
ING R"OR-THE ISICDICI0US AND INpISCRIMI-
NATE DISTRIBUTION OF PUB. DOCS. FATAL To A
CoNGRESSMANS CHANCES-HCW 1T Is MANAGED
By OLDER MEMBERS, ETC.
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THE CAMPAIGN SONG BOOKS.
The Lyric Muse Enlisted ON Both Sides
of the Contest.

SONGS WHICH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE
SUPPOSED TO sING-THE POLITICAL PEGASUS
ON LIVELY CANTER.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

late the effects of defeat. The effect
of the Republican victory in Ohio on
other states will of necessity be con-
siderable. No sensible Democrat will
desire to be blinded to the true situa-
ton. No man, however ardent in his
Democracy, will deny the animating eff
feet on Republicans, if he subordinates
his desires and his prejndices to his
judgment. = 1t was a great
mistake on the part of Democrats to
claim Ohio. This state has uniformly
given Republican majorities at October
elections in presidential years, and has
with comparative rarity given Demo
cratic majorities in of, years. Preced-
entS considered together should have
governed, and not single and excep-
tional years. Whatever may have been
the general Democratic impression two
weeks ago, it is apparent now that the
victory of last Tuesday was in great
degree the sequence of the presence
and magnificent generalship of both
James G.. Blaine and John A. Logan"
1t is refreshing to see a Democratic
journal honest enough to tell the truth
and candid enough to admit defeat
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
NJTEJ ON PROTECTION.

john Stuart Mil principles Of Politi-
cal Economy, vol :, p. $50 says also:
Those are therefore in the right who
maintain that taxes Oh imports are paid
by foreigners
Professor Henry S>Lgwick, of Cam
bridge University principles of Poiiti-
cal Economy. p. 49:0, says:
''Unless foreign pr duets are COM
pletely excluded by import duties, such
duties will partly have the effect of levy
ing tribute on foreign producers, the
amount aud duration of which, in certain
cases, may be considerable"
Under protective tariff. American ar
fists are able to command salary, with
which they can live, and maintain their
families in comfort, while free trade,
would bring them to the level of the
European workman, as sure as the sun
shines, a class of people worked al
most to death, living or existing III the
most abject poverty.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
CAMPAIGN WIT.

Mr. Russum, our Republican candi
date for Congress in the First District,
made a good rejoinder the other day
to Mr. Gibson, his Democratic oppon-
ent. They are both lawyers the for
mer of the Caroline, the latter of the
Easton bar.
Mr.. Gibson IN one of his speeches
had recommended to Mr.. Russum the
tune of "Zhe IhlLIgaN Guards, ="
as a suitable campaign air for Blaine
Republicans. His Democratic con-
stituents were wonderfully tickled at SO
palpable chit; and lost no time in
carrying the news to Russum The
latter joined in the general merriment,
and sent this message to Gibson !:
Tell him | accept his suggestion, and
in return recommend as a suitable
campaign air for Cleveland Democrats,
the old and familiar tune of "7Kc
Girl / Lett Behind Me-"
Russum is waiting to hear from Glib
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

The true spirit of modern Democ-
racy is intolerant of opposition, and
would if it dared crush out freedom OF
individual thought and opinion. This
spirit has been manifested in this cam
paign in marked degree, even to-
wards as prominent and popular a Re-
publican as Mr.. Blaine. At Fort
Wayne, Indiana, on Monday night,
Democratic roughs were exceedingly
insulting and offensive to him, inter
rupting him while speaking by jeers
and jibes. Down South shotguns are
the methods employed to stihe public
opinion, and nothing but a wholesome
dread of the muscle of the free men OF
the North restraints them from adopt
ing similar methods. The true Bor-
bourn spirit is everywhere hostile to
freedom of speech.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

VIM. II. BARNUM and Senator A. p.
German, representing the Democratic
national and executive campaign com
mttees, have formulated an ''address
to the people of the United States. !"
The election in Ohio and West Vir-
ginia was seized upon as an excuse for
a villainous personal attack on Mr..
Blaine. All the exploded charges
against that gentleman are revamped
and reiterated with such additional fall
sifcation as could suggest itself to the
minds of the political bankrupts who
framed the document. The authors
hold out the delusive hope that the
Democrats can carry Ohio in Novem-
Der and elect a President. The adj
dress closes with an appeal for organi-
cation. "The people, " to whom the
paper is addressed, will follow the ad-
vice. They will organize, but not for
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
PRO OBJECTION VS.. FIRE Il
TRADE.

The Democratic party claims to be
the especial friend Of the workingman
in the face of the fact that its hostility
to protection and its advocacy of free
trade are traditional. Nothing more
clearly illustrates the falsity of this
claim than comparison between the
rates of wages paid in England and
those paid in Massachusetts which en-
Joys the benefits of protection. As
everybody knows, England is the great
free trade manufacturing nation of the
world. She is the rival of this coun-
try in the field of manufacturing enter
prise. 1t is very plain then that the
condition of the laboring men and
women of England engaged in other
forms of labor than agriculture, when
compared with the condition of Amer
lean men and women similarly engaged
is far test of the degree of benefit
conferred upon the latter by the Re
publican policy of protection. In 1883
the weekly average of wages paid in
England and in the state of Massachu-
sets in large range of industries was
as follows:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

The beneficial result of enforcing a
tariff law is most forcibly presented by
the annual report of Mr.. Nimmo, chief
of the bureau of statistics, issued last
week. In this document it is shown
that the United States has become the
greatest manufacturing country on the
globe that the value of the products
of our various industries is seven times
the total value of our foreign com
merce and little more than twice
the total value of the exports of mer-
chandise from all the countries Of
Europe. There can be no question
but that this condition of affairs has
been brought about largely through the
instrumentality of a protective tariff.
By it these industries were fostered
encouraged and built up. And for it
the country is indebted to the foresight,
the Craftsmanship and the patriotism
of the party that now presents James
G.. Blaine as its candidate for President,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
TuF United States exported to Great

The United States exported to Great
Britain in 1880 $4,000, 4S6 pounds of
leaf tobacco, for which the producer
received II cents per pound. On an
average the British government receiv-
ed as duty on this tobacco the sum of
S42,040,4o5. Great Britain received
as duty on dried fruit, shipped mainly
from the United States, $3.50, 10.
The whole British revenue from tariff
tax on imports is SIoo,ooo,c 600. The
United States, or the States of Virginia,
North Carolina, Maryland, Connect
cut, Pennsylvania and Missouri, the
tobacco producing states of the union,
pay more than two ,ffths of the whole
revenue tax collected by England on
her imports. This is free-trade Eng
land which collects SIoo,ooo,o 900, and
the United States, which simply levies
a tariff, tax on commodities which she
herself produces, is called high pro-
tective nation, when her revenue from
tariff is SIS, 100000. Let England
first set the example by repeating the
tax on our tobacco before our people
become solicitous about relieving the
products of English factories.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
M'SWEENEY'S ANTECEDENTS.
He Goes to Ireland With the A.owcd In
tention OF Never Returning.

He Goes to Ireland With the A.owed In
tention OF Never Returning.
The following affidavit made by Judge
James Nee. well known lawyer Of San
Francisco, California, in relation to Me
Sweeney, of whose arrest in the old
country Democratic newspapers are en-
deavoring to make capital against Mr..
Blaine, is to "a cOnsi,lerao ole extent self
explanatory:
lStote Of ColJa~ia, County Of San Flau-
cisco: (ss.) /. James ilee. of No. 50S
Montgomery ST.. San Francisco, Cal.
being duly SWORD, say: | am well ac.
quainted with Daniel Sweeney, called in
iceland MCSweeney, and was for time
before he let California for Ireland his
attorney, attending to various matters
for him. He left here for Ireland some
eight yeaIs ago to buy tract of land in
Ireland; returned here, aid in tho fol
lowing year again left with his family
for lreiai.d, declaring that he h ID par
chased all estate in the Z cumE red
courts and he never would Y, ,urn again
to this country; that he intended 30 live
in Ireland with his family and make that
his home during the natural ter..I OF i.is
life. advised him not to do SO. telling
him lie would Lc tired Of Ilcl.,.d after
awhile, and wish to return here: but he
PERSISTED i'll his purpose, and So lett here
| was III Ireland from May Il, 1854, to
July II. BY the statements OF my
brother and others to me there Sweeney
was then holding office in ireland. BE
fore he left here he bought an American
buggy, piano, Spanish saddle. &c and
shipped them around Cape jFortl 90 Lon
pondeIry, as he said, as me,neutoes Of
California. He left here overland TO az
rive in Ireland about the same time these
would arrive there. JAMES Mis-.
Subscribed and sworn to before mt
this 18th day OF October, A. ID, 1881.
HOLLAND SMITH. Notary Public
Mr.. Blaine when Secretary of State,
made every possible etfnrt to have Nc
sweeney released, but the man was a
British subject, having renourced his
naturalization as a citizen Of TIE United
States and held Office in Ireland there
fore nothing could be done for bin.
Every Democrat editor who uses this
case as political capital. knows we'll
enough that he is trading in lies, but
sti,! they trade.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
w ages per week.
SIRlES.

This is the result of free trade to the
poor in England, and is the feast to
which Democracy invites the working
men of America.
The condition of labor in England
is the logical outcome of system that
makes the result of mans toll of
more consequence than the man him
self. The Republican policy of pro
lection is exactly opposed to this idea,
and enables American manufactures
and industries to pay wages that give
the workingman not only subsistence,
but the prospect of home Of his own !;
of recreation and comfort for himself
and his family, and Of education for
bis children. The beneficial results of
the Republican ideas are shown prac-
tically in the tables of wages referred
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

John ROACH made one of the best
speeches of the campaign. Pointing
to the cruiser Atlanta, which has just
been launched, he said: "There is the
best argument l know for protection.
That ship is made up of 95 per cent.
labor and 5 per cent. material. If by
free trade you make ME build ships
cheaper, where will the cheapening be
done? Certainly not from the 5 per
cent. of material. No, it must come
cut of the IS per cent. for labor. -
Washington Critic.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

The low tariff of 1857 brought on
the financial crisis, drove gold out OF
the country, and the excessive impor-
tations ruined all industry. When the
workings of that tariff had brought the
nation to ruin the very tariff, which the
Democratic party now wants to do
away with was passed. Then followed
relief
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

The New York II0T7H and other
Democratic papers have resumed their
war on the dead baby of Mr.. and Mrs.
Blaine. They are also warning on the
wife of the Republican candidate, who
has been his respected and honored
helpmate for more than thirty years.
Such ghoulish business is dastardly and
infamous.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

THE Cincinnati Enquirer does not
attempt to belittle the Republican tri-
umph in Ohio. 1t faces the music and
talks right out. Listen:
"The fight which closed on Tuesday
lacked in nothing on either side to call
out the people. Both parties had fair
notice that on the I4th of October
there would be a tremendous encoun-
ter TOR political supremacy in this state.
No Platitudinal excuse, no appeal for
sympathy, no complaint against out
rageous treatment--in short, no ''baby
act"-can soften the situation or pal
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
ENGLAND DECAYiNG UNDER FREE
TRADE.

The London QHarterIy Recie0 has at
last been aroused to the dangerous con.
diton of affairs III England, due to Free
Trade. 1t says that Manchester manu-
facturers report that their trade is decln-
ing, and that all their efforts to restore it
are unavailing. One of them, a Mr.
Ogden, stated that the exclusion of the
English manufacturer, by hostile tariffs,
from the continental markets, is cfippling
the great cotton industries. In one parish
in Manchester the ratable valne had de-
preciated to the extent of So, 800 year.
In New Cross ward, in the last 10 years
the various mills and manufactures were
employing II 600 fewer hands than 10
years ago. Whole streets OF houses were
empty, and the operatives had migrated
or emigrated. He knows of warehouse
property in Manchester of the value of
$14, 900 year that was entirely empty
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

As will be seen in another column
of this issue of The WING, the next
civil service examination of applicants
for positions in the custom service at
Baltimore will be held on the 10th and
21st of November.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

''THERE is manliness about Blaine
that is repugnant to those soft and
sloppy men" is the disrespectful way
in which Murat Halstead refers to the
independents OF New York and Brook
l1rn
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
Private Sale.

THE undersigned, having an opportu-
l. nifty to engage in different kind of bust
ness. will sell at private sale the property he now
occupies consisting OF STORE HOUSE, TWO
DWELLING HOUSES, BLACKS NTH
SHOP and about FOUR ACRES OF LAND
VIII he sold altogether separately to suit
purchasers. For further information call on or
address, 5. b. PAUL,
Sept 2O-3m Calvert, Cecil county Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

THE actual figures in Ohio, taking
the congressional ticket as a basis of
computation, show Republican ma
jority of over $4,000 votes. This is
healthy IN the extreme.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

WoRKINGAIEN believe in the protec
ton of American industries. They
don't intend to imperil their interests
by electing a free-trader to the Presi-
dencY.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
Cleyeiand'S AsS:iilant.

An assault was committed upon Grover
BY man giving the name of Samuel
Boone, the husband of the woman who
recently threw her arms about the Gov
ern0r's neck, while pleading for the par
don of her brother. who is confined in
the penitcntiary. Boone had been to
call upon the Governor OF the same er-
rand, and becoming boistsrous was
elected. Afterwards meeting Cleveland
upon the street he assaulted him, strik-
irg his with his fist. Out o. this very
commonplace piece OF work, Democrat
papers have been trying TO make ont a
Republican plot TO assasainatc Cleveland
They need not fear this, Republicans do
not want Grover assaSinated. To them he
is the right maa in the right place, the
easiest to beat that could be put up. Ii
appears that Boone is a Mary lander
Tn following is his pedigree:
Samuel Boone was born and raised in
HampGcn Village. Baltimore county, Nd.
where lie has mother, Margaret Boone,
now living, besides three brothers and
TWO haii-tfoLiefS. lllS lal!lef WAS named
VIM. Boone. SamuaI Boone is about 81!
years of age. He served three years
learning his trade in the Bolton shops of
the Northern Central railroad. Thence
he was transferred to the shops of the
same company at Elmira \. y, where
lie has remained for fourteen years up to
few months ago, occasionally coming
to Woodherry to see his relatives. He
married Miss Rlla Fairbanks of New
York
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
One Point of Difference.

From he NcT York SUa,
Powe: Of intellect and untlinching vim
dication of principle exert greater infu-
ence over mems minds than coarse stu
pidity and cowardly seclusion: that is
one point of difference between Blaine
aud Cleveland.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

The Democratic party may cry reform
and yell themselves horse on the friend
to the workingman strain, but if they now
are not on the high road to pauperizing
the free labor of America, then the
English language is not understandable.
1t is the old slavery times cry of free
trade and starvation 10 the white trash,
as tho poor white man was denominated
in the south, in anti 5ellum days -Er.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

On Tuesday at Marathon, New York,
as General Butler was talking OF the
election, and Of the seating of Hayes by
the electoral commission a man inter
ruptei him with the xepression:
Sure, they'll bulldoZe us again this
time
81 dent know how much pluck Your
man this time has got the General re-
piled; but | am sure he will not be
elected
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

From chicago Tribune.
Schurz spoke twenty two times in fif-
teen cities, :wo hours at a Spoke" both
III English and German, and his ''spokes'
were printed aud widely circulated, at
great expense to the Democratic cam
paign fund. He was sent into the econ
science" section of Ohio for English
work, into the German section FOR leu
tonic work, and the net result of his
mission is st forth in Ike following tab
uIated form. Carl Scburz spoke:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25

Mr.. BLAINE received an ovation in
Indiana this week, while the same con-
dition of things existed in Iowa toward
General Logan, who was in that state.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
THE Overland Telegraph and

Having in successful operation over one hun
dred miles OF telegraph and telephone line con-
Meeting eight Exchanges and over fifty Tele-
phones, with full assurance of a rapid extension
of line and increase in the number of telephone
subscribers, now feel justified in announcing to
the public the establishment of their business on
a reliable basis, and therefore offer for sale lin
tied number OF SHARES of CAPITAL STOCK
at six dollars and fifty cents per share, the par
value thereo! being ten dollars. This stock may
be had on application to the secretary ut Elkton
The Exchanges Tor oices) of the company now
open are at Chesapeake City, Elkton. North East,
Charlestown, Principle Furnace, Port Deposit.
Conowingo and Rising Sun. Exchanges will be
opened in a few weeks at New Leeds and Fair
Hill. JOHN S ROSSFJJ
oct. lin Secretary.