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The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19
Ro"'"'' A"''a''s: fiction.
PROMISED AND CALLED.
A Tale of Marthas Vineyard by E. ].
Carpenter.

" hat a Broad-Faced Man With F:orid
Cheeks Told IA Visitor From the City
copyrighted by S. S. Mcclure.
A long stretch of silvery beach, peb-
blestrewn, with here and there cookie
shell, worn dull and spongy by wave
and sunshine ; a line of dry seaweed
and another of wet below it; a moss
grown, water-soaked spar, half-buried
in the weeds and sand tufts of coarse
beach grass fringing the summit of the
dunes ; the waves singing a low mono
tone, as they curl in feathery foam and
break softly, chasing the sand-pipers
and sinking away into the moist sand.
1t was an everyday sight to the fisher
men of Chappaquiddick, as familiar to
them as the fields and meadows to the
farmer or the paved street to the
dweller in the city.
at seems odd to u.s." said a broad
faced man, with forid cheeks and a
Seaman's air, "to see you city people
standin' on the beach an gain for
hours out to the sea. But l s'pose our
ways, when we are in the city, seem as
strange to you. But somehow l don't
just like to see you folks standin' on
the beach an lookin' out to sea, es-
pecially women folks. I've seen too
many on 'em that kept on gain till
they died. l tell ye friend, it amt all
fair weather with US folks"
"You mean you have seen women
looking and longing for ships re.
turn?'
AYE, AMI too often when we all
knew she might as we'll stop gain
fust as last. Poor Liza Martin, who
lies up there under the sycamores, wa:
one of en-"
"Nho was shef"
"Wall, she was the Widder Martin
darter. The widder lives up yendel
in the little brown cottage that 20,
can just see over the knoll. Liza wa:
as likely a girl as eyer l see, and so
as much by her as if she had been m,
darter. You see the widder an
years ago-but never mind about that
Liza was just the picter of her mothe
at heI age, an all the young folk
liked her. But she seemed to Sc
the most by John Weatherbee ant
anybody with half an eye could Sc,
that John didn't know anybody bu
Liza.
"Wall, one evenin'-I feel amos
wickek for tellin' on't-=but / was set
tin in the shadow o my boat that wa
left high and dry by the tide. l CUES
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19
4lo'ms of tAs ps'ioa.
DEC M B BER-TIN1E e.
BY FOLGER McKINSEY.

The wide white wings of winter are sprea
above the hills,
The silence of December has settled on tn
rills;
The sweet far song of nature has lost it
glAdsome ring,
And the wild winds of the forest are tn
only throats that sing.
| The hearthstone group is gathered whel
the evening settles down,
To crack their nuts and chatter of tn
''Eoings-on in town.
And the love-lisht shades of gladness NEE
the shadows of the moon
As tiey play among the rafters that roo
the pleasant room.
The strong old blasts of winter that wal
among the pines,
Aud the low flame OF the embers that from
the fireplace shines,
Are the sacred, hallowed, tokens of the bet
ter life within
Where the world is barred from enterin,
" "ltH ltS HtNcl-tuulHS Sill.
slowed away
In the barn where patient Dobbin nibble.
calmly at the hay;
The hearts whole creed is laughter, tn,
souls creed gratitude,
For the blessings God has showered in Hi!
kindly attitude.
And the heart and soul are better for tn,
rest-time of the year,
When the storm winds of December and
the wintry days are here,
And the Being feels its Master in the full
ness of the joy
That comes direct from Heaven unmixed
with eartn - alloy
We battled for it, won it, when the spring
and summer came
And we dashed the dews of morning from
the grasses in the lane,
While our patient feet we're treading the
furrowed fields of life
Jontented with the toiling and the issues of
the strife.
And is this the only message the hallowed
seasons bring,
When hai-stones on the windows in perfect
carols sing?
Better than the present token, better than
the living love
Is the grander pleasure promised at the
hearth stone up above.
When the lives of men a:e gathered, as the
nuts beneath the trees,
And the dear God speaks out loudly, 81
have made immortal these
We must work for that end, brothers, let
the earthly garner go,
And begin to reap the harvests that our
better natures SOW.
We shan'5 miss it when the end comes of
the Universes' year,
And the Master stands in Israel to say 81
want you here
Such an end is worth the winning, and its
time to gather in
And struggle for eternity against the odds
Of sin.
Yes, when the wild winds whistle through
the bare limbs of the pine.
And we gather bout the hearth-stone in the
pleasant evening time,
Let Gods Christmas fill the chalice of each
separate earnest heart,
Aud the flowers will be sweeter where the
living waters part.
We can have little heaven with our nuts
and gatherings here,
For they bring us tender feelings and love
that is sincere;
Bet we want to SOW and tend it till its
ready for the scythe,
And we've gained pleasant corner in
Christ's Heaven up on high.
ELKroN. December, 1855.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

"The next mornin', airly, | went ou
on the beach, an the wind was still oi
shore, an the tide was at the ebb. Bu
jest at the edge Of the water, as if i
had been thrown up in spite Of wine
and tide, was a mans body. | wen
to it an rolled i over, an II was John
There wasn't 10 sign O. wreck, an nc
other bodies, nor nothin', only jes
Johns body, thrown up at the ebb 0
the tide, an with the wind off shore
We carried him up to the house an
laid him out, an in his hand, that wa:
Shut SO tight we could hardly open it
was locket, with her picture in it, an
a great lock Of golden hair, that looked
as If it had just been cut from her head
The women looked for the place where
it was cut off, an found it as plain as
could be. We buried en- together
the same day at sunset, an we left the
lock O. hair in his hand, but the locket
her mother kept
"And did you never see signs of the
wreck of his vessel or other bodies ?"
"Never. When we took off his
clothes, we found in the folds of his
shirt, shells that never grew about these
regions, SO he must "a floated long
distance but he looked every bit as if
he.hadn't been dead but a day. l
couldn't never make it out but some
day we shall know"
But how do others account for these
strange happenings?"
"Wall, some of 'em always stuck to
1t that she was little out O. her mind
and that she only saw a vessels sail
through the mist. You know, some
times, when the log is on things look
kind O. shostly. But l don't believe
no such thing. l think she saw some
lhlng .allse -
''But how about the window curtain
and the rushing at the window when
she died?'
"Wall, they say that the wind jest |
vecred for a minute and that the rush
in was jest a Mother Cary's chicken
fyin' past the winder, but l don't be-
lieve it."
"But how about the body?"
"Wall, some O them that laid him
out found his shirt frozen stiff, so they
said, an they thought he must a-been
a-hoatin' on an iceberg, an so kept
lookin' nice. An they said the shells |
was some that ne had gathered or
bought for Liza somewhere at the
East but l jest believe he had been
hoatin'. l tell ye, there's some queer
things about the sea that nobody Can
explain jest right"
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19
CURE FOR PILES.

Piles are frequently preceded by a sense
of weight in the back, loins and lower part
of the abdomen, causing the patient to sup
pose he has seme affection of the kidneys or
neighboring organs. At times symptoms
of indigestion are present, as tiatulency, un-
easness of the stomach, etc. a moisture
like perspiration, producing a very dis
agreeable itching, after getting warm, is a
common attendant. Blind, Bleeding and
Itching Piles yield at once to the applica-
ton of DR.. Bosanko's Pile Kennedy, which
acts directly upon the parts affected, alb
sorbing the Tumors, aliaying the intense
itching, and affecting permanent cure
Price 80 cents. Address, The DIR. Bosank o
Medicine Co. Piqua Sold by DIR. II. IL.
Mitchell. Dec. 20-1y.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19
TRICKS 0FAN AUTOGRAPH HUNTER
Hard Work 20 Get Letters from Bismarck,
Tennyson, and Other Famous Men.

Tennyson, and Other Famous Men.
When in England served an ap-
premiership to the art of autograph
hunting, which ended in my becom-
ing proficient. Yet | blush at
times to think Of the ways that are
dark and the tricks that are vain
re5orted to by an otherwise unsop-
histiCated damscl as means to an
end. | suppose | have always been
hero worshipcr, for when a girl
not yet in my teens | consumed my
little allowance of pin money in buy
ing portraits of distinguished men
and women, with which to adorn
my album. Autograph letters of
celebrities are now harder to obtain
than they were a few years ago. 1t
has become a mania with so many
that men Of light and leading" are
deluged with applications for their
autographs, and a hunter must in
deed be ingenious and indefatigable
who can elicit reply from those
whose caligraphy is worth the hay
ing. At first | hunted exclusively
for autographs, but it occurred to
me that autographs alone were Of
| little interest or value unless affixed
to letter, and will tell you how |
enhanced the value of my collection.
The two hardest nuts to crack, or,
in other words, the two celebrities
who are icily indifferent to the i'm
portunities of autograph mongers,
are Bismarck and Tennyson. Even
scraps of their handwriting are
valued at $40 apiece by bric-a-brac
dealers in London. Innumerable
letters sent direct to the great Chan
cellor brought never a line in re-
sponse, and | grew sad. A bright
idea struck me. Why not write to
his wife, who is reputed to be be-
ncvolcncc personitled? | suited the
action to the word, and by return OF
mail came an imposing epistle, with
the Berlin pcstmark upon it, which
set my heart beating at fearful rate
nd destroyed my appetite for a
whole day. 1t contained a cabinet
photograph of Bismarck, with his
bold, clear signature at the foot, and
a kind note from the Princess, say
ing that she was happy to comply
with my request. Oh! how | gloated
over that portrait. 1t was a speak
ing likeness Of the man who rules
Europe, and looked all the more
striking from the fact that it repre-
sented him in the full glory and
blaze Of his military uniform, with a
helmet shading the upper part OF
his face, and leaving the lower part
with its iron-clad jaw clearly de
picted.
Tennyson's autograph was my
next desideratum. 1t came to me
unexpectedly, but not until | had
wasted much ink and paper in ap-
pealing to the laureate himself.
wrote to the late Duke of Welling-
ton-a little man with a big heart,
who wore cotton gloves and invari-
ably rode on the top of an omnibus
asking for few words or lines in
the handwriting OF the hero of Wat
crloo. He sent me a check, yellow
and musty, which had been filled in
by the Iron Duke, and, to my un-
utterable JOY, he >nclosed a batch Of
letters, hoping, as he playfully put
it, that they would be worth a place
in my album. The batch of letters
consisted of one from Tennyson, an,
other from Queen Victoria, and one
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

An enthusiastic woman thus writes of
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox: "Her friends
faults are sacred to her. Lavish in her
praise, lenient in her prejudices, the
cruel envies and narrow judgments Of
her sex toward one another are depress-
ing to her naturally bounding spirits.
She loves warm hearts better than cold
culture; yet, after full measure of e1-
perience with incompassionate human
kind, she is untainted by either suspi-
cion or bitterness
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

''Beans Regarded as Food" is the
headline in an exchange. That is the
way beans should be regarded. Any
one who would regard beans as a bever.
age would be away off.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

1t is said that the real name of Step
MAX, the Nihilist writer is Krawts-
chinsky. A name like that could never
go "thundering down the ages;" it
would have to stop and sneeze too often.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

u. L. Putnams Sons have in press the
journal of the Military Service Institu-
ton of the United States" for Decem.
Der, containing General Grants Auto
graph Notes, in fac simile, comprising
his last message to his countrymen, pre-
pared at Mt. McGregor, June 31st, 1885.
The MS, consisting of four pages of vel.
low letter-paper, has been reproduced
without reduction, and is valuable
souvenir of the Great Captain.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

The girl of the period now carries her
hands in her overcoat pocket. just like a
man-partly because it is English, and
partly, doubtless, because there are holes
in her gloves.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

Religion, says Carlyle, cannot pass
away. The burning of little straw may
hide the stars of the sky; but the stars
are there, and will reappear.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

While New Brunswick editor was
out of town recently he was hung in
effigy. This was much better than be-
ing hung in New Brunswick.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

1t is pity that Pres ident Cleveland
did not have time and space to say a word
about the great event of the year-the
death of General Ulysses S. Grant.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

The article IA the January Harper's
-HaJdzine which is likely to be most
widely read. though perhaps not most
popular, is the last words of General Nc
Clellan to his countrymen on THE Army
and the Militia
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford has
been engaged as permanent contributor
to the Vide Auake.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19
fit''o'p and Scientific A,ots,.

Cannon Farrar's social success in this
country has been relatively as great as
his public.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

General George II. Sheridan is prepar-
ing an address on General Grant to be
delivered before the Grand Army posts
of the country,
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

MIR. Greenough White, of Cambridge,
Mass, has accepted the Professorship of
English Literature at the University of
the South.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

"He is utterly unscrupulous," writes
an Irish editor of a political opponent,
''and his memory is so poor that he fire.
quently forgets one minute what he
saws the next"
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

Bill Nye, the humorist, and wife were
thrown from their buggy at Hudson,
Wis, a few evenings since, and had
narrow escape from serious injury. Mrs.
Nye escaped unhurt, but Mr.. Nye snc-
fered painful bruise of the same leg
which was broken in the cyclone of last
fall.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

\ school board recently asked the fol-
lowing question of little girl: "What
is the plural of man?" "Men." "Very
well; and what is the plural of chili?"
Twins" Immediately replied the little
girl.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

Mrs. Molesworth's last story, "Us,"
will please the readers of that lady's
works by its pleasant domestic atmos-
phere and healthful moral tone. The
narrative moves forward with sufficient
interest to hold the readers attention;
and there are useful lessons for young
people to be drawn from it.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

Mrs. Lynn Linton's new novel, ''Paston
Carew, Millionaire and Miser," is to ap-
pear in Harper's Bazar very soon.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

A city par~er of recent date contains
the following note: George Johnston, of
the Cecil Democrat, and F. siScKinsey, of
the Delaware County Independent anu,
Cecil Wing, were closeted with the poet,
Walt Whitman, at his home in Cam len
on Saturday last. The talented trio
Poet, Historian and Editor-filled up
several hours with delightful conversa-
tion.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

'My dear sir, l am sorry to inform
you that you can not live more than
few hours" SIS that so, doctor? Please
call district telegraph boy" "To
send for minister" mo; l want to get
the latest quotation on wheat"
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

Elijah: "Say, Zeke, Iheah yo' brudder
married a rich heiress; am dat SOP"
Zeke: "Yes; she's wuth bout f. null
hon. Elijah (surprised) 80 much as
dat?" Zeke: 'It's fl million or a. hum
dred, dunno wich, but know it's nor.
nous mount
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19
4" lis1tss Ae'a.

A roadbed is for the conveniece of
wheels when they are tired.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

A New York rural editor rises to make
this ought-to- o-be-suficient correction:
"Instead of being arrested yesterday, as
We stated, for kicking his wife down q
flight of stairs and hurling a lighted
kerosene lamp after her, the Rev. Jas.
Wellman died unmarried, four years
ago."
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

Rev. Mr.. Tenant, of Arkansas, has
just died at the age of lis years. He
must have been Deaths left Tenpapt.
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

A dramatic critic met Charley Reed
one hight when the wind and rain were
bowling and splashing and the storm
was at its height. "Well, Charley"
said he, "what kind of house did you
have tonight" Charley leaned over
him with an air of confidential melan.
choly, and hoarsely whispered: "There
were too umbrellas in the stand"
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

1t was in California. Judge Blank
asked after the health of gentleman's
wife. "She's si-si-sick," said the hus.
band. who suffered. I'm very sorry
to hear that. Not seriously, l hope?"
'She a-a-te-ate cucumbers." Good
ness! Ate eight cucumbers? should
think she would be ill.,"
The Cecil Whig., 1885-12-19

ELKroN. December, 1855.
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rerrIble rncountor with q maniac.

OXFORD, Pa, August 21.-Robert 81.
Hodgson, a well-to-do farmer, residing
near here, has two grown-up daughters
who live with the family. Thursday
night, at about midnight, VIM. Pearce, q
lunatic living near by, escaped from his
keeper and went to the Hodgson man
sion. He climbed upon the. portico and
entered the bed-chamber of the young
ladies' through an open window. The
girls were sleeping soundly at the time.
Pearce seized one of them by the arms
and dragged her to the floor. She gave
| n loud scream, and in a moment her sis
| ter, who was lying in the same room,
awoke and shrieked loudly for help. Mr..
| Hodgson,, who occupied an adjoining
| room, heard the cries OF his daughters
and hastened to their assistance. The
maniac, however, bolted the door on the
inside and for a time prevented his en-
tering. Mr.. Hodgson quickly forced
open the door aud entered the room.
| The madman sprang at him like tiger
pnd terrible struggle ensued. Ihe
terror-stricken girls In the meantime es-
capped and gave the alarm. The neigh
2 bors quickly responded aud after severe
q struggle the insane man was securely
bound. Pearce was taken to the asylum
! 4 Yesterday. Mr.. Hodson was severely
cut and bruised in the encounter, anf
when rescued was about being pitchet
out of second-story WINDOW st,ss,
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THERE were 4,4S3 new cases of choieia
and IA deaths from the disease repoi t'd
throughout Spain on the 22d. The retains
for the populous province OF Navarro
however, are still incomplete. .-a
THE King of Bavaria is hard pressed I'm
funds. He has recently made applicati H.
to several financial firms in Paris for
loan, offering as pledge for its security tht
income Of the crown for 10 years.
RETURNS from all counties in Kentucky
give Tate, Democratic candidate for Treas
urer, majority Of 67,597 votes over Fos,
Prohibition candidate. This Is the tenth
time that Tate has been elected Treasurer.
THE most violent storm that ever occur.
red at Cincinnati passed over that city ON
the 22d. The rain dashed in sheets, food
ing Easements all over the city and tenn
porarily suspending street traffic. The
maximum velocity of the wind was
miles an hour. tr4
FIFTY persons have died in London from
cholera.
| TIE number of new cases of cholera in
Spain on the 23d was 2919 and the number
of deaths from that disease 1850.
| THE issue of standard silver dollars from
the mints during the week ending August
23d was $513,497. The issue during the cor
responding week of last year was $sO1, ,497.
MR.. BACON, brother-in-law Of President
Cleveland, says there is no foundation
whatever for the announcement that the
President proposes to visit Ohio during
this campaign.
ADJTTANT-G DRUM on the oath
received dispatch from the officer com
manding in New Mexico, saying that the
Southern Utes in that territory were starv
wing, that they had no supplies and were
unable to procure any, and that unless
food was Immediately secured for then
that they would go on the war-path.
REV. j. P. NEWMAN lectured at Chautau
qua, N. Y, on the 25th, to an audience o,
5000 persons on General Grant, comparing
him to Wellington ard declared that h.
possessed one Of the greatest intelleots tn,
age has produced.
MRS. LucRETIA w. DAVIS, claiming to b
the widow of the Confederate Genera
Davis, who once owned Davis, addition Il
Chicago, has commenced suit against
large number Of the property owners TO
her right of dover.
HoLE.N-rHE DAY, q noted Chippew,
chief, en.route to SD. Paul, was on the nigh
. | of the 25th taken from Northern Pncif
train at a way station, ragged into th
IL woods and 30 brutally baatsu that he b no
. sxpscted to roecver,
, THE fourth annual mseting Of tho Amer
J loan Forestry epugfesr wm be held +
. Horticultural HGrm Bcston, beginning o.
: H3ptember I'D. aa
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Ireland's Need.

DUBLIN, August 22.-Mr. Parnell yes
rerday entertained the Dublin Municipal
Council at Arklow. In an address the
Irish leader said it would be impossible
to revive the native industries of Ireland
without free elective National assem-
bly,, possessing the power Of control over
all the political and econ omlc affairs OF
the country. He hoped that few
months, or at furthest few years, would
restore to the Irish people the right to
govern Ireland at pope,. and Epglish
misrule would be bdnisbeh forever from
the land.
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CIScINNATI,l O., August 24.-Dominick
McCaffrey, the pugilist, arrived in this
city at eight O'Clock yesterday morning
accompanied by his trainer, Alf Lunt,
and his brother, John McCaffrey. They
were met at the depot by a few friends,
and the party proceeded at once to the
Bowery, where McCaffrey will put him.
self in condition to meet John L. Sulli-
van in six-round glove contest at
Chester Park next Saturday The
young fighter is In prime condftion, and
says he never felt Better in his life, aud
will do his level best to win,
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bLsELEYdenies that the British
AZ Offered a reward for the
ivier Pain. d.
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| LONDON, August 2l.-Alphonso Taft,
retiring United States Minister to Rus
sia, arrived in London to-day, en- route
to. the United States. He will sail from
Liverpool on the. Cunard steamer Seryia,
tomorrow, for New York, accompanied
by his wife and daughter. In an inter
view with Central Nelos representative,
ex.NIinister Taft stated that he presented
his letters of recall to the Gar on July
8lst, and during his audience with His
Imperial Majesty he was treated witt
the greatest affability and kindness by
both the Gear and Czarina.
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nsiastic anti-German demon /.
h which $1,000, persons took
held in Madrid on the 22d.
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borts of merchandise at New
the seven days ended the ed
ID at Sc. OH 192.
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v. MONTGOMERY, Commission :
hts, is afflicted with hay fever.
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sion on the Metropolitan Dis
rground Railroad at London on
hsed the death of an engineer
Five other persons Will pro-
|rom their In iuries.
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NrcToRIA and the Prince o
ted on the 21st for Nor way.
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In HoADLY and Lieutenant-
Warwick were renominated by
ln by the Ohio Democrats on
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|eland strik ,rs have decided by
|helning vote to hold out for
hxed by the Amalgamated AS