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The Cecil Whig., 1886-06-19
FINi>LiY IN WAR PAINT.
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meut, then you mean to say that the GER
titieation of all the ehgibles will result
in What you have applanded, then you
mean to say that the object of this
amendment is to give a PARTISAN. and not
Il non PARTISAN, service. Applaud Just as
long as ynu please. Neither hisses nor
applause will deter me from the discharge
At what consider 4 duty Applause.
Mr.. Fndlay then continued to review
the actiun OF the Baltimore postmaster.
''IhiS ingeninu$ young man, he said,
with the aid of more expert manipula-
tors. still had violated the law and rules
of the Civil Service Commission, and
still hoaSt"d that, il he had only been
spared :. little longer in his place, he
would have turned over a Democratic
civil service reform rostntirc to his sue
cesS"r.' Laughter and applause
Here the hammer fell and his time
was up, but he made the uoint that he
was Speaking on ii point Of order, and
was not limited. He was. therefore,
granted more time, and Alr. Compton
then hove in sight, and fired the first
SHOT OF his fight by asking: "llow many
Democrats did the man find i'll the Office
weeu he went in ?'
MI. iiiulaN i'plieu bta' uV ha' h't
studied upon that subject, ana as IL was
not Sermane to the question, he couid
not answer 1t.
Mr.. Shaw Valnly Tired 10 get III lneS-
ton, but amld the NOISE Mr. flndlay
| continued ny paying III a very ingenious
ana sarcastic manner MS re>l'2ctS I" Mf.
Compton, and quoting from his speech
the other day, saId:
1t was insisted that the civil service
law was un-demoeratlc ana un- American,
and fngiand was referred to with all the
prejudice such reference would excite,
as the seat OF this modern heresy. Hld
gentlemen know that PRIOR to the adop-
tlon of the civil service la" III that coun-
try all the appointments to clVll ONCE,
almost without exception, had been made
by the nobility and arlstocracy, and that
down under the hard knocks OF Demo
Gratis, claiming that 1.-THE rank is but the
guinea stamp, the mans the gowd for
IL that" The establishment of
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The Cecil Whig., 1886-06-19

To those getting up Clubs we would respectfully
suggest that the name ui each purchaser rs also
their order he written as distinctly aS possible.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-06-19

He began: The assault my colleague
has made on the late postmaster at Bal
timore is as undeserved as any one man
had ever made on another. Who was
that postmaster He was the peer OF
the gentleman from Maryland" AS the
speech proceeded he grew desperate. Mr..
Neazey is the peer of any man on this
floor or elsewhere. cried Mr.. Compton,
with his face as red as a ROSTERS comb
''IIc did his duty while in The office, and
put Democrats in. When he laid down
his off &c the Civil Service Commission
iris Il to show that he had violated the
law by timing out a lot of political seal
awags and he stopped for breath lot
of uuprincipal political scondrels-the
associates OF my colleague in last falls
campaign, when lie sought to defeat the
Democratic ticket Applause on Dem
ocratic side He shouted this at the top
of his voice, bringing his arm down with
great force Mr.. Findlay jumped to his
teet. the House was in an uproar. Men
were laughing, and the Speakers ham
mer fell On the marble table
The Cecil Whig., 1886-06-19
TEAS.

During. lsS5 shipped 2s16 club ar icrS which
is the best evidence we can furnish that our SNS-
TEN finds 'vor with that large class OF purchaSC
who cannot spare time +" ' sit fhiIaiclphla. and
who nnd il impossible to secure pure Teas and
freshly roasted tutcc$ satisfactorily at home.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-06-19
OBJECT OF MIR. NEAZEY

in making these removals had been to
institute and create a partisan force in
the pDstnilice. He was ready to say to
his colleague here and now, that if it was
partisan organization, it was an organza-
ton of competent, honest, efficient and
faithful officers, who had rendered to the
Government its full and complete due;
AZ when the primaries would come they
v ould be found exercising the privilege
nuly of free American citizens, and not
Of parIisanS. Applause on the Demo
cratic side. and derisive laughter from
thc Rgpubllcaus. When the postoifice,
under "A Democratic administration,
sought, as lad been done by the Custom
House under Republican administra-
tion, to control the politics of Maryland,
he would be with his colleagues 70: turn
ing the rascals out. Turning the rascals
out! Whence Sprang this new born zeal
OF his colleague and other Democrats for
retaining the Radicals in office For
twenty years his colleague and all Dem
ocrats had made the welkin ring with
the declaration that if the power came
into tile hands of the Democratic party
they would use 1t to turn the rascals out.
Mr.. Findlay suggested that turning
the rascals out was one thing, and max
ing a clean sweep was another.
Mr.. Compton SAID that in spite of these
declarations it seemed to be the policy of
his colleague To want to keep the rascals
in. He (Mr Compton) was against it.
He was as earnestly i'll favor of an hon
est admin tration of the civil service as
his colleague dare be, aud his colleague
knew it.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-06-19
RAP. RAP. RAP.

Above the noise Mr.. Flndlay was heard
to inquire argrily whether his colleague
meant to say that he associated with
scalawags and scoundrels. Either the
confusion prevented Mr.. Compton from
hearing Mr. Findlty's question, or
drowned his reply thereto; but the gen
tlemen stood within few feet of one
another angrily gesticulating, while other
members OF the House gathered around
and took much interest in the scene.
The gentleman from Mary land is out
of order; he must be seated Mr.. shouted
Elount, who was in the chair.
Rap. rap, rap.
Speaker Carlisle, who Was in the cham
Der, approached the speakers desk, and
was apparently ready to seize the gavel
and exert his authority in case the dem
nnstratiun became more threatening; but
Chairman Blount was equal to the emer
gency, and soon succeeded il securing
comparative quiet.
90 You mean that all who were dis
missed were Scuundrels and scalawagS o''
asked Mr.. Findiay, in a calm voice, for
he was calm.
The Cecil Whig., 1886-06-19

NIX. IF'AIIT T1N MNU NIfNTN-
Il don't know it," remarked Mr.. Find
lay, laconically.
II have a record as an honest official
in my State" retorted Mr.. Compton, an
grily.
Mr.. Findlay-I make no personal
charges.
Mr.. Compton-Yo cannot do it; you
amt going to do it here or elsewhere.
Laug hter. If the gentleman is ready
to let his declaration 90 to the nemoc-
racy of Maryland and be tried on it, |
am ready to meet the issue. Applause
on the Democratic side.
Mr. Finllay-And l am before the
The Cecil Whig., 1886-06-19

Club forms and printed envelopes will hc iurn-
iShcd ON application to
The Cecil Whig., 1886-06-19

We have been personally acVuaiutt
no hcSit alton in prun"uncin@ INN Il ma
Syrup for the past eleven years, and ",
possesses real merit. We daily use 1t i
who may he suffering with blood dtsras
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made into farms. while the Texas
country wrll sooner or later be
farming lands. With trees aud
crops cultivated the rains will lie
heavier ard the necessities of pop
ulatlon will press people out on to
the dry lands. It is easier and
cheaper to raise cattle in Texas.
also because no one puts up hay as
they do in Nevada. 1t is cheaper
whilo there is feed, bat when a
drnuth comes there Is heavier loss;
nut even to fatten beef for the
butcher or wean calves no one feeds
hay. The grass there is different
too. The mesquite is like altileria
it grows low and spreads out fiat.
1t is fine feed for stock. Gramma
grass grows like Nevada bunch
.rass and is seed grass. Nevada
cattle are larger and have better
blood than Texas herds. One
reason is the climate is better. A
higher altitude than that of Texas
i letter for beef. But one great
reason is. the Nevada man has i'm
ported full blnrded sires. while his
Texas neiehbor has used half
breeds. This is now seen to be a
mistake. Mr.. Davis is delighted
with Nevada in many respects and
with her people in every respect.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
Sleeping Rooms.

1t is to be regretted that paperings
or carpetings should ever be used in the
sleeping rooms. Alas, what evil is Turk
ing in the area of the four square walls
which encompass us! What enemy is
that, although trodden upon, yet is not
subdued2 Let the walls of our chambers
be calsomined and the carpets removed
from the floors. Let the crevices tie filled
with putty and the floor neatly painted
or stained. A rug at the bedside, with
small ones at the bureau and commode
will relieve the nakedness of the floor.
These should be carried out weekly,
thoroughly shaken and exposed to the
sur and wind. Towels and wash cloths
used during the day should never remain
in the room at night. I have seen wash
cloths used day after day in a sleeping
room, become sour and musty, emitting a
strong oder, both disagreeable and un-
healthy. The water can and the entire
toilet set must be kept perfectly sweet
and pure. I do not mean merely clean
to the eye, but clean enough for a
chemists use. Attention must also be
called to the tooth brush, which should
always be thoroughly cleansed after
using, and placed, handle down, in an
upright holder. l have found odor
enough about one toothbrush to infect
the atmosphere of Il common sleeping
room. In regard to ventilation, open
as many doors and windows as permissi-
bic. avoiding a draft; but moving air is
indispensable to the health of the
sleeper. Let the bed stand as near the
centre of the room as possible, but on No
account close to the wall. No II house
keeper may be able to carry out all of
these suggestions. but it is the ideal of
housekeeping as it ought to be, which
should be held up to the eye of the
reader, that each one may choose what
she can best carry out in her daily
practice.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
bulgaria and the Bulgarians.

The Bulgarians. though now regarded
as the principal division of the Slavs in
Turkey, we e originally a Finnish tribe
living on the banks OF the Voiga. They
penetrated into the Danube country in
the seventh century, took possession of
the territory now called by their name,
and establ shed there an independent
kingdom. They soon made friends with
their Slavic neighbors, adopting their
language and customs. After a long
struggle with the Byzantine Fmperors,
the Bulgarians submitted in 1918 to their
power. The ma ion was governed by
dukes appointed by the Emperor until
1856, when it freed itself by a revolution,
and held its independence for two hun
dred years. In 1889 the Turks invaded
the country and in three years subdued
it. From that time for nearly five hun
dred years the unhappy country was
| ground under the heel of the Ottoman
oppressor, only regaining its autonomy
| bj the help of the European powers in
1873. BY the Berlin treaty Bulgaria was
created a self-goyerning, but tributary
prlncipality, under the protection of the
sultan of Turkey. 1t was allowed the
choice of its ruler, and in April, 1879,
the Bulgarian Constituent Assembly
| elected young Prince Alexander of Hesse
as sovereign for life. The government
| of Bulgaria is administered by the Prince
aided by a council of seven ministers.
The legislative authority is vested in a
| National Assembly of two Chambers.
The upper house has twelve members,
four appointed by the Prince and eight
indirectly elected. The members of the
| lower hou e, or Chamber of Deputies, are
elected by universal manhood suffrage at
1.-The rating of one member to every 10, O0O
| of the population. Their term of office
is four years. the Bulgarians are q peace
able, industrious, and not unintelligent
people, though ignorant and supersti-
| tious, as education is by no means gene
raj and centuries of oppression have al
most utterly destroyed the spirit of en-
terpriss in them. The great majority of
the people live by agriculture and the
raising of stock. The princip@ exports
are corn, wool, tallow, butter, cheese and
hides. The country has but 40 miles Of
railway. There arc 1926 miles of tele.
graph, built and managed by the govern.
ment. Civilization is at a low ebb un-
doubtedly, but great advances have been
made since the people became self-gov'
erning.-Inter-O Ocean.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
Origin Of Shert-Horn Cattle.

This noble breed of bovines is of re-
mote origin. For some centuries previ-
Gus to the conquest of England by the
first William, in the year 1866, the war.
like Scandinayians of Denmark and
Sweden had made frequent predatory in
cursions into Northumbria. The object
of these incursions was conquest, plumber,
trade, and subsection of the Britons to
their rule and domination. Many of the
marauders settled in Northumbria, and
became incorporated with the natives by
marriage and succession of their fami-
lies, and so remained until the invading
forces were driven back to their own
shores under the power of the new cone
queror. As a consequence of the Scan
dinavian invasions commerce between
them and the Northumbrians became
frequent, and the cattle of the neighbor-
ing continent were more or less intro
duced on to British soil. So far as we
can learn from imperfect history and
tradition, those cattle were large in size,
short IN the horn, rather coarse frames,
the cows giving abundance of milk, and,
when fatted for slaughter, heavy weights
of beef of rather coarse quality. Their
colors were either pure white, or pale
red and white more or less intermixed
into roam, or brindlcd, sometimes red.
no other colors prevailing.
1t has beer. from that ancient stock,
In all probability, that the grand breed
Of improved short-horns has descended.
-HQgDer'S,
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
Persian MOONLIGHT.

The Persian moonlight seems capable
of surrounding the most commonplace
objects with a halo of beauty and of
blending things that are nothing in them
selves into scenes of such t~ranscendenta1
loneliness that the mere contemplation
of them sends a thrill of pleasure
through the system. There is no city of
the same size il America but can boast Of
buildings infinitely superior to anything
in Teheran. What trees there are in and
about the city are nothing compared to
what we are used to having about US,
and, although the gates with their short
minars and gaudy colored bricks are eer-
tainly unique, they suffer greatly from a
close investigation. Nevertheless, Ihave
happened in the vicinity of one of these
gates on 4 calm moonlight night, and
have been positively transfixed with as
constituent at the beauty Of the scene
presented. By repairing to the artillery
square or to the short street between the
square and the palaace front on q moon
light night o can experience an en-
tirely new sense of natures loneliness
the soft, Christening light of the Persian
moon converts the gaudy gates, the
struggling trees and the background Of
snow covered mountains info a picture
that will photograph itself on ones mem
DRY forever.-Bo5t0n Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
Negro Medical Practice.

A peculiar set of negroes, who rely
partly on their songs of incarnation fol-
mercenary trickery, are the 'lizard" doc,
tors. Almost every negro community has
one or more of these quacks. A negro is
seized with some acute disease, and, par
~ticularly if he is bilious, is very apt tc
imagine that a lizard is making havoc
with his vitals. So the lizard doctor is
summoned. He makes an examination,
sings one OF two s'charm" songs address
ed to the lizard, her gives the patient
some simple emitic. After the medicine
has operated the fellow juggles u live
lizard out of his sleeve and shows it tri-
umphantly to the sufferer, whose natural
recovery is often surprisingly fastened
by the effect on his imagination. A
higher grade of doctors arc a class of old
black ONE called locally Ceramics, .
who unite with their medical practice
some of the songs and rites of the You
docs in Louisiana, further down the
Mississippi. But these grannies really
know some secret decoctions of herbs
very efficacious in a certain class of dis.
eases. and which the white doctors have
tried hard, but as yet in vain to detect.
These medical secrets are transmitted
carefully from generation to generation
of grannies, who are much respected az
well as feared by the superstitious blacks
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
Gould Not Pay His Bill.

CHOW that we are engaged come and
let me Introduce you to papa," said Miss
Pottleworth.
81 believe that I have met him." re-
piled young Spickle.
"Bnt in quite another capacity than
that of son-in-law."
"Yes-er; but would rather not meet
him tonight"
"Oh, you must.n
And despite the most violent struggles
of the young man, he was drawn into the
library, where a large. rcd-faccd man,
with a squint in one eye and an enlarge
ment of the nose, sat looking over u lot
of papers.
''Father," said the girl.
''Hum!" he replied, without looking
Up.
~ wish to present to you-"
"What" he exclaimed, looking up and
catching sight of young Spickle. Have
you the impudence to follow me here
Didn't l tell you that I would see you
Tomorrow"
why, father, you do not know Mr..
Spickle, do you?"
II dOnC KNOW MS name, Dut l know
that he has been to my Office three times
a day for a week with a bill. | know
him we'll enough. can't pay that bill
tonight. young man. Come to my office
Tomorrow"
81 hope that you do not think i'll o
me-" said Spickle. 81 have not come t.
collect the bill you have reference to
but
"What! Got another one?"
"You persist in misunderstanding me
I did not come to collect q bill. cal
come tomorrow about that. Tonight
proposed to your daughter, and hav'
been accepted. Our mission is to &C
quaint you with the fact, and gain you
consent TO our marriage"
"Well, is that all?" asked the ole
fellow. ''Blamed if | didn't think yol
had a bill. Take the girl, if that's VIVA
you want. But, say, didn't l tell you tt
bring the bill tomorrow"
eyes, sir"
"Well, you needn't. Our relations ar
different now. Wish | had a daughte
for every bill collector in town.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
Chinese Servants

A Boston woman has lately attracted
some attention from the fact that she has
petitioned Congress to permit her to re-
ceive here a Chinese servant. 81 nave
the man in mind" she states, zone who
was in my employ for eighteen years while
I was in China. Sin l left that country
I have had such a time with my help. l
have had twelve girls in twelve months,
and have tried almost all nationalltles,
but they are either incapable, careless, or
ungrateful. Then, on the other hand, II
they are skillful, they determine to
run the household. My husband was a
missionary to China, as have said, n l
lived in China for eighteen years. we
had a nurse girl, a man-of-all-Work
and a cook, who was a splendid
fellow in the kitchen. The Characters
tics of the Chinese servants are neatness,
perfect obedience, methodical and sys-
tematic. Without any Instruction they
will set apart a day and ar hour for each
duty, and, when the time comes, perform
it promptly. They are skilful cooks, and
learn very quickly. When my Chinese
cook discovered that was about to leave
China, he went to his home, twelve miles
away, so as to avoid the pain of saying
goodbye, yet when I sent for him ne re-
turned. If the man ] desire to send tor
should come here he will will go about
my house singing from morning till might.
In China it was my custom to preserve
fruit in season: On one occasion / remem-
Der saying to Ing Wee, Hadn't we better
buy our arbutus for preserviDg9' He saia,
IF we wait ten days more we shall get it
cheaper by one cash per pound Now a
cash is about one tenth of a cent, but
that illustrates how careful he was Of his
employers interest. How different the
service of the help here4 | have had a
great deal of experience with servants,
and I am satisfied the Chinese are the best
in the world.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
The Young Brides Diary.

Yesterday | bought a little red re-
ceipt book of a pleasing young man who
called at the door. His eyes were so
deep and dark, and his voice so pleading,
that I would have purchased the book if
| had to borrow the money. The book
is a very useful one, and it is bound in
the same color as my new dog.
1t tells how to make custards, blanc
manages and floating island. 1t also tells
you in the back part, how to Il heaves,
CHAMBERS and bolts. l can hardly wait
till George gets the bolts, so that | can
bring out my little red volume and win
him back to life and joy. 1t also gives
other information. Any N with this
book in the house can go to work and
take a person right through long siege
of Group or yellow fever without a doctor,
and there's a whole lot of law In it, so
that George won't have to have a lawyer
or a doctor, and we can save q great
deal that way. Why will people fritter
away their money On doctors and lawyers
when they a get one of these books so
cheap2
Yesterday our landlady gave me a slip
of orleander, and | have planted it in
cste little pitcher in the window, where
it is slowly growing us | write, Il
hardly seems possible that some day il
will be a large tree with little yellow
knobs ON it.
Ali we need now is a home and some
furniture, for I have already secured the
orleander.
/ bought some rhubarb at the drug
store this morning, and tomorrow I viii
make a couple of pies. George il
p~assionately fond of rhubarb pies.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-11-20
The Horsehair Superstition.

A correspondent in Notes and Queris.
saysit is really surprising how widely
spread over Europe tho belief is that
horsehair falling into the water will be.
come living creatures in due course Of
time. 81 have,n he says, "met with
the superstition in Germany, and 9
friend Of mino told me that Russian
peasants had shown him, swimming in
a bottle, a lively horsehair which they
had taken out Of Lake Ladoga. | have
known educated persons in Germany
who kept horsehairs in bottles filled
with water and shook them from time
to time to see whether life had not come
to them yet, and whose hope and faith
and want of all scientific training wa
such that they felt sure the horsehaii
was just beginning to swim with sponta
neous motion, and were irritated by m,
scfpticism. Al German emigrant il
North America assured me solemnly tina
he had tried the experiment with perfect
success. The superstition is based OF
the existence of fliform worm, gordiu
aquaticus, which is found in stagnant
pools and is not unlike q wrigglinl
horsehair.