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The Washington bee., 1886-09-04

collector.
Miss Lucinda Greene is at home
again.
Laws Seminary will open Sept.
2Oth.
Many persons are returning
from the springs.
A large number of visiting MIN
listers are in the city.
AS. Thomas is confined to bis
room.
Miss. Tilly Miller left yesterday
for Charleston, S. G.
There are now en-route for Cal
ifornia 5000 emigrants
Mrs. Shermont w. Lewis, is in Loudon
Co., Va, with her children.
Miss Eliza Upshaw has return.
ed to the City looking well.
Miss Mason, in Half ST., s. W.
have returned from Essex Co., Va.
Every body will go to the Ply.
mouth Congregational picnic.
Maj. w. c. Cox arrived from
Saratoga last Monday, looking
quite well.
Miss Lizzie Ward is home again
having spent two weeks of enioy
ment at Atlantic city.
Recorder Mathews left Wash.
ington Thursday evening for AL
bany,
Mr.. John L. Watkins has beer
appointed principal of school in
birmingham, Ala.
Messrs Powell and Roberts O
Richmond, Va, left Friday 70
their home.
Rev. S. j. X. Nelson expects tc
teach Public School at Arlington,
Va.
DIR. I. S. Upshaw, will leave 70
the south in a few days. The doc
tor is a jolly fellow.
Hon. John Mercer Langston an,
family have gone on a visit to AL
bany, N. Y.
Don't forget the picnic by th
government Printing office Socia
club. See advertisement.
Miss Mary A. Grasty, who is no,
at Cottage city, Mass, will b
home September 18th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Washing
ton deeply mourn the loss of thei
H'tle Clarence aged 4 months.
Miss Eliza Jordan, of NorfolI
va, arrived in the city Tuesday
She is stopping with Mrs. Brow
at l4l6 st., u. W.
Mr. VIM. II. Washington wen
70 Norfolk, and Petersburg, Va
last week on a pleasure trip, ii
returned Thursday.
~ Mrs. M. Carroll, left the cit
thursday morning for Richmond
sa', where she intends to spend
&c" days with relatives.
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
Legal PhraseoloKy.
lHan's Isurnai of Health. 1

If man would, according to law, give to another an orange, instead of sAytag |" l give you that orange" which one would thiak wosad be what Is called h legal phraseslogy an absolute convey asce Of all ngAt and title tAcrein." the phrase woaid rsa thas give you all and singular my estate and interest, rigAt, title and daim. aad advastAge of, all in snd to that orange, with all its rad. skis. juice. pulp and pips, and all right asd ad
 vantage Aerein, with fall power to bite, cut, seek and otseTwise eat the same, CT give the same away as fully asd e6ect- uslly as 1, said A E am now end,led to bite, cut sack CT otherwise eat the same orange. or give the same away with or without its Hsd. jzses, ps!p aad pips
 anything heretofore er hereafter, or ia any other deeds. instssmea. or iastru- ments of what natsre or kiad ssevex to the contrary Is any -ise no,~iths,anding"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06

L rzie's feeling confosnded him but as he saw that her feelings were reused, his anxisty was not how she had eludcd h:s vigilance and fallen in love after all, but whether Vernon would prove an honor able fellow
 "At Last letter came from him. bat it was to Lzne h1rseli, assuming a pleasan, summer spent together 1; goss'p ping lightly about people and things; speaking Of a reunion at some future time, but as far az the astipodes fron . love letter. Yet, in her issxperis>cs, L Lzns received il as sufficient earnest that he would keep his promise. Perhaps tho wish was uncon. sdously father to the thought, for SOW shat she vas going back ts tae dssth-ia- life sf her Gxisteacs at home, all her old discostsat re1ossied by her lsvs, ali her pride rallied absat the idss sf marrying vss1sa. She resumed to hE home asd told her mother that she was sagaged.
 "h hrA Cregssy vas lsss aagry ssd sx- citsd than L zzie had expected, but when the graadfatsr had told her Ais asdcsy abost the nsn's fckissess, she vas sn . ply funouA SAs told her fsthsr that rather than ts sssa ss hold Lzzse st Yer pon's goeA Plsasare, hs mast wYiss aad break the thiDg sG bstsrs L'zis Asi bssa drawn fnso . seatt0ontal corssseSudsnce
 :" Bat the cd naa thosgAs 1i6srsstly Izzie 1sse - tAe tsny sf it hssssif WkA her psssoae bahs( b Vss.sa sAs would ai~ays rsprsaeA her graaA-lAsA~ sitA hsvisg ssui6csd Ag haPpisss. f As issss6sssA Ssfess tAs p,ay was plsysd ssa
 "A Leg aas saapssd bsswsss v9- nss's ksss asA sscsaA htsss, . lsagH tns bsevesn the secosA and third. Thsy
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06

were short, friendly leseerS ceuEteoas and disea8e, and so anybody Aat tAelr in- htuaaeA recipient aiEeay commoo.placa and aninteressing. as their wTiser, la hts infinite sxperience h 'taparing eff aA affair, douhtloss intended tAsy sAeald he. Al last, when Aalt a year had goAe by and hsx grandfather saw the poor girls belief in the man survived his indiGsr. ence, he commanded Aer to write te Yer Aoa that he must state his plaas clsarlT e haH grandfather CT the correspondence must cease. Of course that aAd0d 1t. Vernon tried to appear like here ef re- nance, in his answer, but somehow both the AeTolsm and the romance seemed sirained. He released her as gently but as explicitly As he could, saying that be had loved her dearly ORce. ltwas weak letter even as literature 1t was 0pan ts criticism. Reduced to celd black and wAite, NeTnen was at a disadvantage He committed the indiscIetioa of exprsss- ing hope ,has they might renaia friends. She wrste in reply to this wish that as the man she had loved uaacr the name ot Vernon had no existeace except In hex imagin ation, herself and a certain Mr Vszson wso happened ie exist could oAly be strangers, as in fact they had neves met.
 "For some reason Vernon was piqued at tAis, and wrees again asking her to re- censider her severe sentence bat to this she vsucAsafed Hs reply. SAe learned leve by rude methods, dian't sAei' "Yss, bat how lucky tor the doctor thai she win always have such weak speci. med to contrast Aim wilA."
 @HAvc niusir aisa Hy theory aben, 3 girl first loving lsva"
 "Yes; but it is incomplete until NC hear from the decter whether Hext she lsves her lsvez and tha, l'n not inclined ts give My views ahout--"
 "You're not incliAcd Good Lord hsw should you kHow anything about 1t
 "Siscs l'n the man shes going to mary Keep your seasss, my dear fsllow I've heard the whole stsry a great deal better tsld."
 "Frsm whom, for heavens sake ?" From LrrSs Gregory, for happiness sake. FIda<isfaH.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
The First Gun of the War.
lExch ange. ]


 Commodore ohn DoAkcn writes as fol lows on the subject of tho first hostile shot fired by rebel in 1861:
 believe 1 saw the first snot fred in the civil war, was the second officer Ot the steamer Star of the West,' which was fired upon by the southerners at Sewell s Point. We had on board soldiers and supplies for General Anderson at Fort Sumpter. We sailed under sealed CT ders, and did not know where we were going unul aRer they were opencd out a, sea. But buchauan's secretary of the interior, Jacob Thompson, telegraphed our departure aud destination to tho rob. els at Charleston. and they lay in wait to give us a reception. About seven o'clock in the morning of Jaauary 9 IS6t, the masked battery op Sewell . Point opened Ire. The shots fell thick and another passed between the smoke pipe and walking beam, alnost grszinP the legs of a quartermaster named Han. nigan, who was iH tho port chains , I heaving the lead. Haanigan rcoled up tho line and started oG tor the o.hez side of the .hip, when Captain McGowan said to him, Haunigan. where are you go iagp "Pm go,ng over to the othei side; 1 doot Ike tAem things car heave the lead on the other Mde just as well," said HannigAA. "Tut, tut" saic the csptain, "carpen balls don't strike twice in the same place But Hanni gan felt nervous. We had Hot a gun. | was about two miles to Fort Sum pter and wo had Co pass within point -blanl range of all the guns of For, Moultrts Capture CT dssnscsios was inevitable, st after being sndss fire absut i've minutes the captain erdeEed tho helm hasd-a port, and wc came back to New York.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
TWO SoNNETS.
BY KARL MARBLE.

when Aspiration woees woman's soul, "L,a Meditation wins her heart away ETom trivial things to realms where Fan
 cysp play vn,arses lie beyond its slavish dole, And speeds it hence 10 find its grandest
 goal,
 Since 1t is sweetly blessed a.d crowned
 slSay By raim.n. elinging as an aureoie. ,,Ianeuage subtitle, sweet and full of grace, Fer drG pipg thoughts that flow beyond the Of this worlds Limitations dull and
 drear, sb. speaks the while angelic glows her face, Aad sings of coming days more blissful,
 when
 She finds in every happy soul a peer. svee, singer in the dearest, daintiest rhyme NJ, thoughts are with thee this fair morn
 isg h'Hr; And while ear,h's crosses darkly round
 may lower, The soul will wander in a fairer cline, Beyond the realms oi earthly -tainted time, Where Love bolds sway in castle and in tower,
 And Hate and Greed outside may rage aud gloNsr, The while we breathe the fragrance of the
 thyme. Sing on forever sweetly sing for ayel The world may not its busy plodding
 cease,
 To cheer d woman's sweet and modest
 lays; But she may prison in them breaths of May, That ne'er 10 brighten some sad hearts
 will cease,
 And scatter May through dull December
 days. D .JEoN Faito.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
For the Ladies

Laughter is the poor maa's plaster.
 Making every burden aRh,; Tu -ntnE sadness Isio giEfness.
 DarkeN hours to May dawn bright. ris the deepest and the cheapest
 Cure GT ills Of tbis description, But for these that woman . heir ts
 Use Dr. Piercs's "Fxvorite Preseriptisn, ' Cures all weakaesses aad irregularities | bearing down." sensatioas, intsssai ts- ver,' bloatisg, displacemesis i.HAmna- tion, morning sickness and teadcacy to cancerous disease Phce redsced to ons dollar. By druggias
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06

pretty bad imitation of the sans gene ol an English gentleman. As soon as he smiled any maa would have known what he was; and to woman who only meant to amuse herself. of ceurse i, would ne, matter what he was but Lizzie was not that woman. He had spent his life in jiltiBg and boosting of tt; 90 he knew at once just about the caiibex of the four girls. He took an of hand fancy to Jalia Jackson, the tallest and most aggressive of tho four, and showed a disposition to slight Mary Harris, the girl who had an- nounced his coming so rapturousiy-ex. plaincd by the fact that he moved in . better sociai circle than she tn the town that vas their common home. With Jennie Carew, the soubrettish third, he would have entered into a boiHeroos, middle-class hrtation at once, if his in stinct had not warned him that this would make hum lose caste with LizIie, who, he saw had been differently bred, asa he did net wish to wake an early pxjudice. They all took sabdued lit- tie walk. and coming back to the board ing house, Vernon mel LizIie's grand father, whose comment was that Vernon looked .ickiy.
 "Vernon proceeded to sample the young ladies' powers to amuse him, with deiiberane.ess that was edions. He pursued different line in dravisg os, out each, which he believed to be replsse ~ith knowledge of vomaa's nature. Te Jslia Jscksoa Ae cos6ded . recent loss adair of his ewn with . nAnisa lady, daring which artlsss satPesriHg she calmly neteA that his testh were aiscsl- cred, that hs put perfume on his mas tacAss, aad that hs pad 10 asasa3se = what she said in answer. Last anA leasa she thought his convsrsation too indis-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
FOR THE WEST,

Thsrs gre . se1bss sf rssses ssSssG te tAe sASv~- =.s ss - sss @ - s - ' sse.sss S..ss fSsss y::I,.. hss ,.s s.Ars s.s s;s ..s sy: .: ess.s we~A AeshAs~s, q. JesspA aA1 Om4kA. 0AAs ess sse4shs1 = s1 HAknS. ses 6elsvs1s, les 9s.ssS aS< CsaSssss ssszsss vto sGDsess SAiAs sf AA A.ss,
 Al Afe64ess, eonas<4Ss b mAAs via exp<e w.ane ess kAeAas esA Aeefas4a po4ses. WN1n fDs OAAoDrMAa.
 flls hse s1.s . pessss e resp . sss wsa sn1 . 3sAesses - ss.sSssi sssss.y .ass ksssSx9Q
 H. c. TOwuuEuD. \. Il. H0xik. TSis1 viss-frsst q. Issss. hs.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
Standing ( fl.

lShoe aad Leather kepsster.l AiA't # tine yos paid ae that $s1' @ raiat due." " vas the rspiy. Bat yos promised to pay ne wksz yoo Res back from New Yort." Well, l haia'i bsss tAsse, he replied
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06

Dslicste D.ssasss. aHsctins mais U ie@ale, o~ev9 iadscsd, speedily as pexaaseptiy cured. Illustrated boos for 10 cents is stamps. Worlds D,spss. sasy Medical Association, 663 Mais strses, Bu6alo. N Y.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06

Let a prince ss guarded with soldisss at,s.dsl by cosseilisss, and shat sp 1, iosts yse h his shoughs disturb ki4 hs is mtswA AplaL -PIwksSfh
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06

Salvation Osl ths greatest pais care h the aciverss, can bs bought tor 7s cssts a bottle.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-10-02
Flour and Grist Mill

35 IT. by 10 #, four stories high and other out
buildings The water power appurtenant to the
mill is one OF the best i'll Cecil county, and the
machinery IL. said mill is in good repair consist
ing OF two sets OF burrS. cob-cruSher and all nee
essary cleaning and boiling machinery.
The properties above described are situated in
healthy locality. in one OF tn best neghbOr-
hoods in the county. convenient to schools.
churches. stores, &c., and they well worthy
the attention OF persons desiring such properties
The two tracts will he offered a whole, sub
Ject TO mortgage of $1,000 with interest from the
18th day OF July, 1856; said mortgage bearing
date the 18th day OF July, 1856 and recorded in
Liher A. d.. No. II. folio 80 &c, another OF
said land record books
Also. at the same time and nlace the following
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-10-02
Sam Jones Daughters

ATLANTA Constitution.
In speaking of parental dlty Nj. Jones
said II have got girls in the bud nov;
il two or three years more they will be
full blooming young ladies on the carpet
| don't know how your parents feel abor t
it, but am less concerned about getting
my daughters off than any fellow you
ever saw. | will board them ana tai
care of them as long as they are gctd
girls, and il they nev.r marry it's all
right but | will tell you what it is,
don't care how badly wanted my daugta
ters to marry, | would not push them out
in certain circles of society. If you have
boy that wants wife, and knew girl
just like your daughter iii every way,
would you waut your son to marry her
a dancing. glddy, Goddess, Christless
girl, would you? Now, honor bright.
would you? You say: No, Jones; give
it up. God knows | want my boy o
marry a better girl than my vile raISeo.
1t You had sweet, nice daughter, and IA
fellow had "a fac simile of your boy.
would you like to see her marry him
Let me say this: If | " anted to m try my
daughter well / would try to have them
taught how to bake bread, fry chicken,
and do all manner of domestic duties So
well that when persons came III our house
they would say my wife was the best
housekeeper they ever saw. when in fac t
1t was our daughter work. Then there
will some first-class boy come here, $50
miles from home, and marry her. | went
800 miles to get tirStclaSs wife from
Kentucky, and got her, too. put you
young men on notice. | told my vile
that when any boys came to oar house to
ask them in the parlor and treat them
like gentlemen, ami then got out aud
hunt up little Paul and Bob to come Iii
and see them, but to tell the visitors thai
my daughters were up stairs studying
their lessons. Boys, if you want to see
Paul and Bob just rack around"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-10-02
A MISERABLE WIFE.

'Ies, professor, I'm afraid | shall
have to rent or sell the farm. My wife
is SO miserable. | cannot carry it on
without hiring, and hiring eats up all
the profits"
| looked at the speaker admiringly.
He was about fifty, and as robust as a
man of thirty. His whiskers neatly
trimmed, showing full red cheek. He
wore a jaunty hat and natty cutaway-
coat and below his vest hung a silk fob
and heavy gold seal. | was proud OF
him. He was perfect of the New
York gentleman from the rural districts.
| wanted to impress his picture on my
memory.
so your wife is miserable ,"
Eyes, kinder droopin', with a dry
cough and no ambition. She Jest kinder
drags around the house and looks SO
peaked and scrawny it gives me the
blues. 1t does, | swan if it don't"
Naturally weak, wasn't she?"
"She On, no. When married her
she was the smartest girl on the creek.
She used to work for her father, and
the way she made the work stand
around took my eye. She wus poor
gal and her industry got her a rich hus-
band"
Here he carelessIy took out gold
watch, looked at the time, put it back
and adjuste1 the silk fob on the front
of his nicely fitting trousers.
$50 she did well getting married on
account OF her industry"
"Nhy, OF course. she was getting
only two dollars and fifty cents a week,
and she became mistress of a farm"
excuse me, but how much are you
worth now, contidentially you know; |
am scientific man, and will never use
such facts to your injury with the asses
sor.'
well, professor, | could crowd fifty
thousand dollars pretty hard"
That is very good. How long have
you been married?'
''Thirty years next fourth Of July.
We went down to Albany on little
teeter, and | proposed the match and
lane was willin'."
GLOW much do you suppose you
have made in these thirty years."
"iIum-um-lemme see. | got the
Davis farm the first ten years, then |
run in debt for the Simmons place, got
war prices for my cheese, and squared
upboth places. Well, | have cleared
up thirty thousand dollars since we
spliced.'
Very good, indeed. And your wife
has been great help to you in all this
time"
ooh, you bet. She was a RATHER.
She took care of her baby and the milk
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WHOLE No. 2,277
{. Suppose you were treated

the way. Suppose you were treated
SOP"
"What meo | am all right"
Eyes, | know. Women pity you for
! you are tied to such a sorrow-lo looking
wife. Foolish old maids and silly girls
whisper behind your back what a nice
looking man you are, and what a stick
of wife you have, and you are lust
soft enough to wear tight boots, and
oil what little hair you have left on the
top of your head and 90 around figuring
up bow long before your wife Will die"
Say, now, see here, professor, there
is limit to endurance. | am going"
II am coming down to see you next
week will it be all right?'
Eyes, if you drop this kind of talk
and won't tell of my complaints about
my wife, | will try your medicine.
Would you stick to that part of the pro-
position about the pocket-book and
twenty dollar notes?o'
How much did YOU say you two had
made together"
Il cave. The dress will be all right,
and the pony and ph1ton will be handy
for the gals. Come down and see US,
old man, but not a word about this
plain talk. Ifyou wasn't an old man
I'd" and tipping his Derby back on
his head ad shaking the wrinkles on. of
his tight trousers, he put his hands into
his pockets and sauntered away.
"There,' said |, ''is one man who
has taken the only legal and God given
way of getting rid CT miserable wife,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-10-02
I'IIIG FUN ERAI-


] HU Cd.ictOn. in Hnpcy's Hcek'y
| was walking in Savannah; past il churc,
decayei and dim,
When there slowly through the window
came a paint;ve funeral hymn;
And IA sympathy awakened, and a wonde
quickly grew,
Till found mysef enyironed in a littl,
negro pew.
out at front cnlored couple sat in sorrow
nearly wild;
ON the altar was the coffin, in the coffin was
child,
could picture him when living curly hair
Drotrudng lip
And had seen perhaps IA thousand in my
hdrried Southern trip.
But no baby ever rested in the soothing
arms of Death
That had famed more flames of sorrow with
hi: little tiuttering breath;
And no funeral ever giisrened with more
sympathy profound
Than was in the chain of tear-drops that en-
cldsped those mourners round
Rose sad and old colored preacher at the
little wooden desk
With manner grandiy awkward, with a
countenance groteSgue;
With simplicity and shrew,lness on his
Ethiopian lace;
With the ignorance and wisdom of a crushed
undying race.
And he sail: "Now don't be weepin' for
dis pretty bit O clay,
For de little boy who lived deere Le done
gone an run away;
He was dom very finely, and he 'preciate
your love,
But his sure huff Father want him In de
large house above.
CHOW He dldn' give you dat baby by hun
d1ed thousan' mile.
He inst think you need some sunshine, and
He lend it for while.
An He let 70 keep an love it till your
hearts was bigger grown,
~
de interest on the loan.
Here Yer oder pretty chilrun-don't be
maxim it appear
Dat yonr love got sort o 'nop'liZed by dis
little fellow here;
Don pile up too much your sorrow on der
little mental shelves
Sos to kind o. set 'em wonierin' if dey're
40 account themselves.
"Just you think, you poor deah monnahs,
creerin' long DER sorrows WY,
What blessed little picnic dis yere baby's
got today:
Your good faderS and good moders crowd
&c little fellow round
In de angel-tended garden by de Big Plan
tation Ground.
can dey ask him: WAS your feet sore?'
an take off his little shoes,
An dey wash him, an dey kiss him, an
dey say: Now what's de news?'
An de Lawd done cut his tongue loose; Gen
de little fellow say:
All our folks down in de valley tries to keep
de hebbenly way.
can bis eyes dey brightly sparkle at de
pretty things he view;
Fen a tear came, an he whisper But |
want my parents, too.
Bnt de Angel Chief Musician teach dat boy
a little song;
Says: IF only dey be fait'fu dey will soon
be comm long
AN he'll get an educatin' dat will proberly
be worth
Seberal times as much as any you could buy
for him on earth;
He'll be in de Llwd's big school house, wild
out no contemp pit or fear;
While dere'S no end to de bad tings night
have happened to him here.
SO my pnoah detected monnahs, let your
hearts wild JESUS rest.
An don - to crltercisin' dat ar One wat
knows de best.
lie have sent us many comfortS-He have
right to Ike away
To the Lawd be praise an glory now and
ever.-Let Us pray"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-10-02
Tennyson's "May Queen.

Who knows but if the beautiful girl WHO
died so young had been blessed with DIR.
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription - she might
| have reigned on many another bright Maj
day. The "Favorite Prescription" is n Gel.
tain cure for all those disorders to which
females are liable.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-10-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS,

TIIIS is to give notice that the subscri-
L bers, of Cecil county. have obtained from the
Orphans Court of said county. letters OF adm i'll
istration on the personal estate OF
DAVID X. RAI4STON.
iate of said county, deceased. All persons having
claims against the said deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof duly authenticated,
on or before the 18th day OF February. 1851;
they may otherwise, by law, he excluded from IA II
benefit OF said estate. All persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make Immediate pay
ment to the subscribers. Given under our hands
this 24th day Of August. 1856.
SARAH w RALSTDN.
ROBERT G. TIL ACkERY.
Administrators.
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