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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-03
CRIMINAL CARELESSNESS.
The Terrib Neglect OF Heads of
Families and it's Disastrous
Consequences.

"he that provideth not for his own fam
lily, and especially they of his own house.
hold, hath denied the faith, and is worse
than aE lntidel."
This sentence is from the Bible, but the
sad fact remains that there are few famI-
lies in America to-day that are we'll pro-
vided for. This does not arise wholly
from willtulness, but far too often from
carelessness or neglect. The head of the
household may provide material things in
abundance, may try 10 anticipate the
slightest want OF every member of the
household, and yet come very far short OF
his duty. The slightest ply steal trouble
In any home should always be hailed with
alarm instead OF being looked upon with
indifference, as is the case in too many
instances; even more than this, it should
be the duty Of the head of the family to
provide against the slightest trouble by
fortifYing the constitution of the wife and
children so that physical pain and weak
ness will have poor reception when they
come.
b ut the reader may ask, GLOW can ore
with numerous cares and duties properly
do thIsW BY using those things which
have been proven to be the best for sus-
tanning life and renewing energy. By TAX
ing advantage of any new and valuable
discovery which can tend to this end.
There has probably been no production
which mas rewarded the care and study
Of the chemist which is so valuable as the
wonderful Vollna Cordial. 1t is the re-
suit of the best thought, the most careful
compromising of recent years, and the
wonderful popularity it is achieving,
shows the remarkable qualities it pos
sesses. For arousng the energy and
Vlgor OF the head of the family when be
is careworn and weak, for sustaining the
strength OF the mother in her manifold
duties. and for developing the powers OF
the child when 1t is puny and ailIng, there
is absolutely nothing known to modern
science or physics that can equal Volina
Cordial.
1t is not surprising that the knowledge
of these facts has had such an effect as it
has, in America, during the past few
months. Few houses in the leading cities
can be found that do not contain this
Remedy as household article, and IL is
rapidly finding it's way into the more in
terror towns, and even into the country
These facts are significant, and show that
there is tendency on the part of the peo-
pie OF this land to accept that which has
unquestioned merit and power. and use it
where its influence can DE of the greatest
good, namely: in the nome.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-03

no lear, but. according to her sister, had
toid him she could not leave her parents.
out ne had only said again that she must
cothe. once again, later, she told her
sister that he had come 10 her with the
same message, and she had now evidently
gwen up desiring to remain. as she told
her sister how she wished to be dressed at
her burial and whom she wished to dress
her. Soon after that Young Cunliffe's
latner came to Mr.. Gilbert, sorely dis
turbed, and told him that one morning as
ne was lying down his son had come to
aim ana stood at the foot of his bed. His
lather had asked him what it was that he
desired, and he replied:
II came to see you, father | am
staying at Gilberts, and | am going
PACK there now. l have been there ever
slnoe L lett you. Where else should |
beg
Mr.. Gilbert, attempted to reason the old
gentleman out of his notion, but he in
sisted that it was no dream or vision, but
that MIS- son had actually visited and
spoken TO him, and that in broad day light.
In the mean time Miss Gilbert continued
10 maintain that her last day was APP
preaching, and no amount of persuasion
seemed to shake her belief. One week
ago last evening she and her parents were
attending birthday party at a neighbours.
MISS tiIhert was sitting at the lunch table
chatting with some companions, when,
without word of warning, she Tell to the
1oor motlonlees. Her father and mother
raised her, and both said her heart had
ceased to beat. Their cries and lamenta-
lions and their frenzied attempts TO rouse
her, they state, rallied her for a few mo-
ments, and she was hurriedly conveyed
nome, where she expired shortly after
ward, leaving her friends almost stupefied
with grief. Her funeral was one of the
largest conversations of mouruers ever
seen in that locality.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-03
DID CUNLIFFE COME BACK?
The Vision of Athaliah Gilbert and
Her Remark able Death.
From the SAT- Lake Hsyald.

From the SAT- Lake Hsrdld.
A few days ago we chronicled the death
OF MISS Athaliah Gilbert OF South Cotton
wood. AT the time Of the announcement
tnere were reports current that some
events out of the ordinary were connected
with ner decease, but at that time there
were no means of ascertaiuing the parti-
cu!ars. Yesterday, however, Mr.. James
ulDert, the young lady's father, and
several other Cottonwood people, were in
lle city, and from them reporter learned
Ipe iacts which follow. All the names
mentioned are those of responsible and
"eA-EnoWn citizens, and unreal as the
narrative sounds there can be no doubt Of
Us authenticity.
Tue young lady was 10 years old at the
r'he OF her death, and appears 10 have
ioeen possessed of ono OF those warm,
tON"ole, BRIGHT. and eyen-tempered dis
POSITIONS which endear the owner to every
Tue win whom she comes in contact
nIouyh so young, she took busy part IN
"ll church duties, and in improvement
associations. and the Sunday school her
eeahe always had prominent place.
SDue three or four years ago she formed
~ ~ lutimacy with youth named John
s I'm Tue, the son of neighbor, and, de-
80, NC bShuSI yedT5O Oh DOJu, lHcy Dccdtuh
p,ltoogly attached TO each other, aud pro-
,ohto no end Of comment at their old
,,aehloned devotion and steadfast affection
wi one another. This state OF affairs
continued until the girl was 10 years old,
"hen the association was rudely broken
~ aeath OF young Cunliiie, lie lost his
rae rom the kick OF q wild horse about
lar ago. When the intelligence was
4, T'oushi to Miss Gilbert, her father says,
- :, taVe her shock from which she never
lowered. She almost sank beneath the
LOW ana AZ his funeral her paroXysms
y. gIlei were so violent that it was feared
n nvI reason would depart. In time, how
b,ef' sue resumed her accustomed duties,
s ~, u WAS evident that the blow she had
SuS.alned had sunk deep into her lite. She
ie'uOm reused herself from deep
nrra1,uargy OF sadness, aud dav by day her
Soior and strength and the freshness OF
'outh seemed TO be ebbing away.
h. rev months ago she alarmed her sister
telling her that John had visited her
SSs.ainoer, and had told her that she must
"eDare TO come to him. She manifested
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-03

G the tortures Of neuralgia!
o the misery OF dyspepslr!
q the wTeichedness Of headachef
d tho gripes OF bilious colo.
Ali OF these will surely vanish
Like the snow before the SCUM Wlnu,
n vonill ONLY take SMITHS BILE BEANS.
You can buy them at your drug store
For 4 quarter Of q dollari
And IL you vii, only try them
You VIII never be without them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-03
Errtili,rra.

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COTTON SEED MEAL.
COTTON SEED HULL ASHES.
Once, NANDERHoRsT's WHARF.
All orders promptly flied.
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-03

DOph BINDING.-Law Books, Magazines,
- Music, Bibles. and ali kinds OF Subscrip-
ton Rocks, pound IN nnv style desired at the
MORNING NEWS PRINTING HOUSE, 3
whitaker street. Savannah.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-03
DGteIs.
DUB,s sCRTVEN HOUSE

THIS popular hotel is now provided with n
cityi and has been romodeled and ewly fur
nlshed. The proprietor, VINO by recent pur-i
chase is also the owner of the esta 1ishment,
spares neither pains nor expense in the enter,
Florida visitors is earnestly invited. The
table of the Screven House Is supplied with
every luxury that the markets at home or
abroad can afford.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11
MIR. BLAINE AND PROHIBITION.

In answer to question from one of
the audience, Mr.. Blaine declared at a
recent meeting in Maine that ''the Ma
tional party is not Prohibition party,
but the Republican party in Maine is. !"
This comes from the highest authority
and is no doubt absolutely correct. We
call the attention of our friends of the
Republican press, and particularly of
the editor OF the Philadelphia Press, to
this statement of Mr.. Blaine. 1t ought
to set at rest the widely and perslstently
circulated falsehood that the prohlbitory
law in Maine is not enforced and en-
tirely useless. 1t is not for a moment
to be credited that the Republican party
of Maine, at the head of which stands
the Republican candidate for the Presi
dency, would declare itself the cham
plon and defender of law ineffective
and of no account.
The truth of the matter seems to be
that while the prohibitory law has not
accomplished what the most enthusiast
tic of its friends hoped it would, yet it
has been productive of great good SO
much so that the leading and substantial
men of that state endorse and would re-
sist any attempt TO repeal it. Under
such circumstances it does not become
professed Republican papers, especially
those who profess and express profound
admiration for Mr.. Blaine, to JON in
the hue and cry of the liquor organs
that prohibition does not prohibit, and
that there is more drunkenness since
the enactment of the law than before
Lancaster Inquirer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11

DR.. WM. LEE, secretary of the Mary
land State Board of LunaCy was Wis
iting this county with view OF inspect
ing officially the alms-houSe and Jail,
where INDECENT insane persons are cared
for. Since he has been in the county
he not only visited these county insti-
tutions, but also distributed copies OF
the state law regulating the care of such
persons, and explained the workings OF
the same. DR.. John Morris also a
member of the state board accompanied
DR.. Lee, and examined the plans OF
the proposed county asylum, to see
that it will be constructed IN accord
ance with the requirements of the state
law regulating such institutions.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11

when it says that it was not what Mayor
Hodges may have actually done while
within the Jurisdiction of the Name
law that constituted his offence against
good taste, but what he did after he
got back to Baltimore. In the inter
view with representative OF news
paper he held the Maine law up to
contempt and ridicule, and recounted
gleefully the funny eXpedlents" by
which the law is evaded. He described
how bouIL0U is sold in teacups, said
bouillon being an Intoxicating beverage
favored with mint.
And this is particularly bad taste,
because Mayor Hodges is well-known
to be an aspirant for the governor S
chair. Now, in large part of Mary
land local prohibltory laws are already
in force, and are upheld by the best
ClllLeHS vi lIlG IOullllCS III Will tHNJ
are in force. If there are funny expe
dents for violating those laws in the
local option counties, the people there
of do not look upon them as matter for
laughter. Yet, if Mayor Hodges laughs
at the violations of the law at Bar Har-
Dor, why may he not laugh at violations
of law in the prohibition counties of
Maryland?
These are matters which the thought
fui people of Maryland speak of with
great regret. From all parts OF the
state we hear that Mayor Hodges glee-
full description of the violation of the
Maine laws has given much pain and
sorrow to the friends of prohibition,
and we cannot but regard it as piece
of bad judgment and bad taste that he
should so wantonly and unnecessarily
have offended 50 many worthy citizens
OF Maryland.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11
THERE never was a better or MOI

THERE never was a better or more
consistent temperance man in high
public life than Vice President Henry
Wilson. He said some time before his
death in a speech in Ohio: Forty
years of experience and observation
have taught me that the greatest evil in
the land is intemperance. When
younger, had hoped to see that evil
repressed. But we have got to rely on
appeals and addresses made to the
heart and conscience of this nation.
Suppose that many of your laws have
failed we know that the cause OF tenn
perance is right and we see and feel
the eviderce all around US in living
lives of total abstinence ard recon-
mending others to do likewise.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11

The able and independent Washing
ton Star, in speaking of Prohibition in
Pennsylvania
Gen. Beaver will be hard man to
make Roadway against on the anti-Equor
issue, for he is known all over the state
for his temperance opinions and prac-
tee and the more moderate Prohibi-
tionists will probably be divided between
their allegiance to the third party as an
organization and the policy of support,
ing candidate who is in his own per-
son so worthy an exponent of the prln-
ciples they profess, and has, withal, a
prospect of being elected.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11
ANSWER VS.. OBJECTION.

The friends of absolute Prohibition
in Cecil, at every turn are met by the
objection to it, that laws strictly prohi
bitory of the liquor traffic, never have
been, and never can be successfully en-
forced. They don't assert in the same
breath that partially Prohibitory laws
are on the other hand successfully en-
forced, but they let you infer, that they
can be, and upon that presumption,
they argue the impolicy of adopting in
Cecil county a Prohihitory law that
ce27ulNIr cannot be enforced, in pre-
ference to a milder law, that PROBABLY
would be enforced.
To maintain this argument they
travel away from home to cite the testi-
mony of those who hold the same
views with them, going to show how
Prohibition has failed in Iowa, and in
Kansas. How it is now failing in Rhode
Island, where it has been so recently
adopted, and then to cap the climax of
successful illustration, they point to
Maine, where the friends of Prohibl,
ton they say have been worrying with
it since 1858, and haven't got anything
like perfect law yet.
Now while experience elsewhere,
may upon general principles be worth
something, as illustrating the practical
working OF laws restrictive or prohibi-
tory of the liquor traffic, yet will any
intelligent voter in Cecil county deny,
that home testimony as to the compar-
alive value or efficiency of any two
systems of Regulating this traffic, IS
better testimony than any that can be
derived from outside sources?
What is the home testimony on this
subject OF the enforcement Of a restrlc-
tive liquor law compared with that un
der Prohibltory law, and where the
best source to obtain this evidence?
Both questions can be answered in a
single sentence.
Tile records Of tile circuit court fer
this county Sho5p, that during fse
years Of prohibition there haze been
Scs'cnt-eight broSccntonS,and 9fMeSe
there haze been conolrtiOnS in one on
of eaoy SIX cases, a9hHe during nine
years Of license there 7gc1e one Inn
d,-ed and MU1p-t7e0 prosecutions, ana
c0naictions acre obtained in only enc
case cut Of thirty.
1t certainly then is very plain that
this bug bear of non enforcement is a
stronger argument againt a license law
than against Prohibitory one, since
successful prosecutions were less num-
erous under the former than under the
latter.
In other words, the records of this
county show, that in a given number of
cases more violations of tn present
and imperfect Local Option Law were
secured, than under the old license
system.
What is the fair and reasonable IN
ference to be drawn from this evidence.
Simply this, that under better and
more stringent law, successful prosecu-
tons for its violation would be still
more numerous, and just in proportion
as these prosecutions became more
successful, would violations of the law
diminish in number.
We think then that intelligently con-
sidered, the objection of non-entorce-
ment, is stronger argument against
the proposed High License Law, than
against an absolutely Prohibitory one.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11

Mayor Hodges of Baltimore, and
who by the way aspires to be Governor
of Maryland, visited Bar Harbor in the
state of Maine this summer, and after
his return to Baltimore was interviewed
by areporter of Baltimore newspaper
in which interview he gives a very
'sfunnyr account of the eXpedients he
was compelled to resort to, to evade
the prohbitory law there, to get his
prog. Now while it is Mister Hodges
own business whether he takes gin,
wine, rum, or brandy, or whether he
doesn't, it is quite another thing, when
Nay0y Hodges of Baltimore openly
derides any law of his own or any other
state, and publicly sets himself up as
CONSPICUOUS example of the genteel law
breaker, that less genteel soakers mltat-
ing him, may in turn become law break
ers. We therefore think, the .AWey1CGN'S
comment on Mayor Hodges is deserved
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11

II seems that there are some heavy
drinkers in Philadelphia. The Times
of that city says that one Philadelphia
hotel has six customers who drink over
sixty-fve whiskeys a day each. Another
hotel has two customers who imblbe
regularly eight quarts of champagne a
day, ten or twelve who take over twenty
whiskeys day, eight or nine who guz-
zle forty glasses of beer after three
O'Clock each day, and one customer
who regularly drinks two bottles of
cognac a day.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11
John IL. Cough.

No man of the present century has exert
ed such marked influence on behalf OF the
temperance cause as the late John b. Cough.
During the past forty years he delivered
nearly 10, 900 addresses and travelled hun
dred of thousands of miles. On January 10,
1885, he wrote For many years | have
used Ponds Extract with great benefit 1t
has been my comp anion i'll my extensive
travels For bruises, chatting or irritation
have found Invaluable For sore throat, es-
pecially when tending to liberation, have
found 1t very beueticlal.'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11
Last Excursion to Atlantic City.

The last special excursion of the season
to Atlantic City via the Philadelphia, Will
miugton and Baltimore Railroad will be
run on Tuesday, September l4th. The peo-
pie of this section are peculiarly fortunate
in having the opportunity TO take such a
trip i'll September September by the sea
is IA VERY delightful season. The bathing is
still good, and all the other conditions
which raak the saashore attractive remain
in full force. Such trip gives Il day OF de-
lighttul outing, and we commend 1t TO the
consideration of our people.
The special train will run on schedule
given below, and excursion tickets good for
The day aud special tram only will b- sold
from stations mentioned and at Rates quoted
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11
The LATEST From Charlestown >. &.

Two more shocks were felt on Thurs
day. The September rains having set III
and much disc ase and suffering are feared
among the people living i'll tents. The
city appraiser puts the damage to real
estate at 5000, 900 Contributions are
coming in from all sections of the
country, ole man alone having sent
50 600
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11
FLANMEL-T!ME.

Our flannel stock is very much like Il big
rolling snpw-bal,-it gather, as it goes
Year 10y wear ii grows larger and more
varied Sens rs though the Flannel
makers wanted to dress the whole nation
in FlanncIS. They have made it up in st
many faces. weights and STYLES
We've the usual sorts for Mems Wear
more kini> for Ladies' wear, and splendid
assortment for Babies.
Jersey Strip" Finncl>-B Basket Flanncls--Al
Vol ~hrtin: Fhpn'l~ i'll PaidS and Stripes
Eli,r-iuwu FEEn"l@, Nc.
The main interest centres in New Elan,
nclS in the goodness of them and the guam
titv To choose from. But scattered through
the stock there are a GOOD many Bargains
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-11

What is it for that we put in
easiest types the news OF the
store from day to day.
We have heard a wise mer-
chant say that one of the chief
incentives to advertising is the
glory of seelnsone's name and
lucubrations in conspicuous
print. 1t may be with some; but
we look for their names in big
black letters made blacker still
with a setting of broad white
spaces. For our part we choose
the smallest of proper types tor
the name at the end, and for
title the usual style of the paper
as to headings. These give
sort of state or official sanction
to what we have to say; but
they are not conspicuous. The
types get so used to printing
those formal headings and sig
natures they would almost go
on printing them if the printer
should fall asleep; just as you
get so used to seeing them that
you take them for granted, skip
them, don't see them at all.
It's our business to keep you
going in all matters of dress
and furnishing, whether of the
person or house. You act to-
gether somewhat, if you do not
consult together, in all these
matters; and how are you going
to act together unless you have
something to go by? We fur
nish that something to go by.
It's the news of the store. It's
the things to be got. It's the
fashion-for what is fashion for
YOU if it isn't the drift of what
people are doing around you
That isn't to be got out OF
papers or pictures, not the
fashion for you-they are for
people who want to be first, to
lead, not to follow, perhaps not
to be followed. The fashion for
nine out of ten, ninety-nine in a
hundred, for almost all, for all
but a few so few we hardly dare
speak of them lest we seem al
most to trespass on that per
sonal immunity which people
have a right to expect in a civ
ilized country-whlch the news
papers are forgetting nowadays
the fashions for all but al
most none are coming together
with the stufts. There is no
such thing as keeping the fash
ions and stuff apart. The fash
ions are formed, they grow,
they gather strength and con-
troll from the stuffs. You read
and see, arepleasedand choose;
and so the fashions settle and
fix themselves. Unconsciously
YOU are the makers Of local
fashions; and local fashion is
only a phrase for what you pick
out of the stufs the world has
set before you.
After all what is of account to
you in this column is the news
of arriving merchandise. That
we mean to give you with as
little work for the mind in I'M
derstanding as for the eye in
reading and we think it full
compensation for the homeli-
ness of language with which
our gatherings out of the world
at home and abroad are set
forth that the news of the store
is written impartially with very
little regard to profits and loss
es. Themain advantage, to us
as we'll as to you, is in the
things themselves and in your
understanding them. Let the
world of advertisers, then, go
on praising their own particular
wares. Enough for us to print
the news as it comes to pass,
What if by and by you should
find out you can Judge of the
things somewhat by reading?
IOHN WANAMAKER.