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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

miles, joted us over the ronghest and
widest of country roads.
The town of Westbrooke, Conuecti
cut, in which Aunt D4lieah res lded, was
tlourlshing little seaport; but that lady,
was informed. lived about six miles
from the town proper, in a locality
known an Horse Hill | was not very
favorably impressed with the country;
seemed to leave civilization behind us.
We saw nothing but bleak fields, lonely
woods, and now and then 4 solitary farm
house. The fields were covered with
broad patches of rock, between the crew
ices of which grew a wilderness of bay
berry bushes, whose thick, stubby
growth gave the country look of indie
scribe melancholy. AS we we went on
ward the signs of human life and settle
ment grew less and less frequent, and
finally, unable any longer to endure the
terrible sense of loneliness which was
creeping over me, | ventu1ed to ask the
driver if he was sure that we were on
the right road?
"'Well, he responded-he was a lank,
sharp featured old m.n-with a good
natured chuckle, I've run this here stage
nigh onto fifteen year, and I've never
been off the right track yit, not if
knowed it. Seems kinder lonesome to
you, | guess Going to stay long in these
parse he added, looking at me curiously,
"I-don't know, l answered family.
A sickening feeling of inconsistencies was
settling over me, and my one comforting
thought was that Aunt Delilah might
possibly fail to take the same view of the
case home. was vainly trying to rally
my courage when the stage stopped in
the dreariest place imaginable. At first
glance saw no house: but the old man
directed me to take lane at my left, and
| would soon come to it. The building
was partly out of sight over the brow of
hill, the loof only being visible from
the street. He kindly took down the
odTS ," ulCll UdTTlCdueu Un6 entrance TO
the lane; and. thanking him for his trou-
BILE, took R,bble by the hand and
| walked over the hill.
'Wel1. pretty soon we reached the
house. 1t was story and a half farm
house, from which the paint had de
| parted, leaving it whitish brown. stand
ing behind ghostly row of tall poplars,
which have never since failed to send a
shudder through me wherever | have
seen them.
Weary and heartsick, | approached
the door, and, raislug the old brass
| knocker, sent a hollow appeal through
the house. Receiving no answer, l re-
| peated it again aud again, but always
| with the same result. At last | tried
the door. only to find it securely fas-
tened. 1nvestig .tion showed that every
curtain Was down and every door locke d.
! My dears, | can never forget the horror
| of that moment. Aunt Delilah was not
at home,
CCNCIIDED NEWT WEEK
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23
CURE FOR PILES.

Piles are frequently preceded hy Il sense
of weight in the back, loins and lower part
of the abdomen, causing the patient to sup
pose he has SEINE affection OF the kidneys or
neighbOring organs. At times symptoms
of indigestion are present, as tiaturncy, IN
easineSS of the stomach, etc. A MOISTURE
like perspiraton, producing Il very dis
agreeable itching, after getting warm, is
common attendant. Bind Bleeding ana
Itching Piles yield AT once 10 the applica-
ton of DR.. Bosanko'S Pile Remedy, hirh
acts directly upon the parts atfrcte l., alb
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23
THE WONDERFUL WEAVER.
BY GEORGE COOPER.

There's Il wonderful weaver
High mp in the air,
Aud he wedves a white mantle
For cold earth to wear.
With the wind for his shuttle,
The cloud for his loom,
How he weaves, how he weaves,
In the light, in the gloom
oh with finest of laces
He decks bush and tree;
On the bare, flinty meadows
A cover lays he.
Then a quaint cap he places
On pillar and post;
Aud he changes the pump
TO a grim, silent ghost
But this wonderful wearer
Grows weary at last;
And the shuttle lies idle
That once flew so fast.
Then the sun peeps abroad
On the work that is done;
And he smiles: an uuravel
1t all, Just for fun :"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23
"Rough on PAN" Poroused Plaster:

three or four hours every night coughing. Get i'm
mediate relief and sound rest by using Wells
Rough on Co:ghs' Trocnes, l5c.: Balsam 25c.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

J have been troubled with Catlrrh from hoy
hood and had considered my rtse rhrolIc until
about three years ago ! procured one bottle of
Ely's Cream Balm, and count myself sound to
day. all from the use of one BOTTLE. K. Cooley.
Hardware Merchant. Montrosc. Pa.
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and the many Throat Affections OF children
promptly, pleasantly and safely relieved 10y
Rough on Coughs" Torches, l5c. Balsam, 25c
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Palpitations. Dropscal Swellngs. Dizziness
Indigestion, Headache, Sleeplessness cured by
Wells Health Remover"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

When Baby was sick, we gave her CASTORIA
When she a Child, she cried for CASTORIA
When she became Miss, she chung to CASTORIA
When she had Children she gave them CAST'A
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23
Whooping Cough,

Wells Health Remover restores health and
vigor. cures Dyspepsia, Headache, Nervousness
Debility. 81.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

No family can have good bread unless
they use Drew's Yeast Powder
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

Ifyou are failing, broken worn out and nervous
use Wells Health Remover" 81. druggists
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

Hacking, irritating Coughs, Colds, Sore Throat.
cured by Rough on Coughs" Torches 3 cts.
I.iumu
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

Clears out rats, mice. reaches, flies. ants bed
bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers. l5c. Druggists
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

Rough on Itch cures humorS, eruptionS ring
worm, letter, salt rheum, frosted feet chillblanS
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Ask for Well Rough on Corns.' l5c. Quick,
complete cure. Hard or soft corns, warts, buniuns
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

Children, slow in development. puny. scrawn
and delicate. use Wells Health Remover"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23
Trough on Toothache.

II you are losing your grip on life, try Wells
Renewer' Goes direct to weak spots
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

Trough on Rats.

Ask for Rough on Coughs Tor Coughs, Colds
Sore Throat. HOarseness. Troches, l5c. Liquid 25c
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

Instant relief for Neuralgia. Toothache Face.
ache. Ask tor Rough on Tosthache. Is y 70 cts
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

FTttly w Ollltn.
Ladies who would retain freshness and vivacity
Don't fail try Wells Health REVIEWER.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

CONCLUDED NEXT WEEK
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-01-23

4 NjrT Send 10 cents postage and we will
II l,If mail you free royal. valuable. sam
n uIl | pie box Of goods that will put you in
the way OF making more money at
once. than anythin. else in Americ I. Both sexes
OF all ages can live at home and work at spare
time, or all the time. Capital not required. We
Will start you. Immense pay sure tor those who
tart at once. STINSoN y Co, Portland, Maine
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20
to make him the king of American trades

to make him the king of American trades men. In precisely the same way a noted writer secures instant and lucrative ap- preciation ot his works while you, who have not yet succeeded in getting your lips to the mouth. piece of Fame's noisy trumpet, are thrust ruthlessly aside to give him room. This seems to you just now to be hard but look at the other side of the question for a moment. Suppose yourself writer of undisputed genius and power over the minds of men. Would you expect no favor to be shown to you more than to the obscurest hack in the garrets of the city2 ay, is it not precisely your ambition to become so famous that publishers will sue for your favor and that anything from your pen will com mand precedence over all other writings ? Ask yourself this and few kindred ques. tions, and you will find your indignation and sore-heartedness gradually disappear ing.
 If it took no fighting to win renown and glory, of what earthly use would they be after you had won them2 It is just be. cause they are hard to get that they are worth the getting. What mediocrity cas- do easily is certainly not worthy to be the ambition of genius. Gird up your loins and struggle undauntedly. Put the whole force of your youth and manhood or womanhood into brave, unremitting toil. Then if you win laurels they will be of some value to you. And there is no dam ger of your feeling then that the barriers which keep mediocres from overswarm- ing the thrones of genius are any too numerous or any too strong.
 Your first success makes a critical point in your career. To be sure, it is probably nothing astonishing. Itmay possibly be " Jane Eyre" but more likely it is only a fugitive poem in the Poets Corner" of a newspaper, or at best a contribution to some magazine Still, it is an actual suc- cess, and you have made your bow to the public. You receive modestly the con- gratulations of appreciative friends and feel that your adventurous bark has finally been launched upon the fckle waves of public opinion. The question now is whether you can progress steadily without retrograde of any sort. Nothing could be more fatal to you at this partic- ular juncture than to conceive the notion that because you are beginning to be suc- cessful, you can therefore afford to relax your efforts a little. On some people success acts as a wonderful tonic, rous- ing them to their best efforts, and making them unusually careful. On others it acts as powerful sedative, calming all the fever of their struggle and wrapping them in misty halo of glory, whence all thoughts of future effort are rigidly ex- Cluded. Beware of falling into the error of these latter, or the rising sun of your promise will suddenly reverse its motion and sink again behind the eastern hill.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20
How Pale You Are!

is frequently the exclamation of one lady to another. The fact is not pleasant one to have mention, but still the act may be kindly one, for 1t sets the one ad- dressed to thinking, apprises her of the fact that she is not in good health, and leads her to seek a reason therefor. Pal Tor is almost always attendant upon the first stages of consumption. The system is enfeebled, and the blood is impov- erished. Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" will act as a tonic upon the system, will enrich the impoverished blood, and restore roses to the cheek.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20
OLD ENOUGH TO REVIVE.

The following is made up of quotations from the writings of Shakespeare, Hood, Mil ton, Pope, Coleridge, Mrs. Hemans, Poe, Dryden, Burns, Byron, Goldsmith, Chaucer, Johnson, Spenser, Dante and other authors. The compiler is James A. Monk, an English man.
 Oi man, by nature formed for all mankind, How narrow are thy prospects-how confined Be thou the copious matter of my song, And let thy thought prevent thy hand and
 tongue,
 Poor voyager on this flood of tears, A long perspective to my mind appears: Der land and sea imagination roams, Open, then, thy bosom to the truth that
 comes,
 Starting in view of glorious goal, To feel that thirst and hunger of the soul, Eager to run the race his fathers ran; Ol what a miracle to man is man. Each to his end a different path pursues, Homer, with all his "nodding," I would
 choose
 Time-honored Homer, aged, poor and blind A ragged coat oft have royal mind. Minds, vast as heaven. capacious as the sky Born to lament, to labor and to die; And richest Shakespeare was poor mans
 child,
 On fame's eternal bede-roll worthy to be filed Already polished by hand divine, He was not for an age, but for all time. What rage for fame attends both great and
 small,
 He who climbs high endangers many a fall Greatness hath still little taint i' th' blood Fame is at best but an inconstant good: When kings have toiled and poets wrote foI
 fame,
 An ! fool to exalt in glory so vain, Both right and left amiss man my slide, To tread the dreary path without guide; The wise sometimes from wisdom's ways de-
 part,
 That can inform the mind, or mend the heart On high estates huge heaps of care attend, No joy SO great but runneth to an end; Sooner or later all things pass away, Dissolving in the silence of decay; Yet look once more on natures varied plan And moralIze upon the state of man. Swift to its clese ebbs out lite's little day, Sent into life, alas how brief thy stay. Time, sure destroyer, walk his hostile round Nor is the longest life the happiest found; The visions of hope fade one by one, The sands of time grow dinner as they run To know, to esteem, to love, and then to part Passing away like dream of the heart. We spend our days like tale that is told, To the very verge of the churchyard mould Ol let me view, while life's short changes
 last,
 The end not far off which is hastening fast. Whilst some affect the sun, and some the
 shade,
 Let us walk humbly on, but undismayed, There stand if thou wilt stand to stand up
 right
 He can't be wrong whose life is in the right When we have shuffied off this mortal cell, Ohl happy he whose conscience knows nc
 guile. -Exehan9e.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20
Moneys Worth.
Philadelphia Press. |

"Does it ever occur to you," said a cash bookkeeping man to his friend, how much more you are getting foi your money now than when we began at SIS week, twelve or thirteen year. ago 2'' Look at it. You had to dress then pretty nearly as well as you do now. ! will ven ture to say yeu couldn't get pair of trousers then that suited you for less than SIo or SIS; you get the same thing now for S8 to SIo, and you can get for S trousers that would have cost at least SIo then. The suit you had to pay $40 ts $50 for then costs you S3o to-day. You can buy all the New York papers-if you are a newspaper man and read news whole. sale-for twelve or fourteen cents, and the bundle left nothing of a quarter then. As for books-well there weren't any books that cost less than ST in 1872, and now dollar bill covers . fairish library. Just look at the way good ready-made shoes have come down in price, and as for shirts and good underclothing, you ought to find out what they cost 'bofore the panic.'" Well," rejoined the non- cash bookkeeping man, who promptly gave up these conundrums in price, "what want to know is what becomes of the money am unconseiously saw ingp "You had better go home and look around and try and remember how bare houses were before 1876 brought in art decoration, for one thing; and fol another, notice that you sec ten dress coats where there was one dozen year. ago. You are living better for the same money, my boy. That is all"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20
The Queens Laugh.
TThe Judge.]


 The queen laughed at the boisterous entrance of the commons into the house of lords at the late opening of parlia- ment It was not the fat, unctuous, oily laugh of most ladies of her size, however. There was the glitter of steel in it, and as the facial distortion necessary to the ex- pertinent rose to the royal optics it sud denly stopped, alarmed at its temerity, and ran back to the royal chin and out of sight with great velocity. No good laugh can fit itself accurately to any royal coun- tenance on state occasions. The sensa- ton that produces laughter, which ruus out from the heart to tickle the ribs and touch the lips and cheeks with the ca ressive gentleness of sunbeam, is frozen back to its starting point by the solem- nifty it meets, and loses its life before it is half begun. And there is SO much lost. the world has no laughs to spare. The domestic laugh, the club laugh, the laugh at the street corner, the laughs of politics and society, have their value and are to be encouraged. A little ripple of laugh ter started by some merry jest has gone around the world, taking the jest with it, and has come home as fresh as ever, merely to renew its journey, and so has kept going through the generations. The lie of such ripple is beyond that of man, delicate and impalpable as it is. It is given rude names the meaning whereof has to do with certain kind of decayed nut, but it lives on and on and never loses its youth and beauty. The laugh of the king, however-there is no such thing. The laugh of the queen 2-pri- thee, good mother Victoria, never laugh that laugh again.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20
Have to Scratch.
[California Maverick. 1

Two sons of Erin stood watching a number of chickens in Fresno, when one of them suddenly said:
 "Moike, me bye, an can ye tell me phwy it is that hin is always on the pint av death 2"
 "A hin, did ye say ?"
 That's phwat Oi did"
 "Will, Oi con6ss me ignorance, an say that Oi don't know. But phwy is it, Pat p
 "Och, an don't ye see that they only manage to kape body an soul togither by a scratch 2"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20
Csatarrh

Is very prevalent and exceedingly disa- greeable disease. liable, if neglected, to develop into serious consumption. Being . constitutional disease, it requires . con- stitutional remedy like Hoods Sarsapa- rilla, which, acting through the blood, reaches every part of the system, eHecting radical and permanent cure of catarrh In even its most severe forms. Made only by C. l. Hood & Co.,, Lowell, Mass.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20

l am convinced, after testing its virtue in exceedingly severe and obstinate cases, that Tongaline possesses decided and marked curative properties in rheumatic neuralgia, and h many instances of mus cular rheumatism.
 Walter Coles, N. D., St. Louis, Mo.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20
A Conundrum.

What wine is mock agony ? Champagne (sham pain.) lift was real pain in the lungs or chest, Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein would cure it.
 Why is a poor doctor like mole You can track him by his holes in the ground. If from the effect of coughs, cold or cramp colic, how much better to have taken Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullen.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20

Woman Is not much of a philosopher, but she is proverbially clothes observer. -BxyIiMgaos Eiee Pyess.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20

Don't quarrel with . cough, but bay q bottle of Dr. Balls Cough Syrup for 1t.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-02-20

A Chicago lawyer jumped up in court to pay this court S for the privilege of telling it that it is either drunk or cor ruptl" The judge quietly pocke,ed the S and ordered the case to proceed.-BHy- hsgkoa Ere Press
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-19

The State Board of Health in the
November number Of the Bulletin
warns the people of Tennessee, the
municipal and county authorities espe-
cislly,t 20 put their houses in order and
prepare for a possible visitation Of
cholera. They call attention to the fact
that this filthy and dscimating disease
has crossed the Atlantic TO Buenos
Ayrss, whence its transmission to this
country is easy. Therefore the neces-
sity for sanitary prepar .tions of pub
lie as well as private character and Of
a nature searching aud complete. This
Is timely caution and advice that we
hope will be promptly acted upon in
all parts of the State.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-19

The venerable mother of churches
is being invaded by the spirit Of mod
ern thought, and she is feeling some
thing Of ths troubles the Protestant
sects" have and are enduring in the
positions taken by some Of their min
listers on questions that invite church
discipline. The Rev. DR.. McGiynn
has been summoned to Rome to an
swer for his contumacy in continuing
to support aud counteuauce Henry
George after being warned by the Or
binary of his diocese, and the Rev.
Dr.. Charles O'Rsilly declines to give
up his connection with the Irish
Land League at the demand Of Bishop
Burgess, OF Michigan. The attitude OF
these priests, il permitted or over
looked, means further indepen Ience
in matters of political and social
thought, and endangers the infallibil-
ity Of the mother church. This she
can't permit, and she will crush it
with q vigorous hand.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-19

TIE stage OF the Theater will this
week be occupied by Miss Rose Cogh-
Ian, supported by an unusually strong
company, company made up of some
OF the admittedly best actors now be.
fore the English speaking public. Miss
Coghlan herself has, ever since her
advent upon the American stage, been
very great favorite. Her place in
dramatic history has, therefore, been
assured. The fact that shs was for
some years the leading member of
Wsllack's company is proof of her
high ability, and OF her capacity to
comprehend and interpret certain of
the most subtle phases OF human
character. The advent OF such an
artist, supported by such a company,
is an event in the history OF Memphis,
80 creditably linked with that of the
drama; 1t is an event that ought to
and will enlilt the active sympathy,
especially of cultivated people, who
know how great an aid to culture the
stage is when direc,ed by woman Of
ability who hiss CHALLENGED tie critical
approval of the hest OF her contsmpo-
raries on tie stage and the first critics
OF our time.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-19

A WORD or two more about the pro-
posed caucus byth Democratic men,
bers Of the Legislature. 1t will be
remembered by the readers OF the
APPEAL that before the State Demo
cratic Convention met the question of
q caucus was discussed by the pres5,
with view to the insertion Of
plank in the platform instructing the
Democratic members Of the Legisla-
ture to settle evary disputed question
by caucus. THIS was very generally
condemned, and when the convention
met the subject was ignored. The
delegates wonld not consider il. Even
the Executive Committee was opposed
to it. With these examples of posi-
tive opposition TO the csucua, /. is not
likely the Legislature will resort to
that method of selecting a candidate
for the United States Senate, or any
of the offices OF State. The Demo
cratic party by the negative and pos
tive action of tina! convention has
condemned the caucus, end con
demned it is. There will not be a
caucus for any purpose. 1t ia not
necessary, and would do more harm
than good. Let US have a free fight
anG no tayors, 5..s1ls4s .5... 49, uz-u.-.