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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-24
The LITTLE QUAKER LAUGH

Thew, u maiden III our village,
With hair of sunny hue,
Ard eyes Of woodland lovelineS-
Like violefs and dew.
Her face i sweet with roses
That blush against the gray
OF her little Quaker bonnet,
Suggesting March and May.
She talks with quaint decision,
Which is music, I'll allow,
When s e greets me as she meets me
With an earnest CHOW art thou -
Though in manner she is charming,
There is nothing that is half
So perpleNing and bewitching
y her pretty Quaker laugh.
ntfyiug rules of discipline,
Its mirth il full and free
Whene'er | greet her in return,
''fri-nd, is it well with thee"
She knows | am not of the fold,
Mayhap, she likes TO chatf:
But It's certain that love her
For her little Quaker laugh.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-24
JAY GOULD's EUDN GUARD.

lAl tT')J III = l'pIh Ut AliI).
lay Gould's selfp,otection is more
secret and characteristic. lie does
not entrust il to a detective agency,
but hires his own body guard. For
years he has been always accompanied
by stal"art young fellow. But that
is a safeguard against Wall street enc
mics. Cranks who might cut up ca
pers in or around his home are under
the view of spies, whose quarters are IN
room of the Windsor Hotel, across
the way. That is additional to patrol
duty done by separate set of men.
These employees of the millionaire FAM
lies, whose names are poor people S
synonyms for wealth, are kept informed
as to every new demonstration by a
crank, and they are alert to descry and
drive off the monomaniacs who at
tempt any exploit. During the Yves
tern strikes Jay Gould has made the
trips between his home and office in a
cab, instead of elevated car as for
merly and it is observed that ring
at his bell brings sauntering watch
man to the foot of the steps about as
quickly as it does the servant to the
top.
One of the detenses in Gould's case
is against those who would write an
tagoniStiC sentiments with chalk on his
sidewalk and steps. Men and boys
are frequently caught at it and COM
PEELED to lesist. A specimen of that
class of revolutionsts seemed to be
poet, and wild one, Judging by the
description of him. His chalk was
bright red, and he rapidly wrote:
The rich may shirk,
The poor must work,
before he was colared and then, as
though determined that at lea,t the
terminal rhymes of his verse sho lid be
emblazoned, he added at what would
have been the end of the thir liEe,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-24
THE WAYS OF CRANKS.
R:ch People Hire Detectives to Keep
Them Away.

R.ch People Hire Detectives to Keep
Them Away.
The arrest of Japanese young man
in New York who imagined that a
daughter of the late William II. Van
derbilt loved him and wildly sought
her throughout his boarding house
leads to the discovery that the resi-
denCes of the Nanderbilts, the Astors
and Jay Gould are constantly guarded
against cranks by private detectives.
lmobotes Goto, the Japanese in the
present case, had been a student here
for two years. He was rich and cul-
tured. Gentlemen OF Japan are under
no ban in New York, and he had met
some of the Nanderbilts socially, though
.his acquaintance with them was slight.
He was an attendant on religious
services and lectures of the Young
Mems Christian Association, and in
that way knew Cornelius Vanderbilt,
who IS actively interested in that field
of philanthropy. There is no unmar-
ried daughter OF the late millionaire,
and the lady whom he insanely re-
garded as his sweetheart is the wife of
Seward Webb, who has not so much
as a nolding knowledge OF him. Be
fore his mania rendered him a nuisance
in his boarding house he was three
times elected from the reception-room
of Mrs. William II, Nanderbil,'s man
sion, where he went to seek the object
of his passion. On each occasion he
brought tokens of his affection in the
shape of rare japanese ceramics. Twice
he sent up his card and the first time
was seen by Webb, who promptly
turned him out. On his second call
he departed at the bidding of a servant
who had been ordered to do SO if he
came again. His third effort was frus-
trated by detective, who intercepted
him at the doorstep and drove him off
FAMILY DETECTIVES.
The private service for the proteC-
ton of the Nanderbilts, Astors and
Gould was organized three years ago,
and is ostensibly separate for each
family, though the nell who defend the
Nanderblts and Astors are provided by
the same establishment, and practically
work together. Regular patrol duty is
done night end day, and twenty detec-
tivej are exclusively employed for the
purpose. There are four Astor resi-
dences and five belonging to the Van
derbilts, all in or close to Fifth avenue,
between Ihirty-third and Fifty-second
streets. The spies are on watch eight
hours each day, and the beats are so
arranged that the nine houses cannot
be approached unseen by one or more
of the guardsmen
William H. Vanderbilt was the origi-
nator of this system, and he was in
cited to if by the large number of
cranky letters which he received. He
p1ofessed to have no fear OF rational
evildoers, but was apprehensive that
maniacs might attack him or some
member Of his family. Since his death
the mails have been laden with all
sorts of appeals, demands and threats,
directed to his sons.
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-04-24
4 Charmer With Cheek

\ Charmer With Cheek and Cigarettes.
From lie BrO0kiym Edgie.
An elevated train stopped at the
Twenty third street station on the Sixth
Avenue Road the other day and richly
dressed Young woman stepped daintily
aboard and moved forward to the only
vacant seat in the car. She sank Ian
guidly into it, folded her hands on her
lap, pursed her lips and eyes into sort
of panied and reminiscent look and be-
came lost, apparently, to her surround
inss. She held prayer book in her
glosed hams. Just before the car
stopped at Thirty first street she ca
reened over slightly to one side aud
thrust her hand into the folds of he.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
The Gulf Stream.

In the ocean there is a river. In the
severest droughts it never fails, and in
the mightiest floods it never overfows.
It's banks and the bottom are of cold
water, while its current is of warm.
The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain and
its mouth is in the Arctic seas. 1t is
the Gulf Stream. There is in the
world no other so majestic a flow OF
water. It's current is more swift than
the Mississippi or the Amazon, and its
volume more than q thousand times
greater. It's waters, as far as the Caro-
lima coasts, are of indigo blue. These
are so distinctly marked that the COM
mon sea-water can be distinctly traced
with the eye. Often one-half the vessel
may be perez we'd floating in the Gulf
Stream water while the other half is in
the common water of the sea, so sharp
is the line and the want of affinity be-
tween these waters; and such, too, the
reluctance, so to speak, on the part OF
those of the Gulf Stream to mingle
with the common waters of the sea. In
addition to this there is another peculiar
fact. The fishermen on the coast OF
Norway are supplied with wood from
the tropics by the Gulf Stream. Think
of the Arctic fishermen burning upon
their hearths the palms of Hayti, the
mahogany of Honduras, and the precious
woods of the Amazon and the Orinoco.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
IL Mecca.

Ordinary pilgrims remain at Mecca
from ten to fifteen days after the COM
pletion of all the requisite ceremonial.
Some, however, stay for several
months, while others, again, dwell
there for years; but residence at the
holy city is not encouraged by Moham-
medan authorities, nominally on the
ground that it tends to lessen the re-
spect due to the house of God; in re-
atty, however, the difficulty of sojourn-
ing for any heightened period in a town
so i'll calculated to support large
population, IS probably the true cause
of the objections raised against such
pious proceeding as remaining con-
stantly in sight of the holy of holes.
During the pilgrimage season furnished
houses are generally hired for a few
weeks, but the poorer classes live in
free homes, termed ribats, built by rich
and pious votaries for the benefit of
such of their countrymen as
cannot afford either to pay rent or to
hire rooms. 1t not uncommonly hap
pens, however, that the purpose of the
founder is defeated, owing to the cir
cumstance that the occupier has to pay
the manager for the privilege of living
rent free, and the highest bidder is
pretty sure to win the day. Some
ribats are reserved for the gentler
sex. The welfare of the various peo-
pies who flock to them is further pro-
NOTED by the presence of agents
charged with the duty of protecting the
interests of the respective nations to
which they belong. There is also a
hospital, but the accommodation is
limited; and, in spite of every precau-
ton, the condition of the poor is most
miserable. When they get i'll, scarce
q soul cares to attend to the hapless
wretches, who cannot at times procure
even that first necessary of life, water.
Weak, sick, ill-fed, and houseless, they
drag on q miserable existence in the
streets, till death puts an end to the
troubles which their fellowcreatures
are unable or unwilling to assuage.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
Transient Troubles.

If you would keep book, and every
day put down things that trouble you,
and sec what becomes of them, it would
be benefit to you. You allow a thing
to annoy you just as you allow a fly to
settle on you and plague you, and you
lose your temper and you Justify your
self in being thrown of your balance
by causes which you do not trace out.
But if you would see what it was that
threw you off your balance, and put it
down in your little book, and follow it
out and see what becomes of it, you
would see what fool you were in the
matter. The art of forgetting is a
blessed art, but the art of overlooking
is quite as important. And if we should
take time to write down the origin,
progress, and outcome of few of our
troubles it would make us ashamed of
the fuss we made over them. and we
should be glad to drop such things and
bury them at once in eternal forgetful-
ness. Life is too short TO be worn out
in petty worries, frettings, hatreds, and
vexations. Let us think only on what
soeyer things are pure and lovely and
gentle and of good report.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
a Great Game of Baseball in Japan.

\ young American teacher in Japan mi.
tiated his pupils into the mystery of the
game, and then invited friend in Yoke
hama TO get up nine from the American
clerks and play with the boys. The friend
thus describes the game: The umpire was
a Jap, who spoke no English. hat was
the first difficulty under which We labored
When disputed point arose the whole OF
the other nine would splutter classic Japa-
nese ut him by the yard, evidently quoting
all the fathers from Confucius down. while
our good old Anglo Saxon explosives were
lost ON him. This, with the fact that my
men were rusty and rather ont of trim for
running, soon put us on the wrong side OF
the tally sheet.
Matters grew worse until in the fourth
inning, when | hit upon a bright idea.
knocked grounder and started for first
base at my best stop-that-car speed. The
fat little shoit- stop fell on the ball in his
usual hap hazard but lucky fashion. picked
il up and let it drive at Sunni Toxic. the
black-eyed first baseman. sunni caught il
like little man and stood squarely in my
path, with LIS artless Japanese emile
and the ball. Acting under sudden in.
spiralon, | lodged 10 the left, executedf
flank movement, and reached the base be-
fore sunni realized the situation. Then there
was hub-bub. The Acknowledged japanese
umpire stood to his GINS, however. lie
said that | had reached the base without
being touched, and that ] was therefore
safe TO all law aud precedent. Ny men
were so CONFUSED with laughter that the
next one that came to the bat knocked q
feeble daisy cutter into the second base
mans hands, and then ran me of nv base
/ started for second, however, fully deter
mined TO steal that base if Yankee ingenu-
ity could do it. sunni, the black eyed first
baseman, was hot on my trail. | lodged &c
the right, but the second baseman was pre-.
pared and headed me off. Finally l out.
Unanswered him, and got between him and
the base.
But a new difficulty awaited me. The
center fielder had played mp in good shape
and covered the base The ball was thrown
to him by the now breathless baseman anC
| was again headed off. / circled about
in the hope of Turing the fielder from tn,
base and succeeded. But this prcdted mt
nothing, for by that time the whole Japa.
nese nine was gathered about that base il
a state bordering on insanity. After two o
.hree revolutions IN my orbit broke away
10 n ntighboring lice field, with Tia,
whole nine at my heels, and the umpr,
running along TO sec fair play. Finally
laughter and an unseen obstacle brough
me to the ground. The second fielder
jumped upon me and pounded me triumph
antly with the ball, while the umpir,
officially and with as much solemni;y a.
his lack of breath permitted, declared IN,
out" That broke up the game. Ny mel
were fairly doubled up with laughter, ant
my friend the schoolmaster ragged up anC
down, filled with scorn and wrath agains
his unfortunate pupils, into whose head,
he had labored three months TO inculcat,
the principles of baseball with this lu.
| dicrous result.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
Pay Of Congressman.

When a member dies his pay ceases
on the day of his death. The salary of
the successor commences the day after
the decease of the former member,
though the election may not occur for
several months. The new member, in
other words, draws pay for time he
never served.
A member is allowed twenty cents
mileage each way, or forty cents mile
one way, and he can check for the full
amount of both trips when he takes his
seat. He is allowed Sl25 a year for
stationery. The most of this sum is
pocketed.
The members draw their money in
different ways. There are probably
twenty of the present House who let
their salaries run into nest eggs. Among
these are Scott and Everhart, of Penn
sylvania; Rowell, of Illinois; Boutelle,
of Maine; Henley, of California; Jones,
Stewart, and Reagan, of Texas; Els
bury, of Ohio; Stone, of Massachusetts;
and Wakefield, of Minnesota. Scott,
has over a years salary owing him
about $4,000. The other members
mentioned have from 81 900 to $4,000
to their credit. There are a couple OF
dozen members who always overdraw,
or, rather, borrow from the head of the
bank. They borrow or get in advance
sums ranging from so to $500, and at
the end of the month they have moth
ing. The great majority of the men,
bers draw all that is coming to them at
the end of each month, particularly
those who have their families with
them. Some of them never see an out
side bank, but let their monthly salary
remain and draw it out in small sums.
Others take out their salaries and place
them in other banks. But this is not
done as much as formerly. A number
OF them got caught in the Middleton
Bank that broke some time ago.
Most of the members do all their
financial business over the counter OF
the Congressional Bank, and some OF
them pile checks up as high as &c.,
600 in single session. - VaShington
| Hdtchet
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
Finerty Differs from Davitt.

Chairman John +. Finerty, in the course
of his speech, said Mr.. Davitt had miscon-
ceived their pupose. They wanted them
the Irish in Ireland to take all they could
get and look for more. Did England or
Mr.. Davitt suppose that they would thrust
any policy on them? If there was any way
they could annoy England-keep her awake
nights-they wanted TO do it. He approved
of what Mr.. Davitt had done and of what
Mr.. Parnell had done. Said Mr.. Finerty:
We are glad TO see Mr.. Davitt here as the
representative OF that dear old country that
gave birth. Great God, gentlemen, We don't
want them TO accept dangers that we don't want
60 share. Our Christ said "He that denies me
before men, him Will 1 deny before my Father
in Heaven" Some OF our leaders denied us in
the House OF Commons, but we won't deny them.
However we may differ in opinion, the glorious
gospel OF unity in aid Of Ireland shall prevail.
They should be aided with our swords and our
pens, or in any other way we can help them. I
shall be prepared for com promise when every
selfish word shall he atoned for by England
Charity is grand, my friends; forgiveness is
great. but England Is not yet in sackcloth. We
have forgotten Tint Gladstone was a hypocrite,
PharsCe. Absolutely no longer groan for
the Earl OF Spencer. Spencer has repent6d my
friends. He is a sheep. but still he Is kind Of
q black sheep. Great heavens. gentlemen il is
impossible for us To stand under that flag and
listen TO those mild doctrines that Mr. Davitt
gives utterance to- IL will not always be in the
power OF England 70 dictate terms 20 Ireland.
God grant the hour may come when in some
broad line OF battle our soldiers NAV be able to
wipe out the stigma OF the battle OF the Boyne
Some Of US NAV never see ii. We are getting
old, some Of US. Let us hope that Ireland will
never cease 20 resist. 1t is for this we think
and toll and our only hope is TO lift up our flag,
TO establish republic which will be presided
over by Parnel or a Michael Davitt
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
Beau Brewster.

Mr.. Benjamin Harris Brewster, who
was appointed Attorney General, was
remarkable in his personal appearance.
His face had been disfigured by burn,
received while he was heroically rescu-
ing a relative from q fire, and personal
appearance had won for him the APP
pellation of Beau Brewster" His
coats were almost invariably light
colred, his vests were of velvet, and,
being cut low, exposed shirt front of
the finest cambria rufiles. His panta-
looms. be they neutral-tlnted checks or
somber blacks, were models of the
tailor's art, and his gaiter tops were in
variably the whitest of white. He wore
standing collars, black stock, ruiiled
cuffs, and an old-fashioned fob chain
with heavy gold seal. His white fur
beaver hats, made on modification OF
the old bell style, were worn alike win
ter and summer. His hats, clothes, and
shoes were made in London. In his
study Mr.. Brewster sometimes wore O
blue cutaway coat, but he oftener ap.
peared in fancily embroidered velvet
Jacket, out of the short sleeves of which
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
Heat of the Gulf Stream,

1t is we'll understood that Great
Britain and other parts OF Northern
Europe owe much to the warming in
fuence of the Gulf Stream. The ex-
tent of the effect has been given in the
calculations of DIR. James Croll, who
has found that the amount of heat con-
veyed northward in the Atlantic by this
stream is equivalent to II. 479, $50, 600, =
600, 900, 900 foot-pounds of energy per
day, which is equal to all the heat re-
ceived by ], 560,93 square miles at the
equator, and more heat than is convey
ed by all the air currents. The heat OF
the arctic seas and North Atlantic
would be diminished that much by the
stoppage or diversion of the great
ocean river
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
BASEBALL.
Detroit, Chicago, and New York Neck
and-Neck in the Race for the
League Pennant
Playing the National Game in Japan
Baseball Notes anu
Gossip.
IcH1cAoo coRREspoxDENcE.l

The contest for the League champion
ship increases in interest as the finish Is APP
pioached. The Eastern series proved dis
astrous TO the Western clubs, a majority of
the games played having gone against them.
Of the games with New York neither De-
troit nor Chicago was able to win one, and
they Jared but little better with Boston, the
latter winning two ont of three with each
of the Leaders. The Detroit club is show
ing weakness in the pitchers position, the
most difficult of all to strengthen; III fact
ii is an impossibility for them TO remedy
the evil from the outside, their only saliva
ton lies in Getzien and Baldwin recovering
their old-time power. The champions
are playing very singular ball, and many
believe they are not trying to win the PEN
nant. They will play very strong game
one day, and like parcel of amateurs the
next. Taking into consideration the fact
that New York plays u out of the last "a
games on its home grounds, and that both
Detroit and Chicago play the close of their
series away from home, the chances are in
favor of New York taking the pennant un-
less these two Western clubs materially in
crease their lead above what it is at pres
ent.
In the American Association. st. Louis
has too strong n lead to be overcome, and
Louisville beats Cincinnati for second
place by fair percentage. The following
tables give details of position, up to and
including Saturday, August II:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
A SECOND TWEED.
The Romantic Career of Maurice B.
Flynn, Now Under Indictment
at New York.
From a Farm to One Mill'rI
Dollars and Great PoIit-
icaI influence.

Maurice Bennett Flynn was born in NAL
den, Columbia County, n. Y, so his
biographer states, Nov. 3, 1913. His father,
an honest Irishman, at the time, earned his
livelihood by days work among the farmers
of his neighborhood, taking care of his
household out of his meager earnings.
Maurice, who was the fourth of six chill
dren, inherited his fathers sturdy, self
reliant qualities. Before he was years of
age he assisted in the planting of many
acres of corn and potatoes in the intervals
of going to school. His first $40 bill was
earned 10y picking and selling berries, which
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26

protruded his ruffied cuffs. Notwith-
standing the fact that his costumes
were of antique styles, Mr.. Brewster
could not be called anything but a we'll
dressed man, and the dignified manner
in which he carried himself on crowd
ed thoroughfare showed that he was
aware of the fact, and didn't care n fig
for contrary opinions. His expendi-
lures for books and works of art were
lavish. His capacity for hard work
was positively marvelous.-Bostoa
R1I(I0et
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-26
A GREAT DAY FOR ERIN.
Two Immense Demonstrations at Chi.
cage Addressed by Represen-
tative Celts.
Dayitt breaches Patient Endurance
and Finerty Armed Re.
sistance.

There were two immense Irish demon
STATIONS in Chicago on Saturday, the 14th
inst. One at Ogden's Grove, in the north
western section of the city, presided over
by x-Congressman John f. Finerty, was
addressed by Michael Dayitt, Patrick Egan,
and Alexander Sullivan. Another, at the
Driving Park, in the western edge of the
city, was addressed by John Dewey, of New
York. and Fathers Toomey and Tanning.
At the latter meeting resolutions were
adopted alleging that serious evils exist in
the management of the Irish cause, urging
the necessity of selecting leaders who have
the respect of all classes of citizens, and
pledging earnest support to Mr.. Parnell.
Both gatherings were attended by repre-
sentative Cells in large numbers.