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BROTHER GARDENERS TALK.

Gas | was walking out in the back
yard" began Brother Gardner, "Mister
Darius Green, the white man, came along
and there was powerful sad look on his
face as he leaned over the fence and said
'Misser Gardner, this sufferin' has got
to come to cease
"'Has yer got the shakes and chi!ls?'
l axed.
".Wuss dan dat, Misser Gardner. Pze
working all de long week for ten shillin'
a day, an whar de money goes l can't
tell. De ole woman wants new clothes,
de chillin wants dis an dat, de rent runs
benin, an I'ze gettin' desprit.'
'Sho now let's make fggers on de
fence tole him. Now, den, you chew
terbacker?
"'Yes, l chew about cen cents Wort a
day.
"'Dat's seventy cents week. An you
drink larger?'
swell, of course, drink a glass now
and den-maybe fifteen glasses a week.
"'Dat's seventy-ive cents noah, sab.
What dye do on Sundays?'
"'Oh, go up to de beer garden
can you spen' dollar at least?'
"I guess so-maybe two of 'em'.
"'Say twelve shillins, an dat makes
two dollars an ninty-fve cents per week.
1 reckon you throw away at least free
dollars ebery week, sah?'
"'Frow it away?'
"'Yes, sab. Dat money would pay your
rent an buy your -four
But fellow must have some com.
| fort
"'De same, sab. De greatest comfort
in de world am to see de rent paid up, de
table loaded down an de ole woman able
to 60 to church. You frow away free
dollars ebery week, sab, an den you &c
roun' cussin' the times, de wedder an dc
man who saved his money!
'Gem'len, dat white man called me an
ole black fool an dog stealer, but dat
didn't alter de case bit. He is frowin
away one-third of his weekly wages, an
den blowin' round dat he's gettin' des.
prit an am ready to head riot. Doan'
let me heah eny member O. dis club spin
MIN dat yarn, case if L does dar's gwine
to be a committee of investigation, an
dat committee won't whitewash wof &
cent. .''-SomerUWe Journal.
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THE DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBER.

Worn and weary, seedy and sad, an editor sat
him down,
Mid work and rubbish, paper and dust, with
many wrinkled frown.
He sighed when he thought of his paper bills
his rent, and board, and wood.
And groaned when the copy tend yelled out as
he there in the doorway stood.
What do people fancy he said, "an editor
lives upon?
Air and water, glory and debt. till his toilsome
life is done?
I'll stop their papers, every one, till their honest
debts they pay,
And mark their names off the mailing book for
ever and for aye.
Take this copy, double lead. and mark with
pencil blue,
And send to all who are in arrears, from ten
years down to two.'
And then to the hungry copy boy he handed a
penciled scrawl
OF hieroglyphics, struggling, wild, all tangled
and lean, and tall.
When scarce fortnight had dragged its length
of tired-out hours away,
There came to the heart Of the editor gladsome
joy one day:
Twas only letter from Gordon's Mill, in a hand
both weak and old
But out OF it fell treasured coin, of solid, beau
tiful geld,
The letter claimed his interest, then, and So he
slowly read
The scrawled, but simple and honest words, and
this is what they said:
"Dear Editor: I read the lines you marked and
sent to me,
So L send this piece of gold and ask if you will
agree
To send my paper right along, and forget the
| debt owed.
FOrI've took your paper for twenty year, and
| SO far as e'er l knowd,
1 never owed no man cent till about four
year ago,
When my POI wife died. and the crops was bad
| and the fever laid me low.
And times haint never been the same to little
Liz and me
For we are all that's left behind-and since my
| eyes can't see,
She always reads the paper, and it's been oul
| only cheer,
| And brought us all the news and fun we've baG
| ior many year.
| Il IN gettln old and feeble, now, and down VIII
the rheumatic,
And there's the paper left to me: just that ant
little Liz.
We couldn't bear to lose it now, it's been will
us SO long,
Till its very name is music, like an old-tim,
happy song.
This twenty dollar piece OF gold will pay 70
all owe,
And what is over and above, just keep, and lie
itgo
Toward paying for the paper till brighter
better day;
And send to Liz, she'll need it then when l an
called away
Glad and thankful the editor was, as he knew
| that there was one
Who loved and could appreciate the work tha
| he had done.
He felt that life was not in vain, and smile,
through happy tears;
And then on the mailing book he wrote: 'Pai,
up for twenty years.
Margaret Andretcs Oldham in the n. Y. Sum-
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a moderate amount of success. Some
lack ability. Others endurance, and many
do not possess sufficient strength.
From these remarks it must not be in
ferred that dull and weakly boys are by
nature best fitted to remain in the coun-
try and become farmers. The ablest men
mentally are none too enlightened, none
too capable, to cope with the many diff
cult problems of agriculture. Today the
land question holds the attention of
Europe, and with our abundance of ter
ritory, as yet spersely populated, we are
not many generations distant from scar
sity of land and its inevitable difficulties.
The hardest part of farm life is its SEEM
ing monotomy. We advsedly use the
word seeming, because farm life is more
varied than professional or mechanical
life. The four seasons bring to the far
mer varied occupations and varied pleas
ures. The journalist, the lawyer, the
doctor, in their callings know no seasons;
three hundred and sixty-ive days
annually are the working days of those
who toll in the paths of higher profess
sions. Artisans and mechanics enjoy rest
on one day in every week. Railroad en-
ployees generally obtain two, sometimes
three, Sundays rest out of ten months
of the year. During the fierce heat of
summer the public will travel, and the
railroad men, from the tiny newsboy to
the general superintendent, must be at
their posts.
Our counsel to boys is, before you de-
| eide to leave the farm for other work,
seek information, and make as you can
that you are more fitted for city than for
country life. To the farmers we would
say, if your boys are well treated they
will recognize it; if your boys are over
worked, poorly clothed, badly fed, and
boorishly treated, make haste to change
and to mend your ways. A bad employer
gets an unwilling service. The best tenn
pered boy can be made sullen; the most
ambitious can be discouraged. When a
boy is old enough to work for his father,
and when his work is satisfactory, he
earns his pay as fully as though he was a
hired utsider.-American Agriculturist
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OUR FARMER BOYS.

There is frequently recurring complaint
from the farm, reached through the agri-
cultural press, of the reluctance of boys
to remain in farming pursuits, indeed
sometimes even to enter on such a life.
What is the cause of this restless spirit !?
Are country employments odious in them
selves? 1t is appalling to note the young
lives wrecked in cities; youths who strain
every nerve and use every means to at
tain profession, who just reach the
threshold and then succomb, worn out in
mind and crushed in body. OF the vast
multitudes who year after year leave
their country homes to seek fortune in
cities, how many succeed? The percen-
tage is very small, even of those who find
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Better goods
= HarneSScQ the price than a
:, - :, s bodys That's
's si'Ss *af f''' and up for isfs % conquer: ~s trust
A Busy Spring.

We've accomplished end of our plan. The
goods are better-greatly better.
Never had a stock that pleased ourselves
thoroughly!
There's been almost revolution since last Spring
in goods. We're years away from last years designs.
You know what mint of clothing keep.
We're bound make it and up the
Wanamaker stamp always. string of items as long
as County Sale Notice couldn't say than
guarantee. That you depend on firmly
It's the beauty of it that we're making a taller
claim for than 1t doesn't admit of exaggeration.
From Mems Clothing and Young Mems down to
the Small Boys it's full Of the incest styles inside
our doors.
The Spring Overcoats very stylish!
Now for the other end.
Let make the business size up to the clothing
If it does, every and boy within reach of
will have new Wanamaker & Brown Spring Suit
his back within few weeks.
We reach that point, and we're ready for
a hard and steady pull of work to do it.
The prices will be where Oak Hall prices always
are-htched to the smallest profit afford to
take.
WANAMAKER & BROWN,
Oak Hall,
S. E. Cor. Sixth and Market Sts.,
Philadelphia.
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SOME FIGHTING QUAKERS.

Many anecdotes of the early Quakers
are preserved in Philadelphia to show
how even under Penn's rule the impulses
of human nature struggled against their
rigid laws of duty and submission. Not
few of the young men of Quaker families
served in the Revolutionary Army and in
the navy in 1912, and wore on the field
their broad -brimmed hats and shad
bellied coats.
1t is said that one of these young
"Fighting Quakers," as they were called,
met his father on the street on his return
home. The old man laid his hand rebuk-
ingly on his sons arm, saying:
"The wool in that coat was sheared
from my sheep, and woven in thy mothers
loom, yet there is blood on it.''
"And the blood is thy blood" boldly
replied the young man. "If thou hadst
been 20 instead of 60, thou, too, wouldst
have fought under Washington"
II lchariah!'' stammered the old man,
ct may be so, Zachariah. Thou hadst
OeGCer 90 lnGo tny uluuer.
A well .known story is that of friend
who was in a sailing vessel boarded by a
British press gang in 1912. He paced the
deck with folded arms during the fight,
until he saw one of the assailants climbing
on deck by means of cable.
Friend, dost thou want that rope?"
he said, calmly, hurryIng up, knife in
hand. "Thou shalt have it." and he cut
it. The man dropped into the sea.
A better authenticated story is of
grave old Quaker, two of whose sons went
into the late Civil War without his knowl-
edge. The youngest son was fired, as was
almost every other young man at that
time from Maine to Florida, with the
wish to give his life for the cause which
he believed just. He had accepted a
commission, but he did not wish to go
without his fathers consent.
He took occasion to make his prepara-
tions rather ostentatiously in his fathers
sight, land out his officers uniform, and
tried to attract attention, but all in vain.
As last resort he seated himself in the
room where the old man was pacing up
and down and began to polish his sword.
His father watched him, with face
growing paler, and with dim eyes. At
last he went up to the young man and
said. quietly:
Samuel, if thee thinks thee must use
one of those tools, buy the best, and
l will pay for it, Samuel. y Youths Com
panion.
We ought not to be too anxious to en-
courage untried innovation, in cases of
doubtful improvement. For quarter of
century DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy has
been before the public and passed through
the severest test and is pronounced the
most reliable remedy for that disagreeable
malady. Thousands of testimonials of it's
virtues. so cents per bottle. By druggists.
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HOnHpathy.-

Homeopathy is n law of Nature. expressed by
Sfliiia Simiiibus Cn antur-like cures like: ahand
ifulSof snow curea q frosted ear-snow is like frost
butnot frost. The same law obtains in drugs, each
one of which when taken by a person in health
PRODUCES certain characteristic symptoms, and
when IKE, or similar, symptoms are met in disease
that drag, in small doses will cure if cure be posi-
bio. SUCH, in brief, is Homepathy-and common
sense ours is the pioneer Homeopathic Pharmacy
and publishing House in this country, and It's
medicines are the only ones of the kind here that
have been awarded International Prize Medals
These medieines are now sold, under our labels
only by Ieae ING druggists, a 5Odose vial of any
desired remedy will be sent by mail, postpaid for
rs cents. Our catalogue of books for domestic
practice and tra aatment OF disease, and of veter.
nary works. and kfamily medicine-case price list,
mailed free. Writf iora copy. BoERIcKE TAFEL,
2I2 W. Fayette St,s Baltimore, Md, or 93s ST.,
N. W., washington, ID. G. Also, Philadelphia,
New York and ChicPgo. Business established in
1885. Mar31-6m
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lutIrnTInn hasNrevolutIoniZed the world in
MvtUI HIN the hast half century Not least
"lNIIUV among the wonders of inventive
prograss is method and system
ofwork that can be periosmed all over the country
without separating the workers from their homes
Pay liberal; any one can do the work; either sex
young or old; no special ability required CAPITAL
not needed: you are started kree Cut this out and
return to us and we will send you free something
OF great value and Importance to you, that will
start you in business which WI bring you in more
money right away, than Anything else in the
world. Grand outfit free. Ad,drass1'KUE& & CO.,
Augusta, Maine, DECAY
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Special Bargains for May,

Special Bargains for May.
Lot Tricot, all wool, 81 in.
wide, down to SO cents yard,
from 90 cents.
Lot Dress Goods, plain coors and plaids, down
to 20 cents per yard, from % cents.
Lot yard-wide Percales, 10
cents per yard.
Lot Fine Satines. l21s cents per yard, almost
equal to French.
Large lot of Lawns at 5 cts.
per yard.
Lot Turkey Red Table Damask, 25 cents per
Two special bargains in
Towels. All good clean linen,
one 80 in. long, Io in. wide,
I214 cents apiece; another 43
in. long, 23 in. wide, knotted
fringe, IS cents apiece.
Bargains in Hats-Straw Soft and Stiff
Our Shoe department is un-
usually full, containing all the
latest styles from Philadelphia
and Eastern manufacturers, at
prices l07ver than eUer.
A full stock of Groceries-Drfed and Evapor-
ated Peaches, Apricots. Plums, ,Prunes and Apples,
Canned Fruits and Vegetables. Everything in
our Grocery Department warranted pure.
Yours to serve,
F. P. PRICE,
Main Street. in the "Hollow,' Elkton, Md.
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Sixth and Chestnut.
LEDGER Building.)
8
{A
At lMrs. Melsnn's,

Hats and Bonnets of every
shape. We are not confined
to one grade of goods, but
have the plainest and least
expensive as we'll as more
elaborate.
We are favoured with in
creasing patronage, as our
prices are very low.
Will try and make your
money go far besides giving
you the best.
Our effort is to improve our
goods and give our customers
the full benefit of every bar
gain.
Ribbons of every shade and
all new Millinery conceits.
Box OF candy to each dol
lar purchaser.
Mrs. M. A. NELSON,
Elkton
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Great Benefit
Dr.. Ayers

Hair Vigor for a number of years, and
find it very effective in promoting the
growth of the hair"
Prepared by DR.. !. c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
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of County Commissioners

The regular meetings of the County Commits
sioners will be held on the second Tuesday of
every month. Persons having accounts to be
stated or settled will apply to the Clerk during
the recess of the Board. All claims against the
county must be filed in the Commissioners office,
with legal vouchers attached, as no account will
be allowed not properly chargeable to the same.
BY order l. ID. DAVIS. CLERK.
Aug 20-tt County Commissioners Cecil County
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nUOIIl II Rewarded are those who read this
XII III n and then act: they will find honorable
ltIuIII | employment that will not take them

profits are large and sure for every Industrious
person, many have made and are now making
Several hundred dollars month. 1t is easy for
anyone to make S. afid upwards per day, who is
willing to work. Either sex young or old; capital
not needed; we start you. Everything new. No
special ability required; you, reader, can do it
we'll as any one. Write to us at once for full par
ticulars which we mail free. Address ST1NSON
X CO. Portland, Maine. Decay
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Horse Blankets whicha are strong
and have a reputation are always
initiated in poor qualities which
look like them, but having fewer
warp threads are not as strong.
Some dealers buy these poor
limitations for a few cents less and
by saying theya are "just as good"
sell them at the same price as the
strong blankets to parties who do
not know the difference.
You cannot tell whether horse
blankets are strong by the look
or feel, as the warp threads do
not show on the face. How then
are you to know7 - ~et;s,.
Inorderthat you cantella strong
blanket from weak one, the manu-
facturer of 5A Horse Blankets
sews the above 81 Trade Mark
inside of each blanket. This is a
guarantee that it is the strongest
blanket made for the money and
will wear well.
Many poor limitations have been
sold as "a blankets. Remember
none are genuine unless the
81 Trade Mark is sewed inside.
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School Commissioners,

TT HE School Commissioners of Cecil
County will meet at their office, in Elktsn,
for the transaction OF current school business, on
the SECOND TUESDAY in each and every
month JOHN SQUIER,
Secretary.
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look at the end of winter. >.
Why is it that of two horse
blankets which look and feel
equally we'll one won't wear at all.
and the other wears well1
This "a Trade Mark
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attorneys at taam.

CLINTON MCCULLOUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ELKTON, MD.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-11

Time, that ruthless joker, had, in
spite Of his bad character, dealt
tenderly during the past ten years
with the old ladies of Rothmere. 70
be sure, he had turned Aunt Sarah's
hair quite white; he had given Miss
Judith twinge of rheumatism, but
he had left Aunt Penelope her crumb
Of tender grief, and fondness for
soft gray woolen gowns and dainty
lace caps,
The long, quaint house was still the
hame, the only change being that the
The Washington critic., 1888-02-11
For THB WASHINGTON CRrrfo.
BLIND MANS BUFF.

How oft like children In their play,
With bhnd-fold eyes pursuing
Uncertain paths that lead astray,
We seek our own undoing,
When, by one little twist aside,
A corner deftly lifted
In range of vision far and wide,
The vantage would be shifted.
, Sometimes we knot, ourselves, the folds,
A selfappointed blindness,
lSometifnes q friend the kerchief holds,
y Though neither in unkindness;
!. But, though the bandage on our eyes
Be snowy in its whiteness,
While darkness deep behind it lies
II still will pail life's brightness.
Alas the pitfalls in our way,
The false notes that deceive MS,
With sudden stiffness, too, astray,
The hand that led to leave us
And, while our blind-fold game goes on,
We miss life's greatest blessing,
Though just within our reach, 'tis gone,
While toward some cheat we re pressing.
MAGGIE SULLIVAN BURKE.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-11

So Eve came back again to the
shabby street in New York. Jaeinth
stood at the door, waiting for her,
with all the small Maeilyaines cling
ing to her skirts.
"We've missed your bright face
sadly, my darling" she said, as Eve
hid her face on her sisters shoulder
and began to cry, to the anguish of
the little Macilvaines and the sympa-
thetie interest of the truckmm.
1t seemed to Eve as If she looked
at Jacinth for the first time. What
business had she TO wear that mean,
faded, skinny gown? Why persist
in brushing back the fair, soft curls
about her forehead, till each wrinkle
land there were wrinlsles) stood out
for its full worth? Why need her
blue eyes look SO unreasonably kind
and quiet?
Eve pitied her with impulsive re.
morse, and she continued to sob until,
in pause, she looked up with q
faint laugh into Jacinth's distressed
| face.
''Its because I'm so happy" she
explained. "But you just wait
Jacinth; after I've seen mother III
| tell You something"
The Washington critic., 1888-02-11
LIST OF PRIZE

100000 Tickets at Twenty Dollars oacH
Halves, $40; Quarters, S5 Tonths,
90; Twentioths, 81.
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Seeing Booth for Twenty Cents.

Seeing Booth for Twenty Cents,
Five young men in large store on Bay
street hit upon this novel and economi-
cal scheme for seeing Booth and Barrett :
Said oneA"Each fellow chips in twenty
cents, making pool Of 81, with which
we buy gallery ticket. There are Ave
acts in the tragedy. We toss up to see
who goes in for the first act. When the
curtain falls he comes down stairs, gets o
check and hands it to No. 2, who will go
in and see the second act. He will come
out at the end of the act and another of
he will go up on his check to take in the
third act BY working that snap we will
be able to see Booth in one act, and i
will cost US only twenty cents apiece"
The conspiracy was mentioned to Mr.;
Johnson, the manager of the theatre, and
he said that while II is against the rule
for check to be transferred, he thought
that in this case the scheme was so origi-
nal that it ought to be allowed "to o.
| Savannah GA Times.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-11
uAldernev Dairy Wagons.n

Fresh Alderney butter, churned every
morning and delivered in Id Ward"
prints, 45c, per lb. Alse cottage cheese,
Cream, 16c. per pit. ..
The Washington critic., 1888-02-11
G. T. BeauregaFd,
j. A. Early,
CAPITAL PRIZE $500, 900.

Grand Quarterly Drawing, AT tho
Acadcmyof Music, New orleans, TUESDAY,
March IL, 1883. ~
The Washington critic., 1888-02-11
NJ. a. DAUPHrN,

New orleans, La.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-11
One-Half Their Value,

And, until closed out, we will offer to the
public some Of the greatest bargains ever Of
fered, at prices that defy competition. Read
carefully the sizes and prices and bring this
advertisement with you.
The Washington critic., 1888-02-11
Address Registered Letters 20
New Orleans National Bank,

REMEMBER'that thepresence ofGcnorals
Beauregard and Early, who arc I, cbsrga ~
the drawings, Is a guarantee Of ahshlnts fairs
ness and integrity, that the chances are aIl
equal and that no one ,.an nosaibv diyina
",,aI nREMTMRFR NqIN9sF ~ii, n,o oreSs prize.
,r,1es is ~ IifhI $50, that the payment OF
TInS ElinSs ~ n MI. HNie ..ANTEED By FOUR MA
~ ~, si,,,,1 Of NewOrleans and the tick
Vnn iS III p.d by the President Of an lnsutu
IN the "aose chartered rights. are recognizeS
imiiy highest Courts; therefore beware OF all
= tatiOns and anonymous schemes"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-27

San Francisco has luscious shad all the
year, so much better than any in the
East that compared to it Potomac shad
tastes like boiled cotton batting.-Son
Francisco alta.
"Why, there are only about 400 peo-
pie in fashionable New York society.
When we give a large ball like the last
New-Year's ball for 800 guests we go
outside Of the exclusive fashionable set
and invite professional men, doctors,
lawyers, editors, artists, and the like. -
Ward .NcAuiSter in Ae,O York Tribune
Interview.
The new California method Of pre-
serving fruit is simple, aud SAID to be
excellent. Wide.mouthed bottles are
filled with fresh, sound raw fruit and
securely corked. No sugar, water, OF
anything is added. The bottles are then
placed in cold water, which is brought
to a boil, and gently boiled for ten
minutes. 1t is claimed that the fruit
preserved in this way will keep for years.