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author under discussion. a simple in
stance will suffice:

stance VIII Sul1lce:
Peter Peter, pumpkin cater,
Had II vile. but couldn't keep her:
He put her in a pumpkin shell,
And then he kept her very WELL
"1his stanza gives to the unsuspect-
ing child an exaggerated idea of the
size OF pumpkins, as well as false view
of domestic economy. 1t and all the
other lucubrations of Mrs. Goose should
be expunged from contemporary litera-
ture.
Faithfully yours, ="
Of the dozen or so queries sent to
the President and Cabinet, only one
has SO far elected reply. The Secre-
retary of the Navy writes:
"ILy DeU .SW,-I think Mother
Goose rhymes very suitable for chill
dren, affording them the enjoyment of
verse readily committed to memory.
The only thing in them which | object
to is contained in
Bobby Shatto'S gone to sea,
Silver buckles ON his knee:
But he'll come back to marry me
Dearest Bobby Shaito'
Gas silver buckles are no longer sewed
on to seamen, owing to the necessity of
economizlng the appropriations, it
might be well to change this reference
in the next edition. -"
The opposition to Mother Goose is
not confined to this country, as will be
seen from the following note from
Queen Victoria.
Sri can't say that | admire
Mother Goose's poetry very much. Il
is altogether too exciting, and therefore
hard on the nerves. What | object to
mostly IS the familiar way in which she
refers to persons engagedin the Majest,
profession, one of which am. As you
will remember, one Of the poems goes
| The king in the parlor,
! Counting out his money:
The queen was in the kitchen,
Eating bread and honey:
The maid was in the garden,
| Hanging out the clothes
When down came biackbird
And bit off her nose.
"Now, sir, | want you to understand
that no decent queen eats bread and
honey in the kitchen. | never do, and
I think it's shame that queens should
be so misrepresented. -"
From this concensus of opinion il
looks as though the rhymes of Mother
Goose would have to go to, keep COM
pany with Washington's little hatchel
story, and the yarn about William Tel
and his archery.
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A Kentucky man who was on his
way to Niagara Falls, and got laid
over by an accident, telegraphed on
to see if the tails operated on Sum
day the same as on other days. He
was much gratified when informed
business continued right along every
day in the year.
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He Forgot to Fix Himself.

Nebraska Hostess Cat her evening
party. You look somewhat distract,
Mr.. Blizzard. Do you find the party
dull?
Mr.. Blzzard-Oh, not at all, Mrs.
Cyclone. | am enjoying myself bully,
but LIND myself triae nervous.
elbow SOP"
81 left my shooter at home"
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F. NJ. Ventress, of Fayetteville, Ga,
boasts of having carried the same
pocketbook for fifty SIX years. The
wear and tear on Mr.. Ventress' pocket
book was evidently not as great as on
Jay Gould's.
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MOTHER GOOSE MUST GO.

About Christmas time the opinions
of several eminent men on Santa Claus
were published in the American news
papers. This method of collating opin-
ion is very popular one, and it occur
red to the writer that an assortment of
views on the productions OF Mrs. Goose
would be eagerly read.
He therefore addressed to number
of prominent opinion manufacturers
note, of which the following is copy:
"Dcar .S1r,-What is your opinion
of the wisdom of bringing up little chill
dren on literary diet composed of
Mother Goose's melodies?
''If you regard any of the works of
this suthoress as pernicious will you
please quote the pernicious portion, and
accompany the same with a diagram
showing where The perniciousness comes
ln?"
The replies received are appended.
The first is from the Rev. -, d. d ,
of New York:
"Dear SU,-AIost of the statements
contained in Mother Goose's poetry are
lies. and do not think there is any
need for a long statement as to the
wisdom of teaching lies to little chill
dren. The danger is that when the
little children find out the lies, as of
course they do in time, they will be
tempted to class with them the religious
truths which they are taught. l object
especially to the lie about blackbirds :
Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye:
Four and-twenty backbirds baked in pie
When the pie opened, the birds began to sing:
Wasn't that dainty dish 10 set before the king?',
"To say nothing of the large size of
a pie which could hole twenty-four
blackbirds, l merely declare that it is
totally impossible to bake those crea-
lures without destroying life. 1t is well
known that dead birds cannot sing. The
statement in the verse is, then, clearly
lie. | am afraid that when the chill
dren find this to be the case, they will
disbelicve the Biblical account of Shad-
rach, Meshach, and Abednego in the
fiery furnace.
Yours very truly, -
The next letter is from Professor -,
of the - University. Mr.. is one
of the foremost astronomers in this
country-indeed, ! may say, IN the
woodland he therefore speaks with
authority:
"Dcar .Sr,-I am not conversant
with all of Mother Goose's poetical
works. but there is one that conveys a
very distorted view of astronomy which
occurs to me at this moment 1t runs
something like this:
There was an old woman went up in a basket,
Ninety times as high as the MOON
"When we consider that the moon
is 24o, 900 miles distant from the earth,
and then multiply that by ninety, the
false nature of the idea impaired to the
child will be apparent ; for it IS not pos
sible to ascend SO high even in a bal
loon, not TO speak of making the trip
in basket, without propulSive force.
A calculation as to the length of time
such journey would consume, even if
it were possible to make ii in a railway
train, will also show its utter inpossi-
bility. For these reasons doubt the
wisdom Of teaching this poem to chill
dren.
Yours sincerely, -"
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Vanamaker & Brown,
A Family

Without Bottle of Ayers Cherry Pee
toral is like fort without ammunition
- completely at the mercy of the enemy.
For want of care, children are liable to
sudden colds. which, if not attended to
in time, lead to fatal diseases of the
throat and lungs. AS an Emergency
Medicine, Ayers Cherry Pectoral has no
equal, and the lives that have been saved
by its prompt use are innumerable. "a
few years ago." writes Mrs. S. Embury
IL Newton Place, Holyoke, Mass, my
little girl took severe Cold, which
rapidly developed membranous
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Meetinus 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. d. DAVIS. CLERK.
Aug 2O-tf County Commissioners Cecil County.
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School Commissioners.

TEN HE School commissioners of Cecil
l. County will meet at their office. in EIkton
for the transaction a. current school business. on
the SECOND IT. ESDAN in each and every
month. Holm SQUlER,
Secretary
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Three years ago l caught a terrible
cold. Until | began to take Ayers
Cherry Pectoral it seemed beyond the
power of medicine to help me. 1 took
this remedy for short time, and was
completely cured. - Mary 'E. Brown,
Waverly, y. Y.
ID. S. HAYNES, NJ. D., Sarana". \. V,
says : g have used Ayers Cherry Pee
toral in my practice since 1853. and have
always found it reliable for the cure of
Colds, Coughs, and all Lung Diseases. >
When about - years of age, a severe
Cold affected my lungs. | had a racking
cough. | consulted several physicians
but received no help until l began
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TFHE Stated Meeting OF the Orphans
L Court OF Cecil county will be held on tn,
SECOND TUESDAY in every months EXecu.
tors, Administrations and Guardians, wanting
their accounts ted. will please bring in the
vouchers few days before Court.
REUBEN L. lamar
IungkysS Register.
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THOMAS H. LORT
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ELKTON, MD.

Having decided 10 settle in Elkton. solicit the
patronage of the public. All work intrusted tC
me will receive prompt attention. tstimate>
cheeriuliy given.
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Necessity

absolute need of some safe. certain, and
reliable cure of Colds and Coughs that
led to the invention of Ayers Cherry
Pectoral. The loZenges usually resorted
to, as remedies, spoil the appetite and
produce bile. Cherry Pectoral is u
powerful anodyne. one dose being suf1i-
cient, in most cases, to stop coughing
and allow the irritated organs to heal.
Unlike the common Cough Drops"
Ayers Cherry Pectoral stimulates the
appetite, induces sleep, and assists
Nature in ellecting radical
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Notice TO TreSpaSSers

All persons are stricuy forbidden trespass-
" on the premises of f.. L. MAHONEY with
Og gun Or otherwise.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-03-10

Tobogganing is the latest method of
teaching the young idea how to shute.
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Yours sincerely,
-, Professor OF Philosophy in -
University, holds views somewhat SINH
| lar to Professor Is. He saws:

-, Professor OF Philosophy in -
University, holds views somewhat SINH
lar to Professor IS. He says:
"Dear .SW,-Mother Goose's melo-
dies were favorites with me when | was
a child, but | must say that | have been
compelled to unlearn several things
which they taught me. There can be
no harm in
Mary had lite lamb:
Its fleece was white as snow
Nor can any objection be found to
Jack Spratt could eat no fat.
His wife could eat no lean etc
But when We come to
Hey diddle diddlc
The cat and the fddle.
The Jumped over the moon:
Tie little do. laughed to Such sport,
And the dish after The SPOON
some objections can be noted. When
it is considered that the utmost a COW
can do in the jumping line is to get
over the gar1en fence, it conveys to a
child's mind very inadequate idea of
the distance of the moon from the
earth, to teach it that the COW vaulted
over that heavenly body. But the great
est objection is to the last line of tie
verse, where the dish is described as
running after the spoon. Now dishes
and spoons are not animate creatures,
md are not provided with legs, and it
is obviously wrong to create in the
minds of children the false impression
that such is the case.
"Your most obedient servant, -"
-, author and lecturer, of Boston,
also files some objections
"Dcar .S1y,-Ip replying to your in
terrogatories | wish TO place myself
upon record as objecting most siren
uously to the many false conceptions
of life presented in tine works of the
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after taking only one bottle, was en-
tirely cmrcd."-J. Davis, Atchison,
Kansas.
Sold by all Druggists. Price 81 six bottles, 50.
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Ayers Cher nv PeCtorai.

ry Pectoral was tried in small and fire.
quent doses, and, in less than one hour.
the little patient was breathing easily.
The Pectoral saved my darling's life. -
Prepared by DIR. j. G. Aver x Co., Lowell, Mass.
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II left my shooter at home.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-04-28
CURRENT COMMENT.

AS the mother loves her bad boy
best the Republican party will always
love Jim Blaine. -Louisuille Courier
Journal.
To Mr.. Blaine is due the credit
for making the cuspidor. nee spittoon.
q novel and prominent issue in politics
Chicago News
1t is funny to see so many prom
inent Republicans struggling for the
privilege of being put up by the next
Presidential nominating convention.
only to be knocked down. Boston
Post.
The day of 'infant industries''
in this country has passed. Our in
dustries are giants instead of infants.
The infants are the farmers who work
for these giants and pay them for doing
it.-Sk Paul Nesos.
The nomination of General
Nichols for Governor of Che Louisiana
Democracy knocks out any hope the
Republicans may have entertained Of
making Louisiana doubtful State next
fall.-Sk Louis Republican,
1t is about as fair to accuse the
man who desires an intelligent and
judicious revision of the tariff of being
free-trader as the man who burns
the rubbish in his back yard of being
an incendiary. Providence journal
(Rep.).
1t will take microscope TO find
what is left of the Thoebe contest. It
is evident enough that Thoebe knew
that he was defeated and cared moth
ing about the contest. The institution
of the contest was simply dishonest
political trick put on foot for the pur-
pose of annoying Mr.. Carlisle. -Sk
Louis Post Dispatch.
The Southerner that fired the
first shot of the war of the rebellion
has been identified in the person of a
man who was killed the other at
Charleston in brawl. Tn;s question
having been disposed Of, interest now
centers in the man who will FIRE the
last shot His identity is in doubt. but
it apparently lies between Foraker.
Tuttle. Halstead, Clarkson, John Sher-
man and MIR. Blaine. Chicago Herald.
1t may be admitted that certain
idiots issued a circular and adopted
resolutions declaring that Republic
an mayor should not be elected in
~ - =
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PuNcENT PARAGRAPHS.

Many broadcloth husband owes
his prosperity to the fact that lie mar
ried bingham girl.--San francisco
Bulletin.
The men who have walked bare
footed over the burning sand OF the
desert always know all about the times
''that tried mems soles-
Nothing is more pcrnicious than
the habit of contracting debts" re-
marked father to his spendthrift son.
Don't you think expanding them is a
little worscp'' asked the latter PITTS
bnrgh Chronicle.
Some people are so sanguino in
this world that they think they can
plant handful of seed in a snow-drift
and gather carload of strawberries
the day after the first thaw.-Baltin'ore
American.
-s.Ma. did that comedy you saw last
night make all the folks cry?" ''Why.
no. my dear. never laughed SO much
in all my life" "Well. pa told MIR.
Jones everybody in the theater sat in
tiersr'
In tho valley of Taos, in New
Mexico, there is a field of alfalfa that
is reliably credited with having pro-
duccd three crops year for more than
100 consecutive years. The present
owner claims to have cut the grass
from tho field for sixty years. and he be-
lieves the present crop the largest he
has ever seen.
-Teacher-"Johnny, do you remem-
Der the proverb gave you yesterday"
Johnny-..No'm-" speech is silver
and what is it?'' Il dunno, num-" Il
know" spoke up little boy at the
foot of the class. Every we'll, you
may recite it" speech is silver, but
money talks.-N Y. Sun"
How are you and your wife COM
ing on?'' asked an Austin gentleman
of colored man. s.She has run me
of, boss" "What's the matterp" II
is to blame. boss. / gave her a splen
did white silk dress. and den she got so
proud she had no use for me. She .tisl
was coo dark to match de dress. -
Teras Siftings.
-"You have mentioned several times
during the evening"" observed one of
the audience to a lecturer. 1.-THE word
periphrasis. Would you kindly inform
ne of its precise meaning?" Ser
tainly." said he, lit is simply q cir
cumlocutory and pleonastic circle of
oratorical sonorosity circumscribing an
atom of ideaIity lost in verbal pro-
fundity."
Anxious Father-'I wish you would
tell me what to do with my boy. He
is willful. disobedient and surly.
dress him down with a horsewhip a
dozen times a week. and sometimes
lock him in the coal-house for half q
day to discipline him, but it does nc
good; he comes out as defiant as ever.
What does such a boy needr' Rev.
Mr., Surplice (decidedly)-"He needs q
change of fathers
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-04-28
cLEvsLAND's MESSAGE.
Leading Republicans Indorse the Prese>
denss Tariff Sentiments.


denis Tariff Sentiments.
indications abound that the Presf-
dents recommendation in his message
at the opening of the Congressional
session are meeting with approval in
the highest quarters in the opposition.
Among others of the party Senator
Allison, of Iowa. who has been taking
vacation among his constituents,
has discovered that Mr.. Blaine's idea
for the disposal of the surplus is. to
put it mildly, grave political mistake.
Indeed, the Iowa Senator is so con-
firmed in this view that he informs the
inevitable interviewer that the Blaine
surplus platform will never be accept
ed by Western Republicans.
On the contrary--and bear in mind
that Senator Allison is a possible oppo-
sition Presidential candidate-he is
free to say that a great necessity ex-
lists for revision of the tariff; that
Congress will perforce be compelled to
act in that direction. and that the party
which fails to do its proper share in the
reduction of tariff taxes will be certain
to forfeit popular favor.
This Allison interview may be taken
as this able and popular leaders
response to Mr.. Blaine's Paris mes
sage" as the friends of that gentle
man choose to designate the Smalley
document which was so nimbly sprung
on the Republican party and country.
Nor is Senator Allison the only
prominent opposition leader who puts
himself on record against the theory
of taxing necessities while letting
deleterious luxuries go free. If Sena-
tor AIlison's position is rather one OF
opposition by implication, on the
other hand Senator Aldrich's cot
Rhode IsIand) position is one of direct
opposition. In an address to the
Providence Board of Trade few days
ago he makes a powerful argument
against the message from the French
capital. He says that all parties are
agreed that the revenue must be re-
duced. and adds: There is a gem
eral feeling among those who have
made study of the question that the
annual reduction ought to be $780,
600. 900. know of no intelligent Pro-
tectionist or Republican who is not in
favor of reducing the annual revenue
to such sum as shall be required to
meet the current expenses and the
maturing obligations of the Govern
ment."
This is direct whack at the Maine
statesman's plan of dividing a big sur
plus revenue among the States for the
direct benefit of class. But to make
its application more emphatically per-
sonal, Senator Aldrich adds: '.None Of
the propositions to collect revenue
with view to dividing it among the
States or distributing it by extraordi-
nary expenditures is. in my opinion.
defensible.
The beauty of this last declaration il
that it kills two birds with one missile
-one in Maine and one in Ohio-while
the Rhode Island Senator docs not care
a copper who knows that it is he who
SHES the stone.
Meanwhile such more than quasi
Endorsements of the Presidents mes
sage as the above still further demon.
strate the growing strength of the doc
ument Chicago Nesos (ind.).
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A Surprising Statement.

We boldly assert that all American
china and glazed crockery ware is
enameled with a preparation consisting
largely of the red oxide of lead. or as
it is commonly known. litharge. This
salt of lead is very soluble in the fata-
cids especially in butyric acid. All
fatty goods contain this acid and when
from the frequent alternate expansion
and contraction of the enamel or glaz-
ing on the various dishes and plates
we use on the table, cracks have formed,
the butyric acid insinuates itself under
the enamel, takes up the lead. and with
the food on the plate is taken into the
stomach, where being q cumulative
poison it insiduously poisons the
system. Do not let us deceive ourselves
by thinking that the quantity of lead is
small. but remember that the quantity
of lead set free by carbonic acid in the
water running through lead pipe is
still less, and yet no less authority
than Professor Chandler has proven
that much lead-poisoning is due to
this Analyst
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MORE FACT THAN FANCY.


He stayed at home, dreamer still
Unknown of all--with small desire
To roam beyond his native hill.
His own hearth-fire.
Acommon toiler, poor and plain,
No unsuspecting eye could scan
The promise ripening in the brain
OF that lone man.
his lowly life was like cloak.
That held concealed his conscious power,
Till one bright day his genius broke
From bud 10 flower.
Then great men came and grasped his hand
And praised his work, land called him wise
And yet they could not understand
His sudden rise.
They neutrality-suspicious. thro' the dark
They marvelled at his eminence;
They called his gift "a special mark
OF Providence"
He smiled-and quit their courtly hall;
He strobe into the midnight murk,
And sighed: 'arhe secret after all,
Is work. work, work."
~. " Matthews, IN Indianapolis Journal.
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STORIES OF ELEPHANTS.

The Esteem in which the Huge Animals
Were Held By the. Ancients.
The ancients, who arc sparing in their
praises Of the dog, (by far the larger
part of the world has always abhorred
him as the very type Of uncleanness),
could not speak too highly of the ele-
plant The elder Pliny. who was a
diligcnt collector of anecdotes rather
than an observer, surpasses himself
when he treats of this animal. He
places him as unquestionably next to
man. Intelligence, obedience, memory.
ambition, affection. honesty, prudence
and justice are among the catalogue Of
virtues which he ascribes to these crea-
lures. he even declares that they are
religious, worshiping the stars, the sun
and the moon. an assertion in which
he is followed by Plutarch and Elian.
The stories which he tells of their sa-
gacity and aptitude for acquiring ac-
complishments are marvellous That
they should go through the motions of
a dance or a gladiatorial combatis cred
IDLE. Busbecq tells Of one which he
himself saw in Turkey that danced and
played at ball. But our faith is taxed
when we read of four elephants
walking on tight ropes, carrying
another in litter. Yet the testimony
of the ancients as to this particular ac-
complishment is very strong. Possibly
the funambulism of elephants is one of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-04-28

Dent forget one things low
tariff and high wages generally go to-
gether. That is one of the solemn
facts Of history in tits countrY.-M l.
1srald,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-04-28

1t is admitted by foreign electri-
clans that the progress made in the
United States in the use of electricity
is far in advance of that Of any other
nation.
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: nranch of the Central Pacific railroad
= eeing completed to Placerville for what
vas SHOWN as Hangtown in the early min
ing gays, and which was heohjcctivo point
~ ~ me W overland e1nigrants). the county seat
niles long and runs through alnioss one
continuous tine Of orchards, hop fields and
Vineyards including tho famous Natemo
Vineyard .Qnd orchard Of 1000 acres. "a
so'sont Skcnty mics distdnt iron. sacsa-