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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1888-01-28
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Big Cnt in Prices at

Big Cnt in Prices at
Mrs. Litzenbergs
Not old stock; my holiday
trade was so good. Many
staple goods were closed out.
| filled every available space
this week with new goods.
Wraps, Coats and Furs for
Ladies and Children below
cost.
All Millinery Goods at Or
below cost.
Fine Felt Hats, new shapes,
soc.
French Wings and Birds
for less than cost of importa-
ton.
Great reduction in all Dress
Fabrics.
Astrichan, Plush and Cloth
down IN price.
Real Seal Coat Fastenings
25c per pair.
Black hair Fur Trimming,
2 inches wide, 25c.
Four-button, stitched-back
Perfect Kid Gloves, imported,
75c per pair this month only.
Special sale of Handker-
chiefs this month.
Merino-wear for Ladies and
Children. The lowest prices
ever offered.
Beautiful Ruchings.
Braid Decorations.
Silk Lace.
Flouncing.
Edglng.
Nets.
A novelty in the way of a
Bargain Table. Prices no
object. Goods to be sold.
Buttericks Patterns.
Mrs. L. H. LITZENBERG,
Elkton, Maryland.
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PRECOCIOUS CHILDREN.

From The Popular Scieace Monthly.
There are but few parents who are
not pleased when their children show
unusual brightness. Such children
attract the notice and admiration of
others and minister to the vanity of
father or mother; but precocity
in child is thing to be regretted
rather than encouraged.
precocious children rise above
the average in adult life. Rather the
tendency is to fall below it. During
early childhood-say the first seven
years-the brain is imperfect both in
form and substance, and any strain
then put upon it is at the expense OF
future vigor.
One trouble is that the brain of
such child tends OF itself to dan
gerous activity; and another is that
the fond parent is almost sure, some-
times unconsciusly and sometimes
purposely, to push it to the limit of
its power.
What the parent should do is to
hold the child away from schools and
books and exhibitions, from talk
above its years and from admiring
friends, and to keep it down to child
ish mates and sports and simple out
door activities. If it should not
learn its letters until eight years of
age SO much the better.
The constant and serious aim
should be to draw away the tendency
of blood to the brain to build up
the material organization and give
the brain a chance to build itself up
for the solid work of life-the fur
nishing of the working force for every
organ of the body as well as of the
mind.
The Washingtons, the Waylands
and the Websters have not come of
precocious children, and our present
knowledge of physiology and pathol-
ogy would have enabled us to say
beforehand that they were, on the
whole, rather duller than their young
mates.
AS a rule the precocious child is
of scrofulous diathesis, with fair,
brilliant complexion, blue eyes and
golden hair, beautiful to look on, ac-
cording to popular standards. He is
deliberately sensitive TO mental inn
pressions, and alive to the conversa-
ton of persons much older than he.
| He generally goes on in his unique
career, outstripping his brothers and
sisters, as well as his schoolmates,
in the committing of tasks at school,
as well as in the reading of books
far beyond their comprehension.
| This generally goes on until the
age of puberty, when he begins to
falter. The hectic flush is seen upon
his fair cheek, the eye becomes more
brilliant, and the finer and more
spiritual elements come out with al
most supernatural intensity.
| By and by slight cough and
phthisis tuberculosis has laid the
foundation OF premature death.
"'Does marriage change a man. you ask ?"
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President Lincoln said once that
the best story he ever read in the
papers of himself was this: Two
Ouakeresses were travelling on the
railroad, and were heard discussing
the probable termination of the war.
81 think" said the first, "that JEFF
ferson will succeed" "Why does
thee think so?" asked the. other.
because Jefferson is praying man"
"And SO is Abraham a praying mar" "
objected the second. ayes, but the
Lord will think Abraham is joking" "
the first replied, conclusively.
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A Recipe for Domestic TrannnilitY.

A Recipe tor domestic Tranquility.
Sometimes my wife and | say on
Sunday, "Now let us agree that we
will not say single cross word to
any one this whole week. Let us
be studiously polite to each other
and to the children. Let us be very
mindful of the feelings of every per-
son with whom we may come into
contact. Let us not fret nor complain,
nor do anything that good. decent,
well-behaved Christians should not
do" And if, when the next Sunday
shall come we have, through the
grace of God, kept this resolve, it
goes without saying that we have
been happy and the world has per.
haps been made a little better for
our being in it.-Ioronto Globe.
We praise the blush on beauty's cheek,
Last eve with words that tell;
That blush, this morn, o xond' rous freak
Is here on our lapel!
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SOUND BUSINESS MAXIMs.

~ ptSiiiSoo tiit'Niihot t'ii
piled by the Dr. Goods Chronicle, are
appropriate to the season:
Action is really the life of business.
Use every means to hold on to your
home trade.
Always keep your designs and busi-
ness from the knowledge Of others.
1t is easy to sell goods if they are
well suited 10 your trade and bought
! right.
Be courageous dropyour best friend
if he shows lack of honesty and in,
tegrity.
Avoid litigation as much as possible,
for lawyers and costs eat up the prn.
cipal.
Have the courage to discharge q
debt while you have the money in your
pocket.
The man who borrows money anc
then borrows trouble is in sheol sure
enough.
Prefer small profits and certalns re.
turns to large profits and uncert7in set
Elements.
Difficulties, like thieves, often dis.
appear at glance therefore always face
difficulty.
Punctuality in money matters lead:
to prosperity and confidence and The
basis of credit.
The man who minds his own busi
ness and constantly attends to it ha
all his time employed
In buying study carefully the want
of your trade, and Duy with that enc
always in view.
Adhere strictly to your business
There may be difficulties to overcome
but you will surmount them.
Thousands of merchants fail not from
the shrinkage of values, but from cred
iting unwisely and too much.
Be polite, prompt, decisive, civil ant
oblising to your customers, and set
that your clerks do likewise.
Have the courage to accept small
profits, and be content large ones in
volve much risk and less certainty 0
continuing.
There are two sorts of people tha
gain little by trade, such as buy wha
they do not want, and such as sell onl,
in necessity.
| Success assures the appreciation o
the world, for, as the wise man says
"Men will praise thee when thou does
well for thyself.'
Study the history of current events
| ilehS SaiSiui IOiii tIeiilSOuo vi tllS HuStu
ations in price, IN demand and supply
in order to guide your own operations
by the lessons these facts impart.
Misrepresentation of anything neye
pays, and when you tell your customer
that your goods are superior to thos
OF your competitors, when you know
the same to be false, you are simpl
putting in the wedge that will ultimatel
drive your trade away.
| Remember that the golden rule c
commercial life is probity. Act, there
fore, honestly, uprightly and conscien
tiously in all matters of trade. Neve
misrepresent, falsity or deceive hav
one rule Of moral life and never swerv
from it, whatever may be the opinion
or acts of other men.
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A fve-year-old was put to bed the
other night little earlier than she her.
self thought desirable. Soon after she
called for some bread and milk, and
got it. After eating a few spooIfuls
she looked up to her father with a most
unconcerned air and remarked:
"Fapa, l believe I've heard you say
it wasn't good plan to retire imme-
diately after eating. l guess III get up.
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Cure.
To Use

Ayers Cherry Pectoral. l continued
taking this medicine and am satisfied it
saved my life."-C. &. Van Alstyne,
p. NJ, North Chatham, N. Y.
ayers Cherry Pectoral is the only
cough medicine that does me any good.
l recommend it above any other" -
II. B. Hilton, Kittanning, Pa.
"a few weeks ago l took severe
Cold which was at first neglected. In
three days it affected my Lungs, and 1
became extremely ill. Breathing was
painful, and my physician sent direc-
tions that ! should take Ayers Cher
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Saved the Life

of his infant son who was suffering with
membranous Group. Jacob Engel,
Druggist, Syracuse, n. Y.
Mrs. Charles B. Landon, Guilford.
Conn.,, says: ayers Cherry Pectoral
has been the means of saving my life.
and also the life of my little son. As he
is troubled with Group, dare not be
without this remedy in the house."
Mrs. Emma Gedney, 159 West 12S ST.,
New York, writes ''While in the
country, last winter, my little boy was
taken ill with Group. We feared he
would die from strangulatiOn.
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Ayers Cher nv Pectora|

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. C. Aver s Co., Lowell, Mass.
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"'Does marriage change a man. you ask?''
tHis tone and look were sad):
''The first week of our wedding tour
Took all the change had"
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I was promptly relieved by its use, and,
after taking only one bottle, was en-
tirely cured. u. Davis, Atchison,
Kansas.
Sold by all Druggists. Price 81; six bottles, IS.
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Ice-thln.
Boy-iu.
Hacks-'leven.
BOy-heaven.
-Detr0I Free Tress.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-02-02
HmmixrauOn.

At the instance of the the Chicago
Kansas s. Nebraska Railway, Rock Is
land route, meeting of tile Kansas
Association of general passenger and
ticket agents. was held at Kansas City
yesterday, for the purpose of getting
joint action with all lines interested in
Kansas business. for series Of excur-
sions into the state the coming spring
and summer. The C.. K. & N, claim
that Kansas interests must be protect
ed by joining with the people in the in
terests of immigration, and that mas
much as all lines interested in Texas
and California business are now rum
ming excursions into those states. tthey
also propose doing the same for Kan
sas, and will ask other lines Co join
This is the kind of enterprise that
makes booms and induces immigration.
The people of Northern Kansas have
already held one meeting at Clay Gen.
ter, and have called another at Belle
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Associated PRESS MEET


The annual meeting of the TRANS
Mississippi Associated Press was held
at the Copeland hotel in this city this
afternoon at o'clock. The following
board of directors was elected: II. Clay
Park, Atchison Patriot; Frank T.
Lynch, Leavenworth Standard; Chas.
Harris EMPoRIA NEWS; J. w. Spencer,
st. Joseph Mo- News; Frank P. Mac
Lehman, Topeka State Journal; D. J..
HOtchkiss, Wichita Beacon; w. B.
Nelson, Kansas City Star; Kennedy,
Springfield mo- Leader; Ed. p. Greer,
Winfield Courier; Luke Herring, We'll
lington Standard; RIM. Easley, Hutch
inson News; d. NJ. Davis Salina Her
aid.
The Winfield Courier: Wellington
Standard, Hutchinson News and Sa-
lima Herald were admitted to full mem
bership at to-day's meeting.
The board of directors elected the
following officers: Frank p. MacLen-
nan, president; Frank T. Lynch. vice
president; II. Clay Park, secretary and
treasurer.
The affairs of the association were
shown by the reports of the officers to
be in prosperous condition.
The meeting adjourned to meet at
the Kansas City Star Office on Monday,
January 30, at II o'clock.-Topeks
Journal.
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best and purest influences actuate the
unselfsh man. who advances It's
standard. But what you can do here
cannot be done in older states unless
We make God and morality an issue in
our platform. We may lose at first,
but we'd win in the end.
eS sir, I suppose it is only q queS-
ton OF time when the Indian Terri
tory viii be opened, probably six or
Arkansas City will be to that country
what Kansas City has been to Kansas,
and Chicago to the great west. A
railroad Is already making its way up
20 Arkansas City from Fort Smith.
The foundation of a S1OO, 600 hotel is set
also that ola large opera house; the
contract Tor q $40, COO depot for the Santa
Fe road has been closed. buildings are
contracted for, prices of property are
awake, they stand together as q unit,
and such strength will build great
its its natural and present O' advantages s
such as that wonderful
| water power in their canal
connecting Arkansas river and Walnut
river, their electric lights, street cars
and paved and macadamized streets.
1 All these advantages, with the adj
mirable location of the city on high
rolling ground out four miles from
the Indian Territory, make it the gate
way of the south to the north.
Emporia, Wichita, Wellington and
Winfield, in almost immediate prox
unity, are all beautiful cities, and {
pride to this people, and the wonder o.
the pilgrim
Eyes, for the proof of the pudding
is in the eating" / am booked 70
Kansas to take a new lease on life, ant
to practice my profession aud shall
make Arkansas City my home.-Re
publican
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LATER.
Whera RIIrnarha atart-

The Chicago Tribune has been max
ing inquiry as to the cause of that pc
culiarity of a western winter called
1.-THE blizzard and in its issue of Sat
urday gives the reason for these de-
structive storms: 1t says:
"Why is it that east of the Missis-
Sippi river they are only felt with di-
minished force, and east of the Ohio
line, for instance, that is in the central
states. New York, and New England,
simple one. The southern part of
British America, from Labrador west
to the upper shores of Lake Superior.
is traversed by what is known as the
Laurentian, and at the extreme west
the Huronian mountains, composed in
reality of an enormous rock formation,
the Oldest yet discovered, with no shells
or fossils to tell us its age nor at what
time it lifted its great wall above
the waters. 1t is the oldest sediment
airy rock found on the globe. The
mated at 900 feet. 1t rises in hills
and mountains 1900 feet high, and on
the gOrgeS of the Saguenay forms
sheer cliffs 1000 feet high. 1t makes
solid, everlasting rock barrier, no
wind, be it a blizzard or tornado, can
pass. 1t shelters all the country to the
south of it from the icy blasts sweep
ing down from the Arctic regions. At
its western limit they may strike
against it and defect like water meet
ing an obstacle, and in Wisconsin. east
ern Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois.
they may be felt with diminished force.
West of that limit, however. there is
no break. Between a line from that
point north and south and the Rockies
and Sierras, which guard all
to the west of them, stretches one
vast, unbroken plateau from the po-
lar regions straight south to the Gulf
of Mexico. Along that plateau Boreas,
starting from the pole finds no OBJ
struction in his path. lie comes down
with rush, sweeping everything be-
fore him. chilling and freezing every
thing he encounters, and planting his
snow, sleet and ice even on the shores
of the Tar off Gulf of Mexico. The
more favored regions south of these
gigantic mountains of rock interposing
their friendly barrier, know little OF
the terrors of these bitter Arctic cur
rents, which carry death and destruc-
ton along with them to the jewellers
on the plain. Manitoba is only a mid
station on the road from the pole to the
gulf. 1t is not the home of the biz
| gard -
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VYPOORT8Y.

If there is any one thing more calcu-
lated to disgust the thinking person
with fanaticism as connected with the
prohibition doctrine preached in the
state of Kansas, it is the eternal ding
donging at drinking, and the eternal
praising of all ultra prohibition doings.
by the republican editorial fraternity
of the state, with very few outspOken
and conscientious exceptions.
What makes this peculiarly disgust
ing is the fact that at least nine out of
ten of these editors who so vehemently
preach prohibition, are in the habit of
indulging in the ardent themselves
whenever and wherever an Opportun-
ity is offered. And the opportunity in
many cases is every day.
This assertion may be doubted by
some of our readers, but we assure
them it is true. And we know where
of we speak. And every newspaper
man who reads this knows it as well as
we do.
But even this might be overlooked
were it not the habit of these editorial
gentlemen, all over the state, to-fig-
uratively speaking-jump with both
feet upon any poor fellow who happens
to be a republican and who refuses to
be fanatic, because he will not teach
doctrine in its radical extremes, when
he does not believe in the extremes.
What makes the hypocrisy worse is
the fact that in nearly every case these
editors are also proprietors, and there
fore free to write just as they choose.
And they choose to write advice to
their readers and put themselves up as
teachers of doctrines for the public,
which they personally refuse to prac.
tice themselves. Out on such two
facedness.
Let them either quit teaching prohi-
bition or else practice what they
preach.
1t is a notorious fact in Kansas City
that when a convention of Kansas re-
publican editors meet in that city the
saloons do an unusually good business,
and the Kansas editors are among the
best patrons. Yet these gentlemen
will return to their homes and denounce
whisky drinking and abuse their neigh
bors because they are not prohibition
lists, and, in some instances, uphold
fanatics who publish the names of all
who purchase liquor, in the mode pre-
scribed by law, from druggists.
How would these theoretical prohibit
tionists like some of their contempt
raries to retaliate by publishing the
names of editors who drink. and name
their favorite drink and the saloons
they patronize most when at the city at
the Kaw's mouth? This would hardly
be considered journalistic courtesy, yet
it would only be on a par with how
these extremists treat their oppo-
nents.
We do not wish to be understood as
being opposed to editors preaching and
teaching prohibition. No. What we
are opposed to, however, is teaching
prohibition with one hand and drinking
whisky with the other.
Let them give up either the bottle OF
battle. If they prefer the former, ther
let others do the fighting in the cause Of
temperance. If they are occasional OF
chronic drinkers, then let them become
prohibitionists themselves ere they
preach and pirate to others about what
they know nothing themselves except
in theory.
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We were shown letter yesterday
from a. de Bellefroid to R. H. Bayne,
of this city, dated Washington, D. c.,
speaking of the cordial manner in
which he and his son were received by
Senator Plumb on their arrival in that
city, by whom they were introduced to
the Commissioner of Agriculture and
to President Cleveland. Mr.. de Belle
froid and son were very heartily re-
ceived by these distinguished gentle
men, who spoke in fiattering terms of
the high character of Belgian immi-
grants to this country. The Commits
sioner of Agriculture was made fully
acquainted with the Messrs. de Belle
froid's mission to Europe, and gave il
his earnest and unqualified endorse
ment. They left Washington for New
York, from which city they sailed fol
France.
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BRACE UP.

With company formed for the pur-
Of mining coal and coal oil, and the
certainty of both in abundance within
a few miles of our city limits;
With a canning factory fully organ
lied and hiring hands to begin work;
With soap factory certainty, and
in the hands of men who mean BUSH
ness:
With the new developments made
by our Board Of Trade, and which are
not yet ri9ened enough to make public
mention Of;
With no ifs or perhaps" to
weaken any of the above mentioned
things; and
With our citizens all united and de
termined on doing their full duty and
all pulling together for the public vel
fare,
We see no reason why this shoulC
not be the beginning of the brightes
hour Emporia has ever seen.
One good, well advertised, manu-
featuring establishment, successful
working in our midst will be worth
hundred real estate excursions from
Missouri.
Therefore we say to EmpOris
Brace Up"