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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06
A SERMON ON POLITICS.
Presiden Harrison Hears His Pastors Idea,
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Presiden Harrison Hears His Pastors Ideas
on the Subject.
WASHINGTON, June 3O.-The President
occupied his pew at the Church OF the
Covenant this morning and heard ser
mon by the Rev. DR.. Hamlin, pastor of
the church, on politics. The word poll
tics, the preacher said, was one of the
nobest words In the language, but it had
become debauched until now men wink
when they speak OF man as politician,
although it should be as high praise to
call a man a politician" as to call him
statesman" Webster defined politics
as concerned with the preservation and
improvement of peoples morals"
Think" continued the pastor, "of
parties dividing on such lines; of candi-
dates sincerely arraying themselves on
one side or the other of moral questions;
of elections being contested with sepreme
regard to the common welfare. This does
not seem to be an unreasonable idea nor
very chimcrical scheme, but it would
certainly be wonderful change from
present practices. There has been much
speering at ''lunar politics." but this
would be celestial politics. Could this
be realized we could say, in the words of
ut sounds reasonable and seems prac
tIcal that Christian men should carry
the principles of the Gospel into their
politics. The Gospel requires that in our
relations with our fellow men we should
be unseltish, doing to others as we would
have them do TO us. Is that not the very
essence of statesmanship-to do equal
justice all around, between individuals
hntp t.
version of diplomacy which thinks of it
as means OF hood winking somebody and
getting an unfair advantage by sharp
practice.
The Gospel requires us, whenever the
alternative presents itself, to obey God
rather than man. This is essential to
Christian citizenship. The idea is often
laughed at, but it is feasible and prac-
tical.
politics must be elevated to mean
something better than a selfish and a too
often corrupt strife for place and power
Let this be called what it is-partIzan-
ship. Let the man who pursues this as
his vocation be known as a partisan. Let
the politician be the man reared in broad
and liberal policies of government, aud
skilled to Garry them into execution, not
ny appealing 10 secIlOnallsm, or race
antiparhies, or class prejudice, not by
shrewd deals and skillful playing off of
country against State, and State against
nation, but by planting himself upon
eternal principles of right, and appealing
to the patriotism, and if need be the sell
denial of his fellow citizens. Let us call
ho man politician who trades upon the
greed of office seekers, the conscleuceless
avarice of corporations, the malignant
combination of the liquor power, the See
tartan ambition OF churches of whatever
name or creed. He is simply demagogue
and intidelity to truth should be always
spoken of as such"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06

Our Democratic friends never tire o
asserting that the high tariff is a Re
publican inlquity, and is the prolific
source of oppressive trusts, monoplie:
and combinations.
A fact or two in this connection may
be interesting. Mr.. Theodore Have.
meyer prominent Democrat and who
is the head and front of the sugar
trust, in this country appeared in per,
son before the committee at Washington
which had the Mills Bill in charge. The
Democrats on that committee at his re.
quest advanced the duty on sugar zone
point" whatever amount of advance
that may mean. Mr.. Havemeyer re
turned to New York and at once sub
scribed $4,000 to the Cleveland cam.
paign fund. When charged on the
floor of the House, with tinkering the
tariff on sugar to suit the Sugar Trust
the Democratic leaders when closely
pressed by Mr.. MCComas, admitted
that they had received Mr.. Havemeyer
informally.
Now let US see how this Sugar Trust
headed by Democrat robs the people
to accumulate millions in its treasury
We take the figures from the Baltimore
SIN an excellent Democratic authority.
"Tne sugar magnates, when figuring
preliminary to the formation of the
sugar trust put a valuation of $50, 900, 900
on the I6 refneries, which it was pro-
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The Lew for 1889.

The Board of County Commits toners
on Saturday last completed the levy for
the fiscal year which began on july ISt.
The rate of county taxes this year Is
OH cents on the hundred dollars, CT
32A less than it was last year.
Don't these figures indicate a bust
ness management in that office, which
is very welcome to the tax payers and
property owners of the County? We
shall have ample occasion before No
vember to discuss in all its bearings the
advantage to the people of CecilCounty
in re electing the present Board, anc
only take occasion now to express the
opinion, that if it shall be reelected
which we believe it wil-next year tht
County rate in Cecil will be down Il
60 cents on the hundred, or ever
lower.
In the meantime, tax payers of ever,
political creed might take note of thes'
figures.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06

Among the first nine graduates of
the Colored Normal School in Balt-
more whose commencement exercises
were held in Ford's Opera House on
Friday of last week, were the two
daughters of Mr.. John Anderson, who
for so MANY years has been in charge
of the dining room of the Maltby
House, and the granddaughter of Mr..
Dorsey, the aged janitor OF Browns
Banking House, both OF them respected
men in that city. We congratulate Mr..
Anderson on the highly creditable
scholarship attained by his daughters,
and expect to hear from them hereafter,
as competent and successful teachers,
in the schools of their native city. 1t
is matter of reasonable pride with any
parent to know that his children are
self respecting and respected, under the
educational embarrassments which pre-
judice OF race has heretofore fostered
in this State, and now that more lib-
eral era is dawning, and the necessity
of having our schools taught by edu-
| Gated colored teachers is being con-
coded, there is greater cause for pride,
in having ones daughters, among the
educational pioneers of their time. We
have known MIR. Anderson's daughters
since they were children, and now that
they have grown to the stature of full
| (young) womanhood and have acquit-
ted themselves so handsomely through
out their course of studies, we wish
them the full measure OF success in
their professional work, which their
merits and studious habits deserve, and
for which we know their pareLts have
so faithfully labored.
The feeling which inspires this con-
graduation, IS akin to that which in
duced Mayor Latrobe and scores Of
other prominent officials and citizens
of Baltimore, to encourage by then
presence the first commencement Of
the Colored Normal School. We re-
gard it as an event of much importance
in the educational future of so large a
proportion of our people.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06

Says the New York SIN: "Some
visitors were going through one OF the
public schools. The teacher of one Of
the classes stood up the pupils to show
off in recitation in history. 1t was a
rapid Cross fire of question and answer
about the dates of battles in the Revo-
lutionary war, and the visitors listened
with interest and in silence. The last
query put by the teacher was addressed
to an intelligent, bright-faced little girl
in blue dress. The teacher asked:
"When was the battle of Yorktown,
Susie ?" "1781," promptlyreplied Susie.
Then one of the visitors rut query to
Susie. 1t was: "And what was the
battle about, and where was it fought ?"
81 don't know, ma am we won't have
that in our lesson till next year," re-
sponded Susie, promptly and unabashed
and as if it were not fair to expect a
little girl like her to know more than
the dates of battles. This is a sample
of the instruction in history given in the
New York public school system. Could
Maryland make better showing2
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06

fN'''''h
The object of this petition is to procure an order
| from said Court directing that the claim of the
said Henry H. Mitchell as well rs the claims OF
all other creditors OF Lydia McCay late of Cecil
County deceased. VINO will come In and contribute
to the expenses OF this suit. he paid of the pro-
ceeds OF sale of the real estate sold by William =
Evans the attorney named in the above entitled
cause. The petition states:
l. That Lydia Mct'lay To whom the property
sold by said William >. Evans, attorney. belonged
died intestate on or about the 1th dh" OF February
A. d.. 1889, leaving two sons, John McClay and
W lillian McClay, who Is inteimarrled with An
ME l.. Mct' lay, and three ,iIuG hters: Sarah who
is intermarried with George Witworth: Margaret
A., who is intermarred with Adam Mesel, and
Emma, who is intermarried with James Marcus
2 That the said I.ydiI McClay died seizcd of
real estate above mentioned, which leScen led
to her said children, but lett no personal estate
sufficient Tor The payment of her debts.
3. That said rea estate sold tor more than sutfi-
cient to pay the mortgage dent and costs and
there will lie surplus cIIaning in the hands
ri said attorney for dI: tributiOn among the par
ties entitled thereto.
l. That the said Lydia McClay was in her life
time indebted unto I said Henry H Mitchell
in the sum OF twenty-three dollars with interest
accruing thereon from December 27rh 1855 for
medical attendance.
s. That the said John Mct3lay, William Mc3lay,
Annie E: McClay, his wife, George Wltworth,
Sarah WtwOrth. his vile. Adam Melsal ana Mar
garet A. Meisal his wife. reSid e in Cecil County
aforesaid: that James Marcus and Emml Ma
Gus his wife reside in the City oi Wilmington in
the State OF delaware.
1t is thereupOn adJudgcd and ordered this 10Th
day OF June a. D., 1859, that the petitioner, by
causing copy OF this order to he inserted in some
newspaper published IN Cecil County once week
Tor four successive weeks. fifteen days be ore the
18th day of August next give notice To the SAID
absent defendants Of the object and substance OF
the said petition and warn tdem to appear in this
Court on or before tn l+th day OF August next
and show cause why the relief prayed should not
he granted.
JAMES A. DAVIS,
True Copy, Clerk.
Test: JAMES A. DAVIS.
Jn2g-5w Clerk.
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HAS He ABOLISHED DEATH2
DIR. Brown-Sequard Claims to Have Di

DIR. Brown-S.quard Claims to Have Dis
covered the Elixir of Life.
The medical world is excited by the
statement OF DR.. Browns guard, the
great French specialist in nervous dis
eases, who declare before the Biological
Society OF Paris. of W hich he is the presl-
dent, that alter twenty years of expert
menting, he had discovered true elixir
OF life, a substance that would rejuvenate
the old and make strong the feeble. He
commended that if the living cells of a
young and vigorous being could be in
jected into another where the vital spark
was low, his organism must vibrate in
unison with the fresh life. Many years
ago the doctor advanced views OF the
same character in lecture before the
medical faculty OF Paris, ana has eince
been engaged in experimenting on the
subject by treating old and WORKOUT ami
mails. Finally, as he states, he reached
such perfection that he tried his elixir
upon himself with startling results.
The doctor is now seventy two years
old, and presumably is subject to weak
uesses and intrmIties of age. His revit-
alIzIng substances, lie explained, was de-
rived from certain organs or glands
taken, still qulvering, from live animals
aud reduced at once to pulp in NOR
tar with distilled water. From this COM
pound he extracts an essence which he
uses as hypOdermic injection.
The doctor administered to himself a
cubic centimeter with a hypodermic
syringe, just as morphine is injected. He
declares that the day following this ok
pertinent, after two injections OF this vital
essence, he felt himself transformed. Up
to that time, half-an-hour's work, stand
ing up i'll his laboratory, exhausted him.
Now he declares he can study three hours
uninterruptedly, without the last repose
His appetite has increased, his sleep is
sweet and refreshing, his stomach per
forms its functions admirably, and his in
tellectual labor is performed with Won
derful ease and clearness. His feelings,
also, have been youthful. DR.. Brown
Sequard declared that the dose he took
was equivalent To ten years regeneration.
Medical men in New York are skepti
cal about the DEBTORS alleged discovery,
and smile iucredulously when asked what
they think of it. While the admit that
all things are possible, they are far from
ready to give credence to the story as it
comes from France, or to accept the
statement without further proof than as
yet come to hand.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06

The visits of the Shah, OF Persia to
his friends, the crowned heads of Eu-
rope, always convey reminders of the
descriptions of the celebrated journey
which Peter the Great first made to
England, France and Holland. On
that occasion it was necessary to clean
and tumigate the royal palaces which
had been occupied by the great Mus
covite, and this was often the cause OF
no small expense. The experience
which the civilized monarchs OF Europe
had with the first of the mighty czars
is repeating itself in the journey of the
Persian autocrat. As soon as he leaves
a mansion it is necessary to subject it
to sanitary regulations of the most
stringent character. The Shah is ex,
pected to land in England, where he
will be the object of the most delicate
batteries and attentions. But the
members OF the royal family, 1t seems,
have not forgotten the filthy and brutal
exhibitions OF his Persian Highness
when he was their guest a few years
ago, and they have taken all the pre-
cautions possible for guarding against
his swinish habits. All who come in
contact with him detest him; but so
important is his position in Asia as
factor IN the solution of the Eastern
question, that none of the Powers, and
especially England, can afford to affront
him. Unless the accounts of the doings
of the Shah are very much exaggerated,
a horse in his stable, or a pig in his
trough, can hardly be more offensive
than is this Eastern potentate in the
privacy of his apartments or when at
table. He is guest whom his hosts
never ask, if they can avoid it, to come
a second time.
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PETITION FOR FORECLOSURE.
and P"rt Deposit Railroad.

EShhsS AsdihNt inc SOlumD1a
and P"rt Deposit Railroad.
PHILADELPHIA. June 30 Counsel for
the Penu>. wanna Railroad Company yes
terday filed bill in equity in Court of
Common Pleas No ,, asking foI IA decree
of foreclosure ON the mortgage given by
the Columbia aud Port Deposit Railroad
Company The bill saws that on Feb
ruary |, 1S6S. 81 800, 600 Of twenty live
year seven per cent. bonds were issued
by the Columbia and Port ID ,posit Com
pany, secured by mortgage on all OF the
compaDy's property il, d franchises. The
condition of the mort gage was that in the
event OF default in the payment of the
principal or interest of the bonds for six
months after they became due and had
been demanded, the trustees should sell
the property of Tho company, on petition
of the holders of one fourth in amount of
the outstanding bonds.
1t is alleged that 81, 1882 600 of the
bonds are outstanding, of which the
Pennsylvania r .ilIoad Company hold
ST. S22 600, and that the company had de-
faultered In its interest from February l,
1879, to and including February /, 1883,
short time after which, on February
81, 1888, demand was made for the 81,
0S7, 205 overdue interest. The treasurer
OF the company answered that there were
no funds to meet the demand. aud de
cined to pay. Since then $l27, $40 inter-
| est has accrued.
The Pennsylvania Company concludes
| its bill by asking the court to decree that
| the default contemplated by the mort
gage has occurred; that the Columbia and
| Port Deposit Company be ordered to
| pay the principal and interest of the
bonds, and in default of such payment
| that decree be entered directing the
trustee to sell the mortgaged property,
including the franchise OF the company.
| The road is forty three IL lies long, run
ming along the east bank of the Susque-
| hanna from Columbia, W / ere it joins the
Pennsylvania's main line to Perryvile,
where it connects with the Philadelphia,
| Wilmington and Baltimore. 1t is one of
the Pennsy lvania operated lines, the net
earnings being paid over to the owners.
The net earnings last year amounted to
$l3S, ST.; but in the previous year they
were only $67, 1877. AS the road is para
lelled, one side by the Northern Central,
which has better line, and on the other
side by the Pomeroy and Newark, which
has a traffic of it's own, the Colum bia
| and Port Deposit road has been able to
| get very little business. The proceedings
just begun is one of the Pennsylvania of
the burden of Improbable branches. The
old Brandywine and Wiueburg has al
ready been reorganiZed, and others that
do not earn the interest charges are to go
Though the course.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06

Trim, tough, easy, springy.
They don't soy and change
color for wetting. SO light
that you can wear them long
without WEAKNESS.
Plenty of shoes good enough
for dry, careful use are not
right to knock about in.
Misses and Children Brown
Canvas. trimmed with russell
goat, button or lace, $I.25.
Olive Canvass, ooze trimmed,
button or lace, $3.50.
Misses Drab Canvas, ooze
trimmed, opera toe, lace, $3.50.
Women's Brown Canvas,
russell goat trimmings, $3.50;
black, with black dongola trim
mlngs, $I.5o; brown, with dark
brown goat trimming, S1.5o;
black, with copper ooze trim
mlngs, Sis.
Mems Gold Canvas, russell
trimmings, 81.
If you wish the shoes sent
by mail the postage will be Ie
to IS cents a pair. Should you
send too much the remainder
will be returned.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06

How generously the daily news
papers have for days past fed theil
readers on Sullivan-Kilrain diet. Fec
them and nauseated them. When the
slugger from Boston munches hi:
bloody steak, or the handsome Baltl
more bruiser chewes his chops, the
sympathetic and admiring public i:
duly informed of the important (2)
event. Even that respectable and
high toned journal the Baltimore Sun
condescends to cater to the hoodlums
toughs, and sports, by publishing al
length the genealogy of notorious bull
lies and brulsers. May the good LORD
send US an early deliverance from this
prurient pugilis,ic plague. and consigr
its well-pounded actors to a welcome
and eternal obscurity.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06

The two. cent green postage stamp
is to be replaced by red one and its
size is to be cut down one third. These
are Improvements, but stamp which
does not need to be licked ought to be
the next object OF the inventive genius
of the Postofice Department. Most
of US can stand the color, but not the
taste of postage stamps.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06

Before the Cleveland administration
went out people got awfully tired O.
hearing about "Frankie," and now the
same newspapers tell US, that Presiden,
Harrison sits on the sand at Cape May
and makes sand pies with "baby Nc
Kee." If jenkins isn't careful, "baby
Mckee" will be run into the ground
as well as into the sand, to say nothing
of the undignifed position into which
these journals put the President. Stop it
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN,

WHEREAS, Frequent complaint has been made
to me that nun Der OF StOrekeepers and Others
are selling jamaica Ginger (Which is composed
principally of alcohol) in Cecil County, which is
used substitute for other i"tOxcants, and that
persons become intoxicated thereon.
And as believe that many OF those selling the
same do not know that they are violating the pro-
visions of the Prohibitory Law. which prohibits
the sale oi anything that may be used as bev-
erage in the composition III which whisky, high
wines, alcohol. &r. Is an ingredient And as 1t
is the object of the law to prohibit rather tn n
To punish and not desiring To have any one sub
Ject to the penalties OF the law IL miIder counsel
will prevail, l hereby give notice tnat after this
date any person persons, uudy corporate or
polite found selling giving it away ut his, her
or its place OF business, witun the limits VI said
county, Will lie prosecuted: unless they be drug
gsts or Pharmacists. and sell Ouly upon the writ
ten bona hide prescription OF Il practcing physi-
ciala OF said county.
w LLlAM : ENANS,
The States Attorney for Cecil County.
In2g3w
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06

We published las: week pleasing
little poem entitled "lZ0ods" from the
pen of Mrs. Jerome Hardcastle, OF
Cecilton, which we took from the Phil
adelphia Press. The poem appeared
originally in the New York World and
has been very generally copied. Out
side Of the local qualification we feel al
the fact that Mrs. Hardcastle is resident
of Cecil County, it is no less pleasure
to be able to congratulate the fair au
thoress upon the genuine merit of her
published verses. This fact the New
York World has discovered. 1t is not
our purpose to attempt any extended
criticism of the poem referred to, but
simply to say, that every thing we have
seen from Mrs. Hardcastle's pen, bears
the stamp of refined thought, felicity OF
expression, and genuine poetic feeling.
There IS always in the best verses writ
ten by women, an unmiStakaDle dalnti-
ness of fancy which fixes their feminine
character. We mean those charming little
touches of imagery which seem the nat
ural expressions OF a cultivated and re-
fined gentlewoman. 1t was these which
gave the charm to Annie and Phoebe
Carey's verses. They are the dainty
little poems of the heart. Not the rhap.
sodic rawlings OF the passions. They
are inseparable from the idea of wo
manly grace and purity. There is
wealth OF suggestion of these in Mrs.
Hardcastle's little poem "MO0dS"
"M hat 10 the young leaves whisper about?
Said blushing III aid, Never a doubt
OF love and a home, and of happiness;
OF heart SO true and brave and stout,
And all sweet things lover brings
That's what the young leaves whisper
about.
''W hat do the young leaves WHISPER about?
A little maid said, w hen school is out,
OF shady walks and fruits and flowers,
Of the fields and brooks and leaping trout,
All fair things that summer brings
That's what the young leaves whisper
about -
We commend Mrs. Hardcastle's
poems to these who recognize the re-
filming and elevating influence of poetic
literature, and think that very soon their
beauty and high character will be gen.
erally recognized.
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EYHE*WHlGss

Prs-emlnsniy valuable for its Local as nell as Gen
srsI Intelligence Netus Communications are respect
fully solicited from all sections Of the County, N
addition to the reekiy contributions Of IFS regular
sorps of correspondents. Anonymous commuafed
tions will receive no attention, the name OF tn
writer being required in all cases as guarantee o.
good faith.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06

An extra session of Congress in o.
tober is now confidently predicted by
most Of the politicians In Washington.
The loudest in making the prediction
are those who generally know the least
about these matters.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-07-06

Have you noticed how a
thoroughly good Canvas Shoe
stands the cutting and scratch
ing of sand at the shore and
stones and stubs in the noun
tains? Of course the slimpsy,
sleasy affairs, with pancake"
soles, 90 to bits in a hurry.
We don't deal in them; they'r re
a nuisance. But an honest,
we'll made Canvass 81 oe is a
joy as we'll as a thing OF beauty.