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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-05

900, 900 per annum for the roads of
the entire State; and this sum iudici-
ously expended. according to we'll
digested plans and under competent
supervision, would in a few years
rebuild nearly all our important roads
and maintain them in good order.
The present system of independent
action or inaction by each board of
County Commissioners Is known to
be complete failure. What it costs
for the entire State cannot be stated,
for there are no statistics on the sub.
ject. Possibly, if the statistics we're
available, it would be found that the
total cost is fully as great as the sum
above stated, although the result is
almost nothing. As for toll roads,
and compulsory labor or a tax in
lieu thereof, they are both out of
date at the end Of the nineteenth
century.
In brief, then, the only system for
good country roads, as shown by
universal experience. is a bed of
stone, broken into small angular
fragments and thoroughly rolled,
and maintained in good order by
small force of laborers, under proper
organization and supervision, con-
stantly at work summer and winter
in cleaning off the road and repairing
any defects the moment they appear;
to which must be added from time
to time, according to the amount of
traffic and resulting wear, a general
renewal of the road surface with the
same materials.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-05
MACADAM ROADS.

Among the English speaking races
the perfection of modern roads is gen
orally attributed to two Englishmen,
Macadam and Teltord, who rebuilt
nearly all the English roads in.the early
part of tn century. Telford was dis
tingulshed engineer. while Macadam
prlded himself on being nothing but a
roadmaker. 1t is also generally be-
lieyed that to Macadam is due the
principle of using small angular frag-
ments OF clean stone. which, under
traffic, unite into solid mass. The
distinctive feature of Telford's roads
was layer OF irregular stone, from six
to eight inches in Size, carefully placed
on the ground as tourdation for
smaller stones, technically called the
road metal. The chief object of this
foundation was to afford good drainage,
and prevent the metal from being push
ed into the ground in places where it
was soft but Macadam always denied its
utility or necessity, and engineers are
still divided on this question. In re.
gard to the size of the metal. Telford
specified that the stones should be "a
nearly as possible uniform in size, the
largest of which should pass, in its
largest dimensions, through ring two
and half inches in diameter. Maca.
dam preferred the test of weight, and
insisted that no stone should weigh
more than six ounces-which is the
weight of a cube of one and half
inches OF hard, compact limestone. His
overseers were provided with small
pair of scales and a six ounce weight,
in order to test the largest stones.
1t is fact, however, that the correct
principles of modern road building are
not due to either Msca lam or Telford,
but to French engineer, Tresaguet,
who anticipated them in every detail
by about thirty years. In memoir
prepared in I775 Tresaguet advocated
the smaller angular fragments of broken
stone of Macadam, and the rough paw.
ing foundation of Telford. He built the
high-roads from Paris to Toulouse, and
from Paris to the Spanish frontier. His
views were adopted by all French en-
gineers at the end of the last century,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-05
TWO DISTINGUISHED EXILEs,
Ex-Nayor OaKey Hall Living in London
ana Theodore TiIton in Paris.

Sometimes you will meet men who
bring up scenes that are of the past
and are almost forgotten. They
bring up old memories-old ghosts
of the past, as it were. 1t is but
short time ago that l saw Oakley
Hall in London, and what recollec-
tons of New York under the reign
of Tweed he brought up! Those
were great days for Hall, and for
men who were great deal worse
than he. What a fellow CT infinite
jest he was, and what bright spot
he made the Mayors office in New
York some twenty years ago. The
older newspaper men, politicians and
men about town will long remember
its attractiveness. He would have
been a rash man in those days who
would have attempted to prophesy
the height of the temple of fame to
which this brilliant and witty man
might not climb.
What prophet could foresee that
this gifted and once popular man was
to pass the evening Of his life prac-
tically an exile in a foreign land,
leaving behind him on the field Of
his early triumphs nothing but shat
cred ambitions. Yet this was to be.
In a small cafe in somewhat un-
frequented part of Paris the other
day saw another man who recalled
a case the fame of which was world
wide. He was sitting at table SEEM
ingly buried in thought of not
pleasant character and oblivious of
his surroundings. He had an intel
lectual face, but on it were deep
lines that told of past suferings. His
long hair was gray-prematurely
gray. His shoulders were bent, and
there was moody, brooding look
on his face. But he was evidently
a tall man, and some years ago must
have been handsome man. AS he
sat at the table he looked like a
strong man borne down by the men,
ory of some great sorrow Of the past.
Presently he arose and walked out
without looking to the right or the
left, and then | recognized him, al
though it has been years since l saw
him before. 1t was Theodore Tilton,
the once famous editor of the New
York Independent. But how changed.
In the days OF his popularity, tall.
erect, strong and handsome; now a
broken, prematurely old man. He
is doing some sort of literary work
here, but no one seems to know just
what it is. l could not but think,
after seeing the man, that the scandal
in which this mans life was wrecked
was more than a mere scandal. 1t
was, in fact, tragedy. The circle
of the chief actors in it is narrowing.
The greatest of them is dead, so are
others, among them some Of the law
yers and several of the jury. One
Of the lawyers, Benjamin F. Tracy,
is in the Cabinet of the President of
the United States.
Mrs. Tllton is more fortunately Sit
uated than her husband. for she has
the company and sympathy of her
children. But Theodore Tilton
haunts out -the-way places in Paris,
seeking neither friends nor friend
ships, a miserable and broken man.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-05

TABLE PHILosoPHY.-Look un
der the pot lid for the Elixir.
Virtues need a double breastplate
when they battle with Hunger.
Temperance maketh light heart
and a heavy purse.
The doctor follows close on the
heels of the ignorant cook.
1t is not an unrequited love that
we hold for the oyster.
To eat without enjoying what we
eat is waste of time and material.
To use, and not abuse, the gifts OF
Heaven is the best evidence of our
gratitude.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-05
THE SPIRIT OF AUTUMN.
BY HENRY BADHAM.

Last night dreamed. and saw pensve maid
OF golden mien, who DER the cornfelds hied;
Her auburn locks, wind-tOssed. with yellow braid
She boun Il, or as the gale blew stronger, tied
More closely: some fruits decked her brown
frocked side,
And some were in a basket, neatly laid.
Looking with eyes more grey than blue, thro'
glade,
Up hill, down dale, she "Plenty. Plentyr'
cried;
Her russell hat was fringed with tinted leaf,
And as she watched the sky and harvestwain
She anxious seemed, and, like to oDe in grief,
As on her clouded face came down the rain;
But how she smiled, as she upwaved the sheaf
Which sun-lit made her look so glad again
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-05

Here is an item of interest to the
ladies': If white clothing, say a dress,
is put away in drawer or closet it
will become yellow. But if it be
placed in box lined with blue cloth
it will come out as white as it ever
was, no matter how long it lies.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-05

Inc progress OF ClVlllZatlOn has every
where been marked by good roads. 1t
may even be said to be largely due to
them. Ancient Rome was not only
famous for its own roads, but 1t carried
the art of road making into all its con-
quered provinces. AS its civilization dis
appeared in the degeneracy of the Dark
Ages, good roads ceased to exist, and
they only reappeared when modern ma
tions began to emerge from the Middle
Ages. 1t is often said that the test OF
civilization in any country is the con
sumption of iron but this is true only
because railroads are the chief con-
sumers of iron, and they are but one
form of roadway.
1t is an undeniable fact that while
the United States has the finest railway
system in the world-the most perfectly
adapted to the work 1t has to do, and
the cheapest in charges for transporta
tion-yet its roads and its city streets
are far inferior to those of France,
England, Germany, Austria and Italy.
Doubtless the admirable character of
its railway is itself the cause of its bad
roads and streets, for the railways serve
their purpose so we'll that there is less
apparent need of good carriage roads.
All the other countries above named
had reached high degree of clviliza-
ton before the advent of railways,
about fifty years ago. whereas about
three-fourths of the present area of the
United States have been settled and
populated during the railway era. The
rapid advance in wealth and popula-
ton of the principal countries of Eu-
rope during the latter part of the eigh-
teenth and early part of the nineteenth
century would have been impossible
without a corresponding and simultan-
eous improvement in the quality Of
their roads. The still more rapid ad-
vance of America during this century
has been accomplished chiefly through
the fundamentally of railways, and
these have so thoroughly intersected
the country in every direction. bringing
the merchant and manufacturer at one
end and the farmer and miner at the
other into such close communication,
that the necessity for good roads has
been overlooked. The opinion is now
gaining ground, however, that notwith-
standing the excellent and cheap ser
vice of the railways, there is great
loss in the unnecessary cost of trans
portation in hauling merchandise
through the mud 10 reach the railroad,
and again over rough cobble stones
when it leaves the cars at its destina.
ton. And independent of the CONNER
cial aspect OF the question, there Is
still to be considered the comfort and
convenience of those who use roads
and streets for pleasure riding and
driving, and to whom good road sur
faces are absolutely necessary. Durins
the last few yelrs there has been a con.
slant increase in the attention anC
thought devoted to the question o
roads, both without and within cities
and the object of this article is to give
briefly such information as to the history
of and present condition of the art o
road making as may be useful in thi
discussion.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-05

"Mr. Arson, who is your favorlte
author?" asked baseballist of the
Chicago captain. Fielding" was
the prompt reply.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-05
Dr.. Ayers

Hair Vigor for a number of years, and
find it very effective in promoting the
growth of the hair
Prepared by DIR. ]. C. Aver s Co.. Lowell. Mass.
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The above reports are from Kent farmers and
only a lew among our many pleased customers
and we have more to come. Remember we do not
publish and republish old testimonials; every.
thing new md true Call on us early. We bou2h
early, filled house early, saved in buying
early, and from the way orders are coming in ex-
pect to do large, early and fine business. and
save our customers money
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ROADS AND ROAD MAKING.

capt. Francis Y. Greene in Harper's Weekly.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-05
G.. W. KENNARD & cos
FERTILIZER


GRoRGR w. BOLTON reports a very large crop
on the Big Meadow farm and is much pleased
with results. We have his order for fall fertilizer
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-05

Report a remarkable result.
JNo N DoDD and JNo. LoLLAR Esqs report
a remarks BILE result on corn ground, seeded late,
and consequently winter killed; the wheat branch
ed greatly and the head was from to n inches
longer than other wheat sown in his fallOw where
high priced brands OF fertilizers, made 0y other
parties, were used. Mr.. Lollar says that no other
fertilizer hut Kennard'e could give such a won
derful result. He knows their worth, having
always grown crop from their use.
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Great Benefit

from the use Of Ayers Hair Vigor. 1t
freed my scalp from humors, and has
restored my hair to its original color
and healthy condition"
81 have used Ayers Hair Vigor for
promoting the growth of the hair, and
think it unequaled. For restoring the
hair to its original color, and for dress
ing, it cannot be surpassed" - Mrs.
Geo. La Fever, Eaton Rapids, Mich.
Miss Sarah j. Gregory, Elizabeth,
n. j., says: AZ have used
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-05
Aid to Nature."
Hair Vigor,

gave her healthy scalp, cleansed the
head of dandruff, and made the hair
beautifully thick and glossy.
Sold by Druggists and Perfumers.
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The Ladies

Prefer Ayers Hair Vigor to any other
dressing for the hair. 1t restores color,
prevents the hair from falling out, pro-
notes its growth, and keeps it soft,
glossy, and free from dandruff.
"I have used Ayers Hair Vigor for a
number Of years, and it has always given
me satisfaction. 1t is an excellent dress
ing, prevents the hair from turning
gray. insures its vigorous growth, and
keeps the scalp white and clean" =
Mary A. Jackson, Salem, Mass.
Mrs. L. NJ. Holmes, Maiden, Mass,
certifies: IL have experienced
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-24
SCIENTIFIC FACTS.

Superheated water which betrays its
existence through thermal springs and
volcanic eXhalatiOns is slowly and Si-
lently engendering considerable and
permanent effects in the interior of the
globe, and is giving birth to various
minerals, as it did in former days.
We have now a real undulatOry
theory of light, no longer based on an
alOgy with sound, and its inception and
early developments are among the most
tremendous of the many achievements
of the latter half of the century.
A series of systematic investigations
has begun at some of the important
land in view of the approaching great
spawning period of the marine food
fishes.
Observations of fissile rocks made in
various countries have demonstrated
the important fact that the planes of
cleavage are quite distinct from the
planes of qualification.
The demand for cocoa, coffee, and
nutmeg plants is so great that additional
land will have to be acquired for the eX-
tension of the botanical garden in the
island of ST. Lucia.
The results of photographs of the
moon and nebul8 taken with Mr.. Com
mons 5-foot telescope to test the figure
OF the silver on glass spectrum are
highly satisfactory.
The mists of the Bristol channel
change on their upper surface some
times to cirrO-Strati, sometimes to
cumuli, and twice within two years to
thundercloudS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-24
MEMS FASHION NOTES.

An idea of the coming styles of neck
wear for spring may be had from the
advance samples displayed by some of
the importers and domestic manufact-
urers. Many of the patterns are ex-
ceedingly loud. A notable effect is a
crushed strawberry or rose tint, set off
with snowy broad stripes and large fig
ureS.
The puff scarf will give way some
what to the four-in-hand in fashionable
circles, and the teck will also be much
worn by medium dressers. The figures
in neckwear will be rather larger than
usual, the crescent and semi-circular
designs being in the lead.
The opera hat, which for some time
past has been only recollection, prom
ises to return. London club men, who
set the fashion in such matters, are af-
fecting it again.
Pongee silk handkerchiefs, with edges
of colored embroiders, are in considera-
BILE favor.
Neat plaids and small checks and
stripes will be popular patterns for suits
this season.
The bath wrap is slowly but surely
gaining ground as an adjunct to gentle
mems wardrobes. A soft material re-
sembling Turkish toF7eling, is the most
popular fabric. although richer and
heavier materials are in considerable
use.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-24
HOW COLD WAS TIP

DR.. Murphy-This cold wave is 1000
miles long. 1000 thick and 5000 deep. I
hear that it froze the tea crop in China.
DR.. Baker My office cat stayed out
all night. and when she came in this
morning and began to thraw her teeth
fell out.
Gov. Merriam-My report on legisla-
tive extravaganza is frozen solid.
Col. Well had icicleS in my throat
this morning.
d. Aberle - There wasn't a ghost
walked last night. All my spirits were
frozen stiff.
George Lamb-There were chunks Of
Ice falling from the sky at 3 this morn
ing.
Dan Moon-I dreamed all night that
was under the ice palace.
w. A. Van Slyke-So - cold to-day
it frOze the commissions on grain.
George 4. Finch-COld? | chopped
my breath out with hatehet this morn
ing.
Grover CleveIand-It will be colder
than this On March 4.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-24

levers in spiritualism. Whether they
are properly used in that connection is
not material. In all the walks OF life
men Of high standing are found who are
confident that direct communications
are had with the spirit world. They
have in quiet way attended scances
where manifestations were had that
seemed to them convincing. This class
has no faith in the people who profess
to be able to utilize the departed for
mercenary purposes. The slate-writ-
ing. spirit photography and dark-cabi-
net humbuggery are classed as they
no doubt deserve. 1t is beyond ques-
ton that there are phenomena not ex-
planned, and as long as the legislature
does not intervene, those who find COM
fort in the spiritual view will be likely
to enjoy it, in their own method.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-24
THE SOUND OF "A VOICE.

In one of the most fertile prairie Sec
tons of North Dakota, there are num-
Der of deep sand holes shaped like in
verted cones. No reasonable explana-
ton has been offered for their presence
in locality where the soil is fat and
deep and free from the marks of old
water courses. A cavalryman from
Fort Totten, riding across the prairie
one night, passed one of these holes and
heard the call of a WOman'S voice. He
pushed his horse close to the edge and
looked down. There was nothing to be
seen and he rode away wondering. A
hunter from the Larimore district
crossed the same territory on gusty
night and heard call. soft and sweet,
Just as if woman had spoken. He
answered, but there was no reply. A
party of land-SeekerS camped on GER
tam night close to one of these cones.
There was with them young man, who
had left the East to cure a wounded
heart. About 10 o'clock, as they sat
about the camp fire, cry rang out on
the night air so alluring sweet. that
all sprang to their feet. The young fell
low was the most agitated of them all.
He went out into the darkness to find
the source of the call. In the morning
his companions, peering over the edge
of the great sound well saw him lying
at the bottom, face up and eyes closed,
his hand over his heart.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-24
SIDE OPINIONS.

The double-tongued lady of the dino
museum could find profitable employ
ment at the state capitol as a book
agent.
The peanut agents are after Joel
Heatwole as rooster"
The Duluth & Winnipeg swamp land
award hope to sing this week, Monarch
OF all | survey"
Two streaks Of rust and a time
table" is the description given to the
Legislature of Fifth district pine land
road.
The exclamation that troubles the
legislature now is not ''whpn the ghost
walks" but when "Jared Benson
talks"
If the oil inspectors fees are cut off,
Sam Nichols proposes to write book
on "Whacking the Governor Over My
Head"
The Goddess of Justice at the state
capitol was unintentionally exposed to
the cold on Saturday night, and those
portions of her person exposed and
below the Burlington sheet enshrou d.
ing her were frozen solid.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-24
THE MEN.
Men, wives ana children.


Julius Caesar, iii, 1.
James Russell Lowell is still in Wash
ington, dining out every day.
Saltus, in Latin, is a noun. In liter
allure, says the New York World, Saltus
is all adjectives.
Prince Henry of Battenberg, son-in-
law of Queen Victoria, may soon be
made an English duke.
Mr.. Blaine crosses his illustrious legs
under somebody's Washington mahog-
any every evening now.
1t is proposed on July IA next to
transfer to the Pantheon in Paris the
remains of Carnot. Hoche, and Mar
ceau; perhaps also of Kleber and De-
SaiX.
A Boston newspaper asserts that DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes and James Rus
sell Lowell will never again produce
anything in literature worthy of place
beside their best work.
Gen. William B. Franklin, United
States commissioner to the Paris expo
sition. will soon set out for France.
Gen. Franklin is tall, imposing man,
very reserved in manner.
The oldest school teacher in active
service in Vermont is A. D. Searles.
who began teaching in 1S4l at the age
of nineteen. He obtained his first GER
tiicate from the poet John G. SAKE.
Gen. Butler makes his delivery of the
alumni address of Colby university this
year dependant upon three conditions:
Life, sufficient health, and if am not
absent from this country, as 1 may be
compelled to be in search of the con-
tinuation of the two former"
On the anniversary of Gen. Gordon's
death the London Standard had the
bad taste to print the following:
CHARLES GEORGE GORDON-Fell
at Khartoum 26th JAM, 1885. He trusted
in God and his country. God took him;
his cOuntry-had Gladstone govern
ment-and deserted him.
IL paint anything" says Mortimer
Mempes, (which / think is beautiful. I
am sorry to say that l don't care par
ticulally for the company of artists.
There are great many humbugs
among them. 1 don't believe in man
putting on velvet jacket and long hair
and fancying himself clothed in the
whole armOr of art.''
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-24

season in society comedy, entitled
''rhe Wife," Speaking of recent per-
Torrance of the play in that city, the
Pittsburg Dispatch says: miss Eta
Hawkins, who appeared as Kitty Ives,
very giddy maid of sixteen. kept the
audience in roars of laughter. She
made decided hit, and is well suited
to the part"
The management of the Olympic have
secured strong vaudeville combina-
ton, which will open tomorrow even
ing and continue throughout the week.
The Night Hawks Burlesque cOmbina-
ton is composed of clever variety per.
formers. The specialties are new and
taking, and Morton and Staten, sketch
artists, Charles Peltier, the comedian;
the LIE Van brothers, i'm their horizontal
bar act; Billy Morr, the Chinese i'm
pers0natOr; Mamie Goodrich, the skip
ping rope and change artist, and Charles
Rench. in his Imaginable act, each con-
tribute their quota towards furnishing
an artistic entertainment. The per-
Torrance will conclude each evening
with musical and sensational after
piece. incidental to which an artistic
song and dance and an amazon march
will be interesting features. Billy Wells
will also make his first appearance in
six months in an original character.