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HOPE.

The truth is that man can better
afford to sacrifice his dinner daily
for a year than live without hope for
a week. And nature has recognized
that it is so. What phrase is more
common in our mouths than the SIM
pie but signifcative 81 hope?" Nor
is there any human being, howsoever
forlorn in material possessions or
howsoever afflicted, who was not
originally endowed with this capacity
of hope. Go to the hospitals, where
one might suppose it were easy to
find dispair in many aspects. The
doctor will whisper to you that this
or that invalid is doomed, and that
he cannot, by all the evidence of hui
man foresight and experience, live
one day more. "Well, and how are
you?' you say to the sick man, and
and perhaps you cannot help betray-
ing in your tone the pity you feel
for him, thus lowering between two
worlds, about one of which alone,
the one he is leaving. you are able
to assure yourself that you know
anything decisive. ooh, much bet
ter" he replies, with strong hope
in his voice and his eyes. 81 think
| shall soon be well.-AH the Year
Round.
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HE RETAINED HIS REFINEMENT.

Brander Matthews story of the ethi-
cal influence of the cultured East on
the wild and woolly West is one of the
best that has yet been told. A young
Bostonian, reared beneath the brow of
Beacon Hill and educated at Harvard,
went to Texas and turned cow boy.
He rapidly caught the spirit of the
country and as rapidly shook off the
outward semblances OF tender footed
Eastern habit. Rough-bearded, leather
clad, sombrero as wide as the widest,
42-calibre Colts on his hips, he was
wild as the widest. Yet within his
bosom still burned the fame of Boston
culture and refinement. One day he
was riding with stranger across the
prairie. Turning his head suddenly Che
was slightly ahead) he saw his compan-
ion make suspicious motion toward
his hip pocket. Without hesitation he
drew his revolver and shot him. The
stranger dropped like log. The cow
boy dismounted and looked at the body
of the his victim. 81 wonder if he was
really going to shoot me1" soliloquized
"I'll see." Turning the body over he
discovered flask of whisky protruding
from the pocket. "Poor fellow" said
he in a tone of regret, GIVE made
mistake; I've killed an innocent man,
and a gentleman at that. He wasn't
going to shoot me-he was going to
invite me to have drink. Well," he
sighed, drawing his sleeve across his
mouth, "the last wishes of the deceas-
ed shall be respected.-Mw York
Graphic.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31
DEOOLLETE GOWNS ATTHE CAPITAL

Mrs. Harrison's reported quarrel
with her dressmaker over decollete
dresses has brought up the subject
in Washington. The general opin-
ion is that she is a sensible woman
and brave one to resist so potent
being as a man dressmaker. Mrs.
Harrison, when here as a Senator's
wife, never wore a decollete dress,
though people who knew her well
say she never expressed disapproval
of them. From Martha Washington
down the mistresses of the White
House have worn decollete dresses.
Even Mrs. Jackson had half dozen
evening dresses with low bodices
made to wear when she became pre-
siding lady. A candid friend did
say that it was blessing that she
died before the Inauguration, as she
certainly would have brought ridi-
cule upon her husbands party by
appearing in such guise.
Mrs. Madison was little too much
of Quaker to adopt the custom
generally, but she did what seems to
US much worse, Dolly Madison
rogued. The lowest neck dresses
were worn in the Buchanan Admin
istration, when the mistress of the
White House was a beautiful young
woman who had spent several years
at the Court of St. James, and, re.
turning brought the fashions with
her. In Harriet Johnson's day the
dresses were what we now call the
old fashioned low neck, cut from
shoulder to shoulder and usually
finished with a tiny founce of lace.
This has been a four years Of
decollete dresses, and if Mrs, Harri
son conquers her tailor the change
between the next receiving line and
the present one will be marked Mrs
Cleveland never wears her gowns
low, and she always has a sleeve that
is something more than a strap.
Next to Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Whit
ney has the finest neck and shoul-
ders, and she does not hesitate, if
she chooses. to go below the line
that Miss Rose Cleveland so in
definitely defined. Mrs. Dickinson
can almost equal the wife of the Navy
Secretary in beauty of form, and
Mrs. Fairchild has a wonderfully
pretty neck.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31
The Gray Eye.

The best eye to me is the gray
eye. And if there is a fleck of hazel
in it, or, better yet, a tough of the
violet's hue, it is the more effective.
The gray eye bespeaks the constant
nature. 1t is the trustful eye, the
intelligent eye, the eye that elo-
quently portrays the responsive, the
sympathic, the loyal character.
There is in the expression of the
gray eye an indefnable essence or
aspect which fascinates and holds
the attention and commands the
confidence. The steel gray eye is
the eye Of cruelty. But the soft gray
eye, with its pure and expressive
look, who does not say that it is
beautiful? And who can deny that
the violet gray eye, an eye that is so
seldom seen, is not really ravishing?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31
OURIOSITIEs OF PUNCTUATION,

The following specimens of curious
punctuation are given by the Printers
Register: A man who was suddenly
taken sick "hastened home while every
means for his recovery were resorted
to. In spite of all his efforts, he died
in the triumphs of the Christian relig-
ion" "a man was killed by railroad
car running into Boston supposed to be
deaf" A man writes: "We have de-
clded to erect a schoolhouse large
enough to accommodate 500 scholars
five stories high" On certain railway
the following luminous direction was
printed: thereafter, when trains in an
opposite direction are passing each
other on seperate lines conductors and
engineers will be requested to bring
their respective trains to a dead halt
before the point of meeting and be
careful not to proceed till each train
has passed the other" A steamboat
captain, advertising an excursion, says ::
Tickets, twenty five cents; children
half price to be had at the Office" A
hotel was thus advertised: "1'his hotel
will be kept by the widow OF the former
landlord, Mr.. Brown, who died last
summer on new and improved plan. I"
WANTED, a saddle-horse for a lady
weighing about $50 pounds" An Iowa
editor says: owe have received bas-
ket of fine grapes from our friend w.,
for which he will please accept our COM
pliments, some of which are nearly two
inches IN diameter" "Board may be
had at No. a Pearl street for two gen.
tlemen with gas" Over a bridge at
Athens, Ga, is the following: "Any
person driving over this bridge in pace
faster than a walk, shall, If a white man,
be fined five dollars, and if a negro, re-
celve twenty five lashes, half the penalty
to be bestowed on the informer." A
newspaper contained this: "We have
two school-rooms sufficiently large to
accommodate 900 pulpits one above
another" A newspaper, in describing
the doing of a convention at Cleveland,
SAID: "The procession was very fine,
and nearly two miles long, as was also
the prayer of DR.. Perry, the chaplain. I"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31

Lord Shaftesbury, in his evidence
before a select committee on luna
tics, in 1859. expressed his opinion
that fifty per cent. of the insane ad-
mitted to English asylums owe their
condition to intemperance. DR.. T.
w. Fisher, of the Boston Hospital
for the Insane, claims that alcohol
acts more potently to make the child
rem of those who drink crazy than
themselves. This being true, alcohol
has more to answer for concerning
insanity than is commonly supposed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31
THE SECRET OF LIFE.

Bacon says: Discern of the COM
ing on of years, and think not to do
the same things still, for age will not
be defed." Half the secret of life,
we are persuaded, is to know when
we are grown old; and it is the half
most hardly learned. 1t is more
hardly learned, moreover, in the
matter of exercise than in the matter
of diet. There is no advice so COM
monty given to the ailing man of
middle age as the advice to take
more exercise. and there is perhaps
none which leads him into so many
pitfalls This is particularly the case
with the brain-workers. The man
who labors his brain must spare his
body. He cannot burn the candle
at both ends, and the attempt to do
so will almost inevitably result in his
lighting it in the middle to boot; the
waste of tissue will be so great that
he will be tempted to repair it by the
use OF a too generous diet. Most
men who use their brains much soon
learn foe themselves that the sense of
physical exaltation, the glow of ex-
uberent health which comes from a
body strung to its full powers by
continuous and severe exercises is
not favorable to study. The exer-
else such men need is the exercise
that rests, not that which tires.
They need to wash their brains with
the fresh air of heaven, to bring into
gentle play the muscles that have
been lying idle while the head work.
ed. Nor is it only to this class of
laboring humanity that the advice to
take exercise needs reservations.
The time of violent delights soon
passes, and the effort to protract it
beyond its natural span is as danger
Gus as it is ridiculous, Some men
through nature or the accident of
fortune, will of course be able to
keep touch Of it longer than others;
but when once the touch has been
lost the struggle to regain it can add
but sorrow to the labor. Ofthis our
doctor makes cardinal point; but
pertinent as his warning may be to
the old, for whom indeed he has
primarily compounded his elixer vi
tse, it is yet more pertinent to men
of middle age. and probably it is
more necessary. 1t is in the latter
period that most of the mischief is
done. The old are commonly re-
signed to Their lot; but few men will
consent without struggle to own
tat they are no longer young.-Mac-
millau's Magazine.
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When chicks of different ages are
running together and old birds are
about, the food for the little ones
should be thrown under Slated coops
into which only such can enter. This
will save the youngest and the deli
cate from being trampled upon and
crowded out, and will give them
chance to eat their fill at their leisure.
They will soon find out what it
means. and more often than not will
be found waiting In the pens for the
food to be thrown to them.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31
The Wesleyan Missionary society

The Wesleyan Missionary society
of England year ago was largely
burdened by an increasing debt, an
insufficient income and increasing
demands. Now they announce an
income for the year equal to the
outgo, and sufficient to reduce debt
of 416, s69 to 80, 3Sa. The society
occupies 357 central stations, sup
ports $40 missionaries and assistants,
and 2,o66 other helpers; has 32,o62
church members in foreign lands and
g. .331 pupils in school of various
grades. The annual appropriation
was 41o5. 900.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31

Victoria Morosini, the daughter of
the millionaire who married her fathers
coachman several years ago, and starr-
ed on the stage and later in the back
chorus, has done satisfactory pennace
for her social sin, and is again with her
father as a modest but attractive belle
at Saratoga. The whereabouts of the
husband are unknown to the outside
world.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31

Ward McAllister, the revered leader
of the Four Hundred, has been taking
life quietly at Newport this summer.
He has been inclined to retire from
public gaze since Stuyvesant Fish was
so thoroughly withered by the bright
sunlight of publicity.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31

Queen Margherita of Italy is an ar
dent student of Hebrew and a great ad-
mirer of Jews and their literature. nher
recent visit to Venice she gave pri-
vate audience to Signor Caen Porto,
chiet rabbi of the Jewish community,
and received him in the most charming
manner.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31

Jones propunded the following CO.
nundrum at his club: eff stand on my
head, the blood rushes to my head
why, then, when l stand on my feet,
does the blood not rush to my feetf
Some one answered: because your
feet are not so empty"
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OUR NATIONAL FLOWER.


Let England glory in the Rose,
Her choice it well may he;
Fair France adore a statelier flower,
The purple F1eur-deIIis.
Let Erin, too, the Shamrock boast,
And proudly wear the green;
Old Scotland claim the Thistle bloom,
Its prfckly leaves between.
No envy moves Columbia's s breast:
From her abundant store,
Let Mountain Laurel be her choice,
Her emblem evermore.
Its rich, dark leaves are evergreen,
Despite the wintry gale:
Its clustered flowers of rosy white
With beauty tieck the vale.
1t grows luXuriant by the shore,
Where breaks the storm-tossed sea:
1t tnrives upon the mountain side.
Adorns the upland lea.
We love the trailing May flower sweet,
In planes OF Golden-rod delight,
But let our nations emblem be,
The Laurel fair and bright.
Boston Traveller.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31

Jean Ingelow has written some
recollections of her childhood, which
she thinks of publishing in this coun-
try. She has also lately written a
novelette,,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31

"A" Digget. the politician, who has
obtained the government postal card
contract, is a short stocky man, with
English whiskers and a jovial manner.
He claims now that he will make $780,
600 a year for the next eight years.
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A pvEg-IsEas by addressing GEO. P. aowEiL co
AlO Spruce St.. New York. in good faith, can OBJ
tain ali needed information about any prodosed
line of Advertising in American Newspapers.
Bs-2lS-page Pamphlet, 30c.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31

The above reports are from Kent farmers and
only n 'ew among our many pleased customers
and we have more 70 come. Remember we do not
publish and rel ublish old testimonials; every
thing new and true. Call on early. We bOu2 hit
early, filled our house early, saved in buying
early, and from the way orders are coming in eX-
pect to do large, early and iine business. and
save our customers none.
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President Harrison derived con-
siderable benefit from his trip to New
England. He has had slight touches
of rheumatism at Deer Park. which
the salt air of Bar Harbor drove
away.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-08-31

What kin is the door.mat to the
door, A step-father.
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C.. W. KENNARD & cos
FERTILIZER e


GEORGE w. BOLTON reports very large crop
on the Big Meadow farm and is much please
with results. We have his order Tor fall fertilizer
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JosIAs RIEGGoLD, Esq, says his crop this year
was rs and - bushels to the acre, the fy-result-
ing from seeding too early, about Sept. 2Oth-cut
his wheat fully 400 bushels and he would, doubt
less have received If seeded later forty bushels 10
the acre. Has used G w. Kennard & Co.'S ferti
lizers five years, ana has always grown large
crops; knows he has saved money by buying them
takes great pleasure in recommending them t.
any inquirers.
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A GOOD BUSINESS FOR SALE.

A N OLD ESTA BLISHED MANUFACTURE
n ing business in Philadelphia. Good trade
uSt commencing. Terms S5uO0-halt cash and
balance farm and country place.
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and consequently W nter killed; tue wheat branch
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parties, were used. MIR. Lollar says that no Other
fertilizer hut Kennard's could give such a won
derful result. He knows their worth, having
always grown a crop from their use.
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mo sculptured marble here no pOmpous lay
No storiet urn or animated bust
This simple stone directs pale Scotias way,
To pour her sorrows DER her poets DUST
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
JURY COMPLETED.
Twelve. Good Men and True to II
the CrOnfn Suspects.

Twelve. Good Men and True to Try
the CrOnin Suspects.
CHICAGO, October pa complete
| jury was secured in the Cronin case late
this afternoon. When this work had been
finished the States Attorney asked fo,
an adjournment for two days, in order to
give the prosecution time to make out a
plan for the presentation of its case. The
prosecution objected, and Judge McCon
nell compromised by adjourning the
hearing until Thursday morning.
The impaneling of the jury commenced
August 30th, and allowing for the ad-
journment asked for by the States Attor-
ney, seven weeks were occupied in getting
the jury. Ten hundred and ninety one
veniremen have been summoned of
whom OH have been excused by counsel
tor CAUSE. II addition to the / l,G9I sps-
cial veniremen summoned. there were
also twenty.four on the regular panel dis
posed Of. One hundred and seventy. five
peremptory challenges have been used,
of which the defense has used ninety
seven. At the time the jury was sworn
in, the defense had three peremptory
challenges left, and the State twenty-five.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
UNION PACIFIC CHANGES.
A Circular Establishing the Divis
Ions of the Road.

OMAHA, October pa circular issued
from the Union Pacific headquarters was
made public today. All lines in Ne
braska, Kansas and Colorado, excepting
the st. Joseph and Grand Island, Kan
sas Central, Leavenworth, Topeka and
Southwestern and Leavenworth branches,
will be operated as one division,
to be known as the Mountain
division. The lines excepted above
will be the Missouri river division, and
all west OF Harrington, including the
lines and ships of the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company, and other
leased lines, will be known as the Pacific
division. Edward Dickinson will be
General Manager of the Missouri river
division; G. M. Cunning, General Man
ager Of the Mountain division, and G. J.
Smith, of the Pacific division. The Of
fee of General Manager of the Union
Pacific is abolished. T. L. Kimball
Third Vice-President, will be stationed
at Omaha.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
MFRS. TERRY,s FUTURE.
Judge Deadv Predicts That She'll
Die q Violent Reafh

y Ju0Re DeauV Fre01cts That She'll
Die a Violent Death.
WAsHINGToN, October 22.-Judge Mat.
thew P. Deadly, Of the Oregon Federal
Circuit and District Courts, before whom
the famous Sharon Hill case was brought
to hearing, is in Washington. Judge
Deadly wrote an opinion declaring the
famous marriage contract forgery
and Judge Sawyer wrote a concurrine
opinion.
Being interviewed by Post reporter
Judge Deadly said 81 came East az q
delegate to the Episcopal Convention at
New York. Yes, sat in the Sharon.
Hill case. The fact is, that woman was
merely his mistress. He gave her $500
q month, furnished magnificent quarters
for her, and spent money on her lavishly.
Her influence on Judge Terry was un.
doubtedly bad. She urged him to acts
beyond even his own inclination. In
November she will be tried before me
for resisting the authorities. Very
likely she may, at some favorable oppor-
tunity attempt the lives of Justice Field,
Judge Sawyer or myself. I predict she
will die violent d. sth" "
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
CONFERENCE OF ADvENTIsTs.
Postoffice Pirates.

FARGO, N. D., October 22.-Two men
gained entrance to the postoffice at mid
night, bound and gagged the night clerk,
Harry Milton, placed a redhot poker on
the soles of his feet. and compelled him
to give up the combination of the vault
door. In the vault were forty or fifty
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
Ell Rio HeY Sick.

New York, October 22.-Theodore
Winters great racehorse. Ell Rio Rey
has been suffering from influenza since
last Friday. At first it was thought he
would die, but he is much better today
and it is believed he will pull through
He was reported this morning to be
dead,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
Foraker,s Condition.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 22.-Gover
nor Foraker rested quietly last night
However, he has taken no food, and
possibly will not be able to take soliC
nourishment for several days. DR.. Kin.
sell says the Governor is still very sick
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
Frixhtful street.Car Casualty,

WICHITA, Kan, October 22.-In a col.
lision between Santa Fe railroad train
and street-car, which occurred this
morning, the car was hurled sixty feet.
Fifteen persons were injured, three OF
whom will probably die.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
Young women Cnri.t,aus

BALTIMORE, October 22.-The second
biennial conference of the Young
Woman's Christian Association of the
United States and Canada began this
afternoon. Delegates were reported
from fifty associations, an increase of
twelve in the past two years. One hun
dred delegates are in attendance.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
Florida Eruit Market.

CHICAGO, October pa largely at.
tended meeting of wholesale fruit dealers
was held yesterday, and arrangements
were completed to make Chicago the
distributing point for Florida fruits for
the Northwest and States west of Ohio.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
Rayished and Murdered.

GREENWICH, N. Y, October 22.-The
body Of Maggie Haurigan, who disap-
peared Friday night, was found Saturday
in shallow brook about mile from the
village. Miss Haurigan was handsome
young lady OF 18, of excellent reputation
and social standing, well known and
highly respected. The body was nearly
nude. An examination showed that she
had been outraged. There is no clew to
the perpetrator.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-23
A Demented Woman,s sad Fate.

LEXINGTON, Mo-, October 22.-The resi-
dence of ex-Mayor Ballard was burned
last night. Mrs. Ballard, who was of
unsound mind, perished in the flames.
1t is thought she set fire to it and then
went back to bed.