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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-05-11
HE CAN NOW, TOO.

Secretary Rusk Shows That He Can Handle
the Seythe.
WASHINGTON, May 7.-As Secretary
Rusk sat at his desk yesterday afternoon,
his gaze fell upon the workmen engaged
in moving the first crop of grass on the
grounds of the agricultural department..
Something in their movements did not
satisfy his eye, and turning to Chief
Clerk lockwood, he said: 'Pd like to &c
out there and give those fellows points. u
You'd better turn that over to me, u
responded Major lockwood. Il can NOV
all around you"
mot much" replied the Secretary
GAS the boys say, 'Ysu amt built that
way"
This morning, as they rode up the
Avenue to the department building, the
sight OF the mowers alongside brought to
mind yesterdays banter, and without a
word the secretary and chief clerk leaped
from the carriage to the lawn, and grab
bling each a scythe from the astonished
laborers, began to swing them in the
most approved style. The tall form OF
the secretary moved rapidly along wide
swath, amid the plaudits of an admiring
crowd attracted by the unusual spectacle,
while Major Rockyood more modestly
held his own contest. But he did not
make good his boast of moving all around
the secretary.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-05-11

The main feature of the current num-
Der of Frank LeSlie'S Illustrated
Newspaper, which is the first issued
'under the management of MIR. w. J..
Arkell and Mr.. Russell B. Harrison"
is an article signed by ex-senator Thos.
c.. Plat, entitled practical Politics"
Commenting on the attention this arti-
Gle has attracted in New York, the cor
respondent in that city of the Philadel-
phia Ledger says that MIR. Platt is
mastef of practical politics nearly every
body will be willing to admit, and,
therefore, he is fully competent to dis
cuss from his standpoint that subject.
The article, however, is an attack on
what is called Civil Service Reform, and
aside from the significance OF its ap-
pearance as the leading feature in the
first number OF a periodical of which
the son of President Harrison is one OF
the managers, it will be widely read for
the invigorating frankness of its treat
ment. Mr.. PIatt deals with his subject
| in no half hearted way. He handles it
as he does convention or the Legls
lature, with a firm hand and an I'M
questionable spirit. "Sentimental Civil
Service" he says, cater the Chinese
British Model, is good enough for doc
t,luaiyes who want to cheat themselves
into the belief that they are doing
something in the way of reform"
Again he says: Ambitious men who
have been unable to obtain firm grasp
upon political organization have bitterly
denounced the so-called machine which
they could not control" Mr.. Plat
adds his testimony to that given by Mr..
Blaine and other political leaders as to
the inability of patronage to control
elections. "Indeed," he says, "it may
seriously be questioned whether the
distribution of public Offices carries with
it any considerable element of political
power. The sword that cuts off Official
heads has sharp hilt and double
edge. The Presidential elections Of
1884 and 1888 have proved how insig.
nihcant in determining results is the
influence of the Federal office holder:
with the great mass of people" "Fou1
years of trial of the present law by {
Democratic Administration under high
pressure civil service pretenslons," add:
Mr.. Plat, "has convinced nearly every
thoughtful, observing person that the
law is either a failure in practice Of
fraud in fact" Mr.. Platt's article i:
likely to stir up lively discussion.
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FOUND 1T IN THE BED.
A 81. 200 Discovery in Annapolis.

ANNAPOLIS, May S.-Every house
keeper knows what it is TO have the
feather reuovator come around to get the
feather beds and pillows, put them
through the steaming process and return
them in new ticking, clean and good as
new. There is an old colored pan in
this city who concluded to have his bed
renovated, but having heard that reno
vators were not honest he concluded to
weigh his bed before turning it over. On
its return he weighed it, and found it
several pounds short. and said to the man,
"Look yere. boss, dis yere AIT my bed.
desc ain my fedders." The man said {:
Amt, eh ? All right; but is this yours?'
and he pulled from his pocket a rol! of
greenbacks containing "a 600, which he
had found in the bed. The sight paralyzed
the old colored man, and he was then
willing to admit the ownership of the
renovated bed. The man who cleaned it
and found the ZOO is hesitating now
whether he will give up the money or not.
The colored man will have to prove
ownership, which he can hardly do.
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Bad Tea For America

WASHINGTON, May IA rather sen.
sptional report upon the subject of teas
sent to the American market has been
made to the State Department by Consul
Crowell, at Annoy. China. He says that
while this wears crop shows shrinkage
of %. 600 half chests, it's inferiority is
fully equal to last years crop. The con
sui says large proportion of the Annoy
oolong is poorly cultivated, poorly picked
and cured. dirty and adulterated. The
Annoy commissioner OF customs called il
''stuff'' which was alone wanted in Amer
lea. Nearly the whole crop is marketed
in the United States. 1t is the greed of
importers and exporters that alone makes
it possible to impose this vile stuff upon
the American public The consul hopes
that the tea drinkers of America may be
protected against the so called tea known
as Annoy oplong, and says that the ex-
listing laws against the importation of
bad and adulterated teas is sufficient to
do it if properly enforced. Most of the
oolong goes to New York, and honest
inspection there would prevent the i'm
position.
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That magnificent monument to a
millionaire's munifcence, The Johns
Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore was
thrown open to the public with appro-
pirate ceremonies on Tuesday last, and
the statement is readily credited that it
is the most complete hospital in the
world. 1t grounds cover four entire
city blocks and measure 7o9 by $50
feet. The buildings are seventeen in
number and the roof area covers four
acres. These figures give some idea
of the size of the institution, and the
fact that only a24 patients are to be
accommodated in these buildings sug-
gests the care which has been taken to
provide every possible benefit to be
gained by ventilation, light and room.
Each ward is but one story in height,
ninety-one feet long by thirty-two feet
broad, with twelve beds on either side.
Besides these, which are called common
wards, there are octagonal wards, which
are two stories in height, and whose ad
vantage is that ventilation is more per-
feet, and that some part of the ward is
lighted by the direct rays OF the sun all
day long; and there is also an isolatirg
ward in which each patient is assigned
a separate apartment, whose ventilation
is made through an individual shaft.
Not the least creditable part of the
whole institution has been the manage
ment of the funds, for the hospital has
been wholly built without drawing on
a cent of the great endowment fund of
over 100000 This is as it should
be and as Johns Hopkins, who was OF
Quaker ancestry and had all the thrifty
characteristics of the Friends, would
have had it.
Johns Hopkins's great wealth came
from honest toll and bold, though hon.
est business methods. He wrecked no
railroads to gain possession of them, but
risked his all to complete the Baltimore
and Ohio road, and second time came
to its rescue with an ut-and-out loan
of nearly million to save it during the
panic of 1873. No man called him
oppressor while he lived, yet he was
born poor and he died possessed of
enormous wealth. Baltimore has cause
to remember with gratitude and affec-
ton citizen who served her interests
so faithfully while he lived, and left be-
hind him such noble benefaction.
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Democratic editors are abusing Pres.

Democratic editors are abusing Pres.
ident Harrison soundly because he has
appointed his brother Carter B. Harri-
son U. S. Marshal for the middle dis.
trlct of Tennessee. If Carter B. Har.
rison is competent man for the office,
why should his relationship with the
President be barrier to his appoint
ment3 There is no evidence of the
fact, and it is not charged, that the Pres
ident in appointing him was influenced
by the fact of relationship, and that
alone would make the appointment an
obnoxious one. Nepotism is obnox-
ious to the spirit OF our institutions, but
the appointment of a reIation-if a
proper person to appoint-does not
constitute the offence.
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Eastern beef-eaters are congratu,
lating themselves that a new company
is about to organize with capital O
twenty-five millions to fight the Chicago
dressed beef syndicate. If Eastern far.
mers and beef growers are now nearly
broken down by competition with the
existing Chicago syndicate what will
become of them when increased com
petition still further reduces the price
OF Western beef? This is a question
our home growers will be seriously in.
terested in.
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hotels and transportation com
panies come to us for Linen
supplies, and they come for
the reason recognized by Gus
toners and would-be competi-
tors alike-competlon with our
Linens is useless.
72-inch German Double
Damask, ooc. The usual price
is SI.Io.
That's fair sample of what
we are doing in such Linens.
Turkey Red Table Cloths,
all sizes, Doilies to match, SI.25
to $2.75 each. Turkey Red
Table Damask by the yard, IS
to ooc.
Two Towels will tell their
story as we'll as fifty. CD Ex-
cellent Huck, 2ox5S inches,
I2Ec. (2) Knotted Fringe
Damask, pink, and blue Dor
ders, 2Ix42 inches, &c.
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BOOMERS NOW BEGGARS.
PitifuI Condition of the Families the
Oklahoma Border.


ARKANSAS CITY, May 6.-The suffer
ing of the batfied boomers finds most
prominent evidence along the northern
borders. Yesterday 1000 wagons on the
march down aud 500 wagons on the way
back were counted. The groves IN the
Arkansas and Walnut river valleys that
offered camps for the boomers before the
descent, are filling again with the return
ing uufortunates. There are hundreds
of families among them who have sold
everything to- make the trip. and now
have nothing left. The sight of men,
women and children. who are thus I'M
provided for desolafe. with the mere
frames of horses surviving to drag them
along. is pitiful.
Guthrie still holds the majority of the
population. and is not yet symmetrically
formed. Oklahoma City is the most
promising town site. Captain Crouch,
the old successor to Boomer Payne, was
Saturday elected mayor, defeating a
preacher whose platform was against
gambling and whiskey. AS long as the
latter is excluded. as it is now, serious
trouble cannot occur in Oklahoma.
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Visitors to the French Exposition,
the correspondent of the New York
Times says, care especially struck by
the appearance and intelligence of the
guard of 80 American soldiers here,
who really make European troops look
slouchy and stupid by comparison.
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The PimlicO Exposition.

We publish elsewhere IN this issue a
full report of the convention of Mary
land editors which met in Baltimore on
Monday last at the request of Mr..
Frank Brown, President of the Mary
land Agricultural and Mechanical As
ISOLATION. Every section of the State
was represented and the interest evinced
IN the exposition to be held at Pimlico
in September, was very gratifying to its
projectors. 1t is hardly necessary now
to repeat editorially the objects and
plans OF the proposed State exhibition,
since our readers will find them fully
explained in the admirable address of
Mr.. Brown. Suffice it to say at this
time, that the enterprise commends
itself to the combined agricultural and
industrial interests of the State, and
should command their warmest sup
port. 1t is undoubtedly true that little
or no effort has heretofore been made
by any organized method to properly
advertise the resources OF this State, by
exhibitions made up of agricultural.
mechanical, and industrial displays,
which in character and extent were
worthy of the State. Our interests have
suffered from the conservatism of local
ity, and the more aggressive business
methods and enterprising spirit of other
states.
To emulate this spirit, and to put the
interests of this State abreast of those
of other states whose advantages are
inferior to our own, IS the primary OBJ
ject of this enterprise. Certainly 1t
should enlist the hearty cooperation of
every one identified with Maryland
either by nativity or local interest.
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Hanamaker's.
PHILADELPHIA. Monday, May 9Th, ISIS.

ont Of team friends can get
Catalogue No. 20 for the pres
ent Spring and Summer by a
request sent through the mail,
and by the same means IA
Short Descriptive List of Books
at Wanamaker Prices' may
also be had.
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at is only one of many manifesto
ticns of the irony of fate," says the
New York Tribune, "that William H.
Barnum, who protested against nomi-
mating Thurman for Vice President, on
account of the latter's age, should be IN
his grave, while the Old Roman shakes
up his ten-pound dumb-bells and signs
a lease for another decade of frisky ex-
istenceo
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Senator German is reported as having
refused the Craftsmanship OF the Natlo-
nal Democratic Committee. Possibly
he recognizes the incougruity of pro
tectionist general commanding a free
trade army.
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Book News for May is
ready, with a spirited picture
of Count Tolstoi-one of the
most talked about of modern
writer's.
Whoever wants to get an
mixing of books as they come
from the press-hint enough
to guess from whether to read
or not-needs Book News. 1t
is made for just such people.
1t is eyes for them. 1t does
the rummaging and leaftrrn=
ing and weighing of worth for
them. What it tells is as a
book-wise friend would tell it.
No prejudices. 1t don't SO
much try to say whether the
book is positively to be ap-
proved as to say Just 7ohat the
d0ok is. One person may con-
denim that which another will
praise. From what Book News
tells you'll know whether the
book will be bad or good to
yen.
And you'll know the fair
price-a money saving thing
to know in most bookstores.
SC a copy, soc a year.
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We are quite willing to tell
you that it is our command OF
the German market that
strengthens our grip on the
Linen trade. The cheaper
grades of Damask Table Lin
ems, with which we have been
ignoring competition all the
season, are German. In the
high grades Dresden and Bel
fast are rivals-we will make
you happy with either.
Our Linen stock brings bus
mess to this market. Distant
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A Berlin correspondent declares that
John A. Kasson, of Iowa, Commits
sioner to the Samoan Conference,
"talks German as well as Bismarck. u
He appears to have talked to the point
Tins far
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Permanently valuable for its Local as oeH as Gen
eral Intelligence, Ne,os Communications are respect
fully solicited from all sections Of the County, in
add,ion to the weekly contributions Of its regular
corps of correspondents. Anonymous con'nau'aica-
fions ,ciH receive no attention. the name OF the
soriter being required in all cases guarantee OF
good faith.
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1BB5, 1898
EFRINE.

SHOES. Our shoe depart
ment is overhowing with all
the latest designs and at the
right PRICES.
HATS. Latest styles from
Phila. and Baltimore markets,
Derbys and Crushes. The
price starts at soc. for a good
substantial soft hat.
DRESS GOODS in abundance
at the lowest possible prices.
MATTINGs, white and fancy
new goods IL Z C. to $50. per
yard.
GROCERIES. California and
Delaware evaporated Peaches
Apples, Nectarines, Apricots,
Silver skin Plums, Prunes,
Canned Goods at low prices.
Tomatoes, Corn, Peas, Beans,
Peaches, Pears, Roast Beet,
Clipped Beef, Pickles, Sauces
and Catsup.
F. p. PRICE,
ELKTON. MD.
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Little handy nothings of
leather or make-believe leather,
full of tools for the toilet, and
next to nothing to pay. Here s
one of sole leather, telescope
shape, comb and 3 brushes
hair, nail, tooth-S5c. We
never before had anything
nearly SO good for so little.
Others up to $500.
Dressing Cases, various
feathers, SI.2o to $3.50.
Collar and Cuff Boxes, sole
leather, fancy feathers, and
plush, ST to So.
The newest wrinkle is Collar
and Cuff Box, combined with
Dressing Case, fancy and sole
feathers, S2.Io to $3.50.
Leatherette Music Rolls, 4oc;
leather, Csc to S5.75.
Triplicate Mirrors that give
a fore and aft view of self,
$3.50 to $3.50. Our special
patterns, two oxidized sides.
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All sorts of Garden Seeds
at &C a packet. A few sorts
in bulk-beets, cucumbers,
peas, beans, turnips, sweet
corn, carrots. OF course you
save by that-bulk prices.
Don't know how many
thousand sc packets of Flower
Seed we've sold in a month or
SO. How many make wagon
load' Almost every hardy
kind.
Lawn Grass Seed, zoe a at.
John WANAMAKER.
Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets.
and City-haii square.
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Strawbridge & Clothier,
PHILADELPHIA.
WORDS TO THE PUBLIC.


the Dry Goods
This
Mercantile little
the house with
The
goods adding
Shoes furniture china, books stationery This especially
New York.
We tendency have deal with affairs
and
boadt
absorb the the efforts and the ability single individual
individuals We have also believed better could
special facilities transaction and that the business
indefinite
make it. and all that possible under the
in
by seeking
n
demanded by The result justified Judgment
steadily with
of knowledge
has been only made greatest enlargement
tmw that would much unless
adde This
exte believe mind at the
of in We
know what doing that still
fulfill
Hb
rendering hoped continued and enlarged patronage
ed the America Goods Business in the
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-05-11

A suggestive bit about Cling
hams, shipped from the E0en-
ing Telegraph.
"rhere is said to be quite Il fad for Cling
for use ut country resorts during the Summer.
Many women are having as many as fifteen or
twenty dresses made up OF these cheap but pretty
goods for such wear"
No wonder. A sensible stuff
and pretty. The marvel is how
the loom-men get SO many
beautiful patterns. We've more
than a MOuSand distinct styles
Of Gmehams-the best of Scot
land and New England-the
cheapest in Philadelphia.
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nRHERED this third day of May 1889 that the
OIsale OF the property mentioned in these pro
ceedings made and reported by J. Wesley Falls
Trustee, appointed by decree OF this Court t
make said sale be ratified and confirmed unless
cause to the contrary thereof be shown or be
fore the 9Th day OF July next; provided copy Of
this order be inserted in some newspaper printed
and published in Cecil County aforesaid once a
week ior one month before the 9th day Of June
next.
JAMES A. DAVIS,
True Copy, Clerk.
Test: JAMES A. DAVIS,
My45w Clerk.
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HELP WANTED.

VIZ EAVERS AND OTHER MILL HANDS
w wanted. Families taken to learn. Houses
convenient to mill. Apply at
Myll-5t ELK MILLS.
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ELKTON. MAY ii, 1889.

Ben Butler may bully Admiral Porter
but he cannot "bottle" him. He is not
that kind of porter.
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AUDITORS NOTICE

IN RE- THE MORTGAGED REAL ESTATE
OF SAMUEL J. TAMMANY
AND 9TH RS.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil County, in Equity
No. 1915.
IN pursuance Of an order OF said court passed in
i the above entitled cause. Office Is hereby CIV
en- to the creditors OF Rachel Tammany deceased,
and to the lien creditors OF Mary j. Hart, s. niue
J Tammany and William ii. rammany to file
their claims. properly authenticated, with the
Clerk OF said court within sixty days from the
Eleventh day OF May 1859, the date OF the first in
serton of this notice.
g, MCCULLOUGH,
Myll-3t Auditor.
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ASSETS.

A o the
important oraIc sderaon OF
To- a Ito
on o the limit the uueton to
than that isconent
o
the
0 executive
ardn
sh Absolute Protection oud be
FOR ANY INFORMATION REGARDING RATES, ETC., ADDRESS
t. Il BALDWIN Manager for Maryland and Delaware
VIC CROW Agent for Cecil Co. Md and New Castle County, DEL
ADDRESS, ELKToN, MARYLAND.
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Black looped edge Ribbon,
equally desirable for hats or
dresses. We have a corner
on it-but the bears make the
prices-half:
Ia inch, lie ~ inch. zoe
"a inch, l5c 312 inch, SOC
Fancy Ribbons at CSC, worth
50. Colors enough to tire.
but choice enough to please,
and cheap enough to charm.
Sashes-fringed-nowat the
popular zenith:
9inches wide, yards long, sur I'll, 81
10 inches wide, ~ yards long, satin, 1915
$50 feet of counter space tor
Ribbons, 100 more for Flowers.
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AUDITORS NOTICE.

IN RE: THE MORTGAGED REAL. ESTATE
OF GEORGE II. GREENWOOD
AND WIFE.
In the Circuit Court for Cecil County, in Equity
No. 1882.
I'm pursuance of an 0rderof said court, passed in
L the above entitled cause, notice is hereby Civ
en- to the lien creditors OF George II Greenwood,
the Clerk of said court, within sixty days from
the date of the first insertion OF this notice, MAY
18th, 1881
G. MCCULLOUGH,
Myll-3t Auditor.
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In the Circuit Court for Cecil County in Equity
No. 1885.
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FIG OIL EX JUDGET THOMAS R. ECocK,
NJ
No
Icnsder
when pad time it
a clnt
b a OF his Novem-
dividend
X. flor Bennoi
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THE DIFFERENCE.


first emur
RESULTS.
been
1T STANDS ALONE
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ORDER NISl.
ADRIANA PHYSICK EFT AL.

SARAH E. FISHER BY HER NEXT FRIENI
ETC.
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John WANAMAKE.
Hew Advertisements,

Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets.
and City-haii square.
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9inches wide, yards long, sur I'll, 81
l5 inches wide, ~ yards long, satin, 1915