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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1890-07-28
E. III. FUNsT

II. III. FUNSTON.
These are short, spicy little speeches,
chOck-full of old party policies, as de-
fined by ingalls,.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-30
TRICKS OF SHOW-MEN.
Exhibiting a Wild Man from Africa Wh
 Spoke English FIuentIy.

Exhibiting a Wild Man from Africa Who
 Spoke English FIuentIy.
 ''The story of the native African singing Nellie Gray in Paris" says a Buffalo (N. Y.) man, reminds me of a sells, where an enterprising show man in one of the gardens introduced 6 wild African, also fresh from his native iungles. The wild man was down on the bills for few remarks in his mother tongue, and when he was bidden by his keeper to talk little for the in- struction of his audience, he began in good United States: This is great joke on you. You all think am wild man from Africa, but I'm not. I'm good American citizen, and I'm telling you the truth in good English, and much more to the same effect, while all the crowd gazed open-eyed and in astonish- ment at the horrible creature as they nudged each other and whispered: Just hear him! I wonder what he is saying? Isn't it awful?'
 ''At another time," he went on-"it was during those heavy floods in the South of France-we strayed into lan- tern or stereopticon show in Paris, where the snowman was exhibiting views of the awful ruin wrought by the floods, taken. so he informed the gaping audience, at great expense and at the imminent peril of the artists life, when the awful destruction was at it's height. And we, too, gaped, and were greatly impressed, until by and by he slipped in slide representing the most danger ous portion of the river, so he said, at the very height of it's flood, the sketch of which had been made by the much enduring artist at the most frightful risk of his neck. And we looked rev erently up, with our good Buffalo eyes, and saw-a picture of Niagara river and the rapids just above the fallsr'
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-30
PRACTICAL INSURANCE.
The Novel Scheme of Co-Operation In
 vented by Boston Genius.

The Novel Scheme of Co-Operation In-
 vented by Boston Genius.
 A form of practical insurance against want is under advisement in this city, in which large portion of the laboring people should be deeply interested, says the Boston Herald. A working-man is often thrown out of employment and re- duced to great distress because he has little or no money laid by, and is un- able to provide for his board and lodg- ing while out of employment. It has been suggested that peoples mercan- tile company might be formed among themselves which would undertake to provide board and lodging with land- lords at the rate of S4, 5 or S week, on such terms that, after one Uh of regular payments, one weeks board at half pay might be placed to the credit of the interested party, so that if he were out of work or sick, or otherwise disabled, he might not be brought to discomfort because he could not pay his board. At this rate in six months a man would be entitled to one and half months credit for board, and in one year to three months credit for board, which, at half rates. would only cost him the price of one and half months board anywhere.
 This plan. if it could be carried out, would be great relief to hundreds of working people who are suddenly disa- bled or compelled to be idle. It would be impossible for anybody to fall rapidly in debt to such company, and only in cases of extreme misfortune would persons be willing to sur render their certain insurance of food and lodging, which would grow larger as the years rolled by. A com pany of this kind would need to have responsible backing in order to secure public confidence, but though it has never been attempted, it could easily be conducted on the basis which is common to similar undertakings. Payments would be made to landlords the samo as now, and the company, after collecting twenty per cent. dis count every week for month, could af- ford to give one weeks credit and do business on that basis. The credits
 
 consent of the company of directors, and would be dealt with by them in the same manner as if they were a life in- surance policy. When such company was established it's range of restaurants or lodging and boarding-houses would be such as 10 meet the wants of all classes of people. This is system of cooperative effort, but it would be a c0unany that could accumulate capital and increase it's resources in propor- tiOn to it's membership. It would thus be safe investment for individuals without involving them in any personal responsibility beyond what their regular payments would demand.
 This organization is not yet in exist ence. but it is one of the first practical suggestions for self-help which has sprung out of the movement for Chris tian socialism in Boston, and when it is properly developed and brought into shape it looks as if it might meet pres ent and pressing need among people who are not forehanded and are not ac- customed to making investments for themselves
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-30
SUNDRY IRREGULARITIES.


 IT is a curious fact that among the thousands of insects killed by the cleo trio lights every night, there arc no dead mosquitoes found.
 A WILD sweet orange has been discov- cred growing in the northern part of Florida. The fruit hangs on the tree all the year round, often for six months after it is fully ripe.
 A TRAMP whose intellectual caliber was far above his profession was recent ly found at Bangor. Me. His only bag gage was a small but choice collection of books, including The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau" the works of Balzac, Dumas, copy of Shakespeare and the Iliad.
 A PLANTER at Alpharetta, Ga., has an acre of cotton every stalk of which is of deep red color, leaf, boil and bloom. This novel crop is the product of seed derlved three years ago from two stalks of red cotton found in cotton field There is fortune in this new variety if 1t can be perpetuated.
 4 TALKING canary is the pet of Miss Ida Colvin, of Phmnic, R. I. It is Hartz mountain bird, and was brought to its present home when quite young, in company with parrot. From tue parrot it has learned to distinctly enun- ciato two sentences: Oh, poor Billy" and Sweet little Dicly birdg'
 A NOVEL race is soon to come of in West Chester. Each contestant is to wear laced shoes, and all the shoes are to be taken of and placed in q barrel. The runners then start from mark, run twenty-five yards to the barrel, pick out their own shoes, put tlem or, laco them up and then run a hundred yards to mark. The man who gets over the entire route first, with shoes properly laced, will be the winner.
 Ar Bristol. Eng, arc two young ar tisans who are the prize twins of the world. They arc of the s2ino height and weight; have eyes, hair and com plexion of the same color; walk, speak, laugh, sing exactly alike; follow the same occupation: have the same relig- ious persuasion and likes and dislikes; are both married and have the same number of children, who arc of the same sexes-three boys and three girls.
 HoRATIO LITTIEFIELD, of West Ken nebunk, Me, discovered a curious object on his farm the other day. He was chopping timber, and decided to dig one old tree, known to have been there for over century, upby tac roots He did so, and was surprised to find an iron kettle firmly embedded in the roots. The large roots looked as though they had israsped it and year by year pressed it deeper and still deeper into tha ground until it got to the depth of five feet. Thequestion now IS: srno put the ket- tlc where it was found?
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-30
CAST UP BY TH: LAST TIDE.

A PORTSMOUTH, O., man has we'll developed apple growing on al ordinary grapevine, the result Of s-iillfuI graft ing.
 A HORSE in Waterbury, Conn.,, is in- ordinately fond of pie, and often, walk ing to tho kitchen door, refuses to leave until his appetite for the dainty is satisfied.
 SEVERAL newly matched chickens (so the story goes) were recently found in q bale of hay at Belfast, Me. The owner of the bale thinks that the eggs were probably pressed into the hay when 1t was green, and were matched by the heat generated.
 A BOsToN boatman, who received 8 fifty cent piece as a reward for saving four men from drowning, has had tho coin engraved: Steward of Merit-For Rescuing Four Men from Drowning: Twelve and Half Cents Apiece" He will wear the coin as a medal,
 AN Albino or white lion was born re- gently in John Robinson's circus at Deer Lodge, Mont. There is not a spot or blemish to mar it's immaculate color. A white lion has never before been boasted of, though Albinos among men, women, birds and some animals are common enough.
 THE inspector of streets of St. Louis has adopted a novel method of mark ing the names of streets, so that tue darkest night will not render the way
 
 streets are painted upon the electric light globes, and the shadow resulting throws the name upon the ground so plainly that it can be read fifty feev away. The letters on the globes arc three-Quarters of an inch, and the shadow name is five feet wide.
 \ PoIT HURON bicycle rider at tempted to ride past calf, farmer and connecting rope. The two calves scared the one, and the calf from tho country bounded al oyer the road, bel lowing as if the shambl9s were in sight. The walling-beam calves saw an open ing and made for it, but were too l.tc. When the dust had risen sufficiently to permit an observation, the locipcdc was in the ditch broken, the rider wa on his head broken, the farmer on Ills back broken, and the calf. t@.l n .--r was half a mile down tLo go&I "ith :. rope and below trailing out D-4IAd l; like the rudder of a kite.
 A CORRESPONDENT at Saratora noticed the dinner order of modest s-La fragile-looking little woman in on- O the big hotels. It comprised th .1.- lowing articles; Little Neck turtle soup, blue fish, roast baa:. .4 boned capon, fricasSeed c4i> !, .,j- ster salad. stuffed green pepn.cs, E Il .. new potatoes, string beans. green F Is, New England pudding. cake, wine t:y. ice-cream, assorted fruICs, nus. r,.-,..l.. and coffee. And he adds that she par took more or less of all these dist, $. Her husband tasted Of little soup. had a bit of roast beef with mashed potato and soIao crackers and cl.coS"
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-30
A PREVAILING VICE.
Some of the Dangers O: Self Doctoring in
 Epidem cs.

Self-doctoring is always dangerous, except for the simplest ailments. Few persons understand the significance of their symptoms; the difficulty of doing So is greatly increased by the complex nature of most diseases, and tho modifi- cation of treatment demanded by in- diyidual temperament and hereditary tendencies. Even if the patient knows what ails him, he is not likely to know the remedy, the size and frequency of the dose, and the proper regulation of the diet in connection with it.
 How profound is tho general ignor- ancc upon this subject is shown by the enormous consumption of quack medi- cines. Multitudes of people try one nostrum after another in utter bind ness. If all such compounds were thrown into the sea, it would save every year millions of dollars and thousands of lives,
 During the prevalence of a widespread epidemic, self-doctoring becomes pecul- iarly perilous. Fear is in the air, and is more contagious than smallpox itself. Under its influence men fly to drugs, either to ward off the dreaded attack, or to cure disease which very likely ex- ists only in the patients excited imag- ination. The impaired condition of the system under this ill-advised dosing in- vites the very attack which the dosing was intended to avert.
 Tho newspapers announce that par ticular drug is being employed by dis tingIished physicians; it is extensively advertised, and a credulous public makes haste to procure it, In many such cases the drug in question is merely being experimented with cautiously by the physicians, and likely enough, when they come to compare notes with each other afterward, it is discarded altogether. It may meet one symptom of the disease, but on the whole prove to be attended with great danger.
 Again, in most epidemics, there arc various types of the prevailing disease. This was eminently true of the late in- fluenza. In many cases the special seat of it was the lungs and air passage; in others. the brain; in third class, tho digestive tract. Of course the remedy needed to be adapted to the particular type. Further, it needed to be adapted to the stage of the disease. A prescrip- tion appropriate to the fever stage might be very harmful in the later stage of marked depression.
 But the people took no cognizance of these fundamental facts. One of the drugs most in use was quinine-an effective remedy in it's place, but peril ous one out of it's place. Though it's first effect is to stimulate, it's later effect is greatly to dcpress. Nothing could be more hazardous than to administer it in the later stage of so depressing disease as influenza. A writer in tho Medical Advance believes that nearly all the more dangerous symptoms in this epidemic were due to the indiscriminate use of quinine,
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-30
Eggs Become Unwholesome.

Eggs arc said to become unwhoIesome when kept in refrigerators; fungus forms in them which is easily found by a microscope, although it is not notice able to the taste. This fungus con- stitutes danger when we consider how many eggs are consumed by all classes of society, and people of delicate con stitutions ought to be particularly care ful that they eat fresh and not kept eggs,
The St. Johns herald., 1890-10-30
INDUSTRY AND FINANCE.

TIE wine product of California this year is expected to reach eighteen or twenty million gallons, the largest for several years.
 THEEE were over eight million kegs of nails produced last year, of which onc-half were cut steel. less than one- f. 5h cut iron and more than one-fourth wire.
 IT is estimated that the railroads of the United States lose S2,C00, 600 yearly by landslides. S5,O00,0 900 by floods, S1,- O00 O2O by fire, and S9,O0O,OOO by collis- ions.
 THE United States Government Com missionerof Patents estimates that from six to soven-eiE Ebths of the entire manu- featuring capital of tle United states, or 5j,OO0, 0CO, ,002, is directly or indirect ty based upon patents.
 CALIFORNIA is quite successful in cul- tivating the fig, and the East furnishes a good market. The importations into the United States in 1889 from Smyrna alone were 12,00O cases. Her total pro- duct was 40,O00 cases, or nearly 1000, ,000 boxes.
 TIE report of the liquidators of the Panama Canal Company has been pre- sented to the Tribunal of the Seine. According to the report the total ex- penditures of the company thus far amounted to 1,313, ,OOO,O0 francs. The assets on March Sd were 16,0O0, ,000 francs.
 The wealth of the United States is un- officially estimated at S71, ,500, ,000, an increase in ten years of 42 per cent. England's wealth was placed at $50, ,OOO,- OO0,OO0 in 1885, but divided among a smaller population than that of the United States; while the value of Franco's property is put at S36,0G0, ,000,- 00O. Taxes in England average S20 per capita, and in the United States, S12.50.
 TIE total silver production of the world for the ye 1889 is thus given in ounces by the New York Financial Chronicle: United States, 5000 1000; Mexico, 42.33),1JG; South and Central America, 15,447, ,34G; all other countries, 14,G01 ,CG0; to:al, 125, 5,938,G11 The law which goes into effect upon the 18th inst. requires the Secretary of the Treasury to buy 45C0 eco ounces per month, total of 54, ,0JO ounces per annucl.
 4 VAST sum was sunk in the tempor- ary plant used in building the Forth bridge. The engineers estimated that G500,000 was spent in this direction alone. In scaTolding, flooring, she'd ding, etc, 1000, ,0J3 cubic feet of timber were used. From first D h 1,200 tons Of mere service bolts were eded to hold the mass Of material together. Scores of hydraulic jacks, sixty miles of wire rope and rams innumerable were also among the temporary appliances.
 THE Calumet and Heel: copper mine, one of the Monte Cristo properties of this continent, is said to have paid in dividends the enormous sum of $35, ,3J0,- 900. It has been worked nineteen years. This year, as has been the case before, five dividends of s each on every share will be paid. Its stock, of which not very much is lying around loose, is at a premium somewhere between 300 and 307. 4 younger but also profitable mine, situated in the same vein, is the Tam arack, with stock at about 207. The Calumet and Hecla has 100,0 shares,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-04-12
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Boiling water for an half an hour will
destroy all disease germs.
Cure stiff neck with a plaster of mus
tard and warm molasses.
Oil cloth will last longer if one or
two layers of wadded carpet-lining are
la.d under them.
Borax, ammonia and oat meal will
soften hard water, which dries the skin
when washed in.
After water soaked shoes are dry, give
then a rubbing with kerosene oil to re-
move the hardness.
Brighten the eyes bathing them in cold
water, and always press them toward
the nose when drying.
RAD weak spines with mixture of
pinch of salt, tablespoonful of brandy
and teacup of water.
Cure tickling in the throat with
pinch of dry pulverized borax placed on
the tongue and dissolved.
To remove coffee stains put thick ely.
oerine on the wrong side Of the article
and wash out in lukewarm water.
Olive oil saturated with champho,
makes an excellent application for in
fammatory swellings, also rubbing rheu
matte.
Lay a piece of cold charcoal on burn
and the pain will Immediately cease
keep it on for one hour and the wound il
healed.
Tea leaves are good to scatter ovel
carpets before sweeping, not only tt
freshen the color, but to prevent the
dust arising.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-04-12
Hung it Up.

An awkward young oountryman from
Vermont some years ago entered q
Boston warehouse and asked for EN-
ployment. He could do any kind Of
Chores" he said, and boosted of hls
strength.
"Stout as you are," said one OF the
clerks, ''I'll give you ten dollars il you
will carry that bag Of salt twice across
the store and never lay it down"
The Vermonter stood for a moment,
thoughtfully eyelng the bag, and then
shouldered it easily enough, carried il
twice backward and forward, walked
up to a rope with hook at it's end,
which hung through a scuttle, and
hung the bag on the hook.
Mister" said he, II guess I'll
trouble you for that air ten. didn't
lay it DOWN. hung it up"
The clerk rather unwillingly joined
in the laugh which followed, and hand
ed over the ten dollars.
That's better than chopping logs, I"
the young man remarked, as be deposit
ed the money in his wallet.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-04-12

Whist oruen what costs the least does the
most work. Try Broom Herb Bitsers the
Medicine that speedily cured. Rob't Livezey,
of Churchville. Hartford county, Md; Mrs.
VIM Ensor, of Parkton station Baltimoreco.
Mrs. Catherine Holland, of Fair Hill, Cecil
county Md; F. C. Price, of Cecilton, Cecil
county, Md; and Peter Everts no. Colds
Court, Baltimore, Md, besides m my others
who fingered along time with Rheumatism
Dyspepsia, Ague Chills and fevers. For
sale at Hoppers Drug Store, Chesapeake
City, and at Frazer's Drug Store, Elkton.
Md. Trial bottle % cents, large size 500
Ask your druggist for it. If.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-04-12
Don't

let that cold Of yours run on. You think it
Ia light thing. But 1t may run into Ca
tarrh. Or into pneumonia Or consumption.
Catarrh is disgusting. Pneumonia Is dan
eerous Consumption 10 death itself.
The breathing apparatus must be kept
healthy and clear of all distractions and
offensive matter. Otherwise there is trou-
be ahead.
All he diseases of these parts, head, nose,
throat. bronchial TUNES and lungs, can be
delightfully."- and entirely cured by the use
of Boschee's German Syrup If you don't
know this already, thousands rn, and thousands
cured by IT., and "know how 1t Is, them
selves" Bottle only 10 cents. Ask any
druggist. y
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-04-12
House-Going Ministers.

When the famous DR.. Chalmers said.
"a house, going minister makes church
going people," he uttered wide truth
For it is not only the fact that the pas
tor gains the affection of his cong esaticn
by visiting and knowing them, and max
ing them his personal friends, thus put
ting love behind duty in persuadiug
them to frequent the church of God; it
is also the fact that in this way he obtains
information, gets hints, picks up sugges
tions vastly and variously helpful to him
in his ministrations. Preaching without
the exact knowledge of the persons
preached to is like shooting at target In
the dark-a bullet in the BULLS eye
would be miracle.
theme, wide and deep though it be, he
is in danger Of becoming monotonous.
A lawyer is supplied with new subject
for every fresh case. A physician has a
new study in each patient. An editor is
provided withsA new topic through the
news from day to day. The preacher
alone is thrown back upon his own In
vention. Judgment, prediction, choice
in the selection Of themes. Unless he is
Q genius (and geniuses do not march in
regiments) he will become repetltious
and unediiying if he makes his own un-
aided knowledge his source Of supply.
His pastorate will be short. His congre-
CATION will admire him the first year, toll
crate him the second and get rid of him
the third. But if he be given to pastoral
visitation he will find hlmself supplied
by just keeping his eyes AID ears open
with endless subjects. In one house
there il abundance, in another poverty,
in this one sickness, in that one health,
here sorrow, there rejoicing, in one place
trouble, in another disgrace-all the
varieties and contrasts of human life.
How else can the preacher 80 surely
vary his styles and method7 Now he
will preach to life, for his themes are
fetched from life.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-04-12
Friends OF Cecil County!

Hit be apity to suffer with aches, pains. debility
and weakness, caused by liver complaint, dyspep-
sia, ague and fever try BROOM HERE BITTERs, a
purely vegetable medicine that speedily cured
Frank Price, OF Cecilton, Catherine Holland, Of
Fair Hill, Miss Peterson, of Newark, Mrs. Tubbs,
Mrs Baker and Mrs. Maxwell, OF Wilmington,
Del, besides many others who suffered tor years.
Fer sale at Frazer's Drug Store, Elkton, Md
Trial bottles rs cents; large SIZE 100. Ask your
druggist for It Depot, bO4 Hofiman Street, Phila-
delphta. Mayl9tf
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-04-12
Great Benefit
DR.. Ayers

Hair Vigor for number of years, and
find it very effective III promoting the
growth of the hair"
Prepared by DIR. j. G. Aver & Co., Lowell. Mass.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-04-12
Returned the Salute.

A young lady was standing on the
wharf at the foot of Market steet, wav.
ing her handkerchief at a schooner lying
in the stream. "Know anybody on
board?" queried her companion, as he
came alone. mo, don't; but they are
waving their handkercheifs at me-" she
replied. "Handkerchiefsp' he exclaimed.
dropping his basket and leaning against
a woodpile; "why, them's the men q
shirts, hung up to dry"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-04-12

IT believe in impressions, said a man
as he ran his eye over the paper. 81
recollect years ago predicting that the lit
tie son of one of my neighbors who used
to kick my dog would never come to any
good end. l now see he is mentioned
for the Legislature"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-04-12
AFFLICTED Friend.

Ifsuffering with khe lmatism, Dyspepsia
Liver Complaint or any disease caused by
impurities in the blood. Try Broom Hert
Ritters, 8 Medicine that is vegetable ant
harmless. II weak, feeble and nervous yol
can trust it. II has cured many a sufferer
who suffered with pain and who tr ed every
known remedy in win. For sale at Frazer
Drug Store, Elkton, Md. Trial bottle 2!
cents. large size 500. tt.