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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-11-08
SUNNI RINGON A FARM,

Pm living in the country now, upon a
quiet farm,
Where am free from city noise and safe
from urbane harm;
And stead of hor rid cantal pups and early
summer meats,
| feed upon the cool crisp squash and
blood red wihter beets.
l have a room with slanting roof; no
wearisome design
Upon the wall is there to greet these
tired eyes of mine,
But honest, coarse, sandpaper walls are
those about my head
'Pon which | rub that fevered spot where
mosquitoes have fed.
No narrow bath tub have here to lave
myself within,
But one large basin on the floor, dipper
made OF tin.
Oh, how the c,oling waters plash, and
o'eI my shoulders tipw,
Despite their leaking through The floor,
assuaging all my woe!
And as I've said. 10 city NOISE doth
break upon the ear
Naught save the cooing Of the frog, the
bleat of the chanticleer,
The growing OF the Durham cow, the
lowing Of the hen;
These are the sole dlstul Dances in this
nv rural den.
Aud oh, the habits that this life, this
country life inspires!
The breakfast set AT five Il. m.-ab! how
my souls admires
To rise AT four, a"d ere the sun has start
ed ON it's way,
To don my duds and enter on the duties
of the day!
Instead of working at my desk in hot
seer sucker coat,
To seek the fields and toss the hay, to
feed the bounding goat,
To dine three times a day on pie, wash
ed down by berry wine,
Aud " hen the sun has set at last retiring
at nine.
This is noble life to lead; from care and
strife so tre.;7
1t tans the cheek&Ahe muscles gain, it
fills the soul with glee,
But when next summer comes this way,
f.ar | can't afford
To swap the sweat of brow and Drawn
for rural bed and board.
Henry Herbert HdrkinS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-11-08
HOEING AND PRAYING.

Faith without works is dead. y Bible
Said Farmer Jones in a whining tone
To his good old neighbor Gray;
I've worn my knees thro' to the bone,
But it amt no use to pray.
Your corn looks twice as good as mine,
Though you don't pretend to be
A shinin' light in the church to shine,
And tell salvation free.
I've prayed the Lord thousand times,
For to make that ere corn grow;
An why yourn beats it so and climbs
I'd gin deal to know.
Said Farmer Gray to his neighbor Jones
In his easy, quiet way:
When prayers get mixed with lazy bones
They don't make farming pay.
Your weeds notice are good an tall,
In spite of all your prayers;
You may pray for corn till the heavens
fall
If you don't dig up the tares.
1 mix my prayers with a little toll
Along in every row;
An | work this mixture into The soil,
Quite vigorous with hoe.
An I've discovered, though still in sin,
AS sure as you are born,
This kind of compost well worked in
Makes pretty decent corn.
So while Pm praying use my hoe.
And do my level best,
To keep down The weeds along each row
And the Lord He does the rest.
It's we'll for US to fray, both night ant
morn,
As every farmer krows;
But the place to pray for thrifty corn
Is right between the rows.
You must use your hands while praying
though,
If an answer you would get,
For prayer worn knees and a rusty hoe
Never raised big crop yet.
An SO believe, my good old friend,
If you mean to win to day,
From plowing, clean to the harvest
end,
You must boe as we'll as prayN
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-11-08

For years he ran his still, the larg
est in the mountains, when his daugh
ter, now grown into womanhood, re-
turned from school. She was beauti-
full girl, and IN her pretty dresses
seemed strangely out of place among
these rude mountain folk. She went
with her father to the store as she did
when child, and the two were again
inseparable. He could not bear to
have her out of his sight. The moon
sinners, however, continued 10 make
the Wilson cabin their rendezvous.
"Why do these men come here,
father?" his daughter asked.
81 have business with them, my
child. 1t won't be long. am rich
man here, but We uld be poor man
in the city. Next year l will have
enough and we will move to the CITY,"
With this she was content, but as
the weeks passed by she learned the
truth, and begged her father to stop.
"Only few weeks now, my child"
he would answer.
One night two men came running to
the house. She heard her father 60
to the corner where he kept his rifle g.;
then he hurried out OF the door. Dress
ing quickly she ran to catch him. She
had learned where the still was, and
she OWNED that there was trouble
there. She ran as she never ran before,
for fear lent speed 10 her feet.
Approaching the still she saw the
revenue officers riding up the creek just
behind her. Never needing the rife
barrels resting In the crevices between
the logs of the still-house, she ran on,
when the sharp crack of a rifle rang out
on the night air. She threw up her
hands and fell on her face, shot through
the heart. 1t was her father who had
fired and as he pulled the trigger he
saw it was woman's form, and OWNED
who it was, but it was 100 late. He
fell by the side of his gun. After a
sharp fight, IN which no one was
wounded, however, the revenue officers
retreated.
His companions picked John Wilson
up and carried him to the nearest cabin.
They did not know what the trouble
was until, going along the creek with
the unconscious man, they found the
body of his daughter. They picked
her up and tenderly bore them both
away.
The next day the girl was buried
near the cabin. For weeks the father
lay IN delirium, and when he got we'll
he went to the grave of his daughter
and placed the headstone there that /
had seen. The cabin and store were
closed the still was burned.
: He lives in cave. He never
speaks to any mortal, living on wild
berries and the game that he kills. His
riff: Is his only companion, and to this
he will talk as if it understood him.
Every day he visits the grave OF his
daughter. His step is growing feeble,
and 1t will not be long before he, too,
passes into the unknown beyond.
The simple mountain folk say that
when the moon is shining through the
pines and the whippoorwill's mournful
call is heard, white robed figure can
be seen running up the creek, with
long hair moving in the wind, just as
on that night ten years ago when
beautiful Susie, the moonshiner's
daughter, was shot-.S, Louis Globe
| Democrat.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-11-08

JUDGE Ito prosecuting witness)-
Have you any real cause of complaint
against your husband? Wite-Yes,
sir he refuses to buy me new bon
net, haven't had new silk dress in
two years. Judge-But thought he
came home drunk and beat you over
the head with chair2 Wife-Well he
did but wouldn't count that if l
could get the dress and the bonnet.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-11-08

suddenly encountered his cousin
Herbert, who said, smillingly:
So you didn't think it best to ap-
pear at our good uncle's, last night.
What do you mean?
Why, | mean you didn't present
yourself to ask after him.
Why, what's the matter?
How !? You didn't see the account
in your paper yesterday?
Not word of it Did you?
Why, certainly. Uncle seems to
think your absence somewhat marked
| fancied, in the midst of such a
large assemblage of friends.
AS soon as Herbert Wise's back
was turned, his cousin went hastily
to the nearest news stand and bought
paper of the day before. 1t took
him but a moment to find that the
gentleman had been injured and
narrowly escared death, and that
many citizens had called to congratu-
late him on having attained his soth
birthday in safety.
At t. large gathering the previ-
Gus night, when Herbert Wise was
about taking leave of his uncle, the
genial old gentleman remarked:
am disappointed in not seeing
Archie here tonight. Have you
heard that he was away or indisposed?
Oh, no, replied Herbert, hesi-
tatingly; he might not have known
of it.
But l think he must, rejoined his
uncle; the occasion was noticed twice
in his paper.
Perhaps he takes no paper regu-
larly, suggested the nephew, who
seemed to have developed sudden
aptitude for drawing conclusions.
And perhaps he does, said the
old gentleman serenely. At the
same time he thought keen, for.
bidding thought concerning the man
he felt had cast rather slur towards
his favorite nephew.
Rejecting on the subject later in
the solitude OF his chamber, Uncle
Erastus sollloquised audibly:
1t looks to ME as if Herbert might
have said that for the purpose of
alternating me from Archie. | can
recall having heard him speak
slightingly of his cousin on former
occasions. | wonder if he thinks
But there the old man sank into a
profound reverie. After a moment,
however, he aroused and added
emphatically-
No, indeed. That would not be
Archie at all ! I'd be ashamed, in
deed, OF a relative of mine, who
would 60 without daily paper for
any cause except extreme poverty,
but believe there is no danger that
Wise would do a foolish thing
AT noon Mr.. Archibald Wise was
emerging from the newspaper office
when he met his uncle just going in.
In eager, sincere terms, the nephew
began explaining his absence the
night before.
l entirely missed hearing Of the
accident, he said, simply.
see you have your paper, said
the uncle, glancing at the ample
sheet in his nephew's hands.
Yes. l have just been in to pay for
my subscription.
And l am gong to renew mine;
wait a bit, Archie. and We'll go to
dinner together,
True to the latent manliness of
his nature, Mr.. Archibald Wise told
the whole story to his wife that night !;
and added what seemed a redeeming
confession; he said:
"Why is it man seems possessed
to persist in what he knows is only
damaging and hazardous, simply be
cause he has determined to do SO, |
can't tell. l only know Pm done
with trying to economic in such a
costly way as l discover is involved
in doing without my valuable paper
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-11-08

"What is that you're smokif
"Only a fve-center." &
"Well I'd think from its I
more different scents, as a ci
ought to take pretty high ram
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-11-08

The average life of a rabbit is put al
about nine years. The doe may have
young eight times year, averagini
eight each time. The first litter IS pre-
duced when but four months old. TE
progressions based on these igur
cad to astonishing results. For thr
years the possible progeny of two n
bits has been calculated at over 1906
900, and for seven years at I,5oo,s
600.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1890-11-08

Whist orten wnat costs the least does the
most work Try Broom Herb Bitters the
Medicine that speedy cured. Robt Livezey,
of Churchville, Hartford county, Md; Mrs.
VIM. Ensor, of Parkton station Baltimoreco.
Mrs. Catherine Holland, of Fair Hill, Cecil
county Md; F. G. Price, of Cecilton, Cecil
county, Md; and Peter Everts no. Colds
Court, Baltimore, Nd, besides many others
who fingered along time with rheumatism
Dyspepsia, Ague Chills and fevers. Fol
sale at Hoppers Drug Store, Chesapeake
CITY. and at Frazer's Drug Store, ElktoD
Md. Trial bottle 25 cents, large size 500
Ask your druggist for it. tt.
The Delta independent., 1890-05-27
HOME LIFE OF NOTED D1y1NEs.
How Rev. DIR. Talmage and Rev. DR..
Collycr Enjoy Their Private Life.

How Rev. DIR. Talmage and Rev. DIR,
Collyer Enjoy Their Private Life.
Preachers in a big city fare about as
well as any one on earth can, unless he
is born to millions, says New York
letter to the Washington Post. The
Rev. T. De Witt Talmage las a
charming home in Brooklyn, at the
corner or De Kalb avenue and South
Oxford street. The house is hand
some one, four stories and basement,
and in the saloon parlor there is
enough costly bric-a-brac to stock q
bazaar, all of which has been given
the worthy divine by his parishioners.
In everyday life he is decidedly
pleasant man to meet, and in one
respect is like Mrs. Logan. He tries
heartily to be pleasing. lie is not q
ready or fluent talker out of the pulpit,
but he is always an entertaining and
cheerful one. His optimism, indeed,
is his great forte.
Another preacher whom l met
recently is DR.. Robert Collyer, and l
never met a man who SO impressed me
with his wholesoulness. There is a
sweetness, and rugged, sturdy
strength about him that is wonder
fully winning.
He is an old man, his hair is white
as snow, and brushed back like name
after the fashion Beecher wore his
hair; his face is marked by the good
thoughts and noble endeavors Of q
long life, and his form seems tower
of strength.
He is just the sort of man woman
feels implicit trust in, whether as hus-
band, father or religious advisas.
Mrs. Collyer is quite old, and enjoys
less robust health than her eminent
husband, SO on her account they make
their home in a charming little fiat in
the top of the Strathmore, on upper
Broadway, where she can have the
pleasure of overseeing her household.
1t is too small to give room for a
study for DIR. Collyer, SO he has q
charming, quiet room in the Holland
Building, which is largely given over
to artists and literary people, and
there he is surrounded by his beloved
books, photographs of friends and
some good pictures.
The Delta independent., 1890-05-27
DREAM VISIONS.

The garden lies IN silence-shadow decpi
On filmy wings of purple, soft, unfurled,
Comes that ethereal presence we call sleep,
To drug the throbbing senses Of the world.
Still is the night-ah, Heaven, how still and
clear!
Acacia wrapped in showering sheets Of
bloom
Droops ghost-like DER the pathway; can
hear
A scented petal falling in the gloom.
0 love! whom nevermore may call mine,
hear thy footsteps on the pathway now;
hear the music of that voice of thine,
As distant harp notes, tremulous and low.
fold thee In my arms-ah, rest, my Lowell
In this death-silence rest thou on my heart !
rhe wind goes shuddering to pale stars above,
We two are here alone-the world apart.
FAY, steal not yet away; my lips are laid
Upon thy lips Of shadow-rest awhile
All, me! that spirit form may not be stayed,
And thy dream-presence passes in smile.
The Delta independent., 1890-05-27

ton stood high as well-to-do, upright,
honorable men.
When they came 70 pour out their
profuse thanks to the tramp for his
courageous and timely interference in
their behalf, he quietly responded:
"You have much to thank me for,
it is true, because you would certainly
have been robbed, if not murdered, ,,
if had not been under your roof;
but you have to thank me for it in
different way than you suppose. Pm
not here by accident, but design. Pm
no tramp but a detective. I've had
my eye on these villains for some time,
but needed proof before arresting
them. By chance I overheard plot
to rob George Chalmers on the night
he should get paid for his cattle, and l
worked out the rest as you see. This
villain, Samuel jennings" nodding to
the now tightly bound living robber,
tmust either go to the state prison or
the gallows."
"Neither, you miserable scamp"
cried the man with long string of
blasphemous oaths.
He never did-for on the day of the
coroners inquest on his companion,
he was found hanged head. The
whole affair made great sensation in
its locality. On removing his false
hair and beard, the tramp detective
was found to be young and hand
some fellow. A warm friendship
sprang up between him and George
Chalmers, and shortly afterward still
warmer one between him and Mary
Chalmers. 1t seems enough to merely
add that she is now his happy, CRATE
full and loving wife.
The Delta independent., 1890-05-27
Peoria Wins Again.
Peoria tIn.) Saturday oaIl. MAYA

Peoria tIn.) Saturday Cali. Maya
Money IL pouring Into Peoria from al
most every quarter Of the universe, and
among the many contributors TO the esn-
eral fund 10 the Louisiana State Lottery
Company that Of late has poured into the
pockets Of many Of our humber and poorer
citizens thousands Of dollars. In little
one-story cottage at 3iS Apple street lives
young lrlsh-Amcrican, Richard Eitzpat-
rick, who last month hold one -twontieth OF
ticket number ~, ,904 that drcw the second
capital prize Of ti00, 900. A repres entativc
Of the Call interviewed him on Tuesday
with the following result:
~ returned from Mexico about four
months ago, and at each drawing of the
Louisiane State Lottery since thnt time
havepurchased one ticket. In April held
oue-tweutieth Of ticket number "a, 9a4which
drew the second capital prize Of sIOO, 90,
and received my share Of tho money
1900, through the American Exprcss
Company. have only invested four dol
lafs In tickets and the returns received
have, 9f course, boon very satisfactory.
1T " my intention TO continue 70 buy
tickets every month since have STRUCK !
streak OF luck."
The Delta independent., 1890-05-27
.sor.s,. School Shoes.

Mads in our large factory at Omaha.
Nebraska. Ask your dealer for them.
Refuse to take any others. II not kept
in your town. write Us asking where
to get them. They wear longer and
fit better than any other shoes. Shoes
have always been made too narrow.
We make them wide. A reward OF
Fifty Dollars in gold paid for every
pair Of our own make of shoes that
contains particle Of shoddy. or any
thing but solid leather. We make
150 styles Of Women's, Misses and
Children's Sewed and Standard Screw,
Grain, Glove, Kid and Dongola- Ele-
CANT styles, wide and good fitting. We
also carry 150 styles of Mems Goods,
Rubbers, &C.
W. v. MORSE d CO..
Shoe Manufacturers, Omaha, Neb.
Wales Goodyear Rubbers are the best
The Delta independent., 1890-05-27
~Hs Evensd up.~

Col. Mosby relates the following
amusing incident which occurred in o
cavalry dSht IN the Shenandoah valley
In 1854,
In the midst Of sharp cavalry en-.
gagement with Sheridan's men in a
charge near Berryville there came rid
Ing into our lines like q whirlwind .
Yankee soldier on q black horse. A
score Of men tried to stop horse and
rider. but the old blacks blood was up,
and he went on clean through our
unes before he was under control. Tho
rider was sent to Libby prison. and we
mustered the black charger into the
confederate service. A few days later
We charged some of Custer's men, and
that old horse was ridden into the en-
gagement by one of our soldiers. The
black evened up things, too. for he
carried his rider into the federal lines,
and never came back.
The Delta independent., 1890-05-27
MISSING LINKS.

At the mayorality of Berthecourt,
France, babies are now baptized in
the name of the republic, and so duly
registered.
"Honeymoon row" is the name
given row of houses at West Ches.
ter occupied by newly married couples
exclusively.
A man who is in the Birmingham,
Ala, Jail charged with murder weighed
only SO pounds two months ago. His
weight now is 100.
An opossom was found on tree or
one of the principal streets Of Martins.
burg, w. Va, one day last week. How
it got there is a mystery.
A Pennsylvania farmer wants the
governor to set apart a"sparrow day."
when a wholesale onslaught may be
made on the obnoxious birds.
An obituary in Georgia contempo-
rary closes with this sentence: "Mr.
F., though dissipated, was an honest
man and well thought of in his neigh.
borbood."
A vegetarian crank in Columbus re.
fuses even to eat vegetables that have
been in the same refrigerator with
meat, but the same fellow was once
caught kissing butchers daughter.
The railroad car on which Lincoln
rode to Washington at the time Of his
first Inauguration is now used ~ q
smoking car on the New York Central
Railroad and runs between Wellsboro
and Antrim, Pa.
Third avenue in New Yosk 10 to be
fitted with cable cars to run, every
minute I'll day and every half minute
during the morning and evening rush,
They will give tho elevated roads . 70.
vers blow,
The Delta independent., 1890-05-27
THE BIG SIX.

The growing demand for q wido cut
mower induced the manufacturers Of the
celebrated "EMPIRE" Harvesting Ma
chinery to bring out the "BIG SIX' En-
pire Mower two years ago, since which
time 1t has been thoroughly tested and
some very important improvements have
been made. The w. j. kinsey Imple-
ment Co., who are exclusive agents for
the Empire" machines in Colorado, New
Mexico and Wyoming. furnish the follow
ing details with regard TO the Empire"
Big Six. It has high drive wheels, wide
tread, is strongly built and cuts swath
six feet wide. 1t has no perceptible side
draft, which is the result OF the spring at
tachment which is arranged 10 ease or lift
the fnRcr-bar of the ground when the
mower is in operation. BY this spring de-
vice the weight Of the fnEcrbar ut either
or both ends can be SO adjusted that the
shoes will rest but lightly on the ground,
which operates not only TO obviate the
friction resulting from shoes sliding on
the ground, but transfers the weight of the
cutting apparatus onto the drive wheels
and thus Increases their traction and con-
seq uently the cutting power of the ma
chine. BY reason of the removal OF the
dead weight from tho ground, the finger
bar can be more easily raised and tilted
and will Goat over uneven surfaces, adjust
itself to rough and uneven ground better
"
attachment. One man and team will do
nearly as much cutting in day with the
big Six" as can be done by two men and
two teams with ordinary mowers. The
spring device also operates to keea finger
bar level or on q slightly upward curve in-
stead OF allowing IL to sag in the middle as
Is the case with other wide cut mowers.
This, to a great extent, obviates the
trouble Of tho middle portion of cutter bar
riding on uneven ground nnd the middle
guards coming In contact with obstruc-
tions. In all other respects the "Big Six''
10 constructed similarly 10 the I'm
proved Empire Senior Mower and
has all Its advantages. ANY farmer de-
string wider cut than the ordinary mower
will mako no mistake in buying tho ..Big
Six Empire F'urthcr information re-
gnrding which can be obtained from ths
kINsEY IMPLEMENT Co., Denver.
The securing of the Worlds Fair Is the
biggest feat vet heard Of from Chicauo
The Delta independent., 1890-05-27
SupremelY Delightful

To the emaciated and debilitated invalid is
the sense of returning health and strength
produced by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
When that promoter Of vigor is tested by
persons in feeble health, its restorative
and vitalizing potency soon evinces itself
In improved appetite digestion and night
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strength and nerve quietude is vouchsafed
to the human system. A gain in flesh of
course ensues upon the restoration of di-
gestion and assimilation. AS surely as
winter follows the fau of the leaf, does dis
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Avert disease, therefore, with this grand
enabling tonic, which not only renews fail
ing strength, but mitigates and counteracts
the intirmities of age and those Of tho gen.
tier sex. Rheumatism, malaria, liver and
kidney troubles yield to it.
The Delta independent., 1890-05-27

A man who has practiccd medicine for 40
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Messrs. +. J. Cheney q Co.--Gentlenen:-1
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Office, 215 Summit 81.
We will give 500 for any case OF Catarrh tina,
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Taken internally. Y. J. CHENEY d CO.,
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A dullard says "many an editor has been
ruined BY trying to be smart" He's right.
But NO editor was ever ruined by being
smart.
The Delta independent., 1890-05-27
FOR SALE.

A complete outfit for small country Pc
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A McF'atrich mailing machine and
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Virtually new.
A complete Job office doing . good bus
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Two or three newspapers In hourishing
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For particulars address J. 8. TEMPLE,
Denver, Colo.