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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
THE COUNTRY ROAD.

The pathway OF life may be narrow and steep:
But the road through the country is sleeper.
The pitfalls and snares that beset us are deep:
But the mud that surrounds US is deeper.
There are fence rails tor bridges and mud holes
ior drains,
And hard heads and bOulders fcr travel:
And broken down buggies, Oh hillsGes and
plains,
Give warnings, like ghosts, as they travel.
IIank horses, by work and abuse broken down,
Gaze at US IRON roadside and stable,
Young men reaching wistulIy out toward the
town.
Or seeking its portals when able.
Deserted farmhouses; the fences decayed,
And the breezcs through weed patches blowing
Where once happy children reioced as they
played
Hide and seek, when the field corn was growing
What joy for the youth, as his Iongings expand
In life so restricted and narrow;
His prospect, md all opportunities grand,
But to follow the plow and the harrow.
Halt banished from hope and shut out of the
world
By fiimsy but tangible curtain:
Socioty's pleasures away from him hurled
The roads are $50 very uncertain
There's little enjoyment in life scattered round
And little Of profit or pleasure,
In roads where the bottom can scarcely be found
With less than u seven foot measure.
Let seek some reform then, at once, eer we lose
All trace of our roads from our annals;
And make surface roads that the public can use,
Or else take tue underground channels.
III iider Grdhdme in Good Roads.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
THE MEDICAL USE OF ONIONS.

The sweet Italian, or the Bermuda
onions, are the ones to be eaten au
natural, the flavor being much more
delicate than the common varieties.
But onions are really sweeteners of the
breath after the local effects have passed
away, as they correct stomach disorders
and carry off the accumulated poisons of
the system. They provide blood
purifier that all may freely use, and do
perfect work IN constipation troubles.
As vermifuge, the onion cannot be sur
passed, and, eaten raw, will often check
a violent cold in the head. One small
onion eaten ev cry night before retiring
is we'll known doctors prescription for
numerous affections of the head, and is
highly recommended for sleeplessness;
it acts on the nerves in soothing way,
without the injurious effects of the drugs
so often applied. The heart of an onion
heated and placed in the ear will often
relieve the agony of earache, while the
syrup procued from sprinkling sliced
onion with sugar and baking.in theoven is
said to work wonders in a "croupy"
child,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
WHEN TO WIND A WATCH.

1t was Fifth Avenue jewelry store.
"My watch, said gentleman to the
salesman exhibiting costly repeater,
"varies a minute week. 1t ought to
keep time to the second, and SO you rep
resented to me when l purchased it.
Look at it,"
The salesman critically examined the
works through his glass closed the case
and handed the time piece to its owner
There is nothing the matter with
your watch. 1t will keep perfect time
if you wind it in the morning."
"Oh," laughed the gentleman, "that's
a chestnut l wind at a certain hour at
night"
That has nothing to do with it, re.
spended the clerk. During the night
your watch is quiet, as it were. That
is it hangs in your vest without motion
or touch. If you don't wind it at night
the handspring is then relaxed instead
of being in that condition during the day
By winding it in the morning the main-
spring remains close and tight all day.
1t keeps the movement steady at time
when you are handling trimming around
and more or less jarring it as you hasten
about the city attending to your daily
affairs. A relaxed handspring at this
time accounts for fine watches varying
slightly. Try it, and you will find that
/ am right,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
THE STORY OF A COLD NIGHT.

Talking about the cold snap reminds
me of funny thing that happened out
our way, said the little man with bad
cigar as he tilted back his chair and
put his feet on the steam coil.
You see, 1t was this way-but maybe
you fellows don't want to hear this
story, he went on as he glanced around
suspiciously at the crowd.
A chorus OF approval moved him to
proceed.
Well, you know. live out south in
a fiat, and its the coolest flat in the
world. | always thought the south
side was cooler than any place else,
but anyhow this house live in is a
corker. Why, these cold mornings l
have to hurry up and drink my coffee
as soon as i. is poured out 10 keep 1t
from freezing, and the bedcloths are
stuck to the bedstead every night
But as l started to say, down stairs, in
the fiat below me, lives couple who
have daughter, fair and fascinating
maiden. Now, that wouldn't be so
bad, only she has fellow who comes
to see her, as usual.
Funny thing, amt it, how these girls
will2 But, anyhow, this fellow comes
to see her. And they do have an
awful time saying good night. l can
him start to 60. and about an hour
after that l hear the door shut, and
he's gone. But was telling you about
the cold snap. 1t was the coldest
night we had, l guess. l got sick OF
looking at the thermometer, so just
went to bed and listened to the side
walk crack when people went by. l
could hear the nails flying out of the
side of the house-say, if you fellows
don't want to hear this, why, all
right.
Once more the crowd begged him
to go on.
Well, this night, as l was saying. |
heard the fellow start tor the hall door,
and there they stood chatting | was
just dropping TO sleep when | heard a
| great clatter down on the front porch.
Seemed as it some one was trying 10
kick the door in. l thought the house
was on fire, so l jumped up and made
a break for the door. When | got
down on the porch, l almost fell in a
fit.
That fellow had started to kiss the
girl good night, and they froze! Yes,
sir; fact 4! He was sort of slow
fellow anyhow, guess, and he took
his time to it, so when he tried to
break away he found their lips were
roze together, and he kicked on the
door for help. Well, sir, we had to
get salt and ice water to get 'em loose,
and he amt been up there since.
Funny thing, wasn't it7 and he glanced
about him.
But the crowd of listeners gszed on
him sorrowfully and silently and
reverently withdrew.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
SHALL A WOMAN TELL HER AGE.

Helen Marshall North, in Harper'S
Baeay, says: One burden falls to the
lot of the single woman which is mere
keenly felt in society than elsewhere.
Trivial and foolish as it may seem, few
are aware of its extent and reality, and
even the most sensible and successful
women are sometimes its victims.
Public sentiment, especially in cities
and unprovincial towns, has outgrown,
to a considerable extent, the ungallant
habit OF considering woman respon-
sible for her age. But there still exists
plenty of men and women who have
ready word of scorn or reproach for
the unmarried siugle woman whose
youth has passed. Ga account of this
sentiment many women are sensitive,
and not without reason, to inquiries
about age. They refrain from illusions
which might lead to the discovery OF
secret, only because the curious and
rude make such age matter of ridi-
cule. The only remedy for this dis
comfort Is in the cultivation of differ
ent public sentiment. A woman ought
to be as willing to tell her age as to tell
her name or the name of the town she
lives in. With critical ears waiting to
hear and speak disagreeable comments
no one can blame her for keeping
silent about purely personal matter.
No son or daughter OF true mother
or a chivalrous father ever makes the
subject of age, or any .other that might
cause pain or annoyance, matter OF
conversation.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
LIEBERMAN'S
DANN0UHG GEM EN X
FOR THIS WEEK.

The fag end OF winter is
here. Spring will soon be
upon us. We want to get rid
of our Winters stock and get
ready for Spring trade. We
will sell Mems Overcoats from
$3.50 upwards; Boys Over
coats from $500 upwards
Mems Suits from $3.50 up
wards; Children's Suits from
$3.50 upwards. Remember!
our goods have the original
price marked on them, and
you can see that we honestly
mark them down.
The bleak and clustering
months are still ahead. the
sassiest end OF Winter. We
have to get rid Of our stock
and that gives our customers
a chance.
Our HATS are OF the latest
and most fashionable make
and will be sold at the lowest
prices. Caps the same. We
can always show you a fine
line Of Gents Furnishing Goods
Remember valuable pres
ent will be given with every
suit of clothes.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
PAVING WITH RUBBER BLOCKS

Some new ideas have lately attracted
attention in the matter OF pavements.
Among these is the paving of a bridge
by German engineer with india rub
Der, the result having been SO satisfac-
tory as to induce its application on a
much larger scale, a point in Its favor
being that it is more durable than
asphalt and not slippery.
In London a section of roadway
under the gate leading to the departure
platform of the St. Pancras terminus
has for some time past been paved
with this material, with the effect of
deadening the sound made when being
passed over on wheels, besides the
comfortable elasticity afforded to foot
passengers.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
PEOPLE YOU LIKE.

The man who pronounces your
dinner absolutely faultless.
The individual who always laughs
vociferously at your puns.
The acquaintance who regrets that
he has not your exquisite artistic taste
The photographer who says you are
really one OF the finest subjects he ever
had.
The tailor who says it is a pleasure
to make suit for man with figure
like yours.
The lady whom you overheal
whisper to friend that you are the
cleverest man she knows.
The visitor who remarks that your
boy is the handsomest little fellow he
ever saw, and that he bears a striking
resemblance to you.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
REPAIRING COUNTRY ROADS.

There is an old but very true saying,
that "a woman's advice is not worth
much. but he is fool that don't take
it." The following solid truths on the
important subject of repairing country
roads, written for Hayber's Weekly
by Sarah Cooper Hewett, should be
well considered and followed by our
road makers:
The proper time to begin work or
repairs is in the early spring, just after
the frost comes out cf the ground, as
soon as the roads have thoroughly
settled and dried out. When the road
is old, with good solid bed, the first
thing to be done is to cover it all over
with light dressing of gravelly material
and when possible finish it off with a
top coating of hardpan; but avoid
putting it on too thickly, lest the going
become heavy, as it is slow to dry out.
Loan is worse than useless, because it
never packs properly, and makes mud.
Care must be taken to raise the road
up toward the centre, and give it a
slight elevation at the crown, but only
just enough to shed the water on either
side into the cutters. Ga level,
straight road the crown should only te
slightly convex, for sounding up a
narrow road IN the middle is objectional
insomuch as 1t has the immediate
effect OF forcing of vehicles to run
always in the same line and wear away
the new material into deep ruts that
quickly become watercourses for the
wash of the next ram, and assist the
rapid destruction of the road by pre-
venting the water from reaching the
cutters. As fast as the new material
can be laid on, it should be very care
fully raked over to remove all the large
stones and as many of the smaller ones
as possible for where this precaution
Is neglected until the stuff packs down
! hard, which happens IN few days, the
stones become so firmly embedded
that they are not only difficult to
remove, but soon cause the road to
wear IN humps, and dumps, and later
in the season, during the dry we,her,
they work up continually and become
source OF annoyance and danger.
These stones should never be left in
piles along the road side, to be driven
into Or scattered about by mlschIevous
boys or stray cattle, but carted immedi
ately away and dumped out of sight.
The cutters should then be carefully
cleaned by removing from them all
deposits of mud, decayed leaves. OF
branches which have collected here
during the winter months never allow
this stuff to be heedlessly thrown along
the edges of the cutters or on the
banks above them, for the first rain will
surely wash all back to its old place,
and the work has to be done over. 1t
is even worse TO spread it out on the
road, according to the common but
mistaken practice of many road masters
since decayed material can never pack
properly. and always tends to make
mud in wet and dust in dry weather.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
AYERS
Cherry PectoraI

Has no equal for the prompt relief
and speedy cure of Colds, Coughs,
Group, Hoarseness, Loss of Voice,
Preachers Sore Throat, Asthma,
Bronchitis, La Grippe, and other
arrangements of the throat and
lungs. The best-known cough-cure
in the world, it is recommended by
eminent physicians, and is the favor
ite preparation with singers, actors,
preachers, and teachers. 1t soothes
the inhamed membrane, loosens the
phlegm, stops coughing, and induces
rpDpSp
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11

other notes, after which he breathed
more freely. The next year the invin-
chile Prissy sold two hundred dollars
worth OF hogs, sixty dollars worth of
eggs, and ten dozen chickens still keep
; ing household and personal expenses
at the lowest possible point.
The deacon, 100, had better luck, or
perhaps attended more strictl. 10 his
business, and tie end of the second
year was also the death knell of the
Unsuitable mortgage.
As this is no fancy sketch, but, on
the contrary, is a veritible "leat from
life" l cannot state what the result was
for the third year of Miss Prissy's
management.
But l saw the deacon the other day
trimming his hedge, which was all
white and sweet with bloom, and he
tells me that the carpenters are busy at
his house, and that he shall nave
enough produce to dispose Of in the
fall to take him completely out OF debt.
He certainly has the handsomest place
in the country, and by fa- the most
stylish house. AS for Prissy, her face
is tanned light brown, and her hands
are not quite SO white and small as
they once were--not $50 useless by
half" she says, turning them over
carefully, and showing the little cal
loused Jumps on the palms.
But we are out of debt anyway, she
added, triumphantly. This thing of
beng dunned by every other person
Que sees is anything but funny.
May Forrest Hill long outshine its
neighbois, and stand as a striking
memento OF ole woman's will.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11

When anything is demanded of you
that you cannot do, refuse positively
and leave no loopholes for false hopes ;
on the other hand, grant at once what
ever you are willing to bestow your
prompt refusal will make your friends
as we'll as your prompt benefit, and
your character will stand the higher
for it is hard to say whether a promise
forgotten, hope deceived, does not
make US more enemies than a favor
granted brings US friends.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11

We lose in depth OF expression
when we 60 to inferior animals for com
parsons with human beauty. Homer
calls Juno OK eyed; and the epithet
suits wells the eyes of that goddess,
because she may be supposed, with all
her beauty, to want certain humanity.
Her large eyes look at you with royal
indifference.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
AYERS
Cherry PeCtora|

taken for consumption, in its early
stages, checks further progress of
the disease, and even in the later
stages, it eases the distressing
cough and promotes refreshing
sleep. 1t is agreeable to the taste,
needs but small doses, and does not
interfere with digestion or any of
the regular organic functions. Asan
emergency medicine, every house.
hold should be provided with Ayers
Cherry Pectoral.
Having used Ayers Cherry Pee
toral i'll my family for many years. I
can confidently recommend it for all
the complaints it is claimed to cure.
Its sale is increasing yearly with me.
and my customers think this prepa-
ration has no equal as Il cough-cure."
S. w. Parent, Queensbury, n. b.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
The Bright and
Genial Spring
Shuttle eff the
Weigllty overcOat
Hang up the
winter suit

Set your faces and your wishes to Spring Over
coats and Spring Suits.
The hands and the wit of our thousands of work
ers-cuters, helpers, Sewers have been gathering
Spring goods into our house for many days All
ready nowhere glad to say.
Spring promises big for business. We've prepared
big. The cloth buying amid the hum of mills, the
quiet purchases from cloth makers who hunt us up the
makine-up of one two, five hundred suits at a stroke
interesting and perennaly the story of how
the wool off the sleeps back grows through hundred
processes into its perfect is to your thoughtful
mind skip it all
Don't skip this you'll buy from the manufactu-
direct from a store that buys to sell again.
Which will YOU do? Your dollars stake
Viii you buy your $40 suit from US?
Will you buy your $40 suit from US?
Will you buy your Spring overcoat from us
Silk-ined or not, long or short-we have ALL
We you IS to IS per cent, surely-per
haps more.
The goodness of the Clohing--thats another
thing Stores, like people, make their regulations.
After than thirty years of selling reliable, all
wool clothing, under guarantee of standing by
goods we'll not swap horses now. If you buy our
clothing you buy the best
The prices are the lowest because we sell as we'll
as make the goods. The money saving and the good
wear 60 to you.
Wanamaker & Brown
SIXTH and MARKET SITS. PHILADELPHIA
We pay Railroad Excursion Fare
from Elkton if you purchase $40 worth.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
MR.. SAMUEL CHAPMAN, III Horss ra'''5nsip Trsiper

Having rented the Elkton Fair Grounds is prepared to
Break Colts and handle horses of bad habits. His skill
in breaking fractous colts be excelled and he is
recognized by horsemen of the best handlers young
horses the country Mr. CHAPMAN until recently the
colt breaker the Ekton Stock Farm and
refers to Mr.. R. T. c. Crouch the superintendent.
The stabng the grounds excellent and the track is
equal to any in the country. Charges Jloderute
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
School Commissioners,

fN HE School Commissioners of Cecil
l. County will meet at their office, in Elktcn,
for the transaction OF current school business,
the SECOND TUESDAY In each and every
month. John SQUIER,
Secretary.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11
R RDehoIning CatteR

HAVING PURCHASED AN.OUTFIT FOR
DEHORNING CATTLE, am prepared to do
all this class of work at short notice, and at
reasonable prices. For particulars, address
NORRIS b. SLACK,
OILS Strickersville, Chester Co, Pa.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11

Intending tC devote my whole time to the busi
ness the patronage of the public is respectfully
solicited Office in Grants furniture store, North
East from 20 O'Clock Home morning ar
evening. July5.s4-tI
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-03-11

"The use Of 'Castoria is so universal and
its merits SO well Known that it seems work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
Intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARTYR, D. D.,
New York City.
Lete Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-27

THE Burro is not a beautiful
bird, but he has splendid ear for
music, just such an ear as some
would be regulators of their fell
lows have of the harmony of So
ciety under a common sense appli-
cation of the principle whatsoever
We would that men should do unto
them with evenness." This even
ness of admeasurement is just
what these social police cannot
understand.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-27
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-27

THE language of some of the
Democratic organs of this state, no
tably those of the Hogg persuasion,
might we'll be pariphrased to run.
"Yet all this partytriumph availeth
me nothing so long as see Quincy
sitting in the collectors gate"
The Galveston collector will be the
death of these fellows.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-27
THE TWO REPUBLICS.

1t will take more than the eff
forts of some illnatured Mexican
papers to stir up feeling between
the United States and the sister
Republic over the border. There is
a growing cordiality between the
citizens and the governments of
the Two Republics, and this rests
on the solid foundation Of mutual
respect and confidence in each
other that will not be easily dis
turbed. The little fracaS on the
Rio Grande last year only served
to convince the Mexican govern
ment that the United States was
ready to take every possible pre-
caution to prevent any unfriendly
incursiOn from this side of the
river,and there is today a better I'M
der standing Of this government
by Mexico than there ever
has been in the past. The
Americans are very cordially dis
posed toward the DiaZ adminiStra-
ton, recognizing in him the rep
resentative of all that is wiscst and
best and most progressive in Next
can life and business. OF all the
states in the American CniOn
Texas is most Interested in perpet-
uating this era of good will, and
| the press of the state, notably the
press of Southwest Texas, is most
cordial in its tone as we'll as most
apprcciativC of the many excel.
lencies that exist in the Republic
over on the other side of the RiC
Grande. The business interests of
both Republics would be advanced
by a more free and unrestricted
exchange Of products, and it is tC
be hoped that the congresses OF
both countries will so frame theil
tariff measures as to give the larg
est possible latitude to the inter
change of products between them
We have much that Mexico
needs and which she does not pro
duce in sufficient quantities for hel
own supply. Mexico has sub
tropical fruits in abundance thai
she can sell at profit in the
American market, and at a lower
price than we are now paying FOL
such supplies. She has rich store
of minerals and of textile fabric:
. also that can be made of mutua
commercial profit to her and our
selves, and in variety of ways l
would be for our mutual Interest,"
to cultivate closer trade relations
These more intimate commercial
relations can only grow out of al
increased friendlineSs on the par
: of the governments of the two re
, publics, and it is this fact that in
| vests this visible approach to NOR
, cordial relations with so great il
= terest to the intelligent citizens o
both sides of the border.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-04-27

Now that it is almost certain
that the German army bill is in
the tureen there is little being said
about it. William is clear grit and
will not whine over the inevitable.
That measure defeated and the
reichstag will get its walking pa
pers, but it will not avail as any
other legislative body that may be
chosen to succeed them will be as
hostile to the bill as the present
reichstag is. If Caprivi had been
truly wise he would have compro-
missed when so good terms were
offered him.