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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-23
BaIIasted with silver Ore.

Everyone has heard that mahogany
railroad ties are used very largely in
Mexico, but not many people are aware
that on one of the lines the ties are of
ebony, and that low grade of silver
ore is absolutely used for ballast OF
course the explanation is that the ore
did not pay to work, but this does not
remove the impression of lavish ex-
travagance which the first glance of
this luxurious roadbed creates. More
remarkable still, perhaps, is the beau
ty of some of the marble used in the
bridge construction.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-23
SATURDAY.
JUNE, p, 1894.
SURGERY IN THE STONE AGE.
Prehistoric Man Knew How tn Perform
Trephining.

Prehistoric Man Knew How tn Perform
Trephining.
Prof. Victor Horsley, F. R. s., lately
made some interesting assertions in an
address in Toynbee hall, London, upon
"Trephining in the Stone Age" He said
that there was no doubt that these
prehistoric people, though little better
than savages of low type, performed
this delicate operation, and the proof
of it to surgeons was convincing. If
the wound in an injured skull healed
the sharp edges become rounded, and if
there was kind of worm-eaten ap-
pearance round what was once a
wound it meant that there was infiam-
nation at the time of healing. Prof
Horsley exhibited representations of
prehistoric skulls which presented
these appearances, and urged that it
was sufficient proof that the owners
survived these operations, performed
something like five thousand years
ago. He found that in one instance
the hole had been scraped out of the
skull, and mentioned that even at the
present time among the Kabyles, in
the north of Africa, two days were &C.
cupied in performing the operation.
Trephining was also accomplished by
drilling a number of holes with a bone
drill, then breaking down the small
partitions, and so releasing the desired
piece of bone. Again, the operation could
be effected with stone saw, and skulls
were represented that showed that
after the periosteum had been scraped
away saving had been resorted to.
Primitive people, he said, were very
careless as to these operations, and
even five hundred years ago in Germa-
ny a piece of the skull was removed as
a cure for melancholy. If a savage
suffered in the head from a blow ire
phining was accomplished, and doubt
less the sufferer from fits, who was
considered to be possessed, was re-
! lieved by a similar operation. From
the skulls he had examined he found
that the holes were generally made
Immediately above those parts of the
brain where an injury would induce
fits. Often the piece of bone was re-
placed in the skull and at other times
it was split up into amulets. No doubt
the jewellers in the stone age looked
into the operation as something very
special, and considered that the bone
removed had supernatural properties.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-23
He Could THROW Some.

Several years ago." remarked a citi-
zen of New Haven, Conn, recently, II
knew a man who lived on the outskirts
of my town who could throw stone
with more accuracy of aim than is dis
played by most sportsmen with rifle.
The man was perfect giant physical
ly. He was good deal of hunter,
using stones as his only weapon to
bring down the game. He had large
leather pouch attached to one side of
his coat, in which he always carried a
good supply of carefully selected mis-
siles. With these he bagged every year
no small quantity of game, such as
quail, rabbits and squirrels. He could
kill bird on the wing or a rabbit at
full speed almost as easily as at rest
One of his favorite methods for display
ing his skill was to set up scythe
blade with the edge toward him at a
distanceof about one hundred feet, and
by throwing potatoes against the edge
cut them in half. He could almost ex-
actly halve two out of every three pota-
toes he threw"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-23
GRESHAM ANAlYZEO.
Conduct of the Secretary of state As .
Man and Public Ohicer.

A couple of newspaper men who
have been studying Gresham as secre-
tary of state put down these impress
sions of him in book they have lately
published:
Gresham is the first secretary of
state we have ever had who did not
allow himself to become submerged
in the peculiar atmosphere of the de-
partment as soon as he began to
breathe it. He is the first man to con-
ceive that there is nothing vitality dis
tinctive or sacred about the place to
make it radically different from any
other department of the government.
Gresham takes hold of the business Of
state in the same spirit that he might
take hold of a big case at law or that
he might have grappled with a stable
contract while he was in charge of the
postal service. He does not approach
diplomatic questions with feeling of
awe, and does not regard the ennis
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-23

saries of foreign powers as invested
with sacred attributes. He regards it
as a great joke to keep the representa-
tive of little South American repub-
lie cooling his heels in the corridor
while he is spinning yarns with
Hoosiers in the diplomatic room.
There was never a diplomatic cabinet
officer who adorne himself with fewer
official frills.
Not long ago a convention of clergy
men was in town. Gresham had
started out to cabinet meeting with a
lighted cigar in his mouth, as usual,
and his hat tipped back on his head.
Just as he reached the state depart
ment elevator he bethought himself of
something, and went back TO his desk
to attend to it. He sat down and began
writing, with hat and cigar still in
evidence. While he was writing in
walked a delegation of the reverends.
Gresham glanced up, saw that his
visitors had no business in particular,
turned to his desk again and continued
to write and smoke, apparently oblivi-
Gus of the fact that the sightseers had
ranged themselves in the corner of the
room and were studying his points
and commenting on them with much
freedom.
Gresham is the same outside the
department as in. He lives at the
Arlington, and he roams about in the
lobby in the evening. sits on the sofa
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-23
RemarkabIe lean or a horse.

One of the most remarkable leaps
ever recorded as having been made by
a horse was that by Chandler. an Eng
lish steeplechaser, while running in
the bennington Cup at Warwick, in
1s47. Bells Life of March %, 1S47,
records it, as follows: Chandler was
following, there being two other horses
and riders leading. At the brook Chan
dler's rider expected that trouble would
come to the leaders. Sure
enough, they all piled up together, and
with one monstrous leap he cleared the
brook and the founder. y After
careful measurement it was put on
record as being leap of exactly thir-
tv-uine feet"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-23
OLD WORLD ETIQUETTE.
Strange Social Customs Which Are Oh
served IN Europe and Asia.

Strange Social Customs Which Are OBJ
served IN Europe and Asia.
In Sweden, if you address the poor
est person on the street you must lift
your hat, says the Philadelphia Press.
The same courtesy is insisted upon if
you pass a lady on the stairway. To
enter reading room or bank with
ones hat on is regarded as a bad
breach of manners. To place your
hand on the arm of lady is a grave
and Objectionable familiarity.
In Holland a lady is expected to re-
tire precipitately if she should enter a
store or a restaurant where men are
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-23
The Cost of Living.

According to some recent statistics
of the cost of living an Englishman
spends on an average S4S year for
food, Frenchman S4T, German $40,
a Spaniard SS3, an Italian S24 and a
Russian S23. Of meat the Englishman
eats 100 pounds year, the Frenchman
81, the German Ga, the Italian 20 and
the Russian 81. OF bread the English
man consumes $50 pounds, the French
man $40, the German $50, the Spaniard
$50, the Italian 400 and the Russian
635.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-23

under the electric lights and spins
yarns. When he gets to his own room
he peels off his coat, unbuttons his
vest, throws himself at full length on
the sofa, filings his hands over his head
and smokes and talks. Sometimes his
boots are on, but more often he is in
his stocking feet. If anybody knocks
at the door he sings out: Come in
without taking the trouble to get up"
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-06-23

Teacher-Now, remember that in or
der to become proficient vocalist you
must have patience.
Miss Flipkins-Yes, and so must the
neighbOrs.- Star.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17

"a First. A pin stripe with
LITTLE glints of contrasting col.
or, scarcely visible through
the brown hair lines; 45 in,
$I.5o.
Second. A broken check of
silk and wool, so faint in
shaded browns as to be almost
a gentle color; "A in, SITS
Thru. An irregular stripe
of silk and wool, the whole
effect indicating silk; A in,
$1.5o
The descriptions are dull as
the catalogue of a dry goods
auction-but their work is
done if you come to see these
three and the hundreds more.
Linen Gln.ghanS, a new
feature, may De q ldd OF tlle
season. Some fads are not
follies. These goods are SEN
sible, more than that-beauti-
full. 40, 45c, and embroidered
figured ST, Similar, plain,
part cotton, goo.
Scotch Ginghams, hundreds
of them. A single group,
Glasgow checks, 81 styles, at
25c. Our assortments do not
count by tens, but by scores
and scores OF scores. And
that means generalship in
Dress Goods.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17

the credit OF the wool growers II
they had become aroused to their
peril long ago; but it is better to
have them protest late than never.
Like many others who realized their
error too late, they permitted the
demagogues in the Democratic
party to dupe them into voting for
Free Trade candidates by the argu
ment that they would get many nee
essaries cheaper hereafter. They
seem in fair way to realize a part
of their expectations; but, with their
fortunes endangered and their profits
wiped out by the unAmerican Will
son bill, they begin to comprehend
that cheap necessaries are not cheap
when the power to purchase at any
price is gone.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17

ACCORDING to the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Mail
and Express (Rep.), strenuous
efforts are being made by President
Cleveland to have the Senate Fl
nance Committee strike out the
income tax feature of the Wilson bill.
1t was proposed by the administrat-
ion that the income tax scheme
should be separated from the Gus
toms measure and reported to the
Senate as separate bill, but it was
soon found that that could not be
done, for such action would be equiv.
alent to originating revenue meas.
ure in the Senate, and all revenue
bills must originate in the House.
Democratic members of the Ways
and Means Committee were then
sounded. They we're asked if they
would report the income tax scheme
as separate measure if it was
stricken out of the Tariff bill by the
Finance Committee. They replied
that they would not; that the income
tax feature must remain a part ofthe
Wilson bill or fall that the proposed
scheme was simply to rescue Presi.
dent Cleveland from embarrassment
They said the President would veto
an income tax measure, pure and
simple. but he could not veto a
tariff bill providing income taxes.
So it is but question of striking
the income tax feature from the bill
and killing the scheme or keeping
it in the bill as now. If a duty be
placed on sugar, coal and iron ore,
as seems altogether probable, an
income tax will not be necessary for
revenue. 1t looks as though the
dilemma would become very embar-
assing to the President and his party
in Congress.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17

ANOTHER of those cruel exhlbi.
tons and palpable violations of law
known as pigeon shooting match"
took place at North East on Wed
nesday. Why is the law not en-
forced against them by our local
authorities? Such exhibitions are
clearly on level with dog fights,
cooking mains, and other democrat
izing exhi billions which the civilized
sentiment Of this county has long
since ceased 10 tolerate. If our
local authorities do not intend to
notice these violations of law, cannot
sufficient sentiment be awakened
against them in the communities
where they occur, to secure such
enforcement p?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17

The County Republican Commit
tee for Cecil has recommended to
Senator Crothers the following
names of prominent Republicans
from which to select one member OF
the Board of Supervisors of Election
the board consisting OF two Demo
Gratis and one Republican. VIM. D.
Bradford. Charles S. Ellison, George
A. Blake, DR.. J. w. Cooper, Sam
uel G. Bye, John L. Moore, Russell
J. Reed, Mount E. Kirk, Thomas
{. Bond, Edward P. Brickley. John
athan L. Crothers, Clarence c.
Strickland, George M. Christie, Rob
ert L. Christie, w. w. Hopkins,
Webster White, VIM. R. Cameron.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17
AS THE PEOPLE VIEW IT.

Because The WING has no inter-
est or concern in the factional differ
ences OF Democratic leaders in Cecil
county, is sufficient reason why it
abstains from any discussion OF the
proposed change in the County
Commissioners law, SO far as the
proposed change is the outcome OF
these iactional differences.
But in the interest of the tax pay
ing citizens of Cecil county The
WING earnestly protests against
making so important an Office to
our people as the County Commits
sioners Office, a mere game Of polit-
ical battledore and shuttlecock,
either at Annapolis or Elkton. .
Every reflective citizen of the
county knows, that the further this
office is removed beyond the touch
of partizan and factional politics the
better for the pockets of the tax-pay-
ers of Cecil county.
Indeed, if it were possible to do so,
the money of the .people of Cecil
county could be saved by taking
our local business offices entirely
out of partizan politics and making
their incumbents elective upon non
partizan lines.
But since the selection of these
officers is for the present at least to
be entrusted to political parties as
now organized in the county, every
representative element of both polit-
ical parties in the county demands
that every possible safeguard shall
be thrown around them.
Therefore, speaking in the best
interest OF our people, we believe
there is no general demand for a
change in the present commissioners
law, particularly since this law has
not been sufficiently long on trial to
test its merit or to disclose its de-
merits.
We know of no public clamor for
a change in the law, on the contrary,
there is a very general sentiment the
other way.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17
Bu7zEeIs.

From one of the foremost
manufacturers in Pennsylvania
Fresh, clean, perfect goods,
made for the finest retail trade
and marked at probably tile
L0a0est prices Blankets of equal
quality have ever been sold.
Cashmere, S3.25.
Called TO- actual size 60xS0 in,
fine long fibre wool on light spool
cotto o warp, finish equal to finest
goods made. Regular retail price
81 so; these go at 50 Go.
Princess Anne sos.
Called 1914, actual size $3.50 in, 4
lbs. fine wool on light cotton wrap
Regular retail value SO so; these go
al S2.65.
Princess Anne 1856.
Called II 4; actual size 70xS0 in.
lbs. made of clean, good wool on
fine, light spool cotton warp.
Regular retail value $3.50; they 60
at 3.35.
No E0e-$4.25.
Equal to the best Sc Blanket offered
this season. Made of clean long
staple wool, warp and filling. The
maker says pure wool, there may
be 5 per cent of COTTON carded
with the wool. They go al 81 %
Called 10 A; actual size 74xS4 in G
lbs.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17
ELKTON. FEBRUARY II, 1894.
PROTECTION IN THE SOUTH.

In the brilliant and able speech
which Elk. Speaker Thomas B. Reed
delivered in Philadelphia last week,
and which was full of philosophical and
statesmanlike truths, speaking of pro-
lection in the South, Mr.. Reed said
that "when the war broke out many a
man who had trained with the Southern
Democracy, keeping step with them to
the last moment, stood out a brave de-
fender of his country's liberties; and
to-day, I tell you, there's many
Northern Democrat who recognizes
what this condition of things means. 1
do not say one word against the South;
and tell you that, if we continue our
prosperity, the South IS sure to share it
as and as you wish she may. Mill
ions of Pennsylvania capital to day
have gone South, and millions more
(when we get the money! are yearning
to 60 down there and fill up the waste
places with prosperity and joy. And 1
am happy to say to you that my own
correspondence alone shows Thoroughly
how Southern men appreciate the
necessity for growth and prosperity
there. For my part l want the South
to grow and there never has been a
moment when l have not been willing
there never has been a moment when
every member of the Republican party
has not been willing, to give the full
benefit to the South of all our system.
We want to have them prosperous be-
cause they will be stronger believers in
the Union, because they will be part
and parcel more thoroughly of greater
and more prosperous country; but l
say to you here, as have said elsewhere
the glory of the South in the future lies
in the development of her own magnif.
cent resources and not in tearing down
of the prosperity of the North. l
look forward to the time in the near
future when the Southern man, recog-
nizing his true interest and absolved
from all foolish fear as to his govern
ment, will come forward and throw
out of office and out of public power
the statesmen who are now destroying
the growing industries OF the South.
And believe the commencement will
be made in West Virginia."
The Southern mind has long been
filled with the cry that Protection is
also sectional policy. But nothing
could be further from the truth. The
friends of Protection would rejoice at
nothing SO much as the full application
of their doctrine to Southern industries.
The North, as Mr.. Reed points out,
would gladly share with the South the
prosperity which it has enjoyed under
the Protective tariff, and which many
of the new generation of Southern men
we believe, are beginning slowly to
perceive is destined to theirs be if they
can break loose from the bonds of
Bourbonism.
Such men have hitherto been swept |
into line with the Bourbons and |
against their own interests, by reason
of the wolf cries of "Force bill, "negro |
domination" etc. If it were not for
the political solidity of their section,
there would be little or no fear of any |
uncertainty as to what the permanent
tariff policy of this county would be.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17
WOOL GROWERS AGAINST FREE
WOOL.

In the height of their fervor to
force in the entering Free Trade
wedge, free wool, the Cleveland
Wilson school of legislators have
frequently intimated that the wool
growers themselves favored the
removal Of the so-called wooden
duties. The misrepresentation was
allowed to go unchallenged for many
days, and in some localities finally
came to be believed. 1t was easy to
assert a given condition of affairs so
long as the assertion was not dis
puted or disproved; but it followed
inevitably that so unwarranted
charge could not long 60 unchal-
lenged. With one House or the
President Republican the wool grow
ers did not perceive the necessity for
fighting the Free Traders as boldly
and persistently as they themselves
were fought.
The petition which Senator Cullom
OF Illinois, on Monday presented 10
the Senate is to be accepted, how
ever, as notice that the wool grow
ers have begun to realize their peril.
Signed mainly by the growers in the
Senator's State, it represents so
much of that industry as could be
allowed to sign the protest against
the removal OF duties on foreign
wool within the limited time at
their command. Ii states the bald
truth that the duty on wool repre-
sents the profits in sheep raising
in other words, the life of that indus
try, for men are not going to waste
time upon proftless occupations.
A similar protest was adopted by the
Wool Growers Convention, which
recently met in Denver, and there
again it was asserted that the
removal OF the duties would totally
destroy the industry in question.
1t would have been something to
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17
FHB CECIn w

GOVERNOR MCKINLEY hits the
nail on the head when he says that
the people are tired of this tariff tin
kering, bond issuing, debt increasing
treasury-depleting, business parslyz-
ing, wage-reducing, queen-restoring
administration. They dissapprove
OF every part of this program, and
they would not stand it twenty-iour
hours If they had an opportunity to
cancel the agency between them
selves and the gentleman in charge
of the government. 1t is case of a
landlord with a bad tenant, whose
lease has sometime yet to run with
no provision for forfeiture.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17
.Men' S Trousers.

Worsted and Fancy Cassi-
mere Trousers that in the
beaten way of trade would be
$3.50 and $3.50 are $3.50
now.
Kinds that might well be
Sc are 1915, and at $3.50
there are Fancy Cheviots and
Cassimeres, all wool, that have
lately retailed at 81.
Precedents count for moth
ing here; the best possible for
to-day is what we all the time
aim at,
John WANAMAKER.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17
A Remedy for the Grin,

A ready remedy for patients afflicted
with the grip is Kemp's Balsam, which is
especially adapted TO diseases of the throat
and lungs. Do not wait for the first symp-
toms of the disease, put get bottle and
keep it on hand for use the moment it is
needed. If neglt cted, the grip has ten
dency TO bring on pneumonia. All drug
gists sell the Balsam. 2w
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17

If it were England instead of
India that is being pinched by the
heavy drop in silver the sympathy
for the victims which is now felt in
the United States would expire
almost Immediately after it was born.
The truth that but for England the
nations of the earth might now be
on a fair road to blmetallism cannot
be too frequently repeated in Lon
don, Calcutta and here.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17

Mr.. c. f. DaAis, editor of the Bloomfield
Iowa, Farmer, says: 81 can recommend
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to all suffer
ers with colds and Group. l have used
it in my family for the past two years and
have found it the best | ever used for the
purposes for which it is intended 80 cent
bottles for sale by Druggists.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17

WILLIAM L. WILSON'S hard work
tor the tariff-wrecking bill has made
him a very sick man. We are glad
to learn, however, that his recovery
is assured. He will be a much
sicker man about the first week OF
next November.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17

A hale old man, Mr.. Jas. Wilson, of
Aliens Springs ILL.,, who is over 60 years of
age, says: 81 have in my time tried a great
many medicines, some of excellent quality,
but never before did find any that would
so completely do all that it is CT aimed for it
as Chamberlains Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. 1t is truly wonder
full medicine. For sale by Druggists.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-02-17
The object of itiproprietOr being to make
>THE WHlg>

Prominently valuable for its Local well as
General Intelligence, News Communications are
respectfully solicited from all sections OF the
County in addition to the weekly contributions
ofits regular corps OF correspondents. Anony-
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the name OF the writer being required in all cases
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