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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07
STORES OF DIR. HOLMES.
A Young Woman Who Didn't Like His
Literary Taste.

A Young Woman Who Didn't Like His
Literary Taste.
Tho story is recalled of "a young Vir-
ginia country girl dining in Boston
some years ago, i'll tho days when DR..
Holmes went to dinners. Seated next
to her was "a homely, little old gentle
man whose name she did not catch. He
began to talk with her and asked her
how she passed her time in the country.
"Oh, we read, my father and I!'' she
said.
"And what do you read:" asked the
little man.
"Well, the 'Autocrat Of the Break
fast Table for one thing" she answer
ed.
Il should think you would not care
to read that more than once" remark
ed the little old man with sign of dis
appointment i'll his tones.
"My father and | may not be judges
of literature, said Miss Virginia airi-
ly and with q faint accent of scorn,
"bnt when we get to the end OF the
'Autocrat' we generally turn back to
the beginning and read it over again. "
The little old man smiled at this and
was disposed to be friendly, but Miss
Virginia was so displeascd with his tone
concerning the "Autocrat' that she met
him with chilly Indifference.
AS soon as the guests went into the
drawing room her hostess whispered
reproachfully to her:
"You didn't seem to lind DR.. Holmes
as interesting as / hoped.
CDR. Holmesn' shricked Miss Virgin
ia. There were tableau and an eXpla-
nation.
Another story of Holmes wit is told.
One day old DR.. Peabody was to meet
him at certain place. The venerable
professor rode in a carriage When he
got there, he was met by Holmes, who
had walked. Near by was statue of
Eurydice. And Holmes said:
"Ah, you ride, l see!'
Capital, capitalr' cried Peabody.
That night he went back home and
said to his wife:
Holmes got off good joke today. y
His wife asked him what it was.
"Why, l was to meet him down at
the statue of Eurydice, and when l ar.
rived, he said quite happily, ooh, you
came in carriage' -
And then the genial professor worder,
ed why his'wife didn't laugh.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07

Echo verses were sometimes used ef-
fectively for epigrams and squibs. Thus
a critic once wrote:
I'd fain praise your poem-but, tell me, how
is it
When cry out "exquisitc," echo cries, .'Qui2
it?"
And when, in 1881, Paganini was
drawing crowds to the opera house at
extravaganza prices, The Sunday Times
printed the following lines:
What are they who pay three guineas
To hear II tune of Paganini's?
Echo-Pack O ninnies
ALL the Year Round.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07
HOW A MAN GOES TO SLEEP.
Slumber Begins mt the Feet, and the Sense
Become Dormant One After Another.

SIumber Begins Mt the Feet, and The Senses
Become Dormant One After Another.
"Ordcr is heavens filst law" and
tho old truth is manifested even i'll tho
process of going to sleep. When man
drops off to sleep, his body does not do
so all at once, so to speak. Some senses
become dormant before others and al
ways in the same order. As he becomes
drowsy the eyes close, and the sense of
seeing is at rest. 1t is quickly followed
by the disappearance of the sense of
taste. He next loses the sense Of smell,
and then after short interval the tym-
panum becomes insensible to sound, or
rather the nerves which run to the brain
from it fail to arouse any sense of hear
ing.
The last sense to leave is that of
touch, and in some representative peo-
pie it is hardly ever dormant, Even in
their case, however, there is no discrim-
mating power or sense of what touched
them. This sense is also the first to re-
turn upon awakening Then hearing fol-
lows suit, after that taste, and then the
eye becomes able to flash impressions
back to the brain. The sense of smell,
oddly enough, though it is by no means
the first to go, is the last to come back.
The same gradual loss of power is OBJ
served in the muscles and sinews as
well as in the senses Slumber begins
at the feet and slowly spreads up the
limbs and trunk until it reaches the
brain, when unconsciousness is complete
aud the whole body is at rest. This is
why sleep is impossible when the feet
arc cold. New York World.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07
Baltimore, Chesapeake and Atlantic
Railroad Company.

Constellation Of The Baltimore and Eastern
Shore Railroad and the Maryland, Choptank
and Eastern Shorc Steamboat Companies.
Water and rail routes to Ocean City and al
points ON the Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries.
For Health, Pleasure and Business.
tncNccllcd facilities for both Passenger and
Freight traffic.
Close connection with the trunk line rail
road nsrIring convenience TO the traveller, and
tho ,uck dispatch of all frcights.
Fifteen COmmodious and handsomely fitted
out steamers. Comfortable state rooms. Good
cuisine. Polite attendance.
Steamers leave piers 3. and y Light street
wharf, Baltimore, as follows:-
RAILWAY DIVISION IL m and 40 p IN,
daily except Saturday and sunday: saturday
only, tlOa m and : Ill for Claiborne ana
stations to Ocean City. Sunday p. III. for
Claiborne only.
CHoPTANK RIVER LINES IN; daily, except
sunday, for Easton Oxford, Cambridge, and
landings to Denton. Returning, leave Denton
AZ l2.O pm, daily. except saturday; Cambrldge
p M Oxford, 40 IN: Easton, $50 p IN,
arriving in Baltimore ut D m,
WICoMICo RIVER LINE-5 p. m, every Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday for Wingate s
Point, Deals Island and landings TO Salisbury.
Rctnrning, leave Salisbury at 80 m, every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, arriving in
Baltimore ut u IL m.
NANTICoKE RIVER LINE-5 p. m, every Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday for Deal s Island,
and landings to Seaford, Del. Returning leave
SeafOrd mt II noon, Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, arriving in Baltimore at 3 II m.
GREAT WICOMICO AND PIASKATANK RIVER
Lines p. m. every Tuesday and Friday for
Great Wicomico River. Dividing, Indian and
DEmer's Greeks, Little Bay, Milford Haven
and Piankatank Riverto Frecport. Returning,
leave FrccpOrt at II. III. every Monday ana
Tuesday, arriving in Baltimore AT II. m.
Steamers leave from foot of South Street as
follows:
PoCoMoKE RIVER LINE-5.3O p. m.. every
Tuesday and Friday for Crisiicld. Tangier
Island, Onancock, and landings to Pocomoke
and Snow Hill. Returning, leave Snow Hill at
9 u IN: Crisiied, Z m; every Monday and
Thursday arriving in Baltimore at u IL III.
MEssoNGo RIVER LINE-5.30 p. m, every
Monday and Thursday for Ford's, Crisficld,
Finneys, Onancock. Chesconcssex, Hunting
Creek and Mcssongo. Returning, leave Mes
songo every Wednesday and Saturday ut q a III
Cristed p III, arriving in Baltimore at a m,
OCCOHANNOCK RIVER LINE-53O p. m, every
wednesday and Sunday for Cristield, Harbor-
ton. Evans, Boggs, Cedar View, Nandua, Con-
cord, Reeds, Davis, Shields, Rucs. Returning
leave Rucs every Tuesday and Friday at $50 a
m, Crisfeld, 6 p. M, arriving In Baltimore at
Dam, B. l.. FLEMING,
Gen. Pass. and Freight Agent,
WILLARD THOMSON, General Manager.
Ticket OHice-133 f. Baltimore street,
Arthur robson, agent. Baltimore, Nd.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07
Bound to BE q POrtia.

Miss Isabel Darlington, daughter of
ex-Congressman Darlington of West
Chester, Pa, is bound to be a lawyer.
She has already passed the required pre-
liminary examination and been regis
tered as law student in the Office of
ex-Judge Thomas S. Butler. Miss Oar
lington was her fathers private secre-
tary while he was in Washington.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07
THE BETTER WAY.
Shall we fold the tiny garments

Shall we fold the tiny garments
That our darling used to wear, y
Lay aside the half worn dresses,
Put them all away with care?
Brooding DER them long and often,
Bringing back our grief and pain.
Holding to our hearts our sorrow,
Living DER our loss again?
Shall we do this while about us
By tho hundreds everywhere,
Suffering for the help withholden,
There are children sweet and fairf
Children needing just the garments,
Dresses, skirts and half worn shoes
Garments that our grief has boarded,
Garments our hearts dread to loser
Give them what our child once needed,
But no longer needs, We know.
She is clothed i'll lovely garments,
White and pure rs drittCd snow.
Helping Tighten others burdens,
We Of use are to the race,
And we seem to sec Il glad smile
On our durlings happy face.
Exchange.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07

The New York Experiment Station has
been making some practical tests with cows
as to the amount of water they drink. 1t
was found that during lactation, or the
milk giving period, the average per month
was 1860 pounds.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07

Passonger--Captain, can't you recon-
mend any cure for seasickness?
Certainly, my good sir, and
one that never fails. All you have got
to do is to lie down in the shade of a
tree in full leaf, and away it goes. -
Schalk.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07

The Aleutian islands were so calico
from the river Olutora, in Kamchatka.
The people living at the mouth of this
stream were called Alutorsky, and a
modification of the name was given to
the islands.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07
Piles.

Piles is so common that
every other person you meet is
troubled with it more or less. 1t
seems to be little thing and usual
ly gets little attention. 1t may not
be serious at first, but it makes
man sick-makes him nervous,
cross, irritable-unit for business.
1t robs him of sleep, takes his ap-
petite-cuts down his fesh-and
yet he is careless about it,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07

Mrs. Secondwed-You are so unlike
my first husband.
Mr.. 81 hope the difference is i'll my
favor, my dear.
Mrs. S.-Oh, it is, very much.
Mr. S.-Thanks. What is it?
Mrs. S.-You're alive Newport Mer-
curry.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07
COLD IN HEAD

ELY's CREAM BALM opens and cleanses the
Nasal Passages, Allays pain and inflammation,
heals the sores, protects the membranes from
colds, restores the senses of taste and SMELL
The Balm is quickly absorbed and gives relieJ
at once. Price 80 cents at druggists or by mail
ELY BROS, SO Warren Street, New York
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07

A Wisconsin sheep breeder advocates
feeding grain to sheep ten months in the
year.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07

Tho Indian name of the Schuylkill
river was Manyunk; hence the name of
Pennsylvania town.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07

Look closely for orange rust and other
disease ON raspberries and blackberries.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07
Medical.
Dentist.

DIR. d. SHITHERS,
DENTIST.
Graduate of University of Maryland Dental
DEPARTMENT.
Bohemia Avenue, CHESAPEAKE CITY, MD
Crown and Bridge Work Il Specially. 20aply
DR. +. 4. RICHARDS,
DENTIST,
A graduate of the Philadelphia College of
Dental Surgery has opened an Office in Cecil
ton and in Gaena and is prepared to practice
Dentistry in all its branches.
The extraction of tcath without pain spec
iaty. Also, II hypodcrmic injection in the
gums which renders extraction painless.
Fees moderate. No charges for the removal
of teeth when artificial ones are ordered. The
best material used and satisfaction guaran-
tced.
Tuesdays and Thursdays. Al Office in Galcna
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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DIRECTIONS
for using
CREAM BALM.

Apply II particle of
the Balm well up into
the nostrils. After a
moment draw strong
breath through the
nose. Use three times
Il day, after meals
preferred, and before
retiring.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-09-07
SOUTHBOUND p. NJ.

Week days and Sunday.
'Slnday only. tSinday only.
stops on signal or notice to conductor
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-06-18
THE NEW STEER.

In recent market report Of Chicago
live stock sales, we noticed that MIR.
Peter Hopely Of Iowa sold for $6.05 per
100 pounds live weight l0a head Of steers
that weighed but 1896 pounds each.
Now the price mentioned for the number
OF steers sold was good one. What we
desire to call the attention of eastern
feeders to Is the weight Of the steers.
The pony built steer Is the steer OF to-
day. Such steer, with his round ribs,
thick crops, wide twist, broad loins and
solid rumps, gives the roasts that medi-
um-sized families want, especially In the
summer Ii is the animal that the farm
er should produce, for does not the last
pound of the large steer cost more than
twice as much as the first pound! And
does not the weight above 1900 pounds
cost more than il will bring by a large
margin; The pony built steer will go
when the fst-ribbed, cat-hammed and
thin-cropped steer will not find ready
buyers at low rates.
The new steer Is the product Of the
new farmer. The breeder OF the past has
no business In the production OF steers
for the present markets. The new New
Englander does not appear to be making
the right meat products, with rare ex.
eeptions, and the old one with his old
type Of steers will soon be in the county
house. This age has no place for him on
the farm.
But many that know better than to
fatten the nondescript steer of the East
have little but Hobson's choice, for the
dairy breeds have converted the steers OF
this section into fit companions OF
the rail splitting hogs OF the South.
All frame and stomach, they belong
TO the class that il is said one can
see through with a sperm oil lantern
that is, sidewise, not perpendicularly,
for il is good ways through them In
this direction. His day Is numbered, for
those devoted 10 him have their days
numbered, too.-Mirror and Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-06-18
fro BE CoSTINUED.l
SMASHED HIS BAGGAGE.
And Then the Man Who owned the Trunk
Had Something Ia Say.

"It's queer how people stand il, " said
the man with the baggy trousers as the
hotel baggage wagon came up from the
depot and passed the window.
stand what particular thing was
asked
Permitting the railroad companies
10 smash their trunks as they do. There
are two on that load which will have 10
60 to the shop for repairs, and the own
ers will foot the bill and not say
word -
well, ism { that your way?"
mo, sir, and it hasn't been for a
good many years. Last spring baggage
man threw my trunk off his wagon in
front Of Boston hotel and busted il. He
drove Off singing as l stood looking at
the wreck. Half an hour later walked
in on him at the depot and said:
81 want 81 of you.
"'What fori'
For smashing my trunk in front Of
the Continental
"You get out Trunks are liable 20
be damaged, and whoever heard Of any
one having 10 pay for them?'
"'Pll show you case right OFF. You
had no more license 10 bust that trunk
than you had to bust my head. You
either come down or III begin proceed
ings.
What will you do!"
I'm sue you the first thing tomor-
row. III not only sue you, but I'll gar
nishee your wages. I'll make it cost
you at least $50 10 get out Of it, even if
you don't pay for the trunk.
He clustered and defied me, ," said
the man Of the trousers, but before 10
o clock he came to the hotel and offered
me s. 10 settle. took written prom
ise ON his part 10 handle all trunks with
reasonable consideration thereafter and
closed the case He admitted 10 me that
he had probably damaged 5 900 trunks In
his life but that no one had ever kicked
before. He didn't suppose a trunk owner
had the slightest legal right on earth,
and he probably didn't get over looking
pale for week. Detroit Free Press.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-06-18
DENT VERSUS FLINT CORN FOR EN-
aGE-a MINNESOTA TEST.

The Minnesota experiment station has
been testing southern corn, dent corn,
sweet corn and Flint corn. The dent
and Flint each yielded . 81 tons of we'll
cared ensilage. while the southern corn
Welded 2l IL tons ot green fodder TO
the acre. The southern ensilage con
tanned lS.5 per cent dry matter, while the
dent silage contained % Il per cent. y
mart OF the data was destroyed by fire,
so the report Of the Flint WAS not given.
II required, according 10 the tables, !
lbs. of the dent for pound of milk and
hut !. , lbs. of the southern ensilsge corn
for a pound. But 10 make pound OF
butter REQUIRED 23 lbs. of the former
aud u lbs. OF the latter. This seems
70 show that the quality of the milk was
affected bv the food. The Flint aud dent
were also fed in separate trial against
each other, with the result that the dent
corn required 2.4l lbs. for a pound OF
milk. and the Flint - lbs, the amount
Of milk for pound Of butter being lden-
tical or 203 lbs.
The figures on the whole are some
what surprising. for the southern silage,
more watery and far ranker, gave SUD
stautiallv the same result as the Flint
and dent varieties.
This contribution 10 the literature or
silage is interesting, for II Is one oil a
very limited number OF trials OF the rela-
tive feeding value Of rank growing crops
that fail 10 mature and of less rank varl-
eties that practically mature their ears
The director rather surprises Us by stat
ing that the Flint corn was not quite as
well liked as the dent corn.
In another trial sweet corn ensiiage
was fed against dent corn ensilage with
the result that II required 2 90 lbs. OF
dent corn ensilage and 800 lbs. OF sweet
corn ensilage for pound OF mix: vi vi
the former II required 23.5 lbs. of milk
for a pound OF butter and of the latter
ass lbs. Thus il seems that sweet corn
ensilsge, ofren highly praised Tor Its
nutritive value, did not IN this trial indi-
cate its expected superiority.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-06-18
CHAPTER ".

Vial AA$As
On th| morning which followed his
intervie,E with the Mormon prophet
John Fee |rier went in to Salt Lake City,
and having found his acquaintance, who
was bou4d for the Nevada mountains,
he intru sted him with his message to
jefferson Hope In it he told the young
man Of 1.-THE imminent danger which
threatentd them and how necessary it
was thatihe should return. Having done
thus, he felt easier in his mind and re-
turned h PINE with q lighter heart
As he approached his farm he was sur.
prised tolsee a horse bitched to each Of
the posts Of the gate Still more sur
prised wis he. on entering, to find two
young mtn in possession OF his sitting
room. Obe. with long. pale face, was
leaning Hack in the rocking chair, with
his feet tIocked up upon the stove. Inc
other, q bull necked youth, with coarse,
bloated features, was standing in front
of the window with his hands In his
pockets, whistling popular hymn.
Both Of them nodded to Ferrier as he
entered, hnd the one in the rocking chair
commenced the conversation.
Maybe you don't know US, " he said.
"This hdre is the son of Elder Drebber,
and I'm Joseph Sfangerson, who trav-
eled with you in the desert when the
Lord stletched ont his hand and gath
cred you'll into the true fold.
"As hf will all the nations in his own
good tinje," said the other in nasal
voice. He grindeth slowly, but exceed
Ing small"
John Ferrier bowed coldly. He had
guessed Who his visitors were.
1--WE have come, continued Stanger-
son, "at the advice OF our fathers, to
solicit the hand Of your daughter for
whichevtr of us may seem good to you
and 10 hfr. As have but four wives
and Brother Drebber here has seven, it
appears Ito me that my claim is the
stronger bne."
NAY, nay, Brother Stangerson' .
cried thu other. ''The question is not
how mahy wives We have, but how
many wd can keep. My father has now
given ovtr his mills to me, and am
the richoF man. =.
"But ny prospects are BETTER" said
the otheh warmly. "When the Lord re-
moves mE father, shall have his tam
ming yarh and his leather factory. Then
l am yorr elder and am higher in the
church. Y :.
"Itwill be for the maiden to decide, I"
reioined Eoung Drebber. smirking at his
own REELECTION in the glass. "We will
leave IL ,Sll to her decision.
During this dialogue John Ferrier
had stool fuming in the doorway, hard
" able tb keep his riding whip from the
backs Of his two visitors
"LookI here, =" he said at last, striding
M to thsm, "when my daughter sum.
mons vel We can come, but until then
I don't Hant to see yer faces again"
The two young Mormons stared Of
him in stnaxement. In their eyes this
composition between them for tho maid
ems ha,Id was the highest Of honosl.
be(h b lIss and hcs father.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-06-18
1He FARM AS A TRAINING scHoc

TIE FARM AS A TRAINING SCHOOL.
IL remains true even to-day that tue
farm is the chief and best school tor
the training Of capable men that exis's IN
This country. Ii is otherwise in Europe,
where one does not find class CORE
sponding 10 the independent Am RI
can farmer. But with US the farmer Is
a superior Of training boys. His lads are
learning real things, while the town boys
too often are merely studying in books
the pale reflection of things.
The farmer boy knows early about
land and soils, about crops and their TO-
tstiou; about the seasons aud the wealth
or and the signs OF the sky. he grows
up in familiar acquaintance with animals
He owns dog, he has a fsvorite horse,
he rides wild colts, he feeds the horned
cattle. He helps in the planting ana 10
the harvesting. He is usually versed in
wood lore. and knows trees and plants
birds. squirrels, rabbits and ground hogs
Ne bnnts with a gun and goes fishioog
He develops superb health. He helps
rsnair M the fences. He learns about tools
and mastery. In short, the range OF hi'
nrseticsl knowledge becomes very great
Albert Shaw, in Review Of Reviews
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-06-18
Cheap Lodging For Q Prince.

Accidentally bill of an inn at Pas
seier, Tyrol, was discovered among the
papers of a recently deceased member Of
the official household Of Emperor Will
liam l, which gives an idea Of the cost
of living at that time. In 1851 William,
then prince Of Prussia, with suit Of
six companions, stopped at the inn. The
lodging for the company amounted to IL
kreutzer-5 cents. The breakfast coffee
was more expensive, however-6 kreut-
ger for each cup-i. e. 2la cents. A
dish Of milk was cent, three eggs for
cent. The dinner at the inn, consisting
Of soup. meat, roast, fruit, preserves and
wine, cost % kreutzer each, or less than
IL cents apiece. The total expense Of
lodging, breakfast and dinner for the
party amounted to 2 fiorins and %
Heutzer, or about 80 cents
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-06-18
ne ONE MIND.

Across the waters the good people no
more understand why they should lose
beef for the public good than they do
here. The following is quoted from
London paper:
"The subject Of tuberculosis was
brought before the Scottish chamber OF
agriculture at its meeting on Tuesday
when Principal Williams moved 'That It
be RENTED to the directors to take what
steps they thought proper to urge the
tuberculosis commission to issue their
report without delay He considered
il \ great hardship that butcher should
lose y carcass, bought in good faith.
when it was condemned by an inspector.
II these carcasses were to be destroyed
for the public good, the public ought to
pay for them"
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-06-18
so He WOULDN'T FORGET IT

Perhaps il might be better for Mr..
Smith il he were more observant, or
possibly more something else. The
other morning when he started down
town his wife gave him an important
letter TO mail, and when he returned in
the evening it was in his pocket.
Henry" inquired his wife, just as he
had settled himself comfortably, did
you mail that letter l gave you this
morning."
You don't suppose, love, that l
would carry it around with me, do your
he replied as palavering as he knew
how.
II don't suppose anything else" she
said suspiciously; where did you mail
it,"
Fright around the corner in that box,
love. / did it at once, dear, so would
be sure not to forget it"
She jumped up suddenly.
"Henry Smith," she exclaimed, "give
me that letter. They moved that box
around on the far side Of the square a
month ago." and Mr.. Smith swore softly
at the post office authorities.