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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-06-08
A MARVELLOUS BLOSSOM.

Many of the most curious and most beau
tiful flowers in the world are members of
the orchid family and among them all the
most wonderful is the famous Espiritu
Santo, or Flower of the Holy Ghost.
Have you ever seen this marvellous blossom?
Some of you may, perhaps, in the green
house or in a collection of orchids, but it
is rare sight even there, and is seldom
seen in all its beauty except in its native
land. 1t was there | saw it first, on the
Isthmus of Panama.
1t is not common plant being found in
certain sections only and in insulated
clumps. 1t does not like high, dry soils,
but low, marshy spots springing up from
decayed logs or from crevices in the rocks
To describe this beautiful flower, after a
fashion, is easy enough, but to fully realize
its peculiar loneliness and the marvellous
accuracy of its shape, one must see it. The
larger and older bulbs frequently send up
leaf stalks six or seven feet in height, and
from these which are joined, broad Ian
ceolated leaves are thrown out in pairs.
The plant is an annual, and in June,
July and August the flower stalks start up
from the bulb, devOting all their energies
to the formation of the buds. The buds
ate arranged on the stalks much like those
of the hyacinth, the usual number for a
full grown stalk to bear being from twelve
to fifteen. The leaves are very pale green
in color, as though in harmony with the
delicate purity of the blossom.
The blossom is of albaster whiteness,
much like the old-style English pulpit.
This of itself is strikingly curious, but it
fades into insigniticance when one looks in
to the centre of that strange blossom, for
there nesting in the very heart, is the per-
feet image of dove. 1t requires no i'm
agination to see it. No one can mistake it
for anything else, for no human skill could
fashion its shape more perfectly, no artist
could adorn it with more delicate tints,
and no perfumer could endow it with a
more delicate fragrance.
Right in the cup of the blossom with a
snow-whte canopy about it, rests this Won
derous image, its delicately moulded wings
dropping, half extended at its golden
tinted head bent slightly forward, and its
tiny, crimson bill almost touching its
snowy breast.
And just as the figure of the dove itself
is there, beyond dispute, so does an ex
preston prevade the image, an expression
that even the most careless cannot fail to
notice the very incarnation of humanity
and spiritual purity.
1t is not in the least to be wondered at
that the early Spanish Catholics brought
up in ignorant superstition and ever on the
watch for miraculous manifestations, should
have paused, awe-struck, before this strange
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-06-08
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The Common SCHOOLS are the reputcd
sheet-anchor of the commonwealth. Does
the anchor hold ? 4 remarkable series of
reports drawn up by DR.. J. NJ. Rice after
a tour of inspection, and recently published,
throws some doubt on the quality The
statistics of truancy, also, would lead us
to doubt whether the dangerous classes
whose education and civilization are the
principal warrant for the assumption of a
parental duty by the State, and for the
school tax, are really in school. But the
most anxious eyes, after all must be turned
to the moral basis of the system. Charac.
ter is the great object in the training of the
citizen as well as in that of the man, and
for this the common school system has no
visible instrument or motive power beyond'
the discipline of the school-house which
as frequent suits against the schoolmasters
for furnishing pupils show, it is sometimes
difficult for the teacher unclothed with
parental authority to enforce. The one
doctrine Of a moral or social kind in
stilled by the system is the duty of rising
in life We cannot all climb over each
others heads, but we can all be made to
feel that it is mistake to be contented
with the station in which we are born.
The original New England school was
religious and, as the group of families was
small and closely united, it was probably
not unparental The extensive employ
ment of women as teachers also is said, not
without probability, to be unfavorable to
the formation of manly character in the
boys These are the roots of the national
tree, and they must not be left out of sight
in taking account of the political situation.
From "Our Situation Viewed From
Without" by Prof. Goodwin Smith, in
North American Review.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-06-08
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WHIT SUNDAY.
1t Was "White Sunday" Because Church
People Wore White.

Upon the day now known as Easter day,
the first day after the Paschal Sabbath, it
was the custom of the Hebrew priests, in
accordance with the rules of the ceremonial
law, to wave in the temple the first sheaf
of the barley harvest Seven weeks and
one day from that period was the anniver-
sary of the giving of the law from Mt.
Sinai. 1t was generally called by the
Hebrews the Feast of Weeks, coming after
the fulfillment of the sacred number of
seven weeks after the first Paschal Sabbath,
which was the highest Sabbath of the year,
and stood at the beginning of the cere-
monial year. Among various appellations
it also had that of the day of Fifty, or Pen
tecost. 1t was second of the three great
feasts-Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles-
upon which every Hebrew was required by
the law to present himself at the temple
to fulfill certain religious duties. The
whole seven weeks were It garded as a reli
gious season, but only the 50th day was
observed as feast.
The early Christians called Pentecost
Whitsuntide or Whitesuntide. 1t was tie
first annual festival instituted by the early
church, and is regarded by some as the
birthday of the Church. 1t WAS the day
upon which the Holy Ghost descended
upon the Apostles, and when the 5000 were
baptized. The whole Pentecostal season
was an especial season in the early church
for the administration of adult baptism. At
Pentecost the Catechumens and those who
had been baptized in the course of the sea
son presented themselves in abs or white
garments Hence it received the name of
"Whitesuntde. Some writer's think the
name was symholical of the diffusion Of
light that day shed upon the world by the
descent of the Holy Ghost. The former
derivation though, is probably the correct
one.
Easter this year occurred upon the 18th
of April, consequently Whit Sunday must
come upon the ID of June, 30 days there.
after. Special services appropriate to the
day are conducted in the Catholic, Luth
eran and Episcopal Churches, and in latter
years ministers of other denominations,
partclarly Methodist ministers, have adop-
ted custom of special Whit Sunday SER
vices wioh pentecostal sermon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-06-08

dweller of the forest and bowed down be-
fore it, reverently calling it the "Flor del
Espiritu Santo,. or flower of the Holy
Ghost No wonder, either, that the still
more superstitious Indians should have
knelt before it, deeming even the ground
wherein it grew and the air it prefumed as
holy Things,
So deeply was this feeling implanted in
the hearts of the Indians, and so carefully
was it handed down mom generation TO
generation, that it has only been within
comparatively few years that collectors
have been able to trace the precious bulbs
to their native haunts -IhaadciDhia Times.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-06-08
Important Facts.

If you have dull and heavy pain across
forehead and about the eyes; if the nostrils
are frequently stopped up and followed by
a diagreeable discharge; if soreness in the
nose and bleeding from the nostrils is Of
ten experienced; if you are very sensitive to
cold IN the head accompanied with head
ache; then you may be sure you have cat
arrh; and should Immediately resort to
Ely's Cream Balm for cure. The remedy
will give instant relief.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-06-08

Troubles spring from idleness, and grew
Gus tolls from needles ease.-Franklin
Love is precisely to the moral nature
what the sun is to the earth Balzac.
Indiscretion, rashness, falsehood, levity
and malice produce each ther.-Lavater.
The world is emily saved by the breath Of
the school hildren.-Talmud.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-06-08

JUNE27, 1875. COMMENCED
BUSINESS JANUARY |, 1876.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-06-08
Money Saved
is
Honey Made.

With this assertion we do not mean to say
we are selling goods below, or even at cost
as 50 many firms DO, for we are in business
to do business.
We do claim to save you money by selling
good straight merchandise on very close
margin. Another beauty of our plan of doing
business is to guarantee every article we sell
The Spring season finds us with large
new stock of just such goods. A large stock of
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-23
PULLMAN's NARROW ESCAPE.
Cho1ly Tells Us the Baron Came Pretty
Near Pulling the Dukes Nose.

ChoIly Tells Us the Baron Came Pretty
Near Pulling the Dukes Nose.
Baron Otto Won Fritsch, a very clever
and agreeable German nobleman, is in
town on a visit and tells a good story
of how he was offered $1,000 to pull
George Pullman's nose in Chicago the
other day.
1t seems that the baron was the dukes
agent at the Chicago exhibition and had
charge of the Pullman exhibit in the
Transportation building.
He found Pullman hard taskmaster,
and being rather hot tempered himself
he finally quarreled with his employer
and told him to go to the deuce.
A Chicago newspaper heard of the
quarrel and sent representative to the
baron Offering him 81, 600 In cash if he
would pull George Pullman's nose in
public.
The baron longed to accept the offer
and would have done so had his accounts
with the millionaire been settled.
He restrained his desires, settled his
accounts and then offered to do the Job
for half the original sum, but the paper
was then bent on another sensation, and
the negotiations fell through.
wonder if the duke knows how very
near his nasal organ came to getting q
"dommed bad twist "-Cholly Kniok-
srbocker in New York Recorder.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-23
ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION.
Medals to Be Awarded ut the Tenth Rz-
hibition of the League.

Medals to Be Awarded at the Tenth Err
hibition of the League.
The tenth annual exhibition of the
Architectural league will open in the
galleries of the Fine Arts society build
ing in West Fifty seventh street, New
York city, on Feb. Is next, and all
works submitted must be delivered not
later than Feb. 5. The annual dinner
of the Architectural league will be held
in the galleries on the evening of Feb.
13. The exhibition will consist, as usual,
of architectural drawings, drawings of
decorative works, cartoons for stained
glass, models, carvings in stone, wood
and bronze, examples Of designs in mo-
sale, glass, fabrics and furniture and
sketches and paintings Of architectural
and decorative subjects The jury and
hanging committee will consist of the
officers of the league, together with the
members of the subcommittee on archi-
lecture and decoration and the chairman
of the catalogue committee.
The subject for the eighth annual
competition for the gold and silver med
ais given by the league is "The Main
Stairway of National Library" The
competition is open to all residents Of
the United States under the age of %
years The frss and second prize draw.
ings are to become the property of the
league. Thomas Hastings, Will Fl. Low
and George L. Heinsconstitute the com.
mittee on competitions
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-23
Rio Grande
WESTERN RAILWAY.
SCENIC LINE OF THE WORLD.
LEAVE PROVO ZOE EAsT AND sOuTH.

LEAVE PROVO FOR EAST AND SOUTH.
No. 2. For Grand junction and
!. points East ,,....;:......,.; s26 "a. n
NO.4 For Grand Junction and
points East ;.;..,...... 8.5Op. N
pete and SEWER ,........... 8.55p.
No. 8. For Springville, Spanish
FORK, PaysOn and Eureka. 6:20 ID, m
LEAVE PROVO FOR WEST.
No. l. For Salt Lake City. Ogden Am.
Fork, Lehl ana the West 1I.55 a. N
No, 8. For salt Lake City, Ogden,
Am.Fork and Lehi and the
No. 8. For American Fork, Lehi, Salt i'''' p -"
Lake City ana Ogden $50 D.
No. Z. For American Fork Lehi and
Salt Lake City. ....... $3.50 q.
ARRIVE at PROVO FROM EAST AMI
SOUTH
No. ]. From Denver, Grand Junction
and points East ............ lbs a. m
No, 8, From Denver. Grand Junction
and points East ............ 10.15 D. N
No. FromSpring vile, Thistle San
pete and Sewer. D. n
No. From Springyille, Spanish FIX
Payson and Eureka. -. s.35 a. N
ARRIVE AT PROVO FROM WEST.
No.. 2. From California, Ogden, Salt
Lake city, LehiA and Am.
Fork OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 9.26 a. n,
No.4, From California, Ogden, and -
Salt Lake city. .......... $50 D. II
Lehi an American FORK S.55p. NJ
No. 3. From Salt Lake city, Lehi and
American Fork. ............. 6.2Op m
/, The only line to ogden and Denver without
change, Free reclining chair cars on through
trains. Through Sleeping cars to Denver
Kansas city, Chicago and san Francisco. Ele
@. r. Alley. Ticket Agt. Provo
D. c. Dodge, s. H. Babcock,
Gen. Mgr. Traffic Manager,
F. A. Wadleigh,
General Passenger Agent.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-23
cAuaH3 A HUGE sHARA
Guests at Atlantic Highlands Land On
Eight and Half Feet Long.


Guests from hotels of Atlantic High
lands went bluefshing early Tuesday
morning and returned with shark 81
feet long.
The sloop yacht Brunhilde, Captain
W. D. Overton in command, was en-.
gagged for the day. When about three
miles at sea, the fish began to bite. One
of the party felt something Juggling On
the end Of his line and gave sudden
pull. AS result he was nearly pulled
overheard. He called for help. Tbs
captain. crew and his companions went
TO his aid and helped haul in the line.
When they had brought the monster
TO the surface, he was found to be al
most exhausted. A rope was fastened
around him, and the fishermen started
for home il triumph, pulling the shark
astern. A landing was made at Curtis
bathing pavilion, and the story Of the
unusual capture spread like wil6fre
The shark, which was dead by this time,
was dragged ashore.
The fish tipped the scales at 200
pounds and measured s y feet in length
His mouth is nearly foot in width,
and he has three rows of sharp triangu-
lar shaped teeth. The fish is on exhibit
ton. Professor L. Wenger, the local
taxidernlist, will stuff and mount tbs
monster, Cor. Philadelphia PresA
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-23
a Countryrnan.s sugr.st1on.

A countryman who boarded the fire
boat New Yorker at her berth at th,
Battery the other day was interested {,
observe the completeness of her equip.
ment for fighting fire along the rive1
front Her powerful pumps and ingen.
fous arrangements for directing thu
streams upon burning buildings or into
the holds Of vessels filled him with ad.
miration. Then he asked the engineer b
show him the workings of the search,
light. lie took it for granted that the1s
was one and was amazed to learn tina,
there was no electrical plant at all on
the boat. This would appear to be @ Gu,
rious deficiency in a boat otherwise per
feoky appointed, and it is difficult TO
see how so obvious need could have
been overlooked in the building of the
New Yorker. The countryman's discov-
cry has led to a discussion Of the need
of a searchlighS and may lead to its liz
PRODUCTION on the boat. 1t is admitted
that such light would be of the great
est value to the New Yorker In finding
It's way at night about among the
crowded and tangled slips 1t would,
moreover, make it possible to direct
powerful light upon the fronts of ware.
houses, to the very great assistance Of the
drehlen. Electric lights on the boat
would also be supplied in place of thu
old fashioned oil lamps that are now IL
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-23
The SmcHt:.

1t is the opinion of the true gourmet
that of all marine panfsh there is none
to compare with the smelt (Osmerus
mordax). This primary rank is its own
by reason of its del1cacy and delicious
flavor, and when fried a light brown in
very fine bread crumbs and served with
melted butter there is none that dis.
putes its pre-eminence. Its delightful
favor, however. as we'll as its peculiar
odof is evanescent Like the mackerel.
is cannot be too fresh.
1t is from its odor that the smelt de-
rives not only its familiar but Latin
name, an odor SO aggressive of sliced
cucumbers that, if its presence be mani.
fest only to the sense of smell, people
are often deluded into such supposition
This odor is not marked except in the
freshly caught fish and disappears in
the cooking, giving place, however, to
fitting resurrection Of the smelt to ap
olfactory sense still more saYory and de-
ightful. Review
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-23
MAKE YOUR OWN shom
Sts Curious Formation In the Full Rays a
July Sun.

July Sun.
Two solid bodies, one yellow, sulphur,
the other black, carbon, unite under GER
lain circumstances to form colorlesg
liquid called sulphide of carbon, which
must be handled with much precautiop
on account of its great explosive prop
erty. The soluble property of sulphids
Of carbon renders it valuable to take
spots off of garments If its odor ia
more disagreeable than that of benzina
or turpentine, it has at least the advan.
tage of being dispelled quickly in conse-
quence of the prompt evaporation of the
liquid There is nothing equal to it to
take OF spots of paint on clothes. II
does not do it. however, without Great
ing great fear in persons who use it fol
che first time, for they see on the very
place where, to their great pleasure, the
paint had disappeared a large white
spot the nature Of which is hard for
them to define, and the more they brush
the more unsightly and the larger that
white spot grows. Is then the garment
lost? No, for fortunately after few
moments the spot melts away never to
show again 1t was snow and nothing
more. The sulphide of carbon in evapo,
rating takes heat from the cloth and
surrounding air, and the result of that
Is a sudden lowering Of temperature suf.
6cient to freeze the vapor of the atmoS
phere
Without operating on your clothes
you may make the experiment. in tbs
following way: Fill small vial with
sulphide OF carbon, taking great care to
do it far from all flame or heated stove
Then close the bottle with cork stopper
through whichyou have previously bored
small hole. In this hole place piece
of blotting paper made up into small
roll. The paper must reach to the bot.
tom Of the bottle and about an inch
above the cork. Within 10 minutes You
will see the outside of this paper cover.
Cd with snow, the quantity of which
gradually increases. The liquid has risen
through the pores Of the paper as the oil
Of lamp through the wick. When i.
gets to the open ala it evaporates, end
the water contained in the surrounding
atmosphere, being brought to temper
ature below 30 degrees. has been frozen.
If you divide the paper outside of the
bottle into several pieces, you obtain
flowers and most charming effects You
may make the experiment In summer
and in the full rays of the sun The re-
suit will be obtained then more prompt
y, evaporation being more abundant -
DocS T,--,n4oL
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-23

The Chinese have offered reward Of
80 many taels "a Chinese coin) for the
head of every Jap who can be killed.
Somebody says this is case Of heads
you lose taels che other fellow wiuA--'
New York Times
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-23

One OF the ouriosities of Brazil Is 3
tree whose wood and bark contain so
much silica that they are used by pot
tiers. Both wood and bark are burned,
and the ashes are pulverized and mixed
In equal proportions with clay, produc,
ing very superior ware The tree
grows to height Of 100 feet, but does
not exceed foot Z diameter The fresh
bark cuts like sandstone, and when dried
Is brittle and hard. Mage
Kina
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-23
ahe,6 aas.a 9psaazA az rnan.

Espegof William does nos sympsr
thize with American ambition to zach.
in English waters, says an American,
writing from London. Nobody was
more pleased than he when his royal
uncle's yaoht beat the Vigilant Even
the Londoa newspapers felt called upon
co explain that the kaiser's visit was
purely personal and that his social pleas.
ures or shortcomings among the visit
ors at Cowes were solely his private
affair.
Mrs Esther T. Housh has been elect
ed corresponding secretary Of the W. G.
T. q. Of Massachusetts. She was for
years editor of The Woman at Work
and president Of the Vermont White
Ribboners. For some years Mrs. Housh
has been in Boston doing literary work
With her ready pen and thorough knowl-
sdge Of methods Mrs. Housh is sure to
90 helpful ally to the leaders of the
Massachusetts W. G. T. G.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-23
THE DENVER
AND
Rio GraIdG Railroad.
SCENIC LINE OF TEE WORLD.
The only line running two through
asst trains daily to
A SPIN
LEADVILLE,
COLORADO SIPS.
PUEBLO & DENVER
EfectiYe April 81. 1894,


Train No. 2 leaves Provo 9:26 a. m,
Salt Lake sos a, m. Arrive at Pueblo
80 g. N. Colorado Springs 7:51 a. m.
Denver 1890 g. N.
Train No. leaves Provo $50 D. m.
Arrive at Pueblo 5:27 p. m. Colorado
Springs 6 :53 p. m. Denver 9:25 p. N,
Connections made at Pueblo, Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver with all lines
east, Elegant day Coaches, chair cars
and Pullman sleepers on all trains.
Take the D. 8 r. G.. and have COM
Portable train and enjoy the finest seem
cry ON the continent. Shortest line to
Cripple Greek, ColOradO's Great Gold
Camp.
Train No. 2 leaving Provo at 1926 q.
m. arrives at Cripple Greek next MORN
ing $50.
A. 8. HUGHES, Traffic Manager, Denver. Col,
p. F. NEVIES. General Agent.
Fl, NJ. GUSHING, Il. P. ABS w. End South st
s.KE OnPBR a. p & T, A Denver Dol.
The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-04-23
Provo Nail Service.
MAIL TRAINS LEAVE.

MAIL TRAINS LEAVE.
o. P.-Going South. ...... 9:15 a. N
R, G.. W,-Going East. .... 1926 a. m
q. G, W:-Going West.,-- 11:55 a M
U. P.-Going North. ....,.. 3:37 p. m
Salt Lake and Salina East 3:55 p N
Salt Lake and Salina West 4:15 pm.
MAIL TRAINS ARRIVE.
q. Prom Salt Lake. 49,. 9:15 a. M,
R. G. W.--From the West. 9:26 a. m,
r. G. W.-From the East. 1855 d. m,
Salt Lake and Salina West 3:55 p. M.
Salt Lake and Salina East 4:l5 p. m.
q, p. Mail from South. -. 3:37 D. M
OFFICE HOURS.
The general delivery, stamp and reg
istry windows open at a. M, and
close at $50 p. m.
The money order window opens at 8
a. M, and closes at 4 p. N.
On Sundays and legal holidays the
general delivery and stamp windows
are open from 11:30 N. to 1890 p. N.
Mail pouches close thirty minutes
before the arrival of trains.
W. D. ROBERTS,
Postmaster
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-08-21
Confederate Reunion az Fishers Hiu.
Virginia.

From present indications Che Great Con-
federate Reunion 20 be held at Fishers
Hill. August 50th, 1895, win be the grand
es; affair ever held at these grounds. The
reports of committee from an sections Of the
country indicate that there win be a larger
crowd than that which gathered there in the
Summer oflS92, when seven thousand old
soldiers. their wives and children, gathered
and peat such a glorious time.
There viii not be much speaking, only
one or two speakers. but they will be men
OF National reputation.
Not less than five or six bands OF good
music win be present to %enIiyeu the occa-
sion.
Special excursion trains win be run at
low rates of flare, and a good time generally
may De expected.