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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-07-20
AN HONEST MAN.

"When | first entered upon my duties as
President, said Mr.. Lincoln, graspng our
arm in his peculiar way with one of his
long, bony hands, while he ran his fingers
through and brushed back his shaggy black
hair, II fully made up my mind to appoint
to office those only whom | knew to be
honest, and who had suitable ability. In
any event, honesty should be the pere
quisite, as the lack of little ability might
be easily made up by an honest man
endeavoring to do has whole duty conscien-
tiously While this resolve was fresh upon
me, there came to visit me very old
friend, a minister, who had travelled so
fast that he had not yet shaken the Illinois
real estate off his capacious boots
Why, what brings you here, Mr..
Shofe?' which was not his name, but it
will do just as we'll.
g We'll, he replied, 4 came down here,
firstly, to see you and get an old fashioned
shake of the hand, and secondly to say that
the folks of my congregation are so poor
that they can hardly afford me decent
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man by the elbows, and turning him
around ran him back face to face with the
woman. She stood wringing her hands
and wailing. what ruin! Poor-a met
The aggressor was evidently also an
Italian.
Sow one of the bootblacks said.
'Youse has gotter reach down inter yer
clothes an square up wild de dago loidly.'
Giles a bloomin dago hisself, COM
mented the other boy.
Broughton had been painfully composing
few phrases of such colloquial Italian as
his Harvard studies Of Dante had rendered
possible to him, and now uttered them in
a stiff and toneless accent. In effect, he
said that it was necessary to pay the COM
patriot for that which was broken.
II only got a ten cent-a, signor,' said
the offender, handing the coin to the wo-
man. He was permitted to go in peace.
"Ten-a cent a. Madonna mia! For so
mooch imager' sobbed she.
So Broughton put 81 into his own hat
and passed it around among the throng
that had been attracted by the noise. When
he gave the collection to the woman, she
wiped her eyes, kissed his hands with
many benedctions, and went her way.
Broughton's assignment had taken him
in the direction of Mulberry bend. As he
returned through that quarter he saw a
with tray Of images on her head lie
quickened his pace and soon was near her.
1t was the same Italian; she had replen-
ished her tray with more saints and heroes
and graces $50 it is, " unused young Mr..
Breughton-who still trailed clouds of
the glory of ouInalism-'that in this
world no one is indispensable. One per
ishes, another replaces him.
Just then, staggering around corner,
appeared the former breaker of images, and
again, as if on purpose, he swung his arm
rudely against the woman. As before, a
crash, lamentations and crowd. The
jewellers of Mulberry bend, themselves well
acquainted with poverty, gave OF their few
copper coins to her, who sat wailing among
the ruins of her wares. They helped her
to pick up such of the casts as We're not
iremediably broken and to replace them
on the tray. This time Broughton did not
stay to act as CONSIDER The aggressor had
walked off rapidly, and the reporter fol-
lowed him. After five minutes chase they
turned into an unspeakably dirty alley.
where the Italian entered doorway with.
out noticing that any one pursued him
Broughton, having made sure that he
should recognize the house again, fastened
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countenance at glance, but it was his
marvellous clothes that puzzled me. They
sat easily enough upon his body, but some-
how or other they didn't sit so easily on
my mind but wherefore | could not for
the life OF me tell, if had tried, which |
didn't.
" 'Good-morning, Mr.. President no
longer Uncle Abe as before-said he. in a
sort OF grandiloquent manner; 4 hope YOU
are well, and getting on nicely
"Oh, yes, said l, we poor folks exc out
living after fashion, intending to give
him the bit in his mouth, for knew what
an honest man he was and how much-I
couldn't tell then exactly how much, for I
had lost the run Of him-we were indeb.
ted to him.
I" Mr.. President, have come to resign
my office
"Feeling somewhat as though had been
struck by lightning, managed to exclam.
Indeed
Yes. | feel that there are MANY
others deserving of the place, and that it is
my duty to make way for them
Was there ever such an honest man az
that ~ said |, to myself, chuckling over
my stupidity on the clothes surprise. But
said |, aloud, I'm afraid you are not con.
sidering yourself, Friend Shofe, and that
when you 90 back to preaching you will be
as hard up as when you came here three
years ago. Hadn't you better hold on a
little while longer, say year more, and
let us both 90 out of Office together? p
Z" NO, thank you. | am going to Europe
during that time, but | hope to see Won
here, as President, when | return, and
after few more kind expressions. off went
Rev Shohe.
'About month after, one of the rev.
erend gentlemen's neighbours paid me a
visit, and, among other things, remarked.
casually, that l had done pretty good
thing for Shoile.'
Yes, replied, 4 gave him two
thousand dollar year position for three
years.
Besides the balance !! added the WIS.,
itor. why, if he's worth a cent, he il
worth to-day two hundred thousand dol
lars, and can prove it if necessay.
''What could the idiot mean? To satisfy
myself on the falsitv of the charge sent
detectives to where he lived. and they
brought back word that he had made his
So, 600 salary in the aggregate yield fully
5000 600, but then | knew he was an
honest man, and there must be mistake
somewhere
by the way added Mr. Lincoln. with
one of his knowing wnks; we have plenty
of Shoiles' left, but the mischief of it is il
is hard finding them out, and they are not
considerate enough to resign as did our
honest friend Shohe'
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brelker and member of images. The Italian
looked up with a real Neapolitan smile,
radiant, many footed, wide and irrespon-
sible
''Tell me about it," said the reporter.
You not give-a me way, gent men
cops?"
"No. Go on.
"Look, it Ikea dis. We not sell image.
And | say, you heor-a me, Mariana, we
get more money to break all She carry de
image. Den | come.a with grand-a force u.
Patatrac All ruin a! A-a-a ar me. Dat,
Mariana. A-ah, poor! Dat people! Some
body take-a money in hat. Don't a cry,
poor woman. After, | mend-a what-a can.
After, |, Mariana, babies, all eat. See?
All this time the wife stood with four
rather clean and very beautiful children
clinging to her skirts, and peeping shyly at
the strangers. How could Broughton or
any one else blame this happy family?
Indeed Broughton has never formulated
his views upon the case, although he used
to take social problems very seriously.
Whenever he meets Pietro in the street
they exchange glance of intelligence.
Sometimes the Neapolitan, by quick ges-
ture, indicates Marianne farther along the
avenue.
And then Broughton, if he has time,
assists all the nth performance of the
comedy of the iconoclast. Elizabeth Pullen
in st. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Young Mr.. Broughton was. unawares
and gradually, in process of evolution from
the journalist to the newspaper man. 1t
took all sorts OF rubs and surprises and facers
and disillusions to form him. That morn
ing he was hurryinG through Printing
House square on an assignment, when he
noticed before him a woman CARRYING on
her head tray of plaster images and walk
Ing with the stately gait and even poise of
the south Italian. She was small and brown.
She wore gown of blue cotton, Il wooden
SHAWL, plaided in olive and yellow, and a
red handkerchief on head. These glarinc
r"lors, however, made her a picture. To
OBSERVE her Broughton passed by her and
then looked back.
She regarded him calmly. "Ruy lit
iln Samuele says-a his Grafton, signor ~
Broughton had no partclar use for pray
! inc Samuel, but he had various theories
about our adopted citizens and might have
az ui ed something in the plaster cast linr
if ut that moment broad shouldered FL
low had not come and jostled the little
woman so roughly that the tray was thrown
from her head and went running to the
sidewalk. 1t was the end of the world for
dat population of craven images. They
eli in Il heap of indistinguishable frag-
ments, mingling their dust in complete
democracy of saints, politicians, lambs, the
illree graccs, and even model of a beaut-
,ul foot labeled Trlby. Little SAMUEL was
past praying for, but he was no more thor
oughly pulvelized than the bust of Napo-
! con. Young Mr. Broughton felt stirring
within Kim an essay on the frailty 4
mundane things. Then the air was torn
with the lamentations OF the woman.
so Madonna!' Next she denounced the
cause of the disaster, who was moving
away. 'Head of big, you area. Why.a
YOU hit-a me? What ever done at YOU :?
You break-a my image not eat more"
she ratified her finger nails along her front
yrrth to indicate the hunger which would
he the consequence of the breaking of her
,tock in trade.
Meanwhile two bootblacks had seized the
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living. and thought maybe you could
give me some sort of an office that would
pay me be better.
" Certainly answered, quickly, for |
knew he was an honest man, and | was
looking for stock of that kind. Have you
IN view any particular office
No, said the Rev. Mr.. Shoile, COM
placcntly; | would not know what to
select if you were to hand me list to
choose from
Nor | what to give you; but | will
tell you who will help you out You know
Colonel Chootspcr of our county. He is
now on duty in the treasury department.
Go and see him. he is man of resources,
and will get you of your difficulty. Come
back tomorrow and report
The next day according to promise,
Shoilc put in an appearance, and said that
the colonel had recommended him to apply
for a certain position in the revenue de-
partment.
What is the salary q said |, signing
in mechanical way pile of commissions.
" Two thousand dollars a year.
We'll, do you think that enough? l
may be able to do better for YOU for |
, knew he was an honest man, and thought
he might just as well as not get place
where he could earn more money.
" oh, plenty, Uncle Abe, for that is
more than double the amount I've been
| earning for years past
Nov began to think, said our mar.
| tyr-president, that would have to force
him into place paying a larger salary,
and where the government would have a
| corresponding return for his valuable SER
vices, for | was more than ever-if that
were possible-convinced that he was an
honest man; but finally concluded to
give him his own way, and he was appoint
e accordingly Off he went rejoicing, but
felt rather mean at my one horse gift to
my good, honest, reverend friend.
"Three years elapsed, and the anxieties
attending the war had completely driven
from my mind, for the time being, the
incident just related when my messenger
brought me a card bearing the familiar
name, Rev Adam ShOhe. And immed-
i,tely there flashed across my mind all the
circumstances attending my appointing
him to office. directed him to be shown
N, and in walked, with creaky cots, one
IF the best and finest dressed men had
zen in many day. | recognized his
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-05-02
Unnecessary Noise.

There are very few people who
seem to realize that nine-tenths of the
noise made about house is unneces-
sary. 1t takes no longer to handle
things lightly than it does to fling
them down helter-skelter with such an
unearthly din as one often hears in
badly regulated households. It takes
little more time to put on pair of
light shoes instead of the heavy and
cumbersome out-of-door foot wear that
some people indulge in, but it pays a
good interest on the effort and time
Especially in sick room or where
there are people who are afflicted with
those uncomfortable accomplishments
called nerves, should this be make a
study. In rooms where q CRATE or
stove is used, tits of the utmost inn
portance that the rasping, tearing
sound of putting coal on the fire be, in
some way, done away with. One
means of doing this is to save all the
paper bags that come in the house, fill
them with coal, tie them up with a
string and layon the fire, which can
be done without a particle of noise. In
one household special requirement is
that the coal for the sitting-room CRATE
shall always be wrapped either in
newspaper or put in bags. In this way
much dust is avoided and all the noise
that is very unwelcome to an invalid
who occupies an adjoining room. It is
said that there is a rubber-lined coal
scuttle recently put upon the market
This is good as far as it goes, but the
coal in rafting out of the scuttles
makes an unnecessary racket, which. is
avoided entirely by the means sug-
gested.-N. Y. Ledger.
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NO PERSONALITIES.

90
The Opening Of Nice, Quiet Business
Campaign.
t'What we need" said the first digni-
fed citizen, as he stopped to discuss
the political situation, sis business
campaign free from all personalities. y
Precisely" replied the second Dig
nifed citizen. This personal abuse
of candidates is all wrong. In fact, it
is absolutely degrading. Now, in our
ward there should be no question Of
the election of McFinnegan''
what! That little nincompoop!"
cried the first dignifed citizen, indig-
nantly.
''Nincompoop!' exclaimed the other
s.Why, sir, there is an honest man.
That thieving sconndrel, O'Dowd, who
is running against him, does not de-
serve to be mentioned in the same
breath. =
''ODowd never stole the silver spoons
at banquet and pawned them for
liquor retorted the first, holly.
''Of course he didn't, but he knocked
his wife downstairs with baseball
bat and stole fifty Thousand dollars
from an orphan.
''Who says so?" z
McFinnegan.
"McFinnegan is thief and liar!''.
.O'Dowd is a thug and q disreputar
BILE scoundrel. .
That's lie!'
Biff! Bang! IN
nd tho dirnif;a1 hnSinaSs oamnaip
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-05-02
Cu.hions OF simple Material.

4 Charming cushions and pillows can
be made from the simple cotton crepon
that is so familiar and so cheap, if only
one is willing to spend q little time
and little work. One seen recently
is of soft, creamy white, and is treated
in the simplest possible way, so that
while it is very effective, the work and
time required are little in the literal
sense. Across one corner isa big spray
of graceful leaves somewhat. conven-
tionalized in form. This is tinted first
of all with golden brown dye paint, and
is then outlined with COUGHING Of
heavy j panese gold thread. The cush-
ion is plain about all the edges and owes
all its success to the decoration just
described, yet it is noticeable among
many more elaborate and costly ones.
Another which is begun is of dull old
pink. The tinting is Of 9 deeper shade.
and there is to be full frill about the
edge. AS yet it is in embry onic state,
but itfpromises to rival the white. The
gold on pink is .'just lovely, rs q girl
enthusiast says, and the full frill is ex-
pected to add largely to the effect Of
the whole. Philadelphia Record.
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ing for month. The past season after
the first month we began giving 10
pounds of skimmilk in the morning
and about the same amount Of sweet
milk at night. At this age also begin
to feed a little fine hay.
At about two months of age they are
put into winter quarters, where they
are fed skimmilk entirely with good
supply of hay and grain. Begin with
8 or 10 pounds at a feeding, and grad
ually increase the amount until it
reaches Is pounds. Feed regularly and
heat the milk to 80 degrees before Civ
ing it to them. Always treat them
kindly. The exact amount and kind
of grain feed will be governed by cir
cumstances largely and by the capac-
lty OF the individual animal. Our calves
are given ground oats with sprink-
ling Of old process oilmeal; probably
no two receive the same amount. In
feeding grain be careful to not over
feed at first. Begin with light ration
and gradually increase it. Some farm
ers in my vicinity give calves constant
access to grain feed after they have be-
come accustomed to it.
We stable our calves in warm barn,
each one having separate stall, two
of which are shown in the accompany
ing illustration. Each stall is ~ feet
high, 2 feet wide and feet long from
manger to drop. In front of the calf
is manger for hay feet high, * feet
long and just as wide as the stall. In
one corner, a a, is little box in which
to place grain feed. At the back end
OF each stall partition is 2x2 inch tim
Der running from the ground to the
ceiling, for support. At the, front
every or 5 feet is 2x4 answering the
same purpose. A strap on which is
placed an iron ring is fastened around
each calf''s neck. A rope with snap
at one end is tied to the manger and
by it the calf is secured In spring
when the grass is we'll started the
calves are turned out to pasture and
not again taken up until they are year
lings.-F. II. Everson, in Orange Judd
Farmer GsGzF 1888 {'Er55
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-05-02
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

lin the manufacture Of artificial
Whalebone the raw hide after being
treated chemically is stretched out
upon frame to prevent contraction
and exposed to a bright light and a
temperature Of from fifty to sixty de-
grees. After drying the skin is sub.
mltted to strong pressure, which
gives it the hardness and elasticity Of
genuine whalebone.
Fifty large quarto volumes. con.
tanning nearly 10000 pages and over
5000 plates, represent twenty three
years OF work on the scientific results
OF the Challenger expedition. While
anoat the expense to the government
for the scientific part Of the work was
10000; since then $24O, 600 have been
spent, but the cost is insignificant when
compared with the scientific results OBJ.
tanned.
The young Of the frog and toad
leave the egg as tadpoles, which not
only differ from the mature form in
shape of body, but also in having gills
on either side of the neck, whereby the
young animals breathe in water, while
they only acquire lungs for breathing
air later on. Most efts, when they
leave the egg, also have tadpole
stage of existence, during which they
breathe bygills, which are subsequent.
~ absorbed when the lungs become
fully developed.
1T is stated by the London Lancet
that "the English professional classes,
who head the list as the tallest of adult
males, attain the average height of five
feet nine and one-fourth inches. Next
on the list come the American males,
and q. minute. fraction behind them
come the English of all classes. Most
European nations average for the adult
male five feet six inches; but the Aus.
TRANS, Spaniards and Portuguese just
fall short of this Standard"
by themselves both aluminium and
bioxide of sodium are harmless enough,
but mix the latter with aluminium in
powder and you produce, it seems, a
formidable explosive which detonates
not only upon contact with drop OF
water, but even if placed in paper, the
humidity sufficing to infame it. In a
state of freedom it does not burn with
the slowness of dynamite, but projects
flames instantaneously in all directions
and even to melt copper wire. NJ. Ros-
sci discovered this explosive last De-
cember, injuring his right arm in the
first experiment.
= Very many of the lower order OF
creatures are said to live without sleep
Many short-lived insects do SO, and
fishes are not generally supposed to
enjoy sleep, although many species do
periodically rest for about couple Of
hours at time. Experiments have
shown that the salmon, pike, goldfish
and angler fish do not sleep at all
Fishes have no eyelids like the higher
mammalia, and their brain is very
small in proportion to their size. AMI
mails which have no real brain cannot
be said to enjoy true sleep, the chief
feature Of which is the cessation of au-
tomato activity of the brain. On the
other hand, there are some animals
which obtain an excessive amount Of
sleep, such as snails, which have been
known to sleep for four years at time.
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WANTS A MIXED DOLLAR.
Plan to Settle the Silver Question by Put
ting Both Metals In the Same Coin.

Plan to Settle tho Silver Question by Put
ting Both Metals In the Same Coin.
DETROIT, Mich, April 80 The Trib-
une rep) publishes an editorial leader
which declares in favor of the solution
of the present money question by
the creation of q new dollar, ia
be composed of proportionate parta
of gold and silver. The article quotes
the declarations of the republican ma
tional platforms of 1888 and 1892 in
favor of bimetallism, and points
out the dangers of practical
silver monometallism through the
throwing open of the mines tc
unlimited coinage. 1t calls attention
to the difficulties and delays which
would attend the negotiation of an
international compact and questions
the successful maintenance Of a
parity of gold and silver by
that means in any event. 1t calls
upon the republican party to full.
fill its platform pledges by formulating
without delay practica BILE scheme for
bimetallism, especially in view of the
threatened disintegration of parties
and the drawing of new party lines,
with gold recommendation on one side
and silver monometallism on the other.
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ALL UNDER THE WEATHER.

q Man Who; Became Tired Of Hearing tho
Complaints of His Fellows.
How are you? Don't tell me that
you are under the weather." ss =
The greeting was uttered by Main
street man on his way back to his Of
fee after dinner. =: He asked the ques-
ton with emphasis, not as merely us
ing a conventional phrase. but as
though he really wanted to know.
Then, stopping. his acquaintance, he
explained his special interest in; the
subject. IS
ST want to know if you feel really
WELL" he said, '.and I sincerely hope
you do. Don't be astonished at my
unusually strong interest in your we'll
being. 1t is simply because every
man have met to-day has told me he
felt under the weather. Some are
only little under the weather. but
none seem to have been able to stand
right away from under it.. When
saw you hoped that l. had at last met
a man perfectly sound in wind, and
limb, and liver. You don't mean to
say you are under the weather, too?
Oh! Good-by. I've got to hurry
It is tiresome to hear the complaints
onfall sides, and this particular kicker
must te particularly tired of the
general weakness of health, since he
himself is one of those very people
who exasperate the sufferings of
humanity at large by never suffering
from anything. But the complaint
is not groundless There may be no
great amount of sick-in-bed cases, but
every other man in the city seems to
be walking abroad with a load on his
shoulders and he calls that load the
weather. Some of those who try to
explain things say that the barometer
is directly responsible, others the
thermometer. There seems, however,
to be more probability in the theory
advanced by scientific person in my
hearing yesterday that the heavy falls
of snow purged the air of impurities
only to keep those same impurities
locked up as long as the frost lasted
and turn them loose on the atmosphere
to poison us when the temperature
rose.-Louisville Courier-Journal.