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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-08-08
STRETCHING THINGS.

'I'm most dead, it's as hot as fire, and
I've been more than dozen miles after
that colt!'
Andrew threw himself at full length on
the lounge, and wiped the perspiration
from his forehead.
''Where did you go?" inquired his father
81 went over ny Briggs corner and back
by the bridge"
THAT is little less than a mile and a
half. Is it so very warm Andy? 1t seems
quite cool here"
''No, not so dreadful, | suppose, if I'd
take it moderate, but | ran like lightning
and got heated up
"You started about five o'clock my son,
and now it lacks a quarter Of six, said his
father, consulting his watch
eyes, sir, just three-quarters of an hour, :"
answered Andrew, innocently.
"Does it take lightning forty-fve min
utes to 90 a mile and half. !"
81 didn't mean exactly that, father, but
| ran all the way; because | expected the
whole town would he here tonight to see
my new velocipede." explained Andrew
reluctantly.
"Whom do you expect, Andy? WASH t
aware that such crowd would be here.
What will you do with them all?''
''Jim, Eddie and Tim told me they'd be
around after school: and | wouldn't won
der if Ike would come, too; that's all.
"The population of the town is five
thousand and you expect three persons
Well, as you are very sick, | am glad no
more are coming. You couldn't play with
them at all
Sick cried Andrew, springing to his
feet ''who says Pm sick?'
"Why, Andrew, you said you were al
most dead. Doesn't that mean very sick"
'You are so particular, father, about
my talking. | don't mean exactly what
say, of course | wasn't nearly dead, to be
sure but did some tall running, you bet.
There were more than fifty dogs after me-,
and don't 90 much on dogs
'Qute a band of them. Where did they
all come from?'
There were Mr.. Wheeler's sheepdog and
Rush's store dog, and two or three more
and they made for me, and so | ran as |
could"
"Five at the most are not fifty, Andrew. "
''There looked to he fifty, anyway, "
answered Andrew, somewhat impatently.
''Carter's ten-acre lot was full of dogs lust
making for me; AM guess you'd have
thought there were fifty if it had been
you
''Ten acres of dogs would have been a
great many thousands. Have you any idea
how many?'
Andrew did not like to calculate, for it
occurred to him what small space ten or
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-08-08
SHORT SERMONS.

Resolution is omnipotent.-,]ohn Foster.
Sarcasm poisons reproof. Wigglesworth.
Alternate rest and labor long endure
Ovid.
Nature is commanded by obeying her
Bacon.
fresh mind keeps the body fresh
Bulwer.
Every noble work is at fist impossible
Carlyle.
Rashness and haste make IL things in
secure.-Denham
Reproof should not exhaust its powers on
petty failings.
The pleasure for which we dare not
thank God cannot be innocent.
You will find poetry nowhere unless you
bring some with you.-Joubert.
Evil is wraught by want of thought as
well as by want of heart Hood.
Weak men fight their friends; strong
men fight their enemies.-Grant.
Poverty is the test of civility and the
tombstone of riendship.-Hazltt.
All a rhetorician's rules teach nothing
but to name his toolS.-Samuel Butler.
To have what we want is riches, but to
be able to do without is power.-G. Mac
donald.
Patience is not passive; on the contrary,
it is active; it is concentrated strength
Anon.
1t is the bright day that brings forth the
adder and Graves wary walking. -Shake-
speare.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-08-08
AMERICAN ECCENTRICITY.

The French people never tire of relating
anecdotes of the eccentricity and enormous
wealth of Americans.
An American went into a hair dresser's
shop in Paris recently and found charm
ing but poorly dressed girl engaged in
negotiations with the proprietor. She was
Offering to sell him her magnificent head of
hair for three napoleons man would
give her no more than one. At last the
poor girl gave way with tears, and the
barber was about to employ the fatal
scissors when the American interviewed and
demanded the cause of the sad affair.
He found that the girls parents, who
formerly had been well off, were in the
last extremity of poverty, and that she had
determined to make so great a sacrifice in
order to obtain them little bread. The
stranger drew out two bank notes and
offered them to the girl, saying:
"Will you let me buy your hair?'
Without even looking at the notes, the
girl at once said. Eyes"
The American delicately took single
hair, put it in his pocketbook- fled.
Not till he had gone did she look at her
bank notes, and found them to be of the
value of $lO0.-Elmra Telegram.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-08-08
THE FINGER LANGUAGE.

1t is well known fact that Col. Wither-
spoon is dreadfully henpecked man,
which is confirmed by conversation he
had with Gus DE Smith On street car,
in which there were two deaf mutes.
Isn't it strange to see those boys talking
to each other with their fingers"
at doe. look little peculiar to see
them making signs to each other with their
fingers"
~ should like to learn it.
well, | wouldn't. | tried it once"
Gould you understand what your
teacher said?'
"Oh, yes; found no trouble in under
standing what she said, but l didn't like
the finger language
"Who taught yeu?"
my wife. See that groove on my nose?
No more finger language for me. Texas
Sitter.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-08-08

fifteen thousand sheep would occupy when
camping, and ten acres of dogs would be
past calculation.
But" his father continued, II know OF
no better way to break you of the foolish
habit of exaggeraton than tell the children
of the trouble YOU had in going after the
colt. You ran like lightning. encountered
ten acres of dogs, which would be hundreds
of thousands; travelled more than a dozen
miles to get one and a half miles in a
straight line, expected to find five thous-
velocipede, and when you reached home
you were nearly deadn'
please don't, father; the boys and girls
would all laugh themselves to death; and |
won't exaggerate again if l live to be as
old as Methuselah!"
Laugh themselves to death at simple
story like this? | hope not, but rather
hope it would set them to watching their
own manner of telling stories, so as to be
sure they do not greatly overstate things.
Habit, my son, grows with years, and
becomes in time so deeply rooted that it
will be impossible for you, when you
become mai, to relate plain, unvarnshed
facts, unless you check the foolish habit in
which you indulge every day stretching
simple incidents into the most marvellous
tales christian neighbor.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-08-08
TAUGHT A GOOD LESSON.

My father played queer trick on me
the other nignt You know | used to feel
that had done myself an injustice if did
not 90 to the theatre about five or SIX
nights week. 1t wasn't always the
theatre, but if it wasn't there it was
music hall, or a game of cards or billiards
with some of the boys. Well, you know
how am situated as to my business. l
work for my father and have to be at the
office early in the morning. just as the rest
Of the family are sitting down to breakfast.
In consequence | get my breakfast and
leave the house before they are up But |
can't complain of that. I'm doing exactly
what the man who had the place before me
did and between you and me, I'm drawing
more salary. But that's neither here nor
there. It's the evenings; | used to finish
work about six, get dinner in the city, and
90 somewhere in the evening.
had been doing it for about six months,
and when | look back and remember that
about the only time | saw my mother and
sister during that period was at Sunday
dinner. Nothing unusual in that, of
course. The same thing is true of hundreds
OF young men in town. But they have not
fathers like mine. He came to me one
afternoon and asked me if had an engage
ment for that night.
eyes" said; eve promised to 90 to
the theatre
GLOW about tomorrow night?' he asked.
"Nothing on at present. replied.
"Wel, Ia like you to 20 somewhere
with me-
"All right l said; ''where shall meet
you?"
You see he leaves the office about an
hour before | get my work finished. He
suggested LenoX Restaurant at 40, and |
was there, prepared for quiet lecture on
late hours. But when he appeared, he
said he wanted me to call on a lady with
him. Zone l knew quite well when was
young man, he said.
We went out and started straight for
home.
''She is stopping at the house." he said,
when | spoke of it. | thought it strange
that he should have made the appointment
at Lenox Restaurant under those circum.
stances, but said nothing.
Well, we went in, and was introduced
with due formalty to my mother and sis
ter. The situation was ludicrous and I
began to laugh. but the laugh died away
None of the three even smiled. My mother
and sister shook hands with me, and my
mother said She remembered me as boy,
but hadn't seen much of me lately. Then
she invited me to he seated. 1t wasn't a
bit funny then, though can laugh over it
now. | sat down and she told me one or
two stories of my boyhood, at which we all
laughed little. When finally retired, |
was courteously invited to call again.
| went upstairs feeling pretty small,
and doing great deal of thinking. Then
! made up my mind that my mother was
most entertaining lady, and my sister a
good and brilliant girl. Now, Pm going
to call again. as have been doing quite
regularly for the last week. enjoy their
company and intend to cultivate their
acquaintance -EvangeliSt.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

HAPPENlN s OF ENGLAND.

A conscientious registrar of births
and deaths at St. Ives, England, recent.
ly certified TO the death of an infant
aged one minute.
An old lady of Greens Norton, Eng.
land, celebrated her Tooth birthday 70.
Gently by presenting stained-glass
window as a thanks Offering to the par.
ish church.
st. Saviour's church, in Southwark
where John Harvard was christened
has been completely restored, with the
exception ofsome of the smaller stained.
glass windows.
A royal commission on the financial
relations between Ireland and Graot
Britain has handed in seven Differing
reports and two memorandums as the
nearest approach 1t can make to an
agreement.
London omnibuses carried 70 .0oo ono
passengers in the last six months. more
'than twice the population of Great
brltain and Ireland. The receipts were
ss'49l'7 40 and the profits 1926, SOS; I,Oo3
omnibuses Travelled 1855, 900 miles,
hanneFs organ, given by the comnos.
er 70 the London Founding hospital in
l'oo' is being renovated. Handel plaved
on it himself at the dedication when
One crush was so great that gentlemen
were requested ito come without ,ho,1
swords and ladies without their boons +.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07
MUSICAL NOTES.

Dresden now has concert hall on
the model of the new Gewandhaus at
Leipzig that will seat 1,4oO persons.
Mascagni is composing an opera on
japanese libretto by Sig. llico for
the fall season Mt La Scala, Milan.
Wagner's violin teacher, Robert Sipp,
who is now 90 years of age, was pres
ent at this summers performances at
Bayreuth.
Reginald de Koven, who has set TO
music number of Eugene Fields po-
ems, is writing new music for some of
the poets later lullabies.
Lasalle, the baritone, who, II was
supposed. had left the stagc, will APP
pear in 'The Flying DutchmaL" at the
Paris Opera Comique next winter.
Vienna will celebrate the hundred h
anniversary of Franz Schubert next
year by an exhibition of objects con-
nected with the composer and a series
OF performances Of his works.
Paul Dresser, the song writer and
author of "Just Tell Them That You
Saw Me-" has written new piece called
Don't Tell Her That You Love Her."
which is to appear in an early edition
OF Ev'ry Month.
Paderewski has writtena new minuet
for the piano. lie has dedicated It To
his American admirers and calls IL
"Menuet Moderne," in contradistinc.
tion TO his famous "Menuet q Fan.
tique." which was written in 1883.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

Frank Grey OF Wayne county few
days ago placed Jim Nixon, an escaped
convict in the peEitentiary, and received
the statutory reward Of $50. Nixon was
sentenced from Wayne county for
burglary. lie escaped and has been at
large for several months. lilo is des-
perate negro and has lain out in the
woods ever since. lie has made depre-
dations on the numerous crops in the
vicinity Of his hiding place, and is said
TO have completely stolen all OF the
corn raised by one OF the small plant
ers. The neighb bors determined TO cap
ture him, and posse, discovering his
whereabouts, went to arrest him. When
he saw the posse he came to the door OF
an old outhouse with muslSet and lev
eled 1t at them. Mr.. Grey, however,
was too quick for him, and fred pistol,
striking Nixon in the chin. Another
member of the posse shot him in the
shoulder. After this he gave up and
irons were placed on his wrists. He has
proven terror In a small way to that
portion Of Wayne county, and the
neighbour feel greatly relieved that he
is again behind the prison walls. 1T.
NJ. Henry, in Commercial Appeal.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07
MONDAY. Oct. s.
Grain and Provlsions.


ST. LoUIs--Flour--Fancy to extra fancy,
G0035; patents, @7Ole35 Wheat-No 2
red, 6s9Ssl4c; No 3 red. 6j6tfS4c. Corn No.
:. mike :, sOhc' NO. = white 2lc. Oats
no. :, lSac. hay-Pralrie' &hWo.0o' mlxel
timothy, N"whof clear umothy' &o0.
Wll'Vl butter-Cre lmery, 4gioic' dalryUg
I5c. Eggs-rresh' l2hc' Larl-Prlme steam
aSc' Pork-New standard mess " ~ Bacon
Extra shorts A2oc: clear RIBS CSC clear
451sic all boxed Wool-Cholce tuo-washed'
lettlshe
wheat-Futures closed: December, 70nc;
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07
SHORT scIssoRINcs.

Licenses to sell cigarettes in Fort
Wayne, Ind, cost $500 each and son,s
dealers have taken advantage of tho
political campaign to circum,ent the
law. They sell party buttons and throw
In the cigarettes.
From an old tub well lately die.
covered in the Roman ruins at Silcbes
Ter in Hampshire, a tub in pooo nressr
'atlon' though the wood is somevla,
rotten, has been taken out II ;s 10
iieved to be 1000 years old. ~
Ihe letter E, in old Phoeniciap mann.
script, had o name which in anr Iau iau
guage signifies window Tbs In 'an
as originally m1de, bore a strong ,. w. ;
s., semnlance to the window of n bouse
The Hebrew name was he. wintn,s U''e'
Marriages in Ireland last wear wer.
iar above the average, the nn,ohsr ~,ae ha'
ing sS'l2o. and the average Of The ,.,, s
ten years $4,000 OF those mor'ias 'a",
sSh per cent, were able to sign th",a J
names on the register. There we,s s,s's tar
,aasrs'ages maj between Quabers and osIS riS
AYe between Jewp, WV '"y
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

Moss Point, Sept 3O.-This morning
about 5 o'clock the store of Mr.. E. b.
smith, in Escatawpa, and also tho barn
and feeeroom adjoining, were totally
destroyed by fire. Tho fire originated
In the barn, and was caused by light
which was being in bitching some teams.
From this 1t spread to the store. The
barn was filled with hay and grain,
which was entirely consumed. A small
part of the stock OF the store was saved.
The loss is about $4,000. Whether in
sured or not the reporter has been sun.
able TO ascertain.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07
Henry elarea the Nominee.

The Democratic executive committee
OF the Seventh congressional district
met at Jackson last week, and after can
vassing the returns, declared Major
Patrick Henry Of Rankin the Demo-
cratic nominee for congress. The vote
in each Of tho counties was as follows:
Rsnkin-IIenry s33, Hooker IS; Simp-
son-Henry i23, Hooker 10; Jefferson
Henry 30l, Hooker .l7; Franklln-TIen-
ry li7, Hooker lac; Madison-Henry 3TT,
Hooker 1874; Copiah-Henry 352, Hooker
5o6; IIinds-Vooker si4, Henry 567i
Claiborne--IIenry ees, Hooker 22l; Lin.
colin Henry 9ss, Hooker l92. nenry's
majority in the district was declared to
be 1,ll3. The chairman was instructed
to prepare an address to the voters OF
the district. Jefferson county was In.
structed to supply the place on the COM
mittee caused by the death OF Hon. J.
j. Whitney,
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07
CLEANED FROM HISTORY.

The Assyrinns first introduced the
heel for security and comfort in walk.
ing.
The first religious journal In this
country was the Recorder at Chilli
cothe, o., in 1914.
The first temperance society in the
United States was organized in Sara
toga, N. Y, in 1908.
Cardinal Richelleu Is said to have
been the first chocolate drlnker Of my
fame and to heys set the fashion Of
aslsg h
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS


II tke stzteHent sere made Ia loose
Way that a. the eoagressional election
n this State in 1884 out Of 4 registered
vote Of ls5.0o0. oaly 50. lS9 votes we're
east. asd that s. s5l voters staia away
fsOm the polls, there would be those,
perhaps, swift TO contradict l. The
folloEiag extract. therefore. from com
msnicatioH from Colonel J. L. PoweF.
Secretary Of state. to the Magnolia
Gazette. is not only startling, but fur
nishss food foF serious thought;
In view OF the near approach OF the
presidential election. II may be interest
Ing % give the Mississippi vote since
the presidential election in 1872:
''ts7s-Repabliean, s2,I75; Democrat,
E,sss Total. lee. 4o3.
Republican, 52,6o5; Democrat,
n2.sTd Total. 1s477s
'1sso- o-Rspubliean, s4,s54; Democrat
1850. Greenback. s.Ts7. Total. IlT,o7s
alss4-Republiean, 1850; Democrat,
Ts5l0. Total. l20.0l9
''lsss-Republican. so.O96; Democrat,
s5,47t. Total, lis, ,5sT.
''ls9s-Republican, l,4O6; Democrat,
4o,ssT; Peoples. 10, 256; Prohibition, 6l0
Total, $500. Mr.. Cleveland received
%, 20 per cent of the total vote.
"is95-The total vote for governor
this year vas 81, $50. OF which A. J. Nc
Laurin received AZ, ,s7a and Frank Bur
kilt Ia. 466.
The aggregate vote in the last con-
gressional election Os9H was only 39,'
asa The total registered vote OF the
State was then le5,o00, so that s5,5sl
5SI staid away from the polls."
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07
Hungarian Diet Prorogued.

BUDAPEST, Oct. 5.-The session OF
the Hungarian diet was brought to a
close to-day. In the crown speech
which was read to the deputies En-
peror Francis Joseph, king of Hun
gary, declared that the country main
tanned most friendly relations with all
of the powers, and assured the depu-
ties that there was nothing to dis
turb the hope of prolonged peace.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

Tho past week was favorable for hal
vesting crops Cotton picking and corh
gathering are being pushed and drawing
to close much earlier than heretofore.
Crops of cotton and corn on lowlands
will yield much better than expected.
Fall gardens are Indifferent, and in
many places failure. Light frosts
occurred in exposed localities, but no
damage Is reported to crops.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

AT Harper's Ferry, Va, during po-
litical meeting, an old man declared
that he wanted to hear the orator.
Several brawnv fellows lifted him to
their shoulders that he might see as
well as hear. He suddenly collapsed
and an examination showed that he
was dead. Heart disease, superin-
duced by the excitement, was the
cause
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

Trigg, Fugate & Co, lumber dealers
IT. Abingdon, Va, have made an as
signment. Their liabilities are $50, ,OOC,
while their assets will hardly reach
$4,000. j. W. Cardwell & Co., Of John
son City, Tenn, associated with the
above firm in the lumber business, also
made an assignment. Liabilities, sle.-
600; assets, se,OoO 1t is said that these
failures will fall heavily on the banks
Of Jonesboro, Tenn.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

Nxw YORK, Oct. 5-Poliee Z mmis-
sioner Roosevelt returned from a
stumping tour up the state. SPea ing
of the republican situation, he said;
II feel that the only danger we have
is over.eonfideuee. The belief high
and low is that we are going to win a
sweeping victory
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

At a special election held in Clay
county last week for superintendent oi
education to fill tho unexpired term OF
Judge i. F. Owens, recently deceased.
John A. Stevens was elected. lie has
served the county in that capacity be
fore and is we'll qualified for the office.
lie has also served several terms as cir.
cult clerk Of the county.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

The banks have resolved to make a
test suit to determine whether the rev.
enue agent is right In his contention
that the law OF 1894 applying to the
taxes of 1894 and 1895 was unconsttu-
tional because 1t forbade municipalities
from collecting more taxes for those
years than the State tax amounted to.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07
sts.m.hIp Overdue.

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. 5.-The Nippen
Yuezen Kaishas steamship iamaguehi
Maru is four days overdue from the
orient. 1t sailed from Honolulu the
same day the Canadian-Australian
steamer Miowera left that port. Tue
latter vessel arrived at Victoria on
Thursday
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

Cssssrets Candy Cathartic, the most won-
Aarfai medical discovery ot the sees pleas
Ant and refreshing 70 he saste, 49, ssns,Ly
AMI positively on kidneys, nNsE aAa y : -
cleansing the entire systeIll ~
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SO5 sD5 Guaranteed to cure BY al drugglsts-
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

BY those troubled with constipation In SEEK
ing relief from Hustetter's Stomach Bit
tefs. Tie disease Is easily relieved in its
earlier stage, and as It Is utterly sabFersiye
Of The general health, postponement Of tie
remedy Is nnwise. The same holds good Of
delay Ia cases q fever and rue, kidney
complaints, nervousness, debility and rheu-
maiism. ailments 70 which the Bltters Is
particularly adapted.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

Squire Thomas pleaded guilty In
the circuit court at Selma, Ala, of the
murder of Emma Kent whose body
was found in an old log in dense
swamp several weeks ago, and was
sentenced to life Imprisonment in the
state penitentiarY.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07
scaAps OF INFoRnArIoN

A toa of rosebuds VII produce oniy
LocnE two oanees of The altar Of rcsez
The only gem II the world which can
not b eounterfeited is the opal Ita
delicate tints defy initatiou-
The first watch ever made by ms
ehinery IN the United States was made
q Roxbury. Mass. IN 1850.
II the word boom we're not in *
istenee now IL would be hard to fnd
word 10 fittinglx take It's place.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

WASHINGTON, Oct A-Aeting-Attor-
Hey-GeHeral Whitney has decided that
foreign-made ehFomOs, which are cop
les of copyrighted foreign paintings
are not prohibited from importation
into this country under the copyright
law
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07
Deaf and Dumb Institute,

The Deaf and Dumb Institute at
jackson opened on the 7th with large
attendance. Tho buildings have all
been thoroughly repaired and some
-oomy additions made. The institute
will be In better shape to properly care
for Its pupils than ever before.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

War suffer with Constipation, lndiges-
tion and Sick Headaches when DR.. Carl
stedt's Great German Liver Medicines VIII
cure YOU They do not weaken the organs
on which they act but regulate the whole
system, thereby bringing relief 70 the SUI
ferer' syrup 81 cts. and 81 per bottle
Powder is cts. Every bottle guaranteed or
money refunded. For sale by druggists-
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

Miss Mary Morgan, Of Hernando, has
been elected assistant teacher In the
music department OF the Industrial In
stitute and College at Columbus. The
large number Of pupils in this depart.
ment necessitates the election OF third
teachsr.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

LONDON, Oct. 5.-The so-round box
ing contest between 'Pedlar Palmer,
Of England. and Johnny Murphy, OF
Boston, for the bantam championship
of the world aud a purse of S.'5OO' Is
fixed to take place before the National
Sporting club on Monday, October L.
The Greenville times., 1896-10-07

Thomas p. Shelton shot and Instant
ly killed William ID. Petit at Brooks
vile. Ala. Both men we're well-to-do
farmers. Petit was driving In his
wagon home from Atlanta, when he
passed shelton's home. The latter
halted Petit In the road and with a
shotgun blew Pettit's head off. Shell
don fed.