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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-08

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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-11

The lines of the Company extend to al!
parts of the county, and connection is soon
to be made with the cities Its present
subscribers are:
| National Bank of Elkton
Canal Office, Chesapeake City
i. j. Clcavcr's Residence, Chesapeake Cit
4 II. j. Cleaver's once Town Point.
Elkton l.. L. X p. Co.
Second National Bank of EIlton.
: IL. Etnsinger's Store ElktOm.
. Clerks Office. Elkton
II Sngerly's Office, Elkton
u Davis y Ninsingers Mill, Elkon.
II Il. {. Lewis Store. ElktOn
ID liarvcy's MILL Childs.
Ii Cherry Hill Exchange
u Aims House.
Is North East Exchange.
20 Keys ~ Miller. Elkton.
- +. =. Prices Store, Elkton.
% Cecil Democrat Office.
- j. II. Stcelc's Office, Chesapeake CITY.
% j. II. Steelc's Residence, Chesapeake City,
~ J. II Stcelc's Onicc, Bohemia Bridge.
y +. r. SCOTS Residence, Elkton.
~ Cecil Wing Office. Ekton
30 w. Y. Warhurton's Residence Elktou
~ {. X. MuXwcll's Store, Elkton
~ X. Il. Iamars Residence, Elkton.
b Freight Office, P.,W Il B. II. r., Elkton
81 J. S. Writ : Residence Elkton.
- County Commissioners Office Elkton
81 Scott Fertilizer Co.. Elkton
~ W. $. Evans Office Elkton
Al Mrs. II. j. X. Crcswelrs Residence. Elktop.
40 Register of Wills Office, Ekton
4 Chesapeake City Exchange.
As Jail, Elkton.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-11

Finds us fairly busy.
Every day orders are
taken for IS trousers.
They will hold their
own side by side with
any s. pair you &c t
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-07-11

He slipped the note into Toms hand as
he was about leaving.
When Tom and Nell read the note, it al
most took their breath away.
you blessed little woman" cried her
husband.
1T is all because of the cashmere dress.
Tom,' Mrs. Merton answered, laughngly.
How glad | am that | wore it,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14
DANGERS oFThE TIGHT COLLAR,
1t L. Responsible for Many OF the Fcmi'
nino us.

nine IHs.
Headaches, eyeaches? Don't won
der. You are undergoing n mild form
OF strangulatioa. Look here" and the
physician, who in a twiHltting had
sighted the foundation of hrs patients
trouble, gave vicious twoek ut her
board-like threat environment. "Thh
fashion," he continued, has put more
of yoNn sex upon the all list than any
other of your dress absurdities. There
hasn't a woman como into my Office fol
over a year whose neck wosn't confined
IN this tortuous way. I have traced
more than one case OF congested blood
at the base of the brain to this collar
fad.
cit Is responsible for red noses. baf
skins and other forms of repressed Cir
culation.
NOW. cannot insert my finger be
tween your collar end your throat. anc
yet you wonder why YOU are having &
much trouble with your head and eyes
rip up your high collars, my mis-
guided young lady, and tell your dress
maker not to pat another bit OF binding
about your throat When YOU do this
I'll vouch for the headaches depar
tire"
The shirt waist girl - a trim littlS
body to look at, from her neat beltet
waist to her spick and span linen cbok
er. 1t is half an inch higher, il posi-
bic, this stiffly staEcbed collar, than the
one she wore last year. 10 hes crepi
up Just as close "a it could 10 the lobe
Of her ears, and she wears it IN sub
lime indifference to it's discomfort
Rut the time OF reckoning is coming
When the drop in throat stock arrives
and 1t IL only question OF time befOr'
Ii j, hera!ded IN Evedon. o. what
vailing there win be over departed
throat beauty The high collar vii
have left its traces in criss-crOss lines
diScolored skin, and ugly neck circles
Then there win be grand hustle foI
massage, for cream batllE. and Ike
remedies. And tho woman who hsF
bravely conc about during the high col
lar period in waists with old-fashiOned
turred-away threats will thank heI
lucky stars that she had the good sens
20 keep out of the Eovemcnt.-N. o
picayuEe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14

~nen she was IS years old. She say
he was splendid fellow. over six feet
tall, brave and generous, and one Of tbs
best horsemen that ever threw le,l
over bronco. At one time they wers
very wealthy. They owned so much
land that you eould scarcely ride over
il in a day. but Secundio was 50 Sener.
Gus they lost Il all.
Some OF their 90 children are dead,
some are stan living. One OF the dc,
ceased children, Mrs. Dominita Smith,
OF Mountain View. died 1t The age OF ~
years; Rosario, aged SIX years: Josie
T., aged eight years; ASCENSION. aged
one month; Maria Angela. aged eigAt
years; john, aged eight days: Jesus
Maria, aged one year; Hetrudes. age,l
one year; John (No. -, aged 20 days;
Louries. aged three years.
The names of the surviving childrcTl
are: Mrs. Jesus Espinosa. Of Gilroy.
aged IS years; Mrs. Guadalupe Is
pinosa, of Mountain View. aged 81
years; Mrs. Andrea $3.50. of Mountain
View, aged - years: Mrs. Rita Soliciti,
os Mayfeld. aged IS years; Mrs Louisa
Mesa. of Mountai View. aged - years:
Nicholas Robes, Of Mountain View,
aged 40 years, and Secundio Jr., "a
Mountain View, aged 3 years. Ten
of the children died before they were
named. The names OF the rest Mrs.
Robes cannot remember. Asked II any
OF her children were twins. she says:
20, yes; I've had them three 70 once.
two to once. and one ever SO many
times"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14
BORN IN SEVENTY-SIX.
Remarkable Career Of Mary Marks.
the Spanish Carib.
Washington County, Tex, Eas WomaA
Who Claims TO Be as Old rs the
Declaration of Independence
Her Unique Story.

In the county of Washington, Tex.
lives Mary Marks, "the Spanish Carib, =
who is I19 years old. A Globe-Demo-
crat correspondent recently visited the
old woman at the house of a negro,
Lewis Perkins, where she lived. Mary
Marks is now unable TO walk on account
of her extreme age, but she sat on the
side of the bed and talked cheerfuily-
of the past. Her mind was clear.
though her body is sustained only by
frequent draughts of whisky, a stimu-
liant that only the necessities OF age
have induced her to touch.
Mary is a native of Hispaniola, Of the
West Indian group, and was born about
the year 1776. She, with others Of her
race, was stolen with the slave traders
TO be sold in the southern states when
Mary was an infant. She retains even
how vague recollections of many sea
voyages, the flap of sails, the credk or
cordage, the wash of the waves, the cru
city of the vessels captain, Thomas
Parker. a dashing fellow, that Mary
Ftill remembers with a mixed feeling
Of terror and admiration. The cap
tain, she says, took a great fancy TO
the bright infant, who was nearly
white, and who possessed so many
charming was, and SO she, the pet OF
the cabin, stayed with the vessel on
many of its voyages and raids for slaves
Until she was SIX years old, when the
master died at Baltimore while un-
loading a cargo, and Mary with the
rest was sold into slavery.
The girl passed through the hands OF
different masters and mistresses, uDti3
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14
TRYING EXPERIENCES.
Hoosier Farmers Have Record
Breaking Adventures
Peculiar Franks Of Blacksnakes-AnA grf-
culturist's Victorious But Single
Handed Battle-The Reptiles
Vanquished-

The past two weeks have been pro-
ductive OF record-breaking snake ex-
periences in Indiana, and two cases are
att- acting no end of attention.
Sylvanius Wynant, one of the best
known farmers in Fall Greek township,
near Andersen Ind, had blood-curd'
ling experience with two black snakes,
His situation was most horrible for
time. He was driving team to drill
in cornfeld. His brother was atworli
some distance away. He heard some
noise behind him and, turning around,
he saw two monster blacksnakes CON-
ing after him. They were making good
time. He could have left the drill and
got away himself, but he decided to
stay with his horses. One of them
caught up with the drill and got IN
front of a wheel. He gave the horses
jerk and pinioned It under one OF the
wheels. The other, which was very
large, ran up under the drill, and while
he was pinioning the other, it ran uE
the drill and wound around his leg;
With its head erect and ready to strike,
( it began 10 tighten around his limb,
showing wonderful strength. Just as i
was making ready to strike or bite, Il
realized the situation. and, reaching out
grabbed 1t around the neck. It was
good handful, but he began battle in
earnest with it and began to choke II
with all his force. 1t took some mo
ments 20 make an impression on the rep
tile It writhed and squirmed and be
gan to tighten its body around his lei
with terrific force. At last he began n
master 1t and the coil began to relaxs
little. he slowly wound it from around
his leg and, jumping down, began beat
ing it's head over the iron wheel. Hi
brother noticed that something waI
wrong and ran TO the spot, arriving just
as he had succeeded in killing the snake
and getting 1t from around his leg.
: He let IL TO drop to the ground, and the
next moment the sturdy farmer tainted
for the first time in his life, so great was
the strain on his nerves. He wa<
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14

terms Ii me wool rival the moh2irs and
cheviots in the making Of natty cos
tunes for travelling and walking cos
tunes this summer.
The new saiiro hat has, as rule,
smooth crown and brim or rough
straw It's shape Is not as pretty or As
generally becoming as the sailor styles
Of year ago. Very many Of the mod
els hare an ugly bell-shaped crown, the
brin il as wide at the back IS in front,
and with its excessive garnitare Of Aow-
ers, leaves, aigrettes. and loops. and
pointed ends OF fanciful pibbon, the
simplicity Of this always attractive
style of summer headcovering, so sp-
propriase TO wear with plain, inexpen-
sive morning costumes. is wholly lost
sight OF this season.
Very pretty and graceful Vandyks
collarettes are made ready 70 wear eve<
various pretty summer toilets that arr
made in the shape of q deeply pointed
yoke, with points also on the shoulders,
extending over the tops Of the sleeve
puffs> These points are either bordered
with wide lace insertions or edged with
lace, and very often both trimmings
are used. The necx-baad IS cut in
standing points. with lace ruche in
side.
Very handsome toilets for afternoon
receptions, weddings, etc. have short,
smart-loolxing jacket bodices OF black
silk OF satin, brocaded in fine brilliant
designs-roses, daffodils. azaleas. corn.
flowers. etc, with full vests and wild:
revers OF one color yelled with accord.
ion-plaited black chiffon, the brilliant
shade Of the satin showing handsomely
through the airy Plaitirgs. The coats
are all short and the circular basque
stands out crisp and full below the
waist and is lined with satin the color
of the vest
The semi-looee fronted jacket is very
much the fashion and is boon -
women Of full figure, as this style of
wrap shows far less outline than u close.
" fitted model. Many OF the shapes
are made quite straight-others have
slightly shaped outlines. One of III;
latest ideas of ladies' tailors is the max.
ing of seamless, closely-fitted vest
fronts in Sabran style, buttORed at the
back. Gray, fawn, and pale brown and
charnois are favored tints Tor thess
vests. bat other Jackets are provided
with those of very positive hue.-N.
Y. Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14

Blue Grass porker is not to be turned
from its purpose by crowd of boys.
The Kuttawa hog seemingly realized
that if 1t could not choke itself TO death
there were other ways of seeking mir
vana. There is more than one way ia
kill cat or to kill hog.
The hog whose fate makes il the fig
ure of this tale from real life, being
baked Of its purpose in regard to death
by choking, calmly took in its surround,
ings and came TO the conclusion that
the waters of the lake offered surcesss
from earthly SORROWS.
The Kentucky hog is not, as rule, a
good swimmer. Plunged into pool OF
water, it is very apt to sink. The Kut.
tawa porker realized this and grunted
with satisfaction. It saw death smil.
ing upward from the waters of the lake
The boys who had rescued the hog
from the threatening chain placed con
fidence in the good faith of the suicidal
animal. It never entered their minds
that a hog would be so set upon ending
its career that it would resort to subter
fuge TO attain its CHASTITY aim.
The sequence shows that a suicidal
kentucky hog can outwit a crowd o.
email boys without much difficulty. Tit
Kuttawa grunter slipped from the grasI
of its kindly captors and rushed away il
search of the freedom that is to be found
In death.
Before the boys could realize what
had happened the hog had plunged int
the lake and soon sank forever from
sight
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14
The Russian Code Of Honor.

Two young Russian officers attached
to the Orsk infantry regiment recently
euarreled over their cups in n cafe
chantant at Orenburg, and one of them
struck the other across the cheek with
his open hand. The subalterns were
intimate comrades, and the aggresSor
made an ample and satisfactory apol-
egy when he came 10 his senses. This
was cordially accepted by his friend;
but the regimental court of honor de-
creed that the officers should fight. and
q duel was arranged with pistols at &C
PAGES The young lieutenant who had
received the affront and forgiven his
friend was hit in the thigh and crippled
and consequently is untitled for further
service. The traCi-comical proceed
ings of these military courts Of honor
are as stupid as they are mischievous.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14

passenger herself. To a stranger, the
sensation in crossing the swiftly rush,
ing waters in the rocking conveyance il
= little nerve trying. especially when
the fragile machine suddenly sticks IN
the middle, as sometimes happens, and
refuses to bulge either backwards OF
forwards. All the station wool Is
swung across the river by the sams
means, md is then conveyed IN wagons
over some 20 miles Of road cut out ii
sheer pTecipices. On the cleared land
the sheep feed to apparently inacces-
sible heights. The untouched virgin
bush is densely crowded with tall fern
trees, and other mountain foliage Of
great beauty. The scenery is grand
and wild in the extreme. The set
tiers, in the winter. are frequently
blocked in for weeks with heavy earth
ships. These fan from the cliffs on to
the road-the emily means of access %
this remote but most picturesque re.
zion
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14

ny awoI,e 70 find that the maid had -
parted during the night, and also q -
covered that most % Mrs. EouRhten't
wardrobe had disappeared. The valu'
e OF Ire MISSING Goods vvos $40. The %
lice were notified.
Lieut Rank sent a policeman 20 ths
girls home - bring her 70 the station.
where she WIS shown into the of7Ira
which Lad becn carkeHed. Afisr ~
planning that bis eyes were troubling
him AID that bis o~ulirt prescribe
dorlnesz. the crafty Lieutenant asked
. the Young woman fJr her views or drcfs
reform. cha'ted with her ca the prevail
ing styles. and Incidentally mentioned
tie Hourhtea ROBBERY. The girl vrus
shocked o. bear that Anyone would
steal frou1 her employer
Suddenly h-r egea met thoae % ths
rriauiug skull. and wlth = scream ne
wzs on her k1ees beggiag % - takes
away from tbe prrs~uee - The spirit.
"C0ufcss your crime coumza1e
Llrut- Rank. stsruly.
And then. wth fear ans trembling
the pri-ouer confessed AID tod waer,
she had hiddea tie good@ Afterwards
she va PIT lsto cell aE4 vss
srrssgaed on q charre a larceny.
Lieslt. Ezuk later visited - Johs--o.
hoEss. Va. ssif T-rarbo-n s,rest. I'D -
covered he stolen proy~rty.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14

brought out of the faint after few
moments. but is suffering yet from the
effects of the battle. The other snake
was dispatched by the brother. They
were monsters, but their length is moi
given 1t is thought that they were ten
feet long. They were on the racer order,
but had ell of the poison of the full.
fedged blacksnake. The story, says
the st. Louis Republic. is vouched fol-
by several who saw the snakes and
know the condition Wynant is in.
About the same time Farmer Howard
Lewis, north OF Anderson, who is well
known for his truthful qualities, was
out with his father-in-law having an
exciting snake experience that IS de.
cidedly out of the ordinary. They saw
a monster reptile crossing the road
ahead of them and succeeded in over.
taking and killing it. The battle was
a lively one. So extraordinary was the
reptile that they dragged it home. II
measured twelve feet two inches in
length. and was eight inches through at
the broSdest part. The species is one
unknown in this part Of the country,
and the oldest snaleologist is lost in
fog when he comes to class it. The most
peculiar gift this snake had was pair
of wings. 1t also had horns. Mr.
Lewis describes the snake as having a
long, fat head with double horn on
either side of a single eye, located in the
center of the head, and with a long,
sharp horn back Of this, like rhinoc.
eros. 1t tapered TO the center both
ways, and had a tail similar to q sword.
fish, with green, beadlike trimmings,
showing all of the colors of the rain,
bow at certain intervals. In the center
of the body. where 1t was the broadest
was set of peculiar-shaped wings. In
color, as near as Lewis can describe, ii
was a sort of quartered oak with high
oil finish. The wings were evidently
of no use to bis sDakeship. as they were
small, but well-formed. Lewis has all
of the Witnesses he needs to substan.
tiate the description of the snake.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14

Industrial exposition in Berlin, is tbs
man who takes all this savage responsi.
bility on his own shoulders.
And the lion that figures here is mons
of your time-worn. toothless, octogenari-
an lions, either. He is the ugliest beast
in the whole show. Herr Seeth- when
he has finished putting his group CT
lions through their PAGES, turns them al
back to their individual cages-all save
this one, Sultan" the biggest, ferces;
and most intractable of all the lot
Herr Seeth is not giant but is pow.
erfully built, and has no end Of courage
and the lions are in utter dread Of him
He makes this great, tawny beaststand
motionless while no lifts him TO hi.
shoulders and so walks about the cage
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14
LAUGHS AT TORRAOosS.
Kansas Man Builds a safe Refuge and
Denes the TNfsterx-

Over in Quindaro, Kan, is man who
laughs at tornadoes. Underneath his
house Is q large cellar, dry as bone
IN which are kept the family provisions
On one side of the cellar and into the
earth beyond descends fight OF steps
leading into another cellar. This latter
cellar is cemented from top TO bottom
and is SO carefully constructed that
not a drop OF water can enter. A ven.
tilating shaft reaches the open all
above, making it impossible for per.
son in the cellar TO become sufocated.
This subterranenn abode is the envy
and admiration of the neighbors, but
."every rose has its thorn" In the
neighborhood lives an old farmer who
Is something of fatalist. He passes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14
A HUMAN HEARSE.

yof the Chinese rivers the coffin is car.
Iried to the last resting place in boat,
/; When an Indian OF very poor Mexican
dies in Mexico, and his relatives are I'M
able to Pay for an undertaken and a
funeral, one of the city coffin-bearers
IFS sent for and the body placed in his
curiously shaped box.
A cord, which he keeps from cutting
into his skin by padding his neck and
shoulders with rags. IS fastened TO the
two lower legs of the box and keeps it
in place on his back. When he stops for
rest he lets the coffin stand on these
legs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14
BIRD-CATCHING SPIDERS.
Sometimes They Spin Webs Fully Thirt.
Feet Ia Dlamster.

Sometimes They Spin Webs Fully Thirty
Feet Ia Dlamster.
Mr.. ". J. Rainbow, an Australian
naturalist, gives in the American Nat
uralist the following description of the
large bird-entrapping spiders of his
country: Representatives of this
genus abound in tropical and subtrop-
zeal regions. Their webs are composed
of two kinds OF silk, one yellow, exceed
ingly viscid and elastic, the other white,
dry and somewhat brittle. The latter
is used for the framework of the web,
the guys and radii, and the former foa
the concentric rings. These snares are
40 varying heights, sometimes within
reach. again 10 to II feet from the
ground, but always in pozition ex-
posed to the rays OF the sun. The di.
Bmeter Is also variable, from three feet
upward. One seen by Giraffe on the
Fiji islands contructs a web 30 feet
in diameter. These snsres are strong
enough to entrap small birds. In the
authors opinion the web Is not set foc
such game, and the spider does not
feed on her pathological victim. In
the cases where she has been observed
with her faRgs in the body of the en-
SHARED bird it is probable that it is for
the purpose of Fastening the death of
the bird in order TO prevent its in juring
the vvob in its struggles to escape.
Spiders of the genus Nephiis are easily
tanned. Although exceedingly vora-
cious, they can nevertheless exist for
many days without either food or wa
ter. They pair in autumn. The sexes
inhabit the same web for . conSidera-
bic time. the female in the center and
the male on the upper edge of the web.
His efforts to ingratiate himself in tbs
favor of his mate are not always sue
cessful. 1t not infrequently happens
that he has 10 retire from her presence
minus two or three legs"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-14
sleeps IN Two Counties.

There is probably but one person in
the state of Pennsylvania who can boast
that he sleeps with his head in one coun.
~ and his feet in another. Joseph vii.
son. of near Allentown, who is at The
present time studying at the Philadel.
phia school of design. claims thatwher
in Lehigh county and his feet in North
ampton. He says the house he lives
in stands on the dividing line of tn,
two counties. and his bed lies directly
across the line. There is also 3 bed IL
+he same house which is bisected from
head TO foot by the county line. 50 that
two persons may lie side by side in i.
and vet be in two different counties