The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-12-05
News and Happenings of Special Interest
in he Various Fields Where
Mechanic and Artisan Hold
Sway Night and Day.

Pennsylvania railroads stretch 9GGt
miles.
Great Britain has 10000 miles of tele.
graph.
A Michigan county pays a sparrow
bounty.
New Castle is to have an eleotricali ex
hibition.
Over fvesxths of the silk manufac
tured in Turkey is exported to.,Westerr
Europe.
BY recent order Boston, policemen ar,
prohibited from leaning against any up
right during working hours.
Larimer County, COL, will feed ovel
$50, 600 sheep this winter. Lambs espec
tally are handled to a great extent about
Fort Collins.
\ pttsburg Kan. man advertises, hi:
business thus: DON let whisky get thu
best of you, for you cant get the best o
whislley at my place"
1t is hardly possible for horses Ito e
much lower than the old plug that wa.
sold IL public auction in Corvallis, Ore.
the other day for five cents.
The carpet in the Queens, Iprivate rail
way carriage cost 500. The curtains arc
hung upon silver poles, whichg are sus
pended upon small gilt figures, which cos
10 guineas each. The door handles cos
500.
The total output of the Cripple Creek
district from 1899 to 1895, inclusive, wa:
S13,7O 600. 1t is expected that this year.
output will reach Sl0,000,00O, making {
total of %, 700,0 900. 1t is claimed that o
this years output $780, 900 will be ne,
profit to the owners.
1t is estimated that % acres of land art
necessary to sustain one man on fresh meat
The same space of land, if devoted to wheat
culture, would feed AZ persons; if to oats
IS; potatoes, Indian corn and rice, 176, anC
if to the plantain or bread tree, over Coz
people.-American Grocer.
San Francisco has lately furnished thu
finest costliest piece of mining machinery
ever sent to Mexico. 1t is an eight-stamr
plant of the Progreso mine, so miles nortl
of the City of Mexico. 1t is furnished witt
eighteen amalgamated pans and about tn.
same number of grinding and other pans
The machinery cost 100000.
The history of marlborough, Ky.
proves that cities grow; they are not mad,
to order strictly. The site was selected
because Of the beauty of the site and .h,
scenery around. 1t was located by money
no thought being given to the natura
causes that decide locations and determin,
growth. The ground was secured, and &
city ordained by its projectors. Lots OF
the main street were marked down, anC
some sold at $500 front foot. A stree
railway was laid and operated for a while
Iron, steel and other works that cost mil
lions were built. A hotel was erected for {
quarter OF million. In all, $40, 600, 0O(
was laid out by the stockholders in the yair
design of building city. And now tn,
factory works are idle and rusting. Rat,
alone run the big hotel The S5OO-a-foo
lots are fronted by grass-grown streets, ant
the weeds run riot over the street railway
In a late issue of Fibre and Fabric viii
be found communication referring to tn,
fact that overseers state their religion!
belief in their advertisements as though
it were a wrong to do so, while in fac
it is very necessary that they should do so
For we all know from experience that it il
wise TO mix help Of different and differing
beliefs in mill to get the best results
And, while men will seek trouble in argu
ment over what they call religious
belief" it is best that the employer should
be able to pick out just what will suit hi
case. For instance, if manufacturer ha
fifty weavers equally divided il say fv,
religions, they will do much more worl
with less complaint about their work thai
they would if all were Of one kind, for th,
reason that religion and not their worl
would be the bone OF contention, and Their
are other and better reasons which concerl
those only who have to employ help
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