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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30
NO WOMAN NEED APPLY.

The most glaring instance Of narrow
minded oldfogyism that has recently come
to light has just TRANSFERRED in the Adjutant
Generals office at Washington.
1t seems that short time ago the Civil
Service Commission invited applicants to
special examination for the position of
Translator of modern languages in the Adj
Jutant Generals Off &c, where vacancy
existed. The requirements of the position
are an intimate knowledge OF English,
French, German, Spanish and Italian, the
ability 10 do typewriting in each of these
languages, experience as proof-realer, Il
thorough knowledge Of modern library
methods, including classification, clt.lugu-
ing aud indcAlng Of books, aud besides Az
accurate knowledge of technical military
terms.
1t can be readily seen that such wealth
of linguistic requirements is rarely found
in one person, ald for this exc ptional
qualification the Government pays the mag
nliicent salary of $500 per annum
Several persons however, We're bold
enough to undertake the examination, and
all OF them failed except one, and that per-
sun woman, who received credltable
average on her examination. and duly re-
c"ived a certificate from the Civil Service
Board.
Armed with these evidences of her quail
iication, as well as reliable certificates of
her personal reputarility, she presented
herself at the Adjutant Generals office,
only to be informed that under no crcum.
stances could the place he gwen toa woman.
In this age of intelligence and reason it
is almost inconceivable, that such a narrow
policy should prevail in Governmental
department, of an advanced and enlight-
rned nation
II any GOOD and sufficient reason do
exist Why Il qualified woman should be de
barred by her sex, it is not apparent to the
public, and the inference drawn by every
fair-minded person, is not by any means
complimentary to the spirit that marks the
AdjutanI Generals Office.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

claims for collection and charging 10 per
cent for collection, whether the claims are
COLLECTED with or without snt. The Julse
stated that in every instance whore JUS
tee OF the Peace issued process and rem
dered Judgment on a claim in which he was
interested, and from which he expected to
get commission of 10 per cent, he was
ailudlrating matter in which he himself
was plaintiff to the extent Of one-t nth of
the amount involved, and was chargeahlc
with malfcasance in office. lie further
sad that the c0uStahles wrri. bombed officers
and the proper persons to whom COLLECTIONS
could be conlided; that il they neglected to
make the collection when possible they
were liable for their neglect and the credi-
tor had their bond for Indemnity, and be
side being officers by law, hound to pay
over money collected by them, they would
be indictable under another section for
falling to do so.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

THREE men, charged with murder, were
taken from prison by the surrounding
population, and one or two of them were
torture into a confession Of their crime,
the authorities being overpOwered. One
of them was swung from tree, another
was shot to death. For the third victim IL
pile of taggots was lighted in the public
place and he was roasted to death, accord
ing to one report, and taken out Of the
flames and liddled with bullets. according
to another.
This news does not come from Armenia
or from Cuba 1t is not chrOnicled as a
Spanish on Turkish 'atrocityn 1t
comes from one Of the oil, est States in the
Union, governed by civilized law and with
a population protesting Christianity 1t
was an occurrence last week in the State
of Louisiana, and there is little or no like
lihood that any punishment will be in
flicted upon the perpetrators of the enor-
nifty.
1t sometimes looks as if the American
people had some beams in their own eyes
that need looking after before proceeding
to extract those in the eyes of other ma.
tions.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30
The Cecil School Board.

On Friday of last week Governor Lowndes
h wing determined to dismiss the charges
p 'eferred against John r. White. School
Commissioner for Cecil county, on Monday
Mr.. White forwarded his resignation to the
Governor, which was accepted. On the same
day the Governor appointed George A. Blake,
ESD, to fill the vacancy caused by the resig
n ltion of Mr. White, and expressed his inten-
ton to appoint Thomas c. Bond, Esq. Of
Port Deposit, to fiji the vacancy caused by
the death Of Mr.. F. S. Everist. 1t being as
o .tained hat Mr.. Bond could not accept the
appointment, the Governor selected Mr. Jesse
A. Kirk. of the Risingsun. Both the appoint
ments have been received very favorably
throughout the county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30
List of Sales Reported by Shockley and
Smith,

Wednesday. February 3 Henry NJ. Nc
CuIlough and W. A. Mitchell, executors,
Mitchell Farm, south of Elkton. Horses
Cattle and Implements. 0 30 O'clock.
Monday, February s-Willam Winch,
Quicksill farm Iron Hill. Horses, Cattle and
Implements. 10 o'clock.
Thursday, February 11-Mrs. J. Fletcher
Price, one mile south of Bethel Church.
Horses, Cattle and Implements. 10 O'clock.
Saturday, February 13-Partridge Estate,
Elkton, ut Court House Door.
Monday February he. T. Evans, near
Armstrong; Corner, Delaware. Horses,
Cattle and Implements. 10 o'clock.
Wednesday, February 17-Mrs. N. r. Clay
ton, on the "Home Farm" two miles west OF
Mt. Pleasant Horses, Cattle and Imple-
ments 10 o'clock.
Tuesday, February 23-Mrs. M. r. Clayton
on the Spicer Farm, three miles east of Mt.
Pleasant. Horses, Cattle and implements.
10 o'clock.
Wednesday. February 24-W. Il. Cochran
one mile west of Middetown. 10 O'Clock.
Thursday, February 25-Nathan Mccoy,
Deshane Farm. two miles south of Chesa.
peake City, near st. Augustine Horses
Cattle and Implements. 10 o'clock.
Tuesday, March 2-Captain Washington
Foster, Elk Neck, four miles from Elkton
Horses, Cattle and Implements. 10 o'clock
Saturday, March G-John Hagan. two miles
east of Elkton. Horses. Cattle and lmple-
ments 10 o'clock.
Tuesday, March 1G-Willam Roberts Getty
Farm, near Childs Station. Horses, Cattle
and Implements. 10 o'clock.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

LYMAN }. GAGE, President OF the First
National Bank of Chicago, will be the Sc
rotary of the Treasury in President Me
Kinley's Cabinet his selection having been
announced at Canton, Ohio on Thursday.
Beginning at the bottom, the next Secre-
tary of the Treasury, has worked his way
up to position of eminence. He was born
at Deruyter, Madison county, n. Y, June
2S, 1896. His parents, who were both born
in New York, were of English stock.
Mr.. Gage went to Chicago in the fill of
1855 and was engaged as bookkeeper by
lumber firm. His duties also comprised
the driving of one Of the teams belonging
to the finn and loading and unloading
lumber. Besides this he acted as night
Waterman for a time. While he was thus
engaged lie was offered the position of
bookkecpcr Of the Merchants Saving, Loan
and Trust Company, and this was the
nrginning of his career as a banker In the
spring of 1860 he had worked his way up
to the position as assistant cashier and later
to that Of cashier, which he held until lS6S,
when he left the servve of the trust COM
pany to accept a similar position with the
First National Bank.
In a recent interview Mr.. Gage expressed
his views on public questions as follows:
81 am Il Democrat in the sense that
believe in a government of the people, for
the people and by the people l do not
believe in paternalsm in government. As
to parties, have never voted for any other
than Republican ticket except once, and
| that was in 1884, when | voted for Grover
Cleveland. | voted for Harrison in 1892,
and, of course, for Mckinley in 1896. The
platform of the last Republican National
Convention embodies my political ideas as
applied to the issues then and now before
the country"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

DIR. J. NJ. BUCKLEY, Editor of the
Christian Advocate, is generally recognized
as one of the ablest editorial writers in
America, and his recent report to the Min
isterial Committee in New York, on the
subject of newspaper reform shows DIR.
Buckley forceful good sense His report
declares that religion should always be
treated with respect in the papers; that
adequate reports of the meetings ought to
be published; that religious undertakings
should he treated with respect; that clergy
men ought not to ne caricatured; that Sun
day papers tended to break down the dis
tinction between the Sunday and week
days, and that as the Sunday paper is alto
gether undesirable it is useless to consider
ways OF improving it; tha' an appeal should
be made to religious people to unite in
using their iniluerce to stop the Sunday
papers; that the people use their influence
to encourage clean papers; that if any of
the leading papers should discontinue its
Sunday edition, that paper should have the
hearty support of all religious people; that
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

IT is curious to note the temper of the
times concerning dispatch from Little
Rock the capital of Arkansas, which was
published day or two ago. 1t stated
that the Legislature had voted down a
resolution providing for the removal of a
portrait of Jefferson Davis, which had been
hung behind the Speakers chair, and the
substitution Of a portrait OF George Wash
ington. Not many years ago this piece Of
news would have caused an cutlery of in
dignation throughout half the Union; hut
little OF no attention has been given to it,
other than as an evidence OF the crop of
moss-back statesmen that are grown in
Arkansas. If Arkansas can stand the
pictured conservation at this late day Of
JEFF Davis as the patron saint of its Legis-
lature, the rest of the country certainly
can.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

If ANY argument We're needed to prove
that rum is Il curse to the human family,
such cases as that of Mary Trainer furnish
it stronger than words can put it, She is
a woman of sixty, broken down in health,
and who, her children testified, when not
under the influence of strong drink, was
kind and gentle. Yet the demon of drink
induced her to poison her husband, her son
narrowly escaping the same fate. The
court in Baltimore on Tuesday mercifully
sentenced her to the penitentiary for ten
years, instead of to the gallows, and her
case presents such IL sermon on temperance
as should appeal to every heart.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30
FIRST CLASS APPOINTMENT

THE WIG congratulates the people of
Cecil county, upon the two excellent APP
pointments of School Commissioners made
this week for Cecil county.
If Governor Lowndes had made per-
sonal canvas of the county, he could not
have selected two better men than Jesse A.
Kirk and George A. Blake.
Eminently qualified individually, they
are besides, men of broad and liberal views,
whose administration of their Office, will be
above even the suspicion of partizan faint
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

an appeal be made to the press of the city
to use its great power to help men to do
good and not to lead them to do wrong, to
promote respect for the aged for women
and for re igion. Several changes We're
suggested, but few of them adopted, and
the recommendations were adopted sub
stantially as reported, and the committee
will now endeavor to induce some New
York daily paper to discontinue its Sunday
edition.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

PHILADELPHIA was visited on Tuesday
by one Of the most threatening and de
structive fires that has ever occurred in that
city a large number Of business house,
in the very heart of the city We're burned
and John Wanamahtr's mammoth estah.
lishment escaped wild, heavy loss. Com
sdering the intense cold that prevailed and
the III favorable conditions of weather, the
congratulatiOn is general that the loss i,
not greater than il was.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30
The object Of its proprietor being to make
THE WING,

Pre-emineutIy valuable for its Local as well as
General Intelligence, News Communications
are respectfully solicited from all sections of
the County in addition to the weekly con-
t"outions of its regular corps of correspond
cnts.
Anonymous communications will receive no
attention, the name of the writer being re-
CURED in all cases AS Il guarantee of good
fdnh.
To maintain its high standard as II family
J 'urnul, no offensive or objectionable a,lvRr-
easements viii! be admitted nj any price.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

Local Matter Ten Cents line for single
insertion.
Transient Rates-Eighi Cents line for one
and four cents line for every additional
twelve lines. Special rates for regular advcr-
tisemeuts furnished upon application.
Marriage and Death Notices inserted gra-
tuitCusly. Obituaries will be charged half the
usual rate of transient local matter.
The circulation of the WING being among
the most intelligent classes of Cecil county
and the adioin' ny counties of MARYLAND, Penn
sylvania and Delaware. the proprietor conf
IDENTIFY recommends ii to business men rs Il
most desirable medium for remuncrativc
advertising.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

For pain in the chest a piece of flannel
dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm
and bound on over the seat of the pain, and
will afford prompt relief. This is especially
valuable in eases where the pain is caused
by cold and there is Il tendency toward
pneumonia. For sale by II. b. Frazer. Drug
gist, Elkton, Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

AFTER all, the only name on the Cabinet
slate that is a certainty is John Sherman's.
On the other seven places the guessers at
Canton seem to be as much in doubt as
they were a month ago. The next Presi-
dent is by no means Il sphinx, but he seems
to have mind for KNOWN how to keep
his secrets
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

Give years ago. says Ansa A. Lewis,
Rcard, n. Y. 81 had constant cough, night
sweats, was greatly reduced in flesh, and had
been given up 10y physicians. began to take
Ayers Cherry Pectoral, and after using two
bottles was completely cured.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

THERE are some qu3cr ideas Of 4ispens
ing Ins'''e over IN IEESw York. \ proprie-
tor OF noted Pisa Of amusement Las beco
lnolcte1 f%f playing a hurlesque or trayesty
Oh the Seeley dinner willie the managers
of the original dinner itself have thus far
been undisturbcd by the District Attorney
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

JUDGE SLOAN of Cumberland on We'd
nesday read a lesson to Justices OF the
Peace as to what constitutes malfeasance in
Office. The Judge said custom had
grown up in Allegany county of taking
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

FIFrYTHREE of the Republicans of the
House at Washington, voted with the
Democrats in dsposing of the contested
election case of Yost VS.. Tucker in Virginia.
giving a majority in faver of the Democrat
holding the seat. While the evidence
showed that there had been irregularities
and frauds committed on behalf of Tucker,
icy were not sufficient to overthrow his
cliim to "A majority in the district. 1t is
not often that a contested election case has
been thus settled in Congress by such Il
division in the ranks of the majority party.
OF course, the vote in favor of Tucker was
largely increased by the tact that the Re-
publicans, with their large majority, had
no special need OF tue seat, but the fair
play which has been given him is not the
less notable.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30
ARE YOUGOODAT FIGURES?
MI. 6 owes Thought He Was. ut Couldn't
Solve he BOlhering Little Sum.

care you good at figures ~ asked Mr..
Bentley 81 Mr.. Groves, who occupied the
next desk at the right.
81 used to be- replied Mr.. Groves.
"Why do you ask ?''
II have little problem here, Take it
down and see what you can do with it. a
man has 500 with which to buy 100 head
OF stock lie pays $40 a head for cattle, So
sheep. How many of each does he buy?"
"Do YOU hnuN tie answer
ayes; IT very SIMPLE when you get it. d"
Il think it can be worked by algebra.
I'm a little rusty, but I'll see what | can
d..
Bentley turned to his routine OF desk
work and Groves started in to solve the
problem. In ABOUT half-hOur having
covered several pag, Of paper with y, y
as there any way to make it come out
even""
"Makc what come ont even? asked Bent
ley, who had forgotten all about the prob
lem. so you're still working at chat, are
you? Cans you get t?''
"No rot yet; but it can he worked"
All morning Groves struggled with the
live stock and at noon he was mad and dis
Outraged. what the answer, anyway"
ba ,sl,ul
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30
M Married..

HONEY-SHIV cry. married Jan. y, 1897,
by Rev. William Schouler, ut Trinity Parish
Kectory. EIkton, Md. Alfred Mahoney and
Martha b. Shivery, both of Bacon hill Cecil
county Md
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30
ELKToN, ND, JANUARY 50, 1897.

THE retiremento of PETER Isl a severe blow
at the Poan'ist beard. 1t hqs been received
with emphatic approval tbv the BARRIERS
tnroughout the country. (
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30
PaSturage.

Pasturagc for stock this Spring can be had
on my farm adjoining the Fair Grounds.
MRS, NJ Il TUITE,
janiG-2t Elkton, Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

Advertising Rates:

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SssEESssiIg SSs-ralL i.,l:AEiM -
ESTABLISHED IN 1881.

Published Every Saturday Morning at Elkton,
Cecil County, Md.
HENRY r. T0RBERT,
Editor and Proprietor.
V. n. TORBERT,
Associate Editor and Business Manager
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30

Samples sent to any address A@ca request
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-30
Black and C0lOred Dress Goods

Never before have manufacturers and importers made such
decided sacrifices matter of prices this and
thus enabled to include the great January Sale some OF
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-08-16

En- las uagas 6 mceras, heri-
das de cualqlier arma, panadi-
EOS 6 siete cueros, tunores de
cualquier procedencia, picadu-
ras de insectos etc., denuestran
la bondad de este farnaco que
no debe faltar en- ninguna casa.
~ DEPOSITO en- La Farrnacia
dc GU LERMETY. Sc reco-
nienda como SECURE y rapido
purificador de la sangreKE
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1897-08-16
Ade|a1te Ia agriculture
MIR. Paul Saulnyy
Duffaut AdrieI


destruction de Ia CAN yoa ca-
perudcan dicha panas adelnas ae o
cantdady canoao
costoso; un homp pueoe
suhene po cosecha
poparios probar nueso stema pueoen dryse
hacer Ut
cuando corto tempo
donde Sc ma empeado noesro sle
peda aphcacon enlos denas aho
cuerda los maeriaes necesanos
pruebas orecemos gaultas
nueso sstema los tres
hoy los ses grano mas
15-3 DUFFAUT ADRIEM.
The herald., 1897-11-05
Ingleside Race Entries

The following are the entries and weights
for the races to be run at Ingleside, San
Francisco, today. Commissions received
and placed by the Los Angeles Turf club,
Black & Co., at Agricultural Park. Take
Main street cars. Down town office in rear
of No. 143 South Broadway. First quota
tons received at 1:3O o'clock p. M:
First race one mile-Lost Girl, 81; Mercu-
ito, 100: Adam Andrew, 100: Fortunate, 105;
Una Colorado, 106; Santuzza, 106; Judge
Denny, 109.
Second race, three-quarters of mile
lamar H., 1o2: Shasta Water 102; Lucky
Dog, 10; Double Quick, 10; Belirosa, 10;
Libertine, 10
Third race, seven-eighths of a mile, SELL
ing, 3-year- -olds-Naranja. 1O5 Personne
10j; Mystic Maze, l05; Pleasanton. 105;
Lodestar 105; Alma, 105; Sweet William,
1OS: Scorcher 10S Imp. Devils Dream, 109;
Lena 1G9.
Fourth race, one and quarter miles,
selling-Little Cripple, 104; Navy Blue, 10i;
Major s.. 10i Mollie R., 104; Palomacita,
1o4; Daylight, 107.
Fifth race. five-eighths of mile, 2-year-
olds-Valencienne, 100; Magnelon, 100; Sc
voy 100; Plan, 100; Ojosvivos, 100; Novia
100; Bramella, 100; Lord Marmon, 103; On
guanita, 1G5; Bonnie lone, 1G5; Tiny p.
105; Soscol, 105; Roxy Murphy, 1o5; Spun
we'll 1GS; Judge Napton, los
Sixth race, five-eighths of mile-De Los
Reyes, 100; George Lee 100; Sorrow, 105;
Hurry Burly, 105; Miss Remsen, 105 San
Carlos, 10S Hermoso, 10S Highland Ball
los; Col Dan, 10S.
Cloudy and muddy.
The herald., 1897-11-05
RELIEF FOR INDIA
Was Received With Thanks by the
English

| SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 4.-(By Asso-
ciated Press Leased Wire to Herald) A
Duluth (Minn.) dispatch published here
today, to the effect that Captain Lavorg
of the famine relief steamer City of
Everett has made complaints of the
manner in which he was treated by the
British customs officials of Calcutta
and the English citizens of that city in
general, with reference to dues and
other matters, has brought forth Wig
orous denial from the chamber of COM
merce of this city. in part as follows:
1--WE have no knowledge that any an
noyances We're Intentionally inflicted on
the City of Everett or her master. We
have had formally extended to our peo-
pie, through official channels, the thanks
of the British government for the kind
ly action of our citizens in forwarding
this relief to British subjects. The
chamber of commerce Of San Francisco
was the local responsible organization
in connection with the charter of the
City of Everett, and therefore deems it
duty to place this matter correctly be-
fore the public. No duties whatever were
charged on the cargo. Moreover, it
was transported by the British govern
ment to points in the interior free of
charge"
British Consul-General Warburton
places no credence in the dispatch, stat
ling that there is no duty in India on
grain and foodstuffs, such as the Everett
carried. The consul-general has letter
from the captain of the steamer, dated
Calcutta, August 25th, telling of the
discharge of the relief cargo and max
ing no melton of any trouble or unpleas-
antness in the matter.