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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-24

A little set-to took place be-
tween Representatives Bailey and
McMillin on the floor of the House
during the tariff debate Monday.
Our impression is that Bailey got
decidedly the best Of the fight.
However it occurs to us that the
heat and cross-fring between
such men, leaders of their party,
was entirely unnecessary.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-24

We guess Gov. Bob Taylor will
take in the Senatorial plum, made
ripe by the death of Senator
Isham G. Harris, and Gov. Bob is
entitled to it because he alone
could save the State to the De-
mocracy at the last election, and
he wants it. No he didn't, he
gave the place to another.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-24

Secretary Sherman says the
Ohio Republicans will not toler-
ate bosses. Perhaps not, but they
appear to stand one boss without a
vast amount of kicking.-Cald-
we'll Watchman.
If Ohio hasn't been boss ridden
for years, The Progress is very
badly mistaken.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-24

Senator Isham G.. Harris of
Tennessee, one Of the Oldest MEM
bers of the L. S. Senate died re-
Gently. He was a man OF con sid =
cradle ability and one of the lead
ers of the Senate as we'll as of his
party.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-24

The Clerk of our court receives
S1.OO for cancelling a mortgage
and the same for a mortgage GER
tificate. We only advertise in
our own language and there are
numerous items in this bill which
are for less here and several which
would not be on a cost bill for a
similar suit in Caddo.
But the New Orleans Officials
are very muchly like Webb Flan-
agan. "What are we here for?"
Though its law there.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-24

Pamphlet work a specially at The
PROGREST Office.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-24
til JohnF1ekett'
Excelsior Grocery

In connection with my Commits
sion Business / have opened the
above Retail Grocery, and carry IA
full stock OF Fancy and Staple
Groceries, consisting of the best
Durham creamery butter best
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-07-24
Some Offices Pay.

Wednesday The Progress was
shown cost bill of the Civil
Sheriff of Orleans parish, which
shows that his office, as well as
that of the clerk pays, sometimes
at least.
This bill is for foreclosing a
a mortgage on piece OF proper
ty in the city of New Orleans, to
recover a debt Of $500.
Here is the bill as presented to
Mr.. A. j. Reynolds Of our city, the
plainiff in the case.
Advertising sale, English $3.50
IS s. French. -. .S16.SO
Sheriff S fees $3.50
Mortgage certificates -. So. 90
Erasing mortgages....... 1920
COnveyance...... W
RetIrn on writ. .......... 81 90
Exchange entry ST. 90
Commission on sale. 5000
Tax certificate. so 90
Deed and registering $1,000
Clerks fees. ..... $500
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18
ELKTON HIGH SCHOOL.

the pupils who presented themselves
from every part Of the county. The
school lacked one feature that char
acterizes most newly established insttu-
tons, in that, the classes already proved
in the preparatory school by increased
effort were enabled to complete the
advanced curriculum, and furnish a
graduating class for each year. At the
end of the session of 'e6-'e7 four were
found, by daily recita,ons and two ex-
aminations, worthy to receive the di-
ploma of the school, several others hav
ing Withdrawn during the session. The
school board during the last vacation
revised the course of studies and en-
riChed it by some additions, until it
stands today the equal ofthe preparatory
schools of our country, and its diploma
admits to the first colleges of the east,
without examination. That the school
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18
RESIDENCE OF DIR. CHARLES NJ. ELLIS

factory have been the operations of the
society that we have never had any litiga-
ton, and it has been very rarely necessary
to forecose mortgages. The majority of
foreclosures have been amicable for the pur-
pose of passing title or to close estates.
This association has some peculiar and
original features. These are uniformity
of premiums which are paid monthly,
and the maturity of borrowed stock before
the maturity Of the unborrowed stock If
the same series. Every loan by our equit-
able system of uniformity Of premiums and
rebate of the same by a fixed system, dis
charges loan in | Is months; the unbor-
rowed stock maturing in t.? months.
We make the proud clan" that this is
the most successful building society east OF
the Alleghanies.
1t is highly probable that at very early
date, with the issue of the new series of
January, 1898, the payment of premiums
will be optional with the borrower. the
monthly payment of dues and iuterr,',
without premium, until the expiration of
the series; or, as heretofore, with so cents
per share premium and discharge of mort
gage in IL months.
The benificent results of the operations
of this society are seen in all parts of the
county, but especially in the town of Elk
ton, its recent growth being contemporan-
eOus with the life of the association.
Three-fourths Of all the new buildings in
this town erected in the past twenty five
years have been constructed by aid of
the socety's funds.
If q resident of the town contemplates
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18

Was organized under the General Cor
poration Acts of the Maryland Code in
the Spring of 1870. 1t is a perpetual
association. new series being issued semi
annually in January and July. The first
series was issued July. 1870, so that it is
now in its twenty eighth year of most
successful existence. Fifty three separate
series have been issued, ihirty-two of which
have matured and been promptly paid,
leaving twenty one series, which is the
permanent total one being issued, and
one paid off every six months. More than
a million dollars have been protitably
handled and distributed, practically with
out loss, and at an expense of about one
per cent The funds have been loaned to
borrowing members at less than six per
cent and the matured shares have receive
profit of nearly ten per cent So salts
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18
ELKTON HIGH SCHOOL.

This handsome and attractive edi6ce
occupies happily selected site off the
south western section of the town t'uilt
substantially of brick, with granite trim
mings, standing on commanding KIN H.
the High School forms a striking figure
in the landscape as one approaches Elk
ton from any direction, but more parti-
cularly as entrance is made over the
cause-way leading from Chesapeake
City, past the Holly Hall property, or by
the Pennsylvania Railroad. This educa-
tional plant is the outgrowth of an urgent
need, felt for years by those citizens Of
our county who look to the completion
of our excellent system Of free schools
in the regular graduation from primary
and grammar grades through the High
School to the college and university.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18

is essentially county institution is
attested by the fact that, even yet in its
early infancy, it has drawn and laugh,
youths from every district of Cecil, and
as in healthy circulation, the extremi-
ties glow with quickened animation
drawn from strong central organism,
SO from this vigorous pulsing member
of the system scholastic, is going out
from year fresh zeal and enthusiasm; for
the corps of teachers is being strength.
end ever by the graduates from the
school, acknowledged by the school
board, to be equal to the very best, as
they take their places in the ranks.
THE COURSE OF STUDY.
The course is broad and comprehensive.
while the boy is digging at the roots of
Greek and Latin verbs, or reading the
martial lines of Caesar or the stately
hexameter ofVirgil, in one department,
his interest is aroused elsewhere by in
vestigating the laws of the material
world, observing the mechanical i'm
provements and the flashes that electri-
city throws upon our field of information.
While he is studying in one room the
texture of muscle and bone, he is in
another class trained to use and develop
those muscles by judicious system OF
physical culture. From his reflections
upon the smoothness and huency of the
French he may turn in his next step to a
contemplation of his sturdy mother
tongue as used by such masters as Scott,
Shakespeare, Irving and others, and SO
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18

office is located on Main street. Since
entering upon his legal career he has been
successful and now enjoys lucrative office
practice. He is a member of well known
Cecil county family.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18

building house, we require him to pay
for his lot, introduce the town water, or
dig well, and lay the foundation. If the
plans and contract are satisfactory to the
president, the proposed borrower is author
lied to proceed, and the society loans on
the property sufficient to cover the entire
expense of the structure. With us as with
all well conducted building societies, the
character of the applicant gos far in deter
mining the amount of the loan. A SOBER
industrious, competent man can always
borrow more in the loan society than the
incorporate thriftless and incompetent
This association has never lost one dollar
on any mortgage made within the limits
OF the tow OF Elkton.
Any new conner to Elkton of good
character, who wants to make himse
home will find this society not only a we'll
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18
THE BEGINNING.

The foundation of the work had been
slowly and silently laid in the years
Immediately preceding the organization
and when through the effective efforts Of
commissioner George R. Ash, bill
was passed by the Legislature Of 1896
providing for the erection Of sutAhl:
building, there remained nothing to By
done but to open the l)ors an | r.c.iv:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18
ELKTON'S FAMOUS AUTHORIZES.

The publication by Dodd Mead and Company
calls
haveca omuchde o O
which s
O Environments
of her
catalogue
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18
INCREASING ATTENDANCE.

The attendance is constantly increasing
and even now the building is none too
large to accommodate the school. A
library is being collected in the school;
contributions are received frequently
from those interested in the work, and
from the efforts of the pupils, supported
by the School Board. The nucleus of a
physical laboratory has been secured
and it is hoped to extend this depart
ment.
Below is given a roll of the pupils
and a copy of the four years course
of study required for graduation.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18
MISS MARTHA FINLEY.

rormay eevatng
sentiment
of
she her favorte daily
xagonal
in outline and constructed wing the
between
the o oreere
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18

the aim and intention of the dalv routine
Is to send out sound mind and sound
body. The discipline of the school is
strict, and mild withal, coming as nearly
as possible to the ideal of a scholastic
Republic, wherein publicsopinion regu-
lateS, in great measure, the affairs of
State. The boys and girls occupy
separate apartments, and their study is
directed by principal and preceptless,
but they meet i'll recitation halls, where,
as indicated by the monthly repol is
published in the county press, they
stand as equals in the race of brains.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18

See the way we reason in our new ad. in
another column Of this paper.
Very respectfully yours,
W. E. BURNS q Bnos.,
Havre de Grace. Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18

Gents Furnishing Goods.
We carry at all times complete assort-
ment of all the new and correct STYLES in
Gents Furnishing Goods, and are able to
serve you to the very best advantage.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-12-18

sher, but reliable adviser, a trusty and
e.pful friend.
CHARLES NJ. ELLIS,
President OF the Mutual Building Asso-
citation of Cecil County.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
The Social Position of Actors.

The time was i'm France when the ac-
tor had no social position, and certainly
no spiritual one. Special dispensation
was necessary when the Catholic church
allowed a mass to be said for the reposs
of an actors soul. In The Chautauquan
Professor Warren, describing the Mo-
liere period, writes:
The social position of actors in Mo-
liere's time was low one. Not from
any prejudice against the stage evil
IDENTIFY, since dramatists like Corneille
and Scarron were on the same footing
at the Hotel de Rambouillet and the
other salons of Paris as poets and essay
lists and were elected 10 the French
Academy rs readily. Indeed. it would
seem as though the composition Of plays
was the shortest road TO distinction i'll
the Paris of MOliere, as iJ is today But
with the actors it was another question.
Their wandering, unsettled modes OF
life had evidently told against them.
They were not admitted to society
whether their conduct was good or bad.
They were not even considered in the
light Of literary persons. Moliere met
bis friends, Boileau, La Fontaine, Flu
retiere, at public cafes. AS q writer Of
comedy he was either not taken serious
ly or had incurred too much hostility on
the part of influential sets, the clergy
through "Tartuffe, - the salons through
"Les Femmes Savantes. As an actor
he was considered an outcast with his
class, and when, on his deathbed he
asked for spiritual consolation his APP
peal fell on deaf ears till it was too late.
So that it was with the greatest difficult
ty that his widow procured bit of con-
secrated grouod in which to lay the re-
mains of the unshrived comedian.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
Refused the Wrong Begcnr.

Il never refuse the plea of beppar."
says a leading member of congress.
You must not use my name and adver-
tise me as philanthropist, for am
not. 1t Is simply "a matter of necessity
with me. l am obliged to give some
thing to every beggar, or ] could not
sleep at night. l made a bad mistake
once, and | would rather give OCCASION
ally to the unworthy than to ever deny
assistance to the worthy.
"Once upon time | was in st. Louis
on business. 1t was winter, and you
know how cold that town can be when
1t tries hard. | was out on the street at
IL O'Clock one bitter night when chap
struck me for a dime He was poorly
clad, looked hungry and sick, and ]
ought to have handed out the money al
once. was just brute enough not to dc
it. He followed me 100 feet, begging
and pleading, and | finally threatened
to have him arrested. He turned away
with sob in his throat, and | went on
70 the hotel.
''There was big snowstorm that
night, and next morning they found
him in a drift, frozen stark and stiff. /
saw the body and recognized it. The
pale face was piDched and drawn with
hunger and Suffering, and the eyes were
as wide open as Jours-grcat big blue
eyes, sunken back in their sockets and
staring at me in an awful way. Yes,
sir. thoy seemed 20 be fastened Oh me
alone and to follow me as l moved
When / heard car drivers, draymen.
bootblaoks and nowsboys saying how
gladly they would have given the poor
wretch a quarter to buy lodgings and
food, | sneaked away, feeling that was
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
Newspaper Profits In London.

There was trial before Mr.. Justice
Cave recently which, if correctly re-
ported, shows what is the profit of the
shareholders of The Times. Mr.. Adams
bought one-tourteenth of two-thirds of
one-ninth of two-sixteenths Cor IL, 512)
of The Times from Mr.. Brodie for f353
on the assure nce that this minute share
was worth about e25 per annum. Ac-
cording to him, after he had purchased
the share, NJ found it only to be worth
cit a year. On this he asked for dam
ages. The jury assessed the damages at
e65. Assuming this share to be worth
Els per annum (Which seems about the
average value), it is clear that the net
dividend on all shares is e27,216. Mr..
Adams, believing it to be worth 1888,
paid for it IA 1 years purchase. The
jury valued it at g2SS, which, taking
the annual return at els, would be lG
years purchase, making The Times
worth e435, 456. This, however, does
not quite correctly, believe, represent
the value, for MIR. Waller, as printer,
derives large profit OIL an old contract.
This contract, in point of fact, represents
what may be called preference shares,
while those of the shareholders may be
termed ordinary shares, the value of The
Times being the sum total Of BOTH
London Truth.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
Wnspa ard Flicg.

The wasp is accepted as omblematical
Of irritability and petty maiignity, but
even this much abused insect plays
beneficial part in the work Of nature.
A number of wasps were seen by Il. M.
Darlington of Bray, Ireland, buzzing
about his cows. Closer inspection re-
vealed that they were all busy catching
flies One white COW drew more wasps
than any of the others because the mo-
ment fly alighted it was seen at once
against the skin. When wasp catches
a fly, it Immediately bites off both
wings, sometimes leg or two and &C.
casionally tho head. Mr.. Darlington
saw some of the wasps, when laden with
one fly, catch another without letting
go the first and then fly away with both.
There was a constant stream OF wasps
carrying away flies, probably to feed the
larvae in their nests, and returning again
to the COWS to catch more. In about 20
minutes Mr.. harrington estimated that
between 800 and 400 flies were caught
on two cows lying close to him.
Francisco Argonaut.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
International Arbitration.

The real obstacle iii the way Of inter
national arbitration is not SO much r.
lack of efficacy in the method as the
lack of disposition to try it. The sys-
tenn Of arbitration necessarily presup-
poses that nations desire an amicabls-
adjustment of their differences. Such
an adjustment may be prevented either
by willful opposition to it or by tho.
adoption Of style of controversy thar
will render argument impracticable-
Against such obstacles it is difficuls &c
contend, since their direct tendency aud
effect is to bring about collision be
fore an arbitrator can intervene. 1t IL
obvious that arbitration can no mort
afford an absolute safeguard against
such contingencies than can a system uf
municipal law absolutely prevent mem
from attempting to settle their differ
ences by fighting in the street, if they
desire thus to revert to primal coudi-
tons Yet severe penalties, strictly en-
forced, may reduce such chances To- n
minimum, and it is conceivable that
scheme Of international action might he
devised so comprehensive as to render q
resort to war exceedingly difficult and
hazardous. 1.-THE Possibilities of Per
manent Arbitration" in Century.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
BOXING AT OLYMPIA.
Where ,he Fierce Combats Were Fouvbt
Almost to the Death.

Ihey We're cautious, these two. as il
Aenokles fully realized the power and
achievements Of his opponent and
Glaukus wished to test the guards and
attacks of an unknown rival before pro.
ceeding to fight in earnest The sun WAS
already declining toward the western
sea. An hour had passed. The specta-
tors grew inpatient Were the boxers
contending only to weary each other in
holding up the weight of their armed
hands? Such fights had been, but diff.
ferent tactics were looked for from
Glaukus. They knew him for no cow
ardly trifier Xenokles, too, must be of
good heart to face SO famous IL fighter.
''See! Did L not say it?' cried a
Krotonian
Without warning from eye or muscle
Glaukus had suddenly closed with his
opponent; but, TO his evident astonish-
ment, the other, without trying to evade
the rush, met it with a blow full on the
chest which resounded through the sta
dion. Glaukus' career was checked, hut
Xenokles, not satisfied with this, now
sprang forward and struck again and
again with I'll his strength, until Glau.
kus rallied from his surprise and, talk
ing advantage Of Gn open guard, brought
his rival 10 earth.
The MessoniHl was on his feet almost
as soon as he touched The ground. The
combat was no longer tame. Both men
were wounded and bleeding but they
came together like raging bulls Their
great arms swung through the air,
raining down blow after blow, while
the clashing Of brass upon brass, as they
guarded the strokes, rang like tie forge
Of Heph@stus
''Will not your Alytm interposc?'
exclaimed the Mede
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23

gold, but none was sure of 1t. A happy
thought struck Marshall. Mis-. Weber
boarded the hands. She was making
soft soap from pine ashes lye. Marshall
proposed the lady should boil the mug
get in lye day or two, and if it didn t
change color OF lose its substance III the
test it was sure enough gold We'll, it
stood the test. The world knows the
rest.
among the first on the ground was
a lot of greasers, cross between Mex
leans and lower class of humans. God
knows they were all low enough, but
the cross was no improvement on the
general run Of the cattle. The greaser
brought his willow made pan and knife
as his mining tools. He cut and scraped
among crevices of rocks at the waters
edge for 'chispas,' or, as we call them,
nuggets An enterprising white man
made rocker. That was great i'm
provement over the willow pan and
knife. In the fall of 1S49 picks, shovels,
iron pans and sheet iron for rocker
screens had been shipped in from the
outside. Rockers sold for three ounces
shovels half an ounce apiece, picks tho
same; pans for a quarter OF an ounce,
gum boots an ounce a pair and whisky
u pinch drink. That was the price III
mining camps. A pinch was what a
barkeeper could take between his fore
finger and thumb. They had big fingers
and thumbs in those days, and bar
keepers salary was measured by their
size Wages was an ounce day.
"The Georgia bumper displaced the
rocker. twas something like rocker,
but much larger, and had several riff
fes' to catch the gold. The ends of the
rockers bump against blocks of wood
to Jar the gravel in the screen and be-
tween rifles. A bumper cost 5000, a
wheelbarrow two ounces, and China
pump S25. That made bumper min
ing out The bumper didn' last long,
for the long Tom soon took its place.
That was stationary affair, with long
screen in which the pay dirt was
thrown. Water was conducted on the
screen, the wash falling through the
perforations while one of the hands
forlSed ont the rocks or small stones.
"a sluice or two were added to the
Tom. These, as we'll MS the Tom, were
supplied with rifles, which generally
caught about all the dust. Long Toms
were first used in Nevada City in 1850.
improvements in modes Of placer min
ing rapidly followed. Sets of sluices
without the Toms were used, then
ground sluicing came next, and hydrau.
lie mining, where water and fall could
be obtained, displaced the rocker, bump
er and Tom. Hydraulic mining is an
old thing now"
"How about underground miningG"
INQUIRED the reporter.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-23
Eossu RenfiIe Tracks.

The greatest region in the world for
fossil tracks of the reptiles which lived
in the early days of the world is that in
the vicinity of Portland, Conn. Some of
those old time monsters walked as hi
peds on feet that made tracks l6 to 20
inches long. These tracks are almost as
broad as they are long. and the stride
shows that the reptile" must have been
fully 12 feet in height Formerly these
wonderful fossil tracks of the Connec-
ticut valley" were said to be tracks of
ancient birds, but of late the geologists
have taken different view, declaring
them to be marks left by reptiles. st.
Louis Republic.