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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14
COUNTY BUSINESS.
New Pavement Desired by the Town in
Front of the Court House.

ut the regular merting Of the County Com
missioners this w-ek-on Tuesday and We'd
ne'day-W. Fl. Mackall. secretary Of the Town
Council of Elkton. appeared before the Board
and stated that the town desired "A new pave
ment in front of the Court House. and asked
that the county detrav one-half of the EXPENSE
o placing the same. No action WIS taken
q lnt' Iltltter.
'iandry bills We're examined. pass.,,l and
o';Ierrd 10 be paid.
The following bids were received for the
masonry ut Scott's bridge. in the Fourth
district:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14
NEW INDUSTRY.
Old Ricketts," GriSt Mill Near Elkton

a force OF workmen began this week to
tear down the old Ricketts, grist mill. near
Elkton. which WAS built in 1862, and upon
III" site of which Il modern Touring mill vii.
b" built by George Ricketts, and his sister
property, who Inherited it from their father
IT." lat" Thomas Ricketts,. The work Of
hniIhng the new mill will be i'll charge OF
Lewis Springer, an experienced mIiIwright,
and it is expected that the wheels Of the new
III" first.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14
RISINGSUN ITEMS.
RIsINdsUN. Aug 13, 1897.

RIsINdsUN. Aug 13, 1897.
Misses May Gray, of Middletown and
Lillian Alrich, of Elkton, are visiting G. G.
Hopkins and family.
The Guarantee Building and Loan Associa.
tion of Baltimore is trying to start branch
here.
Quite number of people intend going on
Belle of Port Deposit has been chartered
for the occasion.
The young people of Risingsun intend
having their annual summer dance on Tues
10" ev"nin" August 81
Eislngsun and Port Deposit will play their
Saturday afternoon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14
Tug Boat Attached.

AT the instance of P. Dougherty Il Co., of
Baltimore, Sheriff Harvey H. Mackey, on
Saturday, attached the large tug boat W. s.
Cahil, from Philadelphia, at Chesapeake
City. The boat had passed through the
Chesapeake and Delaware canal, being en-
route to North Carolina A debt of sl666 was
claimed by Doughersy q Co.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14

and Brown did conspicuously good work for
Blue Ball. while for the victors Cameron,
Al;ard, Nowland and Wilson played winning
ball. Wilson the North East pitcher did
elective work, striking out eight men. Score
by innings
North East. 10 0 6 0 2 x-22
Blue Ball 80 SO 0 @ 2-l3
~
ON Saturday the Havrn de Grace Club de-
feated the Athletic Base Ball Club OF Balti-
more in IL we'll played game at Havre de
Grace, the score resulting 10 to 8. Gilbert
S.npers and Gilbert were the batteries for
Havre de Grace.
The Chesapeake Base Ball Club played the
Middletown Club on Monday and defeated
ei.,..l - It score O. ~ ~ b.
~.
At Port Deposit today Rsingsun will play
the home club.
Base ball is booming in Elkton. one OF the
leading spirits in the advancement Of tue
game being Charlie Evans. He has organized
Il good playing club-manages and captains
it and plays the position of first baseman
alright. The players are: H. Realey, p; W.
Kitchens, Co Evans, 1b; w. Freeman, %;
Harry Bennett, 3b; II. johnson, 6. s.; f.
Johnson. r. f.; s. McKenney,c c f.; G. Kitchen,
!. f.; substitute, Ollie Reed.
~
The Elkton base ball club took Il victory
from the strong Chesapeake City club at
Chesapeake City, on Wednesday afternoon,
several hundred people witnessing the contest
which was interesting throughout. The score
resulted II to 13 The battery work Of both
clubs was good-Realey and w. Kitchens for
Elkton; and LOTHIAN ant for Chesa-
peake City Realey had 10 strike outs to his
credit and LOTHIAN 6. Noticeably good work
was done for Elkton, by Fl johnson. Evans
and G. Kitchens Reed and Graves of the
losing club were in good playing form.
-
Boatyard nine by tho score II 81 to on Sat-
urday. Reed, who pitched for tho
Juniors, was steady and had good control.
striking out II men. The game was called in
the eighth inning ON account Of darkness.
Score by innings;
Elkton. ..........3 8 3 8 4 S-21
Boatyard ..2 o 3 0 0 0 o. 6
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14
PUT In SERVICE.
Trains Now Running Over the New
Southbound Track On Iron Uiu.

On Saturday the new southbound track on
the Iron Hill cut Off of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore railroad between
Elkton and Iron Hill was thrown into service
and now trains are regularly passing over the
new line ut this point. The northbound
track was put in service several weeks ago,
and now the line has done away with the
severe reverse curves which made Iron Hill
troublesome piece of track. The new tracks
ares one ballast and laid with rails 60 feet in
length. double that of the old ones, and
weighing 100 pounds to the yard.
The work now in progress between Bacon
Hill and Charlestown is a big contract and
over 300 men are employed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14

r. G. Porter, n prominent citizen of Cherry
Hill, until late a merchant there, is danger
ously ill with pneumonia at his home in that
town. He is attended by DIR. Jas. Whitaker,
of Cherry Hill, and DR.. G. M. Ellis of Elkton.
Mr.. Porter is now improving and hopes ara
entertained OF his recovery.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14
Alexander Burnett.

Edwin L. Alexander. junior member Of the
firm OF James p. Alexander Son, OF Elkton,
and Miss Mary q. Burnett, also Of Elkton,
were married on Saturday evening last in
Atlantic City. by tho Rev. W. H. White, pastor
OF the Second NJ. E. Church,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14
Base Ball. .
DIS were held under considerations.

At North East. on Saturday,
the home club defeated Blue Ball
in an interesting game marked
by good plays, Notwithstanding
that the score ended % to 10. As
all games should be-it was free
from any "kick" or other dis
agreeable happening to mar the
contest. The errors made by
Blue Ball were at costly times,
especially in the eighth inning
when North East ran up eight
runs amid the applause of the
homo .iroptprS ~ Ernna C,llare
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14

The Kimblevlle Driving Association will
have race meeting on its track at Kimble-
vile, Pa, on Saturday next, Aug. 21. The
classes are 2.40; $50; 800; 3.l0 and free for
all. No records given. Races begin at 1,30-
W. ]. Kennedy and E. W. Lewis. managers
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14
With the Horses.

Frank Bradbury, of
Elkton, is getting his
pacei, "WiiKes l.. III
shape for the "county"
race at the fair.
~
n
John NJ. Dunbar, of
Elkton, is now driving
a noticeably handsome
pair Of bays.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14

Some malicious person recently entered
John L. Frick's stable in Newark, and cut a
cash four inches long and an inch deep on
the hip Of one Of the horses.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14
NOVEL PLAN.
The Cimcher''s Experience
ON North Street.

An enterprising fellow, said to be from
Pilot Town, who once in his life was in the
railroad service. came to Elkton on Tuesday,
and made an effort to form a stock company
to carry out strlkingly original idea of his.
Someone told him that the Cincher had
money to invest-but he didn't see the sar-
casm of his informant's words, and walking
up to the reported "man Of money! began TO
unfold his scheme. Said he, to the Cincher,
II am the originator of the Pilot Town Indi-
Gator Company, organized to supply nolitical
candidates of all parties in the county, with
hourly information as to the whereabouts of
their opponents. The system is similar to
the car tracking plan used by all railroad
companies es-whereby they can see the points
-. ''-'.'.H .h"'- -o'ling e.on iG tHo" d"'"g
service. From MY hourly bulletins, just
where their political opponents are at work,
caa IT, .-'' Wy ~
being forewarned they are forearmed. They
can then tell where they should go the next
day to counteract the work done that day by
their rival. Here is n circular, explaining
the full plan read it over and weigh it we'll
In your mind, and | will call to SEQ you
later" With this he walked up North street,
but as the Cincher saw nothing of him later
it is supposed that the Pilot Town Indicator
Company, perlshed in the attempt.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14

They left Elkton on Saturday
~
The bugeye ''Ella," Captain John Clay in
command, carried n jolly party down the river
on Monday for II two days outing. men,
ber of the party states that-the very outset it
was plain to be seen that Boreas was not 4
we'll wisher in our enterprise. Having
'coaled up we piled the Indispensable pole,
at ~ rt""ty pGre eoor '"ft F't'or W ~"
distance. All day and until late in the night
we sailed on, passing bog and moor, when by
=. \, .colDo .:,'t % Town Poi..a Wc N,vr,
guided to a port which we entered for the
might. Morning dawned and not wishing a
repetition of the action OF the aerial currents
Of the previous day, we, like the ancients,
made sacrifice at Neptune's altar
Our homeward course was agreed upon,
and with little better prospects facing us
than on the former day. we set out for home.
Boreas finally responded to our summons
and with right good will the Queen of the
upper Chesapeake flew over the water like n
runaway.
''Home again" was received with mngling
OF pleasure and regret Among the party
were: Mrs. Edith Cooper, Miss Mgnonette
Coates, Miss Phoebe Evanson, Messrs. Harry
Davis, Alva Brosius and Frank Hannum, OF
Pennsylvania; Miss Elizabeth Cameron and
Messrs. Charles Biles and Norman Cameron.
of Elkton.
A river pirate recently stole bateau from
the .Randalian farm on Rack Creek and
rowing across the river made Off with n fine
gilling skiff owned by Futty Brothers. leav-
ing the bateau.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14

The following scholarships were awarded:
Maryland Institute, Miss Bessie Cameron:
Western Maryland College, Miss NJ. Covng-
ton May; State Normal School, Misses Helen
Lort and Mary Smith. This leaves two vacant
scholarships at the Normal School,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14
SCHOOL AFFAIRS.
The Commissioner Have a Busy Session
on Tuesday.

The School Commissioners were iu regular
session iu Elkton, on Tuesday All the mem
beers Of the board were prrsent.-Messrs.
Blak' Ash and k'rn.
The following petitions were received:
From Joan Whitrh"ad and others TO remove
Miss Clara j. Burus from No. s, Fifth; from
q. w. Berry AMI twenty four Others to
remove Charles II Young from No. 2. colore,'.
Eighth; from W. Gathers and fifteen others
to retain Miss Mary J. Mahon"v at No 8,
Fourth. This petition claimed to represent
all patrons Of the school except four. From
W. j. Wilgis and sixteen others to retain W.
H. Maxwell ut No. 4, Eighth. The Board
decided that the above petitions we're mattrrs
tor the trustees to act upon and that under
the law this Board could not take action.
A petition was received to reopen Victoria
school. No. 8, Ninth, promising fifteen pupils
1t was ordered that said school should be
opened provided that there are fifteen pupils
on roll with an average attendance of ten. all
from within the school district. Miss Mah.l
Leonard teacher.
Ii. Nj. McC'itous.,, Es4.. va, riosen ooun
sci to til" Board for IL term Of two years.
The following bids for coal were accepted;
EirSi / ! 1r
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14
William Devore, Elmer

Hinson, Harry Bell, Charles Queck, Michael
Paul, j. r. Gallaher and William Lang, of
Elkton, are on weeks cruise down the bay.
They left Elkton on Saturday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14

There are but few people in Elkton, who
know that "mine host Wilson, Of the
Howard House, is violinist Of no mean
ability. On Saturday night he gave the
guests and some of his friends a serenade
and there was Emusic in the air'-and good
music, too. Now the people know that John
7. Wilson can play the violin.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-08-14
ON the Water.

Fred 7. Haines, War
ren Haines, and Everett
Wilson returned to Elk
ton on Thursday after a
cruise of several days on
the bay. At Colchester
they were joined by John
Wilson, of Centreville.
IIrillin nna.n Elnnr
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-02
Is Consumption Contagious?

With pulmonary consumption the uus'
of the dried expectoration is believed TO Do
the direct medium of infection. Consider
ing the widespread dissemination of that
material in crowded cities, and the thou
sands who breathe bacilli everywhere they
may go-in street cars, sleeping perths,
hotels. parlors and churches-and taking
into account the alarming bulletins OF am
bitiously active health boards, 1t would
appcrr that the disease should be well nigh
universal. 1t is a satisfaction, however,
to know that the chances of Injection win
n healthy person are so exceedingly small
ms not TO merit mention, much less cause
alarm. With every communicable disease
| il is a question of seed taking good root In
the properly prepared soil.
Especially is this the case with phthisls
The degree of vital resistance is the real
element of protection. When there is no
nrcnoration of the soil 10y hereditary pre-
disposition or lowered health standard, the
individual is amply guarded against at
| tack Otherwise no one WOULD DO SAT-
anywhere The real good that may come
| from the agitation of the question Oh con
tagion in this disease is the opportunity
afforded health boards of educating the
victims to the necessary habits OF cleiIli'
| ness. which in individual cases VIII lessen
the possibilities of disseminating the
germs If the ultimate result snail DC
nothing more than the abolition Oh the
aboninable habit Of promiscuous splitting
i'm uuhlic conycyances and assembly rooms,
tho urespnt scnselcss scare may yet even
tuote In the greatest benefit TO the largest
number. DIR. George + Shrady In Forum
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-02

The secret of power with man Is To know
its limitations. TO this end we need con
stontly new acccssions of truth rs to the
universe and better definitions OF the truths
which are old Such knowledge, tested
and nlaced i'm order, we call science Sci
cncc is the gathered wisdom of the race.
Only n part of il can be graspcd by any one
man. Each must enter into the work oi
others. Science Is the flower OF the altru-
ism of the ages, by which nothing that
lives "liyeth for itself alone. Inc recog
nition of facts and laws is the province Oh
science We only know what lies about us
from our own experience and that Oh oth-
ers. this experience of others being trans
lated into terms of our own experience ana
more or less perfectly blended with IT, we
can find the meaning of phenomena only
from our reasoning based on these expert
ences. All knowledge we can attain or
hone to attain must, in so lar as IL Is
knowledge at all, be stated in terms OIL hu-
man experience The laws of nature are
not the products of science. They are the
human elimpses of that which Is the law
before all time.
Thus human experience is the iounoa-
tion of all knowledge. Even innate ideas
II sucb ideas exist, are derived in some way
from knowledge possessed by our ancestors
ne innate impulses to action are related 70
ancestral needs for action. -laViu S'ar'
Jordan in Popular Science Month'y
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-02
Nlalarial Parasites.

The tsetsc fly disease of Africa has re.
Gently been shown by the researches oil
Bruce to be due to a fagellate infusorium
which is found in the blood OF injected
animals This disease is fatal to the OK
the horse, the deg the sheep. and the ass,
hut not to the indigenous wild animals IN
the region infested 10y the tsetse fly Inc
researches OF Bruce indicate that the lily
acts as q carrier of the parasite from dis
eased to healthy animals He has showr
by experiment that after feeding on tn'
blood of an infected animal the tsetse Dy
can communicate the disease to heaith!
animal by its bite. After short perioe
of incubation the h9matozoa appear u
the blood concurrently with the develop
ment of fever and followed by rapidi!
progressive an9mia, dropsy and death.
The so called "surra disease, whic'
prevails i'm certain portions of India, Is be
iieyed to be due to similar parasitic pro
tozoan (Tryranosma evansD. According
to Lingard, this infusorium exists as al
innocuous parasite in the blood OF rats II
India 1t is not pathogenic, or only teeoi.
so. for the native OK of India, but give
rise to a fatal infectious disease In horses
dogs and camels Surgeon Generai stern
berg In Popular Science Monthly
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-02
THEIR INGENUITY.
VIE Family simply Moved Their Furn,.
ture From One Room In Anotho


A Chicago family sent n LOT of rboto.
graphs OF Their home To some friends i'm
New York the other day.
There were exterior and interior Views
all very charming, and the New Workers
TOOK great satisfaction in them Ii had
been merely IA travelling intimacy" with
the ChicagOans for few weeks i'm Eurone
ana II was pleasant to find the home as
presentable as the people The interior
views were especially delightful, represent
Ing as they did a succession of beautiful
rooms filled with handsome rugs. chairs
lamps and other evidences of civilization
Really, ! should never have supposed
that they had such luxurcs so far west. -
said the Oldest Miss Manhattan, as she
porod over the picture labeled drawing
room. what a lovely white bearskin
And this swinging lamp, and these two
dear old carved chairs never saw any
just like them before They must be old
family icces There's a lovely white
bearskin rug here too, remarked the sec
ond Miss Manhattan. gazing at photo
graph marked library - Yes, and q
swinging lamp also and two dear old
carved chairs Of shape that | never saw
before -
There are two dear old, queer shaped
carved chairs i'm the dining room. a" sale
| the third sister, from her photograph
why, here's swinging lamp too Yes
! and-wcll, now, that what call queer
awhile bearskin." The three sisters look
cd at each other. Could it be true? Thei
they looked again at the photographs Yes
IL certainly was Every one of these int
! rior views, be it of bedroom hall, DRAWN,
room or library contained the same whit
bearskin, swinging lamp and dear old
queer shaped carved chairs
| There was no installing them. 1t wa
as plain as day. When they had their hous
photographed, those enterprising Chicago
ans had simply moved the few handsom
articles of furniture they possessed frol
one room ID another philadelphia Pres
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-02
American Had Manners.

One prime reason why Americans are
considered by Europeans to be undercuiu,
vatcd is their very general inability to hold
any sort of intercourse by Correspondence
without making bunders-social plumbers
and plumbers arising from lack OF training
and education The most commonplace
shades and gradations of difference IN
ones correspondence with people who oc-
cupy different relations to us seem TO DC
totally unfamiliar to many Americans,
whose wealth and position would imply
in any other country just such knowledge
In Rome London and Berlin more tnan
one unofficial note from one OF the under.
secretaries at the American embassies OF
these cities has been passed about as
sample of American Ignorance ana Amer
lean bad manners. -" America and Amer
leans From French Point ol View.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-02
Australian Aborigines.

The central Australian aborlglne Is the
living representative Of "A stone age VINO
Elm fashions his spcarhcads ana Knives
,,or, 1int ar sandstone and performs the
most daring surgical operations W.,
them HIS origin and histof! are ,os' 80
tho gloomy mists of the past he ma ~
written records and few oral traul'lons
In appeaarnce he is naked hlrsutc "a,
age with a tyre of features occasloh''ils
ECONOMICALLY Jewish He Is oy natu,e
ii,bt hearted merry, and prone 20 Iauen
e n enlendid mimic, supple Jointed' WIN
oJrrerrinr hard that works IN perleOv
', 80 with his eye, which is as keen Us
chat of an eagle. He has never w.
rrovn 70 wash He has no private ow
orshin of land. except as reehru' 'l".
ei t,iai, e NOT overcarefully concealed anou'
,',no,,.r person He cultivates nothihs'
H., uvos entirely on the spoils OF the ci'"s.
"a a,tbough the thermometer frequently
nanaes from Is degrees to l2O degrees
in "a hours, and his country - 80 the
with furred game, he MAKES no use S y,
srins for clothing, but goes aoouV "ui ,.h,
the doy and sleeps In the open az -
rorsoctlv nude. He builds 10 PEI mo- ~.
babitation and usually camps where ''e
ar fatigue overtakes him .b,e
Above all, he is absolutely un,ani'V 90,
von NAV clothe and care ior MN ~,
~ ,vhen suddenly the demon OF unr :,
49, ,,ossession. He throws OH al, W.
o,oth;pg and rlunges into the 'raes ~,
'.,,se 81 his native bush, at once re'er''"H
-. RI old and hideous customs an" IN,
10 ms o, IL. 60 Months of privat!on, he VII
return again to clothing anu ,atar on =
only to repeat the periorihane' '>
Eng,ish illustrated Magazine
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-02
IT'S HUMAN NATURE.
People Like Being Humbugged So Much
That They Hate to BE Undeceived.

81 tell YOU " declared the reformed gam
bier, that there are people in this coun'
try who insist upon being swindled. Nine
out of ten of the men who are caught know
that they are going up against some kind
Of bunko game. They have read all about
II. but il is the Internal cgotsm of the av-
crage man that leads him into the trap.
He knows that others have been caught,
but he's too smart for anything of that
kind, don't you seer
Il was at a county fair in Iowa expos
ing the tricks of gamblers, My graft was
in selling little book that | had on the
subject There was a pretty lively gang
there from a back township, and when
showed them how the shell trick was done
one big fellow insisted that he could locate
tho elusive pea and was bound to bet on
his proposition told him that l was out
Of the business but that he was mistaken
Then they set up cry that was ifau'
and afraid of my own game, went oNe'
the whole thing again and showed theii
how they were fooled but must give IN
fellow a chance or they would WRECK III.
whole outfit
"At last lust to save myself, l let hin
mt ND his money and rendered 1t BACK It
him after ! had won. Then it took tire
other mon 10 keep him from whipping IN
because took him for squealer one o
two others insisted on having try at
and never turned a hair because OF thei
losses. When il came to three card monte
II was the same Each Of half n dozen me
was sure that he could pick the card, ah'
despite nv warming, would have try q
it, and some of them two or three .rle,
when they were cleaned out, there wer
| nm howl that was the rankest Kihu
n fraud, and they chased me three mli'
into the country before twas dark ehous
for mo TO escape Detroit Free Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-02

Charles Dickens bad great love 10,
music and particularly enjoyed songs '""
ballads, anything pathetic In the s'r"''''
OF which quickly moved him. d,
He had his own idc,s of TIE way u
which songs should be rendered. ana WIG"
occasion ofT,Icc he mad, them kroWn.
Orc day mcmtcr OF his househoi" ""'
!. singing II ballad, when suddenly inc nv
\)elist, who had apparently been d''p IL 20 .
book at the farther end ct the room, 80 -,
up, saying, "you don't make enoui'" ~
That word ,.,,.
He scstod imself nt the piano ana mn ~
Gated his idea of the way IN wii,n ."'
word 81 which nc referred ssaoiu w s,n
phasized and did not rise until the pnr"s'
had been sung to his satisfaction. It'll,
n After that, whenever the song VIZ he
became n fayorltc with him was sung, nv =,
y1istcncd with his head little ON one s'u'
until the had made sure that his ins'r".
tions had not been forgotten that uncI =