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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-27
SANDERS & STAYMAN
RARE OPPORTUNITY.

Stock and Fixtures of a gen
eral Country Store for sale,
doing nice paying business,
located IN a good size village
in Cecil County will reduce
stock to suit purchaser-good
reasons for selling. Inquire or
address Wing Office tor full
particulars.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-27

Cora-How do you like kissing in the
dark?"
Dora-Oh, splenddly! It's out of sight.
-Up-to- Date.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-27
The Cecil Telephone and
Telegraph Company
OF CECIL COUNTY,

to be made with the cities. Its present
subscribers are:
| National Bank of Ekton
= Canal Office, Chesapeake City.
I. j. ClcaVCrS Residence, Chesapeake City.
4 L. j. tiCavcr'S Onicc, Town Point
) EiktOn Il. Il. X =. Co.
: Second National Bank of Ellton
II. Ninsin%crs Store, Elkton.
. Clerks ONCE Elkton.
II Singcrly'S Office, Elktun.
- Davis X Ninsingcr's Mill, E.lkton.
II X. &. Lewis store. ElktOn
u lIarvcy's Mill, Chlds.
III Cherry Hill Exchange
II Aims House.
Is North East Exchange.
~ Keys n Miller. Elkton.
- +. =. Prices Store, EilitOn
- Cecil Democrat ONCE.
q j. H. Stcclc's Office Chesapeake City.
% j. ii. Stccle's Residence, Chesapeake City.
u j. III. Stcclc'S Office, Bohemia Bridge.
- +. II. SCOTS Residence, Elkton.
Cecil Wing ONCE, EIkton.
80 w. Il. Warburton's Residence, EIktOn,
81 &. X. MaXwel's Store, Elkton.
81 X. Il. Jamar's Residence, Elkton.
81 Freight Office, P..W n b. II. r. Elkton.
- j. 5. Nirts Residence EllitUn.
81 County Commissioners Office, EIkton.
81 Scott Fertilizer Co., Elllton.
80 w. : Evans Olicc EllitOn.
Al Mrs. II. J. Il. Crcswcl'S Residence. Elkton.
III Register OF Wills Office, Elkton.
T.. Chesapeake City Exchange.
A. Jail, Ekton.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-27
This is Your Opportunity.

On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
a generous sample will be mailed of
the most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever
Cure (Ely's Cream Balm sufficient to
demonstrate its great merit. Full size SOC.
ELY BROTHERS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-27
A CITY OF THE DEAD.

Pc z "a C0AI4 TIL GREAT AND
PE}u.lILfE.it .ERIvEPh&lS
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
The Application Embarrassed.

There lives in certain small town
moor minister who has large family
which his salary does not begin to cover
literally, so the congregation have do
mated cast off clothing for the children
and even the poor minister's wife goes
70 church in the last years bonnet ana
cloak of deacon's wife. The poor lady
has grown used to this and does the best
she can with the conglomeration OF
dresses. cloaks and hats which are sent
her, though the result is sometimes
rather tragic. However, she has always
felt that she did nobly by the children,
and if the dresses and coats and cloaks
and trousers were misfits none was ever
unkind enough to say anything about IT,
One Sunday, however. she dressed the
nine hopefuls with great care and
marched them to the church. She was 3
little late, and just as she opened the
door and started up the aisle her hus'
hand Numbered from the pulpit, "Even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayeo
like one of these. He did not see the
Joke, but the congregation Uttered, ano
the mother was ready to cry.-lndian
apolis Sentinel.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
Bryan's Mistaken Policy.

Aren't Bryan and his friends making
a great mistake by continuing the dis
cussion Of the silver question at this
time? 1t is nearly four years until the
next presidential election, and the peo-
ple can learn q whole lot about silver
and the effect of cheap money upon
wages and savings in four years. They
learned much that Bryan didn't want
them to know during the four short
months of the last campaign. 1t Is no.
ticeable that in the states where the ques-
ton was most discussed the MAORI
ties against Bryan were heavy or his
majorities were unexpectedly small
If the silverites will think of the great
amount of work done in the states west
of Pennsylvania, east of Colorado and
north of Tennessee and reflect upon the
result of the election, they will, II they
are wise and want to win In 1900, con-
clude to drop educational work and to
proceed on some less dangerous line. Ii
BRYAN and his friends would stop talk
ing about silver for three years, it would
be difficult for the 'goldbugs" to get
people to listen to their convincing argu-
ments. If our hard times should unfor-
tunately continue, Bryan might step out
few days before the 1900 election and
say, "I told you So" and majority OF
the voters, without having given the
matter much thought, might conclude
that perhaps the "crime Of 1878" was
responsible for the lack of prosperity.
But if they study the question for foul
whole years they will be certain that
neither silver nor any kind Of CHEAP
money ever brought prosperity to any
country, though they have often brough
hard times. The wage earners will un
derstand that Is to is an underhandet
scheme to lower wages and the farmer
that they cannot, by juggling with cheal
money, get any advantage OF the rest o
the world in the matter of prices OF farm
products. This educational work mus
be stopped short, or the cause OF fire
silver is lost.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
K,otschiessen-what Is It9

Under the title Of "A Game We Might
Play" the Marquis of Lorne in Good
Words puts in plea for an open air
winter pastime in the low countries OK
northern Europe which has for centuries
enjoyed sort Of national reputation
1t is O rough sort Of golf, played with
out clubs or holes, is inexpensive and
can be played by two single opponents
or with two OH side The article con-
tains a very picturesque description OF a
match between two villages In Fries
land, at which the writer was present,
and conveys striking impression OF
the popularity of the game and OF the
spirited emulation which it awakens. IL
is pointed out that in England there are
many districts, especially in the east OF
the island, which are peculiarly wels
adapted to the game, there being in these
parts much fiat land where winter
makes the ground hard. Wherever these
conditions exist, there, we are told, the
"klotschiessen, or ''clotshot" game
can be played with advantage. London
News
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
A GHOST OF A PLACE.
HE STORY OF ASHLEY HALL AND
HOSPlrA6LE COLONEL BULL.

How the Planter Kept His Household
Goods From the Hands of the "Raiders."
Pictures of Beautiful suburb That All
visitors to Charleston Admire.
Woodlands thick with underground,
tranquil country stiffness, the stiffness
of bit Of country comparatively un
titled and unpastured; roadways lined
with tall and stately trees-such the
scene as the CHATTER of horses hoofs echo
ing ON the hard flooring of the river
bridge dies away into noisoless footballs
and the wheels turn without sound in
the yielding soil of st. Andrew The
murInured chorus of countless pines
charms us into forgetfulness of tho city s
close proximity across the river, Ahead
the way unfolds TO us, broad and smooth,
winding between long battalions OF an
cient oaks, muffled up TO their chins in
gray; on through miles of the century old
trees, their massive trunks bound with
fibrous scarfs, as If TO veil the scars OF
successive seasons. every twig and
branch and spray hung with streaming
moss. Grand old oaksi Autumna
storms and April airs i'll tnrns have
tossed and kissed their rugged boughs,
yet the giant trunks stand firm. Scarce
a gap in the uniform line shows where
q grenadier has fallen out Of ranks. and
elbow to elbow, they guard the ancien
highway from encroachment OF forest o.
field.
Here is an old gateway, the entrance
to the grounds which once surrounded
Ashley Hall, one of the proudest ant
most spacious of the ancestral homes II
this parish. We pass through the use
less massive portals into the drivewa,
beyond. In the shaded light the avenu
seems dreaming Of the past, for thes
great oaks stand guard over the wrec
of all they were intended to adorn. q
the stately home to which their beaut
formed fit approach nothing now n
mains but the crumbling marble steI
and tall, spirelike ohimneys. Listl
pickaninnies play hide and seek wher
once the flowers in my lady garden
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
The Question of Branch Banks.

II small national banks are to be en-
couraged in the more sparsely settled
portions of the country, the question
arises whether they should be purely
local organizations or branches Of the
great metropolitan banks. The old Unit
ed States bank had branches which, by
virtue of their connection with large
central institution, had some advan-
tages over the local banks with which
they competed, but were in more than
one instance the objects of adverse state
legislation. This spirit Of local hostility
to q bank located In another city, and
perhaps another state, left memories
which still survive and which account
in part for the opposition to branch
banks.
But the experience Of England and
| Scotland, Canada and Australia, Is
strongly and uniformly in favor Of large
central banks with many branches. The
banks of Canada are able to maintain a
singular uniformity in the rates Of in
torest In the great commercial centers
and In the remote agricultural regions
because the banks of Montreal and To
ronto have their branches in Manitoba
and the Pacific region and can transfer
the surplus capital Of one locality to
meet the deficiency in another az 1t can
not be done by wholly independent
banks. The conditions in Canada are
very much like those Of the United
States, and the success Of the Canadian
banks in doing what we recognize thu
Importance Of having done Is entitled Il
great weight in our considerations II
Scotland it Is we'll known that th'
branch system has greatly favored thos'
agricultural interests which in our owl
country are 80 much in need Of financia
accommodation.
The preponderanoe Of financial testi
mony is decidedly in favor of the brancl
system, most Of the opposition to whic
comes or would come, from local fnan
oial interests, Jealous of strong outsid
competition. There is feeling Of dis
trust Of all banks which is born OF ie
noranoe. It increases rapidly with tn
increase Of banks capital and the e'
tension of its operations. which are SUI
posed to prove the bank to be monol
oly.-Iron Age.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16

grew in trim luxuriance. Only the Ash
lev is unchanged as it ripples by ON It's
way to the sea, it's waves as blue and
sparkling as when it bore many boat
ing party from the mansion house.
Ashley Hall was the scene of muniii-
cent and lavish hospitality in antebel'
lum DAYS Its owner possessed immense
plantations in Mississippi and Louisiana
in addition to his Carolina estates, and
the great halls and spacious drawing
roous of the st. Andrew S mansion were
frequently thronged with gay com
pany of the most distinguished people
of tho state The host was passlonateiy
fond of the chase and delighted to as
semble about him those who shared In
his love of sport. Deer hunts, particl.
pated in by famous sportsmen from all
over the south, were features OF every
season. The same open handed generos-
ity that dictated hospitality so marked
obtained between master and slave, ana
the large retinue of servants at the hall
were happy, care free set. 1t was ira
ditional that no one was ever sent away
empty handed who applied for aid at
the doors of this plantation home
This old hail. in which seven genera
tions of the same family had dwelt, Nv
| ing almost ideal lives, met with tragic
fate. The organized struggle between
the north and south was at an end, but
the ''raiders" were in possession OF this
country. They had already sacked and
DESTROYED every house in the parish
with single exception, and that plan
tation was occupied by an enemy more
dreaded even than demoralized soldiers
namely, smallpox. That frightened
even rough handed rapacity away ano
venerable Drayton Hall, today famous
for it's wonderful gardens, was preserved
inyiolate. The knowledge OF the fate
that had overtaken the homes OF his
neiphbors. and which he felt that few
hours more would precipitate upon MI
own. determined Colonel Bull Calling
for kindling wood, surrounded by Ia
awestricken servants, he himself appIle'
the pine torch to his household gods
Pictures, plate, antique furniture, val
ned heirlooms-all were sacrificed saw
the small number which could be has
tily secreted by trusted slaves when the.
learned of his intention. 1t is related D.
an eyewitness that the stalwart plante
went tears of infinite sorrow as tn
sounds Of falling brick and crumblin
woodwork smote upon his ears Jus
back of the house is an ancient monu
ment erected to commemorate one
Cardinals colonial governors. an ances
tor of the doughty colonel IL was o
the base Of this shaft that the master {
; the manor sat and watched the destrut
!. ton Of his home.
We retrace our way along the ranl
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
KID GLOVES.
Interesting Facts About the Skins Which
Cover or Adorn the Hands


Interesting Facts About the Skins Which
Cover or Adorn the Hands
Barefooted boys and hens form Curl
GUS partnership in the making OF pair
OF fine gloves.
They work together in preparing the
skins for the hands of the fashionable
woman who rushes to the stores every
time new shade Of glove is announced
Thousands Of dozens of hens eggs are
used in curing the hides, and thousands
of boys are employed to work the skins
in clear water by treading ON them for
several hours.
When woman buys pair OF gloves,
she speaks of her purchase as kids
If the clerk who sold her the kid"
gloves knew the secrets Of the glove
making business he might surprise his
fair customer by telling her that those
beautiful, soft, smooth fitting kid
gloves came from the shoulders and
belly of a 8-weeks- old colt whose neck
was slit ON the plains of Russia, and
whose tender hide was shipped with
huge bundles of other colts hides to-
France, where they were made up into.
regard to the truth tell her that those
gloves in the other compartment once
darted from tree to tree in South Amer
lea ON the back of a ring tailed mon
KEY. And IL he made the rounds Of the
/ store and could distinguish one skin
from another he could point out kid
gloves made from the skins of kangaroos
from Australia; lambs or sheep from
Ohio or Spain or England; calves from
India, muskrats from, anywhere, musk
oxen from China and other parts OF
| Asia; rats, cats and Newfoundland pup
pies.
But the little Russian colt, the four
| footed baby from the plains where the
, Cossacks live, the colt from the steppes
| of Siberia, where horses are raised by
the thousand, supply the skins which
are the favorites at present with the
! glovemakers Experts say that the colt
skin makes better. stronger, finer glove
than real kidskin, and as the colt is o
little fellow only weeks old when he
il killed but small amount Of skin can
be made into gloves, so that the price is
about Ms high.
But, after all, the real kid, the live
" infant Of the goats which live In
France, Switzerland. Spain and Italy,
furnishes the best, finest and mot ex-
pensive gloves, and nearly 10000, 600
kids are sacrificed every year In order
that women and men may cramp their
hands in wrinkleless, delicate hued
gloves. Chicago Record
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
DispelIing an Illusion.

One of my readers wants to know the
correct pronunciation Of the word
"Ilapthony. 1t is always a painful
thing to me to dispel the prevalent IL
fusion that newspaper editors know ev-
erything, but owing, l suppose, to the
fact that was taught Latin and Greek
in my youth, when l ought to have been
learning the tongues of the living }
have grown up ignorant of the proper
accommodation of Llanthony. All l can
boast of is general idea that in welsh
most Of the consonants are vowels and
most of the vowels sounds which no
Englishman can hope to initiate. But
If any of my readers can throw any light
ON "Llanthony" shall be happy TO as
sist in spreading it. -London Truth.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16

of rare old trees. passing through the
ancient gateway, fit subject TOR poet 8
theme, into the open road. where we are
greeted by procession OF oaks as SYM
metrioal as those we left behind. Miles
Of moss fringed trees, their somber cur
tains swaying far above, and again
dropping so as almost to touch the earth
about their feet, continue even to the
cleared strip Of land Immediately IN
front of the bridge Opposite lies the
city, her cluster turrets and slender
spires outlined against the evening sky.
Asked how we like the oaks, we say
that they are beautiful. but all the
while we are conscious that they have a
charm of their own not to be interpreted
In words. Cor. New York Post.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
MARS, TOMS GRAVE.
"A Faithful Old Colored Servant Devoted
to His Late Master.

W
II saw pathetic instance at Greens
boro of a negro's fidelity" said w L
Williams, q travelling man. About teI
miles from the town | saw a grave wit
marble slab at its head. Seated nea-
1t was an old negro with a bunch OF
flowers which he was placing over the
mound. l stopped my horse and spoke
to him.
"'Whosc grave is that, nnaIer ask
ed.
Mars Toms, boss. I'ze bis nigga
"'Oh, no. You are no man S nigger
now. Didn't you know that you were
free?'
Dunno muffin bout dat, sab. I'ze
Mars Toms nigga, sab, an he's waitin
fob me suah up dab. Desc han done
tote i'm frum dat place dey call Shiloh,
an he died while | wah a.totin i'm.
Jest closed he eyes an went ter sleep,
an when / comes ter cross de ribber OF
Jordan he jest hole out his ham, all he
tells de angel at dc gate who be, an he
let me in. dreamed bout it las night,
boss
II was interested in the old fellow
and wanted to hear his story. The slat
at the grave told me that it was that Of
Colonel Tom VIM. killed at the battle
Of Shiloh, and questioned the faithful
negro further.
"'How oM - you, uncle?'
Most hundred, | reckon, sah
"'Was you in the WARP
"'Went wifi Mars Tom. sab. I'ze hi
nigga, an he's in heaben. I'ze jes
a-waitin till desc ole bones, weary trab
bling over de road, III take me ter d
ribber, when Mars Tom II help his oil
nigga ober.'
"'Wers you with him when he wa
killed.
"I was right dar, boss. Done pic
i'm up an toted i'm ter dat place de
call Corinth. Den found train; &c
ter de place dey call Chattanooga ID
mex day we wah in Atlanta Mars Tor
den in his glory. Dis heah nigga lei
ter ten his body. Dey buried i'm whe
got i'm heah, an dis nigga jest lef' Il
ten his grade an keep de flowers hyah
II found upon inquiry that the stor
was true, and for quarter Of centur
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
Moisture and Temperature.

A cubic foot of air at the tempera-
ture of zero (Fahrenheit) can contain
only 8 of q grain of water vapor; al
80 degrees it can hold Alb grains; AZ
65 it can contain 6.S grains, and at 10
it can hold Is. 90 grains of moisture I'D
suspension. These figures go to show
that summer air can bold at least nine
times the quantity of dampness that ar
can when reduced to the temperature OK
freezing. st. Louis Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
A Great Landowner.

A tourist was being driven over a
part of the country in Ireland where his
internal majesty appeared to have given
his name to all the objects OF interest
in the locality, for there was the Dew
IFS bridge, the DEVILS caldron' the
DEVILS glen, etc. Said the traveller:
"The devil seems to be the greatest
landowner in these parts.
"Ah, sure, your honor" replied the
harvey, "that is so, but he lives in Eng
land. think he's what they call an
absentee landlord in Ireland. London
Gaptlawomau.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
No Free silver Blmetaiiism.

The free and unlimited coinage OF sill
YER. when it does not preserve its parity
with gold, cannot be condition In true
h;notallism because In its effects 1t Is
directly antagonistio to the system.
Whenever practiced, It always results In
recommendation, and silver at that Such
is the case now In all silver countries
as Mexico and China. and such was the
case IN the United States In the 40 years
prior to 1884.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
Mr.. aearst Give. n library to Town.


The free use of perhaps the finest and
best appointed library and reading
rooms in the whole northwest was pre-
sented, with appropriate ceremonies, to
the citizens of the town of Lead, 5. d.,
OH Christmas night by Mrs. Phoebe A
Hearst, widow of Senator Hearst OF CAN
fornia. The library and reading rooms
occupy the third floor of new hall re-
Gently erected by the Miners union at q
cost of 500, 900 and contain in addition
to we'll selected stock OF literature, en-
bracing the leading periodicals OF Europe
and America, all of the paraphernalla
necessary to play the popular games now
in vogue. Once fortnight a free mu-
steal recital will be given in the main
reading room, Mrs. Hearst having en-
Moved librarian with EXCEPTIONAL
musical talent and sent, with the FUR
niture, magnificent piano for that pur-
pose. Chicago Tribune
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
Curran's Retort.

Curran's friend was tickled by tho
orators retort apropos of the jury sys-
tenn. The friend was Dragging of his at
tachment to it and said, with trial by
Jury / have lived, and, by the blessing
of God, with trial by jury will diep'
ooh" said Curran in amazement,
"then you've made mp your mind to bo
hanged, Dickp'
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
First Patent In America.

The first patent granted in America
was issued by the general court of Bos-
ton, March 6, l646, to Joseph jerks for
his invention Of a water wheel A fac
smile copy has recently been placed in
the patent Office.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16

The majority of grown people, as
we'll as the children. in ancient Rome
rarely lighted candle unless at dawn.
The bedtime In Rome. Athens, Egypt
and other parts Of the Mediterranean
shore was between 2 and 0 o'clock In
tie evening. accordina to the s,ason.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
Uncalled For Indignity.

"That's what call an insult to the
whole human race.
"What isp"
The first speaker pointed to North
Side butchers window, where, under
an array of calves livers, hung this
sign. "Get Your Brains Here. Chi
cago Tribune.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16

the faithful negro had done nothing but
attend the grave of his young MASTER
whose body he brought from northern
Mississippi to central Georgia. Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16
Good Advice.

Be sure you are right, and then stop
II there is any danger of your going
wrong. -Picayuna
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-03-16

The Indians called the French Broa0
river Tockyeste, the Little RoareS. 7"