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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-01
CHURCH NEWS.
Interesting Items Concerning the vari
Gus Churches.

Services next Sunday at st. Pntrick's Cath
Ollie Church, near Pilottown, Md, at 10 80 Il.
M, Rev. p. p. Arnd officiating
On and after Sunday the evening services
in the Presbyterian Church will commence at
eight o'clock instead of half-past seven.
The hour of evening service i'll Trinity
Church, Eikton, beginning with next Sun
day, May 2nd, will be O'clock instead of 73O
Rev. John McElmoylc will preach at Pier
son Grove school house sunday afternoon at
three o'clock. The Sunday school will meet
at two o'clock.
Mr.. Edward Walton and Miss Sadie Brown
represented OFT Sunday School ut the Della
ware State Sunday School Convention at Will
mington Friday, last week
Mr.. Walter b. Steele of the Theological
Seminary of Virginia will take part in both
services at the Church of the Good Shepherd.
Chesapeake City, on Sunday. May 2.
Service in st. Andrews (Goldsborough Mem.
oriaD Church, Andora, tomorrow Sunday
and until further notice, at 3 30 p. M instead
of B. as heretofore. Sunday school at 3.
A Bible study was held on Wednesday
evening at the Elkton NJ. L. Church in
charge Of Miss Amanda Ford. The subject
for consideration was Book of Proverbs. y
The exercises We're very interesting.
y meeting will be held in Bethesda NJ. f..
Church, near Cayotts Corner, Sunday. May
.. at 2.3O p. IN. for the reoreanizing of the
Sabbath School. Services will be held bv
Rev. H. A. G.. Westerlleld at p. m. All are
cordially invited.
On Wednesday evening next. May 5. the
monthly business meeting of the Epworth
League of the Elkton NJ. Il. Church will be
held. at which matters pertaining to the con-
ventioD to be held in Elkton May 26 and 81.
The Pre- sbyterian Sunday School of Zion.
reorganized for the summer on Sunday, by
the election of the following officers: SUPER
intendcnt, Edward Carhart: assistant, Milton
Campbell; Secretary and Treasurer, Cecil
Mackey: Organist, Miss Katharine Rutherford;
Librarian, Ernest F. Mearns.
The ladies of the Church of the Good Shep-
herd, Chesapeake City, will give Birthday
Party on May 3, at the Conrey store building
Those who have not sent money in birth
day bag will pay what they like at the door
Refreshments free. There will be geogra.
ply contest in which all can join, with an
attractive prize for the winner Everybody
welcome.
Rev. p. p. Reese, of Newton Presbytery.
New Jersey. has been received into the New
Castle Preshytery and has accepted a call to
Westminster Church, Georgetown, Kent
county, Md, and will be installed May II, at
7.30 p, IN. The Rev. Mr.. Moore, of Middle.
town. Rev. W. J. Fitz- Simon, of Zion, this
county, Rev. Mr.. Wiley, OF New Castle,
and Rev. Mr.. Lewis. Of Wilmington. will
take part in the installation.
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Woods OH Fire.

A fire started on Tuesday afternoon in the
woods on Bacon Hill south Of the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad,
short distance east of the tract that was
burned over "A few weeks ago. The railroad
company had number of track hands and
the floating gang from Perryville fighting the
fire; but little headway could be made in
stopping its progress, owing to the high
winds.
The fire was put out on Tuesday night after
burning over and badly damaging nearly
hundred acres of timber lard. Another fire
broke out on Wednesday morning near tho
same place but was put out by the railroad
section hands before much damage was done.
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have been so large that the men were com
PEELED to allow the fish to escape by thousands
in order to be able to land the seines. On
Saturday last herring were being sold at 20
cents Il hundred to country buyers. At these
points as well as on Spesutia Island the firms
are packing large quantities of fish. On
Saturday morning "A scow heavily loaded
with fish partly sank off Port Deposit and it
was necessary to lose part of the cargo in
order to keep the scow from going under.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-01

limited to ten. Several committees were
appointed to see after the varied interests OF
the club. Meetings will be held every second
Wednesday. the next meeting being May 5th,
nj the residence of Dr. J. H. lamar. The
name of the club is yet to be announced.
The club will take run this afternoon at 3
o'clock, meeting at the home of John Evans,
captain.
A second meeting of bicyclists was held on
Tuesday evening when the 'Elkton Bicycle
Club was organized. The officers chosen
are:-President Henry 4. Warburton: Secre-
tary, Rudulph Tull; Treasurer. Howard
Watson; Executive committee, Harlan Wells.
John Mackall, W. P. Constable, Captain. j.
Alfred Taylor. Red and light blue were the
colors adopted. 1t is the intention of the
club to secure uniforms and banners and thus
Toe able to startle the people of Elkton with Il
grand, Illuminated parade some evening not
far off.
Chas. G. Wells, local consul of the League
Of American Wheelmen, is endeavoring to
form an Elkton branch. The League does
good work in the interest of wheelmen in
securing better roads, guide posts and afford
ing them the protection their rights enttle
them to.
Howard H. Ash, foreman of the WH1G
Office, is now enjoying bicycling for all it is
worthhaving purchased an 'Eagler wheel
thisweek.
Ricketts, Nelson is great admirer of the
Rambler wheel and this week secured the
latest model.
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Mrs. NJ. A. Durney.

Mrs. NJ, \ Durney, widow of the late Dr.
Michael y. Durney. of the First district died
on Sunday morning at the home Of Hon.
David p. Davis, Judge of the Orphans Court,
in Cecilton, whose family she was visiting.
DR.. Durney's death occurred only two months
ago.
The funeral took place on Monday morning,
the remains being laid to rest in Xavier
Cemetery.
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by the election of Ricketts,
Nelson, President; Miss
Laura lamar Secretary; J.
NJ. Post, Treasurer; John
p. Evans, Captain. 1t was
decided that no active mem
ber should be under fifteen
years of age and that the
list Of honorary members be
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FURNACES Lighted.

For the first time for several years fires
were lighted at the chemical works in North
East on Wednesday morning for thee purpose
of testing the boilers and machinery. The
works will start in short time and be oper-
ated by the Cecil Chemical Company.
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have an unusually
large number of her
ing been caught. Ten
or a dozen fishing
boats or floats are
being operated be-
tween Port Deposit
and Spesutia Island,
all OF which are fishing
large seines. The
hauls during the week
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses were issued this week to:
John Sherman and Ada f. stebbings, both
OF Port Deposit; Harvey Steward, OF Provi-
dence, and Sarah Dick, of Cherry Hill; Joseph
P. W. McCleary, Of Fair Hill, and Eliza E.
Hammond, Of Baldwin.
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ScOWS Launched.

Two scows, each 100 feet long, were
launched at the Debert boat yards, Elkton,
on Monday. They were built for Philadel-
phia parties Two more lighters and two
barges, each 157 feet long, are now on the
stocks
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-01

ira; recitation, Miss
Julia Brokaw; solo,
Miss Sadie Ewing;
recitatio II, NJ i 5 8
Blanche Biles; quar-
tet, Messrs. Wesley
and Will Ewing and
Misses Sadie and
Bessie Ewing; n
play entitled "Pop-
ping the Question:"
Il voluntary recita-
ton by Mr.. Eidd,
and a defamation
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John BOyd.

John Boyd, II former resident OF North
East died at his home in Havre de Grace on
Friday last week. Hhe remains We're brought
to North East on Sunday and Inferred in
the NJ E. Church Cemetery The deceased
was the father of $. S. Boyd OF North East.
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Red Men at Church.

At the Elkton NJ. T.. Church on Sunday
morning the pastor Rev. A. $. Mowbray de-
Mattahoon Tribe, Improved Order of Red
Men, of Elkton, who were accompanied by
quite II large number of members of Little
Elk Tribe of Cherry Hill.
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DEATHS OF A WEEK..
Mis-. Pauline H. Whitney,
HENRY DECKMAN,
GEO. II. WARNER,
E. j. WARSER,
Committee.

Mrs. Pauline Hiliard Whitney. wife of
Frank 7. Whitney, of EIkton, died suddenly
on Tuesday at her home in Haverhill Massa-
chusr,ts
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"A Gambling HE'LL"

On the second page Of today's issue of the
WING appears story by J. Polk Racine, of
Elkton, entitled "A Gambling He'll and its
Terrible Consequences 1t is story with a
moral lesson and will be read with interest
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Mrs. W. j. Campbell

Mrs. w. j. Campbell, daughter of Mr..
Thomas Wright, of near Rising Sun, died on
Monday at her home near Fremont, Pa.
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OIL the ElktOn lrack on
Wednesday for pulling in
favor of Henry H. in the
sixth race Tu e s day.
Anent the Henry H. in
vestigation it was de-
cided that the sixth race
Tuesday night be declared
no race; that all bets be
declared off and tn e
money refunded. Fur
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-01
VivO Club.

The Nivo Club met the home of Miss Eliza
beth Reynolds on Tuesday evening. The pro-
gram consisted o music by the Ewing orcbes
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BICYCLING.
Two Clubs organized in Elkton,

AT meeting held on Monday evening at
the residence of William S. Evans, Esq, the
organization Of "A bicycle club was effected
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-01

on the death OF Benedict Arnold, Mr.. Charles
Hodgson. After refreshments the members
of the club adjourned to meet by special nvi-
tation at the home OF Mr.. Harvey Mackey.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-01
With the Fishermen.

The fishermen on the Susquehannh have
had an unusually good week. and especially
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-05-01

clrcllnS luere anu llylnS all
around. Verify, it seems
that everybody is in the bicy-
cling business and that every
body and their friends are
riding wheels. Wheels,
wheels everywhere and not a
horse around-will surely be
the mundane condition un-
less there is some stop put to
the craze. And what an i'm
portant factor the bicycle will
be in the political arena.
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ther investigation is to be made.
In addition to Jockeys Hinrichs and Nc
Gurk who were ruled Off the Elkton Race
Track on Wednesday J.Furlong and Frank ].
Mooney. alleged owner and trainer, respect
lively of Henry H. were on Thursday ruled off
for alleged completely in the Juggling in the
sixth race on Tuesday. The only other SEN
sation of Thursday was in tho fourth race,
when Reform. the winner, was disqualified
and his rider, A. Dorsey. suspended for the
balance of the meeting. Dorsey was charged
with using an electric battery.
~
A meeting was held on Monday night by
those interested in the Belmont Driving Asso-
citation of Smyrna, and it was decided to hold
the opening meet for 1897 on Wednesday,
May II. This opening will surpass anything
of the kind ever attempted in that vicinity.
The track is in excellent condition, and there
will be many fast horses entered. There will
be four races: First colt race for 3-year-olds
and under; second, 3-minute class; third, {. 40
Glass; fourth, free for all. In addition to
these races there will be special race be-
tween the crack flyers of the Peninsula,
Democracy and Maggie Russell.
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Letters Advertised.

ELKToN PosToFFIcE. Week April 26.
James Wilson, Alfred Thomas,
Miss Sarah Trainor, Frank D. Boyer,
w. Rennett. Jos. r. Williams,
George W. Shockley, John G.. Smith,
John Ferguson.
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With the Horses.

Jockeys McGuick and Hinrichs were ruled
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POLITICS. S==B1CYCLES.
The Cimcher Thinks About
Finn.
, IEnIl

"1S97'' is the banner bicycle season in Elk
ton, and never before has the Cecil county
seat seen so many wheels, dashing here,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-22
Em,.rmsns Perfumes.

Hyrrh, which was fahnloasly sippos-
ed to be the tears of MyrTha. who was
turned into shrub, was a plant Of
handsome appearance. with spreading,
fernlike foliage and large umbels OF
white flowers Il was found principally
in Arabia and Abyssinia- In early times
the perfume distilled from twas great
" in requisition for embalming.
Herodotus gives a detailed account Of
the ancient mode of embslming, which
is perhaps more instructive than pleas
ing. After the body had undergone
much preparation, which. to spare your
feelings, will not describe. IL was filed
with powdered myrrh. cassia and other
perfumes II was then STEPPED IN ma
tron, strong solution of soda. for 20
days After this it was wrapped in
bands of fine perfurned linen, sIneared
with aromatic gums
Not only people were thus eTnbalmed,
but the crocodiles Of Lake Moeris.
which, after their mummiication, were
decorated with ornaments and jewels
and laid in one Of the subterranean
passages CT the great labyrinth with
much pOmp and display. The sacred
cat, ichneumou and other cherished ami
mails devoutly worshiped by the Egyp-
tians were embalmed with scrupulous
and fanafical care On days special TO
the memory of the dead the mummies
were newly sprinkled with perfume, IN
cense was offered before them and their
heads anointed with fresh oil-in the
same spirit as we lay new blooms upon
the graves Of cur dead d--London Society
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-22

remember calling at the office Of a
great Par.sian newspaper with u friend
who wished to have rectified state
ment published in it concerning him.
When our business was made known,
we were ushered into a handsomely
furnished room on the first floor. Seated
az desks, without a trace OF pens. ink
or paper OF Of anything in literary
way except some new novels. together
with few packages of cigarettes. were
two gentlemen whose appearance made
a considerable impression on me- They
were faultlessly dressed in deep black
(the duelist's color) Each had the rib
bon Of the Legion in his buttonhole.
their long jet black mustaches were
waxed out TO q poir. as fine as
needles, and there was "A tho whole
manner, their voices, the r gestures and
the expression of their eyes and mouths
an indescribable something that pro-
claims the man who at one time or an
other has worn q uniform These were
the fighting editors, with whom evil
IDENTIFY the pen was not mightier than
the sword They were civil. however.
and consented to the rectification OF tho
paragraph. AS fighting was their trade.
they looked at it in a purely business
way and only went cut when the de-
mands maGe were too unreasonable TO
be entertained / fancy that they some
times fought in defense of articles they
had never even seen.-Cornbili Maga-
zine
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Mother Goose.

The most popular children's book
ever written was Mother Goose s
Melodies " Mrs Goose, OF Mother
Goose, " as she was familiarly called.
was the mother in law Of Thomas Fleet
a Boston printer. early in the last cen
tury When his first child was born
his mother-ln-law devoted all her at
tention 10 the baby. and, it is said.
greatly annoyed Fleet by her persistent
and not particularly musical chanting
Of the old English ditties she had heard
IL her childhood The idea occurred 10
Fleet Of writing down these songs and
publishing them in took form The
Oldest extant copy bears the date Of
1913 The price marked on the title
page was two coppers. This account
Of the origin Of Mother Goose" is dis
credited by some critics, who declare
that in 1897 Perranlt published "Contes
de ma Mere rOye," or Stories Of
Mother Goose The name Mother
Goose" was familiar in French folk
lore. being used by writers Of this lit
erature over a century before the time
of Perrault-
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Antieholera Vaccination.

Anticholera vaccination originated
about I2 years ago with DR.. Ferran, a
Spanish physician. His vaccine of eight
drops Of a cholera culture mixed with
bile was used with many misfortunes
upon %. 600 persons. but gave sufficient
encouragement to lead TO Hafkine's ex-
periments, which have proved so sue
cessful in India Hsfkine employs
attenuated cholera bacilli, followed a
few days later by virulemt cultures.
Equally good results from the use OF
dead cholera bacilli-killed by either
heat or chlCroform-are now claimed
by Kolie, who gets the same effects by
Simply using somewhat larger doses Of
his less terrifying preventive. Compara-
tive tests have shown that the blood of
the vGccinated individuals is now 200
times as potent in resisting cholera in
fection as that of the unyaccinated. As
evidence Of the effectiveness of modern
methods Of dealing with cholera the
fact is mentioned that il has had 500, =
600 victims in Russia since 1892. while
i'll Germany, including the Hamburg
epidemic, its deaths have been but
5000. The disease seems destined soon
TO become as obsolete as smallpox.
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Minor Items.

A great many farmers from the north
OF the county attended the State Fair, held
at JOhnstown, during last week. Sever
al of them had exhibits on exhibition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Solomon Korns, who
were married at Wellersburg. this coun-
ty. by Rev. Benjamin Knepper. eelebrat-
ed the fiftieth anniversary of their mar
riage. on September 5Ih. at their home in
Unionville, Mo.
Mrs. Willis Ankeny, Of near sipesville,
is critically III.
Jack Frost has visited several points in
this county during the past week, but up
until the present time has done no dam
age. Corn is ripening fast. and some
farmers have already commenced TO cut
it. The crop will be large one. and all
should he harvested during the coming
two weeks.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-22

Here is first view Of the sultan as
Mrs Max Muller sees him. She de-
scribes il in her Letters From Constan-
tinople:"
The green enameled and richly
gilded baTouche comes in sight, drawn
by two glorious black horses covered
with golden harness. driven by a man
in bright blue and gold livery. and on
each side the grooms in blue and gold
and every man in sight. naval. mill
tary, civil. master or servant. in the
all pervading but all becoming fez
''In the carriage sits a small yet
stately man, IN a simple cloth military
overcoat. with 10 order or decoration Of
any sort. only his curved sword and
fez like the rest His large booked nose
proclaims his Armenian mother. his
piercing eyes are raised TO our window
as he passes. but his face is still and
immovable, and he salutes no one,
though his whole person has a swaying
motion, so faint that il may only be
caused by the swaying movement Of the
carriage Opposite his imperial majesty
sits Osman Ghazi, the hero Of Pleyna,
almost his only intimate friend. whom
he trusts implicitly"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-22
Rishon Coxe'- Wiz

Bishop Coxe's wit was as quick as
his memory On one occasion, being in
a slight railway accident, the bishop
had lower berth on one side of a car,
the corresponding berth on the other
side being occupied by Presbyterian
minister. At the time of the concussion
neither was hurt, but both were thrown
into the aisle, their heads hitting to-
gether
Church unity" said the Presby-
terian divine.
Not entirely. "said the bishop. rails
ing his hand to his heart. Church
unity 10 be complete must be Of tho
heart as well as OF the head "
Another time a very lovely elderly
lady happened to mention to him that
she was a second cousin Of that dis
tinguished but unprincipled man,
Aaron Burr II wish, Z" said the bishop
quickly, that you had had as good a
cousin as he had. George Alfred
Stringer.
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a Roland For III. oliver.

1t is said that Professor John Stuart
Blackie often told ION himself, this
anecdote, which seems 10 indicate that
personalities are not agreeable, even 20
those who deserve criticism
This genial old professor used to
form a very picturesque feature in the
Edinburgh streets he was wiry old
patriarch, with handsome features and
hair falling in ringlets about his shoul-
ders. No one who had seen him could
possibly forget him.
One day he was accOsted by very
dirty little bootblack with his "Shine
your boots, sir!''
The professor was impressed by the
filthiness Of the boys face.
Il don't want shine, my lad" said
he. "but if you'll go and wash your
face I'll give you sixpence. "
"a Ticht, sir, was the lads reply.
Then he went over to a neighbnring
fountain and made his ablutions. Re
turning, he held out his hands for the
money.
"Well. my lad" said the professor.
you have earned your sixpence. Here
it is"
'Idinna want it, auld chap" return
ed the boy with lordly air. "Ye can
keep it and get yer hair cut
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-22

On bis first visit 10 Aberdeen IN Eng
fish commercial traveller, having receiv-
ed some marks Of kindness from one Of
It's inhabitants, exclaimed III an offhand
way On his departure:
''If at any time you or any Of your
people come up TO London. don't put up
st a hotel, but come to us.
''Oh, thank ye." replied the Scot la
conically. and away the soDthron went
Six months passed. and the English
man had long forgotten the incident,
when, to his surprise. he received one
morning the following note:
NV DEAR FRIEyD-As myself, my wife and
four children are coming up &c London for =
fortnight. We viii Be glad TO avail ourselves
Of your kind Invitation
Facing the situation with unquestion-
able courage. the southerner put him.
self to unutterable Inconvenience TO ac-
commodate his guests He took them
everywhere. paid for everything. and
at the end Of the stipulated time they
announced their departure. The host ac-
companied them to the station and in
the fullness Of his gratitude at the ex-
odus invited the father to have a part
ing drink
Come along. old fellow. What is II
10 be-whisky and soda, as usualf Two
Scotches and soda, please, miss Z"
INA, nar' replied the Scot solemnly
Name O. that Ye've been vera guid to
me and mine durin the last FORTNIGHT
hae ta'en Us everywhere end paid for
everything Ma. ma; we'll hae toss
for the last London Answers
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The Black Maria

In Boston's early days a negress
named Maria Lee kept a sailors board
ing house near the wYter front She
was a woman Of gigantic size and pro-
digious strength and was of great as
sistance to the authorities in keeping
the peace. When an unusually trouble
some fellow was on the way TO the
lookup. Black Maria. as Maria Lee was
called, would come 10 the assistance Of
the policeman, and her services were in
such requisition for this purpose that
her name was associated with almost
every arrest made.
Black Maria often carried prisoner
to the lookup on her shoulder. and
when the prison van was instituted for
the purpose Of carrying prisoners it nat
urally enough was styled the Black
Maria--Journal Of Education