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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13
The Cecil Telephone and
Telegraph Company
OF CECIL. COUNTY,

The lines of the Company extend to all!
parts of the county, and connection is soon
to be made with the cities. Its present
subscribers are
/ National Bank of Elkton
Canal Once Chesapeake CITY,
) I. j. ClcaVcr's Residence, ChcsupcakC CITY.
7. j. Clcaver,s Oncc, Town Point
Ekton Il. l.. x p. Co.
Second National Bank of Elkton
S II. Ninsingcr's Store Elkton
8 Clerks Once, Elkton.
T. Singerly's Olicc, Elkton.
ID Davis y Nnsingers Mill, Elkton.
IA X. c. Lewis Store, Elkton.
10 Harvey's Mill. Childs.
Ii Cherry Hill Exchange.
II Aims House.
Is North East Exchange
20 Keys IL Miller, Elkton
% i. p. Pr IS Store, Elkton.
% Cecil ID, hocrat Office.
"a j. III. Stcees Office, Chesapeake CITY
% J. II. Steeles Residence, Chesapeake City.
"a J. II. Stceles Office Bohemia Bridge.
q +. X. Scott's Residence, Elkton.
. Cecil Wing Office, Elkton.
| 30 w. Il. Warburtons Residence, Elkton
81 c. X. Maxwels Store, Elkton
~ X. Il. Jamars Residence Elkton.
81 Freight Office, P.,W & b. II. r., Elkton.
81 ]. s. Wirts Residence, Elkton.
81 County Commissioners Office, Elkton
| IS Scott Fertilizer Co., Elkton.
80 w. s. Evans Office, Elkton
Al Mrs. ii. j. X. Creswell's Residence Elkton
AZ Register of Wills Office, Elkton
4. Chesapeake City Exchange.
J AZ Jail, Elkton.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

Plants require food and drink, and they
have their preferences as to the kinds de-
sired If improper foods are supplied the
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

Diseased wood on tree can never be
made new again. Cut it off and allow
such wood remains on the tree adds 10 the
liability of losing the tree.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

1t is not best to milk COW too close to
the period of calving. She should be al
lowed to 20 dry for six weeks at least, as
she should not be taxed to produce milk
during the last few weeks 1t must be the
duty of the farmer to feed such cows very
carefully, as milk fever may result If they
are made very fat.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

Live stock on the farm makes the farm
capable of giving profit. The animals
provide market at home for large share
OF the products and permit of selling in
concentrated form that which would other
wise be too bulky to haul.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

The Southdown sheep is not as large as
the Oxford Or Shropshire, but it still holds
its place at the head of the mutton breeds
for quality of meat One thing in its favor
also is it's hardness and ability to forage
over fields where the larger kinds are not
well adapted. Where the common flocks
are to be improved it will be an advantage
to begin with the Southdown, as a change
for the better will be noticed the first sea-
son.
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SPRING MILLINERY.

From pIesentap-
pearances the fash
ions in millinery
are to be as varied
as they have been
all winter, ana no
one particular style
will be absolute.
The English walk
ing hat will be
quite as much in
favor as it has been
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

To get clean Strawberries use cut straw
or salt hay under the vines, which prevents
the sand or dirt from adhering to the fruit
and also protects against loss of moisture.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

The inch of rain may appear as very
insignificant quantity, but it means over
1000, 900 gallons of water on every square
mile The plants pump large quantity
and give it off to the air, and much is
evaporated from the surface. 1t requires
but a few inches of rain to produce crops if
it could be retained in the soil.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

A bare soil loses nitrogen, and that is
where the error comes in when advocating
a bare farrow to restore fertility.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

Never use graft from tree that is in
the least degree unhealthy. Any neglect
in selecting the gratis may result in the
destruction of the orchard.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

Those who raise vegetables to sell should
grow as great variety rs possible. Do not
depend on only one crop tomatoes, for
instance--but include beans, peas, early
onions early cabbage, etc. There is too
much risk of loss when single crop is
grown, not only from drought but from
insects, which may attack certain plants
without disturbing others.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

DO not attempt to cover big field with
a little pile of manure. Reverse the pro-
ceedings.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

Finds us fairly busy.
Every day orders are
taken for IS trousers.
They will hold their
own side by side with
any ST pair you get
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

The most of the work required with early
lambs is before the farmer becomes busy.
February and March are the months when
the lambs come and they require but few
weeks attention before they are able to
help themselves. A piece of land that is
Of but little service may be given over to
sheep upon which they will thrive with
but a small allowance from the barn. The
land occupied by sheep never becomes
poorer, but is sure to be improved.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-03-13

Hatch the pullets for next year as early
as can he done, so as to afford as long time
us possible for them to grow and mature
before November, and to have them begin
laying before winter sets in.
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STEAM YACHT RACE.
The Enquirer Defeats the Path
finder for the 5000 Cup.

CHICAGO, July 29.-The race for the
5000 cup between the steam yachts
Pathfinder and Enquirer, from Chicago
to Milwaukee, started at 9:20 this morn
ing. The race aroused much interest,
and the passenger steamers Virginia
and Christopher Columbus, which ac-
companied the racers. were crowded
from stem to stern The start was made
one mile from shore. The Enquirer OBJ
tanned a slight lead, which was main
tanned for nearly seven miles of the
course. when the Pathfinder gradually
overhauled her. AS the seven-mile mark
was passed the racers were neck and
neck.
The Pathfinder is owned by F. w.
Morgan of Chicago and the Enquirer is
the property of W. J. Connors of Buff
falO.
WAUKEEGAN Gn.), July 29.-The
great race between the steam yachts
Pathfinder and Enquiry has ended in a
victory for the Buffalo boat. The Path
finder gave up the contest when off this
point and turned back for Chicago.
When the racers passed the Bluffs
here they were rather indistinct, but
We're making great time. Soon some
thing seemed to go wrong on the Path
finder. and after that the Pathfinder
fell astern rapidly.
Summary: Enquirer, HOSE; Path
finder, 11:10.
Not many minutes after this time was
taken the Pathfinder put about, appar-
entity giving up the race.
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ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
Observed by Astronomers in Vari-
Gus Parts of the Country.

ST. LOUIS, July 29-The partial
eclipse of the sun was observed here
this forenoon from 1:25 to 9:32 o'clock.
According to Rev. Ira r. Hicks, an as
tronomer, it was the best he had ever
seen. He said: 1T was a peculiarly
beautiful exhibition. l do not remem-
Der an eclipse in my experience that
seemed so full of magnificent action.
My telescope showed violent pertur-
bations. To the southwest appeared an
enormous sun spot, with a black chasm
at its center into which, like nodding
plumes. the waves of fire seemed to
fall. Toward the northwest of the
giant spot, and just above the line of
the moons pathway, were two smaller
spots of similar description
These indicated unusual activity in
the sun, due to a season of storms on
that planet
THE earth always feels the effect of
extraordinary sun perturbations, and 1
predict we shall have storms and cleo
trical displays-probably to-night-as
a result of the solar disturbances.
CHICAGO. July 29-The Yerkes tele-
scope at Lake Geneva was not in work
ing order to-day. No eclipse observa-
tions of particular value were made in
the vicinity of Chicago.
BELOIT (Wis.), July 29.-The eclipse
of the sun was plainly discernable in
this city at the Smith Observatory.
Professor C. A. Bacon made very sat
isfactory observations. A mist pre-
vailed at the time that prevented some
calculations in regard to the lunar
mountains.
BOSTON, July 29.-Rain fell here all
the forenoon and it was impossible to
make any observations of the eclipse of
the sun at Harvard Observatory.
SAN JOSE. July 29-In regard to the
solar eclipse the following comes from
Lick observatory:
The contact was observed usually
and the phenomena photographed.
ID. S. HOLDEN"
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Office, he discovered that his predeces-
sor had approved the accounts for the
five remaining Benson surveys" and
had sent them in, all amounting to
$4,000, of which $50, 900 was for sur
veys and $4,000 for other claims, to
the Treasury Department for payment
as soon as an appropriation might be
available. This was also done against
the protest of the Inspector Commits
sioner.
Commissioner Hermann caused the
agents of the Interior Department to
conduct an investigation. Benson, with
attorneys, urged Commissioner Her
mann to let Commissioner Lamoreux's
approval of the accounts stand Ben
son finally proposed a compromise.
This compromise Commissioner Her
mann entered into, and by the terms
the surveys were to be made over
again, and when approved by the
agents of the Land Office would be
paid for. The United States for the
time being agreed not to prosecute civil
suits to recover money which was
paid out Of the Treasury on fraudulent
claims.
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The Effects of Imagination.

Here is another plumbers story.
which was left over after the conven-
ton of few months ago:
Several years ago L had a job in
the cellar of an uptown house" said
the man who tells the tale. land it was
long and dirty one. The water pipes
connected with big steam heater were
badly out of order, and it was a dusty.
choking sort of job. 1 had to get in the
heater part of the time, and on one
occasion | developed a throat dryness
that almost strangled me. I looked
around in the half light for something
to drink, and caught sight on an OUT
of-the-way shelf of a number of bottles.
l grabbed one and shook it, and knew
that it was full, yanked out the cork
and drank the stuff at one long gulp.
AS let go / noticed there was a label
on the bottle, and taking it to the
feeble light that came through a coal
chute window, j deciphered it. Merci-
full Moses! It was a bottle of a famous
vegetable compound, which is especi-
ally designed for the relief of ailine
persons of the other sexl And I had
taken it all in one dose.
Il turned painfully sick In a mo-
ment. l knew L must be fatally pois-
oneu, ana fancled they might not find
my bloated remains in that dark cellar
for many weeks. ] was too sick even
to call for help. sat down on the
coal pile and groaned and trembled.
Then insulted nature came to my re-
lief
When l felt a little better I deter
mined to Investigate those bottles.
took them down one by one. Some
had labels; most of them had none.
Pretty soon L grew daring enough to-
sample one of the bottles By George,
it was nothing but mineral wateri Yes,
and every blessed bottle there was
filled with the same thing. 1t appears
that the mineral water had been re-
ceived in q cask, and they had drawn
1T, for convenience, in such empty bot
ties as they had on hand. And I
wasn't poisoned after ALL
$50 much for the effects of a lively
imagination. n."-Cleveland Plaindealer.
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Popular Science.

The average walking pace of a
healthy man or woman is said to be
seventy-five steps a minute.
1t is said that the patterns on the
finger tips are not only Interchangeable
through life, but the chance of the finger
prints of two persons being alike is
less than one chance in sixty-four bill
ions.
Among the animals which surpass
man in the ratio of brain weight to
body weight are the following: Among
the Rodentia squirrels and mice, among
the Primates many New and Old World
monkeys
The bottoms of the Pacific between
Hawaii and California is said to be so
level that a railway could be laid for
800 miles without altering the grade
anywhere This fact was discovered
by the United States surveying vessel
engaged in making soundings with the
view of laying a cable.
Important papers, maps, charts and
good engravings can be successfully
preserved by brushing a very thin coat
ing of India rubber solution over their
surface. This is perfectly transparent.
and if an important document is var
nished with it on both sides 1t will be
protected for an indefinite period
against the effects of damp, while the
writing will remain clear and unfaded.
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BENSON CONTRACTS.
The Interior Department Trying to
Dispose of Them.

NEW YORK, July 29.-A special to
the Herald" from Washington says:
The Interior Department, under the di-
rection of the new Administration, has
undertaken to dispose of the Benson
contracts, which had their beginning in
the seven years from 1878 to 1885
in California and other Western States.
These disputes consisted in false sur
veys, which cost the United States
more than 81 900, 900.
Commissioner Lamoreux had pre-
pared an estimate to go into one of the
appropriation bills for $4,000 to sat
isfy all the remainder of the claims in
these fraudulent surveys, but Secre-
tary Francis would not approve the
estimate, and it was not submitted to
Congress.
When Binger Hermann succeeded
Lamoreux as Commissioner Of the Land
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CIVIL SERVICE RULES.
MCKINLEY PROMULGATES SEW
ERAL AMENDMENTS.
Employees of All Custom-House
Offices to be Included Within
the Classified Service.

WASHINGTON, July 2S.-President
Mckinley has promulgated the follow
ing important amendments in the civil
service rule II:
mo removal shall be made from any
position subject to competitive exam
ination except for just cause and upon
written charges filed with the head Of
the department or other appointing Of
ficer, and of which the accused shall
have full notice and an opportunity to
make defense
He has also amended rule II so as to
include within the classified service the
employees of all custom house offices
without regard to the number of en-
ployeS. Hitherto the classification en-
braced customs offices where the num-
Der of employees was five or more. This
order brings into the classified service
sixtyfive hitherto unclassified customs
offices.
The President has also amended rule
VI, making exceptions to examinations
so as to read as follows:
Custom house service: One cashier
in each customs district, one chief or
principal deputy or assistant collector
III CetC1I CuSlOIIlS Ollc
deputy collector at each SUPPORT or
station.
internal revenue service: One en-
ploye in each internal revenue district
who shall act as cashier or chief dep
uty or assistant collector, as may be
determined by the Treasury Depart
ment; one deputy collector in each in
ternal revenue district where the num-
Der Of employees in the office of the COL
lector exceeds four; one deputy coll
lector in each stamp office or branch
office.
Appointments to the positions nam
ed in this rule in the custom house
service and in the internal revenue SER
vice shall be subject to an examina-
ton to be prescribed by the Secretary
of the Treasury to be approved by the
commission, equal to the examination
held by the commission for positions of
like grade. Such examinations shall be
conducted by the commission in ac-
cordance with the regulations"
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ARMOR PLATE BIDS.
Secretary Long Rejects the Offer
of the Companies.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-Secretary
Long has rejected the offer of the ar
NOR companies to supply the diagonal
armor for the three battleships, Ala
bama, Wisconsin and Illinois, now
building at a price to be fixed hereafter
by the Navy Department.
The companies made this offer under
the impression that as the armor of this
kind is certainly within the hull and
superstructure of the ships, the failure
of the Government to procure it would
stop the work of the shipbuilders en-
tirely. Therefore, while they refused to
furnish all of the armor needed at the
price fixed by Congress, they undertook
to supply the diagonal armor, leaving
the price afterwards to be adjusted.
Secretary Long, however, had found
that it will be possible to go on with
the work of building the ships and al
low the armor to be put on later.
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Genius and Stature.

We may safely conclude from the fig
Jres that the faith cherished by many
that nearly all great men are little
a very venerable faith, as indicated by
the ancient sayings collected in Bur-
toms Anatomy of Melancholy" con-
cerning great wits-is absolutely incor-
rect Some deduction must doubtless
be made in view of the fact that our
general population, while the majority
of men of genius belong to the edu-
Gated classes. This deduction would
tend to equalize the two extremes; but
that it would destroy the slight pre-
eminence of the tall men of ability is
perhaps indicated by the fact shown
by the Anthropometric Committee, that
the stature of ninety EIGHT Fellows of
the Royal Society (who from the pres
ent point of view may be counted as
men of genius) was nearly half an inch
above that of the professional class to
which they usually belong. AT the
same time it is clear that the belief in
the small size of great men was not
absolutely groundless. There is an alb
normally large proportion Of small
great men, 1t is mediocrity alone
that genius seems to abhor. While
among the ordinary population the vast
majority of IS per cent. was of middle
hight, among men of genius, so far as
the present investigation goes, they are
only % per cent, the tall being Al per
cent. instead of 16 and the short 81
instead of 16.
The final result is, therefore, not that
persons of extraordinary mental ability
tend either to be taller or shorter than
the average population, but rather that
they tend to exhibit an unusual tenden-
cy to variation. Even in physical
structure. men of genius present a
characteristic which on other grounds
we may take to be fundamental in
them; they are manifestations of the
variational tendency. of a physical and
psychic variational diathesis.
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Weinst0Ck Lubin C Co, 4OO-4I2 Street, Sacramento

Rivers. Quebec; Wilbur S. Glass, South
Dakota, at Keha, Germany; George H.
Jackson, Connecticut, at Cognac,
France, Hugh Pitcairn, Pennsylvania,
at Hamburg, Germany; Ira B. Meyers,
Indiana, at ST. Johns, n. B.; Benja-
min Nusbaum, Pennsylvania, at Mu-
mich, Bavaria; John N. McCunn, Wis
consin, at Dunferline, Scotland; Mi
chael J. Burke, Illinois, Consul at Port
Stanley and st. Thomas, Canada; Ed
ward d. Winslow, Illinois, to be Consul
at Stockholm, Sweden; Hezekiah A.
Gaudger, New York, at Panama, CO.
lombia; James Y. Johnson, New Jer-
sey, at Sheffield, England.
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There are certainly at least two types
of short men of geniuS-the slight, frail,
but fairly symmetrical type approach
ing what is called the true DWARF, and
the type of the Stunted giant Ga type
also to be found among dwarfs propeD.
The former are fairly symmetrical, but
fragile; generally with little physical
vigor or health, all their energy being
concentrated in the brain. Kant was
of this type. The stunted giants are
usually more vigorous, but lacking in
symmetry. Far from being delicately
diminutive persons, they suggest tall
persons who have been cut short be-
low; in such the brain and viscera seem
to flourish at the expense of the limbs,
and while abnormal they often have
the good fortune to be robust both in
mind and body. Lord Chesterfield was
a man Of this type, short for his size
thick-Set, with a head big enough for
a Polyphemus"; Hartley ColeTidge car
ried the same type to the verge of Carl
cature, possessing a large head, a
sturdy and ample form, with ridicu-
lously small arms and legs, so that he
was said to be 'indescribably elfish
and grtesque.'' Dryden - ''Poet
Squab"-was again of this type, as was
William Goodwin; in Keats the abnor-
mally short legs coexisted with a small
head. The typical stunted giant has
a large head; and such stunting of the
body has, indeed, a special tendency
to produce large heads, and therefore
doubtless those large brains which are
usually associated with extraordinary
intellectual power.-Havelock Ellis, in
July Nineteenth Century.
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FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS.
The President Makes Public Nomi-
nations for Consular Service.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-The Presi-
dent has made the following appoint
ments in the Consular Service:
Church Howe, Nebraska, Consul at
Palermo; Luther w. Osborn, Nebraska,
Consul General at Apia and Nukualofa,
Tonga; John n. Ruffin, Tennessee, Con-
sui at Asuncion, Paraguay; A. H. By
ington, Connecticut, Consul at Naples,
Italy; Samuel L. Taylor, Ohio, Consul
at Glasgow, Scotland; Gustave c. We
Der, Ohio, Consul at Nuremburg, Ba-
varia; John I. Bittinger, Missouri, Con-
sui General at Montreal, Canada; John
Jenkins, Nebraska, Consul at San Sal
vador; William 7. Louvelle, Ohio, at
Belfast, Ireland; William p. Smith,
Missouri, at Hull, England; Griffith w.
Prees, Wisconsin, at Swansea, Wales;
Urbain ]. Ledos, Maine, at Three
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A Pessimist and No Patriot.

'1s it possible" exclaimed the aston
ished man in the bicycle suit, THAT
you can say that you have no reverence
for the flag of your country when you
think of all it has cost to place it in
the proud position it occupies?"
Il don't care dern," retorted the
old gentleman with the long beard and
the Bryan button. "S'pose you think
fer a minute what them son-in-laws OF
mine has cost, fer instance; but that
don't make them none the less no-ac-
counter than they air. Indianapolis
Journal.
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AN EDITOR KILLED.
Meets With Death While Attend
iug a Church Conference.

MONTGOMERY (Ala.), July 2S--Ed-
itor Patterson of the Argos" the col
ored paper here, was shot and killed
shortly after noon to-day in the Co
lumbus- street Colored Baptist Church
A conference was in progress at the
time, and the admission of Brown. the
deposed pastor of the Dexter-avenue
Baptist Church, was under discussion
Paterson opposed Browns ADMISSION,
and Stokes, pastor of the Columbus
street Church, favored it. Hot words
ensued, and Patterson struck Stokes IN
the face. The report of pistol was
heard. and Patterson fell de-A Several
arrests have been mate, and there Is
great excitemen among the negroes.
THE WEEKLY UNION - THE BEST
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A Marked Improvement.

Yeast-My wife has acquired the BIZ
cycle face.
Crimsonbeak-Well, I congratulate
her. 1t can't help but be an improve
ment on her other one.-Yonlers
Stat teSnan
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G1l5!sEi2!l I!l:|ls COB
Odd Goods,
Odd Prices.

Navy Blue Yelling, SC yard.
Women's Colored Silk Gloves,
T4c.
Misses Black Silk Gloves, I2c.
Women's Tan Cotton Hosiery,
I6c.
Cream or Black Ruching, &c.
Women's Teck Ties, &C.
Children's Sailor Collars, &c.
White Embroidered Lawn
Bows, I3c.
Butter Colored Laces, II inch,
&c.
Chamois Kid Gloves, 68c.
Women's Ok Blood Hosiery,
Ioc.
Low Neck Sleeveless Vests, I6c.
White or Ecru Lisle Vests, 28c.
White Lawn Aprons, 28c.
Women's Silk Vests, lace trim
med, 4Sc.
Gros Grain Ribbons, Il inch, SC
yard.
Gros Grain Ribbons, 2 inch, SC
yard.
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Kind Old Lady-To what do you at
tribute your uncomfortable appetite for
strong drink? Is it hereditary?
Weary Walker-No mum; IT'S thirst
Philadelphia Record.
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In Chicago.

Chicago Girl-Grass doesn't grow un-
der our feet, I can tell you.
Another Girl-How lovely Saves
the price of lawn mower.-New York
Journal.