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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
SAMB0'S MISTAKE.

Miss Jackson" he began, as he re-
moved his hat and scraped his foot as
they met on the street, 81 done hab dc
happy facility to meet up wild yo' de
odder night n de cahc-wa,ll."
eyes, sab" she softly replied.
"Nhat first distracted my attenshun
to- o' was yo'r purtiness, he continued.
at was de gincral opinyun yo' was de
nandsomest gal in de hall In fact, yo
oushone de shiniest of dat vast aggre-
cation oh sinners"
She bowed her thanks.
"Nhat next distracted my attention
was go clothes and style. One glance
prognoticated de fact dat yo was BON
lady. felt dat me an yo' was two
eagles 'mong a lot OBJ crows. Does yo'
anticipate de suit OBJ clothes had on dat
night Made to order, an cost me seben
dollars. Coat-tails had de reg lar New
York droop, am dat celluloid collar Jest
i,owned all dc Washers down. More
dan one hundred pussons called me a
swell.
ebay an night de fought OBJ yo'r
millifous lubliness filled me heart like
de music OBJ a camp meetin'. Wen !
was decoratin de walls oh Marse Jones
barn wild dc white-wash, fought yo'
an Miss Cleveland was de most eXcrut-
attn lubly ladies in de worl, like de
angels IN de Sunday School books, on'y
dey amt beautiful brack like yo' is. Yer
showed too dat yo' lu5ed me, fur shore. y
She looked blankly at him.
She bowed again.
"rerhaps yo' percolated de remem-
brancc dat squoze yo'r hand, Miss
Jackson, an yo' must have observed dat
it was my intenshun to ambulate few
remarks when interrupted by dat very
common m undistinguished pusson
known AIS"
"My husband, sah!" she icily inter
rupted.
cot, Mis-, Jackson, but go AMT done
married to Moses philIips?'
"Two weeks AGO, sah.'
"An' yo' ain't Miss jackson no MOI"
"Nu mo, ,ah."
"Deu dun bin fool"
! Eyes, sab.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
"Huh! Scuse me, please. Reckon

"Huhl scuse me, please. Reckon |
made a mistake. | see now whar it was.
| got yo' mixed up wild EvangeIine
Thompson, dat purity, stylish young lady
dat was de bell oh de occasion a called
fo'orth de undisgused admiration oh de
gigantic assemblage. Yes, | recollect
yn'. Yo' was walliin' around on de
elbow Oh Moses Phillips, an people was
was a.sayin' dat vo' had bombazine
dress dat b'longed to yo'r grandmudder,
an Moses done had par oh trousers
mace out oh blanket. Good day, Mrs.
Phillips S cuse my bein mistook."
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
Gus drug,

Those who have attempted to grow straw
berries in single stools and keep down the
runners know that il means constant work,
Us for every runner cut of two seem to
start out the next day. When the plant
loses a runner it makes an effort to more
than gain the loss BY setting out the
plants II inches each way, checked like
corn, the hand wheel hoe will keep the
weeds and grass down. The next year one
row may b. removed, working with horse
which will leave the rows - inches apart,
the plants being matted in the rows, and a
horse hoe or pony cultivator being used.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06

in liquid form to be taken internally,
usually contain Mercury or Iodde of
Potas>1, or both, which are injurious if
too long taken. Catarrh is a local, not a
blood disease, caused by cold and damp
weather. 1t starts in the nasal passages.
Cold in the head, if repeatedly neglected,
results in catarrh. Ely's Cream Balm is
the acknowledged cure iorlheac troubles
and contains No mercury nor any inuri-
Gus drug.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06

1897

The Paper of the People,
For the People and with the People.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06

Mother and daughter, aged s, were
sewing together, the daughter doing
dolls things as earnestly as the mother
did hers "MIary," said her mother,
run into the other room and bring me
another spool Of white thread. )"
"Cherk" said Nary. "Don't you think
| am jus; as lazy as you Chicago
Times-llerdld.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
7 he IOressnnake1,
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''She is beautiful.

81 saw her full in the face, and such
eyes never saw before in my life. But
you have not yet told me who she is"
'Well, then, most Gastidious of bach
elors, know that the paragon you just
met was none other than the Adele
Graham, my dressmaker."
adele Graham" repeated Clarence
Hope thoughtfully. 81 have heard that
name before surely" he added. "She
is not the daughter of John Graham,
who, when visited Clinton years ago,
was wealthy banker?'
"The same. Then Adele was mere
child When she was IS, her father
became a bankrupt and soon after died.
Mrs. Graham struggled along for some
time, and so Adele went to the city and
learned the dressmaker's trade and re-
turned here about year ago and opened
an establishment of her own. OF course
all her OLD friends patronize her and
treat her kindly, but you know it would
be impossible to receive her. And thus
ends your romance"
Clarence Hope was bachelor-a tall
handsome man of about 80. He had
just returned from a European tour, and
being decidedly wealthy was considered
great CATCH" He had come to Gin
ton to visit his mothers only sister, Mrs.
May, widow, the mother OF Nellie May,
one of the prettiest and yainest girls in
Clinton.
Nellie was more annoyed than she
was willing to admit to think that her
handsome cousin, OF whom she had so
often spoken in terms of the highest
commentator to tie members of cher
set" should be attracted by poor Adele
Graham, the dressmaker.
Clarence paced up and down the porch
for half an hour or more, putting away
on his cigar.
"Clarence, come here" called Nellie
from the library.
Clarence threw away his cigar and en-
tered the library. Nellie sat before her
writing-table. holding in her hand a bit
H.. '''s
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
RARE OPPORTUNITY.

Stock and Fixtures Of a gen
eral Country Store for sale,
doing a 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, 1897-02-06

1t is too soon and too cold to have the
sows farrow. If young pigs come they must
be kept in place where they cannot be-
come chilled, as the pig that is stunted at
this season will not be worth keeping.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-06
Fishing Shore 10 Rent.

with its i hts an Irlv''>~ nj Waite Banks
ia m Nat. oH ,ba HsIirhuuua River. Tor
mlrs rrrt.I Jay !. N"E tu.tur. Possession
.l"an u".t1,..r. lWtlc$ desiring to rent,
p.ny-y .trDlrtu
RECEIVERS OF MCCuLLpUGu IRON co.
Equitable Building, Wilmington, Del.
oct II,
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-02
NONE OF HIS TRIBE SURVIVES.
A Dead Parrot of Variety That Has
Been Extinct for Fifty Years.

The Smithsonian institution lately has
mounted the rarest bird specimen in
this country. The new acquisition is
an extinct parrot from Philip island, a
little spot of land between Australia
and New Zealand.
Nestor, as he is called from his gray
head, has been extinct for nearly half
a century. The Smithsonian specimen,
which is the only one known in this
country, was buried for many years in
garnet down in southern NewMeXi-
co. During the worst of the hard times
Nestor's owner, a Mr.. Hopes, of Organ
City, bethought him to realize on his
worldly possessions while he could still
sell them for gold and knew what he
was getting. lie sent his rare parrot
which then looked little the worse for
wear and tear, to the Smithsonian in
stitution, but, disheveled as the bird
the institution could not raise the price.
The deal might have fallen through.
but just before the election DR.. w. l.,
Ralph, of Utica, n. Y, wealthy pri-
vate collector, and "A very good friend
of the institution, came through Wash
ington, and, hearing of the Smithson-
ian's desire, bought the specimen and
presented it to the institution. just
what he paid for it does not matter. 1t
was a bargain. Great auks sell as high
as 81 500 each.
Nestor productus, which is the rare
birds proper name, is an inoffensive-
looking bird, olive gray as to back and
wings, with pale yermillion necktie
and a red and yellow waistcoat. The
most remarkable thing about him is g
long, cruel-looking beak, which is one
sign of his close relationship to the fla
nous sheep-killing parrot of the Alps
Like the great aux, this unfortunate
fowl owes its extinction to the sailors
who hunted its whole family to death
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-02
TWIN OFFSPRING OF IGNORANCE
Hysteria and Superstition Flourishea IN
Europe During the Middle Ages.

uvsteria and Superstition Flourished IN
Europe During the Middle Ages.
Mental diseases, and especially hys.
terra. have, from the earliest tunes 10
tbe present, exercised tremendous III
fiuence upon the current metaphysical
conception of the universe ana upon
the whole mental development, and that
precisely because they not only oe-
Cured sporadically, but, as we snail
soon see. attacked the masses in the
form of epidemics and SO became oil
the highest significance and Importance
for the life of society as whole.
Religious enthusiasm and pronehess
to the mystic and the occult formed
even in the highest antiquity, an I'M
portant factor of those degenerate ana
historical individuals who entertained
the delusion that they were In comma-
nication with good or with bad spirits,
and who by that channel influenced the
masses not little. A great number oil
the priestesses who delivered oracular
RESPONSES to the Greeks with strong
auaking of their bodies" were psyche
pathic subjects undergoing the hyster-
zeal commissions well known to us to-
day. Hence epilepsy, which in those
days was not Disseminated from hys'
terieal cramps, came to be called the
morbus saceo, or sacred disease. Plu'
tarch, in his description of the PythiaH
priestess, delineates the typical image
or a hysterieal subject who, in eestatiG
CONFUSION, stammered mere unintelli'
gible words, into which the priests in
tected some sense. But hysteria, will
its inclination to religious enthusiasm
was not limited to separate persons. Or
the contrary, we meet with it among III
peoples and in all periods of history
and among all peoples we meet with il
in the form of epidemics of various
kinds. But never did this disease find
a better or more fertile soil in which te
thrive than in the middle ages oil
northern Europe, marked as they We're
by ignorance and superstition, and
accordingly, we find that epdemics o.
hysteria then assumed dimensions sur
passing those of any similar outburst.
| in other centuries. A great many fine
books have been written about the in
dividual and epidemic crazes of those
ages. The French have made partieu
| larly careful researches into the mat
| ter.
Calmeil describes great number oil
hysterical epidemics of different forms
One of the principal eruptions in Ger
| many was demonomania or teufuls
VAIN. "In the year 1549," says Calmeil
"a delusion called vaudoisie prevailed il
| Artois, that the devils carried many
secretly in the night to the assemblies
where compaets were made with Satan
Without knowing how, the participants
of the nocturnal meetings found them
selves next morning back in their dwell
| ings."-Popalar Science Monthly.
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-02
HOW FOSSILS ARE FORMED.
Processes by Which Nature Petrlfies AMI
NAL and vegetabl Life.

In his second lecture on the "Arehi-
lecture of the Earth's Crust" at the
Boston Society of Natural History
rooms, A. W. Graham accounted for the
petritication and preservation of min
eral, animal and vegetable matter.
The shells of animals now found at the
seashore will ultimately be buried in
the crust of the earth, which is formed
principally of conglomerates, sand
stone and shells All the fossil shells
that are so common in the cliffs along
the seashore were buried there before
the beginning of the present geological
period, while the cliffs were soft mass,
covered with water. During the proc
ess of petrifieation of the sand and in
terror of the shell was dissolved and
there remained an empty cavity, but
gradually rain water penetrated
through the valves, carrying into the
shell soft mud, which hardened and
assumed the exact form of the interior
of the shell. Under some conditions
| the animal matter, which is to be found
in all natural shells, decays and gradual.
| ly the pores are filed with lime and tho
shell becomes true petrification,
Again the shell may decay entirely, but
the inside cast, formed by the mud, can,
not be dissolved and new substance is
| formed around the cast by the action OF
the water. And as the mold flor so Is
called the formation in the cavity oc-
casioned by the dissolution of the SHELF
has received the exact outside impress.
sion and the cast has the inside impress
sion, there is formed true copy Of the
original shell. Those counterfeit fos-
sils are usually formed by quartz, q
mineral composed of pure silica.
The lecturer showed specimens OF
petrified shells, wood and vegetable
some of which, he said, were thousands
OF years old. While there are fossil,
that are generally accepted as petrifet
wood, there is in reality no such thing
for the woody matter is decayed, par
ticle by particle, snd is replaced by
quartz. The process is so slow and del
ieate that the character OF the WOOD
may be noticed in the new formation
and one can tell what kind of wood il
was. Mr.. Graham showed pieces o.
slate which, as could be distinctly seen
were formed from ferns. - Boston
| Transcript.
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-02
ORIGINAL SQUIRREL HUNTING,
PoKed Out of Their Hoiss with Sticks and
Bagged by the Dozen.

1t reoires nimrods from the Jersey
shore to hunt in an original manner
and the following tale portrays new
and decidedly unique method of killing
squirrels. Recently Rolly Smith and
David Hill, two well-known hunters OF
Jersey Shore Junction, shouldered theii
guns and started out in quest OF SPUR
rels on Shore mountain, famous re
sort for Mr.. Bushy Tail and his kin il
that section of Lycoming county. Nary
| a squirrel could they find for some time,
but finally Smith saw big, fat, black
fellow running along the ground, and
when he blazed away at it the agile ro
dent slipped like a flash into hollow
| tree trunk lying on the ground, and
when the hunters tried to get at it from
one end it slipped out of the other
end and made for a good-sized tree
| which it scaled a distance of Is feet
| and pumped into hole. Then some
| thing unique occurred. The men at
| the bottom of the tree heard the chat
tering of many squirrels, which ap,
peared to be in consultation, for finally
one big, gray squirrel popped its heac
| out of the hole and peered at the hunt
ers with quizzieal air, and then disap-
peared.
The hunters saw game ahead. Hill
| abandoned his gun, and arming himself
with stick, which he stuck in his belt,
| commenced to climb the tree. Reach.
| ing the hole, he clambered on branch.
Then poling the stick in the hole he
| began to scare the squirrels out, and
| out they did come, everyone of them
big, fat, juicy black and gray fellows
to the number of Is. Smith on the
ground below had great sport knocking
them over as they tried to reach the
next tree, and succeeded in baggins
every one of them.
But something else was to follow,
The banging of Smiths gun made q
terrible noise, and awakened to sense
of danger something more than com
mon, ordinary squirrels, for just as Hill
was about to descend he became con
scious of pair of savage bright eyes
glaring at him from the hole, and this
apparition was supplemented by body
covered with bristling hair. 1t enlisted
a savage snarl, and the sight wasn't a
| pleasant one to witness at such close
quarters. Hills hair became suddenly
erect, and he had that sinking feeling,
for wild with fear he cried out: MY
| God, it's q eatamount!' and with a
| Jump he landed on terra firma and start
ed to run. He was halted by a report
| from Smiths gun, and returning to the
scene of his fright saw an object come
tumbling out of the tree to the ground,
while Smith, convulsed with laughter,
managed to articulate: "Davy, Dayy,
it's only an Observation-Disclosures
Times.
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-02
Monkeys as EIy-Catchers.

An interesting fact known to stu
dents of natural history was touched on
by a gentleman who has given consid-
able attention to the study of monkeys
and their antics. Mr.. Austin is the
gentleman referred to. Zone of the
most peculiar features about monkeys
aside from their faces-is their abili-
ly to catch flies. Fact. Ever been in
barroom? Why, of course. We'll,
you've seen a lot of flies on the counter.
and maybe you've seen a man trying
to scoop them up with his hand. If YOU
watch the man you win find that he
puts himself to a great deal of trouble
to do the work. He will pull up hil
sleeve, bare his wrist and lunge vicious
~ at the gathered knot of flies. Chances
are he won't get any, but instead will
knock over half dozen glasses in the
attempt. The monkey beats the man
ut the game. Every time he goes for a
Hy it's a ten-to-one shot that the flv il
caught. The monk simply reaches for
The fly in thoughtleSs, absent-minded
fashion peculiar to him. II looks es
hough thought Just strikes him that
lies are good. Out stretches a hand.
He doesn't rush it or swipe around like
4 dog chasing his tail, but goes about
I'D digniied way. He only uses two
fingers but the fly is caught. 1t isg
pipe eineh that the monkeys catch nine
}ut OF ten flies they reach for, and don't
.eem to try TO When they do it.'-N. @
Iimes-Demoerat.
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-02

At times of severe frost many per-
sons, not skilled in the use of thermome-
ters, report remarkably low tempera-
ture; these are often due to the Their
lnometric liquid having partly evap-
Grated from the main column and con
densed at the end of the tube farthest
from the bulb, the thermometer then
reading just as many degrees too low
as there are degrees of spirit at the top
of the tube. Good thermometers are
just as liable to this error as common
ones, and, therefore, every one using a
spirit minimum thermometer must be
on the alert. Generally the owner can
restore the thermometer without send
ing il back to the maker. Grasp the Their
mometer firmly, resting finger on
the tube so that there be no vibration,
and, holding the bulb downward, give
several strong pendulous swings; this
viii usually send the spirit from the
top, and send the index into the bulb.
Stand the thermometer bulb down
wards for an hour. then reverse it,
and very gently shake the index out
of the bulb, and let it slide TO the end
of the column, when the thermometer
will he as good as NEW. Y. Ledger.
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-02
bicycling and yYomcn,s Feet.

1t is curious to see how the bicycling
craze has already altered the size of
ladies' boots. Year after year doctors
have been preaching against the high
heels and the compressed toes of tho
French shoe. They have preached, but
they have not been listened to; and all
sorts of little limps and shuffles have
got to have a kind of vogue, and girls
have treated their toes as disrespectful-
~ as If they were their waists And
now comes the bicycle and sets things
right. The myth of the very small foot
is being exploded. Indeed it was al
most inevitable it should. When you
see almost level with your eye q thing
you were accustomed to look at far
beneath it you get true idea of its
size, A girls foot on pedal, now
common wayside object, shows that
good-looking girls have generally
fairly proportional feet. There has
come a reaction against the Chinese
deformity, and a sympathy with ma
ture, You can not pedal with n foot
IKE the castor of a pianoforte. II you
10 you risk your life, or, what is more
thought of, your appearance And so
fashion PUSHES in where physicians
may not tread. But the doctors bear
no malice. Indeed, they order the b.
cycle for their patients, many of them
oenig surgeons as well as physicians
Westminster Gazette
The Van Buren press., 1897-01-02
BARRIERS IN INDIA.
Men Sit Comfortably on Their Homo Ve-
randas to BE Shaved.

randas to BE Shaved.
The barber of India is man of much
importance. lie has no shop and does
not solicit customers by signs or sym.
bols. The Hindoo barber is a man of few
words. His principle is a silent tongue
and strict attention to business. If the
tourist in India observes closely the
stream of life seen on the streets, he will
now and then notice a man of quiet de-
meanor strolling along near the bazars,
carrying a small bag or roiled-up bun
die under his arm, apparently not very
solicitous of the attention of the pass
crs-by. This is the Uindoo barber. liz
does not, like his Chinese compeer, ring
bell or utter any cry. Quietly he goes
along, more like philosopher than a
shaver of men. But, despite the fact
that he has no shop and lacks pomp, he,
however, holds a distinguished posi-
ton among his countrymcn.
The Hindoo barber visits certain fame
lilies regularly every morning. The
servant announces his presence and he
comes in with salaam and n morn.
ing habit" You sit down comfortably
out on the veranda. The barber unrols
his little bundle, displaying two or three
razors, pair of scissors a small iron il'
strument to cut the nails, Il piece OF
leather for stropping and little brass
cup, which he fills with cold water
hot water is rarely used. lie carries no
l,,t,Cb for 1nfI hp fara ftpr
stropping the razor he wcts your face
and commences his shaving operate
A few light touches of the razor, hard
ly felt, and the whole thing is done i'll
less time than it takes to tell it. After
shaving he rubs the palm of his hand
over your face two or three minutes
In this manner he polishes your face TO
such degree that you are surprised
when you look IN the glass; in fact,
your own face would make a fairly good
looking glass for some other person.
For his daily services he receives 70
cents a month. A single shave is one
cent, and the charge for hair-eutting is
from two to four cents.
The barber is also the village sur
geon. He performs the bleeding, cup
ping, and undertakes surgical opera
lions. 1t is he who bores the girls ears
and noses for putting in rings Where
| there are no professional match-mak,
| ers, the barber acts as go-between IN
marriages. No religious rite can be per-
| formed without the presence of the
family barber. At the birth of child
the barber carries the good news to the
relatives of the family. He plays an
important part at wedding, it being
his duty to dress the groom. On the
occasion of funeral the barber shaves
the heads of the living and the dead.
SO great is his power and influence in
religious ceremonies that a Hindoo
mcurner is not considered clean until
he is touched by barber.-Cincinnatl
Enquirer.