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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-12-03

While going from the post office in Mid
dletown to his carriage the venerable former
Governor Cochran slipped on the ice and
sprained his ankle.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-12-03

The present snow storm has been very
severe on the cartridges, and numbers have
died from the cold and hunger.
The Pusey & Jones Company has con-
tracted with the Port Richmond h Bergen
Point Ferry Company to build a side. wheel
ferry boat.
Lewis Stevenson and W. W. Pussy, Of
Pokomoke City, Nd, may die from the effects
of eating the leaves Of poisonous plant
which they supposed to be tea leaves.
james, alias "Whitey,' Mitchell, serv-
ing flveyear sentence at New Castle Jail
for robbing the residence Of Henry G. Ban
ning and who recently tried to escape by
holding up Warden Gould with revolver,
will apply for pardon.
The question of the purchase of Chester
town waterworks from Senator Charles T.
Westcott has again come to the front. Mr..
Westcott offers the entire property for
1923 ,000 and shows in a statement covering a
period of five years that the property has
given net income of $1,000 per annum.
MIR. Westcott is himself President of the
Board of County Commissioners, and Messrs.
Brice and Dodd, the other two members OF
the Board, will select six business men Of the
town and make thorough vestigation
before taking any action in the matter.
DIR. Samuel S. Brickey veterinarian OF
the Maryland Agricultural College and Ex-
pertinent Station, has been actively engaged
for the past week or ten days making spe-
cial investigation upon the so-caled new
horse disease which has been prevalent in
Maryland some time. AT present there is an
epidemic in the vicinity Of the Agricultural
College, and DR.. Buckley has eight or ten
serious cases now under observation. He is
collecting material for study, and would be
pleased to hear from any persons who may
have horses sick with this disease. The dis.
ease has been described under the name OF
cerebro-spnal meningitis, the cause of which
is unknown. Last winter this disease was
prevalent in various portions OF Worcester
county. The first appearance OF any alb
normal condition in horse affected with
this disease is lethargy or stupefaction
Brain disorder is also a symptom of the dis
ease. The recovery of an animal which has
once been attacked is very rare case, and
DR.. Buckley reports that Of the cases which
he has diagnosed every one has proved fatal.
OF the county schools contributing to the
Lafayette memorial fund for Maryland
Cecil county up to date has made the largest
return, the amount being $50 OF. The list
up to the last report by Joseph NJ Cushing.
treasurer of the fund, is as follows;
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-12-03
DON'T Neglect Hou- r.,y.c.,

Liver troubles quickly result in serious
complications, and the man who ncSlects his
liver has little regard for health. A bottle
of Browns Iron Bittcrs taken now ami then
will keep The liver in perfect order. If the
disease has developed, Browns Iron Bittcrs
will cure it permanently. strength and
vitality viii always follow it's use.
Browns Iron Filters is sold By all dealers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
PARADE OF THE SEVENTH CORPs.

The people of Savannah would be much
eratihed if Gen. Lee would have parade
of the Seventh Army Corps through the
city at an early day. The locations Of
the camps are such that the corps could
be marched through the city with very
little fatigue to the men. Hundreds OF
men, women and children walk from the
city to the most distant camps every day,
and regard it as only agreeable exercise.
BY entering the city over the Thunder
bolt road and retiring from 1t by way
of Bull street the route would be easy
and pleasant and the men would proba-
bly, enjoy the occasion quite as much as
the citizens.
A paraGe Of the kind suggested would
be made a red-letter day in the local call
endar. 1t would be a jubilee. Not
peace jubilee" of the kind that some
cities are tumbling over each other to
have, but a military jubilee In honor of
the army of occupation which is going to
Cuba to keep the peace. The parade is
not wanted for advertising purposes.
What Savannah wishes is to see this great
army, made up of men from North,
South, East and West, marching shoulder
to shoulder to the inspiring strains of
The Star Spangled Banner" and Dixie"
There are not great many persons in
this part of the country who have ever
seen a military parade of more than
regiment. Some of the older citizens of
Savannah, of course, remember wildly
the scene when Gen. Hardee marched his
10000 worn and weary Confederate de-
tenders across improvised bridges over the
front and back rivers and into South Car
DINA thus evacuating the city, and that
other scene when Gen. Sherman marched
in his army of occupation, 10000 strong.
But that was a long time ago, and the asso-
ciated memories are painful. The march
of Lees men would be under much hap
pier auspices, and would leave only pleas
ant memories.
A parade of the Seventh Corps through
Savannah, besides being a pageant to stir
patriotic blood, would be an object lesson
Of more than ordinary interest. At the
head of the army would be Fitzhugh Lee
an ex-Confederate. Next in command
would be ]. Warren Keller and Francis
" Greene, ex-commanders of Federal
troops in the war of secession. Following
them would come a few other veterans
from both sides of our great civil war and
tens Of thousands of sons of veterans,
once divided by sectional lines, now unit
ed for home and native land. This army
would move through the streets of one of
the most famous of ex-Confederate cities
And Old Glory would float over all! 1t
would be a sight to be remembered during
ones lifetime.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
A Pastel In Prose.

And it came to pass that the Children Of
Ohio left their native heath and jour
neyed into a far land, writes Hobart in
the Baltimore American.
And the Children of Ohio made up a
great multitude and they were even as
the sands of the seashore for frequent
ness.
And as they journeyed unto far land
they smiled one upon the other, saying,
'Ha, ha! Bill won't do a thing! He is
of us and we are of him; therefore, Bill
will not do thing. o maybe!'
And the way was long, but the Child
rem Of Ohio grew not weary, neither DID
they get feetsore, for the glory of a great
hope buoyed them ever up.
And It came to pass that the Children
of Ohio encamped before the gates of the
City of Refuge in the Land of Promise.
And their leaders sailed forth into the
City that they might hold sweet con-
verse with William, who was of them,
and of whom they were.
And loi al the entrance Of the House
of the Marble Heart there stood one
Porter the Penpusher.
An6 Porter the Penpusher looked upon
the leaders of the Children Of Ohio with
scorn, and he spake unto them, saying.
Wherefore didst thou not bring the en-
tire population? You are all more than
welcome, believe me not!"
And the leaders of the Children of Ohio
made answer and said: Behold! the IN
tire population waits in patience at the
City's gate. Trot our your seats of the
mighty and your Offices in high places, for
10! we have heard of Guamrl"
And Porter the Penpusher was fain to
dissemble for he questioned the leaders of
the Children of Ohio saying: ''What
wouldst thou with Guam?"
And the leaders of the Children of Ohio
made swift answer and spake, saying.
I'VE woud'st have much with Guam!
We wouldst be its postmasters, its
janissaries, its grand viziers, its shelks
and its tax collectors Give, oh! give us
Guam, for we hunger and are athirst!'
And Porter the Penpusher trembled as
with the dance du ventre, and he ex-
cused himself, saying: II will go unto
William, who is of you, and OF whom
you are, and will say unto him that we
wait for Guam and the guamness thereof!'
And he went.
And 1t came to pass that Porter the
Penpusher returned with flying feet, and
he communed with leaders of the
Children of Ohio, saying: Somebody has
been stringing you! Guam is but fly
speck on the surface of the universe, and
would SINK nenealh the weight OF the
Children of Ohio, William, who is of
you, and of whom you are, bids me say
unto you thus: There is but one office
in Guam, and that is inhabited by a
boilermaker from Frisco, with 654, 3A, 90S.
$50 $40, 465,O01 applicants already on the
waiting list. Therefore, pull your freight
And 10! the Children of Ohio sat in trib-
ulation by the gates of the City and sang
their cry of lamentation unto the listen
ing stars: 20 cruel throw-down and o
green's oodsed Guam! And, likewise, o
harsh-toned word that rhymes with
Guamr
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
BRIGHT BITS.

1t was wild day in the Cortes. 81 ask
you how" demanded the ministerial dep
uty, driven &C a frenzy by the assaults of
the opposition, I'VE are to curtail running
expenses?" Don't run so muchr' shouted
a Carlist deputy. And amid cries of
Viva Espana!' the. session closed.-De-
troit Journal.
The youngster had been tantalizing
and bothersome all day, and finally when
patience had ceased to be a virtue his
mother caught him and laid him across
her knee. "Of course" she said to her
self as the slipper descended this is done
purely for his good, but at the same time
l must admit that it is considerable salts
faction to me. Chicago Evening Post.
Association of Observation-Disclosures, !"
said Stint, who had been in a brown study
for several minutes, what Is the name of
that British general they have been maxi
ing so much fuss over?" Kitchener, ism I
it?" responded Civilians. That's it," ex-
claimed Stint, deiightedly. Kitchener!
That brings 1t Dip all right. I know now
what it was my wife asked me 10 attend
to this morning. She wanted me to adver-
tise for cook. Chicago Tribune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
SALARIES FOR SOLICITORS GENE.
RAJ

The impression at Atlanta is that there
will be very decided opposition to the bill
which provides that solicitors general
shall be paid salaries instead of receiving
fees. The impression is undoubtedly cor
rect. In many of the circuits the solicit
tors make a great deal more than it is
proposed in the bill to pay them, In
few of the circuits they make, in all prob
ability, twice or three times as much. But
in those circuits in which the solicitors
make more than $1,000 from their offices,
the work they do is much greater than
in those In which the fees do not amount
to that sum.
1t Is unfair that the salaries in all the
circuits should be the same. The salaries
should be graded. The circuits in which
the number of criminal cases is large
should pay higher salaries to the solicitors
than those in which the criminal business
is small.
The author of the salary bill no doubt
is under the impression that the state
would be the gamer if his bill were to be-
come a law. Ii is very doubtful If the
fees would pay the salaries of the solicit
tors. Hundreds of cases are now prosecu-
ted which, IL is safe to say, would pass
unnouced If the salary system prevailed.
Still the salary system has its advantages
and in a majority of the circuits of the
state-circuits which have very little Grim
inal business--it would likely give more
satisfaction than the fee system. There is
so much complaint of the fee system it
might be advisable to give the salary
system trial.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
How He Saved His Melons.

''was it hot out there" the Detroit Free
Press says the old resident asked of the
man who had just returned with his fam
lily from Arizona.
Hot? l raised watermelons out there,
and do you know what happened when it
began TO warm up?"
Ibid you have to sit In the middle of the
patch with a shotgun and have bulldog
patroling the fence line?"
Nav. Guess again?"
Ibid the vines grow so fast that they
dragged the melons, and did you have to
smooth the ground so that the rind
wouldn't be worn off and the fruit de-
stroyed?"
ooh, somebody has been telling you one
of those big Western fairy yarns. You
ought 10 have, sense enough to know that
the melons couldn't be dragged by the
vines. But did have to bore a hole in
every watermelon l wanted to save"
mo. What was that for2'
Because the heat was SO awful 1t gen.
Grated steam in the melons and we had TO
give it vent or they'd explode. And when
the holes were bored the burned things
blew off just like steam whistles. When
dozens of them of all sizes got to going az
once it sounded about like all the boats on
the river footing when the boys came back
from the war. 1 have ears like an artil-
leryman now and have to listen mighty
careful to hear it thunder"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
Bill in venice.

"Haw exclaimed Georgia, a visitor in
Venice, as his gondolier and cicerone
swung his craft around the corner and up
a side street by deft twist of his oar
says the Philadelphia Bulletin.
"Haw courteously echoed his guide
without the slightest idea of what he was
ha-ing at.
What approacheth the portals of the
royal palace yonder?" demanded the pas
senger.
list visitation of the aurora borealis?
Is't our Venuyius awakened, angry, afoot,
and on evil mission bent? Beholdest thou
the object of my attention, cicerone? Ris-
ponde! Yon glittering glare, yon binding
gaze, which tortures the eye as pitilessly
as though 1t beheld the glories' of a
million suns, each with its retihue of a
million others-tell me, cicerone, is't the
end of all things which approached the
palace or ist thy Humbert's American
golf stockings being borne uncovered
through the lagoon by the royal laun-
dress?"
"Ha! thouirt silent. gondolier, Chi tace
confessal"
For several minutes Alessandro, Condo
lier of the Rio San Felice, was silent. Then
in a twinkling he became just perfectly
lovely in his contempt
chi tace your grandpa! ne CALCULATED.
"Chi risponde presto, ga POGO! Know then,
oh, son of Naples, that that which frets
thee to the point of discourtesy and irrev-
erence for our Humbert, is neither a con-
clave of the planets nor hosiery. Moth
ing, thou ordinarily most charitable of be-
ings, but the German Emperor arrayed in
sackcloth and ashes, with spirit debased,
with meekness and lowlness enthroned in
his soul, on a humble pilgrimage to the
Holy Land, Chi tace forsoothp'
And as Georgia. a visitor in Venice, fell
back upon the cushions, he also fell to
meditating as to what the German En-
peror would look like should he ever take
a notion to dress up.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
Personal.

Ian Maclaren, who is to lecture In the
west next spring, is said to intend remain
ing in this country for at least year
-Chauncey f. Black, who was reported
blind, has undergone an operation in Phil
adelphia, which. it is believed, will re-
store his sight.
Though Thomas B. Reed holds the re-
cord for length of consecutive service In
Congress, Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois,
has served in all two years longer than
MIR. Reed.
H. w. Berthrong of Arlington, Mass,
who has been put in charge of the Jus
toms service at Manzanillo, Cuba, has been
connected with the customs service for
twenty-eight years.
The career of James ]. Hill, the North
western railway magnate has been thus
summarized: Age, so; parentage, Scotch
Irish; birth. canadian; initial salary, so
cents day; present income, 5000 day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
Proud of Himself.

Pulpit orators in San Francisco are not
unlike the shifting sand, says the News
Letter They change rapidly and oc-
casionaIly become soggy. At present the
most prominent preacher in the city IS
the Rev. Charles Edward Locke, a bright
and shining ornament Of Methodism who
holds forth in the Central Church.
A week or two ago DR.. Locke was being
shown through Grace Church by an Epis-
copalian admirer. Gazing interestedly at
the stars painted on the ceiling. the Wis
itor inquired If they had any special sig
nificance.
oh" was the reply. you know what
the Bible says: He made the stars
also.
"Ah," commented the Methodist parson
DO you know the difference between
your church and ours?'
'Oh don't know" said the Episcopal
adherent, doubtfully. what is it?"
you put your stars in the ceiling. We
put ours in the pulpit" was the enig-
NAUTICAL answer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
Open Field For Carpet-BRggers
From the Philadelphia Ledger Qnd.).

The United States cannot acquire the
Philippines without opening a new and
alluring vista for the American car
pet Dagger" The American political
spoilsmen will assuredly find among
the Malays and the nondescript tribes
men of these distant isles fresh fields and
pastures new. The Generalization pro-
duced by thrifty demagogues and con-
scienceless spoilsmen in the South during
The reconstruction period but family fore
shadows what must inevitably happen in
the Philippines when our expansion" pol
icy Is In fun swing in those regions. The
puzzling problems of self-government
have not been successfully solved in many
portions of the United states, as it ex-
listed before the Cuban war. Official cor
ruption, provoking revolt and instruction
among ignorant millions. is certain to run
riot in the Philippines II we become re-
sponslble for them. Why invite this dis
grace? Let them so.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
The North Carolina Situation.
Memphis Commercial-Appeal Dem).

All this has been brought about by
Democratic apathy which permitted the
control of the state to fall into irresponsi-
bic hands. Rivalry among Democrats
which kept them from voting because they
could not name the candidates; treason
on the part of Democrats who abandoned
their party and joined the negroes for the
sake of office. If there is one thing which
should be settled for all time it is that ne
gro rule is not best and that it will not
long be tolerated. 1t is not best for the
negroes themselves. 1t is provocative Of
corruption and chaos. Ii is a blight on
prosperity, a drawback to effort and a
hindrance to progress.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
CAMPAIGN LITERATURE.

Campaign literature of a purely personal
kind is being manufactured in New York
at an astounding rate just now. The
past of public men is being raked up in a
way that is calculated to make those whose
records have blots on them to remain in
the background.
Even the once silent Croker comes to
the front now and then with a charge
against this or that man who has had the
temerity to attack him or Tammany. Re
Gently Mr. Elihu Root. well
known Republican lawyer, said
something salty about Mr.. Cookers
action in turning down Judge DAILY, who
refused to allow the patronage of mis- ju-
dicial office to be disposed of by Tammany
Mr.. Croker at once called attention to the
fact that Mr.. Root was at one time the
counsel of the great municipal thief
Tweed Harpers Weekly few days ego
called attention to the way places of vice
are tolerated in New York under Tam
many rule. Mr.. Croker Immediately re-
piled that one of the Harpers was present
at the celebrated Seeley dinner. These
are only specimens of the purely personal
matters that are being introduced into
the campaign. These matters do not in
fluence voters, but they interest and amuse
the people. The fact that Mr.. Croker is
talking so much is causing a great deal
of comment. He is no longer regarded
as a silent man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-04
A SMALL ECONOMY.

The proposition to reduce the salaries of
the associate members of the Railroad
Commission is not one that ought to com
mand the approval of the legislature 1t
is about certain that a reduction of the
salaries of the associate commissioners
would result In lowering the standard of
the commission. The present associate
commissioners would, in all probability,
resign, and it would be difficult, if not
capable men at the salary proposed.
The Railroad Commission should be com
posed of men of integrity and a high order
of ability. The railroads want that kind
of men and so do The people. Inferior men
in such responsible positions are certain
to do injustice to the railroads or the pub
lie. Lacking the capacity to do what is
just they blunder, or permit themselves
to be used either by the railroads or by
shippers who demand concessions to which
they are not entitled or by spectators in
terested in depressing the securities of the
railroads
If the legislature is anxious to reduce
the expenses of the state government let
1t provide for biennial sessions of its own
body. The people would be far better off
with only one session every two years,
and by that arrangement about $4,000 a
year would be saved to the treasury.
There is now altogether too much legis-
lation. Each legislature is occupied the
greater part of Its time in repeating the
laws enacted by Its predecessor and in
passing laws that are never enforced. In
pretty nearly every state in the union the
legislature meets only once In two years,
and in most OF the states the sessions are
comparatively short. There is nothing in
the condition of affairs in Georgia that
demands a session of the legislature every
year. If the legislature were to provide
for biennial sessions we are inclined 10
think that the people would be better sat
sfed than If the way for lowering the
standard of the Railroad Commission were
opened by cutting down the salaries of
the associate commissioners.