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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1898-01-13

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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-03-05
Robbed the Grave.

A startling incident Of which Mr.. John
Oliver, of Philadelphia, was the subject is
narrated by him as follows: 81 was in
most dreadful condition. My skin was
almost yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated,
pain continually in back and sides, no
appetite gradually growing weaker day
by day. Three physicians had given me
up. Fortunately, Il friend advised trying
Electric Bitters,' aud to my great JOY and
surprise, the first bottle made a decided
improvement | continued their use for
three weeks, and am now well man. l
know they saved my life, and robbed the
grave OF another victim" No one should
fail to try them. Only so cents per bottle
at H. b. Frazer's Drug Store.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-03-05
The Discovery of the Dav.

Aug J. Bogel, the leading druggist of
Shreveport, La, says: ''Dr. Kings New
Discovery is the only thing that cures my
cough, and it is the best seller | have"
J. F. Campbell, merchant OF Stafford, Ariz.,
writes: DIR Kings New Discovery is all
that is claimed for it: it never fails, and is
sure cure for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. ! cannot say enough for its merits "
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-.
ton, Coughs and Colds is not an expert
ment. 1t has been tried for a quarter of a
century, and today stands at the head. 1t
never disappoints. Free trial bottles at X.
b Frazer's Drug Store.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-03-05

The two most critical times in woman's
life are the times which make the girl a
woman, and the woman mother. At
these times, DR.. pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton is OF incalculable value. 1t strength
ems and invigorates the organs distinctly
feminine, promotes regularity of the func-
tions, allays irritation and inflammation,
checks unnatural, exhausting drains, and
puts the whole delicate organism into per-
feet condition. Almost all the ills of
womankind are traceable to some form of
what is known as "female complaint"
There are not three cases in hundred of
woman's peculiar diseases that Dr. Pieroe,s
favorite Prescription will not cure
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-03-05
NEWS In BRIEF.
Local Matters Boiled Down for Hasty
PeruSal by Busy Readers.

The Frederick Road Cycling Club has
been organized at Frederick, with Elmer
Fahrney as chief centurian.
Lewis A. Funk has taken charge of the
fruit package factory at Boonsboro, over
hauling the machinery and putting it in
tirst-class repair.
The Dorchester county fruit packers
have yielded to the demand of the growers,
and are now freely contracting for tomatoes
at s. per ton.
A carnival of nations fair and enter
tainment was held in STAINS Hail. Chester
town, by the ladies of Christ's M. P.
Church, and more than 5000 was netted.
Charles w. Baker, of Aberdeen, of the
firm of Baker Il Morgan, has been elected
one of the vice-presidents of the Atlantic
State Packing Association.
The fruit prospects of the Eastern
Shore are better than they have been for a
number OF years. Small fruits, such as
plums, cherries, etc, are filled with buds,
while last year there was a marked scarcity.
The people OF the First district of
Anne Arundel county are about to apply
to the Legislature to secure an act to COM
pc! the county to open a public road that,
50 far, they have heen unable to have es.
tablished
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-03-05

coming from the chimney, and still alarm
was sent to the Weccacoe engine house.
The chemical engine responded, and in a
few minutes extinguished the blaze. The
fire was caused by a defective llue. The
damage was 81 ght.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-03-05
l~l.ARCH.
WHIG OFFICE TELEPHONE, No. 30.
PENINSULA NEWS.


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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-03-05
A New Bank For Denton, Nd

Denton is to have another bank. Balti-
more and New York capitalists have
offered to subscribe S24 900 worth of the
stock, and Frederick Owens, William
Deweese, Henry futile, Joseph II. Ber-
nard and Frank Convey are prominent
Eastern Shoremen interested ia the enter
prise. The agitation for second national
bank there began after the defeat of b. G
Stevens for the presidency Of the Denton
National Bank, and his friends have since
been active in the new prjoeot.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-03-05
BOGGS in ILL HEALTH,
The Dover Banks DefaultiTg Teller Still
Being Kept at the Sheriff'S House.

Inc Dover Banks DefaultiEg Teller Still
Being Kept at the Sheriff'S House.
Inc defaulting bank teller of Dover,
william N. Boggs, is still being kept at
the sheritf's residence. He will remain at
.>e" castle, until the trial in April. The
.our men accused Of completely with him
III foooing the Dover Bank having waived
nearing before United States Commits
s'oher smith on Saturday. The bail of the
accused Colonel E. T, Cooper, Thomas S.
Clark, Amos Cole and Charles II. Butler
was renewed. 1t is said that another effort
will be made at the April term to have the
cases postponed.
Boggs' health is poor. He is SUFFERING
from headache and pain in the arm. MS
Boggs is spending her time between New
Castle and Dover, her son being i'll at the
latter place.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-03-05

coming from the chimney, and a still alarm
was sent to the Weccacoe engine house.
The chemical engine responded, and in a
few minutes eXtinguished the blaze. The
fire was caused by a defective iue. The
damage was 81 ght.
The New-Century Club, of Middle.
town, Del which is of such recent organi-
zation as to be scarcely in active working
order as yet, presented program by its
members at its meeting last week, dealing
principally with current events. The
afternoon was very pleasantly and profit
ably passed, however, and the papers read
were of much interest. Mrs. Frederick
Brady presented carefully prepared article
which gave evidence of careful thought
and research upon the part OF the writer.
The subject was SIS the French Republic a
Failure" A paper in which The CuIfew
Ordinance was very intelligently dis
cussed, was read by Mrs. T. II. Gilpin.
Mrs. Charles Derrickson gave very inter
esting talk upon the Dattleships of our
navy, and Il brief history of the Inflated
Maine.
The will of Samuel Thompson has been
filed in the Cecil county Orphans Court
The bulk of the estate, which is valued at
SO, 900, goes to his relatives in Cecil
county, 500 being devised to the Bethel
Methodist Episcopal Church and 500 10
the Methodist Missionary Society
The growing of small fruits, asparagus,
etc. has begun 10 claim the attention OF
Kent county farmers as it should. The
Trouble heretofore has been in the poor
facilities ior shipment of berries, etc. This
las now been overcome for Superintendent
Stacey. in an interview with ex.Judge
SHalcros', says he is ready to afford every
facility possible to early marketing. lie
will run trains similar to those for delivery
of peaches, il the farmers will 20 into the
business and if trade demands it, will
run even more frequently.
--Richarl ID. Hynson, attorney, has
docketed two suits for damages against DR..
c. W. Rsid, President of WASHINGTON Col
-, Ch,S'r9 town, for 5000 each The
suits are brought ny AlcEander Crew and
r,s daughter Mss lille, vino were injured
IA IA runnwa} some months ago, which is
claimed to nave been caused by DR.. Reid,
VINO happened to ride along on his bicycle.
Thieves broke into the hennery of f.
+. Rash, in Kent cuunty, severa! nights
ago, and tool, sixteen chickens and two
ducks. Mr.. Rash, thinking that the thief
would visit him again, kept close watch,
and few nights later about T. o'clock
noise was heard about the hennery. Moth
Ing was done until the thief had obtained
all the fowls he could carry, and when
about twenty feet from the thief Mr.. Rash
fired. The rogue screamed and fell to the
ground, hut before Mr. Rash could reach
him he had disappeared in the darkness,
carrying with him IA load of shot.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-03-05
NO USE FOR DOCTORS
A Farmer of "a Who Was Never Sick
in His Life,

The health of Stephen Warrington a
Nanticoke hundred farmer, near Bridge
vile, Del, is remarkable He is II years
never had doctor prescribe for him. He
has never been sick day and has never
taken dose of medicine. Mr.. Warning
ton is a powerful man, weighing about 200
pounds, and is feet / inches tall.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1898-03-05

The
by public Cecil leading journal 1t bls
Evening star., 1898-12-31
Relaxation.

There's nothin' like goin' to town, now an
then,
A-seein' the sights an a-noticin' men.
There's one that's especially comic to me !;
l kin pick him as fur as I'm able to see,
A-ookin so fierce-like an swellin his chest.
An actin important an doin' his best
To be haughty-an' bein jes' curious an
quaint
The man that's a-tryin' to seem what he
amt.
Sometimes he's speaker that's PAWN the
air
With arguments landin' him goodness
knows where.
Sometimes he keeps talkin' bout litterytoor
When hams is the topic on which he'd be
sure.
He comes in all styles, an I'm willin' to
skip
Some work now an then fur the sake of
the trip
An a good quiet laugh, free from any re-
straint.
At the man that's a-tryin' to seem what
he amt.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
Golden Weddings.

From the Boston Traveller.
From the tables giving the duration of
human life, together with the proportion
of married persons and the average num-
ber of marriages taking place annually in
Great Britain 19o,000D it appears that
about $50 to 10 golden weddings are cele-
brated each year and from 1,0oo to 1900
silver ones. The diamond wedding appears
to be fractional, the proportion taking place
being one in each million of marriages The
proportion of married persons in the united
kingdom ranges from j6 to &c per 100 In
England it is 66; in Scotland 81; in Ireland
56 The average duration of marriages is
about 27 years. Most marriages occur in
England and Scotland in the month of De-
cember, and in Ireland iii January. Re
Gently at Anderlaus, Belgium eight couples
celebrated their golden weddings on the
same day. The town was en- fete on the oc-
casiou, quite a procession of the happy
couples and their friends parading the
streets, accompanied by bands, police and
military, concluding with a present of an
arm chair to each couple at the town hall.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
The Racenteur.

L have friend-a gentle soul-a friend who
never fails
With entertainment better than the old
Arabian tales.
You might plod on through book shelves
many days and never ind
One-haif the good things that are stored in
his retentive mind.
He's as stirring as old Homer. He has
Chaucer's humor rare.
He-is truthfuller than Plutarch and as
witty as Voltaire
When he starts some Renaissance while
We all get up in line
With, when l was broke in Denver, in the
fall of So
All, Denver. How you glitter through the
vista of the years
With your dreaming and your scheming;
your rejoicing and your tears,
Old Bagdad ana Damascus with their sor-
ceries so bold
Had much to learn from you about the
magic might of gold
The simmer of the chandelier-what mar
vels 'twould reveal!
From poverty to fortune in the clicking Of
wheel!
No wonder when he speaks it, that our
ears we all incline
When L was broke in Denver in the fall of
So
oh, this glamourless existence which en-
ables US to know
Just where We'll eat tomorrow and how far
our cash will go!
Where certainty and comfort give a man
no chance to dream
That the finding of a nugget may efface
life's former scheme;
For us no memory gardens bloom with
sweet luXuraut flowers,
Whose perfumes bring strange visions of
fantastic golden hours
Like his own, when, unintending, he makes
enyious souls repine
With when l was broke in Denver in the
fall of So
Evening star., 1898-12-31
1t Expressed 1t.
IN the Detroit Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
The following is conclusive proof that
thought existed before grammars were in
vented:
A little tot of a boy hardly old enough to
lisp his numbers ran away from home one
day. For hours and hours his mother
searched the neighborhood over for him,
but all to no avail. His father came home
at > o'clock and the search was resumed.
"Oh, he'll come home in time" said the
man to cheer his wife.
And he was right
About I, by the big clock on the mantel-
piece, Tommy shambied into the room
Without thinking of reproving him his
mother few to him and clasped him i'll
her arms and kissed him. Then she put
him down and his father called him to his
side.
Tommy" he said. where have you
been?"
The little fellow looked down. poked at
the seam in the carpet with his toe. hesi-
tated, and then, raising his eyes replied:
Been a-ishin'.''
But where are the fish, asked the par
ent.
The youngster thought a minute and
then answered, They unbited n div."
Evening star., 1898-12-31
MartellO Towers in England.
From the London Chronicle.


Whatever may have been the defensive
value of martello towers century ago. it
has entirely evaporated now, and it is not
surprising to find that or two of them
al Bawdsey Haven, the Suffolk coast,
are being demolished. There are a good
many of them on the coasts of Essex, Suf-
folk, Kent and Sussex. These massive
round toTers some forty feet high, were
regarded as, and very likely were splendid
defenses at the time they were erected. but
they have long been used only for coast
guard purposes. Their name is derived
from the Italian coast towers which were
erected as protection against pirates.
warning that a suspicious craft was in
sight was given by striking a bell with a
martelto, or hammer 1t was the powerful
defense made in 1874 by lie Teller at the
tower OF Mortella, with only thrty-eight
men, against simultaneous sea and land
attack, led by Lord Hood and Major Gem
eral Dundas. which brought them into
favor in this country. 1t was thought that
they would be a splendid defense against
.'Boney."
Evening star., 1898-12-31
Comparison.

1T takes country boys to make soldiers?
said the grizzled old man VINO had scraped
his feet on the bricks outside the lunch
room with great care before he entered.
1T takes boys that's been used to work as
long as the sunll shine, and well into the
night if the moon happens to be full
I've heard that" remarked the man who
was neat in dress and nervous of manner.
But l have my doubts
It's true. Look at the discipline a coun-
try boy gets. He's out in all sorts of
weather and he gets his muscles as hard as
iron. He has endurance
Yes. He builds up a splendid constitu-
ton. But he has no means of inuring him
self against the peris which surround an
army
That's the point l was just trying to
make. He puts fresh air into his lungs and
good plain food into his stomach and makes
himself q set Of muscles tnat pay no more
attention to a heavy load than the fiy-Wheel
OF an engine pays 10 d speck OF dust on its
rim
The country boy is good and strong, III
admit. But he hasn't had any practice in
dgesting things that call a mans
stomach To stand UP and do its duty with
all its might. lie doesn't rush away from
ms work and drink d pint of coffee and
swallow chunk OF any knu Of pie that
happens to be left every day at noon. He
doesn't ride on the back OF a street car
with snow water dripping down inside his
coat collar, nor stay up half the night going
TO theaterS and parties. He doeSn't eat ice
cream and drink strong coffee at midnight
ana then start in for a days work the
next morning as if nothing had happened.
Your boy may beat ours for natural
strength but tell you, we got the sea-
soning"
AND the other said he guessed thai TAX
ing the matter and averaging things up
would explain why they were pretty much
to be depended on, no matter where fbev
came from.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
A NATURAL INFERENCE.
Only Nowadays the Men Belong to
the Women

Up town there is a rather fashionable
establishment for the sale of mems fur
nishing goods, and the sign out reads:
MEMS Belongings" Into this shop a few
days ago a man entered, stranger in the
neiShborhood, and evidently a serious
minded person.
Is that sign out there all right as repre-
sented?' he inquired.
Il presume so,'' responded the clerk,
though l don't understand what you
mean"
That's simple enough. I merely want
to know if YOU have mems belongings
hera.'
oh yes. sir. I beg your pardon and the
clerk was all smiles. I'VE have everything
in that line"
"Everything?"
Sure" the clerk was becoming familiar
ly confident.
We'll | want a wife,
The clark changed countenance as if he
thought his visitor We're crazy.
"How-how- how, do you mean?" he stam-
mered.
Have you wife here that 1 can ,et?"
answered the visitor.
Nn-n-no, sir"
Then you'd better take in your sign. If
a wife isn't "A mans belonging, what in
thunder is she?' and the strange visitor
walked out as seriously as he had entered
Evening star., 1898-12-31
TINES CHANGES.
But Nothing Had Happened That
Would Really Prevent Identification.

The witness in an assault and battery
case was being dragged around the stand
by the attorney for the defense on point
of Identification, the witness having testi-
fed that he had never seen the prisoner
except on the day of the assault and one
day a year before.
You say said the attorney, that you
had only seen the prisoner once before the
alleged ASSAULT"
Yes, sir"
How long before?"
"a eetle upperds of year.
you never had seen the man before that
time?'
mo sir"
where did you see him the first time?'
He come by my house one day and stop
ped for a drink of water. ] passed the
time of day with him and we talked for
matter of five minutes, should say"
How did he look them"
Bout ike he did the day of the scrap"
Describe his appearance at the time Won
claim to have first seen him"
He had on gray jeans suit of clos,
cow leather boots, with his pants stuck in
EN-, black hat. and had black and white
dog"
How does it happen you remember SO
distinctly"
Il don't have much else on my mind. I
reckon
Isn't 1t a fact that if this is the man
you say it is. he has changed considerab blv
between the time you first saw him and
the day you say you saw him assault the
plaintin?"
Some hesitated the witness, trying to
think.
"Ah," exclaimed the attorney you ad-
nit there was some change in hm?'
Yes, sir; | reckon there was"
"Will you state to the court exactly what
change you observed? Remember you are
on your oath
We'll. your honor said the witness with
great deliberation, the last time | seen
him he had a yaller dog
Evening star., 1898-12-31
COURT DAYS IN FLORIDA.
Murder Trial Interrupted to Permit
of Deer Hunt.

From the Florida Times-I nion and Citizen.
A murder trial, with a deer hunt sand
wched into the middle of it, is not a COM
mon thing even in Florida. which is always
a land of pleasant surprises, but that was
what was had at Juno, the ourt house
town Of Dade county few days ago. The
hunt was successful one too, and as a re-
suit the judge, court officers and jury had
venison for dinner for the next two days
Dade county circuit court was in session,
Judge Jones presiding, and the trial for
murder of Ben Moore, Miami negro, was
in progress The jury on the case was in
charge of Deputy Sheriff NJ R. Johns who
in private life Is one of the best-known
pineapple growers of Stuart. The jury had
been spending the night enjoying the hospi-
tality of the hard pine benches in which
the court house luXuriates Suddenly came
the sound of several dogs chasing a deer
through the scrub by which the court house
is surrounded.
The attendants had barely time to get
outside of the building before the deer came
into view. Every man of the jury was an
enthusiastic hunter, as is also Deputy
Johns. 1t was the duty of the officer to
keep the jury together. There was only
one way to do it in the excitement of the
moment and Deputy Johns took that way
by starting for the deer at the head of the
other twelve men. He drew his 3S-caliber
Smith & Wesson as he started and by the
time he had emptied it the deer was his
Six shots were fired altogether, and of
these three took effect. The first shot was
fired al a distance of about ninety Yards
and the last at nearly forty. Deputy Sher-
If Johns is one of the best all-round pistol
shots in the state of Florida, or he could
never have done it. Juno would appear to
be good place for some ambitious Nlmrod
to locate as it will never do to let wild
deer interfere with the court business OF
Dttde county.
Evening star., 1898-12-31
Az@EHINOS Ne
HEAPD >29<~4AIy<
5H-f4I& I&

which followed the Presidents return, did
the rest. Somehow the idea has got abroad
in the south that the mere introduction of
bill settles the question, and already people
from down there are writing for informa-
ticn the subject, the rates of pensions
to be paid, and requesting blanks upon
which to make out their applications. Sew
eral pension claim agencies have added
fuel to the flame By sending out circulars
and agents soliciting claims for pensions.
The idea is broadspread also that the va
riOuS soldiers homes have opened their
doors to the veterans of the gray, and this
has increased the mail. though the pension
homes than has the patent office or the
National Library. 1t appears the swindlers
VINO nave been pretty thoroughly driven out
of the pension claims business have jumped
upon the eX-cOnfederateS, and by mail and
personal solicitation have already begun to
reap a harvest. The penalty for swindling
in connection with pensions is very severe,
even as severe for counterfeiting money,
but there has to be a pension involved in
some way so that the penalty can take its
full effect. The Swindling of these prospec-
tive pensioners is not covered by the spe-
cial statutes and there is not the same
danger about it. The swindlers know this
and they are picking up every dollar they
can while the pension agitation is fresh
and ripened by the Presidents tour dur
ing which, however he never mentioned
pensions once 1t is useless to explain this
though, for. among the ignorant stories are
being circulated that pensions are as free
as air, and that all that is necessary is to
send in names and the pension is to be
sent by return mail. The same kind of let
ters are coming in upon southern senators
and representatives also, and some of them
nave been referred to the pension office az
samples, as 1t were. of what is to come