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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-16
COUNTRY VS..
CITY WOMEN.

The city woman is accustomed to regard
herself as the quintessence of up-to-dateness.
particular, she is apt to take prid" unto
herself for her superior advantages for Join
ing in the worlds progress, compared with
the limited opportunities of her country
sister. Consequently, when she comes in con.
tact with the latter she receives something in
the nature of a shock to find the information
If the country dame upon general topics
fully equal. if not greater than her own.
Yet it is perfectly natural such should be
the case. The city woman lives in the midst
Of excitement. The incidents of her days
perpetualIy iostle one another. She has but
little time for a careful pe7usal of the news
papers aud magazines, and she is constantly
hearing comment of what is going on, while
having only a vague notion of the subject.
The country woman, ON the contrary, will
perhaps take only one daily or an illustrated
weekly, but from these she digests and a-sim-
Hates every item of news, pores over the let
ters of foreign correspondents and watches
every step of current history. You meet the
mistress OF an isolated farm house, woman
encountered with much inevitable household
drudgery, yet quiet, serene and unruf1led,
with always leisure for a certain amount of
careful reading each day, even when her
home is thronged from entrance to ewes with
summer soarders. You will find she has
opinions about expansion and Imperialism,
the Boer war and the Boxer uprising In
China added to decided views of her own in
politics. She can talk intellgently with her
husband and sons on almost every topic of
interest under the sun, and what is more she
bases her conclusions upon what she has
read and enforces her position by argument
not easily refuted. The country vote is
always make-weight to be reckoned with
when political contests are to be decided, but
few candidates take into consideration that
back OF the country vote is the silent but
potential conscience and vigorous intellect of
the country woman. In fact. the farmers
wife anywhere In America is the direct
antithesis in every particular of the rural
type of the Old World, and while her gown
may have provincial cut, and her bonnet be
trimmed after last seasons style, In her poise.
her mode of thought, and, above all, In her
knowledge Of current events, she Is entitled
to take her stand by the side of the most self.
sufficient city bred woman to be found.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-16
APPEAL TO COURT.
Decision Desired AS to Who Is The
Treasurer of Havre de Grace.

1t looks as though litigation will grow ou
4 the mlx-up In the Havre de Grace City
Council. Last week Mayor Pusey made his
appointments, some OF which were confirmed
ny the whole Council, while on the appoint
ment OF Isaac Hecht for City Treasurer and
F. Mattingly for Clerk, there was tie
vote.
rne Mayor and his party take the position
that he has right to decide the matter by
voting. and In this way these two appointees
we're confirmed. Mr.. Hecht, after bonding.
made proper pplication to WIN. Coale, thepr,-
sent Treasurer, to turn the books. etc, over
TO him. Mr. Coale declined, stating that his
pondsmen had authorized him not 20 do so.
ur. Hecht, through his attorney, filed a petit
ton with Judge James D. Waters, asking
that mandamus be issued compelling the
Treasurer to turn the matters of his office
over to him. Ia the meantime the funds Of
the city which accrue will be paid to Mr..
Hrcht AS + easurer, and the city will be pro-
vlded with two treasurers until such time as
the court decides the matter.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-16
"FlOrida and Atlanta Fast Mail"
BY THE
SEABOARD AIR Ii Z RAILWAY,

"FLoRIDA AND WEST INDIA SHORT Line TO
THE WINTER III SORTS OF THE SOUTH.
The Only Line Op"ra ing Daily Limited
Trains to Florida
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TO TELL THE NUMBER OF
ANY CONGRESS-.
(which Sometimes BOlherS One. J

(Which Sometimes BOiherS One.
EDITOR CECIL WHIG:-
Every Congress begins its existence on the
4 h Of March III an odd-uumbered year. The
to 1881.
RULE:
10 the 18th Century - 20 the last figure of
the year add 3 and divide by2 Thus-What
1897.
plus divided hy Q equals s.
Answer--Thnt wa- the 5 h Congress.
In the 18Th Century To the number OF
the year Il. e. the year in which the Cougres
hepau its rxistencr) add 10 and divide by 9
1926?
% plus 10 divided by equals 10.
Answer-That was the 18Th Congress.
What Congress sat in 1856? 1t began
March 4th 1855.
So plus 13 divided by equals "a.
Answer-The 3lth Congress.
WHAT Congress was convened in the spring
Of 1861?
81 Plus - divided by equals 81.
AnsWer-The 37th Congress.
What is the pumher of the present Con
gress. 1t began March 4th, 1899.
90 plus ID divided by 2 equals Sc.
Auswer-The seth Congress.
In the Goth Century-To the number of the
year add lib and divide by 2. Thus What
Congress will begin on March 4th. 1873.
70 plus 113 divided by Equals SO.
Auswer-That will be the 93rd Congress.
In the Dist Century-Add 2l3 and divide
by 2, etc.
REVERSE:
When was the Nth Congress?
AZ multiplied by minus 10 EQUALS 81.
Auswer-From March 4th, 1881, to 1888.
The reason OF this rule of thumb is obvious
1t can be easily worked In the head but
perhaps there is better one. Y.
Ekton, Nd, Feb 7th, 1901
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-16
The Horse Market.

NJ. Fox IL Sons, the largest horsedealers in
Baltimore, report the horse market for the
past week as having been unusually good.
large number of country buyers we're pre-
sent and purchased heavily. 296 head were
sold and the prices ran from SIS to $40
Mr. Fox and his manager, Mr.. Barranger,
stated to our reporter that they expected the
demand for horses during the coming spring
to be the greatest In the history of the horse
business. The past week good young horses
suitable for farming sold from $40 to 1856.
Fat sore young horses sent to the auctions
by private parties from $l5 to $35.
NJ. Fox & Sons have lately added to their
list of statesmen, Mr.. Harry Hooper Dor
chester county boy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-16
THE GRIP EPIDEMIC.
The Disease More Prevalent Than Ever

and Quite as Fatal. The Best Treatment.
The grip has surprised the doctors and
health authorities this season by it's rapid
spread and by some novel symptoms.
While it spares nobody, it is proving espec-
tally dangerous to middle-aged and elderly
persons. In many cases either fatal onset
OF pneumonia, or complete breakdown OF
health and strength, is apt to follow an
attack Of grip.
The wise course for all is prevention. BY
wearing BensOn'S Porous Plaster on the
chest and back, you protect the lungs from
cold and chill and with ordinary oare)
you are safe from grip.
For those who are already suffering from
grip, or from the usual winter coughs and
colds, Benson's Pasters are a sure and
speedy relief and cure. Highly medicinal
and scientific.
Refuse limitations and substitutes. Only
the genuine are effective. Examine when
you buy. Seabury & johnson, Manufac-
turing Chemists, New York. 2-9-4w.
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SPORTS.

At meeting OF the Board of Managers { I
the Kent and Queen Anne's Fair Association
held recently 1t was arranged to hold the Fat
this year ut Colchester Beach August 81, 90
20. and 30. Cecil county has been invited to
join and help this the big Eastern Shore Fair
Quite an Improvement In the race program
will he made and two stake races will be add
ed of 1000 each for trottsrs and PAGERS.
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In menoriam.
CHESTER c. WHIeLOW.

In loving remembrance Of Chester c. Whir-
low, Who died ut ui- nnmr near Theodore, on
Monday, February An, aged 10 year., 8
months ard % lays.
We lay thee in thy silent tomb,
Sweet blossom Of Il day;
We just BEGAN to view thy bloom,
When thou was, called away.
At length released from all III, pain,
Oar darling sHertly sleeps;
How calm an peaceful thy reposn,
While Chris tiny soul doth keep.
His schonlmate, BARBARA E. LYNCH,
February II, 1901. Buy View. Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-02-16
To an Automobile.

They said you wouldn't balk
Or plunge or rear;
Yet home I'll have to walk
And leave you here.
A. gentle as a lamb,
They said you'd be:
As vicious as Il ram
You We been to me.
They said you wouldn't shy
Or run away;
Yet here lie you and |,
Both wrecks, To-Day.
They said you'd never try
To take a fence"
You took it on the fly
And moved i: hence.
The horses fastest gait
Was slow for You;
You nad the ass trait
OF meekness, too:
You were with ease controlled,
Or so they said;
Yet here but now | rolled
Out on my head.
Oh, onco more let me feel
That I'm astride
The good old horse or wheel
l used to ride.
They never left me sore,
A. here I'm seen,
Preserved, with bumps galore,
In gasoline.
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DeopIe's Column.

This Coinmn is open for Communications
on subjects that concrrm the pubiic, ,rhei Suu
abty crp,s ssed, ami signed By the nriter.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-08
AN INVENTORS TROUBLES.
Reason Why His SHORTCOMINGS
Came to Naught.

From Max Adeler's'' Captain Bluitt."
20 my smoke-consumer!" said Judge
McGann. "Ah! there was a grand thing!
One of the most useful inventions ever de-
vised by man! 1 do seem to have the worst
luck! OF course you heard of that failure?"
NO. 1 thought it was successful" said
the captain.
so it was, mechanically; but not COM
mercially; that is, not in my hands. l
worked on that idea right along the lines
suggested more than a century ago by
Benjamin Franklin, and 1 prepared a fur
mace that would have forced perfect COM
bustion-not a bit of smoke from the soft
est coal. Now, doctor, when you remember
that every particle of smoke that m
from a chimney is fuel and stands for dol
lars; and when you think of the waste
going on only in great cities like London
you can see for yourself that there is big
money IN a successful smoke-consumer, let
alone the advantage TO be derived from
keeping the atmosphere clear and clean"
"Of course" said DR.. Quelch.
We'll, L had my company actually organ
lied and all going along nicely. One day
we arranged for a trial of the furnace in
the presence of a great body of experts
and mill-owners, and particularly of a
committee of the Institute Of Science. /
lighted the fire, turned on the draught and
I'm two minutes there was an explosion
which shook the foundations of the ever
lasting Nils L cOul0 not imagine what was
the matter, but the crowd of experts scat
tered, and any manufacturer in the State
would as lief have put n~itrOglycerin in his
mill to start with as to adopt my smoke
consumer. But l know now what was the
matter and it was no fault of the machine,
either"
VIVA was it?' asked the captain.
81 feel morally certain-I can't prove 1t
in a court of justice, of course-but / am
morally certain that Hunsicker, the vice
president of the company. put a charge of
gunpowder into the hue behind the CRATE
bars"
What for?' inquired Captain Bluitt.
He had been all around trying To buy
up a majority of the stock but had failed.
When the disaster occurred most of the
holders were ready to give it to him; some
of them would have paid him 10 take it
away. He got possession Of 30 per cent. of
the stock, frOZe me out; made another
public experiment with brilliantly success
full results; got a certificate from the In
stiture OF Science and a gold medal and
written testimonials from ~thirty-four
prominent manufacturers. He now has
branch agencies in every State and I'm Mex
leo and has an auxiliary company in Great
Britain. But where am /? OUT that's
where l am. I wouldn't have taken $4,000
for that patent, but l never got a cent ex-
cept what L had TO charge on"
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the p~rairies of the West. He must see that
they reach the corn belt at just the right
time to get best returns for a minimum
amount of feed and that they finish this
perfecting process at such a date as to
yield from the market a profitable price. a
man Of ordinary ability and industry can
run a merchandise business with average
success without serious fear of trouble. To
conduct a business such as the raising and
marketing of cattle requires more than
these qualities. 1t is a business which i'm
all its ramifications extends over many
States. 1t is affected by foreign trade and
by domestic prosperity or hard times. 1t is
closely allied with the agricultural interests
and largely dependent upon them for its
success. A successful and well-informed
cattleman, dealing with the range and with
the Eastern market, is one of the best in
formed all-round citizens this country can
show. In addition to his ability as a bust
ness man he is enterprising, daring. ener-
getic and industrious. All who fail in these
qualities are gradually succumbing TO the
law of the survival Of the fttest.
The Importance of the range cattle brsi-
ness Is declining rapidly. but the impor-
lance of the ranch and farm cattle industry
ID lICISdSAuS III tremendous ratio, for each
census reveals additional millions OF Amer
leans who demand a quota of meat In their
rations- No people in the world are so well
fed, and no people in the world eat so much
meat per capita The American working
man is poor indeed who does not have meat
upon his table every day in the wear. and
yet the average ~workingman i'm Europe
considers himself fortunate if he has meat
once a week. 1t has been possible to sun
ply the increasing demand Of this Nation
and its foreign trade because of the spread
Oh farms into that area Of the United States
which was formerly devoted to vast herds
of range cattle.
The decline of the range industry per So
is a ~benefcent feature OF our domestic ex-
pansion, for it has declined by reason of
the encroachment Of more intensive meth
DDS, and 1t is a guarantee tina the Amer
lean people will not get meat hungry. even
though the population of the country &c
doubled within the next fifty years.
j. d. WHELPLEY.
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winds to clear the prairies of snow and to
openings in fences TO find a place to water.
THEY WAN LEGISLATION.

winds to clear the prairies of snow and to
openings in fences TO find a place to water.
THEY WANT LEGISLATION.
The cattle men of the West, representing
the range industry, now recognize the de-
STABILITY of controlling exclusive use of
United States free grass, and are appealing
to Congress to enact a law allowing them
TO lease the public lands. They have raised
an alarm as to the beef supply of the flu
ture, making the assertion that if the range
industry persisted meat would come high
to the American consumer. In making this
appeal the Western cattle men underrate
the intelligence of the people as represented
in Congress, for it is easy enough to ascer-
tain that more beef comes to the Chicago
markets from the densely settled area Of
Illinois than from all the range country of
the West. 1t is the man who can pasture,
feed and care for his live stock who fur
nishes the beef to the markets Of the
United States. 1t is a recognized PROPOSE
ton, impossible of controversy, that If the
Western ranges Of to-day were occupied
by home builders and small farmers they
would be capable Of furnishing ten times or
more the live stock which is now shipped
from them. The settlement and cultivation
~ ~ ST. 0NoNNo - " ~ lA4NCAC "
the Eastern consumer. and not for monop-
oily by range men. who allow twenty-five
acres of prairie for the support of one COW.
Failures in the cattle business have been
very numerous during the past few years,
and, as a rule, it will be found that these
failures have resulted from lack of ability
to realize the changes which have come into
the industry.
1t takes a man of brains and ability to
handle any business in which a hundred
thousand dollars is invested. 1t takes a
man of more than usual ability, brains and
foresight to successfully conduct for any
term OF years a range cattle business rep
resenting that amount of investment. To
realize upon his capital and labor the sue
cessful cattle man of to-day must thor
oughly understand the sources of supply of
young stock, must recognize the demand
for improved blood and the profit there is
in the grading up of his cattle.
He must arrange for their breeding and
for their support to a productive age upon
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wtep He Notified a Fairbanks
7nd General Foster He Had Given
$1,000 to the Fund.
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TRIBUTE TO HARRISON

LETTER WRITTEN by THE LATE
elem sTUDEBAxER LAST MAY,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
Non-Resident Notice.
ATE OF ALABAMA. Montgomery

STATE OF ALABAMA. Montgomery County. To Nina Rothchilds, who resides at Co., lumbus. Ga.: Herman Well, who re- sides at New Orleans, La.; Eugenia Wertheimer and Emma Wertheimer. who reside at Brettan, Baden, Ger many: Jacob Broda and Lottie Broda who reside at NewYork, N. r.; Lena Loeb, who resi- les at Gommersheim, Germany: Babette Weiss, who resides at Neiderhochstadt. Germany; Gus tave Hirsch and Sarah Hirsch, who ct per=a 2 sens, Germany: Emma at Reilsheim. Germany, and Leon Broda and Emanuel Broda, both of whom are minors over the age of II years and reside with and in the cus- tody of their mother, Emma Broda, who resides at Reilsheim, Germany: You will take notice that, on the 10th day of April, 1901, I. Lemle and I. Well, executors of the will of l.. Lemle, de- ceased. filed in the Probate Court of this county their application in writing for a derree to sell certain lands lying in this county which are accurately described in the application, and which belonged to said decedent at the time of his death for distribution among the heirs, deviseeS and distributes thereof, on the ground that thesame cannot be equitably divided May, 1901, was appointed for hearing said application, at which time you may ap- pear and contest the same if you see proper.
 J. B. GASTON, fri-3t Judge of Probate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
A FRANCHISE TAX.

The following is from The Huntsville Tribune:
 It grieves us to see that The Montgom- cry Advertiser, the leader of public thought in Alabama, and, we may say chief formulator of public opinion, Is so the ConstitutionalConvent should pur- sue on the matter of disfranchisement We are really afraid that the Old Lady Is afraid of her horse and is waiting to see signs before she speaks. This Is not in keeping with usual upright. courageous course of the fearless, brave writers on The Advertiser. By their patriotic leads they In the past won our admiration, but it seems that the best of men fool us some times. and this looks like one time The Advertiser is hunting for the bushes.
 The Advertiser is no more timid on this question than any other. The req son it has been silent on 1t is because it has no pronounced ideas as to a plan of procedure. It Is the greatest prob- lem that has ever been presented to a paper, no one leader. can presume to solve 1t outright or off-hand. The as- sembled wisdom of South Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana and North Car olina have wrestled with the problem and it is a question whether any one of those States have solved it boldly, fairly, permanently.
 The Advertiser has been anxious to see the best men in Alabama brought together for the purpose of considering this grave problem, and a fear that something might intervene to prevent the ordering of the Convention has withheld this paper from precipitating a discussion of ways and means to the one great end that body will have before 1t. We have believed that the right kind of a Convention could solve the problem. and that its deliberations would afford all the discussion that was necessary.
 The Advertiser. now the matter is forced upon it by its Republican con- temporary, does not hesitate to say that 1t hopes the problem of the franchise will be solved by fundamental law of principle, direct in It's action. It does not want to see any mere expedient, depending upon mere administration, lCSOl NO bhto ShSdb CHhOA 6ChIys We think that every attempt in other States to regulate the franchise is more or less open to this criticism. If we are to take a fundamental step lead ing to a reform in politics, let us do so squarely on some principle which will always work fairly under all future conditions. Let us not frame any ex- pedient that might prove boomerang In the hands of any present or future organization. or any faction.
 At present The Advertiser believes that a liberal franchise tax, made pay able on January 1st, long before any election, the receipt to be registra- tion certificate to be deposited with the vote, is probably the fairest way to re- form franchise abuses. The money could be set aside for school purposes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17
IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
Interesting Notes About Persons
 Talked About Now.

Vice-President Roosevelt, Governor OdeTl and Bishop Potter are to make addresses at the opening of the Monte fore Sanitarium for Ccnsumptives In New York city on Memorial Day.
 Prince Doria has refured $2O0 900 for the portrait of Pope Innocent x, by Velasduez, in his gallery. The price was offered by an American millionaire, whose name has not been divulged.
 Prince Edward of Weimer has now been in the British army for near lv sixty years. He is one of the tallest princes in the world. standing feet 3 inches in his stockings and is of pro- portioH&te bulk and weight.
 Senator Burrows of Michigan said in a recent after-dinner speech in De- troit: Tn one respect at least l am uniuue. I am probably the only Mich igander in politics who has absolutely no right to the title of lumber king" "
 President Stuyvesant Fish of the H. linois Central Railroad has been invit- ed to deliver the commencement ad- dress before the Mississippi State Uni versity at Oxford in June. MT. Fish has large interests In the State of Mis- sissippi.
 Edwin Abbey, the American artist who has been chosen to paint picture of King Edwards coming coronation, began his work as a newspaper illus trator and was painting in London ten years before he had a picture hung in the academy.
 Pietro Mascagni. the composer. is said to be negotiating for an American tour of eight weeks with an Italian orchestra. He is just now exceedingly hopeful as to the great musical future in store for a young pupil of his, a Croatin named HatZ-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-17

which would prevent the tax from be- ing an additional burden. and would serve to popuiarize 1t.
 If this tax were made heavy enough It would be an effective means to the desired end. It would be fair to all races and classes of citizenship. It would be just to make every voter pay decently for the privileges of citizen ship. The law would disfranchise mo- body. because any man who did not choose to pay the tax would disfran- chise himself. Making the tax pay able on January 1st and providing for the receipt to be- used as a registra- ton certificate, would prevent the pay ment of the tax at election time from the. corruption funds of any candi- date.
 The Advertiser has no fixed opinion in favor of this proposition. There may be something better. If so. we are prepared to accept it and to advocate it.
 Now that The Advertiser has been candid. will The Tribune be equally SO? What plan does 1t propose, as a Republican leader. to relieve the State and its own Party of the burden of negro votes?