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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-09-07

A Camp Meeting of the Methodist
Protestant Church is Row being held in
the woods of Mr.. Glark,,L about three
miles from Port. Rev Mr. llrlmh"lt.
superintendent. II commenced y"~t"r-
day, there will no doubt hr a larg" at
tendance. Several DISTINGUISHED clergy
men will b" present, aud it i hoped
great good may result from il.
W" hay" til" Telegraph in successful
operation here, and | understand it i
paying expenses. which is better than
| expected. The youn" gentleman in
charge of III" office is yr'.y atrablc and
kind and understands ms peculiar bust
ness, although h" IS somewhat green.
and ii that young lady does not keep
her eyes off him. she may possibly turn
dare say however Strange it may APP
pear, she would not regret.
The Presbyterian Church in this place
har, been lately thoroughly repaired, and
fitted up in a very neat style. Til" con-
grcgation have called The Rev. Mr.
Squier, ana | understand h" has ac-
ccptcd
Churches are well attended here: in
fact, We are churchgrju- people. r~-
prciaIly since the law prohibiting the
sale of liquor ON the sabbath Went into
effect. There are symptoms, however.
in some quarters that rhr law is not fully
rcSpcctod | was in hopes that in Port
Deposit, nn one could bee found who
would be guilty Of So -s,>~ u violation
Of the law PETER.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-09-07

ginning Of the season bass fishing has
been practically suspended One flood
has succeeded another all summer. and
anglers say they never experienced II
season when there was 81 little fishing.
IL spite Of the mud. Il few bass are be-
ing taken. These fish are much clna-
ciatcd and barely fit for food. Anglers
say the long continued muddy water has
prevented the bass from feeding. and
that they are practically starving. An
glcrs agree that there will be famous
fishing should the river settle down to
fishing condition.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-09-07
CECIL WING
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Extracts From Issue Of September {, 1851.
p. c. RICKETTS,, Editor.

ness. | would also inform our farming
readers. that at this place are manufact-
ul"d u very superior wheat drill: which
j. considered 10y those familiar with the
process of drilling, superior to PEN
nnck's. or any other drill in use in this
vicinity. bnr farmers are becoming
more and NOR" favorable To drilling
wheat rs from observation yearly, they
find fields drilled t" WELD better crops
than th"S" S"wn broadcast. Drilled
wheat most certainly stands tn" winter
weather. on account of growing in the
lowest part OF the ground 81 that the
winds. instead of blowing the earth
from. blow it tn ana around til" roots
and prevents its exposure. :.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-09-07
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The Democrat of last week copied
from this Baltimore Argus an article
bcrating Mr. Evans, ADD laudatory t."
what is called the Accomplished" Me
CullOugh. If We remember correctly,
the Democrat Il short time ago talked
of inStitutin= legal proceedings against
the Argus for libel, or something of that
sort; yet it now quotes il ~ good author
ity. If it would deal unfairly with tn"
Democrat. how much NOR" 50. will il
deal with Mr., Evans.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-09-07
PRINTING.

The Cecil Wing office is equipped
with Il Mcrgcnthalrr type-settin-
machin" which facilitates the pro-
dnction Of book and pamphlet WORK
ut tn" lowest cost. The Cecil Wing
office would like to estimate on any
work You may have in prospect.
All kinds of printing.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-09-07

test between members on August nth.
The day was fine and the affair went
off with spirit. The score was as fol-
lows =
NUMBER TARGETS
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-09-07

TN" figures opposite names Indicate
broken. y means lid not shoot
in that event.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-09-07

Candidates for Delaware College foot
ball team went into training Monday nj
Rehoboth. and will spend ten days in pre-
limnary work there, after which they
will resume training in the college town
of Newark. Captain Huxley went to
Rchohoth on Saturday. The candidates
have u cottage on Wilmington avenue.
ANA will have all convcnicnccs. 1t is cx-
rcrtci there will be thirty candidates
for places on the eleven. Three games
ar" to be played in Newark during Sep
TENDER. and the remainder of scheduled
games will be played in Wilmington.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-09-07
SbootiDe.

The Rising Sun Gun Club held q con-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-09-07

NUMBER TARGETS.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
THE WAITER VAS N0T INsULTED.

From The New-OrIeans Times Democrat
Il dropped into a restaurant on the old side at
dinner hour the other evening"" a jovial bacne-
Or who reltshes the good things of life and. find
ing the place crowded. got a seat at a small table
with a who was evidently a stranger in the
city. lie was middle aged, raw boned chap, with
a heavy mustache and bronzed skin, and after
little furtive sizing up l came to the conclusion
that he was a cattleman from somewhere in South
things that led to that opinion his attire
peculiar Short WASTED brand regarded as The
height of fashion al over the great Southwest and
case OF crossroads store surrounded by brass
collar buttons. lead pencils. striped stick candy
and fancy nOtepaper. | know the type fairly well.
and felt convinced that he an out and out
4 bunco steerer. so proceeded 10 order my dinner
and made effort to open a conversation
In little while. however. noticed that
vis-a-vis was having an unhappy time Of IT, on ac-
count OF the extraordinary neglect Of his va ,er,
who was apparently doing his best to spoil tre
he mixed up the courses ard got every ming twi :
ed in carefully elaborate fashion that exhibited
mad leuiug and fell To woLd ring when his We
tim would rise up and slay him. 5ut the Texan. N
r,I,ist and dn1iy cal-rt nv cvs and ned dee,
whether got any hing 70 eat OF not he remarked
e 1 noticed he serving you pretty bad ~
said What seems to be the trouble
his mustache. The same feller brought me a fed
me things. Dunno what did to make him sour
on ne ...o, an, u.-,.,,..., .,,. the g., ..,,
1
the Earcon alike unknown out in the cattle
country. Suppose YOU give him quarter when he
back. l suggested. and see what effect that
has him
My companion slarcd ut I'm amazement
1t will make him hghtin mad. won't it, he
asked in u whisper.
Mad nothing" / replied. laughing. Just try it
and see how Indignant he gets
All right said the Texan, IN do il. but look
out fer trouble I'm powerful feared Ill have
him To lick
The quarter changed hands, with excCedir sly
satisfactory results said the jovitl bache!0- and
the stranger and went out together.
I'm much Obliged To YOU FER putin me on 10
that he said fer I'd never of thought OF IL, and
might have starved To death Jest through lS'lo-
rance But out vi har I live IL would have mean
scrap sure h. added Why. man. that W =
was most oli ! am my SELF ana a pt:.-' q
sight better dressed
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
JoYS or rHE KL0NDiKE.
From Tho Kansas city journal

From Tho Kansas Ci'y journal
\ vi. .hi1 man. sojpurrnE in Dawson city
writes - his friends ON the letter heads furnished
10y The hotel ~ whi'h he stops This letter head
is printed win r-d ink and it informs tho travel
linz public that thr sour oush Hotel" No -
lci'l"-avo.. is IN. best hotel north of Mexico
and th-H certain Tu!s. advantages .tnd conditions
sect for n rs fuilpW
"Iy, y lhi"s ku5"ii io iuid water excepted for
SAT-" At ~" bar Private ~ rance for lldles by
thr iadtor il thr rei- The rates are one ounce
per day ald Indian and negroes charged Goublc
Sf.cial r1t"s To mi"ist'rs and tn gambling per
f. \. t-"S. rhuc! i-Lr5. StuGhCrse poker and
hlackjAcA ...'in,S Ius '} th" i,.inav"ment Dogs
't.I"hI and SIli Insect powder sale the
har. Gu,-ts "ilI ur provided with breakfast and
dinner. bat must Hio.il' for their lunch.
: we'd l.,'fs mus Pc removed a. nisAt. Dogs
i.t allowed il the l-rl;- candle end hot water
.L4rs,d extra To- 'if ,h'ngtd -liy."
-;nd in This let'rr fl" Nir1tI man -.cs the fol
leWiu.; sk-t. of x udikc social life:
"Ea. other uight : vet out to small party
eiyel by Il canuck girl She delightful
t~Ttai"-T. the WAY that those 'Sp"r oughS' and
'Cho"ckakos' would dance was caution. They
would ru hopping around IN moccasi.s. gum boots
Li- shoes with -. .k,s in them. Along toward
tn hast 90 III i.rtr had little lunch. which
consisted of some dough bread for cake and nice
ic" ,roarr pf co1icue n milk and snow. don't
bclirv" il appears in the hous. rules. hut are
sup posed 20 turn in before midnight. II do not.
we have % ascend to our hunks by the ladder in
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
"THE SECOND JOB"
HE CAME TO AMERICA FROM RUSSIA BECAUSE
SOMETHING HAPPENED"

SOMETHING HAPPENED"
Among the patriarchs of the East Side VINO
have reached the time in life when work is
neither pleasant nor profitable is a Russian VINO
calls himself second job" In a circular
which he has sent to many people through the
mail he says: 'In chapter xix Job says; 'oh.
that my words were now written. but myself
cause that my words should be printed In
chapter xii he says: My heart is as healthy rs
yours From this conclude that JOB was
healthy invalid. / am such also. In chaptef AZ
Job says: could conduct business and also
have conducted great business enterprises NO"
/ am Obliged to eat at a strange table, and be-
sides / am unable to walk without some one
leading me. In the Psalms it is written, IN CHAP
ter lxxxv. Truth crushed to earth will rise
again The sages have observed that to be
poor is as bad as to be dead The dead have
everything free; I. also. have everything free
Nevertheless would much rather earn the ne
cessties of life through my own exertions My
countrymen know that tell the truth. but other
people of other nationalities will recognize me
by looking at my picture"
The modern Job then tells of the magnificent
house, in which he once lived in Lumdse of his
business. which included a store. a saloon and
other branches. Suddenly something hap
pened" which compelled him to go to America.
He opened grocery store at Chrystie-st-. but
this had TO be abandoned also. and Job is
selling needles of a certain kind the East
Side. He is a venerable looking man, and when
seen at his home in the upper part of tene-
ment house looked we'll contented despite his
infrnites and poverty. His niece, who inter-
preted for him. asked:
What was it that happened suddenly in
Russia which made the old man abandon his
home and business?"
Wy, he had a freI"
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
THE COPPER MATTE COOKING SCHOOL.
THE INSTRUCTION OF HOP SING IN BAKING
BEANS
rom The Los Angeles Times.

From The Los Angeles Times
~ II happened pen i, down in southern Out Arizona Tom
the copper Matte mine. and he employed Hop Sing
20 preside over the dcstues of the culinary de-
an almond eyed son of the FIowery Kingdom. and.
Ike many ~ ms brethren. had very definite ideas
duly resented. Or more often. calmly
ignored Now, an important article in the dietary
ro INNING whcn man coHvcysd Ia5sSfu a5Ss ref e1
Hops strawbcrres' To- his pat9 thev ratfied mo
"A rain Of pebbles Preston complained that they
were not sufficiently cooked ana Hop with on, II
Iut the next time beans appeared the table
After tn meal was nshcd Prcston Went into rhe
kette OF water told the Chnainan To let them
10 cock beans" he said: but Hop only smiled. and
r'pA'd, 'l"a no savEy how cook
..,. NtEt morning i'r'sion ordered two kettles Of
IN one lold tine 'hinamIn when they cooked down
= he returned ~ int"ryll- 90 So, tha; thcy
soda ihh when They "er" Tltt" tender. ADDED the
-"ii tnc pork. and directed Hop To allow them 90
hrs with evident interest. but occ-sionAll, vent
nrgd ad, 10 remark. iog no savvy how cook"
That day th~ beans werc ex-.Ilcut. and Preston
WAS delighted with thu result of his Efforts There
would De no morr haIf-cookcd food served ~ that
he menu h. was d,ny@d ana chasrndd 10 hear
the old familiar cIAtter on his plate They were
about hard and iudire-tihle as bullets IL
rose from the table. and. without Il word. stepped
INTO IN" "ltcieu and dealt th" Celestial blow
thr i4W ia', -rHi him srrawlinE 10 the fpor. Then
=" Kicked him rnt"r th" table, and the
fortunate creature "rawicd To the door ESCAPE
MS -rfth. hr gay" hIu an Ith.r kick. which landed
MN ln ~" road outside \ frw minutes later as
Pc passed where tho 'r-~tftllr. .ulprit was uurs-
iur his bruises. "a" said. Now you COM. To the
oi.!,c and J 5. ~ max ONT Your time
what. -aI 10 want work for YOU funrr1''
'Aft'r hat has happened did not suppose YOU
would ear" to vprk any more
Ne s@EVE how cook beans now" h, furnhv
-eplicd- And 80 II proved for the LESSON had been
well learned. Hop i, StiN chef at the Conner
Matte. and Ills beans are unsurpassed
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
'T'RJN DOWN"

From The Review ~ The Republic
Thrown down " to indicate. A rude dls.lppoint
ment or the unexpected wrcCkiug OF hope had its
birth In strenuous political times when x-Keprc-
sentative in the Congress Timothy Campbell was
In constant and heated action Ia his district. a
po:i al worker had played shuttlcc,-rk between
Campbell and his opponent until both had lost
patience" one Of those IHi.thlc persons who al
ways know people iu trouble approached the
double dealing worker one dIy and SAID.
Vow youse got the chaust OF Yer life Campbell
says hc can't turn de trick widout yuuse. Take
spiel over 10 lc meetn' tught and declare yourself
in. Hen take youse up an right
Tn" political worker went 10 the meeting that
night. The next day. when his friend met him. he
MAS Swlthcd in haudaEcs and walked with ;he aid
OF
Hello hello cried the friend. did youse go
to Ic campbell .ucstiu las night"
Il did" the reply.
"W,u'' asked the other. didn't Campbell take
YOU up
No," was the funrreal response: he trun me
down. An Er tr.n me hard
which even now shows no indication Of lesseninS
Nitality.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
A MISNOMER.

rom The Chicago Record
He came at half-past seven
To pay an evening call
She feared about eleven
That he'd never 90 at all
His style of conversation
Was iunOCently inanc.
Showing lack of cogitatiOn.
But his manner urbane.
He smiled and kept on talking
In a cheerful babbling flow
While she spoke about the walking
And wished that he would go!
In vain her hints and yawning:
lie stayed and stayed and stayed:
II was really almost morning
Ere ne left that wearied maid
She said she thought she really
Would have had 10 take nap
And she wondered why they called hir
such an easy going chap"
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
4 FIAT POPULATION.
From The Kansas city Journal.

From The Kansas city Journal
i lit introduced 10y "a Populist member IF the
Kansas Legislature with respect To street railways
yni.h talke wrirdly about municipal flats and
'imr-ritI decree reminds 0f a certain action
taken I,y the. ,ity Council OF Atchison some years
4ro -uder the law then in existence city having
less than 9ap- pouulatlCH could pay its Corpora
tiou Attorney hut So a fuuuth. whereas cities of
rnur, than 10000 could pay double thiS sum. So far
as the census iSureS could have a bearing. Ntchi-
son cam. within the lower class and she pay
:n.. thr s-er sum. but uiEht the city Council
having been duly cauVa~sed and influenced. adopt
eI th, following resolution
Resolved. That the city Of NtchiSon has more
than 2p"0 population and that she is city of the
first class
And therrupou the salary of the city Attorney
raised To $i"o month the beneficiary of this
raise (ud the suspected author of the resolution
being ~ loss personagc than the Hon. w. X
Smith CSt"- med Associate Justice of the
State supreme Court And offer this little hit
Of history divulSins perhaps the meaning OF
''mUuit ipai fats Imperial decreeS.'
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
SNEEZING ~ OFFENCE.
From Stray Stories.

From Stray Stories
In the time Of William ~ he then Duke Of Nor
fOik referred 10 ''-brfct II a hpOr" and
only for sneezing Violently state banquet when
the King present.
Sir +. Hastings coyle. in his autobiography. re
lates how. even IN th@ hfties. Lord Halifax was
walking with Lord BuulaS. wien the latter sud-
denly began to make hideuus faces to such a
gree that Lord li@iitHN became aripusly all tucI
and Gasped out "Shau ! run for q ,Io-tor?''
Lord Dundas gave Pcrcmptory 40" aS lar as
he able When had recovered from his
larOXysm he said.
II only in the agouics Of trying not 10
SnceZe. The awful Court etiquette in regard the
matter has made me really IN many time. Now
adays cannot, from long habit. really snrrzc.
the sensation that brings about sneezinl simply
aEOnizes a."
The late Car Of Russia the fat her pr rescnt
ruler once LaZardec the opinion that in dis
unguishcd Eng hman was much wanting in pol
1sh and good manners because ne. poor man.
sneezed al 4 Russian Court reception
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
1N ECONOufC SUSPICION.

From The Washington Star.
Oar ism no mo winter; "A crispy day two.
IN mex de is shinin' an de sky is warm an
blue
grass
\ sayin' "howdy do to all dc sunbeams dey
pass.
Oar ism no mo wnter-an' de question is to-day,
What kin 1t be dat caused it's disappearance dat
away"
De monopoies done chase ev'ry time eat
sup,
An ! reckon dat de ice trus has done bought de
winter up.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
4 SYMPlTHETIC MFuORY.
From Tho Youths Companion.

From Tn" Youths Companion.
In Western MASSACHUSETTS, town lived young
woman who is blessed with both dis riI:Eation and
tact
The first OF these admirable qualities she has dis
played by her two marria-e -eS Her first husband
VAS "a minister most delightful man; he died. and
after a lapse Of five or six years she united To
his only brother. who was successful lawyer in
NcW-York
ON her library desk stands picture of the first
partner of her joys ana SORROWS. and one day
curious caller asked whom the photograph repre-
scented.
That said the hostess. with evident emotion
is "A picture of my husbands brother who died
eight years ago. and who was very dear to
BOTH
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24
OLD TRIPLETS.

From The Kansas city Journal
\ Washington County paper claims that Green
leaf can boast the oldest living triplets in the
world They are Harrison Adrich. Mrs John Te
t.cthnff and Mrs. j. j. Mexican. and they
brought into the world by Mrs S. A. Aldrich. of
Alton Ohio ffty-scven years ago. While the trip
let's have been healthy al their lives, they c--C
rather under sized the be but fee
while the women SOmew hat shorter.
The women, being married" naively remarks -cc
editor look ten years older than the man. wh0 :
"a bachelor but otherwise they closely resemble
her
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24

Even the late Napoleon III. free and easy as was
his Court certain matters. looked SneeZinS
in his presence a great liberty.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-24

the Now and then the ladder is not there,
calmly climb up icicle.'
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-17

The Business Side OF Great Uni
yersity. by President Harper, OF the
University OF Chicago, is the opening
article IN the College Mans Number
October l2,) Of the Saturday Even
ing Post, OF Philadelphia.
Theodore Roosevelt, Hary ard 80, Is
the title 0f an entertaining paper on
the presidents college life, by bis
friend. Owen Wister. Other strong
features OF this number are short
stories by Max Adeler. Jesse Lynch
Williams and Frank Norris, and a
page OF droll Mature Studies" by
oliver Herf0rd.
This number win be OF unusual ir-
terest 60 college men.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-17
COM MERCIAL CLUB.
Meeting Of The Executive Committee
Held Yesterday Afternoon.

A meeting OF the executive COM
mittee of the Commercial Club was
held yesterday afternoon in the
Offices of the secretary of the club
Several matters OF importance were
considered by the committee in
connection with road improve
ments and other work undertaken
by the Club.
Il. +. Funk, an expert road max
er, was engaged by the committee
to supply all necessary imple-
ments and to superintend the con-
struction work on the roads select
ed by the committee for improve
men,.
He is TO enlist the assistance of
farmers living contiguous to the
roads, and to supply all the teams,
scrapers, plows, etc. necessary.
The invitation from the Miami
Commercial Club to participate
in the "cut. off" celebration was
read aud it was decided TO request
all members of the club that could
do SO to be present at the "open-
ing"
In response TO the call of chair
man Porter of the Worlds Fair
executive committee, President
Ratciff issued a call for a mass
meeting TO be held Monday next,
for the purpose Of elecling dele
gates TO represent Vinita at the
Holdenville convention.
Several minor accounts were
passed by the committee and an
adjournment taken until the next
regular meeting.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-17

Hooker, Orlando Swain and A. l.,
Welsh.
Invitation-J. w. Hocker, John
w. Beard, Harry Campbell, Bert
Maxwell and # II. Greer.
The appointment committee fix
ed the delegate representation in
the convention at 800 for each ter
ritory, giving Indian territory one
delegate to each postofiice and one
delegate TO each 1000 population
or major fraction thereof in the
different towns.
Muskogee, upon motion of J w.
Hooker. was selected as the place
for holding the convention and
Thursday, November IA, at 2
O'Clock, was fixed as the time for
holding the convention.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-17
BLOCKED WITH BEEF.
Katy Meat Train Leaves Track And
Stops Traffic.

Several hundred yards of beef.
we'll skeweTed with the wrsckage
OF fifteen refrigerator cars, Uttered
the Katy tracks near Atoka yes
terday morning and blocked traffic
on the road for several hours.
This lavish waste Of succulent
tenderloins and filets resulted
from the breaking Of flange on
one Of the cars, on a north bound
meat train enroute from Texas 10
Kansas City. The car careening
derailed the following meat repos-
itories and when. what was leff OF
the train came to a stop, fifteen
cars we're splintered into assorted
kindling and their contents scat
tered along the tracks.
Traffic was blocked on the road
until late IN the afternoon. The
train crew escaped without injury.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1901-10-17

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