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tied which of these two explanations gives the more satisfactory account of the phenomenon.
 Then another question arises out of this one, and brings our sun and our solar system again into the problem: What is the situation of the sun with respect to the Milky Way? | Evidently if the Milky Way is a ring we are not far from the middle of it.; and if it is disc we must likewise be near the center of that disc; but the sun, carrying us along, is in constant motion, going, roughly speaking, from the south toward the north.
 Will it eventually transport us into the ring of the Milky Way, or will its course change so that We shall move away from that wonderful girdle or disc of stars? .......,
 Upon this arises yet another problem. Is there a common center of gravity for all the stars, for the whole universe, around which center everything moves; or, on the other hand, are there only minor systems of orbs connected by their mutual gravitation, but virtually independent of other systems?
 Gravitation, which it itself an unex- plained mystery, seems to extend over all distances; but that is merely seem- ing, for we have proof only that it's sway exists between the members of the solar system, including the comets, and between the orbs that make up the so-called binary stars. where two close by stars are observed to be in motion a fhaf,
 For the universe at large it is only probable inference-not a matter of es- tablished fact-that gravitation affects all bodies alike and extends to all con- ceivable distances, only weakening as the distance becomes greater.-London Express.
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The street Car.

The car stopped comfortably filled, Then four men got on. At the next corner seven edged in, And sixteen got on after that; , AfterWard two boys swung on; SoCn red faced woman beekoned, And she got on. - Ill tine midst of the glad revelry A party of Serenaders dropped on. By and by Il colored gemmau Redolent of old mown hay, He got on
 Then five giggling school girls registered. hard-faced mother, with squaling kid Mounted the platform. Did she? She did. Then a pompous police officer, With girth for several, Ripped in. V'"-' Three little maids from school Didn't do anything but get on. After while a street sweeper pushed in, Then brick-layer, And a bod carrier, Three tinsmiths, four stonemasons, Also a printer. Two Sunday school teachers, And Il prizefighter, They got On But the "con" didn't mlndhe did his
 stunt, And furiously beloved: Move up to the
 front"
 From thn St paul Disnatch
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SECRET ROOMS OF ENGLAND.
Trap Doors, Swinging Pictures and
 Priests Holes"

Trap Doors, Swinging Pictures and
 Priests Holes
 There lived long ago, in the old trou-
 blous times Jesuit named Nicholas
 Owen, who devoted the greater part of
 his life to constructing hiding places for persecuted priests.
 | The places were called priests holes," and were made in various ways | with the greatest skill and ingenuity, | in the principal Catholic houses all over | England
 | As Allan Tea shows in his very inter- esting book on "The Secret Rooms of England,' no precedents were allowed to bias the choice of hiding holes in those who designed them, for the more remarkable the place the less likelihood there was of it's being discovered. One house would have it's secret room in Q chimney, entered from the hearthstone. though eases are recorded in which a chimney pot unsullied by smoke has led to the detection of the prey; an other would utilize q sliding or swing ing picture, like that one in Lyme Hall, Cheshire; an innocent-looking settle" would prove the entrance to a hole, or a. false floor would accommodate refll- gees.
 At Upton Court a curious place for concealment exists is one of the gables close to the ceiling.
 It is triangular in shape and is open ed by a spring bolt that can be un- latched by pulling string which runs through a tiny hole pierced in the framework of the door of the adjoining room. The door Ol the hiding place swings upon pivot. and externally is thickly covered with plaster, so as to resemble the rest of the wall, and is so solid that when sounded there is no hol- low sound from the cavity behind, where, no doubt, the crucif7X and sa- cred vessels were secreted.
 Not far off in an upper garret is a hiding place in the thickness of the wall large enough to contain man standing upright. Like the other, the door or en- trance forms part of the plaster wall. Again, in one of the passages of this curious old mansion are further evil dences of the hardshlps to which Ro- man priests were subjected-a trap in 1 the floor, which can only be opened by l pulling up what exteriorly appears to l
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MORE GOVER NIT ENT WORK.

When the United States government
 gets all the western sand plains irri- gated, the southern swamps drained and few other little things done this will be quite country. One of the lit- tie things that needs doing is the im- provement of the river Columbia. The drainage basin of the upper Columbia river, excluding that part which lies in Canada, is estimated at 1S0,0O0 square miles The territory is rich in lumber, in good agricultural land and in min erals. It is blessed with an admirable climate, and possesses enormous poten- tialties in the way of economic devel- opment. One thing is lacking, though railroads run through a part-cheap transportation. The rivers are naviga- ble through only a part of their length. Between the basin and the seaboard are falls, rapids and dangerous obstruc- tions in the channels. At one time a canal was recommended by government engineers as a means of evading the most serious obstruction, the Dalles, This was in 1879 Later, in 1888 and 1892. a boat railroad scheme was sug- gested, but it met objections from the river boatmen, who feared the horizon tai and vertical curves involved. In 1900 new survey was made, and the
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PROBLEMS OF THE SKIES.
Is the Moon Really Dead World and
 What is the Milky Way?

Is the Moon Really Dead World and
 What is the Milky Way?
 The unsolved problems of astronomy are legion. For instance, we do not yet know whether the nearest of all celes- tial bodies, the moon, is absolutely dead and abandoned or not.
 Within three months past one astron- omer, M. Charbonneaux, of Meudon, has seen, as he and his assistants aver, an active volcano on the moon, with clouds of dust or vapor floating over it. | Another unsolved problem of intense l interest relates to the sun. We do not know whether the sun is growing hotter or colder. If it is yet only gaseous in it's constitution there is a known law which proelaims that it's heat must in- crease while it continues to contract. It remains to be shown that the sun has commenced to liquefy or has grown so dense that the laws governing gases no longer control it. fir that stage has not been reached, then an epoch may be approaching when there will be truly a hot time on the earth!
 A third problem of vastly greater
 
 concerns the structure of the universe. Everybody knows that the sky is encir- cled with a soft, pearly ring of faint light, which seems like 8 girdle drawn round the sphere of the stars. One of the greatest astronomical problems is the nature of that Sirdlc the Galaxy, or the Milky Way, as it is called.
 The question is, what relation does the Milky Way hold to the other brighter separate stars which are scat tered all over the sky? Is it, in reality what it looks like--a girdle, or a spiral of very distant stars having no connec- ton with the other and nearer orbs of space, or is it simply an effect of per- spective, produced by our being in the middle of an enormous flat disc made of stars, which stars appear few and scattered when we look out sidways from the disc shaped space that they but become innumerable and stretch off into infinite distance when we look along the plane of the disc to- ward It's marrow edge? It is not yet set-
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THE NEW HAVEN SAVINGS BANK

THE NEW HAVEN SAVINGS BANK Interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum will be credited depositors for the six months ending December 31, 19O1 upon all deposits entitled thereto not exceeding rate of three and one-half per cent per annum upon the excess of one thousand dollars. payable on and after January 1, h91 Deposits ade m fod5 n i 1als Sank on or draw interest January 1.
 ROBERT A. BROWN, Treasurer.
 New Haven, December 31 1901. j2 St
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William L. Breyfogle, editor of the American Asphalt Journal, says: "T dc not think the recent failure of the Asphalt Trust (National Asphalt Com- pary) is harmful to tho asphalt indus try. On the contrary, new methods will prevail. There was never q. time when asphalt was more in demand and thou sands of miles of pavement are await ing construction. Buffalo alone will lay eighty miles of it this year, St
 Louis is about to have 120 miles, and from every source the demand is in creasins. As to the failure of the Trust, l think it was inevitable, as they had no natural monopoly of ma terial. I suppose it will reorganize in some manner, and some of it's subcom- panies will survive and re-enter the
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It is related that the famous tenor Tamagno gave large supper in his sumptuous villa at Varese recently, to which he invited all the local authori- ties and many of his personal friends. In the invitation it was intimated that s'while waiting the hour of supper which is fixed for il D. m., there will be music to begin at g." One of the au- thorities replied thanking him, adding, however, that he would come at ii punctually. Tamango, indignant at such slight tn his voice in favor of his supper, answered. "As the supper is only offered as reward to those who have the patience to hear me sing, and who want to be indulgent to me, pray you renounce the supper and come to dinner with me tomorrow at noon, as- suring you that I will not sing"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-11

Asiatic Turkey is to be rescued from semi barbarism by the construction Of S140000,00o worth of railroads, one or which will run through Euphrates val ley from end to end. The new roads will folIow the old caravan routes, and they will touch all the principal cities and towns of Bible land.
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' The Odessa correspondent of the Lon don Standard takes a rather gloomy view of the prospects of the Siberian railroad. He says the cost$and time of the overland transit of merchandise from European Russia and from west ern Europe generally will seriously mill the line
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It is rather surprising to read that firm of London contractors has secured a contract to furni sll rails and equip ment for a railroad from Kansas Clty to the City of Mexico, but we suppose the material used will be good United States.
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field, but there is room enough for all, and competition will make for better and cheaper pavementa
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The big fire losses are having some effect on the insurance interests. One Philadelphia fire insurance company, in bt1slness over one hundred years, has been compelled to suspend business for time, owing to impairment of capital from excessive fire losses; and New York company in business sixty-six similar reasons. In St. Louis, New Or leans and some other places there is heard complaint from merchants and large property interests of a scarcity of available insurance against fire.
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At meeting of the Roscommon, Ire land, Board of Guardians the other day strong objection was taken to the use of the letters 70. H. M. S." (On His Majestys Service) on the envelopes of the board. One member said: These letters are emblenatic of our subjuga- tion to & base and barbarous race. Let it be put down on the minutes that the clerk is instructed to cease ordering any more envelopes with such degrad- ing letters printed or written on them, and that for the future envelopes with some national emblem or lettering, such as On the peoples service, be substi- tuted.' Eventually, after discussion, a notice of motion to abolish the letters was given.
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Senator Mason of the committee on jects to the rural free delivery system. He says that 1t is depriving the farmer of his wholesome frequent trips to the village store, where The met his neigh bors, took a chew of tobacco and set tied the affairs of the nation. The gen eral store is the farmers club. This rural delivery business is doing away with that club" Therefore he proposes that his committee look into the ques- tion and see if we had not better do away with the rural delivery.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CIrY ]t CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS MoNTH s3FoR SIX MONTHS. 8a A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY NAH.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISING RATES. |, Situations, Wants. Rents. and other sinaii advertisements, One Cent Word each n. sertion. Five Cents Word for full week
 '{saMI1 HeAds' Display advertisements, per inch. one in, sertion. St.20: each subsequent Insertion. ao cents; one week. S3.20: one month. Slu; one year. s40.' ,r Obituary Notices. In prose or verse, ID cents per line. Notices of Births. Maft' ages. Deaths, and Funerals. 60 cents eaen' Local Notices, 15 cents per line. ,. Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immediate business Gall matter to ne nnohJectjonable), and their contracts oo hot Include, Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-08-23
SHOT IN THE FACE.

Sheriff William T. McAlister arrested
and placed in EktoI. Jail on Tuesday.
Amor Ash. He is suffering with bull
let wound in the left side of his face.
fired from Il 22-calibre revolver in the
hands of Fred Cherrington.
Chcrrngton told the following story in
regard to the Shooting:-
Il rented house on the road between
Elkton and Singcrly station some months
ago, and later Sub-rented part of the
house to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Alex
ander. Lately Amor Ash, brother of
Mrs. Alexander, has been coming to
their home. and on several occasions was
intoxicated, and threatened to do me
bodily harm. | have been working for
Mr. John Moore, near Cherry Hill, and
borrowed a pistol from him for self-pro-
lection. | did not intend to shoot any
one unless forced to do so. Tuesday
morning Amor Ash was again at his sis
ter's home, and again threatened my life
and finally attacked me with an axe
handle. He struck me once over the
shoulder. and | drew the revolver from
my pocket and fired for self-protecton. -
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-08-23
ElktOn Man Escapes.

John Scott. of Elkton. who is chem
list ut the Delaware Pulp Mills. Whining
ton. whore two digeStcrS exploded ON
Wednesday with such II fearful loss of
life. had Il lucky escape. as he had only
left the wrecked portion of the mill few
minutes before the accident occurred.
The workman to whom he had been talk
ing there was instantly killed. After the
explosion Mr.. Scott joined in the work
of rescue. and while engaged in fighting
the fire in on" of the acid rooms. he fell
and WAS painfully burned about the face
and handS-hut his injuries are not so
serious.
In the explosion sixteen men lost their
livrs-and one is still missing. The
owners of the mills are the .Jcssup and
Moore Company which is interested in
tn" Elkton Pulp Works and the Provid-
rnce Paper Mills. The explosion was
the worst in the history of Wilmington.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-08-23
Col. FOard HAIRS From Texas.

The Elkton stockholders of the Eastern
Texas Gas. Oil and Mineral Company
will be interested in the latest news Col.
:. h. Foard. of Elkton. has received from
the field y letter Thursday from ii. A.
Miller. Manager. of the Company. states
that ut the depth of :i5l feet the drillcrS
struck II / foot vein of coal and ut 30
feet II = foot vein of coal. At 'i.iG feet
III" cap rock was found and which is
identical with the cap rock struck ut the
famous Spindle Top wells ut Beaumont.
The finding of coal is very important.
and the expectations of the company are
running high. Another valuable asset of
the company is its timber land which has
a water frontage of II miles on the
Sabine river. This will hc cut down and
Skipped and the coal mined. They cX-
poet to find an abundance of oil at 1000
feet.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-08-23
Sunday School Annual PicnicS.

The Elktpn Methodist Episcopal Sun
day School will hold an all-day picnic ut
Frenchtown, along the Elk river. next
Wednesday.
Big Elk NJ. +. Sunday School held IN
all-,lay picnic in Elmer .Janncy'S grove.
yesterday. Friday.
The annual picnic of Trinity Protest
ant Episcopal Sunday School. Elkton
was held on Wednesday. at Frenchtown.
along Elk river, Quite Il number were
present and all report Il very pleasant
day.
st. Stephens p. +. Sunday School.
Earlrville. picnicked at the old Knights
homestead. on the Bohemia River. on
Thursday.
Jackson Sunday School held Il picnic
in .Ianney's woods. yesterday, Friday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-08-23
ELKTON OPERA HOUSE

When You 20 to see the Charles +.
Edwards Stock Company ut the Elkton
Opera House. next week. Thursday. FRI
day and Saturday evenings. August 18th.
18th and Both. YOU will be convinced that
this is on" of the strongest repertoire
companies on the road. Mr. Edwards
has been before the theatre going people
for the past II years. and knows lust
what the public wants in the amusement
line. Th" plays to he produced here are
tn" thrilling melo-drama Utah." play
of to-day, dealing with the MomunS.
telling beautiful love story intcrmim-
sled with comedy. The modern comedy
drama The Power of Money" THE
Hero of Samar" one of the latest mill
tary dramas dealing with our late war
in III" Philippine Islands and Cuba. High
class Sp"cialti"S are introduced between
the acts.
Prominent among those in the Ed
wards Company are the favoritc bari
tome. Will ID. Chamberlain: Melville and
May. High class vaudeville artists. direct
from keithS: Miss Mama Barnes. the tai
cntrh leading lady.
Popular priccS-lO 20. 80 and ~
cents. Ladies' will be admitted for IL
cents Oh the opening night, if tickets are
purchased 1T tn" advance sale before Z
p. III. Advance sal" of seats ut IL. &.
Wells Drug Store
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-08-23
SiXty-Five Were Not SuperstitiOus.

SiXty-tive tickets were sold at the Elk
ton passenger station on Thursday. for
the third and last annual railroad cXcur-
sion to Colchester Beach. This number
would probably have been more than
doubled, had not II report been circulated
broadcast that Il certain woman-a for
tune tellcr-in Wilmington, predicted
that the Steamer Louise would sink
in the Chesapeake Bay that day. This
same fortune teller. or rather crank. is
said to have predicted that President
Mckinley would be shot, as no doubt
hundreds do predict for each and every
Chief Executive.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-08-23
Public Sales.

Every farmer having Il public sale Of
stock should look carefully after adver-
Using it-see that the public at large
knows he is going to dispose of such
stock, machinery, etc Look around
and you will find that the Cecil Wing
is read at every hand in Cecil county
and naturally the farmers consult its
columns for these sales. Send your ad-
vertisements to the Cecil Wing and
get the benefit of its wide circulation
The rates are low And in the way of
printing your hand bils-see if we can.
not save you money.
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Republican Primaries Today.

The Republican primaries will be held
in the several election districts of Cecil
county. to-day, Saturday. when delegates
will be elected to assemble in county
convention at Elkton. on Monday, and
select four persons to represent Cecil
county in the First District Republican
Congressional Convention, which will be
held at Ocean City. next Thursday. Au.
gust 2Sth. when a candidate will be
nominated to succeed Congressman Jack,
son. Cecil county's delegates will prob
ably go uninstructed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-08-23
CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS

Jacob Bddlc. .Jr of this town. an en-
poy"" 1T tn" Elkton Foundry. was pain
fully and seriously burned while AT work
on Monday. by having II quantity of mol
ten iron fall on his foot
Mrs. Margaret Miller. an aged and
highly esteemed lady of Elkton. was
painfully injured by falling down Il flight
of stairs ut h"r home. on East Main
street. Monday morning. Her head WIS
badly cut and she was also badly shaken
up by the fall
Arthur Dcib"rt. son of Henry Deibcrt.
proprietor of the Elk Landing boat
yard. is suffering from Il severe cut ON
his leg. near tn" ankle. He was using
an adj while ut work at the boat-yar,l.
when it slipped and struck him. He has
since been unable to walk except by the
aid of crutchrS.
Will" Mrs. J. r. Maxwell. of Newark,
DEL. was walking on her porch last sun
day morning. she stumbled and fell into
Il tub of water, iniuring herself severely.
Her elbow was dislocated and her arm
was broken ut the wrist The fracture.
which WAS II bad one. was reduced hy
DIR. Columbus Henry.
y young daughter of Frank Bias. col
ored. of Newark. Del. was shot Sntur-
day afternoon. while playing with 49,
calihrc revolver. The child found the
fire arm in the house. and, not knowing
of its deadly nature. handled it with
fatal effect. The ball struck her near the
temple. Medical aid was rendered. and
Il few hours after being shot she was
taken to the b. X o. station to be sent
to hospital in Wilmington, but she died
before the train arrived
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-08-23
TO ATLANTIC CITY.

Miss ELLA &. Lynch. of lIlGton. teacher
of the Elk Neck Public School and Miss
Flora Marshbank, I'll pupil of the Elkton
High School. We're the winners of the
Cecil Wing voting contest and will
spend next week ut Atlantic City, aS
guests of the paper at the handsome new
Hotel Strand. on Pennsylvania Ave
III" facing the beach. This is one of the
best hotels ut the shore. and every pro-
vision has been made for the comfort
and pleasure of the winners. The trip
includes railroad transportation and other
features.
The contest was quite spirited between
Misses Lynch and MnrShhank. of Elk
ton. and Misses Mabel Matthews and
l.ottie Warner. of North East
The final vote was us fnllowS:-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-08-23
II E\RI {. NELSON.

Mr.. Henry &. Nelson. Il former Cecil
rnrntian. died ut his home. II North
Fifty-Srvrnth Street Philadelphia. on
Thursday last. after II long illness. He
was born in this county 81 years ago.
and was II brother of William Nelson. of
this town. Mr.. Nelson enlisted in the
Second Delaware Volunteers during the
Civil War; and received the commission
rs Lieutenant. He WAS commended for
his bravery ut Gettysburg and Antrtam.
He is survived by II SON and daughter.
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DEATHS.
WILLIAM WESLEY NICKLE.

w. W. Nicklc. Il respected citizen of
to.ora. died ut his home. near that place,
on Tuesday afternoon. He was born ut
"korncr Kctch." this county. in 1898,
where he spent his boyhood days. Mr..
Nicklr WIS for many years the leading
coach maker of Port Deposit. About
&tty years ago he bought the farm near
iI1rrSvillr. where he resided ut the time
%: his death. Mr.. Nicilc was married
three times his first wife being Miss
Eliza Pcnnock. his second Miss Margaret
McCorkle. his third who survives him.
Miss Hannah McCorklc He is also sur
vivrl by son and daughter. both of
"1om are married and reside in Phila-
dolphin.