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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-06-06
Dress Goods.

Note the texture and
colorings is over %, so and
- cent lines. 800 and
S1.25 gets a feather
weight, yet strong and
durable. 81. % Black is
in quite demand. Piles
of Wash Dress Fabrics
await your coming, ) to
30 cents per yard. New
line this week at 20, 25
and 30 cents. The most
pleasing effects in the
market.
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IMPROVEMENT OF THE COUNT,

The following extract from letter,
s.at~i Rising sun June 4th. gives n
ffttterns account of the prospects of the
farmers in the Sixth District. There is
yo dnlhf but that part Of the county is
isnproving rapidly.
T. {. Ricketts,, Esq,
i3rar Sir There is in this neighbor-
he'sd every appearance of a heavy crop
Of pArat-heavies, indeed, than our far
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-06-06
ICE CREAM.

Mr.. John II. Brown furnishes our citi-
zens daily with excellent ice cream. 1t
is made by Mrs. r. Howard and cannot
be beat. Call and see him-lndics ut his
dwelling house-g"Etlemrn at his shop.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-06-06
KEEP COOL.

y good habit to keep cool at any time.
particularly this warm weather; and
there is 70 better way of doing 50 than
by stepping in to see Mrs. White. oppo-
site Gebhart's, who keeps excellent ice
crcam-no better to be found anywhere.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-06-06
Clothing and Hats.

Striking Novelties for
Young Men, cool and
dressy, for the coming
season. Staple styles for
older men, also want
something good, durable
and genteel.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-06-06
Cecil Wing
Fifty Years Ago.
p. c. RICKETTS,, Editor.
Saturday, June 8, 1880.
POSTOFFICE OPENED.

o. W. Lund, Esq. postmaster Mt the
newly established postofiice, at "Prin-
ciopio Furnace" in this county, writes
us that office is HOW opened.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-06-06
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The County Commissioners meet on
Tues lay next and will probably sit
three or four days. The annual county
appointments will most likely be made
on Thursday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-06-06
: + + i + + ! ! !. + !. !. !.
!: Err. BURLINGTON
!: 4 SONS.
Rising Sun Retail
Dep0t=

There must be a valid
reason why customers
from all points flock to
Rising Sun to do their
Spring Shopping.
AS the town is not as
large as some others, per-
sons not acquainted with
the stocks carried here
may wonder why?
However when a visit
is made, and a stroll is
taken through the eight
floors of our two buildings,
the reason is at once sug-
gested and then the prices
are learned. and intelli-
gent comparisons made,
the wonder is, why every
body does not go to the
place. A little more in
formation is all that is
needed.
We do not propose to
say, we are selling one
dollar goods for 30 cents,
or four dollar goods for
three. You are sufficient
ly intelligent to know this
is only an advertising
dodge. We ask you in
all fairness to visit our
place of business and learn
the truth for yourselves.
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Shoes.

1t is hardly necessary
for us to say much about
Shoes, as our we'll known
Brands command the
cream of the trade.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-06-06
Furniture and Carpets.

Now is time of year for
floor coverings. Our POO
Roll lot Of Mating about
all in, Embracing hand
some styles and heavy
weights, small figures and
Elaborate japanese Pat
terms. A large line of
Ingram Carpets. We in
vite yc. to inspect Buff
fington Bonanzale, tirmer
and more lasting than 3
ply at about the same
price strictly all-wool
something upon which
you can rely. We stand
at the back of every yard
sold. Complete line of
Brussels, Velvet and AK
minister Carpets, sewed
and layed by experienced
workmen, without addi-
tional cost, and satisfac-
ton guaranteed.
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FROST.

We had sparkling white froSts in this
neighhorhood on the morning Of Tuesday
and "Wednesday last We Ito not know
that ony injury was done by it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-06-06
Special Bargains

Just opened and placed
on sale i'll basement,
Basins, Bread Rising Pans,
Agate Ware &c.
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Jottings by the Way.
81 STATE SUPERINTENDENT
GEO. III. MOCK.

To meet Mr.. GoldShorough :. Griffith.
the venerable President of the Maryland
Sunday School Union aud President also
of number of other organizations. AMI
ct Tux with him. is an inspiration to any
man. He is nearly ~ years old. aud has
spent over 80 years in active religious
and benevolent work. Al this extreme
age he is in close touch with moIrrn
IDEAS and methods and his enthusiasm i
>tll unhoundcd.
His vigorous old age. with the full us,
Of his mental faculties. demonstrates the
vital Importance Of early and continued
freedom from bad habits. He has never
used is a beverage intuXicantS of any
kind and his mouth has never been
stained hy tobacco.
AS Il Sunday School worker. Mr.. Gift
fifth has been emincmtly SUCCESSFUL. Out
of a class of Twenty-Five. three became
miriSt, rs of the gospel and nearly all
the OF .er> became prominent religious
men. lie organized many years ago Il
Sunday School in the Maryland pcni-
Tertiary. the first in any penal iusttu-
ton in the United States. Hundreds Of
men and women issued from prison -
lead better lives as Il result of the teach
ings received there.
SO many people think they get too oil
to engage in Sunday School work . Let
such be taught Il lesson from this man
OF God, who at IS is the active Prrsi
dent of several great institutions and
closely identified with Sunday School and
other religious work.
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STUDYING THE LESSON.

| visit many Sunday Schools and come
in contact with many teachers, and find
that one Of the prevailing defects is the
want of proper preparation to teach. |
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\ DRUNKEN WOMAN.

The other night | saw on a Baltimore
street. young and handsome white wo-
man 50 drunk that she could scarcely
walk. 1t was IL most distressing sight.
After had passed her some distance.
saw another sight that pleased me very
much. This same woman tried to cross
the street and fell. Two ladies who were
close by. ran t" her aid aud helped her
to her feet and to the pavement. Their
pure hands loigned to touch II fallen sis
ter-fallen in morse senses than one per-
haps. They lifted her up. If more wo-
men were ready to aid the fallen of their
sex instead of scorning them and thus
pushing them deeper into sin. many
Stained soMl could be restornd to nuritY
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
Things Not What They Seem.

"Once on @ time there was a min
lister. In fact there were several min
isters But this particular minister did
not believe in Sunday newspapers said
Robert T Barrett. an old newspaper
man of New York. at the Raleigh. He
wrote an article telling people how to
be good and sent it to a newspaper
With the article was a note requesting
the editor not to put it in the Sunday
paper, but in the Monday paper. The
editor used the space intended for the
article for the report Of a prizeaght.
The story Of the prizefght was written,
put in type and partially printed on
Saturday night. On Sunday IT was read
by Is. 900 people, while the minister was
preaching to thirty-eight women, sixteen
children and six men on the evil Of
prizefghting.
at o'clock Sunday night the editor
put the minister's article in chute and
sent It TO the composing room At S
O'Clock Sunday night the foreman gave
the copy to d printer. At 8:I5 Sunday
night the printer had the minister's
article in print At o'clock Sunday
night the proofreader read the minister :
article At 10 O'Clock Sunday night the
foreman put the minister's article into
form and sent it down to the pressrOom-
At 1890 Sunday night the pTessmen ran
of the first edition Of the paper contain
ing the minister's article. At 11:30
Sunday night the mailing clerk did up
the bundles of paper containing the min
ister's article and at 1I:45 Sunday night
an expressman dashed to the depot with
the papers containing the ministers s
article. The next day. being Monday.
the subscribers of the paper read the
paper and used the page containing the
minister's article to wrap their IauD-
dry in
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
FORMER POLICE JUSTICE
PADDY" DIVER DEAD
Tammany Politician Who
Ruled DE FOurt Ward. "

NEW YORK. Jan. 21.-Ex-Police Jus
tice Patrick Diver died of Dleuro-Pneu-
moEia in his home at Madison Street
al 2-05 o'clock yesterday afternoon. ~
the bedside were his wife and daugh-
ters- His Two sons, Joseph and James.
had left the house in the forenoon.
Sometimes Patrick Diver was re
serred to in print OF by the inuoduc-
tory orator at a political meeting as the
Hon. Patrick Diver. or as Judge Div
yer. but generally he was simply
Paddy" the man who gave finer chow
ders than any other Taumaay brave in
the city
It was on Nay /. 1884. that he was
born in Ireland, the youngest of eleven
children, of whom eight we're boys. All
CT the eleven died years ago. except
Patrick and John
When Patrick was TWO years old his
parents brought him 10 New York and
started housekeeping in Jacob Street. In
1S56 he was a member of the Tammany
Hall general committee. About 1872 he
went into the liquor business. some Of
his old friends aiding him 10 open q
saloon at - Chatham Street, now II3
Park Row. In ISSS he sold out. saying
that he had never liked the liquor traffic.
The first time Diver ran for alder
man he made the fight on short notice
in response to an order from John
Kelly He was beaten by Alderman
Walsh, but the next year he won. as be
did every year after that until he re-
fused in 1883 to be q candidate any
longer All the while. though. he con
tinued to be undisDuted leader in the
Second AssembI district. or de Fourt
ward"
When Hugh ] Grant was elected Tam
many mayor, DIVERS district had piled
up an enormous majority. and its leader
was appointed a police Justice II has
been said that he meted out justice with
rare fairness. and that ungrammatical
lingo was probably his greatest fault.
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
OF THE MUSES.
IS THIS COINER OF VERSE
Lindsay Says He IS Heir of All the Ages, and Keats
Wasn't in II With Him.

George ". Lindsay, a wealthy attorney
of Snow Hill, s. c. arrested Tuesday
afternoon in Maryland Avenue by Po-
Hceman Romer. and temporarily de
tained at the Government Hospital for
the Insane, was taken home last night
by his cousin. James T Sugg, mayor OF
Snow Hill, who came after him. Mayor
Sugg stated Lindsay had never evidenced
insanity before.
Lindsay is the man who was dIscov-
cred on the tracks of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. signaling to an imaginary
train. and who, when arrested, stated
that he was en- route to London TO con
FER with King Edward in regard to the
publication of his poems. Shortly after
his arrest Lindsay was seen by a Times
reporter, to whom he discOursed as fol-
lows:
'' Twas ever thus. The poets and
philosophers Of all ages have been mis-
understood and prosecuted. Look al
Keats, whom persecution bounded 10 an
early grave and extiDguished the bright
est light on the literary horizon. In me
you see more than a Keats. for ] an
the heir OF ali the ages. in the fore
most files Of time as q lesser poet than
I, a mountebank named Tennyson. once
IN q moment Of Inspiration. said.
Speaking OF inspiration, what can
excel. in all written literature. the sub
tie pathos of my lines in my poem. 'Ng
Lady's Summer House,.
Thou art but faded flower,
Found within my iadE's bower,
stepped upon by her dear feet
Now I know that thou art sweet.
But you must not think that I con
1ne myself TO the pathetic. By no
means. Take the fine humor Of my
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
Unperceived improvement.

''Embalming railroad ties has become
quite a business" said z. K Barr, Of
Springfield. Ill. at the New Willard.
The Aver & Lord Tie Company. of
Chicago, who do a great amount of busi-
ness in Illinois. have recently installed
one Of the largest tie factories in the
world, at CarbondaIe, III. The cost of
the plant was $500, 600, and the capacity
is 1900, 600 ties per year. By means OF
a preserving process used at this plant
nearly all kinds Of timber can be used
fer making ties. The lumber is first run
into a vat which completely dries all
moisture. when 1t is placed in a bath Of
creosote, and is then glazed by another
process. BY means OF this embalming
process any kind Of timber can be made
a. serviceabIe as the oak tie which Is
commonly used
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
CHICAGO HIGHHAYMEH
HOLD Up SIX IN A DAY
One Victim Shot for Not
Obeying Orders Promptly,

CHICAGO, Jan. 29.-Chicago highway
men are growing bolder daily, and the
efforts Of the police seem to have little
effect to check them. six hold-uDs oc-
curred yesterday. One Of the victims
who resisted. was shot in the leg
James Hawkius was held NJ In his
own door yard last night by three men
who asked him where an imaginary
ncighb0r lived. Hawkins was knocked
down and robbed Neighhors pursued
the thieves and several shots were eH-
changed. but they made their escape.
Hawkins last a SIO0 diamond pin and
other vaIuabIes.
Charles starkc. delivery wagon
driver for W. s Woodwork. was held
up near HtnsdaIe and, refusing to ohey
the command TO put up his hands, was
shot in the leg and robbed OF $40
Three women were robbed IL different
parts Of the city of small amounts OF
money
No arrests were made.
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
Where Was jim?

I'll tell you good story though it is
rather pathetic when taken seriously, -
said Alexander b Grady. a New York
drummer, at the Raleigh a young man
Of rich and fnduIgent parents, whom we
will call Jim for short, got to be in
very poor health. so he decided to go to
Africa His family instructed him not to
spare expense. but to cable three times
a week how he was, and what ne was
doing. The first cable ran:
q" Well. Native guide, Rajah. Hunt
lions tomorrow.
The next communication did not ar
rive till two weeks later It was this:
q. Jim dead. Killed. Lion. What do2
'' RAJAH.'
Back went the fearful message:
'' Send JIm's body
six weeks later there was delivered
to the keeper Of the receiving vault Of
the town cemetery a box or coffin so
large and heavy that IL might have been
the home Of a second CardiG giant. Sus-
pIclon having been aroused, permit
was secured and the sealed coffin opened.
To the Consideration of those present
there lay the body of magnificent male
lion. resting on white satin. The follow
ing message was soon racing to Rajah.
some mistake. You sent a Hon.
Where is JIM
The following information was soon
received:
No mistake. Jim inside lion"
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
Coal, If He Had to Fight For It.

This spell Of moderate weather IS
certainly a godsend to the poor and I
guess every other person who has coal
to buy and none to burn" remarked
Albert 5. Patterson, Of Trenton, y. J.,
at the Raleigh.
1T is lucky the winter has so far
been moderate We have had one OF
two cold snaps. but fortunately they did
not last very long. If they had 1 be
lieve the country would have seen some
rioting that might have been serious.
Think Of IT. Suppose a cold wave
had swept over the country and held
on for thirty days-that is not unusual
in Northern States-what do you sup
pose would have happened? Why, in
cities like New York and Chicago it
would take no artist to describe the
scenes. That is what breeds socialism,
and I am Of the opinion the present con-
diuons have opened the eyes Of the coal
operators and that they viii be careful
in the future.
Coal has become 4 necessity to the
American people, like water It is as
essential to have heat as it is to have
water to drink. and the Americans Will
have it If they have TO fight for It. ]
am not an aIarmist. but If I were. an
operator I would take a look at the stu
alton, and it would not take me many
minutes to decide what to do"
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
The Day Of Young Men.

\ AtS LAY VI ARAAE ElEtls
Il am not connected with a trust or
corporation, and am not prepared to
say I would vote for a trust candidate
for President. but it is q mistake to
say that the opportunities 10 rise and
accumulate money are shut off becaus2
large corporations and combines are in
the field" said Ralph Guernsey, Of Pitts
burg. at the New Willard.
"A few weeks ago was one Of group
engaged in conversation. A cynic re
marked that young men had fewer op-
portunities to become prominent in the
business world and grow rich than they
had quarter of d century back.
Let me see. I said Then glanced
about and mentioned a dozen men. One
was q railroad president, not over fifty
years of age, who had worked up from
the train dispatcher's office. Another
was the general manager Of a railroad
not over forty-fve years of age, who had
worked up from the bottom Another
was the trafHc manager of a railroad
under forty years Of age. Another was
81 millionaire banker, thiTty-fve years
of age. who started as q cheap clerk
Another was the vice president of an
iron company who had started as q
clerk, and who had risen to a high po-
sition before he was thirty-five. These
men were only specimens Of thousands
Of young and middle-aged men who
started with nothing. but who are now
rich OF on the road to wealth
The day viii never come. trust OF
no trust, when young men of brains
and pluck cannot rise"
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
BACHELORS AND SPINSTERS
MUST MARRY ORPAYATAX
Bill Introduced in New York Legislature.

NEW YORK, jan. 29.-Slngle blessed
ness may no longer thrive in the State Of
New York Il AssembIyman Isadore Cohn
be successful in securing the passage
OF a bill introduced by him yesterday at
Albany
Mr.. Cobn Is camping hot upon the trail
Of the bachelor and old maid. Yesterday
he introduced in the Legislature At Al
bany & BIZ taxing not only all unmar-
ried men, but also all sDinsters, $50 a
year.
That Assemblyman Cohn's bill is revo-
lutionary in character every representa-
tive at Albany admits. but many there
are who believe # TO have been conceived
in q spirit of reform. and who viii fight
for its enactment from committee room
10 open session. from the assembly 10 the
senate. and from the senate to the gov
ernor himself.
Others viii array themselves solidly
against the measure. Already all party
lines have been swept away. There are
no longer Democrats and Republicans.
there are only Cohnites and anti Conn
ties. Other measures have faded from
view. rendered paItry. trivial. and insLg-
uincaGt by the greater importance Of the
Cohn bill.
All abie-bodied bachelors between the
ages Of forty and sixty five; all splnsters
between the ages Of thirty-fyc and fifty
come within the provisions OF the COhn
bill.
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
Still Patronize Fakers.

with all the education and enIight-
ment Of the twentieth century. I believe
superstition is as prevalent as it ever
was" said Samuel J. Robertson, of New
Orleans. at the New Willard
while people no longer believe that
when it thunders the gods are angry,
there Is prevalent, what IS quite as alb
surd in my judgment, the feeling that
the number Is is unlucky.
Modern superstition IS not confined
10 the uneducated, but persons Of the
highest social condition, especially wo-
men. are imbued with the belief that
supernatural things are always hap
pening- This accounts for the large
number OF paImists and fortune teIlers
who make a living out Of cTeduIous
and superstitious public
1t would surprise the average per
son to know how many people of intel
Iigence visit these takers TO find out the
secrets of the future. OF course. young
people in love in all ages and for all
time 10 come viii consult fortune tell
e-s to find out IL their love is returned,
and whether they are going to marry the
man or the woman of their choice.
But people in love are not quite IN
their natural minds. and it is to be ez-
pectad that they viii do foolish things.
Fortune teIiers are consulted On busf-
ness. however. and their advice is asked
whether TO buy or sell stocks and on all
kinds OF matters which they claim to
know about. but or which they know alb
soIuteIg nothing. It is all a fake, this
pretended knowledge Of fortune teIlers,
but their prosperity only goes to show
the prevalence of superstition"
The Washington times., 1903-01-29

All these must pay the yearly tax, un-
less it can be shown that the state of
ceIibecy is enforced and not intentional
Ex-senator David B. Hill is expected
to take active charge Of the missionary
work against the bill within few days.
and to bring all the power Of his legal
knowledge and legislative experience to
bear TO prevent its passage.
Mr.. Cohn is fortified in the position he
has taken by the fact that he is a bach
clor himself. This relieves him of the
charge Of propagating class legislation
Il Is already whispered that Nj Cohn is
engaged TO marry, and that he has con
cealed this fact fearing that II might
affect unfav0rably the passage OF his hilI
Mr- Cohn's BIZ is favored and viii a-
fought Tor by every married nlan IN the
State legislature It viii be bitterly
antagouizcd by every bachelor. The
bachelors regard il as restrictive Of per
sonal liberty, as entaiIing upon them the
hardships and sunerings OF matrfmony
which they have heretofore escaped. and
as tending to humiliate and degrade
them. They admit the delicate appropri-
atcuess Of the setting aside C the reye-
MUGS Of the funds from the tav sor lh,
purpose Of providing for the toCndIinga OF
The State, however.
hssemblyEan Corn is young man.
barely twcnty-eight. elected from de
ate 80 and regarded as q successful iav-vrr
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
HEARD IN HOTEL CORRIDORS.

hostlers. buffers. etc. while the girls
should be taught how 10 sew. cook anI
nurse.
The negro women make the best
nurses in the world. and many Of them
are now earning Il good living as trained
nurses. There Is one industrial school
of this kind in Birmingham. modelled
after the Booker Washington school at
Tuskeegee. and am heartily in favor
Of more of them"
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
poem, Caroline Here are the opening
Oh. Caroline. my Caroline,
As on thy dress I spill my wine.
The thought cunsolatary comes
Thai Ne arc hur . mir nf huns

Why should ! be here. in durance
vile? I demand the rights Of an apostle
Of literature. I, poet, philosopher. and
prophet of the beautiful was fouIIy set
upon and subjected TO arrest, simply be-
cause tried to stop a train that would
take me TO England. the home Of the
muses., where had an engagement with
Edward, the noble King OF that dear
land Of my friend Shakespeare. You
know the trains have come under the
control of those soUIIess corporations.
the trusts. and they have all received
orders not to stop for me. But I know
the laws Of the country. and 7 know
that they are obliged to stop on signal.
So yesterday afternoon I went out on
the tracks and sigDaled for the London
train to stop. But the trusts were too
wise for me and had a policeman on
hand, in the person Of Private Romer.
who arrested me just as the train was
slowing up, and brought NE to this place
Butt tell you here and now, that Lind
say. crushed TO earth, shall rise again
and the day is not far distant when my
name shall be a household word. I shall
yet see Edward, and I know full well
that he viii take me under his protec-
ton and force the heartless publishers
to give my gems Of poetic thought 10
a waiting world"
Lindsay's verse is said 10 be quite
meritoriouss and entirely different from
the doEgeTeI ground out by his disorder
ed mind.
The Washington times., 1903-01-29
DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS
FOR UNION STATION

The District Commissioners have IA
vorabIy considered the plan proposed by
the Northeast Washington Citizens As
sociaJou for awarding damages to p op-
erty which may be injured by the con-
struction of the union station and its
approaches This Plan, in bries, is that
there should be oue commission to Tass
upon all the pieces OF property instead
OF q separate jury for each. as coutem-
plated in the pending bill.