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LOW RATE TOUR TO DENVER.
Via PENNSYLVANIA Railroad, Account
Christian EndeavOr Convention.

For the benefit of delegates and others
desiring to attend the Twenty First In
t"rnational Biennial Convention Of the
United Society of Christian Endcavor to
be held at Denver Col, July 9th 10 18th
the pennsylvania Railroad Company will
run persOnally-conductcd tour to Den
YER and return. leaving PHILADELPHIA,
Lancaster. Harrisburg. Altoona. and
iittsburg and intermediate stations ON
Tuesday, July It'll going via Chicago and
arriving at Denver. Thursday. July 9th
Returning, the tour will leave Denver on
Thursday, July 10th. arriving Pittsburg,
Philadelphia, and intermediate stations
Saturday, July 18th Special trains Of
the highest grade of Pullman equipment
will be run on a fast schedule Each
train will be in charge of Il tourist agent.
chaperou, and special uniformed baggage
master. Round-trip rate. covering trans
r0rtatiOn to Denver. Colorado Springs,
or Pueblo and return. Pullman berth. and
all necessary meals in dining car to and
from Denver will be rs follows :-phla-
deIphia. %Il.25, two in one berth. SGO.25
each: Lancaster 500. 50. two in one
berth. S59.31 each: York. 100. two in
one berth. $3.50 each; Harrisburg,
SGI2I, two in one berth. SJ125 each;
Altoona. SGl.IO, two in ore berth. $500
each: PittSburg. $500, two in one berth
$500 each. Round-trip rate. covering
all necessary expenses on going trip and
railroad transportation only returning.
on regular trains until August 31st. will
be as follows :-I'hilHdclpha. &57.25.
two in one berth, $51. - each; Lancaster.
SIi.3I. two in one berth. sol. 10 each:
York, Solo, two in one berth. $49.50
each; Harrisburg. $Il.25. two in one
berth, S49.2J each; Altoona. So. 30, two
in one berth. S4T.15 each: Pittsburg
%4IlO. two in one berth. Sl32I each.
fropOrtion8te rates from other points.
Pullman accommodations and meals arc
included only while tourists are using
special trains, Special side trips from
Denver at reduced rates. For rescrva-
tionS of space, tickets. and full informa-
ton. apply to nearest Pennsylvania Rail
roHd Ticket Agent, or direct to Geo. w.
Boyd. General Passenger Agent. Broad
Street Station, Philadelphia, Pa
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the organization of the State Govern
ment; and the people, if the traditions
that have been handed down to the pre-
SeEt time are true We're divided into two
| parties, as in the case of the road near
| Charlestown, one of which advocated,
while the other opposed. the measure. BY
the act of 1870 the Commissioners thel Elm
named We're directed to Straighten the
road leading from the Head of Elk to
! Back Creek. thence to the head of Boz
hernia. thence to Warwick. and from
that place to the Head of Sassafras 1t
was not until 1I94 that the Justices of
the Levy Court We're authorized to ap-
point three freeholders upon the petition
of two-thrds of the taXableS of the humid
red. praying for the widening and
| strengthening of crooked road to view
the same. and make the Improvement
prayed for. The unduating character of
that part of the county north of the Elk
| River rendered the construction and
| maiLtalnance of the roads there more
| expensive than in the other part of it,
ana the citizens of the southern part of
| the county thought themselves aggricved
when compelled to pay an equal share
of the road tax, large part of which
| was spent upon roads they seldom 81
| never used
The Legislature sought to remedy this
| cause of complaint by the act of 1794.
which required the Levy Court To assess
! Il tax of not more than three thilings in
| the hundred pounds to be applied to the
| construction and repair of the roads in
| the county. and providing that 'ont.tnird
| o1 the tax levied on the inhabitants on
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Johnston's History
Of Cecil County.
CHAPTER MI CONTINUED.

The removal of the seat of justice from
Charlcstown was violently opposed bv
its citizens who did all in their power
10 prevent it, and the records of the pro.
cecdings of the Town Commissioners. Il
few of which are yet eXtant. show that
Baruch Williams and Joseph Baxter
We're sent to Annapolis Nhc Town Com
mlSSlonerS hiring Il stage coach for the
purpose of taking them thrrr). in order
mat they might employ counsel and pro-
test against the removal of the seat of
justice. and if possible prevent it. The
hhanceS of the town must have been in
low state, for the hire of the stage. and
the counsel fees. which were only I6 in
all, We're not paid till 1871. But the
efforts of the citizens of CharleStOwn
We're unavaiing. \ large majority of
the people having expressed their desire
for the removal of the county seat to the
Head of Elk. the LEGISLATURE ut the
November session. 17SG. passed an act
authorizing and appointing MrSSrS. Jos.
GiIpin, Tobias Rudolph. ST.. Xehulon
HollingSworth. Joseph Baxter and Ed
ward Oldham. to act us Commissioners
TO erect a Court House and Jail at that
chapter as having been purchased by
certain persons for the use and benefit
of the inhabitants of Elktun and Cecil
County The act also required the jus
ticc to levy tax not exceeding II .2Ou
for the erection of Il Court House and
Jail. and specified that orc-fuumh Of the
aforesaid sum should he levied annually
for the four years next ensuing.
"a.
the conditions upon which the public LOT
WAS purchased. required the inhabitants
of the town To erect Il public market
house on it. This condition had been
complied with and the market house had
been erected. This caused trouble. the
lot being too small for the proper Hc-
comm0dation of both buildings. But
the difficulty was removed by Jacob IIol-
lingSworth. who donated another lot in
May. lISI. for the use of the town and
the erection of another market house.
This lot was the one ut the southwest
corner of Main and Bridge Streets.
directly opposite the Episcopal Church.
There seems to have been some doubt
about the right of the commissioners To
remove the market house. and at the
April session. 1897. the Legislature pass
ed an act Incorporating the town under
the name of ELKTON. and making pro
vision for the removal of the market
house To its new location. 1t is stated in
this act that Henry IIollingSworth. in
1ISI. donated an acre of land to the
Commissioners of the town for the cree
ton thereon of school house or house
of worship for the promotion of litrra-
ture and the Christian religion. This WAS
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| 'Twenty-one miles from Wilmington is
Il dirty, struggling place called Elkton,
consisting of ninety indifferent habita-
| tons. erected without any regard to uni
formity. In this ncghborhuod are some
| log houses, answering the following de-
! ScriptiOn me sides are composed OF
rough logs of trees, placed horizontally
upon each other in such manner that
the ends of the logs rest alternately in
notchcS ON those of the adjoining side.
The interstic"s are filled up with clay
and the roof is formed of boards or small
pieces of wood called shingles
There is reason to believe that the
| members of the Bar were ut this time
| Il jolly set of fellows, that We're disposed
to have as good Il time rs circumstances
would permit. The records of the county
contain the following extraordinary docu-
mcnt, which favors this view of the
case:
"For the encouragement and promotion
of convivality and good fellowship, on
this 18th day of September. 1ISI. upon
motion, it WAS unanimously determined
that for every birth that hath been since
the first day of September. instant. or
that shall be hereafter. the parent shall
give general punch-drinking within on"
month from thr time of s,iJ birth nv
= most rrs,rrt,hI. .nciatv nr,4hn ,,nrtI,.
mon of Elktuu
claim Nu,r.v prosilont
"Attrst . "Juhu p,,tril"r Secretary g"
The removal of tho .r,, nr iu.tfc, rr,,,
ChorIr,tnwn IrstrnynI rho bnury il. ,itf-
Gems had long cherished of making it Il
many nf tho ,unr, ,u,,,,,i.in,, ~ ,bo,,,
removed tn Holtimorr. I'm 17S7 tbr old
wurrhnusr was SnIu nt unh1ir .,ln tn
Archibald .Inb foi. r,,tv rou,,d. and IN
1871 rho romriSsi,,.n,.. ,,,y.nJ nm nr,ln..
allowing fhr .Ioil which hod vnunb,v
fallen INFO 1,nir hands tn h, rsnd ne =,
,cbnnI hrrsn and f,,. ,uI,Iir .uo,..bir of
religions societies
In 17uu -. envy ,v.,. .u,.,,,i ,o .,r,i.,bto,,
and .un,rJ ,h., .,,,,,I r,,L. +L,,,,,;,,
mentioned and "Rirbo,1 Srnvdnn
Thomas Thu,n,S \I,nit and I,c,l, IInI-
Iiprsworth wore orrnirtrL Commission
rrs to law ONT and survey mari; and
bnulI. a road from Susuunho,,r, I,,vnr
ferry to the ford ot tho Enrnorr from
thence tn ,horlrstoyn fran tbnrrn tn
thr bridge NJ tbn head nf N,,th Eo.t
and from thrrrn throuuh EIktnu toward.
Christiou,. tn thn Delaware limo
This c,u.rL ,r,r,Io ma rn,,,lo ~
Cbarlr>town were onurrbrnsiv. that
when thr road was strairhtnnrI tr,v.,
wuuIl he diverted from that town and
they M dnuht thnnuht thnv b,L hon,
ill-usrd whom thn sr.t nf irytico ,v,s
removed to Elktnn. For these rn,sons
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Select boarding, reasonable prices,
best Accommodations. Camping parties
and Excursions can be arranged with
as l have 80 acres of land on shore
front.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-30
A Well Preserved Beauty

Wherever Mrs. James P. Kernoehan
goes, whether to ST. Petersburg or
Newport, she commands attention
Mrs. Kernochan is the mother-in-la law
OF the presiding genius of Hampstead
Mrs. Jimmie" Kernochan. Mrs. Ker-
nochan senior is magnificent looking
woman, with hair tinged only slightly
with gray, and her greatest charm is
her majestic bearing. Mrs. Kernochan
was sister Of Pierre Lorillard, and
they were devoted to each other. She
fad she may have. One Of these IS
loyalty to her friends, and many wom-
en- now going to seed in obscure apart
ment houses who were friends of Mrs.
Kernochan in her belleship days Of
the sixties have reason to remember
her
One day in 1899 Mrs. Kernochan
chanced across an absorbing story Of
Russia in a magazine. The tinkIing
OF the sleigh bells and the fur-ciad
NOBILITY interested Mrs. Kernochan.
On the spur Of the moment she deter
mined to go to Russia, and sought her
friends Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger
for company. These American women
OF fashion Travelled from Moscow to
st. Petersburg and saw more than
most Americans do of the cars en-
pre- While in the large cities they
were entertained by the native society,
Both women speak French fuentlv.
ana tney returned with great admir-
alton for Russia. This was a valuable
experience. for Mrs. Cruger. who dab
bles In literary work, and it is said
she mas many pages of notes relative
to her Russian trip with Mrs. Ker-
nochan.
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only with hemstitchfng. In summer
lilac gowns of the crispest dimity, or,
better still, of cool and durable nuns
Yelling, are approved.
In winter or summer the lilac liv-
cry is only proper for the late after
noon and the evening. The skirt is
slightly trained, the sleeves are fulled
and bagged a little at the wrist, and,
If the maid is young and slender, the
exceedingly plain body Of her dress
should button down the back.
The collars that maids now wear in
the evening are straight high bands
of linen, closing at the back like the
clerical collar. At the base of this
soft scarf of lilac silk is tied in a bow
Of modest dimensions, and a bow of
lilac ribbon is pinned in the afternoon
cap.
In very smart houses, where maids
have appeared in this new and more
cheerful livery, they are made to
wear their keys prominently. These
hang from a stout silver chatelaine
chain hooked into the belt of skirt and
apron, and tinkling merrily at the
side. With the keys it is the custom
for the waitress, who is usually ap-
pointed to answer telephone calls, to
carry pretty little silver bound mem
orandum book and silver pencil. In
case she is ordered to give or send
telephone message she registers it
verbatim on both her notebook and
the telephone pad in order that no
mistakes be made.
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1.-THE SARATOGA set."-

At last name has been found for
one quartette of fashionable women
VINO enjoy horse racing. They have
been called "the Saratoga set" and
when the racing is at its height there
these women form the nucleus of gem
uine society They are Mrs. William
Travers, Mrs. Thomas Hastings. Mrs.
Herman B. Duryea and Mrs. Thomas
Hitchcock Jr. Mrs. Travers. who was
Miss Hartman, is the only one of that
branch that is fond Of the sport Her
sister, Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt, Is a
well known figure at the French
courses and Mrs. DIN, another sister.
was often seen at the races in earlier
days. Mrs. "Tommie" Hitchcock
adores anything in which the horse is
involved, and her enthusiasm at the
races is delightful. However, she new
er bets cent and contents herself
with watching the thoroughbreds. Mrs.
Herman B. Duryea, like her husband.
LIZ born sportswoman, and at the
track her face never betrays which
way her money is placed, although
Mrs. Duryea has yentured thousands
Mrs. Hastings thought so much Of
racing that she was going to Chicago
for the Derby. The bad weather alone
deferred her Mrs. Httchcocixss face
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A Conservative Family.

It seems that the fuss and feathers
that accompany wedding are usually
caused by the persons themselves,
and not by the curious public. The
two quiet weddings in the family of
Henry A. G. Taylor is almost proof of
this, and both were of great social i'm
portance. When the Count de Ia
Gherardesca and Miss Taylor were
married the wedding was remarkably
free from the advance notices usually
sent out when an American girl mar
ries titled foreigner. Miss Taylor
inherited millions and is connected
with several famous families, but
there was no Haunting Of extravagant
flower displays and rich gifts. Then
when the countess father. H. A. C.
Taylor, and Miss Josephine Johnson
were married on Wednesday there was
the same lack of fireworks" The
bridegroom is worth $20,060,00 and
Miss Johnson is a renowned belle The
gems Mr.. Taylor showered on his
bride would compare with even the
jewels Of Mrs. Reginald Vanderbilt
but no mention was made of the dia-
mond tiara Miss Johnson received from
Mrs. Heber r. Bishop, a relative.
For her engagement ring Miss
Johnson received a we'll known Jewel
which had reposed for years in the
vaults of a Union square jeweler. This
ring Is set with an ODtong sapphire OF
great size and depth. The stone is
surrounded by tiny diamonds and is
set in platinum. It Is a wonderful
sapphire. and is one Of the few known
of these blue stones that is 1awless
The shape of the stone is excellent,
and on Miss Johnson,s finger will ex-
tend almost to the second knuckle. AT
passing glimpse this large. oblong
sapphire looks like one of the mar
quise rings that were in vogue in the
middle sos. Rings are least popular
of all jewels these days.
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Why Shaves Soothe.

In the Sun several days ago l read a
letter from q man who spoke of how a
good shave rested him and braced him UP
when he was tagged out. and then wanted
to Know why it was. think l can tell
him why. All the nerves of the body come
TO the brain by way of the neck and
more nerves are in the mouth and throat
than anywhere else. When the skin is
dry and bristly the ends of the nerves
that come out to the skin become SEN
sltlve and partly intiamed. and the whole
body is affected The shave with its
warm water and lather to soften and
soothe, the rubbing of the skin gently
and the cleaning away of all roughness
and opening of the pores are relief to the
nerves, and when the operation is finished
the shaved person is practically another
being in his feelings. 1 don't think /
would recommend this trea tment to wom-
en- whose nerves make them tired but
l knew woman of sixty yearS-dead
now-who for ten years or more went
through an elaborate lathering and rub
bling two or three times a week with
great benefit to herself. and no especial
harm to her comDleXion.-New York Sun.
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Senator Nelson, LInQuist,

United States Senator Knute Nelson. OF
Minnesota. is one of the most accom-
plished linguists in the senate. A Nor
wegian by birth, he speaks Swedish.
Danish. German and, of course English
He has very good understanding OF
French. Senator Nelson from the age
of twelve years was brought up in Min
nesota, where a mixed population of Nor
Wegians, Swedish, Danish and Germans
gave him splendid opportunity to ac-
qufre their languages. and. being at all
times studious. he lost no chance TO add
to his knowledge. Nothing pleases Sen
ator Nelson better than to fall in with a
Norwegian with whom he can speak the
hrst language he ever heard, but his in
tense AmericaniSm is shown by the fact
that the language of his home is English
That has always been the language Of the
Nelson home. The senator has always
been foremost in doing everything pos
sible In order that the children of Min
nesota shall regard the English as their
mother tongue. He encourages the study
Of languages, but English never suffers
any neglect on that account wherever his
cial
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ex. get at him and try to make him

sex. get at him and try to make him
So" 5,,
But" objected student from Phil
adelphia. Il find in my work among
the coIored people that the women are
frequently the breadwinners and the
heads of their families. The men are
purely ornamental. and 1t is useless to
do anything with them"
There are two heads to every we'll
organized family" said Mrs. Anna Gar
lin Spencer. land it seems to me that
the ornamental heads in the case just
mentioned need some determined pres
sure with a good law behind it. / think
the strongest mind in the family is the
one for the charitable worker to ap-
peal to, and this may be found some
times in girl of fourteen
Miss Mary Connygton. secretary of
the Providence Society for Organizing
Charity. had also found it unnecessary
to deal with husbands.
In our part Of the country" she
said, 'it is a point of honor for work.
man to deliver his pay envelope un-
opened to his Wife. She gives back to
him what she thinks proper for his
personal expenses. and disburses the
rest for the needs of the family. The
consequence is that when a family is
obliged to ask outside assistance the
man regards it as a matter of domestic
management and leaves it to his wife.
If insist on seeing the husband. he
refers me to his wife, and have found
it to be a waste of time do so.'
A city worker observed that this
custom had been introduced into New
York and was on the increase. The
discussion closed with a suggestion
from the director, Philip w. Ayres.
whether he was. the head of the family
or not.
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person whose name is on the envelope,
the local postoffice was forced to take
charge of the packets until the woman
returned and claimed them. Her little
scheme effected a considerable saving
tosherself and a considerable loss to the
bank. Now both the bank and the post
are trying to devise some means Of
checlxmating the ingenuity of the wom-
an in the future.
A Florida woman, whose sole bit of
ground is too marshy to grow anything
but the native palmetto, makes neat
little sum from home fashioned fans of
the broad palmetto leaves. Instead OF
binding these in the usual conventional
and inartistic way, she cuts the leaf
green, thereby preserving it's delicate
sage and sea tints, and folds back rib
after rib Of the raylike growth, plait-
ing them securely, and sticking the
ends through Sits in the body Of the
leaf. This gives a broad fan surface
Of some ten by twelve inches or more,
with a rim of irregular matching or
plating about It's edge. The stems are
cut from eighteen to twenty-fou inch
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So many fads go no further than the
newspapers or at the fartheSt-the
stage. But gossip tells us that one,
and a very unique one, too, has
actually been taken up by real mem
bers of real society in the East 1t is
said that women are wearing mems
socks, supported by mems garters!
Now, on one would ever suspect st.
Paul woman of doing anything so out
of the ordinary-but New York women
are different.
Most any one could guess that the
fashion came over from Paris for most
such fads do, and even New York has
been a year in taking it up for wom-
ems socks were in the fashionable
Shops last summer and it is only late
ly that their sale has indicated that
the fad is becoming popular. A New
York dispatch says that women who
would scorn the peek-a-boO waist
have been seen wearing both socks
and the carriers which go with them"
Now this seems almost inconceiVable.
They might wear thena-but to show
them
Comment has been plenty, but such
a fashion would scarcely hope to go
unnoticed. To see a woman crossing
a muddy place, dainty holding up her
skirts and displaying not only her
ankle but a beautifully embroidered
pair of socks with an inch or two Of
pink flesh revealing itself at the tops
is, to say the least, striking.
What St. Paul would do at the sight
one shudders to think Yet Chicago
women will undoubtedly take it up at
once, and Guido their Eastern sisters
in their daring. These women's socks
are about the same as mems, only that
they are eighteen inches long instead
of fourteen, and have ribbed tops just
half the width of mems. They are
most of them of lace or silk and hand
Somely embroidered. Many women
prefer the real mems "sox," and do
not buy those made especially for
women, preferring the fourteen inches
to the eighteen. The women who wear
them say that they have adopted the
fashion merely because it is so much
cooler, as one might suppose, but be-
cause it is a daring and novel fash
ion" Whatever else might be said
about it, it is certainly that.