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A Successful Negro.
Booker T. Washington in August Worlds
Work)

In 1898 L. A. Smith finished the course
Of training in dairying and in academic
branches, after making his way through
by working in the day and attending school
at night during a greater portion of his
stay. Soon after Smith graduated we had
a call for well-trained dairyman from
the Forest City Creamery Company, of
Rockford, Ill. Smith was recommended
He has been holding an important position
in the creamery for five years, and has
several times been promoted and received
an increase Of salary. Smith has paid for
neat and comfortable home where he
and his wife reside. He has the conf
dence and respect of the entire community
In this connection l might say that in tax
ing up this work he looked so young and
inexperienced that his ability was some
what doubted. but it did not take him long
to prove that he was fully equal to the oc-
casiOn. The proprietor unhesitatingly
said that he was one of the most proficient
and valuable men that he had in his en-
ploy, and that he had placed him in n very
important and trying place, that of MAX
ing cultures for butter-that is, the de-
yelopment and use of the particular germs
which have to do with the fine flavor of
butter. This Is secret department in
which no one except the employees operat-
ing it and the proprietor are permitted to
enter. Mr.. Smith also did some very i'm
portant chemical work in connection with
lawsuit which was supposed to involve
the manufacture Of spurious butter.
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Comrade James Smith. New Lathrop.
Mich. reports: Bern in Ohio 1885. Short
ly after my birth father moved to Craw-
ford County. near the city of Crest!ine.
Here / received all the schooling i ever
got. In 1913 l came with my parents to
Michigan. and settled in MOntrcse Towi-
ship, Genesee County. This country was
then a wilderness. l worked as a COM
mon laborer in the lumber woods and on
the river and clearings. In September
1852, l enlisted in CO. c, 7th Mich. Cav.
as private soldier, and was soon made a
Corporal and Sergeant Mustered out as
COmmissary Sergeant Dec. IL. 1860. The
9TH formed a part of Gen. Clusters Mich
igan Brigade. Its record is known every
where. / was with my command from
first to last: never wounded or in any hos
pital; never absent, and participated in
every engagement of the regiment from
Gettysburg to Appomattox. After must r
out returned to Michigan. Settled down
on farm in Saginaw County, where
still live"
Comrade A. Jones, Hancock. n. Y, re-
ports as follows: Born, 1929. at PrOvi-
dence, r. l. Enlisted in the Fall of '61,
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after rambling in the woods by day and
travelling by night, reached our lines and
reported to Gen. Augur. June 10, 1864
Was sent to Fairfax Court House: from
there to Alexandria, Va, and from there
to Camp Stoneman; was sent out with the
enlisted men from there July s, 1864. ta
repel Early's attack on Washington: was
in the battle of Monocacy, July 8. With
the arrival of Sheridan in Shenandoah
Valley. in August. 1864, l rejoined the
regiment and was in all the engagements
big and little, from that time until the gen.
eral roundup at AppomattOx. Enlisted as
Company Clerk. was promoted to Com
missary- Sergeant, and again to Second
Lieutenant"
f. Bradley, Huntsville, Ky. reports as
follows: My father was a Federal sol
dier. About a week before your last con-
test closed an old soldier handed me a copy
of The National Tribune. After looking
over the conditions of the contest, | de.
cided to take 10 chances. which did at
once. In few days | received your pa
per. showing l had won one of the cash
prizes. Thanks for your impartiality and
honesty in awarding the prizes"
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Limit of Railroad Speed,

vania Railway proves conclusively that the
accounts Of trains attaining a speed of
100 miles an hour, even for q short dis
tance, are apocryphal. Over a stretch OF
95 miles of perfect track on the West Jer-
sey & Seashore division the Pennsylva-
mia officials ran a train with their fastest
engines, and 80 miles an hour was the
highest rate ever reached. One coach
after another was dropped, and finally,
with the engine alone, on several runs, 80
miles and one-tenth was the best that
could be done. The distance was accu-
sately measured and the chronograph used
n the tests was absolutely accurate.
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What Becomes of the Toothpicksf
EverybOdy's MagaZine.)

The Toothpick Trust is the newest and
not least mysterious of trusts. Six tooth
pick k-plants have just been consolidated.
Their combined daily product is 100, ,OOO,.
GOO toothpicks day-say toothpick and
three-sevenths day for every man, wom-
an, child, babe in arms and Indian, taxed
or not taxed, in the country. Millions of
people scorn toothpicks. All properly reg
ulated souls shudder at the sight of a
toothpick In use and action in a public
place. Who needs the toothpicks7 What
becomes Of this crop Of 100.000.O00 a
day2
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Dedication of Soldiers. Monuments.

June %. E. T. Wood Post. Of Ridge
vile. Ind, with number Of visiting Posts,
the w. X. c.. and a large concourse Of
citizens dedicated beautiful monument to
the veteran dead in Riverside Cemetery.
near Ridgeville. Col. Theo. Shockney. Of
Union City, delivered the address, and
there were other exercises. The monument
stands on an elevation 21h feet high, and
has statue of n soldier at parade rest.
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The Kansas Itiuerarv.

Department Commander A. W. Smith,
Of Kansas, has selected as the Official
route to San Francisco. the Chicago. Rock
Island 4 Pacific and Colorado Railroads,
and thence by the way of Denver over the
Southern Pacific to San Francisco. He
will leave Caldwell Wednesday, Aug. IL,
and will arrive at San Francisco. Sunday,
Aug. IL. He will stop at Manitou and
Salt Lake City for some hours.
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END OF WAR.

On the day the loan closed Santiago
fell, thus presaging the end of the war.
Short as was the struggle, it had not been
without much loss of precious lives and
great cost in money. 1t will be for others
to recount the deeds of those who fell; it
remains for me to tell the less thrilling
story of the cost to the public Treasury.
BY Dec. 81, when most of the war appro-
priatiOns expired by limitation, war eX-
penditures had reached a total of $780,
100000. The tendency of such expendi-
lures, during the last three months of the
year, showed slight decreases; but they
were still such as to indicate that the cost.
as given above, will be much enlarged
BY the end of the calendar year, also,
the Government had received into the
Treasury almost the entire 100000. 600
on account of the war loan. In receiving
and disbursing large sums drawn from
and returned to the markets. it was the
intention to prevent, if possible, any de-
rangement of commerce or the industries
of the country. This. it is believed, was
successfully accomplished. Large eXpen-
ditures, in part, offset the equally large
receipts; but these could not be made to
coincide to such an extent as to maintain
equilibrium. The Secretary of the Treas
ury, therefore, provided that in paying for
the bonds of the loan subscribers might
do SO in inStalments, which would have
the effect of Obviating the sudden with
drawals of money from centers where it
might otherwise be productivity employed
Deposits in national banks were also
largely increased by equitable distribution
throughout the country. These accounts,
on the day the books of the loan were
opened, stood at S27. 7.94S.OOO and had been
increased to $4,000. 600 at the end of the
year.
During all the course of the war it was
the constant effort of the Department to
do nothing which would interrupt the re-
turning tide of prosperity. Never was
there, at any time during the struggle.
any appreciable stringency in the money
market; in fact. for the whole of the year
1898, no alarming upward tendency of
rates was noticeable, except Immediately
succeeding the destruction of the Maine
and during the period of uncertainty which
preceded the declaration of war Even
the certainty of war itself. with all its
disturbing influences, furnished only a
basis for improving conditions; thus,
while the Nation emerged from the con-
fict victorious upon sea and land. its
credit also had been preserved, nay
and the business of the
country had expanded rather than dimin-
ished. 1t will not often fall to the lot
Of any Nation to be so singularly for
tunate in any of these respects.
Go be continued)
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WASHINGTON THURSDAY

been said, and of the followi
preparations made on accoun
this duty was Imperative:
For the NatidSal defense,
Act March 81 1898. =.
Army and Navy deficiencies
Act May 1, 1898. .......
Naval Appropriation Act,
May i, 1885, amount of
increase over preceding
naval appropriation act.
Forrifcation Appropriation
Act, May Z, 1885, amount
of increase over act as
passed by House. ......
Naval Auxiliary Act. May
26, 1898
Additional clerical force,
War Department. Audi
tors Offices. etc, Act
May 81. 1898. -: .......
Life-saving Service, Act
June Z, 1898. ....-.....
Army and Navy deticien-
cies, Act June 8, 1898. =.
Appropriations in act to
provide ways and means
to meet war expenditures,
June Is, 1898. ......
Army, Navy, and other
war expenses for six
months, beginning July I,
1898, in general def
cheney act =.
Expenses of bringing home
remains of soldiers. .....
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FIRST CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS.
Until the last moment the President
and other conservative officials earnestly
hoped that war might be escaped through
the medium Of diplomacy. That was not
to be, however, and Congress, April %,
passed the declaration of war and made
II effective from the 21st of that month.
For the first time in a half century the
United States were at war with foreign
nation. The Storm had broken and it
came swiftly. No years of apprehension,
no careful, patient effort to husband re-
sources as is done by nations expecting
war; but the country was brought sud
denly face to face with conditions which
imperatively required the immediate rails
ing of large sums of money. The enemy.
while impoverished, and in a measure ex.
hausted by long continued troubles with
its colonies, had, nevertheless, almost at
our door an army fully equipped, various
ly estimated in the strength of men to be
six or eight times that of our own. On
the sea Spain was believed to be nearly.
If not quite, equal in the number of ships
and guns, and in the fighting strength of
the men who manned them. The enemy
was instantly ready; so must we be.
With the first call for volunteers-a
call which met with noble response
came the necessity for Immediately pro-
yiding adequate revenues to meet new and
extraordinary situations. Allotments from
the appropriation of $50,0OO,OOO for the
National defense could be depended on
only in part for equipping, transporting
and maintaining the thousands who rush
ed to the aid Of their country. Congress
was therefore soon called upon to supply
DEFICIENCIES, both for the naval and mill
tary services, and 1t was also called upon
to provide means for speedily filling the
wax chest In view Of what has already
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-08-29
THE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION

In our paper To-day. there are two COM
muncHti0nS on tn" subject of the Tenn
p"rancc movement now Hgitatcd in this
county. Communications ON this sub
irct. in the opinion of some of our sub
ScrihrrS, who are opposed to the move
mcnt. have for the last month or 50. uc-
cupi"d an undue portion of our columns ::
but it will be rcColI"ctcd that the temper
ancc part OF the community is respect
able and strong, and that its voice must
be heard.
The Temperance Convention rc-aS>cm-
hlcS on Tuesday next, at which time. we
understand, all the petitions scattered
throughout the county are to be collected
together ut Elkton to he together trans
United to Annapolis. We understand
also, that most probably upwards of IL
thousand Of the voters of the county
nave already signed petition for II total
prohibition of the sale of Intoxicating
liquors in the county. and that as many
have signed another petition asking for
the continuance of the so-called SUNDAY
Law"
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ItEf'OR NJ.

The Special Committee in the House
Of Delegates. to whom was referred the
subject of Conventional Reform, have
made two long and able reportS-one
signed by MrSSrS. RiSer. Gwym and
FarnandiS in favor of Conventional Re
form. and the other signed by Messrs.
Causin, Merrick and Tilghman in favor
of Constitutional Reform.
Being of II nature rather inclined to
bear the ills we have than fly to those
we know not Of" we have. all along been
pretty we'll contcntcd with the ConStitu-
ton III present existing. We have thought
indeed that there are some things which
would he the better of mrndimg. but we
knew there was Il remedy when it was
demanded in the present laws. We have
heard no clnmor for Il conventional or
any other kind of Reform in this county.
and although few men of both parties
are trying To raise the question. no con-
siderable body of the people have joined
in with it.
In the Declaration of Independence we
read. 'Prudrncc. indeed will dictate that
Governments long established should not
he changed for light and transient
causes" and having believed that the cry
| for thangc-for RrfomI-waS too often
the getting up of political dcmagogueS.
we have not been very favorable to il.
| Still we know that some important
changes could he effected. and we shall
not resist the bringing about Of any kind
of Reform. that shall be deemed rXpcd-
lent by the legislature.
One result of the matter we deem to he
incvitabl"-and in view of that event we
cannot see the wisdom of Eastern shore
men in favoring Conventional Reform.
| Designating the right of territory Ia
| representation. the people of Baltimore
and the large western coNutirS will claim
Il superior right to population. and the
Eastern shore will he forced into Il far
less proportional" representation than III
| present: tn" consequence" of which may
hc farther debts and taxes for interests
mot her own.
Cecil County however. is certain soon
to have heavy population. and she will
b" able to take car" of her interests.
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Better Than Gold.

Il was troubled for several years with
chronic indigestion and nervous debility,
writes +. J. Green. of Lancaster. y. II.
NO remedy helped me until began us
ing Electric Btters, which did me more
good than all the medicines | ever used.
They have also kept my wifi" in excel
lent health for years. She says Electric
BitterS are just splendid for female trou,
hlcS; that they are Il grand tonic and in
No other medicine can take its place in
our family Try them. Only 10 cents
Satisfaction guaranteed by Robert b.
Frazer. Druggist.
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THE SCHOOL CONVENTIONS.

The State School Convention adopted
n School System prepared by Judge 1t
Grand. wh"n he WAS Secretary of State
which with Il few amendments. it recon-
mcndcd to the LEGISLATURE rs il proper
foundation for Il law. We understand
that it is Il pet project of the Judges.
and probably owes its adoption to his
influence. and that it will not he likely to
receive much favor AT the hands of the
Legislature.
The Convention appointed the follow
ing committee to address the people of
the State ON the subject of education =
j. 5. Tyson. of Howard District: DR..
Arnold. of Hartford; William Penn Crop
per, of Cecil: Casper W. Weaver. of
Washington. and Alexander Randall of
Anne Arundel.
1t also appointed The following com.
mittce to prepare an address on moral
culture j. Il. Burlcigh. Brantz Mayer
and John Wilson. of Baltimore City; f.
A. Ellis. Of Cecil and Ramsay MclIcnry
of Hartford.
The Cecil County School Convention
meets in the Court House. ON Tuesday
next. 1t is expected that large num-
Der Of our citizens will he present to par
ticipate in its deliberations.
Some two or three weeks ago we pub
hShed IN article or two, giving our views
on the subject of free schools in the
county, in which we made calculation
of the cost they would probably impose
upon taxpayers. From those articles
some have inferred that we are opposed
to Free School SyStpm-an inference
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want your mOustaChe or beard
a beautiful brown or rich black? Use
Dye
on Wednesday.

on Wednesday.
Mrs. Andrew Slicher and daughter, ar,
visiting relatives in Elkton
Mrs. Charles i. West of this town
died on Monday. Of consumption. ut tn,
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William Lake. at
Back Creek. Her funeral was held ui
Thursday, with imterment at Bcthe
Cemetery.
The Red Mems Excursion to Tolches
ter. came off on "Wednesday. About two
hundred persons Went from here.
Rev. Jesse Mccoy conducted the ser
vices in the Methodist Church last Sun
day. III the absence of Rev. +. II
DaShiel.
Harry Kiber. son of Mr.. George Kih
Ter. of Town Point. is quite i'll of typhoiC
fever.
McSSrs. John NJ. Reed Thomas Reed
Harry Howard, John Metz and DR.. Ed
win Graves spent several days of thi,
week ut Poole'S Island fishing.
The High School and the Public Schoo
are being cleaned this week
There were over eight hundred pn$<en
gers on the Lord Baltimore" on her tril
down on Sunday, and five hundred on til,
"Peun" the same day.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-08-29
MARYLAND LEGISLATURE.

The only matters of local interest in
the proceedings of the Legislature are
the following =
On Monday, in the House, n bill passed
Incorporating the Trade Line of Cecil
county. We are not Informed what line
this is. On the same day the House bill
authorizing the building of bridge over
the Elk River at the cauSewHy at Elk
ton. was passed in the Senate.
On Tuesday. Mr.. Kidd presented a
petition from the citizens of Cecil county
asking for a homestead law. On the
same day, Mr.. Biddle presented Il petit
ton from the citizens of Cecil. asking
for power to manumit certain slaves.
On Thursday, Mr.. Mccullough in the
Senate, reported bill relating to the
New Castle and Frcnchtown Railroad.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-08-29
PROFITABLE FARMING

How attained" Good Land, well located,
well stocked, well titled ordinarily brings
success. But the Filling is the important
thing to look to. Pillow good with Good
Flows that turn the furrow just right for the
tools that follow after. e, ee Roy PloWS"
are the up to date PlowS that are EASY for
man and best, and do all that plows can be
made to do, that are built by men who know
how good plOwS should be built. PlowS and
Extras always on hand at
WIN. j. DUHAMEIL'S, Earlevile, Md
j. II. SMITHS, Cecilton, Md. JlylS-tf
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Cecil Wing
Fifty Years Ago.
p. c. RICKETTS,, Editor.
February ?, 1850.
CONOWINGO BRIDGE.

A meeting will be held at Bel Air, on
Tuesday, the 18th of February. to con-
slider the prOpricty of applying to the
Legislature of Maryland now i'll session,
for a law chartcring II company to build
a bridge across the SuSQuchanna River,
at Conowingo. and to construct turn
pike road from thence to Baltimore. This
is believed to be Il favorable moment for
such an enterprise. there being no similar
project now in agitation, and as this is Il
work of very great Importance not only
to Hartford county. but also of great in
terest to the City of Baltimore, and TO n
considerable portion of Lancaster and
Chester counties. in Pennsylvania. as
well as to II part of Cecil county in our
own State, it is hoped that as many as
can will attend these from different sec
tons. DUBLIN.
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Chesapeake

nv, .c, :. -,
tue Cecii wing Is Oh SAFE each WEEK
chesapeake City' at AleAanuer drug
|oore' Genus copy
Mrs. William Hudson and son, have
been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Merritt, of
AlddletoWn, Del.
Mrs. Edward litter has been enjoying
trip with her husband, on the tug Cur
tam.
Mf. ana MIS-. Harry BROOKS ana son
OF iInih%toh' Del, nave been spending
Few days with his sister, Mrs. Thomas
frice'
Miss Rachel l:oveleSs is visiting her
srahd-parehtS' Mr.. ana Mrs. William
turner at i"Wh l,oiht.
l'lddle. OF wilmington Del, spent Sun
day with Mr.; ana Mrs. George Stevens.
MIS-. hli|aneth Metz ana SON. Jacob,
nave been Visiting III Kent county.
ME- lhonaS 'larK. OF Baltimore has
DGeh spending lew days with MI ana
MIS-: y. A. an Busklrk.
MISS Minnie bonchelle. OF BarkSdale'
Is visiting her cousin. Miss Dora Steele
Master Harold StuhbS, of st. August
me- Is spending several days with his
srand-p"rehtS, MI. ana Mrs. James y.
'ouIdeh.
Mrs. Adolph Buckworth and son, are
visiting III Trenton. \. j.
Miss Rachel Gervin. of Camden, \. j..
the guest OF MISS Eva latmnh.
MISS Helen layl"r. OF EarIevi!e. spent
saturday with Miss Louie Iatman.
Miss Alice Queck. of Ridgeville, Md,
is visiting Miss Fannie Brooks,
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such ground that the matter must he
settled. His influence is powerful and
his patriotism is unuucStioned. and we
look to him aS being able To do more than
any living man towards hushing up the
cry of diSunion and settling amicably the
troubles arising out of this vcXcd qucs-
ton.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-08-29
MIR. CLAY'S COMPROMISE.

Mr.. Clay. on Tuesday, introduced Il
series of Resolutions into the Senate
having in view the settlement of the diff
cultics at present existing between the
North and the South on the question of
Slavery in the new territorities. They
meet with opposition from the North and
South, which argues that they assume
fair and middle ground, and it is upon
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FELTON, House
ELKTON, MARYLAND.
DelphUs Price. Proprietor.

A thoroughly equipped and we'll MAJ.
aged Hotel. Close TO Railway Station ant
Business Section Of town. Newly papered
painted, and furnished. Telephone COD
ueotiou.
Commodious stable, sheds and hitohins
yard with attentive hOstler mv25-f
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MARRIED..

Henry. Mr. James Stats. of Delaware.
to Miss Mary A., daughter of Jacob
Caulk. ESD, Of Middle Neck. Cecil
county, Md.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-16
Light at the Mnrgua.

On several occasions it has been
demonstrated that light is neei ed in
the city morgue. The necessity of it was
again apparent Saturday night when
the body of the stranger found dead
in the WOODS was being cared for. The
only light available was lantern and
its smoky rays were not sufficient to
give the light necessary for the pre-
paration of the body for burial or for
searching the clothing for evidence of
identity. Little cost would accrue to
the city for this purpose and in the in
terest of those who are required to look
after such matters lighting should be
installed to be used when necessary
Daily Times.
Ditto.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-05-16
A Sure Ihinu.

1t is said that nothing is sure except
death and taxes, but that is not al
together true. DR.. Kings New DiscOv-
cry for Consumption is a sure cure for
all lung and throat troubles. Thous-
ands can testify to that. Mrs. C. B.
VanMetre of Shephardtown, W. Va, says
81 had severe case Of Bronchitis and
for year tried everything I heard of,
but got no relief. One bottle Of DR..
Kings New Discovery then cured me alb
solutely." It's infallible for Group,
whooping, cough. grip, pneumonia and
consumption. Try it. It's guaranteed
by Brennecke & Bergman Druggists.
Trial bottles free. Reg. sizes soc, $1.OO.
Women will begin to acquire brain
power when three of them can sit in a
room for ten minutes without all of
them talking at the same time on diff
ferent subjects.