davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-13

You are invited 10 attend a mask
ball TO be given by the Smart Set e'eb
at the Bluff City club rooms on
Thursday, December Is. Prizes viii
be given for the best costume, and
also to the one selling the largest NUN.
her of tickets. Admission: Children
Is cents. Adults 35 cents,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-13

For sale-All household goods, in
cluding piano, and everything prac-
tically new: CIT Pine street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-13

Fresh meats of all kinds, fresh
canned goods, etc, all the leading and
0est brands, at Emmett Simmons,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-13

Mr. Jno NJ. Taylor, who has been
quite sick with pneumonia, is some
better today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-13

We Go the right thing, right
away, tee. Union Electric company.
Both phones.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-13

If you need a glass put in your
window or door, call up the Pine Bluff
Wall Paper company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-13

p;ne Fluff, Ark, Dec. 10, 1901.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-05-21
Sheep and Dogs.
CHAPTER 27l.

CHAPTER 27l.
AN ACT to repeal Sections 1924, 325, 326,
1927, 32S, 329 and $50 OF Article s, of
the Code OF Public Local Laws of
Maryland, title Cecil county," sub.
title "Shcep and Dogs" and to re-
enact Sections 324, 325, 32G, 327, 32S
and 329 of said Article with amend
ments.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly, hat Sections 324, 325, 326,
1927, 32S, 500 and $50 of Article of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title Cecil County," sub. title "Sheep and
Dogs" be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and Sections 324, 1926, 1876, 327, 32S
and 329 OF said Article re-enacted so as to
read as follows:
324. All owners of dogs and sluts, of
the age of six months and upwards in
Cecil county, shall pay to the county an
annual tax of one dollar for each and every
dog or slut, and any dog or slut kept or
staying about the premises OF any person,
with his knowledge, whetht such person
be the owner or only the occupant of said
premises, shall be deemed, for the purpose
OF this Section, the property OF such per-
son; and the tax impose by this section
shall be due and payable on the first day
of September in each year.
1926. 1t shall be the duty of the con-
stabls of the county, in their respective
districts, to collect and pay into the
County Treasury the tax due from the
owners of dogs and shuts in the county,
and for such service shall receive COM
pensation not exceeding twenty-five per
centum of the whole amount of such tax
collected by them, to be paid out of such
tax.
1876. If any person shall fail or refuse
to pay the tax by the first day of April in
each year, it shall be the duty of the con-
stable on and after that date, to kill the
dog or slut upon which said tax is levied;
and any person opposing or in any way
iIindering said constable in the perform
ance of his duty, shall be deemed guilty
of misdemeanor and, upon conviction,
shall be fined not less than ten dollars,
nor more than one hundred dollars, and
shall stand committed to the County Jail
until said fine is paid; and for each and
every dog or slut 80 killed by said con-
stable he shall be entitled to receive from
the County Commissioners the sum OF
twenty-five cents.
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1927. If any constable shall neglect or
refuse to perform his duty, as set out in
the prece ding sections, the County Com
missioners are hereby directed and COM
manded to remove such constable from
Office, and nominate and appoint sue.
cessor to him who will faithfully perform
the duty required.
32S. The constables, in their respec-
tive districts, as soon as possible after the
fist day of September in each year, shall
canvass thoroughly the districts in order
to ascertain the number of dogs or shuts
therein, and the owners of the same, and
shall make report / the same to the
County Commissioners Of Cecil county;
and when any person shall pay to them
the tax on any dog or slut, they shal
register the full name of such person, the
sex of the animal and amount of tax paid,
in book to be provided for such purpose
by the County Commissioners, and shall
ais give receipt to each person for the
amount paid.
329. On or before the first day of each
month after said tax becomes due and pay
able, they shall pay to the TT asurer OF
Cecil county the amount of the tax col.
lected by them and remaining in their
hands, less twenty. five per centum of said
amount; and the Treasurer shall place the
amount thus received to the credit of the
sheep fund of the county.
SECTION 2. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect from the
date of its passage.
Approved April s, 1904.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
SPENCER C. JONES,
President of the Senate.
GEORGE Y. EVERHART,
Speaker OF the House of Delegates
Office of the Secretary of the Senate
| hereby certify. That the aioregoing is
true copy of an Act of the General AS
semby of Maryland, passed at the Janu-
airy Session, 1904.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary of the Senate.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-05-21
Wharf on Sassafras River.
CHAPTER 1888.

CHAPTER 1888.
AN ACT to empower the County Com.
missioners OF Cecil County to levy a
SUM of money to build public wharf
on the Sassafras river in Cecil County.
SECTION !. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland, That the County
Commissioners of Cecil County be and
they are hereby empowered to levy at
the next levy made in said County, a sum
of money, not exceeding two thousand
dollars, to build a wharf on the Sassafras
river in Cecil County at the end of the
public road leading from the Sassafras
Cecilton road to the Sassafras river, COM
monty known as Budds Landing road.
SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That said
wharf shall not extend beyond the north
ern edge of the channel of said river nor
interfere with the navigation therein.
And be it enacted, That nothing in this
act shall be construed to be mandatory on
said commissioners to levy said sum of
money.
SECTION 8. And be it enacted, That
this act shall take effect from the date of
its passage.
Approved April lst, 1904.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
SPENCER G. JONES,
President of the Senate
GEORGE Y ENERHART,
Speaker of the House OF Delegates.
Office of the Secretary of the Senate:
l hereby certify, That the aforegoing is
true copy of an Act Of the General AS
sembly of Maryland, passed at the Janu.
airy Session, 1904.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary of the Senate.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-05-21

have power to make and construct telephone
lines, and to establish connections by tele-
phone between any of the towns. villages
and hamlets in Cecil County, Maryland, and
to establish offices for the receiving and
sending telephone messages d shall have
power with the consent of the County com
mlSSlonerS of cecil County. and of the mum l.
clpal authorities any incorporated town
or village, IN cecil County. to erect poles,
and construct lines tor the purpose of trans
hitting lelephonic messages, and shall have
the privilege of making telephone connec-
lions with any other company, with the
mutual consent OF said companies.
Section Il. And he II further enacted, that
the said company may sell. or lease, the
whole or any part of It's rights, properties,
appurtenances or franchises to any other
incorporated company, or may acquire or
lease from any other like incorporated com
pany the whole or any part Of It's rights,
propeftles. aPpurtenances or franchises.
company, subject however. to the constitu-
tional rights of amendment and repeal
snail nave perpetual continuance.
section g.. And he 1t enacted, that this
act shall take effect from the day of its
passage.
Approved March 3lst, 1904.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
SPENCER C. JONES,
President OF the Senate.
GEORGEY. EVERHART,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
Office of the Chef Clerk House of Delegates:
| hereby certify, That the aforegoing is a
true copy of an Act OF the General Assembly
of Maryland, passed at the January Session,
1904
b. l.. SMITH,
Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-05-21
Public Local Laws
Operative in Cecil county pass
ed at the recent session of
the Legislature, and publish
ed by authority.
Jacob Tome Institute.
CHAPTER 301.

AN ACT to enlarge the powers and amend
corporation incorporate ed under the General
Incorporation Laws of this State, and whose
charter was amended by an Act OF General
Assembly of Maryland of eighteen hundred
and ninety eight, Chapter seventysix and
by an Act of nineteen hundred, Chapter two
hundred and fourteen
Whereas The Jacob Tome Institute was in
corporated und err the General Incorporation
Laws OF this State by certificate OF tncorpor-
alton, recorded among the Charter Records of
Cecil County, in Liber D. s. No. l, folio 22l
powers enlarged and its Charter amended by
an Act passed by the General Assembly of
Maryland of Eighteen hundred and ninety
eight, Chapter seventy six by an ACT OF the
session OF nineteen hundred, Chapter two
hundred and fourteen, II Is DESTROYS OF still
further enlarging its powers and amending
it's Charter; therefore,
Sec /. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Maryland, That the Jacob Tome Insti-
tute. in addition to the powers possessed by II
under its said certificate OF incorp ration ana
the amendments heretofore made thereto,
shall have and possess the further powers,
rights, privileges and franchise conferred
upon it by this Act, and all powers, privileges
and franchises conferred upon 1t by IT'S Omar
ter aud the amendments thereto are hereby
continued in full force and effect, except in
so far as they are expressly altered or
changed 10y this Act
Sec. 2. And be it enacted, That power is
hereby given to the trustees or The jacob
Tome institute, by a majority vote at any an
nual meeting of such trustees to increase
this number at such time, by the addition OF
one or more members to the present author,
lied number of nine. provided the tot,
number of trustees shall not exceed fifteen;
and provided all of such trustees shall be
citizens of the United States aud at least two
thirds of them shall be citizens of the state OF
Maryland.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. that this
A, shall take effect from the date OF its pas
sage.
Approved April 18th, 1904.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor
GEORGEY. EVERHART,
Speaker of the House of Delegates.
SPENCER c. JONES,
President of the senate.
State of Maryland, Set
|, Thomas ParIan, Clerk Of the Court OF
Appeals of Mary land, do hereby certify, that
the foregoing is full and true copy of the
A ct OF the General Ass emily of Mary land OF
which il purports to be copy, as taken from
Original Law belonging to and deposited IN
the Office OF the Clerk OF The Court OF ap-
peas aioresaid.
In testimony whereof. have hereunto set
my hand as Clerk and affixed the seal of the
said Court of Appeals, this 9Th day OF May,
A. D., 1904
THOMAS PARRAN,
Clerk Court Of Appeals OF Maryland.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-05-21
To Transfer Property.

CHAPTER $50.
AN ACT to transfer and convey unto the
Board of County School Commission
ers of Cecil County, certain lot or
tract of land situate in said county,
which said lot belongs to the State of
Maryland.
WHEREAS, Bridget McCay, late of Cecil
county, deceased was seized and pos
sessed in her lifetime, in fee simple of
certain lot or tract of land containing
eleven acres, one rood and fifteen perches,
which was conveyed to her by Il. c.
Mackall and wife, but which said con-
veyance never was recorded, and
WHEREAS, The said Bridget McCav,
died, seized and possessed thereof intes-
tate and without legal heirs, and the said
land became the property of the State of
Maryland on the said death of Bridget
McCay. intestate, now therefore
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly OF Maryland, That all that GER
tain lot or tract of land situate in the
Third Election District of Cecil County,
it being the same tract or lot of land
which was conveyed to h C Mackall bv
George G. Weaver and wife, by their deed
dated the 9th day of February 1867. and
recorded in Liber H. K T. No /, folio
437, one of the Land Record Books OF
said Cecil County, and which was con-
veyed to the aforesaid Bridget McCay, by
the said r G. Mackall. and which became
the property of the State of Maryland, on
the death as aforesaid Of the said Bridget
McCay, be and the same is hereby trans.
ferred and conveyed to the Board of
County School Commissioners of Cecil
County, to be used and appropriated or
sold by them and the proceeds thereof
placed with the general school fund OF
said Cecil county.
SECTION 2. And be it enacted, That this
Act shall take effect from the date of it's
passage.
Approved April 7, 1904.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor
SPENCER c. JONES,
President OF the Senate.
GEORGE Y. EVERHART,
Speaker OF the House of Delegates.
Office of the Secretary OF the Senate:
hereby certify. That the aforegoing is
true copy of an Act OF the General AS.
sembly of Maryland, passed at the Janu-
airy Sesson, 1904.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary Of the Senate
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-05-21

III EN- I'D.
AN ACT to incorporate the Cecil Farmers
Telephone Company of Cecil County,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-05-21

FRtIT-Applc trees chow II heavy
blocn in Garrett County; in Washington
County the bloom is not 50 heavy as> last
year, hut tn" prospects are good. In
some parts of Southern Maryland and
the Eastern Shore the quantity of bloom
is Scant but generally speaking the out
look for the early apple crop is fair to
excellent. The condition of peaches i'm
proves rs the season advances; in some
localities full crop is expected. Cher
ric> pears and plums are everywhere
most romiSing; in North Central Mary
land indications point to the heaviest crop
for years.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-05-21
Wharf at Budd's Landing.

CHAPTER 1902
AN ACT to authorize James NJ Budd to
build wharf at Budd's Landing on
the Cecil county side of the Sassafras
River.
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of Maryland that James NJ.
Budd, be and he is hereby autt :orized to
build a wharf at Budd's Landing on the
Cecil county side of the Sassafras river, on
his property, in Cecil county bordering
on said river, provided, however, that
said wharf shall not extend beyond the
northern edge of the channel of said river
and shall not be constructed upon the
property of any other person or so as to
interfere with the navigation of said river
or the riparian rights of adjoining owners
of land.
SECTION 2. Be it enacted that this Act
shall take effect from the date of its pas
sage.
Approved March IS, 1904.
EDWIN WAKEFIELD,
Governor.
SPENCER G. JONES,
President of the Senate,
GEORGE Y. EVERHART
Speaker of the House of Delegates
Office of the Secretary of the Senate:
hereby certify, That the aforegoing is
true copy of an Act OF the General As
sembly of Maryland, passed at the Janu-
airy Session, 1904.
ROBERT MOSS,
Secretary of the Senate
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-07
Corea's Unpleasant Women.

Tho women OF Corea are voluble and
vixentsh, and ever ready to slap hand
full OF stars into the eyes OF a husband
or into those OF q tImid and shrinking
tourlst-should the occnsion arise.
Tho women OF the upper class are
4 Vigorously excluded from masculine eyes,
and a hearty vote OF thanks Is due the
committee who fathered this unwritten
law. 453 Il
The dainty little japanese musmcc.
teetering along In sandals or on wooden
getn, Is q genuine relief to the eye after
a view Of the uncomely Corcan tomale.
and It is pleasing reflection that Nippon
is slowly but surely spreading her stan
dard over the hermit realm. @ q ~ 8
8 Until Corean boys are married and ac-
quire the pseudo dignity OF the top-knot,
+ their hair is worn girl fashion In twin
plaits down their backs.
u So much do they resemble girls that
It is sometimes difficult to- determine
i the sex. and one is oftentlmes surprised
to observe what he Is positive are two
girls Yiclously fighting ina Corean
Street. -Outing,
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A Remarkable Relic.

Tie Pope has returned to the Church
OF San Slivestro, in Rome frequented by
the English colony, oae OF the most
precious relics OF the Roman Church. 1t
Is the head OF st. John the Baptist. Ac-
5cOrcing to tradition ten centuries old,
the head which was demanded by tho
daughter of HerOd as q reward. for her
dancing was carried from Palestine to
shome. a ] t reached the Eternal City q
thousand years ago, being brought by GER
{ the Church OF San Sllyestro, IN / Ca plte,
Which at that time was a m Monastery In
Vulnerable miracles We're wrought by the
agency OF tho head Of Tile saint, and In
such estimation was the relic held that
regular pitched battles were fought for
Ats possession, In 1411 while the head
was being carried In procession, certain
unluly Florentines attacked the eortege.
but they were successfully repused by the
Romans, who Wore led by the Prince Co.
slolna of tho time. After thus, fearing that
the precipus object might be lost, the
pope.s, ordered that 1t was never to leave
tho Church Of San Silvestro. and It re-
NAMED there until 1870. when Rome was
+ bcs.eged by the troops of Victor En-
manuel. 1t was then carried, blythe order
OF Plus TX. to the Vatican. The present
Pope, however, thinks that there can BIO
no danger In returning the relic to Its
ancient resting-place.f The holy head is
contained In valuoble silver rellquary
weighing over one hundred pounds IA Il
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Short Hand Not New


Apparently there were schools OF short
hand as early as the third century, and
In Egypt A recently discovered papyrus,
which DR., Grenfell described at the meet
Ing Of the Egypt Exploration Fund, Lon
don. was a contract between shorthand
teacher and a gentleman who wished one
OF his slaves to acquire the art The fee
was 100 drachnne. forty to be paid on
apprenticeship. forty Mt the end Of g
year, and the balance when the slave was
proficient, Shorthand writing was then
It Is now. Among tho other documents Of
the Oxyrhynchus Papyri is the account
Of fatal accident. and tho body OF the
the day. In company With q public ply;
sician. hat dat es back to the second
century Of our era, IN which; jnaylnE % by
to dinner might be literal renderlnEs 81
ougs6 at the pressnt time.
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Nettie King, 2:2oA. dam Of The Abbot,
2:03A, by Mambrino King; dam Prin-
cess Alma, sister to Lady OF the Manor.
,2:O4A, by Nambrino King. This IS GER
.tainly rare breeding. and these animals
are the product OF noted establishments,
too Lord Chancellor and rrlncess King
being from Village Farm. East Aurora.
N. Y, and Telka from tho Forbes Farm,
Boston, Mass.
Floyd Brothers. of Bridgetown. who are
the largest breeders on the Eastern Shore
Of Virginia, report that their horses are
all doing we'll Notwithstanding the Sc
verify OF the winter, Sidney Prince,
2:alA son Of Sidney, who heads the stud,
will be well patronized this season. as
for some years past, as his book Of 90
mares is nearly filled, as are those Of his
stud companions Rod Oliver, g. BY Elec-
trio, dam the great brood mare Lady
May, and Red Dillon, bay colt. 2, by Baron
Dillon, dam linda Lake by Red Lake,
e:l51-4 The first foal of the new year
arrived at tho farm On January 9Th, a
bay with black points, by Sidney Prince.
dam Tredelma, by TreyIllan, 2;osN,
M. Edouard Blanc, the owner Of famou
Flying Fox, has just Issued a curious
In future the high
priced son of Orme and Vampire Will be
permitted to serve only ten mares besides
his owners. at a fee OF $4,000 each, with
the remarkable proylso that none must
come from any French breeder RS estah-
lishment. Whether the wonderful sues
cess Of the first crop OF Flying Fox
youngsters has made M, Blanc DESTROYS
Of having none Of them oppose his homee'
raised ones in France, or whether his
intention is to make the fame Of his sire
as worldwide as possible. Is hard 70
say. AT any rate his last move gives
the much-talked-of horse another record,
for his fee now exceeds the 1880 for
WHICH the Duke Of Portland still lets q
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Dixie Co. 8 by Norwood dam Isolde, by Imp Water Level
Il. with his owner, Clay Drewry, Jr, up VI

Level, bred and owned by Clay Dremry'
Jr,, has developed speed and size along
with it and will probably be trained and
raced this season. Dirk has been
registered with The Jockey Club Of New
York, and Is eligible to race oyer all
tracks controlled by that august body.
The syoungster stands over 10 hands high
he is credited with running q l-2 mile IN
So 3-4. with his owner, Mr.. Drewry, UP,
who rides at 100 lbs.
Virginia bred horses are showing up
well at the California race track this
winter, and in each of these performers
the blood OF Eolus. the dead monarch OF
noted EllerslIe. is a prominent factor.
Charawlnd, by imp Charnxus, and Poor
lands, by Flatlands, both Of whom are
out of Eolus mares, are finishing inside
the money with remarkable regularity,
the former being the best steeplechaset
on the Pacific Coast while Fox Lake,
bay colt, by imp, Water Level, out OF
Yigilette, dam of Artillery, by Eolus. and
Robert Bradley's three-year old tilly
Susie Christian, are also earning money.
Fox Lake was bred In the Annta Stud,
charlottesville, while Susie Christian Is
a product OF Robert Rradley's Green-
way Farm, Wilcox Wharf, Susie Chrla-
ltian was sired by Wyalusng. dam Glft,
by mp. Charaxus, second dam Clash, full
sister to the beautiful Eolian, by Eolus, s
Among the trotters and PAGERS being
wintered by Harry Hogsheud, Waynes-
boro, Va, are Pscyhine, formerly known
and raced as IIlpa, black mare, by
Wilkes Boy, 2:2t ia, dam Black Maria,
by Bla ol.wood,- Jr.; bay mare, by Kelly,
2:27, son Of Electloneer, dam Lily Medium,
brown mare PAGER by keystone, 8l65,
dam Minnie Muckle, by HroWn Wilkes
bay colt, q. by Howson, son Of Red Lee,
2;2s IL. dam Psychine, and a couple os
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Big Money for Big Fairs.
For nearly fifty years tho United statns
government, with an eye open to the ad-
vantages Of exploiting Its resources, has
been appropriating money for fairs In
that time. a period marked as one OF tres
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r-HtI . 2 LH , g 81 d
mendous industrial activity ana cores
Bpondlng growth, more than $2l 10000 has
been given by Congress for expositlons.
or that sum 1880, COO has been spent in
this country and =. 100000 in foreign
lands.
II In 1862 n modest appropriation of $72.-
900 was made for the London Exposition;
then followed the exposition In Paris and
Vienna. 1867 and 1879, respectively. at
both OF which the United States was re-
presented In81s7e came the Centennial,
at philadelphia. for which an appropria-
ton OF s2,533,1s4 was made. Between
that time and 1854. when the government
spent s1,650,o00 at New Orleans, this coun-
try was represented abroad at Paris,
Sydney, Melbourne and Berlin. a year
later came Cincinnati. with $l57,o0O. and
then successfully Barcelona, Brussels
and Madrid. In 1893 record approprta-
9tIon of s5.Sl0,329 was made for the Chi
cngo Exposition, and within the decade
succeeding substantial appropriations
were made for many fairs, including
Atlanta. Nashville Omaha, Bergen, Paris,
Buffalo and Charleston.--Seattle POST
Intelligencer.