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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-12-29

laughing heartily What an actor was
lost in you, cousin Langley" she said.
You had such ring in your voice!
wish Tommy lIartwel had been within
hearing"
so! You want the heather to range,
YOU mink" Langley said, again i'm
prisoning her hands; then. the ring
coming back to his voice, stronger than
ever: "Fretty. | know you were in fun,
but, please, dear, let's make it earnest.
| want you-nobody else. have been
wanting YOU ever since | came, without
having sense enough to know it."
How about Gcorgna?' Fretty muir
INJURED, turning away her head so Lang
ley might not see the mounting color in
her checks.
Langley laughed triumhpantly. May
| be val ncnough to speak the frozen
TRUTH he asked, his lips very close to
FrettyS ear. She turned little more
away from him, saying very low:
mo! | can guess it. Gcorgina won't
have you; therefore you want me to
Salvc your broken heart"
"Of course! But how did you guess
it," Langley asked his heart thrilling
at the thought OF her care to save an
other woman from Slurring. He had
meant to tell her what he knew for
truth-that. while Gcorgina would have
accepted him for his position and po-
tentialties, and given him comradely
hel pthroughout their joint career, her
heart was by no means engaged, she
being OF the equabe temperament that
spends its widest devotion upon itself
Moreover, there was Vernon All along
| he had suspected some kndness-even
more-betwcen the pair. They might
have each other and welcome. Fretty,
sweet, slim, red-hared Fretty, was the
one wife in the world for him.
lmpulsively he caught her to him,
and said, between kisses: Il see it all
now. You're witch. You saw how |
needed comforting, and proposed to me,
right off the reel. llenceforth | shall
live to keep you from being sorry for
it
"And I'll make YOU sorry for it as
long as you live, if ever you dare say
that again" Frctty interrupted
Again Langley laughed. He could
afford to. Fretty, in spite of her brave
words, was nesting to him like happy
child.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-12-29

give us your hand, my friend and owe
the dead form OF the Old Year, an
under the smiling welcome OF the NeN
let us pledge each other-and the &c
OF life-that be the days few or mai
we will live them out bravely, kind
cheerfully, cleanly-until the schooln
time is done and we say our fearle
"adsum" to the final roll call OF t,
Master.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-12-29
The Baby's Stocking
TALE or A HAPPY CHRISTMAS
By LUCY TRACY

Alfarctta ran about the garden sir
ing shrilly: Est
Dear! Dear! What can the matter tvs
Dear! Dear! What can the matter |
Dear !Dear!What can the m t tie tws
Johnny so long at the fair.
He promised to bring me bunch
blue ribbon
He promised to bring me bunch
bI,,o r;hhon 50
He promised to bring me bunch hts MS
blue ribbon
To tie up my bonnie brown hair
Pretty, | really wouldn't call him
OF his namc-you know it isn't john.
Cousin Langley said provokingly, fro
the lcafy depths of the grape arb
Besides, your hair isn't brown-not to
the least. Instead, it's pure carors
color. Also mighty pretty. II | wering
painter person | might call it sonnd
thing else, but being what | amevi-
stickler for truth for
Would you know the truth il Vest
met it in the road?" Alfarctta flung No
him Il don't believe so, she went. 70
disdainiuly, shaking her glowing wa j.,
at him am
She was barchcaded, and the ion
struck out high lights from the Tit
mass above her white forehead, Il thc
fell down to waken green CLEANS in 1870,
long-lashcd eyes. Slim as became 'o,'
tallish, light o nittIe arched feet, wit tide
long neck upbearing her face, she ler-
distractingly pretty, especially to cs of
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-12-29
HOW TO PAY A BILL


not do it gracefully and chez
fully. 1t never makes bitter dc,
more palatable to spluttcr over it w
a wry face and vigorous protcstatlo,
Just take your medicine with a snl
and polite bow and the bittercst do
will lose half its nauScousncSS. IL
philosophy OF this observation is l.
PRESSED upon us by the various a
tudcs which various people assume !
ward the payment OF their debts. E
man goes up to the day OF his rcck'
ing like "a galley slave whipped to L
dungeon" another snatchcS out
purse as il he were experiencing all +
pleasure in life at the bare pOssibi
OF proving the promptncsS and c.
scicntiousncss with which he alw-
meets his Obligations. One man driee
the long green from its secret re
ing place with an agonizcd expresses
which convinccS you that he is Suto
ing all the fortunes OF the damned
the cXcrutiating necessity OF party
with his coin, another bcgs to knoit
YOU will do him the honor OF peri
ting a settlement OF his little accoJ
as he has been reared on the apost
| injunction to lowe no man anythi-
J One man is so overwhelmed with Al
thought OF your tcmcrity in rcndeeed
him a bill that he even ncglcctS to FRY
to miss such an " Gpportn 'hfi lie adj
mittcd that flirting was a necessity to
hm-that is why, think, lie is away
just now
"Indccd:' Langley said, his tone an
interrogation.
Frctty nodded. cchong: Indeed!
Yes, Mrs Wortham, your divinity, has
opened GraSmcrc-camc herself the day
before ycStcrday-So Mr.. Vernon
couldn't stay away longer"
"Who says she is my divinity? And
how do YOU like it?-Secing YOU have
appropriated me- Langley asked, col
oring III spite oi himself He felt all at
once Young and raw and ridiculous, and
was i'll temper over H. He wanted to
snake frc''y-shaNc hcr nara. one I.
was jrSt'n,g' on course, out no" pc2uti,
,iIIy she had turned the tables ON MN:
4n'tG rnacc"un'anIy ne I"4nd I'h'Gil
'fcn'p,'n%' ms lla',"' n01iN,, ms race ne
Knew h'eh.c'I"r'd ava all without any
reason.
1t c"u.! got be tlal iM' bare I,ug-
%rNu"n OF frctIE-thr rh,Id' the play
inInS' tine creature ne 'oI'I t" tca'c-aI
ms Wiir' the mistress ct ms nome ana
9caf' lad t1hN overcome n'm, f"f
llV' years At least ne h3d in'NEnt OF
Hc"rSn'a N"rtham III mat position
>'r IIliGI II 5" ot"U''iul'E' ana was
Gunc tN'd'l''iE rcaH! To- accept H.
always answer mother cterS lor
hlcr, Remember you WIrT'e hcr ABOUT
I,,r"r"nla NV" years oacN' at I[asi'
firetty sad sin'i'nG S,,W'etIN' win inc
Iain'cNt l"Uch OF nance. rs TO- my
,lN'nH nGr-"i'' zoe, u matter =
nave nothing I" q" with hcr-"i''! Win
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-12-29
LADIES' NECKWEAR

a Woman canont have too many
Collars. We are showing many novel
ties in domestic and Imported goods
colors, White and Black, at any price
that you wish to pay.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-12-29
WRAPPERS

Tailor made, fit right, wear well
good heavy goods, neat patterns
Grcy's, Blues and Black and White, 81
$I.25 and $T.5o each
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-12-29
LADIES' COATS

We have made some special prices
on our stock OF Goats for this months
sales. Light and dark colors. Short
and long lengths Must be seen to be
appreciated.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-12-29
HANDKERCHIEFS

Made from Cotton, Linen, and Silk,
for Men, Women and Children. an al
almost endless variety, 3 cents to ST.
each; invest heavily for a blowing time
is sure to come.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-12-29

Nothing makes as acceptable a gift
for a lady as a Fur Scarf. We have
them at less price than same quality
can be bought in the large city stores.
Price starts at $500 for fairly good
one, from that price upward. Would
be glad to show YOU our stock.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-12-29
CHINA AND GLASSWARE DEPART
MENT

We purchased our China last Sum-
mcr direct from the importers for our
Christmas trade. Are showing great
value in Salad Dishes, Berry Sets,
Fancy Pitchers or Glassware direct
from the makers, at prices that will
dazzle your eyes.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-12-29
MERCERIZED WASTING

We are showing a great variety OF
Waist patterns in White Madras Price
from 40 cents to $I.oo each for Waist
pattern, about fifty styles to select from.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1906-12-29

has been trashy goods Holiday
friends Staple goods that will be appreciated by the receiver
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
At Nashville Tomorrow.

The democrats of Tennessee will assem-
bic in state convention at Nashville tomor-
row to nominate a state ticket. A canvass
of exceptional bitterness for the guberna-
torial prize has been made by Gov. Cox
and Representative Patterson, with the re-
suit that both sides are claiming victory.
Talk of split and of two nominations
may be a bluff, but il Is certain that the
nomination of either Cox or Patterson Will
leave many voters greatly disgruntled- A
strong compromise man does not appear
to the naked eye. The republicans will not
follow with their ticket for several months.
but it is settled that Fl. Clay Evans will
head it. He should run well in any state
of case but very well of course against
a divided or sullen opposition. But as the
democrats will have five months in which
to patch UP their differences. they may ap-
pear in November. Notwithstanding their
plight today in fair array for battle. Pol
itics is an uncertain game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
Hobson and the Presidency.

CAPTAIN Hobson. it is stated, encouraged
by his nomination to Congress, is taking
himself at a high valuation in politics. and
encouraging his friends in their talk Of him
1or the presidency. The episode nj San
UaGo is a feature in the calculations. That
was very fine ma will live in history. but
could it be capitalized at this day or later
at a winning figure in a presidential con-
test? 1t is TO be doubted
Your war hero like a cake. is best when
hot from the griddle General Grant found
his opportunity in 1863 in the ernbarrass
menJs Of the republicans. Andrew Johnson
had plunged his party into no end of
trouble, and hero was demanded. AS
usual there stood Grant ready for. and
equal TO. the emergency. He was elected
with a shout In 1880, fifteen years after
the close Of the war, the democrats in an
emergency tried war hero, but failed with
him General Hancock had a fine record
as "a soldier, and was an attractive man.
bat the country busy then with civic
problems. and wanted d man with civic
experience TO handle them.
II IS the custom to ascribe Mr. ROOSEVELT
success ia the New York gubernatorial
race to his part III the war with Spain or
course The fame Of the Rough Rider and
the achievement at San Juan hill gave him
much popularity But he had a national
reputation before the war began. and his
war record was but an additional, and his
latest, decoration. If he had been unknown
al vie breaking out of the war It Is TO be
doubted 81 the reputation he brought home
from Cuba. high as 1t was. would have
made him his party's leader In the empire
state OF the Union in an important political
campaign.
Captain Hobsou's laurels as brave sailor
viii always remain greer, but If he is ever
nominated for the presidency 1t viii be for
achievements in another field. And he has
yet 10 make good In politics. Everybody
should hope that he may at least develop
into a distinguished civil servant of the gov
eminent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
Mr.. Foraker and the Rate Bill.

The discussion of Mr. F'oraker's vote
against the railroad rate bill recalls the DIS
cusson of David b. Hills vote against the
German Wilson tariff bill.
Mr.. Hill was the only democratic senator
to vote against his partys measure. He
was not opposed to tariff reform. He saw
the necessity for legislation, and when the
Senate addressed itself to the subject he
took an active part in the debates and en-
deavored 10 give the bill what he considered
a good complexion. His efforts however,
went for nothing. His advice was rejected
and the bill shaped by men with whose
tariff views he had little sympathy 50 that
when the measure was put on its final pas
age Mr.. Hill recorded himself in the mega
tive.
The act betokened courage. but the poll
ticians as a rule thought 1t unwise. They
said it made Mr. Hill impossible in further
presidential speculation. He was not an
avowed candidate for his partys nomina-
ton two years later, but Notwithstanding
his defeat at Chicago two years before his
friends still had hopes of leadership for him.
When practically there was no mention of
him at the convention in 1896 those who had
criticised his vote against the Gorman-Wll-
son bill considered themselves justified and
their prediction fulfilled.
This judgment was wholly mistaken. Mr..
f1il's vote against his party's tariff bill
had nothing whatever to do with his fate as
a presidential quantity. Developments by
1896 had thrown both that vote and the
tariff question completely into the shade so
far as the democratict.p party was concerned.
The cry that year was free silver, and Mr..
Hill was In far less agreement with the
ma jority of his party on the money ques-
ton than he had been on the Gorman-Wll-
son bill His nomination was impossible on
every account.
Mr. Foraker, there is no good reason 10
doubt voted his sentiments on the railroad
rate bill. He did not like the measure in
its final shape and for that reason would
not support it, Nothing indicates that his
action was inspired by any other considera-
ton than deliberate Judgment as to the
value of the measure presented.
The republican presidential nomination
two years hence will be made in the light
of the requirements of that day. What
they may be who shall say? Things move
swiftly with us. SO swiftly, indeed. that
the politician who should surrender we'll
known convictions in angling for prize
two years in the distance would probably
find himself when the time came minus
both the prize and his reputation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28

quarters was not Puritan and that he be-
lieved in giving the ''easy-money'' fraternity
full swing At all events. a mysterious "or-
der was circulated soon afterward among
tie gamblers to open up their houses. Just
who Issued 1t no one can tell. But the effect
was soon apparent The word was passed
that at certain establishments 1t was pos
sibie to find games of all sorts in progress.
Lines of well-dressed men could soon be
seen entering and leaving the doors of
houses in both the Tenderloin and the COM
paratively respectable residence districts.
The click of the roulette wheel and the snap
Of the cards could not be heard from the
street. but everybody who wanted to know
where to risk a dollar on a game OF chance
once more wide open.
II between the district attorney with his
recently enacted law compelling witnesses
10 testify in anti-gambling prosecutions and
the police with their full knowledge of the
highways and byways of sport this industry
is not soon broken up it will be to the ever
lasting disgrace of New York. AS long as
the laws against gambling remain on the
statute books they should be enforced. II
public opinion demands reputation of them
they should be repealed Every law that
remains unenforced is likely to become
menace to the moral health of a community.
Policemen are prone to find ways and means
Of working graft games, big and little, and
public confidence in the honesty of the ad-
ministraton is weakened. Mayor MeClel-
Ian may soon have to look sharp or he will
have another case of Lexowing on his
hands on the eve of an important election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
Close to the Breaking Point.

With Car Nicholas waverlng between the
radicals of the douma and the reactionaries
Of the ministry and grand ducal clique,
Russia faces startling possibilities this
week. The issue is now sharply defined be-
tween the parliamentary party and the
palace. Amnesty. appropriation of lands,
civil liberty taxation. all these questions
are for the present releeated to the back
ground and the peak of the situation con-
sists in the peremptory demand of the
douma for the establishment of ministry
responsible to the Legislative body. 1t is
obvious that if this demand is granted the
day of progress toward real constitutional
government will actually have dawned. As
long the ministry remains independent
of the douma and answerable only to the
car, who may indeed be under Its dcta-
ton. there can be no advancement in Russia
toward popular administration.
Every dispatch that comes from Russia
row is tinged with pessimism. In the juds-
ment of competent observers at St. Peters
burg the issue can not be avoided by a
compromise. Signs accumulate that the
people believe in the dcurna and trust to it
10 establish substantial form of represen-
tative government. The only element of
doubt is the attitude of the army If pariia-
ment is dissolved a conflict seems inavi-
table. II ii is allowed to remain in session
without positive action. the ministry re-
naming Independent of it's dictation the
popular unrest is certain to increase. In
either case the autocratic party must rely
upon the fighting force to quel the insur-
rect'onary spirit of the people.
The report that NJ Witte has left ST.
Petersburg with his family. bound for a
foreign country, may be construed as an
Indication of his fear that Russia will soon
be in flames. He may be playing a shrewd
game The car and the legislators have
eliminated him from the situation. He Is
not wanted by them. His views are not
positive enough for either of the contending
parties. Withdrawal is his only dignified
course. From Brussels he can watch the
progress of the struggle and perhaps it will
be he upon whom Russia will eventually
call to bring order out of the chaos in case
of conflict
Meanwhile. bomb-throwing has begun
again. Outrages of this character are re-
ported from Sehastopol and Tfhis far re-
moved from the capital but sufficiently sig
nifcant of the temper of the radicals The
chronic revolutionaries may precipitate the
crisis while the contestants at ST. Peters
burg are maneuvering for position. Ter
rorist agitations and demonstrations are not
likely to weaken the resolution of the palace
party to proceed with a definite policy II
one is finally adopted. The bureaucrats
have been through fire too often to be in
fiuenced seriously by a few Internal ma
chimes. The whole case reverts to the army
Are the soldiers loyal? II one could gain
an answer to that question the task of
prophecy would be comparatively easy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
Gambling and Police Graft.

Reports from the sporting section of New
York city Indicate that the Tia is off
again. One statement is that there are
now open elghty-nne gambling houses of
varying degrees Of Opuience and patronage
No police interference whatever Is diseov-
cradle. Neither the district attorney nor
Commissioner Bingham is moving. as far
as can be discerned. and there are ugly
reports of graft on the part Of the police
patrolmen sergeants. captains and inspec-
tors. There is disposition to ac-
euse anybody higher up" OF part
nership in the game of squeez-
ing protection money ont of the gamblers.
and the belief Is that the total of this fund
IS not so largo as in former years, as. for
example, under Chief DeYery But that the
gamblers are raking In heavy stakes and
paying literally for their immunity from
arrest is currently accepted
Not long ago, In an interview somewhere
out west, Commissioner Bingham is report
ed TO have said that Il fl natural for police
men to graft. and he expected that there
would always be a certain amount of pick
ing on the part of the municipal constables
That was not a wise declaration. Whether
he said II or not. the commissioner did not
deny it, and 1t is easy to believe that the
word spread rapidly among the sporting
crowd In New York that the man at head
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
Welcome Rains.

The showers that began Saturday night
and have continued at intervals since have
been of the greatest benefit to the farmers
In this vicinity. Rain was seriously needed
all through the eastern section of the coun-
try. especially In this neighborhood. The
ground was baked and the crops were in
seme cases threatened with total failure. 1t
was virtually impossible to keep the truck
gardens from destruction save by means of
hand irrigation, at great labor. In the
city conditions were becoming decidedly
unpleasant. The street dust was sufrocating
and housekeepers longed for relief. The
flower gardens and grass were kept alive
only by dint of persistent sprinkling. The
demands on the reservoirs were incessant.
But when the rain came 1t was in generous
volume. The city has been scoured and
flushed and everything now looks spick
and span and bright. The trees are revived
and the lawns are showing a healthier tone.
The rains should continue for two or three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
What American Diplomacy Does.

FROM tue IrOVldence journal.
Those foreign critics of ours who decriee
our magnanmity in freeing Cuba from the
misrule OF Spain, who suspected our altru.
ism and were Of the opinion that at the first
opportunity the Stars and Stripes would be
hoisted again III Havana, should be reas-
sured. to some extent at least, by this time
That we have a certain nold upon the IS
land is unQuestionable, as we have on the
republic OF Panama but our ambitious are
territorial only to the extent OF preserving
our own territory as it exists today and
our exterior aspirations are confined to the
guarding Of our commercial interests in
the Caribbean. If Europe still misunder-
stands our position II is not our fault but
the misfortune of a diplomacy that perpet-
yates in too large a measure the insincerity
and equiyocation OF Metternich and his
school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
The Sanity of a Murderer.

From the Hartford Times.
Is any person who deliberately kills an
other person wholly sane?
Does not murder imply an abornmal con-
dition of the mind on the part of the slayer?
Where is the line TO be drawn?
How little added must a murderer's brain
be in order TO justify sending him to the
gallows or to prison for life, and how badly
added to warrant his acquittal of the
charge?
It's fine problem and calls for a delicate
balancing of the apothecarys scales of JUS
tice. just where responsibility leaves off and
responsibility begins Is complex question
The pity of the whole thing Is that the
insanity OF murderers who at the trial are
adjudged not guilty on account of lunacy
is rarely discovered or suspected until after
the killing has been done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
Americans as Mixers.
From the New York Mail.

1--WE in America are great mixers" said
Andrew Carnegie in his speech at the cor
per stone laying of the United Engineering
building. Great mixers we are, indeed
That seems to be the present mission OF
the American republic. We are mixing
PHILOSOPHERS, political systems, economies
and religions well as races. A social
philosopher who knows us well, but Is able
tn look at us effectively, must wonder
whether we. are really combining things in
a new and useful way or whether we are
merely taking the old world to pieces as
a child or an idiot might take to pieces Inc
orderly mechanism of a watch and jun
bling the discovered parts together in a
useless mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-28
Behavior.

Old Uncle Ben. he says, says he:
My 'havior allus carries me.
Is been alvin all my days
Round proper folks. wifi proper ways.
l allus knows exactly how
To lif' my hat or make bow.
| finds folks 'bligin' as kin be,
Because my 'havior carries me-"
A swift solution thus he finds
To problems hard for ADLER minds.
The little courtesies of life
Protect him 'gainst all vulgar strife.
In truth. there's no denyin' that
The man must be a diplomat
To live from rude dissensions free.
And say: MY 'havior carries me-"