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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-24
POLLING PLACES.

Tire polling places In each OF the re-
specti-e districts or precincts shall be
opened by the Judges at 8 o'clock a. m.
and shall be kept open until O'Clock p.
M.
The polling places In the respective
districts or precincts shall be located AZ
follows:-
First District--At Cecilton. In the Jr.
o. u. A. NJ. Hall.
Second District-A At Chesapeake City,
In woolley's Old Storehouse on Lewis
street.
Third District, First Precint-At Elk
ton, In Council Hall. on North street.
Second Precinct--At West Eitton, In
Herman Jeffers' Warehouse, on the
South side OF West Main street.
Fourth Distiict-In Fair Till, at the
election Office on the Henry Hess prop
erty.
Fifth District, First Precinct - Al
North East, In C. A. r. Hall, on Church
htcct. DcCouu FttCluNt-ht Suaticb
town. in ]. N. Blacks Old Storehouse.
Sixth District-At Rising Sun in Office
and Warehouse formerly used by Samuel
Hsmbleton, owned by G. R. Grason.
Seventh District, First Precinct-At
Port Deposit, in Fire Engine House. on
Main street Second Precinct-At Per-
ryville, in Mechanics Hall.
Eighth Disirict-At Oak wood, in Jr.
o. u. A. NJ. Hall.
Ninth district-At Calvert, in the
American Mechanics Hail.
BY oRDRR OF
OMAR d. CRoTHRRs, President;
DELMAR SMITHERS,
w. A. CAMERON,
Board Of Supervisors Of Elections of
Cecil County. 24oci2w
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-24

Is cheaper than shoddy cloth or shoday
paint. The l.. & M u Zinc Metal
made into Oxide Of Zinc combined
with White Lead, and then made into
paint with pure Linseed Oil in thous-
and gallon grindings and mixings.
Wears long; actual cost only 81 20 per
gallon.
r. y. Frazer. Elkton.
w. P. Cummings, Port Deposit
J. A. Roney. North East.
L. & NJ. Paint Agents.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-24
Election Notice

In pursuance OF aulhoriiy given by
Section IA OF Art. %, entitled ''EIsc.
tions" Of the Code Of Public General
Laws of Maryland. Chapter 545 Of the
Acts of 1902, notice Is hereby given that
an ei-ciion for Presidential Electors and
Congressman will be held in Cecil County
on
Tuesday, November 8, 1908
being the 6r't Tuesday after the first
Monday in November.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-24
LIABILITIES

State Of Maryland. County Of Cecil. s.:
I. Chas. u. Finley, Cashier Of the above named
bank. do soicmuiy swear that the above state
mcnt Is true to the best Of my knowledge and
belief.
cHAs. II. FINLEY. Cashier.
subscribed and sworn to before me this 7sih
day Of September, 1905
JOHN W. ANTHONY. Notary Public.
CtIARLEs NJ. ELLIS
JOHN NJ. TUCKER,
REUBEN IiAiNEs.
oct ST Directors
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-10-24

National Bank of EIkfon
AT ElKTos. IN THE surf OF MARYLAND.
AT the ctost or BUSINESS.
SEPTEMBER q. 1908.
RESOURCES

Loans aud fssy. 80 a.
Oyer,iralts, secured aud unsecured 80. ISL ss
u ;. bonds to secure circulation - 600 %
bonds. securities. etc ............. az5.i0z -
Iinnking house. furniture ixtufes..-,. l0uo0D0
other real estate owned $3.50. S.o0G o.
~ agents 80. 49,. 7.ioz 70
Duc from State Banks ard Raukrrs.,. i0o
Due from approved reserve ARents..,.. 7Y,u5T %
Checks aud other cash items .4.....,.. h307
No,c~of other National Banks....... 10 %
Fractional paper currency. nickcls and
cents secs. tt.s.ss. .s.ss.sssss t.....s ITO IL
Lawful Money Reserve In Bank. viz
Specie sts..s.s....ss... Nta.lUA 20
Lcgni.tcndcr notes ........ - 701 % 4y,t0s 40
Redemption fund with U. $. Treasurer
IS per cent Of circulation i,Sse %
Totai...",..... -. ............ 81 oe7.7si IS
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in .....,...,...... 5000 90
surplus fund ............,.,,,. 10000 %
Undivided profits. less expenses and
taxes paid .......... .............. ae.AY0 81
National Bank notes outstanding....,. 3l.oo0 90
Due to other National Itanks.... 1903 20
Due to State Ranks aud Bankers......, 1900 90
individual deposits subject to check. 3Si .5s7 V
Demand certificates Of deposit. A,s9i rs
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF, Isl rs
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
A TALK WITH MILE. GENEE.

In reply 20 the remark that many thought
her French others English, and still others
Belgian, Mile Cenee said: Yes and soon I
shall be called American, for already one Of
your newspapers has written our Cfenee!' |
was very compltmented; but I am q Dane on
both sides. and for many generations back. My
birthplace was in Jutfand, where my family have
always figured as country people'-no profes-
siOnals among them. with the exception of an
master Of ballet, and with his wife a Hun
When was three years old my uncle and aunt
possessed all Of the physical requisites of
dancer, so il was proposed that I be sent to
them 10 train when should be old enough.
Few understand that just the great singer
must be born with a voice. so the great dancer
must be born with a perfect body, her upper
arm, forearm, wrist, ankle, lower leg upper leg
and hip properly formed and Joined. II goes
without saying that to be knock-kneed IS to be
unqualified as a dancer; but there are countless
other points TO be considered and passed upon,
in the preliminary examinations TO which each
candidate for terpsichoFean hOnors is submitted.
At the age of eight, l began systematic training
for the ballet, and during the twenty years
which nave intervened l have never, until this
winter, been separated from my foster parents
They love me, and they watch my work so
any time. I made my professional debut at
Shortly after that | danced in Copenhagen
then. OF course. infant prodigy so that
il was with unusual satisfaction that I returned
TO the same opera house few years ago and
triurnphed as a mature artist Emily NJ Bur
bank in Putnam's.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
MISS ANTS TOILET
She's Very Fussy and pery Clean
Carries T'raUeIling Set.

Insects are usually connected WIN unce41
+, the minds of most persons. YET many 44i9e'
are extremely neat in their personal haolls- me
en+ r,erforms a scrupuIous toilet every day ohe
- b-,,sbAs combs sponges and other tople-
-rerts in keeping herself tidy, and never Years
-nispIacinz them. since nature has conVeIleIlt-S
attached them in permanent positions on AeE pOu'-
..hobo' ant was never seen, for the insect l'o9'
dirt like Dutch housewife Working IN the el1 ~
Inevitably befouIs her person. but she taxes 4
ash and a rundown often that few partic-es
OF foreign matter cling long to her hairy sell
0na NJ the ants toilet implements is the tongue
saws DR. H c McCOok, in "Harpers Masa-i-7-
Around the sides OF this organ curves series o.
hard ridges which make it suitable for use as oo1h
s,orga and brush. Ants lick themselves cIean
with their tongues. ike dogs and cats Inc h4lU-
raj comb on the leg is another important toilet m
pement 1t Is on the ttbia and mas a snort -a---ie'
q stiff back and sixty-ttve elastic teeth IL L Int
toothed comb, and there is coarse toothed comp
Of fo-rv5ve teeth on the leg, right opposite There
are other combs in handy positions as tNo ser
rated upper Jaws through which the ant may ule"
her legs and clean them Also tle Hn'I0i
cretas = LIQUID which might be compared 10 haT
tonic and which is rubbed on the Hl1lIl0e'S -
through the nandibes-
Ants wash about the same as human beings. oe-
rore beginning the days work or retiring 70 sSep'
or when the accumulation OF dirt makes lnehl 'ii
comfortable Sometimes an ant quits IN ILl7 h-ll9l
of a brsv stunt Of nest building leaves her IeL-
1orr- workers and goes OF IN a corner to clean her
self She combs and brushes diligently untI sne
feels that she is in decent state. and then reJols
her laboring companions study OF Ihe toiiet
nrocess in artificial nests with glass sides shows
how thorough and conscientious the insect IS N
bar rersonal care There are num5eriess attitudes
5urine the process. When cleaning the head and
fore parts OF the body the ant often sits upon the
- binds legs and turns the head side
The fore leg is raised and passed over the face.
while the head is slowly turned TO expose both
sides 10 treatment The opposite leg may De
brought into use For combing the back hair the
bsa9 is dropped low and the leg comb sweeps
through the tufts of hair from the neck forward
At intervals the leg is drawn thro ISh the jaws
10 uoisten it or wipe OF the comb
odd positions are taken to clean the abdomen
and the singing organs The body may b bent
in a senicircle; sometimes an acrobatic ant VIII
suspend herself by the hind legs to get the ab
dornen in a convenient position Frequently one
two ants will perform friendly toilet Offices for
fellow insect. who gratefully reclines while it IS
being scrubbed and combed-
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
GAVE 11,67o CONCERTS.

But the late John W. Hutchinson. who lived 70
be nearly eghty-eigh: years old. was longer before
the public than any other OF the family In the
stxty-two years that he sang he the astoniSh-
ing number of II SO concerts One OF the stories ne
used TO tell about Frederick Douglass. the
black advocate OF abolition The Hutchinsons used
to sing at the meetings he addressed in New Eng
land and went to England with him IN 1Sl5. MI
Hutchinson said:
I'VE were warmly received and Mr.. Douglass
was accepted by the British public on the same
plane Of social equality rs a white On our
return asked Douglass 10 dine with me at a hotel
in Boston, not realizing the full extent OF the
social prejudice thera He was late N arriving and
the dining full as he made his way TO my
table. There was horrifed pause, and the diners
held their Knives and forks suspended Then there
was a great clatter they rose and. pushing back
their chairs left the dining hall rather than eat
with colored man. Mr.. Douglass sat down oeslde
me. but nothing was served 10 U.s. The chef came
M from below to remark. with profGne emphasis
thar ba would not cook anything for a nigger-
Three walters spoke TO did not move Finally,
seeing a roast chicken a platter near oy' got
I'D and carried 1t to our table. and Fred and had
q good meal OF that fowl
Mr Hutchinson sang many times in his later
wears at temperance and woman Suffrage meet
,nes being q stanch advocate Of both causes
He was the personal friend OF many noted men ana
women In the days before the war the dulclllIl-
sous were not allowed to sing in St LOUIS as lilo
Mavor could not promise tIeul PIONc~Ii1iA -5--
violence as their anti-slavery attitude was so pro
nouuced They also had to abandon concert IL
hiIadeIphia for the came reason Besides the town
named for them Minnesota, they FOUNDED the
town OF Hutchinson. Kan In addition TO sIvlns
e. ,.,5 ,o- a college site there John ". Hutch
tnsor presented 10 Lynn. where he lived a plot o.
ground 10 be added to the public PARK anu
tower surnountiug an enormous rock IN Us cent?
Near bv is the stone cottage, built by ms OroI7I
:, ,sa5 where John ". Hutchinson died, and near
which he erected a peace stadium
OF his early enlistment In the cause or 1ne s4ANe
Mr. Hutchinson used 10 give this account II was
-b0r was twenty-one years old that with my
brothers and sister. was TO sing in concert IN
Boston. The news was spread abroad tnaI
fugitive woman slave had been seized oy ner - -
,a- Z, the streets OF the city. An Indlsnauon
meeting was promptly called, and when we nearU
~ II nv brothers and I headed score OF men
who marched TO the hall and swept down 'ne cen
,ra aisle singing oh. Hberate the bondman' ye
s-..r THAT began our career as the singing evan
gels of freedom @
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
SANG IN EUROPE.

Tho success OF the singers so great that
they went to Europe in 1915 and were listened to
bv crowded houses. Many we'll known persons went
to hear them and entertained them. Miss Abby
Hutchinson was the guest OF Charles Dickens. the
Hon Mrs Norton. John Bright Harriet Martineau
William Hewitt and others, and the hearts
OF ell she mot. The quartet broken UP for
time when she married, in 1S49 hut when the Civil
War broke ont she rejoned her brothers in sing
ing for the abolition OF slavery.
Next to the sister. the most popular OF the quar-
tet was Tudsou whose full was Adoniran
hudson Joseph. He the hunorisr of the
troupe and his particslar excellence was in comic
and political songs. He composed most Of the
music for the songs the quartet rendered In 1888
he went with his brothers 10 Minnesota. where
they established the town Of Hutchinson. the
county seat of Mcleod County. But the campaign
Of 1856 when the battle cry OF the newly born
Republican party was Free men, free SOIL free
snaech and Fremont brought them before the
public again singing political and anti-slayery
scnEs. Again IN 1860 they took part IN the cam
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
Foreign Resorts.

uaien which elected Lincoln When the CfVh war
followed some of the Hutchinsons visited recruit
ing stations and sang patriotic songs TO sncourags
en,fstueuts They also went 20 the front 70 sing
for the soldiers After the battle Of Bull Run they
went 10 Virginia where General Mcclellan ordered
them outside the federal lines because they sang
whittier's patriotic poem bearing the name Of
Iutser'< hymn Elm feste Burg an anti-siav-
erv song
John W. Hutchinson. who has Just died. carried
the matter TO President Lincoln who called Cao-
net meeting Secretary Cnsss read the poem TO
Mr.. Lincoln and his associates
President Lincoln said: That s Just the sort Of
song I desire the soldiers hear" Permission
was at once given TO the singers 70 re-enter the
lines. The President also had the late Mr.. Hutch
fnson 90 to the White House and sing for his oens-
1t In the Green Room IN 1862 He had been enter
tanned at the White House by President Tyler IN
1Sa6
OF the famous quartet. the last member Of which
has just passed away, the first to ole was
Judson who took his own life IN a fit OF melan-
choIy. The first business manager, Jesse, cled IN
1s53 and his brother Asa then became the business
man Of the troupe. Tho place Of Judson was taken
for time by his brother Joshua, who established
no less than sixty singing schools in various parts
city in 1892 She had not sung in public Tor many
years. After the original quartet was broken up,
Asa Hutchinson with his wife and three children,
formed 8 concert company and entertained the
public for a Of years
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

They nest of brothers with a sister in II. -
The members OF the quartet JUdson, John,
Asa and Abby This was formed in 1SI. The first
public appearance Of the family in 1899 in a
concert in the Baptist church in their native town
It was the son Jesse who had gone into business
In Boston. where he was a choirnaster and pop
uIar singer. who promoted the idea OF concert
giving, and became the business manager Of the
quartet and when needed filled the place Of one
Of his brothers. Judson was the leader and sang
tenor Asa had 4 powerful bass voice. and John
was a barytone. Abby, who was only eleven years
old when she began to appear in public. had par
ticularIy sweet contraIto voice. and when four
years old attracted many persons TO hear her child
ish songs. For several years the quartet sang in
fall and winter in New England and New York
State and in 1913 they made their first appearance
in this city, singing in the old Broadway Taber-
nacle. An enthusiastic critic wrote:
The harmony of the band was never surpassed
by mortal throats II moved to tears: IL reached
into the solemn depths Of the soul; it was Cod
given and heaven-inspired," was one comment on
their singing
The singers accompanied themselves with two
violtns and cello. and they rendered sacred and
descriptive songs and humorous and pathetic bal
lads. They early became identified with the anti
slavery movement and temperance reform. and
sang at many meetings TO promote these causes.
In 1913 they sang at the meeting OF the Alassa-
chusetts Anti-S Slavery Society in Faneul Hall.
Mobs frequently disturbed anti-savery meetings e
which they appeared but the singing Of The
Slaves Appeal by Abby sure TO suElue all
uproar and clear the way for addresses by William
Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips and others one
Of the songs composed by Jesse Hutchinson for
these meetings was entitled Get on the Track"
and the refrain
Ho. the car EmaHcipaton@
Rides majestic through oJa nation.
Bearing il its train the story
Liberty, a nations glory
Jtcl il along through the ation.
or~fG car mo lrICiTo. ion
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

To-day these guns frequently make as many as
twelve hits q minute. and the average of the
whole navy is six hits a minute. These are the
records at the .60O-yard range. At the last
long range target practice in Massachusetts Bay
the battleships of the North Atlantic fleet firing
at a target from three to five miles away. aver
aged nearly 80 per cent of hits. With a target
One-third the size of the ships at Santiago, at
distances from two to three times great, our
fleet made more than fifteen times the per
centage of hits.
Translated into terms Of war, these changes
mean this: Six years ago American battle
ship would not hit enemy's vessel at a bat
tie range Of three miles more oftener then
twice an hour. To-day every ship of an enen1y's
fleet steaming into range would be struck by
two tons of steel shell ever minute by every
modern American ship firing at her. Solid metal
spatters like mud when these great projectlles
strike it; when charged with their high eX-
plosives these shells are swept through the ship
IN fragments Of from two hundred pounds in
weight down TO the finest steel dust In all
human probability ship in the world could
stand such a fire fifteen minutes.-McClure's
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01
THE Blue MOSQUE AT CAIRO.

This mosque which is the mosque Of Ibrahin
Aga, but which IS Familiarity known TO its lovers
as the Blue Mosque" lies 10 the left Of a ram
shackie street. and from the outside does not
look specially inviting. Even when passed
through its door and stood in the court beyond
st first 7 felt not Ks charm Al looked old and
rough yIrker-1pr and IL confusion The red and
white stripes OF the walls and the arches OF the
arcade the mean little place for ablUt1on-a
pipe and row Of brass taps-lsd the mind from
Z NeapOIfLzl ice 70 a second rate school, and for
q moment 7 thought OF abruptly retiring and
eeeking more splendid precincts And then I
looked across the court TO the arcade that lay
hevond anf 7 cav the exquisite love color Of
the marvellous tiles that gives this mosque its
name.
The huge pillars of this arcade are striped and
ugly. bit between them shone, with an ineffable
1ustIe, e wall Of purple and blue, Of purple and
blue strong and yet delicate that II held
the eyes and drew the body forward If ever
color calls It calls tn the blue mosque Of Ibra-
him Aga And when had crossed the court.
when stood beside the pulpit with its delicious
wooden folding doors, and studied the tiles OF
which this wonderful wall is composed. found
them as lovely near as they are lovely far of.
From a distance they resemble nature effect,
are almost Ike g bit or southern sea or or sky,
q fragment or cleaning Mediterranean seen
through the pillars Of loggia, or Of Sicilian
blue watching over Etna In the 'Ong summer
days When one IS close TO them they
miracle oT art The background Of them IS a
milky white upon which is elaborate pattern
Of purple and blue generally conventional and
representative OF no known OBJECT but occa-
ssonallv showing tai trees somewhat resembling
expresses But Il is impossible in words ade-
cuateiy TO describe the effect OF these tiles, and
OF the tiles that line 10 the very roof the tomb
house on the right Of the court They are like
g cry of ecstasy going Up IN this otherwise not
very beautiful mosque: they make II unforget-
able; they draw you back 70 II again ana YET
again on the darkest day Of winter they set
something OF sumner there. In the saddest mo-
raeut they proclaim the fact that there Is JOY in
the world. that there was JOY IN the hearts OF
creative artists years upon years ago IF you
Ere- ever II Cairo. and sink into depression. 90,
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

When Taft Fought for His Class-Feeding Fleet
Turkeys Way of Measuring Time

WHEN TAFT FOUGHT FOR HIS CLASS.
There being no pressing Inducements toward
athletic career, young Taft gained his college
prominence by virtue OF his mental prowess and
his uncommon capacity for winning the respect
and affection OF all who knew him. When called
upon TO make strenuous use OF his Do pounds
he was not IN the least reluctant, the first occa-
sion being n the rush" between the freshmen
and sophomore classes at the beginning Of the
fall term The faculty has long since abolished
Jis cyclc1.c ard wholesale encounter, indeed,
IRE class OF as sets up the claim that 1t fought
and Won the last Of the genuine old-fashtoned
class rushes at Hamilton Park the athleuc
arena used by the college in the dark ages pc
tore there was an elaborately equipped Yale
Field and an athletic association with surplus
CT 100000 in its treasury
for the freshmen 10 march from the campus 10
Hamilton Park, the larger part Of mile eway,
IN as solid q body as possible. the sophomCres
maintaining skirTnish attack en- route. Once
inside the field there ensued rough h-and-t -tuua-
Die scrimraage When rs as freshmen charged
70 the fray, the mighty figure Of ''Bilr' Taft
was IN the front rank, and the effect Of mis- on
slaught was singularIy like that Of the steam
roller" which he was charged with operating ct
the recent Republican convention at Chicago. A
sophomore who was luckless enough to get IN
Taft's way on the tramped sod Of Hamilton
Park N the height Of the rush lately declared
that the sensation like that Of being
ploughed over by a landslide It is truthfuIly
recorded that the doughty freshmen drove the
soPhomOres back. Won the rush and fought their
way back 10 the ca npUs, minus hats, coats and
shirts. but chanting songs OF victory
ts4S1sLL ArJLlur 1 t1aoIey or Yale was IN
TIE class OF 40, q Junior when Taft was q fresh
man He made the acquaintance OF the beefy
yoUngster on the night OF the rush and as one
of the upper ClasSrneG IN charge Of the fray
acted as judge Of the wrestling bouts between
picked men Of the opposing clans
7 saw Taft strip and get into the ring said
h and / knew from the way the sophomore
sEaote The earth that something had happened
70 him. Taft must have made him think q
house had tumbied him After the perform
Rnce I shook hands with the victor and congrat-
I1lated him. inv-ardly thanking my stars that
had not been the other fellow. Ralph D. Paine,
IN Outing.
New-York tribune., 1908-11-01

somebody prosecuted The police are now look
ing al over the city for some one who has lost
a kiss. Butt got most Of them. Then your
full rigged ship furled her sails and was hauled
alongside the wharf and commenced TO unload
her love. My, but there is a lot Of II, Huge
wagons full Of love rolling up the street and
all the people out trying to steal OF II, for
there many here who have never had any
seen any. II is such a beautiful rosy color,
and although II is dark day it lights up the
whole street as it comes along. I am going TO
let everybody have a little of tit would be too
selfish TO keep il al TO myself, and I know that
you have much that you viii easily load an
other ship full and send il TO And then
came the good wishes, We couldn't pack them
fast enough wagons, we got million
pigeons and tied them TO their tails and they
are flying all over the city distributing them
and everybody is so happy, I think your sailors
are the finest set of men I ever say-but OF
course they would be since they have been liv-
ing kisses and love and good wishes all the
way here. And, oh, the sails! So white and all
made Of siIk-and the fagsi-the most brilliant
I have ever seen! Thank you, my own dear
boy. Please God may soon be with you. and
we'll have q tremendous battle. From your
fond DADA
Paul WiIstach, IN Scribner's.