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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-09-11
News In Brief

The oyster season ms, oncred is
,a;l ~ ,ram;sc !, nIcn,;irI summit
'''" !" l n, P' e C,, s%pP C,
Mt. pleasant SAINT, ", y onmren i So'" .G
cleared ,'. N5 iF"'" u" '''e'' DON """
neckt,e social.
Howard Boyle Of Level had his
foot crushed by wagon heavily load
ed with tomatoes. one day last week.
A new Camp Of Modern Wood
men 81 America with 8 m ne, has
been formed at Forest Hill Hartford
county
MIR chanlc, Edward Brooks and
Mis-, Nellie :. Curricr. al Hvrc de
Grace. we're married in Baltimore on
August a.
-Niillard Crawford Wilmington
l,J While nIayimg ON a haystack at
Stanton on SATURDAY. Tell nG and
broke m arm
Farmer, oi the Townsend. Del.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-09-11
Protection
and
Prosperity

During 1908 we increased
the protection to our de-
positors' money by raising
our Surplus Account to
$4,000
Our stockholders shared
in our prosperity, recriv-
ing an increase in divi-
dend 10 8 per cent.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-09-11
FOLEYSkIDNEYCURE


MIR. and Mr., Samuel SINNERS. OF
Elkvicw. Chester county. last week.
celebrated their golden wedding. The
i"rmcr - IS year, old Twelve oi the
couples seventeen children are livirg
'"Mauy people dcludc themselves by
saving 1T will wear away" when they
notice symptoms ri kidney and blad-
der trouble This j. q mistake Take
Foley, Kidney Remedy. and stop the
drain on the vitality II cures back
ache. rheumatism. kidney and bladder
trouble. and make, every trace oi pain,
weakness. and urinary trouble disap.
pear II e. WELLS.
The Pcu,y lyan'a Railroad will, it
j, ,aid. overhaul all it, stored idle cars
So a, 4" be ready iur the expected
grca; demand ,ha, will follow the COM
my revival uj business. looked inr this
iall and winter
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-09-11

''Carls'c Ccutcr. \. Y. G.. y Bur
hans. writes: about four years ago
| wrote YOU that ! had been entirely
.urcd ri kidney trouble by taking two
bottles ii Fulcy's Kidney Remedy. and
after four years | am again pleased "a
state that | have never had any return
81 those symptoms, aud | am evidently
cured I" stay cured Foley, Kidney
Remedy will Il" the same tor ynu.-H
{ WELLS
Catching ar aNc. which he Was us.
ing. one dav last week. IN clulhesine,
George f. Carr. III aberdeen. got a
painful cash IN the head which /, re-
qucrcd several stitches to- close.
''purc blood is the secre, OF perfect
health Fairfcld's Blood Tonic anC
Milk Producer for Cattle Only acts
directly upon the complicated dges
tive system OF animals that chew the
cud. purifying the blood BY pcricctine
digestion Sold urdcr written guaran'
tee BY Alexander & Son. Elkton; W
T Harriott. Che sapcake City; Haine.
K Kirk. Rising Sun \ Anderson
North Fast; {. NJ Blake. Cherry Hill
a Strawrick ON Reuben Rogers
farm. near Level. caught fire one day
last week. aud inr time the blaze
threatened the large barn nearby. bu
nc'ghb"r> got the tire under control
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-09-11

A large wrench icll on the head Of
Johu McCuma,, assistant section lore
man. al Aberdeen. a Swan Greek. one
day last week. and hurt him quite Sc
ycrcly
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-09-11
A Reliable Remedy
FOR
CATARRh
Ely's Cream Balm
Is quickly absorbed.
GIVES ReIie' at once
Il clean sc-, -"" il's'
heals and pro''rtS
~ ,.FfA =.

,hc diseased mrin- 9TH and orr,
away acoll y Y r ray ,' an nr Nail. Liquid
the i" sens =, p p' oy ~ =, Is e..
Cream belm '2 4, Va Wren street ~"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19

ping over low fences. Once only
somebody spoke, and then It was an
emphatic bit Of profanity from Or.
Stewart when he ran into . wire
fence.
We were Joined at the end Of ave
minutes by another man, who fell into
step with the doctor silently. He car
ried something over his shoulder
which could not make out In this
way we walked for perhaps 20 minues.
The doctor was putting somewhat
when we finally came to halt. con-
TESS that just at that. minute even
Sunnyside seemed cheerful spot. We
had paused at the edge Of level
cleared place, bordered all around
with primly trimmed evergreen trees.
Between them caught q glimpse of
starlight shining down on rows of
white headstones and an occasional
more imposing monument or towering
shaft. In spite Of myself, drew my
breath in sharply. We were on the
edge of the Casanova churchyard.
saw now both the man who had
Joined the party and the implements
he carried. It was Alex, armed with
two long-handled spades. After the
first shock Of surprise, / fatter my
self was both cool and quiet. We
went in single file between the rows
of headstones. and although, when
found myself last,'I had an instructive
desire to keep looking back over my
shoulder, found that, the flrst uneasi.
ness past, cemetery 1t night 10 much
the same as any other country place
filed with vague shadows and unex.
pected noises. Once. indeed-but Mr..
Jameson said it was an owl, and
tried to believe him.
In the shadow of the Armstrong
granite shaft we stopped. / think the
doctor wanted to send me back.
IT'S no place for a woman" heard
him protesting angrily. But the de-
tectfve said something about wit,
nesses, and the doctor only came over
and felt my pulse.
anyhow, don't believe you're any
worse of here than you would be in
that nightmare Of house." he said
finally. and put his coat on the steps
Of the shaft for me to sit on.
There is sense of dissertation, oil
reversal Of the everlasting fitness OF
things. in resurrecting body from its
mother clay. And yet that night, in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
A FUNNY FuA cIIcN.

The Sioux City Journal finds serious
fault with Abe Funk, who has been suf-
ficiently bold and independent to say
that the lash Of party whips can not
bring him and his to the support Of men
and measures which he as convinced
are politically vicious and inimical to the
welfare Of all the people Somewhat
Of this character Mr.. Funk said and
the Journal arrayed in insignia of the
high priesthood of standpatism and
Cannonism is busily at work upon the
ritual Of accommodation. The in
quisitorial process is at work Bell
book and candle are in evidence and
anathema is as common on the editorial
page as the box score in the sporting
columns of the Journal.
This epidemic of accommodation
which has broken out from the TAT
speech at Winona is less annoying
than 4 Is amusing. 1t is play cpl.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
Simple Bride. Scheme.

1t is not always that the inhabitants
Of thinly populated district can have
a bridge located at the most conven-
lent point for them. At times ingenui-
ty supplies the need in a novel man
ner. Visitors to New Zealand have
seen this illustrated in the queer little
trolley bridges that the people of that
country call cages" and regard as
quite commonplace. The chief requi-
site is stout wire rope stretched
across the stream and anchored firmly
on each bank. Upon this rope wheels
run. From them is suspended box
or basket fastened SO as to be perfect.
~ safe. When a person wishes to
cross the stream he seats himself in
the cage" takes hold of pull rope
fastened to the other bank and nom
chalantly draws himself across. The
cage" may then be drawn back to the
other shore by the end of the pull rope
fastened there Oregon Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19

municipalities, from railroads to farm
telephone lines, and it should give to
cities very definite powers to deal with
every public service within city limits.
It should not be question with the
Bell Telephone Company whether 1t
will give fair prices to Des Moines tele-
phone users, nor should It be matter
for that company on what capitaliza-
ton it will insist that the people must
pay interest. The Bell Telephone Com
pany should operate in Des Moines and
in Iowa on terms fixed by the public.
This is not the time for the people
to be fooling with a will-o' -the-whisp
of competition, nor to be begulling
themselves with the notion that by in
Producing independent telephone ex-
changes in cities a great monopoly can
be regulated. There is only one way
out, and that is to assume the author
ity the public rightly has, and say
with decision on what terms and un-
der what conditions all public service
shall be rendered in the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
Old Herbal Charms.

History turks in many Of the old
herbal charms. which were once as
popular as any magic specific connect
ed with field mice. Cures for the bites
of sea hares. scorpions and tarantulas
tell tale of different England from
the one we know now. So do charms
ito render man or woman insensible
to torture" though advice to seven
year-old children to grow beautiful by,
dancing among fax is Of all ages. Pro.
tective charms against witchcraft were
common. but an old French book of
spells gives an interesting recipe for
centaury. which. IF joined with the
blood of u female lapNing." will cause
the drinkers Ito believe themselves
witches. SO that one shall believe Of
the other that his head is in heaven
and his feete on earth" If this was
witchcrnft. how did Shakespeare and
Herrick and few others escape the
stake ?-London Chronicle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19

demic. Ali its pest houses are mag
mary and they are peopled by persons
who are mot there and who refuse to be
quarantined but whose seggreg cation Is
devoutly desired by the gentle
men who are active in quarantine work
The fact is in Iowa the progressive re-
publicans are robustly and boisterous-
ly healthy; more than that, they con-
stitute majority of the health board.
They are running the pest houses
themselves and have closed them during
a season of abundant healthfullness.
Cannon Aldrichites and nobody is to be
quarantined by occasion of sore head.
torial copy would of necessity require
Immigration.
tracts the Journal and its readers there
seems no good reason why it should not
81 oi III It's way VI CONTINUOUS Fauue-
Vile When any newspaper or indi-
vidual or official rises>~to read Abe
Funk out of the republican party, state
or national the occasion loses solem-
nifty and becomes humorous, if not
ludicrous. And with Mr. Funk are
many thousands of the bone and sinew
OF republicanism in Iowa whose at
tempted accommodation recoils upon
the priest to the belittlement of himself
and his self assumed function. The
whole thing becomes roaring farce If
carried lar enough and certain onetime
leaders are carrying it far enough.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
THE MEDIEVAL WAY.

King Alfonso is reported as having
broken with his minister because of
the execution of Professor Ferrers,
which it is asserted. was ordered and
carried out without the kings knowl-
edge. If this is true it puts Alfonso
in much higher light than the ma
tions have been seeing him. For the
execution of Ferrers was a mistake,
ter of policy and utterly against the
spirit OF humanitarian age.
Ferrers was the leader of Modern
ism in schools and teaching. the chief
of the modern school, and the apostle
of m odern thoughts and modern meth
DDS Whatever ne had done against
the Spanish government or what in
element of opposition of which he had
been guilty. the government stands in
The light of having shot Ferrers pri-
narily to get rid OF man disturbing
to those who oppose thought in re-
ligion and politics.
Spain is back number among na-
tons. She is controlled largely by the
same forces that controlled her 400
years ago, and these particular forces
are opposed to the modernism that
makes for individual independence of
thought and action. The present min
lister is reactionary, favorable to church
control and the medieval subservience
of manhood to inherited place. Ferrers
represented a vital and active OPPOSE
ion to all this. And Ferrers was shot
as he would have been burned or
outchered four centuries ago. That is
the way 1t looks from the outside.
Perhaps a satisfactory explanation
may come but the history and the
character of the old Spanish regime
tends to confirm the belief that a mod
srn thinker and agitator of reforms
faced the muskets of prejudice, intoler-
ance and cruelty simply because he
threatened their supremacy. Modern.
Ism stood with its back to the wall be.
fause it was modernism.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
A TWENTIETH CENTURY MIRACLE.

This was the way WI Ting Fang,
former minister of China to the United
States, described the awakening of his
own country, in an address before the
Civic Forum in New York City Fore
most among the influences which have
wrought the miracle he placed the edu-
cational institutions of American mis-
sionaries. He said these formed a
part Of the leaven which has leavened
the whole empire of China" How sig
niacant part becomes more and more
apparent as plans are unfolded for the
education for Chinese youth.
Few Americans have had larger share
in these plans than DR.. D. z. Sheffield
president of the North China college in
Tung-cho. who has been in service
here forty years under the American
board with only three visits to the
United States. Altho the college was
wiped out of existence by the Boxers
in 1900, and the land sowed to corn
it was promptly rebuilt with indemnity
money, and is still training picked mer
for efficient leadership in the nation
DR.. Sheffield holds high rank as an adj
ministrator as we'll as scholar The
federation of forces representing three
religious denominations, English al
well as American, into a general edu.
cationai scheme, was due largely to hi:
initiative and skill These missionary
plants working tremendously togethe
towarsd a given end, the making o
christian character. have made a deel
impression upon the Chinese.
Another educational factor isa NINA
ture Yale which was opened at Changsh;
by alumni Of that university in 1895
This year new alumni Of the Harvar,
medical school have decided to dupli
cate that institution in the Flower
King dun. Such are sasac cf the in
tiuences to which WI Ting FAM
ascribes the awakening of China.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
What Heaven Lacked.

Billy Saunders is Il natural born wit.
He is in his eiehtieth year and is still
working al his trade. painting. On a
recent occasion Billy and one or two
of his mates wcrc Identifying law
yers office The Younger partnt
thinking to t:!:,. q rise" out Of Bill
said:
II say. Ei.ly. lid you ever know OF
painter :cuin, 10 nplven?"
Yes" rcnlicd Billy. II knew Of On
once"
But do you think he stayed there
We'll. did hear that they tried
put him cut"
And they did not succeed!"
mo. According TO latest accounts
they had not succeeded
"Why. how was that?'
well. sonny. 1t was this way-they
couldn't find a lawyer in the place to
draw up the apersw-Exchange
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
CRIMINALS PASSED AROUND.
fedora Ledger.1

EHQOra Ie1ger.J
This paper wishes to go on record as
opposed to the habit acquired by city
and town officials of passing criminals
and otherwise undesirable citizens
around from town to town.
For instance not long ago the Off
Gals Of Radcliffe drove from their
midst an undesirable citizen, wife
beater and otherwise ruffian. This
fellow landed in Eldora. Webster City
has ordered a we'll known character
among police circles to leave town, be-
cause of continual drunkenness. He
may land here or he may not, but he
must land somewhere and wherever
that is, there will be the same trouble,
expense and annoyance and possibly
something more serious. A few days
ago Lige Williams was driven from Ell
dora because he signed his name to a
check when he had no money in the
bank There was an opportunity to
put him out of circulation for awhile
at least, but instead he was passed
on" to harass some other community
and perhaps commit crime, as he has
the instincts of a criminal.
The system is all wrong and does
not tend to lessen criminal acts. The
commonwealth is but large COM
munity formed of the various neigh
porhoods and nothing is gained by
sending a criminal from one town to
another. The probabilities are that
for every one Eldora sends away. it
gets one in return from somewhere
else. Any one can observe that that
is the principle.
The sentence should be to close con-
finement on as poor a diet as the law
allows or to hard labor.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19

he Casanova churchyard, sat quiet
by, and watched Alex and Mr..
JAMESON steaming over their work.
without single qualm, except the
ear of detection.
The doctor kept keen lookout, but
10 one appeared. Once in while
re came over to me, and gave me a
eassuring pat on the shoulder.
II never expected to come this" he
aid once. There's one thing sure
II not be suspected Of completely A
loctor is generally supposed to be
andier at burying folks than at dig
ling them up"
The uncanny moment came when
Mex and Jameson tossed the spades
the grass, and confess l hid my
ace. There was period of stress, l
hink, while the heavy coffin was be.
ng raised. felt that my composure
as going, and. for fear I would
hriek, ] tried to think of something
lse-what time Gertrude would reach
lalsey-anything but the grisly reali.
IASk Aoy JuoS DCyOAu MS VI Iue
yrass.
And then heard a low exclamation
rom the detective and felt the pres.
ure of the Doctors fingers on my
.rm.
Now. Miss 1nnes." he said gently.
II you will come over"
held ON to him franticany, and
omehow got there and looked down
The lid OF the casket had been raised
md silver plate on it proved we
lad made no mistake. But the face
hat showed in the light of the lantern
sas face had nsver seen before
he man who lay before us was not
Paul Armstrong!
Ito Be continued.)
Dolly-Nla,n ,nes came back from
their wedding trip he had just $2.9s
In his pocket
Polly Tho etinev tiipg!-Puck.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
THE LODGES.
\ MASONIC NOTICES.
Wy Visitors always welcome.
"NHal1 over 1NR.7 vuoo% Metn

7 Y
KY Visitors always welcome.
NNHan over 1857 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 1os A. F. G. A.
M.-Wil lwork on the first degree next
Friday evening, Oct. %, at 1890.
III. q. Hoeck, w. M.
II. 8. Lawrence. seo'y.
s1GNET CHAPTER No. IS, r. A. NJ
convocation Monday, Oct. IL
1880 p. m. q. n. Boyle. 3. p.
:, Mlllard. 0oGy. I
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL. R. Z q
M.-Stated assembly Monday, Oct. Is,
1880 p. m.
= D. Nesker, TN. n.
l. T. Forbes. Rec
ST. ALDEMAR COMMANDERY NO.
81 e. T., Order of the Temple Tuesday
evening, Oct. 10. Visiting Sir Knighta
always welcome.
F. M. Wilbur, e. G.
Fred Wallace. Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. O =.
Especial meeting, Nov. 3. 1880 p. m.
Ars. Geo. Downing. W. NJ
Edna G. Fularton. eec1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
IOWA. 10,

have been evaded in meeting the sit
uation brought about by the failure Of
the largest bank in. Oklahoma. The
bite proved too large for the banking
board to rnasticate under the law, and
it proceeded to do the chewing as best
it could without warrant of law"
president Taft" predicts the Des
Moines Tribune, "is going to come UP
against the humping post before long.
and then the country will learn wheth-
er he is to be president in his own
right or is to play the role Of genial fig-
urehead. while Aldrich, and some 9TH
ers, run the government"
Congressman Jamieson's paper, the
Shenandoah World, takes it's readers
into the inner shrines of that statesman
and says: "You may think we have
fine meals and all that up at Wash
ington-and We do, as far as the price
is concerned. But they don't have any,
thing to eat IN the capital city that
compares with the meals out in these
country homes. The walters may have
fancy uniforms and buttons, and
chopped off whiskers on the sides of
their faces, and they may serve several
courses with brass finger bowl at
the end, but for good eating-supple-
mented with good appetite from the
fresh air-get me out into the country"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
ONLY one WAY OUT.
LRegister and Leader. ]

[Register and Leader1
The disposition to cling to compe-
tition as regulator of public serv-
ice monopolies is strong.
And yet no person can figure out
how competition can be made effec-
tive No one would today propose
competing lines Of street railway,
competing water works or competing
lighting plants. There is just as lit
tie room for competition in tele-
phones, te1egraphs, sleeping cars, and
even express companies.
When the city of Des Moines came
to readjustment OF its relations with
the electric light company 1t did not
propose to introduce q new electric
| light plant and SO secure competition
| in service or prices. The city fig
ured out a fair price for a specified
service and that is what is being
paid.
/ For years competition was referred
(! to in connection with railroading
But who now looks to competition as
a regulator of rates or service? The
whole struggle is to secure an inter-
state commerce commission with
power to say what the railroads
shall do and at what cost The equal
izing of rates Des Moines has just
secured did not come from competi-
ton, and yet every great transconti-
mental line centers in Des Moines.
There are only two possible out.
comes in this matter OF the public
service. Either the. public will pro.
tect itself while permitting the serv.
ice to private capital and privat.
management, or the public must taxi
over every natural monopoly as i
has the mail service. -~,
t There is no reason why the publ,
should carry its own mail that cal
not be given for transmitting 1t
own telephone or telegraph mes
sages. 1t is purely matter Of con
venience. II private management vii
give results then the public can at
ford to turn the matter over. Il privat
management means extortion and poo
service then the alternative IL plair
The state of Iowa should face tn
real problem. The coming legisla
ture should institute state boar
with definite powers over all publ
lservice monopohes mot wholly withi
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
Just In Time.

A German shoemaker left the gas
turned on in his shop one night and
upon arriving in the morning struck a
match to light it. There was terrific
explosion. and the shoemaker was
blown out through the door almost to
the middle of the street.
A passerby rushed to his assistance
and after helping him to arise inquired
If he was injured.
The little German gazed in at his
place Of business, which was now
burning quite briskly, and said:
mo. l aindt hurt, but got out shust
in time. Lippincott's Magazine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-19
That's the Question.

Clifford can ask questions quicker
than we can answer them, and few
days ago his uncle told him he would
turn into an Interrogation point. I
agreed with him and said that I had
once seen picture of little boy
turning into one. He had become
more and more curved and finally had
become just large interrogation
point.
Cliff listened intently. and when I
had finished he instantly asked. "Well
how did they keep the dot under him?a
DeIjnaator