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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-29
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a STORI a

"A stone thrown by comrade
while he was gathering chestnuts, one
day last week. struck Oscar Bishop, a
colcred youth OF Havre de Grace, in
the eye, the sight OF which, it is
thought, he will lose.
Lester German, the noted marks
man OF Aberdeen, won gold watch
valued at $50 and $50 in cash last
week in indianapolis. He also won
the Paul North trophy by defeating
nine noted target shooters.
President Taft on Tuesday of last
week withdrew 3S4,3S4 acres of water
power site and coal lands in California,
Colorado. Idaho and Wyoming.
Edw ard Berry, six year old Will
mington boy. who was vaccinsted be-
fore entering school fourteen days
,ater WIS attacked with spinal menin-
gifts AMI died last Saturday. The ply
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-29

Deposits are the likelihood of a bank,
it is the people who furnish this likelihood
We take the liberty to ask your continu-
ed support and cooperation along these
lines; we will appreciate your account
be it much or little; we feel that this
bank has fully demonstrated to Its pa
irons and the public generally its ability
to meet all requirements.
The official figures show the amount
of 1858, 900. 90 as paid in dividends to its
stockholders since its organization as a
National Bank.
Z. v. sToCKHAM, L. C. WHITE,
President Cashier.
T. c. BOND, Jr. Asst. Cashier.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-29
A Reiiab,
Remedy,
EIy's Cream Ba
Is quickly absorb

Is quickly absorb
Gives Relief at Or
1t cleanses, SCOT ,
heals and pros
the diseased IT.
brane resulting n
Catarrh and DIS
away a Cold ire
Head quickly. e
stores the Sens If
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-29

it is said, practically sold ont, one big
Phi'adclDhia house having bought NJ
all the surplus corn last week.
salad dyspepsia or indigestion fol-
years, No appetite, and what | die
cat distressed me terribly. Burdock
Blood Bitters cured me."-J. H. Wal
ker, Sunbury, Ohio.
Thieves one night last week stole
80 chickens from the hennery OF Viii
liam Ford, superintendent OF the Kent
county almshouse.
The Maryland Anti Saloon League
offers prizes totaliing $1,000 for the
five best essays on the treatment oil
the liquor traffic i'll the State.
The greater mart OF the ceiling in
the old Court House at New Castle
Del. fell one day last week, with a
craS., that was heard several blocks
distant.
Constipation cures headache, nau-
sea, dizziness, langror, heart palpita-
ton Drastic physics grippe, sicken,
weaken the bowels and don't cure.
Doan's Regulets act gently and cure
constipation. IS cents. Ask your
druggist,
Fishermen OF Rehoboth, Del, re-
port that whale has been frequent
ing the beach there or several days
past, often coming to the surface
and blowing, but so far no efforts
have been made to kill or capture the
big fish.
Residents of Middletown, one day
last week, saw the new II inch rifled
gun to replace the one that burst re-
Gently on the battleship Georgia The
gun was carried IN 10 wheeled car
OF the iron truss pattern used for the
purpose. The gun was stamped ~.
S. Naval Factory w tWaterlieD New
York, 1910, weight I22,2Io pounds" 1t
measured 4 feet 3 inches in diameter
at the breech and about "a inches at
the muzzle and was about so feet in
length. 1t requires $50 lbs. OF smoke
less powder to charge the gun, and it
burns continuously till the projectile
is about to leave the gun. The cost
Of powder and shell is said to be ST.,
for each charge.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-29
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a STORIA

Mrs. Lola d. Wilemsn, wife OF
Thomas Wilcman. and daughter OF
William r. Gorrell OF Havre de
Grace, died On October II. in fillmore,
California, aged 20 years. She went
tc fillmore in March, 1903 and was
married there Her remains were in
TERED in Santa Barbara
James McCrcary, formerly OF
Zion, died suddenly oi heart failure
at his home in Malvern Pa, on Octo-
Der a, a"ed - years His wife, who
was Miss Arthur survives him as
also brother, Alfred and sister Miss
Harriet McCreGry, OF the Fourth dis
trict. Intcrmcnt was made in Sharp
Cemetery, near Far Hill.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-29
THE VERDICT OF CECIL COUNTY'S BUSINESS men
"It Would Be A Business Blunder TO Return To
License"

in business in District Cecil
prohibi
business
channels OF
o a
ing the iavore lew a of the
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-29
The" democrats" Danger Signal

"A change OF 1903 votes from the vote
OF 1906 will give it (LicenSe) the VIC
tory 1t is claimed that that change
can confidently be cXpecled in one dis
trict alone. and ii the other districts
hold their own ii:ense will win. =
Cecil Democrat, October %.
The thanks 81 ever earnest Anti
License man in the comfy is due the
Democrat" whiskey ADVOCATE though
it is, ior thus opportunity hosting the
red flag. Let every Alh-Licensc citi-
zen get busy Forcwrncd is to be
forcarmed. Is it YOTR district that
the Whiskey Trust has fixed TO deliver
the 10, necessary voas? Better as
sumo that it is and at accordingly.
The Prohibtionistswant to prevent
the SALE and so init the USE OF
liquor.
License does NO1prevent or stop
illegal selling. Uncr the Brooks
High License Law one OF the best
license laws) Philadelphia has 1900
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-29
Kills A Murderer

a mcrciless murdered is Appendices
It's with many victims But DR.. Kings
New Life Pills kill it by prevention.
They gently stimulate stomach, liver
and bowels, preventing that clogging
that invites appendicitis, curing Con
stipation. Qcs dachc, Biliousness, and
Chils. 2sc at all Druggists.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-29
Child en- Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a STORIA

Kicking at hog that reused to
enter It's pen. one day last week, JOS
eph Farrell, OF Aldino, Hartford
county, got his loot in the ANIMALS
mouth and one oi its tusls cut through
his shoe, giving him an ugly cash in
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-29

The Third District will be heard Look
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-29
ENTERPRISE
MACHINE WORKS
GEORGE MeQUILklN, Proprietor
New Malay Opium Cure
Being Distributed Free 10y a New
York Society.

York Society.
Cooperating with missions in Malay
STA. the Windsor Laboratories of New
York have secured supply of the won.
derful combre tum plant. which has done
50 mich to rev olutionize the treatment
Of the opium habit.
A generous supply of the new remedy,
together with full instructions for its
use. ard United States consular reports
bearing on the subject will be sent to
any sufferer. To obtain free supply
of this remedy and the consular reports.
adc~essW ind or L.borat res. Branch 20.
1874 East 18th Street New YorI: Civ
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1910-10-29

Taste and SmelFull size so cts, at Drug
gists or by maiIn liquid form, rs cents.
Ely Brothers, Barren Street, New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12

From the Fairfax Forum.
In the good old freightng days the
town was called st. Jo' and the people
were rather proud of it.. In fact the town
that could find an abbreviation took to
1t at once. Thus the visitor to the west
thirty years ago was greeted by the sign
on the depots of '11-worth.'' and it was
even said that Wyandotte was proud to
record itself with ''Y'' and q "dot" ap-
pearing thus: ''Y." Council Bluffs became
simply 1.-The Bluffs" and the other towns
cut short their names. it being kind of
an indication of the huStling busy times
In those days ST. Joseph appeared in lit
erature "St. Jo," it being so called in
''The Gilded Age, while the poem by
Gene Field. Lovers Lane, St Jo," is
still pointed to with pride. Some years
ago, however, it was discovered that it
was vulgar to thus abbreviate,, and since
that time the citizens O., st. Joseph have
insisted that the full name be given, and
this is correct. Who would dare for in
stance. to Familiarity speak of staid old
st. Louis as st. LOU" or est. Charles
as st. Charlie" 1t is proper no doubt
to give these names in full, although the
fear has been expressed that the other
extreme might be reached. 1t is even re-
called that some of the citizens of Lone
Jack demanded that the town be known
as SOLITARY john" and the Iibelous in
timation has been made that Maryville
citizens have suggested Mollieville, and
ever Marieville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12
The Earl of Devon.
n the Westminster Gazette

Ioul tuc heStnllnSIef tI3ZeIte.
The Earl of Devon, who is following
the example of Mr.. Long in selling a
portion at least of his property to his
tenants, owes his earldom to the chance
observation Of an alert lawyer. For near
~ 200 years the title was left unclaimed,
and so little did it's rightful heirs, the
Courtenays of Powderham Castle know
of its existence that Sir William Courte-
nay, who was in reality Earl of Devon,
sought and obtained from George III a
simple viscountcy. In the lifetime of the
third NiscOunt Courtenay, however, a
happy thing happened for the family of
which he was the head.
Sir Harris Nicholas, one of the first
genealogical authorities in the land, came
across the patent of the earldom of De-
Won by chance when perusing some old
records. and he found on glancing
through it that two Latin words usually
inserted in patents had been omitted in
this case. 1t may have been the merest
accident, but it was an accident of
weighty import, for it meant that the
earldom could descend upon collateral
heirs. which meant that the then Wis
count Courtepay was ninth Earl of
Devon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12
A Fortune in Peanuts.
From the Detroit News-Tribune.


The person who buys a nickers worth
of peanuts to munich at the ball game, to
feed the squirrels in the park, or to
gladden. the hearts of the kiddies at
home. scarcely realizes that he has con-
tributed to an industry that last year
farmed a $1.0O0,O00 crop, which placed
on the market in various forms, reached
the enormous sum Of $36,OD0,OOo. But ii
is fact, This little seductive nut-a
resolution to "eat just one' is soon for
gotten-whose birthplace is America. was.
until comparatively recently unappreci-
ated. either as to the money in it, or
as really nutritious product. Today
the peanut plays an important part in
pleasure, from the swell dinner party to
the ever-present democracy of the circus,
ball game or picnic
BY far the largest part of the crop is
consumed from the peanut stand, yet
there are millions of bushels that go to
the fattening of hogs throughout the
south and the feeding of poultry, while
the vines. often cured as hay, feed thou
sands of head of cattle, and even old
mother earth is nourished by the roots
Of the plant, which furnishes nitrogen
from the air. The result Of all this Is.
that scientists claim that the peanut. which
in the past was not very highly regard
ed, Is the only food staple that will at
once nourish man, beast. bird and field.
1t is the most nutritious of the whole
nut family, rich in tissue-building prop
critics, containing glucose and carbohy-
drates-and is the cheapest. Beyond the
shadow of doubt 1t is first from both
q dietary and economic standpoint. The
fact of the matter is. the peanut is
about every way in class by itself as
regards price, average number in pounds,
edible part. waste and fat. Peanuts
average about $50 to a pound. at a cost
of 10 cents; the edible portion is 1876,
waste, 26.4, and the amount of fat is
placed at so per cent of the edible por-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12
Plumes for Coronation.
From the London Express.


Preparations are being made already by
the ostrich feather importers to meet the
increased demand for plumes which is
expected for the coronation season
The weight of feathers is increasing
with every sale at Mincing lane and at
the last bimonthly sale, which has just
finished. the weight offered was 1lo,oOo
pounds. against 10000 pounds in July.
Although the prices showed decline
on the average, the setback is only tenn
porary. and already large orders are
being received in the warehouses OF Al
dersgate street, where the ostrich feath-
er dealers concentrate.
1.-The trade in ostrich pumes," one of
the foremost merchants said. lis like the
trade in diamonds. Its volume has de-
pended hitherto on the prosperity OF
America. When things are good in
America then trade is good for us.
we are looking, however, for an i'm
provement now. for ostrich plumes are
likely to be the fashion next spring.
THE abolition of the large hat in favor
of the small turban shaped hat has
meant "A considerable loss to us. as the
feathers used in the small hat are chiefly
small tail feathers, instead of the large,
sweeping wing feathers.
What the public knows as plain ostrich
feather" representative learned, is
known by many names in the trade,
They are classified as follows:
Whites-Wing feathers.
t'emina-Feathers from female birds.
Ryocks-Black and white from male
birds.
Boos-Tail feathers.
Spadonnas-Chick feathers.
Blacks-Body feathers.
DrabS-Femaie body feathers.
Floss-FeatherS closest to the skin
They vary in price from G42 downward,
but of course many feathers go to the
making of one expensive plume, for new
feathers are Joined on to the existing
feather to obtain the desired length and
droop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12
Open-Air Treatment.
From the Newark News

Time was when doctors used to bleed
weak and emaciated patients. and thus
make them weaker and more emaciated.
In those same good old days" consump-
tives were kept in close. unventilated
rooms and slowly put to death by mis-
directed kindness.
And in that same era SchoOlchildren
who lacked muscle and strength and were
less vigorous and healthy than their fell
lows were coddled at home, and in school
were kept near the hot stoves and away
from every draft of fresh air. They
breathed the vitiated atmosphere of the
ordinary schoolroom which had been
breathed over and again by all the other
scholars in the same room Every avenue
to good health was closed against them,
and most of them died.
What change has taken place I'm the
past few years. Doctors rarely, il ever,
bleed patients now. Consumptives are
turned out of doors, away from heaters
and stoves and registers and puny school
children are now taught in tents. in warm
weather and in cold, with no fires to burn
the oxygen out of the air and no other
walls than those Of thin canvas to protect
them from drafts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12
TREES IN BELGIUM.
Used to Redeem Waste Places and
Make Them Beautiful.

From London Truth
While trees everywhere are swept down
| to be turned into rag newspapers, Bel
GUM bushes itself with planting. Its
townships have instituted tree festivals
and 1 have just come from one of them
In the black country around Mons.
what do YOU think of public park,
already beautiful and refreshing one,
on the district of terrils of heaps of col
iiery rubbish and smelters' scoria. re-
sembling Cannock Chase? A landscape
gardener has turned the rough inequali-
ties, similar to the chopping waves of
the straits of Dover into bills and dells
ana charming points of view" NJ. AL
phand did no better i'm transforming Les
SarrlereS q Amerique into the Butte de
Chaufnont as we now see it. The air OF
the terrilS thus transformed is now
wholesome. 1t used to be poisoned with
carbonic acid. which we know gives
health and strength to trees. They suck
what is good air for them but deadly
ar TO US from long distances and over
! head-an effect noted by aviators in the
great Circuit de rEst
inc next generation will see in the
daies and along the drives on the erst-
oiackened flats japanese trees of the 81
gahtlc species planted in Japan along the
avenues tc the temples. Matsus and ce-
oars yet saplings will brave storms on
headlands created on purpose to be dec
GRATED by them. When one climbs a
sugar-loaf hill one already sees a vast
continuity of sylvan verdure. The trees
or rapid growth will in time make way
for those that come up slowly, such as
the ash, the oak and the beech. The lady
or the forest, the elegant birch, rises In
tall beauty. To interest every one in
the work of sylvan transformation places
are marked out for the greater and
lesser towns. for villages and tcwr
lands, and lists of the trees they car
plant with festal gladness are sent te
them Each town, etc, has its day, OIL
| Sunday. The burgomaster and inhabit
ants come out in their finest clothes, q
band preceding them and playing popular
airs. The church and musical societies
| furnish singers, who reserve their vOca
| effects for the tree-planting scene ant
| the banquet that follows.
The Belgians like to eat and drink to-
| gether at common table, and sometime:
perhaps their healthy appetites NIGH
| seem to the squeamish foreigner to draw
them into guzzling. They are extremely
hospitable. and all commercial sharpness:
disappears when, as you say in England
| their legs are under the mahogany. The
territorial aristocracy is glad to sell the
| blighted lands of the Black country tt
corporations.
Every one knows that the best bur
| eundy is to be found in Belgium. So, Il
seems to me. is now the best champagne
| and bordeaux. To drink copiously Is the
| rule at all feasts. The gayety is little
| loud. but never riotous. and good nature
| prevails. The feast is prolonged from
an early hour in the forenoon or after
noon until shutdown, but nobody leave:
| tongue. The Flemish head keeps level
and the quantum of wine that might Sc
a weak head topsy-turvy has no bad eff
feet on those tree planters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12

dresses and tunics. fur is often used as
trimming for long straight afternoon and
evening coats. A charming specimen is IN
bottle-green ottoman silk, which has q
long, fiat pointed tail at the back. widely
rounded fronts, and q beautiful fichu OF
chnchilla fur, which is looped softly
about the shoulders. fastening at the high
waist line in front with an old paste
buckle. There are long tight silk sleeves
with fur cuffs and paste buttons.
Another charming coat. a veritable
chose ancienne, two centuries old, is en-
tirely fascinating. This elegant evening
Josephine coat has been designed fol-
the wife of the editor of well known
Partisan daily. and is made of wonderful
old silk: the finely ribbed taffetas seen
in museums, and often used for draping
the windows of old palaces. 1t is of q
wonderful shade of red, enchantngly
softened by passing years, Torn TO rags
the old lining has been replaced by one
of death-white ivory satin. A Capuchif
hood, lined with the same satin, is edged
narrowly with brown fur, and closes a,
the throat with ancient clasps OF dull
beaten gold
Ermine lis always liked by pretty women
for its exquisite, supple, soft surface
and the fact that it lends itself to thou
SAND pretty IdnCles- lie
mine stole and pillow muff adorned witt
over fifty real tails. accompanying tn.
dark Sapphire-blue cloth directoire frocl
which forms the subject of our sketch. j!
really chic. This toilet has note of dis
| tinction and modernism which is de
| light; the very simplicity of the desig:
| lends it a most delightful charm, and i
| is safe to predict a complete success. TO
| the model Note the richly embrodere'
revers. and the neat little chemiSette II
tucked null and valenciennes
The belt and the trimmings of the tuni
are of soft velvet in a matching color
| while the hat which accompanies the tot
| let is one of the new "niniche'' shapes
| falling low on both sides and overshadow
| ing the brow. This pretty chape au Is de
| veloped in sapphire-blue velvet in sub
| dued tint, thus completing its oid-fash
Toned appearance. The garniture consist
| Of a splendid panache of snow-white or
| trich plumes forming a very seductiv
| trimming.
In millinery. despite the fact that flu
| trims everything and anything, there
| nearly always a transparent touch G
| coloring suggesting spring, and gold an
! oXidiZed lace form an important par
! A gold lace Russian tOque had the brir
| of old rose velvet. and knot of ermin
| at the side. An enormous ermine toqu
had gold lace twisted round the crow
| and knotted at the side, and still anothe
| pretty toque, with crown of folded gol
tissue had the brim of skunk and larg
yellow osprey at the side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12
ANNUITIES TO THE AGED.
The System That Has Been Put Into
Effect in Canada.

From the Chicago Tribune
Canada's system of providing govern
ment annuities for persons of the age Oh
fifty-ive years and over was put into ef-
feet only two years ago, but has proved
dts worth ANY citizen between the ages
of five and eighty-five may purchase an
annuity. No annuity shall be payable
before the age of ffty-five. except for
special reasons on account Of invalidism
or disablement.
The annuities range from $50 to 5000.
They may be paid for in lump sum at
the time they are purchased, by the year.
by the half year, by the quarter or oy
the week. If any payment is missed the
man does not lose his other payments
he may take up the payments again
when he is able, though the time when
the annuity will become payable will be
extended. There are no lapses. NO
money is taken from the payments Tor
expenses the Dominion government pay
ing all expenses The money paid in is
compounded at the rate of 4 per cent.
and every cent inures to the beneht OF
the payer.
If the man dies before all payments
have been mader or before the annuity
is due the amount paid in by him with
3 per cent compound interest will be re-
funded to his legal representatives. Every
post office savings bank is authorized to
accept payments. No medical examina-
ton is required.
ITpon payments made from the age. OF
twenty to the age of sixty a fifty-dollar
annuity, payable at the age Of sixty, Will
cast S5.O1 d year, or S2O0.20. Fifty dol
lars is the income from $1,000, at per
cent. In other words, the man pays In
500 ~ and gets back the interest upon
$1,000 at ) per cent for as long as he
lives. Observation-Disclosures annuity
would cost S60N6 a year. or total OIL
ST. U2 40 Six hundred dollars is the in
come upon $4,000 at > per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12
In Simple and Happy Missouri.
From the Fulton Gazette.

rom the J uItoD TdZrttc-
Taylor Arnold of Nine Mile Prairie,
who owns more land i'll Galloway county
than any other man, bought his first UNI
brella while he was in Fulton Monday.
u had to do it, he told a representative
OF the Gazette. IL came off up here to
stock sales and left both my raipcoats at
home, and when this rain came up 1 had
to buy an umbrella to keep from getting
soaking Wet. Before today ] never car
ried one of the things over hundred
yards in my life. and l hardly know how
to use this one. I can say something
else mighty few men, can say" Mr.. Ar
mold added. Il am sixty-three years old
and / have never owned a watch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12

A certain Hartford Md farmer has hit
upon a mode of relief from trespassing
fowls belonging to his neighbors On one
end of thread four inches long he
fastened grain of corn and on the
other end a tag inscribed please keep
me home These were scattered where
the trespassers were usually found, and a
score or more of hens carried home the
appeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12
Tables for Gentlemen Only.
nm the London Chronicle.

From the LOndpu e nrUnltIe
Tables for ladies only" have for long
time been reserved in certain popular res
taurants. but a correspondent points out
that in certain parts of the city woman
has so crowded man out at his luncheon
hour that he has had to be protected
by having tables marked ''for gentlemen
only a striking proof of the predomi-
nance of female clerical labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-12

Joshua Skeegs. aged eighty-four years,
a native of Middetown Valley Md, died
at his home, Upton. of general debility.
He taught school many years.