davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19
OBJ Smprna Glmes.
Smyrna, Dei.,r2C
Wednesday Afternoon, Jan. III, 1881
.HQ2Icul5sSr0I.
THE LUCKY HORSESHOE.
]. T. FIELDS.

7. FIELDS.
A farmer travelling with his load
Picked up a horseshoe in the road,
And nailed it fast to his barn door.
That luck might down upon him pour,
That every blessing known in life
Might crown his homestead and his WIFE,
And never any kind of harm
Descend upon his growing farm.
But dire ill-fortune soon began
To visit the astonished man.
His hens declined to lay their eggs;
His bacon tumbled from the pegs,
And rats devoured the fallen legs;
HIS corn, that never failed before, --
widowed and rotted on the floor
His grass refused to end in hay; -
His cattle died, or went astray;
In short, all moved the crooked way. ~
Next spring great drought baked the sod,
And roasted every pea in pod;
The beans declared they could not grow
so long as nature acted so;
Redundant insects reared their brood
To starve for lack of juicy food;
The slaves from barrel sides went of,
As if they had the whooping- cough,
And nothing Of the useful kind
To hold together felt Inclined
In short, it was no use 10 try
While all the land was in a fry.
One MORN demoraliZed with grief
The farmer clamored for relief;
And pray ed right hard to understand
What witchcrait now possessed his land;
Why house and farm in misery grew
Since he nailed up that lucky" shoe.
While thus dismayed DER matters wrong
An old man CHANGED to trudge along.
Tc whom he told with NORWOOD tears,
How his affairs were in arrears.
And what q desperate state of things
picked up horseshoe sometimes brings
The stranger asked TO see the shoer
The farmer brought it into view;
But when the old man raised his head,
He laughed outright. and quickly said,
mo wonder skies upon you frown-
You've nailed the horse shoe upside down!
Just turn it round, and soon you'll see
How you and fortune will agree"
The farmer turned the horseshoe round,
And showers began to swell the ground;
The sunshine laughed among his grain.
And heaps on heaps piled up the vain;
The loft his hay could barely hold,
His cattle did as they were told
His fruit trees needed sturdy props
To hold the gathering apple crops;
His turnip and potato fields
Astonished all men by their yields;
Folks never saw such ears of corn
AS in his smiling hills were born;
His barn was full of bursting bins
His wife presented him with twins;
His neighbors marvelled more and more
TO see the increase in his store.
And now the merry farmer sings
There ore two ways of doing things;
And when for good luck you would pray,
Nail up your horseshoe the right way"
-Harper's Mdgdz
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19
A Big Thing for the Northwest.

Minnesota millers no longer "grind'
wheat into -four They ''crack' it, and
the people of the Northwest claim that
the new process makes their hitherto in
ferior wheat the most valuable in the
world. Burr stones are things of the
past and Hungarian steel rollers have
taken their place. These rollers are
about, thirty inches long and eight inches
in diameter. 1t takes. FIVE sets Of steel
rollers to finish the flour. Each set of
rollers run. closer than. the preceding.
After the wheat passes each set of rollers
it is bolted or sifted through coarse
cloth This cloth lets the disintegrated
particles of wheat through and passes off
the bulky and larger pieces, which are
run through another and closer set of
rollers and cracked again. The last roll
lers have little else but wheat hulls and
waxy germs of wheat, which do not
crack up, but smash down like a piece
of wax. The germ of kernel is not
good food 1t makes flour black. BY
the old milestone process this waxy germ
was ground up with the starchy portion
and bolted through with the flour. By
the new system of cracking the kernal in
stead of grinding it this germ is no
ground, but fattened out and sifted Of
bolted out, while the starchy portions o
the wheat are crushed into powdered
wheat or -four. All the big mills Of Min
neapolis now manufacture by the new
process. 'l.- S.l a..
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19

Not long ago, It is related, Senator Ham.
lin and Postmaster. General Maynard were
talking together OF the Observation-Disclosures
oflpeblisylifss Mr. Maynard lc9mPlainsd
that he had been quarter OF a century in
public life and was peorer than when he
entered ssWell, 'lrsplied Mr.. Hamlin, 81
am not. had nothing when commenced
and have netting now
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19

Those who burn wood should under
stand, well that the. escaping, steam from
burning green wood carries of, in latent
state, alarge part Of the heat produced !
that a cord o., dry wood, supplies as much
heat for use as two cords Of green wood ;
that two cords Of some kinds of wood
when dry have no more weight to be
hauled than one cord Of green.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19

On the Pacific Coast they are looking
forward to another abundant crop season.
The San Francisco Journal Of Commerce
Of 2lst says: a.Thcl weather, from q
farmers standpoint, has been simply
glorious and everything poftends another
mammoth harvest" -
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19
Presiding Elder of the St. Adams District

ST. ALBANs, VI, Jan. 20th 1880.
Dr. B. j. Kendall & Co., Gents; In reply to your
letter will say that my experience with Kendais
SPAWN Cure has been very satisfactory indeed Three
or four years ago procured hottie of your agent,
and with it, cured q horse of lameness caused by
SPAWN Last season my horse became very lame and
/ turned him out for few weeks when he became
better but when put hi IN on the road he grew worse
procured bottle of Kendalls SPAWN Cure and with
less than bottle cured him so that he is not lame
neither can the bunch be found. -
ReSpectGullY YOurs, 7. y. GKANGEK.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19
A NEW INVENTION.

There has never been introduced offered for sale
Sewing Machine that has given such marvellou>
satisfaction as the New NO. - Wheeler N
Wilson. II stands far above the average ana
without eXaggeration. say that the No. Is the
best family sewing Machine now in use. II is the
lighteSt running, almost nOiscieSS has Shuttle ha
a Straight Needle and self setting automatic Rnder- Ten
sion. independent take up. Double Feet springs t.
get out of order and SO light that Child 10 years old
can operate with ease and has less Wearing parts than
any other m0rhine, hence il must necessary wear
longer. This is not the old Wheeler Wilson Sewing
Machine improved. but an entire new invention and
we do not hesitate to say it is the best Sewing appa-
ratus IL the World We took the only Gold Prize al
Paris in 1913 over eighty competitors.
Remember, that since the decline in Sewing Ma
chimes the country has been flooded with low priced
and commonly made machines. which you can
buy at any price Now q Sewing Machine is some
thing yOu ale not buying every year. hence the ad
vantage of getting the best in all cases the cheap
est in the longrun and when you purchase from the
old and valuable Wheeler Il Wilson Company you
can never 60 wong. Send for price list ana circular
Main Office md Sales Room, 72S Market Street
Wilmington, De,
| J. n. PRIMROSE,
Manager for the Penininsula.
BB-G,od Agents Wanted.'GA
! Z. LURTY. Agen for Smyrna, Del. sep 22-tf
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19
]. &B, B. g. and ". RAILROAD
N CONNECTION WITH THE
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS.
TRAINS NORTH.

On and after SATURDAY. July 10TH 1880, (Sun
days excepted) trains will run as follows:
JUNCTION q BREAKwATER p. p.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19
BREAKwArER FRANKFORT AND WORCESTER F. R.

Train leaving Harrington 1905 P. NJ, connects at
LeweS with steamer for New York. Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays. and at Georgetown daily with
train for Chincoteague and intermediate points.
Train leaving Lewes at 100 A. ". connects on Tues
days Thursdays and Saturdays with Steamer that
leaves New York at 90 P. N. the day before.
Passengers taking train that arrive at Harrington at
on trains on Delaware Railroad. Passengers from
point North of Harrington connect with trains eav
ing Harrington at l. % NJ and 5 SIS P. NJ. PasSen-
gers from points South Of Harrington connect with
train leaving Harrington 1905 P. n. only.
A. BROWN, Gen. Pass Agt.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19
Delaware & Chesapeake
Railway.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

On and after MONDAY, January 5, 1881, Sundays
exeepted) trains will run as follows:
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19
COR. MAIN AND COMMERCE STREETS,
SMYRNA, DEL. oct 22-tf
65 ENGRAVINGS!

Showing various positions assumed by the horse in
illness symptoms Of diseases etc.. and One Hundred
Pages Of he Most Valuable Reading Matter, Descriptive
of the diseases TO which horse flesh is heir, with
NEEDLES; and a rare collection Of recipes and much
other valuable information. The book is worth TEN
TIMES ITS PRICE and is sold for the small sum Of
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19
Kendall's SPAWN Cure.
From Rev. P. N. GRANGER,

The most successful remedy discovered as it Is
certain in its effects and does not blister. READ PROOF
below.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19
Phila., Viii. & Bait. R. r.
DELAWARE DIVISION.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

On and after MONDAY. January 10. 1851, Sun
days excepted, trains will leave as follows:
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19

SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.-Additional to those
above leave smyrna for Clayton IL 90 A. NJ 30 and
745 P NJ Leave Clayton for smyrna 30. 10 40 II Is
4. NJ. and 40 and 500 NJ TO make connection with
trains North and South from Clayton.
II. F. KENNEY, Sup't.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19
lO47. KENT COUNTY 1881.
Mutual Insurance Co.,
DOVER, DEL.

Insures against loss by fire, issuing mutual pogiGs
only under which payments are made annuaily III
advance during membership, and on ceaslng 10 DC
members whatever remains uneXpended alter PaylHHR
losses expenses and dividends Is returheu' 'heieOy
furnishing insurance at cost.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-19

I1IIVNVUIE Il
SOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-20
Midnight In a Prison.

There is something very solemn in q
large convict prison ut midnight A
faint sound of healthy siumber comes
from the cells there the convicts sleep.
Perhaps there are thousand, perhaps
only five hundred, undergoing punish
ment; but whatever may be the num-
Der, one is conscious that nowhere else
save in n convict prison could SO many
human beings sleep with so little to in
terrupt the sense of calm repose. In
the same number of people taken from
the ordinary world there would be
slight sounds arising from nightmare
following on igestion-perhaps from
some "Reminiscences troubling the con-
science on the question whether the
strong steps taken for the payment of
that bill were not in the circumstances
slightly harsh, or some other disturbing
recollection; there might also be uneasy
thoughts and dreams creative of rest
lessness. None of these troubles dis
turb the sleep of the habitual criminal.
This is not because his conscience lies
easy on him, but because he does not
possess the article known to the rest of
the world as a conscience. Hence he
neither enjoys the satisfaction of lis
healthy and genial condition nor the
troubles attending on its infections,
and it is with him essentially that the
prayer for Indifference, by Greville,
as it may be found in the old Elegant
Extracts" is granted. Btdckacood's
NQ0dzihe
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-20
A Selfish General.

One night in the spring of '62, Gen.
Richardson, vino then commanded q
brigade took it into his head 10 inspect
the picket line. Coming upon q re-
served picket of about thirty men I'M
der command of a Captain OF the I'd
Michigan infantry, the General saw ut
to interrogate as follows:
Captain, in case OF an alarm by the
advance picket, what would you do?"
..Send off reinforcement at once"
ssAnd if the firing continuedP'
49, 81 should move up with the remain
der of my force"
'sAnd suppose whole company OF
the enemy should press forwardP''
WED whip them"
stBut If it was regimentg'
I'D form line of battle and check
them until sent back and got orders
to charge and capture the whole lot. "
s.Wcll, suppose brigade should move
down on YOU in battle line?n
I'D order a charge, split the col
umn in two, and whip both halves IN
detail.''
At midnight the brave Captain was
relieved from further duty on picket.
He was very indignant and considera-
bly. puzzled, but, after thinking the
matter over for while, he said to a
brother officer:
..Say, I've struck i'll Old Rich. was
afraid my company might gobble the
whole confederate army and throw him
out Of a summers job. II that ain'i
selfishness then I'd like TO know what
isi'1
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-20
The Worlds Formulation in 1881.

According to MINI Benin and Wag-
ner's Ber0ii'egWRy der E1'ete. Europe
has now Il y pnlat. of 315, 929, 600 in
halitauls, Asia 63-t 707, 900. Africa 205,-
679. 600. Ami .-icl 90. 405 900, Australia
and Poly ne-i, 43l 600, the Polar re-
gions s.. 001, @ivn" a total of /, 49,
923, coo. being an increase of 10, 77S.O o0
accor. ling 10 tltr latest known censuses-
At the end Of 1877 Germany had a pop
ula:ion of 43, 943. 900. Austria and Hun
gary QS79) of IS, 100000, France
GS76) of SO 900. 600, Turkey in Europe
of s, $50 900, X ssia of 81. 900, 900. In
Asia. China Possesses 434. goo, 600 in
habitants, Hong Kong $50, LA, Japan
Japan 81, 100000, according to the CEN
sus of 1873. The British possessions in
India number $40 200, 900 people Gan
estimate made before the census of this
YEAR, the French possessions 2o0.0Oo,
Cochin China 1900 900, the East In
dian islands 81 800, 900. the islands OF
the South Sea S76. 900. The area of Afrl-
ca is estimated al 20, 3S3, 600 square kiio-
meters, divided as follows: Forests and
cultivated land, $500, 900; savannahs,
6. 235, 900; steppes, 1920, 900; deserts,
10 800 900. The inhabitants of British
North America number 8, 300, 600; OF
the Unitel States. SO 600, 900; of Mex
leo, 9.4S5 geo, and Of Brazil, II, 100, 900.
The Polar REGIONS extend round the
Arctic circle with an AREA of 1859. 600
square kiiometers, and the Antarctic
regions about 600. 900. The population
OF the former is small, with the excep-
ton of Iceland. which has 72,000, and
Greenland 10, 000.-Lonclon Times.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-20
An Ancient Dwarf.

A correspondent of the Louisville
Courier Journal. writing from Mont
Grey, KY, says: 81 opened an Indian
mound near here some time ago. 1t
was about four feet high. and contained
a great many large stones. Apparent
" they had been carried a great way
up steep hill. At the bottom found
the remains of strange being, just
four feet higls. His bones were very
sound: his forehead was not an inch
high, but was very broad. He was put
away very carefully between fiat rocks
and covered with charcoal. On the
mound there was very large rotten
stump, which looks as if it might have
been q white oak three and half feet
in diameter. In the grave found q
spear seven inches long, of red flint;
also very curious fints of smaller size,
and ut his feet singular speckled flint
with fine edge to it. The bones are
not red like an Indians, but of dark
ashy color. The teeth are perfect. and
seem to have been used o long time,
which proves that he was old. although
only four feet high. There are other
mounds similar TO this one here, and
very different from the common Indian
graves, which are full of bones OF differ
ent COLOR being red. and all thrown in
earelessly.n
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-20
A DAMAGED Beauty.


Miss Louise Montague. the celebrated
'.Lalla ROOKIE of Forepaugh's circus,
has fled suit for damages against the
Louisville and Nashville railroad, con-
corning her intentions to do which
much has been written in the papers.
She says in her petition that she got on
board train of cars run for the defend
ant at Bowling Green, about 10 o clock
on the night of September %; that al
most as soon as she stepped on the
platform the train started off at a high
rate of speed. and ran Into some other
cars which had been left on the track,
producing wreck, in which she was
caught and her left limb bruised and
lacerated and the flesh torn; that at the
time she was an actress in Adam Fore
paugh's circus, receiving 1888 o week
aud travelling expenses; that by reason
of the accident to her she had been con-
fined for four weeks, suffering great
bodily and mental pain, losing her
salary and mourning great expense for
treatment and assistance; that it will
be a long time before she will be able
to fulfill her duties as an actress. and,
besides, after she RECEIVERS the limb will
still appear SCARED and mutilated. and
viii be source of great discomfort and
great pecuniary loss to her. In con-
sideration of all of which she demands
$40, 000.-Louisritte C0uTte'-.Jo Journal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-20
Hurried Dinners

1t is mistake to eat quickly. Mas
tication performed in haste must be i'm
perfect even with the best of teeth, and
due admixture Of the salivary secretion
with the food cannot take place. When
q crude mass of inadequately crushed
muscular fiber, or undivided solid mater
ial of any description. is thrown into
the stomach, it acts as mechanical
irritant, and sets up condition in the
mucous membrane lining that organ
which greatly impedes, if it does not
altogether prevent, the process of di-
gestion. When the practice of eating
quickly and filling the stomach with
unprepared food is habitual, the di-
gestive organ is rendered incapable of
performing its proper functions. Eth
er a much larger quantitity of food
than would be necessary under natural
conditions is required, Or the system
suffers from lack of nourishment. Those
animals which were intended to feed
hurriedlv were either gifted with the
power of rumination or provided with
gizzards. Man is not SO furnished,
and it is fair to assume that he was in
tended to eat slowly.-London Lancet.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-20
Solder and Sickness.

The Government of the United States,
says the Inter Ocean. might with good
reason follow the example set by
France, through decree that has just
gone into effect, ordering that all the
cans which are to contain meats, fruits,
etc., be soldered outside instead of in
side, and that the cans themselves must
be made of plate made of or covered
with pure tin instead of any of the al
Toys so often used. The public fire.
quently hears of families that have been
poisoned by canned meats, tomatoes or
fruit, but it never hears of the tens of
thousands of people whose health is
temporarily and painfully deranged by
the same cause. Few persons realize
how great the consumption Of canned
fruit is in the United States. All the
year round these goods are used in the
almost countless camps of miners, SOL
diers. hunters and excursionists, while
in winter they find their way into near
~ every family in the land. The lead
pipe scare, in connection with drinking
water, has good enough reason. but in
the can there not only is lead. but gen.
orally an acid TO take it up far more
rapidly than water could do.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-20
After OornwalIig .Srlrrsndar.

The diary Of Col. Samuel Smith, OF
the Maryland line at Yorktown, after
wards a United States Senator from
Maryland, recites:
Sunday, 21st-The enemy march
out of town in three divisions, guarded
by the militia of the State, to their diff
ferent rendezvous assigned them; list,
to Frederick Town, in MARYLAND; I'd,
to Staunton, in Virginia; Sd to Fred
erick, in Virginia.
Monday, 22d-The Pennsylvania Bril-
gade marched into town, and acted as
guard and fatigue for the day.
Tuesday, 2Sd--Relieved by G.. C. B.,
who continued to collect the ordnance
and stores, small arms. ETC.,
Wednesday, 24th-Refieved by G. L.
B. The publick stores were examined
and taken into custidy. Maj'r Alexan-
der appointed to procure the quats for
the reg't.
Thursday, 25th-The Marquis B.
marched into town for this day. I hav-
ing the ague and fever rode to Will
liamsburgh, and guartered with several
OF the officers that were sick previous
to my coming out.
Friday. 26th-I took medisin admin
istered by Doctor Malachi Treet, Sin'r
Surgeon at that place
Saturday. 27th-Went in company
with the Doctor to visit the sick and
wounded in the different hospitals in
town.
Sunday, 28th--Devoted the day to
the curiosities of the town. The cap
pitol IN the center of town is very
elligant building in which all publick
business is transacted relative to We
State. In the center of which his Id
ship Bortilort, late Governor of the
State, is represented standing on mar
pie pillor in full size.
Monday, 29th-Went in company
with a number of the Gent'n of Town
to sec the Palace in which he, Bartilort
Liv' d.
The most magnificent publick build
ing 1 ever saw-afterwards burnt by
accident Next the college, sitidale &
bedlom--are three elegant publick
buildings.
Tuesday. 30th--This day the Field
officers of each regiment was appointed
to collect goods to the amount of ct
sterling for each present officer of their
respective bait rs.
Wensday, 31st-Rode to the capitol
landing on an outlet from the York
River-din'd in company with num-
OF the officers on oysters and fish.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-20
lyon SHeet Thing.n

The other evening curbstone broker
named Fuller, While standing in the
door of livery stable on Sixth street,
addressed strange young lady as 'You
sweet thing" The sweet thing turned
on her heel quick as a flash and struck
the insolent fellow such a blow with
her parasol that she sent his cigar fly
inc out of his mouth. A second crash
with the sunshade knocked the conceit
so completely out of the curbstone
fiend that he yelled for mercy and
dashed away toward one of the horse
stalls for protection. The enraged
young lady followed the coward and
demoralized- spoculator and banged
him at every bound, until in despera-
tiou he threw himself on the floor and
almost kicked the plaster off the ceiling
in his efforts to ward off the blows. At
ter beating the fellow until she was
tired, the ''sweet thing folded the
shreds of her paraso1 round lis bent
md battered ribs and walked away,
Dllowed by the prayers and admiring
gianccs of everyone who had Witnessed
the affair.-4San francisco Chrontcle.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-20
A Straight Man.

It used 10 be all the fashion with lee
turers 10 have the Mayor Of the town or
some other prominent citizen Introduce
them to the audience rs a send-oH. and
upon one OCCASION ia the years gone By,
when the temperance lecturer struck
certain town in Michigan not over fifty
miles from Detroit, tire Mayor stood up
before The aud ence and began:
Ladies and-and ladies and-and
and
Gentlemen whispered the lecturer.
Eyes, of course-ladies and gentle
men, / have the honor to-to-I have
the honor Toto
Introduce again whispered the
lecturer.
That's the checker have the hon
or to introduce to you the notorious
EN-. the honorable-the honorable Mis-
er-Mister
Here occurred another painful pause,