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Smyrna times., 1883-04-18
Periodicals.

Hdrper's Magazine for May is an ex-
ceedingly interesting and beautifully
illustrated number. The opening arti-
Gle is a striking and novel presentation
of the salient features of San Francis
co, by w. H. Bishop, effectively illus
trated. Roman Carnival Sketches" :"
by Anna Bowman Blake, is an enter
tanning and picturesque paper, illustra-
ted by Mr.. Reinhart. Benson J. Loss
ing contributes an article on the
National Academy, with especial refer
ence to its three surviving founders.
An exceedingly interesting story of the
building of the Brooklyn Bridge is con-
tributed by VIM. G. COnant with twen-
ty-one illustrations.
Encouraged by the remarkable sue
cess of Golden Days, James Elverson o.
Philadelphia, publisher of that periodi
cal, has ventured upon Volume 1. No
l of The illustrated World, pictoria
weekly" about the size and genera
makeup of Harper's Weekly, though
not as yet, we presume, making pre-
tence to rival that prince of the world
illustrated weeklies. 1t is profusely
illustrated with a four full-page,
double page, and several smaller cuts
Mr.. Elverson may be depended upol
to make the paper as good one as il
patrons will support, The price i
$500 per year, or six cents per number
! Address, James Elverson, Northwes
corner of Ninth and Spruce streets
} | Philadelphia, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18

poorly clad women were seated, crying
bitterly, while laid back among the
white lace-edged pillows, breathing
slowly and with great difficulty, her
little arms thrown above her golden
head in a paroxysm of pain, lay the
little queen, our dear unknown baby.
The man tried to give her of the
medicine he had brought, but she was
past mortal help, and as l saw in the
still, clear eyes the unmistakable shad-
ow which was so familiar to me, held
up my hand to warn him that it was
too late.
He motioAed to me respectfully to
come forward to the bed; did so,
and he stepped back and let me take
his place. The little one looked at me,
and a radiant smile lit all her sweet
and pain-drawn features-still the
loveliest l had ever seen. But the
smile was not for me. No. She held
out her little arms, and looked directly
past me to the shabby man, and, with
one sobbing cry, in which her spirit
passed beyond, she murmured:
"Papa''
1t had all been my mistake, except
that she had been a little queen, and
his was a service-the true service of
love! The little one had not even a
mother living; the two women who
cried over her as if their hearts would
break were neither kith nor kin, and
the man was a night-watchman in a
bank, and spent all his earnings on the
child, and was good and gentle and
patient for love of her; and her mother
had been a slight, pale working-girl
who had been married but few short
years when she laid the little one il
his arms with the brief injunction, "Be
good to her, Tim," and wearily died.
Oh, there is no service like that o
love! The little carriage is put away
the man goes about his work, is bette
dressed, has a color in his thin face
and walks Straighter; but, for all that
know how sad heart he carries, ant
there is u little grave at Elmwood tina
tells the story. People stop to look a
it-tOys, flowers, her picture-they ar,
all there, and on Sunday a motiORles
figure kneels there, and is jealous if
stranger glances that way, for is sh
not his even in death?
Could you have seen those viOlets
Hide in their grave of snow;
2 Drawn all that gold along your hand
While she lay smiling so;
You would tread this weary earth
AS heavily as L
2 Content to deck your little queen
And let the world go by.
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18
WHOLE NO. 1,449.
For the Smyrna Times
a Match Game Of Baseball at
Dover.


Mr.. EDIToR.-About two weeks ago
the Academy Nine received challenge
from Dover Nine for q game of base
ball to be played on the Academy
grounds, April 18th, at o'clock p. NJ.
Both sides have practised nearly every
day for the past week and were in fine
condition. Two or three members of
the Dover club came out to see the
Academy Nine practice. After seeing
one or two innings played they return
ed remarking: 1--WE can beat that" 1t
was easier said than done as they found
out when they tried to do it. The
time appointed for the game to COM
mence arrived, so did the Dover boys,
or men rather. About two hundred
spectators were on the ground. The
game began with the Academy Nine at
| the bat.
The Dover Nine were composed of
Messrs. Culbreth, catcher; Smithers, 1st
base; Reedy, 2nd base; Wilson, 3rd
base; Richardson, right field; Evans,
centre field; Pennewill, left field;
Salisbury. pitcher; Dunning, short
stop; H. Reedy, captain.
The Academy Nine were composed
of Messrs. Pennewill, catcher; Taylor,
1st base; HurlOck, 2nd base; Hutchin-
son, 3rd base; Wharton, right field !:
Townsend, centre field; Jones, left
field; Harrington, pitcher; Goodwin,
short stop, II. Harrington, captain.
Three even innings were played and
the score stood 19 runs for the Academy
Nine to II runs for the Dover Nine
The Academy Nine took the bat for
the fourth inning and had made Sruns
when ON account of the threatening
weather the game was stopped by the
umpire-Mr Brown.
Some heavy batting was DONE OF
both sides especially by Messrs. Hutch
inson, Harrington and Hurlock of thu
Academy club. w. K. c.
; Wilmington Conference Academy
April 18th, 1888.
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18
Domestic Infelicity.
A SMYRNA WOMAN LEAVES HER
HUSBAND, BUT CONCLUDES
To RETURN.

The Wilmington Daily Republican, of
Thursday, has the following:
For the past nine years Dash
Shields, a farm laborer, and his wife
have lived in the vicinity of Smyrna.
They have three children, the young
est little girl about three years of age
but for some cause, their married life
has not been as happy as could have
been desired. They have frequently
quarreled, and last Sunday some hot
words passed between them, during
which the wife vowed she would take
her youngest child and leave him.
1.-The husband did not offer any OBJ
lection, and on Monday morning the
woman with her child and few neces-
sary articles in a chip basket took the
boat and started for Philadelphia,
where she arrived late in the afternoon.
The only acquaintaRces she had in that
city were an aged couple, whom she
had not heard from for five years, and
brother of her husband. She, how
ever. did not know where he lived but
thought she would not have any diff
Guilty in finding him, and on Tuesday
morning, after remaining on the boat
all night, started on the search, wand
ering up one street and down another
jostled and stared at by the crowd
until she became heart sick.
Among the thousands she met
there was not familiar face, and she
realized that she was alone in 6
crowd The little one cried will
hunger, and she spent part of he
scanty store in purchasing something
for it to eat. Late in the afternoon o
that day, foot sore and tired, she com
menced to repent the rash step she haC
taken, and made her way to the Broa'
Street station and started tOwarC
home. Not knowing much about trav
cling, she only purchased ticket 70
Chester, at which place she left tn
train.
"Her appearance attracted attention
and some kind persons in that cit
took her in charge until yesterday
when she was sent here. When sh
arrived her money was totally exhaust
l ed, and upon her case being mad
r known to an officer he took her an
3 the child to the hall, where she ws
!. properly cared for.
q "Mr. Harrington was notified, an
I. after an interview with her this mOrl
V ing, he made arrangements to have hC
+ taken to Smyrna this afternoon, an
$ no doubt tonight she will be back
: her own house. She is a Eice lookir
woman, about thirty years of age, an
F.; this morning she told reporter thi
IS this was lesson she would never fO
IS get.-She says she sees now that 81
: was to blame as we'll as her husban
,r and she intended in the future to Il
IL and live different.
p "The woman and her child were
,e an upper room at the hall, and &
l. little one, worn out with it's lol
a journey, was asleep on bed made
IS some chairs"
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18

A REAL NECEssICY.-We presume
there is hardly n lady to be found in
our broad land who, if she does not
already possess a sewing machine, ex-
poets some day to become the owner of
one.
But after the mind has been fully
made up to purchase one of these indis-
pensable articles, the question arises as
to what kind of machine to buy.
1t should be so simply constructed
that the most inexperienced can sue
cessfully operate it. The other points
mainly to be considered, and which
are the most desirable, are durability
rapidity, capacity for work, ease Of
operation, regularity of motion, uni
fOrmity of tension, and silence while ir
operation.
The "Light-Running New Home
fills the above requirements, and i
said to combine the good points of al
sewing machines, with the addition o
many new improvements and labo
saving devices.
The price is no higher than that o
other machines, and every lady who i
the happy possessor of one. may res
assured she has indeed q treasure.
All who send for the company's new
illustrated catalogue and enclose thei
advertisement (printed on anOthe
page) will receive set of fancy adveI
tising novelties, of value to those col
lecting cards, SO. Their address Il
NelU Home SesViRg Machine Company, 8
Upion Square, New York.
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18
Current Comment.
PHILADELPHIA EVENING NEWS.

What is the simplest way to keep
jelly from molding on top ?-BOGrding-
hOuse-keeper. Put it on the table once
in a while.
Four or FIVE dogs around a house is
generally a sign that their master is
usually out of work and his wife takes
in washing.
What becomes of the old tin cans p
Nerdrk Paper. If your wife won't tell
you peep over the fence into your
neighbor's yard.
A strange combination of prayerful
attitude and a curseful mind may be
found in the man taking up carpets for
Spring cleaning.
When a man and woman get mar
ried they are invariably spoken of as a
newly married couple" when of
course, after marriage, they are one
and not couple at all.
A new song is entitled, "We Never
Speak as We Pass By" Probably they
are both counting the same girl.-NelC
York Journal. More likely one has
loaned the other one So.
We hardly like the new word dude"
The older form, squirt " is very ap-
propriate.-Oa City Derrick. But after
all there is nothing better than the
good old Biblical term-fool.
Along with the announcement that
Eliza Pinkston has recently become
| = hn ~ Of ha
that she has been put in Jail. We did
not suppose that a jailable offense.
The easiest way of saving is that of
"saving in some other way" If that
other way ever turned up there is no
knowing what stupendous sums hun
dreds of families might not accumulate.
Some burglars got into q Camden
: house the other night, but were fright
, ened off by the yells of a baby. Burg
lars are only human, after all, and run
t from baby's yell just the same as any
) one else.
The dude proposes to succeed the
a pug dog if it takes all the brains he
! has.-N. Y Herald. He can't, how
! ever. The pug dog don't smoke cigar
. cites and is, therefore, less objectiona-
: BILE than his present rival.
Is there in this country any law
: against marrying deceased wife.s sis
: ter ?-Strdnger. No; none is needed.
When the average man marries a SEQ
ond time he usually prefers to change
mother-in-laws.
It This is the season when little girls
}. Jump rope all day long and live through
# it, and these little girls were born Of
d mothers who can't walk half block
II without being tired to death" Little
l. girls don't wear corsets.
a The pastor of Methodist church il
h Yonkers recently received lady 10C
d years old upon probation. If she car
r get along six months without going tC
.s Black Crook shows, playing poker ol
dancing jigs she will be received into
full membership.
Herr Most talked for an hour Satur
ie day night on the beauties of murder
IN arson and robbery, receiving for hi
ot labor $3.50. Had he preached a ser
K mon on faith, hope and charity h
oi might have raked in seventy-fve cents
or possibly eighty-ive cents.
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18
WHEREBY ALL LOVE DOTH
LIVE.

There are some hearts like wells, green messed.
and deep
AS ever Summer saw;
And cool their water iS-yea cool and sweet,
But you must come to draw.
They hoard not, yet rest in calm content,
And not unSought will give.
They can be quiet with their wealth unspent,
So self constrained they live.
And there are some like springs. that bubbling
burst
To follow dusty ways.
And run with offered cup to quench his thirst,
Where the tired traveller strays:
That never ask the meadows if they want
What It's their JOY to give.
UnaSked. their lives 20 other life they grant
So self bestowed they live.
And one is like the ocean deep and wide,
Wherein all waters fall,
That girdles the broad earth and draws the tide
Feeding and bearing all;
That broods the Inists, that sends the clouds
abroad
That takes again to give
! Even the great and loving heart of God.
| Whereby all love doth live.
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18

THE SHIP CANAL.-President Tib-
bets, of the Maryland and Delaware
Ship Canal, has issued elaborate speci-
fications, and Engineer lotion has fur
nished an estimate of the cost of the
big ditch. The total length of the line
of the canal from Georgetown bridge to
the terminus on Delaware bay is 20
miles. The width of the canal is to be
80 feet at the bottom, excepting the
four miles between Georgetown bridge
and Kennedy's dam which is to be
dredged to a width of $50 feet with
perpendicular sides or its equivalent.
The depth of the canal is to be q feet
below mean low tide at Georgetown
bridge. The total estimated cost of
the canal is $6,575, ,S03.1S.
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18

A Salisbury girl who is firm believ-
er in home trade delivers herself as
follows" Some men are always talk
ing about patronizing their own town.
They are always harping On that theme
and yet, when they want to get wife
they must needs go abroad to fad one
hope that some of these chaps that
marry foreign women viii get
cheated"
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18

An Elder was eramped with an ache.
st. Jacobs Oil did the pain slake
He was so highly pleased.
That again he was CREASED,
And took o lot home to Salt Lake
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18

"What folly fashion is" remarked q
Philadelphia belle. "Now that it is in
style to wear fancy stockings, low
phaetons and village carts have taken
the place of high carriages"
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18
Ts! mail Order DEPARTMENT.
BAILEY, BANKS O. BIDDLE.

NO PART OF THE BUSINESS
of Bailey, Banks & Biddle is con-
Quoted with greater perfection OF
detail or more general satisfaction
to purchasers than that Of selecting
and sending goods in response to
requests by mail.
WHETHER THE ORDER is
for costly or inexpensive articles
whether for an assortment to enable
apurchaser to decide at home which
article suits best, or for something
to be shipped directly to a third
person as present, the purchaser
relying upon the house for good
choice-the selection is invariably
made by an expert of well-tried
taste, possessing thorough knowl-
edge both of the goods and the
changeful fashions.
DIRECTIONS ARE INTELLI-
gently followed; the least hint of
preference is carefully noted, and
in every instance the newest and
most desirable goods are sent, ex-
cepting when an article not quite
SO new presents such inducements
in price as to make it seem best to
inform the customer and await
further instructions. Full explana-
tons are given whenever the in
terest of the customer requires them
} GOODS MAY ALWAYS BE RE
turned if not entirely satisfactory
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18

Along with the announcement that
Eliza Pinkston has recently become
the mother of twins comes the report
that she has been put in Jail. We did
not suppose that a jailable offense.
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18

A new song is entitled, "We Never
Speak as We Pass By" Probably they
are both counting the same girl.-NelC
York Journal. More likely one has
loaned the other one $5.
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18

What is the simplest way to keep
jelly from molding on top ?-BOarding-
hOuse-keeper. Put it on the table once
in a while.
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18

When a man and woman get mar
ried they are invariably spoken of as a
newly married couple" when of
course, after marriage, they are one
and not a couple at all.
Smyrna times., 1883-04-18

We hardly like the new word "dude."
The older form, squirt" " is very ap-
propriate.-Oa City Derrick. But after
all there is nothing better than the
good old Biblical term-fool.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-05-24
SufEocated in o Burning Building.
CHICAGO, May e

r.-.. CHICAGO, Mayo.
/ A distressing and pitiful scene was wit
Messed yesterday morning at a fire which
broke out about ten O'Clock in three-story
brick tenement house at the northwest
corner of Clark and Eighteenth streets.
The building is occupied in the upper floors
by poor people, who earn scant subsist-
ance by working out, or taking in sewing.
Among them is a colored woman, named
Mrs. William Taylor, whose husband has
not lived with her for some time, and who
has been left alone to provide for the wants
of two little childrer-one three and the
other two years old. Yesterday morning Mrs.
Taylor went out on an errand, leaving the
two children playing on the floor. .,.sg,
About ten o'clock q volume Of smoke was
seen issuing from the windows, and in a
very short time flames began to spread. The
alarm was given, and several engines were
promptly on the ground. The, firemen soon
had the blaze under control, and search was
at once made for victims, and in a few min
utes the bodies of the two little boys were
discovered in small room near the one their
mother occupied.
They had both been choked to death by the
smoke. The oldest boy was also considera-
Oily burned ABOUT tIle Ncdu anu DOuy, Uub
tie younger child showed hardly any marks
Of being scorched by the blaze. The moth
er, who had returned during the progress Of
the fire, was almost wild with despair, and
it was with difficulty that she was prevented
from rushing into the burning building.
When the bodies of her children were found
her cries were heart-rending
In one of the rooms on the second floor,
while the fire was in progress, an old blind
colored man, known among the folks in that
neighborhood, made narrow escape. In
the excitement his presence there had been
forgotten for a moment, but some people in
a grocery next door made a rush for the
room he was in, and succeeded in dragging
the old man out, safe and sound.
The mother of the two children says she
has no idea Of how the Gre began, as she
had left no fire burning in the stove when
she went out. 1t was not unusual for her
to leave the children alone for time when
she went out on errands. Sf< had no other
way to do, being left alone BY her husband.
1t is supposed that the boys IN lst have found
some matches and amused themselves By
lighting them. -.4 i.sas
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-05-24
He Left His Children to Perish.
KINGSTON, N. Y, N

s,-., KINGSTON, N. T., May &
Early Saturday morning fire broke out
In building owned by Matthew Larkin, Jr.,
at Meadow and Chambers streets. 1t was
occupied by Moses Rosenberg. His wife,
with himself and four step-children,
were asleep son the upper floors, and
were at once imprisoned by the
flames below. She jumped from the
window, followed by two of the children,
who were caught safely by some men below.
The cries of the other children being heard
within, the father was told to rescue them
and throw them out, but it is said he refused
to make the attempt, and at once sprung to
the ground himself, leaving Rosa, aged four
teen, and David, aged four, to perish in the
flames. The adjoining grocery store of
Joseph Costello and several dwelling apart
ments also were destroyed. The alarm was
not promptly given, and the fire was under
full Roadway when the firemen arrived
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-05-24

he had come to save was slung over his
shoulder. The brave fellow seemed to
have doubts of the strength of his I'M
promptu rope, for he rested his own
weight upon the nearly red-hotwater-
pipe during those twelve perilous feet,
supporting Miss Newsome by the arm
which clutched the sheet. Slowly, very
slowly they descended, but at last his feet
touched the topmost rung of the escape.
Was it dream that l heard voice
high above me say, "Hall right,
Missy before burst of cheering rang
out which drowned every other sound.
Miss Cissy, more frightened than
hurt, was delivered over into her half
distracted fathers care, while helped
to lift Gentleman Joe from the escape.
He lay painting upon the ground, burn
ed and scorched, his sporting coat tat
tered and charred, while strangely
horseshoe pin had escaped the general
destruction, so as to present an absurd
oasis amid the desert around. He lay
without speaking Or moving until Cissy
Newsome was led past him on her way
to a cab. Then he made feeble ges-
ture with his hand, which indicated that
stopped over him. No other ear but
mine caught that whisper.
Don't fret, MISS he said, "'cause
it was the wrong boss came in. He's a
good feller-a deal better than me-
and did as much, but hadn't the luck"
A vulgar little speech, but Cissy's
/ IN not sure that mine didn't, too. F
Tha a. 400 81
that. With Welstead and the Gentle
man on the sick list, there were only
four of us at the desk, and the reaction
from the excitement had left us anything
but lively. l can remember only one
remark ventured upon during that first
day. The dreary scratching of pens
had lasted unbroken for over an hour,
when little Sparkins looked up from his
ledger. .->-.e.
, 81 suppose you would call him gen.
tleman, after all, ;" he said.
"a very much better one than you
will ever be- growled Dullan, and we
relapsed into the scratching of pens"
l was present at the wedding of
Charley Welstead and Cissy Newsome,
when, after long delay, it was finally
celebrated. By the original arrange
ment was to nave inquired as best man,
bat my post Of honor was handed over
to a certain very ugly young man whose
appearance suggested the idea that he
had spent the last few weeks in
mustard poultice. Unromantic as it
may seem, this youth not only went
through his duties with all the non.
chalance in the world, but danced at the
subsequent festivities with the greatest
vigor and grace. 1t is commonly ru-
mored that this activity of his, combined
with sundry interesting anecdotes con-
corning horses and dogs, have so pre-
vailed upon the heart of susceptible
young lady that there is every proba-
bility of our having a repetition of the
marriage ceremony. Should it be SO,
trust that may at last revert to my
original position as best man.-AU the
Year Round.