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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-11-28
GRAIN. &c
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
MARRIAGES.

BARBER-BALL.-Att the NJ. f. parsonage this
town, by Rev J. ID. Rigg, November 2oth, Il.
Frank Barber and Anna Ball. both of New
Castle county, Del.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 22nd, at
the residence of the brides parents, at Little
Greek Landing, Del, by Rev. Z. {. Atkins
Richard IL. BlOcksom and Miss Ella Somerteeu.
REAKERS-IVERY.-At the NJ. Z. parsonage
this town, by Rev. j. d. Rigg November 22nd
Noah FOreakerS and Josephine livery, both OF
Kent county, Del.
C0NNOR-RAYCRAFT.-T morning, at St
Poycarp Church, this town, by Father Brad.
ford, Dennis O'COnnOr. of Dover, and Mary T.
daughter of Thomas Raycraft, of near Smyrna
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-11-28

The Ninth AnnualT ,.ners Institute for
New Castle county, which was held last
week at Middletown, was one Of deep in
terest to the citizens and much profit to the
teachers. The aim of Superintendents
Williams and Carpenter, seems to have
been to make the subjects under discussion
of practical value to those most interested,
and we wish those gentlemen equal success
at the Kent Institute, which meets in Har-
r;nptOn December 9Th
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-11-28

Z. n. VALLANDINGHAM, who has been
the presiding genius in the office of the
Erery Erening since the retirement of
VIM. I. Croasdale, has surprised the news
paper fraternity by resigning his place as
edtOr-in-chief to take subordinate posi-
tion-news editor-on Mr.. Croasdale's Bal
timore Day. The Erery Erening was sue
ceeding admirably under Mr.. Valanding-
hams management and we sincerely re-
greet his retirement. 1t is understood that
Geo. w. Humphrey, the present news
editor of the Every Eoening will succeed
him
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Temperance Meeting.

Miss Anna Gordon, private secretary
to Miss Frances E. Willard, desires to
have a meeting of the young ladies of
Smyrna and vicinity, at half past three
o'clock Friday afternoon, in the base
ment of the NJ. E. church, for the pur-
pose of forming a Young Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. AS here
tofOre announced, Miss Willard, the
gifted lady speaker, president of the
National w. G. 7. u, will address our
citizens at the NJ. +. church, Friday
evening, and a special invitation is OK
tended to the young men to come and
hear what she has to say to them.
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The FALSE PROPHET-HIs VICTORIOUS
MARCH.-The newspapers of Friday gave
an account of the destruction of the Egyp-
tian army under General Hicks in the Sou
dan, by Ell Mahdi, the False Prophet, near
Ell Obeid. The army of Hicks Pasha num-
Dered 1000 men and that of the False
Prophet greatly larger number, COM
posed of fanatical Mohammedans. The
Soudan is long way from Lower
Egypt, near the source of the Nile in
Equatorial Africa, but the statement is
made that the vast horde is making for the
'ertlie region Of Egypt. The news is the
1taFtling question to-day in Europe. The
Philadelphia Press says:
The lOng-handed man, who claims to
De the appointed of Ali, at the present mo-
ment appears destined to perform a part on
the worlds amphitheatre such as has been
gwen to no man since the time when Mo
manned appeared before the gates of
Vienna.
The Mahdi ostensibly desires to re-
cover the Soudan from the Egyptian Gov
eminent. AT the same time his aims have
much wider scope. His basis of action is
not the Libyan desert, but the fertile re-
on
ward beyond the ancient cities that are cei-
ebrated by HerodOtus, there is challenge
TO Chrlstendom as loud as if it had been
beaten on a silver shield The sound. un.
less England, using her power steps in To
oppose the Mohammedan tide, will resound
throughout Europe. If England, which ha!
the dominant power in Egypt at present,
does not take steps at once and decisively
to repel the advance Of the Mahdi, there
- ~. Al. 4.
Egypt, but throughout Europe, of tn,
hordes of Islam, that will once again i'm
peril the integrity of Christian Europe
The victory of the Mahdi has been so com
plete, has been so decisive, that Egyp
must, for her own sake, send force to an
initiate his forces or be herself annihilated
Egypt is incapable of resisting the pro
gress of the victorious army of the Soudan
Weak as she is in men, crippled as she is il
treasury, she has no chance whatever Of re
sisting the conqueror of FL Obeid Turkey
the acknowledged suzerain of Egypt
paralyzed both by her Mesopotamain an
European complications she cannot sti
hand or foot without exciting the jealous
of Russia or England; it IS doubtful, il
fact, whether she may move in Egyp
without French Intervention. At the sam
time El Mahdi is marching onward iron
hhartoum, and in few weeks hence b
will be in the citidel of Cairo, acknow
edged as the new Messiah and the chan
pion of Islam against Christendom. Tn
meAus not only menace to the integrit
OF Egypt, but a menace to the Christia
world. England has involved upon he
self the duty of resisting this NOLAN
medan invasion. Her interests in Hindo'
stan, where she has seventy millions
Mohammedan subjects, compel her to tai
powerful action in regard TO the progress
the se-called prophet. She will endang
her power in the East if she permits d
victorious forces of Ell Mahdi to take Dc
session of Cairo; she will still more impe
her prestige if she allows the Musselm
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-11-28

John Samon, an English hotel clerk,
murdered Mrs. Ford, a Mr.. Ruddy
and his child, and terribly wounded
Mrs. Ruddy, at Laconia, N. H., Sun
day. The murderer fired the house,
but did not succeed in burning his vic
Tins, bodies.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-11-28

Sergeant Mason is not the only man
in this world who would have shot at
Guiteau if he knew that upon receiv-
ing an early pardon he would be eagerly
taken into 81 800 clerkship by cloth
ing firm that knows the value of ad-
Vertisinp.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-11-28

In Pittsburg, Sunday, Charles Trum
shot himself twice in the head during
services at the grave of his intended
wife. Trum arrived from Germany
last March with Bertha Englessiater.
She remined in Pittsburg and he went
to Chicago. She became i'll recently
and Trum, receiving no letters, returned
to Pittsburg Saturday half an hour
after her death. The shock seems tC
have unsettled his mind.
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DEATHS.

ENERETT.-Near Camden, November 22nd, Mary,
wife of Samuel ]. Everett, aged e. years
LOCKERMAN.-Near Black bird, November 23rd,
Elias LOckerman, aged 20 years and 20 days
MANNERING-On November DIST, near Smyrna,
James Edward Mannering, aged years
WARREN.-Near Blackbird, November 23rd.
Howard Gray, son of Samuel r. Warren, aged
2 years and months.
N0SHELL.-In Leipsic, November 18th, Miss
Laura Voshell, aged % years.
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leader to stretch his power along the Red
Sea and along the Arabian coast; therefore
it is England's imperative duty to step into
this Egyptian breach and say to this false
prophet, or whatever else he may be {:
Thus far and no farther"
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-06-14
VALLEY NURSERIES
Twelve Miles from Victoria, Tex.

These Nurseries have claims upon the people
western and southern Texas that cannot be urged
by any other establishment.
To give to western and southern Texas List OF
fruits adapted to the climatic requirements is the
object to which the proprietor has devoted his Life
e has been able TO bring to his aid the advantages
Of early horticultural training, and by the cIpend-
ture of over twenty thousand dollars In experiments
upon our own ground-by close observation and
study through the quarter Of Q century during
which horticultural study experiment and labor
has been his leading pursuit-he has been able to
become acquainted with the peculiar wants Ct our
very peculiar climate.
Taking advantage OF the principle well established
by physical geographists, viz that all fruit trees
are improved by being carried toward their polar
Unit and that they are deteriorAted by being
RED toward their equatorial limit-he has made hif
experiments and established his nurseries fai theI
south than any other general nurseries In the United
States. He sells no cheap northern trash 70 his
customers His trees and plants are therefore bet
ter suited TO Texas culture tnAn tboss Of any other
establishment IN the world.
Our nurseries and grounds, embracing about 65
acres IN horticulture win be freely shown 10 visit
ors every day but Sunday.
Orders for trees and plkEts received by mail %
throueh any Of our authorized agents.
Catalogues sent free 70 every applicant. For fui
Their information spply 20
GILBERT ONDERD0SK,
sept2s Mission Waller. Victoria Co.. Texaa-
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-06-14
Save the Old Paper.

Never throw away old paper. Il
you have no wish to sell it, use it in the
house. Some housekeepers prefer il
to cloth for cleaning many articles OF
furniture.
For instance, volume written by 9
lady says: "After a stove has been
blaskened, it can be kept looking very
we'll for a long time by rubbing it with
paper every morning. Rubbing with
paper is much nicer way Of keeping
the outside of o tea-kettle, coffee-pot
and teapot bright and clean than the
old way of washing them in suds
Rubbing with paper is also the best
way of polishing knives, tinware and
spoons; they shine like new silver.
'For polishing mirrors windows.
lamp chimneys, ETC., paper is better
than dry cloth. Preserves and pickles
keep much better if brown paper, in
stead of cloth, is tied over the jar.
Canned fruit is not SO apt to mould if
a piece of writing paper, cut to fit the
can, is laid directly on the fruit. Paper
is much better to put under carpet
than straw. 1t is warmer, thinner,
and makes less noise when enc walks
over ii.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-06-14
Three Things

Take away the Gospel, and shat a
mockery is human philosophy. once
met thoughtful scholar who told me
that for years he had read every book
which assailed the religion of Jesus
Christ. He said he would have become
an infidel, if it had not been for three
things.
First, L am a man 1 am going
somewhere. / have read all that they
can tell me. There is not one solitary
ray of light upon all the darkness.
They shall not take away the only
guide and leave me tone-olind.
Secondly, / had a mother. I saw
her go down into the dark valley
where 1 am going. and she leaned on
an unseen arm as child goes to sleep
on the breast Of Q mother. / know
that Was not q dream.
Thirdly, he said, with tears IN his
eyes, I have three notherless
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-06-14
Remarkable Relics Found In New Mexico.

The statues OF two mountain lions,
carved from volcanic rock, in stu,
form the cap Of the summit Of the great
mountain, Potrero de Las Vacas. The
images are inclosed in rude and almost
circular stone wall, in space fifty feet
in circumference, three feet in heighth,
with an entrance projecting Is feet to-
ward the southeast, three feet wide.
The lions are each six feet in length,
and represent puma, or mountain
lion, in the act of crouching for o
spring. The heads Of these statues are
almost wholly destroyed, showing plain
ly the marks Of the pious hammer that
sought their overthrow. The legs,
bodies, and tails OF the animals ara bet.
ter preserved, and constitute the re-
mains of the most remarkable stone
images set up for pagan worship in the
territory Of the United States. To
these gods the Cochita Indians of the
present day pay worship.-American
antiquarian.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-06-14
Ancient Warfare.

In the days of hand hand fight
ing, when missile weapons were EN-,
ployed by comparatively small por,
ton of the combatants, the vanquish-
ed were generally almost annihilated,
and the victors suffered enormously,
At Canine, 100000 Romans out OF
1000 were killed. At Hastings, the
Normans, though victors, lost 10, 600
out of 10000; and at Crecy, 10000
Frenchmen out of 100000 were, it is
asserted, killed, without reckoning
the wounded. When the fiint-lock
reigned, the average of the killed and
wounded in ten battles, beginning
with Zorndorf, in 1853, and end
ing with Waterloo, was from one
fourth to one-ffth the troops present
on both sides. The heaviest loss was
at Zorndorf, where 32,916 men out Of
50. 1000 were killed or wounded. 1t
was also very heavy at Eylau, being
$4,000 casualties out Of 16O, 600 men.
In the campaign In Italy in 1859, n
fes were used on both sides, and We
find that the proportion Of casualties
TO combatants was at Magenta and
Solferino one eleventh. In the Fran
co-Psussian war of 1901, when
both sides were armed with breech-
loading nfes, the average proportion
n Killed and wounded at Worth,
Mars-le-Tour, Spichelen, Grayelotte
nd sedap was one-ninth, the heayi-
est being at Mars-le-Tour, where 1t
Vas one sixth, and the smallest at
sedan who're it was one-aIth-LAs-
sN-.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-06-14
Man HsldiAg His Owne

It is generally admitted that civil.
zation has improved the horse. The
ancient world never possessed a horse
which could compete with the Amer
lean trotter or the English racer.
But some persons think that the
modern man has, through siviliza-
ton, physically degenerated from the
ancient man. The London Spectator,
however, says that there is not the
slightest evidence that man was ever
bigger, stronger or more enduring,
under the same condition Of feed and
climate, than he is now"
In proof that man is holding his
own in size, there is the positive evil
dence that modern Egyptians are as
big as the mummies who were con.
querors in those days. But there
has been a growth in size. Modern
Knglishmen are bigger than their an.
cestors. "There is not in existence
1000 coats of armor which an Eng.
ish regiment can put on. Very few
moderns can use ancient swords, be.
cause the hilts are too small for their
hands,"
These facts seem reasonable, fol
physical condition depends upon
food, clothing and shelter. The
modern man is better fed, bette,
clothed and better housed than was
the ancient man. Why should the
modern not have been advanced in
physical growth by his better physical
conditions?
"The most civilized and luxurious
that ever existed-the European royal
caste-is physically as big, as healthy
and as powerful as any people OF
whom we have any account that sci
ence can accept" English acrobats
can perform any feat which is re-
corded of Greek athletes. Cornish
men could strangle with their hands
any race of savages, and there is not
barbarous tribe of which 1000
men similarly armed could defeat an
equal number of Englishmen, Amer
leans or Germans.
It is doubtful if any Greek, Roman
or German swimmer could have
crossed the English channel from
Dover to Calais, as did Captain
Webb.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-06-14

Ultimate strength Of each cable, IA
200 tons.
Weight Of wire,neariy II pound per
feet.
Each cable contains 5.28s parallel,
not twisted, galvanized steel ol-ooated
wires, closely wrapped to solid cylin-
der, 10 3D. inches in diameter.
Depth of tower foundation below
high water, Brooklyn, 45 feeA
Depth of tower foundation below
high water, New York, 70 feet.
Size of tower at high water line, 40
x59 feet
Size of tower at roof course, 188x
SO feet.
Total height Of towers above high
water, 29s feet. v
Clear height Of bridge in centre of
river span above high water ct 80 deg.
above Fahr., 1876 feet.
Height of floors at towers above
high water, 119 feet 8 inches.
Grade of roadway, 8 Id feet in 100
feet. tr ~ Ft
Height Of towers above roadway,
159 feet.
Size of anchorage at base, 1291119
feet. .e
Size OF anchorage at TOP, 1161104
feet. ~
Height of anchorages, 80 feet front,
81 feet rear. ~
Weight Of each anchor plate, 2s
tons. set
Total cost, $15,O0O,OOO.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-06-14
The Brooklyn Bridge.

The following condensed statement
Of leading facts about the new struc-
ture will be of interest:
Construction commenced Jan. 8,
1870.
Size of New York caisson, 172x102
feet.
Size of Brooklyn caisson, 16sx1O2
feet.
Timber and iron in caisson, 5,25S
cubic yards.
Concrete in well holes, chambers,
etc., 1869 cubit feet.
Weight of New York caisson, about
1000 tons.
Weight of concrete filing, 5000
tons.
New York tower contains AZ, 945 Gu
bic yards of masonry.
Brooklyn tower cotains 1884 Gu
bic yards of masonry.
Length of river span, 1855 feet e
inches.
Length of each land span, $50 feet,
1850 feet.
Length of Brooklyn approach, 81
feet.
Length of New York approach, ,5o2
feet inches.
Total length of bridge, $3.50 feet
Width of bridge, So feet.
Number of cables, 4.
Diameter OF each cable, 10 ga
inches.
Fust wire vas run out May ~,
1877.
Cable making really commenced
June IL, 1877.
Length Of each single vira IN ca
hes, 1919 feet
Length Of wire in four cables, e&-
e9s:ve Of wrapping wire, IA, S9l miles
Weight Of four cables, exclusive o.
Wrapping wire, 3,53s IL tons.