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is brighter, are to keep on
just as we are.
We are gathering trade
for the future.
We are keeping old COOL
will and gaining new. We
are changing our stock with
every passing season. We
are ready with latest goods
for the better time a-coming,
as ready as if we we're max
ing money; our facilities are
all in use and therefore ready
for use; and best Of all, our
habit Of large success has all
the tenacity and force that
continuous, long indulgence
gives.
We are going to Keep on
getting t0getheY tile best IN tile
aOOrld, selling for less Man
market rates zOkate0e,' aUe can,
and telling the neaOs as tie
things are ready and tie time
is rife.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market Streets
and City-hRl square.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-31
News It0TnS :

One of the train-wreckcrs lynched at
Purvls, Miss, was forced to confess by
roasting his hands in fire.
Congressman Hurd has decided to
contest the seat in the house Of Repre-
sentatives to which Mr.. Romeis was
elected.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, has writ
ten letter. strongly defining his opin-
ions IN favor Of protection to American
industry.
A conflict is reported to be impend-
ing in the Congo territory between the
French forces and the agents of the Af-
Hcan Colonization Association.
On account Of the losses caused by
the miners strike it is feared that seri-
GUS disasters to the Hooking Valley
coal syndicate and railroads will occur
somewhere in Georgia there is a church, which
- .d C'.iled The Sisters Church, all the members
are women. The chief work Of their missionary
Society Is u send DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup to the
I'Niahs who suffer largely with coughs and colds.
A fatal land slip has occurred in the
mountains near Periana, Spain, which
destroyed many houses and buried 48
persons, all but IS Of whom were kill
ed
Senator Miller is endeavoring to pro-
cure revocation Of Secretary McCul-
loch S order regarding the readmission
Oi Chinese merchants who have left
this country.
IL Is wise TO provide against emergencies that
are liable 10 arise in every family A cold may
n dangerous thing, or not, depending upon the
M e.e means AZ hand 10 combat it, In sudden
Tps'acka p ol cold Group, asthma etc. Ayers Cherry
Iecs0ra VIII prove the quickest and most effective
cure ANA your best friend.
Commissioner Of Navigation Patten
recommends the granting Of Govern
ment bOunties for the building of iron
steamships and the establishment OF
an apprenticeship system in the mer-
chant marine.
The street-ca drivers strike in New
orleans still continues. Two cOmpan-
les agreed to the demands of the strik-
ers, but they refused to resume work
unless all the companies agreed tC
What they asked,
W. X. Smith and Eldridge Foster
started from DOtserO, Colorado, las
week for lumber. Smith was found in
the mountains, frozen to death, anC
Eldrdge is in such IA condition tina
MS recovery is doubtful.
kilograms from Portland, Oregon
announce the cessation Of the snow
storm. This has been the heaviest fal
OF snow ever known in Oregon. It j
hve feet deep on a level, and the wealth
er Is TOO cold for thaw.
cNeo. Andrews, Overseer Of the Lowell Carps
SSSipoIat0n, WAS for over twenty years, befOI
~ his removal TO Lowell. afflicted with salt rheuI
-, ~ is worst form. It's alterations actually cove
III ~ more than half the surface Of his body an
iillDs silDs lie was entirely cured by Ayers Sarsapi
"' see certificate in Ayers Almanac for les
The Philadelphia Press announce
eiiat BlshOg Stevens has signed an off
elal document depOsing the Rev. Alex
aader B. Crawford from the ministr
y .he Protestant Episcopal Church bt
Sause OF drunkenness while in the pu
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Stockholders Meeting.

The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the
Smyrna Il Delaware Bay Railroad Company will
ware House. Smyrna. Del, on Wednesday, Janu-
airy II, 1885, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ for the election Of
Directors for the ensuing year and for the trans
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DEATHS.

JUMP.-At Kenton, December 2Gth, Anna E., wife
Of VIM. G. Jump, aged 80 years.
WILSON-Near Clayton. December 29th, Lizzie,
wife of Thomas II. Wilson, and daughter of
David S. Wilds, aged % years, months and p
daVS.
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FOR SALE.

1000 Farms, Mills, Timber Tracts and business
Stands, situated all over the Peninsula. Can suit
any one in price and quantity with lands adapt
ed to all crops. Game, Fish and Oysters in abun-
dance. Give us q trial.
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G11ahanlakRr's.
PnILADELPHIA. December %. Is

PHILADELPHIA, December %. 1884
It's over. The year o.
trade is over. The merry
whirl at Christmas ends the
long-drawn work and worry
of tedious "a.
The year has been pecu.
liar. There's instruction tc
be got from its flight. Let's
look for it.
To begin with, there was
no sign of extraordinary
depression a year ago; but
the pace of general trade
was visibly slow. Anticipat.
ing some decline in prices
we sold enormously in Janu.
airy at whatever things would
bring, some without profit,
some at a rate little short OF
the comical.
Having sold we bought as
freely, and gained a season.
We sold what belonged to the
hurrying winter, and bought
what belonged to the coming
spring. The hardness Of
selling made buying easy;
and again we sold in a way
to keep trade moving. Sum.
mer found us with trade en-
larged though profits di-
minished.
Again we had our choice,
to 60 on or slacken pace.
The times we're still more
critical. Merchants were
failing; goods we're falling;
buyers of all sorts tax
ing alarm, economizing, buy
ing less, though at advanta-
geOus prices. Again we
Overran Europe. But the
sword of Damocles was
hanging over us. We
bought with caution and
made your money go as far
as we could.
Your money we say adj
visedly. Your money at
last has paid the bills.
We need not 60 over the
tale of the last half year.
In the midst of your Christ
mas revel you scarcely care
to stop to weigh our share in
bringing about the present
abundance. But what VIZ,
have done is so apart from
the usual course of business
that we are disposed to think
it over and, because Oul
future concerns you about
as much as ourselves, and
because we look to you for
it, we are doing a part OF
our thinking aloud.
The year that is past has
been a year of hardship in
general but for us, on the
whole, a year of success.
September was the first
month in which our sales
ever fell short Of the sales
Of the previous year. Oc-
tober and November we're
losing months. December
is evidently going to turn out
a gain. And, SO little the
autumn losses were, the year
on the whole is a gain.
Every one of you almost
says to himself q have spent
less money this year how
can Wanamaker have pos
s;bly sold more goods thar
ever before?" The ques-
ton is worth our answer
ana our answer shall be
worth your hearing.
More people have come
rhc fall in goods and the
fall in buying are more ,hal
made good by the numbe
Of buyers. The number o
buyers, Of cour.c depend
IN what we give fora a dollar
We have given more thai
:vcr; and SO u ore buyer
lave come. Besides, tn
natural result Of our liberia
olicy is to increase the are
If trade. Why shouldn'
)ur trade increase, eve.
hough money go up an,
goods go down?
What next?
Just now a little rest. w
need it. Our faithful peopl
leed it. The time invites
rest. But shortly a ne
year begins. We've got
consider how to begin /
That is what we are thinkin
lbOut.
Are the times any easier
S money easier to get? Al
here people still within trac
ng distance to win?
here a better way to wi
han by money, when none
dear?
We do not know ho
)rices are going to rule, nj
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smxrna Rranch Trains.
Closing of Nails.

Going North, 723 NJ. SPA N. 1l.O5A.M NJ 415P NJ.
Going South, $50 l.44PM 442P. NJ. 7.43 "
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Going North, 700 and 1O4O A. NJ, and S.5OP.M.
Going South, $3.50 A. NJ, and 7.20 Pm.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-31

Senator Brown, of Georgia, has writ
ten a letter, strongly defining his opin-
ions IN favor Of protection to American
industry.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-31

A conflict is reported to be impend-
ing in the Congo territory between the
French forces and the agents of the AZ
rlcan Colonization Association.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-31

One Of the train-wreckers lynched at
Purvis, Miss, was forced to confess by
roasting his hands in fire.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-31

From the North, 11O0 A. NJ, ami 8.15 p NJ.
From the South, 7.35 and 1l.3O A. NJ.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-31

On account Of the losses caused by
the miners strike it is feared that seri-
Gus disasters to the Hooking Valley
coal syndicate and railroads will occur.
Smyrna times., 1884-12-31

Chestnut, Thirteenth and Market streets,
and City.hal square.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
English Servants.

Arriving home rather late a few nights
back I was accosted by a policeman
who was hanging about outside my
gate.
''Beg pardon, sir; but are you aware
of the goings-on OF your servants?"
"No; what do you mean," l said rath-
er sharply.
"Well, sir, it's just this; there amt
n on 'em about the place"
'Oh, nonsense" I said. 'tWhy,
they've all been in bed and asleep these
two hours"
excuse me. sir, but if you'll follow
me I'll soon convince you tiat you
haven't a servant in your house."
Seeing the man was serious, I fol-
lowed him to u certain dancing saloon
not very far away. 1 had little Diff
Guilty in gaining admittance, and there,
sure enough, were cook, Aousemaid and
nurse disporting themselves in the may
valse. The nurse was the first to ''spot"
nae, and 1 at once began to demonstrate
with her for neglecting her special
Charge child in arms. Imagine my
hc~c y :" in self-defense, she pro-
du, .Ile of the family from a
cup, - the corner. where she had
carefully slowed it away so that the en-
joyment OF. the dance might not be in-
terfered .with.-LoAQon IruhA-~
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
Margie was q miserable girl through
those weeks, and began to look really

Margie was q miserable girl througfa
those weeks, and began to look really
ill.
II can't imagine what is the matter
with the child." said her mother. one
evening. ''She Is so unlike herself"
20. / guess she is Ill right said her
father, absently.
I. just then he was deepl y interested in
a political article in the evening paper
Ia way with some men.
At last the end came. One evening.
as they were all sitting at tea, Mr.. Lee
said to his wife:
''Have you any fruit cake in tho
houseP 1 feel Just like having apiece.~
''Why, yes," said Mrs. Lee. II made
ago, in case OF company. Nobody has
come, and'you a have some as well
as not"
Margie wished the floor would open,
and let her down into the cellar be-
meath. She turned first red, then pale,
aid pinched her hands under the table
to help conceal her agitation.
But this was not a circumstance to
her feelings when Catherine came in,
with a very long face, and the small
corner of a loaf Of cake on a plate.
Then her face grew red as fire, and she
fixed her eyes on her plate, not daring
to look up. There came q singing in
her ears, and she hoped she was going
to die.
"Why, Catherine!" exclaimed Mrs.
Lee.
:.Ihis is all there is, ma am-every
bit," she said.
Mrs. Lee looked around in speechless
surprise. Her glance fell at last on
Margie. One look was enough.
.You can go upstairs" she said.
Margie did not wait to be told twice,
but fled to her room. She had a very
unpleasant visit from her father before
she went to bed that night. He said it
was quite as painful to himself as to
her, but she had her doubts upon the
subject. At all events, she was quite
grown up before she cared for fruit-cake
agaiD.-Ann6 n. Tdlcott, IN Golden
DUuSs
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
Our Young Folks.
ONLY LULLABY

Only alullaby, nothing more,
Which mother 10 chanting DER and DER;
Watching her face with drowsy eyes:
While to and fro, singing low,
Mother Is chanting lullaby, OF "a
Only a lullaby-while the day -
Into ehadow4and slips away; g
And the music falls on the baby's earA.
And even the fair d~ream-angel hears;
AND down she files to kiss the eyes
HES.
Only a lullaby softly sung
10 love-words trembling on mothers
tongue,
As the beautiful stars of silver. and gold
Are watching all lambkins safeSn the fold,
And, baby's at rest on mothers breast,
safe US q bird in its cozy nest.
-M. D. Brine. IN Our Little Ones.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
O. ANXIOUS HEART.

~. ANAxVCo A0d0xo
ne au .,lcams Of lingering sunshine on the hin:
nfhone-bound swallow, twtttering - he
M Wakes silence seem more still.
ST.. sbodows deeper grow, and in the woods
Tnn MY "iI n latent sweetness holds in fee;
lnc az ~ faint of yet unblossomed buds
Al guy So ike, dear heart, to thee!
distant in the soft, cerulean deep,
lar hn the horizon bounds the neither world,
Mnt' ships becalmed like brooding birds
III lie With white sails loose furled.
,,ce the day is ended, and the night
IN p,Ii,In as doth a veil upon the sea;
r ~ its bosom come with swift winged fight
-aio"7 The gray mists, silently.
NV Ieisurcly she uses! How intense
I'm ;ntnite peace of her most fruitful hour!
Tlne How soft her influence!
1;roc hath she for her storms to sweep the
10 rock the tree tops with her winds of
WRATH.
W. And time for snow she hath!
"a dear. for all thy eager soul desires,
= sb. keeps sweet times and seasons. In her
mood
To round thy w0manhood.
ooasc. then! and in this dewy twilight move
As one who asks not whittier, cares MOI
This riit for all holds still the Eternal love-
Gods endless by and by.
Sunday Afternoon.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
..Puning BLY,

One Dr1ght DAY IN June, 1871, .
group OF miners who had just finished
their work were standing around
Wylam Pit, near Newcastle, Eng.
Word was passed from one to
another that a baby boy had been born
in old Bob's cabin. Old Bob, the en-
gine-man at the pit, had a housefuL Of
children already, but he and his wife
had plenty of love for the newcomer.
whom they called Geordie.
Wee Geordie Stephenson was not
born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
His fathers house was a rough hut,
with upholstered walls and q floor Of
clay.
Geordie began to work when he was
less than seven years old, at twopence
per day. A lady paid him this sum for
looking after her cows. When q little
older, he was taken ON at the c~olliery
as a "picker," receiving sixpence .
day, and at fourteen he became his
fathers assistant at a shilling a day.
A year or two later he was given the
charge of an engine of his own. It,bo-
came his pet, and never had engine Bet
ter are
At eighteen years of age George
Stephenson could not read. He was
wide awake, and had q great longing
for knowledge, but did not understand
the alphabet. This could not be borne.
He went to a night-school, and paid
three-pence a week to be taught spelling,
reading and writing, and soon a Scotch
minister who knew him undertook to
teach him figures. He worked very
hard, and made great progress.
f" In hic 1oSo,,v~o h1,,~n 1r,h0~o IN ZOO, -
busy with his engine Or studying, his
made and mended shoes. Bit by BIT he
saved a little money, and by-and-by ha
was able to marry.
l suppose you are wondering what
all this has to do with s'Pufing Billy"
Have patience: 1 am coming to that
part Of my story.
Though James Watt had invented the
working ~steam-engine, as yet there was
no travelling steam-engine. 1t was
George Stephenson who first laid rails,
found out what the locomotive could dc
when attached to cars, and sent the
iron horse spinning along the line.
His first locomotive was called Putting
Billy.
If you were to peep into some Of tho
public journals of the England of 1928
you would laugh at the fright the peo-
pie felt at this monster, which fed on
Goals and water, and flew over the road
at the rate Of eighteen miles an hour
Some thought it was like witchcraft
Others gravely said that one might as
well be shot off like a rocket at once as
put themselves at the mercy of such q
machine as this.
George Stephenson kept quietly on,
Flooding at everything he attempted,
until he had found out its secrets.
Whatever he did he did with all his
might. When men opposed him he did
not lose his temper, but only said:
''Wait awhile and you will see."
Suppose, MI. Stephenson" said q
grumbling somebody, thinking he was
advancing a terrible objection to the
new iron horse-"suppose a COW should
happen to be on your line?"
"Well," replied Stephenson, very
coolly, sit would be a bad job &c: the
COO"
So it is all through life. boys. When
a brave, wise man has a new and bril-
liant thought it will never be put a stop
to by any acknowledgement 3. Sang
ster, IN Harper's Young People.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
about the prodisaHtr

Stories about the prodiea2tr Of
Americans and the astounding wu'eyta
which they are supposed to be continue
ally forming are very rife in Europe
is solemnly told by the Figaro of Paris.
millionaires have united and intend to
build in Jerusalem a temple that shall
exactly correspond to that which was
destroyed by the Romans in A. d. TO-"
1t adds the information that two. Of
these '.millionaires" have already gone
to Palestine to select the time and
means of operation.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23
is we'll to be posted in the Frens

1t is we'll to be posted in the French
names of some. of the brand new shades
which fashion has introduced: "Gris"
is a steely drab shade. "~Shauvette.." a
shade OF drab beige; "Armanae." a
delicate salmon yellow; "Isard,". an
ashes of roses or pinkish beige shade;
"Champignon' is ayellowish soft drah.
or. Us its name suggests, a.. mushrooms
skQlie.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23

ne QUIZ VIZ ms Of lingering sunshine on the hin:
nfhoome.bound swallow, twittering "a he
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-05-23

lie DanlSncQ the nOugnG. lie noted
her rowing, distracted gaze over the
congregation, and he OWNED the envy
and covetousness in her soul as her eye
caught the beauty OF some new tint in
bonnet.trimming.
One cold morning Mrs. Batterby's
mother came in from the suburbs, and
surprised her daughter with a visit.
Now, Mrs. BatterDy was also a model
of flial affection. One of the things
she has learned without to
books is that a woman should always
live to be a grandmother, because her
daughters never appreciate her till they,
in their turn, become mothers. But no
sooner were the old lady's wrappings
off than the crazy quilt was brought to
notice, and the daughter could not be
induced to make any but a momentary
depression on any other subject but
ly for lunch, Feather stitching on her
square as if her nextday's bread de-
pended on getting it done before night.
"Well, good-by," said the old lady at
parting. IF they conclude to send you
to the asylum at Batavia, tel them to
let me know immediately"
And she went back to the suburbs
with a little chill Of disappointment az
her heart.
But while MI. Batterby was racking
his brain to know how be could surrep-
~titiously minister to his Rife's diseased
mind a kind Providence was sending. =
blessing in disguise. 1t wa something
like the sensational society drama where
the sickness of the child recalls the err
inc wife back 10 virtue.
Little Philip fell sick. It was only