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Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

The New York Republican platform
adopted at Saratoga, along with
great deal of customary matter, meets
three of the new questions Of the day
with a degree of bOldness, vigor and
precision that is very reassuring. OF
these three the question of the civil
service stands first of all, the question
of municipal administration second,
and the question of compulsory silver
coinage third. These three questions
stand first in the platform. The Re
publicans of New York hold that the
existing civil service laws, national
and state, should be enforced mot
only in the letter but also in the
spirit, and that the provisions of these
laws should be strengthened and ex-
tended to all grades of the public SER
vice to which they may be applicable. "
In respect to municipal administration
simplicity in the laws is urged, $50 as
to enable the people to fix the respon-
sibility with ease and certainty" and
in respect to the seventy-nine cent
dollar" the Republicans of New
York demand of Congress the passage
of an act putting an end to the en-
largement of the stock of money
formed of silver or based upon silver"
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

AMERICAN AGRICULTURIsTs.-The
american AgricuIturist for October
gives the following receipt which will
be appreciated by our gunners. "The
stocks of guns, as they come from the
stores, are generally oiled or vanished.
In selecting a gun, the quality being
the same, chose the oiled stock; to fin
ish it so that water will not affect it,
and any scratch can be quickly reme-
died, take one quarter pint of boiled
linseed oil, piece of yellow beeswax,
about an inch square or its equivalent
in size, and if handy, add teaspoOnful
of cOpal varnish, heat it, altogether in
a tin or earthen dish on the back of
the stove, string frequently, until the
wax is all melted. Rub the stock
down smooth with very fine sand pa
per, being careful not to touch the
locks or metal part of the gun, as it
shows every time; then apply the
above mixture warm, with a cloth,
rubbing it in well, it will not harm the
gun if it gets on the mOuntings, as it
will all rub off. Stand it away for at
least twenty-four hours. Then take a
piece of wooden cloth and rub the stock
well, cleaning out any that may remain
in the checking with a piece of soft
pine splinter; then apply another coat
of the finish, warm as before, and after
standing again rub down with the
wooden rag. Three or four coats thu:
applied, and rubbed in, will give the
stock finish that will bring out the
grain, fill up the pores of the wood
and the more the gun is handled anC
rubbed the brighter the polish will be
come"
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

Bashful men in love should take
courage from the happy ruse of a GeOr-
gia lover whose heart has been burst
ing with affection for pretty Georgia
girl for many months, but whose tongue
refused to speak his passion. After
many attempts to declare himself he
gave to the lady pistol, loaded with
blank cartridge, and asked her to
aim at him and fire. She did so, not
knowing there was even a blank car
fridge in the pistol, and was shocked
to see him fall when the weapon
was discharged. 1t all ended happily,
however, but not until she had fallen
by the side of her PROSTATE suitor and
favored the air with the sweetness of
her agonizing appeals to him to come
back to life, which he did How he
explained his conduct is not related,
but as the wedding has taken place it
is not unreasonable to assume that she
fOrgave him or married him for spite.
1t might be well, though, for men who
mediate following his example to be
certain that blank cartridge is used.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

The anthracite coal companies that
propose to raise prices are confronted
with competition from an unexpected
quarter. The natural gas of Western
Pennsylvania has reduced the coal de-
mand of Pittsburg and vicinity to the
extent of nearly two million tons
year. The fuel that is shut out of that
market is now finding its way to the
East, and is cOntending with other an
thracite Goals for share of our trade.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30
" Graphic " Pen Points.

Pens are weapons of defense that
stab and cut like Iapier. It is easier
to assassinate with a pen than to slav
with a sword.
A fortune awaits the man who will
invent a flexible writing-stick-not a
gold pen tipped with platinum-of
some non-cOrrOsive material.
The poet of the Koron thought if
trees were pens and oceans tanks of
INK they would not suffice for writ
ing out the folly in mankind.
The elder Disraeli said over 6hv
years ago, "Our handwritings are as
monotonous as our characters in tho
present habits of society. The true
physiognOmy of handwriting will bo
lost among the rising generation"
lake the autographs of half dozen
merchants, authors, soldiers and bank.
ers. What facts can be known after q
most searching analysis that a writing.
master, with an eye to the utility Of
his art, would not detect in a twink
ling?
When the Romans grew weary of
life they fell on their swords but men
with an itch for scribbling have dug
their graves, woven their shrouds and
written their epitaphs with the pen
selected with a view to perpetuate
their memory.
Give TaIleyrand a line of a mans
handwriting and he will engage to
ruin him." is clearly an extravagapt
assertion, and yet Talleyrand did not
believe it possible for man to dis
gulse his character in the strokes of his
pen. Chesterfield thought it possible
Tor an ordinary penman to counterfeit
almost any style of handwriting and
that the quality of mans penman-
ship did not touch upon the question
of character at all.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

HIGH LICENSE IN New YORK
Many of the most eminent men in New
York have recently come out in favor
of high-hcense plank in the Repub-
lican platform. The Rochester Post
Express, Elmira Adrertiser and other
leading central New York papers are
urging the adoption of such a plank,
for whose preparation there seems to
be a steady growth of timber.
The brewers of the State having
been asked if they would favor or Op-
pose such a plank, the president of the
Brewers Association has replied that
they would oppose it on the ground
that high license would tend to de-
crease the consumption of mild fer
mented liquors, and thereby injure the
cause of temperance.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

When the elevated railroads were
established in New York city it was
claimed that the horse railroads would
become useless. Such, 'Owever, did
not prove to be a fact. On the con-
trary the street cars continue to be as
crowded as before the elevated trains
began running and this year a number
of new surface rail lines are being built.
When steam railroads were first
talked of it was argued that horses
would become valueless. Now the
greater part of this country is covered
with perfect network of railway
lines, and 100000 horses are owned
in America. More than 1,OOO,O 900 have
to be bred annually to meet the de-
mand for agricultural, draught and
driving purposes. Stations to the
number of 500 are imported every year
from France to the United States.
The multiplication of the iron horse
has in no wise curtailed the production
of the equine steed, while the im-
provement made in running horses and
trOtters of late years has been very
marked.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

BURN OUT Your CHIMNEYs.-
Chimneys should be attended to every
Autumn, says an exchange, if we
would avoid the fright Of their taking
fire. Many a valuable homestead has
been destroyed from negligence in this
matter SCOT accumulates very rap
idly, and much sooner with some
kinds of coal than others, and there is
also a difference in the wood. If a
chimney takes fire, the readiest means
to stop it is to apply wet table cloth,
hearth rug or blanket to the whole
front of the CRATE or fireplace, and
either hold or pin it close into the jam,
then lift up the bottom far enough to
throw pail of water on the fire. If a
pistol is fired up a chimney it will
bring down quantities of SCOT, and it is
an easy way to clean out a small Chin
ney. A few handfuls of salt thrown
into the fireplace or CRATE will put out
the fire. Flour of sulphur thrown
upon the fire will also paralyze the
flames.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30
Jumbo's Skin and Skeleton.
PROFESSOR WARDS wORK-WHERE
THE EFFIGIES WILL BE EX-
HIBITED.

Professor II. Ward of Rochester Uni
versity, who has in hand the mounting
of the skin and skeleton of Jumbo,
stopped few minutes in Wilmington
Wednesday on his way to Bridgeport
to see P. T. Barnum. He was seen at
the Grand Union Hotel by a Tribune
reporter.
Jumbo was bank all by himself" i"
he said. "When l arrived at st.
Thomas with my assistants to preserve
the remains l found in his stomach a
great many cOins-English shillings
and sixpenses, cOppers and one Cana
dian piece, showing that he has been
keeping a bank account, although he
left no will. His head was fearfully
mashed, the engine having driven his
tusks clear through it. found Jumbo
on his feet where he had been rolled
down the bank away from the railroad
and had to skin him as he stood. His
hide weighed 1857 pounds and his
bones 2,400. We cremated his flesh
the first cremation in Canada. 1t took
four and half cords of hard wood and
two days time to consume the flesh.
His skin was torn u little and his back
somewhat injured. We are mounting
the skin and skeleton in Rochester.
We had to erect a special building in
which to do the work. Jumbo was un-
like ordinary elephants, which are big
and round and with oval backs. He
was more like French horse with q
followed out back, standing very high
at the shoulders. His head was drawn
out at the tusks and the forehead more
curved than the Indian elephants. 1t
will take three months and $4,000 to
mount him. We have to build wood
en- elephant like that at Coney Island,
for frame, and keep shaping it until
it exactly gives the right form with the
skin upon it, The frame has to be
made strong with heavy iron rods and
bolts to prevent accident in travel.
Two special cars are being built for the
now double Jumbo. After a year
abroad, his mounted skin will rest at
Tufts College and his skeleton at the
Smithsonian Institution, Washington.
The people of St. Thomas are prepar-
ing to create a Barnum Park and erect
a $4,000 monument on the spot where
Jumbo was killed. Tom Thumb, the
trick elephant, is being dOctOred at
Bridgeport, where he cries like child
over his aches and pains. The broken
leg will heal, l think. ! am off for
Bridgeport now to make final arrange
ments for the tour of Jumbo mounted.
We are also mounting Emperor, the
elephant which died in Missouri few
weeks ago, for the Missouri State Uni
versity."
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

When the cattle men were ordered
to remove their stock from the Chey-
enne and Arapahoe reservation they
declared first that it was impossible in
side of six or nine months; indeed,
some of them thought they were quite
magnanimous in offering to 60 by next
May. Then they went to Washington
and endeavored to get the proclama-
ton rescinded. At last they realized
that the order would have to be obeyed, ,
and now, despite all the declarations
of impracticability, news comes that
the evacuation of the Indian territory
is nearly accomplished, and will be
completed by the end of the month ;
and there is no ground for believing
that anybody will be ruined by the
change, either.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30
The Novelties Exhibition.

The Novelties Exhibition at Phila-
delphia, held under the auspices of the
Franklin Institute, is said to be even
more interesting to the general public
than the electrical exhibition of last
year, and superior in fact to
any industrial display made by
Philadelphians since the Centennial
Exposition of 1876. The exhibition
takes its name from the fact that its
managers give space "Only to those
things that are distinctly new" The
term novelties is not employed,
however, in a narrow sense. 1t in
cludes any markedly new and more
convenient form of an old article. It
applies to any new device that is un-
familiar to the public. Recent inven-
tions constitute, of course, the staple of
the exhibits, but improvements that
turn the principle of an old invention
to a better purpose are admitted as
being as valuable to the practical man
as an original cOntrivance would be.
Among the novelties of the Philadel-
phia show are to be found, for ex-
ample, many new appliances for utiliz-
ing valuable but neglected properties
of ordinary gas. When effectively
burned coal gas is vastly more service
able for Illuminating and heating pur-
poses than most persons suppose. As
a means of producing power in quanti-
ties suited to the shop, the warehouse
and the residence, its utility, though
long demonstrated, is hardly so gen
orally known as it should be. I'M
proved lamps, effective heaters and
small motors constitute, therefore, a
prominent feature of the Novelties
Exhibition. The water motor on a
small scale for domestic uses is also
represented in many new forms. The
multitude of new applications of
cellulOid indicated by the Philadelphia
display is surprising even to persons
well informed in regard 10 materials
employed in the industrial arts. But
we need not attempt an enumeration
of the various classes of novelties ex-
hibited. The great hall and annex,
which cover several acres of space, en-
brace nearly every department of me-
chanical art. The wealth of "new
ideas" the show is calculated to give
inventors, mechanics and housekeepers
entities it to careful study.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

ALL ABOUT THE EASTERN SHORE
Judge Goldsborough had been spend
ing sometime at the Hygeia, Old Point
Comfort. 1t is very good place, but
after one sees the Soldiers Home. In
dian School and Dress Parade of the
Soldiers in the Fort, he has seen it all.
and the only passtime is to walk down
to the wharf when the frequent steam
ers come and leave. The Judge. as
usual, took in the whole programme.
and as ne watched the steamer North
Gmpton depart from the wharf one day
he asked a negro,
Where is that steamer going?"
"Over to the Eastern Sho'." he was
answered.
What part of the Eastern Shore"
asked our exact Judge.
"Dar's nothin' over dar, boss. but
de Eastern Sho'."
The Judge thoughtfully walked back
to the Hotel.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30
WOman's Work for Woman.

There are nearly 100000 self.sup.
porting women and girls over ten years
of age in this country and their num-
ber is steadily increasing. With the
increase of work by women it is a no.
ticeable fact that the wOmen's suffrage
associations of the country are devot-
ing good share of their attention to
the subject of woman's work as to suf-
frage for women.
At the last meeting of the Boston
Woman Suffrage Association a report
was made which gives an interesting
view of the latest progress in woman's
work.
1t was shown that it has been discov-
cred that there is nothing n the laws
of New York to prevent women from
voting or to punish inspectors for re-
ceiving their votes, and, in conse-
quence, the suffragists are preparing to
test the question. The women of Kan
sas have been given the right to vote
at District School Board elections
Women have been admitted to the YES
try of a Protestant Episcopal church in
Pennsylvania, given the right to vote
at elections of wardens and vestrymen
in the Episcopal diocese of Nebraska, a
woman has been ordained pastor Of a
Baptist church in Nebraska. Women
dentists are gaining ground in Ger
many. Women are largely employed
in the British civil service, and in the
Rothschilds' London banking house,
while half the employees in our Patent
are increasing in France and America,
and a daughter of an architect has just
taken the second prize for ell painting
in the Academy of Fine Arts at Milan.
In thus showing how large and
varied is the work of women, and how
their influence and position are becOm-
ing broader and higher, the Women
Suffragist will accomplish far more
than they could by any mere agitation
to the righ to vote in general politica
elections. The force of example is
great, and the influence of one woman
at work in a new field is greater fol
the cause which the Sufiragists have a
heart than a series of most eloquen'
speeches saying what ought to be done
Philadelphia Daily NeWs.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

The situation in Montreal grows
worse daily. There were forty-eight
deaths from smallpox one day last
week, and many new cases were re-
ported. And yet the regularly cOnsti-
tuted authorities remain great sticklers
for red tape. A man died of the dis
ease almost in the street, and was left
for hours in a doorway because the po-
lice would not remove the body until
the Health Officers had investigated
the case. Naturally the residents who
were indignant at the conduct of the
authorities before are enraged at this
last performance, and altogether the
unhappy city is in a desperate way.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

" Where's Jimmy that he isn't in for
supper?" inquired Tuffboy, Sr., as he
spread his napkin over his knee.
" I don't know, really. can't keep
track of him" :" replied Mrs. T. HE is
riding on a grocery wagon, or playing
'mibs,' or something all the time.
That boy beats all"
" He seems to be the Puritan of the
family" rejoined Tuffboy, Sr., and just
then Jimmy came in with big rent in
his spinnaker, caused by suddenly
climbing out of a pear tree.-Harttord
Post.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

To KEEP TOMATOES FOR WINTER
A correspondent sends the Rural Ne,U
Yorker the following: "As the tomato
season is here can contribute one way
to keep them for Winter use that may
be new to some of your readers. ate
them in February, sliced and seasoned
with sugar and a little vinegar, that
seemed every way as nice as tomatoes
fresh from the vines. Dissolve a tea
cupful of salt in a gallon of water.
Pick ripe tomatoes, but not over-ripe,
leaving a little of the stem on. The
tomatoes must be kept well covered
with brine, and they will keep till
Spring or later"
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

Theshe-dragOn called Mrs. Hendricks
of New Brunswick, New Jersey, was
sentenced Thursday to pay $1,000 fine
and to be imprisoned ten years at hard
labor in the penitentiary, for her inhu-
man treatment to Emma Belmont, an
eight year old child she had procured
from the Southern Home for Friendless
Children in Philadelphia. The SEN
tence is terrible one, but not near so
terrible as the suffering of the poor
child who she admits to have held over
a red hot stove and let her drop on it.
We are not surprised the audience in
the Court House broke out in applause
when the sentence was rendered. The
heart grows sick at the thought that
such inhuman she-mOnsters are run
ming at large through the country.
New Jersey keeps her name as terror
to evil doers.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

The five dollar note is now the
lowest denomination of paper money
issued by the government, the sub
treasures having been prohibited from
paying out any more one and two
dollar bills. This course has been
adopted in order to force into circula-
ton the standard silver dollars, which
nobody likes to carry, and which the
government has been obliged to pile
away in its big vaults, while its gold
surplus has been decreasing to an
alarming extent. Now one and two
dollar bills no longer being issued by
the government, those in circulation
are sought for by the banks.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

GATHERING AUTUMN LEAVES
Husband" There now, my dear, I
think 1 have got enough leaves for all
the windows"
Wife" All the windows? What do
you mean?"
Husband" Why, don't you know?
Whenever you get home with Autumn
leaves you always throw them out of
the window; and this time thought 1
would get you enough to throw some
out of all the windows. We may as
well do complete job when we are
about it,"
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

In Harper's Magazine for October will
be found an article entitled "Our Pub
lie Land Policy" that should be read
attentively by every citizen who is in
reality part owner of the vast domain
that has in the last few years been so
wasted and misapplied. 1t calls atten-
ton to the indifference which the peo-
pie have shown to the subject while gi-
gantic swindles by scheming specula-
tors deprived them of their valuable
landed inheritance. However large a
slice those who are parceling out the
public land among themselves may
choose to digestion which they receive
in various ways at some local land Of
fees, are so considerable that they chew
with ease and swallow with impunity !;
and if by any mischance the mouthful
proves too large, and local practitioners
fail in their treatment of the case, then
the greater healer at Washington may
be called upon to prescribe a remedy.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

How To PRESERVE AUTUMN LEAVES.
AS the season to gather and preserve
the beautiful leaves peculiar to Autumn
will soon be upon us, we give the fol-
lowing method by which they can be
preserved, and their beautiful colors
retained in all their gorgeous beauty {:
Take a warm iron, (if it is hot it will
spoil the colors,) and iron the leaves
on the wrong side until they are per-
fectly dry. Then varnish them with a
light coat of white varnish, and they
are done.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

The following is said to be a sure
cure for warts: Dissolve a large piece
of sal ammOniac, to be obtained in any
drug store, in small vial of water-a
piece twice the size of garden pea in
an ounce of water will be enough for a
hundred warts. Apply the liquid to
the wart three or four times a day, u.s.
ing a feather or any convenient instru-
ment. Let the fluid dry upon the
point touched. There is no pain, no
Inconvenience, and in three or four
days the wart will disappear. This is
an infallible cure.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

PHYSICIANS WERE IN VAIN.-David
Meter, 795 Mission street, San Fran
cisco, Cal, writes that for several
months he suffered from severe cold
and cough, which finally resulted in
total hoarseness. He consulted several
physicians, but ATTAINED no relief, and
then tried Red Star Cough Cure. Af-
ter taking a few doses he felt better,
and before he had finished a bottle he
was completely cured.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

The West Jersey Game Protective
Society has paid out over 81, 900 in re-
wards for hawks heads in South Jer-
sey, and these birds have been nearly
exterminated. But one was shot last
month.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

Mr.. Kelley insists that his rejection
by Austria was an insult to civilization.
Strange how anything can keep tran
quill and serene under such an affront.
Civilization needs more spirit.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

The Prohibitionists have full tickets
in nearly every state in the Union and
in nearly every county in Maryland.
1t is very evident that they mean busi-
ness. 1t is only a question of time
when they will sweep this country like
a prairie fire, and a very short time at
that.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

AWFUL INCENDIARIsM.-T set ON fire
the dwelling of an immortal soul with
Aleohol is n great crime. Whoever
administers Rum Bitters to the sick is
guilty Of It. The only medicine in ex-
lstence which extingnishes disease, by
removing all morbid matter from the
system, Is DIR. Walkers Vinegar Bitters.
tonic, yet free from Alcohol.
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30
AR.uaulrnhIa E.nnna.

Mrs. Mary A. Daley. of TunkhannOck Pa, was
afflicted for six years with Asthma and BrOnchi-
tbs, during which time the best physicians could
give no relief Her life was despaired Of. until
In last October she procured bottle Of DR.. Kings
New Discovery, when immediate relief was felt,
and By continuing its use for q short time she
was completely cured, gaining in flesh 50 pounds
in a few months. Free Trial Bottles Of this
certain cure of all Throat ahd Lung Diseases at
James P. HOhecker's Drug Store. Large Bottles
SlOl
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30

Heard in prayer-meeting at a sum-
mer resort the other day: 80, Lord,
now that our summer visitors have de-
parted, wilt Thou take their place in
our hearts %
Smyrna times., 1885-09-30
Thasa ara Solid Fnn4s.

The best blood purifier and system regulator
ever placed within the reach of suffering human
ity, truly is Electric Bitters Inactivity OF the
Liver BiliOusness Jaundice, Constipation. Weak
Kidneys, or any disease Of the urinary organs or
whoever requires an appetizer, tonic or mild
stimulent, will always find Electric Bitters the
best and only certain cure known. They act
surely and quickly, every bottle guaranteed to
at fifty cents bottle by James ?. Hofecker