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years ago." said the sergeant. "She
was then a young woman just from the
country. She moved in good society,
and was engaged to be married to a
promising young lawyer, who to-day is
among the most prominent of our city.
She began to drink red wine at home.
l don't know who taught her, but she
soon became a full-hedged whiskey
drinker. The lawyer broke off the en-
gagement, and she married carpen-
ter One night found her lying in
the gutter dead drunk. / arrested her
and little girl was born in prison.
Ever since then she has been con-
tirmed drunkard. Now her little
grandchildren generally come after her
when she is locked up"
When we reached the Office of the
station house again, there was a pale,
shy little girl, who shivered at the
shining red stove, as she looked, in a
wistful way, at the blood-red doors,
through which the red Goals cleaned.
This little creature proved to be the
grandchild of the woman in the cell.
She begged piteously to be allowed to
see her grandma, and when she was re-
AuSON1 Aebl bOtbAS AO44Cu lIOuu AlOL oOlbi
blue eyes, down her pale cheeks and
fell on the rags that covered her thin
shoulders. The sergeant went to her
and spoke to her kindly. When she
could speak, she half whispered: "If
you please, sir, my grandma has the
key of the room and I have no place to
sleep" The sergeant ordered the
doorman to get the key and while he
was after it the officers took up a col
lection and gave her sufficient to pur-
chase new pair of shoes and some
clothing. She thanked us with a smile
of gratitude that burst through the
dark clouds that hung around her care
worn face, took the key and crept out
in the darkness of the Winter night to
her empty, dark home, where Old
Kriss had forgotten to leave a Christ
mas gift. r.. S. S.
NelU York, Jan. 1st. 1886.
Smyrna times., 1886-01-06
'EOLD FOGIEs."

" -N~'
In these modern times a fast young man
Who can smoke, chew, drink and play"
And run up bills for the clothes he wears
The bills which he will never pay.
Thinks he is a man in wisdom ripe
And what's for the hest can see;
He does not want his fathers advice
A blind old fogy is he"
fellow like this, one day last week,
Upon Market street was seen
In a crowd of men who stood around
A curious rare machine
Among the rest was an aged man.
Whose locks were as white as snow;
He wished to see the Improvements made
Since the days of long ago
The dandy thought there might be a chance
For a great display of wit
And said: Old fogy, here's machine
That may help your case bit.
One into which old fogies are put,
And then by crank run through;
They come out young you may think ii strange,
But tits not more strange than true"
The old man answered, 1--WE been put through
How l came out you can see;
And six young men far better than you
We're made of the chips from me-"
The fast yOnng man was completely stunned
By a shout and laughter peas;
He made no more display Of wit
But made a display of heels.
Those with their foreheads furrowed by time,
Old fOgies we should not call,
For most old men with their judgments ripe,
Buy clothes at the Tower Hall.
And doing this, an example set
For others to save their dimes:
Which shows that they are not fogies, no!
But fully up to the times.
Our sireS and grandsires should command
Respect from those that are young:
He who would then as old fOgies" brand,
With the words should lose his tongue
We hope that all, at the Tower Hall,
viii clothing for life engage:
Be "up and dressed" while doing their best
In keeping pace with age
"Old Age" must ever command respect, and
dressed in neat and good fitting clothing the pub
lie homage to 1t will ever pay. 1t has long been
an admitted fact that the best place to secure
good and elegant fitting Clothing for Mems Boys
and Children'S wear is at GARITEE. MASTEN x
ALLEN, Nos. SIS and $50 MARKET Street, Phila.
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J. 3. Cooper.

Very many desirable Goods can be
bought in my Dry Goods, Carpet, OilcIoth,
and Notion Department, at the lowest prices.
Most OF them are new styles. A few of
them that have come over from last Winter
are being sold at prices that will clean them
out. Cassimeres and Carpets are in this
class They are first class Winter goods and
Will be pushed off: Ladies', Gents and
Children's Underwear and GOssamers are
Specialties.
All the usual Stocks of Glass, Granite.
China, Stone, Tin, Willow, Cedar Ware,
Lamps, Stationery, School Books, Cutlery,
&c, and Groceries, Fruits Canned Goods,
Flour, Meats, &C.. are kept up. The public
know the extent of this variety.
Besides this, my line of Combs, Brushes, Scissors.
Pocket Knives, Table Knives Razors, Purses Wallets
Albums, Hymnals, Bibles, Small Stationery, and other
miscellaneous small goods is hardly exceed in any store
out OF the large cities Come and see the goods We
are glad to show them to people who want to buy Cas-
SERES AND CARPETS HAVE TO All the prices are low
Jo =. COOPER.
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A CLOUD OF WITNEssEs.-I many
instances the opium-e eating habit has
been contrasted through the use of mar
cOtics, prescribed by physicians during
sickness. Many remedies which claim
TO cure coughs contain mOrphia or
opium, and it can easily be understood
what bad effect they must have on
children. The new remedy, y,-Red Star
Cough Cure, is entirely free from these
dangerous ingredients, and the mass OF
testimony which has already been col
lected in its favor from all parts OF the
country is proof Ofits wonderful purity
and efficacy.
Smyrna times., 1886-01-06
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The cause for the present rise in the
price of raw silk Is variously explained
by importers and United States Con-
suls. Some attribute it to speculation,
others to small supply, and others
still to a change in fashions which in
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Smyrna times., 1886-01-06

Every part of the body is filled with
veins and arteries the last carrying
pure blood to build up the tissues-the
first carrying away waste matter,
Pure blood is necessary to health, ana
the waste, If not removed, is poisonous.
DIR. Walkers California Vinegar Bit
ters stimulate the organs that separate
the poisonous waste from the body
Smyrna times., 1886-01-06

An epitome of everything that is attractive and
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This is for the Farmers.

The attention of Farmers is called to the Importance
of buying lime burned from stone The following
analyses Of Wrightsvle and INFERIOR Lime are given
to impress upon Farmers the value of this suggestion
The stones for these analyses selected from the
several strata by Dr. T. r. Wolf and the results as
reported by him.
Lime burners invaribly give analysis Of their LINE
STONE and farmers generally accept this the analysis
of the LINE Whereas, process of burning the Carbonic
Acid contained in the stone is voatlized and the bulk
thereby very materially changing the proper
Ons the silica and other impurities remain unchang-
ed and therefore show INCREASED PERCENTAGE in the
Lime. Hence, stone from Wrightsvle quamies shows
AVERAGE analysis Of
Carbonate of Lime, 92951 Lime CaO9 9367
Carbonate of Magnesia, 685 Magnesa OIgOD $50
Impurities .25 produces Impurities AS
1OO5O 9998
Stone from an inferior quarry, sampled in man
ner, shows analysis of
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Carbonate of Magnesia, 1912 Nlagnesia, NIgO) 831
Impurities 613 produces Impurities, 1888
1OO85 9999
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Brain workers will regain increased
mental power by taking DIR. Henley's
Celery, Beef and Iron.
Smyrna times., 1886-01-06

smyrna Branch Trains.
Going North, 7.19, s.SS and Il.O4 M. and5 5O3p n
Going south, yoO A. NJ. LA Z. NJ. 440P NJ. 743 p NJ
Smyrna times., 1886-01-06

Devoe Brilliant Oil, the best and SAT-
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NOTICE.
NOTICE.

GUNS, Sc, left at my shop for repairs,
II not called for within THIRTY DAYS, are sub
iect 10 be sold for the cost of repairs.
oct 4 II GEO. W. TILGHMAN.
Smyrna times., 1886-01-06
Closing of Mails.
Opening of Mails.

Going North, $50 and 1895 A. NJ, and 4l5PM
Going South, $50 A. NJ, and 7.2O P. NJ
Smyrna times., 1886-01-06

From the North, II % A. NJ, and s15P.M.
From the South, Z - and IL. 80 A. NJ
Smyrna times., 1886-01-06

Jon Work neatly done.
Smyrna times., 1886-01-06

J. S. Sines of Georgetown distributed
on Christmas day.
The National tribune., 1886-03-18
PERSONS AND THINGS.

A goose farm is one of the curiosities of agri-
culture on the eastern shore of Virginia. Within
of about 800 acres live 5000 geese, of
eral varieties, attended by herders and regularly
fed with corn, etc. The object is the collecting of
down for quilts and pillows, and once i'll about six
weeks a plucklng takes place. Only the bresst and
the sides under the wings are plucked and 1t re-
quires the yield of nearly 100 geese to weigh a
pound. The raw feathers.arc sent 10 Phiadelp phia
for cleaning and sorting.
-Janitor King of the Virginia City Court-h house
bought piece of cheese and put it in his overcoat
pocket and aiterward laid the coat down fora time
Then he put 1t on and went to a saloon, where he
pnyed cards for the drinks He noticed, he
thought that Tom Gracey, who was looking on,
nudged him very often, a signal how to play his
cards. lie lost, and accused Gracey of misleading
him While Gracey was denying that he had
touched him n big rat jumped out of Kings pocket.
He had been ieastlng on the cheese and nudging
the card player.
R. b. SwanElin. of North Manchester Ind. had
the reputation of whipping his wife and abusing
his children One night a mob of men and boys
went to his house and told him that he must quit
the town at once. They gave him time to pack two
grp-acks, and then they marched him down the
main street a big fellow walking behind and cut
ting his legs with cattle whip. When the town
limits were reached he was stripped and sOundly
whipped with blackSnakc whips. This is the sec
Ond occurrence of the kind reported from Indiana
within a few waeks.
"A huge California hawk swooped down on a
sleeping cat at Santa Rosa the other day and bore
it squaling and scratching high in the air. When
about 500 feet high the hawk lost its grip, and the
eat came down with fearful velocity, but the hawk
caught it again Just before il struck the earth and
carrying it off, when suddenly both fell like
lead to- the ground. The cat had bitten through the
hawks head killing it instantly, and the fall killed
the eat.
Steamboat Frank, a Modoc Indian who was
captured at the time of the Modoc war and who is
still prisoner of the United States is attending by
permit of the Government, the Oak Grove semi
nary in Maine. He now calls himself Frank Mo-
doc and is studying for the ministry. He Is max
ing good progress in his studies and is apparently
a devout Christian. He isproud of his descent from
a long line OF aodoc eneitain1. and conducts him.
self with true Indian dignity.
A great red granite statue has been discovered
10 miles away in the desert near Alexandria in
Egypt. Ii represents the famous Pharaoh, who
responsible for all the Egyptian plaques, and
one side of it is statue oi little baby, said to be
that OF the next Pharaoh who persisted ia his rash
attempt to drive through the Red Sea. II has been
lying there 900 years.
-Ouray, Colo has just invested 81 OO0 in a novel
hearse. II is said to be very gorgeous affair but
its principal feature Is speaking tube leading from
the drivers seat to the interior.
The National tribune., 1886-03-18

| riage license. When the Judge asked the name
of her intended husband she said she hadn't decid
! ed yet, but thought il would be a good thing to
have license i'll man should offer him.
self. She didn't get it.
A prosperous farmer of Owingsyille, KY, 8
well-preserved widOwer of over 80, has two sOns,
who were both in love with the same girl. She
found difficulty deciding which to take. and the
old man solved the problem by sending the boys
off business and marrying the girl himself whils
they were away.
colored railroad porter says of travelling brides.
'Sperience teaches dat dey is tickied nightly
eff you mistakes dere husbands for brudGers. does
it ebery time now, hits 'enI TO a dollar. shuah"
- The usual story of the remarkable travels of q
pin is at hand. This time the scene IS laid i'll New
ton, Iowa where I3years ago Mrs. Cyrus Gage drop
ped pin in her The pin in due course Of
time dropped into her throat and was swallowed
The other day doctor took it out of her left leg
the ankle.
Mrs. George III. PendletOn IS credited with lev
cling at Oscar Wilde of the keenest shafts Of
wit of which he the target when visiting this
country. He had remarked, disparagiEsly, that
America has ruins and noted curiOsites, you
know" She Is said TO have retOTted: The ruins
will come in time, and as for the curiosties i'm
port them"
The National tribune., 1886-03-18
SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

The green color which sometimes affects
American Gs well as European oysters has formed
the subject of late special invest. CATION by mi
croscopist at the Smithsonian Institution. He finds
that 1t is the minute blood cells which become
tinged with green and that these tend to lodge in
tine heart aud giils in numbers great enough to give
a green appearance. The cOlOrinS matter, which
may be vegetable abnormal product of digest
ion is entirely harmless. and in wise due to a
copper tincture, rs Is popularity supposed.
The prevention of decay IN wood Is said to be
effectively accomplished by exhausting the aif
from the pores and filling them with gutta perchs
solution, n substance which preserves the wood
alike from moisture, water. and the action of the
sun. The solution /, made by mixing twO-thrds of
gurta percha to one-third of paraine, this mixture
being heated to lqueiy the gutta p rcha, when II Is
readily introduced into the pores of the wood, the
effect of the gutta percha being, when 1t becomes
COOL TO harden the pores.
The National tribune., 1886-03-18
A FOrtuue Made i'm Matches.

Mr.. Henry b. Courtney, member of the
Diamond Match Company, died at his home in
Wilmington, Dell at an early hour Saturday
morning last of a pulmonary trouble, superin-
duced by the fumes of the preparation of which
the matches are made. The deceased was 63
years Old and came to this country from Eng
land in 1858. He was an experienced match
manufacturer, and, with w. Ii. Swift, started
the business at Wilmington upon united capi-
tai of less than $50 He was the first, and for
long time the only man in this country who
understood the manufacture of parlOr matches,
and in the product the firm long enjoyed a
monopoly. The business grew to immense
proportions with heavy profits, and branch
factories were established in various parts of
the country. Mr.. Courtney amassed fortune
estimated at nearly 5000, 900, but always care
fully guarded the secret of cOmpounding his
preparation for dipping the matches, and
worked daily at the factory until recently,
when he impaired the formula to his son, who
is now the only possessOr of it. The deceased
claimed to have made enormous fortunes for
two firms in England by utilizing the prepara-
ton before coming to America.
The National tribune., 1886-03-18
old by all druggists. 81 six for s.. Prepared by c.
I00D CO., Apothecaries, Lowell. Mass
100 Doses One Dollar.
Breaking Ii Gently.

leSdS Sgtlngs.I
"What is the matter with you, Colonel, you
look troubled2" said Gus De Smith to Col
Yerger
"I am in terrible fix, Gus"
whats the matter now"
You know nay wife is very nervous. If
the slightest thing goes wrong she is liable to
have spasms."
"Well, mas anything gone wrong?"
81 should say so. She is devoted to her
father. He died in st. Louis four weeks ago,
but she doesn't know it. Nobody in the family
has the courage to tell her about it. L don't
know what to do"
"I'll tell you what. Let me break it to her.
I've got tact, and l can do it in such a way that
she will scarcely feel the shock"
God bless you! Go right into the paPlor
and have it over"
Gus stroked his mustache and sauntered into
the room where, looking like a picture of
despair Mrs. Yerger was sitting on sofa, evil
IDENTIFY absorbed in deep thought.
Good morning Mrs. Yerger, are you not
feeling well?"
"I am not feeling well at all, am very
anxious about my dear father"
All Perhaps he is better Off"
Il can't tell how he is coming on. haven't
had letter from him in seven weeks"
Seven weeks!" exclaimed Gus, with a
merry laugh. why, there is nothing strange
about that. My father has been dead for 10
years and haven't had letter from him in all
that time"