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, 1888-07-26

Washington, in 1853, in his own words,
entered the Dismal swamp, and "encom-
passed the whole" He camped on the
east side of the lake, and unquestionably
considered the problem of Its formation,
for he was astonished, and he astonished
others by declaring that all the rivers in
the swamp flowed out of it instead Of
Into it.
THE Dismal swamp" wrote Washing
ton, els neither a hollow nor a plain, but
a hillside" He had discovered. what
measurement has since shown, that the
lake was twenty-three feet higher than
the sea.
Scientists nave accounted for the water
In the Dismal swamp from cursory OBJ
servations, by the rainfall, even denying
the existence of springs In the lake. l
venture with much hesitation to disagree
with this conclusion, believing it to be
impossible that the rainfall can account
for the enormous supply of water, net
only contained within the swamp, but
which Is, and always has been, flowing
out of 1t.
First, 1t is granted that no more rain
falls on the Dismal swamp than on any
other piece of Virginia 40x30 miles square.
Second, it is certain that it does not draw
from the surrounding country, for 1t IL
higher than all its environment.
: Yet, out of the Dismal swamp run no
less than nine rivers, some of them very
considerable, and still the lake continues
to overflow, and the whole vast extent Of
the swamp remains inundated.-John
Boyle 0'Reilly in Boston Herald.
, 1888-07-26
An unfortnnats comblnatIon.

The latest notion in the hoodoo line Is
that the mustache of a man, carried
within the bodice of a woman, will insure
good luck. Is the mustache detached
from the face on which it grew Why, Of
course. Otherwise the fetish would be
easy to get and awfully improper. But
to obtain a mustache all alone by itself is
mighty hard. Fellows cultivate them so
slowly and reap the crop SO rarely that a
genuine mustache, separated from it's
lip, is a scarce article. Once in a while a
pretty girl may be able to coax an enam.
ored chap to make a sacrifice of his hirsute
treasure, but usually one must depend on
a barber, in which case you never know
for certain that it is really q mustache
and not a partner of a side whisker or a
goatee, or even a cutting of an uncom-
monty coarse scalp lock. 1 know a maiden
who obtained the desired mascot from a
devoted and betrothed dude. He called
on her again, and vowed he believed she
had already thrown his mustache away.
She produced it.
Seems to me 1t is bigger than it was,
he remarked.
Indeed. 1t was a tiny little n when
you gave 1t to me, she shyly assented.
"And it is half composed of redder hair
than my mustache."
Eyes, so 1t is"
"Ahai 1 know. 1 saw Jim Brown to-
day, N his mustache is gone. You've
got his and mixed it in with mine"
"Do you mindf'
Did he mind2 Jim Brown was his hated
rival. The combination hoodoo mustache
may bring good fortune to that girl, but
not in the form of marriage with that
enraged dude. He broke the engagement
OF with a snap like a pipe stem. She will
have to get along the best way she can
with Jim.-Clara Bellies Letter
, 1888-07-26
I'M. Azlre. Or cortez,. rime.

The Aztecs Of the time of Cortez were
in many respects a superior people. Tl.ey
cultivated the ground. They had a king
md a form of government, laws, courts,
and tribunals, immense and costly pub
lie buildings. Their king and the chief
tains lived in all the glittering splendor
of eastern monarchs. Their wealth in
gold when the Spaniards first entered the
country was almost fabulous. Their
dresses were made dazzling with wrought
gold and beautifully colored feather work
and plumage Of birds. They Were wor-
shippers of the sun, and their practices
Of superstition were most cruel and hor-
riblc. Every city of note contained a
TcoCallis, or tower of sacrifice. The
towers at Cholula and Tenochitlan each
covered nearly an acre of ground, II
were several stories in height. On
these towers the sacred fire was
ever kept burning. On an open battle
mentor unenclosed area on the top Of
each tower, in plain view of the whole
city round about, stood the idols or gods,
and also the sacrificial stone. Scores of
priests and executionerS at certain sea-
sons OF the year assembled on this open
area, and the broad, winding outside
stairways were crowded with thousands.
of human victims awaiting their turn.
These enormous sacrifices made it
necessary for the Aztecs to remain at
perpetual wal with neighbo-iug tribes,
as the prisoners taken in battle supplied
the victims, and when they fell short of
what was needed for sacrifice, the num-
Der lacking had to be drawn from their
own ranks. The of sacrifice was
so horrible that war was hailed with a
sense Of relief and joy by every Aztec.
Torture of victims was not practiced by
them, except as a sacred duty. They
did not have their war dances and gloat
over sufferings at the stake as do the
rowing tribes of our own day New
York Post.
, 1888-07-26
The Argentine Republics Progress.

The wonderful Argentine Republic Is
setting up to rival the United States, and
bids fair to succeed. During 1887 it
built 5000 miles of railroad, as one item
of progress. Its immigration bids fair
as many as will land in our territory.
They have 5000 public schools, with
$50, 600 pupils. The larger cities are
lighted with electricity, and well sup
Piled with telephones and telegraphs.
During last year 1000 vessels entered
the ports, There is also n ''surplus Of
the revenue" This will never do, for
the Argentiners will be appointing com
m]issioners to look after our affairs in due
time, as we proposed in Garfield's day to
look after the welfare of South Ameri-
can states Globe Democrat.
, 1888-07-26
A wedding in Honduras.


The lHonduranian wedding is an event
of much ceremony. especially among the
richer people. 1t begins at 8 in the even
ing at the brides home. All the relatives
and friends of both families are present.
The patio, with Japanese lanterns hung
here and there among the orange and
pomegranate trees-and the moon shed
ding her soft light over all-is thronged
as well as the house. The gay music
which has been performed by the must
clans for perhaps an hour now ceases, or
else the band go into the patio and play
very softly. The bridal party emerge
The civil ceremony is begun and carefully
gone through with. This done the cure
takes his place and performs Il small part
of the religious service. After this the
cure goes away. Supper is partaken of,
and the ball begins. All night long the
music, the feasting, the champagne and
the dancing continue. At 4 in the morn,
ing the cathedral bell is heard. Instantly
the merriment ceases. The bride and
groom set out, heading a considerable
procession of friends and relatives.
The priest meets them at the main en-
trance of the cathedral. There is a brief
pause The bride extends her hand and
the groom places in it thirteen coins. re-
peating the customary phrase-equivalent
to with my worldly goods thee endow."
The bride responds mieetly. Then the
company, led by the cure, pass slowly to.
ward the main altar and all kneel while
nuptial mass is celebrated. This CON
cludes the ceremony. Bride and groom,
instead of departing on a wedding tour.
go at once to their new home, where a
remarkably fine wedding breakfast is i'm.
mediately pertaken of by the relatives
and most intimate friends.-Paul Roches
ter In Home Journal.
, 1888-07-26

II is with men as with trees: if you
lop OF their finest branches, into which
they were pouring their young life juice,
the wounds will be healed over by some
rough boss, some odd excrescence, and
what might have been a grand tree ex-
panding into liberal shade is but a whim-
sical misshapen trunk. Many an irritat-
ing fault, many an unlovely oddity, has
come Of a hard sorrow, which has
crushed and MANNED the natur just
when it was expanding into plenteous
beauty; and the trivial, erring life which
we visit with our harsh blame, may be
but as the unsteady motion of a man
whose best limb is withered .-Georgs
EIint
, 1888-07-26
A FRIGHTFUL SKIN DISEASE.
8ufferIngs Intense. Head Nearly Raw.
BOdy Covered with sores. Cured
by the Cuticura Remedies.

MESSRs. TEvEN & BRUNEI: Monroe, N. C..
Dear SirS:-About two months ago, on read
ing your recommendation, / bought u bottle
and one cake Cuticura Soap, for my son, aged
ID years, who has been afflicted with eczema
for a long time, and | am pleased TO say that /
believe the remedies have cured him. His
s%utierings were intense, his head being nearly
raw, his ears being gone eNceptthe gristle, and
his body was covered with sores. His condl-
ton was frightful to behold. The sores have
now all disappeared, his skin is healthy, eyes
bright, cheerful disposition and working every
day My %neighbors are witnesses to this re
markable cure, and the doubling ones are re-
quested to call or write me or any OF my neigh
bors WIN s.
Winchester P. o., Union Co, N. @.
, 1888-07-26

Sickness insurance is meeting with some
favor in Leipsic and other German cities.
The law authorizing the operation of such
companies permits the insurance to all
classes of hand workers except clerks and
statesmen, but these may be included by
local authority. The action of this law Is
very noticeable in the tax for maintaining
the sick poor, it having decreased 81 ,673
marks In Hamburg In one year. The total
number insured under the law is 4. 294. 178,
or 9l.7 per 900 Of the population--Bos-
ton Budget.
, 1888-07-26

During the past year the following
dead animals were fished out of the Seine
within the city walls: 1901 dogs, 077
cats, 1887 rats, 507 chickens and ducks,
=, 0GG kilos Of butchers' refuse, 210 rab-
hits or hares, 10 sheep, . colts, II pigs,
10 geese and turkeys. 10 calves and
goats, 3 monkeys. / snake, 2 squirrels,
o porcupincs, l parrot, 600 assorted birds,
8 foxes, $50 pigeons and partridges, 8
hedgehogs, s Ieacocks and l seal.-Medi-
cal Record.
, 1888-07-26
About catharino Wheels.

Catharine wheels are SO named from
Saint Catharine of Alexandria, who suf,
fered excruciating tortures on a wheel
before she was finally put to death. They
are made In great numbers OF sizes. the
smallest being called pin wheels because
they can be fastened up with pin. Some
are made in payts, each part being of q
different color. SO that 1t changes as II
turns,-"J. O." In Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1888-07-26
Notice for publication.
United Slates Land Oaiee.

ol1NIS 4%1i3 OhSNs
Cheyenne. Wyo., July 3. 1888.
Notlce is hereby given that
Robert q, Love,
of Fort Collins, Larimer county, Colo.
has filed notice of intention to make
proof on his desert land claim No. 1865,
for the e J of sec. %, and W Of sec "a,
tp 10 n, r 60 W, before register and re.
ceiver at Cheyenne. Wyo., on Monday,
the 9th day of August, 1883.
He names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and recla.
nation of said land:
Charles A. Campbell of Cheyenne,
Laramie county, Wyoming, and Owen
Carroll, William g. Lykens and John II.
Gordon, all Of Little Horse creek, Laramie
county, Wyoming.
Edgar s. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-07-26
For fine watch repairing,
David Miller, ldelman block,


The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns. wounds. chapped hands and
all skin eruptiois. VIII positively cure all
kinds OF piles Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABlETINE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N. Hunt at 25 cents rer box by mail
80 cents.
, 1888-07-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, allays
the pain, cures wind collie and is the best
remedy for diarrhel. twenty-five cents
q hottlh
, 1888-07-26

THE POTTER DRUG N CHEMICAL Co.
Getlemen:-Mr WINS. Stephenson of this
county brought his son 10 town to-day to let
us see him and to show us what Cuticura
Remedies had done for him. This is the case
referred to in our letter to you some time ago
To look at the boy now one would suppose
that there had never been anything the mat
ter with him-seems TO be in perfect health.
We have written and herewith inclose what
the father has to say about the matter,-wrote
1t inst as he dictated.
We are selling quite a quantity of Cuticura
Remedies and hear nothing but praises for
them. We regard the Cuticura Remedies the
best in the market, and shall do all we can 10
promote their sale. Yours truly,
TEYES & BRUNER,
Druggists and Pharmacists.
, 1888-07-26
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office,
-Nknunnnn W. I,,lu o 100.

VHTVOU gNdtU5 IdHu VHIUUi
Cheyenne, Wyo., July 3, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that
Charles A. Campbell
of Cheyenne. Laramie county, Wyoming,
has filed notice of intention to make proof
on his desert land claim No. l743, for the
e ! Of sec % and W OF sec %, tip 10 n, r
60 W, before register and receiver at Chey-
enne, Wyo., on Monday, the 9th day of
August, 1888.
He names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and reclaim
alton of said land:
Thomas Rutledge, Owen Carroll, James
Carroll John H. Gordon, all of Little
Horse Creek, Laramie county. Wyoming.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.
, 1888-07-26

Collie. diarrhea aud summer complaints
are dangerous at this season OF the year,
and the only way TO guard against these
diseases is TO have constantly on hand a
bottle of some reliable remedy. Beggs'
Diarrhea Balsam is a positive relief in all
these disagreeable cases and is pleasant to
take. 1t will cost you only 35 cents. W.
n. Hunt druggist.
, 1888-07-26

lac largest stock of fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice Hqne1trs and superfne
cigars at George Masten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
ktreets-
, 1888-07-26

Sold everywhere. Price, Cuticura, soc; Soap,
25c; REsolyent, 81. Prepared by the Potter
Drug and Chemical Co., Boston, Mass.
rn- Send for "How TO Cure Skin Diseases
% pages, 80 ILLUSTRATIONS and 100 testimonials.
, 1888-07-26

Cuticura, the great skin cure, and Cuticura
Soap, prepared from IT., externally, and Cuti-
cura Resolvent, the new blood purifier, inter
nally, are a positive cure for every form of
skin and blood disease, from Pimples to scrof-
ula.
, 1888-07-26
Dr.. Vagaer&Ca.
sRECIALIsTs.


We offer no apology for deeoting so much time
diseases, believing that no condition of human
ity is too wretched to merit the ympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be-
long, as many are Innocent sufferers, and that
the physician who devotes himself
them from worse than death, is no less a
p~hilanthrophist and a benefactor to his race
than the surgeon or physician who by close APP
plication excels IN any other b anch OF his pro
iession. And, fortunately for humanity, the day
condemned the victims of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law TO die uncared
for, has passed away.
YOUNG EN
Who may be suffering from the effects of youth
ful follies or indiscretions, win do well to avail
at the alter of suffering humanity. DIR. WAC
NER VIII guarantee to forfeit five hundred dol
Yate disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails TO cure.
MIDDLE-AGED MEN.
There are many men of the age of 30 to so who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder often accompanied by a slight
srnarting or burning sensation and a weaken
ing fthe system in a manner the patient can
not account for. On examining the urinary de-
sometimes small particles of albumenw will APP
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing to a dark and turbid APP
peafance. There are many men who die of
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
the second stage of seminal weakness. DIR.
Wagner VIII guarantee a cure in all such
caseS and a healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All communications should be addressed
DIR. WAGNER & co.
l414 Larimere street. Address, Box 27ss, Den
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along
, 1888-07-26

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives &
Smyrna times., 1888-05-09
Personal.

Geo. T. Baggs, Esq, of Baltimore,
spent Sunday in Smyrna.
Mrs. l. d. Hamilton, of West Phila-
delphia, is visiting her brother-in-law,
James DOughten, who is, very i'll.
Miss Agnes Cummins, of Smyrna, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry Lee, of
Wilmington.
Mrs. Gracey who has been spending
two or three weeks with relations here,
returned this morning to her home
near Boston.
Owen 9. Spear, of Wilmington, for
merly of this town, and a recent gradu-
ate in the college of Pharmacy, has
been elected a member of the State
| Pharmaceutical Society.
Joseph Smithers and wife, J. w
Denney and wife, DR.. d. T. Smithers
and wife, Mrs. J. w. Jones, Mrs. NJ
+. Smithers and Miss Bertha Smithers
went down to Dover yesterday to at.
tend the funeral of Mrs. Thos. J. Stev
enson. Mrs. S. had been a frequent
visitor to Smyrna, and had a large
number of personal friends who adj
mired her for her christian virtues as
we'll as social companionship.
Mrs. Clayton Fisher, of Dover, il
visiting her mother, Mrs. Hough.
Mrs. Rachel Hoifecker Mrs. l..
Handy and Miss Nan HOfIecker, lef
this morning for Camden, N. J.
Geo. F. Brown, left this morning fo
Atlantic City, the Ocean View house
Smyrna times., 1888-05-09
TOT INs SWYTIlu IW1C3
Letter from KentOn

Z" NindicatOr" strikes out wildly like
u man beating the air, hut threats
prove nothing. Let us await results.
}. w. Graham, of this town, whose
hay barrack and contents We're de-
strOyed by fire on the 18th of April,
was satisfactorily settled with, by the
Continental Insurance Company on the
3rd Of May.
Misses Edith Frazier and Annie
Reed, OF Petersburg, are visiting Miss
Name Burrows.
DR.. f. B. Goodwin and wife, came
home" on Saturday on visit to his
father, DIR. J. A. Goodwin.
The Good Templars succeeded in or
ganizing new lodge, on last Thurs
day evening, with 13 charter members.
The new officers will be installed to-
morrow evening J. S. Wilds was was
made Chief Templar.
DIR. w. G. Wallis has moved his fam
lily into the new building connected to
his drug store.
Milton G. Hawkins, of Grand Rapids
Michigan, is on visit to his grand
parents. AGRICOLA.
Kentoa, Dei., Nay Sh, 1888.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-09
CLAYTON Items.

A strawberry festival will be held at
Clayton on Friday night in the new
unfinished M. e. Church. A train will
be run to convey persons who wish to
go from Smyrna to Clayton and return.
The new church-St. Pauls, will be
dedicated in about three weeks-the
exact day not yet decided upon. The
choir of the st. Pauls M. f. Church, OF
Wilmington, will furnish the music on
the dedicatOry occasion.
The annual election for Town Com.
missioners on Saturday resulted as
follows NJ. Kirmse, j. B. Book, T
Holiday, A. Sevil, G. A. Brown.
Jerome B. Clark, Yard Master a
Clayton, died last night at IL o'clock
after an illness ola few days, aged Al
years. A wife and five children sur
vive him. He has been considered on,
of the most reliable employees of the P.
w. & B. r. r., and has spent % year
in their service.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-09

cause of their recent disorderly and
unparliamentary proceedings. Mr..
WOODBURY., of Nevada, in speaking
against the tariff bill, referred to Mayor
Hewitt, of New York, as having, while
a member of the House, apologized to
the British minister for having offered
a resolution of inquiry as to the inn
prisonment of an American citizen in
England. This Mr.. Bryce, of New
York, characterized as untrue. Mr..
Brumm, of Pennsylvania, declared that
when Mr.. Bryce said it was not true he
himself told an untruth. He and Mr..
Bryce stood within two feet of one an
other and entered into an excited but
unintelligible cOllOquy. Mr.. Buchanan,
of New Jersey, protested against such
conduct and suggested to the gentle
men to retire to the corridor. Then
Mr. Campbell, of New York, shouted,
"YOu are not in the Senate of the
United States now" Almost in the
same breath Mr.. Hopkins, of Illinois
asked, "Is this the Senate of the
United States?" The two sallies start.
cd big laugh, and the sergeant-at
arms took advantage of the break tC
plead with members to keep quiet
while friends of Messrs. Bryce ant
Brumm got the two men apart anC
hurried them back to the cloak-rOOms
Soon afterward the two contestant
had quieted down enough to shak
hands with each other and go in searcl
of Mr.. WOodburn, who had slipped Ou
of the chamber when Mr. Brumm tool
the contest off his hands. The mem
bers rapidly calmed down after tn
hand-shaking, and the debate went o
as ifthe chamber had never felt th
little ripple which had caused so muc
excitement
Smyrna times., 1888-05-09

In bit of sarcasm a Philadelphia
paper thus takes Off the log-rolling
properties of the River and HarbOr
bill: 1.-THE River and Harbor bill this
year appropriates $4,000 for the i'm
provement of MingO Creek in South
Carolina. A considerable sum was ap-
propriated for the same purpose two
years ago, but the money was all spent
in a long, wearisome search for the
creek, which was so dry when found
that the bed of the stream had to be
sprinkled before the surveyor would
90 TO work on it." This of course is a
bit of exageratiOn covering a large fact
that much OF the money is appropria-
ted for unworthy objects in order to
secure the votes needed for the pass,
age Of the bill. We have the satisfac
ton of knowing that we have just
claim, a stream that the crafts of com
merce except for certain impediments
can 90 in and out any hour Of any day
in the year.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-09
Duck Creek Appropriation.

The congressional appropriation of
$4,000 for the improvement of the
navigation of Duck Creek has passed
the greatest point of danger flor no
fear has been expressed in regard to its
passage of the Senate), the bill includ-
ing it, and amounting in all to nearly
$2O,000000 having passed the House
on Monday by vote of 161 to 60.
There is always trepidation in the
final hours in such bill by the inter-
ested parties lest they be left minus by
looping off, but a letter received yes
terday by one of our citizens from
Representative Pennington states that
the appropriation for our creek went
safely through. 1t must be said to
Mr.. Penington's credit that he has
worked earnestly for this appropria-
ton in which likewise he has been
aided, we are assured, by the efforts
of Senator Salisbury, and this being
the fact, there ought to be no question
about its passing the Senate. Still
after all this, it has to have the sigma
ture of President Cleveland, and as hC
has the pen that vetoed a former bill
it may be well to defer all congratula
tiOns about the benefit to our com
merce from improved navigation, unit
the whole thing is " out of the woods.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-09
The Frost and Early Vegetables.
THE PHILADELPHIA MARKET.


The frost the latter part of April in
sections of Virginia and North Caro-
lima, away from the salt water air, was,
it is reported, very destructive to the
growing potato vines and Strawberries,
also to tomatoes, but the damage done,
it is said, will have but little effect in
the supply of these articles in this To-
cality, as South Carolina and Georgia
will continue their shipments longer
and until the later planting in the
frosted regions reaches maturity.
Peas are now arriving from North
Carolina in as fresh-lOoking condition
as if just picked. They sold wholesale
at $4 a barrel. Florida continues to
supply this market with string beans,
and really good ones have been scarce
all the season, dealers say. They sell
at from SO to $3.50 a box. They are
expected from South Carolina this
week.
Tomatoes have been coming from
Southern Florida so far. and those now
received are rather small. The north
Florida crop has not yet matured suf
| ficiently to warrant shipment. Those
in market on Saturday sold at $3.50 anC
So box. New Florida potatoes are
reported scarce and the market on Sat
urday was completely cleaned up a
$3.50 a barrel. Bermuda potatoes ar,
the same price. Florida continues tC
send cucumbers in great abundance
but they are rather small and sold a
81 and So box. Two or three boxes
of Charleston cucumbers reached thi
market last week and sold readily a
s. a box.
The last Florida strawberries wer,
received last week, and Charleston
North Carolina and Virginia now sup
ply the market. The receipts the latte
end of last week were quite large, ant
it is said they will be larger this week
By the crate prices ranged from u t,
30 cents a Quart.-Ledger.