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Smyrna times., 1888-05-30

Senator Salisbury fthis state, it is
stated, is the only baclfeIot in the
United States Senate.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30
WA. FAIRIES & Bro.
Furnishing Uld9pt2EGTS,
AND DEALERS IN
FURNITURE.
ULW eEBH9H -. IL H u
8AIE STREET, opposite The Smyrna Esa'.
Furniture of all kinds.

Parlor and Chamber suits. Bureaus Bedsteads,
Chairs Lounges, Tables Stands. Mattresses. Spring
Beds and every thing in the Furniture Line guar
anteed at or less than City prices for the same
quality of goods, jan . If
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W. Ba2RS'
Established and Reliable Shoe Store,
OPPOSITE THE FRUIT GROWERS BANK.

While changes in the Shoe Business frequently oc
curing elsewhere in community you will find no change
hee hope be able be found my post ready to sup
Ply you with shoes your taste and at as reasonable prices as
can be had regularly elsewhere opening large stock
r the Spring Season. which you would do well to see Come
and see me. will take pleasure in showing them.
Smyrna times., 1888-05-30
FOR SALE.

Chestnut Rails and Posts, dressed or un-
dressed TH0S. u. BAILEY,
Nov 30-tf Kenton, Del.
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Our Torefathers' "Iron Rule"

The boys and girls Of today have little
knowledge of the repression which their
grandfathers endured in their childhood.
A venerable lady who died lately said;
Il never sat down In the presence Of my
parents before was married without a
formal invitation 10 do So"
One of the foremost statesmen in the
country during the early part OF this
century, when asked in his old age what
had been the pleasantest event in his life,
replied promptly
THE day when my father and mother
summoned me to their presence and told
Inc they considered me now Odd enough
to consult about proposed investment
| was then 20 years Of age, but Tor the
first time felt myself a man. No sue
cess Of my life ever gave me the keen de-
light which that recognition from them
that was no longer boy, afforded me. u
Whether the ''iron rule" of our fore
fathers or the system of moral suasion
adopted by American parents of the pres
ent day produces the better results we
leave to our readers to decide by theil
lives as men and women. Youth 8 Com
Dapion
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The Use of Spectacles.

A vast amount of popular misapprehen-
sion and prejudice exists US TO the use OF
spectacles. Many persons who need them
object to wearing them for various rea-
sons. Some fear that it will lead their
friends to suspect that they are getting
old. Others think it will cause them TO
be suspected of wishing to appear learned
OF cultured. Some persons do not want
to begin to wear them lest, having nc
CURED the habit, they may not be able to
leave them off or to see well without
them. Others, again, object to glasses
only on account of their Inconvenience. !
have personally met with many OF all
these classes of persons, but have fire.
ouently heard of another class that have
never met with, namely, those who do not
need glasses. but who wear them just for
effect and to attract attention. Now. the
simple truth is that there arc just two
good reasons for wearing spectacles. and
only two One is that we may see better,
the other is that our eyes may be relieved
of strain. Often both these reasons are
combined in the same case.-Professor
David Webster, NJ. ID.
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pcccution If the senses.

The senses are subject to Illusions in
proportion to the remotcncss of the infor'
nation that they give from the immedi-
ate necessities Of the organism Iouch,
the most immediate and least infercntial
Of the senses, is least subject to Illusions
while sight is so very much so that the
blind often say they have an advantage
over the seeing in being free from visual
illusions The illusions Of bodily motion
are much nearer to those OF touch than
to those of sight, and yet they can under
certain conditions be induced through
visual Impressions
OF this the writer has recently had two
interesting examples He was standing
upon the floor of railroad depot, tie
boards of which were laid with consid
cradle open space between them; and the
shadow of an electric light was moving up
and down, by the swinging Of the light
in the wind Looking at the floor, 1t
seemed as though the shadow were sta
tionary and the floor boards moving.
From this it followed that the person on
it was moving too, and the writer dis
tinctly felt the swinging sensation IN
fact. his attention was called to tie pho
nOmenOn py thls leeIiLS VI I.OVioi' tN
other observation was as follows: VINE
riding in the cars and looking out Of the
window, the trees and all are seen 10
move in the opposite direction. If, nov,
one looks in a mirror SO situated that 1t
reflects the passing landscape, which
however. must not be visible except in
the mirror one has the illusion Of moving
in the opposite to the real direction If
motion. owing to the reversal OF Tie
image in the glass. In both these cases
an immediate bodily sensation is induced
b. more or less unconscious inference
through visual sensations American
ANALYST
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There are three kinds Of paper used III
making cigarettes, explained manufac
turer of these articles They are made
from cotton and linen rags and from rice
straw Cotton paper is made chiefly III
Trieste. Austria. and the linen and Iice
paper in Paris The first. manufactured
IRON the filthy scrapings Of ragpickers, IS
bought in large quantities by the mani
facturers, who turn it into pulp and sub
iect it to bleaching process to make II
presentable The lime and other sub
stances used in bleaching have a veIy
harmful influence upon the membrane Of
the throat and nose. Gotten paper is "a
cheap that thousand cigarettes can he
wrapped at cost of only two cents. Rice
paper is rather expensive.
"Tobacconized paper Is manufactured.
1t is common paper saturated with T.
bacco in such II way as to Initiate the
veins of the tobacco leaf very neatly. II
is used in making all tobacco cigarette'
Arsenical preparations are also used IL
bleaching cigarette papers and oil OF creo
sote is produced naturally as conse
ouence of combustisn. This is very lnJu.
rious to the throat and lungs, and Is said
to accelerate the development of consump
ton in any one predisposed to the dis
ease. New York Mail and Express.
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During the time the hen was laying her
eggs and setting. no often gave us the
stormy music Of his drum" II was
small trouble TO arrange bushes on fence
near by so that one could creep up un'
seen and get full view of the gallant
thunderei pcrched on knotty old hem
lock log. messy. and half buried in the
ground: and children Of larger
growth. as well as the boys and girls
availed themselves Of the opportunity
OF the many who saw him in the act OF
drumming, do not recall one who had a
correct idea beforehand OF the way in
which the partridge thunder" is pro
duced. 1t was supposed to be made by
the striking Of the birds wings either
against the log or against his body;
whereas it was now plainly to be seen
that the performer stood straight up, like
Junk bottle, and brought his wings In
front of him with quick, strong strokes,
shifting nothing but the air-not even his
Gown proud breast as one distinguished
observer has suggested
Wilson thinks the drumming may be
heard nearly half amile. He might safely
have doubled the distance; though. when
we consider the low pitch. ID fiat, second
line in bass staff. the fact is surprising.
The tones somewhat resemble those OF
any deep drum, being very deceptive as to
distance. often sounding near when far
of. and far off when near. would de
scribe the drumming as a succession OF
thumps, the first dozen of which may be
counted
The first two or three are soft and com
paratively slow; then they increase rapidly
In force and frequency, rushing onward
into furious whir, the whir subsiding
into sudden but graduated diminish.
The entire power of the partridge must be
thrown into this exercise. His appearance
Immediately afterward ettests this, as
well as the volume Of sound, for he drops
into the forlorncst Of attitudes, looking as
| if he would never move again. In few
minutes, however perhaps five, he begins
to have nervous motions of the head up,
up it goes. and his body with it, till he Is
perfectly erect-legs, body, neck and all.
And then for the thunder once more
Simeon Pesse Cheney in The Century
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Children In a Hotel.

Children in hotel or boarding house are
like wild birds In a cage, deprived of their
right to ny and swoop and skim the air
and to swell their Threats almost to burst
ing with unchecked song. the wild bird
droops and mopes and mournfully twit-
tiers, instead of singing. and grows dis
heveled and dirty and unlovely. and the
Gagged child grows weedy and pallid and
constrained in its movements and pert and
assured in its manners, and before it Is
adolescent it Is little world weary mani
kin. blase of all smusements. supercilions
TO those not so wealthy or so well dressed
or so fashionable as its parents and their
friends. cynical and agnostic in all its
views. Mrs. Frank Leslie in Philadelphia
Times.
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Cunning Is process that. almost moro
than any other in butter making. depends
for being well done on the implement used
Points of merit In a churn are: First.
The agitation should be Of such char
acter that the cream is cburned by con-
cussion rather than friction One would
suppose that the fat globule. protected
for the time being in liquid. would stand
agitation of any sort; but when we re
member that one churn will bring the
butter in five minutes. which would not
come In thirty minutes in another churn,
we can conceive Of it being possible to
over agitate crea:1 in churning. Whas-
ever may DO the effect at the beginning OF
churning. it is without question that when
cream begins to break" aud butter to
form" the character OF the agitation
may be such as to injure the grain of the
butter 1t is the experience of butter
makers that some churns destroy the grain
and make the butter greasy. Another
question is settled 1t is not the slow
churns which injure the grain Of butter
but the quick churns. The slow churns
are the churns without inside fixtures;
the quick churns ere the chUrns with
dashers
Second A churn should give It's con
tents uniform agitation. The cream should
I've churned all alike and the butter come
as near as possible at the same time.
This is important for quantity as well as
quality of butter When all the cream is
| agitated alike, more of the cream is
churned without some Of it being over
churned. When butter all comes at the
same time there Is less waste Of butter in
buttermilk In draining or washing. The
churn which meets this condition, is, in
the opinion Of many. a churn without
| dashers
Ease Of working is very important es-
sential In churn. II was the hard work
Of churning that brought into favor the
quick churns that have spoiled so much
butter The movable body churns are
doubtless the easier churns to work of the
two classes Among these the revolving
churn, if rightly constructed. is easier
than tho oscillating churn. especially for
large quantities.
| Ventilation is essential in a churu.
J When cream is first subjected to agita-
ton, especially if it be at sill sour, it
evolves gas This gas should be allowed
to escape. both for sake Of easy churning
and quality of butter With the old dash
churn the ventilation was easy-through
a loose and open cover. The revolving
churn. which bears off the palm in per
haps all other respects, is the weakest OF
all at this point To prevent loss OF
cream 1t must needs be well closed up.
1t is necessary, when using revolving
churn, when not otherwise provided for,
to stop occasionally, pull out the stopple
or plug and let the gas escape This is
done frequently in the beginning of the
process Afterward it Is not so necessary
Some churns have patented arrangements
for this purpoe.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-06
A Bed In Germany.

No foreigner has as yet solved the mys.
terry Of the German bed The question
which most often turns up Is whether 10
sleep on the top Of the mattress and sui
fer an equal area of cold. OF to get par
italy under the mattress and to remain
cold for the night in sections A tall man
and a German bed form about as incOn.
gruous and wretched combination as
tn world of art, fiction. or mechanics can
show. Berlin Letter
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Power OF tho Human Eye.

They were al the Central park menag'
erie
DO you know. Miss Maude." he said.
that tie human eve. when fixed upon tho
eye Of brute. has a marvellous efiectI'
Does III" she asked
Yes now watch ne paraiyze that
tiger
Long and fxedly he gazed at the
monarch OF the jungle. when suddenly the
frightened animal threw back its head
and yawued. then licked its paws enjoya.
bly,. and langUidly closing its eyes.
dreamed of farther India and chasing
British nobemen over elephants backs.
Marvellous" exclaimed Miss Maude.-
New York Sun.
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German Universities.

Twenty thousand nine hundred aud
forty-fv students have attended the
twenty universities of Germany during
the winter session which has just closed.
At Berlin there were 5,47S. at Munich
3.4l4. and at Leipsic 3,2sS. Bonn is
seventh. with Lilo students, and Heidel-
berg Is only thirteenth, with S32. Rostock
comes last, with $40 Only l,G44 of the
students were foreigners. OF the whole,
e,735 students belong to the philosophical
faculty, $3.50 to the medical, 5,79l to the
theological, and 5,769 to the juristic.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-06

Pittsburg Woocr tardently) - Bright
angel % my lifei You will be mine'
Sweet girl star Of my ex-
Allegheny Maiden (dreamilyl-Eggs-
yes. two eggs. one cup OF flour. half a
peck of salt. pound Of cayenne pepper.
three pints OF baking powder-tsnddenlv)
OH pardon me. Edward. ! quite forgot
YOU What were you sayingI
An hour later Edward body is fsbed
out Of Davis Island Dam. -Plttsbu &
Bulletin.
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Cotham's Italians Rccopin. Civilized.

Sergeant Young of the Elizabeth street
station is the authority for the assertion
that the Italian colony Of the old bloody
Sixth ward is rapidly becoming civilized
AT one time. he remarked the other
evening. nearly all Italians in the ward
bad daggers and stilettoes. They were
made out Of rat tail files or anything that
could be filed TO point. Now the pistol
and razor are good enough for them: They
are particularly partial to razors. When
IN italian is arrested nowadays and
razor is found on him he explains by say
Ing that he wanted 1t for . shsve. New
York Sun.
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Washington Correspondents.

The correspondents, as rule. are high
toned gentlemen, and corruptionist
would sooner think Of approaching a con-
gresham with brides than them. Many
Of them receive salaries as large as those
Of the congressman. and the only great
difference in the two positions is that the
correspondent is here as long as he does
good work, and the congressman head
goes of, as rule. at the end of two OF
four years
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-06
A Novel Scarf Pin.

A novel design was shown to a reporter
BY q manufacture, which took the form
of a skull mounted upon the top Of a stout
pin and connected herewith by fine gold
chain The wearer. by gently pulling the
chain, causes the lower jaw OF the skull
to drop, while two small! diamond eyes
fall into the sockets. thus giving the OBJ
server an inclinatisn to feel uneasy by its
CHASTITY appearance. These pins are ex-
pensive, the price depending entirely upon
the size of the diamond used.-New York
Mail aud Express.
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MYSTERY.
Mystery mysteryf
Al tsa mystery

Mystery mysteryf
Al ~ a mystery
Maintain and valley Woodland and stream,
Mans troubled history.
Mans moral destiny
Ara but a phase OF the souls troubled dream
Mystery mystery
Al n a mystery
Heart throbs Of anguish and Joys gentle dew.
Fail from fountain
Beyond the great mountain.
Whose SUBMITS forever are lost 10 the bun
Mystery mystery
All IL mystery
The Sigh OF the night uiBds the song of the waves
The visions that borrow
Their brightness from sorrow.
The tales which flowers tell us, the voices Of
graves
Mystery mysteryi
All is a mystery
All. there IS nothing we wholly soc through
We are all weary
The nights long and dreary-
without hope OF morning what would We do'
Alexander McLachian-
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The trade in birds for womens hats was
so enormous last year that a single Lon
don dealer admitted that he sold 1000, 600
Of small birds Of every kind and color
At one auction In one week there were
sold 5000 birds OF paradise. 5000 lmpeyan
pheasants. 100000 hummng birds, and
other birds from North and South Amer.
lea. and 100000 feathered skins from
India.
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delicate IpnC,l.

do you know. asked the snake editor,
that color can be detected by the touch:'
mo. replied the horse editor. Have
you learned the scheme?'
Not all of it. but I have learned lit
sle"
Indeed"
Yes. | can tell when feel blue. -
Pittsburg Telegram.
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She Conldn't fvAde Him.

4 sheriff WAS searching house. where
it was supposed that thief had conceale.i
a valuable harness As lie peered into d
dark closet the wife Of the ihief re-
marked That closet. sir. contains ALSO
lutely nothing except my own wearing ap
parel
Then. what's this?" exclaimed the sher
IN. clutching at the stolen property My
wife don't wear any such tremendous
lookin' riggin as this Detroit Free
Press
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Dignity Your Craze.

It's good thing If you have any partic-
ular craze &c dignity it by attending TO It
seriously a man may be very far wrong
in his opinion. If he will assert II with
sufficient emphasis he will make many
people believe there is something in It,
San Francisco Chronicle
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You will sometimes see man planting
trees around his place for the shade; and.
at the same time. you will see another
cutting down all the trees around his
house because they produce too much
moisture.
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slaves Of the Opium Habit.

Coleridge has been blamed, too Sc
verely, perhaps, for his opium bondage.
He began its use as relief from palpita-
ton of the heart and the pains and in
ilammation of rheumatism. MY sole
sensuality was not to be in pain. In an
evil,hour l procured it. It worked mira
Giles; the swellings disappeared, the pains
vanished. | prescribed the newly dis
covered panacea for all complaints. Alas!
1t is with bitter smile, laugh of gall
and bitterness, that recall this period OF
unsuspecting delusion, and how l first
became aware Of the niaelStrom, the fatal
whirlpool, to which l was drawing" he
says De Quincy boasted with morbid
vanity of what was his misfortune; for
he had been warned, yet willfully struck
into the current. Heaven he merciful
to him. Herald of Health.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-06

at Philadelphia luncheon each guest
was handed or a plate a rather thick en-
velope like a long letter. addressed to Der
self Breaking the seal carefully. she
found 4 tiny tray inside holding a thick
slice of delicious ice cream in various
colors Chicago Herald
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Education In japan.

The people Of Japan are greatly inter.
ested in the education and elevation OF
women In 1887 there were l2S new
schools and societies for girls and women
established In that country These are IN
addition TO the public schools. which havo
long existed Public Opinion
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-06

Wien 60 shopping. If I've any doubt
as to whether u color is fast. just ask
for q pattern and slip it into my mouth
and chaw ii once in while. and If the
colors haint run by the time I'm ready to
leave the store I'm certain they're fast
Youths Companion.
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4 Lost OppOrtnnitY.

A st. Louis man says that he once had
a chance to buy the patent for the Mich
olson pavement for 81 900 A year after
he declined the offer the holder Of the
patent collected 800 900 in royalties from
the city OF ST Louis. Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-06

CONNECTIONS.
Train No 20 connects daily except Sunday
nj ke,syIIl. for Chase City. Clarksvile, and
oxford; a. Greensboro for Durham. Raleigh,
Salem, and Winston, and ali points on North
Carolina ID. vision.
Train No. 8, connects daily at Greens
boro' for Salem. Winston, Raleigh. Colds.
boro', and Morehcad City; ct Salisbury ioi
Asheyilie. Hot Springs, and all points 10
Western North Carolina; at Charlotte with
Char lotte, Columbia aud Augusta railroad Tor
Columbia, Augusta. Aiken, Charleston, Svai-
nah, Townsville. Ga, Jacksonville and other
Florida points; also with Carolina Central
railroad for Wilmington.
Trains from the south arrivo at hfch,dond
6:l5 am. and 3:i5 pm.
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FREDERICKSBURG,

- edmond, FREDERICKSBURG,
IL AND POTOMAC RAILROAD.-Schedule
commencing MAY 9th. lSS8-casterp standard
time:
7:ss5 SIN. leaves Byrd-street station daily: stops
only at Ashland Junction, Nllford,
and Fredericksburg. Sleeper 70
Washington. Leaves Wsshineton 10,
New York at 1l:40 am.
ua7 am. leaves Byrd-street station daily. ex-
cept Sunday. Leaves washington for
New York at 4:l0 pm. Parlor car to
Washington.
81 m. leaves Byrd-street station daily.
sleeper to New York.
1923 am. arrives III Byrd-street station daily.
Sleeper from New York.
S:fS pm. arrives at Byrd street station daily
stops at Fredericksburg, Milford, and
Junction. Sleeper from Washington.
l0a6 pun. arrives at Byrd-street station daily.
except Sunday. Pailor car from
Washington.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.
400 PA. accommodation. leaves Syrd-street
station arrives at Ashland at 8 pm.
65A pm. leaves Elba arrives at Ashland a.
G:i2 pm.
8 e. am. accommodation, arrives at Byrd
street station; leaves Ashland al I:as
am.
$50 pm. arrives at ElSa; leaves Ashland q,
CA. T4YIOR. General Ticket Apeut.
4. T. ID. MYERS. General SUPERINTENDENT
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little boy was told that there were no
politics In heaven. He thought for mo
ment. and then said: Il guess that's be
cause there are no politicians there.
uarper's Bazar.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-06

DR. Honocque. OF Paris has Invented a
new spectroscope for investigating the
changes in I'll, blood 1t is expected 10
prove Of Importance In studying nutrition
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-06

The practice Of softening food for chill
drcn 4. decried by dentists. III Is at the
bottom Of mary set Of bad grinders.
one scientist declares
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-06

The best books are within the reach OF
the most meagei purse You can get Q
good companion for rs little cost a. q
good cigar
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process. has been discovered for PFC
ducing photograph. on metal