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Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
A Fourth Of July Tale,

1t was Fourth Of July. He had been
inhaling O good deal of powder smoke,
80 he said It was not liquor; he said
the fumes of the frecrackers had gone to
his head. They had not bereft him of
reason. He knew he had wife and fam
iy. When man gets to his fullest ca
paclty OF inebriatiOn, when he has for
gotten where he lives, who is with him.
whether 1t is Tuesday or Saturday. or
what his name is, he will still remember
that his wife has to be reckoned with.
de knew that there was trouble ahead.
and he was thinking Of all sorts of queer
excuses for his condition as he wandered
to and fro looking for hack to take him
home. AT last he came across a dingy
looking machine standing in solitary dig
nifty at the corner of quiet street. He
was not so far gone that he could not di-
rect the driver where to take him. It
was some way out in the suburbs. The
hack drove along, and as he bumped from
back to front in the usual cratic wav one
does in hack, he tried hard to make IN
his mind what he would say to his wife
when he got home.
There came a very lively bumb that put
an end to his musihg, for when he came
down he found the bottom had fallen out
of the hack and the seat had come to
pieces, so he could only grasp hold of the
two doors and run with the machine. He
yelled at the driver, but the driver was
deaf, and for half a mile he had to move
as fast as his legs would go. He did not
need any excuse when he got home. He
was sober; so terribly sober that he had
forgotten he had had anything to drink at
all. He was mad-well, mad is a mild
word-butt he was knocked speechless
when the haclman, after looking earnestly
into the hack, instead Of Offering an
humble apology, turned on him and said:
Say, what in thunder have you done
with the bottom of my hack?'
And whenever his wife wants anything
she asks him in the blandest tone:
John, what did you do with the bot
tom Of that hack2"--San Francisco Cbron-
icle "UndertOnes."
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
4 Japanese Camphor Factory.

Camphor is made in Japan in this way:
After tree is felled it is cut up into chips,
which are laid in tub, or "A large iron Dot
partially filed with water and placed over
a slow fire. Through holes in the bottom
of the tub steam slowly rises, and
ing the chips generates oil and CAMP.
OF course, the tubs with the chips has
closely fitting cover. From this cover a
bamboo pipe leads to a succession of other
tubs with bamboo connections, and the
last of these tubs is divided into two com
partments, one above the other, the divid-
ing floor being perforated with small
holes to allow the water and the oil to
pass to the lower compartment. The
upper compartment is supplied with a
straw layer, which catches and holds the
camphor in crystal in deposit as it passes
to the cooling process. The camphor is
then separated from the straw, packed in
wooden tubs, and is ready for market.
The oil is used by the natives for illumin-
9ting and medical purposes.-New York
Mail and Expross.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
Not a Humane Rifle.

1t was promised for the new Lebel
(French) repeating rifle that it was
humane, either killing outright or disa-
bling, but not torturing with the frightful
wounds made by single irers of large cali
Der, and indeed, so far as known, the
magazine guns as well. Recent expert
ments, however, have shown that the 8
millimeter Lebel magazine gun is no more
humane than that of II millimeter caliber.
The experiments were conducted bv
Capt. JaricOt, his men firing into dead
bodies and at live animals at distances of
200, 400, 900, 1,000 !, 400, ], 900 and z. 900
meters, and the result, as summed up by
DR.. Delorme, are that the OriRce made by
the entrance Of the eight millimeter bali
is smaller than that Of it's going out, the
same varying from four to six millime-
tegs, seeording to the velocity Of the bull
lets-the power Of the new steel proiec-
tile being greater than that of its prede-
cessor, the bones Offering less resistance.
and there being consequently less defec-
tion Of the bullets. The hope that the
bones would have "clear" fracture, with
little of the splintering which is so pain
ful, has not been realized. On the con-
trary, the bone is torn "shivered" would
perhaps more nearly express what DR..
DelOrme says in the article he writes on
"Chirurgie de Guerre." And vet he saws
that the effects Of the new rife, as used
at present, are trifing compared to what
they will be when the new explosives,
melinite, roburite, etc., are used.-Scien-
tiic American.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
Tho uonso and tho Inmates.

It is pestilent folly for man to build
an ugly house; a gloomy house; a frown-
ing house; house with few and attenu-
ated windows. His children are to be
reared in the structure he builds. His
rest hours from the turmoil of business
are to be spent there. The quality Of the
house is the gauge Of tine civilization of
its occupant. The races which are prac-
tically houseless are the most wretched
in the world. Dion Cassius' description
Of the ancient Caledonians is suggestive.
They had no towns, no fields or houses;
rOamed on the wild and waterless mount
aims and deserts; hid in the mud for davs
together with only their heads out Of
water. The house makes the man-and
woman. So impressed were the old Hin
docs with this fact that they worshiped
with magnificent rites Visvu Kama, the
Carpenter Of the Gods, and he built
wooden structures of imposing charac-
ter and Of beautiful design, in which the
fiat roof has no place, but in which the
gable is curved hne.-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
London Times. Proof Reading.

The art of proof reading, which exists
in O very crude state in this country, has
been brought to high degree of perfec-
tion by The London Times. Five years
ago Lord Winchelsea made bet that he
would find thirty misprints in six num-
bers Of The Times. The stakes were
$500 and $50 additional for every blunder
additional, more or less. Six numbers
were taken at random, and three mis-
prints were discovered. Lord Winchelsea
lost nearly $2,000--New Orleans Times.
Democrat.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
A Woman,s Disoovsrv.

Another wonderful discovery has been made
and that too by lady in this county. Disease
fastened its clutches upon her and for seven
years she withstoOd its severest tests but her vital
organs were undermined and death seemed i'm.
minent For three months she coughed incesS-
antly and could not sleep. She bought of US a
bottle OF DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ticn and was so much relieved on taking first
dose that she slept all night and with one bottle
has been miraculOuSly cured. Her name is Mrs
Luther Lutz." Thus write W. C. Hamrick & Co,
OF Shelby, n. C-Get free trial bottle at James
p. HotieCker's Drug Store.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
me IaMSa nnInrs-

Quibble-Aw, Grotius, how are Won
getting on with the case Of Won Abbatoir,
who chopped his wife's head off?
Colze-Poorly, poorlyl / had finished ar.
g9lng the seventh appeal yesterday when
when the news reached me that he had
qleq q natural death In Jail It's useless
LQf iegal talent to contend against the &c.
Centric forces Of nature. Lie.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
The Woodland Camp commenced on

The Woodland Camp commenced on
Tuesday last and is larger than for
some years past. The Rev Horace A..
Cleveland, D. D., of Philadelphia, will
preach in the morning of August 18th,
and DR.. S. L. Baldwin, recording mis-
siOnary secretary of the NJ. E. Church,
will attend on August 10th. The SER
vices on Temperance Day, August 18th
will be in charge of the Maryland
State Temperance Alliance, and the
WOman's Christian Temperance Union
of Cecil county. Addresses will be
made that day by Edward Higgins,
Esq, and the Rev. G. w. Herbert of
Baltimore, and temperance speakers of
national repute.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15

For awhile the Republican newspa-
pers recorded the conversion of every
prominent Democrat to Protection in
paragraphs varying from one inch to
half column in length. 1t was soon
discovered that in order to keep up
that practice the papers would either
have to be enlarged or other matter
omitted. The papers now give each
conversion only line or two and still
much space is filled with the list of re-
cruits to the Harrison and Morton
ranks.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
Did Not Want to pay Others for
Eating His Melons.

Daniel Carroll, a farmer at Thomas
vile, Ca, shipped a carload of water
melons TO Philadelphia recently and
expected to receive a good sum in re-
turn from the commission merchant to
whom the melons were consigned. He
was staggered when he heard from the
merchant in Philadelphia who informed
him that the receipts from the sale of
the fruit amounted to $14 less than the
freight bill, and the farmer was polite
ly asked to forward the amount. The
Georgia man replied saying that he
was willing to pay for picking the mel
0ns. but he positively refused to pay
Philadelphians for eating them.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15

Mr.. Bacon: Are you not going to
take a rest this summer ?"
Mr.. Yeast: Certainly; I'm taking
it now"
." But you go down to business every
day."
yes"
" And you are in your own house !"
eyes"
"Well, where does the rest come
imp"
why, I've sent my wife to the
country for three months"
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15

Professor Proctor, in a recent article,
argues that the less a man eats the bet
ter are his chances for reaching a good
old age. 1t is intimated that the Pro-
fessor is financially interested in sum-
mer hotel enterprise.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15

Some one is advocating gardens on
the roof This will be convenient, at
least. When your wife wants a mess
of potatoes for dinner, all she will
have to do is to go to the garret and
pick them off the ceiling.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15

This is the kind of weather when
the man who occupies prominent po-
sitiOn in the ice delivery business ham
kers not for the easy chair of the book
keeper. Nor the signal service man
to be the curved pitcher of a champion
base ball club.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
STORE
NEWS.

We recommend "Glycerole"
as the best Shoe Dressing in the
market. We also keep "Gilt
Edge" and Browns"
We sell for $500 the best work
Shoe in Kent county.
Mems nObby Shoes in stock or
to measure.
Mems fine Calf Boots, sewed or
pegged.
Mundelrs " Solar Tip Shoes for
Children.
Try a pair "Our Perfection 3"
$500 Shoe.
Slippers and Oxford Ties-all
styles.
The finest and best line of
Children's heel or spring heel
dress Shoes ever shown in this
section.
We carry nothing but footwear,
which means to customers more
leather for 4 hundred cents than
if we carried every article OF
merchandise.
You are welcome-buy or not.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15

Lady customer: "Do you deal in
hammOcks ?"
Clerk, Indignantly: "No, ma'am: 1
play a stright game of cards, and when
1 deal"-
"YOu misunderstood me, sir"
"Oh, beg pardon those hammocks
are 81 apiece"
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
RIr lMatarroaIInns.-

Watermelons weighing from ffty TO
eighty pounds are often sold In the San
Francisco markets, and one exhibited last
fall weighed 115 pounds.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15

Ayers Ague Cure is an antidote for Malaria
and all malarial diseases whether generated BY
swamp or sewer. Neither quinine, arsenic, nor
any other injurious drug enters into the compo-
sitloH Of this remedy, Warranted TO cure fever
and ague.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
WA. FAIRIES & Bro,
Furnishing UIdGPtakaTS,
AND DEALERS IN
FURNITURE,
EAIE STREET, opposite The Smyrna House
Furniture of all kinds.

Parlor and Chamber Suits Bureaus Bedsteads,
Chairs Lounges, Tables Stands. Mattresses, Spring
anteed at or less than City prices for the same
quality of goods. jan If
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
Smiling Aoon.,....o.

30, mamma" said a little boy of 4
years, rushing eagerly into the presence
Of his mother, 1--WE got acquainted with
the little boy that's moved into the house
next doorr"
Have your replied the mother. 'You
have been playing together, thenY
''No, replied the boy; "but there's
hole in the fence. and | smiled through it
at him and he smiled back again; so we're
acquainted, amt we2'-Youths Compan.
ion.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
w IL Baggs'
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 change
here hope to be able to be found my post ready sup
you with shoes your and reasonable prices as
can be had regularly elsewhere. opening large stock
the Spring Season, which you would do well to see Come
and see l will take pleasure in showing them.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15

The race-track starter Is the man
who is taken at his word.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15

Persons very fond of reading, but with
little spare time to indulge their taste, who
visit a narrow shop near one of the de-
partments, are apt to come away with a
severe attack of the blues. The shelves,
counters, and even the floor of the shop
are chock full Of pretty nearly all the wis
dom of the ancients and wit of the mod
erns, done up i'll elegant but handily
pocketable paper bound packages, which
sell at from ten to twenty cents each The
shop, in fact, is sort of headquarters for
the cheap libraries now so numerous, and
which are said to be doing great damage
to the more pretentiOus branches of the
book trade.
Here, for 50, careful person can pur-
chase library more extensive and better
than was ever owned by many man
whom the world calls great and wise
History, biography, poetry, philosophy,
science, literature and romance are min
glcd in bewildering confusion and pro-
fusion. A glance at the titles of the
famous works piled on shelf and counter
fills one with despair of ever being able to
read them all, so numerous are they; and
Yet they are so cheap that a person with
the reading habit feels ashamed not to
buy an armful and rush off to his den to
devOur them at once.
1--WE have several customers who read
two and three books a day, ," the proprie-
tor said to an inquisitive reporter. Zone
man in particular used to come in regu-
larly every other or third day and carry
off each time from six to eight volumes.
Ho didn't appear particular about what
he read, but took them just as they came.
Ito kept it up week after week, too. He
had place in the interior department,
but was discharged not long ago"
The proprietor didn't intimate that there
was any connection between the mans
reading habits and the loss Of his position.
but it struck 1he reporter that there
might be.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
LIGHT LITERATURE.
EFFECTS OF THE CONTINUED CON-
SUMPTION OF TRASHY STORIES.

A Washington Reporter Prizes Into the
the Secrets of tho Cheap Book Trade.
The Novel Reading Habit and Its Re
sults-Cheap Libraries.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15

The boy who undertook to ride horse
radish is now tearfully practicing on a
saddle Of mutton.-Truth.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
Soft Coal for Sale.

e,rorior quality Of Soft Coal for BLACK
s,e;fbi50 and Furnaces for sale cheap,
si'ii'i.''s 'A' JAS. C ROBINSON,
ot u Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15
WANTED an An NEW BOOK

The most wonderfully complete colee.lon LII or
tbe absolute useful and practical when s nSs e'9I
been published IN any nalion oh n,,,d .lls money
narni0g ana money saving 70 every posseil si1,
Hundreds upon hundreds Of beautiful alg nice be.
ful engravings. Its extTaoraila Ky! ,oe history
~ Nv. book trade like Il. Select sOmethins ~
real value to the people, and sales ar ais booS
Agenls ~ MI Seecription and terms. 30 days
tt.,s given Agents without capital. CO..,
ume given 70 sCAMMELL Il CO, Box ss1l,
se Philadelphia, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15

Revenue cutters: Free Traders.
Smyrna times., 1888-08-15

A Hundred and Fifty Millions Worth of
Property Stored in New York City Ware
hOuses-Summer CustOmers--RemOving
Furniture-Systematio Work.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-13
SPEAKING IN PUBLIC.
Congressman Bonrke cocs.
tiolns to Youoa '"ss'

-
lions to Young Men.
MY advice TO young man dasir;na
/" ofcome a successful speaker is never
70 talk unless You have something ~
say Always be careful to aco,,;ra
some information to contribute to tha
subject under discussion, and then saw
what you have to say in the fewest nos-
slble words. II a Young man foiIo,,
inns rule he may not be great speaker
out ne VIII become a good speaker and
a useful one. / would advise listenin,
70 the best speakers, and better, A care.
iul study OF the speeches of great ora
tors, such as Burke. AS to traini,o
the study and practice of elocution are
certainly great advantages, as are also
certain trained gestures. Always bear
In mind that an audience is most inter-
ested when you appeal TO it's intelli-
gence. The great fault of public
speaking nowadays is an attempt to
be oratorical. Rhetoric and imagery
are simply the ornaments of ora
tory-argument in it's substance
Ii man has a clear, convince
ing argument to present, and pre-
SCENTS 1t In an argumentative way, he
Is always pretty certain of challenging
the attention of his audience. Unless a
young man has cultivated mind ha
can not become successful snea,ker
he may talk, but the real speaker must
not use language merely for the sake of
using it. Every unnecessary sentence
is blot upon his speech; it mars the
effect and tries the patience of an audi
ence. The province of a speech is to
impart information or Ideas on a given
subject, and lead an audience to agree
with your conclusions, whether it be a
jury or mass meeting. OF course if
you have no information to present
your speech will lack interest as well
as substance. Never say any thing for
the mere sake of the sound. OF course
1t is advisable to express your thoughts
in the most striking language you can
command. | would advise the culti-
walton OF extemporaneous speaking as
much as possible. II man is natural
and says what he feels without attempt
ing to be one OF the great orators Of the
world, he will always be an attractive
speaker and a useful one. AS to after
dinner speaking, it is the most difficult
OF all unless you have some toast that
involves some definite subject. For my
part think the ordinary after-dinner
speech is poor imitation of the end
man s part at the minstrels. But when
after-dinner speaking is part of dis
cussion of an important subject, then it
may become very valuable. But of
those made to amuse, think the min
strel show the better of the two.-W.
Bourke Cochran, in Des Moines Register.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-13

sYMproMs OF CATARRH.

Dull, heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal
passages, discharges falling from the head into
the throat, sometimes profuse, watery, and acrid,
at Others, thick, tenacious, mucous, puruleut,
bloody and putrid; the eyes are weak, watery
and infiamed; there is ringing in the ears, deaf
expectoration of offensive matter, together with
scabs from ulcers; the voice is changed and has
a nasal twang; the breath is offensive; smell and
taste impaired; there is sensation of dizzi-
ness, with mental depression, hacking cough
and general debility. Ii you have all, or any
considerable number of these symptoms, You are
suffering from Nasal Catarrh. The more com
plicated your disease has become, the greater
the number and diversity of symptoms.
Thousands of cases annually, without manifest
ing half of the above symptoms, result in con
sumption, and end in the grave. No disease is
so common, more deceptive and dangerous, OF
less understood or more unsuccessfully treated
by physicians. Five hundred dollars reward is
offered by the manufacturers of DR.. Sages Ca
tarrh Remedy, for case OF catarrh they cannot
cure. Remedy sold by druggists, at only 90
cents.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-13

The Scotchman has long been
noted for his fondness for vowels, a
popularity in language illustrated by
.ie following story: Going by a
urapers shop n man noticed coat
ana asked : Jaw oop" AYE, avn
co. replied the shopleeper. "Aw'
COR was the next question. ''Aye,
a@ 90, was the reply. In English
'he dialogue would have referred sim
ply to the fact whether the coat was
all wool and all one wool, the answer
peing yes = to both questions.
/, AN experienced shoemaker says
enat backing greatly shortens the life
VI SHOES As backing can't very well
u0 dispensed with, though, he advises
'u''e the shoes, or rather those parts
Nnich are polished, be literally rubbed
with OIL Such treatment, about once
every TWO weeks, or thereabouts, but
al'er the backing has first been
strapped off, will, he says, not only
naAe The leather more pliable, and
subsequently easier on the foot, but
A''efiaity curtail the shoemaker's bill.
"A traveller from Iceland asserts
s.a' the people of that country are so
nv Tpuest that crime is almost unkno yn.
a"ey never lock their doors. and but
wv wv cases of thioving are known to
n n"'o taken place within many years.
nu' was an lcelander who had broken
s aS arm and whose family in the winter
mo,e suffering for food. He stole sew
H. ai sheep and was finally detected.
~ was at once put under medical care
W., MS Injury, provisions were fur
m aSnea for his family, and in time he
ms gwen work. This was his punish
WI Wilt lhe other case was a German
com, S'oie seventeen sheep. He was in
MN uniortaole circumstances and the theft
se,l IN malicious. His punishment was to
Of h; @A MS property, restore the value
bo a 'nefts and leave the COUNTRY. or
executed. He left at once.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-13
ODD WEDDING RINGS.
How the Natives of the Upper Cong
Country Dispose of their Savings.

How the Natives of the Upper Congo
Country Dispose of their Savings.
Lieutenant Won Francois, the African
explorer, has recently described a
strange custom among the Bayanzi,
who live for many miles along the Up
per Congo. The custom would seem
to make life good deal of a
burden to their married women.
Brass rods, which are the fa-
vorite currency in the country, are
welded into great rings around tho
necks of the wives. Many of these
rings worn by the women whose hus-
bands are well-to-do weigh as much as
thirty pounds, and this burden must
be carried around by the poor women
as long as they live.
Frequently" says Lieutenant Won
Francois, zone sees a poor woman
whose neck is raw and sore under the
heavy weight, and in places the skin
is rubbed off by the ring. This is a
sure sign that the ring has been re-
Gently welded around her neck, for
after time the skin becomes calloused,
and then the strange ornament pro-
duces no abrasion. But the weight is
an inconvenience. They never get
used to it, and it is perpetual tax
upon their energies. In every crowd
of women may be seen number who
are supporting the ring with their
hands, and thus for a time relieving
their weary shoulders of the heavy
burden. It may be said that with every
movement of their bodies the rings
give them discomfort.
IA ring is never put around wo-
mans neck until she il believed to
have attained her full physical devel-
opment. Once on it is no easy matter
to get it of. The natives have no such
thing as file. and though they can
hammer lot of brass rods into one
1t is very difficult for them to cut the
thick mass of metal in two. Women
who increase largely in flesh after the
rings have been fastened on their necks
are in danger of strangling to death,
and instances of this sort have been
known to occur.
"Yet these women regard the cum
brous ornament with pride, imagine
that it enhances their Importance and
beauty, and wear the burden with
light hearts. Brass is the money OF
the country, and by putting it around
their wives necks the men are pretty
certain that it won't be stolen or fool
ishly expended. But it is an odd and
cruel sort of a savings bank"
Mrs. Celeste II. HI. Winslow began
to write stories and poems when nine
years of age.
George w. Childs has an extreme
ly rare and valuable collection of man.
uscripts. One of the most interesting
is that of Edgar Allan Poe's, 1.-The
Murder in the Rue Morgue."