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Smyrna times., 1889-12-11

The Philadelphia Record is more
marvellous than ever. How it could
be published so cheaply has always
been a mystery; for the Record is
strictly first-class at all times. But
now it has swollen to huge quartO,
and give more for the money a long
ways than any other daily we know
Smyrna times., 1889-12-11

SENATOR MOODY, fresh statesman
from the new state of South Dakota,
has introduced a bill to prohibit
United States internal revenue officers
from collecting the special licenses for
selling liquors in States which have
adopted prohibitory laws.
Smyrna times., 1889-12-11
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
Smyrna, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Dec. Il, 1889.

THE "TIMEs" is published every Wednesday
afternoon by RoBT. D. HoFFECKER, Editor and
Proprietor. at Smyrna, Del.
TERMS-SUBscRIPTIoN- year, strictly in ad-
vance, sl.5O; if not paid in advance, $500. No
paper discontinued until all arrears are paid
only at the option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
OF Seven Cents line for the frstinsertion; sub
sequent insertions Three-and-a-half cents. A
liberal discount made to quarterly, semi-annual
and yearly advertisers.
OBITUARY NOTICES will be charged Five Cents
ner line.
Smyrna times., 1889-12-11
High gohoOl Averages for N0vember:

A CLAss-George Taylor, SO; Harry
Tschudy, 8.6; Harry Cotton, S.S; Emily
Spruance, 8.6; Mary Budd, 8.6; Julia
Griffith, 9.4; Nellie FAIRIES, 9.4.
b CLAss-Willie Riggs, 80; Charles
Stern, 81; Lillian Wilds, 10; Florence
Hall, IA; Katie Kennedy, 49, Bertha
gmithers, 8.5.
G CLAss--Alexis Mustard, 10; Town
send Jefferson, ~; Charles BurreWs
90; John Chatham, 8.4; Willie Diehl
a.8, Mary Stuart, 8.5; Anne Hoaecker
SO; Saldq Smith, SO; Nellie Stevenson
rs; Grace swinney. eli Eva swipney
] e0
Smyrna times., 1889-12-11

IN spite of obstacles, the progress in
the practical work of Civil Service Re-
form is shown in the fact that one
fourth of all the offices in the National
Government have been made indie.
pendent of the spoils system.
Smyrna times., 1889-12-11

The report of General T. F. Arm
strong, inspector of the Delaware Ma
tional Guard gives the companies a
general shaking up and is likely to
put some of them in disgrace by mus
tering them out of the service.
Smyrna times., 1889-12-11
On Saturday, DeCembGr2 2

Al IL O'Clock. q. m. on the pFemlsa'
The following described real estate. late Of !af
than Stephenson deceased, 20 VII. -.
All that certain farm or tract Of land siis.. =
Blackbird hundred. New Castle County ana - -
of Delaware, lying on the public mad 60
from smyrna to ThOroughfarc Neck. snl "
and half miles distant from SAyrna- DoSll'-
and described as follows. %
Beginning at a stone on K G 'eek, c0ile- - :
Robert Denney's mill p.Sfertg, and Ia.-s5t,
thence north , degrees 80 minutes we-I -
perches 20 a stone thence north p degTsS. -
40 7-lO perches % stonL marked J. r. -
north degrees east gS $40 perches 10 8 - -
corner for Vim. Woods. and in the line w y =
Woods land south - degrees Il minu ts -
10 percheS 90 public road, thence win s1-l, ~,
south IS degrees o minutes west 70 10 Ptis,---if
ditch, being a dividing l!ue with VI -
land. thence south D degrees SD minute 20
percheS To the main stream Oi puck era,
up the creek and binding tie Seve e- -
thereof about $50 perches O. The stone ah9 ~.
OF beginning, containing within the salt 800
l25 acres and lOf square perches ol ce1. -
/ branch and cripple, be the same more y. ~,
The Improvements consisting OF d MY -
frame dwelling house Of nine rooms, ueaitl -
frame stable. carriage house. graueIy a,- 5 ,-rr
outbuildings in good condition. inuI.-&- ~, -
peach orchard of 20O0 trees m bearing. ~
| tire Farm is Well Hedgtd -
Attendance will be given ana iei'9
known by
James II. HOnecker, Jr., Trn'l'''
Attest: Chas. II McWhorier. or by his AWE
Register Of the Court Of thauceg' ue
| WIN. A. Hukill, auctiOneer
Smyrna times., 1889-12-11

A question recently asked in school
examination vas upon what do hiber-
nal animals subsist during the winter qn
no which little girl, after much evil
dent thought, wrote, "0n the home Of
3 coming spring.
Smyrna times., 1889-12-11
DEATHS.

HUMPHREYS.-On the 9th inst Chas F. infant
son of the late Thomas Z. and Rebecca
Humphreys, aged mos. 10 days.
JONES.-In Dover, Nov. 80th, Mrs. Mary J.
Jones, aged sc years
JONES Near Persons Corner, November Goth
Lemuel Jones aged p years.
SHORT.-On the 10th inst, in Philadelphia Isaac
5. short son Of the late Isaac and Catherine
Short OF Shorts Landing aged 81 years.
Smyrna times., 1889-12-11

When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, She cried for CaStori&,
When She became Miss, She clung to Castoria
When she had children, she gave them CaStCllh
Smyrna times., 1889-12-11
MARRIAGES.

Side Bracket and Extension Lamps
at J. 3. CoOper's.
Smyrna times., 1889-12-11

KILLEN-FREAR.-I Camden, Nov 20th at
the NJ. Z. Parsonage, by Rev II. Rawlins VIM
D. Frear, Of Rising sun, to Miss Maggie Kilen
of FELTON,.
Smyrna times., 1889-12-11

right.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
Sunstroke.

The effects of undue exposure to heat
vary widely, and are by no means always
proportlonate to the temperature to
which the person has been exposed.
The so-called sunstroke, or heat-stroke,
may occur either in the direct rays OF
the sun, or III hot rooms, such as laun.
dry rooms or the holds of steamships.
Attacks may occur in the night as we'll
as during the day, and, in general, are to
be feared at times when the atmosphere is
loaded with moisture, so that free per-
splratlon is checked. Experience shows
that the drinking of ice water, when the
body Is over heated, is a prolific cause
of these attacks.
All degrees of severity are met with,
from the lightest attack of headache and
dizziness, to the sudden stroke which
ends IN death within few minutes.
Some authorities would make three dis
tlnct degrees of heat prostration, al
though the line is seldom distinctly
drawn in any given case.
The first variety includes those cases
which show nothing more than sudden
falntness, muscular weakness and dizzi-
ness, with, perhaps, nausea and vomit-
ing. The surface of the body is cool,
the pulse rapid and feeble. In such
cases, rest in n recumbent position in q
cool place for a few hours will generally
give relief.
In the second class of cases, the res
plratiOn and hearts action are affected
and the patient may die suddenly of
syncope. Active measures must be
entered upon Mt once. The patient
should be removed to cool SPOT, the
clothing removed or loosened, and cold
water applied to the head. Complete
recovery from the effects may not take
place for years.
The third form is the most severe,
and in the majority of cases proves
fatal. The sufferer becomes unconscious,
the skin is dry, the pulse slow and full,
the face flushed and the breathing
labored. Generally there is entire un-
consciousness, and sometimes convul-
SionS.
The temperature runs excessively
high, and the first attempt should be to
bring it to the normal point. For this
purpose cold baths and the application
Of ice are indicated. As soon rs the
temperature is lessened stimu alton
must be commenced. to counteract the
great depression which always follows.
1t is important to remember that there
is little danger from heat SO long as the
perspiration is free. BY bearing this in
mind many who are exposed might no
doubt avert the threatened attack by
leaving work and seeking shelter as
soon as the diminution in Precipitation
is noticed. Youths Companion.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
Licor.ce Root.

Nearly 100000 pounds of licorice
root arrived Mt the port of New York
during one week recently, from SMYRNA.
The largest share of licOrice now comes
from Asia Minor, one American having
almost Il monopoly of II, and having
branches for manufacturing the extract
i'll this country. Large quantities of
licorice are imported into the United
States at heavy expense of import
duties. About year ago it was settled
beyond doubt that the soil and climate
of California are perfectly adapted to
its production. Licorice is prepared
like rse-radish, by means of root
slips, which are removed from the main
root The soil must be we'll fertiliZed
and thoroughly broken to the depth of
three feet to obtain the best results.
The great depth is necessary t. encour-
age the roots to grow downward to es-
cape tho intense heat not only of one,
but of several hot summers, rs it takes
three or four years to perfect the roots
for market, during which time the plant
must receive constant and careful atten-
tion with the prong hoe. Lay of the
rows two feet apart: and after cutting
the root slips INTO sections OF five or SIX
inches, pant them in vertical holes
ma !e with dibble, sixteen inches apart,
observing to thrust them several inches
below the surface, and cover over. AS
the growing season closes each autumn,
the stems should be cut down and re-
moved, and liberal coating of manure
composted with rich hammock tOpl
soil. If the plants ha,e been well cared
for, the roots may be large enough III
three years to harvest for market,
though four years is not uncommon.
Harvesting is quite tedious job, and
on account of the depth-two or three
feet-has to be done with a spade.
When dug. the side shoots, used for
propagation, are cut off, and the main
roots washed, dried, and tied in con-
venient-sized bundles.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
A Prehistoric Relic.

While at Fort Wingate Tuesday the
writer met Mr.. MontAheimer, who had
lust reached the fort from his ranch,
coming over route seldom Travelled by
white men. Mr.. Montzheimer, while
on the road, got lost and got into an al
most inaccessible box canyon about five
miles, he thinks, south of Sawser x De
Longs ranch, and had found in the
canyon beautiful small valley in which
stands a prehistoric round tower, the
outer wall being over feet in thickness
built in n superior manner of stone. The
tower shows two stories still standing
and was clearly dome-rOOf structure,
the roof being of stone. The building
Mr.. Montzheimer estimates to be about
25 feet in diameter. There was no evil
dance that it had ever been disturbed
bv the relic-hunter. and he thinks 1T has
seldom been visited by white men. The
valley in which this ruin stands is grass
covered, and Mr.. Montzheimer thinks
must contain water near the surface
Flagstaff (Ari.) Democrat.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
The Montana Mining District

The Montana mining district covers
an immense territory, nearly o NTH OF
The new States acreage. The district
mas not been, as vet, more than supper
nclally prospected, and only the merest
beginning has been made toward the
actual development of its wealth. As
You roam around in the mountain you
viii see thousands of little earthen
mounds piled up by the side Of q pine
shack and black hole in the ground.
Zach of these is n claim upon which
mining experts have deemed it worth
While to DO several hundred dollars
worth of work. Each contains minerals.
n what quantity nobody knows or can
Know until modern machinery has bur
T aSwed in and up and down.-INew York
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

THE Australian kangaroo will soon
Join the bison If the North American
prairies. Kangaroo skins are 50 val
liable that even the young are killed by
hundreds, and a Melbourne naturalist is
Of the oYinion that Australia will soon
have seen the last specimen of the inter
est.ng marsup.al. Twenty years ago
swarms OF 5000 or 10000 kangaroos
sometimes migrated en- masse; now
troops ftwo OF three dozen can be found
only in the arid husband near the
headwIto"S OF the northern tributaries
Of the Darling River.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

The slaughter Of the deryishes on the
Niles bank has raised q shudder even
in England. wlere shooting savages is
regarded as a part of the empires great
ciyilizing mission. The position of the
poor wrrtcics il this case is particularly
horrible. Tlev advanced many days
journey across the desert, and almost
reached the Me, painting for drink of
ltsrefreshing waters. But there on the
bank the hGediye's troops We're drawn
M. The savaSes fought whole day in
the broiI;nH Soudan sun to get AT the
water, hut without avail, and they hid
themselves az night i'll the hills. Mount
ed cavalry secured the banks al night
to prevent tie tribesmen reaching the
Nile, and @Gn-!oats flashed electric
lights and fired she Is continuously with
the same i, Get. All next day the same
tactics were Observed, AID score, of poor
Arabs have now been found dead, their
parchcd tongues pro:ruding and shriv-
eled.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

ACCORDING to the Boston Herald,
which appears 70 have studied the fig
ures, the cost to France, i'll actual mon
ey, of the foolish destruction OF its
forests, has already amounted to nearly
$4,000, 900, and even vet the effects of
the devastation Of Il century ago have
not been removed. The national mu-
scum at Washington has on exhibition
acollection of photographs which give
q vivid illustration of the nature and
extent Of the devastation wrought in
France by the common people during
the revolution.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

AND now It is a Missouri catfish
weighing eighty pounds. Arespectabie
eo.cred woman of that State, whose rep
utation Cor verac;ty IS unimpcached. but
who has cultivated the habit OF telling
hsh storiee, las something to say about
the fish. the other day, while engaged
in washing some linen on the banks Of a
stream that runs through Louisiana,
No., it occurred to her that, without
pausing lii her work, she might have a
little tun fishing. Accordingly she
baited hook and threw it into the
water, tying the shore end Of the hne to
one of her ankles. She caught tho big
catfish, bat, according to dispatch sent
to the st. Louis Globe Democrat, two
mems united strength was NED essary to
save the woman from n watefy grave,
Tor the fish was rapidly pulling her into
the river More likely, comments the
New York Tribune, it took FSwo men
united strength" not to speak Of the
eolored woman's, to manufactore this
pleasing narrative.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A great quantity of copper is now alb
sorbed In Chinese arsensls.
The black spot Just discovered on the
sun Is "a 600 miles wide.
Out ola thousand people bitten by rat
tlesnakes not dozen recover.
The members Of the London Onitho-
logical Society are greatly excited over
the discovery Of new bird by one of
their, numbers.
r The petroleum pipe line in the eau
casus Is just about to surmount the Suram
Pass 1t will reach a height of 5000
feet above the sea.
The quickest way to demagnetize a
watch is to place it for few seconds in
the solenoid of an alternating current and
remove it slowly while the current is
flowing.
For railroad ties in wet or swampy
land, for shingles, for water pipes, for
tanks, cisterns, hogsheads, etc, tho
cypress is prime favorite and in general
use throughout the world.
A German scientist declares that an
egg contains as much nourishment as a
pound and quarter of grapes, a pound
and a quarter of russell apples, two
pounds of gooseberries and four pounds of
pears.
The Vermont Microscopical Associa-
ton has Just announced that a prize of
$3.50, given by the Wells s. Richardson
Co., the well known chemists, will be
paid to the first discoverer of new dis
ease germ.
The cypress has been found especially
serviceable in decoration and wherever q
wood is needed that will bear long ex-
posure to water. Oiled or polished, it
has become favorite for the inside deco
ration of the finest houses in New York.
The thousands of tons of culm which
has been accommodating at the Pennsylva-
MIA coal mines is now being rapidly con-
sumed by the steel mills, electric light,
and other works. Railroad companies
also use large quantities in compressed
state on locomotives.
NJ. Bert, a French scientist, recently
sewed the top CT q rats tail into its back,
and it, the tail, Immediately took root in
its new position. Then he cut the loop
thus formed by the tail, and the rat had
two tails. He had found, however, that
as rule, the new tail has no sensation.
Recent experiments at the ear hospital
in London Indicate that stammering Is
not 4 nervous defect only. In operations
for deafness in several cases the patients
were cured OF stammering also, and the
result is the opinion that stammering
comes from some defect in the hearing.
Twenty eight iron girders, said 20 be
the largest ever used, will form portion
of the new American Museum of Natural
History in New York city. Each girder
measures about sixty-two feet in length,
and weighs 20. 600 pounds. Great diff
Guilty was found in their transportation
from the river front to the site Of the
building.
The consumption of African teak wood
in the East has largely increased within
the past few years. Wherever surface
of iron or steel comes in direct contact
with one of the wood, this material is in
valuable. 1t contains an oil which pre-
vents rusting. 1t is easily worked, but
wears tools away rapidly on account of
the quantity of slick.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

An unusual number of deaths by
drowning are reported from summer re-
sorts on the Atlantic coast. Comment
ing on this fact the Trenton On. j.
Times says: There seems to be even
a larger quota than usual of smart
swimmers this season. The lite-gua
men who go out to save them from
drowning thereby risk much more valu-
able lives than the ones they design to
rescue"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

THERE seems to be n Sunday closing
movement sweeping over the country.
In Cincinnati the authorities have sue
ceeded for at east one Sunday in clos
ing not only the liquor stores but also
the stores Of the cigar dealers and con-
fectioners. The BARRIERS Association is
making an effort to close all the barber
shops in that city, also, ON Sunday.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

THERE are over 500, 200 more widows
than widowers in England. In France,
for every 100 widowers there are I94
widows. These facts lead the West
minister Review to treat the growing
disposition Of men to marry late in life
as a very serious evil of modern secietv.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

Is Canton, China, with its 1,5OO. 900
inhabitants. are fifteen Christian
chapels. where missionaries and the
native ministers preach the gospel, not
on Sundays only, but daily, and from
two to four hours each day, to audiences
varying from fifty to several hundred.
After the sermon these evangelists con-
tinue TIE services.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

There is a man in our town
And lie is very wise, cir,
When e'er he doesn't feel just right
One remedy he tries. SIN.
It's just the thing TO take IN spring
The blood TO purify,
He tells his friends, and nothing else
Is he induced to try
Because, having taken DR.. Piefcs's Colder
Medical Discovery to cleanse his system, tone
it up and enrich the blood, and finding that II
always produces the desired result. he consic-
crs that he would be foolish to experiment
with anything else. His motto is: Prove a !
things aud hold fast 10 that which il good.
That's why be pins his faith to the Golden
Medical Discovery"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

Won Doodlees-"Waggs called me a
fool to-day, don tchewknaw."
Van Simpre-"Aw, weally2 What did
you do, deaw chawppie!'
Won Doodlees-"Oh, / got even with
him. l happened to have me old chess
nut-bell in me pawkket, and I wang it at
him veal hawd, don'tchewknaw"
Van Simpre-"Baw Jawve! That was
awful good. "-Jud9e.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

TIE Court ofSpain. under the reign of
its baby King, is obliged to maintain a
Lord OF the Bottle, a Purveyor-General
Of One Cows Mix, a Lady in Waiting
with Rockingham Obligations, two
pages to carry certain unmentionables,
and an Overseer of Toys and Books.
Socialists in Madrid are beginning to
crumble at ali this.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

Four HUNDRED miles of natural gas
and oil pipe lines are to be built this
wear in the Western States, and 1t IS
probable that if these enterprises pay
other lines will be built on larger
scale,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
MOnslefGhI Succeaa.

remedy must have merit or II will never lie.
come favorite remedy With the people. Where
the virtue OF Botanic Blood Balm o. B. 3. } are
thoroughly known, it sells better than any Other
medicine. Nabers & Morrow, of Birmingham,
Ala. say they sell gross of B. Z. b. month
70 their retail customers. They buy it ten gross
81 q time, Us they also have good wholesale de-
mand for 1t. Other similar instances might be
menhoned, but we have not the space to spare.
oomcient 1t q to know that b. B. b. has quicker
enect than oil other blood purifiers, aud, ss a
general health restorer and strengthener Of the
system, II Is the best and only safe remedy,
Unen your blood Is impure, when aches and
pans trouble you, when sores break out on your
person, when you feel weak, nervous and debil-
tated, when your appetite fails, when you are
trouoied with dyspepsia, when there is q gener-
~ functional arrangement Of the system, when
you feel all broke up and life hardly seems worth
living, give b. B. B. trial and you will at once
begin to grow better and stronger
ONLY SUGGESTION. -.
!: Judge TO prisoner, upon whom he is
about to pass sentence)-"Do you ever
think of your mother, sira"
Prisoner (much affected)-"Ye-es,
Your Honor, but she's dead"
!. Judge fsympsthcticallye''T did not
intend to hnrt your feelings. hope you
viii pardon me-"
Prisoner fbrightening)-"Don't men
ton it, Your Honor. / hope you will
pardon me-" !
Judge Catching his drifD-"Don't
mention it. "-Phtladelphtn Press.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

If afflicted with sore eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompsons Eye Water. Druggists sell al
&c per bottle.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
Remedy for Indigestion.

For ladies and children whose taste cannot
be offended with impunity, Hamburg Figs
form a remedy for constipation, indigestion,
piles and liver complaints which Is as pleasant
Ia take Is il is effective in use. - cents. Dose
one Fig. Mack Drug Co., \. Y.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

Have you tried ''TansilTs Punch" cigar,
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07
sCALIFD."

Walking advertisements Tor DR.. Sages Ca
tarrh Remedy are the thousands il has cured.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1889-09-07

gents wanted 81 an hour 80 new articlsG CT 1Rus
n and sam ple free. c. T. MARsHAII- Buffalo, n. Y