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Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
What do they Think ?
BY NELLY BOOTH SIMMONS

Oh, what do the hungry people think
AS they walk in the streets of the town at
night,
And the hearth. fires glinmer and CLEAN and
blink
Through many window, warm and bright?
For they drift in the dusk like the fecks of foam
On the tossing waves of the turbulent sea,
With never haven and never home
These lucklesS waits C. humanity.
And many mansion. tall and fair,
Is lifting its head to the wintry skies
A-blOSSOm with all that is rich and rare
lhat wealth can purchase or art devise;
Aud out through the portals come bursts of light,
And murmurs of music and laughter sweet
All, what do they say to the homeless wight
Who is wandering past with his weary feet?
Does he ever think, when the winds are cold
And the hunger causes a ceaSeleSs pain,
And the storm is beating his garments old
And chilling his heart with its duh refrain
Does he ask how it is that in many life
The roses are always III sweetest bloom,
While his are the lOngingS the endless strife,
The days Of sorrow, the nights Of gloom?
You say they are idle and weak, and bad
THAI pity is wasted on such as they?
All, many y8gTaut, worn and sad,
Could tell you Il tale if he would. to-day
story OF failure, of hopes that fed,
OI toll and hardship and bOundeSs woe
OF wrongs that embiltered, Of wounds that bled
And dreams that were lost in the long ago.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
Why Prohibition Should Win.

Prohibition ought TO win for many
reasons.
1t will reduce taxes and lessen
crime.
1t will make happy homes, and
wives and sons and daughters can be
better clothed, better housed and bet
ter educated. They can have more of
the comforts and cOnveniences of life,
and there will be no danger ola drunk
en- husband coming home ON Saturday
night and tnrning them out of doors,
if the law is properly enforced.
Business will be better The store
keeper will sell more boots and shoes,
drygoods and groceries, and the car
penters will be busy putting up new
houses with the money that hereto
fore has been spent for rum.
There will be no blue Mondays, nor
aching heads and thrObbing brains by
reason of too much whiskey on Satur-
day and Sunday, and people will be on
deck bright and early Monday morn
ing ready for work, and feeling refresh
ed by the day of rest.
And there are a thousand Othel
blessings in store for our glorious ole
commonwealth if the friends of the
Amendment will only pull together
from now until the polls close on The
evening of the eighteenth of June =
Chester, (Pa.,) AdUOcdte.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

President Harrison has issued a
proclamation recommending the 30th
inst, as a day of prayer for the bless
ings of the past century, and urges
that the day be appropriately observed
by the wOrshipers Of all denominations
in their churches, commencing at 8
o'clock. One hundred years ago on
that day Washington was inaugurated
the first President of the United States,
and to the end that all the people may
celebrate the event a general holiday
has been declared by Congress.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
Two Chestertown Ladies in
Danger.

The daughters of John Brice of
Chestertown, a member of the Legis-
lature, Mrs. Frederick Fountain and
Miss Mamie Brice, made a narrow
escape from a serious accident on
Thursday. They were out driving,
and, the horse becoming frightened,
the rains slipped from the drivers
hands. Mrs. Fountain tried to stop
the horse by getting on his back, and
succeeded in catching hold of the bri-
die, but was thrown under the car
riage and bruised about the shoulder
the carriage passing over her body
While this was going on Miss Mamie
got out of the back, and was thrown
over several times by the jerk.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
WHOLE NO. 1850.
Dangers of Deep Boring.

One writer asks whether it is safe 10
bore the earth too much. He assumes
the earth to be hollow sphere filed
with gaseous substance called bV US
natural gas, and he that tapping these
reservoirs will cause disastrous explo-
siOns, resulting from the lighted gas
coming in contact with that which Is
escaping. Earthquakes, he says. are
probably caused by vacuums created
by the outhOwing gas. He compares
the earth to a balloon fioated and kept
diStended by the gas in the interior,
which, if exhausted, will cause the
crust to collapse, affect the motion Of
the earth in its orbit, cause it TO lose
its place among the heavenly bodies
and fall in pieces.
Another writer thinks that boring
should be prohibited by stringent
laws. He, too, thinks there is a Dos
sibility of an explosion, though from
another cause. Should such a disaster
occur the country alonr the gas belt
from Toledo through Ohio, Indiana
and Kentucky will be ripped up to the
depth of 1900 or 1903 feet and Topped
over like pancake, leaving a chasm
through which the waters of Lake Erie
will come bowling down. filling the
Ohio and Mississippi Valleys and
blOtting them out forever"
Still another theorist has investigated
the gas well with telephones and del
icate thermometers, and he announces
startling discoveries. He distinguished
sounds like the boiling of rocks, and
estimated that mile and half or so
beneath Findlay, the temperature of
the earth is $500 degrees. The scien-
tist says an immense cavity exists
under Findlay, and that here the gas
is stored that mile below the bot
tom of the cavity is a mass of roaring,
seething fame, which is gradually eat
ing into the rock floor Of the cavern
and thinning it. Eventually the
flames will reach the gas. a terrific ex-
! plosiOn will ensue, and Findlay and its
neighbOrhOod will be blown skyward
in an instant. Such are some Of the
theories gravely propounded in respect
to this new fuel.-Professor Joseph T.
James in the Popular Science Monthly
fOn April
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
A New Cure for Rheumatism.
Is NOT THE REMEDY AS BAD AS THE
DISEASE?

The following treatment of rheuma-
tism is so singularly original that, even
If it should be altogether ineliicaciOus,
it still merits to be described. II
comes to us directly from Vienna, and
it belongs to DIR. Terc.
1t is necessary at first to suppose
that you have at your disposition a
hive with many bees. Now, the dis
cover wishes to observe that the sting
Of a bee generally leaves after il a tu-
mefactiOn more or less considerable
but after a certain number of stings
this tumefactiOn is no longer produced
because the body has acquired Ger
tain immunity. With rheumatic per
sons this tumefactiOn comes with diff
tculty, and only after a certain num-
Der of stings. By continuing the
singing process the swelling ceases
completely. Then the patient is cured
OF his rheumatism, and remains for
some time out of danger of relapses.
To produce complete cure it is neces-
sary to saturate the entire body with
bee venom and keep on multiplying
the stings. NJ. Terc has applied this
method in 173 cases and administered
O05OOO sIlHSs. ne alFInS IuaI ne owes
to this method evident cures in obsti-
nate cases, and especially in chronic
cures where the patients attacked by
rheumatic cachexy were in a hopeless
condition. Sometimes a patient has
received hundreds of stings. 1t is true
that they are less painful to rheumatic
persons than to persons in sound
health.
Is not this bee-stinging treatment
truly delightful? The cure of rheu-
matism with the sting Of bees One
would go to Vienna just to try it
Courier des EtdtUs Unis.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

The gifted glutton has made his ap-
pearance once more. He is not de-
voting himself this spring to witching
the world by the prompt consumption
of consecutive quail. He has turned
his ambition to eggs. A dispatch from
Verndale, Mimi, the present home of
the gifted gluttOn, states that on Tues
day he accomplished the task ofeating
five dozen eggs in thirty minutes. 1t
is to be regretted that he performed
this feat for money-for a little matter
of $40 1t may be that he needed $40,
but the fact that he allowed himself to
be paid it after he had downed the last
of the five dozen eggs-well, it sort Of
rendered the performance undigni6ed
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
Life on the Planet Mars.

There are continents, seas, islands,
shores, peninsulas, capes, gulfs, clouds,
rains, inundations, SHOWS, winters and
summers, springs and autumns, days
and nights-all are exactly as with us.
The years are longer, consisting of
3S7 days; but the seasons in intensity
are absolutely the same as ours, for the
inclination of its axis the same. The
days are also triae longer, since the
diurnal rotation of Mars takes twenty
four hours, thirty-seven minutes and
twenty-three seconds but the differ
ence is not great. And all this is
known with precision. The diurnal
relation, for instance, is determined
within the tenth of a second.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
SMYRNA. DEL. AFTERNOON APRIL H. 1889. .
coIors before be could omen it.

colors before he could open it.
Mr.. Bowser," l said, "you men
folks have curious ways of doing busi-
ness. 1t is sing"--
"Td like to know how this letter got
here?" he demanded.
You left it here, of course"
Never Because l scolded you
about your careless way of sending off
money, and because you wanted to get
even with me for it, you took this let
ter from my pocket and detained it..
Mrs. BOwser, this is the last straw to
the camel's load Do you want ali
mOny or lump sum? ?"
Next day he was all right again, and
he even stopped at the sale and
brought me up half a dozen pair of
gloves s.-Detroit Free Press.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
The School Superintendents,

Governor Biggs re-appointed, Tues
day for another term of one year, the
superintendents of the public schools
for the respective counties as follows
Herman Bessey, for New Castle coun.
ty; L. Irving Handy, for Kent county
and James II. Ward, for Sussex county
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
Their Rusiness Booming.

Probably no one thing has caused such gen.
eral revival of trade at Jas, p HOffecker's, Drug
Store their giving away TO their customers of so
many free trial bottles of Dr. Kings New DiscOv-
ery~fOr Consumption. Their trade issimply enOr-
nous in this very valuable article from the fact
that it always cures ana never disappoints.
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis Group, and
all throat and lung diseases quickly cured You
can test it before buying by getting trial bottle
free, large size 81; Every bottle warranted.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
Rrnna I'm.

You are feeling depressed, your appetite is poor
YOU are bothered with Headache, you are fdget
ty, nervous, and generally out Of Sorts and want
to brace up. Brace up but not with stimulants,
spring medicines or bitterS, which have for their
basis very cheap bad whisky, and which stimu-
late for an hour, and then leave you in worse
condition than before. What you want is an al
terative that will purify your blood start healthy
action of Liver and Kidneys, restore your vitality
and give renewed health and strength. Such a
medicine yOu will find In Electric BitteTs, and
only so cents a bottle ut Jas. p. HOheckers, Drug
store.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
Two constables.

d. r. v. Scott has been appointed
by Governor Biggs as constable of
Cedar Greek hundred. This will make
Mr.. Scott's second term. The levy
court made this appointment, and now
Cedar Creek has two constables-one
Republican and one Democrat.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

The editor ofOur contemporary, the
COrncracker, is in trouble. Hear him.
We desire to state that whereas in our
church notices last week the types
made US say the Rev. John Smeads
creased the pulpit of the Methodist
church on Sunday, it should have
been "graced the pulpit, &c. Wash
inqtOn Critic.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

Rev. J. E. Kidney, Chaplain of the
Delaware House of Representatives,
recently transferred from the Whining
ton to the Pittsburg Conference, re-
moves with his family to his new
charge, Creighton, Allegheny county,
Pa, this week.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

Too many cigars are said to have
caused General Grants death, and
Edwin Booths warning stroke of par
alysis is also attributed to the constant
use of tobacco. If men are not warn
ed by reports Of the many victims of
nicotine, how can we expect boys to
become frightened when another lad
dies from tobacco heart caused by
cigarettes? Warnings, unfortunately,
are always meant for the other fellow
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
d ONT

get into the habit of taking medicine for every
little imag. nary trouble. Nature often reminds
US by slight shocks that we have ransgressed
the laws OF hygiene, ana th6t our c0n0uct IN TINS
respect needs correction. In Sucn cases prOphy-
lactcs are more etlcaciuus than Therapeutics.
But there are phySia al autagou'SmS which il is
folly to neglect Clearly defined disease requir
ing prompt and specific tTedtment-Of these
iutermttcuts, chills and fever-3re the most
common, and of the remedies proposed some are
so nauScOuS as TO he unfit for weak StumachS,
while others di,astrOuSly affect the head and
nervous system From such heroic remedies the
disguised sufferer turns to LOWbers Brazilian
Vegetable PillS1e esnnty sugar cuatedJ aud finds
immediate relief withnutany physical disturb
auce whatever from the action "t the medicine.
This is the secret Of the immense popularity OF
these Pills.
zone Pill usually cures me of headache, to
which am suhject"-A. W. SMALL, Lincoln. Del.
They cause natural evacuation of the bowels
without any OF the disagIeeable effects common
to ether medicines, use them for coSlNeheSS,
E. KNIGHT 800 Commerce street, Philadelphia.
Peter smith, Esq, tCmcry manufacturer in
Philadelphia. now residing on his farm near
Hazlettyilie, Del, furnishes us strong tcStimO-
NAL Oithe transcendeut virtue of this remedy.
He says:
Dear Sir-I was alll tctcl wi.h fever and aguc
from August, 1857, to February of this year tlooo)
| tried all sorts of chill cures without avail, and
grew SO enaciGted and weak that | could not
get Upstairs. In February l began the use OF
your brazilian Pills, and before had taken half
the box was so far recovered that ! could use
the Mall and Wedges. | am now april 3Ql in
'tip-tOp' condition. ! have had dyspepsia all my
lif., bat since taking these pills every symptom
has disappeared, my mind and memory in sym
pathy with the BODY is clearer and more active.
PETER SMITH
so Pills in a box sugar r-cOatedj 80 cents. For
sale by Druggists and Dealers.
LOyyber's Worm LO2enges,
Pleasant 10 the taste, cordial to the stomach. A
reliable Worm destroyer excellent for bilious
ness in childTen-3j in II box, p cts Druggists
and dealers.
None genuine lcilhom ne fac simRe siqnatnre Of
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
SEEDS.

ONE hundred and five years ago David Land
" reth commenced the business of rearing Gar
den Seeds for sale. and was the first in this
country to pursue il on a systematic plan. His ef
forts eminently successful-secured public conf
dence, and established for his produce reputa-
ton unapproached by the other seeds sold in
America The concern thus founded has passed
to the third generation, the present propretors Of
Bloomsdale with whom it has been leading
object to perpetuate the professional reputation
Of the founder. The establishment continued on
principles laid down by its founder has been
gradually enlarged, increasing with the growing
wants of the country, and continues to be by
far the most extensive in the Union, supplying a
large share Of the demand in the United States
and exporting to Europe, Asia and Africa, West
Indies, South and Central America, Mexico and
Oceanica. Catalogue published in seven different
languages. Our new Catalogue for 1889 now
ready. containing descriptive lists Of novelties
and standard sorts, with Y photograph illustra-
tions Of choice vegetables, with culture instruc-
tions and recipes for preparation and cooking.
Sent free to all applicants.
D. LANDRETH & SONS,
Implement and Seed Warehouse,
Nos. Fl and % south Sixth Street, or
Delaware Ave. and Arch Sts., Phila'
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

In answering a question about the
best method of teaching young men, in
the Sunday school convention, Rev.
William p. Swartz said "Do not press
the intellectual side too much" Can
not the boys stand the intellectual
pabulum.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

VIM. Rothwell, residing on Wm.
Folks farm near Murphey's Mill, re-
ports new way of pulling out peach
trees. Mr.. ROthwell's orchard was
fourteen years old, aud very large
trees. He secured the services of f.
Duggan, and a 10 horse power traction
engine and taking two rows at time
finished the job, about 25OO trees in
two daVs.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
Consumption surely Cured.

To THE EDTrOR.-Please inform your readers
that have positive remedy for the above nam.
ed disease. By its timely use thousands Of hope
less cases have been permanently cured. / shall
be glad TO send two bottles of my remedy FREE 20
any of your readers who have consumption il
they will send me their express and postOfice
address. Respectfully,
T. A. SLOCUM, NJ. C., Isl Pearl st. New York
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

The Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad station at New
Castle was entered by burglars on
Wednesday night for the third time in
six weeks. A small amount of money
and some unstamped tickets were
sold.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

Michael GrifIee, a Philadelphia, Will
mlngton and Baltimore Railroad brake
man, had his left leg broken while
coupling cars at Wilmington on We'd
nesday night
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

Chauncey M. Depew declined the
two highest Offices in the gilt of the
President, Secretary Of State and Min
lister to England.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

If man is wealthy and stubborn. he
is called conservative. II he is poor
and positive, he is called pig-headed.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
Boot and Shoe Making.

The subscriber offers his services to the
citizens of Smyrna as a Maker Of all kinds
~ Roots and Shoes. Work done neatly
and with dispatch His shop has been
moved from Mount Vernon street TO Conn
merce, in a part Of the Rink Building, oe-
cupied BY b. b. Allen.
JAMES II. MORRIS.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

II ClulcuGS around,
Two ancient hcadst0ueS 0t a sunEen mound,
Its blushlng face closely pressed against the
ground.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

hrd IL here
When all the fields are white, and woods are sere,
The earliest. sweetest, brightest, every year.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
And. COssiDs 81

The headS.Oues tell
OF lovers here; he served his country we'll
She died the same day he in battle fell
And, gOssips say
They Kept the secret of their love al way,
And dared not tell it 10 their dying day.
a century
Has passed since them and now a stately tree
Springs from his grave and means increasingly.
and from below
Out of her dust these brightest blossoms grow
type Of the sweet maid Of long ago.
Sure it may be
When the arDutuS blooms this stately tree
Feels at its heart, some far dim memory,
OF old time pain,
Some joyful sense that love is near again,
And listens while he sings his sad refrain
And, It's thus each Spring.
Thrilled with remembrance that his love song
brings.
The Arbutus" breaks her heart in blossoming
Clayton. april g. 1889
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

nc UtuUS.O0CS tel
OF lovers here; he served his country we'll
She died the same day he in battle fell.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
For the Smyr1,u Times.
ArbutuS.
/ often wnndered why

OIItn WOnUere0 Why,
o rare flower should choose TO bloom and die,
'y these old graves where coolest shadows lie
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

1EITNIf 9U.7T p E0N
They kept the secret of their love al way,
And dared not tell it 70 their dying day.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

Has passed since then, and now a stately tree
Springs from his grave and means Increasingly
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17
z. N. BURROWS

RFFOrnamental Stock or Fruit not mentioned
in this list can be furnished at market rates.
Smyrna times., 1889-04-17

And from below
Out of her dust these brightest blossoms grow,
A type Of the sweet maid Of long ago.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-11-07
4 Whisky Boomerang.

The result of Tuesdays election
shows that the little fragment of the
Brookhaven whisky ring and the wills
ky candidate, were badly defeated on
an issue they deliberately made
by themselves.
On Monday, Mr.. Zack IIoskins, a
brother of the Captain, had the fol-
lowing bogus circular printed in the
Brookhaven News Office as Il cam
paign document:
ATTENTION, PROHIBITION VOTERS.
Vote for Hart, the Prohibition
standard bearer! Don't vote for Hos
kins, the whisky candidate.
If you vote with the negroes and
poor white people, they want whisky
back in Lincoln county.
A vote for Hoskins is a whisky
vote.
Vote for Hart and bury whisky in
Lincoln county forever. Hart is the
man for prohibition.
Monday night this circular was
scattered in the highways and by
ways around the strongest negro and
white anti-Prohibitionist precints in
the coun ty, and the result on Tues
days election patiently awaited in
breathless silence by the massive
brain or brains that had concoct-
ed it. 1t deceived Il few negroes
and ignorant, white antics, but the
more sensible ofboth races saw through
it as Il bungling fraud and deception,
and it really proved Il serious boom
eranS to the cause and candidate it
was designed to boost.
The LEADER and the Prohibitionists
did not inject the Prohibition question
into the campaign. The success and
unity of the Democratic party-the
supremacy of the white race-was
made paramount to every other con-
sideratiOn, by every true Prohibi-
ZIONIST in the county. 1t was left for
the whiskyites to bring out candi-
date and present the Issue. Now,
however, that they have done so and
been so badly beaten on their own
ground, PrOhibitionists do not object
to accepting the verdict as conclusive
of the will of the people on this sub
ject. and hope the whisky people will
have the good sense to do the same
thing and subside, as they should
Their cause is hencefOrth too dead in
Lincoln county to kick.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-11-07
A TRIUMPHANT VICTORY FOR THE
WHOLE COUNTY TICKET.

Independents and Republicans Buried Be
yond the Hope of Resurrection.
AS will be seen by reference to the
official returns, the Republicans and
independents of this county sustained
an overwhelming defeat last Tuesday
Lincoln's reproach is removed, and
once more she proudly stands amidst
her Democratic sisters redeemed, re-
generated and discnthralled.
The Democratic nominee for Rep.
resentative. against whom the bitter.
est opposition was concentrated, com.
pletely astoundcd his opponents
Watts and Hoskins were not even lcf
the consolation of believing that ci
ther one of them could have defeated
him in singlc-handcd contest, fOl
Hart received 3O1 votes more than
both of them put together. But the
Democrats did not stop here. Their
victory was sweeping one. They
elected every nominee on the county
ticket and every beat officer except
one justice of the peace and one con.
stable in beat l.
Verify, Republicans and independ.
ents have met their Waterloo. Let
Democrats rejoice with exceeding
great joy.
The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-11-07

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Vital Powers, Sleeplessness, Desponlen-
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Lassitude, Gloominess, Depression of
Spirits. Aversion to Society, Dull List
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life a burden. Safely, Permanently and
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BLOOD AND SKIN Diseases, Syphilis
disease most horrible in its results, COM
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Sores, Blotches, PImples. Ulcers, Pains in
the Head and Bones, Syphiitic Sore
Throat, Mouth and Tongue, Catarrh, etc.,
permanently cured when Others have
failed
URINARY, Kidney and Bladder TrOu-
blcs, Weak Back, Burning Urine. FIRE.
quency of Urinating Urine high colored
or with milky sediment on standing,
Gonorrhna. elect, Cystit, etc, promptly
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