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Smyrna times., 1890-12-24
Bare.Leresd Scotch Girls.

At Edinburgh the poorer classes still
do their weekly laundering as it was
done years ago. They convey their
washing to the river, dump it into large
tubs and fill their tubs with water that
has been heated in huge public kettles.
Then the women pull off their shoes and
stockings and, holding their skirts well
up about their waists, get into the tubs
and tread on the steaming linen, thereby
squeezing all the dirt out OF the several
pieces. This is so common a spectacle
that the natives pay no regard to it at
all, but visitors seem to consider it one
of the sights of Edinburgh, and but for
the activity Of the police the riverside
would be thrOnged every wash-day with
impertinent strangers. In the rural
parts Of Scotland the young women
go barefOOted most of t, year. On
Sundays these buxom damsels may be
seen proceeding to church with their
shoes in hand and their stockings hung
properly over their arms. When they
reach the churchyard they sit down on
the grass and with more ease than mod
esty proceed to don their hOsen and
shOon, for itwould be regarded improper
to enter the kirk without these articles
of attire properly isposed.-ChicagO
NeWs
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ARNOLD-PRATT.

Another great social event of the sea
son in Milford was the marriage of
Miss Margaret Pratt only daughter of
DIR. Nathan Pratt a prominent politi-
clan and physician, to Mr.. Alfred c.
Arnold, professor in Trinity Hall.
Washington, Pa, in the Episcopal
church Thursday at 1.3O P. NJ, by Rev.
}. Holwel Geare, Rector. The ushers
were Daniel Hirsh, w. B. Pratt. broth
er of the bride, Simeon Pennewell and
Edwin Arnold, brother of the groom.
The bride was attired in a handsome
costume of cream satin marvellue dec
GRATED with lace and festooned with
lilacs. After the ceremony was per
formed, the bridal party adjourned to
the home of the brides parents on
North Front Street, where an informal
reception was held until the 3.53 train
left on which the newly welded couple
started for Washington, DC. They
will reside at Washington, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-24
MOI whnt Hn seemrd.

Some days ago friend of mine had oe.
casion to have his little four-year-old
daughter see the doctor on account OF
some iniantile complaint. She never had
been to see the doctor in her life, and
seemed to have an instructive horror OF
him. She protested most vehementlv
against being taken whenever the pro-
iect was mentioned. Finally, one morn
ing her father took her out ostensibly
for walk, and when the doctors office
was reached, took her In with him TO
see his old friend The doctor took the
little one on his knee, talked with her.
found out all be needed to know, and
wrote the necessary prescription. The
little girl fell quite in love with him be-
fore 1t was time to 60. When she went
down the steps with her father he said
to her
Now. Daisy, you have been to see
the doctor. and no wasn't such q very
bad man, was he?'
What Was Mr.. Valentine the doc
tor?"
Why, yes and he has written out a
nice prescription for you.
The child remained silent for a few
moments. and then remarked:
Well, should never have taken him
for doctor; he seemed more like a gem
Ileman I"
Smyrna times., 1890-12-24
u IFtI IWIVT u
Southern Maryland.

The five Southern Counties of the
Western Shore of Maryland-Anne
Arundel, Prince Georges, Calvert.
Charles and st. Mary's-are known as
! Southern Maryland. Peninsular in
shape, as situated between the great
Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac
River, indented with numerous rivers.
creeks and bays. Thus favored by ma
ture, with a mild equitable climate and
fertile soil, it offers unusual oppor-
tunity for any mixed system of husban-
dry. Few portions of the county have
undergone so bitter an ordeal as this
section through the Civil War. The
property interests of these counties
being vested mostly in lands and
slaves, the Emancipation Proclama-
ton not only annihilated the slave
property but greatly deprecated the
| value of the lands in the overthrow of
! the labor system.
This country with its slave labor,
was principally and almost entirely
devoted to tobacco culture as the most
| profitable crop. But for some wears
| for various causes, the culture of to-
baccO has not been remuneratiVe :.
And thus the wide awake farmer has
! given his attention, to a more mixed
system of farming. The great future
OF the country is in peaches, and other
| fruits. ut is the native home of the
peach. Treee grow wild in fence cor
ners and produce year after year abun-
dainty. Seeding trees have been
known to live and bear for fifty wears.
No better fruit can be grown any,
where. Many years ago New Jersey
was the great peach State, then Della
ware, and then the Eastern Shore of
Maryland; New Jersey has long since
ceased to grow peaches. The peach
qualities in the soil of Delaware
is nearly exhausted, and it is predicted
that i'll very few years no peaches
will go to market from that State.
The yellows is playing havoc with
the orchards of the Eastern Shore.
The last (1S89) crop of peaches on the
Eastern Shore was a failure, whilst the
few orchards in Calvert bore abun-
dainty" The abandonment of the cult
walton of the cultivation of tobacco in
Southern Maryland, to a more diversi-
fed culture of its soil in the raising of
the Peach and other Fruits, with Can
ming industries, or any mixed system
of culture will create great change in
the face of the country. The subdi-
visOn of the large farms into smaller
tracts, will bring settlers, enterprise
and thrift, to the making of money
and prosperity. Phoenix like, this
country will raise itself out of it's ashes,
to become garden spot of small farms
highly cultivated as surrounded by
noble rivers, creeks and bays, affording
an abundance of oysters, fish and
game.
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Weddings.
M'CLoSKEY-THAW.

Miss Bessie Thaw, popular society
belle, of Mil ford, was united in mar
riage Wednesday to Frank McCosky,
a prominent young Philadelphian. The
wedding was a brilliant affair, the
guests including the best known society
people of the Peninsula, with promin-
ent persOnages from neighboring cities.
Father Lancaster, from the Jesuit
Brotherhood, near Baltimore, celebra-
ted the ceremony at the home of the
brides mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Thaw.
Beneath a large marriage bell of
evergreen in the handsomely decora-
ted parlor the happy pair stood as they
plighted their troth. The ushers head.
ed the bridal party to the parlor.
They were:
Messers. Louis and Alfred McClos-
key, Harry Peale, DR.. Joseph Spelling,
Charles Lynch, George B. Heckel, of
Philadelphia. Immediately following
came the bridesmaids Miss Brady. of
Middletown Miss Madeline White. of
Mt.Clare, n. j.; Miss Wiltberger and
Miss Ellie McCloskey (sister of the
groom) of Philadelphia, Misses NJ. and
l.. Causey. of Milford. The groom
escorted Mrs. rhaw aud the bride en-
tered on the arm Of Edwin II. Brown.
State treasurer of Maryland, who gave
her away. A ring was used in the
| ceremony. The brides costume was
exceedingly handsome, of white satin
entrain, embroidered with muslin dis
wan and trimmed with orage blossoms
and white hyacinths and carried a bou.
quet of brides roses. The bridesmaids
were each attired in costumes of white
crepe de clene trimmed in muslin dis
wan and carried bouquets of pink pop
agonda roses. After the ceremony
which was performed at 1890 p. NJ. a
reception was held at the brides
home
Mr.. and Mrs McCloskey left on the
3.53 P. NJ, train for Baltimore and
Washington on their wedding tour.
after which they will return to Phila-
delphia and reside on Locust street
above Thirty
One noticeable feature of the brides
costume was that it was made of her
mothers wedding dress, and she wore
articles of jewelry inherited from her
grandmother, her great-great grand
mother and her great great great
grandmother.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-24
SMYRNA DEL. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON DECEMBER a. $780,
Christmas With My Old Mother.

Oh | never felt. so happy as upon last
Christmas night,
Coming near the little home where
mother lives,
The familiar scenes of bOyhood, and the
window with the light,
And the joy anticipation ever gives.
Eager fingers tingled gladly as l opened
the old gate,
And my feet, impatient, hurried to the
door;
But her ear had caught my footsteps, and
her love remembered well
On the threshold mother met me as of
yore.
On! [ claspad her to my bosom, as she
used to clasp her boy,
While he, tears and loving kisses an
swered mine
Then she led me to the table. where the
good things kept for me
Were all waiting with the chair of auld
lang syne.
She remembered everything l liked. and
how to make it best,
Serving me as though my place were
still a child's;
Cakes and iellies, homemade candy, and
every choicest thing,
Heaped before me with carcgses and
her smiles.
Oh! seemed a very boy again, as we sat
talking there
As she told how much she thought Of
prayed for me;
How ID been joy and comfort to her all
her widowed life;
And her spirit like an angels, l could
see.
How in every whistling by that passed she
heard me coming home,
80 she had love-waited for me all the
years;
Then, arising from the table, she would
stand caressing me-
As she breathed on me a blessing thro'
her tears.
When wentto bed she came to me and
tucked the covers round,
In the dear old way that only mothers
know.
OH felt so bissful, peaceful, and so full
of tender love
That all silent came my glad heart 5
overflow.
Happy, grateful, joyful tears l shed; av
cried myself to sleep,
Dreaming in heavenly dream-land free
from cares;
In my bOyhood home and bed again. the
covers tucked around,
Safely guarded by my dear old mothers
prayers.
In B. Cake, IN HarperS Bazar,
Smyrna times., 1890-12-24

Henry S. Fisher died suddenly sud
denly of paralysis of the brain in Hills
borough, where he resided, on Monday
22d inst. 1t was a sudden death. He
was about sixty years of age, in appar-
emily good health. Mr.. Fisher was
one of the most prominent agricultur-
lists and business men of Caroline coun-
ty. He was engaged in the canning
and phosphate business with John w.
Knots, Jr., and he owned several val
liable farms in Tuckahoe Neck-that
agricultural garden spot of the East
ern Shore. Mr.. Fisher was a Delawa-
rean by birth He removed to Mary
land about 1858, starting life there as
a poor mechanic, and succeeding
in acquiring a very comfortable estate.
He leaves a widow and five children
all but one grown.
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The Pridn nfHis CInss

He was bright, handsome boy OF
sixteen, sunny-tempered, brilliant and
engaging, the delight of his parents,
the joy of his home, the pride of his
class. But a shadow fell across his
bright prospects. 1t began with a
triaing cough; soon came premoni-
tiOns of consumption, his strength
failed, his cheeks grew hollow, and he
seemed doomed to an early grave. Then
a friend advised DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. He tried it and
was saved. Health and strength re-
turned, his cheerful voice rang out
again across the school playground, his
cheeks again grew rosy, his eyes bright.
He is still ''the pride of his class" and
he graduates this year with the highest
hOnors.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-24
nOWNwARn-u111

Miss Annie Weston Hill daughter OF
the Rev. Charles Hill, pastor of the
Elkton Methodist Episcopal Church,
and sister of the Rev. Charles A. Hill
of Centreville Md, was married We'd
nesday afternoon at o'clock to Henry
Clay Downward, who resides in Will
mington, and is engaged ia business in
Philadelphia. The ceremony was per-
formed in the Elkton Methodist E pis-
copal Church by the father of the bride
and in the presence of "A large assem-
blage, including many from a distance.
The bride was attired in white faille
and carried bouquet of roses. Asher
A. Scott played the wedding march,
and the ushers were William L. Todd,
Joseph H. Menderhall and William K.
Reynolds, of Wilmington and James
G. Downward. Jr., of COatesville, Pa.
A reception was held after the cere-
mOny at the parsonage.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-24
What a Somerset PA County Man
Thinks of the Iavalid's Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Loca-
ted at Buffalo.

w. H Miller, of StOyestown, Pa.
who has been suffering for nearly a
quarter of century from an affection
| of the kidneys, resulting in the neces-
sity for a surgical operation, after con-
sulting and being treated by number
of our own doctors, as well as receiving
the treatment and advice of some of
the most eminent professional men of
the land, finally I became acquainted
with the above Institute, and their
mode and means of treatment. After
! due correspondence with the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, the
proprietOrs of the Invalid's Hotel, he
was induced to visit said institution.
On arriving there and after being fully
acquainted with the abundant means
they possess, he lost no time in making
the necessary arrangements for the re-
quired treatment, and where patients
are 10th to leave, after recovery, he re-
turned to his family and friends cured
and happy man.
In giving this to the public, Mr.. Mil
Ter wishes to say that he owes the
aforesaid Institute nothing but his best
wishes. And the fact that his own sue
cess and great relief is due to similar
testimonials from others who were sue
cessfully treated there for all manner
of chronic diseases from every State
and Territory of the Union, Canada,
Mexico and South America. It is a
marvel of success. He further says,
should this fall to the notice ofany suf.
ferers from chronic diseases, such as
seem to battle the skill of your own
physician-but first and above all give
your own physicians fair and impair
tial trial, and all the available means
offered, as Somerset couaty may justly
feel proud of her medical men, who
spare no means nor time in the treat
ment of all cases entrusted to their
charge. And if they fail, in many
cases, it will be an act of charity to,
point you to a place where probable
cure may be elected, which is the
humble intent OF the above communi-
cation. The above Association is cour-
teods, prompt and reliable.-Somerse
(Pa.) Herald.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-24

The infant reason grows apace and
calls for one more application of that
good friend, Salvation Oil which never
disappoints, but always kills pain.
1t is neither pleasant nor profitable
to hear people constantly coughiag,
v hen they could be easily cueed by a
25 cent bottle of DR.. Bulls Cough Syr-
up.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-24

ReY. Geo. W, Bovine, the P. e. cler-
gyman of Salisbury, who went to the
Roman Catholic church, has changed
his religion again, this time entering
the ministry of the Reformed Episco-
pal church.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-24
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Smyrna times., 1890-12-24

The importance Of purifying the blood can
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Smyrna times., 1890-12-24

Chronic nasal Catarrh positively
cured by DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
90 cents, by druggists.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-24

70 mothers-Should the baby be
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Smyrna times., 1890-12-24

Halls Hair Remover prevents dan
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Smyrna times., 1890-12-24

The school population of Cambridge.
numbers 600 children.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-24
Periodicals.

The HOLIDAY NUMBER OF FRANK
LEsLIE's POPULAR MONTHLY.-Has
an elegant cover in colors and gold,
while its contents, literary as we'll as
artistic, are notably rich and varied.
The Census" in its most significant
and picturesque phases, in analyzed,
with the accompaniment of many pict-
ures, by Frederick S. Daniel. "The
Amateur Photographer and his Cam
era" by S. NJ. Gibson, is an illustrated
paper full of information and entertain
ment. D. E. Hervey contributes an
article on American Music and Com
pOsers," with which are given portraits
of twenty eminent living composers
belonging to our time and country.
Other illustrated articles are: "Edin-
burg Revisited" by n. Macdonald ::
''The Avocado, or Alligator Pear" by
Anna NJ. Paris Snakes and Snake
charmers in Ceylon," by F. Fitz-Roy
Dixon "Shark's-teeth Weapons" by
J. Carter Beard "The Feast of Jul
Alton" by Wifi P. Pond and "Thea-
trical Masks and Makeup" by Alice
Beard. There are short stories by w.
0. Stoddard, Lucy II. Hooper, David
Ker, John Macmullen, and others !:
and poems by Joaquin Miller, Madison
Cawein and COsmO MOnkhouse.
"A MERRY CHRISTMAS :" is the
CHEEKY greeting shing from very page
of that ideal monthly, DcmOrests Family
Magazine, the December number of
which-a genuine holiday number-is
just at hand. What one will not know
about preparing for Christmas, about
trimming the tree and suitable gifts
and good cheer and how to heartily
enjoy the merry Christmas-tide. after
reading this charming Magazine, is
not worth knowing. Lighting the
Way for Santa Claus" is the very an
propriate Introductory water-color. the
rich humor of which will be highly an
preciated by the little ones and "chil-
dren of larger growth" as wens and
the page engraving that follows, "Rap-
hael Painting the Virgin and Child ~ is
from noted painting, and will be ap-
preciated for its historic value as well
as its beauty. Besides these, there are
at least two hundred and City other
handsome illustrations, for this repre-
sentative Family Magazine is noted
Tor the quantity and good quality of its
pictures.
Fo mothers-Should the baby be
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babyhood, use DR.. Balls Baby Syrup
at once for the trouble. 25cents.
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Smyrna times., 1890-12-24

n tartar baking powder. High
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MT. Vernon ~, 1889.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-24

Carrying Letters to Walla Walla-TraveI-
ing Through the Snow Loaded with
GOld-FOIlOwod by lf-Breeds-POor
Marksmen
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-05-15

81 s,,e ssss was closed, Snd the inn.
without wasting shy time in deliberal
ton, promptly found the wohian guiIty
Of murder in the first degree, and SEM
fenced her to death. The sentence was
carried out that afternoon. Juanita
never lost her composure or her cheer
fitness; surrounded by her friends and
chatting gayiy with them, she walked
with firm, elastic step to her death.
without i tear o. a tremor she mounted
q ladder 10 an improvised scaffold Her
beautiful black hair was neatly braided,
and she was tastefulIy and richly
dressed She made short speech, sny.
ing that she did not regret what she
had done, as she bad merely inflicted Z
well-deserved punishment upon a maa
who had grossly insuited her, and that
II her life were to be spared she would
'agatu act in precisely the same way
under thefsame provocaticn. With her
own hands she passed the moose over
her head and arranged the rope. Then,
with graceful wave Of her unbound
hand. and a cheerful Adios, Sen ores. Z
she sprang of into etefnft Rocky
Mountain News.