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Smyrna times., 1890-01-15
For the Smyrna Times.
Walkers School House.
LITERARY socIELY-DEATH OF r.

LITERARY SOCIELY-DEATH OF r.
STANLEY WOOD.
Our school Teopened the 9Th inst
AFTER almost tive weeks vacation. The
number of scholars now on the roll
IS sixty-twO. Mamie Smear reca;ycJ
Vne prize for scholarships for last term
-Poe's poems.
The yards have quite a spring-like
appearance at this time. Roses and
other howers are in full bloom in some
yards at this time.
Inc grip has several victims in our
nelgh6orhood, breaking the regular
attendance at our school.
walkers Literary Society. which
was organized the first of last month is
making good progress. 1t has been
approved by old and young that have
attended. There are fifty members ON
Ine Ine roll and some joining each meeting
Inc committee on arrangements Sc
cured lamps and fixtures for the socie,,,
last week. The programme for noTt
meeting, Thursday night. will he seIaot
reading, speaking, dialogues nonsiS iS
anu a. q journal edited by the teacher.
~ Is likely the night of meeting viii
Oe changed at our next meeting.
John Latta and Mr.. Helveston bava
abandoned one trip to PhiladeInbia n
week and only attend the markell onoa
instead of twice. 0' Oiioe
Inc question to be discussed nj DaoL,
enyIlle next Friday night is Resojred
lhat the pen is mightier than tb1
sword" Affirmative, e. Marvel t.
w. F. Diggins, l. Staats. Messrs h.
up ana Hnggins. Negative. w 7
willis, A. Hayden, H. Whiteman
Deakyne and H. Buckson. a
II. A. Huggins has made an incnho
T4r that works perfectly satisfactorv
he Is receiving orders for Others y
1. Stanley Wood, hrigbt ,;,,,-
seven year old boy. attended, sohor1 h.Sle
last Monday week in his usnai lohool hriS!
manner, but took a cold which Sas
loiiowSd oy membraneous cronn tba9
ended his life early Sunday marr;na ynaV
Inc teacher and scholars of Walls;
scnooi met at the morning recess NO.
uay ana adopted the following resoin
WHEREAS, It has pleased AlminL
600 to remove from our midst onrsy
dore Stanley Wood, and neo-
WHEREAS, The friendly relat;ooa q,
nave existed with our deceased e, er;a's .uas
ana companion and the 80 q, sS., ,e'iii
.nls school render iSSeFonar snsl ol
we should place on recorS ~ ~ lehat
eIlon Of his excellent iishositionp ~ppre0l. pts,
.f.- k'~Nattuu while
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the rich. This process has been going
on from time shortly after the set
Element of this country until now
when the best lands of the west are
taken up. The question now is. as
this great granaTy of wealth is about
exhausted, must not the farming in
terests settle down to what they are in
old countries. There are men livinr,
in this community to-day who remeri.
Der what the situation was before the
world had awakened to Il knowledge
OF the value of our western territory.
The farmers of that day were not all
being sold out by the sheriff Indeed
as we look backward we are led to be-
lleVe they were prosperous. But thew
were prosperous only in the sense that
they could pay their debts and have a
little left. They could not have afford
ed to live, and did not pretend to live
as men 10 the same condition do to-
day. 1t one of our farmers of to-day
could have dropped down among
those of the first decade ofthe century
with his elegant, splendid euuipage
and general appearance of wealth
they would have thought him some
immensely wealty merchant from one
OF the old countries. They would
have looked at their own coarse outfit
woven, cut out and made at bOne
would have thought the elegant vebi-
Gle delightful thing 10 ride in, but
that they and their wives must still
ride double on the old marc as long as
she would hold out, and then would
have concluded it was blessing to be
rIch; On the other hand would not
the farmer of to-day envy them. No
execution creditors, nor promissorv
notes to harass the life out of them. no
striving at fever heat to hold up against
tue current of financial ruin, but on
the other hand most of them existing
under the restful influence of living
within their incomes. The inquiry
then is whether there is any hope for
financial comfort among farmers until
they conclude to take the mode of life
OF their ancestors as their guide.
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after them, though the chase is none
Che less exciting and the dollars no
easier to catch on that account. Now
What we want our subscribers to know
IS that we are being Il modern Nimrod.
We want to be done with the chase.
We are willing to do all we can to
earn the subscription price of the Jour
nal, but there we want to stop. The
remainder of the time ought to be de-
voted to the Improvement of our news
paper sinews so that we can earn a
better dollar in the future. The way
Tor us to do this is for you to pay the
subscriptions as soon as they are due
Won't you do it? If you have already
paid you can console yourself with the
reflection that this article is intended
for some other person.
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Here and There.

While we were having such balmy
weather here on Sunday and Monday
wlAter was holding high carnival ou
West, eyclOnic wave being followed
by snow and severe cold, while the
change to a lower atmosphere here on
Monday was without a drop of rain
and but narrow cloud. The follow
ing extracts from the daily papers OIL
Monday and Tuesday will show the
marked difference in weather:
very cold weather prevailed last
week in Lower Canada. On FRIDAY
the temperature in Quebec was 30 de.
grees below zero, at SpencerwoOd. 4C
below, and at Lake Edward, 80 below.
A tornado struck st. Louis about
half past four Sunday afternoon. max
ing pathway nearly three-quarters OF
a mile wide, in which buildings
were wrecked, trees uprooted, &C.
Inree persons were reported killed In
IN the city, and two at the town of
Venice, Illinois. The storm in St.
Clair county, Illinois, was particularly
severe, property in Brooklyn, East st.
Louis and other points being DESTROYED.
The damage in St. Louis is roughly es-
timated at 100000.
A terrific snow storm, with drifts
two to four feet high, ragged Sunday in
Omaha.
Six inches of snow fell Sunday at
Des Moines, Iowa. Snow was still
falling at night, and drifting badly
under high wind.
A tornado struck the cas-. side of
Clinton, Kentucky on sunday night.
killing IL persons, inJurIng 53, and de-
mOiishing 55 houses.
A blizzard ragged throughout por-
tiOns Of Missouri and Kansas on sun
day, tEe whole crOunty being covered
with snow to the depth of a foot or
more. Railroad trains are reported
stuck at several points. By Monday
morning the weather had moderated.
The wind storm passed throughout
the West and in Northern New York.
At Rochester one man was killed bv
falling buildings, and another perhaps
fatally injured, and considerable dam
age to property is reported, from
Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Oswego.
Utica, Pittsburg, Chicago, Detroit and
other points.
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15

The press of the state discussed va
rious topics the past week. The MOrnin,
Ne,gs in discussing an article in a Phil
adelphia paper to the effect that ou
judiciary would be controlled in de
Gliding Mandamus case says: "Tht
opinion of the writer is that if the chic
justice, who is as judicial in his politi
cal views as he is in every thing else
was somewhat warmer in his political
feelings, he could not or would not
decide according to the law and the
argument on the application for a
writ of mandamus.
We know of no ground for such an
opinion. We believe that our Judges,
irrespective of their private political
relations, are entirely capable of de-
Gliding legal question on legal grounds
and we do not know the slightest
shadow ola reason for suspecting or
imagining that under any conditions
they would decide otherwise"
The Daily Republican in noting the
the position of EUery EUening and the
DeImVarean as being at opposite ends
of the ballot reform issue, aud
quoting from the editorial of the lat
ter, 1--WE have the law before US and
unhesitatingly say that no man not
an idiot would advocate such inprac-
ticable election laws for any place out
side New England" says in reply:
"ECery ECening is the leading Demo-
cratic paper in New Castle County
and supports ballot reform, and the
DelaUareGH is the leading Democratic
paper in Kent County, and opposes bal
lot reform, we would indeed like to
know wherein these great advocates
OF Democracy differ on this point. 1t
will not do for our down State contem
porary to illuminate its anathemas
against any projected reform without
giving arguments for its opposition.
Any spoiled child can say 81 will" or ''I
won't, " but SUCH are not arguments.
The people are growing more intelli-
gent, better educated, read more litera-
ture, think more for themselves and
will not be satisfied with a mere asser-
ton without intelligent argument to
back it up. Ballot reform is agitatng
the country from one end to the other.
and will take no backward step"
The Morning Neps notes the fact
that the Democratic papers quote the
New York Tribune and Philadelphia
Press being in favor of the Australian
Ballot law and says: But there are
two reasons either of which are sufi.
cient why this appeal to authority is
not.as weighty as it might otherwise be
first, the writers in these outside papers
have no knowledge of our system Ofcar-
rying on Government by means of
Democratic assessors and collectors, and
secondly, they are not writing about
Delaware but about other states.
The Democratic brethren appear to
be disposed to turn the Australian bal.
lot system into a sort of patent medi-
cine, warrented to cure all political
diseases at sight, but we prefer to fol-
low the regular practice, and study
the symptoms somewhat before under.
taking to prescribe a remedy"
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15
THE NATIONAL RANK an s,1vpn.

u; J. Cummins, J. E. Collins. J. M
Voshell, A. B. Roe, A. E. Sudler, W
Geo. Hill, Jas. B. Conner, VIM. Hutch.
lson, J. c. Bailey, w. Polk Cummins.
President, D. J. Cummins; vice-presi.
cent John Ed. Collins; cashier, w. H.
Janney; teller, o. B. Voshell; book.
keeper, Eugene Davis. The directors
and bank officers of each bank dined
sumptuously after the election, those of
the Fruit Growers at the restaurant
OF Geo. NJ. Stevenson, and the Bank
OF smyrna at the Delaware House.
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15

The death of Judge Kelley makes a
gap in the Pennsylvania Congressional
delegation that will be hard to Gil. He
was one of the leaders in Congress. and
a valuable man not only to his party
but to the country at large. He has
served his district continuously al
Washington for nearly thirty years
and was well informed on national
affairs
Prof. Mendenhall, Of the Coast Sur
yey, says that the Gulf Stream un-
doabtedly shifts its position from time
to time and sometime gets nearer the
coast, due to prevailing winds on the
ocean. It may be nearer the coast
than common, he says, but if so il is
not responsible for climatic condition.
These unusual conditions are not peeu-
liar to the Atlantic Coast and it Is not
possible to conceive that the influence
of the Gulf Stream extends to and
throughout the Mississippi Valley. So
we must hunt for the reason elsewhere.
let the Gulf Stream be where it will.
Gen. Greeley thinks that our warm
weather is due to the fact that heavy
storms are raging In the Arctic regions
inducing all the warm currents to how
IN that direction. What an indignant
public wants to know is what will
happen when those currents begin 70
how again? Will cold currents follow
them A? VIII we have our winter next
summerf
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15
officers Of the Hose Comnanv.

AT the annual election on Monday
night of the Citizens Hose Company.
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Chas. B.
Peregoy; Vice President, Chas. F.
Kennedy; Secretary, Henry S. An
thony; Treasurer, g. A. Wick: Fire
Recorder, II. B. Grieves; Chief, H. S.
Anthony ; First Assistant, Nathaniel
Pratt; Sec. Assistant, Abel S. Riggs /:
Directors, Chas. A. Barnes, G. A. Wick
and John Cameron, Jr.
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15
Smyrna High School.
AvERAaEs FoR DECEMBER

A CLAss-George Taylor, SO; Harry
Tschudy, 80; Harry Cotton, 81; Emily
Spruance, "a; Mary Budd, SO; Julia
Griffith, 95; Nellie FAIRIES, 05.
B CLAss-Charles Stern. SO: Willie
Riggs, SO; Lillian Wilds, Sc; Katie
Kennedy, "a; Bertha Smithers, 80.
Q CLAss--Alexis Mustard; 85; Town
send Jefferson. 73; Charlie Burrows, "a;
John Chatham, 81; Willie Diehl, 50:
Mary Stuart, 81; Annie Hohecker, 90;
Nellie Stevenson. 88; Grace swlnney,
So; Eva SWinney, SO.
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THE FRUIT GROWERs, RANK

Richard G. Johnson, Masseys; FIJI
Harper, Still Pond; A. L. Hudson
Smyrna; Samuel Roberts, Smvrna
VIM. Ellison, Camden, Del: Thomas
James, Smyrna; Geo. H. RAYMOND
Smyrna; N. F. Wilds, Smyrna: John
II. HOffecker, Smyrna. President, Geo
d; Raymond; cashier, N. F. Wilds,
teller, S. G. Wilds; bookkeeper b MI
Fowler. " ~
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
Smyrna, Del. ,
Wednesday Afternoon, Jan. Is, 1890.

THE TIMES is published every Wednesday
afternoon by ROBT. D. HoFFEcKER Editor and
Proprietor, at Smyrna Del.
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ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
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Sequent insertions Three-and-a-half cents. A
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and yearly advertisers
OBITUARY NOTICES will be charged Five Cents
per line
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15

NE1S.-ln Smyrna, Jan orr Tol. H..
uaughter OF Elijah and Sarah M Ra,-s ~ ASsys5, ~
years 4 months and IS days Ne'S' Ageo ls
lev WmNear WodT ATS smyrna Jan. 18th, Theodore Stan.
oged dp1Vos Vo SC son OF Ann and the late VIM WOOL
DEMBY.-Near RIonoa SIl' -'-u 20 uays'
aged So SN"' 0u' margaret Demby
FranI, Near Green Spring. Januarv ,o,h
aged II son xaa OF samuel and Martha Benneit
IsSS ME- EEsEIn KS, ThorOughfare Neck Jan 10Th
''' 'uiSs Jena Browthers aged Il years. '-''
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15

IT has been announced that the
Court would give its decision to day
in the Mandamus case, and there has
been much interest this week among
the politicians as to the result.
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15

DR.. Alexander Hardcastle's farm.
located near Goldsborough, Caroline
county, and known as Castle Hall u
was sold on Wednesday at mortgagee's
sale to Isaac P. Lapham; of Smyrna,
for $4,000.
James r. Sudler, who is well-known
to old residenters of Smyrna, died at
his residence, near Sudlersville. last
Wednesday. Mr.. Sudler, when be lived
in Smyrna, clerked for Benz Donahoe,
who kept a general store in an old
building which stood where SQUIRE
Cooper now has his Office, on Commerce
street.
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15

~, fOT Ite SMyT7tu Timex
The Christidn AdUOcate, on Judge
Brewer, ihdorses the prohibition Of
milk punch that was to have been
served at the banquet given at Leavsn-
worth, December Both, in the honor nf
Brewers elevation to the supreme
Bench: The AdUocate says Brewers
elevation us an act which is Justly
offensive to all believers in prohibition
70 whatever political party they may
Oelong." In our opinion prohibitionists
can belong to only one party. In
slavery times there were Wings and
Democrats who were in favor of eman.
elPation and colonization, but they who
believed in the,right of men to be free
sald abolish slavery and leave the
slaves free to choose home and oecuna.
tlon ike other men are. Now we have
nlgh license, moral suasion, local op-
ton, &c, backed by Democrat and
Republicans, but all prohibitionis,s ar.
members of the Prohibition party.
T. o. AYREs.
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15

The Smith Chemical Co., 223 North
Charles ST., Baltimore, offer to send
free to any one sending their address
and stamp, sample package of DR.
Scott's Headache and neuralgia cure
which they guarantee will relieve in
fifteen minutes.
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15
26th Dividend.

- The Board of Directors of ~, iISU
Growers National Bank have this doT FII,' Sa
elared dividend of per cent for ~ Iaet Hc.
SIX months, payable on demand "0 '''S'
N. +. WILDS. Cashier
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15
Rank nirantnrn

The annual election of both of our
banks was held yesterday to choose
follows:
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Wh When baby was sick, We gave her Castoris
Whe wen she was Child. she cried for Csstor{.
When Whhen she peeame Miss, she clung to Castoris
""en sue had children. she gave them Csstc;,s
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COlored Schools.

Inc report of Henry G. Conrad, ESQ.
actnary of the African School Society
ior the school year commencing Oct0-
Der lst, 1888. and ending Nav 31st
1883, has just been issued in pamDhlet
form. '"-0'
1T is gratifying to me to be able to
report that the school year just passed
ma mas been one of growth and progress
Inc number of schools has increased
from 50 to "a, and the number of pupils
from 1910 to 3,675. New Castle county
with ~ schools outside of Wilmington.
shows an enrolment of 929; Kent. with
2S schools, an enrolment of l l.592. and
Sussex, with q schools, an enrolment
OF l, ,l54. The total amount distributed
to the schools was $7,326 90. OF this
%, ,046.22 came from the State appro-
priation and 81 ,6S3O7 from the school
tax fund. The three largest schools in
the State are at Dover Smvrna and
Slaughter's Neck, showing respectively
an enrolment of 156, ll9 and 100
During the year nearly all of the
schools were visited either bv myself
in Persen or by some of the older
teachers, deputised by me for the pur-
pose. bear cheerful testimony TO the
iaithfulness and efficiency of the teach
ers, many OF whom have been in the
work for several years. An effort was
mace 10 nave the amount appropriated
oy the State toward the support of the
colored schools increased to $4,000 bv
the last Legislature, but unfortunately
the Dill for the purpose failed in the
senate after receiving the unanimous
vote OF the House of Representatives.
oucn an increase would have proven
great benefit to the schools. The col
ored schools of Kenton hundred, Mil
ford and Seaford were incorDorated bv
the last Legislature in substantially the
same way as those of Dover and
Slaughter's Neck had been by the pre-
ceeding Legislature.
part of the State
Smyrna times., 1890-01-15
DEATHS

at ]. B. Cooper's. ''On 1'ain pS
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22
THE THEORY OF CRYSTALS.
Ancient Scientists Declared They We're
Pieces of Ice Too Hard TO MeIr.

Ancient Scientists Declared They wers
Pieces of Ice Too Hard TO Melt.
"The ancients," says collector of curios
the Washington Star, 'shad theory
that rock crystal was actually ice frozen
TO great density and by duration of time
congealed beyond liquidation. 'Krystal-
los in Greek means ice The famous
wribr on natural philosophy, Pl1ny, who
wrote more facts that were not true than
ever any man collected together before or
since, saws that crystal is undoubtedly water
frozen by cold so intense that nothing can
melt it again. Roman ladies of that time
were accustomed to carry spheres of cvstal
in their hands during hot weather Tor cool
ness. 1t was the thing also to have the
material worked into wine jugs and other
vessels. Nero had two drinking Guns of
crystal worth So, 900 each and crystal ladle
also; but when he learned that he had lost
his kingdom ne broke them, lest they fall
into the hands of anyone else.
"a crystal lens was employed in Rome
to kindle the sacred vestal fire. Great care
was taken not to put the crystal ware in a
warm place for fear it would melt. The
most remarkable discovery of crystal on
record was made in 1867 above the Tiefen
glacier by party of tourists, a single cave
In the granite yielding ], 900 crystals OF from
90 to 100 pounds weight"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22

"Besides this. General, 1 have several
| other complaints to make. The way in
which you sent ne word through your Ad-
jutant-"
The General interrupted him with the
most courteous smile on his lips:
"You seemed to be so much excited when
entered, and l was so much struck by the
last words of your conversation that for
got to make my excuses. / was lust en-
gagged in giving orders about my de-
parture'
You mean to leave Irkutsk?" asked
Schelm. "1 cannot understand"
And yet the matter is very simple. sur
render the administration of East Siberia to
the civil Governor of Irkutsk and leave to-
night for Petersburg"
Schelm sprang up.
Are you making fun Of me?"
THAT is very far from me.''
"Thenf forbid you most solemnly to leave
this place."
The General could not keep from laugh
ing aloud.
''Your journey seems to have affected
you badly. my dear Mr.. Schelm. You will
forbid me? You will order me? pray. do
you really think you have the right to give
orders? What do you think amp
Schelm could not recover at once his pres
ence OF mind; he was so used to see his in
ieriors tremble before him, that a really
dignihed manner was incomprehensible to
him. Angrily he exclaimed:
1.-The Car sends me here as q revisor,"
I'm order to inspect East Siberia, and in
this no one will interfere with you. But
this does not by any means authorize you to
interfere with General Count Moski and his
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-22

THAT is much better, though it seems
really too bad to sacrifice the Senator's
dreamy-looking plaid pants. Don't you
yourself, Mr.. Mast, think this is a better
style of picture of United States Senator
than one in which he seems to be posing
consciously"
mo, 1 don't; and may as well tell you
right now that what you don't know about
the art OF picture-making would cut up into
strips and reach from here to nowhere Sir.
you must get character into q picture. 1t is
not enough to make something that looks
like the man; it must be the very man him.
self on paDer. You suggest in a vague sort
of way your capability of ultimately
grasping this idea when you say YOU miss
Senator ingalls, plaid pants Now, to
the real artist it doesn't make bit
of difference whether in iact he wears plaid
pants or not; if plaid pants match his CON-
piexion better than those he actually wears,
the artists must dress HIM as BELTS him. So
with regards to attitudes. 1 don't know
whether Senator ingalls,, for example, ever
took hand in a geuteel prize fight or posed
as an elegant tough, but when the artist
looks at him he must see him in the atti-
tudes that fit him."
At this point Senator Ingalls, got up and
walked back into the smoking room, and
every time he passed up and down before
the open door the artist brought his ins.an-
taneous pencil I'd bear on him with such
effect that the pictures be made were more
like Ingalls, than Ingalls, is like himself.
WILLIS y. HAWKINS.