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Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
Annual Meeting of the State
Fair.

The twelfth annual meeting of the
stockholders of the State Fair Asso-
citation was held last week. The re-
port OF the treasurer showed that the
receipts during 1889 were Sll las. .6s
and the disbursements for everything
including insurance, new buiidinRS,
etc., SIC, 1893 SO. which leaves a balance
as profit of $135.67.
The financial standing of the asso.
citation is: Resources, SIS, 1856. %; lia.
bilities, $l6,65O.3O. The total profits
SS8.23.
President Thomas w Wilson in his
report stated that the past year had
been an encouraging one TO the assO-
citation. He predicted that il the rep
utation of the association for its excel
lence on the race track were 20 be con-
tlnued it would be necessary to adopt
pOOl-selling, as many of the other
grounds on the circuit had already
adopted it and it was already . diG-
cult task 70: the association 70 all its
list of entries acceptably.
Thomas W. Wilson was reelected
president, d. P. Barnard, secretary and
Lewis Schabinger was elected treas
urer in place of Watson Broadway. re-
signed; The following is the board Of
directors: Thomas Curry, Casper Ken
dali, Ebe Tunnel, John B. Wharton,
Alexander Johnson, Robert Denney,
Hiram Reedy, ManlOVe Hayes, W. r.
Allaband, w. L. Postles, John +.
Salisbury, DIR. Hickman, Lewis Scha-
binger. Wilson N. Cannon, Jabez Jan-
kins, WILDER Burnits, :. d. Rowe, L.
w. Collins. II. A. Richardson, Ezekiel
Cowgirl, Edmund Bailey, r. L. Mar
tin, D. NJ. Wilson, John Heitschu, J.
D. Burton, J. Colby Smith. and E. q.
Bancroft.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
Great Floods in The West
PORTLAND, OREGON SUBMERGED AND
CUT OFF.

A phenomenal rain.storm pre-
vailed in Southern Oregon last week,
which, in connection with the melt
ing SHOWS in the mountains, has caused
the greatest food known since the
country was settled. The damage to
South Oregon cannot be estimated as
yet, for postal communication is so un-
certain and limited that only surmises
can be made on the ravages of the
water.
On the line of the numerous tributar-
les of the Rogue river many ranhces
have been damaged, if not ruined, and
miles of fencing have been swept away.
Much of the finest soil in the lower
valley has been washed down to grav-
ell and bed rock, and the spectacle of
fields flooded, roads washed out and
bridges and culverts demolished is
common.
The Oregon and California Railroad
track in Southern Oregon has been
washed away for miles, and the road
bed has been seriously damaged along
the whole line. There has not been
a mali from either North or South for
several weeks. Hundreds of thous-
ands of Dollars will not cover the
losses.
Advices from Portland, Oregon say
The situation there is undoubtedly due
to the rapid rise of the Willamette river
1t flows into the Columbia Just above
Portland. For nearly a month past
the hills and mountains of Oregon
through which the river flows have
been piled with continually falling
snow. The drifts in some places were
fifteen and twenty feet high.
During the past week the warm
winds have melted this snow and the
Willamette river has become 9 torrent.
On the Northern Pacific, between
NoxOn and Trout Creek, there have
been several avalanches and the tele
graph lines there are also inte rrupted
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
Rats.

A curiOns connection is thought by
the credulOus to exist between rats
and politics. In the United States the
brown rat is said to have made his
first appearance simultaneously with
the Declaration CT Independence,
while in Great Britain it was unknown
until 1714 the year which marked the
close of the Stuart regime and the ad-
vent Co the throne of the present Han
Overian dynasty. In Germany the ru-
ined tower at Bingen on the Rhine
commentaries to this day the over
throw of Archbishop HaltO's despotic
rule by the agency of these ferOciOus
rodents. 1t is probable that some
great political event is fOreshadOWed
by the present extraordinary plague Of
of rats in Great Britain. Never since
the days of the Pied Piper have they
been so numerous there as at the pres
ent moment. A kind of universal ris-
lug of rats throughout the Island ap-
pears to be taking place, which is as
sudden as it is unaccOuntable. StO-
ries of their extensive operations ex-
tend from Lands End to Midlothian.
The local wiseacres are at their wits
end to account for the invasion, or to
explain where all the rats come from
but some of them are inclined to be-
lieve that the plague portends the
grant of Home Rule to Ireland dur
ing the year 1890. At the same time,
there is no present indication of any
inclination on the part of the rodents
to migrate to the Green Isle when heI
political autonomy is secured.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
Whales in the Chesapeake.

Captain Hall of the Oyster Schooner
Joseph Allen, had q thrilling exper-
fence with whales in the Chesapeake
Bay Sunday evening, I'D inst. The
schooner was loaded with oysters from
Pocomoke. While en- route to Norfolk
while of Woifs Trap, one whale was
noticed spOuting far of to the west
ward. All of sudden, and while all
were intently gazing at the FIRST whale,
there was lashing of the waters about
80 feet ahead Of the schooner, and on
the starboard side another whale was
seen to throw his tail out of the water.
Those on board were considerably
alarmed at seeing q whale in such
range, but their alarm was greatly in-
creased when his whaleship commen-
ced spOuting great streams of water
high into the air. The vessel waa
hove to, aud as many as fifteen whales
were counted by those on board. At
one time there were two on both the
starbOard and pOrtside Of the frail
craft.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
Physical Culture.

Many ladies have recently asked in
regard to calisthenic exercises, "What
do you mean by physical cultureP"
In the words of lady, who is thor
Oughly trained in the art or science of
calisthenics, it is "the development and
refinement Of the entire physical per-
son through cultivating it to express
the purposes and emotions of the soul.
Mind and body must work in harmony.
1t is as necessary to cultivate the phys
ical as the mental. The aim of this
work is to give the ladies poise, hexi-
bility, strength and grace. What woman
does not wish to be considered good
looking and healthy, to say nothing OF
being beautiful? This is Just what
physical culture dOes.- 1t strengthens
the muscles of the bOdy-the stomach
thus aid digestion the head, thus do.
ing away with headaches the chest
thus developing respiration. These
are all important to women as we'll aE
men, and they have more moral right
TO neglect them than they have to take
poison. Strong mothers mean strong
progeny, and this means the advance,
ment of the human race.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
Cut Out For a Lawyer.
EPH HARRIS DIsCOMFITs PROsECUT.
ING WITNESS AND PRESIDING
JUDGE.

"Jedge, dis yOndah man, Mistah Eph
Harris, has done threatened my life
and say dat he gwine to spill me all
over de street. | lowed dat he
wOuld't l gifts warran' for his rest
chawgin' salt and battery"
ben Willyum, you know you is
lynn" said Eph, as he glared at his
accuser.
mo, sab, jedge; he is not a lyin',"
interrupted a cOlOred woman who
seemed greatly interested in the case.
dat man, Eph Harris, is bad man.
He don't work, but jest hangs round
my hOuse'n let's me go out washin' so
dat he kin eat. l keep tellin' him to
go Out'n prOjec' 'roun for a job, but no,
he jes' set about de hOuse'n read, N
say he too smaght to wu'k. Oh, l
know him; he's no count no way you
kin fix it,"
And now, you hOnah, may l speak
few remarks in my own benalf?"
said Eph, small darkey, gray haired
and keen.
YES" said Justice Prindiville.
"Well. sab, n may it please de cOht
STAINS afoh you chawged with 'sault
an battery, but does the evidence
prove it? No, sab, nevah, n dahfoh
l claims dat de defendant am in de
eyes of de law an innOcen' man, n
should be dischawged."
That's true, Ephraim," said the
court, "but this woman says you are q
lOafer-a vagrant."
$50 she dO-sO she do. But don't dc
law say that a wife CANT testify agin
her husband? Co'se it do"
us she your wife, Eph ?"
IVY yes, Mandy is my wife, an
yit heah she come an make such a.
talkin' bout me, her own ole sweet
ness"
"GO on, Eph Harris" Indignantly
broke Mandy, but moment later she
was compelled to smile at her old
man.
"Discharged, >" said the court.
"Well, eff dat niggah ant smaht,"
said Mandy as she looked proudly a
her yellow-eyed little man. "Done
fool de coht slicker'n grease. Com,
heah, Eph; I'm proud of you'n won
bother you no moh. Jes stay 'bOu
de house an look arter my interests
As the pair left the court room Epl
said, "Didn' / tole ye, Mandy, what
wuz gwine to dO?" I'm gwine prac
tice law myself from now On'p ! want
you to come n heah me-"
Mandy was a proud woman.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
He Was Cutting up Carriages

Turner a cOlOred man, was arrested
and lodged in Jail at ChestertoWn last
week for having cut and damaged
valuable carriage property on Friday
night before. A cake walk and elaborate
entertainment were given at what is
known as Colchester No. 2, a small
colOred settlement about a mile and
a-half from Pomona, between Pomona
and Quaker Neck. Curtains and tops
Of two new carriages belonging TO
George McWhorter, one to Robert III.
Wright, aud one Of Mr.. Bentley were
cut and slashed to such an extent as to
render them useles without extensive
repairs. Turner on SATURDAY morning
made for Queen Anne's but constable
Simpson, assisted by Queea Anne's
officer effected his arrest and brought
the man to Chestertown. He refused
to make full confession, but said that
he was drunk when be did il.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
WHOLE NO. 1903.
A Plucky Delaware Student.
He VOLUNTEERS TO BECOME FRKsH.
NAN BOWL BOY AND OUTWITs
THE sOPHs.

The bowl man at the recent animal
oowl light at the University of Penn.
syIVanla was SON of DIR. Greenleaf Of
GreenVille. 1t is the annual custom
ior the first honor boy of the Febru.
ary class to be put in this large wooden
and iron bound bowl by the Sophie
mOres, the Freshmen doing their beat
to get him away.
The hrst honor man this year was
named Friedman, and he poaItivaIV
refused to undergo the ordeal, which
Is one fraught with danger. Young
Greenleaf was next in the class and for
the honor of his fellows said he would
stand the test.
He took his place in the bowl. his
fellow classmates surrounding him. The
SOphs forming id a solid phAlanx
moved down on the Freshys. Just a.
the confident SOphomores were ahopt
70 charge the Freshmen the latter
opened their ranks on the opposite
side and their bowl man ran away.
This was an unexpected man@uVeF
and the SOphs were taken by surprise.
Ihey recovered Immediately and
dashed away after the heetfoOted
young man. Many an athletic hand
was laid on the determined young
sprinter, but his strong canvas Jacket
served him well, and he at length
reached the South street station. one
and half miles from the college.
Here a large number of medical stu.
dents were gathered and young Green.
leaf threw himself on their protection.
The Med's escorted him safely back
to the college, which he entered and
was an interested and somewhat
uneasy spectator of the fight below.
The SOphs were trying to enter the
building, but the Freshys kept them
out. After desperate struggle and
after the clothing of many Of the con-
teStants had been torn to rags, the
fight was declared draw.
DIR. Greenleaf and his friends are
very proud of their brilliant and feet
footed boy.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
The Church-What Consti-
tuteS it.

Extract from DIR. Geo, R. Crooks
sermon in Grace church, Wilmington,
Sunday, Feb. I'd.
Few people know the meaning of the
word church. 1t will be better under.
stood if we consider what it is not. First,
the church is not a substitute for Christ.
1t does not take His place, and has no
mediatOrial power. There are Chris
tians who hold that the church has
mediatorial power and can make sac
riices for men; that she can close the
gates of Heaven and admit whom she
Will. This is not according to the
teachings of Christ. 1t is not true, the
church cannot stand between US and
Christ. The duty and privilege of the
church is to cry out: Behold the lamb
of God" Christ is first and unap-
proachable.
The church is not a substitute for
the Divine word, and in no sense of
equal authority to that word. She
only reflects the rays of light which
the word gives out. The church has a
great duty to perform. She is the
trustee of our hopes, she is the keeper
OF the book. In the middle ages the
saints hid themselves away with the
book that they might preserve it until
better times. They were the trustees
of that fountain of comfort and faith
which God provided for his people.
Gods word is true because the church
attests its truth and because it appeals
to our judgment.
When Christ was crucifed the church
was there. When he was laid IN the
grave, wherein no man had ever lain,
the church was there, and when He
burst the bonds of death the church
was there and saw the tomb was
empty. On the day of Pentecost when
the three thousand were converted the
church was there bearing testimony to
the truth of Gods word and of the sac
riice made for his people. The church
is not the maker of but the teacher of
Gods truth the teacher to lead the
monitor to keep the saints from error.
The church is not the law. She can
not say ''dO this or that because l say
it" but because the Lord says it, The
church is not voluntary association.
1t does not depend upon the will of
man, but upon the will of God. Men
are under obligation to God, and the
sense of this obligation lies at the bot
tom of church fellowship.
Men are also under obligations to
the state, but, unlike the state, the
church cannot compel men to assume
or acknowledge these obligations. The
church is not made by creeds. Churches
make creeds, but it is God who stirs
mems hearts with q sense OF the new
life. 1t is the common love of God,
the sacrifice of Christ, which we feel
and enjoy in common that makes the
fellowship we have in Christ. How
sweet it is! 1t is not the fellowship oi
citizens or of kindred. 1t is fellowship
in God.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
A genuine Love Story.
This story was originally told by

This story was originally told by
Spurgeon:
A young clergyman and his bride
were invited guests at a large party
given by a wealthy parishioner. In all
the freshness and elegance of the
bridal wardrobe the young wife shOne
among the throng, distinguished by
her cOmeliness and vivacity, and rich
attire, and when during the evening
her young husband drew her aside and
whispered to her that she was the
most beautiful woman in all the COM
pany, and that his heart was bursting
with pride and love for her she thought
herself the happiest wife in the world.
Ten years later the same wife and hus-
band were guests at the same house
where there were gathered a similar
gay company. The wife of ten years
ago wore the same dress she had worn
on the previous occasion, and, of
course, it had been altered and re-
made, and was Old-fashioned and
almost shabby. Toll, and care, and
motherhood, and pinched circum-
stances had taken the roses out of her
cheeks and the 1.-THE spring out of her
form. She sat apart from the crowd,
care worn and preOccupied. Her small
hands, rOughened with coarse toll,
were ungloved, for the minister's sal
ary was painfully small.
A little apart the ten year husband
stood and looked at his wife, and as he
observed her faded dress and weary
attitude, great sense of all her loving
faithfulness came over his heart. Look
ing up she caught his earnest gaze and
noticed that his eyes were filled with
tears. She rose and went to him; her
questioning eyes mutely asked for an
explanation of his emotion, and when
he tenderly took her hand, and plac-
ing it on his arm, led her away from
the crowd and told her how he had
been thinking of her as she looked
ten years before when she was a bride,
and how much more precious she was
to him now, and how much more beau
tiful, for all her shabby dress and
rOughened hands, and how he appre-
ciated her sacrifice and patient toll for
him and their children, a great wave
of happiness filled her heart and light
shOne in her face so that it gave more
than youthful beauty, and in all the
company there was not so happy a
couple as this husband and wife, their
hearts and faces aglOw from the fam.
ing up of pure sentiment that trans.
figured and ennobled, and glOrified all
the tolls and privations they have en-.
dured.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
Poison Oak

The following extract taken from a
letter written by Mr.. E. A. Bell, fully
explains itself:
While surveying land in 1883 / acci-
IDENTIFY handled poison oak vine and in
less than three hours 1.-THE eruption
usually resulting from such contact
begins in ten days. my face was swOl-
len and disfgured, and my hands and
arms seriously effected. Immediately
began taking Swift's Specific Is. s. 81
and after taking three large bottles /
found all signs of the breaking out en-
tirely removed. / was led to suspect
its return at the same time next year,
but il did not nor have 1 had any indi.
cations of its return since.
My little boy, eight years old, was
afflicted with the same poison in 1884
After taking several bottle of Swift's
Specific IS. s. S. the eruptions entire.
ly disappeared. A very slight form Ol
the same eruption returned during
the next spring, but we then resumed
the rs. s. 81 and having taken enough
during that season to make the cure
permanent, he has not since had any
return of the disease. Swiit's Specific
rs. s. S. certainly effected thorough
cures ia both these cases, and recon.
mend it as a most effective remedy fo
all such diseases. =. A. BELL.
Anderson, s. G.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
Killed by Avalanches.

The town of Burke, Idaho, in the
Ceur d 'Alene mining district, has been
nearly destroyed by avalanches. Half
of the business houses are in ruins
Three men were killed and the terror
stricken inhabitants have fed to the
towns of Gem and Wallace, fearing a
repetition of the disaster. Particulars
are meagre as wires to all points have
gone down, leaving no means of COM
municatiOn.
The disaster OccurredW Wednesday. With
scarcely a moments warning a ire.
mendous mass of snow and rocks swept
down upon the town from the west
side of the narrow gulch in which it is
situated. Five men were buried
beneath the snow. Two were res.
cued, but the others are dead aud their
bodies have not yet been recovered.
SCENE OF THE CATASTROPHE.
The ill-fated town lies in the narrow
gulch, through which Canyon creek
pours its water inte the south fork of
the C9ur d'Alene. 1t had about two
hundred inhabitants, who have de-
serted their wrecked or menaced
homes and places of business. The
nearest town is Gem, also upon Can
yon creek and three miles down the
stream.
Later in the day another disastrous
avalanche swept upon a boarding
house connected with the Custer mine
which is situated upon Nine Mile
creek, about five miles from Burke.
The boarding house was full of miners.
six of whom were killed; the others
mad a narrow escape, and a number
were injured.
THE ILL-FATED TOWNS.
The disasters are not a surprise to
those familiar with topography of that
section. The towns are situated in
very narrow gulches, On each side of
which abrupt mountains arise, The
snowfall this winter has been unDre-
cedented in the history of the country.
Within the last few days it has been
raining hard, which had the effect of
loosening the deep snow.banks and
precipitating them upon the town and
the houses below.
The C@ur d'Alene mining district is
one of the richest in the world, both
for gold and silver. 1t includes the
famous Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mines, perhaps the greatest fissure
vein in America. The principal town
is Wallace. The other towns are
Wardner, Osborne, Burke and Gem.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
DON'T

get into the habit of taking medicine for every
little imag nary trouble. Nature often reminds
US by slight shocks that we have tranSgressed
the laws of hygiene, and that our conduct in this
respect needs correction In such cases prOphy-
Tactics are more eficaciOus than Therapeutics
But there are physical antagonisms which it is
folly to neglect. Clearly defined diseases requir.
ing prompt and specific treatment-Of these
inteTmlttentS chills aud fever-sTe the most
common, and of the remedies proposed some are
so nauseOus as to be unfit for weak stOmachs,
while others disastrOusly affect the head and
nervous system. From such heroic remedies the
disguised sufferer turns to LOwber's Brazilian
Vegetable Pills elegantly sugar-cOated) and finds
immediate relief without any physical disturb
Gnce whatever from the action If the medicine.
This is the secret of the immense popularity OF
these Pills
Zone Pill usually cures me of headache, to
which am subject "A. w. SMALL, Lincoln, Del.
"They cause natural evacuation of the bowels
without any of the disagreeable effects common
TO other medicines. use them for cOstiveness. ;.
E KNIGHT 500 Commerce street. Philadelphia
Peter Smith, Esq, formerly a manufacturer in
Philadelphia. now residing on his farm near
Hazlettville, Del, furnishes us a strong testimo.
nial ofthe transcendent virtues of this remedy.
He says:
"Dear Sir-I was afi 'cted with fever and ague
from August, 1887, to February of this year (SsS
tried all sorts of chill cures without avail, and
grew so emaciated and weak that | could not
get upstairs. In February l began the use OF
your Brazilian Pills. and before had taken hall
the box was so far recovered that | could use
the Mall and Wedges. l am now (April 30), in
tip top condition. have had dyspepsia all my
life, hut 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 box (sugar-cOated) so cents Fol
sale by Druggists and Dealers
LOwber's Worm LOzenges,
Pleasant TO the taste, cordial to the stomach
reliable Worm destroyer excellent for bilious
ness in chidren-35 in a box 25 cts. Druggist
and dealers
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12
Virginia Rejects the Whipping
Post.

In accordance with the sentiments
expressed by the Democratic caucus
Virginia house Of delegates last week
put itself on record as unanimously op.
posing the inflictiOn of stripes as a pun.
ping Post bill came up in that body We'd
nesday, on motion Of its patron, Mr..
Downing, it was summarily dismissed.
This action meets with universal ap-
prOval in the state among the mem
bers of both political parties. The
state cannot in this advanced age Of
civilization afford to be placed in the
posisitiOn to adopt any retrograde leg
islatiOn. The white people are as
stongly against the restoration Of any
such relic Of barbarism as the whip
ping post as the negroes are.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12

Laxador is largely used as a correc,
tive for liver and blood affections, as
we'll as for those Of the bowels and
stomach. Druggists sell It for %
cents.
my. child was affected just like
yours. Mrs. B. and DR.. Bulls Baby
Syrup gave It almost immediate relief (;
would surely give Il a trial"
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12

Societies have been formed in Aus.
tria and Hungary to abolish the Gus
tom of removing the hat in saluting
ladies and at funerals, the idea being
that colds in the head are contracted
in complying with the present rule OF
etiquette.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12

SYRUP OF FIGS, produced from the
laxative and nutritious juice of CalifOr.
mia fgs, combined with the medical
virtues of plants known to be most
beneficial to the human system, acts
gently, on the kidneys, liver and bow
els, efectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds and headaches, and
curing habitual constipation,
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12

Who can foretell sudden bruise on
the leg Of favorite Keep Salvation
Oil for the stable
The early bird catches the worm,
and sometimes a bad cold, which how
ever does no injustice to the old prov
erb, for with the aid Of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup colds are Of no consequence.
Price % cents.
Smyrna times., 1890-02-12

"What can rich women do ?" is the
title of newspaper article. They can
hire the washing done or do it them
selves just as they please. They can
call on a neighbor and swap recipes,
just as women of more moderate means
do. They can try to beat down a poor
dry goods clerk, and generally do.
What they can't do would make a
much more interesting article. Do
you know such woman in Smyrna