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Smyrna times., 1890-12-10
The Price of Farm Produce
Improving

From an Interview with J. Bookwalter in the
Cincinnati Enquirer.
sat down with Mr.. Johu w. Book
walter, of Springfield, Ohio. Now"
said Mr.. Bookwalter, II make the pre-
diction that the next boom in the Uni
ted States is going to be in farm lands
l had the foresight several years ago to
purchase a large quantity of land in
Kansas and Nebraska-the very states
which have been swept over by this
protest against the Mckinley bill. My
argument was that we had taken up
nearly all the good lands. That is the
case now so much that there is, literal
ly speaking, no more great West to Oc-
cupy. The only way we can add to
the productive lands of the United
States hereafter, is by reclaiming the
swamp lands or by irrigating the des-
ert and dry lands. Both these process
ses are very slow and very expensive.
The natural land has been taken up,
and if in large quantities that means a
subdivision into small quantities and
with the subdivision must ensue higher
prices for land"
Mr.. BOokwalter took out a pencil and
began to demonstrate to the following
effect:
1--WE are now able to export sur
plusage of breadstuffs aud other food,
enough only to supply 100000 people.
All the rest that is raised out of the
ground is consumed by our 63,0O0,000
or more Americans. At the present
rate of the increase of our population,
and considering the stoppage Of the
supply of new land we shall ourselves,
eat everything that we raise in this
country in six years. This is so inevi-
table that there is going to be an in
crease in the farming population it is
going to pay hereafter to be farmer.
When we have no surplus to export,
the world still desiring to partake of
our crops, the prices must go higher,
and l think the farmer, after having a
few years of low prices is going to have
good rates speedily.
"They are little better now than
they have been, and he feels encour-
aged. This occupation of the soil ex-
tends also to the cattle ranches, of
which there are fewer than there were.
In short, the country is settled up,
whereas for about twenty years we
have been rushing upon new land
breaking up too much soil, aud making
the competition too great among the
| farmers -
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10
Latest in Hosiery.

A new Device which will be of inter-
est to dealers of hosiery in the United
States, has been recently patented in
several European countries, and an
application for patent is on file in the
American Patent Office. Said device
consists Ofa combination stocking and
garter, made by running a rubber elias
tic band through a welt at the top of
the stocking.
The ends of the elastic appear out
side of the welt, and may be arranged
to fasten with a button or a fancy
clasp similar to those used on kid
gloves. The elastic can be drawn out
and inserted at will, although the ne
cessity of taking it out does not yet
appear, as it is said the best rubber
will satisfactorily stand the washing
process. When the elastic is in its
place the general appearance of the
stocking is not changed, as the fasten-
ing, unless metallic, will be of the same
color as the stocking. .-Caemitr letter
~ Dry Goods Economist
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10
The Abuse of Noise.

The modern protest againt unnec-
cessary noise, such as the clang of
church bells in cities, the shrek of To-
comotives in populOus suburbs, and
even the crusade against street bands
and hand organs, considered merely as
noise, is indicative of advancing ciVili-
zation, declares HGrpers Weekly. In
London the street cries are ceasing and
the benefit of silence is becoming to be
generally recognized as promoting
heala and comfort
Those who live in cities must always
protect themselves against noxiOus
odors and useless noise. The uproar
of the noise before the Fourth of July
has been largely suppressed. 1t is a
savage and barbarOus taste which de-
lights in noise.
But one of the most universal and
outrageous of the abuses of noise is as
yet unchallenged and unremedied-
the steam whistle. New York and
other cities are already the centres of
factory life, and the suburbs are full of
all kinds of industries which must
summon their workmen at an early
hour.
Along the Hudson River the abuse
of early uprOar is in many places al
most intolerable Brickyards at some
parts of the river begin in summer to
blow their whistles at half-past three
in the morning, and with such penetra-
ting and persistent fury that those who
live miles away are disturbed. Else
where other factories, at other hours,
take up the fierce noise, one from an
other, and the harm to the sick, and
the discomfort to everybody are indie
scribable.
The tabled necessity of the railway
locomotive shrek must disappear be-
fore steady public remonstrance. The
horrible OdOrs that oppressed the up
per part of the city have been some
what relieved by public protest. The
reasonable proprietors of factories and
other industrial works ought to per-
ceive that it is not necessary to startle
| the whole town or country in order
to summon their wOrkmen. Here is a
reform in which all good citizens can
unite irrespective of party.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10
The Oriental Aspect of New Mexico.

In many parts of New Mexico the
landscape features present an aspect
not dissimilar to certain parts of Egypt
Syria and Palestine. There is the
same clear air, high lights, and wide
desert spaces bounded by plateaus
and sand-hills, and winding through
the fat, sandy valley, a silver stretch
of river, its banks bordered by occas-
sional trees in New Mexico, sycamore
and n-woods-grOwing singly and
in clumps. The low, fiat-roofed, thick
walled houses of sun-baked brick, of
tints alike to the soil, add to this i'm
preston, and the Oriental aspect of
the country is sustained in many of
the structures implements, and customs
of its people. In the open fields are
the threshing floors Of beaten clay, on
which sheep, goats or asses trample
the wheat from the straw, and the
grain is afterward winnowed by the
process Of tossing it from blankets in
the air, and in secluded communities
the juice is yettrodden from the grape
into rawhide tubs, by the naked feet of
men and women, and fermented into
wine in great Ollas, or earthern jars as
large as barrels. In these by-places,
as in patriarohal times, oxen draw the
wooden, One-handled plow or creaking
cumbrous cart, by means of yokes
stretched across their horns.--Harper' s
Weekly.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10
Are You Sur erstitious.
CATECHESE YOURSELF DOWN THIS LIST
OF QUERIES AND SEE.

AAEOhtoE AOO h9FLF DOWN THIS LIST
OF QUERIES AND SEE.
l. DO you believe in witches. sprites
elves, FAIRIES, vampires, ghouls, ogres.
imps, gnomes, bogies, brownies, pixies
or leprcchauns.
2. Do you believe in an evil genius?
3. Do you believe in the evil eve?
4. Does it make any difference with
you how you see the new moon?
.. DO You mind crossing funeral d?
6. Would you pass night in
graveyard, with corpse in a church,
or in charnel house ?
Z. Do you wear anything which can
be considered in the nature of tails
man or mascot?
8. Did you ever employ anything
as talisman or mascot?
o. Do you attach any meaning 10 a
four-leaf clover?
10. Would you willingly pass under
a ladder?
II. DOyou feel uncomfortable when
you spill salt?
u. Would you sit down with thir.
teen at table?
10. Would you start on a trip on
Friday or would you defer commencing
an important work on that dayP
IA. Do you attach any Importance
to numbers, especially to three seven
and nine.
10 Would you give a child the same
name as that of one who has just died
Is. Are you afraid of the dark ?
II. Did yOn ever have your fortune
told nv 0VnSV aStrOloUar oards or sip,
liar tests?
Is. Were you ever made uneasy by
the insect commonly known as the
death-watch
10. Would you venture to knock
three times at midnight upon the door
of an empty church ?
20. Do you believe in dreams, omens,
portents, signs, warnings harbingers or
handwritings on the wall.-Sdn Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10
India.

By the well where the bullocks 60
Silent and blind and slow
BY the field where the young corn dies
In the face of the sultry skies,
They have heard as the duh earth hears
The voice of the wind of an hour,
The sound of the Great Queens voice:
MY God hath given mo years,
Hath granted dominion and power;
And bid you, o Land, rejoice"
And the PlOughman settles the share
More deep in the grudging clod;
For he saith The wheat is my care,
And the rest is the will of God.
"He sent the Mahratta spear
AS he sendeth the rain
And the Mech, in the fated year,
Broke the spear in twain,
And was broken in turn. Who knows
How our Lords make strifef
1t is good that the young wheat grows
For the bread is life"
Then, far and near as the twilight drew.
Kissed up to the scOrntul dark
Great serpents blazing of red and blue,
That rose and faded, and rose anew,
That the land might wonder and mark,
To-day is a day of days they SBid,
Make merry, o people, all
And the PlOughm0n listend ana bowed Ms
head
To-day and tomorrow Gods will" he said
As he trimmed the lamps on the wall
-RudyGrd kipttng IN Spectator
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10

Hark to the sound Of humanitys walls
Millions of people with aches and with ails,
Headaches and humors a merciless food,
Weakness oflungs and disorders of blood.
Yet there's helper that certainly saves,
Thousands of people from premature groves.
The remedy is DR.. Pierces Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t cures coughs,
relieves asthma, checks Bronchitis,
purifes the blood, heals sores, erup-
tiOns and unsightly pimples and is
without a rival for all the ills that
spring from a disordered liver. All
druggists.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10
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Smyrna times., 1890-12-10

A LAKE OF PFToH.-Near where we
live" said William Greig, of Trinidad,
West Indies, "is lake of pitch. It's at
La Brea. 1t covers about ninety acres
and is soft enough to take the impress
ion of your foot as you walk over it,
but take up bit of it and strike it
sharply and it breaks off with a con-
choidal fracture like a lump of anthra-
cite. l don't know where it comes
from but do know it's awfully hot
there. The sun beats down like fun
and the black pitch absorbs all the
heat. All down to the coast and un-
der the sea, and across to Venezuela
there's a streak of the same formation.
The British government owns the lake
and u monopoly pay a royalty of not
less than s2O,OO0a year,-CAi OGgO TTi-
bune.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10

The harsh, drastic purgatives, once
deemed so indispensable, have given
place to milder and more skilfully pre-
pared laxatives, hence the great and
growing demand for Ayers Pills. Ply
siCians everywhere recommend them
for costiveness, indigestion and liver
complaints.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10
BLACK CHEVIOTS.

Are the leaders this season and we are
fully prepared to meet all demands.
SD buys an elegant all-wOOl suit in
straight or round cut sack. Sl5 Sl8 and
$50 buy the better ones, but our SIS suit is
the one we harp on most.
Cut in either sack or cutaway frock, this
Sl5 Black Cheviot makes the nobbiest
e,,it ,-o, avar cow
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10
HAMBURCERS.

Despite the empty cry about advance
we will demonstrate our promise by reduc-
ing usual market quotations. We will
prove to you that we are selling best made
clothing for less than can be found else
where, and by the way" there is not a
store in Wilmington that keeps such a
large stock of the finest grades of goods.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10

The range and penetrating power of
the modern rifle are tremendous. The
six-inch rife will burl its projectile
through ten and a half inches of
wrought iron thousand yards from
the muzzle. The eight-inch rifle will
pierce sixteen and three-tenths inches
at the same distance. The ten-inch
rifle that the reiuvenated Miantonomah
will carry, will send its missile through
twenty-One inches Of iron thousand
yards away. The 12-inch rifle, of
which we are to have a supply in the
future, will penetrate twenty eight in
ches OfirOn at range of 5000 feet.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10

Do not consult anybody. but invest
twenty-five cents in bottle of Saliva
ton Oil. It kills pain.
When we reflect that so many hu-
man beings die of Consumption we
must come to the conclusion that eve-
rybody should be provided with DIR.
Bulls Cough Syrup, the poor cOnsump-
tiVes friend.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10

To ascertain the approximate weight
ofa haystack, multiply the length of
the stack by its breadth, aud multiply
the result by its height, all in feet, di-
vide the product by q, which will
give the number of cubic yards this
multiplied by 6, if new hay, if oldish,
by or 8, and the product will be the
weight in stones. In measuring the
height deduct twO-thirds of the dist
ance in feet from the caves to the top.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10

A singular disease has recently been
called to the attention of physicians.
1t is form of recession of the gums of
the superior molars, which is said to be
due to the use of tomatoes as food.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10

Badgering AttOrney-Insanity runs
in your family, l believe.
Long Suffering Witness-Well, my
grandfather quit gathering rags to be-
come a lawyer.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10

"YOur babies" will always be good
if you give them DIR. Bulls Baby Syr-
up while teething. 1t is reliable and
sure remedy and costs twenty-five
cents.
A lottery ticket may sometimes be a
paying investment; far better one is
a 25c. box of Old Saul's Cataarh Cure.
It pays every time.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10

I'VE invite attention." writes GeOr-
gia editor, ito the announcement from
the Forks offs candidate for School
Commissioner, and we may say this
much in his behalf: If ever a man
needed an officer with a school attach
ment, he is that man. Read his an
nouncement TO the ediTyr am A
candydait to the Offise of skule Kom-
missioner and Ask My Frens to Cast
a Voat in My Beehalve. l am arm
man, Bein cut oph in A Saw Mill and
Knead the Ofise.'"
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10
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Smyrna times., 1890-12-10
HAMBURCERS.

Special inducements in Boys and Chill
dren's Suits, Hats, Caps, Neckwear, etc.
A box of water color paints for every boy.
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10

City Consin-'It is perfectly Simple,
Silas /; the cable pulls the car"
Silas-"I see that, Henry, but I'm
bothered ifI can see who pulls the
cable.n
Smyrna times., 1890-12-10

If you do not want gray hairs, use
Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer.
Morris tribune., 1890-10-22

That horrid Mckinley bill! Unless
it can be repealed, squelched, wiped
out or made nul and void, then, as
the old New Hampshire Democrat
said, "sang froid to all our iberties?'
just think of it: What must be the
feelings of the Hon. Thomas Wilson
as he goes home of a night, after de-
Tending the railroad corporation fol
which he is attorney against the
unjust suit brought by some mil
lionaire farmer whose cow was killed
while attempting butt the railroad
train off the track? What, we ask
must be the Hon. Thomas Wilson's
feelings when he goes home late al
night aud sits down to his fruga
meal, knowing that he is taxed ] mil
for the tin plate from which he par
takes of his hard earned daily susie.
nance! And what must be the feel
ings of the Hon. A. j. Whiteman, who
is foolish enough to run against S. G
Comstock for congress; what must be
his feelings, we ask, when going home
in the early morn, after an all-night's
session at poker, betting his thou
sands ON nary pair, and sits down to
his scanty breakfast, knowing that
there is tax of : of mill on the tin
cup from which he partakes of his
coffee, sweetened with sugar which
has "gone up ! of a cent per pound
on account of the Mckinley bill
putting it ON the free list? What
must be his feclings, VIC ask again
Down with the Mckinley bill, or the
country is ruined. By the way, how
many of the people of Stevens county
have read that bill:
Morris tribune., 1890-10-22

Minneapolis Journal: There has
been a good deal of misrepresentation
of the status of tin under the new
tariff. The tin clause is very carefully
set forth. 1t was not assumed that
inexhaustible quantities of tin ore
exist in the Black Hills and in Cali
fornia. The single duty of 2.2O cents
was made with the stipulation of free
63-pounds tin in six years in case of
the failure of domestic work to pro-
duce one third the consumption with
in that time. Lighter weights tha1
63 pounds per 1nc sqrrdre feet are also
to be admitted free after Oct. 1, 1897,
unless one-third of the plate consump-
ton of the country is produced. This
is wise provision. AS matter of
fact there is abundant evidence that
tin ore exists in very large quantities
in South Dakota. And the best proof
of it is the fact that millions of
capital have been invested in mines
there,
Morris tribune., 1890-10-22
The Flax Tariff.

Minneapolis Tribune: Secretary
w. D. Hall, of the board of trade, is
something of an expert on the tariff.
For several years he has been inter
ested in securing new manufacturing
plants for Minneapolis, and it has
been necessary, in order that he
might do his work intelligently and
obtain the best results, that he be
well up On tariff questions, which
enter so largely into manufacturing
problems. Especially is he posted on
the linen question and its relation to
the Mckinley bill. "It disgusts
me-" says he, ''to read in the news
papers that are down on the tariff
the statement that linen will be taxed
off peoples backs as a result of the
new protective policy. I should
think that Democrats would be wise
enough to retain from such an asser-
tion here in the Northwest, where it is
SO easily disproven.
-tBeiure Ghis tariff on linen Went
into effect the fax straw of the North
west, worth to the farmers $15, 100000,
was burned every year. There isn't
an acre of flax straw in this state that
is not worth from $12 to SIS, and
while this is true, the linen the far
mers will buy in a year will not
amount to 10 cents extra.
"Since I sent out my fax circular
to the farmers, a couple of months
ago, I have received hundreds of
letters from farmers in all parts of
the state telling me they were saving
their straw. They will be ready to
ship it to Minneapolis as soon as the
linen mill is ready to take it, and we
will get enough to supply dozen
mills. But this will make no differ
ence, for what is not needed will be
shipped East at a clear profit. ALI
this the farmers owe directly to the
AEaXlnicy oil, ANU III Ako fao5 OF it
I fail to see how S. M. Owen, Erwin
and others expect to get many votes
from the farming community. The
points have stated would make good
campaign argument, and l hope the
speakers will take it up
and let the people know just how the
new bill benefits them, in this one
particular"
Morris tribune., 1890-10-22

The Chicago Inter-Ocean has the
following in relation to the future Of
American tin, which should be care
fully read by those who are bawling
about the tax on the poor mans tin
pail, plate and cup: There are in
the south of Wales, according to the
London Mining Journal, 4an tinplate
works, giving employment to 10000
workingmeE And the same author
ity states that over rs per cent of the
exported product of these mills goes
to the United States. In view of
these facts there is little cause to
wonder at the agitation caused across
the water by the prospective building
up of the tin-plate industry under the
Republican policy of protection. It
goes without saying that it is desir-
able to give employment to 10000
additional workingmen in America.
And we have the tin awaiting develop
ment."
Morris tribune., 1890-10-22
w. r. Merriam.

Who~ - ~ +,'~ ~f this state
coavene1. William
r Mo,r;aI,:S .c,naI "or
the speakers1iip was a farmer =
the southerA part of the state, and ne
was the one whom Merriam most
feared. But at the caucus Merriam
was chosen, and in the makeup of the
house he placed farmers in all the po-
sitions they desired, and in all his ap-
pointments as presiding officer he was
very friendly to the agricultural inter
ests of the state, so much so that it
was spoken of in very many of the
local papers. At the election in the
fall of 1888 he was nominated and
elected governor, and during his whole
term he has been and will continue to
be in full sympathy with the great
agricultural and industrial interests
of the country. No official act of his
has been detrimental to the farming
interests. These facts, taken in con-
nection with his thorough business
administration, merited an indorse-
ment at the hands of his party in re-
nominating him for second term.
Morris tribune., 1890-10-22

The Republicans party is no longer
the party of Lincoln, Sumner and
Grant, and its principles and its
policies are as different as daylight is
from darkness. Hon. e. Ga PAIL,
Democratic candidate for lieutenant
governor, in his speech at ST. Cloud.
Of late years it has become a
favorite theme with many Democratic
orators and writer's to e,llogize Lin
coin and Grant, and occasionally
Charles Summer. But we remember
full well when it was no common
thing to read in Democratic papers
and hear Democratic orators use such
expressions as aLincoln's hirelings,"
when referring to Union soldiers)
and the ''tyrant Linclon;' and it is a
notorious fact that no man ever occu-
pied the Presidential chair who was
made subject of greater abuse by
Democratic papers and orators than
did General Grant. It is not necessary
to quote the abusive things said about
Grant, as they are familiar to nearly
every man who was living in the