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Smyrna times., 1891-12-09
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Wednesday Afternoon, Dec. 9, 1891

CYRUS w. FIELDS MIsFORTUNEs.
"A sadder fate has seldom befallen a
successful and prosperous man than
that which has overtaken Cyrus W.
Field in what should have been u Sc
rene old age. Ten days ago he was
nearing the age of seventy-twO, hon.
ored by his fellOw-men, known the
world over as the originator of the
Atlantic cable, possessed of abundant
means, though not so wealthy as he
had been, and happy in his domestic
relations. First came the death of his
wife, who had been his loved Compan-
ion for more than half century. Fol-
lowing quickly upon this atilictiOn,
which had Frustrated him, came the
announcement from his son, the head
of an apparently prosperous banking
firm. that he must have a large sum of
money to save him from ruin. Mr..
Field, it is said, gave his son the key
to his safe-depOsit box and told him to
take what securities he needed. The
son is reported to have taken them all
and lost them in the whirlpool of Wall
street. With other sacrifices made in
the firms behalf, the former million
aire is believed to have given up his
entire fortune. The son for whom he
has made himself penniless is impris-
Oned in a madhouse, after desperate
attempts upon his life. No wonder
the poor old man, according to his
physicians, looks forward to death as a
welcome release. Speculation, which
has wrecked so many homes, seems to
have been the cause of the younger
Fields downfall, bringing insanity to
him and very probably death to his
broken hearted father,
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

A NATIONAL FAMILY PAPER.-The
announcement of the Youths COmpan.
ION for 1892, which we have received,
seems to touch about all healthy tastes.
Its fiction embraces folk lore, serial,
sea, adventure aud holiday stories.
Clark Russell, Frank Stockton, Will
Allen Dromgoole, Mary Catharine
Lee are a few of the distinguished
story writers.
Its general articles cover a wide
range. Self Education, Business Sue
cess, College Success, Girls who think
they can write, Natural History, Rail.
way Life, Boys and Girls at the Worlds
Fair, Glimpses of Royalty, How to
see Great Cities, Practical Advice are
some of the lines to be written on by
eminent specialists. Gladstone, De.
Lesseps, Vasili Verestchagin, Cyrus
w. Field, Andrew Carnegie, Mrs
Henry NJ. Stanley, are among the CON
tributOrs. The Companion readers
thus come into personal contact with
the people whose greatness makes O1I
age famous. It's 100000 subscriber
show how it is appreciated.
Whoever subscribes now for 1879:
gets it free from the time the subscrip
ton is received till January !, 1892
Address, the YOUTHS COMPANION
Boston, Mass.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

SLAUGHTERING ENGLISH SPARROWs.
Under the new Allinvis law which
went into effect on December 1st, Civ
ing a bounty of two cents for the head
of each English sparrow killed in the
state of Illinois, the slaughter of the
little birds has been inaugurated with
vigOr. The sparrow man in the county
clerks Office took in 1,572 heads We'd
nesday. One man came In In the
morning with 1917 live sparrows.
"Pull off their heads and bring those
in" said the clerk, "we don't want the
carcasses," adding laughingly, "you
might sell them" The man went out
and came back later in the day with
1877 sparrow heads and secured his
vouchers. AS he was leaving the Office
he remarked with grin, 81 made $13
by that tip of yours about selling
the carcasses. l sold them for Reed
BIRDS"
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

Big corporations can do things that
private individual would never
dream of, and they are not all of the
grasping, selfish kind usually laid at
their doors. 1t is stated that the civ
ilized nations of the earth have agreed
to cooperate in taking a Photographic
chart of the heavens. Some twenty
telescopes are to work four years and
will result in mapping probably TWEEN
ty-five millions of stars. Now here is
a corporation that is going to spend q
lot Of money without expecting a
return in kind.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

A SOUND MAN.-Mr. Blaine has
been at work in the state department
for several weeks and has shown that
he has fully recovered his health. DIR.
Madison Taylor, his pin! stefan, has
given him a thorough ply exam
ination and prOnOunces HIM a well
man. DIR. Taylor says: "Mr. Blaine is
in better condition. a great deal
better condition than six months or a
year ago, and so far as can definitely
say from a careful observation and
what has been told me of what it was
before l began to attend him, Mr..
Blaine enjoys better health than he
did three or four years ago. Six
months he will be even better than he
is now"
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09
A remarkahla storv Of ootnnle

A remarkable story of Octuple inter-
marriage comes from a parish in Can
ada. Two farmers named Rheaume
and NORM, had each eight children,
four sons and four daughters.
Rheaume's four sons married Morin's
four daughters, and the four sons Of
the latter reciprocated the compliment.
The story is so much stranger than
many fctiOns that II may as we'll be
true. Such wholesale pairing off has
not been heard Of outside Of q session
of Congress, and 1t unfolds rare posi-
bilities in brain twisting to those mem
bers of the community who delight in
unravelling complicationsin genealogy.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

That ocean voyages may be made
now almost with the regularity of fer
riage across river, is shown by the
recent voyage of the steamer Teutonic.
In her three last voyages from New
York to Queenstown, there has been
only an extreme variation of 81 min
utes in time. The first trip was made
in days, 81 hours and 20 minutes, the
second in 3 days, q hours, 8 minutes
and the third in 5 days, 81 hours, sc
minutes.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09
Catarrh in New England.

Ely's Cream Balm gives satisfaction to
every one using it for catarrhal troubles.
C K Meller Worcester, Mass.
/ believe Elys Cream Balm is the best
article for eatarrh ever offered to the pub
lic.-Hush & Co., Druggists, Worcester,
Mass.
An article of real merit. G. P. Alden,
Druggist, Springfield, Mass.
Those whOuse it speak highly of it.-G,
A. Hill, Druggist, Springfield, Mass.
Cream Balm has given satisfactorily re.
sulta.-W. p, Draper, Druggist, Spring
field, Mass.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

The American people are rapidly becom-
ing a race of nervous wrecks, and the fol-
lowing suggests the best remedy Alphon-
so Heffling, of Butler, Pa, swears that
when his son was speechless, from st.
Vitus Dance, DR.. Miles great Restorative
Nervine cured him. Mrs. J. r. Miller, Of
Valparaiso, and j. d. Taylor, of Logans-
port, Ind, each gained 20 pounds from
taking it. Mrs. II. A. GaFtReF, of Vistrla
Ind, was cured of 30 to so CONFUSION:
and much headache, dizziness, backacht
and nervous prostratiOn by one bottle
Trial bottles and fine book of marvellous
cures, free at j. Wesley Denney's, who
sells this unequaled remedy.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

1t seems now that the American hog
is to be welcomed into all the empires
and kingdoms of Europe. Even Italy
lately so razzled over the New Orleans
massacre of the malta, that she was on
the point of declaring war against the
United States, has thrown down her
bars and invited his pigship to step
over.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

THE VALUE OF SUNDAY.-''Indeed,
if there were no Sabbath existing as a
divine institution, the spiritual life
would have to ordain one for itself, so
essential is it. And it would be quite
impossible to tell the value, the bles-
seduess of this day to the devout soul,
standing, as it does, a witness for God,
telling US every week of our spiritual
destiny, reminding US of our risen Saw
Jour, and of our union with the faith.
full of all ages, bring with it thousand
hallowed associations and being fore.
taste of eternal glory. Rev. J. "
Steward, d. d. az the NeaV York Mai
and Express.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09
A Fatal Mistake,

Physicians make no more fatal mistak
when they inform patients that nervou
heaart troubles come from the stomach an
are of little consequence. Dr. E6R7|nf'
Miles, the noted Indiana sna1ist has
proven the contrary in new book on
heart 1T disease, Teh may be had free at
unequalled ew Heart Cnre which has the
largest sale ianv heart remadv in The
WorId. IL Ces nervous and organic heart
ulsease' sholbreath, Tutoring, pain or
regular pulsGainting snoothering dron-
| sy' exc; III Restorative Nervine cures
ytteeiaChe, hts etc.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

Distressed young mother with crying
baby In railway carriage-"Dear. dear !
don't know whatever to do with this
child"
Kind and thoughtful bachelor on
the opposite seat-"Shall 1 open the
window for you, madam P"-DetrOit
Free Press.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09
Two men in Ohio sat on a fer

Two men in Ohio sat on fence for
twenty-nine hours as a result of a
wager as to which one could sit there
the longer time. AS a result of the ex-
posture both men were made seriously
i'll. Every locality in this country
seems to raise it own special variety
of fools.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09
Uses of Baking Soda

Eor X ctnsl \ Moisten a pinch
fnii of "a wi water and apply to the
wound.
For PIN les, fever blisters, burns,
poison fronb&vy-Mix one teaspOonfnl
of soda with one-hal glass of water,
and apply with soft cloth.
For Bathing-Add a little to the
water.
For sore throat-HOld small guam
titv in the mouth, or mix little with
water, and gargle frequently with it.
+ For cuts and barb-wire fence wounds
Mix one dessertspoOnful Of soda to
one cup of boiling water and apply
with a soft rag as hot as it can be en-
dured. Ladies Home Journal.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09
Il Communion InOurnh1s1

Read the following: Mr.. c. Il. Morris, Newark
Ark, says WAS down with Abseess of Lungs,
and friends and physicians pronounced me an
ineurable COnsumptiye. Began taking Dr..
Kings New Discovery for CONSUMPTION, am now
OnImy third bottle, aud able to oversee the work
on my farm. II is the finest medicine ever made ,
Jesse Middlewart Decatur, Ohio, says: Had
it not been for Dr. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption would have died Of Lung Troubles
Was given up by doctors. Am now in hest OF
health" Try it. Sample bottles free ut Jas
2. HOffeokers Drug Store, Smyrna, and C. C.
HarmOnsOn's, Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

This remedy is so well known and so popular
as to need no special mention. All who have
used Electric Btters sing the same song Of praise.
"A purer medicine does not exist and It is guar
anteed to do all that Is claimed. Electric Bitters
will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys,
will remove Pimples, BOils. Salt Rheum and
other affections caused by impure bloOd.-Will
drive Malaria from the system and prevent as
well as cure all Malarial fevers.-FOr cure Of
Headache. Constipation and Indigestion try
Electric BitteTs-EntiTe satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded.-PTice so cents and LOO per
bottle at Jas. P. Hoffecker's Drug Store.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

Young Ford, the champion all round
athlete, has been cut off by his fathers
will from receiving a penny of the ST.
500, 900 devised to his mother and six
brothers and sisters. The young
mans love for athletic sports displeas-
ed his parent, who died suddenly last
month.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09
Beware of Ointments for CatarFh that
Contain Mercury.

Beware of Ointments for CatarFh thai
Contain Mercury.
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell aud completely derange
the whole system when entering il
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except or
prescriptions from reputable physicians
as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, man.
J.. 9 4 Ct ca ~ +. TcChenay 80. Tole-
10, o., contains no mercury and is
AIKEN internally, and acts directly |
lpon the blood and mucous surfaces of |
he system. In buying Halls Catarrh |
Cure be sure to get the genuine. 1t is
aiken internally and is made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. Cheney g Co.
BeASold by druggists, price 70 cents
Der bottle,
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

queen marguerite OF Italy Thinks a
Queen ought TO remain young and
beautiful for political reasons, as femi.
nine loveliness is so essential to ponn-
larity, especially In the southern re,
gions of Europe.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

"Feebly she laughed in the lanouid NOON.
while POrpyhrO upon her face doth lookiI and
wonders what has swelled il so. When he finds
~ Is nelIaIgla however ne does hOt lose his head
1us .,y ~ M s inside pocket
Endorsed by the people as a safe reliahla
aaEn,ieSS au4 oAp@p ielHeuy' III Du lis Cough
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

Dean Holman, OF the General Theo-
logical Seminary in New York ia said
to be the wealthiest OF all ehurchmen
He has fortune estimated at $h5 .OOO .
600 besides the treasures he has Aaid mr.
in Heaven.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

Miss Mary Smith, of Whitesburg,
Ca, is the proud possessorl of a bed
quilt made over 100 years ago by Miss
Taylor, a niece of General Zachary
Taylor, who picked and spun the cot
ton of which it was made.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

IS pounds of blood is about the guam
tity nature allows to an adult person.
1t is of the utmost Importance that the
blood should be kept as pure as posi-
BILE. Hoods Sarsaparilla has proven
its claim to be the best blood purifier.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

II is said that q great many Englishmen are
visiting this country this season. / asked Jinks
what they came for. He said he supposed ito
marry saftpated, millionaire women, to talk the
fooled, and to lay in supply of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup"
1.-THE greatest cure on earth for pain,
Salvation Oil take up the strain. -
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

When the ANARCHISTS and socialists
land in New York they are glad enough
to walk in the middle of The streets.
After they learn that they walk on the
sidewalk they wantt TO crowd everybody
else of.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09
$1,000

will be paid for a recipe enabling
us to make WoLFF's ACME BLACK
ING at such a price that the retailer
can prohtably sell it at Ioc. a bottle.
At present the retail price is zoe.
This offer is open until January Ist., 1893 For
particulars address the undersigned.
ACNE BLEACHING is made Of pure alcohol,
other liquid dressings are made of water,
Water costs nothing. Alcohol is dear. Who
can show US how to make it without alcohol
so thatwe can make ACME BLAcKING as cheap
as water dressing, or put it in fancy pack
ages like many Of the water dressings, and
then charge for the outside appearance In
stead of charging for the contents Of the
bottle7
WOLFF & RANDOLPH, Philadelphia
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

One of the times when a man Begin
to cry and sigh that all men arr
not honest is when he gets the wFon,
hat.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

Don't pen mlssives to your best girl
on postal cards. She may have sHs-
piciOn that you do not care two cents
for her.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

If train robbing continues, expf,ess
cars will have 10 Be made Of steel with
loop-holes manned by men armed with
the most improved aFms,
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

A colOred philosopher is reported to
have said: Life, my breddern, am
mostly made up of praYin' for rain
and then wishin' it would clear of"
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

The reputation you have been aIlif
time in earning you can throw ava "
a moment. unless it happens to BE
bad reputation.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

r. w. Farley, Waltham, Mass, was
cured Of gray hair by Halls MAR
Remover
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

Once when Rome hOwled all the
nations on the earth trembled. Now a
nickel is dropped into hat and the
hand-organ moves on.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

The dog that barks at the moon i
fool; but he knows more than the |
that nips at the hind legs of mule.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09

Chicago may erect tho tallest bull
ings and towers. but It takes Boston
put up thirty-story bank failure.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09
|. ENGLISH
MELTON
!. BOX
.OvERCOATS
Absolutely COLD and

Absolutely COLD an
MOISTURE nroof. Nev'
wear Threadhare; always
look neat and dressy.
The cloth in these coats
was made expressly for US
in England, and there is
nothing in this country to
equal it.
The prices range fro
$1,000 to $500. Single
or Double Breasted. Silk
Lined or Cashmere Lined.
Strapped Seams or Tapped
Seams.
A good deal depends
upon knowing where you
can get the best and most
for your money.
If the judgment, ability
and experience of Sc years
would be of any advan-
tage to you, call on us.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-09
Pxs1IToIS< IkSSoIslss
,nlee.I,
@AvE 7oNJC
Two Bottles Cured Her. vi

CARROLL, lowe, July, 1889.
was suffering 10 years from shocks in my
head so much so that at times l didn't expect
to recover, took MEDICINES fren many dog
SHUT did not get any relief untii took Pastor
Koenig's Nerve Tonic. The second dose relieved
me and bottles cured me. S. W. PECK.
HARRIsvILLE, PG., March, 1891.
We began using Pastor Koelig's Nerve Tonic
for our li-year-Old daughter twhO had had cpl
leptic fits since she was years old over "A year
ago with but little hope Of any good, as we had
been 30 often disappointed in other remedies
but soon after using this medicine she began TO
got better, and We hope that any and all atflict-
ed with this terrible disease will try your Won
derful remedy. 1 recommend your medicine to
every one affected with amy nervous abtietiOn
WldteDoF. IL. S. BINGHAM
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-26

How ENGLISH WOMEN LIvE.-I greatly
admire the English woman for her utter re-
fusal to worry or be worried, and the con-
sequence is that she looks young at fifty,
writes Edward W. Box in The Ladies'
Home Journal for August. She undertakes
no moro than she can comfortably carry out,
and thoroughly believes in the coming of
another day. By this do nos mean that
she proorastinates, she simply will not let
the domestic machinery grind her down to
ill-health and early old age. She is fre-
quent bather, and regards health as the
prime factor of life, to be looked after be-
fore everything else, though the breakfast
might be an hour late. She sleeps nine
hours, and takes nap during the day at
that. Sue arranges her days work in the
most systematic manuer, and her little
memorandum slip always shows, two va.
can't hours; they are for rest. She eats
heartily, but the most digestible food. In
the most modest home, no matter how lit
tie there may be on the table, there is moth
ing but the best. She would rather have 6
mouthfui of good food and go partly hun.
cry, than eat whole meal of cheaper
things. She is true economist regulated
ter expenses carefully, and is true believ
er in the allowance system. There are somt
! things about the English woman which he
American sister dlslikes, just as it ia uic
yersa; at the came time, there are other
which would make our American womel
| happier and healthier if they initiated.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-26

THAT TIN PLATE HuMBUa AoAIN.-High
tariff exploiters have frequently 'pointed
with pride" to the alleged manufacture of
bona fde American tia-pate by eX.Cou
grssaman N edringhaus, Of St, Louis. AL
though it was shown that the Niedringhaus
"plant" was toy concern and it's product
trifing, the fact did not damp their ardor
or modify their exultation. Now comes
along: Mr.. Niedringhaus himself, and de-
clares that he must haYe foreign workmen
to enable him to manufacture tiu-plate, and
will have them despite the prohibition of
the Treasury Department, based upon the
view that their importation would be vio-
lation of the alien labor law. The net re.
suits of the boasted efforts to establish an
other "infant industry" at enormous cost to
the consumers of tin-plate seems to be these:
1, That no tin plate has yet been made for
commercial supply; g that the tin-plate
industry" depends for its creation upon
the addition of foreign workmen to the al
ready crowded works Of home labor, and 8,
that Que of the most vociferons of the high
tariff republicans is forced into the position
of defying the Secretary of the Treasury in
order to make good his promise that the
manufaosure of tin plate would be estab-
liabed in this country, American tin-platee
comes high, but in 'the opinion of the tariff
monopolists We must have it.--Balt. Sun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-26
Prosperity for Farmers.
ONE BILLION MORE PROFITS THAN IN AM
YEAR SINCE THE DEPRESSION.

ONE BILLION MORE PROFITS THAN IN ANY
YEAR SINCE THE DEPRESSION.
New York, Aug. 16.-Farm profits will
be one billion dollars more this year in the
United States than they have been during
the recent years of depression. At least,
this is the estimate put forward by the
American Agriculturist in its annual review
of the harvests to be published in tie forth
coming September issue of that magazine.
On the basis of present prospects the corn
crop of 1891 is estimated at 1900, 600, 900
bushels, wheat SOC, 900, 900 bushels and oats
6s2, 600, 900 bushels, against 100000 and
524, ,OOO. 600 bushels respectively in 1880,
and 1,7O0, AS aud 578, 100000 bushels as
the average for the preceding eleven years.
This makes the total prospective crop of
CORD, wheat and oats 8, 1873 900, 600 bushels,
or 1873 per cent greater than last year and
a per cent over the average for the pre-
ceding eleven pears.
Unless unexpected influences wholly
change the current of events the value of
corn on the farm will average in December
fully fifty cents bushel, wheat 81 per
bushel and oats at least 40 cents. On this
basis the value of the corn crop to the farm
ers will be one billion dollars, wheat five
hundred million dollars and oats two hum
dred and fifty million dollars, or total of
one billion seven hundred and fifty million
This is four hundred and fifty million dol
lars more than the value of these crops in
1890, and six hundred and twenty five mil
lion dollars more than the value of the ave- :
age of these crops from 1880 to 1890, inciu-
sive.
Cotton and rice will command better
prices than last season. Cattle are worth
one-third more than eighteen months ago,
with other live stock in proportion. Tobac-
CO is advancing heavily for Cigar leaf, con-
tracts being made for the crop in the field
at an advance of Is to so per cent. over last
year, hops are firm at good prices, winter
fruit will command large values, and all
vegetables are yielding fairly, with every
indication Of remunerative market.
Tue export outlook was never better; i'm
| mensely increased SUMS will be sent to the
United States for our produce. Ulterior in
| fiuences may of course interfere with this
brilliant prospect, but conservative agricul-
turists predict better profits for the farmers
of tho United States during the next five
years than ever before. There will be nc
return to "war prices," but the money re.
csived above expenses will 60 further and
enable the farmer to get more value out ol
bis profits than at any previous period.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-08-26
DISCOVERED BY THE PEOPLE.

Many of the inventors and vendors of the
various nostrums that are offered to the
public to-day, only to disappear and be sue
ceeded by something else tomorrow, make
the most sweeping and absurd claims for
them. They are heralded as cure-alls, and
it is no wonder that the public has become
suspicious. The most remarkable fact in
the history of s. s. s. Qor, unlike most
other proprietary medicines, it has his
tory is this That great many of its
virtues have been discovered by the people
themselves. 1t has never been advertised
as specific for skin cancer, and yet there
are many testimonials going to show that
5. s. s. will cure that dread disease. These
testimonials are of such character that
there is no ''going behind the returns