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Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

angel Of Night" is what DR.. Bulls Cougb
ing and coughing children have been sootbed
an ns cured, and Ia We secured sweet slumber bv
using THIS excellent remedy. Price only IS cent?
Frosted feet may be cured in one or two davs
trOyer. s~' POI" Ne1'
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

Townsend has more cats than anv
town Of its size south of WILMINGTON.
One dwelling has nine of the feiines
and another six, and both are on the
same street.
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

At Wilmington on Tuesday, Moses
Frisby was sentenced to three years in
prison for defrauding the Government
in connection with a pension
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

BIG OIL GUsHERs.-The Mcdonald
oil field in Washington county, eight
cen miles out of Pittsburg, is attract
ing attention on account of the big
wells struck there recently, yet, as a
matter of fact, the greatest producers
that are struck there are small affairs
compared with the great fountains of
oil that are struck in the Bakou dis
trict of the Russian oil fields.
The best of the Mcdonald wells
yielded at the rate of about IL 900 bar.
rels per day for time, but most of the
wells have fallen far below this out
put.
The most powerful well tapped in
the Russian fields was recently opened
and is said to be flowing at the rate of
about $1,000 barrels per day. The oil
spurts from the well in a column %
inches In diameter, with great force,
like one of the great Yellowstone gey.
sers.
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

IF you feel weak
and all worn out take
BROWN s IRON BITTERs
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

The winding of a gold chain through
the hair is permissible these days of
the gorgeous couture.
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

There are about ninety steamers en-
gagged in the transatlantic passenger
service.
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

The barrel Of the Krupp gun is IA
feet long and each charge costs 5000
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO !
IUCUS COTJNTY I

LUCUb COUNTY.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will pay ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of catarrh that cannot he
cured by the use of HALLS Catarrh
Cure. F. J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of Decem-
Der, A. d. 1886.
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

The Scientific american gives the
following directions for preserving
flowers, insects, etc., so as to look nat
ural; place the specimens on a bed
OF line, dry sand in a vessel having
sufficient depth to extend above the
specimens. Careful y sift the fine sand
over the objects until they are com
pletely buried. Set the vessel in a
warm, dry place, and allow it to re-
main there until the objects are thor
oughiy dry. Remove the sand care
fully and where gloss is no objection
the articles may be dipped in parafine
which is just warm enough to be lin.
pid."
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

-'0pNls = totlel % children who want build.
ing gp, should take "''''F es'siA'
h<OWA,aF lHoM BiTarmRs
1s pleasant 70 take cures Neie-5s. IA,
s"a'lon' hilloaanesa aud Liver Coinpiaintt t''1'
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

JAPAN's LAST EARTHQUAKES There
has been a terrific earthquake along
the southern coast of Nippon (Hondo5,
the principal island of Japan. The
shocks were most severely felt at
Osaka, at the head of which Hiogo is
situated. These two suburbs of Hiogo
Osaka and KObe) which are connected
by railroad and whose houses are
mostly lightly built, have suffered con.
siderable damage. Hundreds of
houses have been destroyed but the
extent Of the fatalities is unknown and
may remain so for some time to come
owing to the destruction of the tele.
graph lines,
1t is known, however, that in addi
ton to the loss above referred to there
has been considerable damage done
along the coast.
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

The old fashioned venetian blind is
again coming into popularity.
Smyrna times., 1891-11-04

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally and acts directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo.
BJ~Sold by druggists, rs cents.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
oLEANrNos OF SCIENCE.

A rose cultivated in Philadelphia hot
house measured seventeen inches in width.
A long list of imported brands of French
peas is excluded from Massachusetts by
the board of health because OF artificial
coloring.
The Coreans are the largest eaters
known. Their stomachs are generally alb
normal in size, and the one possessing the
largest is generally considered the richest.
1t has been noticed in France that those
persons engaged in cleaning out the appa-
ratus used in refining ut-p!eum are sub
ject to skin disease resembling the can
Ger of chimney sweepers.
Recent computations show that about
100, 900, 900 tons of water go over Niagara
Falls every hour This represents 16, ,OOO,-
900 horse power, or about the total power
represented by the worlds output of coal
per day.
Red stockings are generally colored from
matters of aniline which contain large
quantities of antimoniac products. When
perspiring. this matter becomes soluble,
enters the pores of the skin, and produces
a violent rash.
A new industry is gaining headway in
the tropics by which bananas are dried for
shipment. The fruit in drying loses one
third of its weight and when dried readily
sells at sixteen cents a pound. The dried
fruit can be transported over bad roads
without injury, and it retains its flavor.
The substitution of camel's hair, cotton,
paint and chemicals, for leather in ma
chinery betting, is said to be meeting with
some success in this country. 1t was first
invented in England, and it is claimed for
the new material that it is stronger than
other betting, more durable, more efficient
and as low priced.
A liquid glue for joining wood to metals
may be prepared says NJ. Heesz, by a mix
turs of 100 parts clear gelatine, 100 parts
cabinet makers glue, 25 parts alcohol and
g parts alum, the whole mixed with 200
parts of 90 per cent acetic acid, and heat
ed on a water-bath for six hours; it pos
sesses great resistive power.
A wood-carving machine, which is in
reality an embossing machine, pressing
any desired figure or form of wood en-
craving into a plain wood surface, has
passed its experimental stage, and is now
in use with large and practical results.
This machine produces perfect limitations
of hand carvings of all designs, on any
length, width and thickness of stock, and
In the most satisfactory manner.
Tho recent improvements made in pho
Biography ard its in astronomy has
proved most valuable to the study of that
science. A dry plate can be exposed for
a suitable length OF time in the telescope,
and the image thus obtained will contain
the details OF q nebula, even where the
amount of light would be imperceptible to
the naked eye, thus producing an image
far moro useful and accurate than coalG
ever be obtained by drawing.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
Presence of Mind.

A newspaper correspondent some
times has to undergo, in this prosaic
age OF the world, personal perils not
unlike those which, in former times,
the military spys were constantly fall
ing into. Under such circumstances
OF peril he must have his wife about
him.
The late Laurence Oliphant, a jour
nalist and man of letters. was once
the correspondent OF the London
Times, which. in France, was hated
paper. He attended revolutionary
meeting at Lyons, where the popula-
tion had begun to commit desperate
eXcesses.
He knew French so well, and had so
cleverly assumed the guise of work
ingman, that he was not suspected;
but suddenly rumor was announced
to the meeting that an emissary OF the
brutal London Times was there.
At once the mob was in an uproar.
and loud cries resounded of "Cherch-
ons-lel a la morti a la rivierel'' Let
us find him! kill himl to the river with
himi)
Opliphant jumped to his feet with q
look of overwhelming Indignation,
shouting at the top OF his voice,
"Cherchons-iel Cherchons-lel Moi. ie lie
connais de vuel' Let's find him.
know HIM by slightly
Under cover of this zeal, and hunt
ing everywhere for the detested Eng
lishman, he made his escape.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
NOTHING GOES TO WASTE.
Even the Dirt of London Is Made to Yield
Much That is of Value.

Even the Dirt of London Is Made to Yield
Much That Is of Value.
There are about $50, 900 tons OF
household refuse to be disposed of in
London every year. and many expe-
dients have been resorted TO in order
to do the work well, Much OF the
refuse is sent down the Thames in
barges and spread on the marshes. A
new company is now trying to make
better use of this material by sys-
tematic process Upon arrival at the
works all the refuse is sorted by pass
ing through cylindrical sieves and
screens OF sizes ranging from three
inch to one-half inch mesh.
Paper and rags are used for paper
making. straw for straw board and fuel.
wood is burned, tin is saved for scraps.
bones for manure, bottles and glass are
sold or remelted, and stones vegetable
and animal refuse, rubbish, coal. etc.
are ground up and mixed with dust,
thus being REDUCED to harmless, dry
powder The cindcrs and coal are
burned under the boilers, or they are
saved and sold to the brickmakers. or
mixed with pitch and pressed into
bricquetts for fuel.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
Encountered a Big Wave.

1Captain Hains of the steamship
Etruria reports meeting with an extraor-
binary wave off the Southern banks. At
6 80 on Tuesday morning dense fog came
up and the engineer was signaled to slow
up. Soon after entering the edge of the
fog there came a terrible thud of huge
wave striking the vessel forward and
straining everv rib in her. The crew be-
came L-.rs----g4cl.ea aul it took fully an
hour to quiet them. Fortunately all the
passengers were asleep in their berths
and panic was thus averted. The force
of the wave dashed d boatswain against
the cat-head and crushed his skull causing
death soon afterwards. Three other mem
bers of the crew were dangerously hurt
their names being James Murphy, frac-
tured thigh and broken ribs, and right arm
broken: Joseph Harris, hip bone broken,
spine wrenched and wrists dislocated; u.
Mcbride, left ankle and thigh broken.
Several other members of the crew were
seriously, but it is not thought dangerous
ly injured. When tho wave struck the
vessel the sea was calm ana the tempera
ture mild. Captain Haius says in all his
experience, extending over a period oil
forty years, he never before encountered
anything like it.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
TIE TELEGRAPH IN EUROPE
In England 1t Is Used More Than in
Any Other Country.

In England 1t Is Used More Than in
Any other Country.
The inhabitants of the still United
Kingdom send more telegraphic mes
sages in the course of the year $50 Mr..
Giifen says) than the inhabitants of
any other European country. During
the year 1888 every British man,
woman and child appears to have dis
patched one telegraphic message and
a half to somebody else; in 1889 u
fraction over that amount. The Swiss
come next, with one and one-tenth
of telegraphic message per head.
Ten Russians. five Spaniards and
Hungarians, three Swedes and Ital-
ians have, it seems to combine before
contributing single annual message.
In France Holland and Denmark the
proportion is not quite one mess sage
per inhabitant per annum. Germany
stands rather low on the list no bet
ter up to 1890, than Portugal. Proba-
bly, racing and press telegrams ac-
count for the large number of mes
sages carried. in the United King
dom. The contributions to the reve-
nue. made by the '.frivolous classes"
in this country must indeed be enor-
nous, There are some London tele-
graph Offices where the bulk Of the
messages consists OF condensed love
letters apologies for absence mostly
false-and invitations to dinner st
James Gazette,
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
SOUTHERN RAILWAY ACCIDENT,
Details of Terrible Wreck in South
Carolina.

Carolina.
Meagre report have been received
from Salisbury of the leap of train into
the bed of stream.
The fated train was running at the rate
of forty miles an hour when approaching
the bridge. In the center of the bridge
there was gap in the cleaning line Of
rails. The engine struck the gap, gave
great bound and fell into space. Along
with it went every car in the train, one
after the other, with their human loads,
crashing upon the hard ground ninety
feet below.
The engine struck the ground first, and
then upon it came one car after another
with horrible crashes. Every car was
smashed into kindling wood and the
wreckage was heaped in confused and
disordered heap. Down under were the
torn and mangled bodies of the crew and
unfortunate passengers.
The great high bridge apparently re
mained intact, but the rails We're torn up
and the edge of the stone was knocked of
where the falling cars had come into con-
tact with it. AT daylight 100 willing peo
pie from the surrounding farms were
out the bodies of the dead. 1t was a ter
rible scene. The debris of the cars was
piled mountain hight seemed in the ut
most confusion. In the fall, the Pullman.
car had leaped over all the others, whirl-
ing through the air and striking the
ground with terrible effect away in front
of where the engine lay. 1t was mashed
as one would crush an egg by throwing it.
against stone wall.
The sight was sickening. From the de-
bris of the passenger cars bodies were
brought out mangled in all sorts of ways,
only two or three bodies being brought out
intact. The bodies were ranged in row
on the hillside ready to be sent to States
vile. The conductor was badly hurt, but
he hobbled to Statesyille and gave news of
the wreck. Three ladies in the first-class
car were killed and every passenger in
the sleepIng-car met death-not a living
soul escaping. The casualties may reach
forty, as it is not believed all the bodies
have yet been taken out. The accident
was caused by the spreading of the rails
the bridge is not materially injured.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
A GOOD SHOT.
But he was Mistaken in the Man he was
Firing at.

nut ne was NAlstAhtH IN the man ne WAN
Firing at.
Lawyer A. S. Trude was explaining
over cup OF coffee at the Leland the
presence of the work of art which
adorns his private office, says the Chi
cago Evening Post.
The bust of Douglas keep on my
desk not only to remind me OF what l
might have been, but in memory OF
the experience of bust of Douglas in
ST. Louis. 1t was on the desk OF Edi-
tor Hyde. one of the most popular
daring and trenchant journalists in
that city.
Hyde was bit OF crank in his
way and had no use for new tangled
inventions, particularly for gas and
electric lights. He preferred his oil
lamp and he kept it. One night he
was called away to confer with some
politicians. When he returned his
lamp had gone out Approaching his
desk he lit a match As he did so he
saw before him tall man with hat
on. Suspect.ng foll play, Hyde in a
Jiffy dropped on his knee, pulling his
gun as he did so.
Hands up!' he cried. Quick, or
| fire. And bang' bang, bang! went
three shots between the time a man
could have held up his hands and the
time it would have taken him to draw
his gun. The shots brought the staff
into Hyde's Office and the bullets testi-
fed TO the expertness of his aim.
''One had torn out an eye of the
man, another had bored hole through
4 his forehead and the third had knock
ed of piece of his cheek. But the
man remained in his upright position.
! He had to. For he was Douglas on a
\ bust on top OF Hyde's desk, and crown
I ed with one of Hyde's hats.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
song Of The ,Iucks.

o let the bard his story sing
OF courage, valor, pluck;
But shall sing different song
The gray Muscovy duck.
And though the Southern poets boast
OF eet-yoiced mocking bird,
To me the sound of Quack Quack Quacl !
Is music oftener heard.
The Africans, they too may talk
OF ostrich plumage fine;
l better love the dark gray down
That grows on ducks of mine.
Then let the bard his story sing
OF cowardice and fear
The loud, sweet sound of Quackl Quack /!
Quackl
Is music to my ear.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
4 Rare Carving.

There is a wonderful piece of carv-
ing in the East Indian museum at Sa-
lem. Mass, made by monk in India.
It appears at first a smooth sphere of
dark wood, A. inches in circumference
This opens through the middle leaving
two hemispheTes Joined by a tiny
leather hinge, and carved in bas-relief
Is picture in each, one representing
Heaven" and the other ''Hades. I"
Each one is only inches across, yet
contains twenty-eight full-length hu-
man figures. nineteen hall figures and
Ave heads. The ''Hadesn is the finer.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
BRrHRowN.

a woman knelt to pay
many a night and day
4 subtle incense of a faith
Like love, more strong
3oferings gathered to his
re of the One Divinel
il on discordant feet
rship in a safe retreat
Treason drew at last ,
bn round that shape had
Daylight pierced with cruel
hines OF ecstatic dream. d.
6ol, stripped of borrowed
hrshiper with listless face
fclothed and set apart
'rter of a woman's heart
4 oncln Nay. rather say,
Isye been a god which was
|-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

in horrible realism and perfect detail.
the figures being represented us rising
from a sea of fire in appalling attitudes
toward His Satanic Majesty seated on
rock above. 1t is all quite Dore-like'
in its intensity, and one can spend
some time over this minute bit of wood.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05
The Australian Rainmaker at Chey-
enne.

Frank Melbourne, the rain arti st
arrived at Cheyenne, from Canton, Ohio
last week. to show what he can do. Some
time ago a circular letter was received
from HIM by Governor Barber, and this
letter was published in the local papers.
The subject naturally excited a good
deal of interest here and negotiations were
at once entered into to secure the pres
ence of the rainmaker here. His terms
were modest enough. He wanted $3.50 to
defray the expenses OF himself and his as
sistant. The money only to be paid when
toe experiments had been carried out to
the salts faction of committee of the sub
scribers- The money was quickly raised
and the result of 1t was Melhourne's ar
rival.
The Lamar register., 1891-09-05

James Dudley. regro who mur
dered Farmer Frank Hughes in Scott
County, N1ondiy, was lyached in George
town, Missouri, Friday
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-26
.,., Home for workingnen.

,"io,,a vorkingmen's home has just
a 80 ar,aned in Munich, Germany, with
.se CeeI oSiect of giving unmarried working
.nor Wv ali the comforts OF unadorned NE
lu;tbont III anv of the restraints that usu'
Wv o-c,,,nber such an enterprise. The
sIiy ,., hos a basement and four stories
~ allow brick, a granite entrance sur
u ,,tod with the transcription NV orklnS-
+nor's Home" and at least one window
Gov each of the 1913 sleeping rooms IN IL.
1Ios+ of the rooms contain but one ped;
= fo,y corner rooms have two. Each
-oom contains, besides a spring bed with
ba;r mattress, a wardrobe, wash
stand a writing table, chair mirror
and stove. all of which are Kept tlSht'
tr;m and clean by the management al
Its own expense.
The cost of q single room thus tur
oisbed Is between thirty and forty cents
1 week. A room with two beds is srented
a. twice as much. Some of the best
4ooms bring as much as sixty to seventy
sve cents a week. Worhngmen who
~ish their boots cleaned and then
nlothes brushed must pay two and one
half cents week extra for the luxury
N addition to all the sleeping rooms and
Kitchens. the new building has reading
room, a library with 1000 volumes, a
machine room, a gymnasium, Downing
s1lev and a steam laundry, all of which
ara lighted electrically. The summer
Garden behind the building includes
almost an acre, and has been laid out by
the most celebrated landscape gardener
IA Munich. The Society for the Educa-
hon of Workingmen erected the new
home, and to do so spent all its money,
sbout $50, ,OOO All members of the so
Gety have free access to the bowling
dleys, reading room, library and gym
nasium. The lodgings, however, are re-
nrved for the workingmen outside the
ecciety.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-26
ODDS AN0 ENDS.
There are now II 900 OOJ men in Europe
ready to be called into the field

There are now II oO) OOJ men in Europe
ready to be called into the field
The maximum speed which French pas
senger trains are permitted to make is
about seventy miles an hour, and this is
uncommon.
The only part Of the world in which no
native pipes and no native smokers have
been found is Australia.
Biologists have proved that the diamond
mines OF South Africa are situated in vents
or chimncys varying from seventy to l, 500
feet in diameter.
DR.. jaime Croll, the first to explain the
movement Of the gulf stream, has died at
the age of IS, distinguished fellow of the
Royal society.
Rubnstein says that 50 per cent of the
Germans understand music; Ii per cent, Of
the French, and per cent. of the English
In doing up tablecloths there should al
ways be suspicion of starch used, but
there should Be none in the napkins.
Persian women have little cducation
and are reared in scclusion and ignorance
knowing nothing beyond the walls of their
house
Mr.. Frederick Ioyt, of Skowhegan, Me.
now 20 years old, is one of n family Of
seven brothers and sisters, all of whom are
living, the eldest being 81.
Two quarts of water with two ounces of
glycerne scented with rose, rs dressing
in the bath, will impart freshness and del
icacy to the skin.
The man who lately refused to aid n
British policeman struggling with party
of roughs has been fined 500 The law re-
quires that citizen shall render help
under such circumstances.
Biddeford Pool, Me- has been invaded
by troop of snowy owls from the Arctic
wilds. Thirty were captured and sold in
Boston for about So each.
A grain of carmne or half grain Of
analine will tinge hoGshCad Of water so
that strong microscope will detect color
ing matter in every drop.
The effective force of the Argentine army
has been fixed for 1891 at $500 men. OF
these 2,325 compose the infantry, 2,225 the
cavalry, TS9 the artillery and 230 the corps
of engineers.
"If there'is one time more than another" d"
says an experienced married man, ''when u
woman should be left alone, it is when a
line Of clothes comes down in the mud
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-01-26

The "Transactions Of the Association OF
The American Physicians" contains re
port hy DR. 5. Weir Mitchell OF "A number
Of curious cases Of false sensations Of cold
In some instances the feeling OF cold was
accompanied by an actual rise OF temper,
aturc in the part affected, This peculiar
sensation of cold in one case followed All
injury, but in others the causatiOn WAS OBJ
scure.
One ~ her remarkable case was that OF
u lawyer, 81 years Of age During the last
few years he has been annoyed by subject
i've sensations Of cold, which are increased
by mental application. TO relieve these
sensation he wears three suits Of the
heaviest kind Of wooden underwear, three
pairs Of the heaviest woolen socks, felt
boots Of the heaviest material over his or
dinary boots and shoes, and flannel band.
age around his body. AT night he wears
two Of the above mentioned suits, fan
mel bandAge, wooden socks and sleeps un-
der five wooden blankets on "A feather mat
trcss, with hair one under IL. lie always
keeps the night temperature Of his room
at 80, aud a'ter hard day at court from
90 10 o.. The sensation Of cold Is positively
painful, though his surface temperature is
normal