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Smyrna times., 1891-06-17
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THURSDAY, the "a d p. JULY, \.
ot o'clock P. 81, the following real css
All that certain farm or tract Of Ian
in KentOu Hundred, Kent County az
delaware adjoining lands Of John
lands of William Stevens, lands Of Il
Wis, lands Of DR.. Jacob 6. Streets lands T.
H. Darrah. lands of Russell Coe aIi"
JOseph L. CaYender, and being the s. tme fsrr.,
tract of land which sold mad proceeding
had in the Orphans Court in and for Te1t
Ccuuty at the March term thereof \ D. 1850 ss
!he property Of David Jones, deceN+ I'd, and rur.
chased by the said David Jones the mottgagor
said farm contains One Hundred and Seventy
Acres Of Land. more or less The Improvements
upon which are u twOstOry frame dwelling with
back building attached. barn and stable, car
riAge aud wagon house, and other small out
buildings: also 800 to 300 peach trees and q =.
lot ofapple trees and small fruits TOgethe iPs1fi
all and singular the buildings, fEtuL -
waters ways, easements, iulp5E5y,. nlent< tffsi
leges and appurtenance%50> the said l1ne ~
preml lses and 70 every of them bei0uein.l ~ n
anywlse- -9PPertaining and t9revery pdls and
parcel thereof
Seized and taken in execution as the propg
Of DAVID JONES and MARGAREI j. l5N
his wife, and viii be sold for cash.
AMOS COLE, ShcdG
SherifFs Office, Dover, Del June 10, 1891 Gl5
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

The Odd Fellows of Chicago have
decided to erect great temple for
their order iIl that City on the north
east corner Of Van Duran street and
Fifth avenue The building will cost
81, 200, goo, aud it viii be sixteen stories
in height. It will have a frontage of
100 feet on Fifth avenue and l25 feet on
Van Buran street. The ground for
the site win cost between $45Q, 900
and $5O0,O0D. - -,
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

THE Children's Day exercises at
Leipsic on Sunday are spoken of as
being very fne. Unfortunately our
correspondents letter from there is
too late this week.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

DIR. CONOwAY reports two mild
cases of heat prostration in the neigh
bOrhoOd of Leipsic already.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

The champion iami ly Of Iowa is liv-
ing on q farm near Hartford, There
are twenty.nine living children, Rob,
ert Packard and wife being responsi.
bic for the entire crop. The first, man
now fOrty-nine years old, Is married
and lives on farm adjoining the par
ents. The other twenty-eight are sin,
gle and live Ut home. There Is only
one gill among the number. The first
Child was born alone. The next 1--WE
births produced triplets and the re-
are sets of twins.
SHAD.-500,0OO young shad have
been distributed in Chester river at
the past month aud 500, 900
n the Sassafras river a. FOxhole.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

LEwEs HAMILTON, whose short ILL
ness was referred to in our last issue,
died in a very peculiar way-from
lock 'jaw-though he had received no
wound or visible injury. Lock jaw
without some serious injury or wound
is not often met with in the lifetime of
q physician, though it is recorded in
the medical books.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

The senior class of the Smyrna High
School have issued invitations to the
Commencement exercises in the Opera
House, next Wednesday evening, June
24th. The graduates are, Bertha
Smithers, Katharine G. Kennedy, VIM.
A. Riggs. The address Of the evening
will be by Rev. Thomas Myers, d. D.,
-: Baltimore, who preached in this
town the Sunday of the Conference,
and so pleased his hearers,
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

Two farmers in speaking of the pecu-
liarities of the rose bug say where they
light there it seems they live, even
though it be the walnut tree that no
other living thing will tackle, to their
knowledge.
JAS. L. WOLCOTT, Esq, and Sheriff
Cole, of Dover were in Smyrna on Sat
urday interested in the sale of the Pat
tersOn property, but which sale how
ever did not take place because of an
informality in the announcement.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17
Smyrna and Vicinity.

THERE is a run on short hair-cuts.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

MEssRs. Hardcastle & Jones shipped
on the steamer Ella nearly 10000
pounds of wool ON Friday, making
with the previous shipment some
10000 pounds.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17
Champion Mower

If you need one, come and buv. r
are well known in this section 4
speak for themselves.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

REV. G. C. ADAMS is preaching q
series of illustrated sermons this month
at each evening service. Rev. w. w.
w. Wilson will preach three discourses
ia the interest Of young people on the
following Sunday evenings having for
his subject. Tact, Judgment, Push.
The discourse next Sunday evening
will be in the first of these-Tact.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

The Philadelphia papers are COM
planning Of strawberry rash" that has
attacked some Of the consumers Of the
luscious fruit in that city. While the
eaters in that city have the trash, {"
our growers in the country have the
cash. The farmer who can pocket
$500 or 5000 from two or three acres
OF ground needn't concern himself
much how they are getting along at
the other end Of the line, where the
doctors are plenty.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

THESE are stirring days with the
agents fer the sale Of wheat reapers
and mowers. and number of them
have been carried ont of town the past
week or ten days. There is also simi.
lar movement with the farmers in tax
ing their machine to the shops to have
repairs preparatory to harvest.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

THE weather seems the hottest at
the soda fountains. At least James p.
HOtlecker's new shaker seems to be
kept in pretty active motion.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

The friends of Herman Roe, who is
DOW travelling in Europe, are favored
with an interesting letter from his pen
on our first page, giving his Observa-
tons in Edinburg, which will doubt
~ be read with great deal of
nleasnra. y,
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

MICHAEL RILEY has purchased fif-
teen head of fat cattle of Oflley Hill,
for butchering, as he needs them.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

ABE GIBBS, whose death was refer
red 20 in our last issueA-being drowned
at the Tygerf-Allen phosphate works,
Philadelphia-was brought down here
for interment on Friday, he was a
reliable, Industrious. highly respected
man, and bis funeral was largely at
tended from the Centennial Church.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

CABBAGE and other truck is coming
in abundantly. Buchanan & Collins
sold on Saturday four barrels of cab
bage and two of other truck.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

Mrs. WIN. NAILOR of near Green
Spring, recently set gobler on tur-
key eggs Ond he has Matched them and
now he is setting on hen eggs. That is
a very accommodating gObler.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

THE Smyrna creamery used $500
quarts of milk during the month Of
May, making $3.50 pounds of butter.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

HAVE you seen the line of Negligee
shirts, Oxford Cheviott, Madras and
Flannel. A large assortment at
Edward G. Walls. I
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

:, :, :. u y u q e fHuIuF NINNN uT
the High School have finished them
allotted work and are spending the
short time that remains before Com.
meneement in preparing their gradua-
ting essays. Their absence has made
1t possible for the High School to hold
but one session daily, thus permitting
the principal to spend the afternoon in
the other departments of the school.
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

The neighbOrhood of the Seven
HickOTies was startled last Sunday by
the sudden death of Mrs. Daniel Loose.
Mrs. Loose had been poorly only a few
days with 20 serious Indications until
the last hour Of life. She was about
~ years Of age and left three children,
the youngest aged two years. She was
Intelligent, refined and much respected.
Mr.. Loose and wife came to Delaware
from Michigan about 10 years ago,
Smyrna times., 1891-06-17

COMMERCE street, Oppositethe John
son building is being very much inn
proved by u new curbing and Telaid
hripk
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
To Preserve Eggs.

The egg begins to grow stale almost
as soon as it is laid, and the cause of
many failures to preserve eggs perfect
ly fresh says the Farmers Monthly, is
found in the fact that decay set in be-
fore the preserving began, and of
course it continued in spite of efforts
to arrest it. In preserving eggs, there
fore take none but those fresh from
the nest. This 10 the first rule to OBJ
serve. The next is, no matter what
you use, keep the preserved eggs is the
coolest drv place possible; dampness
will mould them, heat will readily eva
porate their natural moisture, and
any process, which will keep them alb
solutely air tight will keep them fresh
for an indefinite length of time.
Among the countless methods is this
one: Take five quarts of rock salt;
five unslacked lime, and a quarter of
a pound of cream of tartar; dissolve
in four pals OF water, which makes
sufficient pickle for a barrel of eggs.
Eggs are always kept under pickle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
Going Around the World.

There are LOO steamers travers-
ing the four great ocean routes. The
first is that across the Atlantic, an
other by Suez to, India, China and
Australia. To go around the world
that way takes 30 to 80 days, and
covers $4,000 miles. The passage
money is 81, 900, and the traveller who
wish s to go in comtort and ease should
have another 81 ZOO with him. An
other sea route described is that by
which you start from San Francisco
and sail around the American contin-
ent to New York. The journey is 49,
500 miles long, it takes 100 days to
cover it, and the fare is about the
same as that around the world. To go
around the Cape of Good Hope to
Australia and back around Cape Horn
is about $4,000 miles, and can be
covered in 81 days. The cost is only
$75O.-From London Tid-Bits.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
Women's Waists.

While a nineteen or twenty-inch
waist is a deformity in an adult wo-
man, it may justly be doubted wheth-
er the twenty-six-inch waist of the
Venus de Medlci is not somewhat too
large to be in proportion with the fig
ure Of the average American woman.
1t is characteristic of women of the
highest types of the ndo-European
races to have wide hips and narrow
waists. In other races the hips are
narrower and the waists larger.
The American woman appears, in
consequence Of her large hip measure
ment, to have a smaller waist than
she actually has. To the unskilled
masculine eye a girl with a waist Of %
or 22k inches may seem to have a
wasplike figure, when in reality her
measurement is very nearly what it
should be to satisfy the critical judg-
ment> of an artist or her family physi-
clan.
The Venus de Medici is 5 feet s
inches in height, 26 inches about the
waist, "a about the bust, and a.
about the hips. The women employed
as "cloak models" by most of the
great dry goods establishmentsin New
York city are about the same height.
The measurements required of q
"model" s feet s inches in height in
ono establishment are the following:
"Waist, 23A to "a inches; bust, 81
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
TAKING HIS FIRST RIDE.
The Old Man Insisted Upon Having
Jim Smith Along With Him.

The Old Man Insisted Upon Having
Jim Smith Along With Him.
"When l was up in Murphy, N. C..
last SUMNER" said a well-known rail.
road man, ~ saw an old man 90
Years old who had never ridden on a
train in his life. He came into the
ticket office and bought a ticket and
then went into the waiting-room and
sat down. His grandson had come
with him to the train, but as train.
time drew nigh the old man got shaky
about the knees and was about to
back out. Friends tried to nerve him
up. but he said at last:
"sI amt a gwine a step unless Jim
Smith goes with me and hobs my
ham,"
"Jim Smith was a well-known bust.
ness man, and he finally agreed that
he would ride out to the first station
with the old man and hold his hand.
"sAll right said the old man, tand
if it's too skeery I'll Jest come back"
$50 they boarded the train together,
and Jim Smith held the old man by
the hand. The old fellow trembled
and shook in every limb at first, his
eyes bulged out fearfully, and he
would groan in his misery.
CATER a mile his groanings became
more frequent, and when the first
station was reached he reluctantly re-
leased the hand of the faithful Jim
Smith, and for the rest of the journey
held on to his seat for dear life."-At-
lanta Constitution.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26

Novel Observation-Disclosures Scheme.
There is a gentleman in Hartford
Conn:, who has a novel scheme in re-
lation to the liquor traffic. He would
place the liquor traffic wholly in the
hands of the government and abolish
the saloon andinstead have a suitable
number of places in the cities and
towns where drink could be obtained
on the "nickle in-the-slot" plan. The
places should be public in every sense
ofthe word, opening from and in plain
view ~ofpassers on the street. 1 would
have it SO arranged that q customer
would nave to pass through a turn
stile to get to thefountain and another
to leave it. The space inside the turn
stile should be large enough for one
person at a time, The plan of opera
ton would be as follows: To obtain q
drink n would pass through the
turnstile which would lock after max
ing a quarter turn, drop q coin in the
slot corresponding with the kind of
beverage he wished, and receive a bot
tie containing a drink which he could
mix with water to suit his taste, andaft-
erhe had drank it, deposite the bottle
in another slot which would operate
suitable mechanicism to unlock the
turnstile for egress, andin leaving, the
moving of the turnstile would unlock
the one for entrance ready for the
next customer. There should be in
attendance a cashier to change money
to the coin for use and a policeman
to prevent minors and intoxicated
persons from obtaining a drink
Hartford Post.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
Who invented the cigar7

1t is not at all certain that the white
race has a prior claim even upon the
invention of the cigar. In all parts of
New Guinea, the largest island in the
world, that has yet been visited, to-
bacco is cultivated and in some of
these districts the humble pipe con-
tributes nothing to the enjoyment Of
the weed and is not even known. DR..
Maclay saw natives with crude-look-
ing cigs rs in their mouths who had
never seer a white man before and
thought he had dropped from the sky.
DR.. Finsch, who some years later
explored the coast for hundreds of
miles, says the natives of the whole
northeast coast of New Guina, though
inveterate smokers, had never heard
of a pipe and returned those which he
gave them as articles for Which they
had no use. He says they roll tho
partly dried leaves into a rude cigar
and, not being blessed with Havana
wrappers, they tie around their cigar
a large green leaf from a tree.
Doubtless the vilest weeds sold on
the Bowery are superior to those pro-
ducts of Papuan ingenuity, which hold
fire so poorly that a live coal is al
ways kept at hand to revivify them.
But they suit the native taste, and
the people seem to regard those who
draw tobacco smoke through a pipe
stem as belonging to an inferior q
of human beings.-Goldthwaite's Geo.
graphical Magazine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
Not Wholly Complimentary.

A certain Mrs. Malaprop, who lives
in a large Eastern city, is noted for
skill in unconsciously embarrassing
other people, while she her"elf remains
perfectly at ease. Not long ago she
was introduced to two sisters, young
ladies who had been known to her by
name, though she had never met
them.
"Now, my dears," she said, address,
ing them collectively, with her usual
bland smile, and regarding them earn
estly through her glasses, 81 have
often heard of the bright and hand
some Miss Radcliffe. Now, l am. so
glad to meet you both, and, I want
you to tell me at once which of you il
the bright and which the handsome
one!!" 2
On another occasion she was dining
with her nephew and his young wife,
who had just set up housekeeping.
The dinner did not 60 of quite SO
smoothly as the young couple. had
hoped, and the cooking by no means
perfect. The hostess unwisely began
to murmur apologies, and her hus-
band Joined in, half-laughing, with ref
erences to his wife's youth and inex-
p~erience.
"Don't say another word, my dear
children" interrupted their kind
hearted guest. ~ can assure you I've
eaten a great deal worse dinners than
this in my life; a great deal worse.
Yes" she added, meditatiYely, '1've
eaten some very bad dinners, you may
be sure??"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
A MEDIEVAL TRAGEDY.
Two Skeletons Found Chained To-
eether In an Old Ruin.

Two Skeletons Found Chained To-
gether In an Old Ruin.
A curious discovery has just been
made by a wine-grower in the depart
ment of the Charente. Adjoining his
property are the ruins of an ancient
chateau, which has been left to it's fate
for centuries. As part of one OF the
walls ofthis old pile showing symptoms
of an approaching collaspe, the pea
SAINT obtained permission to remove
it, and a few days ago he set to work
to demolish it.
After toiling tor a couple Of hours,
to his amazement he came upon a
couple of skeletons. the neck, arms
and legs of which had been tightly
bound to each other by iron links.
They we're in an erect position, and it
was evident that they YER the re-
mains of the men who had been i'm
INJURED hundreds of years ago. The
wine grower lost no time in drawing
the attention of local antiquarians to
his discovery, and careless lnvestl-
cation revealed further the presence
of fragments of clothing which had
been almost reduced to dust, as we'll
as Of a rusty weapon and two pieces
OF wood.
The skeletons are to be. placed In
the Bordeaux museum, and great
pains are being taken to insure their
transport thither in the same posi-
ton as that in which they were found
There is no doubt that some tragedy
of the middle ages, Of which possibly
some record may survive, led to the
confinement of these unfortunate vic
Tins in the matter described. 1t is a
matter of course that the strange dis
covery is engaging the attention of
a%ntiquarians in that part OF France,
and it is by no means improbable
that some clew to the mystery may
be forthcominger elong.-Belfast News
Letter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
Completing the Quotation.

The late Doctor Wilberforce, Bishop
of Oxford, had a keen sense of humor,
which, however, he INDUCED only on
appropriate occasions. An amusing
story is told, in the September North
American, of his quickness o frepartee.
While on II visit to a country-house
a carriage party was made up for a
drive, and the bishop al urged to
join it, but he insisted on walking,
and started off on foot by himself. On
the road the carriage party passed
him as he was trudging along, and one
of the company shouted out to him,
quoting from Watts hymn:
"How blest is he who meier consents
By ill advice to walk"
Quick as a flash the bishop shouted
back, completing the stanza:
"Nor stands in sinners ways, nor sits
Where men profanely talk"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
"A Christmas Cake.

A pound each of sugar, butter, citron
and c%urrants; two pounds of raisins,
seeded; one and one-half pounds Of
flour, t%wo-thirds of a cup of currant
jelly, twelve eggs, m teaspoonful
soda, the same of salt; one dash each
cayenne pepper and black pepper, and
one cupful OF molasses. Divide the
flour into two parts; into one part
put one t%easpoonful OF cinnamon; ono
nutmeg, grated; one-fourth teaspoon
full of cloves and two-thirds teaspoon
full Of allspice. Mix fruit with the
other half of flour. Cream the butter
and sugar, add the eggs, we'll beaten;
dissolve the soda i'll warm water, and
stir in the molasses. Mix all we'll to-
gether, and put in pans lined with
buttered paper. This will make two
large loaves. Bake in moderate oven
for two hours. The result il q Christi
mas cake which will delight the heart
Of a good housewife and please the
palates of those who eat it.
useful Knowledge"
If the feet become frost bitten, soak
them for onehalf hour in strong solu-
ton of alum water; and if ono
application is not enough, two will DO
q cure.
Remove oil spots from marble by
covering them with a cream of cal
cined magnesia and benzine, and
brushing off the former after the dis
sipation of the latter.
Never bite or pass sewing silk
through the lips, aslead poisoning has
been known to result from such q
habit, as it is soaked in acetate Of
lead to make it weigh heavier.
To make q good lotion for the face
and hands, CRATE a fresh cocoanut and
put in a cloth and squeeze out the
milk. Then wash the face in this milk,
and rub the skin briskly for quite .
few moments, and wipe of with a soft
flannel cloth.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
N AND HER REALM.
MATTERS THAT WILL BE OF IN
TEREST TO THE LADIES.
A Street Dress--Tights and Stock
lngs--Have You Got Them--A
Dainty Chocolate--Useful
Observation-Disclosures
Waists.
Tights and Stockings.

lbkstS0 1I0 SkOSNtIuAo
Every one knows that carriers have
gone out, and girdles have come in;
but did any stop to trace the analogy
between the decadence of one and the
popularity of the other? asks the New
York Sun. 1t is the wearing of tights,
Of course, that brings the garter into
desuetude; that is, that reduces the
number of garters worn by one-half.
If you see a swagger girl with a gold
ribbon one inch in width clasped
around her waist you may wager
your bank account that she has it's
mate clasped around her leg, just
below the knee. What for? Oh, just
for the quaint conceit of the thing!
1t is amusing to watch the pretty
girls shopping for tights. With the
perversity of things mundane, the hose
counters are presided yer by men,
and it is very embarrassing to have
them think you are a skirt dancer or
a ballet favorite. And so the pretty
girl gets tho tights on an order from
the country, or for a friend, or her
mother, or grandmother even. Then
she hustles home and puts them on
her own slender extremities, throws
away her garters and harness of elias
tic straps, and in half an hour realizes
that she has never really lived before.
The lines OF anxiety smooth out of her
fair brow, the shadows of care soften
from her eyes. She knows her stock
ings won't come down, and battle,
murder, and sudden death lose their
terrors for her.
One of the most remarkable things
about g. woman Is the way she man.
ages from little girlhood up to keep
one corner Of her mind clear and de-
voted to her stocking in the midst of
the most distressing grief and anxiety.
AS a child, no matter how much she
wants to beat her brother in the race,
she has to stop if her stocking comes
down. AS a woman she may, in the
stress OF her woe, let her hairpins fall
out, she may forget to eat or sleep,
but she never relaxes the vigilance
over her stockings. The amount of
nerve force consumed in a lifetime of
this constant, strict surveillance is
enormous. Now that the tyranny of
the garter is ended it is little wonder
that our girls are growing taller, and
that our women are stepping up
bravely into the worlds high places
and winning laurels in fame's great
temple.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-12-26
Mistaken Identity.

Waiter %lgorgeously attired, to q
young lady at ball): "MayI have 70
pliseer to-"
Young Lady: "Well, really, sir, my
card is about full, and"
Waiter: "To bring 70 cup of 70 cot.
fee?"
Young Lady, discovering his idsnt1.
ty: Certainly, stupid"