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NEW REVELATIONS.

by the time court was called afte,
the noon recess, they were gettino
warmed up to business, vet it wa; n
long day to the tired and wesrv
witnesses, who expected soon to endure
the trials of cross examination in =
witness box. But to the deliobt and
unexpected JOY of several conrt nd
J0urned for the day without a sinoIo
illness Oeing called, whereupon some
ior state had forethOught enough to 90
t,I, 10 Lawyer Hayes and get released
ihen followed large procession 70
tue depot, to await the arrival of a
homeward bound train. In few min.
utes had mingled with the crowd
ana was receiving some sharp, piercing
giances, as much as to say, won are an
enemy anC nre shadOwing us for no
good. Then could overhear remark
and questions as TO who | was cir
Then L tried to scrape an acquaintance
with two of the ladies. But no Won
don't. | might as well have tried IN
Talk to an oyster. Then the train |
steamed up and we all got aboard
They got off at Perryville and I fol. |
lowed SUIT, and learning they had |
some time to await their train. not |
Oeing daunted by my fist ATTEMPT.
tried again. with more success, to have
chat with another lady.
Yes" she replied with a slight bnt
pollte bow, y never got so tired and
worn out with any place in my life as
| did of Elkton."
Yes, 1t is trying situation, and I
suppose you have to so back to-mor
row ?"
No, went to Hayes and got off,
"Ah--that is well; l wish could yet
OIL. And the colOred girl: l Judge She
is witness too?
Yes, indeed; she knows more than
half dozen of US put together, for she
was his hired girl and lived there, at
he time" :
We'll, her testimony will be worth r
hearing then?" il
1t might, but she has got off too. n
Hayes took her to his room and asked s.
Ter all the questions he wanted to r
lnOw." n
She is young, and it is a pity she a
hOnld be in it," d
ives, but she talked to Hayes like b
Voman, and she didn't tell him all either f
Or about the time she got into notion Il
tell what she knew, he quit ques.
ioniDg her." NJ
Then she stepped aboard the train. F
saving me with a smile which turned tb
ito grin, as l thought, mo differ
nee; l will have the balance, if not all is
her statement, whether it be good al
: bad. Soon my train took me across is
long bridge, where joined my man W,
! comfortable quarters at Have-de- an
race. Thus ended Friday, the first Or
ay Of the preliminary hearing.
On Saturday morning the strange yo
porter was back in due time, and his les
ratch book, even unto this day gives yo
! account of each and every witness
rough the whole hearing, which
sIed three days, and may be read
mething about as follows: me
First day, Friday. Mr.. J. Granville ed
lchards husband of the murdered Gin
omanl occupied the witness stand all ris
", and was put back again on Satur- saI
" morning. Testifying that on Sum VIII
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
The Mixed Race of India.

Eurasia has no boundaries. II lies n
varying social fact, all over India, thick
IN the great cities, thickest in Calcutta.
where the conditions of climate and bread
winning are most suitable, and where,
moreover, Eurasian charities are most
numerous. Wherever Europeans have
come and gone these people have sprung
up in weedy testimony of them-these
people who do not go, who have received
somewhat in the feeble inheritance of
their blood that makes it possible for
them to live and die in India. Nothing
will ever exteIminate Eurasia; it clings
to the sun and the soil, and is marvel
ously propagative within its borders
Sara j. Duncan in Popular Science
Monthly.
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
Cold Water Ini,.,

Guard against the application of cold
or hard water to the roots of plants. and
especially in the winter months Tban ,
there has been a heavy fall of snow hail
or cold rains. The water in tbe tanI,s
then becomes very much too cold Tbis
may not be noticed in the ord;nar,,
course of things, and the plants ara ,.,,l s,,ro
10 suffer check at the roots that in tLo
case OF camellias, for instance wo,,II
De quite sufficient to cause bud dronnin,,
am always very careful that tbe rs. us.
~ our tanks Is Il few degrees warmer
than the house in which the nlants a,a 10
growing: This is very important in snc.
cessful plant culture. - ''''
we are apt to say sometimes ON mo-
holding a sickly plant-one mildewed or
WIN rust on the foliage-that if mnst
nave been subjected to a draft or c,r'
rent aen1 OF cold air, whereas the probable
cause was the use Of cold wafer wbicb
paralyzed the roots. Proof of this NAV
easily %. be seen by giving one or two an.
Of cold water to winter cI, cp
or kidney beans when settino IN"
their pods.-Exchange.
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
CHAPTER X.
A TRYING POSITION

Then followed the cross exam;,o
IIoh' Reader, were you ever there >
ou may thlnk 1t fun, but try it. The
0loie says, Judge ye no man, lest Won
| be judged. '' you
And am well aware that BENJAMIN
Harrison gets paid for thinking. vet
did think, aud furthermore have INV
Just reasons for thinking, that he was
Ihe iorgetfulest man l ever saw in
witness box. Please hear me ont and
then II l have said too much, hone tn
be forgiven as willingly as | have for.
given. He knew he had paid his
neighbor Reynolds $500 on the dav
previous to the murder, it being Sn1.
day, but what he paid him for he knev
not, or why he paid him on SUNDAY. or
"here ne got the money to pav him
WIN, whether 1t was paid him for labor
IN baltimore, as his salary, or whether
ne borrowed 1t in Baltimore the Satur-
day afternoon before, or where mr. hoo,
he got it. Then he did not remember
OF seeing any money in the desk re.
Gently (previOus to the murderl in foot
did not know whether there was anv
ID there at the time or not. only indg.
ed there should have been some tbere
from matter of fact that he usuaIlv
Kept some there, but did not know
now much; it may have been six or
eight dollars or it may have been less
Wen there were lots cf things he did NOT
ana could not remember, but as that
lad been over twelve mouths and
showing l am forgetful myself and re.
mem moering he was drinking nrettv
'iten water, mean) while being pIied
With numerous questions which
hought myself had no direct bearing
m she case, | will pass them over
Vow l have not told you all he said
nd want to add that his little son
erhaps six years of age, was in bed
etween them at the time Mrs. Rich.
rds was shot. Furthermore. I want
be distincly understood, by omitting
have pot said that Mr.. Richards
ever paid any attention to his wife in
er suffering after being shot. All of
nat will bring in later, in due time
nd proper place. Neither was that
lr. Richards trial, but only a prelim-
lary hearing, TO ascertain whether or
OF Elkton authorities should hold for
,urt Samuel Fenner, for the murder
Mrs. Richards.
TO be COatinued)
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
Ordering His Own Tomh.to,,,

M a countrynan called on a SCULPTOR in
IliSlt and ordered tombstone in tho
shape OF a cross, and gave full instrnc me-
tiohS as to the lettering and the date of
the decease and promised to fetcL ~ =
away himself. He failed. bowever ~ ~
turn up at the day appointed and tho 10
sculptor sculptor wrote to remind him of his
promise The other day the man turned
up u al last but said that he wanted tbe
GATE erased. On being asked his reason
lor the strange request the countrvmsn
answered that gypsy woman had told
m nm mat ne would die on the day which
ne had ordered to be inscribed ON tba
cross; the prophecy had not, however
come true, and he now wanted TO taIe
away the monument, but without +bo
date.-Dehtsche Warte. 'ii0
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
1898.
Harper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED,

HARPER'S MAGAZINE for 1893 viii continue to
maintain the unrivalled standard of excellence
which has Characterized it from the beginning
among the notable features of the wear there will
DC new novels by A. Conan Doyle. Constance
Fehimore WooSon and VIM. Black Short stor.
les VIII he eontribu ed by the The most popular
writer's OF the day, including Mary E. wilkins
hichard Harding Davis. Margaret Deand. Bran.
uer matthews and many others The illustrated
descriptive papers will embrace articles by r,Iisn
halph on new Southern and Western subjects. ~,
lheouore Chilf, on India, by Poulmcy Bige,ow,
on Russia ard Germany; by Richard Harding
D"1'S' on London Season by Colonel T. A.
Doose' o" "N'ern Rides; etc Edwin A. Abbey's
Illustrations If Shakespeares Comedies will he
continued. Literaryartjces will be- contribntod
by Charles Slot Norton, Mrs. James r Field..
william Dean IIowe!ls. Brander Matthews and
Others '''N
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
Paving Streets ,ri.,, &

"A material which is being satisfac-
torlly introduced for paving streets il
composed of granulated cork and b;+r1
men pressed into blocks, and which arc
oin1 daaI ilke bricks or wood paving, the spe-
oi. oiaI advantage secured being that of
elasticity. In roadways it furnishes =
4: nne I0othoid for horses, and at the same
thn t,lle 'loes away to u great degree with
lne noise which commonly accomnanies
Guy ty traihc. In Australia this method
mas been resorted to with excellent re-
sults.-New York Sun. -'''i' IT,
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
BALLAD OF A JESTER.
When boards were brown that n0r. ..

When boards were brown that now are frores
Above the salt used to sit: ~
Now, at life's feast, am no moro
Ihan yOn poor dog that turns the snit h.
could go mad to think of it;
Although forever in mine ears
things an old rhyme that once was writ
Twill matter naught in fifty years.,
When flagons with Rhine wine ran o,ar
AND tongues wagged fast, and lamus were Iit
l set the table in roar 49,
with many shaft of wanton wit:
The king would cry in boist'rous 1T
While walls and roof tree rang with cbaars
GOod cousin, never heed the hit
Twill matter naught in fifty years"
Lloved maid in days of yore.
And thought to win the saucv chit
Despite the 'mOtley suit" wore:
lAlack, how far my fancies hity
Inc damsel cared for me no whit
ana got naught but japes and ieers
- Ihat chafed me like jennet's bit.
lwllI matter nOught in fifty years.
Head weary am l and heaNsore.
i 4 meet cold welcomes, and submit
Like him that hath not paid his scora
Inc tapster will no more admit
AiIe raVeled threads the fates unLnit
ana soon, with fardels and with fears
,, anu !Il cap and bells | shall be Quit.
A"llI matter nOught in fifty years.
Friends though the grave gapcs like a nit
D. ,'ih Iiiir'h taxes wing when grief appears.
,T,..iII Gr"Nell what the heavens permit;
lwli! matter much in fifty wears
-''uie1rh " iii'amson in Temple Bar.
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28

The brusque and fussy impulse of
these days of false impression would
rate down all as worthless because one
is unworthy. :As if there were no
notes in sunbeams ! Or comets among
stars Or cataracts in peaceful rivers
BECAUSE one remedy processes to do
what 1t was never adapted to do, are
all remedies worthless ? Because one
doctor let's his patient die, are all hum
bugs? 1t requires n fine eye and a
liner brain to discriminate-to draw
the diherential line.
"They say" that DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription have cured
thousands.
They say" for weak system there
is nothing better than tEe "Discoyerv.
and that the "Favorite Prescriptionn
is the hope of debilitated, feeble
women who need a restorative tonic
and bracing nervine. And this is tie
proof
Try one or both. If they don't helm
you, tell the Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association of Buffalo, N. Y, and
you get your money back again.
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
1t Was Not Slang.

A contentious church member in a
western town recently attempted to have
his pastor disciplined for using the slang
phrase 'not in it" in the pulpit, but the
bottom dropped out Of his charge when
the Clergyman produced the manuscript
Of his sermon and read this sentence
from it, ''In a word, my Christian hear
ers, the ark was miniature world; there
was no form of life that was not in it. :"
New York Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
An Axiom DisDro,,

Is the whole always equal to the snm
0t all Its parts? A German bepga-
thought it doubtful. 'ese"r
Here am" he said as he looked at
hlmself III pocket mirror; "bere 7 am
wearing the boots of bank manager
1he trousers of a landed propriefor
a baron's coat and vest and noru.,, 80,
nat nat and IN spite of it all l look like a
trampv'-Exchange iiAe
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28

a. r. Parker, street car conductor
IN Oakland, Cal, possesses two IS" modaIS
one one given by the queen and the other bv
ti tne khedlye Of Egypt, for bravery on
ti tne battlefield. Mr.. Parker took part in
the march with Wolseley across the
uesert to Khartoom to relieve Gordon
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
1893.
Harper's Bazaar.
ILLUSTRATED
ILLUSTRATED.

HARPERs BAzAR is a journal for the homo
Hglve the fullest and latest information about
Fashions, and its numerous illustrations Paris
deslgns' aud pattern-sheet supplements. are in.
dispensable alike to the home dress.maker and
the professional modiste. No expense is spared
to make its artistic attractveness of the bipbast
order It's bright stories, amusing comedies and
thoughtful essays satisfy all tastes, and its last
page is famous as budget of wit and humor
In its weekly issues everything is included
"hlch Is OF intereat TO women. The serials for
l"SS Will be written by Walter Besant and Edna
Lyail. Christine Terhune Herrick will furnish
practical series, entitled at the Toilet" Grace
King, Olive Thore Miller. and Candage Wheeler
will be frequent contributors. The work Of
women in the Columbian Exposition will be
fully represented with many illustrations. T
W. HgginsOn, in women and Men," will please
a cultivated audience
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
WHOLE NO. 1869.
'S''S' OF all in leavening Power-1atest u co,,+ po
M!a.:,!.!I q Bski3;s Bs1S1ss3!
ABSOLUTELY PURE

nay, nay ",ght' April 18th, 1891, he in com.
r. H. WIN MS vile and another ladv
E y" -'irS' Langdon, bis wife's brotbor;a
%j "'lej were sitting in his room 1b.v
ia. noise outside the bouSe "a
'n' on"U ne' answering remark con
eiI'ug ~ IT, SAID he thought it was rsts
~" Ai'er retiring. and some time in ~
ntn'' ne was awakened by his wits
mere was some one in H.
,pom' "hereupon he called. "Wbo IL
;"Jie' answer, or | will shoot - wbera1
III ne was answered by SEEING a.
a. 'he loot OF his bed, the bullet I;tl
ing Mrs. Richards in the head n.bo
having partly risen in bed) ~ at be
Inen heard lcOuld not see. room hoino
"dIk shuttle as though thev 80
HaKillg Tor the door. That he fro. ~
IeVoIver IN that direction: then taLas
out after the burglars, which he go
Po9e" 70 be two, caught aud SrannI.d
WIN one Of them; wherefore pnra
SINUS al close range were fired h.
eeIElhg Two in his left side. (tbe soors
oi lhem he showed the court
Aouhg PhVslclan, also going up to ex.
1uilne thein J, one entering from the
rear, the other in front: and tb.+ -
supposed there was at least seven or
elgnV shot5 fired, of which ba
ne thought he fired three hnt
gusI ia what position, whether ot
Hehu ol stars, going down stairs. ar at
loo' OF STAIRS, be did not and conid NOT
re- remember. But he did remember tbst
ms assailant, whether one ar 80,
maze good their escape. wbiIa h.
iOund himself at the foot Of tba st,i
"adiy used up and calling for bsin
saSI Ing, Willie, come, get upi thera =
some one in the house, WilEa -
up went to his mother, found her sS0t
ana Unconscious, 80 she conId no,
speak. That he in the scrimmage baJ
received scratch on the forehead nna
arm 3adly bruised, a. though etrTnt,
win an iron instrument of some LinJ
probably chisel, and that on. lao bod
one bone broken either from Ia is'u
Or by being jumped ON ba O,T% S;J
not know which. He seemed w..
.orgettul. Perhaps I in his sbooy 10y
'oul'' nave Deen worse. But be did
no" mat he took out of his revolver
.hiee empty shells (she being a five
'u,au1oer' 81 calibre, double action
'nich usually contained four CARTRIDGES
q 9oloSuaTu against accident
let the hammer rest on on
,mply chamber or blank, putting in
hree more balls, then loaded the 9un
hG sent the boys his two sons. WiIlis
M Harry, aged respectively l6 and "a
ears after the neighbors, who soon
rived, and then it was discovered
nat the cellar door had been entsred
mn crowbar that the burglars had
'ken midnight supper or lunch in
le Kitchen or stOreroom, had broken
pen a Kind of secretary or desk where
Kept his money, or at least some
,oney, all the time, and that WilIie,s
lVer watch was found on the stair.
9pS broken. That some of their
othes were found out in the hall nm
airs and missing from his pocket.
'ok, pockets and elsewhere. bis ooId
ltch, II shares of Railroad Stock 1no
od unless signed by himself) six siI.
r spoons, marked l. r. & NJ. A. p
d what he supposed to be about $40
cash. Wv
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
Ono Thing That Goes -. ~.

"One secret of the Chicago packers
great fortunes is simple, )" said a resident
OF that city. "They don't waste any,
thing. The meat, the entrails, every
Ining is made use of but the squeal.
Ihey can't catch that, so it is wasted" !"
Cincinnati Times-Star.
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
HARPER's PERIODICALS.

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Number for January Of each year. When no time
is mentioned, subscriptions will begin with the
number current OF the time Of receipt Of order
Bound volumes Of HAMPERS BAZAAR for three
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Women Who Work.

II seems that % per cent. of the women
oI england earn their own living bnt
one would scarcely believe that fbero
are ar nearly $50 female blacksmitbs in
england, which, however, sounds No 10
stranger than the statement that women
may ma now be seen driving cabs in New New
York.-Chambers' Journal -'0"
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28

.-,;4.1Dl --G.,Oh cemetery which reads, "No adj
mittance except ON business" ~"
Every with n Verb.
PLEASED" in the expression averv
pleased, is nothing more than the past
participle passive of ''please" used as an
adjective. Very" so far as am
aware, is never used with any other mart
of a verb, and then only when that mart
has become adjective by usage. The
Following quotation from Pope's ''Dun-
clad" shows its use as an adjective;
Thou triumph'st, Vi,tor of the high wrought
And the pleas'd dame, soft smiling, lead,st
away.
A similar use of the word is when wa
say PERSONS face has "a pleased az
preston" This being the case it is as
correct to say VERY pleased" as to sav
very much pleased" Annandale's ssIm-
perial Dictionary" subject "Verv." !" has.
Among old writers very was fire.
quently used alone to modify a nast
participle, and it is still to some extent
so used; thus, Sir w. Jones has very
concerned; Gibbon, very unqualified:'
Sydney Smith, very altered etc.
AS there is no verb unqualify, un-
qualihed can be nothing else but an adj
Jective, and concerned and altered come
under the same part of speech. When
we say, II am very pleased" there is no
action implied, but there is simply q.
description Of the state or condition in
which one is at tho time Of speaking
- -
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
The Boy Knew TenDvsoD

A Freshwater boy was once asked if
ne knew Mr.. Tennyson. .He mo1,aa =.
P poets Tor the queen, said the boy. .'Wbat
10 you mean?' said the inonirer -'''T aT
DON'T know what they means" =" said tho
boy, but p'licemen often sees ' b;ne jro
va H"iAlng ah1 about a-making of 'em under
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
1898.
Harper's Weekly.
ILLUSTRATED.

hARPER's WEEKLY is acknowledged as stand
ing llrSt amolg illustrated weekly periodicals in
america 1t occupies place between that of the
hurried daily papers and that of the less timely
mohthly magazine. 1t includes both literature
ana news and presents with equal force and
iecity the real events of current history and the
imaginative themes of fiction On account of its
very complete series of illustrations ofthe Worlds
Fair' 1t Will not only be the best guide to the
great Exposition, but also its best souvenir
Every public event Of general interest will be
fuily illustrated in its pages. Its contributions
Oeihg from the best writers and artists in this
country. twill continue to excel in literature
news and Illustrations, all other publications of
its class W
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28

a measure of eagerness, and even of
something very like impatience is a
pretty good characteristic of Young neo.
PIE: Boys and girls, young men and
maidens' ought to be wise, but not with
old mems wisdom. '' 'i0' "l'h
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28

The only specimen of fossilized or nat
r1le eiileu cave man ever found in the United
states was that discovered by an ex-
PIoring party at Craighead cave. near.
Monroe, Tenn, in 1892 "'A
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28

AN electric incubator, in which the
temperature of the egg drawer is auto
nniatlcaliy regulated to the fiftieth of n
oegree Fahrenheit, has been exhibited
in Liverpool. 'N'Oi'e''
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28

"a snake in the grass is all the
more dangerous from being unsuspect-
ed. So are many of the blood medi-
cines offered the public. To avoid all
risk, ask your druggist for Ayers Sar-
saparilla and also for Ayers ALMANAC,
which is just out for the new year.
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
REFUNDING DIRECT TAX

NOT IS hereby given that the origi-
nal Direct Tax Records have been deliv-
cred to me by the Internal Revenue De-
partment OF the United States and that all
persons whose names appear upon said
Records can have the said Tax Refunded
by making application to me- Executors
or Administrators Of deceased persons
whose names appear upon the Records will
be required to furnish certificate Of ap-
pointment from the Register Of Wills Of
their respective eounties.
]. FRANK WILDS, Commissioner.
Dover, March 1st, 1892
Smyrna times., 1892-12-28
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