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Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

,0da ahe Farmers and Merchants Saw
orSs. ss BANK of Salisbury, Md. was
s,a.,' sSu,ze1 Tart week with a canitsi
sSock -" OF S25, 900 and liberty to inereass
i;a 1ne same to $4,000. General vii.
nam nam q. Stevens of Seaford was unan
sSuSiy 80 ycnosen president and RID. Grier
vi =, iSa'is0ury vlce-presdent. DR.. sam.
Nc a. 0ranam of the Elizabeth Citv
~. y, National Bank was electesI
Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

Father ]. p. Quigley preached bis
farewell sermon at the Holv Crnss
Catholic Church, Dover on Sundo,
He will go to Elkton. Father ny
Marce Of Port Deposit will succeod 1
Father Quigley. succeed
Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

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Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

The Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Robinson
of Denton Md, have issued cards for
the marriage of their neice, Miss Alice
S. Ford, to Charles II Simmons of
Pennington, which will be solemnized
January l1th.
Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

A dance in honor of Miss Isabella
Earle and Miss Nellie Feddeman, of
Baltimore, was given in the Centre
vile Opera House ON Wednesday
night, by Mrs Mary l.. Earle.
Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

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Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

The young men of Denton gave a
hop on Wednesday evening. l. was
largely attended.
Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

The dwelling house of Stephen Muir.
rlll, oil Salisbury, was burned. Loss.
two hundred dollars.
Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

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Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

Gresham Hall, one of the most fa-
nous residences in Kent county, Md.
was destroyed by fire last week.
Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

The policy hulders of the Kent
County Mutual Insurance Companv
are paying their premiums with more
prOmptness and less complaint this
year than usual, there being but few
not liquidated the first of this week
w. o. HOlIecker reports the COMPANY
in ilOurishing condition, and saws that
deducting the dropped policies, the
increase in the three years he has had
charge Of the Office, is nearly 100 poll
cies.
The old year of 1892 is a thing of
;he past. AS we stand on the thresh-
old Of the new year and look back on
the beaten paths of the old, we draw a
sigh of regret and sorrow, for we see
many vacant places in the phalanx of
humanity that is tOiling onward and
upward the road of human life-here a
father, there a mother, here brother,
there sister. here a friend and there a
comrade, have fallen out of the ranks
and. their places in the column will
soon be filed by stragglers. So it will
ever be with human life, but let US be
up aud doing.
Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

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Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

How many bushels of wheat doe
take to buy a ton of coalP
Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

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Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

The Local Preachers of this confer
ence will have charge of Kenton from
Friday till Sunday evening, in holding
one of their Associations. 1t will
doubtless be an interesting event to
the citizens.
PERSONS having magazines or period
icals of any kind that they are no lon
ger using, have standing request for
their donation to the library of the
public school, They may be turned
TO good account here.
Smyrna times., 1893-01-04

Near Cambridge, Wednesday, Miss
Tryphena Phelps and Robert U. Todd
were married. Miss Willie L. IL.
Steele and VanRensaeller Dickinson,
were married in Cambridge on the
same day.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23
How Spools are Made.

Birch wood is preferred. The wood
is first sawed into sticks four or five feet
long and seven eighths Of an inch to
three inches square, according to the
size Of the spool to he produced. These
sticks are thoroughly seasoned. They
are sawed into short blocks and dried in
a hot-air kiln. At the time they are
sawed holes are bored perpendicular)y
through each block, which is set Oh one
end under a rapidly revolving. long
sEanked auger. Next one whirl Of each
little block against some Ii tie knives
that arc tuning at lightning speed
fashions it into spool, according to
pattern desired. and that, too, at the
rate of one a second for each set of
knives
A row of small boys feed the spool
making machines by simply placing the
blocks in spout, selecting the best and
throwing out the knotty and defective
stock. The machine is automatic"
but there are some things which it can
net do, hence the employment Of the
small BOYS above mentioned. After the
spools are turned they are placed in a
large drum and revolved rapidly until
they have taken on fine polish. For
some special purposes they are dyed
yellow, black Or red, according to taste.
When one sees a spool of thread marked
5000" or "30O yards,' it does not sig
nifty that the thread has been measured,
but that the spool has been gauged and
is supposed "to have that amount of
thread upon it Harrison.s Magazine.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23
The Wealth Of the World.

Few people. even among profcssed
politicians, have much idea of the wealth
of the world, or Of the manner in which
that wealth is growing. Still fewer have
any notion of the potentially of wealth
to increase NJ Jannet quotes the
elaborate calculation Of an ingenious
author to show that 1C0f, accommodating
at five per cent compound interest for
seven centuries, would be sufficient to
buy the whole surfuce of the globe, both
land and water, at the rate of 81. COO. 00Of
(e40, 000) the hcctare. The actual growth
of riches has not hitherto assumed such
inconVenient proportions.
NJ. Jannct cites various authorities to
show that the wealth of the United
Kingdom exceeds $1,000, 100000: that
of France, GS,C00.0 coo; that of all
Europe, e4O0)0.O 600, 600; that of the
United States, l4,000,O00 0C0. If We
place the wealth If the rest of the world
at e2G, 100000, coo, we shall arrive at an
aggregate of ),OO0,O10,O0O. We
should have, we may add, to multiply
this vast sum $1,000 times before we
reached the total to which, according to
Nj. Jannets ingenious authority, lOOf.,
accommodating at s per cent. compound
interest for 700 years. would grow.
The figures we have given are SO vast
that they convey no appreciate idea to
the ordinary reader. 1t may assist the
apprehension if it be added that France
on an average, possesses more than 600,
the United Kingdom more than $3.50
for each member of the population. Just
200 years ago Sir W. Petty estimated
the entire wealth of England only e2@O,-
100000 Two centuries, therefore, have
increased it forty:old. But the chief
additions to it have been made in the
last fifty years, and we believe that we
are not far wrong in saying that the
sum which is annually added to the cap
ital of the United Kingdom amounts to
goo OOO, OG0, or, in other words, is
nearly equal to its entire wealth at the
time of the revolution of 16SS.-[Edin-
burph Review.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23

d. "Tom" Reeds pen nets him from
$4,000 to $4,000 every year outside of his
salary as q Congressman. He COM
mands his own prices and a market is
always waiting for him. If it were not
for the fruit of his magazine articles Ia
would enjoy very few Of the super1ui-
lies of life. He has no other income
outside of his pay as It Representative.
Before he became Speaker, relates the
Atlanta Constitution: he never indulc.
ed In the luxury OF private secretary
or stenographer. He used to toll In.
boriously over his immense corrcspou-
dence, burning the midnight oil OF the
boarding house and bewailing the fate
that tied him down to the drudr-
cry. While he was Speaker the
government furnished him with q
secretary and stenograph4r and ho
fairly reveled in them. Now lie is
again back III his old lines, but he is
able from the income of his magazine
work to call into service an amanuen-
sis when hard pressed. Still he does
most of his writing in his own hand,
and every second or third letter that
he writes is likely to be a literary gem.
He prides himself that he writes better
than he talks. "Long after 1 am
dead" he sail ono day, II will live in
the hearts of few faithful friends,
and be judged by their children from
my letters. Therefore, since my pen
will last long shan my tongue, I am
careful what / write. -
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23
Two COlors of Tobacco Smoke.

Smoke consists of minute PARTICLES Of
solid Or liquid matter suspended in the
air, aud its color depends partly upon the
chemical constitution of such particles,
but also largely upon their size. Exact
experiment has shown that as the size Of
minute particles suspended in air is
gradually increased they give rise to
coors varying from sky-blue down
through the whole range OF the spectral
scale. This is the cause Of sunset and
sunrise colors in the sky. Its eff
fccts can also be traced in the case
of the two kinds of tobacco smoke,
modified by the murky tints of
the carbonaceous products. The smoke
given off from the heated surface of the
burning tobacco in the bowl of the pipe
consists of matter all of which has been
highly heated and very fully oxidized
and decomposed. 1t consists mainly Of
exceedingly small solid particles, cxhib
ting by virtue of their smallncss BLUSH
cclor. On the other hand that smoke
which has been drawn through the to-
bacco into the mouth of the s oker car
ries with it relatively large quantity of
water and hydrocarbon, which ais con-
densed upon the solid particles above
mentioned. The relatively large size of
such particles explains the wcll-known
gravish color of the smoke which issues
from the mouth of the smoker. = lid
Rite
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23

German papers tell of queer
method of Judicial procedure in parts
of the kingdom of Siam. In the ab-
sence Of trustworthy witnesses, the
learned judge orders the two contest
ants to dive in deep water. He who is
able to remain below the surface the
longer time is the winner of the suit I!
The report further declares that par
ticularly quarrelsome merchant, who
considered himself too old to try the
"cold water proof process, had a &,-
nous swimmer train his son to per-
form marvellous aquatic feats In all
the subsequent suits the father was
represented by the son, and as q re-
suit was always victorious.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23
POPULAR SCIENCE NOTES.

MOISTURE FROM FOLTAGE.-ROots draw
enormous quantities of moisture from the
soil, and by this means it is discharged
into the atmosphere. For example, The
common suntlower was found to eXhale
twelve ounces of water in twelve hours,
and an oak tree with an estimated num-
Der of 700, COO leaves would in the same
way give off something like 700 tons of
water during the five months it carries
its foliage.
AN AIR FLOWER WITHOUT LEAVES. --
1t is said that Que of the strangest botan-
ical curiositics in the world is the Won.
dcr-Wonder flower, found in the Ma
layan Peninsula 1t is simply blossom
without leaves, vine or stem, and grows
as a parasite on decayed wood. This
extraordinary flower is something like a
yard in diameter, and has a globular
cup in the middle with Il capacity of five
or six quarts. The cup distils fetid
LIQUID. which smells like decayed meat
Botanists think that this odor is calcu
lated to attract flies and secure proper
fertilization.
EDISON AND TELEGEAPHY.-The du-
pick and quadruplex systems of tele
graphy begun by Mr.. Edison in 1869,
and finished after six years Of work,
have saved in America alone the cnor-
nous sum of $lj,OU0,O0O. BY the du-
pick system two currents of different
degrees of strength were sent over the
wire in the same direction, thus doubling
its efficiency, while the quadruplex ar.
Management became possible when it was
discovered that these two currents could
be sent in opposite directions at the same
time, thus enabling one wire to transmit
four simultaneous messages. Not salts.
fed with this, Mr.. Edison is confident
OF attaining sextupal and octuplex sys-
tana.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23
AN ANTIDOTE TO CARE.

Think that tho grass upon thy grave is grcen
Think that thou seest thine own empty air
Tho empty garments thou vast wont te
wear;
The empty room where long thy haunt haiti
b en-.
Think that the lane, the meadow, and the
wo d,
And mountain SUNNI feel thy feet no more,
Nor tho loud thoroughfare, nor sounding
shor~;
All nero blank space where thou thyselfhath
stood.
Amid this tn ught- ated silence say
To tuy stripped soul, what II l now, and
where?
Then turn and face the petty, narrowing care
Which has been gnawing thee for many a
day,
And it will d G as dies a wailing breeze
Lost in the solemn roar Of bounding seas.
flames Smetham.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23

At the exhibition at Antwerp next
year, for an original feature, after the
manner of the Eifel Tower and the
Ferris Wheel, two captive balloons
will be put together and form sta
tionary aerial castle big enough to
hold $50 guests about l, 200 feet above
the earth. It will be held to the
ground by four stout cables. It will
be reached by two smaller captive bal
looms which will go up and down every
quarter of an hour.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23

Says London Truth The Cana
dian Snobocracy have discovered what
they regard as a serious blot on the
escutcheon of the new Governor Gen
eral. 1t has leaked out that Lord
Aberdeen is engaged in frnit growing
in British Columbia, and that he is
about to establish a factory on his
farm for canning fruit, and Ottawa
society being of very exclusive char
acter, it is feared that the revolving
intelligence may seriously interfere
with his Lordship's social surround
ings. One newspaper remarks that il
will create no great surprise eff OF.
tawa's select few turn up their noses at
Aberdeen because he runs fruit can.
nery."
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23
Compressed Air.

Mr.. Ferris, he of the wheel, pro-
poses to make Chicago q seaport He
says that the chief item of cost in
canals is the building and maintenance
of locks, and that this can be avoided
by the use of compressed air "There
is no reason why q box could not be
constructed into which the largest
ocean ships could be foated, the box
closed, and the whole box-water,
ship and all-raised by compressed air
as easily as you lift an elevator" We
have no doubt this is true. DR.. Cat
ling, who invented the compressed air
drill, but was not allowed to patent it,
has always claimed that there was
practically no limit to the work that
could be done by means of compressed
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23

(held in honor Of the Empress Dowager's
sxtieth birthday, because he will be
unable to project them against the VIC
lcnce of the students, and he therefore
discIaims in advance all responsibility for
what may happen if his advice is nos
followed. The Governor is townsman
and bosom friend of the notorious Chou
Han, who is now busy again issuing Eio
placards against foreigners and dccorat-
ing the walls of Chany>ha with trs~A
edition of the "Uuman Picture GuIlcry
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23

The bicycle rider and the horse
are in close competition for the fastest
record. Directum, the swift Califor-
MIA stallion, trotted half mile in L.
OH, the fastest on record. The same
day Tyler, at Hartford, rode his bicycle
half mile in l :01 2-5, breaking tho
record for fast riding on the machine.
In long distances the bicycle rider
easily defeats the horse.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23
St. Landry Democrat.
BY T. A. SANDOZ.
ODelousae, Louisiana.

Wayne County, Pennsylvania, IS re-
GREETING the loss of its tanning inter-
est. In 1870 the county was the lead
ing one in the United States in leather
production. The business amounted
to $4,000 yearly. Now there is
only one tannery in the county.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23

Judging by the number of towns
and cities that have been called after
him, Benjamin Franklin is our most
illustrious citizen. The census report
shows that his list, including some
compounds, now reaches So; Andrew
Jackson comes next with SO; Wash
ington with 40; Jefferson At; Madi-
son, A Monroe, 43 and Garfield, "a.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23
He Didn't See the Joke.

Alta public dinner the toast of the
"Army, Navy aud Reserve Forces was
proposed in terms of cquivocal compli-
ment. In submitting the toast the chair
mana well-known parsonage - said:
This is toast which requires very lit
tie comment from me, as the subject is
one with which you are all familiar The
Army and Navy have been drunk for
very many years, and the Reserves
ditto"
The result was an explosion of merri'
ment, the meaning of which it took the
genial chairman some little time TO un-
derstand. - London Tlt-Bits.
The breedlngf Parrots IN hothouse' Is said
to be practicable.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23

"YoUR hired man tells me he's
working like horse these days" said
Barrows to his neighbor. "He to- d
the truth. He's running away all
the time, and whenever he sees a
piece OF paper on the lawn be She's
k.,Harpar's RazaB
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23

It is only the women who can law
fully hold up a traia, ~-INew York Jour
nal.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1893-12-23

And that, boys, is the old musicians
story. just as he told it to me. You can
have it for what it is worth At any rate,
it throws new light on that Young fel.
lows life, and who can say but what he
was right ? At least he saw the better
side, worse luck to me- Washington
Star.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-02

the V NJ. C. A rooms, next Thursday,
the 7th.
Col Charley Whitaker says that in
these days Jack Frost Coal Freezers fill
the bill.
Smoke Flor de Columbia cigars,
cents, six for % cents, $3.75 box, at
f. D. Fishers.
Remember that W. H. Proctor, at the
Racket Grocery, is agent for the pure
Florida cigars.
The Durham Water company have
removed their office to A. E. Lloyd s. Co.'S
hardware store.
The schools will open Monday, and
the festive kids who have sang all summer
will have to dance.
Rev J. f. Dowd, of Wake Forest
will preach at the Second Baptist church
tomorrow morning at II o'clock.
Try our Moca and Java red seal brand
coffee and Gem tea, put up by Chase &
Sanborn, Boston. w. II. PROCTOR.
As will be noticed, the real estate
sale-the Lockhart property-by J. S.
Carr, has been postponed until Monday,
October ,
The usual gospel services at the Y.
VI. c. A. to morrow afternoon at 5 clock,
conducted by Rev. J. w. Wellons. Sub
! ject: "A happy meeting and a sad part
! ing ng.'-Matthew xix, 1922.
The story that Saturday Night could
not succeed, is simply the story of liar,
+ The paper was bright, and it was bold
/ In these times, the Devil himself finds a
hustle to get out his friends.
The water company started off its FL
ter this morning, and up TO 10 o'clock the
water was as pure as crystal. We sup
pose that was sample. We would like
10 have more of it-and all the time.
The Charlotte Observer says 1t
, isn't often that the man of estate fares
better than the man of high degree, but
such is the case on the Richmond and
Danville railroad at present. Circulars
have just been issued form headquarters,
one of which was received here yester-
day, giving a schedule of cut prices
which is in effect from to-day. All Off
GERS and employees whose salaries are
$l1OO will be cut 10 per cent, andthe
higher officials 20 per cent. By this rul'
ing the man who gets less than $lOO Is
at present the happy man, the assistants
to the agents in several cases gettlng
more salary than the agent, as the latter
with "a ten" off, falls below his subordl-
mates salary. Not since the cut OF 20
have such times been known on the
road. Forces and salaries are being cut
everywhere.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-02
LIVE LOCAL LINKS.
The Days Record of Current Events in
the City and Vicinity.

Fruit jars and jelly glasses at the
Racket Grocery.
Smoke Flor de Cuba cigars, 10 cents,
at +. D. Fishers.
Smoke Twin Medal cigars, cents,
at f. d. Fishers.
Smoke Antonio Roig cigars, ) cents,
at f. D. Fishers.
Chew Close Shave tobacco, cents a
cut, at L. D. Fishers.
Chew Humbug tobacco, - cents a
plug, at Z. d. Fishers.
Chew Rough and Ready tobacco, 10
cents plug, at f. d. Fishers.
Just received at the Racket Grocery
fresh supply Of plain and fancy candies
"A meeting Of the Tobacco Associa-
tlon OF Durham is called at 10 a. M, at
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-02
AND IT DIED HARD !!
The Saturday Night Winked It's Last
Little Wink.
A Good Paper-But the Good Will Die
Young.
COL SHEPPE WILL DO SOMETHING
The Educator Will Continue to Exist and
Roast Harrell the Same as
of YOre.
COL sHEPPE WILL DO SOMETHING

Saturday Night is dead
No more will it come, and no more
will We receive its gentle smiles, or know
its gentle ways.
Colonel Professor Sheppe has allowed
it to drop into the tomb-into the deep
and what we thought was the still undug
grave of Oblivion-but yet it is not so.
And we are told that the Southern Ed
ucator will shine on, and on, and on, and
that should be enough, to let it go at that
AS to The Educator, now is the time tC
subscribe.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-02
lIunbug.
That ended it all.

It's sound old fashion, and expresses just
what you meant, after having purchased
something of no account. Now there Is
no humbug about Simmons Liver Regu-
lator. Some imitation or substitute may
be offered you instead, but none will give
the relief from Indigestion, Dyspepsia
and Biiousness as the genuine Simmons
Liver Regulator You know it by the L
on every package, and the relief it gives.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-02

and Scrofulous affection. 10 matter how
it came. the Discovery = is direct remedy.
It cleanses, builds up. strengthens, and In
vigorates every part OF the system. Eczema,
Erysipelas. Salt-rheum, letter, Boils, Car
buncles, Enlarged Glands, and the worst
Scrofulous Sores and Swellings are COM
pletely and permanently cured by It
Unlike ordinary spring medicines, the " Dis
coveryn works equally well at all seasons
Practically, it's sold on trial. II il ever
fails 10 benefit or cure, you have your money
back You pay only for the good you get
No cheap substitute, urged by tricky
dealer, though it may be better for him 70
eeA, can be q Just as good for you 70 buy.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-02
THREE IN THE MESS !
That Is the Affair at Police Court
To-day.
Two for Indecent Exposure Pay the
Penalty.
THE TOWN GETS BUT LITTLE MONEY
People who Come and Go-Brief Brew
ties of Interest to All Readers
of The Globe.

The police court this morning was
nothing like place where they tame wild
lions.
William Evans, colored, charged with
indecent exposure, took the pill-$5-
and paid for it.
William Currey, colored, running a
restaurant without license, got a case
with judgment suspended and paid s. 60.
Fordell, white as a sheet, charged with
some sort of nuisance, was up, but he
was discharged.
That ended ii all
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-02
Are You Nervous,

Are you all tired out, do you have that
tired feeling or sick headache? You can
be relieved of all these symptoms by tax
ing Hoods Sarsapsrilla, which gives
nerve, mental and bodily strength and
thoroughly purifies the blood. 1t also
creates good appetite, cures indigestion,
heartburn and dyspepsia.
Hoods Pills are easy 10 take, easy IN
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-02
FAIR AND CLEAR

FAIR AND CLEAR
that's the way your
skin will be. if You Il
take DR.. Pierce's Golden
II c edical Discovery.
Pimples, blotches. erIp-
tons, and humors are
utterly tanishe,i by tbs
medicine. 1t takes away,
more thoroughly and
certainly than anything
else. the blood poisona
or impurities that cause
them.
For every Skin. Scalp,
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-09-02

The house of W. ". Fuller. on Main
street, will soon be completed. 1t will
be one among the finest in Durham.