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Smyrna times., 1893-04-12
Is the Day of Woman's Suffrage
Near at Hand?

The women of Kansas have demon
strated that they are both willing to
vote and capable ofvOting intelligently
according to their political predilica
tions.
Their capacity for performing the
mechanical part of voting did not
need the proof of trial. OF course
women can go through that process as
well as men. Perhaps they are even
more likely than men to have their
wits about them under such circum-
stances. Certainly they are more
attentive to details than men, and more
Observant of them. After they are
once instructed in the vexatious re-
quirements of the new tangled Austria
liam system of voting, as it is called,
they will probably manage it less
bunglingly than many masculine
voters.
1t seems, too, that the presence of
women at the polls tended to give
unusual order and decorum to the
Kansas municipal elections. That was
a consequence that might have been
assumed in advance. American men
are distinguished for their courtesy to
women.
The great fact demonstrated in
Kansas on Tuesday is that the women
there want to vote that they are
prepared to bear the burden of exer-
cising the privilege of suffrage when
ever it is granted them. They mani
tested very keen interest in tke cleo
ton and were eager to go to the polls.
They were not brought out by any
great religious controversy, such as
has sometimes stirred Boston women
to exercise their privilege Of voting for
school officers, and there does not
seem to have been any particular moral
question involved. Nor did they
come out to vote for woman candi-
dates, for the most conspicuous of these
were beaten. They voted conserva-
lively, for the Populist candidates
were generally defeated. They were
not unnecessarily timid in the exercise
of their political privilege, for they did
not hesitate to electiOneer about the
polls.
The only special inducement they
had for voting was that their willing
ness TO exercise the franchise was
under test at these elections. Complete
woman suffrage has been delayed in
Kansas as it has been elsewhere in the
Union, because of the indications
afforded by the past use of partial suf-
frage granted to women in many states
that they do no not care enough for
voting to take the trouble to go to the
polls. Hence the prospect Of getting
full equality with men melted the
Kansas women to prove On Tuesday
that they are ready to discharge the
full political duty of voting. This is
very significant. II indicates that at
least great part ofthe Kansas womer
want the franchise on the same terms
as the men have it, If the women of
the Union generally are Of that mind
and whenever they make it evident
that such is their sentiment, woman
suffrage will come without further
delay. AS soon as women want t
vote they will be allowed to vote
They have only to indicate their de
sire to have it gratifed.
The prospect that woman suffrage
will become a question Of practica
politics at an early day, has grown
clearer since Tuesday, At some time
or other women are bound to share
the burden of universal suffrage, anC
that time may be near at HANDY. Y
Sun
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

drank freely and fearlessly for the first
time. There is something horrible in
the first sensations of drunkenness.
For relief I drank still deeper and
was drunkard. l was delirious; I
was happy. l left the inebriated
assembly and directed my steps, not to
my lodgings, but to the home of her
whom | loved and adored above all
others. Judge of her surprise and
CONSERVATION when l entered with q
flushed counteDance and unsteady
tread. She was reading to her aged
parents when, with an idiots grimace,
| approached. She start ed from her
seat-one glance told her the fatal
truth, and she shrank from me-aye,
from me, to whom her vows were
plighted and her young affections given
with fear, with loathing and undis-
guised abhorrence. Irritated at her
conduct approached her rudely and
snatched from her the book she had
been reading. cast it into the flames
which rose brightly from the hearth.
1t was the volume which you call
sacred. | saw the smoke of its con-
suming 60 up like sacrifice to the
demon of intemperance, and there,
even there by that Christian lireside,
cursed the book and it's Author
The scene which followed beggared
description. The shrek of my betrOthed
her sinking down in a state of insensi-
bility, the tears Of maternal anguish,
the horror depicted on the cOuntenance
of the old man, all these throng even
now confusedly over my memory. l
staggered to the door. The reception
l had met with and the excitement
thereby produced, had obviated in
somo measure the effect of intoxication
and reason began to assume its empire.
The full, round moon was up to the
heaVens-and the stars-how fair, how
passing beautiful they shoue down at
that hour ! had loved to look upon
the stars, those bright and blessed
evidences of holy and all-perVading
intelligence, but that night their gran
deur and their exceeding purity came
like curse to my weary vision.
Allston have visited in that tear
agony which mOcks at consolation, the
grave of my betrOthed. She died of a
broken heart. From that moment all
is dark and hateful and loathsome in
my history. l am now reduced to
poverty; | am bowing to disease.
am without a friend; l have no longer
the means of subsistence, and starva-
ton may set anticipate the fatal termi-
ton of the disease which is preying
upon me.
Such was the tale of the once gifted
and noble St Clair. Let the awful
lesson it teaches sink deep in the
hearts of the young ard ardent of
spirit. Let them remember that inf
deity and intemperAnce go hand in
hand, and tlose WlO have once yielded
4 themselves TO the fascination Of vice
are hurried onward, as by an irresis.
tibe impuse in the pathway of ruin
although conscious of their danger anG
knowing that the gulfof utter dark nesi
is widening and deepening before
them.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12
s1OO Reward, stOO.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is cataarh. Halls Cataarh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Cataarh being
a constitutional disease requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Cataarh
Cure is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have
80 much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
B9s-Sold by Druggists, 75e.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Not many days after l followed the
remains of my unhappy friend to the
narrow place appointed for all the
living-the damp and cold churchyard.
| breathed to no one the secret of his
name and guilt. left it to slumber
with him.
now referred to the paper which
had been handed me by the dying man.
With a trembling hand l broke the
seal of the envelope and read the fol-
lowing addressed to myself:
If this letter ever reaches you do not
seek to find its unhappy author. He
is beyond the reach of noble generosity
"a guilty and a dying man. do not
seek for life. There is no hope for my
future existence, and death, dark and
terrible and mysterious as it may seem
is less to be dreaded than the awful
realities with which l am now sur
rounded.
Amidst the baleful principles which
imbibed, one honorable feeling lin
gered in my bosom like a beautiful
angel in the companionship of demons.
There was one being, young and
lovely creature, at whose shrine all the
deep affections of my heart were
poured out in the sincerity of early
love. She possessed every advantage
of outward beauty, but it was not that
which gathered about her as with a
spell, the hearts of all around her. Il
was the light of her beautiful mind
which lent the deep witchery of soul to
her fine countenance, flashing in her
dark eye and playing like sunshine on
/ hnr IN fni akoa i
with an intellectual halo.
Allston look back to that spring
time of love even at this awful crisis in
my destiny with strange feeling OF
joy. 1t is the only green spot in the
wilderness of the past, an oasis in the
desert of being. She loved me Allston
and heart more precious than the
gems of the East was given up to a
wretch unworthy of the slightest
regard.
Hitherto pride rather than principle
had kept me above the lowest degra-
dation of sensual indulgence. But for
one fatal error l might have been
united to the lovely being of my affec-
tions, and oh if sinless purity and
persuasive love could have power over
q mind darkened and perverted as my
own, | might have been reclaimed
from the pathway of ruin might
have been happy.
But that fatal error came aud came
too in the abhorrent shape of loathsomC
drunkenness. shall never in time OF
eternity forget that scene; It is en-
craven on my memory in letters of fire
It comes up before me like a terrible
dream, but it is a dream of reality. II
dashed from my hand the cup of hap
piness, and fixed forever the darl
aspect of my destiny.
had been very gay, for there wer,
happy spirits around me, and | haC
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12
The Wish.

Should some great angel say to me tomorrow
"Thou must retread the pathway from the
start,
But God will grant, in pity for the sorrow,
Some one dear wish, the nearest to my heart"
This were my wish from my lifes dim begin
ming
Let be what has been-wisdom planned the
whole
My want my woe my errors and my SHINING,
All, all, were needed lessons for my soul.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12
It is Good.

The more Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy is used the better it is liked.
We know of no other remedy that
always give satisfaction. Il is good
when you first catch cold. 1t is good
when your cough is seated and your
lungs are sore. It is good in any kind
of a cough We have sold 25 dozen of
it and every bottle has given satisfac
ton. Stedman & Friedman, druggists,
Minnesota Lake, MINI. so cent bot
ties for sale by Ashcraft & Clifton,
Smyrna, DEL, and T. L. Mason, Clay
ton.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

There were two many gamblers and
anarchists in Chicago for the decent
people to overcome at the election last
week and as a consequence, Carter
Harrison, was elected the Worlds Fair
Mayor of that city by some $4,000 plu,
rality. Cleveland's majority last fall
was $4,000. The respectabl element
of the people nominated Samuel w. Al,
lerton for Mayor, and he was indorsed
by the Republicans, but Harrison,
backed bv Mike Mcdonald, and all the
disreputable elements of Chicago, had
the lead and was elected.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12
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Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

The confidence that people have in
Ayers Sarsaparilla as blood medicine
is the legitimate and natural growth OF
many years. 1t has been handed down
from parent to child, and is the favor
ite family medicine in thousands OF
households.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

six days shalt thou labor" said the
great lawgiver. To do good work one
must be at his best. This condition is
attained by the use of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla. 1t overcomes that tired feeling
quickens the appetite, improves diges-
ton and makes the weak strong.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

The Philadelphia Ledger gave a
grand send-of to Hon. Thomas f.
Bay ard on his appointment as Ambas-
sador to Great Britain. In our long
experience in journalism we have
never read a more eulOgistic notice OF
6 public Official.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Aprils leading astronomical event is
the total eclipse of the sun, which
takes place on the 10th day of the
month. Unfortunately, the spectacle
will not be visible in the United States.
1t will be seen, however, in South
America
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Municipal elections were held on
Monday in Iowa, Ohio and Michigan.
In the latter State, Republican candi-
dates for the Supreme Bench and for
University Regents were elected, and
the Republicans made great gains in
several of the old Democratic strong
holds"
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Twenty clerks in the Census
Office were dropped from the rolls and
it is sad that others are likely to fol-
low. 1t is understood also that the
clerical force of the General Land
Office will soon undergo a process of
renovation, after which some attention
will be given to the pension and other
Bureaus, with the view of putting
them on strictly business basis.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12
Rilinn. CnIic prernn,nh-

Persons who are subject to attacks of
bilious cole can almost invariably tell
by their feelings when to expect an
attack. If Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrh@a Remedy is taken as
soon as these symptoms appear, they
can ward off the disease. Such persons
should always keep the Remedy at
hand, ready for Immediate use when
needed. Two or three doses at the
right time will save them much suffer-
ing. For sale by Ashcraft & Clifton,
Smyrna, Del, and T. L. Mason,
ClaNtnn.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

The causes which produce colds are cOntermi-
nous with the confines of the world. They
abound everywhere. No land is so favored as to
produce them. therefore Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup
the infallible remedy for all such ailments
should be kept all over the world neyery human
dwelling. Il is so comforting to know IhaI you YOU,
Will have it handy when the emergency shall
arise
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

A stock company has been organized
in Dover for the purchase of a small
steamboat to ply on st. Jones' River.
The stockholders are H. A. Richard
son, 4. K. Jones & Bro, G. B. Hope
w. N. Boggs, A. A. Watson, E. l..
Jones, and others. The boat will be
used as pleasure craft.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

It is a thousand times easier to be-
come rich in heaven than it is to get
rich on earth, says RAMS Horn, and it
might have added that it's million
times easier to become rich in your
mind than it is to become rich in fact.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

The advertising of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla is substantiated by endorsements
which, in the financial world would be
accepted without a moments hesita-
ton. They tell the story-HOOD'S
CURES. Hoods Pills cure liver ills,
iaundice.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

The bill to impose an annual head
tax of 50 upon all foreign-bOrn resi-
dents of Pennsylvania, has passed the
House by a large majority. Should
the bill become law it would be IN
teresting to observe the processes
employed for its collection.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

GOOD ADvICE.-It is better to under
drain, manure and cultivate, so as to
make the acres we have produce twice
as much as they do, than to allow the
product to run down and try to make
up the loss by buying twice as much
more land. The first is the royal road
to success, the latter is the broad road
to bankruptcy.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Representative Samuel Armstrong
and Jacob G. Brown, of Rising Sun,
say there is an excellent prospect for q
crop of fruit of all kinds-peaches,
pears, apples and cherries in that Sec
ton.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

The national game" has not been adopted by
the sporting fraternity of other nations. Can Il
be only coincidence that it sticks to the land of
Salvation Oil, where the effect of hard fall or
"hOt ball can be readily cured by this great Amer
lean liniment As cure for cuts, bruises and
Sprains il has no equal. Price, 2jc.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

DECLINED HIS APPOINTMENT. The
Rev. William Thompson who at the
late session of Wilmington ". E. Con-
ference, was appointed to supply Sassa-
fras and Masseys Circuit, has declined
to go there. Presiding Elder Smith
has put the Rev. Mr.. Talley, recently
of Reads Wharf in charge of the work
at Sassafras and Masseys.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12
HENRY ST. CLAIR.

The Boston Journal celebrated the Sjth ami
versary of John G. Whitter's birth, by republish-
ing a short story from the poets pen. 1t appeared
in the old Grafton Herald, of Saturday, Aug. 81,
illustrating the early work of the New England
poet 1t is said that one of the editors of the
Herald was a native of Haverhill and young
Whittier, then in his 23d year. was printer. Pro-
badly there was friendship between the two,
and on the strength of this acquaintance the
future poet offered his manuscript.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Quester-'That gentleman you just
introduced to me isn't a person of
very high descent, is hep" jester
mo, but lie may be some day. Quester
How can that be possible? ?" Jester
Easy enough. He's a balloonist."
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

"I don't see how you could sit on
that Jury, as you did, and not find Nc
Cain guiltym "Oh! he was insane"
"Well, there's no doubt about his be-
ing tried by jury of his peers"
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Two thousand English mechanics
are coming to the Worlds Fair for
months outing and tfey will pay their
own way.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

was sufferer from catsarh for fifteen
years with distressing pain over my eyes.
l used Ely's Cream Balm with gratifying
results. Am apparently cured.-Z G.
Warner Rutland, Vt.
| suffered from severe cold in my head
for months, rnd could get no relief Was
advised to uselEly's Cream Balm. 1t has
worked like magic in its cure. 1 am free
from my cold after using the Balm one
week, and l believe it is the best remedy
knOwn.-Samuel j. Harris, Wholesale
Grocer, 1l9 Front street, New York.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Mr.. Deadgone: "How did you know
was coming to night, Tommy"
Tommy: 1 heard Sis tell Bridget not
to fill up the parlor lamp"
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Not only can a woman change her
own mind between two instants, if she
sees fit, but she can change a mans
mind so skilfully that he hardly real
ICES what is taking place.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12
Hoods ;s:::;s ss:sss Cures

new smooth and healthy skin formed in place
OF the disease and corruption. Of course It took
time, but Improvement was steady until at the
end Of the year the disease had entirely disap-
peared, and Joseph stood n strong and heal
thy boy. He is at school and progressing
rapidly in his studies.
I'VE and all the neighbOrs regard his cure as n
perfect miFicle." JAMES HARPER, heater in
ROeblng & Sons Rolling Mill, residence No.
s14 Division Street Trenton, N. ].
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

The familiar yellow telegram is
doomed to oblivion. The series issued
by the Western Union Company is
printed on pale blue paper.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

The French nation is at present
iustifying the epigram which declares
that 1.-THE more changeable they are,
the more they are the same"
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12
Who says Rheumatism Cannot be Cured 2

Who says Rheumatism Cannot be Cured ?
My wife was confined to her bed for
over two months with a very severe
attack of rheumatism. We could get
nothing that would afford her any
relief, and as a last resort gave Cham
berlain's Pain Balm a trial. To our
great surprise she began to improve
after the first application, and by using
it regularly she was soon able to get
up and attend to her housework. E.
H. Johnson, of c. ]. Knutson & Co.,
Kensington, Mimi. 90 cent bottles for
sale by Ashcraft &c Clifton, Smyrna,
Del, and T. L. Mason, Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Pride of ancestry would do some
good if it always led people to live so
that their defendants would be certain
to be proud of them.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

The woman who can't afford more
than one new dress a year is the
woman who devotes the most atten-
to the fashion magazines.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

It is predicted that Russia's cholera
epidomic next summer will be even
worse than that of last year.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Only six women out of nearly four
thousand who were registered in Kan
sas City, Kansas, voted for the female
candidate for Mayor.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12
Nothing could bo none.

They said it was a blood disease caused by
impure vaccination One night 1 happened
to be reading in paper about Hoods Sarsapa.
rilla, and decided to try il.
"Whiie taking the first bottle Joseph did not
grow any worse; on the second we noticed that
he was improving and, slowly but surely, the
medicine drove away the disease and won a
complete victory. The scales and scabs began
to fall of the sores gradually healed up, and
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Mr.. Gladstone is said to have col
lection of 10000 letters deposited in
strong room at Hawarden Castle.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

Henry st. Clair How, at the men
ton of that name, a thousand dreams
of friendship and youth and of the
the early and beautiful associations
which linger like invisible spirits
around US, to be called into view by
the magical influence of the memory,
are awakened How does the glance
of retrospection go back to the dim
images of the past, from the childish
merriment to the manly rvalship,
from the banquet hall and pleasant
festival down to the unbroken solitude
of the grave.
We were as brothers in childhood
ST. Clair and myself-brothers, too, in
the dawning of manhood, and a more
ingenious and high-minded friend
never knew. Yet he was strangely
proud, not of the worlds gifts-wealth
family and learning-but Of his intel
lectual power, of the great gift of mind
which he possessed, the ardent and
lofty spirit which shone out in every
action. | never knew finer mind. 1t
was as the embodied spirit of poetry
itself-the beautiful home Of high and
glorious aspiration.
Smyrna times., 1893-04-12

The Virden House at Lewes, has
been sold to Mrs. e. 7. Veasey iof
$S 500.