Smyrna times., 1893-07-05

A New Jersey EnOCh Arden has in
Voked the aid of the courts to regain
possession of the wife he deserted
twelve years ago, and who during his
absence married another man. How
human When he had her he didn't
want her, when he couldn't get her he
wanted her.
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Where will the increasing snobbery
and toadyism stop? The other day Mr..
Cleveland bought a summer suit of
clothes and a straw hat, and straight
way full descriptions of those season.
able and necessary articles were tele-
graphed all over the country, and per-
haps to Europe.
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Great is Surgeon General Wyman of
the Marine Hospital services Extract
what happiness you can out of his lat.
est official utterance-"We have an
even chance of escaping the cholera. {"
Just suppose the chance was odd.
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Nepotism isn't confined to any one
political party; it exists to the extent
of the opportunities in them all, and
will continue to do so until there is a
radical change either in the laws or
human nature.
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Virginia has turned out the best
summer advertisement of the season, in
the alleged discovery of a bed of nat
ural ice. Who wouldn't be anxious to
spend few weeks in the vicinity of
such q cooling CuriOsitV
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Mr.. Ditto Taylor, of Chicago, and
Mr.. Ward McAllister, of New York
would better 60 to Europe or into
training, as champion Jim" Corbett is
hankering after winning laurels as a
social leader.
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The preachers have borrowed the
habit of spending considerable time in
defining their positions from the polit-
icians. They might easily put their
time and talents TO a better use.
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The Infanta might have intended that
dagger as IA gentle hint to the railroad
man to whom she presented it to 20 of
in some nice quiet place-Philadelphia,
for instance-and commit suicide.
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The canals of the country will ex-
perience boom if the project of pro.
pelling canal boats by the trollery elec-
trio system can be successfully work ed
and il is believed that it can be.
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Tn 70 N..ta q,
Americans than the Worlds Fair is
Europeans. This isn't pleasing, nor is
it what was expected; but there's nc
use whimpering about it.
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Why not let the editors of the
Charleston NelUS & Courier and the
New York AdUertiSer fight it out in a
24-fOOt ring, and give the rest of tht
country chance to get cool?
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The present administration is repor
ted TO be opposed to negligee shirts
Well, that will make it hotter for the
administration, and will not hurt thu
shirts.
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: Less than One-eighth OF the free pas
ses to the Worlds Fair are held b,
newspaper men. This may surpris,
some people. but it's true.
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No wonder James Gordon Bennett
proposes to put his paper on stocl
, company basis. He is having neV
steam yacht built.
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} Was it gall or was it gizzard,
: That prompted the wizard,
Who said THE sizzard
Is only thawed out blizzard?
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Come, join me in paying my taxes
is the present South Carolina style o
asking man to take little "pisen
into his system.
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The British battleship Camperdow
: ought to have its name name change
e to knock midtown"
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? A recent newspaper cablegram wa
I headed "Mr. Bayard sees the queen.
! 1t is to be hoped that he had the bes
hand.
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f Secretary Morton's attention is re
. spectfully called to the homely adage-
: Practice what you preach"
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Since the sinking of the Victori
/. there isn't so much talk about unsink
] able vessels.