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Smyrna times., 1893-10-25
KENT COUNTY COURT.

The first case called was the State vs
James Prattis, colored, for the larceny
Of some wheat. Plead guilty, and SEN
fenced to three months imprisonment.
David johnson, colored, indicted for
breaking into the store of Owen ii.
Nickerson, plead not guilty. Trial set
for Tuesday.
John Tibbit, for stealing . horse
from DIR. Hubbard at Bowers, plead
guilty and was fined 5000, sentenced to
one hour in the pillory, ten lashes, i'm.
prisOnment one year.
Emma Cooper, colored, for larceny,
plead not guilty.
James G. Story, charged with desert
ing his wife and children, was dis
charged, no one appearing against him.
George Hearn, of Clayton, plead
guilty to an assault, and was fined $40
and costs. The latter amounting to
$71.50, were remitted by order of the
court.
VIM. Anderson plead guilty to as
sault, and was fined 800, with three
months imprisonment.
J. A. Fulton presented q remOn-
STRANGE against granting license to
Thomas Veasey at Kits Hammock.
Charles Johnson, colored, was con-
victed of carrying concealed weapons,
and sentenced to 10 days in Jail.
Thomas B. Sylvester, of Leipsic.
charged with deserting his family, was
ordered to pay his wife $12 per month
alimOny, and was required to give
bond.
John H. Hollis plead guilty to as
g0nIt hok GnntonnaA fn ~
costs, months in Jail.
David Granger, indicted for fraudu-
lent conversion by bailee, plead guilty;
10 days imprisonment and pay costs of
prosecution.
Harry Belts, convicted of driving of
q team without consent of owner; fined
$50 and costs, 10 days in Jail.
Ambrose Green plead guilty to as
suit and battery; fined $40 and costs, 8
months in Jail.
Howard Watson, driving off team
without owners consent, plead guilty
and was:6ned $50 and costs, imprisoned
year.
Harry Richards was convicted Oi
larceny and sentenced to six months
imprisonment and Is lashes.
David Johnson was found guilty o
burglarizing o. H. Nickerson's store
sentenced to months imprisonment
90 lashes, and to pay costs of prosecu
ton.
Sheriff Dunn bonded, and afterward
entertained his bondsmen at the jai
with a sumptuOus dinner.
J. H. Hughes was appointed to hea
evidence in the divorce case of Jenni,
Parker.
In the case of Frank Thomas VS..
K. COlvin the indictment was quashe,
and plaintiff ordered to pay costs.
On Friday morning the court tool
up the liquor license lists. There wa
objections to Moore, of Marydel
Veasey, of kits Hammock, and Nc
Elwee. of Smyrna; all of whom faile
to get licenses. Those granted were
Joseph Nickerson, KentOn; Josep
PoOre, Hartley; George A. MillingtOu
Clarke & Mcdaniel and A. B. Richard
son, Dover; William W. WhitIoch
Clayton; Mrs. Charles Smith, fraC
tional, Smyrna.
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NEW PARTY MBIKATIOMs.

The silver question is disturbing
one in national politics. as is evident in
squabbles in Congress and the unrest
out of it. A writer in a Wilmington
paper would make it appear that it will
also play part in Delaware politics,
as per the following quotations
In every Southern and Western state
the Democratic parry is divided on the
money problem. Even in Delaware
the split has started, and all men will
see it before 1896 closes upon the State.
The Dover DeLGWGreGn, reiuvenated
through death, is doing yeoman's SER
vice for silver. While EUery EUenin0.
in all things the mere echo of the New
York EUening Post, is sending out
daily rewritten screeds for repeal, the
DeLGlCGreGn is reaching the very centre
of Democratic thought in the State.
Where the next Democratic legislative
ticket will contain one man with the
Evening Post view of finances in his
shadOwy brain, there will be three on
the ticket infected with the silver virus
of the DeLGwGreGn. OF course this
would not be so if Delaware enjoyed
representation upon popular basis.
But it doesn't and thousand copies of
the weekly DeLGUaredn get further than
1000 daily copies of the EUeninq Post
reproduced. Their too original matter
makes a deeper impression than edi.
tOrial hash. The DeLGwGredn is a cor
poration now, owned by John F. Sauls
bury of Dover and Willard Salisbury,
chairman of the Democratic committee
of New Castle county. These two
men have taken up the cry for silver,
because they think it a winning cry
They have no preference for silver over
any other kind of money, but they had
to have a rallying cry in opposition to
the Bayard-Gray faction of their party
The opportunity came quick and good.
With the South solid for silver as it is
for every other heresy and fraud, the
Saulsburys were not long in making
up their mind. With the Farmers AL
lance ideas rapidly spreading
among the Democratic farmers OF
Kent and Sussex, it does not require a
very vivid imagination to see where
the DetdWdreGn is trying to lead the
people.
The last issue of the DeLGwareGn re-
fering to the above, says "The Sunday
Star of last Sunday said that J. F. and
Willard Salisbury owned the Della
aOGredn. This is news to US. The Del.
GWGreGn is owned and controlled by ].
F. Salisbury and he alone controls is
and its policy without the consent or
advice of any one. We will say further
that it is a Democratic paper and will
uphold and defend the platform Of the
National Democratic party even if ii
has to differ with some OF the news
papers of the State and some of the
self-cOnstituted leaders of the party.
Smyrna times., 1893-10-25
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GounOds death extlnguishss enc OF
the brightest lights of the century In
the must cal world, one who stood on
q pinnacle that few contemporansous
composers reached, and who was un-
surpassed by any Of them in mastery
Of orchestration. BY its beauty and
refinement his sensuous music has
added much to the sum Of human
pleasure, his religious compositions
have tended to human elevation and
inspiration. aud In both there is always
the polish and impress Of learning and
talent. "Eaust''' alone would have
carried GOunod's name down bhs ages
Smyrna times., 1893-10-25

Hoods Pills are the best aftef-dinner Pills,
assist digestion, cure headache. Try box.
Smyrna times., 1893-10-25

"I consider Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy q specific for Group. It is very
pleasant to take, which is one of the
most important requisites where q
cough remedy Is intended for use
among children. have known of cases
Of Group where 1 know the life Of lit
tie one was saved by the use of Chana-
berlain's Cough Remedy" ]. J. La
Grange, druggist, Avoca, Neb. SOC
bottles for sale by Ashcraft Il Clifton,
Smyrna, and +. i, Mason Clayton,
Smyrna times., 1893-10-25

A God-send Is Ely's Cream Balm. I
had catarrh for three years. Two or three
times week my nose would bleed. /
thought the sores would never heal. Your
Balm has cured me."--Mrs. M. A. Jack
son, Portsmouth, N. H.
/ was so much troubled with catarrh Il
seriously effected my voice. One bottle Of
Ely's Cream Balm did the work Ny
voice Is fully restoFQd.-R. ~ Li6bsne, Al.
M., Pastor Of the qfiVet Baptist Church,
philadelphia, Pa. ; = .''' ~
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Hard on Te1egraphs.
nr

In the tropics the maintenance Of a telegraph
line in good working order is constant uphill
fight against all manner of interrupting enc
mics that linemen and operators in this latitude
never dream of. In Brazil the wires get tan gled
up with the cabIe-like web of an immense
spider, which, dripping with dew or rain, makes
cross connections, short circuits, and grounds
almost daily. Ants often destroy the poles in
few weeks. Monkeys swing on the wires
and break them, and in the forests creepers
and rope-like withes overgrow the poles and
the wires every few weeks. All this is more or
less true of all Central and South America. In
Cuba there is an orchid that inerusts the wire
and causes leakage.
In the West Indian Islands the John Crows,
or turkey buzzards, make life miserable for the
telegraph and telephone people. These big
heavy birds, the only scavengers, are around
in great numbers. They roost on the wires or
fly up against them, and invariably break them
short of. In one large town the telephone
lines that ran by the public market had to be
put under ground because the buzzards congre-
gated there in great numbers, rested on the
wires and broke them almost nightly. On the
pampas of Argentine the herds of practically
wild cattle rub and butt against the poles, and
frequently break them down. For some years
it was altogether impossible TO maintain a line
of telegraph through Persia for more than few
days at time; the natives regularly destroyed
it as a device of the evil one. Finally the Shah
issued an edict making the loss of an ear the
penalty for first ofense of destroying the
telegraph line; the loss Of hand for the Sec
ond, and death, by being buried to the neck in
the sand beside the telegraph line, the penalty
for third offense. One-eared men were COM
was determined to introduce civilizing infu-
eucaS
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A Cruel Creature.
IFrom The Pomona Progress.


The butcher.bird that is familiar TO all
rsnchers in California is considered by some of
the foremost ornthologists as the most Saga
cious bird in America. Thomas Oldham, Of
Lordsburg. tells US that he believes it as cruel
as it is spacious
II have paid lots of attention to pair of
common butcher-birds at my place for six
months" said he the other day, "and have
learned many new things about the habits of
the peculiar butcher bird. pair of them
have followed me while at blowing for three
Or four days at time, watching and waiting
for me to overturn q nest of field mice.
When l overturn a nest they will pounce
down upon the little mice and claw and
peck them to death. Then the mouse car
casses are carried away to some neighboring
orange or lemon tree, and spiked upon the
thorns. The birds seldom eat the mice, but
kill them from sheer love of the excitement
When they csn spike live mouse, or even
a rat on thorn, they Eutter and chatter with
themselves as if they had great fun in seeing
the rodents squirm and twist in the throes
of death.
But am most surprised to see how strong
butcher birds are, and what they can fit and
fly away with. / have often seen toads that
have been impaled upon the thorns of q CEN
tury plant on my place and left to die. The
other morning I saw butcher-bird with
snake fully foot long. He had it by the back
of the neck, and few with it up into an orange
tree. He then nailed the reptile on to q thorn
and sat and watched it. He let the snake
almost wriggle off, whom he few at it and would
fix il on moro firmly. Because these birds are
destructive to gophers and rats, they are con-
sidered the friends of the orange grower.
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eat and drink in foreign lands. The fare In
Siberia is hearty enough, but the custom of
early rising and taking nothing more than q
cup Of tea and bit of bread until IL or
o'clock is not entirely satisfying to stranger.
But it certainly gave us good appetites for the
first hearty meal of the day, and the introduce
tory soup, important constituents Of which
were frequently cabbage and sour milk, rel
ished exceedingly well. The numerous appe-
Tiers. such caviari. and various kinds of
sated and preserved fish are iIvarable accom-
paniments Of q feast
Vodka is the national strong drink. Genu-
inc vodka made in Russia is apparently moth
ing more than good alcohol of the proper
strength, and much that is sold is merely
French spirit somewhat diluted. 1t is taken
" straight" in small glasses, holding about as
much liqueur glass, but these are fire.
auently replenished.
peculiar kind of effervescent beverage
known as kvas excited my curiosity. Rye
meal is made into dough and baked in large,
thin. fiat loaves or cakes. These are broken
up, hot water poured upon them, hops and
yeast added, and the mixture is covered until
fermentation is well under way. 1t is then
strained, some sugar added and after about
five days drawn off into bottles. A raisn or
two is put in each bottle and the corks tied
down. When of the proper age it is an excel.
lent beverage
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feature it is like nothing else under the sun.
The body is shaped somewhat like boat and
canvas top half covers it. The driver sits on
board in front. More correctly speaking, he
does so when the road happens to be good and
the speed moderate. At other times he re-.
mains mostly poised in the air which is doubt
less the reason why he discards the luxury of q
cushion.
The passenger, however, has not even a seat,
but he must be we'll provided with blankets,
with which he packs himself in on the floor of
the vehicle, and hopes the bottom will not fall
out of the apparently worn-out concern.
With three horses harnessed abreast good
speed is made between the post stations. which
are about 90 versts apart all the way across
Siberia to st. Petersburg. On long journey
one may travel night aud day, sleeping in the
vehicle as much as the rough roads Will per-
NIT, but changing at post stations, where de-
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cpursee tortueus and difficult for strange navi-
gators
The harbor Is excellent II Ii the great
naval station of Siberia. IL ID beauti-
- open bay in Summer, but for four
months In the year covered with Q solid mass
h ice, over which sledges glide ia every direc-
ton, affording the few wcll-to-6e residents of
the town the keenest enjoyment OF Winter
sports and pastimes. The cold Ia severe and
the winds very fierce and penetrating; but
residents of Siberia seem to regard the Winter
season as the most enjoyable part Of the year.
The town is beautifully situated along the
water front and on the rising ground of the
Foothills, with higher ranges beyond for q
background. The houses are mostly small,
hat well-brilt and comfortable. Ali have
double windows, to keep out the cold of Winter,
hnt not adequate means of ventilation in warm
weather.
Although situated in about so Of north lati-
tide, there are no warm ocean currents to nit
tgsts the severity of the Siberian climate.
Consequently the great Russian stove is a most
conspicuous object in every dwelling. These
stoves are made of brick of most varied shapes
and sizes, rectangular or circular in plan, about
four feet wide and nearly rs high Is the room.
They are often built into the wall between two
rooms, thus making one stove do double duty.
a fire in the lower part docs not warm the
room directly, but heats the thick masonry Of
the stove throughout. When the fire has en-
firely burned out, so that NO smoke remains,
mir is admitted below, and passing through the
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WEATHER FORECASTS.
Predictions of Value TO Business Men and
Farmers.

Predictions of Value TO Business Men and
Farmers.
copyrighted 1893. by ". T. Foster, st. Louis Mol
My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm
wave to cross the continent Jan. to 5. The
next will reach the Pacific Coast about Jan. 6,
cross the Western mountains by the close of the
9TH, the great central valleys from 9Th to 10th,
and the Eastern States about the 18th.
This will be a severe storm along its entire
path across the continent and as its average
course will be not far from Mason and Dixon g
line it will affect the whole country.
The cool wave. preceded by rains in the South
and SHOWS in the North, will cross the West
ern mountains about the 9th, the great central
valleys about the 18th, and the Eastern States
about the 18th. This cool wave will cause zero
weather in the Northern States
My prediction that the corn crop Of 1892
would be damaged Is per cent. and the cotton
crop % per cent. by the drouth has been veri-
fed. The cotton crop of 1891 made over s,000,-
600 bales. Substract % per cent. from this and
we should have 100000 bales; but on account
of the Alliance influence among the farmers to
reduce the cotton acreage the crop was thereby
reduced 100000 bales.
Next year we will have an average crop of
cotton, wheat. and corn, but not in every part
of the country. Those who desire Information
as to localities must send me an addressed and
stamped envelope.
LOCAL FORECASTS.
Weather changes move from west to east
across the continent, and each local forecast is
made for within $50 miles east aud west of the
magnetic meridian mentioned, for all the coun-
try between % aud so degrees of north latitude.
These local weather changes will occur within
"a hours before or after sunset of the dates
given below.
CITY MERIDIAN.
Jan. storm wave on this meridian.
2-Wind changing.
Cooler and clearing.
Fair and cool.
5-Moderating.
6-Warmer.
7-Storm wave on this meridian.
SANTA FE, DENVER, AND BLACK HILLS NERD
Ian.
Jan. Warner.
2-Storm wave on this meridian.
3-Wind changing.
4-Cooler and clearing.
5-Fair and cool.
Collaborating.
4" Warmer.
GALVESTON. KANSAS CITY, AND MINNEAPoLIs
MERIDIAN.
Jan. 1-Moderating.
Warmer.
3-Storm wave on this meridian.
4-Wind changing.
5-Cooler and clearing.
!" 6-Fair and cool.
7-Moderatng.
ATLANTA, CINCINNATI, AND LANSING NERD
IAN.
Jan. Fair and cool.
2-Moderating.
3-Warmer
storm wave on this meridian.
5-Wind changing.
Cooler and clearing.
Fair and cool.
NEW YORK AND OTTAWA MERIDIAN.
Jan. Cooler and clearer.
Pair and cool.
3-Moderating.
4-Warper.
5-Storm wave on this meridian.
6-Wind changing.
Cooler and clearing.
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the rough clad farmer invariably raises his cap
to the passing stranger. People like these
have not suffered from oppressive laws or I'M
just taxes. They an open-hearted, indie
pendent people. living In . spsrsely settled
country, and earning an honest living from q
rich and productive soil.
There Is large military station at Nikolski.
The fortress is Enclosed by wall said to have
been thrown up by the Chinese when they oc.
cupied the country. There are many monu.
ments of Chinese occupancy scattered through
this section Of the country.
The officers have very comfortable quarters
and the men occupy we'll constructed barracks.
What surprises one is the extent of the mill
tary establishment in such = remote place.
Early one morning mounted pony with q
Cossack saddle and rode out to whore the
military drills were held. 1t was like field
for battle. There was infantry and artillery
practice going on aud the drilling was thorough.
But the Cossacks were all away at distant
camp.
Famous as the Cossacks are for their feats Of
horsemanship, have not seen one who made
an elegant appearance on horseback. In this
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Are Rats Clairvoyants 2

Are rats clairyoyants? 1t is an old saying
that rats desert sinking ship. but it is q most
singular fact that they do not wait until boat
or barge is sinking until they desert it. They
appear to be appraised of the danger several hours
before any accident occurs to the vessel. "One
case came under my observation when / was
plotting q towboat in the Lower Mississippi"
said an old riyer.captain recently. ave were
coming up stream late one evening when /
noticed horde of rats coming off one of the
barges we had in tow. / told some of the,
crew that we would have bad luck. We went
ahead. and just before daylight the barge from
which the rats had fed struck a rock aud sunk.
No damage was done to any other part of the
shipping. The same phenomenon occurred
just before the fatal fire of the steamer Oliver
Reirne. One Of the last days of the boats
career, about two hours before the fire. drove
of rats were seen to run astern over the lower
deck and jump overheard"
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respect was much disappointed. There q
want of style about them, and once when 3
large company passed me / was struck with
the absence of that uniformity of position in
the saddle which adds SO much to the elegance
of company of cavalry. Some had short stir.
rups, others long; some rode with feet well
forward, others with heels back like the Chi
nese. They are very skillful horsemen, no doubt,
and can ride in any position. They have firm,
close seats and so far as that is concerned there
are no better in the world. There are Cossacks
from different sections and possibly the facts
here related do not apply to all of them.
The ponies are rough, ungroomed animals,
accustomed to hardship and exposure. re-
cent traveller rode one of them across the con-
tinent to st. Petersburg, averaging 81 miles q
travelling day, or % miles q day the journey
through -
1t is always interesting to know what people
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Number Engaged and Loss at Franklin.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Please give
through your paper. the number of men engaged
in the battle of Franklin, Tenn, Nov. 80, 1864,
on both sides, and also the loss of each side
q. w. Brown, Co. II, 1ISth Ohio. Long Rapids
Mich.
lis hard to tell just how many men were en-
gagged In tho battle of Franklin, or what the
loss in killed and wounded on both sides WERE
but in round numbers Hood had about 10000
men, while the Union army had about q, 900.
The rebel loss was 3, 600 men, of which 700 were
prisoners in our hands. Our losses were prob
ably more than this. It il reported as being
1896 of which more than l 900 were in the two
brigades of Wagner's.-EDIToK NATIONAL
TRIBUNE1
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Hurnor In q Cat.

Writing with reference to the sense of humor
In animals, correspondent of Science Gossip
tells an amusing story of a cat The cat had
conceived great aversion for peacock, which
used to be fed on tho lawn from tho drawing
room windows, and found tho following pleas
ant method of expressing his feelings: When
the peacock was anxious to display its charms,
and had spread its tail, and was moving slowly
backward and forward. tho cat used to rush out
on the lawn and jump through the pescock's
tail. The effect of this was to entirely discon-
cert the peacock's swsgger, and leave the cat o
moral victory"
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} GLIMPSE OF
EASTERN SIBERIA.
Through an Unfrequented Section by
Steamer and TarantaSS.

y1sdivostolz, She Russian Fortress-The Rus
sfan Stove-Hotel Life-A Vehicle Worse
than the haunting Car OF the Picking Cart
Russian Tca-Nikolski-Sunday . Day of
neutrality-suspicious. and Independent
Feople-The Cossacks-Meat and Drink.
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If each subscriber to THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE wiH charge himself ,Vith getting
one ne,O subscriber the circulation of the puper
WiH be doubled at once, and ,0ith little trouble.
Let each subscriber try it.
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Are You Hard of Haaring on peaff

Call or send stamp for full particulars how to re-
store your hearing by one who was deaf for thirty
years. John Garmore. Room Is Hammond Bldg,
Fourth and Vine. Cincinnati, O.