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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1894-01-31
THUS SAITH THE BRIDE.


Setting sail upon tempting Turing sea,
Untried and UNEMPLOYED and all unknown to
me,
Seemingly boundless, fathomless, and oh! so
wide,
Attended by bride groom-I the happy
bride.
Not without sadness in my young and trust.
ing heart,
Verify from all the bliss of motherhood ia
part
go, this day, the matrimonial sea to try.
ReiOicings mixed with sadness as l saw
"Good.bye"
Giving my heart both sweetest Joy and keen.
est pain,
In severing the old. the untried paths to
Leaving fathers house of which was the
light,
Leaving mothers side who train'd my steps
Alright,
Each moment of my life was by her blessing
crowned,
Gladdened, gilded, moulded, rounded. sweet
ened found.
All priceless treasure mother such as
mine.
Ripning as years go by for Heavens purer
cline.
Dearest of all the things this world can give
to me,
Now cen her leave-with my better-half to be.
Zen as go, her prayers the breath that fills
my sail
Reaching as far as lifes last hour favoring
gale.
SO with my gentle. loving mothers ardent
prayer,
And with husband good and kind | rest
my care:
And so I'll bid my every doubt and every
fear
BECOME! and sail away without a sigh OIL
tear.
Yes smiling sail away upon this lovely sea
So full of blessed hope and sweetest peace "a
me,
And waited onward by the perfumed favor.
ing wind
OF holy love cOngenial, cOnjugal to find
New spheres, new continents within the
bOundless sea
OF bliss complete-oomplete in happiness tC
me.
For tell me what is Life voyage answel
you
Ofnew discovery, as we our course pursue.
Oh NAV prOpitious Heaven smile OH yor
dear friend
And guard you well from all that loss or grie
pOrtends.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1894-01-31
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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1894-01-31

The crank refuses to be turned down
but he turns up with alarming regu-
aritv
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1894-01-31

Mr.. Hornblower might get a little
consolation by comforting with Murat
Halstead, who knows how it feels to be
Knocked down by the Senate club.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1894-01-31

David Crockett wrote Just after his
defeat for Congress by an administrat-
ion candidate. II would rather he
beaten and be man than to be elected
and be little puppy dog" The
nearness of the next Congressional
campaign makes the quotation ant.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1894-01-31
THUS SAITH THE BRIDEGROOM.

Light streams DER the Turing sea
Untued till now, unknown to me,
Telling me the path to steer,
Happy in the light so clear
Ever streaming from her face
Refulgent in its matchless grace
For whom, to whom, pledge my life
And whom this day I've made ny lo0e
RenOuncing all for her dear sake
With her alone this voyage make
Each moment she shall be my care,
Leaving her home, my life to share,
Leaving peerless mothers side
With me to stem lifes changing tide;
And into my life her life to throw
Renouncing all with me TO go,
Not cen the charms of childhoods home
Fen all she lett for me alone.
Roll in roll outl life's surging tide,
I'm safe with "Byrdie" by my side
So spake the Bridegroom, calm and free
As he of wed-lOck spake to me.
Sweet music seemed his soul to fill
And joy unbidden seem'd to thrill
His heart of hearts as he stood there
Thinking of "Byrdie" bright and fair;
The beauideal of true grace
And beauty both form and face:
The Queen of women she to him
His cup Of bliss fllTd to the brim.
How proud was l." heard him say,
Upon our festal wedding day,
When "Byrdie" standing by my side,
The hymeneal knot was tied;
The hymeneal joy was mine,
To HIM priceless prize so fine
How proud when on our wedding tour
OF her so winsOme, sweet and pure;
How proud on our return once more
To lead her to a cottage door
And say to her "My Queen; my own!
Pray enter here-this is our home"
How proud to seat her on the throne
OfOur new consecrated home;
For what's King upon the throne
without Queen within his home?
For If the husband is the King
So is the wife the gentle Queen;
Two royal personages one,
Now seated on the royal throne
To rule conjOintly--rule the home
CoIulera of world their own;
Where strife diseordant ne'er can come
Nor internecine war shall run
Because tlOO hearts are truly one
A King and Queen upon the throne
OF Home Sweet Home OF Sweet, SwC
Home.
THUS SAY WE BOTH-THE BRIDE AND GROOM.
OF wOnd'rous peace and hearts seemd filrd
Real pure Joy our spirits thrilrd,
And all the sir and earth and sky.
New beauty held before our eye;
Grand orcheGtras seem'd everywhere
Emancipating us from care.
Bright song-birds sang in every tree,
Landscapes as fair as fair could be,
On all sides stretched in peace away,
Sweet flowers seem'd strewn along our w,
Seemingly then all nature smiled
On us, and spake in accents mild;
Making us wonder, why is this
Such wond'rOus peace such wond'rous bli
For in the earth and sky and air
All glOries revelld everywhere.
In answer Orange Blossoms" may
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1894-01-31

What this administration needs
worse than anything else is an advance
agent whose announcements can be
considered authentic for at least 48
hours.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1894-01-31

Prendergast wants new trial.
Humph most any other fellow would
under the same circumstances but
wanting and getting are somewhat
different.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1894-01-31

The proposition for a Congressional
appropriation of 100000 to be spent in
attempts to exterminate the Russian
thistle ought to convince the most
skeptical that little things are costly.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1894-01-31

Private John Allen is warned of the
absurdity of his casting eyes on that
vacant seat. No funny" man has
ever been honored with a seat in the
Senate.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1894-01-31

The ship of state struck that bond
rock with such thud that lot of
passengers were thrown down.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
salt Lake.

"During a trip through Utah." said
A. G. lowering of Kansas City, 81 wit
messed most convincing proof of the
weight of the salt laden waters of the
Great Salt lake. A strong gale of wind
was blowing over the lake and driving
its surface into low, white capped ridges,
while along the shore the foam lay like
fiat banks of new fallen snow. II as
strong wind had passed across a lake
of fresh water of equal extent, it would
unquestionably have produced such an
agitation of its surface that navigation
in small boats would have been difficult
if not highly perilous. The waves there
showed curious resistance to the wind
and rose only to slight elevation. Yet
there was an immense momentum STIR
red up in those low, heavy, slow NOV
ing waves l ventured into the water
at a point where the depth did not ex.
ceed three feet and found that it was
impossible to stand against them, as
their sheer weight swept me resistlessly
along was told that it was impossi-
BILE to dive through an oncoming wave
after the manner practiced by bathers
along the Atlantic coast st. Louis
Globe Democrat
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19

The three heaviest men of whom any
mention is made in history were Miles
Darden of Tennessee, Lewis Cornelius
of Pennsylvania and Daniel Lambert of
England. Darden died in 1857. When
in health, he was feet 6 inches in
height and weighed over 1000 pounds.
l have no record of the date of the death
OF Cornelius, which occurred in Pike
county, Pa, but the account says that
he was born in 1894. When in his
prime, he measured feet 2 inches
around the waist, was feet tall and
weighed 6451 pounds. Daniel Lambert
was an English freak of the early part
of the century and died in June, 1909.
He was of average height, but weighed
739 pounds. st. Louis Republic.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
An AnecdOte of Perier.

Once during the schooldays Of the
president of the French republic his pro-
fessor in geography asked him, "Perier,
give us the exact position and indicate
the latitude Of the Gambler group. -
Casimir- Perier crossed his arms tightly
upon his chest, looking very perplexed.
One of his neighbors whispered to him
the wrong answer, whereupon the pro.
fessor gave him the exact position OF
this little group, which belongs to the
more important French establishment
of Tahiti, and after short pause, and
with a little point Of irony, said "You
ought to know that, Perier, because it
is thanks to your grandfather that
France acquired the ascendancy in these
parts of the world. 1t was through his
efforts and entreaties that the dusky
queen of these islands was induced to
come to France, and the men of my
generation still remember the comical
songs which celebrated the event" Pc
rier blushed considerably, but, holding
his head still higher, answered the pro.
fessor with his quick and peculiar die
tion, II will most certainly go ovel
this lesson again and try to be more
proficient at the next lecture; but, SO
far as the deeds Of my grandfather go,
they are SO numerous that am not old
enough yet to know them all. San
Francisco Argonaut
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
A Boston Confession.

Sometimes it seems as if the New
York and Chicago jibes at Boston and
their notion of the sort of conversation
common here are not so baseless as they
usually seem. 1t is undoubtedly true that
one young girl who told another the
other day that she had read Emerson
until she was tired of him and longed
for something new and refreshing"
was recommended by her friend to try
Epictetus, "because of his nice short
sentences" and Kant's "Critique of
Pure Reason" "because it sounds so
much like Mrs. Blank science leo
lures. "-Boston Transcript
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
A Parisian Industry,

A Paris correspondent describes one
of the oldest industries of that city to
be found in little shop in the Rue des
Ecoles, which deals exclusively with the
secondhand boots of the men who work
in the sewers These boots are furnished
by the state and come half way up the
thigh, and each man is allowed new
pair every six months. When new, they
cost 50; when sold secondhand, they
realize the modest sum of 80 cents, but
as at least 5000 pairs per annum are
sent to the Rue des Ecoles it makes
quite booming industry. The leather
of these boots is, SO to speak, tanned by
the alkaline and greasy water in which
the sewer cleaners paddle, and they are
eagerly sought for by the great Partisan
bootmakers, for this leather, being at
once tough and light, serves to sustain
the curve of the Louis XIV heel
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
His Fayorite Color.

Old Mr.. Kerr Muggeon, who agrees
with George II in hating poetry and
painting" and who is never agreeable
except when he is smoking, was engaged
in this favorite amusement Oh his door
step when Mrs Gusscher passed.
"Oh, Mr.. Kerr -Muggeon, she said, 81
am glad to see you enjoying the beau
ties Of naturep'
"Heh? What dye mean?" asked Mr..
Kerr Muggeon.
"Why, weren't you looking at the
sunset?"
''The sunset Well, no, not just
exactly. But, now that you mention it,
it does look fine, doesn t it? Looks good
deal like meerschaum pipe just after
it's begun to colorp"-Youth's Compan-
ion.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
THE POWER OF THE PRESS.
How 1t Might BE the Highest Terrestr
Illustration of Omnipotence,

How 1t Might BE the Highest Terrestrial
illustration of Omnipotence.
Colonel Pat Donan, the celebrated
correspondent, speaking on the subject
OF editors Of newspapers to Philadel-
phia News man, said:
We speak of England, France, Ger
many, Russia and the United States as
"the great powers, but among all the
powers of earth the press stands easily
first and greatest. If every journalist
fully appreciated his power and his re-
sponsibility and every journal were
known to be absolutely truthful, honest,
fearless and incorruptible beyond the
reach Of wheeding, bribery OF intimida-
ton; wearing the dog collar of no
party, section, sect or faction; patriotic
and not partisan, always for the right
and against the wrong, union of all
the newspapers would be the highest
terrestrial illustration of omniscience
and omnipotence Such a combination
could overturn any principality, throne
or dominion under heaven, as herd of
Texas steers might upset child's array
of tin soldiers. 1t could establish and
maintain any system, cause, creed or
institution the editors chose to support.
Civilization eliminates in the power
press, and the bounds of civilization are
limited by the circulation of the daily
papers. There is no civilized speech or
language where their voice is not heard
or their influence is not felt. A few
weeds soaked in bilge water, or little
calomel rolled in sweetened dough,
with plenty of printers ink, will make
a millionaire of any pauperistic quack
in five years, whether it is the brains,
hearts, livers lungs, kidneys or giz-
yards of newspaper reading gudgeons
his humbug panacea claims to regener-
ate. A few thousand acres of iron, GOAL
or timber, fair flatboat harbor or two
or three intersecting railroads, with
reasonable circumjacent possibilities,
and abundant advertising, will build a
city out of nothingness anywhere in a
decade. There is no enterprise or bust
ness, benefaction or villainy that cannot
be pushed into triumph or driven to
failure by the newspapers. Great repu-
tations are created by them out of moth
ing and wrecked by them for amuse-
ment. In this country governors, sena-
tors and even presidents are made by
them-often out of material intended
for thinkers and peddlers, baseball play
ers, gamblers, shysters, pickpockets and
thugs.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
His Heart Bowed Down.

He accosted me as came out of the
postoifice on Broadway and wanted tc
know whether the Broadway cable was
the only one now at work. said there
was another on One Hundred and Twen,
ty-fifth street, running up to High
Bridge, and was about passing on when
he grasped me by the arm and said in a
whisper:
(Which is the wust?'
''There's no choice" said / shortly,
preparing to cross the street.
'Then these New York newspapers
are blamed liars, b'gosh, and I don't
keer who knows itp' said he
Whats the matter?" I asked, with
interest.
"Ive been readin nothin lately 'cept
bout accidents by the deadly trolley and
the bloody cable, and I've been ridin all
over Brooklyn without seein durn ac-
cident and spent 35 cents OH this line
without so much as seein a newsboy
hurt. 1t ain t fair, that's what it amt. F"
And he shook his head sadly and crossed
over and took Fourth avenue horse car
up town.-New York Press.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
WILD COSSACK RIDERS.
Two Americans Saw Them Break Winter
Camp In Turkestan.

Two Americans Saw Them Break Winter
Camp In Turkestan.
Messrs. Allen and Sachtleben, who
went around the world on bicycles, give
the following account of one Of their
experiences in Turkestan:
One of the chief incidents of our
pleasant sojourn was afforded by Gov
ernor Ivanoff We We're invited to head
the procession of the Cossacks OH their
annual departure for their summer en-
campment in the mountains. After the
usual religious ceremony they filed out
from the city parade ground. Being un-
avoidably detained for few moments,
we did not come up until some time
after the column had started AS we
dashed by to the front with the Ameri-
can and Russian flags fiuttering side by
side from the handle bars, cheer after
cheer arose from the ranks, and even
the governor and his party doffed their
caps in acknowledgment.
At the camp we were favored with a
special exhibition of horsemanship. By
"a single twist of the reins the steeds
would fall to the groun,. and their rid
ers crouch down behind them as bull
wark in battle. Then, dashing forward
at full speed, they would spring to the
ground and leap back again into the
saddle, or hanging by their legs would
reach over aud pick up handkerchief,
cap or a soldier supposed to be wound
ed. All these movements we photo
graphed with our camera.
OF the enduI ance of these Cossacks
and their Kirghiz horses we had prac-
tical test. Overtaking q Cossack courier
in the early part of a days journey, he
became SO interested in the velocipede,
as the Russians call the bicycle, that he
determined to see as much of it as pos
sible. He staid with us the whole
day, over a distance Of 55 miles. His
chief compensation was in witnessing
the surprise of the natives, to whom he
would shout across the fields to come
and see the tomasha, adding in explana-
tion that we were the American gentle
men who had ridden all the way from
America. Our speed was not slow, and
frequently the poor fellow would have
to resort to the whip or shout: "Slow-
ly, gentlemen. My horse is tired. The
town is not far away. 1t is not necessa-
ry to hurry so."
The fact is that in all our experience
we found no horse of even the famed
Kirghiz or Turcoman breed that could
travel with the same ease and rapidity
as ourselves even over the most ordina-
ry road.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19

He reached out as if he would catch
hold of her, but she eluded his grasp
Again he made an equally feeble at
tempt, and again she eluded him. Once
more he made a feeble attempt, and she
had no difficulty in escaping. This time
she became indignant, almost angry.
"What do you mean, SIR" she ex-
claimed, "by thus trying to kiss me:"
"I-I-I presume, he hesitated,
"that meant to kiss you
She drew herself up proudly, then
stepped near him and gazed down on
him defiantly
"Well, she said emphatically, "why
in heavens name don't you do it?''-
Detroit Free Press.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
LOST AND SPOILED MONEY.
The Bank of England Makes q Big Profit
on Her Notes.

The Bank of England Makes Big Profit
on Her Notes.
Bank notes of the value of thousands
of pounds are annually lost or destroyed
by accident. In the 40 years between
1792 and 1882 there were outstanding
notes of the Bank of England, presumed
to have been either lost or DESTROYED,
amounting to e1,330, 900 odd, every
shilling of which was clear profit to the
bank.
In many instances, however, it is pos
sible to recover the amount Of the note
from the bank in full. Notice has to be
given to the bank OF the note supposed
to be lost or stolen, together with q
small fee and full narrative as to how
the loss occurred. The note is then
"stopped"-that is, if the document
should be presented for payment, the
person stopping" the note is informed
when and to whom it is paid. If pre-
sented, after having been stopped, Z"
by any suspicious looking person, and
not through a banker, one of the detect
ives always in attendance at the bank
as to how and when the note came into
his or her possession. 1t is quite mis-
taken idea that stopped payment" of a
bank note has the effect supposed by
very many people. 1t simply means that
the Bank of England carefully keeps a
lookout for the note which has been
stopped, and, though it cannot refuse
to pay such note Immediately on its be-
ing presented, a notification would at
once be made to the person who stopped
it, and the bank would give all the as
sistanoe in its power to enable the loser
to recover the amount.
In the case of q bank note having
been, say, burned by mistake, if the
number is known and notice sent to the
Bank of England it will pay the amount
after an interval of five years from the
date of lodging notice Of destruction
should no one have presented the note
for payment in the meantime The bank
in such cases also insists Oh q guarantee
being given by banker or two house
holders that it shall be repaid in the
event Of the document turning up and
being again rendered for payment. 1t is
not at all an unusual circumstance for
a mutilated note to be presented for
payment burned perhaps half through,
with marks of burning ON the fringes.
Nor is the damage always accidental.
The men who indulge in the luxury of
lighting their pipes with bank note
are not always, as some may think,
millionaires or recognized lunatics of
society. The spoiled notes are more often
than not presented by workmen or Ia
borers, who confess without hesitation
that they have Intentionally lighted
their pipes with them from mere brag-
gadocio. Ashton (England) Reporter.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
An Eye Cleaner.

In travelling you can easily guard
against the dread of getting cinders in
your eye by carrying with you a tiny
box of faxseed The instant you feel a
foreign substance in the eye throw back
your head and drop three Or four flax
seed on the ball of the eye; then lift
the upper lid and draw it down over
them so as to hold them in. The relief
will come Immediately, and soon the
seeds will begin to work out and bring
the offending particle with them.
Philadelphia Ledger
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
DEAD ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE.

Dead on the reld of battle. Still we seek
Remembrance here when we have gone
from here.
Oh, may our latest deed ourselves bespeak
And breathe about the world our wonted
cheer.
Dead on the field of battle. Heaven send
II trust was given us we keep that trust.
II brave, we may be brave unto the end,
So valor shall be kindled from our dust.
On some still morn, at calling of the roll,
When storm and stress for me arc well
gone by,
Amid the silence may some comrade soul
"Dead on the field Of battle" then reply.
Edith M. Thomas in Youths Companion.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
A SHATTERED IDCL

Each week saw him take an
And put 1t in letter
Aud mail it, and for that l own
liked him all the better.
Thought of some dear country home,
A patient mother bearing
A burden fightened by the thought
That he for her was caring.
His surly ways and hardened face
Ieasily forgave him,
Because of this, his weekly gift,
One virtue that could save him.
But oh, alas! One fateful day
In asking for loan he,
With awful oaths, declared he must
Send on that alimony.
Washington News.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
Messenger Girls.

Rd now there is talk of substituting
for boys at the district telegraph
b. At the Chicago headquarters of
Pf these companies the matter is be-
|eriously considered, and the exper-
i will undoubtedly be made. If
mango becomes permanent and gen.
the humorous writers " i'll have to
pen their pencils for new theme.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19

An old Dutch legend says that Thom-
as Beckett cursed the Kentishmen Of
England, who spitefully cut off his
horse's tail, and that the entire genera
tion Of Kent which followed wore tails
like horses.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19

Purcell, the most extraordinary mu
sioal genius that England ever produc.
ed, died at the age of 81 from cold
contracted by being locked out of the
house by his termagant wife. He was
popularly said to be the handsomest
man in London.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19
Dog Reputations.

Uncle George-Your dog isn't SO
smart AS Tommy's, is he?
Little Johnny-Yes, he's just as
smart, but isn't so good liar as Tom
my.-Good News.
The weekly tribune., 1894-10-19

An "inch Of rain" means gallon Of
water spread over a surface of nearly
two square feet or a fall of about 100
tons upon an acre.