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Smyrna times., 1894-08-22
Heavy Rain.

When the clock struch IL on Satur-
day there was not a man within four
miles of Smyrna perhaps who wanted
another drop of rain, and yet the
heavy rain kept on for over an hour,
having commenced at 10 o'clock, the
successive showers almost without in
termission falling for more than three
hours. It seemed to originate over
Thoroughfare Neck giving them good
water fall but not in excess of their
need, driven by moderate northeast
wind. Scarcely passing the town, say
three or four miles, las has been the
case with the other rains) it halted and
developed into genuine electrical dis
turbance. The wind soon began to
blow from the opposite direction, than
from the south, southeast, or what
might very properly be said, from all
points of the compass, before 1t had
finished.
The water during the most of this
time coused down the streets to the
TOP of the curbing and formed consider
able lakes in most of the fields. The
mill ponds on either side of the town
had to hoist their big gates to vent the
water, and Green's Branch, between
Smyrna and Clayton, not only sub
merged the driveway foot or two, but
ran over the railroad embankment.
Out in the Alley and at Blackstone Is
Cross Roads many of the bridges were
ficated away. All this, while a few
miles distant they were actually need
ing rain. A farmer tell us, and it will
Illustrate the heavy volume of water,
that his large horse trough, that was
practically empty, filed up and over
ran sometime before the fall ceased.
Many do not call to mind such heavy
water fall In 60 short space of time,
and others go back Eve, ten or more
years.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22
For the Smyrna Times
Truely Phenomenal.

The clover seed sowed on the wheat
fields at Meadow Lawn" about the
middle of last March, is now being
moved for hay for winter feeding. The
yield indicates nearly a ton to the acre
of clean clover hay. the like of which
the writer in bis long and practical
experience in agriculture, has no knowl-
edge or recollection of.
The ground had been formerly occu-
pied with peach trees, which had been
removed about five years before seed
ing to wheat and last year was planted
in corn, the corn being removed early
in the fall, the ground was seeded to
wheat, one and three fOurths bushels to
the acre, and 275 pounds of 20 & @"
phosphate drilled with the wheat.
About the middle of March the ground
was thoroughly narrowed, followed
Immediately thereafter with the seed
sOwer distributing the clover seed. The
season was at the time most iarmable
and during spring time and summer
the ground at no time has been too
dry. These were the general conditions
and the farmers whom the the writer
has consulted state that they have NO
recollection of such results being OBJ
tanned before and it may be regarded
as evidence of what can be done with
proper knowledge and application.
r. H. C.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

LETTERS from nearly two hundred
Southern bankers, scattered all the
way from Maryland to Texas, in re-
gard to the crop prospects and busl-
ness conditions of the South, are pub
lished in the Manufacturers Record
With but one or two exceptions these
letters report an unusually satisfactory
outlook for the agricultural and gen.
eral business interests of the entire
South. The decline in the price of
cotton two or three years ago forced
Southern farmers, who could not con-
tinue to borrow money in advance on
their crops as freely as before, to pay
more attention to the raising OF their
own food supplies. The result has
been a steady decrease in the indebt-
edness of Southern farmers brought
about by the forced economy of the
last two years, and almost without ex-
ception the reports from the bankers
say that Southern farmers owe less
money than any time since the war.
Added to these favorable conditions
they have the prospect of the largest
aggregate crops. taking grain. cotton,
fruits and all else into consideration
ever produced in the South. While
the drought in the West has cut short
the corn crop in that section, unus
ually favorable conditions have giver
to the South the largest corn crOI
that it has ever produced.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

AT the Republican State Convention
held yesterday in Dover, Joshua P.
Marvil, of Laurel, for Governor, and
Jonathan S. Willis, of Milford, for Rep
resentative in Congress, received the
unanimous vote of the Convention.
There was unusual harmony in the
Convention and buOyancy and hope
among the delegates as to their success
in the coming election. The candi-
date for the first place, Mr.. Marvil, has
been a business, rather than a public
man. 1t being the turn of Sussex
county in the choice of candidates,
and they being unanimous for Mr..
Marvil, the other two counties fell
into line in Difference to the unani-
nifty of Sussex, though they might
have preferred men of their own. The
good but unsuccessful run of Mr.
Willis two years ago, together with
his ability as a speaker and energy as
a campaigner, put him prominently
forward for the place. The strongest
thing that can be said for each of the
candidates is the strong and unani
nous home support that came to the
Convention for each of them, from the
localities where they are best known
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

10000 inhabitants or over, and these
supervisors were authorized to watch
the voting and counting, and sec that
no fraud was committed. In cities of
less than 10000 inhabitants, where
certain number of electors petitioned
for the appointment of supervisors,
their appOintmentment was author
lied. But they could do nothing ex-
cepting to watch the voting and count
ing. They were not authorized to
make any arrests or interfere with the
elections.
As there are few cities in the South
of 20, coo inhabitants and upward that
part of the law had no bearing in that
section of the country. But the part
that authorized supervisors, one a
Democrat and one a Republican, to
watch the voting and counting, and
gave them the protection of the Fed
eral power to do the watching was
the part of the law the South Objec'
ted to.
At the same time the Tammany ma
chine in New York, which, according
to the returns already developed in
the courts, polled many thousands o
fraudulent votes in the last election
was equally anxious to have the par
of the law repealed that authorized tn,
appointment of supervisors in cities
Hence, the ballot box suffers in tn
South and the Tammany machine il
New York joined hands to repeal it.
A bill was passed to authorize tn
coinage of what Mr.. Hewitt calls g
vacuum" but which in general term
is known as the seigniOrage bill.
was fiat money bill, pure and simple
, and the President promptly vetoed i
Bills have been passed to admit Utal
Arizona and New Mexico as State
, These, however, will not come in unit
the latter part Of next year.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

THE session of Congress which be-
gan Aug. 7th last year and has contin-
ued right along except the month of
November, it is believed will adjourn
in a week, or as soon as the President
acts on the Tariff bill. The motion
of Senator Murphy to do no more leg
islating on what are called pop gum
tariff bills, was adopted by vote of q
to IS. A Washington writer in speak
ing Of the extraordinary session and
WL., Las been accomplished, says:
But Notwithstanding the fact that
this Congress has exceeded the record
for the number of days that it mas been
in session it can show only three i'm
pOrtant bills as the result of its work
1t took it three months to repeal the
purchasing clause of the Sherman act.
And then that was only accomplished
by the votes of the Republicans in
both houses.
A majority Of the Democrats in both
the House and Senate voted against
that bill despite the earnest entFeaties
of the President that its passage was
necessary 10 save the country from
bankruptcy. The Republicans voted
for the bill not because they believed
what the President said, but because
they thought that the passage of the
bill would do nc harm and would do
good in demonstrating that the cOun-
try was not suffering in any way from
that law, but from the tariff agitation
The repeal Of the bill and the ad.
iournment of Congress demonstrated
there was no improvement whatever
an business.
1t was shown by statistics published
by Bradstreet's, reputable CONNER
eial agency, that the volume of trade
in the United States as represented il
the clearing houses and exchanges, de
creased in one year to the amount o
about $4,000 100000. This is twict
the cost os the Civil War.
The bill as passed is denounced by
the President as one showing 'partN
perfdy and party dishonor," and Hde
void of principle" Leading Demo
Gratis in both houses have denounced
it in the most severe manner. Mr.
Mills asserted in the Senate that b.
did not believe there were 1000 per
sons in the United States who ap
proved thab bill.
One bill was passed which wa
wholly satisfactory to the Democrat
an both houses and the President, AM
that was the bill to repeal the Fedora
election laws. The Federal .electio
aawslmerely authorized the appoint
nank nf one x1enaocrak and one ReDuf
lican supervisor Of election at eac
polling place when q member of Cor
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

ther he showed that in the divine sense
the spirit of man to be alive must be
touched, renewed by the divine life, or
it would be essentially dead-as much
out of place in the spiritual realm as
the dead corpse is in the earthly exist
ence. The beauties and delights OF the
heavenly existence cannot be enjoyed
nor indeed can there be existence
where the divinejife has not entered
it passes into a condition of oblivion.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

SUNDAY, following the wet day of
Saturday was bright, and though
warm, called out at the Methodist
church the largest congIe egation of the
summer. Pastor Stengle, at the close
of the preliminaries, on arising took
for his text, "For living dog is better
than dead Ecclesiastes tx, 4.
The passage as the subject of sermon
naturally excited the forecasting
thought of the audience as to what he
would make of such a text, but his
regular hearers knew that he does not
indulge In sensationalism only to the
extent that analytic and advanced
thought quickens ideas. A brief allu.
sion TO the relative position of the dog
and the lion, dead or living, in the
realm Of existence, opened the way to
larger and more exalted theme
"Life,"-present and future. The
question, what is lifeP was presented
with more than usual luminosity to
the apprehending mind. Life, the
giving of life, was shown to be entirely
beyond the power of man: he can
make the constituent parts of thing
but he can in no sense give the living
nrinciple. The dead lion was nothing
When It's life was gone: if the life OF
the dog we're 10 the lion 1t would be
only a dog. IN cgrrying out the anal
oov of thought he showed that when
the natural life had ended with the de-
parture of the spirit, there was nothing
left but what would become a corrupt.
ing mass that we In love buried out
| Of sight. Carrying the idea still fur
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

WHAT causes lightning? is a quest
ion that has from all time remained a
puzzling one. At a late meeting of
scientists in London, among papers de-
scribing fruitful discoveries was one by
Lord Kelvin describing experiments
the apparent result OF which was a
proof that "the subtraction of water
from air causes its electrifcatiOn." The
electricity of the air and lightning and
thunder are thus accounted for. The
rain falling out of a cloud is the cause,
not the effect of its electricity.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22
Base Ball.

Last Wednesday afternoon the
Wynnewood Club, having suffered a
defeat at the hands of Dover, came up
here to try their hands with our nine,
but they found us too much for them
and went back with the defeat to 3.
The game was a beautiful one, the
Smyrna nine fielding almost faultless.
ly. Harvey pitched a strong game and
was well supported by his team. A
noticeable feature of the contest was
the umpiring, there being no kicking
on either side. Everything moved
along smoothly The members of the
Wynnewood team were good natured
and took their defeat calmly.
The score
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

Yesterday the Middletown cInh
which has been recently organilaS
came here to play their first game r.,
make their victory more Certain. tbeU
hired the Clayton battery, Stevens ar55
Gibson. This movement, as was nIaini,. Ju
seen, did not effect US in the least 'N'4ay g..
IN the third inning our heavy batters
knocked Willie" Stevens right and
left, making six hits off of him in tho
third inning alone. Several two-baggers
were made during thegame. The con-
test was so one-sided that the featnrea
were all on Smyrna's side. The follow.
ing is the score in full
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
= ,SmYI'M0, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Aug. %, 1894.

THE "TIMEs" is published every Wednesday
afternoon by ROBT. D. HoFFEcKER, Editor and
Proprietor, R. D. HoFFECKER, JR., assistan
editor, at Smyrna, Del.
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and yearly advertisers.
OBITUARY NOTICES will be charged Five Cen
per line.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22
Cheswold.
COoPER's STORE BURGLARIZED-CAN
MING CORN, TOMATOES &C.

COOPERS STORE BURGLARIZED-CAN.
MING CORN, TOMATOES &C.
The hardware store Of Cooper Bros.
was burglarized about u O'Clock sun
day night, being the second attempt of
this character within the last three or
four months. The burglar entered the
store this time by boring and prying
open back window. Since the lat
act Of burglary, John Barcus, the clerk.
has slept over the store well armed
with the aim of giving the rascal who
was evidently not an expert, a warm
reception, should he return, in which
he succeeded fairly well in this case.
Mr.. Barcus was not aroused from his
slumbers by the breaking open of the
window, but by the thief humping and
skipping in the dark store after en-.
trance, upon which he FASTENED down
the stairway, (close by the theifs en-
trance to the stOre) with revolver in
OLe hand and shot gun in the other to
see what was wrong. Between him
self and the light of the glass front no
object was visible until fash of light
from a match behind the Post Office
enclosure, which is also in the store
room, revealed something wrong. 1t
was then that the thief heard a sound
as of some one approaching in the rear,
whereupon he quickly sought escape
by the front and succeeded after a
second affort in butting his way out
through the plste-glass of the front
door. 1t was here that Barcus had
sight of his man and fred two shots
from his revolver; the first missed and
made hole in the plate-glass about
the size of a silver dollar, the second
left no mark and where the bullet
lodged is mystery. Barcus kept in
hot pursuit of his game on the street in
the direction of Dover using the shot
gun until the rascal dropped his coat,
scattering pen-knives. razOrs, wire cut
ters &c, indiscrminately over the
street. The coat is pierced with shot
holes. His outfit of burglar tools, con-
sisting of brace and bit, drill, chisel,
&c, were also left behind. Mr.. JEFF
Cooper, the proprietor, thinks he will
not be out more than $150 and Mr..
Hardcastle, Postmaster missed only 10
or so cents.
Mr.. Cooper and others feel confident
this burglar who seemingly has lik-
ing for pen-knives and cheap ones at
that, is the same party who broke in
upon him on the previous occasion al
luded to.
Assau, Baines & Co., Gamers, are,
Notwithstanding the cut by the
drought, having a fair run packing
sugar corn, and tomatoes also. They
have added to their plant number Of
modern piece of machinery and otFer
appliances to facilitate their-sySeS :.
packing which they anticipate will be
large. Their colony of Poles who
come annually to the number of about
100 arrived two weeks ago.
Pastor T. r. VanDyke preached a
very forcible sermon last Sunday morn
ing on "Christianity, the False and the
True" in which he hit all around in q
way that did not anger, but convinced.
1t drew out a good deal of favorable
comment. Cheswold's grain market
Monday-wheat SOC and corn sac.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

BENZ. SMITH, we'll remembered by a
former generation, and Familiarity
known as Ben" was blessed with a
remarkable memory of incidents of his
early life that was some times thought
to run into reminiscent events that
antedated his times. Tradition has
it that the part of the town now COW
cred by the south angle of Commerce
and Main streets, was once a huckle-
berry swamp with large pond of
water, and it was natural that in dig
ging for the water main a few years
ago when log, knife and old tin cup
were turned up, to say that they had
been used by Ben Smith when fishing,
the cup to carry the bait in. In dig
ging this morning for the sewer pipe,
some old timbers were turned up that
were pronounced to be the remains of
a bridge on which Smith sat and
dangled his legs while fishing during
his bOyhood, on the remains of a tree
on which turtles summed themselves
and glided into the water.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

FORMERLY it was the intellect only
that the public school was expected to
look after. Now the intellect has to
divide time with the morals, and the
digestion is being pushed to the front
for it's share of attention. At the
Methodist Chautauqua, on Long
Island, last week, Mrs. Mary ]. Lin
coin, first principal of the Boston Cook
ing school, lectured on Cooking as an
Adjunct to Civilization" She held
that good cooking was an essential to
happiness and morality. Her thought
was that it would be well for the pub
lie schools to teach cooking, even if it
were necessary to crowd out geometry
and algebra.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

EVERY person whose income is in
excess of $500 must make return of
it, and this return must give all the
gains, savings and profits of the parents
and of all children under legal age, all
which must be counted as single in
come; and if, in the aggregate, the sew
eral incomes of the family exceed $4,000
they must practically all pay the tax.
The exemptions are the necessary ex-
penses of conducting business, inter
est paid, actual and uncompensated
losses incurred and worthless debts.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

SEED WHEAT.-Fulcaster wheat is
being discarded by the large millers
owing to it's sOftness. Hard winter
wheat now brings six cents per bushel
more than the Fulcaster. The yield is
in favor of the hard wheat and it is less
susceptible to "scab''. Farmers should
consider this matter for at present sell
ing price of wheat the difference in
price alone would warrant a change
from this soft wheat to another less
liable to scab. Samples of this hard
wheat can be seen at the Philadelphia
& Smyrna Transportation COmpany's
office and seed can be procured at dis
count.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

My boy was taken with disease resg,bbt III
bling bloody fux. The first thing ! thousTdi and
of was Chamberlain's Collie, Choler .;lsd Iedd
Diarrhea Remedy. Two doses of 1t se.a.iilI Naoil
the matter and cured him sound and vii iii
heartily recommend this remedy "
persons suffering from like complaint hen
will answer any inquiries regarding II ',ntv MTtv
stamp is inclosed. 1 refer to any eou"f
official as to my reliabity. WIN; koACAFi Fior
p, Primroy, Campbell Co., Tenn
sale by j. w. Clifton, Smyrna, DEL
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

Now that Congress has done its best
or worst, and there is probability that
it will 90 home soon, we should all
sink party differences and do what we
can to bring about a revival Of business
activity. There are thousands of men
out of work who will need something
TO eat and wear during the coming
winter, end it will take the best efforts
of everybody to bring about condition
OF things that will give employment TO
all who need il.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

AT the Republican Primary meeting
for Duck Greek Hundred on Saturday,
"a. L. Hudson chairman, Ralph C..
Hoffeeker secretary and Clarence T.
FAIRIES, inspectOr,) the following dele
gates and alternates were elected by
unanimous vote to attend the State
Convention held in Dover yesterday.
Delegates,-Wm. H. Baggs, DR.. T. G.
Moore, Carey Frazier, Ephraim Lower
and Charles Stewart. Alternates,-W.
o. Hoffecker, Thomas Jefferson, Jr.
Samuel S. Griffin, W. G. Truax and A.
II. Skinner. There were GA ballots.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

On Thursday the Sudlersville club
was scheduled to play here but owing
to the injury of their catcher they sent
telegram postpOning the engagement.
There was no game that day.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

WATERMELONs by the wagon load,
ami selling at reasonable prices. Hard
times make people figure low on water
melons as we'll as On all other things,
but they will eat them when they are
in reach of their means. Ten fifteen and
twenty cents seem to be the prevailing
prices for good melons, and it is said
that even at these prices they pay the
grower much better than either wheat
or corn. Cantaloupes have also become
abundant. Up until the heavy rains
melons were unusually sweet, and it is
hoped, will continue so.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

On Monday, our team played the 70
turn game with Camden on their hon.
grounds. 1t was an Oh-day for Smvpune pue
costly errors having been made wbioS
lost the game. The features of "tSn tSa
game were the batting of Cummimiae ie
Hallman and Mcguire for Smvrna onS
Hansberry for Camden. The score ""u
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22
THE CANDIDANEs.

J.K. Miller, the quondam Newark
tailor, who has now risen to the dignity
of professor" of the art of dog train
ing, has left town with half dozen in
telligent dogs bent on an exhibition
tour through Pennsylvania. Many
towns will be visited by Miller and at
each place he will put his dogs through
their remarkable performance. By
easy stages he will work his way to
Niagara Falls ifthe fates are prOpitiOus
and there be will make a ten strike
for fame by sending one of his dogs
across the river on tight rope, net
being stretched under the rope to
catch the dog in case of a mishap OF
any kind. The dog is an expert rope
walker and his master is sure he will
perform the feat.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

The primary meeting of the Demo
Gratis of Duck Creek Hundred will be
held next Saturday afternoon to elect
delegates to attend the State Conven-
tion the following Tuesday.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

A machine that has attracted the
attention of the farmers the past week
at the store of Lewis & Wheatman is a
corn cutting machine drown by horses.
1t is drawn between two rows, per-
nanent blades severing the corn on
either side and caught by men stand
ing on the platform.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

MRS. I. K. SHoRTMAN has a grape
vine which has been bearing a second
crop each year since she planted it
seven or eight years ago and it has
done it invariably.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

The congregation of Mt. Zion A. NJ.
E. Church, Rev. James Pritchett, pas
tor, miles east of Smyrna, will hold
Ten Days Revival Service commencing
on Sunday next August 26th. The
sermon next Sunday morning will be
by the pastor, afternoon by Rev. E.
Byrd and at night by Presiding Elder
Davis.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

SOME people are looking for the
shooting stars. The gust on Wednes.
day evening gave us as much pyrO-
technics as we wanted.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

ELIAS LUM, administrator of the late
Emory Lup1, will sell his personal
property at puLlic sale next Saturday
afternoon, at 2 o'clock, on East street.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-22

THE work of digging the street and
laying the sewer pipe started on Mon
day with a great deal more vim than
was manifest in the newness of the
thing last week. and the progress is ac-
cordingly much more decided. There
is matter that very much interests
the property holders along the line of
the pipe, as to where the "Y" should
be placed that will connect the drain
from their premises. This it would be
well to designate to the superintendent
of the work before the laying of the
pipe There we're a number of men
who applied for a place yesterday
morning but were turned away owing
to lack of picks, shOvels &c.