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The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16
DUN'S REVIEW.
The Advance In Corn Discussed-How the Short Crop WDl Affect Railroad Traf-

fiC.
 NEW YORK, Aug. 11.-R. c. Dun x Co.'S weekly review of trade says:
 The advance in corn discloses general be- lief that the injury to this most important crop has been so great as to affect materially the traffic of railroads, the demand of manufact- ured products and the cost Of meats for the coming years. Unless the markets deceive and are entirely deceived, our country will have to face real calamity in the loss of some- thing like 50l 1000 bushels Of corn and this loss consumers have to share through the ad- vance of 14 cents in two weeks and cents since Friday of last week. Neither official nor unoftcal statements as yet preclude the hope that the loss may prove less serious, but at cur rent prices l5O0,OJ0.OOJ bushels would cost as much as 2,OJO,O1O,001 bushels would cost q fortnight ago. Wheat has risen 3h cents in the fortnight and 2h cents during the week, although western receipts have been 5,2!3,l2s bushels against 3,l62,69i last year. Atlantic exports are still about half as large as year ago, l,390 Is5 bushels against 27SiSSi last ear.
 Pork products are little stronger, as is nat uraL Cotton has twice risen and again de- clined a sixteenth with increasing prospects, of a very large yield, closing without change for the week
 The sales of wool would have been large. &C., cording to reports from the different markets, if there had been sufficient stocks available, but amounted to 1923 400 pounds at the three eastern markets, against 9,22O,7O0 pounds two years ago Country holders of wool do not at present appear anxious to let somebody else speculate on it's price and are said to be keep ing back supplies quite generally, although re- ceipts at Chicago were 4,O5OoOl pounds for the week, against I, ,I27, ,O99 for the same week last year.
 The failures for the five weeks ending Au- gust showed liabilities of si2,lH,Tl3, of which Sj, 626 59I were Of manufacturing and S, ,220 2i7 Of trading concerns.
 The failures during the past week have been 25l in the United States, against 394 last year and ffty-four in Canada, against twenty-five last year
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16
ALABAMA ELECTION.
A Number of Counties Show Remarkable Changes in Favor of the Democrats.

Number of Counties Show Remarkable
 Changes in Favor of the Democrats.
 MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. s.-Nearly every county thus far reported shows heavy loss for Kolb, as compared with his vote in 1892. Marion county, which in 1892 went for Kolb by 29S, is given by official returns to Oates by 1,443, a change of over HOO votes. Lawrence, another Tennessee valley county, goes for Kolb by only 1,250 votes, as against 2,135 before; Lime stone goes for Kolb by 153, against 1,623 in 1892; Tallaposa goes for Kolb by GOO, against 2,449 in 1892. In Cherokee his majority falls off 300. Crenshaw went for Kolb 775 in 1892; this year it is very close. Bibb affords the same com parison. Sumter goes for Oates by over 1,500 democratic gain of over 1 ,OOO, and Macon for Oates by 500, a democratic gain of over 1,5OO. Henry, Oates home county, went for Kolb in 1892 by over 1,500, but this year gives Oates over 500 In Barbour county the official democratic majority has been increased.
 The returns indicate safe demo- cratic majority in the legislature, even without Jefferson's delegation of six, though prospects are favorable that it has gone democratic.
 Complete returns, unofficial but re. liable, from every county in the state but two, make the democratic majority 6,124.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16
THROWN FROM A WAGON.
The Father Picked Up Dead and the Mother
 Dies Soon After.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Aug. ll.-While driving near Evergreen, Putnam coun- ty, yesterday c. c. Martin, promi- nent farmer, and daughter, Mrs. Mur- rell Melton, and two children, one a baby and one 21G years old, were thrown from wagon. Martin was picked up dead, with his head crushed.
 Mrs. Melton's head was also crushed, and she died this morning. A pathetic incident in connection with the acci- dent was that the man who found them removed the children from be- heath the debris and went for help. Returning, he found the baby trying to suckle its mother and the other one wiping the blood from it's mothers face.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16
Refnrmed Him.

Kittie-I heard to-day you married our husband to reform him.
 Sarah-I did. Kittic-Why, didn't know he had ny bad habits.
 Sarah-Hc had ore-he was bach .Jr.-Tid-Bits.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16
In the Garden.

Johnnie-Mamma, what makes the plants so dead?
 Mamma-Dry weather and poor soil, I suppose dear.
 Johnnie-I guess those ants crawl ng over 'em tickled 'em to death.- u1Up
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16

LETTER carriers may be seen collecting letters at midnight, but this doesn't explain why some late males don't arrive till near morning. g.-Philadelphia Times.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16

IF matches are made in heaven, let us hope some of our pugulists will get there, and soon. They seem unable to make them here Puck
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16

"You are nothing but big bluff," re-. marked the river to the bank. "Is that sop retorted the bank. "If l take notion to come down on you your name will be mud. q" Indianapolis Journal.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16

"IsN'T it funny, Mamma" said little Tom my the other night, "that the wind doesn't blow the fire flies outf'-Puck.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16

IT only takes four quarters to get the moon full, fact that causes envy to ranlxle in the breast of great many people.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16

A FUGITIVE embezzler from Cologne is reported as on his way to this country. The detectives are understood to be on the scent
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16
SURPRISE.

Be careful how you go abroad in raiment that is new, Because a sudden little shower may get the drop on you.-Truth.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16

SOME people arc so constituted that they can never see the bright side of anything but dollar.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16

By the sunshine of prosperity many peo- ple are sunstruck.-Puck.
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16

In. Ie Liked.-He-"Will you have l,,.' 'ehhle?' She-"No; but you m=y
 S@j @e' John, if you like. ."-Texas
The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-08-16
A DETROIT BUILDER.
ro Tells a Remarkable Story oi His Life.

,,vr TO DETROIT ARoUT FORTY YEARS AGO.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19
Highest of all in Leavenng Powcr-Iatcst T. S Govt R
R>a:!I! 2! BskassE kBaTlRs
ABSOLUTELY PURE

commend frequent exercises in ENGLISH
OF sort that make it necessary to dis
cuss the meaning Of words used and
their relation to each other in tba
sentence; plenty Of practical work in
applying rules 10 original composition.
rather than their frequent repetition.
Too often the grammar work Of to-day
teaches the pupil to correct the SUP
posed faults Of great writers. rarner
than to clearly and correctly cxprcS-
their own thoughts. 4 little less par,-
ing and analyZjng, and a little more
King English is needed in the lam
guage work Of the public schools.
In arithmetic work the tendency l.
fortunately toward a better grouping
of topics, and the omission Of such
complex subjects as Technical Insur-
ance. Too much time has heretofore
been given to this branch, and to
geography a. well
If, however, the time taken from
political and physical geography be
devoted to commercial, it can be well
spared. More attention should be
given to railroad routes and canal
systems than to rocky promoutories
and desert plateaus
More time to products than to tribal
peculiarities or even boundry lines.
What is true of history in the pri-
mary school also holds good in the
grades above. 1t should remembered
that the object here is not to cram names
facts, and dates into tired caniums, but
to foster an intelligent love of country
and to arouse interest in public affairs.
a universal knowlege of the cost and
the worth Of our national institution, Is
the only certain guarantee Of their con.
tinued preservation.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19
An Early Christmas Banquet,

tluc>pa >pallc.ice % smyrna Tines
Somehow she drlfteI into the
restaurant Of Wanamaktl big store.
\ child OF The street--the rush line
Of trade ~urEcd iu thick masses along
the richly decorated aisles. radiant,
happy ANA in touch with that yearly
recurring sentiment that, penetrating
alike Tie cottage and the mansion finds
expression in gifts aud proclaimS
peace on earth 10 men Of good Will
Someone in eating their lunch had
noticed the little wajf sitting at the
table. and IookIu. with Wistlul ewes at
the good laiugs spread lav!shly on the
boards, gave an order for her Pres,
entity "a waiter brought in lunch of
ice cream, cake and pie. Perhaps the
Kind hearted treater should have wait
ed, ami -een the intense delight that
glowed upon THAI little face that the
dirt and CRIME ut .he street even could
not hide She wealth OF brown hair
tossed IA expectancy the dirty little
hands reached out aud grasped zee
cream, cake, and pie, and totally ohiiv-
iOus to her surroundings, cut great
Cantlts IN each mOrsv!, until presently.
the movement Lecame too slow, and
with pie and cake in one hand, the as
sault on the ice cream became 50 earnest
that all vanished simultaneously.
Soon the delicious repast came TO an
end, and sliding down from the chair
and retreating few steps, turned and
looked in the direction of the feast.
when clapping her hands in glee, she
FASTENED up the broad stairway and in
a moments notice disappeared in the
! crowd.
And the donor, he or she VINO might
have been thinking what shall buy 10
! make this Christmas memorable, AL
ready solved the question in bringing
! JOY TO one little heart, whose only hope
/ lies in the anticipation that chance
might throw in the way, and who seek
/ ing her lonely home, would think how
truely good God is to let sueh kline
people live until Christmas comes
! again. JAMES 3. SCOTT.
UWmiAgt0a. Dec. 1854.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19
Making it Hot for Fisher.

The citizens of Milford and vicinity
are making Samuel q. Fisher, Presl-
dent of the Sussex County Levy Court,
feel for the part he took in giving the
office of Assessor in Cedar Greek hun
dred to Democrat, when the Repub-
hcan candidate was elected by large
majority. He has consequently lnsti-
tuted suit for libel against the commit
tee, wi ich reported the resolutions, de-
nounclng him, which were adopted al
the meeting held at Milford. He lays
his damages at $50, 600.
He says that the action of the indig~
nation meeting has ruined him. He
was doing a business OF S2l 900 year,
but now he caa get no orders; business
men will uot deal with him; he cannot
leave home without becoming . public
figure at which the people point the
finger of scorn; that he could not travel
on the cars without the people point
ing him out, saying that is the man. -
He further says ne cannot register in
Wilmington, Philadelphia or Washing
ton.
He should undo the wrong no has
done, and then his neighbOrs may for
give him,
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19

Any one who has children will re-
ioice with l.. b. MulfOrd, of Plainfeld
n. J. His little boy, five years of age,
was sick with Group. For two days and
nights be tried various remedies recon-
mended by friends and neighbors. He
says Il thought sure l would lose him 4.
had seen Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy advertised and thought would try
it as last hope and am happy to saythat
after two doses he slept until morning.
/ gave it to him next day and a cure
was effected. l keep this remedy in
the house now and as soon as any of
my children show signs of Group | give
it to them and that is the last of it. y
25 and so cent bottles for sale by Cliff
ton & RaYmond, Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19
]. B. COOPER'S
HOLIDAY NOTICE! !

The Picture Books and
Reading Books are in now
and opened and spread out,
the Games and Blocks are
ready also, the Tissue Pa
per and Glazed Paper and
Gold and Silver Paper are
provided, the Photograph
Albums are new and rich
and cheap, the Bibles and
Hymnals and Poems, are
all here or coming, the fine
China goods and Glassware
are on exhibition, the small
things for the children are
ready for them, and the
goods and the prices are
both right. The stock is in
the store, not in the win
dOws. Then we have all
the Fruits and all the Gro
ceries and all the Spices
and Extracts and other
things SeasOnable III winter
and Holiday times.
We also have the patent
double Roasting Pans, and
double Rice Boilers and a
great variety Of Tin and
Iron and Wire Goods, as
we'll as Lamps and Glass
and China Ware and Am
munition and Cutlery and
Purses and Brushes and
Ropes and Twines and Tubs
and Buckets, and Paper and
States and Ink and Pencils
and Spoons and Whips and
Oilcloth and BroOms and
Stove Pipe Guards and
Baskets and Shoe Findings
and Stockings and other.
varieties as usual.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19

The parents Of Kent and sussex
couhl'r- nave puzz.ug problem to
SOW n'rr d plethora oi gifl-
lib" -par'v txrl tv some 10 h.. ~
great as iuai Z. nH-. iai- v3r!l.j1u il
nr' "anfia'& 50 k.j.t aud sussex either
1H' ,~ 70 -'Gt. eA'eut prcya.lInr l,
New Castle c,uu,. Tnr dinicul.v
does Rot ir.iu any great difference IN
the lex 81 tuo-c that are born. nor l.,
tnrtcanN marked difference IN deaths.
he trouble is that the boys leave home
and 20 to the cities. The girl+ are
compelled to -tay at home and that is
how II happens.
Hundreds of mice girls" and bv
nice 1t is meant perfect girls i'm the
state south Of Wilmington find no men
for them. The boys AZ rule leave
home before they have had any serious
intentions Of marrying and if they ever
did feel suggestion Of the tender pas
sion tits nearly always forgotten amonp
other scenes or it is crowded out bv a
deere 10 get fame or money.
tn" aiti whom hc would naturally
nave married if he had stayed at home
% 4ol -olt' iI lAt lu-l or Il she Is uOt
forgotten j. remembered only with the
same sort Of sigh a. he bestows on his
recoliecGous Of other Of the scenes IF
his childhood and youth. This condit-
ion no doubt is common in other rural
district. The work Of .uc farm is nov.
done largely hy machinery. The men
leave the country, not so much because
OF the extra Inducements in the city
offered, as because the work on the
farm now has become that for a Iaa-
chine uf an Italian There is no en-
ploymcnl for the ambitious son OF an
American farmer at home
IuI- Is all right tor The boys. They
live in the glare oi electric lights ana
gjlded theatres. Their sisters and the
girls who should be their sweethearts
and wives, however, are staying at
home and becoming old maids.
Many Of the naturally good fellows
in the citle- are going to the bad in
many c4-c~ because they need some
good woman to guide them and to en-
courage them in the right paths r.
N3ruiyg .N4v~.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19
Christmas Chimes.

What music floats upon the midnight air
As sweet and solemn aS an angels prayer?
What message TO the world, Of Joy and peace?
What promise that the reign Of wrong shall
cease
What word Of hope TO those that watch and
weep?
What blessed balm to bid the work worn sleep
To soOthe the sufferer on his couch of pain.
To cleanse the sin sick spirit from its stain
The mother knecliug by her dying child
Remembers how the Holy Mother mild
Wept DER her Sacred son in Palestine.
The poor remembered how the one divine
Had not place where to lay his gentle head
The wretched Magdalene recalls who said
10 one like her, For loves sake be forgiven"
In evil haunts the chains of vice are riven.
The oath is hushed, and the rcpeutant tear
DimS eyes that have been dry tor many year.
1t is the music Of the Christmas chimes,
That like an anthem Of the olden times
When men still lived who saw the Christ on
earth
And heard the seraph choral At his birth,
Repeats the gracious promise yet again
There shall be peace on earth, goodwill to
"men.' CHARLES LOTIN HLDRETA
= From DsmorcstS NdgaztHc for DrcentJer.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19

MORE VOTES RECEIvRD. The fol-
lowing votes of Methodist Episcopal
churches on the resolution to restrict
the members of the General Conference
to men have been received Smyrna, 3
for and against, Ia rainy nightly
Smyrna circuit, IL for and Sc against;
Appoquinimink 16 for and 81 against;
Clayton, IA for and 10 against. Votes
against the resolution are practically
votes in favor of admitting women as
delegates to the General Conference.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19

The most remarkable cures of
scrofula on record have been accomp-
lished by Hoods Sarsaparilla. This
medicine is unequalled for disease of
the blc0d Take only Hoods. Hoods
pills are had made, and perfect in pro-
portion and appearance.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19

Capt. Jas. 2. Snow. OF Griffin, Caro-
line county, last week butchered two
pens of hogs the total weight of which
was 9.O42 pounds. The Captain also
raised some fine pumpkins, four were
pulled from Il single vine which weighed
iO2. S5, 63, and 60 pounds.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19

John d. Plummer, of the Greensboro
Fress Press has returned from Ashville.
North Carolina. His health has great
ly improved.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19
JACOB REEDS Sons,
rupcTNUT STREET--Q6 QI8- -QQO- -Q22- PHIL DEIpHJA

EXCELLENT CLOTHING FOR MEN AND
BOYS AT THOROUGHLY FAIR PRICES
MEMS SUITS AND OVERCOATS FROM $40
Up ESPECIALLY STRONG LINES AT
$12 AND SIS BOYS ALLrWOOL SUITS IS.
BOYS ALL-WOOL CAPE OVERCOATS, IS.
FURNISHINGS, HATS, SHOES, ETC, ETC.
- HoUGH $
llgof
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19
Boys Scarce in Kent.

AND THE CoNSFQr Is THAT THERE
ARE NOT MANT EEAUX FOR THE
FAIR ONES.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19
for Infants and Children.

Castoria Is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III So. oxford St, Brooklyn, y. Y.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19

CastOria cures Collie, Constipation,
Sour stomach, DiarrhUa, Eructation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di-
gestion,
Without injurious medication.
Smyrna times., 1894-12-19
Hardware.

We have everything
Screws, Locks, Knobs and
in building. &c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
BRASS AND COPPER WEDDINGS.
The Belgians Celebrate Them In an
UncOmm mon Way.

From the New York Journal.
From a lady in Belgium / have received
some interesting notes with regard to the
fashion Of celebrating brass, copper, &c,
weddings In her country.
She tells me that when people have been
married six years and a half it Is usual for
them to invite their friends to feast. ball
or any form of entertainment they choose,
to mark the occasion of their brass" we'd
ding. and IL they specify the reason Of the
festivities it Is customary for each guest to
bring a present in brass. says the gentle
woman. After twelve and a half years of
married life invitations are again sent out,
for the copper" wedding this time, and
every gift must be of that metal In due
course come the silver and golden we'd
dings, well known to US here. when, of
course. nothing less than presents of silver
and gold are offered to the happy couple.
Mrs. Goemaere tells me that there are nat
urally many people who pass by this string
of suspicious events In silence. but that when
the occasion of the golden wedding becomes
known, be the couple ever so humble, the
graduate them and to offer them in the
towns name two pieces of plate, upon which
are engraved the arms of the town.
1t is amusing to hear of the unique way
in which my correspondent celebrated her
copper wedding. No mention was made of
the special occasion, and, instead of court
ing her friends generosity, she reversed the
situation. and. with her own hands. worked
no less than 26O small presents, with which
she presented her guests needless to say, to
their great CONSERVATION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
Gen. Lucien Ii. NorthOp Dead.

Gen. Lucien B. Northop. commissary gen.
eral Of the army of the confederate states
of America, died at Pikesville. Md, yester-
day. aged eighty-three years. Before and
during the war he was a close friend Of
Jefferson Davis who says in his Rise and
Fall Of the Confederate Government" ITO
direct the production, preservation, collec-
ton and distribution OF food for the army
required a man Of rare capacity and char
acter at the head of the subsistence de-
partment. 1t was our good fortune to have
such a one in Col. l.. B. Northop' Col.
Northop served in the United States army
and had been an inmate of the Confederate
Soldiers Home about a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
EDWARD BLAKE WELCOMED.
Warm Greeting to the Irish Home
Rule Leader.

Warm Greeting to the Irish Home
Rule Leader.
A reception was last night rendered at
the Hoffman House, New York city, to Ed
ward Blake, NJ. p. for the southern divi-
sion OF County Longford, ireland, and a
leader of the home rule party. Many Of
those present, including Mr.. Blake, wore
the orange and green of the Irish National
Federation. DIR. William Barry Wallace,
formerly of County Cork, Ireland. proposed
that Dr. Thomas Adds Emmett be chair
man. $50
Dr. Wallace then read the address of
welcome. He referred to the work for the
Irish cause both in Canada and Ireland
MIR. Mccarthy of Philadelphia welcomed
Mr.. Blake on behalf of the lrishmen of
Pennsylvania. He said that Mr.. Blake
could assure the leaders and men of Ire
land that the Irish people of the keystone
state would continue to do their share of
the work until home rule is an accomplish
ed fact Mr. Holmes of Jersey City, though
not authorized to speak for New Jersey,
said the Irishmen there had done some
thing TO help the good cause, as dear to
him as ever; and Ireland could depend on
her friends in New Jersey in carrying the
home rule banner to victory.
Mr.. Blake said: II am not the great man
they would have you think, neither have
done so much for the cause of pooc Ireland.
When We remember those men who have
gladly stood abuse, imprisonment penury,
wounds and even death, for generations
past, and that, too, at times when the out
look was dark and gloomy, what little i
have done sinks into insignifcance
But happier days are in store for us.
Our home rule bill is framed, the leading
features agreed upon and approved by the
United Kingdom. When ii is settled want
to retire to the ranks again. One thing is
certain, the great cause has never lacked
for leaders. Uaughter. The cause of lib
prfx will die nna m a " "a Ia
appointed this time. The cause Of Ireland
has depended for many years on those who
love liberty throughout the world, assisted
beyond the seas. They are waiting OH the
other side for the message 1 take back with
me- l felt certain that the peers would
insist upon another election before the
home rule came up. The danger that con-
fronts us is not in having too many rulers
but too few. England cannot govern Ire
land. She has tried it and failed"
( Other speakers were heard and then a
large portion of those present were intro
dueed to Mr. Blake. One particular feature
OF the reception was the Jealous care with
Which the door was guarded. 1t mattered
not how prominent the man, whether from
the press or pulpit, he could not get in
without the card of invitation. This arose
from the jealousy of the other organiza
tons of Instantaneous who declared
their intent ton to PROFOUND a series of ques
tions to Mr.. Blake that he could answer a,
the banquet. That gentleman said that as
a guest he could not and would not allow
any outside matters to be introduced that
might lead to disputation.