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The morning times., 1896-05-03
Not According to the Lines.

There was an amateur theatrical perform
anCe few nights ago in fashionable man
sion on Austin avenue. Gus de Smith was
engaged TO play the ghost. in Hamlet
Now, Gus, said the manager. "ali in the
world you have to do is TO come and say:
4 am thy fathers ghost, and you must do
/ 1t in deep. sonorous voice.
Gus said he wanted some hard part where
he might have chance 10 spread himself,
but finally agreed to do as he was told.
When the ghosts turn came, he spoiled
the tragic effect of the whole performance
by saying: Il am thy fathers ghost. and
you must do it in deep. son orous voice.
Texas SiftingS
The morning times., 1896-05-03
Mark Twain VS.. Antiquity.

In the summer OF 1882, while small
party of American tourists were being
shown about Chester Cathedral, by special
favor out or the usual hours, one Of them
admiring the antiquities of the place, ad-
dressed to the kind clergyman of the ca
thedral staff, who was their guide, the
regulation remark:
This is sonnet hing that we have not in
our country
Yes" was the reply. but then you have
things that we have not
What, for nsta nce?'' inquired the other
well. you have Mark Twain. Harper 3
Monthly.
The morning times., 1896-05-03

Mrs. Harriet Mills, whose students
concert is announced fer the 18th instant,
has arranged a programme calculated TO
entertain the many intere sted in the
participants. Many advancedpupilsa already
favorably known as choir and oncert
concert in intere sting numbers.
Miss Lolita Mills will come from New
York, and, as solopanist, presentenjoyable
numbersiu which she ha chic we'd succeSsin
concerts and recitals during the past sea-
son iu that city.
The morning times., 1896-05-03
SHY SYRIAN WOMEN.
Decline to Court Footlight Honors in
New York.

The cosmopolitan population OF New
York has for years enjoyed the preseuta-
tion OF plays ia nearly every language.
Chinatown has its little theater in Doyers
street, the Germans have their temple of
dramatic art, the Hebrews keep their thea
tiers open all the year aroun1, and amateur
companies aud clubs sof the different colonies
give performances in Spanish. French,
Italians a nd many other idioms.
There is, however. large colony in New
York city, representing family OF over
5000 people, who have no theater of their
own, who never enjoy the performance of
a drama, comedy or a tragedy. They
Bre the Armenians and Syrians. who are
quartered in the southwestern end of Man.
haitian Island, in Greenwich and Washing
ton streets, in the neighborhood of Rector
street. They have nothing to miss In
their own country they have no theaters.
Abdul Hamid II, the Turkish sultan, fol-
towing the example OF his ancestors. al
bows no temple OF dramatic art to be erect
ei In his domains OF Syria and Armenia.
Their contact with Western civilization
The morning times., 1896-05-03

Manager Herman has arranged to repro
duce the game between the Senators and
Clevelands Monday afternoon on the stage
OF the Lyceun. The game i'll detail, includ-
ing strikes, balls, hits, errors, put-outs,
as they re made in Cleveland, on a miuia-
ture diamond The score by innings of all
games played by National League clubs will
also be given. Admission will be 10 and
70 cents
The morning times., 1896-05-03

DR.. Stafford, whose gifts as an orator
are known TO all Washington, this eve ning
at Aliens Grand Opera House, delivers d
lecture on Dickens. His Power and
Pathos." The beneficiary of the proceeds
Of the lecture Is worthy charity, and
double end OF Self-euioyment and helping
the needy Will be attained by attending.
The sale OF sc ats has already exhausted
over one-haif Of the seating capa city, and
1t looks as if every seat Will be sold. Dr.
stafford will make his lecture royal
treat, as the thousands know who flock
TO crowded st. Patrick's whenever he
nreacheS.
The morning times., 1896-05-03
COLONIAL BEACH
(daily)
EXCURSIONS .

COMMENCING MAY so. Largest and
fastestexcursou boat on the river CAPACITY
5000. The only vessel permitted 20 land
at the hotel dock. Owing to the large
carrying capacity of our steamer, we can
offer LOWER PRICES to societies desiring
to charter than any other line
Chesa peake & Potomac Steamboat Com
pany. office Kellogg Building, 1916 F
street.
The morning times., 1896-05-03
X-Rays on Ice Crea m

The popular young man has bee living
in hopes that the X-ray apparatus would
find something awfully injurious in ice
cream. Cleveland Plain Dealer
Arizona republican., 1896-08-01
HEADlESS BIRD.
xoun9 QuaN Whose Neck Had Been
 Wrung Flies Away.

ASe SooA WnOSe N0ck HoO Been
 Wrung Flies Away.
 A gentleman living near this place recently netted dozen quails, says a Taylor dispatch to the Philadelphia. Times. When he was killing and dress ing them the following strange occur renee transpired: As he went to wiring the neck of one of the birds the head slipped off in his hand, pulling about two inches of skin and feathers along with it.
 Turning a moment later to pick uD the bird from where he had thrown it, the gentleman found the little fellow 1ying and hopping about as though nothing untoward had happened, his bare neck sticking up gaunt and head less.
 Thinking the birds activity resulted from a posthumus contraction of the muscles the gentleman attempted to pick him up, when the little fellow mounted in the air and flew away, flut- tering and quiyering now and then, but when about 200 yards from the house he disappeared into asmall pine thicket, flying to the last.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-01

of our Union, as well as Canada and dI1rinx fho nact winhar 1ror.u-

of our Union, as well as Canada and Europe during the past winter very flying the old adage, That you can drive a stone upward for a moment into the air, but it is true that all stones will forever fall; and whatever instances can be quoted of unpunished theft, or of deception,-or lie that's worse-which somebody credited, jus tice must prevail, and it is the privi- lege of truth and worth to make itself known, trusted and believed" Each lot is 50x132 feet. Kindly send this pa per to some deserving friend. Thou sands and thousands will not only appreciate, but avail them selves of what you may, with an inborn carelessness, overlook. Lots within five minutes walk of court house. Address J. A. Kilroy, Room 313 Fleming block. Phoenix, Ariz.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-01
UNPROTECTED GAME.
Suggestions for Sportsmen Who Want to
 Shoot Near Cities.

Suggestions for Sportsmen Who Want to
 Shoot Near Cities.
 A good many shooters are puzzled to know how they can get practice for bird-shOoting near the cities during close seasons without paying for prac- tice at the traps.
 There are several kinds of birds which fly in such manner as to require skill in the killing, and are not protected by law at any time. Of course, a small gauge gun is best for such practice, as it takes more skill to kill with it than with big gun, and the more skill re- quired the better the practice.
 The kingfsher is a rapidly y-darting flyer, rather shy and hard to kill. With 2s-gauge gun a shooters abilities would be we'll tested.
 The English sparrow, if put up badly scared, will give considerable sport, and the man who can get three with two shots out of small flying flock may regard himself as a good shot. Of course, man wouldn't aim at the center of the flock, and pull. He aims at par ticular birds, and, if he misses the ones aimed at, he calls the shot miss. Red winged and crow black birds fly rap idly, when their nests are rot near by. They are not protected, and may be found in partly wooded pastures.
 Some sportsmen may object to this as being useless slaughter. and it would be if the birds were thrown away. He would dress them all, except the king fishers, which taste fshy, and the pot pie they make would be followed by another before long. The English spar rows make fine stew, as the flesh is al- ways hard and sweet.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-01
? POpu|ar " ants.

VIVIAN rED-Prompt and faithful gentleman
 w or lady to travel for reliable established house in Arizona. Salary $7S0. paya ble $l5 week. ly and expenses. Situation permanent. Re. ferences. Enclose selt-addressed stamped en. velope H. E. Hess, Pres, 356 Dearborn St. Chicago.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-01
Chloroform Manufacture.

Pure chloroform is now successfully prepared by electrolytic method. A constant current is passed through a salt solution in an enameled vessel by ates chlorine, which reacts on a stream of acetone diffused into the vessel, and the chloroform produced is thus col lected by distillation.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-01
OOOCITY LOTS. 5Oxl371z feet, five minutes
 ONVl walk from court house, no street caJ

OOOCIrY LOTS. 5ox1s71z feet, five minutes OUU walk from court house, no street car required. First-class streets and avenues. Every lot elegantly situated and perfect. no ravines or broken lands, and each covered with a luxuriant growth of alfalfa. (meadow) are now in our hands at prices that simply defy competition and can never be duplicated in phnx VIZ; . At' rom S6o to siOo each on the each. We address ourselves particularly to people paying rept, exhorbitant rents, for poor accommodations both in houses and rooms, every dollar of which is that of a practical waste when paid by the permanent settler This offer cannot last long. Hence, to the renter of houses and rooms we say-COME AND SEE US, you are now wasting from SIP to s20 per month in rent, buy family tent and live on your own property until you decide later on to build or sell your lot at big ad- vance, thus saving not only money. but owning 8 lovely home for what, otherwise wo1ld go to a landlord This informs ton is an angels visit'' to the saving wife ana 8 pointer to the indus trious young man and lady working for g monthly wage. Send this paper to your east ern friends. It's good thine.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-01
KILROY'S NEW PALESTINE.
Send Ten Two Cent Stamps for Fifty
 Page Pamphlet.

Send Ten Two Cent Stamps for Fifty
 Page Pamphlet.
 To Men Who Are Today Bllndly Walk
 ing Over Golden Opportunities in
 Phoenix; to 300 Lady and Gentle
 men Public School Teachers in
 Arizona Representing Thirty Odd
 States of Our Union and Canada;
 to Hundreds of Commercial Tray
 elers Visiting Phoenix as We'll as
 to Every Sensible Mechanic and
 His Prudent Wife, Now Paying
 House Rent, $35,000 in Values
 Free 1nside City Property).
 There Is only one way that is safe for any man or any number of men, in medium circumstances, by which they can maintain their present position, if 1t be good one, or raise themselves above it if 1t be bad one, in any con- munity, much less one with the oppor- tunities of Phoenix, viz: By the prac- tice of industry, frugality and prompt action in securing city property. The eye and ear of three -fourths of the wealthy of the United States are watching Phoenix and it's untold wealth. Arizona stards with out an equal on this continent in the plen itude of rich resources. Her coal lands. aggregating 10000 square miles; her timber carefully estimated, over tel thousand million feet, not to speak of her mineral, fruit, cattle and agri- cultural lands, her climate surpassing that of Egypt. In such a section there Is no surer road by which young men and ladies especially, can raise them selves from a position in which they feel to De incompatible and unsatisfac- tcry as regards their mental and phys .cal conditions than by commencing at once to make payments on a lot in this phenomenal city while the present opportunity lasts fmark our words: it never will ts repeated in Phoenix). It particularly oprlies to hundreds of commercial travellers coming and going monthly: to over three hundred public school teachers in Arzizona (represent- ing some thirty different states in the Union, as well as CanadD. To hund- reds of our brave old miners now re- quirfng home and rest in the city of which they laid the foundation years ago-Phoenix. To every man, old and young, not a capitalist already, that is today investing in local loan and build ing associations which on their face and by virtue of their plans must prove inadequate for the very purpose for which their good thinking promoters
Arizona republican., 1896-08-01

nR ANGEL MARTIN, diseases of eye, ear R nose and throat and general surgery Ofice-S. E. cor Adams and Center Sts.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-01

NTRS. M. E.sPOONER, proprletress of the
 MI Hayden Hotel has 6 most delightful home for ladies stopping in Tempe as well as gentlemen. The only ladies hotel inTempe.
Arizona republican., 1896-08-01

CTOP AT THE WILLIAMS ROUsE, MARI O copa, while waiting for Il @ train. Good accommo odatiors ar excellent table.
Smyrna times., 1896-11-18
DO FISHES SUFFER PAIN?
Apparently Not, Though They Are In Many
Respects Sensitive.

Apparently Not, Though They Are In Many
Respects Sensitive.
All fishes have nerves, and in somet
respects fishes are extremely sensitive.
A fish that has buried itself in sand or
mud so completely that only the tip of
its tail fin is above the bottom will feel
upon the slightest touch and instantly
dart out Of its sandy bed. A fish is very
sensitive to movements in the water
surrounding it. A shadow falling upon
the water will startle fish into flight.
But sensitive as fishes are in some re-
spects, it is probable that they do not
suffer pain from injuries received.
Fishes are extremely sensitive at the
nose. A fish that had in pursuit of prey
run its nose against a rock might shake
its head violently, perhaps i'll pain, but
fishes sustain serious injuries from ac-
tual wounds without showing any indi-
cation Of pain. IL fact, the indications
tend to show that they do not suffer.
A fish that has been hooked by an
angler, but has escaped, perhaps carry
ing off hook i'll its mouth, may "a few
minutes afterWard bite again at an
other hook. Such instances are not in
frequent In such cases the hook would
probably becOncealed by the bait and
the fish would not be likely to see it,
but the fact that it Is ready to take the
bait shows that it is continuing to feed,
which it would scarcely be like to do if
it were suffering great pain. \ shark
from whose body all the viscera had
been removed has continued to feed.
Sensitive as fishes are about the nose,
many OF them use the nose in pushing
stones and gravel about i'll building a
nest for the female to spawn in. The
salmon notoriously often wears its snout
down to the bone III exCayating Il cavity
for IL nest, and often it wears Off its tail
to mere stub i'll brushing out stones
and gravel. Yc5 such fishes frequently
recover from their injuries and return
to the ocean.
Timid and sensitive as fishes are in
some respects, they fight one another
vigorously In such fights they may re-
Ceive injuries that might be described
as terrible. To tEosa injuries they may
pay so little attention that after the
fight IS over they 80 on with their feed
ing c. with whatever occupation they
had been engaged ill.,
Injuries which would throw a human
being into a state Of helplessness do not
interrupt the current Of fish life. The
fish may aitorward die from its injuries,
but apparently it does not suffer pain
from them.
Fishes sometimes survive injuries of
remarkable character. The stomach
Of Il captured goldfish was found to be
pierced by spine of IA founder which
it had swallowed. The sharp, thornlike
spine projected about half an inch be-
yond the outer wall Of the stomach into
the fsh's body. Apparently the Goldfish
had suffered no Inconvenience from this.
The wound caused by the spine had
healed around it, and the Goldfish was
fat and i'll good condition generally =
New York Sun.
Smyrna times., 1896-11-18
Unpleasant Remedy.

A writer on lion hunting tells how
Hassau, a quick witted Somali, found
his way out of a very serious difficulty.
He had been down in the waterless
plains and was ON the way home, driv-
ing some camels before him. 1t was a
very dry year, and, although this was
the rainy season, he had been unable to
find any water to give his pony.
The result was that, having been rid
den hard for two or three days, with lit
tie or no water to drink, the pony sue
cumbed entirely and at last lay down
about 20 miles from the wells. No
amount Of persuasion, or even beating,
would get the creature on its legs again.
Hassan was in despair. He knew that
there were no vessels at the wells in
which he might carry water back to
the pony, and it seemed to him as if
nothing could be done to save it. At
last he thought of a plan. He drove the
camels at top speed to the wells, gave
them as much water as they could
drink and then hurried them on again.
He found the pony where he had left
it, growing rapidly weaker. He imme-
diately killed the camels, cut them open
and took the water from their stomachs.
The pony was eager enough to drink it,
and after the draft it revived sufi.
ciently to struggle ON to the wells.
In a few days it had completely re-
covered. In telling the story Hassan
always added that he could get plenty
OF camels, and whether that were so OF
not he would rather have cut the
throats of 100 than sacrifice his beloved
pony.
Smyrna times., 1896-11-18
BRANCH ROADS.

Leave harrington for Franklin City, and way
10 81 a. m and 6.2S p. m. Tuesdays, THURSDAYS
and saturdays only. Returning train leaves
franklin Cily, 5.52. a M. week days las D m.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and SATURDAYS only
Leave Franklin City for Chincotcague (yia
steamer .43 p IN. weekdays. Returning, leave
Chincoteague ~ a. m. weekdays
Leave harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
at lO3t a. m 6.2o p. m. weekdays keturulnA
leave Lewes 10 Il m, go p M week days
Leave Harrington for Berlin. lO37 a m. week
days and 6 Is p. IN. Tuesdays, THURSDAYS and
m and 2.4S p. m. Tuesdays Thursdays and
saturdays only.
Leave Townsend for Centreville at 9.25 A. m
and $50 p m leave CentreVille 73i a. m. ana
2.30 p. m, week days.
Leave Clayton for Oxford at 9 .Ss a m. and 545
p. m; leave Oxford 6.55 a. n. and lao D. IN.
week days. =
Leave seaford for Cambridge at Ills a. m.
week days, and on Tuesdays, THURSDAYS and
saturdays 7.O) p. m; returning, leave Cambridge
az go Il. m, weekdays and 2.47 D. m TUESDAYS
Thursdays and Saturdays.
Train leaves Clayton for ChestertOwn 10. .I5am m
returning, leaves ChestertOwn. 6 so a. m
CoNNECTIoNs.-AtP Porter. with Newark & Della.
ware City Railroad. At Townsend, with Queen
Anne sd Kent Railroad AtClayton with Delaware
&Chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore d. Delaware
Bay Railroad. Al Harrington, with Delaware
Maryland Il Virginia Railroad AtSeaford, with
cambridge Seaford Railroad At Delmar with
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wicemieo &
Poeomoke and Peninsula Railroads
eDaily except Sunday.
S. NJ. PROVOST, General Manaeer
J. H. WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
Smyrna times., 1896-11-18
THE SMYRNA TIMES.
ShVV2'n0, DeI.,
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 18th, 1896
CHURCH SERVICES.

AsPUR METHoD&T EPIsCoPAL-Sunday-P
ing at 10% A. and $50 P. NJ. Sunday School
ppm. Prayer Meeting ~ P. NJ.
Rev. Adam Stengle, Pastor.
ST. PETERS PROTESTANT EPIsCOPAL.-Sunday-
Preaching at 1917 A. NJ. and IA P. N. Holy Day,
81 A. NJ Sunday School, P. Prayer
Meeting Wednesdays, at @P. Rev. G. w.
Dame Rector.
PREsBYTERIA -Sunday-Preaching at 101S A. NJ.
and 715PM. Sunday SchOOl-l115 AN. Prayer
Meeting-Fridays at p. NJ. Rev. J. l. Estln,
pastor.
ST. POLYcARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-Servicese every
other Sunday, by Father Connolly Sunds
School Immediately after service.
SMYRNA misunderstanding services, Friend
ship in the morning, SeverSOn in the after
noon. Jermans Chapel and Smyrna Land
ing alternate Sunday nights at 7.3O. Rev W.
X, MOwbray, pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL (COlOred) -
Sunday-Preaching st II A. NJ. and s P NJ.
Sunday School, P. NJ. Rev J, X. Adams,
Pastor.
A. N. E. -Sunday-Preaching at 1917
A. NJ and P. NJ. Sunday SchOul-2l5 r. M,
Rev +. Byrd, Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1896-11-18
STEALING INVENTIONS.
Few Men of Genius Reap the Benefit of
Their Ingenuity.

Few Men of Genius Reap the Benefit of
Their Ingenuity.
Just why inventive genius and guilt
bility should so together it is hard to
say. Certain it is that inventors are the
most guileless individuals in their deal
iDgs with others Oh business matters
and fall easy victims to the spiders who
lie in wait for such flies. The list Of
clever men who walk today while those
who ride owe their luxury to the other
mans genius and their own shrewdness
Is an interesting one. Here are few
cases picked haphazard from the chron-
icle Of inventions that failed to benefit
the inventor, or. at least, produced for
him a little of what was his due.
1t IS not necessary to be very old to
remember when hooks were first put in
mems shoes in place Of holes in order to
save time i'll lacing the shoe at the top.
This was the brilliant idea Of an invent
or to whom it should have brought a
fortune. 1t would have done so had he
been a shrewd business man. Being
merely an inventor, he hadn't sense
enough to keep his idea to himself until
the patent Office paddock had secured it
against theft. In the innocence of his
nature the inventor cOnfided the idea to
a friend while crossing the North river
ferryboat and the friend hardly waited
for the boat to tie up i'll Jersey City be-
fore he excused himself, started back to
New York and went on dead run for
patent lawyer in order to have the
idea secured for his own especial beDe-
fit. Another man is known today as the
inventor of the lace hooks. He owns a
splendid house and is wealthy The
confding inventor got nothing.
The inventor of patent stopper for
beer bottles, something that had long
been wanted by the trade, sold the in
ventiOn for $40, 900 to a man who recog-
nized its money making value. The
purchaser is now worth So, 900, 600, all
Of which he made from the patent stop
per- Out of the goodness of his heart he
presented the original owner of the
patent with $780, 600, so that this man
got $40, 900 i'll all for his $4,000, 900
idea. To give some notion OF the value
of patent rights on this bottle stopper
the price came down from 81 to and
cents gross, and even at this enormous
reduction a good profit can be made.
This last inventor was treated with
princely generosity, however, in COM
parison with the genius who devised a
pocketboOk clasp in the shape of inter-
locking horns with balls at the end
which snapped shut with single pres
sure. The idea was afterward applied to
gloves and became very much in favor.
The inventor relinquished his prize for
the magnificent reward of a kidney stew
dinner and 80 cents, the latter having
been advanced by the purchaser to pay
the inventors expense from Newark to
New York. The man who secured the
idea and patented it after treating the
inventor i'll the royal manner mentioned
made big fortune by his shrewdness.
What became of the inventor is not
known. Exchange.
Smyrna times., 1896-11-18
THE CALL.

"Come, said a voice 70 poet as he sought an
elusive rhyme
One night when the world was sleeping, in the
heart of the sweet May time.
"Oh, how can 1 come2' he answered. "I,et me
alone, pray,
For the verse which now am weaving the
hearts of men will sway"
Come, said the voice to a statesman as he
stood in the senate hall,
And men moved on at his bidding like troops
at bugle call.
"How can 1 Gomez" he answered. "Iy sun at
its zenith stands.
Before it sets forever my name shall be known
in the lands"
"Come," said the voice to u mother with her
children at her knee,
Dreaming how safe and happy their life by
her side should be.
"Oh, cannot come, she answered. 81 pray
you, let me stay,
For how can leave my darlings to wander far
away?"
No other word was spoken, but the poet left
his pen,
The statesman's name was heard no moce
upon the lips of men,
And tho children found no mother, though
they called with sob6ing breath
For the voice which spoke all must obey-it
vas the voice of Death.
-Ninette n. Lowater in New York Sun.