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FOR RENT.

A two-story Dwelling House, with Stable
in the rear, together with half an acre of
ground inclosed with picket fence. located
in West Smyrna, now occupied by John c.
Garner. Possession March list, 1898. Rent
low.
MEADOW LAWN FARM,
121tf Residence of r. H. Cummins.
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One Minute Cough Cure cures quickly.
That what you want Clifton Il Raymond,
Smyrna, Del.
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LOST.

On Monday evening a Buckskin Money
Purse containing a five dollar and one
dollar note and some small change. The
finder will be rewarded by one-half the
money.
CHARLES POTTS.
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House and Stable for Rent,

Dwelling House and Stable, now iu the
tenure Of Chas. G. Boyer. Rent low Po-
session given March lst Inquire Of
JAMES p. HOFFECKER,
1913 Smyrna, Del.
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on TUESDAY,


THE llth DAY OF JANUARY. a. D. ISIS.
at , o'clock P. NJ tbs following described real c>
tate, to wit
All that certain lot, piece or parcel Of land sit.
nated on the southwest side Of The public road
leading from the town Of Keuton by way of the
sycamore % the village Of BlancD, in Keutou
hundred. Kent County and State Of Delaware
adjoining lands Of John Dixon lands now or
latGoi Emory Lumm, deceased, and other lands
and said to contain Four Acres Of Land be the
same more or less. The improvements upon
which are small One-Story log house
seized and taken in edeCutiJn As Ihe property
OF ROBERT PRYOR, who hath survived MA
IILDA CAMOMILE, deceased, and wi be sol 1
by
SAMUEL /. SHAW. sheriff
Shcrtt's Office, Dover, Del. Dec IL, 1897
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Thieves entered @. W. Barger's resi-
dence, at Dover, last week, and stole
articles valued at $50.
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J. B. COOPER.
CHERIFF's SALE

- b. virtue Of a writ Of Nenduioni Expona> to
me directed, will be exposed to Public Sale. in
front Of the County Building in the town of
State of Delaware
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The SMYRNA TIMES.

SnzY1'n0, DeI.,
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DEC. zznd, 1897
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The wedding of Alfred F. Polk, of
Georgetown, and Miss Matilda Evans,
will take place on December Goth.
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No. 2330.

DEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
IL THE FRUIT GROWERS NATIONAL
BANK at Smyrna in the State of Delaware,
at the close of business, December Is, 1897.
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BY virtue of writ of Levari Facias to me
directed, will be exposed to Public Sale. in
front of the County Building in the town of
Dover, East Dover Hundred, Kent County
and State Of Delaware.
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SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

OUR STORE WILL BE CLOSED
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES DAY
EDW. G. WALLS.
The record-union., 1897-09-03
CYNTHIA AND THE YANKEES.
Disappointed Because They Looked
Like Folks.

Several men of Southern birth VINO
are now residents of this city recently
met together at the house of one of
their number for a social evening. The
conversation at one time drifted back
to the war, and stories reminiscent Of
those days We're told. Among them
was this. related by a Tennesseean:
When news came to Nashville, in
February, 1862 that Fort Donelson had
been surrendered to Grant and Gen
eral Albert Sidney Johnston's army,
which had come down from Kentucky
in hurry, had taken UP its march
southwark, the fact that the Yankees
We're really coming could no longer be
concealed. To one who was not there
at the time it would be difficult to con-
vey an understanding of the confusion
IN the popular mind and the unreason-
able and unreasoning terror of the ap-
preaching soldiers of the Union. This
confusion Of mind, Of course, was great
est among the ignorant blacks, who had
heard such vigorous and varying epi-
thets hurled at the Yankees that they
did not in the least know what kind
of a creature to expect to see.
But they determined to see the Yam
KEGS just the same, and at the very
earliest moment. So it came to pass
that when Buell's advance guard, the
Fourth Ohio Cavalry, l think, rode
YEARLY down the Gallatin turnpike on
the way to Nashville, many a dusl1y
face was seen peering out upon them
from behind fences and other places of
vantage. They came from the farms on
l. IF +Ia fnYs MI
and waited patiently, some trembling
ly, for they knew not what.
About every soul went from my
fathers place when word came that
the Federal troops were not far dis
tant, and took up their station at the
junction of a country lane with the
pike. My mother and sisters were in
a carriage; we boys were on horses, and
the negroes were a-foot Among the
latter was old Aunt Cynthia, who had
managed to drag her mountain of flesh
the mile or more between our farm and
the pike. Unlike the proverbial ostrich,
she concealed herself by hiding her
body behind a fence and thrusting her
head, which was covered With a fam
ing bandanna handkerchief worn tur-
ban fashion. through an opening.
Cynthia gazed long and in puzzled
silence at the wearied men and jaded
horses about whom that day not even
the best disposed eye could have de-
tected any vestige of the pomp and
circumstance of glorious war She
could not reconcile what she saw with
the visions she had conjured up in her
untutored mind. Finally she gave IT
up and. hobbling to the carriage win
dow, said to my mother: Miss Liza,
they look just like folks
And when my mother told her that
they really We're folks. she turned her
face homeward. then and there losing
forever all interest in the Yankees. -
New York Times.
The record-union., 1897-09-03
OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE.
WHAT REPORTS ON THE FOR
EIGN TRADE DEMONSTRATE.
Most Remarkable Development
Ever Experienced During
ANY Similar Period.

preliminary reports on the foreign
trade of the United States for the
twelve months ending June 80, 1897.
made it evident some weeks ago that
our commerce had undergone the most
remarkable development ever exper-
fenced during any similar period of it's
history. The completed statistics now
make it possible to measure the results
achieved during the past year.
A glance at the total exports and i'm
ports shows that our foreign trade for
1897 amounted to $1,S16360 1885, fig
ure that has never been equaled, ex-
ccpt in 1892, when a total of 81 ,S51, :
GS0,610 was reached. For the ten
years prior to 1897 the entire foreign
commerce of the country averaged only
S1,601, ,O00,0O0 annually When it is
remembered that prices for the last
year have remained at a level far below
those for the earlier years of the de-
cade, the significance of the returns
for 1897 can be better appreciated. A
few comparisons of the prices realized
on exports of agricultural products in
1872 and 1897 will make apparent the
importance of this consideration. In
1892 we sold to foreigners 5,451 900
bushels Of corn at a price of about %
cents per bushel. While in 1897 we sold
l46,916,000 bushels at less than 81 cents
per bushel. In the same way, a decline
of 2G cents in the prices realized for
wheat makes a difference of S20,0O0,O00
in the money value of the exports of
that commodity in favor of 1892; a de-
cline of IL cents in the value Of oats
makes a difference of over S4,0O0,00O
in favor of the earlier year; decline
of 81 in the price of a barrel of flour
makes q difference of S15, 100000 in
favor of the same year, while a decline
of $6 in the value of a bale of cotton
makes a difference of $37, 900, 900 in the
exports of that product in favor of
1892. Thus the fall in the prices OF
corn. wheat, flour, oats, and cotton
made a difference of considerably more
than 10000, 900 in the money value
of exports in favor of the year 1892.
1t appears, therefore, that our aggre-
gate foreign commerce for 1897 really
exceeded that for 1892, and may fairly
be considered the largest in the his
tory of the country.
The most interesting feature of our
foreign trade for the last twelve months
has been the unparalleled increase of
exports. This is sufficiently indicated
in the following table of our exports
and imports of merchandise for the last
ten years. 1t should be remembered
that the average annual exports for the
ten years preceding 1897 amounted to
al, oQOS 600 600.
The record-union., 1897-09-03
SIGN THE PETITIONS.

The Berkeley Herald" indorses
warmly the Record Union's' PROPOSE
ton to move upon the Federal Govern
ment to build a good. easy, economical
Yosemite Valley for the free use of all
the people, and related by whatever
may be the best route TO usual lines of
travel towards the Yosemite. The
Herald" we'll says that the scheme
ought to have the hearty approval Of
every one who travels the States by
ways, and it adds that the trip to the
valley should not be prohibftive to the
many as it is. The Government hav
ing set aside as a reserve the region of
approach to the valley, it is only proper
that its engineers should select, lay out
and build a road at its own expense. 1t
is a long trip now, tedious, expensive
and complicated. What the State
needs is a road that viii make access
easy, short as may be, and inviting to
the largest number. The Herald"
begs that the petitions the Record
Union" is sending out, be generously
signed, and adds that every one should
add his voice and testimony to the ap-
peal and urges the State press to give
its aid to the good work. All which
is we'll and timely said.
The record-union., 1897-09-03
bout &S35. 800. 900:

Our imports for the ten years pre-
oeding 1897 averaged $765. 100000. 1t
will be noticed from the table just pre-
sented that the hard times that began
in 1893 caused a marked decrease in
the imDortatfons for the fiscal year
1894. which, the reader may be remind
ed, covers the period from July
1, 1893, to June 80, 1894. The grad
ual Improvement of bushes led to an
increase of imports in 1895 and 1896
but the fiscal year 1897 has shown a
slight decrease of S15,350, OO0 This is
the more remarkable because the pros
pective passage of the Dingley bill stim-
ulated imports very greatly in the clos
ing months of the year. The follow
ing table of the monthly importations
for the last four years will show the
unusual increase of imports from March
to July, 1897:
The record-union., 1897-09-03
Had TO Have a Real Cottage.

She put her arms around his neck
and looked up into his eyes.
Yes" she said, 'I believe in love in
d cottage. I know that I could find
happiness there with you
My darling!' he exclaimed, raptur-
ously
But" she persisted earnestly. you
must not get it into your head that /
am not an expert on cottages. You
mustn't think that you can palm off
a cabin or a shanty on me and make
me think it is a cottage. Many a
dream of bliss is wrecked through a
misunderstanding of the meaning of
the word cottage When you have
one that you would like to show me
viii be glad to pass upon it. There
must be room enough you know, so
that love won't be crowded on to the
back steps every time one of us wants
to turn around"
As he stalked moodily away in the
cleaning he realized that he could not
play the fiimfiam game of love upon
her.-Chicago Evening Post.
The record-union., 1897-09-03
27,115,ss7 s1.s47 ,1oS SO, ,s24, 500
1928 GIL 3S.4so. 1888 54,gss, ,2ls

ufaetures 27,115,ss7 s1,s471os 3s.s24, 500
Orn a n d
corn meal. Is 2s9, GIL IS 400 9S3 54 $50 212
Inmanufac-
tured T o.
bacco -. 25, ,19S, ,96S 4571 $50 q III 446
Leather and
m a n ufac-
lures -. 15.sl4.4o7 2O.242.75s 1s.1sl, 44s
copper and
m n ufac-
lures 14,46S,70s 1920, ,1o4 81, ,621, ,125
Manufactures
of cotton. 1s.7ss,s10 1888, 1886 u. .os7. .67S
III viii be noticed what an important
part the iron and steel, the wood, cotton,
and copper industries have had in the
development of our export trade in re-
cent Years. The prospect Is that the in
crease Of other than agricultural exports
will continue to be leading feature of
our foreign commerce, and that manu-
factured goods in particular will form
a still larger proportion of the exports of
the United States-Charles ]. Bullock,
Instructor in Economics in Cornell.
The record-union., 1897-09-03

people at the East will join in the pc
titioning, since they who are at all in
formed concerning the Yosemite Val
ley, realize that they have a common
interest with US in having il made
easily accessible to all the people of all
the land.
The record-union., 1897-09-03
Manufactures
EXPERT Euuilibrists.

The achievement has often been re-
ferred to of the carrying of steamboats,
on the backs of men. The expression
is not quite accurate. for the Congo
natives are trained from infancy TO
carry burdens on their heads. When
a European on the lower Congo sent his
black boy TO a store to buy some ci-
garettes, he was surprised to see the
servant return with the tiny package
on his head. When the Congo woman
has smoked her much-loved pipe, the
treasure is likely to repose on her head
until she again requires it: and If her
husband, unfortunately, has been able
to procure a bottel of rum, he walks
home with it balanced on his head.
throwing stones at the stray dogs and
cats in his way, without the slightest
idea that he is really an expert equili
brist. Most Of the many thousands of
pieces of steamboats, were carried on
the heads and not on the backs of men.
The $4,000 natives of the lower Con-
go who have been carrying these steam
boats and all other freight around the
cataracts are the very men who could
not be induced, eighteen years ago, to
give helping hand to Mr.. Stanley. He
wished to carry 1880 man-1oads and
he had only 100 Zanzibar and Loango
porters for the work Some of the ma
tives would sell him a little of their
time, but they would not carry his
goods more than two or three miles be-
yond their homes. Stanleys failure to
secure the carriers he needed along the
river delayed his work on the upper
Congo for more than year, and the
labor question Nas the most perplex-
ing problem with which he had to deal.
He brought his carriers thousands of
miles, from Zanzibar and other coasts
of Africa.-Harper's Round Table.
The record-union., 1897-09-03

ernment but a song. Its great ma
tional forest reserve in the heart of the
Sierras extends longitudinally for a
distance equal to one-fourth the entire
length of the State; the Government
then is a large landed proprietor and
certainly does not expect other people
to build roads through its property.
This property belongs to all the people
1t is their joint heritage, and will so
forever remain. They are entitled to
have such improvement of it as viii
conserve its highest use and their
greatest convenience.
TINE TO LET UP.
San Jose Herald: 1t is about time
for the newspapers to let up a little on
the Klondike business. 1t has been
worked over and over until it is get
ting to be rather an old story. 1t is
all right to publish whatever comes as
news from there, but this printing of
columns and broadsides of talk, specu-
lation, rumor, opinion and other slush
is hard on the reader. A stickful of
genuine information would be worth
columns Of such stuff as is now being
put before the people. A great part OF
this matter seems to be faxed and
padded to fill space in the absence OF
live news.
INDORSES THE YOSEMITE ROAD
PLAN.
Berkeley Herald A suggestion re-
Gently made for a good road from some
convenient rail point to the Yosemite
Valley ought to receive hearty lndorse-
ment from all who travel through the
States byways. 1t should not remain
a difficult and tedious undertaking to
so to this great national park, nor
should it be trip that becomes pro-
hibitive to many on account OF It's
length and consequent cost
AS the General Government has set
the region of approach aside as a re-
serve it is only proper that its engi-
neers should construct such a road and
that its funds should be used to de-
fray the expense Thousands OF our
people have been prevented from see
ing this great gallery of wonders on
account of the lack of facilities for
reaching it's doorway. long trip ana
one complicated with rough riding ana
expensive fare and tolls is not one that
many are able to take. while, II COM
Portable, safe and free road were open,
nearly all who desire could go and
drink in the inspiration that comes
down from the Olympian regions OF
the magnificent Sierras.
Everyone who has been and who has
seen must add his personal testimony
and argument when needed IN TINS
matter. If petitions are to be present
ed let them be generously signed; II
words are wanted let every editor
press the question: and if deeds be
necessary. let our Congressman be
urged to give to the plan the strength
of their best utterances. We shall be
glad to aid as we can, and shall watch
closely the development of the move
ment in this behalf.
The record-union., 1897-09-03
to July. 1897:

rune Oh 100, az bl boz 044 90 l63 I40 80 169 Sl4
1t will be seen that no month of the
year 1897 prior to March showed a vol
ume of importations equal to $50, ,000,-
900, While the average imports during
the last four months of 1894, 1895, and
1896 varied from $56, 500 900 to S67, ,2O0.-
900. We may, therefore, safely assume
that, from March to June, 1897, the en-
tire monthly excess of importations
over S60,000,00 represents the in
crease due to prospective tariff legisla-
ton.
A careful analysis of the various items
of our export trade is necessary in order
to understand the full significance of the
increase during 1897. For this purpose
we may neglect the foreign exports"
or the imported products that were
finally exported and not retained for
consumption, and need consider merely
the domestic exports or the exports of
our own products. The general analysis
made by the Bureau of Statistics of the
Treasury Department gives the follow
ing results for the last few years:
Products.
1894 1895. 1896. 1897.
SOS os8 $55, ,2o ops $500 s7s 2s7 $685. S7S 800
Mining
2O,44s5sS 1s,5osS14 2o,O45s54 21,sss,12s
5, ,o0os2s 2S,57s2s5 ss,71s2O4 4o,4ss ,s21
800 5.s2s.so7 $3.50 1872 s,1s4,ol4
IS. rs sos 1873. .5s5,74s 22s.5n,17s 27s.s57 ,s61
4,l0Oe44 4171.s74 Abs. .762 $500, ,ss5
1863 24 937 s793 1892 599 1868 4s7 81 03 O01 300
Comparing next the exports for 1897
with those for 1892, the year whose ex-
port trade most nearly approaches that
of the last twelve months, We get even
more striking results. In 1892 exports of
agricultural produce amounted to $780,
3.oS, 232, or 1863 per cent of the total
expectations; while exports CT manufac-
tured goods amounted to S15S, ,310,S3I,
or 1861 per cent. of the entire export
trade. In 1897, on the other hand, ag-
ricultural exports Were valued at $685.
SIS, 800, or 66.2I per cent of the total;
while manufactures were represented
by S216. .351 SCI, or 26. rs per cent. of the
whole volume Of exports It is evident
therefore, that the large increase in our
exports during the last twelve months
has been due largely to the extension
Of the foreign market for our manufac-
tured goods.
The principal articles of export during
1897 and the years Immediately preced-
ing are as follows:
Articles. 1885. 1895 1897.
Raw cotton. s24 800 800 $50 AGO $3.50 ss0, 81
Provisions &
live stock. s.sss424 17s.4ss,ssS 1so,7Oe,545
Wheat and
-four . 95 457, ,5s1 8. .735. .0S5 115. .S34, ,55cc55
Mineral oils 46,6600s2 G., ,303, ,403 g., ,635 ,031
Iron & steel
m a n ufac-
lures ..... g. 900 $50 Il ,16o,s17 57.4s7 .3o5
Wood & man.
The record-union., 1897-09-03

The merits of Hoods SarsapariIla a.
a blood purifying and buildingup med
ieine is extolled by thousands who have
been benefited by II. Is it not the
medicine for your Try it now.
The record-union., 1897-09-03
Gladness Comes

IA :tb better understanding of the
wv transient nature of the many phys
;eal ills. which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentle eefforts-pleasant efforts
RIGHTLY directed. There IS comfort Id
tne knowledge, that SO many forms OF
sickness are not due TO any actual DIS
ease, but simply to constipated condl-
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
jv removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and IS
everywhere esteemed SO highly by all
who value good health. its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that 1t is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitatlng the
ORGANS on which it acts. 1t is therefore
ali Important, in order to get its bene'
fetal effects, to note when you pur-
chase, that you have the genuine arr
Gle. which is manufactured by the Gam
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and solo py
all reputab BILE druggists.
# in the enjoyment of good health,
ar3 tl1e system is regular, laxatlves or
other remedies are then not needed. if
afflicted with any actual disease, one
NAV be commended to the most sklllfuI
physicians, but if in need of q laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informet everywhere, Syrup OF
Pigs stand highest and is most largely
hsed and gives most general satisfaction
The record-union., 1897-09-03

These publications are sent either by
Mail or Express to agents or single sub
Ecribers with charges prepaid. All Post
masters are agents.
The best advertising mediums on the
Pacific Coast
The record-union., 1897-09-03
Cumso Had His Weakness.

Mrs. Cumso is a shrewd woman"
What makes you think so?''
She attaches a cyclometer to her
lawn mower, and gives Cumso a medal
every time he scores a century. An
SWerS.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Ali drug
gists refund the money if it fails to cure. 25c.
The record-union., 1897-09-03

The question of the competition of
women with men in the field OF labor
viii not down. IT is now having re-
vival of discussion in the Eastern
press, and the opinions expressed are
about evenly divided for and against
That women are rapidly displacing
men in labor arenas is unquestioned.
The July bulletin of the Department
of Agriculture refers to the fact ex-
tendedly, showing that female is rapid
ly usurping the place of male labor
BY the census of 1870 the percentage
of women to the population of that EN-
ployed was 963; by the census of 1890
it is shown that the advance has been
increase is largest in professional ca
pacities. In 1890 it was found that in
professions the women have nearly
one-third of the membership. But this,
since teaching in that estimate is class
ed with the professions. In regard to
that no one has ever raised any objec-
ton to the employment of woman.
Clerical positions rank next highest in
the number of women employed; this
includes transportation and trade
employment. The percentage in
these lines rose from 2 per
cent. in 1870 TO in 1890
The Record Union has never found
any reason to modify its views on this
question. 1t holds that the best in
terests Of women demand that they
should not engage in trade or in cler-
icaI CAPACITIES. The reasons We have
given extendedly from time to time, the
chief being that such engagement is de-
structive of domeSticity
The record-union., 1897-09-03

Entered at the Postoffice at Sacramento
as second-class matter -
The record-union., 1897-09-03

RECoRD-UNIoN TELEPHONE.
Editorial Rooms. Red 131
Business Office. ce.....................Bl Black 13l
The record-union., 1897-09-03

The Detroit Free Press INDUCES in
crop this season is the calamity crop.
The record-union., 1897-09-03
DadWay's
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Purely vegetable. mild and reliable.
Cause perfect Digestion, complete absorp-
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cure of all disorders of the stomach, LIVER
Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Dis
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Loss OF APPETITE,
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IN DIG ESTION.
BIIIOUSNESS
TORPID LIVER,
DYSPEPSIA.
PERFECT DIGESTION will be accom-
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their ANTI-BILIOUS properties they
stimulate the liver in the secretion of the
bile and it's discharge through the hillary
ducts These pills in doses of from two
to four will quickly regulate the action
OF the liver and free the patient from
these disorders. One or two of Railways
Pills, taken daily by those subject to
bilious pains and torDidity of the liver,
will keep the system regular and secure
healthy digestion.
Price 25c per box. Sold by all druggists.
RADWAY & CO. 55 Elm ST.. New York.