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Smyrna times., 1897-06-09
Baltimore & Ohio r. r
Schedule in effect May 16. 1887.
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE AVE DEPOT
WILMINGTON, EAST BOUND.
%2EXPRESS TRAINS.

\ A u.
WILMINGTON EAST BOUND.
%2EXPRESS TRAINS.
All trains illuminated with Pintsch Light.
New York, week days. So 10. 20 40. elO25a.m.
%l2.2l %229, *329, = p, n a. 81 D. m
Philadelphia. Twenty fourth and Chestnut Sts,
week days, *3 Is, 30, $40 F7l5, #73j f825, 900,
s94O 40 D. II 10, a m 81 p, 1.20, - 29 % %,
3 80, %5 p, 30 = 43, 8 Is, al p, IN.
Chester, week days, 1913, $50, $40, *7l5 7.8j,
9925, 600. l940 el025 lilo a. m; l:20 p % $50,
EO.k2, b 80, gas, 9l0, I'll p. m.
- Atlantic City, weekdays, *7.15 a. m; 40 d,
y % 1929, p. m.
Cape May, week days, 81 Is a. m, t2 %, p. m
WEST BOUND.
Baltimore and Washington, *4lS. 10 - 4g
gll a. m ~ So, s2O7, SOI, a o3, a S. &c l6,
Baltimore and way stations, 7 10 a. 70. and Ol
p. IN. daily
Newark, Del, '4IS, 10, Is 49. *lI a m. *l256
o., o. q Oh, "A 81, sole, 80, Is H. 1916 p m.
week days
pittsburg, week days, a6 16 p. m; Sundays
Chicago a 81 p m. daily.
Chicago via Cincinnati and indianapolis
| *S.49 a. m daily.
Cincinnati and St, Louis, 2I2 Sc, p. m, and Is Il
Toledo and Detroit, *sl7 p. m, daily to To-
| ledO and daily except Sunday to Detroit.
New Orleans via Bristol and Chattanooga s8 II
! p. m. daily. Through seepers Washington to
/ Memphis and New Orleans
singerly accommodation, week days, 40 a.
/ m, 3.Ol, 80, lO46 D. m
| Landenberg Accommodation week days 7lO
! 1000 a. m 3.Ui, 4.57 p. m.
/ TRAINS LEAVE MARKET STREET STATION
For Philadelphia, week days 3 30 p. IN.
| Baltimore. week days, 6.45 a. m; 255 D. m
LandenbeTg and way stations, weekdays, IS
| $50 a m. Q So, 5 35 p. m.
| LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOR WILMINGTON
! TWENTY-FOURTH and CHESTNUT STREETS
II so a m. tl220 Il So, 2O5. $3.50, u 20, q % 81
IS l5 - Al, g. 30. = 40 *Sl9, 945, s1l 50 D. m
Telephone, No. 193
Rates to Western points lower than via any
other line.
D. B. MARTIN, Manager of Passenger Traffic
W. NJ. GREENE General Manager
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Luck In Old Shoes.


The Chinese value pair of old boots
which have been worn by an upright
magistrate, and the custom Of wishing a
friend "happy foot" is still observed
all through Europe. The casual putting
on the left shoe on the right foot, put
ting it on uneven or crOsswise, bursting
the latch or tie, lacing it wrong and
losing a button are all bad signs. A
Yorkshire man will spit in his right
shoe before putting it on, when going
out ON important business, to bring luck,
and many an English girl has been
known to hang her boots outside of the
window on st. Valentines night for
love luck
Professor Black tells us of a singular
superstition existing in England, which
insists that if the youngest daughter OF
a family marries first her sisters must
dance at the wedding without shoes, SC
as to insure husbands for themselves.
Old shoe throwing is done for many
purposes. In Ireland the election of a
person to almost any office is concluded
by throwing an old shoe over his head.
The gypsies say:
Hurle after an old shoe,
I'll be merry what here do.
In the isle Of Man an old shoe is al
ways thrown after the bride, as we'll al
the groom, when leaving their homes
and i'll the south the oldest person Oh
the plantation, white or black, alwayi
throws a shoe after any one starting OF
long journey. 1t is said that Mime
Patti and other women of high standing
on the stage preserve most carefully tn,
boots they wore at their debut, whicl
they consider lucky to wear on the frs
nights Of engagements forever after
| Newark Standard.
Smyrna times., 1897-06-09

Rev. j. McKendree Reilley, one Of
the most prominent Methodist minis
ters Of this country died at his home
on North Carey street, baltimore, on
Wednesday afternoon,
Smyrna times., 1897-06-09

Daily Daily except Sunday.
"a Stops to leave passengers from Wilmington
and points north or take passengers for points
south Of Delmar
"f' Stops only on notice to conductor OF agent
or on signal.
"h" Stops to leave passengers from Wilmington
OF points north.
'i'' Stops to leave passengers from Middletown
and points south
',t' stops to let OFF passengers from points south
ofHarrngtOn.
Nei0 Castle accommodation Trains Leave vii.
mlngton 1910 a. m and 95l p. m dallv. ana
5. IL. II 10 a m, 25l, 4.3O, 6l5. and 65S D. M
week days. Leave New castle 80 a. m. aud
iols p m daily, S.Sl, $40. ll.O2 a. m, I.i6. 5s6
6.35 and 5.22 p. m. week -dayS
~ s-EXpress trains leaving Harrington SOS
m, aud arriving at 6.26 p. m, week. .davs. rpn
ters and Newark. -" Vi
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Onward.

OIlWdIQs
Onward, onward, looking unto Jesus,
Casting quickly ev'ry weight aside;
While we run the race that's set before
us,
Firm as rock let our faith abide.
CHORUS.
Onward, onward, looking unto Jesus,
Joy awaits us on the other shore;
There we'll sing the song of our re-
demption,
Safe, safe at last when the storm is
DER.
Lo, a crowd of witnesses behold us,
They thro' faith were victOrs in the
race;
Let us gladly follow their example,
Trusting the Savior for strength and
grace.
Onward, onward, looking unto Jesus,
Pressing forward, we the race will
run;
Claiming ever His Divine protection,
We shall not fail till the crown is won.
-Cho.
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because the weather happens
to be warm. If you have a
weak throat, a slight hacking
cough, or some trouble with
the bronchial tubes, SUMMER is
the best time to get rid of it.
If you are losing flesh there is
all the more need Of attention.
Weakness about the chest and
thinness should never 60 to-
gether. One greatly increases
the danger Of the other Heal
the throat, cure the cough, and
strengthen the whole system
now Keep taking SCOTS
Emulsion all summer.
For sale by all druggists at soc and SI.oo
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BRANCH ROADS

Leave harrington for Franklin CITY. and ,vs,,
StAtlohs, Milford, Georgetown, Berlin Iewes Sr.,
iUoy a m and 6,S2 p. m. Returning train leaves
FrahkIln Cliy, $50, a. m. weekdays. and / a,
D. m. lueSdaVs, Thursdays and Satnrdavs only
Leave franklin City for ChincoteaSue 1v}e
ssesmerl l-SO p. m. weekdays Returnine. leave
N1lhcOteague ~ a. m. weekdays
Leave harrington for Georgetown and Iewes
Sy ~ ~ oy i. N eS< p. m. weekdays Returning
ie4Ve LeMes 40 a. m, S.ll D. m week-davs
Leave harrington for Berlin 1850 a n, ana
e.S2 p. m. weekdays Returning leave ReTlin
6.57 a. m week-dayS 'N"'0 Detiih
Leave Townsend for Centreville AZ o9i a n,
ana 0.5O p. m week days leave Centreville : Ss
IN. ana lZt p. m, week DAYS
Leave clayton for oxford at IS A n, and A.
week days N A'1V p ~
Leave Seaford for CAMBRIDGE NJ iii7
week days aud ON Tuesdays ThuIsdavs anj
saturdays 1.lO p. m; returning leave Csnsbrides
~ ~ oZO a. M weekdays, and 2S7 n m Tnes,is,sS
Thursdays and Saturdays - A"eSuSSs'
ram leaves Clayton for CheSterto,vn 10 ~ "a,
returning, leaves CheStertOwn. 6 So a m AA'
CONNECTIONS Porter with Newark A nj.
ware City Railroad. At Townsend vVith o,,oa.
anne So kentRailroad AtClayton with Delss S'a-a
NChesapeake Railroad and BRltimore6 "a neis -
BAY kalltoad. Al Harrington with ncls,ss~o
maryland q Virginia Railroad AtseaforS ,,ith
Sambridge Seaford Railroad AtDelmsr ,-tth An
New YORK, Philadelphia & Norfoik Wieamico !" y q
r93Somoke and Peninsula Railroads. "
sDeily except Sunday
y. HUTCHINSON, General Manager
= X WOOD. General Passenger Agent'
Smyrna times., 1897-06-09

In 147l a Frencn Daron offered a
pledge of 10 marks Of silver that copy
OF "Avicenna," which he desired to
read, would be returned, and even with
this security, equal in our money to
over $50, his request was refused.
Smyrna times., 1897-06-09
A SIMPLE TIRE REPAIR,

Punctures in the well known Nor.
gan & Wright tire are mended about
as easily as man would close a hole
in his finger with bit of court p1as-
ter. Inside of the inner tube of the
tire lies long strip of patching rub
Der, like this:
Smyrna times., 1897-06-09

are afterwards surprised to see him get
strong and we'll again.
Mrs. W. d. Duncan, Of Arlington, Phelps Co.
Mo-, writes; My husband took four bottles Of
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery when he
was (as he thought) almost into consumption, and
we were very thankful that such a medicine could
be found wish all persons troubled with cough
would take II. Long may the Golden Medical
Discovery and Favorite Prescription be
made shall always recommend and praise
these medicines"
All lung and bronchial diseases are cured
by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
because Il supplies the system with healthy
blood. II puts the vital forces into action
and fills the circulation with the life-giving
red corpuscles which builds up solid, mus
cular flesh and healthy nerve-force.
As a medical author, Or. Pierce holds an
eminent place IN his profession. His great
thousand page illustrated book, The Peo-
ple's Common Sense Medical Adviser" Is
one of the standard medical works Of the
English language. Nearly 100000 copies
were sold at 81. so each. A paper-bound
copy will be sent absolutely free for the cost
of mailing only, II one-cent stamps; or
cloth-bound for 81 stamps. Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, Buffalo, NY.
Smyrna times., 1897-06-09
Philadelphia, Wilmington Z Baltimore Railroad
DELAWARE DIVISION.

o. and after May Il, 1897, trains will leave
as follows:
Smyrna times., 1897-06-09

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-26

1t is not generally known that the
buttercup, which Is such a favorite
flower with children, has poisonous
qualities, yet such is the case, and an in
quest has recently been held on a bow
who, after eating some buttercups, died
within a few hours with all the symp-
toms of lrritant poisoning. The but.
tercup belongs to the ranunculaceae,
and nearly all the members Of this
group possess poisonous qualities, chief.
ly OF an irritant nature, though n few
narcotic principles are TO be found.
The v%irulcnce Of the poisonous varies
very much, but there are very few in
5iyiduals OF this order which are inert.
The various species of buttcrcups have
all irritant properties, and in the alb
sence of better drugs they have occa-
~sionally been used as vcsicatorins. Cows
avoid buttcrcups, but hogs and some
other animals can eat them with i'm
punity. The active principle is volatile,
so that when the buttercnps are dried
with hay or exposed TO the air they be.
come inert. Luckily the buttcrcup,
though pretty to look at, does not usual.
ly tempt children TO eat il wholesale,
otherwise "ases Of poins0ning might be
rare than they fortunately are at
prpsent.-LondOn Lancet.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-26
WINE WITHOUT ALCOHOL.
Sterilized Grape juice Is Made in
switzerland.

Those interested in temperance move
ments will be glad to learn thai in
Switzerland the manufacture of nonal-
coholic fruit and grape fruit beverages
is conducted on quite a large scale.
These beverages n0t only afford a pleas
ing drink, but contain considerable
nourishment as well, says the Philadel-
phia Record. According to a report is
sued by the Swiss agricultural experi-
mental station, fruit and grape juices
entirely free from alcohol and of dura-
'ole and keeping qualities are manufac-
tured in that country by a number of
firms.
1t is well known that fermentation
is caused by the action of certain mi
crobes which exist already in the fruit
before crushing, and which rapidly in
crease thereafter. 1t is also well known
that by fermentation the sugar Is de-
composed. one OF the products of de-
composition being alcohol. II, there
fore, the microbes are killed in time,
the sugar will not be decomposed, and
no alcohol will be produced. The ster-
ilization required for this purpose is
obtained by killing the microbes by
the juices to a heat of 90 de-
grees centigrade for Is minutes, and
afterward carefully excluding all air,
which likewise contains fermentiye or
ganisms. The nonfcrnented wares
contain a considerable quantity OF nour-
ishment. not only in the form of albu.
men. but also a considerable quantity
of saccharine and just the kind Of sugar
beneficial to the human body.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-26


, miringly. .'didu't she lust get Il Oh
that sister Of heys2"
The roses over Mrs. Hathaway tum.
bled around as though they were expert.
t, ructng Il small earthquake.
Il didn't know anything could be sn
funny" she gasped. wIpiug her stream
ing eyes. Cam you 20 on?"
Aren't you afraid it will hurt YOU
asked Rena, apprehensiyely.
Hurt me, | haven't felt 50 stirred
VI and good for months"
1t was nearly an hour later W hen Rena
emerged GREATNESS and rosy from the
cottage, and met DR.. Randolph at the
gate.
Why, | thought you went to the
Downs!" she said, astonished.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-26
A GREAT CHERRY ORCHARD.


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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-26

didn't have money enough to pay hi,
house rent" and went to Alaska. liz
returned July Is with $4,000 in gol(
nuggets.
Still another notable case was tina
Of a man 81 years old, poor and witt
Il family Of seven children. That wa,
was one year ago. He left his HON,
in Seattle, and when he came back h,
had Sl00,0 600 in his pockets and had
mining property worth over 81 ,O00, 900.
There are dozens of such examples OF
luck, but we have no room to more
than hint at the case of the poor Swede
who went to the gold fields two years
ago. He returned this summer witt,
$4,000 in gold and sold an interest in
his claim for $4,000.
But are these true stories? the reader
may ask. The answer is to be found
in the fact that the United States as
say Office at Helena, Mont, received
nearly $4,000 ounces Of gold by the
steamer from Klondyke. and there are
other assay offices.
JUS H'' ~ SuPPo7cH NAV every
man VINO goes 10 the hlondyhe Is as
II examples quo,ed. From
'inie 10 ''me we READ 'he walls OF the
uhiucky ones IN 'he paper who nat
urai!y' ADVISE others not 10 go to
Alaska.
And 0 a brief description Of the
ne" j.! Doraoo VIII DE IN order. The
greatest discoveries nave beeh made in
inc streams moving from me east into
'he lukoh' ihey are all IN British ter
fl'ofy' III that vast region marked on
the map as northwest territory"
Which is n OF the provinces Of the
dominion OF Canada' Sc. while they are
often spoken OF as the Alaska gold
ileids, as a matter OF TACT all the rich
placer mines about which the sensa-
uonai stories are tod are not in Alas
Ia, but J'st across the border in John
Buifs CONAN. Inc one hundred and
forty-frst degree OF west longitude,
winch you can see on your map
stretches from Mount St. Elias to the
Arctic ocean, IS the boundary line, and
beyond a few feet at Fort Cudahy and a
few at Forty Mile there is no dispute
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-26

accustomed 10 living Within the friEid
l,ue mad ihJ; lite iU the temperate e
| E.ons is uoi aS comfortable.
Alaska has a summer, short. close,
! uuuweN and uncomfortable. Ihosevhn
have tried both say that they prefer
the winter. DURING the winter the sua
Is invisible for many wech>, its place
being in a measure supplied 10y The
flashing splcndurut the Aurora H1rpaIls
and the marvellous brIlliaury OF the
stars. When the sun cturns 10 warm
the frozen earth the daylight lasts for
- hours at a stretch tor this is one OF
the lands OF the midnight sun"
The natives urc Eskimo or lESqul-
maux il YOU prefcrl Indians with very
many tribal uanes such ns Siwash.
Stick. etc. They are not a very attrac-
tive people, and while they are not
fierce and turbulent like the Sioux or
the B~lackfcet, they are very dcbasci
and cruel. They frequently hin old
people because they cannot help to
work, and infantiridc is also very com.
mon.
The Yukon is one of the greatest
rivers in the world. and is said to be
longer tbNu the Mississippi. While it
has not beca thoroughly explored SO
far il is known to be nayigab,c for large
steamers for at least 1900 miles. The
Yukon and It's numerous tributaries
swarm with fish, no finer SALMON IN the
world than the Alaska variety. and in
the dead of winter one has only TO pick
a hole in the icy covering of rivers or
lakes to get an abundance of good.
large fish. Beside fish The miner aud
traveller can often get a shot at moose,
and bear meat is to he had in the tim
hurrd part Of the region.
There are two principal routes to ;he
gold fields, One is by sea from Seattle
to the mouth OF the Yukon (port Of 81.
Michael's) u voyage of 2,GO0 miles, last
ing Is days. At St. Michaels transfer is
made from the ocean to the river Gu.
kon) steamer, after n delay OF n few
days. which is lat-bottomed and which
reaches Dawson City at the mouth of
the klondykc river in IS to 20 days.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-26
THE FEE.
II WAS n Good One, But He Did NOT
Know 1t for Nearly n Ycnr

""S" - LOT Ne0fly n Year,
Many stories have been related of the
odd form adopted by eccentric Young
people in presenting the marriage fee
to the minister, but not one have | heard
that quite equaled in unique method the
story told by the minister of an Epis.
copal church in the northwest section
of the city.
a young couple was to be married,
and each party being a scion of a
wealthy family the minister naturally
looked forward to a generous reward
for his offices.
The ceremony was performed. and
the groom, at the proper time, handed
the minister an envelope a little larger
than the ordinary size, and the con-
tents appeared to be of such soft thick
ness as to satisfy the clergyman that
his hope had been realized.
In the privacy of his own apartments
the seal was broken, when, alas. all
pleasant anticipations faded away, for
there was but-a pair of gloves-a very
fine, very elegant pair, It's true, but
Still only gloves.
And so the man Of God swallowed his
disappointment and laid the souvenir
away.
Nearly a year afterward. when a spe-
cial occasion called for their use, the
minister ~bethought him of the gloves
and brought them to the light.
He found considerable difficulty in
fitting them TO his hands, and, upon ey-
animation. lo' in each finger, neatly
folded, was a fresh. crisp f~ive-dollar bill.
And now the reverend doctor makes
careful search of any unusual object Il
marriage fee may take the form of.
Jest that which may appear frivolous at
first may prove a blessing in disguise.
baltimore Jelpuram
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-26

But-and this is a very important but
unless the traveller lands at St
Michaels not later than August rs be
stands u good chance Tor a bad one
rather) Of finding the Yukon closed by
ice. In That case he can choose bet wccn
spending the eight winter months on
the bleak sea coast OF st. Michaeis or OF
walking 900 miles on the Yukon 10 the
mines as 500 as the river is frozen
over. In this case he will require a
pack of Indian dogs and one or two In.
dian bipeds to make the journey.
The Juneau route is the other way to
the klondyke. 1t is more direct and
1000 miles shorter than the ocean
route, but can be taken best In the win
ter and only by men Injured to hard
ships. In this case, too, Seattle is the
starting point. a coastwise steamer
takes the traveller 10 juneau, 900 miles,
where the outfit can be purchased.
From Jnneau to Dyea is another 100
;niles, then two trips taking eight TO
ten days. At Dyea the Chilkat Indians
N'' ~ ''S"S'N " dSplSL NbS lIdSNItE
over Chilkat pass-and having safely
crossed it he must build a boat 10 navi-
gate the lakes and streams, because he
has a journey of about 700 miles to
reach the mines after leaving Chilkat.
In the winter the boat gives place 10
snowshoes and the dog sled.
As we have said, this direct course is
only for stalwarts, but indeed none else
should think of going to the Klondyke
and the fatigue and hardshipa of such
a journey will test even their best en-
ergies.
The expense of the trip is also worthy
Of consideration. On the ocean route
the fare from Chicago to Circle City,
the nearest point TO the KlondykC, is
about $3.50. But the cost Of freight on
the Yukon from the ocean to the mines
may be calculated at35 cents per pound,
and as the prospective miner will re-
quire one years provisions, which, with
tools, etc, will weigh one ton, this item
VIII be an expensive one. In other
words, the cost OF getting there" ready
to work will involve an outlay Of about
$500. That there is abundance Of gold
is certain, and stout.henrted men can
get 1t, but II takes such 10 fill the ueces-
sary conditions.
JAMES IRVING CRAEBE.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-08-26
AS ARE,

self-constituted sages draw strange f.nctes
from afar.
And mock the man who sees and paints
things earthly as they are:
They liks TO mount to airy heights on fam
cy's feathery wings,
But scoff at those who tell stern ru,hs Of
earth-ltfes' common things;
Perhaps they mount so high. that things so
plain 10 people here.
From dizzy elevations in distorted shenes
appear.
And yet we live in daily touch with hasgard
things and poor.
We see the lowly sphere in which men suf-
fer and endure:
The touch of poverty and pain the over
crop of ills,
The dissipation and distress which curses
ere it kills;
All these are near us every lay, stern
s~pectres of each hour,
What wonder that some paint It all in
words of plying powero
We cannot always soar aloft mid sunsets
golden bars,
Float with the eagles in ozone among the
s!lvery stars,
Sail out on seas of crystal to the islands
of the blest,
And hask in calms and tropic palms which
giorify the west:
Some must do daily where the city's
pulses beat,
And note the misery which lines full many
a squaiid street.
Here settle dregs left fostering there by
eidies of life's sea,
Where demons of most horriG mien feast
long in ghoulish slee;
Where passions fired by alcohol make cess
pools black with lust;
Where happiness is hollow and JOYS crum-
BILE into dust;
Where vice carouses, buzzard-like. on hui
man carton fed,
Where conscience wears q coat of mail
and principle is dead.
Some painter with the pen must sketch
these things with faithful touch,
Not palliating evil or condoning over
much;
Not Softening the ElOoms of hell or padding
lurid truth
With sllken words as cushions used to
break the fall Of youth;
Let human beings yet uncursed see these
things as they are,
And knowing what has peopled hell sheer
off. unscorched. afar.
We need the faithful art which shows the
plain, unwelcome fact,
Which scorns disguise or vain deceit in
purpose, word or act;
Which. not despising fancy, yet the truth
unvarnished knows,
And does not care to paint the reptile DOS
ing as the rose.
We human beings may not yet soar bird
like in the air,
So near the sun that dazzled eyes see
neither i'll nor care,
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everywhere.
/. EDGAR JONES.