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Sense and Sentiment.
More die by food than famine.

More die by food than famine.
The back door robbeth the house.
You can't whistle and sing at the
same time.
Spin not too fine a thread lest il
break in weaving up.
No sweetn ess yin cabbage twice
boiled or tale twice told.
One cannot earn even daily bread
without some pain.-F. F. Montresor.
The acuteness of some natural in
stincts becomes dulled by civilization.
f, F, Montresor,
Genius has it's drawbacks, which
chiefly affect its neighbor and its kin
dred.-F, f. Montresor.
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The State of Delaware needs q peni-
tentiary, and clause should be in
serted in the New Constitution which
will insure its establishment. Under
our present prison system many are
kept at public expense in absolute
idleness for periods ranging from one
to six months, on the most trivial
charges.
Smyrna times., 1897-01-27

Governor Tunnel goes into Office
under particular trying conditions.
His health is far from good, and the
political questions which will come
up for his consideration are full of
worry for even'a well man to tackle.
Smyrna times., 1897-01-27

With the Legislature and Constitu-
tiOnal Convention both threatening
the whipping-post and pillory it locks
very much as though these old instru-
ments of Delaware justice had not
much longer to live.
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In number of the Maryland coun-
ties on the Peninsula Public School
Saving Banks have been incorporated.
The object is to teach the scholars
thrift and economy.
Smyrna times., 1897-01-27

They now say, in reference to the
awful character of Delaware politics,
that the very river of that name runs
as quick as it can past the State
PHILADELPHIA Times.
Smyrna times., 1897-01-27

The Smyrna TIMES complains of the
smallness of the Delaware Legislature.
The smaller such Legislatures as Della
ware has been having recently the bet
ter.-Easton, Nd, Ledger.
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Six British warships are lying off the
mouth of the Niger River, West Africa,
preparing for the expedition against the
King of Benin, whose warriors mas
sacred an unarmed party.
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Mr.. Samuel Biggs. of Cecilton, after
a long illness from consumption, died
at his home in that town on Friday
the 10Th inst.
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Smyrna times., 1897-01-27

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REMOVAL SALE.
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Very Strong Reductions in all Departments Many lines
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Ovecoats low $3.50 Especially heavy in Boys
and Chldrens Clothing Great opportunities in furnishings
Hats Shoes and Dress Details. Everything here be
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Smyrna times., 1897-01-27

The Still Pond Creamery paid IS cts,
for milk the past month,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-26
SOME pOsTscRIPTs.

"a refined girl wanted 'or general
housework," reads an advertisement in a
Kansas City newspaper.
The first imports OF cattle to America
were made by Columbus In !4f3. who
brought over bull and several cows.
The average telegraph messenger always
learns how to smoke a cigarette before he
learns how to close door,
The eighth International ge,i'gt al cen
gress will meet in Paris N 1900 In 1903
the place OF meeting viii te Vienna.
The Eskimos ~non Lisu,tr ant Peaiy
brought back with HIN are suffering " om
colds The I'll nate ct New York has l OF
agreed with them.
A mountain climbing cat has taken its
station on the Dent du Midi. In Switzer-
land and goes up 1900 yards with tourists
to share their lunch at the top.
In the Portland district OF Michigan Gait
growers have found It difficult TO get
baskets enough In which to ship their large
croc OF plums this season.
Four miners from Independence Noun
tain arrived at Laramie. Wyo., one day
last week with q cleanup OF $1,000, the
result OF three weeks work
II is claimed that as much as 90 per
cent OF German paper Is now manufactured
from celuloso Or wood pulp, and the rnign
OF the rag seems to be ended,
Tho increase in the fruit growing Indus
try In Colorado has reduced the importa-
ton OF canned fruit during tho last FIVE
years from $1,000 900 to 100000 annually.
The French Academy has accented a
legacy from NJ. Pierre Lassera amounting
to over 800 900; the income from o-c-third
Of this Is To be awarded by the iIad.ny
OF Science for scientific discovery.
A Southern paper refers to goit as dude
shiny" All we'll regulated Kids have
played shiny, but they would lex the
life out OF the boy who talked about
snouding guilty out OF a bunker with a
nlblick.'
Philadelphia scientist declares the idea
that whisky is n cure for snake lite has
been completely exploded. 1t Is a wonder
these men OF science can not let laymen
enjoy az least this one OF the old and
comforting traditions.
During the past three months thpra has
been so heavy a demand for lumbar Ia
California that many firms have been OBJ
liged to refuse orders, In many cases the
Increased demand hns caused an advance
OF nearly 80 per cent In prices.
Professor Wiesner OF Vienna las Under
taken during the last summer nnys Ma
ture, journey 20 Spitzbergen to complete
his observations. previously made IN the
tropics, as TO the effect OF light and ether
external conditions on he growth O. lants
A church has been built OUT o. one big
tree at Santa Rosa, Cal. The Whole sirup-
ture and It's furniture were made from
ono goodly specimen OF sequnla. TIE in
terror Is finished and pnnelcd IN wood,
also, and there were a lot OF shinslss left
over
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The Coast Problem.

birmingham tAla.) Age Herald.
The health Of the people il properly a
subject OF State administration, but Lou
'siana II dispatches from New Orleans are
Trustworthy. is beginning to consider the
wisdom of turning over her quarantine sta
lions to the general government.
We do not believe this should be done.
We do not believe DOCTORS from Oshkosh
and Kalamazoo are good judges OF the needs
OF the coast districts OF the Gulf States.
but epidemic wasted New orlcans sees no
better way out OF trouble. Thore is one
better plan. however.
Let Florida in 4 patriotic mood. md
Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana and Texas
meet In the persons IT their boards OF
health. Let these state officials, these
guardians OF the health OF five great pro
auctiye states, select an executive officer
whose business ~ shah he 10 guard the
gun coast against the common Havana bred
danger. l.e; that officer be man OF the
ainplest experience, the highest success
Put a man In the chief scntry box who las
bsen tried and never found wanting. put
sufficient money and authority behind hin,
summon. II need be. the Legislature. In
that way we can retain control OF cur own
sHairs, otherwise. We can not.
Inc man, u seems TO w, to ta,re char o.
UNDER the general authority OF the five
state boards u Dr. Porter OF Florida ~
~ Florida. serene AMI happy. although on
end Of the State 10 thrust alnaouat intn ,ys :.
yanak foul. dAease-breeiine hsrf0r m
Porter has kept Florida secsruIv ~. ,r.,..
me dFead fever. He could ao - mr.H
,ps-tas rest oe tla 8ult coaaa, IA .wouid
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will have the filiinx q the unsxplfsd term
ana the full term Mississippi has already
elected Mr.. Money fr the full tsrm, and
he will servo out Mr.. Georges unexpircd
term by virtue AZ the governors appoint
mont. Tho Rhode Island legislature Will
be eiectsd In April next. In the remaining
states the legislatures which elect senators
will BE- chosen in November. 1898,
II seems quite certain that the rspub-
Iicans viii hold the eight scats from
Rhode Island. Michigan. Minnesota, Maine.
Connections. Massachusetts,. Vermont and
Pennsylvania. They may get tho senator
from Ohio but the Wyoming and Washing
ton senators arc doubtful. The democrats
are quite certain TO retain the Ave seats
from Tennessee. Missouri. Virginia. Texas
and Fioridn, and arc hardly likely to lose
any Of the senators from West yirginh,
Wisconsin, New York. North Dakota ana
New Jersey. Ono or two Of these. however.
are In doubt. The representation from
Delaware. Indiana and Cali
fornia IL also doubtful. Tho Mississippi
senator has already been elected By the
democrats.
Nevada and Montana will probably re-
elect silver republicans Utah will prob
ably elect democrat to succeed silver
republican. The Nebraska populist may
DO reelected,
or the senators whose terms extend to
1901. seventeen are republicans, eleven are
democrats. one Ia populist and one Is a
silver republican. or those senators whose
extend to 1908. seventeen are republicans.
eight are democrats, three are populists.
ono Ia an independent and there In one
vacancy from Oregon.
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Kaiser Wilhelms speeches during the
last two years MI 32S closely printed pages
IN the cheap German edition In wbich
they are printed.
Sir Philip Currie. British ambassador nj
Constanilnople, will soon be relieved nj Nil
own request His duties have for some
years been very hard, aud he desires rest.
Sir Edward sassoon. who has bouah,
Barney Barnato's London house. Is a
grahuson OF David sassoon. a Hebrew OF
bagdad who made great fortune In the
India and China trade.
DR.. chauneey NJ, Depew has for sune
time past been paying the expenses Tor A
law education for an old war veteran. Mr.
pepew recently received note announcins
the old mans death
George Sand. tho noted French woman
and writer was really Nine. Onde, ant
and her relatives were so proud ~ her
literary success that they had the family
namo changed from Dudevant i, Sand
ly ousttng the real name.
The Duchess OF Aosta. who Is cloye,y 20
lated TO the king OF Italy, ia a woman with
= distinct mind OF her own When sbs
nrst began To cycle the king gave q dsrs
'hat sho should not be saluted bv a sentr,
as she rode by on her wheel obtdts,t "a
me royal command. the nrst sc,try Ale
PASSED ignored her presence, xhar, upon
the Duchess quietly dismounted and boy "a
Tho mans ears.
monument TO the late suxsas Field 4,
to DO erected on the campus Of the Mis-.
souri, state University by the teachers ana
school children Of the State /. n.r, ~,
the necessary fund has been raled. and
an EFFORT 10 compbste It will be ,nnis ~
November next BY commemorative :, 81.
ciAss, 70 b. known a. Field pay" An Inc
public scAools a. Aisssuri. M. Fycid vss
native q Missouri. -
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CAN DODGE NO. LONGER.
Consrcssmen Must Take One side or
the Other.

COn9rcNamem MUST rake one SiOe or
the Other.
Washington, October 21.-(special TO
tho Republic. )--Administration officials
hero express their opinion that the COM
plete failure OF the mission OF the "bimetai-
lie monetary ENJOYS" will result In bring
ing the money question sharply to the
front In the approaching session of con-
gress.
with international bimetallism elimin-
ated as possible solution OF the QUESTION.
there Will be no place Of refuge for trim
mers In congress They must come out for
gold or they must join the ranks Of the
silver advocates.
The administration will stand for sold. A
number OF republican senators have stood
upon the international bimetalllc plank of
the st. Louis platform and have avoided
declaring for either gold or silver La the
debates and votes In the senate which will
attend the effort ct the administration to
get through currency reform measure
these will be forced to come out and range
themselves on one side or the other. II Is
probable that some OF them, who believe
that the free silver sentiment is gaining
strength In their States, may cut loose
from the administration and the majority
OF the republican party and go over with
Senator Teller and his allies OF the silver
republican party. Officials OF the admin
istration still hope that they will not lose
much strength in the senate. and that their
losses will be more than made up by bring
Ing TO the support Of the gold standard
some senators who might be found on the
ether side II proposition for an intcina-
tional monetary conference still were rend-
ing They assert that had the Wclcott
commission succeeded In securing a favor
able reply from the British government and
should an international conference n
called. it would have been impossible to
get a currency measure OF any kind
through congress- during the next session.
They say they are now hopeful Of success.
The details Of the plan recommended by
the Indianapolis commission have not
been perfected, but there Is a general
mere elastic, the volume OF government
paper money gradually reduced as Other
currency takes Its place, and the silver
notes put into small denominations. so
that they can not be presented to the
treasury for redemption in gold. Thus far
there has been apparent harmony IN the
ranks OF the commission, and inani-
nous report is expected when they conclude
their labors in November.
Elk -Secretary Fairchld and other men,
bers OF the commission who have given
special study to the subject of finance will
probably write important parts OF the ie-
port. 1t is intended to make the report
public as soon as II Is completed. 1t will
not be presented officially to the president,
or to congress. because 1t Ia the work OF
body OF private citizens who desire to reach
the business sentiment OF the country
rather than the work OF an official body
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The Limb1ess Cotton.

Macon tGa.) Jelcgrapn.
Director r. j. Redding OF the Georgia
Experiment station knocks the lint off OF
the jackson I.imbless'' cotton. This
marvellous cotton according to the adver.
tisements OF seed for sale) has tho follow
ing superior points:
l. 1t is entirely limbless.
O. The stalk grows from ten to fourteen
feet high.
g. The fiber is incomparably the Gnest in
the world.
4. The fiber Is remarkably strong and
one and half inches long, perfectly white
and has a satin like touch.
o. We have four acres in cultivation this
season. and expert cotton growers say
that we Will get twenty bales from the four
acres-that is five bales to the acre
6. II is the most prolific cotton in the
world.
The price first fixed for sceds Of this
'Limbless" was 81 per 100 seeds, or $3.50
per 500 seeds. AZ 81 per 100 seeds one
pound would cost $50 and one bushel $500!
The price has recently been reduced to 81
per pound OF seed. or $210 per bushel!
The above are the claims put forward
for this remarkable cotton by Its promot-
eis.
Director Redding procured some OF the
seed ''of unquestloned purity" and they
were planted In direct competition with
twenty other varieties comprising the alta.
tion's variety Test" "Of course :, savs
the director. "all the conditions affecting
tho twenty-o varieties were made pre-
cisely the same as far as practicable. The
following table gives the total yield per
acre OF each one Of the twonty four ynri.
eties, up to October 6, which was the date
Of the third picking:
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lcs, and in France q majority Of two

Dict and In France q majority Of two
THIRDS.
In America. chiefly through the force Of
custom and precedent, We still insist on
twelve men being unanimous before YER
dict Dan be rendered II might almost De
thought, such Ia the devotion 10 this arpi
trafy law, common to England and this
country. that there " some peculiar ana
mystic or almost sacred character pertain
ing to the number H. Once twelve men
have agreed upon q verdict Of guilty man
nay be hanged with good conscience,
though had the jury consisted Of thirteen
or fourteen II might have disagreed.
In the Lucteert case, for instance, han
the prisoner been tried before q French
jury the nine who we're Of one opinion
could have brought In q verdict within
very short time after the case had been
given to them. In Scotland . majority
could have brought In verdict, but IN
America or In England the entire twelve
must agree before decision can be
reached The enormous expense this sys.
tenn entails upon the State and the vexn-
lions and worry II caaiaes prosecutor and
prosecuted are good reasons why change
should be made In the law.
The idea, of course. Is that all who cit
In judgment upon a mans life ought to be
convinced beyond a reasonable doubt OF the
guilt OF tho defendant. But modification
Of the law. providing, for instance. that a
unanimous Jury should be required In or
der TO have the death sentence imposed,
and that majority should DO sufficient to
sentence Of imprisonment for life. would
relieve the State Of enormous expense. and
on tho whole, perhaps. serve the ends OF
Justice better Americans have made a fe-
itch OF the number 10 quite long enough.
From the Boston Herald.
THE GOVERNOR OF ILLINoIS.--It In
now eaid that Governor Tanner of Illinois
Refused TO 90 to the Nashville celebration
because he was afraid OF being biksed there.
He had been Kissed in public ait home, and
had realized the odium that he had OBJ
tanned TO an extent that made him timid.
This Ia a strange state Of affairs. but one
for which the governor alone is not re-
sponsible. He brought 1t Immediately
about by corrupt acts In administration, but
the blame can not be removed from the
people who elected him. He did not re-
ceive hits office az an unknown character
That character was set forth fully before
his election. The people were warned Of
IL. yet the republican politicians OF his
State insisted upon nominating him, and
nomination being equivalent to an cleo
tion, he was chosen. When they hiss him
now, they hiss themselves. II would be In
better taste for them to go into privacy
and engage In their own sc0nrging there,
than TO make the shame OF their State I'M
necessarily open by the course they are
taking. We have respect for the COVER
nor's office II we can not invariably re-
spect men who occupy II, In Massachusetts,
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The lottery business continues to 20 to
the wall the world over. The latest estnb-
lishment of this character to meet it's
dozen IS the Hungarian lottery, which has
hoir'shed for over two centuries. IL has
yielded enormous profits to IT. proprictors,
as well AZ TO the city of Vienna, which
took large portion OF the proceeds by
waa OF tax. Last year over 5000. 90
HORNS were gambled In this establish
ment'-mostly by tho very poor--and over
l'oo,oW iiorins went into the city Golfers.
An investigation OF the methods OF the
coicern was undertaken some time ago
by people Interested In the welfare OF the
poor OF Vienna, who riskcd their little all
In this lottery, and the result has been the
exposure Of glarng frauds and dishonesty
which have resulted IN a government or
der to wind up the establishment forth
with.
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Editors to the Front.
Lake City News.

strange as 1t may appear at tho very mo-
meht Editor kirgan Of the Dawson Times
was being made an honorary member OF
Inc daughters OF the con,cderacy society
OF this county, the editor Of the News WA.
being importuned to furnish the PROPRIETOR.
OF faine's celery COMPOUND with his n,c-
ture ana certiricat. OF LIS wonderful cur
awe properties. This is not only coin
uaenee. but u is further proof that we ed
, ,s are coming to the front, and that in
or constable as easily AZ anybody.
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need to control, however, o. the agent Of
each State, not only tho quarantine sta
ticns, but also the entire const district
from Key West to the Rio Orande, and
when he said TO filthy little village or a
fouicr town OF greater professions 10 DO
this or 10 do that, his order must be
obeyed within the time he might name.
A dictator he would be. hut ore OF our own
choosing. We need competent. energetic
despot on the gulf coast,
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Rurnl Scene,

The anxious hunter now goes forth
To shoot
rne farmers waiting fo- "this town
Galoot:''
Inc bulldog licks his chops.
Presently the NiInrod hops
Ger q log;
Then the circumarnhieut air n 6lled vi,b
hunter auA with dog.
cleveland Leader.