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The herald., 1898-09-28

thus given the advance position. The other
commands were to be held half a mile
south of the trenches, to await the begin
ming of the action.
The herald., 1898-09-28

SCENES IN AND ABOUT THE CITY OF MANILA
Country
Soldier Boys Are Now Visiting Without Invitation
San Francisco Chronicle
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
Ranch Life.

1t is so difficult to imagine young
American voluntarily choosing ranch
as a start III life that it is hardly worth
while trying to do so. AS a rule he
either thinks of the country as the place
where market vegetables come from
and Thanksgiving turkeys are raised,
or else it represents to him large and
expensive establishment at Lakewood
or some such place, with a casino and
bowling alley and polo team attached.
And as for the most part the American
does not play polo nor hunt nor shoot
nor fish with any real, genuine en-
thusiasm, the latter view he takes is
scarcely more alluring than the former.
Down deep in his heart he knows that
he would much rather be trying to run
an electric railway or a bank or build-
ing bridges or losing money i'll Wall
street than to be doing any of those
things But the young Englishman is
entirely different. He has always known
and enjoyed outdoor sports. 1t is the
life he likes best, and he imagines that
ranch life is, first and foremost, sport
ing life.-Abbe Carter Goodloe in Scrib-
neF's.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
THAT FAMILY CLOSET.
And the Various Kinds of Skeletons That
Abide Therein.

And the Various Kinds of Skeletons That
Abide Therein.
Every family has its skeleton. We
know that, Of course, anatomical speci-
mems, neatly put together and stored
away in a secure cupboard, of which
only family members have the key-a
skeleton key, probably. Only when the
family is alone, with no visitors about,
does it 60 to the door cautiously and
unlock it and bring the bony occupant
forth. The family knows its own skele-
ton, but outsiders are supposed to be in
total ignorance of its existence, and if
they are wiser than people think them
and Of course they always are-it is only
o point of politeness to pretend to be
blind and deaf.
OF how many kinds are family skele-
tons? The Joneses possessed an uncle
who died insane. You can't go near the
Jones cupboard, or, i'll other words,
even hint at the subject Of hereditary
insanity in their presence, without the
skeleton audibly knocking its bones to-
gether and all the Joneses turning pale.
You can't mention Turkish bonds to the
Browns without their jaws suddenly
falling you can't think why. And when
drink statistics form the cheerful sub
| ject of conversation at the RObinsons'
table you observe with wonder that all
the family grow uncomfortable and
writhe in their chairs. You haven't the
faintest notion why, but the skeleton
has.
met man once at dinner party
who was perfectly sane upon every
point on earth but one, and on that he
was the opposite He could talk about
politics, science, art, Shakespeare and
the musical glasses, but if by any
chance the conversation touched OIL
dueling he went straight off his heaC
then and there.
Dueling was the skeleton in his cup
board, and the reason was one that can
not be enla>ged upon here. On one day
in every year he shut himself up in hi
house and was not seen by mortal eye
That was the one day when his skele
ton came out and stalked about.
Many people have what seems to tn
general public harmless enough slele
ton, but it is real and CHASTITY to them
selves. 1t is Of humble origin. 1t is sur
prising the pains people will take t
conceal that their grandfathers wer
poor, but honest, the lies they will tel
(Which only proves that tho grandpal
ent's qualities have not descended i
the direct lineJ and the meannesses the
will indulge il, i'll the pitiable effort
hide the fact that two generations ag
they kept Il small grecngrocers shop {
wore plush and powder After all, til
longer the line the moro certain it is
contain ancestors who won their brea
by the sweat Of their face
If all the world were not descendG
from the same grand old gardener,
there might be moro common sense
trying to forget honest toil.-Englis
Exchange.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
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BEWARE THE THIN BANANA
1t Was Picked Too Soon and VIII AIwayt
Prove PuclSery and Sour.


Prove PuclSery and Sour.
When you are buying bananas, never
purchase the long thin ones unless you
want fruit which will pucker your
mouth. No matter how we'll ripened
these thin bananas may appear to be
they will always be found both sour and
acrid. This is because the bunch which
contained them was picked too soon.
The banana grows fastest at first in
length. When it has reached its full
development i'll that direction, it sud-
denly begins TO swell and in few days
will double in girth. 1t is at the end of
this time that it begins to ripen natu-
rally, and the effort of the banana inn
porter is to have the fruit gathered at
the last possible moment, and yet before
the ripening has progressed even enough
to tinge the bright green of the fruit
with yellow. A difference of "a hours
ON the trees at this time will make q
difference in the weight of the fruit of
perhaps % per cent, and all the differ
ence in its final flavor, between a puck
cry sour and the sweetness and smooth
ness which are characteristic of the ripe
fruit. To get the bananas to our market
in good condition requires fast steamers,
which must be provided with ventila-
tion and other means of keeping the
fruit from ripening too fast in the hold.
Much of the finest fruit does ripen in
the few days Of passage, and this is sold
to hucksters for street sale.-New York
/ Sun,
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

Notice has been served by the County
Treasurer of Sussex County through
the Democratic newspapers upon col
lectors of county taxes, that unless a
large part of the tax laid for this year
be paid into the treasury before Feb
ruary I, 1898, their bonds will be ex-
ecuted and legal means taken to collect
the same. The MGord Chronjcic says:
''The Democratic Clerk-of-the- Peace
withheld the duplicates from all col
lectors in Sussex county until last
August without cause and for political
effect. This delayed them in collecting
and by every right and sense of justice
they are entitled to just consideration.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
Advertisements have appeared in sew.

Advertisements have appeared in sew
eral newspapers of Sussex county,
signed by various persons who therein
set forth their intention of applying to
the coming adjourned session of the
General Assembly for divorces. And
yet the new Constitution, which was
published broadcast throughout the
State for the information of the people,
takes from the Legislature the power
of granting divorces and vests it ex-
clusively in the courts. 1t might be
supposed that publishers of the news
papers to whom these people brought
their announcements would have known
better, and saved their patrons the ex
pense of useless publications. Eccr5
EUcRiHq.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
THE MONOTONE.

Harki How the great, old ocean day and nigk1
Breaks ON you giant rock on a throne
That towers in silent night
In one long, plaintive, awful monotonel
Unanswering ever towers the giant rock
Amid the centuries that come and go,
As if 'twould only mock
The eternal voice that walled and walled be-
low.
I'll thus, o God, the deep sea of my soul
Breaks ever on the foot Of thy great throne,
Its dread but only goal
In one long, plaintive, awful monotonel
Unanswered yet, but, hoping, still it calls:
Will not the throne take pity on the woe?
How terrible if it's walls
Arc always silent to the wall below!
New York Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
BRANCH ROADS.

Leave darlington for Franklin City, and way
stations, (MiltOrd, Georgetown, Berlin. Lewes &c
10 By a. IN. week days and 6.37 D. m. Tuesday s
Thursdays and Saturdays. Returning train
leaves franklin Chy. $50, a. M week. .days
and l.42 u. III. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur.
days only
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague fyia
steamer) 43 p. m. week days. Returning leave
ChincOteague ~ a m. week days
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
at lO39 a. m 6 81 p. IN. weekdays Returning ?
leave Lewes 645 a. m, 81 p. m. week DAYS
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 1899 a. m. week.
days. and 6.57 p. IN. Tuesdays. Thursdays an
Saturdays Returning leave Berlin 657 a. m
weekday and 2.43 p m. Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays.
Leave Townsend for Centreville and way sta.
at 9.22 a. m and 5.32 p. m week days leave
Centreville $50 a: m. and ]. % p m, week days
Leave Clayton for oxford at y3S m. and 5 AZ
p. m; leave oxford 645 n. ana l4Q D. m
week days.
Leave Seaford for Cambridge at 1l.l7 a. M
and 7.l4 p. m. week days. Returning, leave Cam
bridge at $40 a. m. and 2.35 p. m. week DAYS.
Train leaves Clayton for ChesteTtown 10 l5a m
returning leaves CheStertown. so a. m
NECTIONs.-At Porter, with Newark < Della.
ware City Railroad. At Townsend, with Queen
Anne So KentRailroad AtClaytOn with Delaware
Il &Chesapeake e Railroad and Baltimore q Delaware
Bay Railroad At Harrington, with Delaware
Maryland Il Virginia Railroad. AtSeaford with
Cambridge & Seaford Railroad At Delmar. with
New York, Philadelphia Il Norfolk Wicomico 4
PocomOke and Peninsula Railroads.
9Daily except Sunday.
]. b. HUTCHINSON, General Manager.
'. r. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
Some Foolish People.

Allow cough to run until it gets beyond
the reach of medicine. They often say
'Oh, it will wear away" but in most cases
it will wear them away. Could they he in
duced to try the successful medicine called
Kemp's Balsam, which is sold on "A positive
guarantee to cure, they would Immediately
see the excellent effect after taking the first
dose. Price 25c and Soc Trial size free
At all druggists.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
The SMYRNA TIMES.
SmV2'210, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Jan. 5th, '07.
Cereal Coffee Drinkers BEWARE.

If you have been deceived and tried one
of the cheap bran substitutes now on the
market, claiming to be the original and to
have great food value, and you got pound
of poorly roasted bran for your 25c. and Il
poor, weak siclzish drink (what can you eX-
pect from bran), don't be discouraged but
try GRAIN-O. 1t Is made from solid grain,
nicely Drowned and two pounds for Csc
Grain-o takes the place of coffee at 4 the
price. Get package of your grocer to-day.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
Don,f Neglect Your liver.

Liver troubles quickly result in serious
complications, and the man who neglects his
liver has little regard for health. A bottle
of Browns Iron Bitters taken now and then
will keep the liver in perfect order. If the
disease has developed, Browns Iron Bitters
will cure it permanently. Strength and
vitality will always follow its use.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
Everybody Saws So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most Won
derful medical discovery of the age. pleas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds,
cure headache, fever, habitual constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try box
of G. G. G. to-day; 10, -, 30 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

About the year B. @. 220 edible SER
pents were sold at a penny each in the
Egyptian markets. They were shipped
to Rome Italian vipers were cheaper,
costing about half penny each.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

| 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.
81" Stops 20 leave passengers from Middletowr
and points juth.
NelO Castle Accommodation Trains Leave Viii
mingtOn S.l3 a. IN. and ll04 a. m, and 25l
! 4.27. and 6.55 a. m, week days. Leave New a.
| tie 81 GAG, HOP a. m 447 aud 6.35 p m wee K
| days
RS-Express trains leaving Harrington sos a
| m, and arriving at S3 p. m, weekdays ruI
| through solid to and from Baltimore ria Por
| ter's and Newark.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

her face, and very shortly become haggard
and hOmely. She will lose her animation
of manner, the sparkle will fade from her
eyes and the roses from her cheeks her
form will lose its roundness and her step its
sprightliness. DR.. Pierces FavOritc Pre-
scripton imparts strength, health vigor
and virility to the feminine organism. It
allays Inflammation, heals liberation and
tones the nerves. 1t makes weak women
strong i'll a womanly way and able TO bear
the burdens of maternity II bauishes the
suffering of the period of CESSATION, and
makes baby's advent easy and almost pain
less. 1t restores the lost complexion and
imparts strength, vitality and health to
the entire system.
81 am very thankful for what DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription has done for me writes
Mrs. Eta T.. Smith, Of GrenOla, Elk Co. Kans.
About month before confined had
such pains that l could stand up only little
while at a time. could not rest at night or at
any other time. I could scarcely eat ANYTHING.
I began taking DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton and after the second dose l felt better.
From then until was confined carried all the
water that WAS used up a long hill and worked
in the garden every day, besides my other work
and did not feel at all bad When the baby was
born had a very easy time. The women said
had an easier time than any one they ever saw
for the first time. The baby is very healthy.
| got up when she was five days old. After two
days began my own work and felt stout and
healthy"
For a free, paper covered copy of Doctor
Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser
send 2I one-cent stamps, to cover mailing
only Cloth bound 81 stamps. Address
Dr. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y. A medical
library i'll one IooS-page volume.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
tits the PRIMARY duty

IL Is the PRIMARY V duty
of every woman To- wear
i'll her face the lilies
and roses of health. It
is one of wo:nal's nat
ural missions 10 please,
and one of the first at
tributes of 4 pleasing
woman is a complexion
that shows the bloom
of health.
No matter how beau
tiful a woman may be
at the outset, if she
suffers from weakness
and disease of that
delicate and important
sorganism that is the
threshold of human
life, she will soon show
traces of suffering in
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

In Asia the average number of inhab-
itants per square mile is 4S; in Africa,
10; in America, 8; in Australia, 1.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

heart, which frequently passed to my
right shoulder. Several doctors endea-
NGred to give me relief but were unable
10 do So l began using Munyon's Rheu-
Inatism Cure and Nerve Cure and was
Immediately relieved, and in five days
return since"
separate cure for each disease. At
al druggists, mostly p cents a vial. Per-
sonal letters to Prof. Munyon, LOB Arch
Street, Philadelphia, Pa, answered with
free medical advice for any disease.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
HOW TO MAKE MONEY !

IfyOu are out OF employment and waut a posi-
tiOn, paving you fTom $50 TO 500 monthly clear
above expenses by working regularly. or, If you
want to Increase your present income from 500
70 $500 yearly, by working at odd times. write the
GLOBE co 72S Chestnut ST., Phila., stating age,
whether married or single, last or present en-
ployment. and you can secure position with
Them by which you can make more money easier
and faster tn An you ever made before in your
life
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
WOmGn'S Reliance.
After Many DisCOuragements They
Turn to MunyOn.

Mrs. Rachael Matthews, Shady Side,
Princess Anne County, Nd, says: l had
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
Wilmington : Baltimore Railroad
DELAWARE DIVISION.

On and after November %, 1897, trains will
leave as follows:
SOUTHWARK.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

EXP. Pass. Exp. Pass. Mail. Mail
Pm. A. NJ. A. NJ. NJ Pm. Pm
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-20
STILL POSE AS BEGGARS.
Telegraph Companies New Scheme to
Collect Delivery Fees.

The telegraph companies still continue
their imposition on the public by attempt
ing to collect 10-cent fees for messages de-
livered beyond a mile from the central Of
flee. although they are prohibited both by
statute and city ordinance from thus goug-
ing their patrons. Since attention has been
called to this illegal practice the Western
Union Company has devised a scheme by
which it apparently hopes to dodge the law.
However, this scheme is just as illegal, and
people who pay Decent fees to messenger
boys are simply permitting the telegraph
companies to eXtort money A well-known
citizen called the attention of the Journal
yesterday to the new scheme. Messages are
frequently delivered to his residence, and
each time the boy demanded the fee of 10
cents the citizen told him to have the COM
pany send in a bill to his Office. The COM
pany has never sent in these bills, for 1t is
unwilling to give evidence in ink of its lille
gal act. Yesterday. however, a collector
called and presented a bill reading some
what after this fashion: John Jones. DR..
to the American District Telegraph Com
Pa niS9n OF Tor ~ cenfs Tbs
instead of delivering a message as required
by Section 55l4 of the Revised Statutes, the
company merely turns over the message 1t
its home office TO another corporation, and
seeks to make the patron pay the other
corporation for deliveries. Section 55l4 is
fCly cApflClt, anu IeduSs
such company shall deliver all dispatch
es. by messenger, to the persons to whom
the same are addressed, or to their agents,
on payment of any charges due for the
same; provided such persons or agents re-
side within one mile of the Geographic sta
ton or within the city or town in which
such station is"
The company dare not refuse to deliver
the message If the person TO whom II is
livery, nor has it in any case refused to 90
so. for the company would be liable for
damages. There is no doubt whatever of
the liability of the company, and, one
lawyer expressed it, when the company tries
TO collect the fee it is resorting to most
contemplate type of beggary. 1t has no
over to the American District Telegraph
Company and have that concern collect.
The city ordinance prohibits the company
collecting delivery fees in the city limits,
and provides penalty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-20
TAXES EQUAL EARNINGS,
Extraordinary Claim Made by the
NickeI-PIate.

The State Board of Tax Commissioners
yesterday morning heard the pleading of
representatives of two railroads for reduc-
tons in their assessments. A. p. William
son, of Detroit, represented the Nickel
plate. He declared the road would be bank
rupted in year if the rules of the Indiana
board were applied to the, whole line of
road. In the course of Mr.. williamson
talk it appeared that the mortgage indebt-
edness of the road Is $4,000 600, on which
the company pays $4,000 interest annually.
The road has but 100000 preferred stock,
Mr.. Williamson said, and it took every cent
OF the roads net earnings in Indiana last
year to pay the taxes in the State
Thomas Rood. of Pittsburg, was before
the board in the interest of the Pittsbucg,
Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad. He as
serted the big railroads are misleading the
tax board by distributing their Mainline
earnings over branches, some of which are
not in the State. The Lake Shore & Mich
igan Southern, the stock of which, Mr. hodd
said. is quoted at 1873, is assessed lower than
the road he represented, though it's stock is
worth 10.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-20
LOW RATE WILL PREVAIL
ONE FARE TO THE BIG REPUBLICAN
STATE CONVENTION.
Joint Senatorial Convention for Ma
rion and Morgan Counties to Be
Held at Same Time.

Additional arrangements for the big Re-
publican state convention, to be held at
Tomlinson Hall Aug. and 4, were made at
a meeting of the local members of the ex-
ecutive committee, held in Chairman Hern-
ly's room at the Denison Hotel last night.
Charles r. Lane, of Fort Wayne, was pres
ent, as were Secretary Spooner, r. o. Haw-
kins and H. w. Bennett. A telegram was
received from the Central Traffic Associa-
ton, at Chicago, announcing that a rate
of one fare for the round trip from all
points in Indiana had been made. Tickets
will be sold on Aug. and A. good returning
to and including Aug. 5.
William Essman was selected for SER
geant-at-arms and Assistant Custodian
Logsdon, of the Statehouse, was authorized
to oversee the decoration of the hall. The
seating of the hall will be arranged sim
liar to the May music festival, five hundred
seats on the stage, to be raised in tiers.
None but delegates will be allowed on the
floor of the main hail. The 1,616 delegates
will be seated by districts. They will be
provided with tickets having coupons for
the three sessions. Alternates will
be provided with tickets to the
galleries. Arrangements were made
lOT SAcSlISHl music during the TWO days.
Charles R. Lane will have charge of ac-
commodations for the press Mr.. Lane re-
quests that representatives of all daily pa
pers who desire accommodations to COM
municate with him at Fort Wayne. Seats at
the press tables and badges will be reserved
for newspaper men who desire to attend
the convention to do active work for their
papers. There has been some complaint in
times past from newspaper men attending
conventions of various characters that the
press tables were crowded by men who were
not there to work. The plan of reserving
seats and furnishing badges to men who
will be at work actively will remedy this
difficulty.
Indications are that the convention will
be one of the largest and best that has
ever assembled in Tomlinson Hail. Already
many requests have been received by the
hotels for reserved accommodations
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-20
COLLECTOR NOWLIN HERE.
Revenue Office Business Resuming
Normal Conditions.

Revenue Collector Nowlin, of Lawrence
burg, was in town yesterday looking after
the interests of the Office here. He says
that since people are becoming used to the
war tax the business of the revenue office
is resuming it's normal condition. Some OF
the travelling men connected with the de-
partment, however, report to the collector
numerous cases where people in many OF
the smaller towns of the State have not
heard of the new government stamp, or, if
they have heard of it, they do not under
stand the scheme clearly enough to know
that it affects their particular line of busi-
ness.
In some parts of the country there was a
period of several days after the stamp act
went into effect that revenue offices were
unable to furnish stamps to those who re-
quired them. This was true of the Indian
apohs office, and Major Glover instructed
people with whom he dealt to keep an ac-
count of all transactions where the stamp
was required and make a report to the Of
flee. Collector Nowlin desires that these re-
ports be made directly to him at Lawrence
burg