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Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
BAKING POWDER SECRETS.
Some of the Things Which Every Good
HOusekeeper Should Know.


''Our grandmothers did without bak-
ing powder and were not sensible of
any difficulty in preparing quick
dough, " writes Ella Morris Kretschmar
in The Woman's Homo Companion.
"But one wonders if results were not
Oftentimes crude because of the nice
care necessary in using soda In fact,
there are certain legends respecting
greenish yellow or spotted biscuit at
which the present generation of house
keepers smile, thanks to baking DOW
der. Soda, an alkai very injurious to
the stomach, should never be used with
out an acid to render it neutral salt,
as cream of tartar, muriatic acid or
sour milk, and the proportion must be
exact or the mixture will be either acid
or alkaline
Pure baking powders are simply a
mixture Of bicarbOnate of soda and
cream of tartar i'll their proper proper
tions with perhaps twice their COM
bined weight Of rice flour, cornstarch
or plain flour to insure their keeping.
If really pure, they cannot be called in
furious, the danger lying in the use of
powders having impure ingredients, Of
which quantities are doubtless sold
daily. So sensible have housel1eepers
become of these authorizations that many
are going back to the use Of soda and
cream Of tartar, the use of which, as i'll
dicated, requires both intelligence and
care. If one IS dependent upon the
Cfa I,,1
is the safest reliance.
In the making of quick doughs (by
use either of baking powder or soda and
cream Of tartar) there are two points
not given i'll any cookbook, so far as the
writer knows, which add greatly to per-
fection in results. To make such dough
proceed as follows:
Into one quart of flour (measured
before sifting) put level teaspoonful
Of salt and 2 heaping teaspoonfuls Of
baking powder, or a level teaspoon
ful Of soda and 2 rounding ones of
cream of tartar, mix thoroughly with
the hands and then sift twice Next
add heaping tablespoonful of butter
or butter and lard mixed rub up
lightly with the hands and again put
through the sieve, pressing the last
heavier part through with the fingers or
hand. Now toss the mixture lightly
about as when first putting i'll the bal1-
ing powder, and it will be found that
the shortening is distributed with per-
feet evenness through the flour Have
ready scant pint of sweet milk in
the flour. Beat hard for a few minutes,
when the mixture will be as smooth as
satin. Add rapidly the rest Of the flour,
roll out quickly, cut (if for biscuit) and
bake at once in rather hot oven.
Some flOurs require more wetting
than others, but the rule for guidance
is "a dough as soft as can be handled.
A little flour more or less will not
spoil the general result if other direc-
tiOnS orp c1rpf1I 11v followed -
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
A Noble Work.

The Woman's Relief corps, in ma
tlonal convention at Buffalo, has accom-
plished a noble work. According to the
report made by the national president
Mrs. Agnes Hit of indianapolis, ''it
has endowed and supports national re-
lief corps home for the wives and moth
ers Of soldiers and dependent army
nurses; it has led in the founding of
homes in Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin,
California, Illinois, Indiana and Mis-
souri,; it founded and supports the me-
mortal home in Pennsylvania it secured
legislation for the founding of a home
in New York; it secured the legislation
that provides government aid to the des-
titute army nurses; it established indus
trial training for girls at the Ohio Or
phan S home it has built memorial halls
and monuments, and it secured united
movement for patriotic teaching and a
flag ON every schoolhouse. "
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

There are on the pension rolls at
present 976, Ola pensioners and there are
pending 100000 applications. There
have been pensioned ,427, 94Opensions
on account of wounds received during
the war. Thirty three and more years
ago there were 2,2l3, 3G5 enlisted in the
army, at the end Of thirty two wears
there are more than 100000 on the
lists or expecting to get on. The gov
ernment has paid since the close of the
war 81, lO0,OO0,oOO for pensions. The
Appropriation asked for pension at this
session of Congress is $40, 600, 900
and is $4,000, 900 short of the increas-
ing demand.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
ONE Of TWO WAYS.

The bladder was created for one pur-
pose, namely, receptacle for the urine,
and as such it is not liable to any form
of disease except by one of two ways.
The first way is from imperfect action
of the kidneys. The second way is
from careless local treatment of other
diseases.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

During the past two years, Mrs J.
w. Alexander, wife of the editor of
the Waynesboro, (Miss.) Times, has,
in a, great many instances, relieved
her baby when in the first stages of
Group, by giving it Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. She looks upon this
remedy as household necessity and
believes that no better medicine has
ever been put in bottles. There are
many thousands of mothers in this
broad land, who are of the same Opin-
ion. 1t is the only remedy that can
always be depended upon as a preven-
tive and cure four Group. The % and
80 cent bottles are for sale by Clifton
Il Raymond, Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
That Explains IL.

"Quaintly talks like a man who has
travelled all over every country on
earth I"
Never was out of Boston in his life,
but he has the finest private collection
of guidebooks in existence. Boston
Traveller
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
An Eccentric Author.

Those familiar with Paul de Kocs
could guess the nature of the novelist
wcrk by glance at his dress. When
writing a comparatively serious chap
ter, he always wore a frock coat of
military cut and ornamented with frogs.
If engaged ON lighter W, rk, his costume
consisted of a blue flannel dressing
gown and an elaborately embroidered
smoking cap.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
A Great E.-y.

ST can't Afford" said the man Of
moderate means, "to go to many places
of amusement, but I am admitted free
to the play with the longest run on rec
ord, THE Struggle Of Life. New
York Sun.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

A QUESTION OF FIGUREs.-Two years
from January 1, 1898, business men
will be confronted with a problem
trifing but interesting. 1t is the GUS
tom in this hurry-up age to write only
the last two figures of the year, as '97.
Now comes the question, how will 1900
be expressed? Probably by 900" Col
lege men will then speak of the classes,
as for instance, Delaware College
nought, nought. "Nought, like ''it, >
will play big part in 1900.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
BeWare of Cintments for Ca
tarrh that contain Mercury,

beware of Cintments for Ca
tarrh that contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Hall Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by f. J. Cheney & Co..
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and
is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. In buying Halls Ca
tarrah Cure be sure you get the gen
ul9e. 1t is taken internally, andmade
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
BzH Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per
bottle.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

A secret league of National dimen :
sions against Civil Service Reform,
ell, Hush! Be still! That isn't a
marker to another that is now being
organized for the abolition of the law
of gravitation. Look out for the Su-
preme High Daddy of the Inefable
Order or Exalted Muckamucks of the
Boot-Straps
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

A colored woman of Washington
went to her pastor the other day to
complain of the conduct of her hus-
band, who, she said, was a slow down,
worthless, trifess nigger." After lis
tening to long recital of the delin-
quencies of her neglectful spouse and
her efforts to correct them, the minis
ter said: "Have you ever tried heap
ing Goals of fire upon his head?" "No, :"
was the reply, "but 1 done tried hot
water.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

o. w. O. Hardman, when sheriff of
Tyler Co., w. Va, was at one time,
almost prOstrated with a cold. He
used Chamberlain Cough Remedy
and was so much pleased with the
quick relief and cure it afforded him,
that he gave the following unsolicited
testimonial: "TO all who may be in
terested, I wish to say, that 1 have
used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and find it invaluable for coughs and
colds" For sale by Clifton & Ray
mOnd, Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

The fifth month since the enactment
of the new tariff has passed, and the
closing prices of the year afford some
indication of its influence upon the
cost of commodities thus far. 1t re-
mains the fact, that substantially all
the advance in prices has been in farm
products and in woollen goods manu-
factured from one of those products.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

"The Atlanta Constitution" tells of a
Georgia farmer whose son writes verse,
but who is too modest to submit it for
publication. One day, when the
farmer was going to town, he took a
bundle of poems along with him and
handed them to an editor. They're
pretty fair" said the editor. "His
rhyme is all right, but there's some
thing wrong with his feet. 'Well,
said the farmer, Il won't deny 1t; he
has got corns!"
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
Machinery and Modern Farming.

The smallest implement upon big
wheat farm is plow. And from the
plow to the elevatOr-frOm the first
operation in wheat farming to the last
-one is forced to realize how the spirit
of the age has made itself felt here and
has reduced the amount of human labor
to the minimum. The man who plows
uses his muscle only incidentally in
guiding the machine. The man who
operates the harrow has half dozen
levers to Tighten his labor. The "sOwer
who goeth forth to sow, walks leisure
ly behind drill and works brakes. The
reaper needs quick brain and quick
hand, but not necessarily a strong arm
nor powerful back. He works sitting
down.
The thrashers are merely assistants
to a machine, and the men who heave
the wheat into the bins only press but
tons. The most desirable farmland is
not the fellow who can pound the
"mauling machine" most Justify at the
county fair. He is the man with the
cunning brain who can get the most
work out of a machine without break
ing it, The farm laborer in the west to-
day, where machinery is employed,
finds himself advanced to the ranks Of
skilled labor and enjoys position not
widely different from that of the mill
hand in the east. Each is a tender of
machine. William Allen White i'll
Scribner's.
Mrs. LincOln's Grave.
Near the little town Of Lincoln City,
Spencer county, Ind, is the grave f
Lincoln mother, says the Boston 1riv-
eler The Lincolns went to Spencer
county few years before Indiana be-
came a state They had not been long
i'll Spencer county before Mrs. Lincoln
died, leaving a husband and several
small children In 1879 Mr.. Studebaker
of South Bend, Ind, caused a mon
ument to be erected over the grave of
Mrs Lincoln. On the monument is this
inscription: Nancy Hanks Lincoln,
Mother of President Lincoln. Died Oct.
8, A. d. 1918.
The tract of land ON which the grave
of Mrs. Lincoln is situaed has since been
purchased and the land plotted into
town lots
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever be mag
netic. full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-To
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran'
teed Booklet and sample free. address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

. Prosperity comes quickest to the man
whose liver is in good condition. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are famous little pills
for constipation, billiousness, indigestion
and all stomach and liver troubles. Clifton
& Raymond, Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

1t is easy to catch cold and just as easy to
get rid of it if you commence early to use
one Minute Cough Cnre. 1t cures coughs,
colds, bronchitis, pneumonia and all throat
and lung troubles. 1t is pleasant to take,
safe to use and sure to cure. Clifton d
Raymond, Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
An Opportunity " ou Now Have

of testing the curative effects of Ely's Cream
Balm, the most positive Cure for Catarrh
known. Ask your druggist for 10 cent
trial size or send 10 cents, we will mail it.
Full size 80 cents.
ELY BROS, Sc Warren ST., n. Y, City.
My son was afflicted with catarrh. l in
duced him to try Ely's Cream Balm and the
disagreeable catarrhal smell all left him.
He appears as well as any One.-J. G. Ohm
stead, ArcOla, Ill.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05

Mrs. Spark, Pleasant Ridge, o., says:
AFTER two doctors gave up my boy to die,
l saved him from Group by using One
Minute Cough Cure" 1t is the quickest
aud most certain remedy for coughs, colds
and all throat and lung troubles. Clifton IL
RAYMOND. SmYrna. Del.
Smyrna times., 1898-01-05
XAOx.I@E nO1 HANGER.

new and useful device which every family
Will buy, Is sold only through local agents. Sim
pie and strong: can be put up anywhere: secure
ly holds rope or wire; instant adjustment and
removal Of line; no props needed. Sells on
sgnt Popular price. Agents wanted every
where. Exclusive territory. Attractive terms.
Premiums and profit sharing Anyone may be-
come agent. SAMPLE PAIR, by mail, Csc.
KELsO NOVELTY CO., 52s Locust St. Philada
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-03-29
55th CONGRESS.
Report on Maine Disaster Pre-
scented in Both Branches.
Tremendous Crowds Present and Lis
ten With Intense Interest.
Report Referred 10 Committees in Both Houses
and Ordered Printed

Washington, March 2S-A scene Of
intense interest was presented III the
Senate today, when the President =
message transmitting the findings nt
The Maine court of inquiry was receiv-
ed. The galleries We're packed to the
doors and the attendance of senators
We're quite as large as it has been Al
any time during the present session
Eager to ascertain the full findings u
the court scores of members of the
House after the adjournment Of THAI
cdy had hurried 10 the Senate chamber
and the floor was crowded With them.
When the reading of the President
message was begun hush 81 marked
fell over the chamber that one literally
might have heard pin fail. Through
out the reading of both the messas -
ana the findings of the court. there wa
not the slightest demonstration
Following closely upon the MESA &c
and findings came the speech If Mr
Money Of Mississippi. upon his recent
observations in cuba ana the dedu"-
tluns from them which he had made
He spoke cXtcmp"rdnemlSly and hi
vigorous and al times mpaSsioncd clu-
qucnce carried his auditors in fun sym
PATTY with him.
Upon the announcement Of Repre-
sentative Simpkins death. the Senate
adjourned.
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Full Synopsis of Her
Theory of Disaster.
Opposed in Every Particular
to the American Report.
Claims But One Explosion
Mo Column of Water.
Spanish Divers Find All Rents and
Breaks Pointing Outward.
Claims that Thorough Examination Of
Remains of the Ship
Will Prove Beyond Doubt that the Explosion
Was from Interior.
Will Prove Beyond Doubt that the Explosion
Was from Interior.

Washington, March 2S-A full synop-
sis of the report of the Spanish naval
commission which investigated the de-
struction OF the battleship Maine is
here given by The Associated Press.
1t is taken from IL copy of the original
report which is now on its way here
from Havana. the synopsis being cabled
IN the meantime. and. today, placed III
the hands of the government. The con-
illusions reached are directly opposite
to those in the report of the court of in
quily submitted to Congress, today
The synopsis is as follows:
The report contains declarations
made by occular witnesses and experts
From these statements it clearly de-
duces and prevents the absence of all
those attendant circumstances which
are invariably present on the occasion
of explosion of q torpedo.
The evidence of witnesses compare
lively close to the Maine at the moment
is To the effect that only one explosion
occurred; that no column of water was
thrown in the air; that no shock to the
Continued on page ~
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Washington, March .S.-The follow
/ ing is the full text report Of the court 81
inquiry:
Y. $. $. iowa. 1st rate Key Wes,
Fla. Monday. March u, 1S9S
/ After full and mature consideration
OF all the testimony before it. the court
/ finds as follows:
/ First. That the United States battle
| ship Maine" arrived at the harbor of
| Havana. Cuba. on the 18th day of Jan
uary. 1898, and was taken to Buoy No
! T. in from ~ to 8 fathoms of water. b..
/ the regular government pilot.
The United States consul general at
/ Havana, had notified the authorities at
! that place the previous evening. of the
4 intended arrival of the Maine
! Second. The state of discipline On
/ board the Maine was excellent: and all
orders and regulations in regard to the
car ard SAFETY If the ship We're strictly
carried out.
All ammunition was slowed in aC-
cordance With prescribed instructions.
and proper care was taken whenever
ammunition was handled. Nothing
was slowed in any one of the maya
zines OF shell rooms which was not per
mitted to be slowed there.
The magazines and shell rooms were
always locked after having been onened
ana after the destruction Of the Maine
the keys were found III their pronor
place in the captain'S cabin. pyarythinr
having been reported secure that even
ing at s T. Nj.
The temperature of the magazines
and shell rooms We're IN ken daily a IN
reported. The only magazine which
had an undue amount of heat was tn
after fo-inch MAGAZINE. and that did
not explode at the time the Maine was
destroyed
The torpedo war heads Wcpc all stow
ga in the after part Of the shin under
the ward room ara neither caused nos.
participated in the destruction of the
Maine.
Tho dry gun cotton primers and de-
tonators were slowed in the cabin aft
AMI remote from the scene of the ex
piosion Waste was carefully looked
after on the Maine to ohviatc danger
Special orders in regard to to this had
been given by the commanding officer.
Narnishcs, dryers. alcohol. and other
conbuStihlcS of this nature were stow
81 on or above the main deck and
could have rot had anything to do with
the destruction of ne Maine
The medical stores were slowed Aft
under the ward room and remote from
the scene Of the explosion.
M dangerous stores of any kind were
slowed below in any OF the other store
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A terrible tragedy is reported from
Bernay. department Of the Eure. France.
\ robber named Gaillard murdered a
family of six persons there Sunday even
ing. Through a window of the house in
abited by the family he shot and killed
with a gun. the husband. his wife and
TWO of their children who We're PLAYING
at a table. Gailiiard then entered the
house and cut the throat of little girl
who was in the next room. Finally he
blew out the brains Of q paralytic bed
ridden woman. Il years of age The mu,-
der,r was arrested and confessed to com
hitting these and number of other
crimes,
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! Washington. March @S-Totfay ha,
| been one of action III every branch II
| official lfa; action IN the White House
| where the President ANA his cahine
| advisers assembled in special cabin.t
| session at io.3d. action in both branchc.
| of Congress. whore the message of tn,
| President on the Maine disaster and tn,
| report and testimony Of the court ot
| inquiry We're received. action in tht
! secret conferences If state officials ana
! diplomats concerning the latest phases
of Spanish American negotiations: ana
action in the war and navy depart
| m"nt With the Spanish situation as III,
common public Of all the varying As
poets Of official action.
| seldom has day been replcto with
50 many diverse and important phases
of a SINGLE subject. And Yet through
out this activity the prevailing ton.
as rec iVei from administrator s1urc 5
has been more in the line of peace than
II has been for some days. This WAS
tho impression conveyed ~ cabinet
officers after the - q al cabinet session.
/ The same sentiment characterized til
diplomatic conferences at the state dc
pertinent. But in Congress. which If
loried III" greatest field for anti
Spanish au3 Marl.kc expressions. a
stain If d.scnu ent ana uhcasineSs pre-
vailed after the Presidents message
and the Maine report We're submittc I
and especially on the House side
THE Presidents uc ~sase. submitting
III. Maine report and accompanying
evidence WAS the main event Of the
4.
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TESTIMONY.
Story in Detail of the
Wreck of the Maine.
Her Officers Tell of the Hor-
rors of that FatefuI Night.
Capt. Sigsbee Took Precau-
tons to Guard His Ship.
Nothing Left Undone for the Safety
of the Vessel and Men.
Every Word of Evidence Shows Ex-
piosion Was External.
Bottom Plates Blown SO or 80 Feet Tn
Through the Ship.
Every Word of Evidence Shows Ex-
pIosion Was External.
Bottom Plates Blown SO or 80 Feet Tn
Through the Ship.

W HS lliICtpn M1IIh
1naSs of testimun, taLon la, A., MI.
court Of inai,iry was sant a. ~, a.,
ate. today. ana with thn pr,.i.l,,t,.
MESSAGE and tho 6nd;r.. ~ a.. ,..'.,,.,
referred tn the COMMITTEE, q, f,,,t,,,, -.
latiouH. Tho Testimony, was, t,j,,,,, 80, -
different DAVIS tho 1l,b 1,, h.,,..,,..,.
being devoted tn yirvip.. tl,n u.,..l
Every witness whu wa. l,ro.,., =, h.,,..
any infnrnatiop tb,t ,,,,la ,I,,.,.,. ,;..i
upon the great disaster. v,,s ,.,Ilnd
give his testimony Tho etn,.1. IF ,h.
destruction of the vessel !. ,or1 ,,nt
.raphi5aIIy bIt il, > naunc, th,t ..i,....
an ihn u,laiu,i.jn r,rte M t.,bni,.,l
detail is emitted Every movement .n,I
incident connected win tho ,I,i,,, f,,,,,,
The time she left Kew Nyr,.t untu ,bo
last diver .~.r,in.d Tho ,,-,.,,,.1, t,,,,
sinking, in me mud nf f1nva,,. b,,.l,,,,.
is given. II is = story intensely. i,t.,.-
rsting To- the American pnonln Thosn
ho read if can ba,.o. linn ,i,,,h, 81. -
whct hrr thprn .,ygs an, informal az. .>,t,.,
nal explosion
PERTAINS tho ,nnsl significant t.,.ti-
mony is thai shn,yino tba botto,, nl.+a
on the port side of Tho Inflated Maine
q y
suit thai hardly cuIlld bav.. fnllnua1
ANYTHING save an .eynIusion f,nr th.
outside. \ mas, OF Testimony. il SIN
nittrd showing the car,. eynrci.od ~,
board the shin by Cant SfasLnn and
his officers and the apparent impossi-
bility Of the accident occurring from
any Internal cause surh as The haaf-
bustion. or from other causes upon
which So many theories ,,a,.. j,as.d
tho ,oeti,,,,,. - 49,. -.;l,..i.N- :;
'''i'''i'S 80 pc 49, sue - "a
n" greatest lmppItanc" and IS PERHAPS
of more general interest than that Of
any Other. man called bcfrrn The hoard
Wan .,r,o, ,1 ,;,,,..
~ '7'Nd' "a anu ll'iiu' eiiV99 ~
@lEeS an account OF the management
Of the ship. how she was handled. what
was done from dav to day on board
l,,,,,..l at, ,,,,..,.. -, .
'' ~ '''''''' 'iit' ia ana ma ''l' "''
aFfh'fdSe anu What ne knew ABOUT 1t.
and in fact on every point upon which
Inc government ana the country d.sir4,
T.. a. i,,,,,.,,,.,, >-,,L;,,,x =, ,,,,,.,i,,
80 ms 80 pam
9lGEhr' - testimony SHOWS that the an
choTaGc Mas changed or that it WAS
considered DANGEROUS by any one
Narnu1 in ip,nnrtanrn tn ra,tai,,
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Boston Forecast.

Boston, March @$.-Forccaat for tn -
iay: Threatening and showers, fol
lowed by fair; colder during the even
ing and right; southwest to west
winds
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NEED Money?

we loan - to $500 on Household Furni-
iufc. Pianos, Bicycles, Live Stock,
Watches and Jewelry.
BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL.
THE COILATERAL LOAN COMPANY,
OPP. Cony House, Augusts