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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14
Holiday Excursion Rates.

To all points on the Texas and Paci-
fc railway, in the state of Texas, q
rate of one-and-one-Gh third fare for
the round trip will be made for the
holidays. These tickets will be on sale
December 3d. "a, 25, 81 and January L,
only. Final limit for return, January
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve.

The best salve in tie world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
blains, corns, and all skin eruptions,
and positively cures piles,O no pay re.
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
ect satisfaction Or money refunded.
Price % cents per box, For sale by W.
A. Irwin & Co., Wholesale ana retail
agents
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

IT may strain the constitution to
hold the Philippines, but old Thomas
Jefferson gave it fearful twist when
he bought the Mississippi valley. 1t
doeso't hurt the immortal document
exercise is good for it, and only de-
monstrates its real strength and per-
manance
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

SOME Of the interior states are ex-
pressing the opinion very forcibly that
while tie United States is planning to
spend hundreds of millions of dollars
in building railroads in Cuba, canals
in Nicaragua, cables across the Pacific,
and little governments everywhere, it
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

MR.. BAILEY need not fear for his
position as leader in the present ses-
sion of congress. He seemed to be
scared, but he will have cause next
year.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

THE peace treaty is completed, and
Don Carlos has not yet struck his long
awaited blow. Those Spaniards will
say ''manans" when Gabriel blows his
trumpet in the morning.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

SINCE Dewey climbed the Philip
pines four newspapers published in
English have been established. So
civilization proceeds.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14
man6nCe.

IT is reported Ct at Gillett has gone
to Spain. The old lady would better
look out for that twenty million dol
lars that she is about to receive from
Uncle Sam. Those American financiers
are not to be trifed with.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

MANY people give their opinion
away freely because they have no POI
sible use for them themselves.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

AS the twenty million dollars to be
paid for the Philippines is to be paid
out of the revenues of the island ulti-
mately. it is likely that John Bull will
pay most if it, in the form of import
duties.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

THE golden mean in life is to be bi
enough to have your own way and no
big enough to be the object of Jealousy
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14
Gold Lettering.

Bring your books or pocketbooks,
intended for Christmas presents to the
HERALD and have the name put On in
gold. Prices moderate
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

might spend a small proportion of that
amount in affording to the Mississippi
valley absolute safety from the annual
floods.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

THE Times and the Graphic went
into the scrap with the HERALD shout
ing "Veni, vidi, vici"; they came out
crying "Vice versa"
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14
TO ADVERTISERS.

In order to insure proper changes in adver-
Using, copy for same should be at the busi-
ness Office not later than 10 q. m
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

CHICAGO lis threatening to hang .
few aldermen. Hemp must be cheap.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

The orange shipments to the States
by Col. j. M. Robertson and others
have producted such splendid results
as have been the means of opening the
eyes of the people of Mexico to the ad-
vantages fruit growing offers, and have
by the excellence of the fruit, produc-
ed most favorable impression in the
States where the fruit is now in de-
mand .-MOnterey Globe.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-14

1t to some extent. Before the civil
war the peanut crop barely aggregat-
ed more than 100000 bushels.-Ex-
change.
The Denison Milling com pany of this
city was incorporated yesterday with q
capital stock of $50, 900. The purpose
set forth is the manufacturing of flour
and meal, also the buying and selling
of grain and hay. Tho incOrporators
p. h. Tobin and J. r. Cullinane of
this city.-Denison Herald.
The apple crop of the U lifted State 8
is smaller than its has been eince reli-
able statistics have been collected.
the United States is q, 100000 barrels,
compared with something over &C, 0OO,-
900 last year and 20, 900, 600 in the rec
ord breaking crop of 1o96.-Alpine
Avalanche.
The entire orange crop of the vicin-
ity of Hermosillo has been contracted
for export to the United States. 1t is
estimated at, about two hundred car
loads. The average price paid is one
dollar gold per box delivered at the
railroad station in Hermosillo.-TwO
Republics.
The cotton receipts at Texas City for
this season has been 1850 up to the
24th. Last season up to the same time
80, 1O7; no receipts since then; about
$500 bales have been shipped out by
barges. Post.
Mexico has increased her purchases
of American agricultural Implements,
breeding cattle, horses and sheep. The
bicycle imports are nesrly the same as
last year.-Exchange
Smyrna times., 1898-12-28

WHEN Congress meets after the holi-
days one of the first bills to engage its
attention, probably, will be the mea-
sure providing for the decennial CEN
sus of 1900. 1t has come to the con-
clusion that there should be an abso-
lutte divorce between the taking of the
census of the nation and the spoils
doctrine. This verdict has been
reached as a result of the experience
gained in past census years, and es-
pecially in the last one. Beside the
delay involved by the spoils system in
the census the National Treasury is
saddled with an unnecessary expense.
The census of 1890 has cost $40, $40, 900
and almost half of this amount was
paid in salaries, and the work is still
unfinished. And the Hon. Carroll d.
Wright, Chief of the Labor Bureau.
who has had charge of the completion
OF the census since the resignation of
Mr.. Porter, claims that 1000, 900 of
the cost and years time could have
been saved had the census appointees
been chosen according to civil service
regulations.
Smyrna times., 1898-12-28
KINGS DAUGHTERS TREAT.
Many Children Made Happy on Christmas
Eve


The circle of Kings Daughters of
this town, who are always looking ont
to gladden. and cheer hearts, gave a
very delightful treat to the children
OF this town on Saturday afternoon
Christmas Eve. 1t has been the GUS
tom OF this circle every Christmas to
look out for the poorer children and
grown people, that they might help TO
brighten homes that are in need Of
Christmas cheer. Last year thew re-
membered such homes by sending
around the good things they had in
store. But this year they devised diff
ferent plan, and instead of going to
the children, they arranged Christ.
mas treat in the Opera House. Invi-
tatlons were sent to every home which
they thought they could brighten,
with enough tickets to include every
child of the family, and on Saturday
afternoon they responded by turning
out III large numbers.
In the centre of the Opera House
moor was large tree beautifully trim
med and with box after box of candy,
and toy horns and dolls. This was the
charming sight that greeted the chill
dren when they entered the room.
The exercises opened with singing.
followed by an invocation by the Rev
j. l.. Estlin of the PRESBYTERIAN
church. At the close of this the Rev.
q. A. Hill of the Methodist church
church, took the floor and made a very
appropriate address to the children
who had gathered there. He showed
them in a plain and simple way the
meaning of Christmas, and what it
represented to the world and he pic
tured before them the cross of the
Kings Daughters with its 81. H. S. !"
initials and told the meaning and of
the splendid mission of this organi-
zation throughout the land. His re-
marks were especially interesting both
to the old folks as we'll as the young.
The Christmas treat which came
next was really the feature of the oc-
caslon. Old Kriss was impersonated by
u. Davis Brown and as each child adj
vanced to the tree, they were given
half pound box of candy, a book and a
choice between doll and horn. It
was an interesting sight to the goodlv
number of spectators who had gathered
there to see the effect upon the chill
dren. 1t was season of much cheer
and pleasure greeting to them, and
the Kings Daughters deserve much
praise for their work.
There were 144 remembered, and
the treat distributed to them amounted
to go pounds OF candy, As dolls, 48
horns, and 30 books. 1t proved a sue
cess In every way.
Smyrna times., 1898-12-28

The news from Washington is that
the treaty concluded by our Peace
Commissioners with those of Spain is
certain to be ratified when it is brought
before our Senate. A Washington
correspondent says:
"Any talk about amending the treaty
is absurd, as is the talk about passing
a resolution pledging this country
against assuming sovereignty over the
Philippines, as was done in the case of
Cuba. No such resolution can pass
the Senate. 1t would be nonsensical
for the reason that Congress will have
the entire matter in its own hands, and
can at any time pass what laws it
pleases in regard to the government of
the Philippine Islands, or any of other
territory of the United States.
Any resolutions this Congress might
pass on the subject would not in the
least bind the next, or any other Con-
CESS. But no resolutions of the kind
can, or will be passed, as the disposi-
ton among members is to leave the
Government of the Philippine Islands
alone until a year hence when Con-
gress will be better able to deal with
the subject.
Smyrna times., 1898-12-28

AT two points during his Southern
tour, President Mckinley addressed
himself to negro audiences. He spoke
before Mr.. Booker T. Washington s
institute at Tuskegee and in Savannah
he addressed a meeting in a negro
church. Public sentiment has direc-
ted its attention to President McKin-
ley's broad recognition during his
Southern trip of the reunited pa
triotism of both sections. The Presi-
dents reference to Confederate graves,
his salutes to Confederate veterans and
his personal and official readiness to
treat the war as not only history, but
history in whose heroism on both
sides all could take just pride, mark
an epoch which has caught tn g public
eye.
The Philadelphia Press in speaking
of the events of this trip says:
The war and its issues are over.
Nothing can alter the verdict of his
tory or the public acceptance of this
verdict. The negro and his issues are
not over. He faces obloquy and
worse in many states if he asserts his
rights as a citizen. Mobs burn his
newspapers in North Carolina, and in
Illinois, mobs have committed the
worst crime of refusing to let him
work for living.
Laws, fair ballot, the protest of
parties, States and sections whose fair
representation at Washington loses by
negro Acknowledgement are allneeded.
No one of these remedies can be inter
mitted or suspended. But the final,
crownlng remedy must come from the
negro. He must make himself citi-
zen so good and valuable that all good
men will insist on his vote being cast
and counted. This is slow work. But
1t is sure work. The South is as much
interested in this work as the North.
An ignorant population is a daily
threat to prosperity. But for lynch
law, mobs and the suppressed negro
vote, the South would be getting the
S75, 900, 900 now loaned abroad to for
eign lands with less resources than
the South.
Smyrna times., 1898-12-28
FARMERS TAKE NOTICE.
The Peninsula Horticultural Society to Meet
in Smyrna Soon.

The people of Smyrna are anticipating
with a good deal of interest the coming of
the Peninsula Horticultural Society, which
will hold its annual meeting here in the
Opera House on January 11th, 18th and
18th. The program includes papers and
| discussions on nearly the whole range of
topics that are of special interest TO the
| fruit grower and market gardener, and the
most of these papers are by the practical
tillers of the soil who know just what they
are talking about when they get up to dis
cuss their lines of business.
III. E. VanDeman, of Parksley, Virginia,
one of the most widely known fruit men in
America, will have IA report on the general
condition of fruit growing; the Hon JON
athan S. Willis, of Milford, will tell what
he knows about peach culture; G. Gundy
Brown, of Camden, will report on apples
Samuel L. Earle, of CentrevIlle, Md, will
have paper on pears, and so the whole
list of fruits is considered, one by one, by
men who are successful specialists. The
subject of grapes and small fruits, which
is one that the farmers of this vicinity are
largely interested in, will come i'll for a
large share of attention. Jas. b. Gilchrist,
of Milford, who is known as one of the best
and most careful cultivatOrs in the State,
as well as an intelligent, thoughtful man,
will treat the subject from his own expe-
rience in Delaware, and Walter +. Taber,
of POughkeepsie, n Y, will tell how it is
done in his State Mr.. Taber is one of the
best small fruit growers in the United
States and has the most successful irrigat
ing plant in the East
The public is cordially invited. Discus
sion is free. All citizens, whether fruit
growers or not. will find these meetings
interesting, and the attendance should be
large. Ladies usually attend 1t is hoped
that the Opera House will be well filled at
every session. The evening sessions will
be of a popular character and all citizens,
ladies and children included, will be inter
ested. On Wednesday night Professor G..
Harold Powell, of Newark, Del, will talk
about horticultural education and show
what the public schools can do to help it.
He will illustrate his lecture by lantern
slides.
On thursday night the Maryland Expert
ment Station Will have its turn. and Pro-
fessor Johnson, the entomologist, will dis
cuss insects. and Professor Townsend will
discuss fungous diseases, and they will
illustrate their subjects by lantern pictures.
Upon the whole this promises to be the
best meeting in the history of the Society,
and Smyrna will try to do itself proud in
making the society welcome.
Smyrna times., 1898-12-28
Smyrna Town Council.

The regular meeting of the Smyrnf
Town Council was held last Friday
night and turned out to be very
short session. All the members were
present except DIR. L. G.. Moore.
Secretary Anthony read the follow.
ing bills: Philadelphia, Wilmington
~ Baltimore Railroad Company, freight
$1O4. 70; Benz. w. Turner, extra police
duties, $1.OO; General Electric Com.
pany, one metre for Mr.. Frank Bailey,
$16.20; Philadelphia d Smyrna Trans.
pOrtatiOn Company, freight on metre.
10 cents; j. W. Tucker, police suits,
$32. 90; Total, $165.58. On motion the
foregoing bills were allowed.
On motion of Secretary Anthony. an
order was authorized to be drawn in
favor of n. F. Wilds, cashier of the
Fruit Growers National Bank for
$S45.OO, the semi-annual interest on
water bond; and an order of S26. 60 in
favor of Walter o. Hoffecker, agent.
for insurance on the Opera House. both
OF which are due on the first of Jan
uary.
The committee appointed to procure
winter suits for the police having per-
formed their duty were DISCHARGED
Councilman Fowler asked # Geo.
Sylvester, janitor of the Public
Schools had been sworn in as a police
OF the school grounds. Alderman Col
Inns, who was present said he had not.
but was waiting to ascertain some facts
concerning it. At recent meeting
Mr.. Sylvester was granted the power
to police the school grounds and prop
erty and to make any arrests that were
necessary.
The new electrice light ordinance
which was passed at the last meeting
OF the Council, and of which Council
man Edward G. Walls is the father.
T MIL go INTO effect the first of January.
inns being the case, a motion was
made that Clerk of the Council s. +
Reynolds, have notices of the ordi.
nance printed and issued to all electric
light takers. - -
Council adjourned.
Smyrna times., 1898-12-28
A PLEASANT CHRISTMAS DANCE.
The Young Men of Smyrna Give a Social
Affair That is a Feature of the
HOLIDAYS.

An event of the Christmas HOLIDAYS
was the dance given in the Opera
House last evening by the young men
of Smyrna. AS an informal dance II
was one of the best. The attendance
was comfortably small and the number
of visitors present, made it feature of
much enjoyment. Music was furnish
ed by Oglesby's orchestra, of Chester.
The floor was i'll good condition and
the music of fine order. The hall was
decorated with holly and other ever
greens and suspended from the cleo
troller was bunch of mistletOe with
ribbon.
Among those present were: Miss
Dora G. Wilds, Dover; Miss Alyce
Cheyney, West Chester; Miss Mary
Dukes and Miss Nellie Wrightson.
Easton, Md, Miss Elizabeth b. Wal
lace, Dover; Miss Elizabeth Parker,
Mlddletown; Miss Wells and Miss
Helen Waters, Philadelphla; DIR. Geo.
B. Whitten, Dover; Mr.. George L.
Townsend, Jr., Odessa; Mr.. ". F..
Metten, Wilmington; Mr.. J. J. Mar
shall, Virginia; Mr.. Pierce Cam,
kirkwoOd: Mr.. Lee Springs, Mr..
Bryan, Brenford; Mr.. A. H. REYNOLDS.
Messrs. George and Reuben Denney,
philadelphia; DR.. Ross, Trappe, Md. !;
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Harvey Speakman,
DIR: and Mrs. J. Allan johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. l.. o. Waller, Mr.. and Mrs.
+: E: Postles, Mrs. Margaret Bailey,
Mrs. W. w. Rich, Miss Cora Tschudy,
Mrs. W. A. Fleming, Mrs. Lillian
johnson, Misses Ethel Cooper. Beth
Denney, Margaret Fell, Florence
Hazel, Nettie Tschudy, Gertrud,
Smith, Helen RinggOld, Eba c. Wilds.
Clara HAZEL, Ada farrell, Mary An,
thOny, Helen Lewis, Hettie Richards.
Fannie Jones, Helen Collins, Edith
Collins. Messrs. Roland w. Bell.
Harry Tschudy, r. d. Hoffecker, Jr.
w. H. Brady, Hirons Denney, Benton
Weldon, Robert Denney, Cummins
Speakman, A. Lee Clifton, John An
thony, G. Davis Brown.
Smyrna times., 1898-12-28

LAST week a beautiful and costly
sword was presented to Admiral Schley
as mark of esteem by the citizens of
Philadelphia. At the New England's
Sons dinner, given the same evening,
President Dana said: "The legs of the
Pilgrims were the first that climbed
Plymouth Rock, but their standing
there was due greatly to their knee
trousers, which were made in Holland.
Religious liberty is a watchword trans
lated from the Dutch. From the Cav
alier has come that stream of influence
and liberty that has served to make
our country indissoluble.
The typical American, DIR. Van
Dyke said, is one who speaks good
English and acts good American and
humanity. 81 am an optimist for the
American idea of self-government," he
continued, ''for it is this spirit that
has made the idea of Americanism felt
all over the globe. We have heard
that trade follows the flag, but we
know that our trade goes where the
people want the best goods"
Smyrna times., 1898-12-28

THE EUeTy EUening seems to be very
much disturbed by little editorial in
the TINES last week in reference To
Dr. Hiram X. Burton and the action
OF the Returning Board" in his case
1t is proper for us to remark that as
the information came to us (and IL
could not have come from a more
direct source) that DIR. Burton did not
stop the count, but that it was done
by the Board, we were justified in
all that was said, if the premises was
correct, and the problematical 'ff'
was used, though really this was
hardly necessary in the face of the
directness Of the information. We
take the statement that it was the poll
ticians and not Judges Grubb and
Boyce as made by our contemporary.
who stopped abruptly in the count
and take back the inference, because
we do not want to do them an Injustice
or throw an imputation where it does
not belong. Judge Boyce's connec-
tion with the Bench is of recent date.
and the matter above corrected leaves
MIN without imputation, but if our
contemporary were as true To his
torical fact as it is to obsequiousnesss,
1t would admit there was reason to
INFER most anything after the wonder
ful miscarriage of Justice in Dovar :,
1894 and 1896.
Smyrna times., 1898-12-28
"MYsticus Anxious. ("

December Mysticus Amicus, of the
Smyrna High School journal, was is
sued on Saturday last and Judging
from its contents it is an excellent
number. Charles Il. Williams of the
class OF '97, contributes an excellent ar
tlcle on '"The Revival of Learning. ;,
Ihe recent meeting of the Kent Coun-
W Teachers Institute here also fur
nished an excellent chance for series
OF articles on Echoes of the Institu te''
Ine nrst OF which is ''Some Facts in
INDICATIONS Of Adaptability to Teach, Z"
notes taken from the lecture of Supt.
y, l. ~ wCorson, of Ohio by Miss Marga-
Tet walls, 80; '"Tact in the School
hoom, Miss Miriam Swinnev. 'O1 /:
and ''The Criticism Of Teachers /" nv,
MISS helen Lewis, 80. From the lee
tqre OF DIR. M. G. Brnmbaugh. of the
University of Pennsylvania' entitled
rGerminal Facts in History /" M;ss
Elizabeth O. Middleton. fO1s Miss
rlora Hollett, 100, and Miss Aones H
Carrow, '0S furnish some ipterest;nc q
notes. From Prof. C. Bowers Iectnrs
MISS Lulu M. Beck '9O' contributes
notes on his subjects "Wiser Than
oerpents, and Miss Emma Hazall 500
rom MS other subject, "Mental Mood
an and lenses" Miss Edna E' UUdI EwsII
'oO, closes the series of articles wifi
some notes on Mature Study in Az
fu6llc Schools, taken from the tsIS I
OF PTof; Austin @. Apgar of the TrsnA
ton state Normal Schools. Miss Fmnaa
Stevenson, '01, contributes an art;nia
on .The Eighteenth Century Homas ;,
and j. Edmond Stevens. of The cJaaa,
'95, furnishes little poem on .sSchooii
Day Memories. The editorials ~
Gals, alumni notes and exchancas 40 10
departments thst are bright and
newsy.