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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14
San Quentin Prisoners Paroled-The
 Jute Industry.

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Aug. 1S.-The monthly meet s of the Board of Prison Directors was held here to-day.
 The jute report showed 2,749,000 bags on hand and 1700.S60 bags sold since Janu ary l. The number of bags on hand avail able for sale is 2.513,0 900. There are also 6S05 bales of raw jute on hand, sufficient to run mill until May 15, 1899.
 Joseph Saunders, manSlaughter, from Plumas; George B. Smith, manslaughter, Nevada Dr. N. A. Schorn, manslaughter, Glenn County, and H. Grady, burglary, san Francisco, were paroled. J. H. Palmer of Sacramento was granted a parole, to take effect on Janury l. 1899
 The. next meeting of the board will be held in Folsom.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14
Postoffices and Pensions.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-A postoflce was to-day established at Rosewood, Te- hama County. Cal. Henry F. Stivers was appointed postmaster
 Pensions for California: Original Alexis Adams. Arroyo Grande, $6; Wash ington l.. Sibley, Napa, ss Original wid- ows, etc.-Abbie E. Brainerd, Los An geles. $s.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14
Heikeg outshootg Gilbert.

CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-R. c. Heikes of Dayton, Ohio. won the championship of America at the trap-shooting to-day his competitor being Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake. Iowa The shooting was at clay pigeons Heikes scored 40. against 137 for Gilbert. out of a possible 150.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14
PRISON DIRECTORS MEET.

Coal Company's offer of 25 cents a ton, mine rule. Both sides claim a victory.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14
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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14
Gold From England.

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-The Cunard steamer Campania, from Liverpool which arrived yesterday, brought $12O0 900 In gold. consigned to LaZard Freres.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-14
Goal Miners' strike Ends.

DENVER. Aug. 13.-The Northern Colo rado Coal Miners strike, in which about 1900 miners were engaged. Is at an end. the miners having accepted the Northern
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
The Pony EXPRESS.

W. F. Bailey contributes to The Cen
tury an article on "The Pony Express,
between st. Joseph, Mo-. and San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Bailey says:
At first the schedule was fixed at 10
days, an average of miles an hour
from start to finish. This was cut down
to days, requiring an average speed of
10 miles. The quickest trip made was
in carrying President Lincoln's inau-
gural address, which was done in days
and II hours, an average speed of 1917
miles per hour, the fastest time of any
one rider being 120 miles, from Smith S
Greek to Fort Churchill, by Pony Bob,
in 8 hours and 10 minutes, or 14.7
miles per hour. Considering the dis
tance and difficulties encountered, such
as hostile Indians, road agents, floods
and snowstorms, and accidents to horses
and riders, the schedule was main
tanned to an astonishing degree. The
service created the greatest enthusiasm
not only among the employees, but also
in the ranks of stage employees, freight
ers and residents along the route. To
aid "pony" in difficulty was a priv
llege, and woe be to the man who would
so much as throw stone i'll the way.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
sydney smith's Joke.

Sydney Smith was very happy in his
country life, and his children caught
his spirit of delight over common
things. They loved animals and spent
long hours i'll training them. One little
beast, a baby donkey, became under
their tuition perhaps the most accom-
plished of his species and unconscious
ly gave rise to quatrain which now
belongs to the fame of Sydney Smith.
The donkey was a we'll educated chap.
He would walk up stairs, follow the
family in their rambles like a dog and
when they entered his meadow run to
meet them with ears down and tail
erect, braying joyously.
One day, when Billy's head was
crowned with flowers and he was being
trained with handkerchief for bride,
Mr.. Jeffrey unexpectedly arrived. He
joined i'll the sport and to the childreu's g
infinite delight mounted Billy.
Thus he was proceeding in triumph
when Sydney Smith and his wife, with
three friends, returned from a walk and
took i'll the festal scene. The great man
advanced, with extended hands, and
greeted his old friend in an impromptu
which has become familiar to the read
ing world:
Witty as Horatius Flaccus,
AS great a Jacobn as Gracious,
Short, though not as fat as Bacchus,
Seated on a little jackassl
Youths Companion.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
DANGEROUS PIGS.
The PeccHry Is Wholly Fearless an,
Will Fight Man or Beast

The Peccnry Is Wholly Fearless and
VIII Fight Man or Beast.
A writer in the st. Louis Republic
says that the most vicious and fearless
member of the brute creation is the pee
cary, or wild hog, Of Mexico This ami
NAL seems utterly devoid of fear and dis
plays an intelligence in fighting man
strangely at variance with its apparent
ly complete lack of mental attributes.
Their ability to scent men is particu-
larly marked. The only thing to do
when they get after you is to run away
from them as fast as a horse can carry
you, and then there is no certainty that
they won't catch you. They are nearly
as swift as a horse, and their endurance
is as great as their viciousness.
A friend of mine encountered drove
OF them in wild part of Mexico a few
years ago, and his escape was almost
miraculous. He very foolishIy shot and
wounded a number of them. Then he
took refuge in a tree
The peccaries kept him in the tree all
that day and through the night. They
circled round the tree, grunting and
squealing their delight at the prospect
OF feast. He soon exhausted his am
munition and brought down a peocary
at each fire. but this had no terrors for
the beasts
Toward morning they began to eat
those he had killed, after which they
formed in line and trotted off. If they
had not had some of their own mum ber
to devour, they would have guarded
that tree until my friend, through sheer
exhaustion, dropped from his perch and
allowed them to make a meal of him.
The wildcats and tigers that infest
the Mexican wilds flee from the pee
carries with instructive fear, and even
rattlesnakes keep out of their path.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
THE SMYRNA TIMES
SmVa'n0, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Nov. End, '0S
CHURCH SERVICES

AsPUR METHODIST EPIscoPAL-Sunday- Preach.
ing at 1Olz Am and $50 P NJ. Sunday School.
9@ A. M Prayer erMeeting-Wednesdays at ~
Pm. Rev. G. A. Hill, pastor.
ST, PETERS PROTESTANT EPIsCOPAL.-Sunday-
Preaching at l0I2 A. NJ. and ~ p. IN. Holy Day
~ A. NJ. Sunday SchOol-9% AN Prayer
Meeting-Wednesdays ,at71%P. Rev. G. w.
Dame, Rector.
-Sunday-Preaching at 1917 A. M,
and ~ p. ". Sunday SchOOl-11% AN. Prayer
Meeting Wednesdays at ~ M Rev J. l.
Estlin, pastor
ST. POLYcARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-ServiCese every
tther Sunday, by Father Wald on SUNDAY
School Immediately after service.
SMYRNA misunderstanding services, Friend.
ship in the morning, SeversOn in the after.
noon. Jerman's Chapel and Smyrna Land
ing alternate Sunday nights at 100 Rev L.
w. Layfeld pastor
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL (Colored) -
Sunday-Preaching at IL a. NJ. and 8 P, M.
Sunday SchoOl-2 P. NJ Rev J. II. Mason
Pastor.
A. NJ. K. CHURCH-SundG y-Preaching at IL a.
m, and p. m. Sunday School at ? D. m
Christian Endeavor, 81 p. m. Sunday Praise
meeting, at O'Clock Wednesday evening.
Rev. Frank Bradley pastor.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
The Death of Coacbinr

The coaching system died lingering,
a lamentable death. l can remember
something of a few coaches in remote
districts which longest escaped strangu.
lation, and memory of those distant
days has been sweeter without them.
They resemble what Nimrod describes
as the obsolete, old fashioned coach Of
his boyhood, drawn by dispirited, i'll
fed jades over long stages One of his
paragraphs we'll describes what used to
make my blood boil with impotent
fury, imbittering the joy of returning
home for the holidays, and deepening
the depression of the schoolward Jour-
ney:
THE four horse whip and the Not
tingham whipcord were of no avail over
the latter part of the ground, and some
thing like a CATO -nine-tails was pro.
duced out of the boot, which was iocu-
larly called the apprentice and a
shrewd apprentice it was to the art of
torturing, which was inflicted on the
wheelers without stint or measure, but
without which the coach might have
been often left on the road
No; the last of the road coaches
corruptio optimi-disappeared and left
none to mourn them. -Blackwood's g
Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
A Bit of London Weather.

Our weather is grown decidedly good
for the last three days-very brisk, clear
and dry. Before that it was as bad as
weather at any time need be-. Long con-
tinued plunges of wet, then clammy,
glarry days on days of half wet Ga kind
of weather peculiar to London, and
fully uglier than whole wet)-a world
of black sunless pluister a soft mixture,
neither one thing nor anotherl, very
unpleasant to move about inl The in
cessant travel makes everything mud
here, in spite of all that clats Ia clat, q
wooden scraper and besoms can do. A
kind of mud, too, which is as fine as
paint and actually almost sticks like a
kind of paint. took, at last, into the
country, with old clothes and trousers
folded up. There the mud was natural
mud, and far less of it; indeed little of
1T in comparison with other country.
We dry again in single day of brisk
wind.-Carlyle Cor. in Atlantic.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
Rribfng SuurreOn.

The autobiography of the late Rev.
Charles H. Spurgeon contains an ac-
count of what may be termed an early
business venture and it's influence ON
his character.
Spurgeon was brought up on Watts
hymns, but not altogether willingly.
His grandmother coaxed him with
money to learn them. At first she gave
him a penny, but when she saw how
easily it was earned the old lady re.
duced the prize to halfpenny and then
to farthing. There is no telling how
low the amount per hymn might have
fallen, but just at this time his grand
father made discovery which seemed
more desirable to Spurgeon.
He discovered that his house was
overrun with rats and offered his
grandson a shilling q dozen for all he
could kill.
The occupation of rat killing gave
him more money than learning hymns.
"But, Mr.. Spurgeon characteristioalIv
says, 81 know which employment has
been the more permanently profitable
to me-"
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
AsouEER CALCULATION.
The Power That Would BE Required
to Move the Earth.

The Power That Would BE Required
to Move the Earth.
Statisticians sometimes have queer
ideas. One of them has amused himself
by calculating how much energy, water
and coal it would take to move the
earth foot, supposing that it was sub
jected throughout its mass to force
equivalent to terrestrial gravitation.
This is gratuitous supposition, for in
spite of it's enormous mass the earth
weighs nothing.
Starting with the fact that the earth s
mass is about 6, 100 million million
million tons, our statistician calculates
that we should require 10000, 900, 900
years for a 10000 horsepower en-
gine to move our globe a foot. The
boiler that should feed this engine
would vaporize a quantity of water that
would cover the whole face of the globe
with layer 300 feet deep. The vapori-
cation of this water would require 4, 900
million-million tons Of coal. This coal
carried in cars holding ten tons each
and having total length of 80 feet,
would require 400 million million cars,
which would reach $4,000, 900 times
around the earth. This train, moving
at the rate of 40 miles an hour, would
take more than 5000, 200 years to trav-
erse its own length. I&would require
for storage a shed that would cover
1000 times the area of Europe.
If we realize that this Enthusiastically
huge amount of energy is nothing at all
compared with what the earth possesses
in virtue of its rotation about its axis,
its revolution about the sun, and its
translation in space with the solar sys-
tenn, of which the earth is but an in
finitesimal part and which itself is but
an intinitesimal part of the universe,
we may get some idea of the Importance
of man in the universe and estimate his
incommensurable pride at its just value.
Nature
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
CHESS CLOCKS.
There Are Specially Constructed
Ones Used In the Game.

There Are Specially Constructed
Ones Used In the Game.
Hourglasses or sand glasses were for
merly used for the purpose of measuring
time at chess matches, but now special
ly constructed clocks are in general use
for this purpose. These clocks consist Of
two clocks, pOunted on a common base,
which moves on pivot, the two clocks
therefore being on the arms of a sort of
seesaw. The beam or base is so con-
structed that when one clock is elevated
it stands perfectly perpendicular, while
the depressed clock lies over at an an
gle, but as the mechanism of each clock
is so constructed that it only moves
when the clock is perfectly perpendicu-
lar it follows that when the upright
clock is going the depressed clock is at
rest.
Another and more modern variety has
the two clocks fixed on the same level,
but with a small brass arm reaching
from the top of one to the top of the
other. This arm acts on pivot and can
be brought down into actual contact
with one clock at Il time by touch of
the finger. When it is thus i'll contact,
by an ingenious device the clock is stop
ped and the desired result is attained
The working Of the clock during a
match is simplicity itself. At the COM
mencement of the match the hands of
each clock point to IL. Then at the call
of "time to commence play" the clock
of the first player is started; then, as
soon as he makes his first move, he stops
his own clock, either by depressing it
or by touching the arm referred to, the
same motion starting his opponent S
clock. So it goes or during the entire
course of the game, each move being
marked by the stopping of one clock and
the starting of the other. Leisure
Hour.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
A BrnziIinn Indian Story.

Here is Brazilian Indian story, SAYS
the New York Times. The iaguar and
the monkey met. The jaguar had lus-
cious bunch of plantains which the
monkey craved. will gladly give you
the plantains, " said the jaguar, "pro-
viding you catch a fawn for me. {"
Agreed" cried the monkey. "But, {"
added the jaguar, eff you don't get the
fawn you must promise to let me bite a
mouthful out of you" agreed, once
more cried the gleeful monkey. The
monkey ate the plantains, and the little
matter about the fawn quite slipped his
memory.
Then one day the jaguar met the
monkey and insisted ON taking his pay
out Of the monkey 3 hide. The business,
becoming serious, was left to the pee
carl to decide. "It seems all right
enough" said the peccari, "only this:
How am to determine what is the ex-
act size of jaguar's mouthful and also
where is he to bite? He had better refer
the matter to the big snake The big
snake took the subject under considera-
tion. His Judgment was that he would
have to swallow the jaguar, the monkey
and the peccari. The jaguar and pecoari
he did at once assimilate, but the mon
key, being nimble, escaped.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
SECRET SOCIETIES.

MORNING STAR LODGE, No. 6, I. o. o F-Meets
every Friday evening, at 500 o'clock.
MCDONNELL ENCAMPMENT, No 2, l. y. o. F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month at 500 o'clock.
HARMONY LODGE, No. l3, A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings of each month
at 800 O'Clock.
SMYRNA LODGE, No. 5, l. o. G. T-Meets every
Wednesday evening, at 90 o'clock.
SMYRNA CONCLAvE, No 45. ORDER OF HEPTAsoPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
at 800 O'Clock, at the Odd Fellows Hall.
UNION CASTLE No. II, X. G. E.-Meets every Thurs
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing, at s 90 o'clock.
MIsPAH LODGE, No Is, A. o. U. W.-Meets every
Monday evening at 500 O'Clock in Odd Eel
lows Hall.
MIzPAH CONCLAvE, No. 1917, ADHESIVE MoGUL-
LIANs.- Meets the first Monday evening of each
MONTH at s 90 O'Clock, in Odd Fellows Hall
GENERAL WINFIELD 5. HANCOCK POST No. 80
q. A. R.-Meets every Thursday night in the
Hall Of the Knights of the Golden Eagle Geo.
W. Tilgbman, Commander.
STARS AND STRIPES COUNCIL. No. 26, JR. O. L. A.
M-Meets at 5 90 p. m. every Thursday IN
Odd Fellows, Hall.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
Not Very Pathetic.

An Ohio woman visiting Boston for
the first time has been doing the sights.
Il had my greatest thrill down at
Copp's Hill burying ground" she said.
"Yes, that's just the place for the
historic emotions" p" commented her in
terlocutor. She smiled.
AS soon as my sister-in-law and l
got into the place." she said, ''I found
myself almost stepping upon a grave
with an inscription on a queer little
iron cover sort of tomb. 1 jumped back,
feeling the way you do when you step
ON grave, and read the inscription,
just three initials, no name or date
Isn't it pathetic?' I said to my sister,
in-law. 'Oh, don't know, she answer
ed, B. w. w. means Boston Water
Works ''-Boston TRANSCRIPT.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
BRANCH ROADS.

Leave harrington for Franklin City. and way
G Sasdohs en (Mllford, Georgetown Berlin. Lewes sc
Az AZ % a. IN ana 6.SI p. m. week DAYS Return
rug tram leaves Fran Kiln City so a IN. and
lS' p. m. weekdays
Leave franklin City for Chincoteague (viG
SStteaehefl I.SOp m. weekdays Returning, leave
Ohincoteague AZ a. m weekdays.
Leave harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
Ht lOS9 a. m, 81 p. m. weekdays Returning
ie9Ve Lewes o 40 a. M and 90 p. IN. week days
. Leave Harrington for Berlin 1899 a. N. and
e21 e1 p m. week days Returning leave Berlin
V'9' a m. and 40 D. m. week days
Leave townsend for Centreville and way sta
Szl ~ S.zl a. m and b.3l p. IN weekdays; leave
SShtreVille sc a. m. ana 2.27 p m, week days =
Leave Clayton for Oxford at 9SS a m and 5i
=. m leave Oxford 6.45 a. u. ana l.4O p. m
week days.
Leave Seaford for Cambridge at lily a. M.
anu anu 10 p. m. week days Returning, leave Cam
oII1se AZ 700 q. m. and 2.3 a. m. week days,
Irain leaves Clayton for ChestertOwn l0l5a.m'
returning. leaves ChestertOwn. 6 so a. m.
CoNNEcr1oNs.-AtP Porter with Newark Dele'
ware City Railroad. At Townsend with Queen
anne sd kentRailroad AtClayton, with Delaware
%Chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore & Delaware
bay Railroad At Harrington, with Delaware,
maryland Virginia Railroad AtSeaford, WIZ
cambridge e Seaford Railroad At Delmar, VIII
New York, Philadelphia d Norfolk Wcemieo
rocomoke and Peninsula Railroads.
SDaily except Sunday
}. y. HUTCHINSON, General Manager
y X. WOOD. General Passenger Agent
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
POkey.

A citizen, while crossing Fort street
at Griswold, picked from the crosswalk
a Yale lock key with a tag attachment
ON which was pen printed in capital
letters the word "Pokey." He was
wondering over the significance of the
word when the loser of the key hap
pened along in search of it. AS the two
men were old friends, the key was
handed over to its rightful owner.
Excuse my curiosity" said the
finder of the key, "to know the purport
of that word upon the tag"
Certainly" came the reply. "The
key unlocks my postoffice box. p, o.
stands for postoffice; key key. Post
office key. See?''
Then the two citizens hurriedly start
ed in opposite directions, each with
broad grin ON his face.-Detroit Free
Press
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
Eat Onions.

onions are stated to be almost tbe
pest nervine known. No medicine II - :
: oiaiineo: is SO useful in cases of nervous
prus'ration' in;1S and there is nothing else tba,
wiz SO quickly relieve and tone ~ na' !
,,, mVrnout system. Onions are usefni IL
al cases of coughs, colds and ;ue5a,,n ee,u, ~
sra'en .nn every day, they soon have q clear
plexion. on 'ne com
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
HOurgIasses In n London Cburc

Nearly everybody is aware that at
one time it was the custom in many
churches to regulate the length of the
sermon by an hourglass, which stood
on the pulpit Immediately fronting the
preacher. Quite number of these Curl
Gus relics are preserved in various ecole-
siastical edifices throughout the land,
but the British and Foreign Sailors
church, situated in what was formerly
Ratcliff highway, is the only one pos
sessing four. They are in perfect pres
ervation, and are fixed all together in
framework of solid brass.-London
Tit-Bits.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
In the Museum.

"How many dollars a week does the
fat lady get?" inquired the tattooed
man.
"H'mp shifted the snake charmer.
"She's English, you know, and gets
paid by the pound" "
"Is that sop put in the living skele-
ton. "Thank goodness, T., english.
I'd stand a slim chance. -Philadel.
phia Bulletin.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
RETROSPECT.
when Won were here. I often sat

When you were here, I often sat
Love4silent with you half the day;
There was small need of speech in that
Sweet converse of the blended way.
Now you are gone, and hour by hour
muse Of things long to share;
There's not bud, leaf, flower,
But helps me miss you everywhere
Ny lonely heart enspheres the past
With ether caught from heavens gold;
dream of bliss too sweet to last,
And then 1 waken, starved and cold.
For by that solitary path
That outward leads from mortal ken
You walked, and here am and faith
And jostling crowds of careless men.
I've touched the inmcst core of pain
In creeping days, each day year.
Yet might l sit tongue tied again
If you were here, if you were here.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
RndIx Named.

Mr.. Beerbohm Tree relates an anus.
ing story about boisterous voyage
from New York. He was lying in his
cabin. The luggage and fittings were fly
ing round. The vessel was rolling terri
bly,. Suddenly there was an extra special
lurch. Mr.. Tree was knocked to the
floor by a heavy weight and lay half
stunned. On fully recovering his senses
he looked to see what it was that had
felled him. 1t was an admirable con,
trivanoe and was marked, in bold LET.
ters, Life Saving Apparatus. n-Ton
don Globe.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
vnlnah1a 20 xxnn,an.

Especially valuable to women is Browns
Iron Bitters. Backaehe vanishes, headache
disappears, strength takes the place of
weakness, and the glow of health readily
comes to the pallid cheek when this won-
derful remedy is taken. For sickly children
or overworked men it has no equal No homa
should be without this famous remad.,
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all deaisrys
Smyrna times., 1898-11-02
All HuafnQHa

I'm afraid our new son .in-law isn't
much OF business man, she said.
Don't you worry about that, ;" re-
Piled the old gentleman. "If he doesn't
know how to make the best of bargain,
l don't know who does. The day before
the wedding he discovered that Minnie
mad freckle under her left ear, and he
made me add $1,000 to her dowry on
the ground that the goods weren't en-
tlrely IN accordance with the invoice. ]
was almost tempted to believe that he
wasn't a nobleman at all, but New
England Yankee in disguise. Chicago
Post