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Smyrna times., 1899-07-26
SnlY2'nU, DeI.,

THE SMYRNA TIMES is published at Smyrna
Del, every Wednesday afternoon.
THE TIMES is an independent paper devoted to
the welfare of the town it represents and the
State of which it is a part. 1t also gives the
items of importance of the Eastern Shore of
MARYLAND.
ROBT D. HOFFECKER,
Editor and Proprietor.
ROBT D. HOFFECKER, JE.,
Associate Editor.
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AementS.
Smyrna times., 1899-07-26
WANAMAKER'S.
Philadelphia, Monday, July "a, 1899.
COOL CLOTHING FOR MEN

Smart looking and cool are these
stylish Striped Flannel Suits for men.
Wonderful how quickly these tropical
striped fannels jumped into your
favor-the manufacturer hadn't an
ticipated such a demand, and there
has been scarcity of the fabrics. Fore
handedness finds US with full sup
ply just when demands are greatest.
All the Aannels are striped, in good
colorings, and the coats are made
with the new shape lapel, either single
or double-breasted. Trousers are
made for belt, and many of the styles
may have belts of same material for
an added cost of 75c.
Coat and Trousers of domestic fannels,
with single-breasted coats, at 81. 50 and
$40; with double breasted coats at $l2.
Coat and Trousers of the finer French
hannels, coats double-breasted, at $40.
Still a quantity of the double-breasted
Serge Suits of the $3.50 and SIS
kinds, at $40 suit.
Smyrna times., 1899-07-26
SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES

Of course, one can wait until set
tied down again in the fall before
buying Sheets and Pillow Cases.
But the waiting will be costly. In
other words, there is very decided saw
ing in buying now. These lots don't
need a word in the papers-prob-
ably will not get another mention.
But it seems only fair to give this
full wide notice.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-11-09
The ISLE OF HONEYMOON.

t'whither away? Shall we sail or
stay Whittier away" said,
Unto the sunsets glorv of gold and
passion or rose-red.
Over the water changed to wine and
into the sky we slip,
But never fairer shore than this
shall find our buOyant ship,
Not though by shadOwy Already We
drop the anchor at last,
and in the dusk our weary sails come
rafting down the mast.
Into the dark steals Oft the bark; let
us stay IN our bridal June;
Whittier away should lovers stray
from the Island of Honeymoon?
80, far away in the dying day, and
farther away" she cried,
"Ere the glory of gold has faded yet
or the passion Of rose-rcd died,
o far away from the happier present
visit the happy past,
Though never shall our ghostly sails
die down the shadowy mast;
For We will fit by the twilight land
and name the places fair
But set no foot on the shore she
cried nor drop the anchor there;
But under the night with 20 swift II
flight that the keel is singing tune,
Back, haste back on the starry track
to the Island of Honeymoon
j. Russell Taylor, in Scribncr's.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-11-09
RAILS COUNTY.

Thomas Cannon, of near Hunt.
iugton, proved to the DEMO
CHAT Friday that Rails county
would not turn her hands down
for the earth or anything on it.
He brought in a pretty bunch
of celery that measured II
inches in circumference and a
beet mot a dead beat) that
measured 26 inches in circum.
ference and 10 inches in length.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-11-09
SOME DUTCH WORDS.
Which You May Run Against IN the
Boer War News.

In view of the war now in
progress lin South Africa be,
tween England and the Trans
vaal re1q9licy' there will be
found interest in some of the
Dutch words which are and will
oftenest be seen in print in con-
nection with the news from the
seat of war. An exchange
gives the spellingn pronuncia'
ton and meaning of some OF
them as follows:
Bloemtontein (Bloom-fen. tine)
fountain.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-11-09
HISTORY OF THE TRANSVAAL.
Some Facts that Everybody Should
Know About the Seat of the
Present Boer-BritiSh War.

Present Boer-BrtiSh War.
The white population of the
Transvaal is divided into two
parts. The first, and greater,
includes those who wish to get
rich and leave. The second
consists of those who pray that
he parties of the first part may
get their wish with all possible
expedition.
The entire difficulty now COM
ing to a head in the Transvaal
is based upon non assimilation.
1t has existed ever since the
first clash between English CO.
lonial officers on the one side
and shepherds of Dutch and
German extraction on the 9TH
err. So far as the affairs Of the
Transyaal are Immediately con-
cerned the irst clash came over
ten years ago, and aiose from
that policy of tile British gov
eminent which allowsthe pre-.
liminary development of pros
pective colonies to be,yconduct,
ed by either fools or l1naves
Later they are. replaced'by hon
est and wise men, who employ
a century or two in undoing the
work of their predecessors.
Under promises of full com
pensation, the Beers. OF, Cape
Colony agreed in 1880 to eman-
.cipale their slaves. The; Rrqm,
Uses were only bali kept and
the financial ruin of vast mum.
bers of Boer farmers resulted.
What the broken pledges of the
English government left updone
raid by natives, who crossed
the frontier on a plundering ex.
petition computed, The theft
of 5000 horses. $4,000 cattle
and 10000 sheep was AMI Incl:
dent of the raid, and f40QO0O
about overed the total of loss.
es.
Some of the live stock was
recovered but the government
claimed the stolen property.
This was but the elimination of
many wrongs and the Beers,
too proud to resist, decided on
flight. The objects of the pill,
grimage were set. forth in a
manifesto issued by. its leader,
Peit Retief. For dignity and
pathos it is unsurpassed. Az.
ter reciting the losses and tyr
aunies which, the. Beers had
suffered under; British rule the
document concludes with these
words; - a., ,i,,..,
I'VE are now leaving. the
fruitful land Of our birth, in
which we have suffered enor-
nous losses and, continual ,'vex.
ations, and are about to enter a
strange and dangerous terri.
tory, but we go with a firm re.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-11-09
Tudie SWinkey.
BRYAN'S OPPONENTS DEFEND
HIM.
HIM.

People have right to criti-
else Bryan's financial opinions
and therein take issue with him,
but personal attacks upon his
character and honesty are en-
tirely unwarranted. His strong
est opponents do not ever i'm
pugn his motives. In connec-
tion with some of the press at
tacks upon Bryan in the west
Judge Russell of Minneapolis,
with whom, at Jacksonville,
Mr.. Bryan studied law, declares,
that, while he had no patience
in the world with Bryan's IL to.
l ideas, he had the greatest
personal respect for and conf
dence in the man; that Bryan
was sincere and honest. and al
though some of his speeches,
which appealed to the preju-
dices of class, might appear
TO some as the. utterapces. of a
.demagogue, yet he believed
that Bryan would not. for the,
sake of Office or success in po-
'liticai campaign utter what he
did'nO belfkVe to'be'true. : ~
A like testimony is quoted by
the Boston Herald from Bonrke
Cochran who, of course, is NTl-
derStood to be a violent oppo-
pent of. Bryan,in his free. silver
theories. -; MF~r COCHRAN says,
however: .,ru.,:,Ir'-. a. e.
III knew Bryan we'll, l served
with him for four years in the
ways and means committee of
the house, and we met almost
every day in what might be
called the intimacy of political
association. Bryan personally
is one of the purest men | ever
met in politics or out. His de-
votion TO public welfare as he
understands it is more like the
love of a woman for her
child or for her husband than it
is the expression of a politi-
clans mind. | do not believe
that after many years Of active
participation in politics, and
three years of leadership, his
moral nature has become col
ored by even the shadow of a
selfish motive, or that in order
to be elected president tomor-
row he would consent to tenn
porize with his belief or evade
the expression of it,"-Quicy
Herald.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-11-09

lOTd llOu OI tue iUueIDtuuCuSN VI
the Beers followed, pursuant to
the policy of Gladstone. then
Great Britain's prime minister,
Great Britain retained nomi-
ual suzerainty which, it was
agreed by'treaty of 1884. should
be exc rcised only. in the matter
of trea ties the South African
republic might make with for
eign states.
All the troubles the Beers
have since endured have arisen
from the presence of the gold
fields, the discovery of which
wds first bruited among the En-.
glsh in 1884. But long before
thirty years before, in fact--a
Dutch man named Jan Mardis
had found evidence of gold.
The Beers, experimenting just
what ultimately came to pass,
gave Marais $500 on condition
he should go far away and keep
his secret with him.
In 1884 the government, how
ever much it may have wished
to keep the land inviolate, saw
the hopelessness of even an at
tempt and threw the gold fields
open to the world. Today they
are yielding onethird of the
worlds total product of the
yellow metal
No overt disturbances con.
vulsed the republic until the
jameson raid of 1895, a coup
d'etat which fell through itself
despite the engineering of Cecil
Rhodes, then premier OF Cape
Colony. The first step in the
plot, which was aimed against
the independence of the South
African republic, was mass
meeting of uitlanders. or for
eign residents, who aired nu-
merous alleged grievances and
threatene revolution.
johannesburg was seized by
the Uitlanders without the fir
ring of a shot, solely because
the Beers had withdrawn their
police. Six hundred troopers
of the British South African
company, under command of
pr. Leander; Starr Jameson. one
of Rhodes .lieutenants, rode
across the border from British
territory and were defeated at
DoQrnkop, eighteen miles out
side of johannesburg. The lead
ers were captured. turned over
TO the English government,
tried in London, and given sen
fences ol.imprisonment so brief
as to constitute a practical nc.
qnittal.' e. = g.. ~ ,t.r
Corruption and: stupidity ON
the, part ofsthe Boerparlfahent,
taxation, o wilt;b}po23Ht e.representa'
toy, diseFimpiiRR nina against the
English sslliissbh, by lthe ,G9urts,y and a
,Yyaaasit,Humbsg If t teehf9pica q gyiey.
sanceS rs1lEatiYetQ,ths c9qdpGt OF
the gold mines, are, among the.
charges made in the present
conttotstsyi' against iagovern:
hment of the. South African re-
public by the English colonists.
|. TO which, Kruger and: his men
reply that England Is merely
pursuing definite policy Of
! land grabbing, that Cecil Rhoa-
des has spent millions ofpounds
to steal their country, and that
they have no doubt he will
spend millions more.
SOME DUTCH WORDS.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-11-09

meTCllul uOu' "lo'lI VIC o"" !
always fear and humhly endeav'
or to obey"
Then the exodus began. Two
hundred Beers went first and
laid the foundations of what
has since grown into the Orange
Free State. The second expe.
dition which started from Cape
Ckolonyin the fall of 1888, went
with no purpose more definite
than to go somewhere or any.
where outside the sphere of En-
glish influence. The Beers
paused first in what is now the
Colony of Natal, but treachery
on the part of Zulu chief was
followed by Il massa ere that all
but exterminated detached
body of the party The few
Survivors made barricade of
the wagons aud fought until
their ammunition was all but
exhausted. One of their mum.
Der, Marthinus Oosthuyse, rode
to some abandoned wagons Il
mile away, loaded himself and
his horn with powder aud shot
and rode madly back through
the battle lines to his people.
Today his name is cherished
among the South African re.
publicans as Americans cherish
the name of Paul Revere.
On Dec. IL, 1888, Il date now
celebrated as Dingaan's day,
400 Beers defeated $4,000 Zulus
under Dingaan. But the Beers
were not allowed to hold the
country they had conquered
against such tremendous odds.
They then moved on, crossing
mountains, dying of fever, Skin.
mishing with savages, and at
last settling definitely in the
country which is today theirs.
Loosely connected aud loose
ly governed villages, which
originally had been separate re-
pnblics, were amalgamated as
the years passed, and by 1864
they were united under Il single
government, with Marthinus
Vessel as president and Paul
Kruger as commandant gen
eral OF the army. Ultimately a
constitution was adopted.
In 1877, on the plea that the
hostile conduct of the native
races against the. colonists de-
manded it, Great Britain de-
clared the republic a possession
of the empire. Sir Owen Lam
yon, a typical specimen of those
English colonial governors
whose achievements consist in
setting peaceful people by the
ears, became administrator of
the Transvaal in 1879. and by
his petty tyrannies Infatuated
the Beers to an armed resist
ance., On Dingaan's day of
1880 the Beers raised their four
color flag and addressed to Sir
Owen a manifesto which closed
thus:
I'VE declare before God, VINO
knows the heart, aud before the
world that the people of the
South African republic have
never been subjects of her mai
esty, and never will be-"
Hostilities began at once.
Within year came the repulse
of the English under Gen. Col
ley at Laing's Mex.
On Feb. % came the more Sc
rious disaster of Majumba Hill,
when the Beers won a battle
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-11-09
Roer (boo erl-Farmer.

-CltlZen SOluIeTy.
Jonkherr neutrality-suspicious.
bers of the volksraad gentle.
men.
Dom (ome)-Uncle. i.
Rad (rahd)-Seuate.
Raadsheer rahds. hare)-Sen.
ator.
Raadhuis (rahd.hoys)-Sen.
ate house.
Rand (rahnt)-Margin; edge.
Staat (staht)-State.
Staatkunde (staht,kuhn.de)-
Politics.
Staatsraad r (stahtsrahdD-
Council of state.
Stad (stot)-City.
Stemmer (stemmeD-Voter;
elector.
Transvaal Crans.fahD-Cir-
cular; valley.
Trek (treck)-- Draught; jour
ney.
Trekken (treck- en)-To draw.
to travel.
Trekpaard (rreck phard)-
Draught horse.
Uit (oyt)-Out; out of.
Uitlanders (oyt-lonter)-For-
eigner.
Vaal (fahD--Valley.
Vaderlandsliefde fah.ter-
lonts-leef-te)-Love of ones
country; patriotism.
Weld (felD-Field; open lands.
Veldkeer (felt-hare)-Gener-
al; commandant.
Veldwachter telt.vock .ter)-
Rural guard.
Volksraad (tulks,rahd)-Lsw-
er house of congress.
Vooregt fore. rekt)-Fran.
chise; privilege.
Vreemdeling Crane de. ling)
Stranger. ...
THE GOING UP OF PRICES.
The remarha BILE. advance. in
prices of: marufa cturedn goods
within the last few ,mouthsttis
observable whepever the .mer:
chant buys or sells Hard ware,
dress goods, clothing; boots and
shoes, lumber, everything which
man needs fqm food or r&iment.
for house 'oRtahler' has increas-
ed in price. From ten to thirty
per cent advance is the result
fn nearly every fine. "-.i;'
" why tn" sudden and. general
Increase of PIricess The ''Iaw Of
sppplNaqdI demand is supposed
,toregpEatey Demand has not
been measprably increased
withiH,4he past, few months.
Indeed priSes went booming up
ward before thele was the
slightest Increased demand.
Who gets the benefit Of these
large prices? The Consumer of
course does not. He foots the
bill, The local merchant does
not. His goods cost him more
than ever before. The work
Ing man in the factories does
not. We read of as many strikes
and lookouts as ever and there
has been no appreciab advance
in wages Columbia Herald.
The main cause of this in
crease shows also the main ben.
e6ciary. The trust has put up
the prices. 80
+, The trusts get the bentit.
Yet blessed be the trust, de-
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1899-11-09

II. G. Scheetz, of Palmyra,
was looking after his reales'
tate interests Friday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-10
LETTERS AND LOVER GONE.
Mrs. Mary VI. Hamilton Answered a
Matrimonial Advertisement.

Mrs. Mary NJ. Hamilton. aged ffty-six.
living at 7cs Douglass street. complained TO
the police yesterday of the loss of lover.
Ira LOOMS, aged fifty-five, and the sum OF
500. She said in February Of this year she
answered an advertisement in a newspa-
per and as result entered into correspond
ence with Loonlis, who claimed he was
resident of Newport, KY, and a travelling
1t not long before photographs were
exchanged and a wedding arranged to take
place In this city. During the time of wait
ing the correspondence continued and was
very voluminous, over one hundred letters
having been received by Mrs. Hamilton.
About month ago she received word that
he was coming and three weeks ago the
long-awaited sweetheart arrived. After the
first greetings were over arrangements for
the wedding were discussed. LOOMS spent
several days at the house and one day, while
Mrs. Hamilton went shopping, he remained
in the house for a time, but was not to be
seen upon her return, and she claims not
to have seen him since. She was told that
during her absence the stranger" had been
amusing himself by building bonfires in the
back yard and then went down TO look for
Mrs. Hamilton" A search OF the house re-
telling missives had been taken out and
were not to be found. In the letters writ
ten by Loonis was the evidence. she says.
Of his Indebtedness to the extent Of about
800 TO the woman he didn't marry. Mrs.
Hamilton seemed to think that LOOMS
should have left the letters, as she had paid
for them at a little over a dollar each.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-10
STREET CARS FOR WINTER.
Work Is to Commence on Them mt the
Shops Next Week.

Superintendent Elliott, of the indianapolis
Street-railway Company, announced last
night that work was expected 10 commence
on the manufacture of the new winter cars
at the company's shops some time next
week. AS an indication that the company
expected to have many cars ready in time
for cold weather 1t was said that most of
the old cars. such as have been until now
used on the Blake-street, Columbia-avenue
and West indianapolis lines, have been
given away to any one who would haul
them away. 1t was given out at the car
barns that for time nothing but the bodies
of the winter cars would be made, as 1T
was intended when the weather made 1t
necessary to take the new double-truck car
bodies from the trucks and store them away
until next summer and put the bodies OF
the winter cars on the summer trucks. AS
all the winter cars will be as large as the
new summer ones, this arrangement is SIM
pie and effective, as all the trucks are new
and in f1rst-class condition. The iron mar
ket will not admit of the purchase OF new
trucks in time for early winter service.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-10
COPY BOOK CORRECTIONS.
Errors Made Can Be- Corrected I'm a
Few Hours, 1t Is Claimed.

The State Board of Education met yester-
day to make the final corrections In the
copy books under the contract with Eaton
& Co. The samples which were submitted
at the time the contract was let were in
pen and ink The members of the board at
that time objected to some of the sentences
as being too long, thus cramping the
writing. Two methods of engraving are fol-
lowed, one by mechanical measurements
which the members of the board believed
would destroy the art in the writing. and
by Photographic process, which would re-
tain all the art in writing. The latter pro-
cess was followed. When the samples of
books were received a number of errors in
quotation punctuation and few of gram
mar were found. A meeting of the board
was called to take action on these errors
and committee consisting of Messrs.
Stone, Scott, Jones and Hester was yester-
day appointed to supervise the changes.
All errors found were in the books on Verti-
cal writing-the books on slant writing
were pronounced perfect. The representa-
tveS Of the company stated that the
changes could be made in less than two
hours. Some of the books have been sent
out in the State, but the corrections will be
made at once and the corrected books will
be sent out at once.
Superintendent Jones last night said that
the errors and that it was expected to have
to make changes when the contract was let.
He further stated that the board did not
consider 1t matter of much consequence, a
mere routine correction which il was ex-
pected TO make when the contract was let
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-10
QUINN'S VICTIM MAY DIE
MINNIE CRAWLEY, BRUTALLY BEAT
EN-, UNABLE TO TESTIFY.
Says the NickIe-PIate Saloon Keeper
Tried to Get Her to Leave
the City.

James Quinn. manager of the Nickel-plate
saloon on South Illinois street, below the
tunnel, was to have been tried yesterday in
Police Court for assault and battery upon
Minnie Crawley July 20, but the condition of
the woman, who was for more than month
at the City Hospital undergoing treatment.
was such that she was unable to testify
and the case was continued until Sept. 20.
Quinn is now under bond of $500. but Judge
Cox said yesterday 1t was not sufficient,
considering the seriousness of the woman's
injuries. She is now with her sister. Mrs.
Flora Tester. 729 Massachusetts avenue.
Dr. w. H. Wishard. who has attended her,
thinks she will not recover, and DR..
Pcucher, of the City Hospital. says an
operation for the purpose of removing clot
on the brain will be necessary, and even if
successful, she will long be an invalid. 1t is
said that three ribs were torn loose from the
fastenings and on account of this she is
unable to hold her body in a natural posi-
ton without support.
Miss Crawley said yesterday that she
once worked for Quinn and left him. She
went to Muncie 10 visit a sister and while
there received two kilograms from here,
asking that she return at once. She said the
messages purported TO be from her sister,
Mrs. Tester, but had been sent by Quinn,
and when she arrived she learned her sister
was in Greencastle. She then began work
again for Quinn, and on Saturday night,
July %, went out. When she returned, Quinn
complained of her having gone out with
another man. She denied having been with
the person named. Quinn then took her hat
and refused to give it to her. When she
tried TO get 1t, he struck her IN the face and
was about to do so again when she picked
up a beer glass and hit him on the head.
A man named Connors then pushed her to
one side and Quinn rushed out, knocked her
down and then jumped on her. In her fall
she struck her head on a table and was
rendered unconscious by the kicking admin
istered by Quinn The next thing she re-
members was waking up in an upstairs
room with a colored woman bathing her
head. She still wore the bloody clothing she
had on the night before. Attempts To send
messages to friends were frustrated, she
ored nurse advised Patrolman Moore. who
found her about midnight. She was sent to
the City Hospital. and when released was
taken to the police station for trial. She
was too weak TO attend the trial and was
sent to her sisters home. The case against
her was dismissed.
At the time she went home she declared
she would return Saturday to testify against
yesterday that Quinn had been around the
house for several days and twice sent a
man named Dot" Hetherington to get her
to leave town or keep in hiding until Quinn. $
o'clock a man known as Pete st. Clair
drove up to the block and made another at
tempt on behalf of Quinn to induce her to
leave town. offering to pay all expenses,
though she declined to say how much was
offered.