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Smyrna times., 1899-07-12

Alex Harris had both hands caught by
the cylinder teeth and was held like in
a vice until the belt was thrown off
and reversed. The teeth penetrated
his hands and they were badly man
gled. He walked to Dover to have his
wound dressed.
The ECery Evening is displeased
with the former governor of Texas,
and proceeds to call him ga pOrcine
politician" and ''the Texas hOgg," and
refers to ''the asininity of politicians
of the hOgg stripe" Bnt Br'er Bryan
is to visit Delaware when cool weather
comes, for the purpose of making two
speeches in each county. Delaware
Democrats are almost solid for Bryan
and are thus delighted at the smart
trick played by "the Texas hogg."
"When Bryan comes to Delaware" is
now to be the cry of the Democracy in
this State.
The Peninsula Press, the only organ
of "the Prohibition party in Maryland,
announced in its issue of last week,
that with that number it would sus-
pend publication. The editor has
worked hard for the cause of publica-
tiOn and has striven to advance the in
terests of Snow Hill "FOr all this, -
he says, she has received in the nearly
two years of his service the princely
salary of between two and three dol
lars a week"
KILLING OF CHARLES WRIGHT -
From what can be learned, the death
of Charles Wright, colored, aged IS
years, which occurred near the resi-
dence of his grandfather, Samuel
DENLY, near Odessa, on Tuesday of
| last week, was the result of being shot,
was accidental. 1t is said that Wright,
Alfred Lewis, James HinsOn and sew
eral other boys, all cOlored, were to-
gether in the road when the revolver
was accidently discharged while in the
hands of Lewis. 1t was being unlOaded
at the time.
There is deep and bitter resentment
in Laurel, against those who persist
emily opposed the bonding of that tow
for the purpose of building watel
works, and succeeded in holding the
work off until now-on the eve OF the
water works completion-the mail
business part of Laurel lays i'll ashes
The men who opposed the public i'm
provement, were rich men, and mel
of social and political position. The,
were classed as conservative" men
The Dover Sentinel has the follow
ing: The Morning NelUs and the NeaO
and AdUertiser are emphatic in thei
opposition to any and all attempts at
union of the discordant elements of tn
Republican party in Delaware. Bu
this need not trouble any one. Hap
PLY the party is greater than eithe
and their combined influence count
for little in the councils of the party
as for the Milford paper it produce
about as much effect, in it's own CON
munity, as would a mosquito on
bulls horn.
Smyrna times., 1899-07-12

General "Joe" Wheeler is to be as
signed to a command in the Philip
pines. Little Wheeler and Big Law
ton made a very fine team in the oper-
ations before Santiago.
Smyrna times., 1899-07-12

After having sent a number of his
credulous patients to Heaven, Chris
tian Faith doctor in Chicago has been
pronounced insane and sent to an
asylum. 1t is still question whether
the Faith Curists are more fools
than knaves.
Smyrna times., 1899-07-12

The Women's Century Clubs of the
State, have taken in hand the ques-
tion of aid for the Laurel suffers from
the late fire, as the latter seem to be very
modest in the matter.
Smyrna times., 1899-07-12

Don't call your best girl peach
Peaches have hearts of stone, besides
there are none this year.
Smyrna times., 1899-07-12

It's funny that we should speak of a
man as "out of breath" when it's
really out of him.
Smyrna times., 1899-07-12

A good place to get country board
at the rustic saw-mill.
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
A u.-sai p~x

Intelligent doEs ars uzAnY. h=t aps
sYeFy dos. even ;hoaEh Intelligent. oAn
BE- taught 20 gather flowers Tor ia mas.
tef as a rrTtzin Gord0H setter named
NoEah Is aid 70 DO Her master. Mon-
sirIr BarhAi writes o' her Ia the
Chasseur Prztieas IN IaRs 1885 % a
walk beside the ponds % iItou. savoy.
f=sead and I tried TO reach sonzs Wat
sr lilies vita our rAnss. bot plthoEt
sacoess Seeing stiii AMER blossoms
cut IN the waser. ! called NO-ah. and
tkrsE stones toward them In order 20
indsce her to 20 for them she se-Ea-
ed 20 anacrEtand az once, plunged In
aad coming and goinE brought 1ozcrs
enough 10 I'll the ssske; The quarts
present could hardly believe thslr eyes
The dos lowered her head beneath she
water 50 as 20 cut the stems Al q GER
tain distance frura shs nowcrs. THE
same dog was useful to her master In
another way. One wiRter morning she
entered his study with stick Of wood
held between her Jaws she aeposlg-
ed the wood IN the fireplace. went down
the steps ana brought another. and
continued her occupation until the
supply OF Woud seemed 20 her sunicient.
when she returned to her place BY the
FIRE 70 enjoy the results of her tabor
She certainly se~uis to BE a dog o, 4
practical turn OF mind.
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
wHlrr SLAVES ~ nunoARy,
Hungary Peasant. naras..sd 80 ris~
Lise Beas,. Of nsrdea.


From the London aail, stephen Var
konyi, The leader OF the peasants reYo-
lution which convalsed Hungary dur
ing the early months OF this year. has
rus, been Rentencsa to une years i'm
prisonmeni Tor high treason ihe
movement which vas inaaguFsted NJ
varkonyi was q revolt against the
remnants of scrfdom which sts!i exist
in some parts Of Hungary, In these
distrlets each peasant Is eomPeiiea to
work ATTY days IN the year for the
landowner without pay. These hiiy
days OF compulsory labor are nol sue
cesslve or AZ nxea Intervals, but Saea
the landowner has work to be done nc
sends a drummer through the NiilaSs
aud every maIe lahNbltsnt . ooiiEsd
20 respond to the spmraons TherN-
upon 80 many men arr selected a. r.
qairea The landowner almost IN
yariahiy cxaets this labor In The sum
msr. wheu the peAsAnss time y most
valuable 10 hirn IN summer the Peas
aat can earn as nEch - pae saiiisnA
a day: tu winter not raofe thAa tDar-
pence or ngxpenee In winter the peas
ants arr compelled 70 srt IS testers N
The maKnatss' hunts fo- SaEe OF
,wopenes a day. The occupation Is
dSnEsroas ons and the tins Is not
counted In the anazi att1 days COR
paisoyy labor. The -iyss o. tbs peas
ants are required TO sweep and scrub
the local manor house once seek
without pay Flaaily. many iassoSu-
ers u<o The peasants e. beasts of bur
den. haEnssslnx tuar nea 20 FioS tn
stead of Two aSea.
stephen vArkoayi. uho iustika;ei
ths revolt as1lnE thee degrading con
ditioas Of Labor. IL sort Of iungzrtan
Wat Tyler. He l. tse son es poor pess-
arts. Vas ezsuzsted in the faTruyard
and graduated In ths nsids He Is auits
a typical hcsny hasd-e soa % toll. is
physically tall. s;susiy briIt. and snail
ey~S. uiih their suKErstioz o, the Non-
goliAa siii. and has TIA; roagh kini OF
natural huHaor wEich appeass 10 the
simple peasant mina FArkonyt shosr
power over The agricultural popuiA,ion
o bis coantTy t. unsouaaed. "a one of
n. most Interesting ngpres n ao3eFr
HunEarian life
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
wh.n M.n pl. r..,..I.

There are 3 great number OF curious
superstitions as 70 the time OF day
when dying person Is most likely 10
draw MS last breath. and the tide. the
moon and the wind have ali been sup
posed TO have some share In the mat
ter. According To the British Medical
Journal Raseri. who has analyxei 25.-
47+ cases OF death and s6.5i5 OF birth.
where the exact time os day was not
cd. hnhs that the maximum number Of
deaths occur IL the carly afternoon Ito
I p. nj and the minimum in the last
hours before midnight. while the max
imum number of births occur In tho
early hours Of the morning and the
minimum in the early hours OF the az
ternoon. AS regards the cause OF this.
he points out that the hours OF the
maximum number OF deaths are pre-
cisely those when the puige rate ana
temperature are at their highest in
health and when there Is febriIe ex-
acerbatlon In illness
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
RUSSIAN sERF MARRlAaEs.
Those by order Were conamon-ssne
Unhappy Instances

Marriages by order were SO common
that among our servants each time a
Young couple foresaw that they might
be ordered to marry. although they
had no mutual inclination for each
other. they took the preeantion oil
standing together as godfather S2a
godmother at the christening OF
child in one OF the peasant families
says a writer in the Atlantic Monthly,
This rendered marriage impossible, ac-
cord!ng to the Russian church law
The stratagem was usually successful
but once It ended in drama. Anar"a'
the tailor. fell in love with a girl pc
longing 10 one OF our neighhors. he
hoped that my father would permN
him to 90 free. as tailor. in exchange
for a certain yearly payment and taat
by working hard At his trade he could
manage to lay some money aside auu
to buy freedom for the girl. Other
wise. in marrying one Of my fathers
serfs she would have become the rerf
CT her husbands master. However,
as Andrei and one of the maids Of our
household foresaw that they might be
ordered to marry. they agreed to unite
as gOdparents in the christening of
child What they had feared happen
ed: one day they were called TO the
master. and the dreaded order was
given I'VE are always obedient TO
your will. they replied, "but a few
weeks ago We acted as godfather aud
godmother at a christening. Andres
cl=o explained his wishes and intsn-
tons. The result was that he vas sent
to the recruiting board TO become n
soldier Military service in those
times was terrible. It required man
to serve twenty-five years under the
colors. and the life OF a soldier was
hard in the extreme. blows
from the sergeant and the officers.
fogginE with birch rods and with
sticks. for the slightest fault. were the
normal state Of Affairs. The cruelty
that was displayed surpassed all
iElagination Thus Andrei
had now to face for twenty-five years
- terrible fate Of soldier: ali his
schemes Of happiness had come to a
violent end.
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11

BATTY ON THE BIG BEAR
or the circus. II IS probably a fact
that Batty's bears are the best trained
animals OF the kind In the world Their
performance in a Chicago theater Is
creating quite sensation with the old
folks, as well as the children. But
nobody knows the time and care that
Batty has given these animals. He has
four big brown fellows. ranging from
eight to fifteen years old. These are
from Russia And he has one little
black eub-eight months old-who has
a laughing face and glowing eyes like
a pickaninny. and is the comedian OF
the Great Northern. He halls from
Siberia
The Oldest of the bears weighs six
hundred pounds. and he is so ponder
ously large the wonder IS that he obeys
master at all. This fellow waftzes
and stands on his launches. drinking
from a bottle. II Is the one next in
size that performs the most marvellous
tricks. He jumps the hurdles and
fences. walks the tight rope. and comes
back over the same rope "hand-over-
manu- 4arA4guH Win n DuLAAt o. lAAAh IA
his mouth. But the fellow that turns
the somersaults Is the wonder of the
group, He rolls about the stage Ike
a ball Of fur.
Batty has been training these bears
for ten years. and while he never loses
sight Of the animal he is handling. he
is more afraid of that saucy little cub
than he is of the four big fellows to-
gether. The little fellow has one or
those inviting come and play with
me" looks all the time. While evident
ly in one of these moods he nearly bit
the hand off one of his keepers a few
weeks ago. Batty says the secret OF
training bear lies in remaining al
ways the master. with a good heavy
whip to demonstrate IT, His bears
would attack him as quickly as they
would anybody else. but he never takes
his eye from the animal he is handling.
And these bears are cunning. They
are trained to look for something good
Immediately after the performance OF
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
An Impre.sloa,

The farmer allus gifts the worst of
It when he goes 70 New York city. .
remarked Mr.. Corntossel. Yes" an
swered his wife, with a sigh They
put funny pictures OF him into the Pc
pers an make him lcok rldicklous at
the theayters. I'm afraid they do
What OF it?' ''oh, nothin' of It: that
Is, nothin' particular. Only l can't
help thinkin' that when them New
York city-ers reads the lection returns
they'll wake up to the fact that it's
time they were throwin' few bouquets
at us agriculturists an joTlyin. as
along. Washington Star
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11

The churches of the United States
have taken 1000 Chinese into msrp-
bership.
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
BRYAN AND Nog-o.,
rhs T~s S.srA.s.a. u.,,,.l
ASAiu.


II j. observed that rsr
Bryan has assumed ~
of defeating ibe pxFausss -
adltain%tratiCn Be G. rlss4, ~
ai great resIEcs aud - j
,i0n BY J. SirriiHg MIRA. n
-rt'ate-t man 30 The c4is !,
fhwre was 4 time whaa -
urDt Nel,raskans "a ~ ~
any prpi,osit1n, Tlss hsftsrasa
anlt1esiiy csnssa srGsf -
souis q nIufual frrl.Is - y
mon fcar uf the as.srurfsr h
rubfir hy The iaiYersals,fE ~
oS The administratiaa -, 4
soffrnet tlieiF hszrtS asFvl
In tbs last isSBr u qur -
fctaF.lFHrF. tbe Caa=rratst, n
rsiitr,i BY Ar. M0rf0a. !, ~
ms~t sYmpaitrt3a, trfrss z |
ases rival Pr ths tr,t -
b. admits tllat NJ. B-yta
xtitrhs,i Nrlgasksa "a. y.
fEzsG,is and admtr~r.
b.ssns AMI admits tast ~
atitaEnnlssa 10 c1pansiaa 81 ,
tea a. ndyplntp,i ~ hss.ar !
rrs % Prg-xtlrut McEIzAr :.
ssssFe mer. iEIa.i pda,gisg'
he dos not stop thans Wa~.
adnirailna aui cauaissss = /
thar NssIarais.i frlai ~. "a, !,
nppn tbr srtuasq uursr51a ~ :,
iipas n = fs-ir.ai ja,la an =
l. an attractive ari uartsf =,
Ia illr pnbltr ne u tas =
CEsragu Hscuri
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11

namely. to make light OF other peoples
heads, and since madame the empress
was suspected Of de-cspitsI designs on
Kang Yu Wei the British had no com
junction in affording safe asylum TO
the little Chinaman. Two days after
Kuang Hsu was deposed Kang Yu Wei
reached Shanghai. and on Sep; 27
sailed on the Ballarat for Hong Kong
Heads might be bowed and pigtails
waggled, but no persuasion would in
duce the British captain TO give his
man up; SO Kang Yu Wei sits peaceful
ly in an English dependency waiting
till his turn shall once more come
around. 1t was he who advised the
late emperor to clear out the Manchu
sleepyheads and do something for
progress and reform. and though the
empress is working her hardest to un-
dc his work, the ball has been set n
rolling and rebellion on a most gigan-
tic scale is at hand.
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
WONDERFUL BEARS
a VAUDEVILLE PERFORMANCE
EXTRAORDINARY
They Jump HurdIes Like a Horse--Turn
somersaaits Like Acrobat, and
Clear Fences While Erect on Hind
Iegs-Ressmblss a Pickaninny.
Especial Letter.)

Perhaps ii is not so wonderful for
bear TO walk tight rope-that is In
their nature. But to see bear. al the
command OF his trainer. stand on his
head, turn somersaults like an acrobat,
jump hurdles like race horse. or clear
three fences, one at time, jumping
on his hind legs, is real novelty.
Trained bears are new feature for the
vaudeville stage: In fact, trained bears
are seldom found outside of the ZOOS
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
H.ra Laes ster, from Kan.n..

When the Kirby bank failed In Abl-
lene Santa Fe conductor had in it s2.-
600. which represented the savings OF
many years. In the course of time he
received $1,000 in dividends from the
bank receiver, and this sum he depos-
ited In the Gross bank OF Emr o-ia,
which in turn failed.
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11

riskea all that lie held dear, and n
50 doing have rendered tncaleuiahle
services to their Kind. One by one
the closed doors have been fiuns Wide
opsn. the secrets have been made man
ifest and no~ at the close Of the nine
teensh century only this ono remains.
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
Sec tn, smnII Ah par..

I'D like to know" muttered the
night foreman, as he put half a dozen
more printers at work on the short
ads" where the poet got his idea
that man wants but little here he
low '"-ChIcago Tribune.
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11
REFoRmER OF CHINA.

We all OF us have our hobby. so 1T
tie wonder need be excited BY the in
formation that the empress Of China
has hers. also, Unfortunately. this
particular hobby resembles that Of the
Duchess in Alice in Wonderland, +"
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11

their part Of the program, 1t is either
a lump Of sugar, bottle of milk. or
bottle of sugar and water. Were this
not forthcoming there would proba-
bly, be a strike and riot When not
performing they are always securely
chained to the floor of the stage. Bat
ty's bears have only been in America
eight weeks Batty. Russian. is so
greatly pleased with the country and
the big money he draws that he would
like to stay here with his performers
permanently but the heated term would
Kill the animals.
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11

soap ,Aags su saag-uH-l
Soap.
The Lamar register., 1899-01-11

Britain owns auFzf1Eyfs < /
wAys Ia th- initel Stsfrs Z 4
and half q thc faIiuar, q
AusaVira.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-17
Art Sal. In New York.

New York. Fob. fiat the second
days sale OF the objects OF art Of the
Thomas II. Clarke collection. los pieces
Of brlc-a-brao were sold for $1,000. the
highest price being $500 for a pale tur-
quoiHe vase.
The works Of tho late George innea
carried on most of the honorn az last
nights picture sale In the Clarke coll
lection.
Nincty-two pictures sold for SOL go
or that amount t2T.Ii0 was realized by
eleven Of Mr. innca'a canvascs, one Of
them. A Gray lowcry Day brought
fl0,ibo. the highest price 80 FAR OF any
picture In tho collection. The best
prices were az follows.
New England Valley Unnea). bought
by Mrs. Cheney. te.050
Gray Isowory Day unnoa). bought Ny
licnry Sampson. ti0.i50.
Harvest Moon unncHl, bought by II
:. Smitherr. 1900.
The Romnny Olri George Fuiier)
bought by James Ross. NiO0.
The cloudcd fun unnenl, bought by
Knoedlcr and Co.. ssiOo.
The totals for the thee nights sales
II si65.Si5.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-17
UTAH CAPITAL FOR
NEVADA MINES.
REPORTED AJAX MINES.
outlook for stateiinc crown Point
Development miscellaneous
uining Items.

Utah capital continues to pour into
the mines OF Nevada. the latest to show
It's interest In that section being the
Magnolia Mining ana Milling company.
which flied articles VI incorporation
with the county clerk today. The
amount OF capital stock ~ ti0.00o. Ill
vided into $4,000 shares Of the par
value Of 10 cents each. The officers are
Joseph Eiscman. president; l.. II.
Farnswofth. vice president; W. y.
Lynn. secretary and r. u. Jones. trcas-
urcr These gentlemen. together with
W. NJ. Bradley. constitute the difcc-
torate. The compnny's property IL sit
uatcd In the Ferguson mining district.
Lincoln county. Nevada, and consists
Of the Magnolia and the South ENten-
tion. the former being one Of the pio-
necr gold producers " that locality.
The Magnolia lies In the famous camp
81 De La Mar aud has u record ~ a
shipper Of high-gradc gold ore. The
new company proposes to renew dcVci-
opment on moro extensive scale
and with the present outlook viii doubt
less be paying dividends inside of six
or eight months.
With the incorporation OF thiH com :
pany Nevada iindH itself well equipped
| for future development with Utah
men directing operations In most OF her
big mines. Not only IN De Ia Mar are
they interested. hut IN nearly ever
camp of prominence In the state. Utah
capital has made Tusrnr0ra what " II
today. II has found IT, way into the
mines OF cherry Greek. Battle Noun
tain and vicinity; also into uolcondn.
| New Pass aud other places, where
work IL being pushed aud rich nincr
opened w. The state has an nhun.
| dance OF good mines, ana that men "
means hero are not SLOW 10 recognize
this fact, ~ clearly evident when u N
taken into consideration the number Of
/ Nevada properties now under their
/ management.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-17
AsToUNDs FATHER TIME"
Records Fall like Auium Leaves During the
Big Bicycle Race.
Charlie miller sssn Head. the Pro-
ses.ion Around the Mechanics
Pavilion st san Francisco.

Mechanic Pavilion. San Francisco.
Feb. i7.-charlcs Miller. the champion.
II In the lead In the international six
day race. lie has not commanding
lend. however. and In ON dangerous
ground owing to being In none too
good a condition himself. At the close
~ the Sist hour Miller dlsmountcd and
was led from the track by his wife and
his trainer. lie was Htif and sore.
Gimm came on Just as Miller left. at
once starting out TO regain the lead ~
fourteen miles which Miller had to his
credit. During the night Gimm was
sore and slow In his gnit. quite unlike
the Gimm OF yesterday.
The smile was gone aud u worried
look held possession NJ his face.
Gimm'a trainer says that uimm IL him
self again and VIII give Miller the bat
tie ~ his life. No other race Of this
character was ever as close and In M
other contest did they ever cut records
NJ they arr cutting them nov. Every
hour only adds to the misery OF old
Father Time. who " receiving such "a
drubbing that tho beating VIII never
be forgotten. The long night was full
~ Incident and was Interesting 70 n
great degree. Al 4 o'clock but four Of
the thirteen remaining competitions
were ON the track and those four. Al
hfFNs nav ANNNNhN anu llfifff ffN y
terrific clip. In fact AfonHon, urged on
by Waller. put tho others TO sleep. At
1905 this morning Frcdericka quit and
fought those who tried 10 get him back
| TO the track.
lie was allowed 60 SHIFT for himself
for four or fivc hours. without rcmov.
ing his clothes. he wandered around
the building ana Mt 1:12 this morning
returned TO the track. i've places lower
| IN the score but ready 10 make n hard
ride. This he II now doing. Aiberta
| stayed on the track for Fix hours with.
out g dlsmount, ana II n factor. ms II
also Pierce. Miller and Gimin may
both 20 below the first two positions
owing TO the strain they went through
/ In making II hot ut the start.
Score six day race. seth hour, noon;
Her. LAS miles. lap; Gimm, La.
miles. 9 laps; Aronron, i,7s1 miles.
| lap: Albert. Lass miles. : laps Hale
| 1854 miles. laps: Pierce, i,aa9 miles.
Former record. i.s5 miles. i.osi yards
held by Miller.