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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-07-20
Rim nSing GrapevineS.

Conclusions drawn from results of ex-
periments at the New York station are y:
Vines should be vigorous and not be
ringed too severely.
A ringed vine cannot carry as large a
crop of fruit to maturity as an un-
girdled vine
Vines grown on renewal system should
have all arms ringed and all fruit back
of the ring should be removed. Fruit on
unringed arm is inferior. while fruit
back Of a girdle is worthless.
With many varieties. when properly
done, ringing does not seriously injure
the quality of the fruit.
Not all varieties should be ringed.
Too severe ringing will kill the vines.
With some varieties and in some sea
sons girdling will hasten time of rtpen-
ing eight or ten days and in some cases
increase size of bunch and berry at
least half.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-07-20

MANY woman throws away the flower
of her vorth-her beauty, her amiaoiIlty
and her capacity for witehood and mother
hood - without realizing IT. There As no
ssdder sight than that Of young woman
who has for years been bearing up bTavely
and silently under physical tortures that
would drive a man to the uad-house.
Thousands of women suffer IN this way
and ask neither aid nor sympathy They
realize that they are the victims OF weak
mess and disease of the distinctly wonlanly
orpanisr,. They do not consult physician
because of the well-founded fear that he
will insist upon disgusting examinations
and "Iocal treatment" DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription does away with all
necessity for these ordeals. II cures IN the
nrivacv of the home 1t restores health
and strength and vigor to the delicate or
qans concerned in wifehood and mother
hood 1t tones, invigorates and builds up
the nerves and transforms nervous, over
wrought. sickly invalids into healthy,
haDnv wives and mothers. DR.. Pierce Is an
eminent and skillful specialist who has
been for thirty years chief consulting phy
siciau 70 the luvalids' Hotel and Surgical
institute. at Buffalo n. X. He will answer,
without charge, all letters from aillng Won
eu. The "Favorite Prescription is tor
sale by all good dealers.
"IsuFered from womb trouble for about twelve
wears, " writes Mrs Harry Poinetoy, a Box a5s,
Monona Clayton Co., Iowa. " l doctored with
six different physicians. but found o9ly tempor-
Favorite Prescription and three Of Pleasant
Pellets am a new woman. hope ann pray
that this will induce other poor sufferers 10 use
DR. Pierce's medicines and be cured"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-07-20
Likes the zt=qaG Sweet Corn.

Of all the intermediate varieties of
sweet corn for home use The Rural
New Yorker expresses preference for
the Zigzag-frst, because the plants
grow to Il medium height and bear the
ears not too high second, the average
Of ears TO the stalk is as large as any
other excellent variety; third, the ears
are inst right in size and form. taper
ing from the butt II the tip. The ker
nels form as Close together as posrible.
They are deep, the cob is small
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-07-20

"EER PARENTS DO NOT LIKE MY TRADE"
no money 70 start business Is It proper for me
to ask her parents OK to stop going with her! !
g. in this trad. Tor the last L years. Ia it
Weer Tor ma % kiss hers POsNER. T. M-
II your trade Is Il good one, we
should not advise you 10 give It up, be
cause some people do not like it. Re
member the fable OF the man and the
ass, and how. in trying to please every
body, he pleased nobody. II the young
lady is willing and you are engaged it
Is proper to kiss Der.
Miss Beatrice Fairfax:
Dear Aadam-I an engaged to young lady.
whom l Dearly love. but She has very quick tenn
per. Sunday evening were 70 meet at birth
day party at o'clock. and as had quite dis
tance to 60 | was about five minutes lata. When
saw her, l said. GOOD evening, Kitty" to her,
but she gave answer 7 repeated it the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-07-20

"Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism snd
Neuralgia radically cures in TO ) days.
It's action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. 1t removes at once the
causes and the disease Immediately DIS
appears The first dose greatly benefits;
IS cents. Sold by J. c. Redic, ard J. +.
Rplnh Druggists Butler Apr q6.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-07-20
THE WOES OF LOVERS
BEATRICE FAIRFAX KEEPS RIGHT ON
kLLEVIATlNG THEM.

And With Unctuous Words OF Wis
' dom Tries to soothe the TroubSed
Spirits OF Unhappy Human Targets
For Little Cuptd's shaft.
Here are a few samples OF letters
CLEANED from the hundreds which that
lore doctor. Miss Beatrice FairfaS. re-
reives IN her professional capacity on
the New York Journal:
Miss Beatrice Fairiax-I am Young man keep
Ing company with a ,irl, AM call % see hiH.
shs calls at my house. She IS my sisters friend.
anl know thst she cares tor me. Bt her pa
snts don't Ike NJ trade. 50 she told me. haze
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-07-20
TIL E CITIZEN.
PASTURE FOR PIGS.

Glover and Rape the Best single
Crop-Alfnlfn md Sorghum,
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
A Rat Story.

zone day not long ago." said a brick
manufacturer. "One Of my Workmen
saw three rats carrying a straw across
the brickyard. 1t seemed such an un-
usual sort of proceeding that he stop
ped his work to watch them. Two OF
the rats held the straw at opposite
ends while the third supported the
center. They were making straight for
the river which flowed by one side of
the yard. When they arrived at the
bank, they laid down the straw and
took long drink. Then they proceed
ed to take up the straw again in the
same manner as before and returned
by the same way they had come.
This so interested the workman
that he determined to watch If they
would come again. And sure enough,
at about the same time the next day,
they appeared. carrying the straw ex-
Hctly as before. Having provided him
self with a gun, he shot all three to
see if possibly he might thereby solve
the mystery. Tie discovered that the
rat in the center was blind and there
fore concluded that this was the ami
mails kind method of leading their
afflicted comrade to the water to
drink. k."-Philadelph Inquirer.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
The Tri-WeekIy Tribune.

An interesting venture in journalism
is the new TRI-WEEKLY edition put out
by our old friend The NEW YORK TRI-
BUNE, to take the place of its former
SEMI WEEKLY. The TRI-WEEKLY
TRIBUNE is a handsome newspaper.
Its news dispatches are up to date;
and we notice, in the numbers which
have reached us so far, that some of its
War cables from Europe are evidently
received just before the hour of going
to press. THE TRI-W WEEKLY is a thor
oughly frst-class newspaper, every is
sue being a veritable daily of that date,
and each issue containing, in addition
the pictorial and miscellaneous feat
ures which have long distinguished
the SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE. The
price $3.50 year, is half dollar less
year than the former SEMI WEEKLY.
We cannot but regard this new enter
prise on the part of The TRIBUNE, as
well worthy the attention of those who
want the cream of the first-class met
ropolitan newspaper. The TRIBUNE
has learned the art of printing half
tone pictures, with excellent effect, in
all its different issues, this being one
of the notable advances in the mechan-
ical branch of the printers art of these
times. THE TRIBUNE hold its own as
lower priced newspaper for farmers
and families.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
NAPOLEON Was Dandy.

1t is pleasant to learn, if one has Ma
poleon | on the hero list, that he had
very dainty habits in personal mat
ters; that he was fastidiOusly clean in
his person, according to an article in a
French contemporary, and poured eau
de cologne into the water he washed
in, then sponged his head with per-
fume and finally poured the remainder
OF the contents of the flask over the
neck and shoulders. He was also ex-
travagantly fond of clean linen and
during his campaigns had relays of 1t
sent TO different places. In those days
IL did not cost farm to have starch
ed things" laundered. for, in account
with a famous laundress In Paris, the
emperor's "linen" for one "wash"
amounted to 3S6 pieces and cost only
a trife over $40.
This strikes an American as very
reasonable. But his majesty never
wore any article but once, and as he al
ways undressed himself without aid
from his valet his garments were liter
ally least" to the four corners of the
room. NapOleOn's bill for eau de CO.
logne. however, exceeded the washer
woman's by a large majority. 1t Is a
relief to learn that the Little Corporal
was so much a dude. Some OF his
predecessors in the Tuileries were not
blessed with such excellent habits. if
history is to be relied upon.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
SECRET SOCIETIES.

MORNING STAR LODGE, No. 6, / o.. o F.-Meets
every Friday evening, at 500 o'clock.
MCDONNELL ENcAMPMENT, No ., l. D. o. .F.-MeetS
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month. at 500 O'Clock.
HARMONY LODGE, No. Is, A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings OF each month,
at 500 o'clock.
SMYRNA LODGE, No. 5, I. 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 500 o'clock. al the Odd Fellows Hall.
Union CASTLE No II, X. G. .E.-Meets every Mon
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing, at o. O'Clock.
MIsPAH LODGE, No. I6, A. o. U. W.-Meets every
Monday evening at 500 O'Clock in Odd Eel
lows Hall.
NIzPAH CoNCLAvE, No. 1917, ADHESIVE MoGUI-
LIANs-Meets the last Monday evening of each
month, a. s 90 O'Clock in Odd Fellows Hall.
GENERAL WINFIELD :. HANCOCK POST No. 20
G. A. R.--Meets every Thursday night in the
Hall of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. ThOs
Davis, Commander.
STARS AND STRIPES COUNCIL. No. 26, JR. o. L. A.
M-Meets at SOl p. m. every Thursday IN
Odd Fellows Ha l.
FRANCES E. WILLARD Temple, No. s X. of G.. E.
Meets every Tuesday evening at O'Clock, at
the Golden Eagle Hall.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
CHURCH SERVICES.

AsPUR METHoDET EPIsCOPAL-Sunday-Pr
ing at 10% NJ and 7.45 P. NJ. SUNDAY School
P. NJ. Christian EndeavOr Prayer Meeting
6.45 P. NJ. Prayer Meeting-Wednesdays at 7.l5
Pm. Rev. G. A. Hill, pastor.
ST PETERS CHURcH.-Rev. Henry Thomas, Rec
StOr-Sunday-M Morning Prayer and Sermon at
10lS A. NJ. Evening Prayer and sermon at ~
Pm. ~unday Sehool-2.15 P. NJ Wednesday,
Evening Prayer and Lecture Z p. NJ. Teach
ers Meeting Immediately afterward.
N-Sunday-Preaching at 101S A. Nj
and ~ Pm. Sunday SchOOl-1115 A. NJ. Prayer
Meeting-Wednesdays at "a p NJ. Rev J. l..
Estlin, pastor
ST. PoLYeARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-Servicese every
other Sunday, by Father WaldIon. Sunday
School Immediately after service.
SMYRNA CIRcUIT-Preaching services, Friend
ship in the morning. SeversOnS in the after
noon Jerman's Chapel and Smyrna Land
ing alternate Sunday nights at 7.SO. Rev. L.
W. Layfeld, pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL 'ColOred) -
Sunday-Preaching al IL A. NJ. and P. NJ.
Sunday School, P. NJ. Rev. J. +. Cook,
Pastor.
A. NJ. E. CHURcH-SundA preaching at II a.
m, and D. m. Sunday School al p m.
Christian Endeavor, 615 p. m. sunday Praise
meeting, at O'Clock Wednesday evening
Rev. Paris Daker pastor.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
FooI nnd HI. Moner

Il chanced that the miser and the
spendthrift took ship together.
En voyage the spendthrift bought
much wine and sat long at the gaming
table.
The fool and his money soon partg'
sighed the miser
Presently a storm rose. and the ship
foundered. and they We're all cast into
the water. and the mlser. having bis
gold in a belt about his waist, sank to
the bottom.
THE fool and his money" observed
the spendthrift sadly. for he was a
generous soul. don't always partr
After that the spendthrift swan TO a
raft where he starved to death.-De-
froit Journal.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
SMYRNA DIRECTORY.

TOWN OFFICIALS.
President of Council-James C. Robinson.
Secretary of Council-Henry S. Anthony.
Town Treasu.er-Ezekial V. Cooper.
Clerk of Council-Samuel J. Reynolds.
Alderman-William B. Collins.
ChiefOf POlice-Joseph H. Garner.
Councilmen: lst ward, DR. T. C. Moors: 2nd
Ward. Samuel J. Reynolds: Srd Ward, Edward G
Walls; 4th Ward, J. Wesley Denney: 5th Ward
+. Marriott Fowler; 9th Ward, James C. Robinson
and Henry S. Anthony
Council meets the second and fourth Fridays
in each month.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27

According to the Public Health
Journal, mosquitoes cannot abide the
touch of permanganate of potash. 1t is
instantly fatal to all the insects in all
their stages of development. A hand
full, it is averred, will kill all the mos
quito embryos in a ten-acre swamp.
1t is recommended to scatter a few
crystals of permanganate widely
through marshes in which mosquitoes
abound
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
a Frightful Blunder

Will often cause horrible Burn,
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve, the best in the world, will
kill the pain and promptly heal it.
Cures Old Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers,
Bells, Felons, Corns, all Skin Erup-
tions. Best Pile cure on earth. Only
25 cts. abox. Cure guaranteed. Sold
hy JAS. P Hoffecker, Smyrna, and T..
L. Mason, CLAYTON.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
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Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
LEADER

in its class. From the best medi-
um grade to the most artistic.
Prices are the very lowest for per-
feet goods, and every Piano war
ranted.
TERMS-Cash or S. 90 to $1,000
monthly with no interest on pay
ments.
Don't let the Holiday season 90 by
without taking a look at our stock,
pronounced by all to be the finest
ever seen in Delaware.
Do you want any musical instru-
ment? A Stella, Olympia or any
other Music Box, a Mandolin,
Guitar, Banjo, Either or Violin
If SO, call and we will supply you.
Photographs and Graphophones,
S. to SlOO. 1900 new records to
select from.
Open evenings.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27

No Sign OF APPROVAL. - The
preacher doesn't always take it is a
sign of approval when he sees members
of the congregation nodding.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27

Sheriff Wharton is a big man and
does more big things than sell peoples
property. He has just butchered big
hog, weighing 4O5 pounds.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27

COLD ANKLES. doctors say
that cold ankles kill more women than
nerves and diseases put together.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
Christmas go.
Watches.

Ladies' Solid Gold SIS to $500
Ladies' Gold Filled. 10k 1900
Silver and
Nickel, S4.00 to 900
Girls Watches, ...A.O0 TO 1900
Boys Watches. $3.50 to 300
Mems Watches,...S2.50 TO 5000
Our prices are as low as the
lowest for good. reliable
Watches. We make a spe-
cislty of fine American Wat
ches.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27

Seven Democrats of the New York
delegation in Congress voted for
the gold standard bill.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27

CAREFUL LISTENERS. Men some
times denounce gossip, but not until
they have listened to every word of it.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27

It doesn't take botanist to discover
a blooming idiot.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
THE EDISON
PHONOGRAPH
AND WHAT 1T DOES.

No amusement of modern times
equals the Phonograph. Every pleas
ure that sound can give is condensed
on its cylinders. The Phonograph is
the best of all such instruments, be-
cause it does these things simply and
perfectly. 1t will sing for you; it will
talk for you; it will repeat to you the
music of famous Bands and Orches-
tras, the sweet voices of famous sing
ers and the precious voices of family
and friends, even though they be
dead. 1t is remembrance reduced to
the visible presence. 1t preserves
what would have otherwise perished,
and it entertains and amuses people of
all ages and stations beyond any de-
vice, mechanical or otherwise, ever in
vented.
A complete revolution has been made
in the art of Record making. The re-
cOrding diaphragms now used are con-
structed on an entirely new principle.
They are so sensitive that they record
the most delicate sound wave, now
lost by all other methods.
Photographs, Records, Horns, Stands
and Repairs.
We also repair all makes of Talking
Machines and exchange Records. We
also sell the
Domestic Sewing Machine,
the best Machine on the market.
ALFRED TlLGHMAN,
BICYCLE EMPORIUM,
FIREARMS AND SPORTING GOODS,
Commerce Street, Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1899-12-27
The Music House

It IS impossible to have every
make of Piano in our wareroom,
but with Knabe, Ivers & Pond,
Behr Bros, J. & c. Fischer,
Crown, Kroger Schubert and the
many other makes in our line we
have in eanh the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-06-30
PIT AND PENDULUM.
A Prisoner Waiting to be
Hacked by Time'o
Scythe.
Thousands Whose Situations
Are Scarcely Less Terrible
May Easily and Readily Find
Help.

A man lies fiat on his back, bound SO that
he cannot move an inch. He is in dun
geon at first dark as well, but in few min
utes light in the ceiling, far up, shows a
mechanical figure Of Time with his scythe.
The figure dcscends slowly, the scythe
swings, and the prisoner realizes that unless
some unexpected help should come ne will
be slowly cut to pieces. What followed Is
told by Edgar Allen Poe in the fantastic
story called The Pit and the Pendulum"
The man awaiting the approach of a
dreadful death is type of large class of IN
fortunates who, entangled in the strangling
coils of an octopus, have lost all hope of free
dom. This monster is Morphine. Perhaps
the victimk yet reveling in that glorious
state of eI ration which follows the first
use of the If so, like the man in Poes
story, he noticed the light in the cell
ing and rare of his danger. Maybe
the diseA progressed SO far that the
sufferer Hdtif Ia weakness Of the hearts ac-
ton, that the general health is feeble the
body poorly nourished, the sight double
This is soon followed by peculiar witch
Ing of the muscles, a nunbness of the hands
and feet, and the utter collapse of the
nervous system. The victim now becomes
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-06-30

Where do You thing the frogs, the
turtles and the fishes stay during the
winter when the ponds are covered
with ice:
When cold weather comes the frogs
and turtles dig into the mud at the
bottom of the pond and go to sleep.
There they stay all winter until the
warm days of spring come again.
The fishes do not 60 down into the
mud. They stay in the water uLd,
the ice as happy as IN the summer but
they do not swim around so fast. If
you sholld cut a hole through the ice
you mi ght catch some of them with a
hook and line the same as in the warm
months.
Where are the squirrels during the
winter. We know that the birds 90
south where it is warmer, but the
squirrels do not. Sometimes on sun
shiny days in winter We see them rum
ming about.
The squirrels sleep during the long
cold days and nights. They build a
warm rest Of dlied leaves inside of a
hollow tree. Then they say goodbye
and curl up in their nest and sleep
until 1t is warm and pleasant again.
The rabbits are around all winter.
We see their tracks in the snow, and
if we 60 il to the woods we may see
them running around to get food
They are not afraid of the cold for
their soft fur keeps them warm. When
it rains or SHOWS they stay in their
burrows, or in some other warm place
until the storm is over. Then they
come out to get something to eat.
GA Bruin is another animal that
sleeps during the cold winter months.
Bruin is another name for the bear.
In the Fall Bruin is as fat as a pig,
but il the spring after his long sleep
he comes ont poor and thin and very
Impoverished.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-06-30
NEW YORK FASHIONS

The summer girl is as fluffy as
ever.
Materials his season are the acme of
dellcacy.
Poplins and grenadines in trans
parent weaves are in active requisition.
Poplinettc is very sheer. and particular
ly well liked.
The newest Il. 4 G. corse are the
coolest to wear, and the most durable
to sustain the forms they encircle; to
say nothing of being pretty, and airy
fairy to look at
I he prlncesse gown finds admirers
everywhere.
Lace is not only the trimming par
excellence, but also the preferred ma
teral in many instances, for high class
gowns.
Sole d. chine rivals crepe de chine
in softness and beauty.
All midsummer gowns are lavish
ly trimmed.
Coioring are more or less subdued,
if we except the autombile red, ard
few varying shades of scarlet.
7 he refreshing fashion of giving
ice-c"eam parties during the warm
weather, is folio we'd just rs closely as
ever, if not more so. Progressive
housekeepers u.s. the "Ohio' freezer,
finding it possess points of advan-
taee over oth.r makes. Will send
book illustrating and describing it to-
gether with another book of recipes
for making some choice frozen deserts,
to any lady enclosing me four cents,
in STAMPS, to SIG West 143d Street
New York.
Some silk embroierits are gIeam-
ing with jewels.
All outing cloths should De of the
s.nartest stutfs obtainabe
An exquisite combination of linen
gauze and fine silk is called silk or
linen.
E'yFJNN Can
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