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Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

A quiet wedding occurred at the resi-
dence of Mr.. James LeCompt near
town last evening, when Miss Bessie
German, daughter of Mrs. LeCompt,
was united in marriage to Mr. Joseph
Clark, son of David S. Clark, of Ken
ton. The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. o. W. DeVenish, pastor of
st. Paul NJ. E. Church, Clayton, in
the presence of the immediate fami-
lies and a few friends. Miss Alice
Collins of Philadelphia, was maid OF
honor. A reception followed the cere-
mony.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

Cards are out announcins the ap-
preaching wedding of Miss Gertrude
Irene, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. B.
W. Hutchison, of Townsend, to NJ. T
Gibson, of Kent Island. The cere-
mony will occur at Union NJ E.
Church near Townsend, Wednesday
evening, Nov. 7th at Z O'Clock. Mr..
Gibson is a we'll known and prosperous
young farmer of Kent Island where he
WILL take his bride to reside.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

This is a good time to enter Goldey
College far Commercial or a Short
hand Course. ''I never tire praising
Goldey College," writes a "Goldey"
graduate. Write Principal HI. s..
Goldey, Wilmington, Del, for n ew
catalogue. See adv.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31
CLAYTON DEPARTMENT.

Mr.. 7. L. Mason is our authorized agent
at Clayton, Del, and will receive new SUBJ
criptiOns and receives monies on old. AL
news items left with him will receive proper
attention. Subscribe now; only $1.00 a
year in advance.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

The Delaware railroad is enlarging
its bridge over the Delaware & Ches-
peake Canal preparatory to laying a
second track on it.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

A Festival will be held at Colts Sta,
tion, for the benefit of the NJ. E.
Church on Friday and Saturday even.
ings next.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

Clayton people yesterday had an op-
portunity of "Trip to Manila and the
Philippines" The magnificent car
contains rich display which gives the
spectator an insight into the life, the
habits, the products and the vast re-
sources of the Islands. Just at the
time when there has been go much
campaign talk over our new possessions,
the visit of this car down the State,
gives Delawareans an idea of what the
Islands may be worth to the United
States commercially, although the ex-
hibit is not being shown for political
purposes. Mr.. Walton s. Webb is the
manager. He had been in the Philip
pines over year and he fitted the car
out after his own liking. Besides this
he has a number of magnificent photo
graphic slides, which he shows off al
ut stereoptican lectures. The car will
be at smyrna sometime in November.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

There will be preaching at Downs
Chapel next Sunday at 2.3O and revi-
val service at night; extra meetings
each night next week.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31
CLAYTON.

items of Interest Cleaned From the DOlngs
In and About Town.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society has arranged literary pro-
gram, to be given in st. Paul's NJ. E.
Church Friday evening.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

Rev. A. D. Melvin, President of the
Md, Conference, NJ. P. Church,
preached a fine sermon in Ewell's NJ.
P. Church last sunday night.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

Tomorrow will be "All Saints Day"
at Trinity Church. Services will be
held in the morning at $50 o'clock !;
choral celebration at 1890 o'clock +;
and services at 7.3O o'clock in the even
ing. The Ofertory in the morning
will be devoted to missions. Floral
decorations during the day will be
memorials.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

The Rev. W. J. Wilkie, rector of the
Middletown Church, will exchange
pulpits with the Rev. G. Dexter Wee
den of Trinity Church next Sunday.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

At Townsend on Wednesday evening
last, Mrs. Lorah H. Silcox and Mr..
David W. A. Lyman were married at
the cozy home of the bride.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

p. NJ.
A wedding was transacted at st.
Paurs NJ. E. Parsonage last evening
when Miss Ella Thompson was united
in marriage by the Rev. o. W. De-
Venish to Mr.. Charles Bennett.
Smyrna times., 1900-10-31

Rev. J. E. Nicholson, pastor of Ew-
ellis NJ. P. Church, will preach at Ew-
ellis Church next Sunday morning on
''The Unjust Steward" The usual
services at night. Sunday School at 2
P. M.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
HOME POISONING.

It is very desirable that the condi-'
tions under which food may become
poisonous should receive more practi-
cal consideration than they do. A
well-known physician has called at
tention to some glaring defects in the
location of food store rooms, which
are worthy Of attention. In house
construction the position Of the pan
try is too often treated as of minor
importance. In some houses the space
under the stairs or some equally TN
suitable and inadequately lighted and
ventilated place is thought good
enough for the purpose. In great
number the pantry is small offshoot
from the house, the ceiling, floor and
walls often being damp, owing to
faulty construction in some of these
matters are rendered worse by the
water taps befng piacedd therein VIII.
out provision being made for carrying
away the droppings from the tap or
overflow from vessels into which the
water is run. One of the most fire.
quent entries in the inspectors note
book is defective yard pavement,
permitting of soakage of filth into the
soil underneath. Not only is the soil
thus rendered good breeding ground
for pathogenic microbes, it also sup
plies those conditions requisite for in
creased virulence.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
CORRECT FACIAL ANGLE.

As rule, the greatest facial angle
belongs to those of refined and in
tellectual nature the average is about
80 degrees. In some of the Grecian
statues, it is as high as 100 degrees.
UvcT y5 ucg TCCS. was tfiS. L1trCn
connoisser Camper, who first used the
term facial angle-that angle which
is formed when a straight line is
drawn from the middle of the fore
head to the point of juncture of the
nose and lip, where it is met by an
other imaginary line crossing from
the opening of the ear. To form an
opinion as to ones intellectual capa-
city, their profile or facial angle must
be studied.
The average height of man of the
Anglo-Saxon race is FIVE feet six
inches and the average weight I4o
pounds. Their weight is greatest at
forty-fve years of age.
Early grayness, without badness,
is an indication of long life.
Persons naturally thin are apt to
live longer than those who are fat.
This knowledge may be source Of
satisfaction to those of lean and
hungry aspect, like Cassius.
The average height of women of
the Auglo-S Saxon race is FIVE feet two
inches and the average weight III
pounds. Their weight is greatest at
fifty years of age.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
BE GOT IT AT LAST.

The bullying manner sometimes as
sumed by certain barristers in cross
examination, in order to confuse a
witness, is notorious, and many are
the tales told of witnesses who have
turned the tables on their prosecutors.
The following relates to a case of this
kind
In civil action on money matters
the plaintiff had stated that his fnan-
cial position was always satisfactory.
On cross-examination he was asked if
ever he had been bankrupt.
mo" was the answer.
Next question was, "Now be care
full; did you ever stop payment ~
"Yes," was the reply.
"Ah p exclaimed the counsel, ri
thought we should get at it at last.
When did that happened? ?"
"After 1 paid all l owed" was the
answer.
This produced roar of laughter,
in which the learned Judge heartily
joined even the usher was unable to
call silence, being seized with such
a fit of merriment that he had to be
carried out. After that the Court ad-
journed for luncheon.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10

downstairs, but when they finally en-
tered the parlor and the minister
said: "Now, shall we proceed with
the ceremony" Harry Huntley re-
Piled
"We are ready"
s'The most completely frustrated
bridal couple ever saw in my life, +"
said Mrs. Philips when the front door
had closed behind Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ry Huntley, who had departed with
out explanations Of any kind. A car
riage containing the bridal pair the
Rev. Mr.. Philips had been expecting
drove up to the door just as Mr.. and
Mrs. Huntley turned the corner.
80 Harry p the pretty young
bride was saying to her stalwart
young husband, chow strange and
unreal it all seems. How strange
that we should have hetn married in
this way !"
"It was freak of fate," he said,
strongly tempted to amaze the pass
ersby by kissing his wife on the pub
lie highway. .-LibbinootPs.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
CARE WITH MATCHES.

It is curious sort of economy that
makes housekeepers buy cheap
matches and ignorance of carelessness
that prevents them from teaching
every member of their household how
to use them properly. The really
safe matches are those that can be
lighted only on the box, and these
should he used. Every child should
be taught that match must never be
thrown away while burning, and new
er be shaken to extinguish it; it
must be held still in the fingers and
blown out. Many valuable lives have
been lost and property destroyed from
the careless using of matches. An
unlighted match dropped on the floor
may be as dangerous as loaded re-
volver. Matches are so common that
their danger is overlooked, but the
statistics of every fire department in
the country will attest to their dead
illness unless carefully used.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
THE CORPSE AND THE DOG.

The other day woman shipped
her husband S remains and dog over
the Central. At Albany she ap-
peared at the door of the baggage car
to see how they were getting along.
Chow does he seem to be doing ?"
she asked with a sniff.
who, the corpse" inquired the
baggage-master, kindly.
mo, the dog"
ooh, he's comfortable, replied
the baggage man.
Anybody sitting down on him ~
''Who, the dog?"
No, the corpse" !"
Certainly not," answered the
baggage man.
docs it seem cool enough in here
for him ?"
''For who, the corpse?"
mo, the dog"
II think so," grinned the bag
gage-master.
Does the jolting appear to effect
him any?"
affect who, the dog?"
"No, the corpse"
81 don't believe it does"
you'll keep an eye on him won't
your" she asked, wiping tear away.
ION who, the corpse? 2"
"No, the dog"
And having secured the baggage
mans promise, she went back to hel
coach, apparently contented.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
WEARY OF "vERY."

Writers should save the time of
readers by abandoning "very" and
giving an overworked word rest for a
few years. 1t has earned that rest.
That word, as an adverb, is found
less than 20 times in the King James
translation of the Bible. The rarity
of its use makes it count for all the
more when utilized. When it IS said
that "the man Moses was very meek"
one understands that he was meek
beyond the custom of the Israelites
of his day. When St. James says
"the Lord is very pitiful'' the "very'
is full of significance. But if the
good and the bad deeds, the cruel and
the heroic acts recorded in the Bible
were to be described by most writers
of the day there would be a every"
in almost every line.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
POINTS IN A GOOD BEEF.

j. q. Imboden, of Decatur, Mo.
IN an address delivered before an as
sociation of stock breeders, gave his
ideas as to beef cattle points as fol-
lows:
There is no one breed of beef cat
tie better than all others under all
circumstances and conditions.
"The trouble with cattle from the
butchers standpoint is too big shoul-
ders, giving the forequarters too large
a proportion to the rest of the carcass.
"The muscles that are exercised
the most are the toughest for this
reason the inside thirds of the
round is good, while the outside third
is not so good.
"A thick, mellow hide-not hard,
harsh hide-denotes more clean meat
vlioAl tiiil 1lidS. - .5llaiglIC DaSt-.-
we'll sprung rib and width of loin in
dicate large amount of the high
priced meats in the carcass.
"The comparison of animals in the
show ring is often so close that the
awarding the prize turns on very
small point, as tie or a dimple in
the back, which cuts no figure in the
usefulness or profit of the animal.
A typical beef animal should have
thicker neck than the dairy breeds,
the flesh should begin at the front
the animal should have the greatest
possible thickness of flesh along the
back between the shoulder and the
hips, and the width of the hip should
be carried forward to the shoulders.
"The Angus are thickest feshed
beef cattle; their greatest fault is too
much Of a spread of the shoulder
blades at the top; they do not ma
ture quite as quick as the Herefords.
1t would be hard to tell which of the
beef breeds at 80 months old on the
same care and feed would make the
greatest gain.
Young animals develop muscle
along with the fat, and when fattened
young contain a larger proportion Of
lean meat to the fat, and are hence
more profitable to the butcher. The
first 200 pounds put on a steer is
the cheapest, as the animal is grow
ing as well as fattening, and the cost
of increase of weight increases with
the age.
During the cold and stormy wealth
er cattle should be we'll provided with
shelter, because they suffer keenly as
we'll as man, and if it is intensely cold
cattle should not be watered with icy
water.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
THE EDITORS CALLING AND WORK.

Col. Pat Donan, the famous orator
of the Great West and past master of
journalism, thus portrays the life of
the country editor:
Work, work, work The editor
in his dingy, ink-grined den, finds
his work, like woman's, never done.
He has to write politics, elections, re-
1igion, history, satisfies, business, f.
nance, railroads, steamboats,, improve
ments. He has to write distinguished
arrivals, stray mules, notices, crops,
weather, markets, crimes and rascali-
ties, wherein is embraced much of the
| politics of the day. He has to write
personal notices-often of numskulls
and nobodies-births, deaths, mar
riages and other calamities, removals,
sales, trades, exchanges and failures.
| prominently conspicuous among that
which come most of the statesmen and
craftsmanship Of these latters days.
He has to write puffs of new ex-
changes and new advertisers, puffs of
muddle-headed speakers, nimble-foot-
ed dancers, puffs Of reopened theatres,
barrooms and churches, pufs of ser
mons, ballads, bishops, grand balls,
and puffs of people that puff him.
He has to write descriptions of balls,
picnics, concerts, revivals and smash
ups, extravaganzas or barbecues, ral-
lies, reunions and mass meetings;
dissertations on fashion, essay on NOR
atty, and criticisms on the follies of
the day, and subscribers who do not
pay.
Daily and hourly he must run the
whole gamut of emotions, and tear
the last feeling and sentiment to tat
ters. He must be glad to hear this,
and panied to hear that delighted to
meet such one, distressed 10 know
of accident to another overjoyed at
this arrival, and sad to mention that
departure pleased to state one thing,
and grieved to announce another;
shocked at this, and enraptured at
that; sympathizing here, congratu-
lating there; mourning to-day, re-
joicing to-morrw and now jingling
a merry wedding strain.
He must be ever ready to enter
tain his elderly female constituents
with information in regard to the
prices of butter and eggs, cure for
measles, Group and chicken cholera,
the condition of the heather, and the
prospects OF charity of church festi-
walls.
"And worse than all, at the bid
ding of any and every mob of inebria-
ted partisans and jobbing hucksters
known as convention, he must un-
ceasingly blow and puff political toad
frogs and lesser vermin into majestic
lines of statecraft, and transform stu
pid and thievish nonentities into co1os-
sal Ssiants z ef wisdom. learnine elo-
Alas, alas II there glow no hoiy,
patriotic fire upon his altar of daily
sacrifice, if he be not illumined and
consecrated with pure and heroic am
bition to advance the welfare of his
country and his people, if over all his
work exalted love of liberty and right
and ardent desire to serve his age cast
not their sacred halo, his labor is but
ill-paid slavery, and his life weary
failure.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
DICTIONARY GIRLS.

A disagreeable girl-Annie Mostly
A sweet girl-Carrie Nell.
A big hearted girl-Jenny Rossity.
A smooth girl-Amelia Rate.
A clear case of girl-E. Lucy Date
A geometric girl-Polly Con.
A not orthodox girl-Hettie Rodoz
A rich Culinary Gold.
A nice girl-Ella Cant.
A flower girl-Rhoda Denderon.
A musical gir1-Sarah Made.
A profound girl-Metta Physics.
A star girl-Meta ORC.
A clinging girl-Jessie Mine.
A nervous girl-Hester Ical.
A muscular girl-Callie Sthenics.
A lively girl-Annie Nation.
An uncertain girl-Eva Nescent.
A sad girl-Ella G.
A great big girl-Ella Phant.
A warlike girl-Millie Tary.
Boston Herald.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
A FAIR NEWSPAPER READER.

She skips the columns that describe
The horrors of the day;
She only reads the headlines DER
What politicians say.
She shows no curiosity
About affairs of man;
She does not care how baseball mines
The seasons games may plan.
She skins the editorial page
With an Indifferent eye;
The details of "athletic sports"
In haste she passes by.
And so she turns page after page
Till with delight she halls
And pins her fond attention to
The item, Bargain Sales"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
THE vEGETARIANs.

When Abner Green, who many years
Had courted Mary Runkins.
Resolved to test his hopes and fears,
He thought himself "some punkins.n
But when the crucial moment came,
His face grew reds beet;''
His hands hung limp, his tongue grew lame,
He shuffied with his feet.
In fact he felt, he later said,
Like pretty small potatoes"
But Mary. though she blushed as red
AS ripening tomatoes,
Sat listening, demure and bland,
And "cOol as cOwcumber,"
While he grew "hot as pepper" and
His heart beats tried to number.
Now whether he or she at last
The question great propounded
cannot say; / only passed
Just as a kiss resounded.
Sometimes to him, more oft to her
My judgment of it leans,
But Mary always does aver
That he-"he didn't know beans.''
Who cares straw Though this thing has
Made gossips nudge and nod,
They live together "happy as
Two peas within pod"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
A woMAN's PROBLEMS.

When breakfast things are cleared away,
The same old problems rising,
For she again sits down to think
OF something appetiZing.
The dinner she must soon prepare,
Or give the cook directions.
And great is the relief she feels
When she has made selections.
When dinner things are cleared away
The problem that is upper
Is Just the same with one word changed
What can / get for supper?"
She wants to give them something new,
And long is meditation.
Till choice is made. and then begins
The work of preparation.
When supper things are cleared away,
Again her mind is worried,
For then she thinks of breakfast time,
When meals are often hurried.
She ponders DER it long until
The question is decided,
Then bustles round till she makes sure
That everything's provided.
That "woman's work is never done"
Has often been disputed,
But that she's worried ie fact,
And cannot be refuted.
Is greatest Of these questions.
And glad she'd be If some one else
Would make the meal suggestions.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10

WELL, my dear, are you coming
on nicely with your music" "Oh,
yes, mamma. Last month when l
played four-hand pieces with my mt.
sic teacher / was always couple OF
bars behind. Now l am always at
least three ahead"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10

SUNDAY-scHooL Teacher. - "Al-
ways tell the truth, my boy. You're
too young to tell lies"
New Scholar-"Who? Me? Not
much I've told 'em till I wuz so
sore couldn't sit down."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10

II WOULD die for you p exclaim-
ed the elderly lover, passionately.
ooh, DON'T" she answered, in
alarm; II like your hair and mus
tache SO much better as they are"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10

THE woman will have pretty hard
time of it who weds the man who
thinks every girl that ever looks at
him wants to marry him.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10
BOLGIANO'S SEEDS GROW
THoRoUGHLY RELIABLE.

Have you ever tried Bolgiano's Stock Great
n n Tomato ?'' Your neighbor has, that's
why he is not discouraged growing Tomatoes.
They ripen clean up to the stem, weigh heavy
preference and pay more money for them. Boil
riano's celebrated New Queen Tomato greatly
pleased the Patapsco Neck farmers last year.
we also have the finest stock of Livingston's s
New Stone, Favorite, Paragon and Trophy
Tomatoes, and are fully prepared to fill any size
order from pound to ton. Send for our Illus
trated Catalogue. 1t will tell you about the low
prices we are charging for Strictly Choice Seed
Potatoes, Sealed Alaska Peas, First and Best,
Triumph and Extra Early Morning Star Peas,
Yellow Danvers White Silver Skin and Red Ber,
muda Onion Sets. We want your trade. we viii
treat you right. j. BOLGIANO q son. %S >.
Calvert St., Baltimore, Md. lFeblOtJunelI.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10

A GOOD manner often succeeds
where the best tongue has failed.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10

"I'M RIGHT" said man in dis
cussion with his wife, but I'm out
talked"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10

WAll orders carefully packed and delivered
TO any railroad station FREE OF CHAhGE.
Ian 6-12m.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-03-10

THE man who invents a .
worry has his fortna1
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-03-16
When Two Cannons Fought a Duel.

When Two Cannons Fought a Duel.
NO duets have been arranged between
the Long Tom of the Beers and any one
or the favorite guns Of the British, but
IN the Crlmean war was fought Il duel
between two pet pieces of artillery,
which considering all its phases. proba-
bly, has not been parallelcd in warfare
One day the Russians sent a message
to the English at the time a flag of truce
was flying. Your 5S-pounder gun
said the bearer. (which your people call
Jenny, is beautiful gun: but we think
we have one as good. We should like
TO nave a fair duel with her.
the challenge was accepted, and every
thing arranged for II o'clock next day.
W hen the time arrived all the batteries
ceased firing, and the two armies looked
Our sailors gun detachment" says
Sir Daniel Lyons. mounted ON the para
pet and took off their hats, s;luting the
Russians. The Russians returned the
compliment. To the English gun, as the
senior gun. WAS given the compliment of
hring the first shot. 1t struck the side
of the embrasure. Then they tired-a
good shot. too.
The, third shot from Jenny went clean
through the Russian embrasure, and up
went two gabions. The bluejackets
jumped up on their parapct and checred
thinking they had beaten their opponent
Not bit. \ minute aftcrward down
went the gabions and out came the Rus
sian gun again.
Several more shots were fired from
both sides, all very good ones. Jenny got
q thump, but it did her no harm. At
length, l think after the seventh shot
from our side, we saw the Russian gun
clean knocked over
Our fellows cheered vociferously, and
the Russians mounted the parapet and
took off their hats in acknowledgment Of
their defeat. All the batteries then
Onenel again -