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Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items Cleaned From All Parts of Delaware
and Maryland.

Items Cleaned From All Parts of Delaware
and Maryland.
A national bank will probably be es-
tablished at Frederica.
James Palmer has bought the Ponder
Block, at Milton, for S., 200.
The State Federation of Women's
Clubs will meet at Milford May I'd and
Sd.
The Democrats of Delaware will hold
primaries May Goth, to elect delegates
to State convention which will nOmi-
nate delegates to the National Demo
cratic Convention.
Rev. F. B. Short, pastor of Epworth
Methodist Episcopal Church, Whining
ton, on Sunday requested the ladies to
remove their headgear so that folks in
the rear could see the pulpit.
Samuel HI. Armour, of near Houston,
has purchased from Messrs. Refs and
Draper that part of the Curry-Davis
farm east of Houston, which lies on the
north side of the d. M. & V. r. r.
Every year recently a few peach
trees have been put out upon the once
large peach farms of this cummunity.
Many of the land owners hope and be-
lieve profitable peach growing will re-
turn to this section. Mr.. Julian Coch-
ran will put out this spring 5000 peach
trees and three thousand dwarf pear
trees.
The Queen Anne's Railroad Co.
has decided to extend its line from
Queenstown to Love Point, OF the
mouth of Chester River, distan ce of
18 miles. New wharves and the neces-
sary stations will be built. The esti-
mate of the cost of the improvements,
with additional equipment, is $3.50,
900.
The Harrington Hotel, the largest
inn of Harrington, was sold by b. f.
Fleming, of Chestertown, the owner,
to Alonzo P. Dickerson, of White
Haven, but formerly of Milford. The
hotel has been kept for several years
by William L. Williamson. The con
sideration was $4, 900 cash.
James E. holland and wife have deed
ed to Jesse L. Shepard several tracts O.
land in Kent county, Md. viz, farm ot
389 acres near Bennett sBridge;S 8 acres
near Blacks Station; "Glen Cove farm
in Shrewsbury Neck containing 22(
acres; Shrewsbury Farm, containing
221 acres, with buildings and improve
ments.
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Want a Clear Channel.

Senator Kenney has presented pc
tition in the U. S. Senate from several
hundred citizens of Kent county, Del,
asking Congress to appropriate suffic-
lent money to cnt channel through
sand bar that has formed at the mouth
of the st. Jones River, owing to the
heavy storms of last winter. The pc
tition recites that steamboat line has
been established between Lebanon
and Philadelphia, which carries large
quantities of grain, lumber, coal and
perishable fruits. The sand bar has re-
duced the depth of water at low tide
from six feet to one foot and the steam
boats are unable to make their trips.
-DeLGaOarean.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
MARYLAND ITEMS.
Current Events of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
ments.

The rural free delivery mail SER
vice will be introduced in Queen Anne's
county May 1st.
DIR. w. X. Robinson of Denver, and
Miss Jennie Vickers oil Chestertown,
will be married in the NJ. E. Church
to-day.
The wedding of Ernest L. Redmile
and Miss Annie Shafer will take place
in the Kennedyville NJ. P. Church to-
morrow.
Three hundred Kansas partridges
have been liberated at Sudlersville,
and like number will be liberated at
Centreville.
Col. William Henry Legg, formerly
of Queen Anne's county, has been APP
pointed tax bailiff for Baltimore, at q
salary of 81, 800 per annum.
Wilson NJ. Tylor, editor of the Eas- :
ton Gazette, and his brother, J. E.
Tylor, attorney In Baltimore, Will
leave this week ON pleasure trip to
California.
The Queen Anne's Railroad Co., has
purchased the land at the railroad
crossing on the road from Starr to
Cordova, in Queen Anne's county, and
will remove the station from Willough-
bys to that point.
Hou. James U. Dennis of Princess
Anne, while dressing Saturday week
was stricken with paralysis. Mr..
Dennis, who is 76 years old, and pre-
viously enjoyed good health. His at
tending physician thinks he will re
cover.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
Corporations DeIinqent.

Only few of the 1896 companies
chartered under the Delaware incorpo
ration law last year have compiled with
the requirement that they settle with
the State Treasurer for taxes due on
their capitalization, or their receipts
for the year,
State Treasurer Ball has issued
statements of the taxation assessed by
Secretary of State Hughes against each
corporation, and they will be forwarded
to the officers of the concerns in few
days. This will bring a large amount
of money to the State. .-Indec.
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Must PAY Heavier Taxes.

When the corporations which have
been enjoying city franchises free of
cost for many years come to pay their
1900 taxes in July they will find that
Wilmington hereafter proposes to make
them pay for the privileges they
enjoy.
On the books of the city assessors
these corporations properties show an
increased assessment value of over
SO, ZOO, 900, on which amount the city
will derive over $50, in additional
taxes. This excess amount of money
will lift Wilmington out of the finan-
cial rut in which it has been for several
years, and will further tend to re-
duction in the city tax rate, which can
not come until next year.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
GREAT REDUCTION IN WOOL.
A compartive Condition of the Wool Market
in the General States.

Wool has fallen since Jan. 1st about
10 per cent. This reduction is exactly
10 per cent. in some cases, as in Mich
igan X, where it has fallen from 30
cents to 81 cents pound. Australian
wool has fallen from 80 cents to 80
cents-Pt. Philip COS comb clean. The
fall in Territory woods has been lit
tie heavier. AS matteres are, how
ever, the Territorial wool is still 25 cents
a pound higher than it was Sept. /,
1896, when clean, fine delaine stood at
80 cents, while it now brings rs cents.
Kentucky / blood was then 25 cents.
1t is now so cents. Michigan X was
IA cents then, and is % cents now.
In other words, after fall of about
10 per cent. during the last three
months the average grades of wool are
just twice what they were when Mr..
Cleveland's tariffs and Mr.. Bryan's S
free silver had brought the wool-grower
of this country to the edge of ruin.
Since then the value of sheep in this
country has almost exactly doubled
While the number of sheep is
steadily falling in Australia and
elsewhere in the world, it is grow
ing in this country, under a tariff
which has added greatly to the prod
ucts of the wool grower and but little
to the cost of clothing to the con
sumer.
The price of wooden clothing re
mains, as every one is aware, almos
exactly where it was, and full wage
to continuous employment renders it
purchase easier to labor.
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PARKER NUPTIALS.
BRILLIANT WEDDING PERFORMED AT MID.
DLETOWN ON THURSDAY EVENING.
Miss Susie Parker, is the Daughter of J. e.
Parker of MiddIetOwn, and DR.. Stiles,
a Prominent Dentist.

..One of the most popular weddings
which has taken place in Middletown
recently was that of Miss Susie Parker,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Parker,
to DIR. John G. Sites of the same
town. The ceremony took place IN
Bethesda NJ. E. Church at s o'clock
Thursday evening before a host of
friends and wealth of pretty decOra-
tions, and pretty evening costumes.
The young couple are both very pop
ular, and the event was of more than
usual interest. Miss Elizabeth G.
Parker, sister of the bride, was maid
of honor, and Mr.. A. M. Brown was
best man to the groom. The brides
maids were Miss Elizabeth Dennison,
of New Castle; Miss E. Raymond
Lank, of Philadelphia; Miss May NJ.
Holten and Miss Daisy Naudain, of
Middletown. The ushers were Messrs.
Carl Harrington, of Pennington
Brooks L. Ross, of Seaford; Sylvester
ID. Townsend, Jr., of Delaware City;
Victor Cochran, of Philadelphia; DIR.
Cecil G. Green and w. Reese Parker,
of Middletown. DIR. E. W. Caswell
was the officiating clergyman. Miss
Helen Naudain presided at the organ.
After the ceremony, the bride and
groom drove to Elkton, distance OF
16 miles, where they took train fOl
Philadelphia, en- route for Atlantic
City, N. J.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
Best Municipal Office in Delaware.
= Milford Chronicle.

The bill of Mayor Boyd, of New
Castle, for $2,4OO for committing per-
sons to New Castle Jail, it is claimed,
indicates that about 5000 persons are
committed each year by him.
1t is said that he may average one
prisoner a month, who is regularly
committed to Jail for breach of the
peace, while the other commitments, it
is claimed, are of tramps, who apply at
the Jail for lodgings. If the bill is al
lowed the county will have to pay,
with costs, about So, 900.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
EASTERN SHORE PEACHES,
FEW FARMERS HAVE THEIR LAND TAKEN
UP IN PEACH ORCHARDS.
Peaches, the Once Great Kent County, Mary.
land Bonanza, is Replaced by Keiffer
Pears Which are More Profitable.

One of our intelligent farmers, who
owns fine estate in Kent, in the mid
die section of the county, dropped into
the Office the other day says the Ches-
tertown Kent NetOs, and knowing him
to have been an extensive fruit grower
in the past years, we saluted him with
this query: "What of the peaches
have you examined your buds?" He
replied-'I haven't but one peach
tree on my place! l have stopped
gambling and gone to legitimate farm
ing" All of which proves the event
to which this once great industry has
drifted away from Kent. A low
estimate of the number of preach trees
in bearing in this county ten or fifteen
years ago is one million. Now it is
less than a third of that number and
yearly growing less.
The fruit growers of the county have
for some years past been given their
attention to pears. The Keiffer is the
great favorite and it is estimated that
there are now i'll this county alone
nearly a million of these trees, many
of them just coming into bearing; this
pear is the most prolific known, some
trees bearing twenty-five to thirty bas-
kets to the tree; put the average at five
or eight and we see the probable out
put. The outlook for prices for such
an enormous crop is not encouraging
and many prophesy that they will be a
worse drug on the market than ever
the peach was found to be. But it is a
good carrier and great many can be
consumed if the markets of the world
are opened to them.
In speaking of the profit of peach
culture a grower near Chestertown
said recently that in two years-in 'S1
and '82-he realized from 12, 900 peach
trees over $33, 200. In the ten years
previous the amount averaged So, SOC
per annum. The following eleven
years-up to '97-his average was $500
So he has quit the peach business and
gone to raising wheat, corn and stock.
The best farming plan is to rely upor
no one product-don't put ''all YOU
eggs in one basket" If the disease
and bugs will allow it every farmer
should set out few peach trees, a few
pear trees, and as much of the berry
kingdom as he can we'll manage, anC
then attend to the staples of wheat anC
corn.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
DENSITY AND MORTALITY.
Statistics Showing the Relation Between the
Density and Mortality Rate.

The Revue Scientifque contains sta
tistics showing the intimate relation
between the number of people in
house and the rate of mortality. Thus
in London, where the average number
of inhabitants to house is s, the death
rate is 90 per thousand; in Berlin, with
80 persons to house, the death rate is
25. Paris has 35 persons to house
and death rate of 28. st. Petersburg
has SO persons, with death rate of Al;
and Vienna, the most overcrowed city
in Europe, with 55 persons in each
building, has the largest death rate,
Az.
These figures are made the basis oi
an argument in opposition to the build.
ing of special tenement houses for the
accommodation of the poor in cities
However excellent the sanitary ar
rangements, life in them is not Sc
healthy as life undcr less crowded.
conditions.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

The Kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
Of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matlsm come from ex-
cess of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
Ex-senator Gibson.

x-United States Senator Charles H.
Gibson of Maryland, died Saturday
week of heart disease at the residence
of his brother, Lieutenant Gibson of
the navy, in Washington, where he
resided since his retirement from the
Senate.
An English journal recently won
dered whether the pronunciation of
some of the ignorant classes or some of
the educated classes is the worse.
For instance, the groom says:
"'Arry, 'old my 'oss.'
But the curate says: "He that hath
yaws to yaw, let him yaw."
And the doctors wife says: "Jawge,
pleese go to Awthah and awdah the
hawse, and don't forget to look at the
fab.
And the vicar says: eff owah grac-
ious sovering lady wur-ah to die!"
There is more Catarrh in this section
VI bu0 COuulrN Iudu I'LL OU0Or UlSoaSeS
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors pro
nounced it local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by con.
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Scien,
has proven catarrh to be a constitu
tional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatmnnt Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. L
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is tn,
only constitutional cnre on the market
1t is taken internally in doses from II
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts di
rectly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. They offer on
hundred dollars for any case it fails t,
cure. Send for circulars any testimon
ials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., To
ledo, o. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
j. B. COOPER.
A New Series Of Stock
IN THE
BUILDING
and
LOAN ASSOCIATION

will be issued in April. The pay
ments will begin April 24th, and
will be One Dollar per month on
each share taken. The laws are
liberal and the investment a safe
one. We promise only what we
can fulfill, and hope those who
have little to invest in this way
will invest at home instead of send
ing it to strangers who promise
much and perform little. Each
share entities the holder to borrow
two hundred dollars on real estate
security, or if not used is worth
that much at maturity. Stock can
be withdrawn at any time on one
months written notice, and loans
can be returned when desired.
For further information apply to
the undersigned, who will also
take the names of subscribers.
J. B. COOPER, Secretary.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
] B. COOPER'S STORE

Flour, Meats, Butter. Lard
Sugars, COffees, Teas. Rire
Crackers, Molasses, Syrup. SaI,
Spices, Pickles. Soaps, Oils. Soda
Candles, Lye, Baking Powders
Blue, Extracts, Soap Powders
Canned Goods, Starch. VINEGAR
Barley, Powder, Shot, Tobacco
Cigars, Brooms. Baskets. Buck,
cts. Tubs, Washboards. OiIcIoths
Brushes, Ropes. Twincs. Nets
COrks, Lead, Seeds, Medicines
Threads, Cottons, Needles. Pins
Hose, Suspenders, Towels. Crash
Umbrellas, Whips. Toothpicks
Looking Glasses, Table Knives
Pocket Knives, Scissors. Purses
Combs, Musical Goods. Shoe
Findings, Balls, Banks, Games
Shaving Articles, Fishing Tackle
Walters, Spoons, Lamps. Lamp
Fixtures. Pipes, Tons. Wire
Goods, Tinware. China. Stone.
ware, Crockery, Glassware
Enameled Ware. Earthenware
Flower Pots. Pipe Guards. Bibles
Hymnals. Albums. Blank Books
Memorandum Books, Poems
Reading Books, Picture Books,
Pass Books. Writing Paper. Mu-
sic Paper, Fancy Paper, Wrap
ping Paper, Drawing Paper, En-
velOpes, Cards. Inks, Pens. Pen
ellis, States, Tablets, Papeterius.
Chalk, CrayOns, Erasers, lIu-
cilage, Jardiniers, Fruit Jars.
Fans, Backing, Bonds, Deeds
Notes, Tacks, Bells, &c.
The above gives an idea of the vari.
ETY., but you will learn more about the
stock, and the quality and the condi.
ton and the prices and our way Of
doing business if you patronize the
store for awhile. Call and see.
j. B. COOPER,
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

The increase from 80 to 60 cents per
hundred pounds in the price of ice to
families and small consumers in New
York it is said by the American Ice
Company to be due to the smallness of
the ice crop which was gathered dur
ing the past winter. Large consum-
ers however will be supplied at the
rate of "a for ton of 2240 lbs.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

To ACCOMMODATE those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
into the nasal passage for Catarrhal tro1t-
Cream Balm. Price including the spraying
tube is IS cents. Druggists or by mail.
The liquid embodies the medicinal proper
ties of the solid preparation. Cream Balm
is quickly absorbed by the membrane and
does not dry up the secretions but changes
them to q natural and healthy character.
Ely Brothers, Sc Warren St.. N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Reduced Rates to Cincinnati vim Pennsyl-
vanin Railroad, Account of Peoples
Party National Convention.
For the benefit of those desiring to
visit Cincinnati during the session of
the Peoples Party National Conven-
ton, May 9th, the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company will sell tickets from all
stations at the rate Of one frst-class
fare for the rOuad trip. Tickets will
be sold and good going on May 18th
only, and returning leaving Cincinnati
not later than May 18th.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPPY.
Pithy Sayings From Our Popular WASH
ingtOn Correspondent.

flI0y SdylHXS TTOH OuI FOpuidt "dSLs
ingtOn Correspondent.
AS long as Hon. Webster Davis Boer
lectures are free nobody can say that
they are not worth the admission
price.
Although blarney is an Irish game,
Queen Victoria is showing herself to
be Thoroughly mistress of it. In fact |
she beats the Irish.
Like most things in Texas, that
Colorado valley flood, which did three
million dollar damage, was a big
affair.
Remembering Admiral Dewey's
brave dash into Manila Bay, the peo
pie will forgive his farcial dash into the
political arena.
In advocating perpetual literary
copyright, Mark Twain is showing that
man may be humorist without neg
lecting the financial interests of num-
ber one.
Miss Amanda Way is candidate for
Congress from Idaho, which proves
there may be a will and Way without
success.
No wonder DIR. Talmage lectures on
'The Bright Side of Things" To-
gether with his wife and daughters he
has gone to Europe ON an extended
pleasure tour.
In Manila Bay Dewey risked his life;
in matrimony his peace of mind, and
in politics his good name. If he lacks
judgement, he has nerve to spare.
This is a free country, and man has
right to become a machineless candi-
date for President; but machineless
candidates usually find themselves
voteless on election day.
|
The public schools in various places
are being hauled over the Goals for the
bad English of their scholars. 1t
seems that so rnuch time is taken up
with scientific studies, that none is
left to perfect scholars in plain, every
day language.
Congress and a national political
campaign would be little more than
Miss Columbia cares to have on her
hands at once; hence the popularity of
the proposition to get Congress out of
the way before the campaign opens.
Few wars have been bloodier, in pro-
portion to the number of men engaged,
than that in South Africa. Perhaps this
is why DIR. Talmage believes it will be
the last war. He counts upon the hor-
ror of the civilized world being aroused
and becoming an irresistible factor in
bringing about an agreement for uni
versal arbitration.
1t would be just as well for those
who are clamoring for an immediate
decision from the Supreme Court on
the Constitutional Status of our new
possessions to bear in mind that the
Supreme Court is not run on the hair
trigger principle.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Although blarney is an Irish game,
Queen Victoria is showing herself to
be Thoroughly mistress of it. In fact
she beats the Irish.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

kinney rouple.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin
ming in kidney trouble.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect Of DR.. Kilmer' s
Swamp-ROOt, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits f,~FH(
by all druggists in fifty fT7I.f
cent and one-dollar siz- e u
es. You may have a sli:s L. ~ ~ = :
sample bottle by mail Home of swamp Root
free, also pamphlet telling you how TO fine
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. Kilmel
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
FOR RENT.

A Twelve-Room Brick Dwelling on
Delaware street in tenure of NJ. G.
Fields, improved, with electric lights,
water, bath, and everything modern.
Possession given March 1st. For par
ticulars apply to
Mrs. JOHN NJ. VOSHELL,
13tf Smyrna, Del
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

AS long as Hon. Webster Davis Boer
lectures are free nobody can say that
they are not worth the admission
price.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
SUSSEX cows PROFITABLE.
Six Cows Earn a Farmer S3lS.6O in Twelve
Months.

MILTON, DEL, MAR, %, 1900.
Mr.. EDIToR-Dear Sir:
Having read the statement of Mr..
John H. Bennett, in regard to the
profit of his nineteen COWS during
1899, and asks what farmer can beat it.
He stated the total to be $662 02, aver
aging $34. 81 head
l have a small herd of only six cows,
which I think has beaten this during
1899. We sold
1l43 pounds of butter at zoe cash. which
amounted
lOO POUNDS at 2UOU
value OF skim milk 0OUO
Two calves at $40 20 OO
Average, S53.lO per COW.
Now am confident that the labor in
making butter does not exceed that of
delivering the milk to the creamery.
While we only deliver it twice per
week he delivered as many times day.
Now, Mr.. Editor, if there is afarmer
who can beat this, L would like to hear
from him. In conclusion, will say,
two of my COWS were two-year old heif-
ers, with their first calves.
Very respectfully,
PHILIP L. WORKMAN.
Milford Chronicle.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Many man gains reputation for
popularity by keeping his troubles to
himself.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Like most things in Texas, that
Colorado valley flood, which did three
million dollar damage, was a big
affair.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18
Over=WOrk WeakenS
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Remembering Admiral Dewey's
brave dash into Manila Bay, the peo-
pie will forgive his farcial dash INTO the
political arena.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

In advocating perpetual literary
Mark Twain is showing that
a man may be humorist without neg
lecting the financial interests of num-
ber one.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Miss Amanda Way is a candidate for
Congress from Idaho, which proves
there may be will and Way without
success.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

Congress and a national political
campaign would be little more than
Miss Columbia cares to have on her
hands at once; hence the popularity of
the proposition to get Congress out of
the way before the campaign opens.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

1t would be just as we'll for those
who are clamOring for an immediate
decision from the Supreme Court on
the Constitutional Status of our new
possessions to bear in mind that the
Supreme Court is not run on the hair
trigger principle.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

No wonder Dr. Talmage lectures on
'The Bright Side of Things" To-
gether with his wife and daughters he
has gone to Europe on an extended
pleasure tour.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

In Manila Bay Dewey risked his life;
in matrimony his peace of mind, and
in politics his good name. If he lacks
judgement, he has nerve to spare.
Smyrna times., 1900-04-18

The public schools in various places
are being hauled over the Goals for the
bad English of their scholars. 1t
seems that so rluch time is taken up
with scientific studies, that none is
left to perfect scholars in plain, every
day language.