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Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
CHOCOLATE FIENDS.
There Are Those Who Become Slaves
to This Nerve Soothing Food.

There Are Those Who Become Slaves
to This Nerve Soothing Food.
"The manufacture of chocolate" said
]. r. AnsO of Brazil. 'is great indus
try. OF all the chocolate beans import
ed into the United States twO-thirds 90
to one firm in Boston. and the other
third is distributed among the other
manufacturers. The chocolates sold
are of various grades. The Caracas
chocolate is supposed to be the best
IF you take the various grades. tech
nically known as the Caracas. the
French. the German and so on. and
take piece of each and place them in
a pan of water and allow them to dis
solve. any expert will tell you which is
the best chocolate. The better grades
will leave no sediment. The others
will. This is explained by the fact
that in the cheaper grades the shell is
ground up and used as filler The
lighter the chocolate the better the
grade. The cheaper grades are dar,
owing to the ground up shell.
ut is queer thing about chocolate
consumption. There are chocolate
fiends. just as there are opium fiends.
tobacco slaves and liquor slaves. i
cannot tell you why it is, but if people
begin to eat chocolate the habit grows
upon them. don't think any amount
Of chocolate hurts any person. OF
course the cheaper grades of chocolate
have a large percentage of sugar in
them, and sugar is to a certain ex-
tent injurious. but for the chocolate
itself | don't think any one eats
enough to hurt him materially. In
contradistinction to the eXhilaration of
alcoholic drinks chocolate seems to be
a soother Persons who are nervous
and irritable find it a food that in a
way calms and soOthes and satisfies
them. 1t is queer. but it is the truth.
The consumption of chocolate is in
creasing enormously in the United
States. s."-New York Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
KENTUcKY-DELAWARE.
The Stealing Of Officers Against the Choice
of the People.

So far as the man Goebel himself
goes, there cannot be much sympathy
ELECTED even by his terrible injury.
He himself entered upon the path of
lawlessness, and he was willing to de-
feat that which should be the highest
law of an American people, the will of
the majority in order to crafty his
own personal ambition.
II Goebel's charges of fraud had had
the slightest foundation in fact, the ac-
tions of himself and his confederates
might have found excuse in the eyes
of many; but when the very election
commission which had been created for
the express purpose of aiding Goebel's
scheme, reported that Taylor had been
duly elected, then the future acts of
the Goebel men to secure him the CUB
ernatorial seat, were bald, barefaced
trickery-Inder.
No stronger argument could be used
than is contained in the above, against
the theft of the offices in Kent county
nearly four years ago.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
MARYLAND ITEMS.

Democrats in the Maryland Legisla-
ture have framed a bill that will dis
franchise many of the negroes in the
State.
Capt. H. G.. Ford of Crisfeld, has
been fined $3.50 and sentenced e to 30
days Imprisonment for cruelty treat
ing members of his crew.
Announcement is made of the we'd
ding on February 14th, of Arthur
Clark Hurlock, of Chestertown, and
Miss Alice Park Walters, of Hyland-
town.
There are now living six ex-Govern-
ors, namely-Willliam Pickney Whyte,
John L. Carroll, Henry Lloyd, Elihu
E. Jackson, Frank Brown and Lloyd
Lowndes. Dorchester Standard.
The Greensboro Free Press cele-
brated its oath anniversary last week.
1t was founded by Mr.. A. A. Christian,
now advertising manager of John
Wanal1aker in Philadelphia, and as
souvenir of the occasion he presents
to the free Press readers a miniature
copy of the first issue.
The Diamond State Telephone Com
pany is still pushing its lines with
vigor. Long distance connection with
Baltimore, through its Eastern Shore
lines, will soon be announced.
REV. DIR. T. L. TAGG ELECTED DEL
EGATE TO THE GREAs MISSIONARY Con
FERENCE. "A great ecumenical confer
ence on foreign missions will be held
in New York for ten days, beginning
April 81, and will doubtless be the
greatest gathering of missionaries and
mission workers ever assembled. The
Methodist Protestant Church will have
among it's Representatives Rev. F. T.
Tagg, d. d. He is one of the repre-
sentative men of the Church, being ed
itor of the Methodist Protestant, one
of the oldest and best edited religious
weeklies of the country.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
Artificial Diamonds.

1t is well known that in the manufac-
ture of carbon steel microscopic dia-
mOnds are formed. and the curious
fact is stated by The Scientific Press
that from the examination of a mum
Der of steels from variety of process
es Identical results were given. A
piece weighing 300 grams was cut from
q lump of steel and treated with nitric
acid. the insoluble residue collected
being mainly graphic carbon. After
being washed with water it was boil
ed three times with fuming nitric acid.
which partially dissolved the residue,
hydrofluOric acid and then fuming sui
phuric being used. there then remain
ing nothing but graphite. which, after
being washed, was melted with chic
rate of potash. The insoluble residue
obtained fell to the bottom of vessel
filled with iOdide of methylene the lit
tie transparent Octahedrons visible
through a microscope. which burned
on sheet of platinum without any
ash, being the diamonds.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
FACTS AROUT sARDINEs.
The Greater Part of This COuntry's
Consumption Now Packed Here.

The Greater Part of This COuntry's
Consumption Now Packed Here.
Formerly the sardines consumed in
this country were all imported from
France. Now about three-quarterS of
the sardineS eaten in the United States
are put up mere. the chief center of
the sardine industry in the United
States being the eastern coast of
Maine. though some sardines are now
put up on the coast of California. The
packing of sardines in this country
was begun about 1886.
Thousands of people now find en-
plOyment in one part and another of
the work in catching fish. in making
cans and in canning and packing and
marketing and so on.
Sardines are put up in greater va
riety than fOrmely. there being now
adays sardines packed in tomato
sauce. sardines in mustard, spiced sar-
dimes and so on. but the great bulk of
SardineS. both imported and domestic,
are still put up in oil. Sardines are
put up also in a greater variety of
packages than formerly. there being.
for example. various sizes and shapes
of oval tins. and some Franch sar-
dimes are imported in glass. but as the
great bulk of all sardines are still put
up in oil, SO the great bulk of them are
still put up in the familiar fiat boxes.
the great majority of these being of
the sizes known as halves and quar-
ters and far the greater number of
these being in quarters. Sardines are
packed 100 tins in a case. and the con.
sumption of sardines in this country
is roughly estimated at from 100000
to 100000 cases annually.
Like canned goods of every descrip.
tion. sardines are cheaper now than
they formerly were, and American sar-
dimes are sold for less than the import
ed American sardines are now ex-
ported from this country to the West
Indies and to South America.-New
York Sun
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
Wire Fence for Telephones.

The barbed-wire fence used by the
farmers in some parts of the West for
telephone communication over short
distances has become feature of a
long distance line, connecting the
towns of Anderson and Ingalls,, in In
diana. There are two long-distance
lines of the big companies between
the two points, but the barbed-wire af-
fair has entered the lists and proposes
to get business by giving cheaper
rates.
The Big Four Railroad has barbed-
wire fence most of the distance along
its right of way, and the upper strand
of the wire is used for this telephone
line.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
HUNTING FOR NEW WRITER'S.
A Magazine Finds but so Worthy Manuscripts
out of 5000 Read in a Year.

Eight thousand manuscripts were re-
ceived by the Ladies' Home Journal
during the year just closed. Each was
given a careful reading, but out of the
entire number only eighty were found
worthy of publication. The Manu-
script Bureau of the Ladies' Home
Journal is operated at large expense,
but the hope of discovering new writ
ers or some aspirants with undeveloped
talent warrents the outlay. 1t can be
seen that the articles secured by such
a careful winnowing process brings the
cost of each up to and above the re-
numeration paid our best writer's.
These facts bring refutation to the
oft-repeated but none the less erron-
eous assertion that only well-known
writers of established literary reputa-
ton are able TO find place for their
work in the magazines. Exactly the
contrary is true. The Ladies' Home
Journal, through the manuscripts con-
sidered, has discovered three or four
new writer's of excellent merit and
this ''fnd' its editor regards as fully
warrenting the large outlay of main
tanning an expensive bureau for read
ing all the manuscripts submitted.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
The New York Tribune
The Tribune Starts Handsome Tri-
Weekly Edition.
1000.


The New York Tribune is Loyalty Republican
on all public gu stiOns although it never distorts
the news tor party purposes and never screens
misconduct i'll public affairs, because discovered
among parry friends The Tribune commends
itself to every Republican family in the country,
not only by its decency and dignity but by its
wide variety of contents and its vigorous editor
ial arguments in favor of the mastery politics
which have brought genuine prosperity to the
country and glory to its arms and which promise
high prestige in the future
The persistent labor of the Tribune during the
four years of President Cleveland, its immense
circulation eaching to every hillside and
valley IN the United states, is regarded by many
irlencs as having contributed very materially to
prepare the country for the return in 1896 to
protection and Sound Mcuay and to vote for a
Republican car didate for the Presidency
II may as well be confessed, that one object of
me Tribune, in pLtting forth its new and admir-.
able Tri Weekly edition, is to render an addi-
uonal service to the great party. whose success
IN 1860 a continuation of business prosperity and
wise government depend.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
A Good Pair.

The reported alliance of Quay and
Clark would furnish the spectacle of a
well mated pair. Quay, the boss and
ringster; Clark, the briber and cor
ruptor; Quay using the mask of Re
publicanism to facilitate his selfish
machination; Clark, donning the garb
of Democracy because it suited his
selfish schemes. What pair of thor
oughbreds to ride behind. 1t remains
to be seen whether Republican and
Democratic Senators will suffer any
such combination.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
The Thistle of scntInnh-

Once upon a time many hundred
years ago the Danes made war upon
the Scots and invaded their country.
One dark night. as they were march
ing upon an encampment of sleeping
Scots, one of their number trod upon
a thistle. The pain was so sudden
and intense that the man gave a loud
cry. This awakened the slumbering
Scots. who sprang to arms and defeat
ed the assallants. In gratitude for the
deliverance the Scots made the thistle
their national emblem.--Journal of Ed
ucation.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
The Country Finances.

With war expenses 38 per cent. less
than one year ago and the Treasury
surplus for the last six months of 1899
over $21, ,O00,0 900, those soothsayers who
saw the Republic tottering on the
brink of an abyss of imperial financial
ruin have quickly turned their atten-
ticn to other fields for criticism.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
J. B. COOPER'S STORE.

Flour, Meats, Butter, Lard
Sugars, COffees, Teas, Rice
Crackers, Molasses, Syrup, Salt
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, Oilcloths
Brushes, Ropes, Twines. 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, Tops, 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, Mu-
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., 1900-02-07
Red Hot From the Gun

Was the ball that hit G.. b. Stead
man, of Newark, Mich, in the Civil
War. 1t caused horrible Ulcers that
NO treatment helped for 20 years. Then
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him.
Cures Cuts, Bruises. Burns, Boils,
Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best
Pile cure on earth. 25 cts. box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold by Jas. p. Hoffeck-
er's, Smyrna, and t. L. Mason, Clay
ton, Druggists.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07

NASAL CATARRH quickly yields to treat
ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree
ably aromatic, 1t is received through the
nostrils, cleanses and heals the whole sur
face over which it diffuses itself. A rem
edy for Nasal Catarrh which is drying or
exciting to the diseased membrane should
not be used. Cream Balm is recognized as
a specific. Price so cents at druggists or
by mail. A cold in the head Immediately
disappears when Cream Balm is used. Ely
Brothers, So Warren Street, New York.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
Japan's Children.

From one end of Japan to the other
a child Is treated as a sacred thing. be
it ones own or strangers. Each
one carries its name and address on a
ticket round its neck. but should it in
deed stray from home food and shelter
and kindness would meet 1t anywhere.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07

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., 1900-02-07

1t may well be said that life is monot-
onous. In so years we undress for bed
no fewer than 1880 times, dressing
again after each nights repose with
cheerful resignation.-Tit- Tit-Bits.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
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., 1900-02-07

kinney trouble.
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 ofthe most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits f"|E"~
by all druggists in fifty sTITs,ss
cent and one-dollar siz sss ss.3,Esss
es. You may have a -ssss IL e
sample bottle by mail Home of swampRoot.
free. also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
A Handsome Tri-WeekIy.

The Tri-Weekly Tribune. Sl5O a year. has re-
Gently Sunerseded the late SRMI.WEEKLY TRI-
BuNE. and is a handsome, fresh, breezy, every
Other'day newspaper. II will we think prove
me best substitute for metropolitan daily. yet
'0und. Every number is as good as daley of
the same date For many people it will answer
the poses of daily. | gives one more num-
per each week, for halfa dollar less year than
the former SEMI-WEEKLY. In addition to the
news, editorials and market prices it prints each
week great variety PICTORIAL, literary and other
entertaining matte. including humOr book re-
views, asked and Answered. foreign letters,
Home Iopt cs. fashions fictions, agricultural
data. advance Information for business men,
science and Mechanics" etc. The market
prices are accurate and standard. 1t is always
Saie 10 look at the Tribune before buying or sell
ing country produce As a family newspaper the
Ir,rl,Weekly TTibdne has no superior in the
The Tri-Weekly Tribune has been put forth in
response TO the growing demand for more fre-
qnent issues. 1t is cordially recommended to
every reader, who wants the cream and spirit of
me New tribune aud who lives too far away
for the Daily.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
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 1t 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 thew be
dead. 1t is a remembrance reduced to
the visible presence. 1t preserves
what would have otherwise perished,
l and it entertains and amuses people Of
all ages and stations beyond any de-
wee, 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 TILGHMAN,
BICYCLETEMPORIUM.
FIRE-ARMs AND SPORTING GooDs,
Commerce Street, Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1900-02-07
The Weekly.

The Weekly Tribune, Sl.OO a year holds it
own as a great low priced farmers and family
newspaper. II can usually be obtained at ad
vantageous terms in conjunction with Ioca
weekies.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-15
WEATHER SIGNS.
What the Actions of the Animals
Tell About Heat and Rain
and Sunshine.

If swallows fly near the ground.
there will he rainy or windy weather
If chicks seek shelter, it will be wet.
If chickens and other fowls pick their
feathers. the weather will be cloudy
and damp. If, during severe frosts.
BOOSTERS crow very early, the thermom-
eter will rise. When ducks battle and
quack, there will be rain. When they
are quiet there will be thunderstorm
If a eat searches for warm place, the
weather will be colder. If it scratches
door, table or other object with its
claws, there will be windy and snowy
weather. If dogs roll in the winter,
there will be snow; if in the summer.
rain. If mice make their nests above
the ground in ricks. the autumn viii
be rainy. If they make their nests I'M
der ricks upon the ground, the spring
will be fair. If they make their nests
before the crop is reaped, rainy wealth
er will begin in August.
Fish appear. on the surface Of water
before rain, and go to the bottom be-
fore strong wind. u smoke sinks to
the ground when there is no wind III
winter it will snow, and in summer it
gill rain If smoke rises even during
bad weather, fair weather will follow.
If at sunset there are no clouds, the
next day viii be fair; if the sun sets
in clouds, the next day will be cloudy.
and perhaps rainy. If the setting sun
is red, the next day there will be a
strong wind If the horns of the new
moon are long and sharp, then in win
ter the whole month will be cold and
in summer fair.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-15
HORSES In THE WAR.
of the Different Types In
South Africa.

There are many different kinds of
horses employed in the present cam
paign and the following gives o very
good idea of the characteristics of the
various types, says the South African
Press. The heavy horses of the royal
horse artillery are magnificent animals,
towers of strength every one. They
are splendidly trained and co.nbine
immense power with great activity.
1t is a grand sight to see them in
action. The dragons and hussars are
mounted on great heavy chargers,
which thunder over the plain, but they
are lighter than the artillery horses.
The Australians have fine, serviceable
steeds, outstanding and by no means
light, and kept in excellent order. The
New Zealanders brought their mounts
with them direct from the Britain of
the south and an exceptionally shape
ly lot they are, showing breed in every
line. They have done a great deal of
trying work since their arrival, really
more than their share, in fact, and
have shown themselves thoroughly re-
liable nags. They average about 1914
hands andare perhaps little lighter
than the Australian mounts.
A number of South American horses
have arrived from the Argentine and
they are in remarkably good condition,
as sleek as moles. They are thick-set,
strongly built little horses, too large
to call ponies, but nothing like the
height of the chargers above men,
toned, and it is likely that in the field
these 'big little" South American cobs
should prove as serviceable as any.
Last, and least in stature, are the
horses of the mounted infantry, South
African horses, light, active, strong.
Small though they are, compared to
the majority of the mounts, they are
by no means to be despised, for they
do their work well and keep up re-
markedly. They are nimble over the
strong ridges, and fleet of foot across
the native flats, and if well cared for
will get through the campaign in as
good order as any.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-15
LIVING IS INEXPENSIVE.
Spot nj the Foot of the Jura Near
Geneva Where Expenses Are
Only $40 Year.

The best place in the world 10 live.
the little corner of France that iuts
into Switzerland near Geneva. This
has been decided TO the satisfaction Of
Lectures Pour Nous. a Partisan popular
paper. AS the result of a careful canvass
of many towns.
These are the claims of GeN:
II Is at the foot of Jura, has lovely
views of Mont Blanc and Lake Geneva.
It is healthy.
II is so rich in communal frewood
that it supplies all that each family
wants free of charge.
II is The neutral zone. where no GUS
toms duties are charged. Coffee is Is
cents pound, sugar five cents, butter
10 cents.
Servants can be had for four or FIVE
dollars n month.
Without servants hire the necessary
year.
The publication of these facts drew
| toGeX one family only, who complained
because they had to pay SS.35 "A month
rent for a nice villa with garden. The
GeXers. curiously enough, are dis
pleased at the wide advertisement of
the chcapness of their town. They say
that il strangers are to be brought
there by advertising they'd prefer peo-
pie with plenty of money rather than
those looking for an economic para
disc