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ies," as they are called here. A good
sized press will put out 300 to 400 bales
are prepared for shipment. In Cebu
large quantities are handled, although
in Manila the largest presses are in
operation.
A gun and carriage was loaded on a
ship at the Arsenal a few days ago,
which it is said cost the United States
more than $1OO,O to capture. 1t was
dismounted here and was used by the
Spaniards and after by the insur-
gents. 1t was taken by the Americans
during the bombardment of Olongapo
and this Arsenal. 1t was mounted on
point Of land called Calacklin Point,
and was concealed behind banana
palms and a high bank ofsand. 1t
was captured and filed with gun cot
ton and bursted. They are now going
to send it to Washington for relic
1t is a Krupp gun. CentreUjLe Ob-
erUer.
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a Deep Misery.

1t is a mystery why women endure
Backache, Headache, Nervousness,
Sleeplessness, Melancholy, Painting
and Dizzy Spells when thousands have
proved that Electric Bitters will
quickly cure such troubles. "I suf-
fered for years with kidney trouble, -
writes Mrs. Phebe Cherley, of Peter
son, Ia, ''and a lame back panied me
so l could not dress myself, but Elec-
trio Bitters wholly cured me, and,
although 73 years old, l now am able
to do all my housework. 1t over
comes Constipation, improves Ap-
petite, gives perfect health. Only soc.
at Benton N. Weldon's drug store,
Successor to Jas. p. Hoffecker),
Smyrna, I. l.. Mason's drug store,
Clayton.
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ALL NATIONS LAMENT THE
DEATH OF QUEEN VICTORIA
TRIBUTE TO HER WORTH HERALDED BY
THE PRESS OF THE WORLD.
With Her Death the Most IlIustriOus Reign
in the History of the Worlds Great.
est Empire is Ended.

The New York Tribune thus voices
the high esteem Queen Victoria
was held in this country:
We have called the reign of Victoria
the most illustrious in British history.
1t has been that, as we'll as merely the
longest. Others may have been more
sensational. No other saw so great
a progress made in the expansion of
the Empire, in the development of pO-
litical institutions and in the indus
trial, social, intellectual aud spiritual
advancement of the people. Under her
sway the British Empire has grown to
comprise One-tifth of the population
and one-tifth of the land area of the
globe, including not only the United
Kingdom and the Indian Empire, but
also such great self governing nations
as the Dominion of Canada and the
the Commonwealth of Australia. Her
people have proceeded from the status
of scarcely constitutional monarchy
that of almost pure republicanism,
without a revolution or any violent up
heaval, but with something like the
smoothness and continuity of the pre-
cession of the equinOxes. The British
nation has been warlike and aggres-
sive, as of cid, yet has led the world in
the industrial and commercial arts of
peace, and, above all, has attained in
intellectual and spiritual life the high
est standing which nineteen centuries
of the Christian Era have made posi-.
bic to man. There are few as fine
chapters in the history of civilization
as that which records the doings of the
elder branch of the Anglo-Saxon race
In the last two-thirds of a century.
There is not one comparable with it
comprised within the limits of a single
reign. And there is record of no other
sovereign who could so truly say, with
respect TO anything like comparably
great achievements, ''all of these
things | saw, and part of them was. "
If Victoria did not say that of herself,
it is but truth and justice that the
world should say it to her.
For this sovereign was a potent and
masterful force, albeit it was so often
said of her that she reigned but didn't
rule. II fact, she did rule, often most
arbitrarily She did not aim at per-
sonal government. The beginning of
her reign marked the complete estab-
lishment of constitutionalism in the
United Kingdom. Nevertheless, her
will was felt in almost every depart
ment of national existence. In more
than one great issue of State she was
the personal factor that turned the
scale for peace and righteousness.
The dead sovereign's body will be
removed February end, to the royal
mausoleum at Frogmore, Windsor,
where Her Majesty desired to be laid
to rest beside her much loved and la
mented husband. Over the door is
carved this inscription:
Farewell. beloved
here at laSt will rest with thee
WlIa thee III hrist will rise again
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GRAND ARMY MEN AT DOVER.
Meet the Legislature Thursday For the Pur-
pose OF Getting an Appropriation.

The Grand Army of the Republic
had big day in Dover Thursday.
They secured the Dover Opera House
as their headquarters during the day
and at eight o'clock a banquet was
given at the Capital Hotel, at which
Governor Hum, Acknowledgements
Cannon and many ether of the assem-
blymen were present.
The old soldiers were in Dover in
the interests of various important
measures which have been introduced
by Representative Baynard, among
which is the bill appropriating $500
annually to the Department for the
proper observance of Memorial Day,
the bill relieving old soldiers from
paying license to sell wares and mer-
chandise and the bill increasing the
burial fund for INDECENT soldiers and
sailors of the Civil War.
The visit tended to strengthen the
Grand Army in lower Delaware. The
Wilmington Grand Army men, accom-
panied by band, were met by large
delegation of lower Delaware. The
Legislative committee met the assem-
blymen in the State House during the
noon recess. A parade, general re-
union and camp fire was the order of
the afternoon.
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SMYRNA COLORED PEOPLES TRIBUTE.
Representatives of the Different COIOred
Churches Met in Smyrna.

The colOred people of Smyrna and
vicinity, representing the churches of
Bethel, Centennial, Mt. Friendship
and Smyrna circuit-met at their hall
on East Street on Wednesday evening
to commemorate the issuing of the
Emancipation Proclamation by Presi-
dent Lincoln, which was read by Mrs.
DickersOn, and short addresses made
by DIR. Palmer and other ministers
The chief feature, however, was the
supper, for which, including the ad-
mission, % cents was charged.
The following action was taken in
reference to the queen of England:
WHEREAS. the colOred citizens of SMYRNA
Del. have learned of the death of her illus-
trlous majesty Queen Victoria, and
WHEREAS our race found in her an advo-
cate OF human liberty and freedom and the
TREND of our race, a wise and consistent
Christian sovereign, the friend of God and
of mankind, therefore
Res0tUed, that we hereby express our sym-
Pathies toward her family, her subjects and
her mighty Christian Empire and ever cher
lsh the memory of one so great and good
HeSOtCed, That these resolutions be pub-
hshed In the Smyrna TINES in behalf of the
celebrants of the 38th anniversary of the
Emancipation Proclamation.
REV. W. @. DIcKERsoN.
Rev. j. H. HOLDEN.
REv.P. p. GAINES
Rev. j. NJ. PALMER,
and others of the committee
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CHRISTIAN UNITY FOR 10Th CENTURY.
Tendency Toward UniflcatiOn Of Sympathy
and Brotherhood.
and others of the committee.

Those who take the trouble to in.
quire into the progress the world is
making in religion will see the tenden-
cy is decidedly toward unification of
sympathy and brotherhood if not to-
ward an agreement upon external rites.
There are more people today thinking
upon religion as lifework and duty
to man than ever before. The ten
dency is fast changing from the old to
the new. The old doctrine is almost
exclusively a belief in religion as a
duty one owes to his God apart from
the duty he owed to his brother man.
The new doctrine, if it does not begin
altogether with man, includes him, so
that he becomes a factor absolutely
essential to produce a harmony with
God. --Edston Gazette.
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Love your children and they will love
you in spite of all your short comings;
keep faith with them and they will
keep faith with you; treat them cour-
teousiy and they will be courteous;
MAINTAIN high ideals and they will fol.
low them; make thom the centre of
your life and they will make you the
centre Of their lives. Caroline Leslie
Field in the February Ladies' Home
Journal.
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cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
caltriumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years OF
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
IaN eAaosaIsaA - :.
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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-
tlon and the prices and our way of
doing business if you patronize the
store for awhile.s Call and see.
j. B. COOPER.
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per cent, that is, if labor could be had
at old prices, but, as 1 said before,
labor prices have raised. This war has
ruined thousands of acres, and until it
grows up again it will not be so plen-
tiful. 1t grows very fast and needs no
cultivation, and is ready to be har-
vested in 3 years. Hemp made the
Philippine Islands worth something to
Spain; England got in and gobbled up
the trade, and in the future the Amer
cand-if they be wise-will pnt their
money IN hemp cultivation, and the al
legged gold and coal deposits wait.
These islands seem to have been made
for "Abacca" plant and hemp. The
moist, though not swampy, country to
the south of Manila; the Samar, Leyte
and Cebu, they claim, if left alone,
would produce a solid overgrowth of
the "Abacca" plant.
The Luxuriant AbacCa Plant.
The tree itself resembles closely the
banana palm. but differs in the fineness
of its fiber and its barrenness of fruit.
The natives seem to be especially
adapted for the hemp countries. The
hemp industry furnishes them en-
plOyment, and whenever they run
short of rice and tobacco they can find
employment i'll cutting hemp, as it can
be harvested at most any time of the
year, except the rainy season. Hemp
grows in India, Russia, Mexico and
other parts of the world, but the Ma
Mia brand is the best and no other will
take its place. They have tried to
transplant it, but it refused to cohabi-
tate with any but the Philippine soil.
There are volcanic regions along the
Pacific coast, the eastern coast of
LuZon, where the best hemp grows,
although the Abacca tree coddles to
their SOIL The trunk and leaves de-
mand frequent and abundant moisture.
Giving it that, it will thrive like aspar-
agus beds, and, as l said before, it
needs but little cultivation.
The natives, who harvest the hemp,
are called the hemp strippers. They
go through the trees picking out this
one and that one and slash them down
with their bolos. The trees when
three years old are about 10 feet
high. They clip off shoot and re-
plant it, and after a number of trees
are cut the stripping process begins.
All the leaves are torn off and the outer
skin of the stalk is peeled off. Inside
of the trunk is a pithy substance and
around this are layers of fibre, imbed-
ded in a soft, juicy substance. The
fibre must be separated from the stalk
at once or else it will rot.
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DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
paper is sure to know of the wonderful
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Tobacco and Hemp Chief Products.

Tobacco and hemp are the chief pro-
ducts here, although sugar is raised in
large quantities, but they have not the
machinery to make it very profitable.
We can get very good cigar for two
cents and package of 80 cigarettes
IN i've cents. This is what thew
charge the American soldiers, but the
natives do not pay more than half that
amount.
Labor was very cheap before the
war, but since the Americans came
here wages have increased. Thirty
cents day was the highest salary paid
and 10 cents the lowest. Now 30 cents
day is the lowest wages paid and "a
cents the highest.
have been studying a great deal Of
late about hemp and 1 have been read.
ing a good deal regarding it and it.
growth, and find that it is the chiet
industry of the Philippines.
The hemp products of the Island in
one year exceeds in value the sun
the United States (S2O, 900, ,OOO) pait
Spain for the quit claim of the Islands
In fair year, with good prices, th,
value OF hemp expectation from tn,
Archipelago doubles that sum. II
1897 over 10000 tons we're exported
and it is said under favorable condi
tons, with American enterprise, tn,
exports will double in the next fiv,
years. The profit on hemp is over 1O
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The Utility of the Hemp.

The utIllty of hemp Is well known to
the Filipino. The finer quality is Sc
lected and used for weaving purposes,
being made into really handsome
cloth, while the ordinary hemp is used
to make coarse, though durable ma
terial, worn generally by the natives,
who delight in CANDY colors. There
is still another texture woven from the
selected strands of outer fibre inter
mixed with the fibre of the pineapple
leaf. The cloth has the resemblance
of unfinished silk, and is pretty and
durable, though not as fine as the pine
apple leaf alone, which is called ''Pina
Cloth" the best wove product of the
Islands. Hemp is generally separated
into three classes. The fineness of
fibre, color, strength and length de-
termine the value and grade of hemp.
If it be cerefully stripped over a
smooth knife and thoroughly dried and
of good length it will bring the highest
price.
have been informed in Manila that
hemp formerly brought from $40 to
$l.5O per ton, aud at times, when in
great demand, going as high as $500
per ton. A half dozen English firms
in Manila handle the most of the hemp.
They have their own, or as associated
with, steamship lines, running TO Hong
Kong or Singapore, where they usually
usually tranship to New York
and London. There are also a
few Americans firms who handle the
hemp direct. In some cases they send
out sailing ships and take on cargoes
at Manila and Cebu. Hemp is put M
into bales by naked Chinese or "cooI.
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FOR RENT.
E&SLarSe POuF-StOry Brick Dwelling
and ONCE,

on East Commerce street, Smyrna. in
tenure of DIR. O. o. Swinney. Build.
ing has all modern improvements.
Also, Two Dwellings in ''Spruance
City. One Store House and DWELL,
ing combined at Clayton, and ono
large Warehouse, suitable for man.
ufactory.
For particulars apply to
JAMES W. sPRUANCE,
ll0tf Smyrna, Del.
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wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright'S Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmers Swamp-ROot is not rec
ommendedf for everything but if you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. Ithas been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail, also a book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out ifyou have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and E1knC
send your address to 6sar-FsyJ5E1 a E:ss.
DR.. Kimer & Co., ,Bng- sI ~ T.
hamton, N. Y. The -ls-sls.s a.ss. ] .SssEEsgo ~
regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-Root
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
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AN EASTERN SHOREMAN
WRITES OF PHILIPPINES
LETTER FROM ROBERT E. THOMPKINS TO
HIS MOTHER MRS. HENRY COLLIER.
Enlisted in the Army Nearly Three Years Ago
and is Now In the Philippines Islands.
Description of the Natives.

Mrs. Henry Collier, of Winchester,
Queen Anne's county, recently re-
ceived the following letter from her
son, Mr.. Robert E. Thompkins, who
is stationed in the Philippines Islands.
The letter is particularly interesting
one, as it gives a description of the
natives, their costumes and habits;
also information concerning the pro-
ducts of the Islands. 1t follows:
U. S. ARSENAL,
OLONGAPO, p. l.,
Nov. 25th, 1900.
Your dear and most welcome letter
was gladly received, and, as you asked
me to tell you something of the Philip
pine Islands, L will try to give you the
desired information.
When first arrived here the natives
all ''looked alike to me, just like lot
of negroes half dressed They go
around very poorly clad, and are bare
footed. Stockings are something that
are never worn, only by the rich in
Manila.
There are about twenty different
tribes of natives here, and they all
speak a different language. The
Tagulos is the largest tribe, and more
of them are seen than any other.
These people live on anything that has
life in it. have seen them catch the
Black Sea Rats and eat them. They
get the most of their food out of the
sea. Their main dish is rice ard fish.
They grow but few vegetables, al
though anything will grow here with
out care or cultivation.
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Language of LuzOn Island.

l have been in several parts of the
island of LuZOn, and in each place the
language is different. l was in San
Antonia for two months and became
pretty well versed in their language.
Then 1 went to point about 80 miles
distance, and the natives could not un-
derstand me at all unless L spoke Span
ish. These people are quick to learn
the better class l mean. If you go
back into the mountains you will f nd
natives that never saw a white man, and
would kill any other but their own
tribe. They are called the negro Philip
pino. They wear nothing but a rag
around their body, and run at large
the same as savages, living on game
and herbs. In Manila there are diff
ferent classes. The half breeds are
very intelligent and bright. They
dress ill all kinds of gay colors and
are fond of iewelry. Thep are fond of
going to class (schooD and all seem
anxious to learn the English language.
The poorer class go to school for two
years and learn Spanish, and then they
can talk to most any tribe except the
lowest ones. who are so ignorant that
they do not know their names. Some
of them know their first name, but not
their last aud visa 7ersa.
1 saw an article in the Manila paper
the other day which stated that a man
had secured a 300 page note book for
the purpose of writing history of the
Filipino. He had promised relative
to writ what he knew of them and lock
the book in his desk, but it was not to be
seen until after his death. He lived to
be so years old, and after his death
every one was anxious to see the book.
The desk was opened, the book found.
and on the last page of 1t was written,
81 have studied the FilIpinos for 40
years and don't know them yet" No
doubt there Is a great deal of truth in
this, for they are as treacherous a race
as ever existed. They are not a safe
class and cannot be trusted. but if
they see that you have the drop on
them they will hollow "Muche Mego."
meaning your friend.
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Industry of the Hemp Shippers.

They have bamboo bench and at
one end the stripper binds his bolo;
the handle is attached to his foot by
another bamboo strip. Across the
blade he draws the stalk until the fibre
is separated without injury, preserving
its length of form, to 10 feet, and
leaving it fine and beautiful for the
tropical sun to lick up the moisture,
still bleeding from the operation. The
work of stripping is very tiresOme and
requires the skill of a trained hand.
The white man has often tried to do
this work, and to improve upon the
natives method of stripping, but has
never succeeded. They have tried
stripping with all kinds of machinery.
but the texture and peculiar nature of
the Abacca plant seems to require the
touch of human hands to seperate it's
parts. l have heard it said that YOU
may as well try to produce machine
to comb the snarls of woman hair as
to make a mechanical hemp stripper.
Hong Kong is where the great ''rope
walks" are, the largest IN the world.
China, Japan and Australia are sup
piled from the "rope walks" of Hong
Kong. Very little rope is made in
Manila. Hemp serves every purpose
that leather might with the native. He
can twist into sandals, use it for bar
ness aud it answers for binders in the
building of his napa hut or ''Shack. {"