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OFFICIAL.
Laws and Resolutions Of the United States Pas
sed ut the First Session of the Forty
Third Congress.
TGENERaL NAruRE-No. 80

IOENEKAL NAIUhE-INO' OF
AN ACT TO admt free of duty merchandise sunk
for two years and aiterward recovered.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of Repre-
senIa;ives Of the United States of America in Con
gress assembled, That whenever any ship or vessel,
laden with merchandise in whole or in part subject
to duty, shall have been sunk in any river, harbO
bay, or waters subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States and within its limits, and shall have
renamed sunk for the period Of not less than two
years, and shall be abandoned by the owners there f,
any person or persons, who may raise any portion
of the cargo of such ship vessel, shall be per-
United to bring the merchandise so recovered into
port to the place where such ship or vssol
was so sunk free from the payment of any duty
thercupon, and without being Obliged to enter the
same at the custom house, under such rules and
regulations as the Secretary Of the Treasury may
prescribe.
Approved, June %. 1874.
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number and amount shall sign such petition as
10 make total of one. fourth in number of the cred
tors and one.third in the amount of the provablc
debts against the bankrupt, as provided in said sec
ton. the court shall so adjudge. which Judgment
shall be final, otherwise it shall dismiss the pro-
ceedngs, and: in cases hereafter commenced, with
COSTS"
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[GEEERAL NATURE-NO. B3l

AN ACT for the relief OF savings institutions having
capital stock. and doing business solely for the
benefit of JepOsitors.
Be il enacted by the Senate and House OF Repre-.
sentstiveE OF The United States OF America in Con.
gress assembled. That no farther collection of inter-
nal revenue iaIes shall be made on the earnings OF
savings banks institutions for savings, having
capital stsck and doing other business than re.
ceVng deposits to be loaned or invested for the sole
benefit OF the parties making such deposits, without
profit or compensation to the association company
whether the esrnings Of the same have been or may
hereafter be divided annually. semiannually or at
other periods.
Approved, June 70. 1874.
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be at the various stations At least Thrtp
fol Minutes starting Of Trains otherwise they will las
over '"e"' J. L. CALDWELL. Superintendent.
E.srox August a5th. 1874.
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THE MARKETS.
DEATHS.

QAFPORD-In this town. on hs 7th last, khiiiS Gaord
Bee. in his 4sth year
hARvEL-0n the sth inst, Smyrna, Eassnia' infant
daughter Of II. ". Marvel aged one month
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FOR RENT

Z DWELLING HOUSE on Pearl Street. Pos
ssssioa Immediately. Apply to
JOHN DEvNISH.
Oct 9Th, 1874 MARY DEVNIsHh his vile
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RUNAWAY.

Nathan Duff, an ndentured cOlored boy, having
run away from my premises, hereby fOrewarn all
persons from harbOring or trusting him on my &C.
count, under penalty of the law.
October LIST, l874-3t JOHN TRUAX.
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STR RAHED

From the premi,es of Mr.. George Wheatey. near
ROthwers Landing, on Friday, Cd inst, RED
COW. She had piece cut out of her right ear. A
liberal reward will be gwen for the return of SAID
cow. GEO. WIIEATLEY.
October 5th, lS74.-It
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SherIH'S Safes.
SHERJFF'S SALE

~ BY virtue of q writ AL Vendltiont Exponas to me
directed, will be to Public Sale the
T. B0xwell In the of Smyrna Duck Kent
county and State Delaware FRIDAY the 23d
ber 1874 At o'clock M the iolow described Estate
wit:
No. All that certain lot of ground
on the northeast side Of Delaware Street
smyrna in Duck Greek Hundred. county and State Of
Delaware adjoining lands OF Jane Others and
said TO contain SIX THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF
GROUND more less; the upon which
wostored frame dwelling house and back
building smoke house, and other Out-bulldings
No 2-A that certain piece,
in Kenton Hundred county Of Delaware and
bounded follows to wit On the north Middle
Road and the east BY lands B. B. Allen
west by the road leading from the Middle Alley Road
road leading from smyrna KantOn called VOss Road
and said to contain ELEVEN ACRES OF LAND
no improvements.
Seized and taken property BENJAMIN
u. ALLEN and will be sold tor cash.
CHARLES WILLIAMSON, Sheriff.
SHERIFFs OFFICR. DOVER, DEL, !
October n.
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NOTICE.. .

We. the undersigned forbid all persons cunning
or trespassing upon our premises:
John r. Dickson, J. ii. Peterson,
N. r. Murn, B. Wallace,
John Severson, Isaac Baker,
II. M. Marvil John M. Hopkins,
Draper V"shell, James T. Truax,
JAS. c. Moore, John M Collins,
VIM. S Jones, John C. Bailey,
John w. Jones, Daniel r. Johnson,
John Boyd, Eben Wright,
R. M. Cooper, John J. Jones,
Wilson L. Cavender, Reese Lewis.
Octnher Sd. lH14-4w
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Maryland & Delaware r.. r.
FALL ARRANGEMENT.

On and after MONDAY, August 1ist, 1874, trains will
follows: -
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idleness, and the spring was gone before
anything like a reorganization of the labor
system could be effected. The men might
emigrate when they should get home, but
the case of the women was a very sorry
one indeed. They kept their spirits up
through it all, however, and improvised a
new social system in which absolute pow
erty, cheerfully borne, was the badge of re-
spectability. Everybody was poor except
the spectators who had fattened upon
the necessities of the women and children,
and so poverty was essential to ANYTHING
like good repute. The return of the soldiers
made some sort of social festivity neces-
sary, and starvation parties" were given,
at which it was understood that the giyers
were wholly unable to set out refreshments
of any kind. In the matter of dress, too,
the general poverty was recognized, and
every one went clad in whatever he or she
happened to have. The want of means be-
came a jest, and nobody mourned over it
while all were laboring to repair their
wasted fortunes as they best could. And
all this was due solely to the unconquer-
able cheerfulness of the Southern women.
The men came home moody, worn out.
discouraged, and but for the influence OF
| wOman's cheerfulness, the Southern States
might have fallen into a lethargy from
which they could not have recovered for
generations.
Such prosperity as they have since
achieved is largely due TO the courage and
spirit of their noble women.
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A Sage on Early Rising.

When you find an unwillingness to arise
early in the morning, make this short
speech to yourself: Pm getting up now
to do the business of man; and am L out
of humor for going about that | was made
for and for the sake of which | was sent
into the world? Was | then designed for
nothing but IL doZe and batten beneath
the Counterpart? Well. but this is com
Portable way of living. Granting that,
vast thou born only for pleasure; were
you never to do anything? | thought &C
ton had been the end of your being: Pray
look upon the plants and birds, the pls-
mires, spiders, and bees, and you'll see
them all regular and industrious, exerting
their nature and busy in their station. For
shameI Shall spider act like spider
and make the most of her matters, and
sha'n't a man act like man? Why don't
YOU rouse your faculties and manage up TO
your kind? For all that, there's no living
without rest. True; but then let's follow
Natures direction, and not take too much
of il. Providence does not grant force
and faculties at random; but everything
is made for some end. The sun, as high
as it is. has its business assigned and so
have the celestial deities. And where's
the wonder of all this? But pray what
were you made for? For your pleasure
Common sense won't bear so scandalous
an answer.-M Marcus AureLiees.
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Rushing Into Danger.

The insane haste with which people
often rush to their death is utterly lamen-
table. Persons, TO save the delay of few
minutes, heedlessly rush in front of a
swift-mOving train, or worse than fool
ishly Jump upon moving car, running
the risk of an accident, sooner than walt
the short time necessary to insure them
perfect safety. If only themselves were
the sufferers, the fate that so often over
takes them would be well merited; but
unfortunately they are the least hurt by
the catastrophe. Several fatal accidents
have recently occurred at the East-all OF
them resulting from criminal heedlessness.
A Young lady, wishing to show her friends
how nimble she was, attempted to cross
the track ahead of a coming locomotive.
She did cross, but her dress was caught in
the passing wheels, and she was drawn
back under the crushing weight OF the
train. Another instance was that OF a
Young man. His wife, looking from her
chamber window, saw him step from the
train which daily brought him from the
city. She ran down stairs to meet him at
the door, but he was not there. She
thought he had hidden and called to him,
but there was no answer. She saw
crowd of men coming up the street; they
stopped at her gate, opened it, and came
up the path bearing his dead body. He
did alight in safety from the train. There
was another train coming from the oppo-
site direction: he would not wait the min
ute it would take to pass, but sprang IN
front of it: the wheel of the engine caught
his boot heel, wheeled him around, and
threw him upon the track. Hardly day
passes but some accident occurs from at.
temptino to cross the streets in front OF
an approaching vehicle, and all to save
minute of time, certainly not so very
valuable to one who holds his life at sc
small price.
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or single nails. A curved piece or the
vine can be made to do duty for handle.
Ferns are now in perfection, and an or
namental fiat hanging basket can be readily
made for their reception. Take a nat
piece of hard wood and saw out something
in the shape of shield, with hole at the
top bored with an anger, by which TO sus-
pend it. Oil the wood with boiled linseed
oil. Nail wire pocket in the center of it,
made either of bits of hoop-skirt wire or of
an ox-muzZle flattened at one side. Line
this with fresh green moss and fill up the
whole pocket with loose spongy soil,
mixed with the wet moss which abounds
in swamps, and plant in ii parsley fern,
maiden's hair. and the feathery frOnds of
the common fern, selecting young roots
with as much soil as possible attached to
them, and they will hardly know that they
have changed their locality. but will con-
shield. When first planted, hang it in a
cool, dark place for three or four days, so
the plants may gradually become accus-
toned to their new home. When il is TO
be watered, set pail under it to catch the
drops. 1t needs only 10 have the moss
kept always damp, and the ferns require
only an occasional sprinkle with brush
broom, to produce very pretty ornament
for parlor, dining-roOm or hall.
There is beauty in every green thing
which grows, could we but cultivate our
eyes to behold it. And none of us are con-
demned to be absolutely deprived OF
'.pretty things" if we will only open our
ewes and sharpen our wits.-'Daisy Eye
bright" IN Independent.
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Chicago's Gamblers and Thieves.

There are in this city at the present
time from 1000 to l,5C0 "bunko men,
"three-card throwers," thieves, gamblers
and pimDs, the same being the refuse OF
st. Louis, Cincinnati and other South
western cities. There is not a depot,
hotel, second-class restaurant or principal
business thoroughfare that is not infested
with these pests, lying in wait. hawk-like,
to pounce upon every verdant that comes
to our city, that they may steer him
against "bunko" or the various fleeing
establishments with which this city
abounds. But a few days ago, we re-
corded an attempt at suicide by half
crazed Judge, from Michigan, by jumping
off Clark-street bridge. That individual
was gOaded to that desperate act by the
fact that he had few hours previously
been fleeced out of his money by the
bunkO thieves.
The latter part of last week, drover,
who had Just disposed of his cattle, was
robbed by the same game to the extent OF
Sc, 800.
A prominent business man of this city
saws that he had TO extend the paper OF a
country merchant who was fleeced out OF
$4,000 by these sharks before he could
reach his place of business to pay the
amount over, and that this has occurred
with other business men.
These are a few of the more noted
transactions of these thieves, and the score
or more of the " tricks they take" every
day are never heard of by the public.
These heartless thieves will rob the poorer
class of strangers entering the city Ct
every dollar they possess, and it is not an
unusual sight to find at one or more OF
our railroad depots poor men with fami-
lies, left destitute by these wretches
These things are going on every day III
our midst. and are increasing, for never
was the city so full of these wretches as
at present. Every business man OF ordi-
nary ketnness will point you out from
ten to twenty of these Migrants in walk
from Market street east on Madison to
Dearborn. This being a demOnstrable
fact, the police cannot say they know no
thing about it, for they do. They know
every one of these thieves, and know
1.-THE tricks they take" and yet they do
not interfere. We are taxed for an eXpen-
sive police organization, who, so far as
can be observed. are of no use except to
arrest night jewellers, and if they cannot
rid this city of these desperate characters,
it is time the city took the matter in hand,
and by organizing, cleanse the city OF
these characters in a way that will be re-
membered as effectually as the work OF
the California vigilantes.-Chicago Tunes.
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EDITORIAL NOTICES are so common that
it is almost impossible for an editor to ex-
press his honest opinion of the merits OF
any article without being suspected of in
terested motives. This fact. however,
shall not deter us from saying what we
think of a new addition to the Materia
Medica to which our attention has been re-
Gently directed. We refer to DR.. j. WALK
ER's CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs, a
remedy which is making its way into more
families Just now than all the other advet-
tised medicines put together. Its popular
ity, as far as we can judge, is not based on
empty pretensiOn. There seems TO be no
question about the potency of its tonic and
Alternative properties, while it possesses the
great negative recommendation OF con-
tanning neither alcohol nor mineral poison.
That it is a specific for Indigestion, Bilious
ness, Constipation, and many complaints
of nervous origin, we have reason to
know; and we are assured on good au-
thority that as a general invigOrant, regu-
lating and purifying medicine, it has no
equal. 1t is stated that its ingredients,
obtained from the wilds of California
are new to the medical world; and its ex-
traordinary effects certainly warrant the
co. clusion that it is compound OF agents
hitherto unknown. If popularity is any
criterion. there can be no doubt OF the effi-
cheney of the VINEGAR BITTERs, for the
sale of the article is immense and cOntin-
uallV increasing.
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Personal Appearance of Bismarck.

A tall, square man, straight as a pine,
and rugged as a larch; a man in plain
attire. with an ample brow and gray, re-
firing eyes, firm nose and chin, and a
hard, coarse mustache; strongly-knit, a
selfcontained, a froward sort of man, APP
parentlv all nerve and brain, with ready
word and open laughter on his lips, and
with countenance so bold and frank that
silence, if by chance he should be silent,
might appear to hide some ominous
thought-such was Bismarck Won Soon
hansen as he passed me under the linden
an hour ago, as hale and kindly as q
winter frost. Gaze on that frame from
head to foot, frame erect and stiff as
though the bones were steel, the outer
covering mail. The man is all piece,
strong, ready, blunt, aggressive, with a
fixed belief in fact, in science. in the rule
of three. No CLEAN of superstition lin
gers on the face, no doubt, no sentiment,
no weakness, no remOrse. A rocky and
manipulating face it seems to casual
lookers-on. When laughter passes from
the ample brow to the unsparing lip the
radiance is more like the flash on bur.
nished metal than the more poetic play Of
flesh and blood.
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WILHOFT's Tonic is not panacea-is not
cure for everything, but is a catholicOn for
malarious diseases, and day by day adds fresh
laurels to its crown of glorious success. En-
gorged Livers and Spleens, along the shady
banks of our lakes and rivers, are restored to
their healthy and normal secretiOns. Health
and vigor follow its use, and Chills have taken
their departure from every household where
Wilhoft's Anti Periodic is kept and taken.
Don't fail to try it. WHEELOCK, FINLAY &
Co., Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Not Quite So Fast, Mr.. Jones,-A h

Not Quite So Fast, Mr.. Jones!-A horse
doctor in Philadelphia caught changing the cee-
brated Mexican Mustang Eminent into other bottles
and using it his recipe. Honesty is always the
best policy. These medicine men like to follow up
such fellows. 1t cured the lame horse all the same;
but damaged the Doctors reputation. and benefited
the proprietor in proportion. We have heard of SO
many Rheumatic persons and lame horses being cured
by the Mustang Eminent that we advise every house
keeper, veryman and planter 70 invest in scot. or
slOO bottle against accident Beware Of counterfeits
1t is wrapped in steel engraving, signed &c. W.
westbrook, Chemist"
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DIR. Pierce's FayOrite Prescription

is very strongly recommended by the Medical
Faculty, and is largely prescribed among their
Female Patients. 1t is worthy of all conf
dence, as may be seen from the following tes-
timOnials
DIR. G. B. CHAPMAN, PlattsmOuth, Neb,
writes: have under treatment lady, who,
for the past seven years, has been afflicted,
and, after trying several physicians without
receiving benefit, is gaining rapidly on your
FdUOrite Prescription.
ATLANTA. ILL.,, July IA, 1872.
DIR. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, Y. Y.-Dear
Sir: have not words to express my graft
tude to you for your advice and assistance in
nv case There is not one who has used
your medicines since they have been brought
here, but that can say with me they have
been greatly benefited. Since | have been so
helped by its use, six or seven around me
left off all doctors and other medicines, and
now use it in their families, after being cured
of the same disease as mine. You do not
know what a wonder it created in our city,
by its restoring my sister | wrote you about.
for she had been under the care of three OF
our best doctors, but could not sit up but for
a few minutes at one time. / begged of her
to try your medicines, and before she had
used half the bottles she could go all around
the yard, and has now just come home from
a visit five miles away.
MRS. THos. MCFARLAND.
From Miss LoRINDA Z. ST. CLAIR, Shade,
Athens Co., Ohio, Oct. IA, 1872:
DIR. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Your Fa-
vorite Prescription is working almost like
miracle on me. i am better already than
have been for over two years.
From ELLA A. SCHAFER, GAINESVILLE, Ind,
Aug. 5, 1872:
DR.. Pierce: / received the medicine you
sent me and began using it immediately. As
a result of the treatment l feel better than |
have for three years.
From Mrs. JOHN X. HANILIN, Odell, Hi,
March 10, 1872:
DIR. Pierce: The Favorite Prescription has
done me good, which l am very thankful for.
Favorite Prescription is sold by all drug
gists.
DIR. Pierce's Treatise on Chronic Diseases
of Women will be sent to any address on re-
ceipt of two stamps.
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The Grand Revolution IN MEDICAL Treat
HEET which was commenced in 1890 is still in prog.
ress. Nothing can stop it. for it is founded the
principle, now universally acknowledged, that physs
cal vigor is the formidable antagonist Of all hui
man ailments, and experience has shown that PLAN
TATIoS BIrTERs is peerless invgorant, as well as
the best possible safeguard against epidemic diseases
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The Ladies', sorosis Club. OF New YORK. :

The Ladies' Sorosis Club, of New York, re-
Gently changed their discussions from womans suf
frage TO Hair Preparations and Pimple Banishers.
They declared that where nature had not endowed
them with beauty it was their rght-yea their duty
to seek it where they could So they all voted that
Magnolia Balm overcame Sallowness, Rough Skin and
Ringlnarks and gave to the complexion most DIS
tpgUe (Sorosan) and marble-ike appearance danger
Gus to men, no doubt; and that Lyon Kathairon
made the hair grow thick soft and awful pretty, and
moreover prevented it from turning gray II the pro
pretors of these articles did not send the sisters an in
voice, they al e not smart.
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Thirty Years Experience of an OLD
Nurse.

Mrs. WISsLOw's SOOTHING STEUP Is the prescrip-
ton Of of the best Female Physicians and Nurses
III the United States. and has been used for thirty
years with never-failing safety and success by mill
ions of mothers and children from the feeble infant
of one week old 10 the adult 1t corrects scidy of
the stomach relieves wind cole. regulates the bow
els and gives rest health, and cof0t to mother and
child We believe it to be the Best and surest Rene
dy In the World in all cases of DYSENTERE and
DIAERHGA IN CHILDREN, whether II arises from
Teethiug or from any other cause. Fnll directions
for using will accompany each bottle. None Genuine
unless the fac-simile OF CURTIS d PERKINS is OF
the sutsi1e wrapper.
SOLD BIZ ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
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EVERY man in buying paper collar want
to get as near an imitation of linen as posi-
BILE. The only collars that look like liner
are the ElmwoOd and Warwick. This is No
only in the folded edges but in the finish.
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FOR the rich with few children it may do to
buy shoe without Tips, but to those who
are blessed with little money and many chill
dren it is ruinOus to buy any others than Sill
YER TIPPED Shoes.
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From no other cause than having WORMS II the ston
aeE. ~
BROWNS VERMIFUGE COMFlTS
viii destroy Worms without injury to the chiJ 'ienf
perfectly WITT and free fsOGi al eCIo-Ius OF o..ic
lions
CURTIS & BROWN. Proi.rirtSrs.
20. 2l5 Tanon street, Sew York.
SOD ~ druggists as.1 Cheaii.:s, Gad D-alers o.
-3sess.ses, =. TWENTY-FIVE GESTs 4 Box
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The greatest object of curiosity to a
woman is the dress of another woman.