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Smyrna times., 1875-11-10

JAY GOULD's RAILR0ADs.-Nc,e York. Nor
"a meeting will be held on Tuesday
yesterday to consider Il plan for the re-.
organization OF the New Jersey Southern
hallroad and its connections. including the
TWO roads on the Delaware Peninsula-the
smyrna and Delaware Bay, and the Kent
county Railroads. 1t is proposed to fund
all the bonded debt with its accrued in.
terest; one-half i'll new bonds, and one-half
IN registered stock. The debt of the two
Peninsula roads is: Smyrna and Delaware
Bay, S282,500; Kent County, 100000.
Adding in the accrued interest there will
be Sl56,5OO in new bonds issued to the
smyrna and Delaware Bay road and $1GO.-
2OO to the Kent County. The total bonded
debt OF the whole line to New York will be
$20l5,500. ~
Mr.. John G. Stevens, engineer, has made
an examination Of these roads and has pre
pared report. From tie MARYLAND and
DelaWare connectionS Mr.. Stevens has great
hopes. These roaGs are in fair condition.
ana are doing Il good local business, which
Tue proposed increased facilities would
greatly enlarge. great deal of baltimore
freight would be diverted to New York. and
the present time to Baltimore would he
shortened one-half, which would increase
travel greatly. At least $50 carloads Of
peaches per annum could be relied ON
The new combination cannot hone to tnl,o
any heavy freight business between New
York and Baltimore from the present
routes, on account OF the necessity of fre
quent handling, but large light trade in
fruit, vegetables, fish, oyster and express
matter can be diverted by running express
trains, with refrigerator cars, at high rate
OF speed. The new line would also probably
get the passenger travel between Baltimore
and Cape Aiay-G,0OO persons last year.
MT. Stevens states that work to the
amount Of $3%,j20 must be done on the
Smyrna ana Delaware Bay road, and adj
vlSes the extension OF the Kent County road
to Herring Pond, at an expense ofSI23 ops.
and to Rock Hall at an expense of $25. 500.
\ telegraph line across Delaware Bay, at
Bombay Hook, will cost $4,000
Smyrna times., 1875-11-10

IHE CE&rENNIAL.-I1 Hc PoLlc:-TLc
newspapers tell Us what progress is made
by cur sister States in the erection in Fair.
mount Park Of their State buildings. As
yet no steps have been taken towards the
erection Of aus, for want Of funds. Anv
one OF the commissioners Of this Stare
would gladly receive any contribution TO-
wards the house. They earnestly hone
that every body Will come forward and riyc
something. J. z. CoNEGYS. President.
Nov. I. $50.
Smyrna times., 1875-11-10

IHE ANNUAL VISIT OF THE Moss BrNKERs.
For two years now our coast has been
visited by enormous schools of this fish
which come close upon the shore so that
they can be bailed up in baskets by the
fishermen in any quantities thatarc desired
They are about the size of small shad and
exceedingly tat and oily, and are esteemed
rich and dainty dish for the season
Everybody eats them, and many are cured
Tor winter use. The people along the coast
call them "Godsonds in pious recognition
GI t4 the goodness Of Providence in sending
them at the season when fresh fish are
scarce. They come in the latter bart Of
october and stay only a day or two. 1t is
believed they are driven ashore Ly the
Pit"tlcal p, 5Iuefish or dolphin which pursucs
them as their lawful prey. They strike our
shores inside Of Cape ITenlopcn and extend
as Tar up the bay as Bowers beach. Tons
OF them are captured by residents of the
coast and used for manure. Their visit
TINS season occurred last week.-.N7fyd
Nc,re.
Smyrna times., 1875-11-10

FIRE IN Mnronp.-On Tuesday morning
Of last weel, (2d) in Milford, The Bark Mil
OF +. f. Causey AT Haven Mills, in tenure
OF X. II. Williams, was totally DESTROYED
by fire. The mill had an insurance OF onlv
500 on It, bat the stock OF bark owned by
Mr.. Williams was fully insured. There
We're about a hundred tons OF bark con
Suncd, worth probably two thousand dol.
Lirs, insured for s., 800 in the Kent County
60. The mill can probably be rebuilt .or
SIooQ' The fire originated, il i thought.
Smyrna times., 1875-11-10

~ A PRoLlFIc FARMEH.-J. W. Cooper, Of
W hlteleysburg, Kent county, (wcst of
FELTON, IS unquestonably one of the most
successful farmers in our State. For the
past three years his crop OF wheat has
averaged over thirty bushels per acre from
forty acre field. This season he has 1850
bushels, being over 81 bushels to the acre,
1t IS OF the Futz variety Of superior quality.
averaging G3 pounds to the bushcl. 1t was
crown Oh clover sod, on which only about
'oo pounds OF Il phosphate that cost $25
per ton were applied to the acre His corn
crop the present season Will also avcrorn
so bushels Of shcllcd corn to the acre, 81
least that quantity has been obtained from,
one acre which he measured, shcl!cd and
passed through the half bushcl. 50 there
Is no guess work about it. Mr.. c. has also
raised >! tons Of hay 70 the acre. but he
'iId not do it this scaSon.-R.pobi;ra0
Smyrna times., 1875-11-10

A SAD LIFE.-The other day an officer
from Springfield, Ohio, came to Wilmington
and arrested two men for burglary. Tbcv
had committed the deed and esconed -
this State. One of the men was a Gerron
named Myers, formerly of the RoyoI 0n"rn
Troupe of Berlin, in Prussia, one Of tb"
noted musical organizations of Enrono
Says the Erery Eceaing "To dav he :
travelling toward prison whose doors. fron,
present appearances, will stand betwoo,'
mn MN and liberty for many years to come nr
Myers Is said to be the possessor of n sweet
ana ell-trained voice, but reckless Iice
robbed him of an honorable and iucrative
profession I IN Fatherland and drove him to
America, M thence to crime and finally TO
Jan. Ills case is sad one, the more so
because PEG US ), ne leaves delicate wife and Young
ana frail children entirely unprovided for. 3
Smyrna times., 1875-11-10

ANOTHER FISH WAR.-It may be remcm
bered that one Sunday about year ago the
people of Lcwes left their churches during
the morning sermons and ran down to the
sea shore to see thousands of the fish known
as moss-bunkers" laundering high and
dry on the sands. The same thing occurred
last week. Says the Lcwes BrcgE,rgf.r
Light.
"The blue fish were again chasing and
devourlng the menhaden shad, or moss
bunkers, as they are sometimes called. and
thousands in their efforts to escape tbe
ravages OF the blue fish ran high and drv
on the beach. Near the little light-house
on the cape, where the high tides overflow
INTO the valley, several thousand bushels
sought refuge in there, but were even fol.
lowed over the flats by their Formidable
enemies, and many of the latter were caught
on the fat-sands, where the water was but
a few inches deep. After the tide fell off
these fish were left there to die, and many
OF them were hauled off into the country Ly
the farmers who use them as a fertilizer on
their lands. 1t is somewhat singular wbv
these fish should make their appearance
here III the manner stated above--iust ot
this season of the year, this year and lost
while nothing like it was ever seen or
heard of before, at least along this coast. y
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-13
HEROIC DEAD

ADoRN THEIR GRAVES WITH FLORAL TRIB-
UTES REGARDLESS OF PARTIsANsHIP-No-
BILE WORDS FIFTY SPOKEN.
Tho f01louin0 haaufifnl po-ro0a A. fala,,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-13
THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL THURSDAY MAY IS 1875

the thing ten thousand years ago; and why
should we give it up now?
[Applause.1 Women are citizens and
must vote, lCries of 1--WE wiIl.nl and if they
don't, then they are not citizens. Women
can be soldiers. too. The history of France
settles that. The women of Bolivia were
the best soldiers the world eyer knew. ZAP
plause.) Such women live to-day. Much
spplause.) Simon Boliver isn't dead yet!
Questioning glsnces behind spcctacles.)
Ii the women can't vote by right, then they
will do something equally patent. They
can fight for their votes!' (Loud applause
and shaking OF green umbrellas.) At this
juncture an old lady sitting on the front
row tipped her hat slightly forward, showed
her spectacles on top of her head and doubled
up her fists. Several other people looked as
though they thirsted for gore, and matters
generally became demorializing, and the
newspaper man moved uneasily in his seat
Just as things were approaching torrid
temperature some one said something about
taking up a collection. The reporter in
stantly withdrew.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-13

WINGS punched up arrangement behind
like tail, and general brilliant appearance,
has reminded somebody of an indignant
peacock.
s'Father," replied a Cairo girl, tears in her
eyes, "you may jaw and jaw, and howl and
rip and tear, but I'll marry John Stewart II
L die for itP' But she hadn't taken tae
trunk strap into consideration, and she
didn't marry John Stewart.
Young men are complaining of hay fever
quite early this year. One of them who has
it pretty bad says that, after the old folks re-
tire, he lies down on the sofa until his f. ct
get cold, and then lets his Evangeline
wrap him up in an afghan.
A religious weekly of high standing gives
this advice: "Kiss, but never tell" 1t is
very excellent advice, too; but it often hap
pens that a man who has taken a kiss feels
so good after it, that, like the boy who finds
a lost jack knife, he must either tell or bust.
Probably no Characteristic of the female
mind is better developed than the docility
with which women accept the fashions OF
the day. Be they beautiful or hideous, be-
coming or unbecoming, comfortable or tor
turing, they are the fashion" and must be
worn.
The young Russian Princess Galitzin, who
was recently married in Paris to the Due de
Charities. introduced a novelty in bridal
attire. The lace veil, instead OF being fas-
tened to the head, was attached to her shout
ders, and enyeloped her whole form like a
veil.
Mile Croizstte, the famous "Sphinx";sc-
trees of the Theater Francois, now wears her
dresses so very decollete that apropos
phrase has been originated in Partisan So
eiety. Whenever lady is observed with a
low-cut dress it is remarked that she is
doing the Croizette."
A correspondent says that Canku, the
daughter of Spotted Tail, is very interest
ing female. Her earrings are so large and
heavy that they have torn Sits an inch long
in the cartilage. Such trifle as that ought
not to jncommode her. All she has to do Is
to take a reef in her ears and let 'em hang
till another inch is worn away; then take
another reef, and so on.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-13

BY REV. CHARLES W. DENIsoN.

Where are you going, my pretty BROOKE"
heard a norih traveller say,
As he paused on the bank of a shady nook,
In Itasca's western wilds away.
''Ohi Pm starting South - the brooklet cried,
With the ripping laugh OF happy song;
"My father has promised TO make me bride
So TO the nuptials must hurry aloi 81
HE says that down by a gulf, all fair,
Our bridal party Is bound to be:
The altar is ready, so 1 must be there.
To be welded Tor life 10 the bridegroom sea-.
Then the traveller waded the rivulet,
Where the steps OF his feet were half score;
His ankle-top was scarcely wet;
The inches OF water were only TOUR.
"Whither are you flowing, o beautiful stream
SO graadly, swiftly hurry1ng by :"
sI m of TO the wedding?" quick puffs o. steam
And foaming wheels make glad reply.
The traveller rode where a river spread
Full five miles wide, from shore to shore;
Where his vessels keel from the oozy bed
Was twenty fathoms up or more.
Then the traveller bowed by the packet side,
AS voice from the water rose sweet and
clear;
"will you come to the wedding, and greet the
bride?
Ny rousseau is waiting, and father is here,
"Ahl he bore me down in mis- fond embrace,
From my native fountain pure and free;
He gives me away with matchleSS grace,
To be welded for life TO the bridegroom sea"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-13

BY j. b.

From Cassen's Magazine.l
'MoDest roses in the sunset glow,
Frethe white arum's cup OF snow
Had closed,
Grandmother sat, content 10 see
The beauty rouud Der; or maybe
She calmly dozed.
she, with grandchildren round her peth'
Finding in life sweet aIterma'n'
Grew young;
ola voices surged upon the breeze,
Tbat over DAYS remote from these
a spell had hung.
whilst Golden sun beams danced in space,
Calling up many a sunny place.
or old;
Or here and there cloudy blot,
That blurred the skies, OF darKeneo spos
In memory told.
Vel dark ana light 81 blent that they
Made picture fair OF summer DAY;
The shadows aneht that grief might bring.
For time smoothed OR with gentle wing
Each hai sher stroke.
-,-,,. ,,ast,s wild sols were nushed, for ags
Clear read Gods writin5 on the page
And eartb;s decliulng days waxed pale
In the light shining through the vel
That hides from Him.
In a fair border land she seems;
Behind, before, a world of dreams
All peace; ,,,t,
Aud doubts that had perplexed her youth
Had settled into simple truth
And fears surceaSe-
Maude waiting wonders. In her eyes
To age time OF dsrkened skies
Strained silver cord, and hushed life song
CAV. MauGe, but chant Of angel tbrong
Is nigh-in heaven"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-13
THE FOOTSTEPS OF DECAY.

Oh, let the soul its slumbers break,
Arouse its senses and awake
To see how soon
Lie. In Its glOries. glides away.
And the stern footsteps OF decay
Come stealing on.
And while we view the rolling tide,
Down which our flowing minutes glide
Let as the present hour employ
AND deem each future dream joy
Already past.
Let no vain hope deceive the mind,
NO happier let us hope to md
TOMORROW than to-day;
Our golden dreams of yore were bright,
Ike them the present SD all delight
Like them decay.
Our lives like lasting streams must be
That into tn engulfing sea,
Are doomed to fall
me sea SEA OF oeain, whose waves roll on,
yer king end Kingdom, crown and throne,
And swallow all.
Alike the rivers iordly tide,
Alike the rivulet's humble glide
To that sad wavei
Death leaves poverty and pride,
The rich and poor sic ep side by side
Within the grave.
Oar birth is but the starting place;
Life Is but the running of the race,
and death The goal;
There all our glittering toys are bought,
The path alone, OF all unsought,
Is found of all.
See, then, how poor and little worth
Are all these glittering toss OF earth,
That lure Us here
Dreams of a sleep that death must break;
Alas! before ii bids us awake,
We disappear.
Long ere the damp of earth can blight
The cheeks pure glow of red and white,
He pass away.
Youth smiled, and all was heavenly fair
Age came and laid his fin ger there
And where are tEey9
Where is the strength that spurned decay,
The steps that roved so light and gay,
The hearts bDthe Tone?
The strength is gone, the step is slow,
And JOY grows wearisOme and woe,
When age comes ON
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-13

Winters departing, angry and sullen;
After his footsteps comes a bright Danu
Flowers in numbers start from their stump err
May is awakening all over the land
Deep in the hol .ows snow-driftS relying,
like early sorrow, melting away:
Warm rain is falling, wild birds are calling
Beautiful Spring-time, beautiful May
h could see her come DER the mountain
Under her eyeIids bringing the day
Birds would sing sweeter only TO greet ner,
Girl ofmy hearts love, my beautiful May
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-13
BEAUTIFUL MAY.


nv THE AUTHOR OF 'JoHN HALIFAX, GENTLE
MAN"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-07-22
Queen Victoria and the War BE-
tween the States.

The New York Tribune, publishes q
letter from Thurlow Weed, in when ne
aNirns. on Trustworthy information,
that on three occasions during the hfst
wear of the rebellion, Qneen victoria
| attributed essentially TO the preserv',
ton Of peace between this country ana
England. ,ood
spooestions from the French govern
ment which meant war. The first was
a proposition for a joint Intervention ol
France and England, the object being
recognition Of the confederate govern,
ment. The next was the intorduction
into parliament, after an interview py
the mover with the French emperor Oh
a resolution repudiatinR our b~lockaue.
The popular feeling in England was 30
strongly in favor OF the ~conieaera.e
states that the friends OF tue union III
parliament and in tho cabinet put Ior
the conviction that their course was
tacitly approved by theer sovereign
would have found themselves unable 10
successfully resist the hostile measured
When the dispatch demanding the sur,
render OF Mason. and Slidell was reno
by Lord Palmerston to the queen and
the consequences of a refusal we're ex,
pla ned, her majesty was startled ana
distressed at the idea of war with
America. Taking the dispatch to the
prince consort who, then in his iast
illness was sitting in his apartment, the
queen aeked him to read it, saying,
she thought the language and spIril
were harsh and peremptory. me
prince co"ncurring in the opinion VIII
her majesty, subjected the diepatch &c
erasures and interlineations, n which
amended form il was returned to the
premier. In relating this incident &c
Sir Henry Holland, the queen addeo
that that was the last time the prince
used a pen.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-07-22

brood mares and horses, with twelve
crown stables having 945 stations. The
Chrianov stud. purchaped by the crown
thirty years ago from the heirs OF Connt
Orlof, ia divided into three sections,
one devoted 10 pure English horses;
another 10 saddle horses, and the th'rd
TO trotting horses. The Derknli stud
| breeds English carriage horses, tue new
A%leIandrov, n kind Of half blood Tanui1
horse, the Simarevsk thoronRhpre"
Arabs, and the Strielet2l Oriental san,
die horses. in the Orenburg stuh norsgS
are bred for the light cavalry and art,I,
Iery. Rnssia further possesses 2,4fi
private studs, having 6,496 stations ana
about 10000 brood mares, besides no !,
ward of $4,000 stations and 62o,ooo
brood mares in the Copack and steppe
"tabunea.p Horse breeding has de-
creased on private estates since inc
emancipation Of the serfs, and many OF
the studs have been broken up, ana haVe
passed in part into the hands OF tne
peasantry. In Russia there are 3So
horse fairs, nj which about l50,0 U AM,
mails are annually sold, ont Of o
2G3, 600 brought to market. The aver
o price OF a horse is 60 r~oublee-abou'
1r0
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-07-22
4. Small Farms in Favor.

The New York Bulletin says that
there seems to be q marked tendency
among California farmers to abandon
the old ranch system, by which i'm
mense tracts of land were overrun and
but partially occupied without tilling or
improvements, under the ownership and
management of one party, and to sub
divide them Into small farms. This Il is
bnt the natural result of enhanced vain,
of farming land, and is what has always
occurred in the progress and develop
ment Of new countries. Yet, its appli
cation to California will mark n new err
in the farming industries of the Pacific
coast. The usual causes have forced
this step for, in addition to the en-,
HANGED lost of land, il liz found 10 be Sc
much more profitable to till and culti-
vate AZ well in California as elsewhere.
In other words, the same amount OF
labor and capital TINS expended return
greater interest on the outlay than when
made in the old way upon the ranch
system. IL is sven admitted that the
grazing industries of that state find il
moro profitable also to adopt tho same
system, and already it liz said that the
immense tlocks of sheep are beginning
TO disappear, rs have tho great herds
of cattle that formerly roamed over the
~unoccupied and even unowned plains of
tue htutt. 81 EH. Do.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-07-22
What the War Cost the South.

A correspondent Of the New York
Evening Post, who has n turn for stats
tics, gives some highly interesting facts
and figures connected with the Losses
the south sustained by the war, show.
ing the %diminution Of assessed personal
property between 1860 and 1870 by
reason Of the emancipation OF the blacks.
Alabama, with two hundred and seventy
seven millions Of personal estate IN
1860, returns but thirty eight n lllions N
1904 decrease Of two hundred and
thirty.nine millions. Arkansas is re-
duced from n hundred aud sixteen to
thirty one millions in this respect.
Mississippi returns three hundred and
fifty.one millions in 1860 against only
fifty nine millions in 1904 decrease
Of two hundred and ninety-two millions;
and South Carolina presents even n
greater Inference, returning three hun-
bred and f~itty-nine millions assessed
personally in 1860, and sixty-fonr in
1870, being a loss of two hundred and
ninety.fve millions. Georgia in 1860.
returned n larger amount OF asses ed
personal estate than any other state IN
the union, namely four hundred and
thirty. eight millions. In 1870 this
total was changed to eighty. three
millions, n loss OF three hundred and
6fty-fve millions. Missouri, thougha
slave state, has suffered comparatively
little. Her personally, rs assessed IN
1860, was one hundred and thirteen
millions. In 1870 it WAS increased to
one hundred and thirty. seven millions.
Taking the aggregate estimated true
wealth of all the slnveholding states IN
1860, it presents n total Of six thousand
seven hundred and forty six milliona OF
dollars. In 1870 the same aggregate
falls to five Thousand four hundred and
sixty-two millions, showing a los: u
twelve hundred and eighty. four millions.
The non slaveholding states, on the con-
trary, show an immense increase during
the same period. In 1860 their aggre
gate estimated true wealth was nine
Thousand three hundred and forty
millions, md in 1870. t%wenty-four
Thousand three hundred and sixty mil
lions , being an increase Of fifteen thou.
sand and twenty millions. IL we look
at the wealth Of the late slave states III
1850 there appears n great increase from
that period to 1860. The total III 1856
was twenty-nine hundred and forty.
seven millions and in 1860, ak thousand
seven hundred and forty six millions
showing mn increase Of thirty seven
hundred and ninety nine millions, Oh
ono hundred and twenty eight per cent.
Had the war not taken place, the samt
ratio Of increase would have fixed the
wealth OF the southern states in 1870 nj
fifteen Thousand three hundred and
~eighty-one millions, or more than two
and u quarter times what it actually
provea to be. And yet, with sven all
these enOrmon losses, the south would
now be happi r and more prosperous
than at any time in her history but for
the corrupb and %tyrannons rule with
which she has been cursed since the
war. But peace has come at last, and
The next decade will show n glorious
outcome.