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NOTICE.

The undersigned having been appointed at a meet
ing Of the subscribers TO the Capital Stock of The
Fruit Growers National Bank of Smyrna" 10 receive
the amount subscribed hereby gives notice that he is
now ready to receive the same at the Banking House.
Commmerce Street, next door TO the Postofice.
JOHN ii. HOFFECKER
SMYRNA, DEL, May "a, 1876. Receiver
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The immense cheeses made in Buffalo,
N. Y, one of twelve and the other of four
teen tons weight, have been built on plat
form cars, upon which they will be kept
during the entire centennial exhibition.
They are ten or twelve feet high, and are
bound with iron hoops one inch thick.
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FOR SALE.
SIX CENTS REWARD.

Runaway from the premises Of the subscriber on
or about the 26th Of June Thomas Sykes, a cOored
boy of is years. indentured to the farming business
All persons are hereby cautioned against employing
him, trusting or harboring him on my account un.
der penalty Of the law
DAVID s. WILDS
June 15-3w Kenton Del
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An OPPORTUNITY

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style and position, light and shade. Go 10 BRAD
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All frcightS must be at the various stations at least
thirty 500 minutes before starting of train otherwise
they will lay over twenty-four t2D hours. Freight
trains will have passenger attached and will be
subject to delays incident to freight business.
j. L. CALDWELL, Sup't.
June 16, 1876.
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Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore R. R.
DELAWARE DIVISION.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
$OItTIIWAI:

ON and after MONDAY, May Sth, 1876, Sunday cx-
rcPtcdD trains will leave as follows:
N-fu
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Maryland & Delaware r. II.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
GOING SOUTH.
GOING NORTH.

on and after MONDAY. June lost. 1876, trains will
run daily as follows, sunday excepted:
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Letter from Judge Fisher.
MILFORD, July 25, 1876.

For the Smyrna TINES.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19
their wages. While he was examining
a witness as to number of tailors present
at the alleged disturbance the presiding

their wages. While he was examining
a witness as to number of tailors prese mt
at the alleged disturbance the presiding
Judge (LOrd Eldon himself) reminded
him that three persons are legally suffi-
cient to make riot, whereupon the witty
advocate rejoined, Yes, my Lord, Hale
and Hawkins lay down the law as your
Lordship states it, and rely on their au-
thority for if there must be three men
to make riot it follows, these men being
tailors, that there must be nine times
three present, and, unless the prosecu-
tion proves that there were twenty.seven
joining in this breach of the peace, my
clients are entitled to an acquittal." On
Lord Elden's injury whether he relied ON
common or statute law, Jekyll answered
firmly: "My Lord, rely on a we'll
known maxim, as old as Magma Charta,
Mine tailors make man."
When the Chelse water-works were
first opened Jekyll propounded whim-
sical plan for establishing large and
powerful organ, with organist and Orches.
ira, in a chamber connected with the
mains, 90 that families might be provided
with music at will by merely turning on
the taps. "But fancy" said he, "the
Inconvenience of thaw after long
frost; imagine Judas Macabeus burst
ing out from under the pavement at
Charing Cross, the surprise of the hack
ney coachmen, and the labor of the
Charles to get him underp'
When Thellusson, of Suffolk, was
created an Irish peer by the title of Baron
Rendlesham, great offense was taken by
the Irish nobility, and Jekyll wrote the
following impromptu:
Says Thellusson to Husskisson,
A real peer am
Says Husskisson to Thellusson,
You're but q Rendle-shan.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19
The Baby is Dead.

There is a white hatchment over the
portal-a long streamer of snowy Grape
trails from the mufiled bell knob like a
film of ghostly morning mist. We know
that an impalpable f0Otstep has fallen on
this threshold that a shadowy hand has
knocked on the shrouded door; that the
dread visitant who will not be denied
nor turned away, has entered here. He
has entered and departed; but the veiled
mourner, sorrow, who treads solemnly
after him, has stayed behind.
His ruthless hand has plucked the
white bud of promise that gladdened the
fair garland of household love-the bud
that breathed the yet unfolded perfume
ofsweet but underlined hopes that coming
years would ripen to fruition. His re-
morseless foot has fallen beside this
hearthstone-and, 10! the dread foot
print has followed little grave. The
baby is dead
The tiny image, white as sculptured
parian, lies yonder in its snowy casket,
draped in spotless fabrics and wreathed
with funeral flowers. The mother bends
with anguished eyes above the estill, small
efigy of her lost hope, but the baby is
not there. Out Of her arms and out of
her life something has gone that will not
return. The sealed lids will not uplift
from happy sleep; the wondering eyes
will seek her face no more. Never again
the chill, soft lips will drain the
fountains of her aching heart. The little
restless hands lie still and pulseless,
frozen into eternal quiet; their silken
touches vague and aimless as the south
wind, will steal into her bosom and
soothe her WEAKNESS no mOrel She
realizes this with all the live pulsating
agony of newly bereaved motherhood, as
she leans over the dainty coffin, and
slow, scalding tears, wrung from the very
fibers of her bruised life, drop one by
one on the unconscious face.
She folds a sprig of hyssop on half
blown rose in the waxen hand and sends
them to the Father as message and a
token-the symbols of her grief and
baby's innocence: LO! surrender back
to Thee the soul that Thou didst lend
me unsullied, as from thy hands, / yield
it up in faith and hope; but o, / give
the child with bitter tears-with break-
ing heart-with passionate human woe
unutterable.
And the days lengthen, the nights fall,
the years go on. She keeps the key OF
baby's casket in her bosom-the memory
of the rosebud face within her heart
and life for her is never again quite what
1t was ere baby diedl
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19
The Latest Partisan Toy Nuisance.
Paris Correspondence.I

A veritable plague is Furnishing Paris
nor less than a plaything, thoroughly
inofensive in appearance; but one
should not judge by appearances, even
in such simple objects as playthings.
The one hides real ferocity under a
modest exterior, consisting of small
support of bullets, made of copper, in
which is incased blade of steel slightly
convex. The whole has not three cent?
metres of length to one of width, and it
can be held between the thumb and
forefnger, when, by pressing lightly on
the steel blade and letting it rebound
naturally, it produces dry, shrill, and
even tragic sound.
1t appears to be nothing at all, and yet
it is simply odious, for this noise pro-
duced one hundred and twenty-five
times, two hundred times a minute,
would enrage the most peaceable Dutch
man. 1t is melting by its very regular
ity, it lacerates the ears by its rigidity,
and there is something unattainable and
diabolical in it; for just imagine clock
whose tic-tac is increased hundred fold,
and which marks two hundred vibrations
to the minute!
1t is only three days since the instru-
ment appeared in the market, yet the
boulevard repeats its echo; the railroad
depot, the top of omnibuses, the most
quiet streets, and even the households of
honest families are troubled by it. It is
the abomination of denominations at the
moment / write its unmerciful strain
scans each one o. my sentences. The in
strument costs but five cents; it has
cheapness in its favor which nothing can
vanquish; all buy it, young and old,
which goes to show that Parisians are
children. This terrible plaything hides
itself everywhere, executing its tic
tao" inside the pocket, in the palm of
the hand, under the seat of an omnibus
or in the depths of a coat.
1t seems to issue from beneath the
furniture or from the rafters of the cell
ing, and there is reason to believe that it
is but in its infancy, that it will be per-
fectioned as it grows older, for who
knows but that some Vivier will execute
on the monochord rigidness of the steel
blade the variations of the Carnival of
Venice" 1t has been decided to christen
this formidable infant by the name of
Embetan, which might properly be
translated into English as nuisance,
and we hope for your sake that it may
not grow sufficiently enterprising to
cross the waters, but should it do so
there is consolation in knowing that the
tariff will rob it of its chief charm, and
thereby save the condemned ears Of my
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19
Beard on Incbriety.

DR. George M. Beard read an article on
" Inebriety" last night in Philadelphia,
from which it would appear that the
evil is gradually curing itself. Man to-
day cannot drink as his grandfather did.
He would if he could, no doubt, but DR..
Beard says "the functional nervous dis.
ease and nervous sensitiveness on which
inebriety depends has been on the in
crease for many years in all the great
centers of civilization, but especially in
America" Drunkenness in the higher
and more cultivated circles is very rare.
Contrary to general belief, there is less
among the literary, professional, and
business classes than among those who
toll by manual labor. In fine, as culture
extends, inebriety draws back. 1t is
unfortunate that DIR. Boards facts are
not given with his paper. 1t may be
that drunkenness is on the decrease
undoubtedly it is-but our people are
building inebriate asylums all over the
country, and none of them 60 empty
Liquor stores, instead of diminishing are
on the increase, which they would not
be if custom was declining. Yet, these
customers may not be confirmed inebri
ates,-only tipplers, who are on the high
road to inebriety.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19

The Revue Scientifgue prints a curl
Gus paper by Prof Jolly, in which he in
quires by whom and when fire was first
discovered. Abiding to the fable of
Prometheus, he finds it of Indian origin.
In the Vedas the god of fire, Angi (com-
pare with the Latin Lgnis) is concealed in
secret place whence the god Mats-
rishvan forces him out, and makes him
communicate the celstial fire to Monou,
the first man. The very name of Pro-
metheus is traceable to the Vedas, and
calls to mind the process employed by the
ancient Brahmins to obtain the sacred
fire. For this purpose they used a stick,
called prdmdthd. which they ignited by
friction. The prefix pra gives the idea
of taking by force, a circumstance which
strengthens the evidence afforded by the
resemblance of that word to Prone
theus. There were several ways for
obtaining fire by friction; the most
primitive one consisted in rubbing two
pieces of dry wood against each other &;
but this was improved in course of time.
A stick was made to slide very fast up
and down in groove then came the
"fire-drill," consisting in piece of wood
uhNiuS u ChNlIy III WulCu u stlCk WIS III
serted, which was pressed upon by the
operator, who at the same time made it
turn very fast after the fashion of a
wimble. The Brahmins used this drill,
but with cord rolled around it. by
pulling which there gave an alienation
rotatory motion to the stick. Another
mode of obtaining fire was that of strik-
ing two flints together, etc. Prof. Jolly
now arrives at the question as to whether
prehistoric man was in possession of fire.
The Abbe Bourgeois goes 80 far as to say
that 1t was known as early as the miocene
period, because in the sands of the Or
leanais he has found piece of artificial
paste having cinders adhering to it, and
lying in the midst of bones of the mas
tadon and dinoterium. Our author con-
siders the thing not impossible, but not
sufficiently proved; nevertheless he is
positive that the most ancient quartenary
man did use fire; many fireplaces with
ashes, cinders, halfcalcined bones, and
fragments of rude pottery having unques-
tionably been found In caverns pertain
ing to the period of the reindeer. the
bear, and polished stone.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19
VOLU ME Nv.
A DUTCHMAN's ADVICE.
)ish talk about der Shinyman,

Dish talk about der Shinyman,
II ish too pad ter see
Der heathen Yankee blays more dricks
Don ony mean Shinee.
You dink he ish your terest frient,
Und loofs you efry bit,
El he ,9 don't peat you pooty quick,
Won comes to my saloon Won tay,
Nit tears all In hish eyes,
Und says am his tearest frient,
Vich gifs me much SURPRISE;
He treats me den init lager beer;
dinks about der pay,
Und shakes him quickly NIT der hand,
Und knows him right away.
He thinks tozen glass of peer
dinks SO, Anyhow
Und told me how my vanity vas,
Und how vas been my vrow;
He dreats me init my own cigars,
Und ven my pill shlate,
He told me init as lubing smile,
"Yust put him on der shlate."
Und den he says" Good py, dear frient,"
Und walks out pooty quick;
Und den / tole myself IL vos
Won schneakin Yankee drick.
Und den 1 learn lesson goot-
learns um not too late
Ven some Won blays you Won mean drick,
Yoost put um on der shlate.
Ef friends ego back " on you ven shtamps
No longer you haf got,
Ven cruel venoms comes apout,
Und pishness goes to pot,
Und insult makes you feel 80 bad,
Peter keep shtin und wait
Some oder tay you makes um righd,
Ef you've got um on der shlate.
For dings 60 up und dings come town,
Times slauks 'em ON der cope
Und py und py your tay will come,
Und you will haf der SOAP"
No matter vat may happen you,
Dot wrongs you shmall or great,
In pishntss, loof, or oder dings,
Yoost put um on der shlate.
Und now tells dem peoples all,
Vat dose shmart chaps haf beat,
Some tay dinks you'll settle up,
Nit dose vat lie und sheat.
Ell you'll took my good advice,
Und learns to watch und vait,
Und ven q rascal tooks you In,
Yoost put him on der shlate.
-Zdnesvile Courier.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19
Indian Summer.

This halcyon period of our autumn,
says John Burroughs, in Scribner for Oc-
tober, will always in some way be asso-
ciated with the Indian. 1t is red and
yellow and dusky like him. The smoke
of his campfire seems again in the air.
The memory of him pervades the woods.
His plumes and moccasins and blanket
Of skins form just the costume the season
demands. 1t was doubtless his chosen
period. The gods smiled upon him then
IL ever. The time of the chase, the
season of the buck and the doe, and of
the ripening of all forest fruits; the time
when all men are incipient hunters,
when the first frosts have given pungency
TO the air, when to be abroad on the hills
or in the woods Is a delight that both old
and young feel--if the red aborigine
ever had his summer of fullness and con-
tentment Il must have been at this
season, and 1t fitly bears his name,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19
RULES OF THE ROAD.

The following bright little poem, brim full
sound philosophy appeared in recent number OF
m the Boston Pilot from the pen Of John Boyle
What man would be wise, let him drink of the
That bears on its waters the record of Time;
message TO him every wave can deliver
10 teach him TO creep till he knows how to climb.
Who heeds not experience, trust him net tell
The scope of one mind can but tribes achieve;
The weakest who draws from the mind will excel
The strength of mankind Is the wisdem hey
leave.
For peace do not hope; to be just you must:break
Still work for the minute and not for the year;
When honor comes to you, be ready to take 1t
but reach not TO seize 1t before 1t is near.
Be silent and safe silence never betrays you.
De true TO your word and your work and your
Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise
Nor Judge Of day till it draws to the end.
Take gifts with sigh most men give to be paid.
4" had" is a heartache " have' is a fountain;
You're worth what you saved, not the million you
made.
Trust toll, not intent, or your plans will miscarry
Your wife keen sweetheart instead of a tease
Rule children by reason, not rod and mind, marry
Your girl when you can, and your boy when you
please.
Steer straight the wind will allow but be ready
To veer just point to let travellers pass
Each sees his own star-a stiff course is oosteady
When this one to meeting goes, that one to mass.
Our streams not 50 wide but two arches may span
Good neighbor and citizen these for a code.
And this truth In sight-every man on the planet
Has just as much right as yourself to the road.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19

A FOOLISH bet has been made In Gin
cinnati: If Tilden is elected, Council.
man of that city will take good-sized
bag and 60 from room to room In every
house in one wsrd.and beg for some rags,
which are to be sold for a charitable
purpose. IL Hayes Is elected the Tilden
man will officiate.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19

How many a man, by throwing him
self to the ground in despair, crushes
and destroys forever a thousand flowers
of hope that were ready to spring up and
gladden. all his pathway.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19

The New York correspondent of the
Boston Journal tells of new church en-
terprise in the former city, as follows:
Rev. Samuel Colcord is young man of
fine pres snce, and some marked pulpit
gifts. He breaches to small uptown
congregation, Independent, and on the
Alliance platform. He has an idea that
the mass Of people, now unreached, can
be brought under the influence of religion
by free non-sectarian church. A COM
pany of gentlemen share these views.
They have taken lease of Chickering
Hall for three years, and swung out as an
enterprise in October. The society has
some peculiarities. IL has no name no
platform, no creed. 1t Is simply an as
sociation for religious service. Singing
| is to be one Of the main features; short
preaching, little praying, and good
deal of music. A choir of two hundred
persons has been formed for this part OF
the service. The society is to be strictly
Evangelical, but non.sectarian and inde-
pendent. All the expenses are to be met
by voluntary contributions. Taylor,
Tying, Ludlow, Tucker, Hepworth and
other prominent ministers indorse the
movement. During the last fifty years
numerous attempts have been made to
| found free undenominationa church.
Some of these movements have been un-
der the most favorable auspices. Not
one of them has been q success. This
latter one may be an exception.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19

GEN. NEWTON announces that the
reef at Hallett's Point has been swept,
and summary of the facts is as follows:
From one hundred and eighty feet dis
tant from the shore line to the line of the
buoys, the bottom slopes gradually from
eight feet of depth at low water to twenty
feet. Outside of the line of buoys nothing
less than twenty feet of depth at mean
low water was discovered. The divers
have been examining the reef, and report
a thorough breakup.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19

y The passage via He'll Gate shortens
the course TO Europe by fifty miles.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19

SOME one proposes to call He'll Gate
Newton's Channel" All honor to
General Newton, but the present name
tells such story that it should be kept
If simply for historic purposes. 1t is
a corruption of the Dutch "Horll Gait" {"
or "whirlpassage."
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19
TRUTHS AND TRIPLES.

EVEN the snowflake let's shadow fall,
As to the earth it softly sinks to rest
So may the whitest, sweetest soul of all
Seem sometimes wrong to those who
fho.,, Imam h1.of
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-19

THERE are a good many people in the
world who spend half their time in
thinking what they would do if they
were rich, and the other half in con-
jecturing what they shall do as they
are not.
A REVEREND divine, who was but
$3.50 preacher, being called upon acci-
dentally for sermon, asked friend
what he should preach about, to which
the other coolly replied, "About five
minutes"
No young man really believes he shall
ever die. There is feeling of eternity
in youth which makes us amends for
every thing. Death, old age, are words
without meaning-a dream, a fiction.
To be young is to be as one of the i'm
mortals.
UNPALATABLE advice is frequently
disguised in sermon, or anecdote, or
other confectionery. We are apt to take
such sugar-coated advice as children do
sugar-coated pills. We suck the sugar
coating, but we don't suck the advice
much.
DANBURY Nems: 1t was at the funeral
of the head of family. A neighbor in
the yard, while the service was going on
inside, was speaking of the deceased, and
took advantage of the opportunity TO
observe in tone of subdued sympathy:
can had just got in his coal and pota-
toes for the winter. 1t is sad case"
The common mind may maintain its
place under common circumstances; the
truly great alone overcome the trials of
prosperity or adversely; showing hum
BILE thankfulness in one, a generous SYM
pathy, not hardened by its own suffering,
in the other; not priding themselves on
the first, not enyying in the last.