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Dom PEDRO AND VICTOR HUGO
The following is a new anecdote about
the emperor Of Brazil:
He recently paid visit to Victor
Hugo, in France. After long inter-
view, in which the two celebrities con
veraed upon divers topics. the emperor
asked permission Of the poet to repeat
his visit, requesting him to fix a day.
'I receive my friends every day." said
Hugo, politely, land we have dinner
at eight o'clock
Alter the lapse of some. days, one
evening at about halfpast seven
o'clock the door bell Of the poets house
was rung, and a gentleman in dress
coat and white crayat presented him
self "Whom shall announce 2 said
the servant. sDom Pedro de Bragan-
"a replied the visitor. As yet there
was nobody in the parlor. The host
was informed Of the arrival.
q have come to dine with you, said
the emperor, IA democratic style.
Soon the guests sat down to table.
The repast was charming. Dom Pc
dro gave some very curious travelling
impressions. Victor Hugo, for his
part, spoke with that simplicity so full
Of warmth Of which those who have not
the honor Of being intimate with him
have no idea. When the emperor took
leave of his host 1t was rather late
the latter said to him, smiling with his
fine and arch smile: @Sire, could not
possibly tell you how happy am that
we have no sovereigns like you in Eu-
rope" "And whyT' said Dom Pedro.
Because" " replied Victor Hugo, sboth
myself and my friends would be very
much puzzled to find anything bad to
say of them."
Dom Pedro burst out laughing, and
took leave Of his friend like a good
natured and sensible man.
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DoYER. Nav 8. la11

DOVER, May 8, 1877.
Mr. S. W. Hope: The peaches and apples
dried BY your fruit dryer are the incest look
ing, and the finest tasted, l ever saw.
J. J. NIVIS0N.
Even very ripe soft peaches dry in this
Evaporator nearly as light colored as they
are when first put in.
s. W. HOPE,
may l2-tf Dover. Del.
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Sliddletolun 4irettorp.
CORPORATION OFFTCFRs.

JusrIcE or rHE PnAUn. james b. Naudain
TowN CoManssloan ---R. Il. Foster, presi-
dsnt; s. 81 Hoiten, Secretary; J. r. Hall,
Joseph Geary, vacancy.
Assessor. = O. 8. Anderson.
TRRAsuRER. Il. @. Vandegrift
LANPIGHTER IF Schreitz.
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REGISTERS ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE.

REGISTERS OFFICE,
New Castle County, May 25th, 1871
Upon the application of Sereck F. Shallcross
and Jacob K. Long, Administrators of George
Barnholi late of f-----, deceased, it is
ordered and directed by the Register that the
Administrators Aforesaid, give notice of grant
ing Letters of Administration upon the Estate
of the deceased, with the daie of granting
thereof, BY causing advertisements to be post
ed within forty days from the date Of such
Letters, in six Of the most public places of the
county Of New Castle, requiring all persons
having demands against the estate to present
the same or abide by an Act of Assembly in
such case made and provided. And also cause
the same to be inserted within the same period
in the MDDLETowN TRANsoRIPT. newspaper
published in Middletown, and to be continued
therein TIVE months
Given under the hand and Seal of
~, Office of the Register aforesaid, at
LIS. New Castle, in New Castle county
e@-1 aforesaid, the day and year above
written.
9 n RIGGS aRao;s4ar
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KNIGHTS on PYTHTAs.

DAMON LODGE, No. IL Meets every Friday
evening at o'clock. Lodge room in the
Town Hall.
III q q Il
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AT DOVER,

On WEDNESDAY, MA Y %, 1877
This dryer was invented for the purpose of
saving part of my own crop of peaches in
1875. Thousands of baskets of fruit had
rotted in my orchard The Smocks and Late
White peaches were ready to dry when I be-
gan, yet the peaches dried after that swith a
common stove without graie bars, sold for
two hundred dollars. improved the dryer
greatly in 1876 and this year, and claim that
ii will dry fruits and vegetables so that they
will be nearly as lightand rich in color when
they are dry as when put fresh in the eYapor-
ator. That which darkens more fruit than
all else, is the TaPor that is thrown off in
drying, and remains in the dryer until il
passes through all the fruit in the way to the
outlet
My invention by the use of tubes takes the
greater part of that moisture out of the main
chamber without its passing through the
fruit, and also supplies DRY HEAT to every FIVE
trays continually, thus retaining the natural
color of the fruit by quick drying. When
the fruit is nearly dry it is slid into mlIder
heat in the finishing chamber.
The following certificates show what is
thought by those who have seen the fruit for
two years:
New YoRK, May 9, 1877.
s. ". Hope, Esq. We received and sold
for you, on Jan. 18th, 1877, shipment Of
evaporated (peeled) peaches, at 30 cts. per
lb., also on Feb. 2sth, another shipment sold
at 80 cts. per ID. The market had declined
at least FIVE cts. per lb. on dried fruit since
the date of first sale, yet, the last lot being
the finest, we realized still higher figures for
them. As regards the quality Of your peaches,
there has been nothing in this market, that
we have seen, that were equal to them, par
ticularly of the last you sent and denomi-
mated first quality, they not only are beauii-
FL TO the sight, but command ready sale at
good prices and give universal satisfaction.
Yours Respectfully,
s. FL. 4 r. Il. FROST.
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NOTICE

All persons having claims against tbe Es-
tate Of the deceased mnst present the same.
auly attested, to the Administrator on or
before April 9th, 1878, or abide the Act Of
Assembly in such case made and provided
SAMUEL Y WILSON, Admir-.
Address-Newark, Del. may 26, an.
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POST OFFTCE

OFFICE HoURs.-opens at 80 m and
closes at 9 p m every day except Sunday
Mails for the North close at 7.l5 m, and
300 p m.
Mail for the South closes at 10 Is n
Mails for Odessa close at 1923 m and T. 80
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REGISTERS ORDER
REGISTERS oFFIOB.

REGISTERS OFFICE,
New Castle County, May oath, 1877.
Upon the application of John O. Corbit and
William O. Spruance, Executors of Daniel
Corbit, late of St. Georges Hundred in said
county, deceased, it is ordered and directed
by the Register that the Executors aforesaid,
give notice of granting of Letters Testament-
airy upon the Estate of the deceased, with the
date Of granting thereof by causing adVer-
tisements TO be posted within forty days from
the date of such Letters, in six of the most
public places of the county of New Castle, re-
qniring all persons having demands against
the Estate, to present the same or abide by an
Act of Assembly in such case made and pro-
yided. And also cause the same to be in
serted within the same period in the MIDDLE
TOWN TRAxscRIPT, newspaper published in
Middletown, and to be continued therein two
months.
Given under the hand and Seal Of
-, Office of the Register aforesaid, at
LIS. New Castle, in New Castle county,
so-' aforesaid, the day and year above
written.
Q n Drnnc r-...
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Coon SAMARITAN LODGE, No 9. Meets every
Thursday evening at u oclk. Lodge Room
in Cochran Hall, No. 2, Cochran Square.
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Stlisttllaneolls.
DRUGS. Medicines, Chemicals, &c. &c.

Medicines
reduced
being
a
Physicians Prescriptions are made Speciality,
thing
medicinal usually
fa druggists things that had other be had
here
HI BCTR ROR "A
graduate fEcropahy still
which have have had wonderful hundreds treated BY
Kiddes
8
compelled
delivery
application
H II.
s77-Iy
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Gimt GabIes
PHILADELPHIA, wIHIYGT0N AND
BALTLM0RE R4ILRO4D.
- 9
Del. Division. Tirne Table.
suMMER ARRANGEMENT.
NoRTHwARD.
soUTHwARD.

ON and after Monday, NAY 14th, 1877, Sundays
" excepted Trains viii leave As follows:
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DIAMOND STATE BRASS BAND.
Meets for practice every Monday evening at
8 o'clock.
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DIRECTORS OF TOWN HALL CO.

J. NJ. Cox, Pres; Samuel Pennington, Sec.;
j. R. Hall, Treas; R. A. Cochran, Jas. Gull
bertson, Jas. Il. Scowdrick, VIM. Fl. Barr.
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STAGE LINES.

DIAGE LINES.
Stage for Odessa, with U. s.. Mail, leaves
shortly after arrival of the 1912 am and 1888
p m mail trains
Stages for Warwick Sassafras and Cecilton
leave shortly after arrival Of the 1912 m
train
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EstapIshed 1860.
GILMORE &GO., Attorneys at Law,
slcUea8oEs 20 OhApnlAns hOsmer q Co.
62o f Street. Washington. D. g.

Patents procured in all countries. No FEES IN
ADVANCE. No charge. unless the patent is
granted. No fees for making preliminary ex-
aminations. No additional fees for obtaining
and conducting rehearing. Special attention
given to In erference Cases before the Patent
Once, Extensions before Congress- Infringement
Suits in different States and all litigation ape
pertaining to Invent tons or Patents. SEND STAMP
FOR PAMPHLET OF SIXTY PAGES.
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Mails for Warwick, Sassairas and Cecilton
close at 1923 a m.
D. L. DUNNING, P. NJ.
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flistellaneons.
FRUIT GRO w ERS
Look to Your Interests, and
BUY
THE WILLIAMS
B Y AP 0 RAT 0 R!

We would call the attention of all persons
interested in the Preservation of Fruit TO the
illustration and description of the WILLIAMS
EVAP0RAT0R, and request them to read
carefully the following facts:
list. As to the Quality of Its products,
which enhances their value.
I'd. In Quantity OF product In prOpor-
tIOn to cost or Evaporation.
Sd. In Cost Of Building required to
operate them.
4th. In Ease and Economy OF operat-
ing them.
5th. In the Evenness and Equality of
Evaporation, In consequences Ofthe equal
distribution OF heated air through the
hues.
9Th. In the Rnpidity OF Evaporation
without danger OF scorchIng or scaIdIng
the fruit.
The manufacturers of this Evaporator
NAJ,.v,,,S u 4, Ill r5.-n.... = r,.,
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OupoI1Vf w dll Obu6f 1VapOfaG0fS
now in use.
II has been used on this Peninsula for the
years Of 1856, and has given universal sat
isfaction-bsth as regards its working capac-
ity, and the quality and saleableness of the
fruit evaporated. And in viewof an abund-
ant crop Of peaches, and low prices the COM
ing season for green fruit we call the atten-
ton of Fruit Growers 10 the paying and in
ereasing demand for fruit prepared in this
way as
Superior to amy other process,
and would respectfully invite their attention
to this machine before purchasing. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed IN every particular. Circu-
lars sent free, as regards price, description,
&C., by addressing
s. e. s. j. Nj. SPROUT.
F0ARD l. 0OMEGYS, MUNCY. PA.
Agents for New Castle County, Delaware
and Cecil County. Maryland. may l9.tf
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WAsHISGToN. II. c., SoUeaiJer "a 1876.
take pleasure in expressing my entire conf
dence in the responsibility and fidelity Of the
Law, Patent and Collection House of GILMoRE
Co, Of this city.
GEO. II. B. WHITE
lcaslief n the N,tionai Metropolitan Bank.l
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Each department of our business is conducted
In q separate bureau, under the charge Of expe-
rienced lawyers and clerks
BY reason of error or fraud many attorneys
are suspended from practice before the Pension
and other offices each year Claimants, whose
attorneys have been thus suspended, will be
gratutously furnished with fun information and
proper papers on application 10 us.
As we charge no fee unless successful. stamps
for return postage shonld be sent us.
Liberal arrangements made with attorneys in
all classes OF business.
Address GILMORE & CO.,
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Arreara of PaH and BonntH.

OFFICERS, soLDERs and SAILORS Of the late
war, or their heirs. in many cases entitled to
money from the Government, of which they have
no knowledge. Write full history Of service, and
state amount Of pay and bounty received En-
close stamp, and a full reply, after examination.
will be given you free.
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unitad stataa Conrta and nenartma,ts.

Claims prosecuted in the Supreme Court of the
United States, Court Of Claims, Court of Com
misAioners Of Alabama Claims, Southern Claims
Commission, and all classes Of war claims be-
fore the Executive Departments.
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The last Report OF the Commissioner of the
General Land Office shows f7, Loo acres Of Bonn
ty Land Warrants outstanding These WIRE is
cash for them. Send By registered letter. Where
assignments are Imperfect W" give instrn' tious
to perfect them.
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Pensions.

An OFFICERS, SOLDIERS and SAILORS wounded,
ruptured, OF injured in the late war however
slightly, can obtain n pension, many now reeeiv-
ing pensions are entitled 10 an Increase. Send
stamp and information will be furnished free.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1877-09-04

Touching the Public Debt, there is
little danger ahead of us. The
Funders were whipped out in the
Richmond Convention. Readiust-
ment had to be admitted as a neces-
sity, and whenever increased taxa,
tion was mentioned it met with
Kisses everywhere. This locks we'll
but there are 20 millions of money
that mean to oppose this voice of the
people, and if it can be done in nc
other way these funders mean TO stop
the Free School System, and take
that money for the bond>holders. -
They have already gobbIed up 4OC
thousand dollars of the school money,
and they will next try to seize the
entire fund, amounting to half a mil.
lion year.
The "Peeler" men are willing to
readjust and they are of course with
the people. The "Consol" men are
against the people.
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sunshine has ripened the Isabella un-
til it is as sweet and tender as though
grown under shelter with irrigation
to the roots. Peach trees bow down
with their crops until they resemble
weeping willows. Apples grin from
their leafy alcoves until they redden
at the touch Of autumn's pencil
Melons, you can get as large as you
please for dime, and, if you fail to
buy, the good hearted vendor will
give them to you. Things look better,
Why cannot times improve? ? The
earth exudes her fatness and the far
mer has his day. But there is anoth.
er trouble. Our people have not yet
learned that since the war the sltua-
tion is changed as wholly as it was by
Noah's flood. We are as much in the
midst Of new circumstances as il
we had been blown into another
world. The abolition of slavery
ought to have left us wise, but it
has left us only poor and proud. We
are caught impoverished and in debt.
We have not profited by the lesson,
and are more extravagant than we
were 20 years ago. 1 will be believed
when l say that the emancipation of
the negro was not a thing which he
greatly profited by. Has our white
race profited by it as much as it ought
to have done? Both slave and mas
ter seems to have thought that the
new era was to be one of sudden
wealth and glory. 1t is time we had
both realized that only by work and
economy can we again reach prosperi-
ty, and unless we can do so good times
will not return.
Does the reader wish to know why
1 am here? l an simply on a fur
lough-a worn-out editor. Surroun-
ded by wife and children, which have
been shut for years in the tread-mill
of home and labor, l am on a social
"burst" for mere recreation. / am
oiling up for the campaign, and in a
few days | shall be back again, and
then | shall so into the county for the
final trot, and if | shall pass under
the string n winning horse, shall
bow and then retire to Craze again.
must go down the country, l SEE.
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y Great Opportunity.
[Baltimorc Gazette.l

The composition of the next Congress
is such rs to increase our confidence in
its ability to carry out the economic
measures projected by the last. There
will be working Democratic MAORI
ty in the House. and will be works
ing Republican majority in the Sen
ate. The latter body is at presen t
constituted of 30 Republicans and SO
Democrats. and Judge Davis, who
will probably vote with the former
on all minor questions but with the
latter whenever great principles Of
Constitutional policy are at stake, -
While these relations continue the
Republican majority will vary from
five to seven, but there are three va
cancies, two from Louisiana and one
from South Carolina, to be filled and
we do not believe there will be any
serious effort to prevent the swearing
in of the Democratic candidates.
This would give the Democrats SO
votes But this is not all. If Sem
ator Morton should die his suceSso"
would be Democrat, and the Sens
ate would stand SO Republicans, 81
Democrats aud l Independent, who,
when voting with the minority, would
produce a tie. To break this it
would be necessary to call in Vice
President Wheeler who would have
to be on duty constantly as presid-
ing officer. We are now supposing
that the Republicans will poll solid
vote, that there will be no absentees
and that the differences which now
divide the party will be harmonized.
IF, however, either of these conditions
should not be fulfilled the balance of
power would be thrown into the
hands Of the Democrats, who would
then enjoy control of both houses. -
But whether this should come abolt
or not, it is beyond dispute that it is
no longer within the power Of the
Republicans to interfere seriously
with the legislation of the lower
House or checkmate its efforts for
the reduction of the national expenses.
1t is scarcely possible to over-esti-
n ate the significance Of the fact 49,
For the 6rst time since the war
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DOWN INTO TENNESSEE.
a Day at GrcenviIle, and a
Stroll Through Knoxville.
GREENvILLE, TENN. /
August 80, 1877. I

August 80, 1877. J
After hurried prOof-reading of last
weeks NeaCs, the Editor thereof. yield
ing to oft repeated demands for rest to
overtasked nature, got aboard of the
e. r. Va. & g. cars last Tuesday and
dashed down into the darkness and
torrid heats of Tennessee. Col. Isham
Young, than whom no knightlier gem
tleman ever played conductor, was on
board and decked in the handsome
Uniform required by the company of
all its conductors. The track seemed
to have been put in first. class condi-
tion, and, with steady, whirring
sound, the train scudded southwark at
the rate of q miles per hour, includ-
ing stoppages. In two hours we were
at Greenville, where / was met by my
friend, DIR. w. f. Fowler, who soon
had me in the midst Of comforts at
his hospitable mansion.
There are more evidences Of thrift
than growth about this old to own.-
Some few new dwellings haye gone up
recently, but / could count them on
the fingers of one hand. These are
both neat and substantial. Major
Doughty, who has made money by
lightning, has vastly improved the
Britain property, which he now
owns, and he drives the gayest turn
out in East Tennessee. Like JOve, he
has played with thunder, and has
made a quarter of million and is not
happy yet.
spent pleasant hour in the ele-
CANT law-of1ice of Mr.. II. II. Inger-
soil. who was the Democratic Centen-
nial District Elector, and is making a
reputation as one of the ablest lawyers
in East Tennessee.
miss that great man, Andy John
son, who, for 40 years, conferred celeb
rity OH this ancient borough. Other
feet and other hands are busy IN the
houses reared here by his industry and
rendered famous by his genius. On
top of neighboring hillock, one of
| lne ulDhl tNIllulSlllIdl anu lOhNiJ III
any land, rests that great figure which
commenced life armed with orly q
needle and in less than forty welded
the sword and keys OF America. He
left behind him a name and record
over which men yet wonder, and,
touching what lies ahead, only this
one line-sic itur al GStra such il
the stars and immortality.
OF Weems, the damnable wife
murderer, not a word has been learn
ed, From the day he outraged and
then killed his wife near here no news
of his cOncealment and whereabouts
has been received. This and the muir
der and cremation of Mason do not
"out" according TO the old saw
These two cold-blooded and brutal
deeds ore yet unavenged. 1t is true
that the mills Of the Gods do grind
exceedingly slow.
Greene county Is scene of great
abundance. Wheat is unparalleled
Corn is very little shortened and will
be in great plenty. Fruit does posi-
lively abound. 1 see grapes here as
those OF California. The early rains
rotted some Of them, but the recent
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KEY

A good many criticisms have
been INDUCED by the Southern
press touching the little impromp-
tn speeches made by Hon. D.. NJ.
Key, the Postmaster-G General
The fact seems that the President,
who is a good humored man, has,
in company with several members
Of his Cabinet, been making a sort
of holiday tour through New Eng
land, and at various stations the
distinguished visitors have been
called on for speeches. The Pre-
sident seems to delight, in a hu-
morous way, to exhibit Col. Key
as live rebel, who, like Joseph,
has been made one of the rulers OF
the nation he so earnestly antago-
nized at one time, and he loses no
opportunity to indulge his wit ups
on him by alluding to him as one
of his "erring BRETHREN" who had
once been guilty of TIE error Of
fighting the government, and SUBJ
sequently Of the error of voting
against him, the President. OF
course, Col. Key replies in a jocu-
lar vein, and, of course, he humors
the joke, The cold print in which
his speeches are quoted cannot do
justice to the humor of the occau
sion, and Col. Key has suffered
somewhat in the public estimation
in consequence.
The fact is, Hayes has taken a
very bold, and withal, manly step,
in putting a real rebel and a Tilden
and Hendricks voter in his Cabi-
net. He has disregarded the yells
and hootings of the extreme men
who voted for himself, and treats
the northern passion in the very
best way to insure its subsistence.
He simply laughs at it and tells
the tigers to wait.
Col. Key, while being exhibited
as live-caught Southern cata-
mount, falls into the Presidents s
happy way of joking over it, and
the New England people take a
laugll all around. This is all we
think there j, OF it, and SO We ask
our friends to lie. up Key until he
is found guilty of unmahly con-
duct, in which case it will be time
enough then to pelt him.
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The Funding Bill adjustment
assigned onesthird Of Virginia's
debt to West Va, and this the said
West Virginia very coolly repudia-
ted to the last dollar. And yet
we have not heard a word about
tho said West Virginia being dis
honored, Notwithstanding W c t
Virginia was the party guilty of
the separation. Virginia was guilt
less of the dismemberment, but
her debt must be twice compoun-
ded and her war interest connted
in.