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Smyrna times., 1878-06-05

foE foEy you. Wh9h's a squire? l must say it
doctor. '' S"io inc
| wants to say, fohr de squire, dat dis
boys uncle, Charles Pardee, was as inno,
cent &c & as baby of George Tygert's murder.
IL was my son, Oaf, as done it-Oaf de
kept it quiet, COS didn't want Oaf
hung. But when he was shot in dat fight
las summer, and knowed he'd rot to die
made him write paper bout it, an swar
to it befohr witness. 81
r. Hyah's de paper. I glib it to you,
Charley, kase you've bin good to me.
don't want folks castin' up to Won dat
youss got uncle what's grazed the galIows,
You've bin good to me, Charley"
Before morning she was dead.
Grandfather" said the boys, after
pause, lis that a true story?"
The old mans eyes grew dim.
Boys" he said, " was Seventy.seven!"
panton. 0'"''
Smyrna times., 1878-06-05
JUNE.
CAROLINE A. MASON,

F"ir hlonth OF roses Who could sing her praise
Ohe says should come direct from banqueting
On money from Hymettus, that he bring
Fit flavor to the strain his lip essays.
AS IT, around these exquisite, rare days,
Ofrchest June, for him who fain would sipo
Her Iovellness, did Lot such sweetness cling
As Hybla or lIymettus scarce could raise
For all their storied bees!
And yet, in vain,
Poet, your verse; eXtol her as you will
One perfect rose her praises shall distill
More than all song, though Sappho lead the strain
Forbear' then; since, for any tribute fit,
Her own rare lips alone can utter it.
June SCriltRer
Smyrna times., 1878-06-05
For the Smyrna Times.
THE FLYING MACHINE, &c.
BY S. E. c.

AL last we have got it, the flying machine
1 Is now all complete in its action
| Nolhlng like it in past times has ever becn soan
| 1t VIII travel in any direction
-'oW tIe next thing in order, and that pretty soon
! Cm as earnest as earnest can be)
WIZ be' 10 arrange flying trips to the moon.
| Ana this you will certainly see.
| Atmospheric arrangements, will have to he rnodn
! Upper air is too thin for our lungs)
| This will be the great difficulty. am afraid.
To the chemist this matter belongs.
we snail then be enabled to find it all out
And what they are doing up there
Ana what that great man in the moon is about
Also, what kind of folks moonites are
we III bring some of the natives back here
Leave telephone fxd in the lnoon.
We can soon learn their language (lon't G,ar,
And SO always know what is going on.
lhe machines in its infancy, wait vet awhile
For giant twill be bye and bye.
"hen yourselves, and your ladies can march ont in
file '' ~
sup your wings on, and take good fly.
You will see when camp meetings come rou,d
What gay jolly times there will be.
for the air will be black all about the camp eround
By flyers from town and countrce
III the lutlre, our singers will soar in the air
"Here thcir lungs shall have space to expand
AS ouoyant and free, of all trouble and carc
As the birds in our own native land.
Just as common twill be to call out for you wings
FOR a healthful old fly you will say,
As It's now to call out for yOur b,ots o,,,l ,. ,,
FOR walk in the old ftshon'd way.
Another machines been invented of late
With propellcrS, like fishes and birds
And across the Atlantic its passage will make
In twenty-four hours and two-thirds
It's speed is terrific you can well understand
10 accomplish the distance as stated
None dare 30 on deck whilst she's speeding 50 grand
Or good bye-for he's certainly fatcd
"hy-its flight DER the waves is at hurricane spced
Ana you dare'nt put your head through a hatch
or your hair will be blown by its roots from vo,r bao
Ana your breath, you can never more catch.
+ uIl anu ample arrangements will shortly be made
10 show how it works ION the pondp
ana any one nervous, or feeling afraid,
Had better remain ON dry land
Ana the flyers will star-as you'll see ob-yc scorncr
IN spite OF your doubling and croaRing
rom shyrlas now ancienu historic Four Corners
10 prove 10 you, this is no joking
Arrangements of prices, for seats in the boat
tse OF wings for those wishing to fly
me Library Committe will give it due Thought
And will publish their rates-bye and bye
SMYRNA, DEL
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AN INVENTION WORTH MmIIoNs.-Thos.
D. JoneS's (of Syracuse, n. y sudden leap
from comparative poverty TO the possession
of million is the talk of the town, He
saw defects in the common process of
grinding flour, and, by simple invention
that has remodeled them, has made in less
than ten months $I,25O,OOO. And, seem.
ingly, this is just the beginning of what he
is to make. The secret is in the dressing
of the milestone that grinds the wheat.
He saw that, by the ordinary picking
process, too much surface was made on the
stones. The kernel was crushed. He
wished it to be granulated. The stones
became hot. destroying the strength and
the color of the grain and taking out the
gluted. He saw that by lcssening the sur.
face, these defects must be overcome, and
he set himself to work to overcome them.
He has succeeded
Smyrna times., 1878-06-05

OUR BoYs.-One of the best things in the
world is to be boy.
Boys have always been so plenty that
they are not half appreciated.
A boy is willing to do any amount of
work if called play.
The feeling of boys toward pumpkin pie
has never been properly considered.
A boy furnishes half the entertainment,
and takes two-thirds of the scoulding of
the family circle.
1t is impossible to say at what age boy
becomes conscious that his trouser legs are
too short, and is anxious about the part of
his hair.
In fact boy is q hard subject to get
moral from.
1t is now time for the boys to 90 in SWIM
ming, and run their parents in debt for
funeral expenses.
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Library Com.

THOUGHTS FOR RICH MEN.-The rich man
died also. He left a will, and then his
heirs brought in the lawyers, who read it,
and found that it contained faults of many
sorts, over which an inquest might be held.
So the will was contested. The heirs wait
ed long for decision, the lawyers grew
richer and richer as the contest prolonged
The heirs were unhappy and quarreled,
the courts were in no hurry, and the un.
certainty increased. At last the estate
went to pieces, and the heirs had but little.
Query; Should not a wise man be his own
executor?
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WHOLE NO. 1,2O5.
Chowder.

otllI water don't run at all.
The last: Liquid dizziness.
Debt Is worse than poverty.
by night all ulsters are gray.
Laughter is the best explosive.
Eve was the prime evil woman.
sitting Bull has a standing army.
discretion IS nine points of the law.
Inc GreekS are on their ear-frontier
IRON rule; beating wife with poker.
Man proposes, but her father djsnosos
It's long lane that has no stvle aboutit
90 much laughter is SO much life enieved
All that glitters is not worth its face
value. 10 i"co
serves. ''' Nc "e'
Where there's will there's a plea Of in.
sanity. i'0'' u III
r. When the boatswain pipes all hands, who
furnishes the tobacco? ""'
Time is money, of course If is. or bor,
could you "spend an EVENING""
hemember that there is a heap of trutb
suffering Tor somebody to tell it.
The Chinese adieu is "chin.chin.. = and 60
Is a good share Of the American ado.
Did Kimball ever try to raise onvtl,;n
next uoor the man who owns hens
DO editors ever do wrong?" "Nor
" hat DO they do?' "They 10 write
a merchants advice in selecting a wieo
get hold of piece of calico that viii
A bad marriage is like an electric
let go. '"' ~ e''h |
a Wyoming man won ten dollars !,
wager by eating twenty pigs feet 4 nig,S
feat, indeed. l's
a man of prudence may be pardoned for
hot securing berth till he knows whittier
the ship is bound.
The Texas Legislature PROPOSES 70 exorrt
the dogs OF widows and orhans from taxa.
ton. Barkises willing. ''''N"
Girls OF Tuscola place a blue ribbon and
a mltten on the table when their lovers
visit them, and say, Choose"
The great weakness ov most Deonla Iovs
IN the tal;t that their naburs kno them
better than they kno themselfs.
Don't expect to be called good fellow .
longer than YOU consent 70 DC
precisely what other people wish you to do,
A professor Of one of our Western col.
eges, in recent lecture before his class
spoke OF =" Ajax defying the lightning rod
agent.
How many expressions one meets with
which come manifestly from tender heart.
md how many, alas, come from tender
lead ''''0o1
a lady on the west side, joking the other
lay about her nose, said, {" had notbino
o do in shaping it. 1t was a birthdaH
present"
Smyrna times., 1878-06-05

PRoHIDITIoN.-Both political parties in
the State of Maine have adopted the pro.
hlbltory liquor law as plank in their plat.
forms. That fact is the best possible arru.
ment to prove that the law is both pop,fl0y
and uSgH. Mr.. Neal Dow saws: "Scarcs.
ly any liquor is sold in Portland compared
with the quantity sold before the law. We
had IN Maine siXty-eight distilleries making
whlSkey and rum-seven of them ia Port.
land, large ones, running night and day
nov there is not one in the State. At
the same time West India rum was i'm.
ported here by the cargo-many carsoes
every year--cargoes in great ships. Now
not single puncheon is imported here.
To-day do not believe there is a puncheon
of rum or hogshead Of whiskey in the
State. Formerly we had rum.shops, whole.
sale and retail, in all parts of the State
now no visible 'rum-shop in the State"
1t would be we'll to have a carefullv.nre.
pared and wellattested statement now
made of the effect of this law upon the
crime, PauperiSm and taxation Of the State.
Let us know just what the facts arc.-N.T.
OJScIvcr.
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The prospect of an amicable settlement
of the threatened war troubles in Europe,
is having its effect on the -four and provi.
sion market of this country. Flour and
provisions are lower now than they have
been any time for the last twenty years.
This is good news to the laboring men, but
what they want is labor to get the money
to buy provisions with. 1t matters not if
flour was down to dollar barrel, if there
was no dollar to pay for it.
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Coal! Coal. Coal!

We have constantly hand Il full supply of Heat
ing Cooking Furnace and B!ackSmths Coal delivered
to any part Of the town. at Lowest Cash Prices
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BAGS FURNISHED FREE OF CHARGE
AND GRAIN CARRIED AT LOWEST
RATES.
Can be landed in Philadelphia in good season for
Market.

OurlncreaSed Passenger Accommodation makes tho
me Cheap, Comfortable. and Convenient.
Fare TO Philadelphia. SlO0; Round Trip, $3.50 No
charSe Tor conveyance to and from ROthWells Land
ing.
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Treasury Department.

OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY
WAsHINGTOS, April 4th, 1873
whereas by satisfactory evidence presented TO The
Undersigned II has been made to appear that "The
National Bank Of Smyrna i'm the Town Of SMYRNA
III the County of Kent, and State of Delaware mas
complied with all the provisions Of the Revised
Statutes Of the United States required 10 be Complied
with before an association shall be authorized 10
commence the business of Banking.
Now therefore, ], John Jay Knox, Comptroller of
the Currency, do hereby certify that "The National
Bank of smyrna" in the Town Of Smyrna I'm the
County of Kent and State of Delaware Is authorized
70 commence the business Of Banking provided In
Section Fifty-One Hundred and Sixty Nine of the
Revised Statutes of the United States
[sEAIl In testimony whereof witness my hand and
Seal of Office this 4tb day of April, 1878.
JOHN JAY KNOX
Comptroller OF the Currency.
April 101Ow CNo. 23SI)
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Fifteen thousand Russian soldiers have
died in Turkey of fevers within the past
two months. Having ameliorated the con.
dition of the Christians in that quarter the
Christian Car should amelorate the condi-
ton of his poor troops.
Smyrna times., 1878-06-05

The SCoTT SoCIKrY.-On Friday after.
noon, May oath, the members of the Acad.
envy Literary Society, Conference Academy,
Dover,) called special meeting, and
formed permanent organization, adopting
the name, "Scott Literary Society,"" in
honor of the present senior Bishop of the
H. E. Church. The society made arrange.
ments for holding its first anniversary on
the evening of Tuesday, 10Th of June.
Rev. L. II. Haynes, of this town. will deliv.
er the anniversary Grafton. The society
also made arrangements for establishing
a library, to be called the "Scott Society
Library" 1t is proposed to secure books
by donation, and by purchase, as fast as
possible. Every member and friend of the
society is respectfully asked to obtain do.
nations of books or money for the benefit
of the library. 1t is confidently believed
that a creditable collection of good books
can be placed on the library shelves by the
September term. Each volume donated
will be thankfully received and duly regis
tered, bearing the donors name. Care will
be exercised in the selection of books.
Will our friends please aid us.
S. Q. STEVENSON,
F. STOvER,
i: D. CAHooN, Library Com.
w. SALISBURY,
+. ID. RIDGELY,
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He's q goner: His face is flushed and
swollen, and he is constantly dodging in
and out of drinking places. 'Tis true, and
It's pity, tits true.
Smyrna times., 1878-06-05
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.

Returning, leaves Pier ,. South Wharves Philadel-
phia every Tuesday Thursday and saturday at i
"C4ocA. mar l3-tf
Smyrna times., 1878-06-05

Until further notice, Steamer Pierrepont"
leaves Smyrna (Rothwell's Landing( as
follows
Smyrna times., 1878-06-05

Why is crow like political gathering I?
Because he is caw.cus,
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PRICE-LIST
OF THE
SMYRNA NURSERY.
"A. SCOUT, Prop'r,
SMYRNA, DEL.
PRICE-LIST
G,OOO PEACH TREES N nrD
SMYRNA, DEL.

OF choice selection. follows: Troth's Earv Noun
tain Rose, Reeves Favprite. MoOrs Favortc yellow
Rare Ripe, Reeses Choice, President Stouts Choice
Pullcn's Seeding, Bears Sinock
Smyrna times., 1878-06-05
i. Il. TYGI1RT * co.

- South Delaware Avenue Phila, and smyrna, Del.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-28
European Gable News.
Varieties from Abroad.

LONDON, July 27.-The results of
the Berlin Congress continue to ex-
cite much popular feeling in France
against England, because they are
regarded as n challenge to that
country, both in regard to Syria
and Egypt.
Sir Garnet Wolseley, Governor
General and Commander. n-Chie
of Cyprus, has selected for the Off
GERS Of his staff nearly all those
who served under him in the
Ashantee campaign. Much sick
ness is anticipated among the
troops at Cypus who landed there
at one of the most unhealthy
seasons of the year.
Admiral Yelverton, whose death
is reported. is the officer whose d.
vorce from his wife, twenty years
ago, attracted such wide atten-
tion.
The Whitworth thirty-eight ton
gun recently experimental upon at
Woolwich, proves to be a failure.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-28
A MEXICAN OPINION.
What Leading Paper Has to Say of the
United States.

DAILY Aguardiente de Politici. Mex,co.)
1--WE purpose giving to our be-
loved countrymen a Constitution
and government founded upon the
great principles of the United
States of the North" So SAYS the
party of Lerdo. Let us impaitialIy
examine the merits OF this famous
government which the gentlemen
of the Lerdist party patronizingly
hold up for the admiration of the
descendants of Montezuma and the
Conquistadores. The United
States of America are nominally
Republic, practically plutocracy
qualified by mobocracy. There
money is the lever which moves
the vast machinery of politics, so.
ciety, religion itself. Is it not so?
Let us take n glance at their his
tory for the past thirty years:
Thirty years ago the "Gringos"
of the model Republic began the
work Of regenerating Mexico by
waging war upon their Republican
sisters, and robbing us of half our
fairest territory. They seized the
great domain of Texas-larger than
all Spain and Portugal-andimme-
diately converted it into q land of
negro slavery. They then proceeded
to fight among themselves about
converting the rest of our stolen
territory into slave States; and sew
enteen years ago the self-goyern-
ing citizens of that self-vaunted
Gland of the Free" plunged into q
civil war unequaled on this con-
tinent in duration, cost and blood
shed. Incidental to this reign of
anarchy, our own Mexico was
made the prey of European in
trigue, and cursed with a disas-
trous foreign invasion.
Thirteen years ago, the superior
ity Of "Anglo.Saxon self-govern-
ment" eliminated in the assassina-
ton of the ruling President. For
which they valliantly hanged
woman. Two years later the Pres
idenps successor was impeached
for misdemeanors. Ten years ago
military chieftain, in whose
character the humanity of Santa
Ana was combined with the abne-
CATION of Pizarro, was chosen to
the Presidency. AT the end of his
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-28

four years term of Office, he was al. |
most unanimously reelected. He
was a very popular ruler. During
bis term of office the Vice presi-
dent Of the country, the Secretary
of the Interior (or Hacienda), the
Secretary ofthe Treasury, the Sec
retary of the Navy, the Minister to
England, the Presidents Private
Secretary, the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, and an army of
minor dignitaries, were all found
guilty of public and private rob-
berry! Some were imprisoned, but
the popular President i'm m ediately
pardoned them. A public man iu
the United States is rarely brought
to trial for crime. He either valves
trial by "pleading his privil-
ege," as it is called, or else submits
his case to caucus of his party, or,
in ecclesiastical ease s, of his church
and is always triumphantly vindi-
lted.
Two years ago the quadrennial
election for President occurred.
Senior Tilden received O majority
of a quarter of a million of votes;
but the party in power favoring his
opponent, and threatening to use
the army in favor of the latter, a
compromise was effected, by which
fifteen Of the purest men of both
parties were chosen to decide the
question. Those fifteen pure men
proved their superiority by voting
in court exactly as they had voted
at the election. So pure were the
fifteen purest men found in Sodom!
The self-governing Anglo-Saxons
at the North are now investigat-
Ing this affair, and uncOverng a
mass of corrupt bargain and sale
such as never disgraced the vilest
pueblo of North and South Amer
lea. No, Seiior IIerdo, if you wish
to gain the suffrages of free Mexi-
cans, you must hold a loftier exem-
plar than that of the corrupt, an
archial Republic-despotism of the
North. We are not yet prepared
to exchange our bull-jghts for
your prize.ring, our religious lib
erty for your Methodist State
Church, nor the legacy Of Bolivar
for either an Austrian scepter or
mock Republic Disgusting a mill
tary Plutocracy.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-28

surveying the exterior lines Of tn
ex-Mission rancho, was stopped to-
day hy seven men at Il @
farm of f. 3. Higgins, the
latter foIbiiding him To cross
his farm. Other farmers have doi Q
the same thing hitherto and Mr..
Gaertner has suspended operations
and appealed to the Surveyor Gen.
eral. The latter official, it is un-
derstood, telegraphs that the par
ties are in the wrong and that the
survey must go on. Some dispute
as to the correctness of the lines
run by Gaertner is the cause OF
the trouble, the adjoining land
owners claiming that he is throw
ing too much land within the lines
Of the ranch. 1t may be that the
United States Marshal will have
TO protect the Surveyor.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-28

Noyes testified, called together the
blacks In a church ip Florida and
made them swear to avenge his
death. Noyes must have been
misinformed.
Ex-senator Trumbull related the
circumstances under which the
committee of Democrats visited
New Orleans. That committee
Were not present when the Board
retire d for deliberations; did not sec
the compilation of results, nor
know whether any alfidavits were
read 10 the Board.
The committee adjourned early.
Potter, Hiscock and Butler left for
New York, where they will exam
inc Gov. Palmer on Monday, and
then adjourn subject to call.
Hostom weoI Market.
BosToN. July 27th.-The wool
market for domestic Is unchanged
Excitement has quite subsidized and
the market is now steady and firm
at the current prices of last week.
Seven million pounds of domestic
the past three weeks. 1t was placed
at very small advance on cost,
although the wool was purchased
at the lowest prices in the interior.
Combipg fleeces have been more
sought after than any other kind
and dealers have found ready sale
for all available lots. Desirable
lots of medium combing sold
at slight advance in price,
round lots having been placed
at As. No improvement in
fine delaine and some dealers found
it difficult to obtain recent current
rates. Sales comprise Ohio and
Pennsylvania No. ], xxx, and
above at 36l@39c; Michigan 344@
361c; Wisconsin 34@36c; Indiana
Soc; washei combing and delaine
26@36c; Texas 15@274; Colorado
l7@19; Territory lS@2Sc; secured
53@5S; tub washed 5000; super
and X fulled 32@4lc. Transactions
in California wool were quite large,
comprising $4,000 pounds at 200
SOC for Spring and 26 for Fall. The
best Northern woods have been
selling at 2S@30. The total sales
of domestic wool for the week ag-
gregate 2, ,29s, 400.
sehurz's Presumption D.cision -
Kearney.
OMAHA, July 9th Secretary
Schurz's decision, to the effect that
the Union Pacific lands not yet
sold, can pre-empted by settlers at
81 25 per acre, will throw open to
tho public a large amount of valu-
able land in Nebraska and there is
no doubt that it will nearly all be
pre-empted. The Union Pacific
Land Commissioner, Leavitt Burn
ham, says that, in some counties,
the road owns land valued as high
as twelve dollars per acre and that
they propose to contest all cases of
such pre-emption. The result will
be lively struggle on the part of
the Union Pacific, which will be
very heavy loser by this decision.
Dennis Kearney, of San Fran
Disco, passed through eastward
bound on last nights delayed I'm
ion Pacific train.
cloud buSst tn Dakota.
YANKroN, July 27th.-Parties
arriving to-day from the Silver
Lake Mennonite settlement, forty
miles north from Yankton, bring
intelligence of q cloud burst in that
region on Monday, by which a
large portion of the country was
submerged and persons drowned.
The west branch of Vermillion
river, ordinarily about two rods
wide, was filled to width of over
mile aud depth of from ten to
thirty feet. Much destruction of
property is reported.