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1t is the opinion oil Southern pa
pers, almost without an exception,
that the negroes in the South are dy.
ing almost at the rate oil tour to one,
as compared with the whites. The
causes, uncleanliness, lack OF prop
er food clothing, shelter and cook
ing, sensual excuses OF all kinds,
drunkenness. Neglect OF the sick, the
preference of "coujurors" to phys
ioians, aud absence Of proper precau-
tions against contagious diseases.
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DIR. O. MCLANE'S
/ YER PILLS.

These Pills are not recommended
mcdy l0rall lie Ills that flesh
&. heir TO. but in affections OF the
liver. and in All Bilious Complaints
Jyrpcpsia aud Sick Headache. or
l.-oareso OF .hat character. tbcy stand
HOut arrival
AGUE AND FEVER
Nobcitsrcatharjiccaube used pre-
3.ratory 10 or ei or taking QJInine
as'mp.s purRAtiye thcy are an
100 Jed
REw ,Hg pT sMIrar gOys.
10. Xemlurure .trr.uQaf coated
box hnsared waz s.aI Or lue
"lih luc impression D.
Hs LIVER Pills.
, wrapper bear tbosigna1res
h.LANE aud FLtwH9 Bc0s
oY ii respectable druyeav
.ry strr-k .uer. r.rar.
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SECRETARY EvARTs, at Washing
ton, has, hangInh over the door of
the State Department, the sign OF
"Everts, S utnmayd and Choate,
Claim Agents and Attorneys IN
suits against the United States Of
America. Mr.. Evarts claims that
his salary is not sufficient TO support
his family, therefore he hslds on to,
his law practice which, each year.
amounts to $4,000, or more.
Billy should resign.
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GOVERNOR EMORY Of Utah, in his
recent message, urpes the Legis-
lature to take some measures tow
ard the enforcement OF the existing
laws against poygsmy. Ia every
other State aud Territory the laws
affecting that crime are vigorously
executed, but III Utah the law re-
mains a dead letter, and will no
doubt continue so unless tue Legs
lature takes the matter In hand
and arouse the various county Off
GERS to a sense OF their duty.
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TIE board of inquiry, in reciting
the despair an dlstrust with which
the agents have inspired the Indians,
relates the following incident A
poor Indian had worked long and
faithfully for an agent, doing his du-
ties satisfactorily. But when he asked
tor his wages he was ridlculed, his
petition rejected and his claim ig-
nored. When he at last was told
plainly that he would not receive a
farthing, he said: 81 have listened
to the missionary; but now if I ever
do any more work, either my, eli or
my teams, | hope the white man 8
God will send me to thu missionary 8
hell, and burn me up there"
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SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.

SVRIf OM1 VI WORMS.
THE countenanceis paleand lcaden-
colored, with occasional flushcs, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
checks; the eyes become dull the pu-
pills dilate an azure semicircle runs
along the lower evelid the nose is ir-
ritatcd. swels, and sometimes blceds ;
swelling ofthc upper lip occasional
headache, with hIImming or throb-
bing of the cars an unusual secretion
of saliva shiny or furred tongue /;
breath very foul, particularly in the
morning.; appetite variable, some
times voracious, with gnawing SEN
sation ofthc stomach, at others, entire
lygone heeting pains in the stomach !;
Occasionalnausea and vomiting vio-
lent pains throughout the abdomen
bowels irregular, at times costiyc
stools Shiny not unfrcquentlv tinged
with blood; belly swollen and hard
Urine tmbid respiration occasionally
difficult, and accompanied by he
colgh cough sometimes dry and con-
vIisive uneasy and disturbed sleep,
win grinding Of the teeth; temper
variable, but generally irritable. &c.
Whenever the above symptoms.
are found to exist,
DIR & MCLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect a cure.
Il DOES not CONTAIN MERCaSY
us1 y form tbs AN innocent prepare
lior. nat capable Of doing tie sifghE
('llnj0yfo the most IcHRe,- Glfanf.
The genuine DIR Ms LANES YER
'ruGE bears the signatures OF &.
81. LANE and FLEMiNG Bios. on the
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WANTED-FARMs FOR SALE.

Having made arrangements 20 adver-
tiso extensively iu this and adjoining
Statos, adj pt rson having real estate for
sale. should earn my terms and oppor-
tunitics for di>IoHuR of the same.
Cali upon or address,
W. g. blSTON,
Real Estato Agent, Psrtland. Preston
couny, " Va. fn18-19lp
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Are Light, Fortab e, Strong
and Durable.

We are now Offering them at the ex-
trcmely low price Of $40 each. Sent post
paid 20 any address upon receipt ofprire.
When ordering, state sizo around
chest, over vest.
Reliable parties desiring % see our
goods can send Tor our Trade Journal.
giving description Of our leading articles.
BE sure 90 get the Oriia0t GOOdye07's
6te0m Y,iic0nfgeJ fabrics
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1878
1877 1878
~ EST VA. UNIVERSITY
w NJ 0RGANTOWN w. VA.

This institution Of learning. under the
presidency OF Rev. j. r. Thompson, A E,
M, is entering upon a new era of pros
peritY. During the Spring Term lust
closed, the attendance of students was
increased over 65 per cent. 1t has large
and scholarly Faculty, a beautiful.
healthful aud moral location; ample Sci,
entifc and Philosophical Apparatus; a
Library constantly growing; corricu-
lum OF the most thorough character;
standard of scholarship surpassed by no
American inst tuition of leai ming
The EXPENSES ARE LESS than at any
other place known 20 afford equal adyan-
tages. The Fall term begins Sept. 9Th:
the Winter term January 2, and Spring
term March 9th. For iull information,
catalogues, &o., address the President.
July 10, I'll GEO. c. STURGISS,
Secretary of Regents,
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The State Journal, in speaking o
the revival in Petersburg, says


Careful computation has yet been
made as to the exact number of cou.
versions thus far, but from the best
information we can obtain we think
thew Will exceed 100 How many
persons have been benefited Ivy the
influence OF this work, aud homes
made happy, and family alters
erected, aud burdened hearts relelv-
ed IN this city is only known to Him
who marks the fall OF the sparrow as
the fall of empires. The influence
here of the work started by the
faithful Evangelist Hammond, lie like
the pebble dropped ia mud ocean,
the ripping waves it starts Will
lave the shores OF eternity.
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G = y is not easily earned in these
eID times, bat it can be made IN
three mon rs by any one of either sex.
IN any part ot the country who is wilin.
to work steadily at the employment tina,
we furnish. $3.50 per week in your own
town. You need not he away from no ie
over night. You can give your whole
time To the work, or only your spare
moments. We have agents who are
making over $50 per day. All who en-
gage ut once can make money fast. At
the present time money cannot he made
so easily and rapidly at any other bust
mes. 1t costs nothing, to try the busine :.
Terms and s. Outfit free. Address at
once, III. HALLETT ~ Co, Portland,
Maine.
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u appears from a BIue Book issne

1t appears from Blue Book issued
respecting the cyclone and storm
wave which visited certain districts
in Bengal on the morning OF the Isl;
OF November, 1876, that the total
ncmber OF persons drowned ives 80.
O00 and that the outbreak OF cholera
which followed carried off IS 000
making total mortality OF 165, 900
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COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
kINGwOoD, WEST Va

November 6, 1877.
The parties in the above mentioned
cause viii please take notice that shall.
on Tuesday the 4th day of Decembor
next, ~ my office aforesaid, proceed to
&ecute the above named decree of ref
erence. at which time and placa thnv
may attend If they see proper
SMITH CRANE, Conn.
JAS a. BRowN, Counsel
Nov. 10 S1S.l
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JAMES GoRDon BEnuETT Will soon
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Smyrna times., 1878-11-27
Facts and Fancy.

Good manners should be always fashionable
The best policy for tea merchant is honest tea
Feathers have entirely replaced flower trimmings.
A bouquet is good scentcr piece for the dining
table.
A solid North with 231 electoral votes will never
be so broken as TO be beaten so long the South
mains solid
Honest Ben Franklyn said 81 look upon death to
be as necessary to constitution sleep We shall
rise refreshed in the morning"
Bishop Simpson, speaking to- the Preachers Meeting
on the subject of SermOnizng said he had never fully
written but four discourseS i'll his life.
The United States are the only nation in which the
questions between capital and labor cannot be settled
by force and must be settled by reason.
Editor Shupc of the New York Grcenback organ,
says that the campaign cost Butler S2j000. Rather
II heavy sum to pay for political burial
Brilliant and impulsive people" said a lecturer on
phsOgnomy, have black eyes if they don't have,
en- they re apt to get en-, if theyr too mpulsivc,
True: Ont of one hundred men you meet, you will
ma nlncty-iYc worrying themselves into low spirits
ana indigestion about troubles that will never come
The destruction by the late storm from Chincotea,
que Island to Cape Charles, including CObbS PrOut 5
and Chlncoteague Islands, Virginia. will reach 500,
900.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schuyler Colax have just celebrated
their tin wedding. They entertained more than @Jo
guests and received gifts Of enough tinware TO last
the rest of their lives.
The oleomargarinc industry does not thrive in thi,
country Out of sixteen establishments for it. manu-
facture thirteen have gone to the wall. The marga
rne of proof is too small.
The Capitol at Washington is To be furnished with
electric lights III place OF gas lights Ii any genius
will invent an apparatus which will enable all the
gas to be shut off in the Capitol the nation will hang
about his knees and bless him.
The best guarantee against any attempt Of Congress
to interfere with the process of resumption lies in thu
! fact that the Republicans have majority i'll thu
| Senate and the Democrats i'll the House. Both par
ties will be afraid TO take any such responsibility
Smyrna times., 1878-11-27
Wanted a Lower Berth.

An intoxicated man. smelling like horse blanket
and carrying dySpcptC Curpetbag, stopped street
car in Dubuque. and stumbled i'll. II one of
those summer cars, with canvass back curtains one
Of those refrigerator that makes cold chills run
up your trOwScrs legs to look. at them. \ cOlOred
barber was standing on the back platform, and the
intoxicated man handed his carpctbag to him and
went IN. rccing up into the corner as though looking
for something. Gimme a lower berth i'll the middle
said he to the COlurd man. he felt around in the
corner for the door knob To the drinking fountain.
The cOlorcd man laughed. and told the man to take
Il scat in the middle Of the Car-an old man going TO
the depot, young couple coming home from pic
mic, and an old maid going to. the Lord knows where.
The drunken man. who was evidently from tie
country i'll ATTENDANCE upon the pool boxes Of the
races, pulled off his boots and said 70 the coOred
man:
Amt yer going to make up my berth
The old maid took out her smelling bottle and acted
as though She going To faint His stockings were
old enough to vote and his feet would have been con-
demned by the board of health.
He pulled off his coat and vest tried to hang his
hat on the bell cord when the driver saw him, and
leaving the mules he came and took the man BY the
shoulder and said:
None of that, boss"
The man, who evidently imagined he was behind
the curtains of 4 sleeper, said:
SHAY (hic) con ihiSl er want to be woke up at
Camp Dug'S sure and he began TO make preliminary
movements towards taking off his pants Slidug his
hand till it reached his Wastband, a scream struck
him dumb nd the old maid pulled the hell strap.
and the slackcned up, she jumped Off yelling
for policeman.
The driver reasoned with the man, told him he was
street car and got his clothes on and pointed ou-
the depot him As he took his carpet bag and wenS
of, with one boot i'll his hand trying 10 button up his
/ vest with the other hand. he muttcred: .
| If that old woman had kept her curtain pulled
down, wouldn't have been any tr thiCD Ou5lc at all.
| And he wandered Oft into the night.
Smyrna times., 1878-11-27

4 PUZZLED BoY-The young son of widow living
Park street entered the house the other day with an
excited step and called TO his mother:
You'd better get this house all slickcd mp, for
there's strange going to call soon as he gets
through talking with the grocer on the corner"
Man with the gas bill, suppose, was her indlt-
ferent reply.
Not by a jug fullr' continued the boy. He's all
dressed in broadcloth has big gold watch, looks as
if he owned a bank and he was asking about YOU:
" Is that possible" wonder who it can be? What
did he ask?'
HE asked if you were as handsome as ever. and if
you had grown old very fast and if you had married
He did! Gracious but who can he be-"
II don't know only he is good-lOokng and rich
and-and-.'
And what did YOU tell him.
a. told him you wouldn't marry the best man in
the world, and that il would not do him any good TO
come spOOning-"
In give you awful licking if you don't split the
rest of that wood, interrupted the mother with sud
den energy and he was run into the back yard and
given cuff the he left the door. He leaned
on the aX-helve and surveyed the back windows in
wondement, and by-andby he mused
she is allus saying she's going to live for her dear
children alone but if this looks like it then don
| know the family I'll tell the next man that the
whole six Of US are on the marry for tacrs in the
! cellar and pusish i'll society.
Smyrna times., 1878-11-27
For the Smyrna Times.
THOUGHTS DURING A STORM.

As on my couch silent lay,
In midnlght's dark and gloomy hour,
And heard the storm around me play
With strong and furious power;
thought of the poor mariner,
Far out upon the rolling main
Amidst the tossing billows there
With dizzy, puzzled brain,
Surrounded by the wild waves foam,
No power to guide his wayward bark,
AS Ger the billOws she would roam,
And plunge mid waters dark.
Then thought of the seamans wife
As i'll her lonely home she lay.
Thinking of one who dear as life,
Was out amidst the spray,
Or wrecked upon some unseen rock
HID by the fury of the storm,
Or floating i'll the crowded dock
cold and lifeless form.
Then thought with the morrows sun,
How many hearts will mourn and sigh
AS er the wires, one by one,
Dread tidings swiftly fly,
OF dear ones perished meath the waves
OF bodies floating to the shore
OF strangers found in lonely caves,
Close by the oceans roar:
OF fallen houses in whose wreck
The jewel of some heart is found,
Whose life no skill can eer call back,
OR make the pulse abound.
then thought of that promised time
When dreadful signs shall cross the sky,
And over every land and cline,
Shall sound the solemn cry,
Behold he comes the Bridegroom comes
Swift riding on the stormy wind.
And thousands rising from their tombS
Shall peace and comfort fnd.
When upwards to the skies they soar
And meet the Bridegroom in the air,
To dwell with Him for evermOre,
Mid gloricS, bright and fair.
And then the thought, the dreadful thought,
EncompaSsed all my heart and mind,
OF those who careless Will he caught
And left in sleep behind.
To wake some morn in dark despair
With terror mutterinCs on their breath.
As at their doom they shrink and stare,
Their dOOm-Etcrnal death.
SMYRNA, Nov. 23rd, 1878. r. G. DERLT
Smyrna times., 1878-11-27
SMYRNA, DEL, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER a. 1878

known in the government Of God, viz: $40
perish for ever in iniquity."
appeal tuther to experience, as to the
fatal effects Ofa neglected education. Look
around you, into your own town and neigh
borhOOd, into cities, everywhere, and tell
me who are the pests of society? Who are
they that breath the moral plague, that
spread contagion and ruin all around?
answer, children left to themselves to dis
cipline their own wills and habits of life.
They are the curse of society. TO turn out
at large upon society, wild beasts of prey,
bears, tigers, lions, to kill and destroy men,
women and children, is desperate act, but
not as ruinous to the good Of society as the
hordes Of neglected children. Wild beast
destroy the body for food but children
left to themselves, destroy body and soul,
simply because they can do it, and the
more, the better they satifed they are.
Look into the records of your courts, jails,
penitentaries, State prisons, and you will
find three-fourths of those convicted and
sentenced are uneducatcd, many can neith-
er read nor write. and others barely. They
know nothing but mischief, and therefore
practice nothing else. They are curse to
themselves and all others.
! shall in conclusion name case, Of
which | have some knowledge, as | was
residing in that part Of the country at the
time of its sad occurrence. There lived near
the city Of West Chester, a young man
whose name was George PharOah. He was
the son Of very wicked parents. They not
only with holiness and daring, practised
wickedness themselves, but allowed George
to do the same. There was also in the
neighborhood very respectable family
named Sharpless (Quakers) who had a
daughter that taught public district
school On her way to school one morn
ing, she was met by George Pharoah, who
seeing a gold watch upon her person de
termined to make it his own, and therefore
in cool blood, murdered her right out. and
took the watch, leaving her dead. Fol
this he was arrested, tried, convicted, sen
fenced and hung. A minister who visited
him, told me that he asked him severa
| questions, with the following answers
"Were you ever taught there is God 2
No" Taught his laws % mo
Taught the evil Of sin, and the destiny o
the sinner?' NO" "Taught that mur
der is sin ?" "No." did you feel tha
you did wrong when you killed Miss Sharp
less for her watch p No" "Taugh
that by doing wrong you will be miserable
and doing right happy?" No He wa
left to himself and brought his mother t.
shame. What an awful penalty, is sham
for mother to suffer, when brought upol
her by her own child, and is the result o
her own neglect Is there any cup of sorro'
so bitter? And there is seldom any relic
from the awful burden, but to be carried t
the grave. Hear it mothers, "a child lei
to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
WILLIAM URIE.
Smyrna times., 1878-11-27

The assassination of General Prado exPresident of
Peru is a most unfortunate occurrence for his
practice of the South American Republics to kill men
who show any aptitude for craftsmanship. In the
United States We generally make them managers of
companies-a slower form of death, and pleasanter
Smyrna times., 1878-11-27
PUMPKIN PIES

PUMPKIN PIES
1--WE tried the best
In East and West,
I've lunched meath trOpic sun,
I've tasted all
The fruits that fall.
And like them every one;
But. North or South,
No human mouth,
will the world apprise,
Fer tasted food
One-half so good
AS Rachels pumpkin pies.