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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-05-23
"WsrRx rss WoopprrE TwtSKrH.

"WHERE THt WooDBINE TwfNETH. "
=Spsakihgof Jim Fisk, one is reminded
Of that expression so frequently Used by
HIM, "Goae where the woodbine twin
eth" The origin of this was rather Pc
culiar. Fisk attended to the sailing OF
the sound steamer every afternoon,
and then made direction his usual haunt
of splendid revelry, which was Delmon-
;eo'r, in fifth avenue. His best route
brought MN 60 Six avenue, corner OF
Thirteenth street, where stood building
covered with greenery and called the
"Woodbine." 1t was popular drinking
house, and it is said that some Of Fisk 5
cronies were among its patrons II
thus became a common thing for him
when asked concerning any one TO re-
ply, "Gone where the woodbine twin
eth" This year the "Woodbine" yields
TO the inevitable law of mutation. The
house is demolished, and all its memo
ries and associations Ito cairy out the
same fgure) are ''gOne where the wood
bine twineth."
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-05-23
Iafslix.

Where is the promise Of the years,
Once written on my brow7
Ere errors, agonies and fears,
Brought with them all that speaks in tears,
Ere had sunk beneath my peers;
Where seeps that promise now2
Saught lingeFs to redeem those hours,
SriII, still 10 memory sweet
The flowers that bIoomed in sunny bowers
Are withered all. ahd evil towers
Supreme above her sister powers,
OF sorrow and deceits
look along the oolurshed years,
And sec life's riven fame
Just where il fell amid tie jeers
Of seornful lips, whose mocking sneers
Forever hiss within mine ears,
To break the sleep Of pain.
can but own my life in vain
A desert void Of peace;
] missed the goal sought 10 gain,
] missed the measure Of the strain
That lnlls FaIne's fever in the brain,
And bids Earth's tumult cease.
MYSELF Alas, for theme 80 poor
A theme but rich in fear;
! stand n wreck on Errors Shore,
A spectre not within the door,
A houseless shadow evetmore,
An exile lingering here.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-05-23
ezwhen a certain father came home

@When a certain father came home
the other evening and stepped into the
parlor TO fill up The c0al-stove, he was
startled 10 see, when the fame of his
hand.lamp dissipated the darkness, that
his daughter and her ducky doodle,
AdolPhus, were sojourning in the shad-
ow of the lowered gas JET. But they
were in separate chars! And were
engrossed in box Of figs! He felt
compelled to ask: Something the mat
ter with the gas'" And the time-tried
youth, grssPing one Of the golden
thoughts that oFerwhelm Us in the time
of emergency, answered, as he mechan-
icaily picked up another fig: mo,
sir; we turned il down 50 as NOT TO no
tlce when We BIT into 3 worm"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-05-23

E5"Mr. Tapenthred isn't In, I see, :"
said an old shopper to the clerk in at
tendance. mo 'em, he's at home to-
day." 81 suppose he has nothing new"
"Yes IN, he has; he's got the Pneu-
monia."
Smyrna times., 1878-07-03

Good assortment of Wall Papers, cheap,
at Tschudys.
BONES BONES Bones Highest cash
price paid for old bones. J.E. Tygert & Co.
An elegant line Of fine Fur and Straw
Hats made especially for our trade lust in
stock. We invite those wishing the latest
Fashionable Fine Hats to call and see us.
w. !. johnson.
Cards and Circulars printed at this Office
Bones! Bones! BoxEs!-IIighest cash
price paid for old bones. j. +. Tygert & Co.
We are offering the cheapest line of Shoes
seen in Smyrna for 20 yeass. We are de
termined to keep the lead in our business.
w. Il. Johnson.
Coal and Wood constantly on hand and
for sale by w. w. Tschudy.
w. 7. johnson has received full and
we'll selected stock of Seasonable Shoes,
Caters, Slippers, Hats, &c. which lie
offers to the public at unusually low rates.
Call and see them.
Liver Is KING.-The Liver is the imperial
organ of the whole human system, as it
controls the life, health and happiness of
man. When it is disturbed in its proper
action, all kinds of ailments are the natural
result. The digestion of food, the move
ments of the heart and blood, the action Of
the brain and nervous system, are all i'm
medlately connected with the nervous
| system, are ali Immediately connected with
the workings of the Liver. 1t has been
successfully proved that Green's August
Flower is unequalled in curing all persons
afflicted with Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint.
and all the numerous symptoms that result
from an unhealthy condition of the Liver
and Stomach. Sample bottles to try, 10
cents. Positively sold in all towns on the
Western Continent. Three doses will prove
that it is just what you want. Sold by J as.
P. HofieclSer, Druggist, Smyrna. nov Ally
Smyrna times., 1878-07-03
For the Smyrna Times.
Our Seminary.

Miss River, the accomplished lady and
scholar, the Principal of this Institution, has
succeeded III giving satisfaction beyond any
thing we have ever witnessed in our town.
Let us then tender her substantial aid, by Civ
ing her full school in the Fall
! would say to parents, by all means educate
your daughters. There never was Il time in
the worlds history when such inducements
were offered to women, to cultivate their
minds and tastes as the present. Avenues are
being constantly opened where female talent
is i'm demand with a handsome coinpenSatiun
attached The time was, when the study of
English Grammar was thought to be too ab-
struse for the female mind to comprehend
Now what is it that she cannot learn? She
can excel in any branch of learning and
scholarship to which her attention is directed
There is nothing that elevates town more
than institutions of learning. 1t draws from
abroad the cream of society to settle within it,
precincts. Let us then see that Miss Rivers
has a full school in the Fall with ample com
pensaton. Do not let her leave. Offer her
inducements to stay worthy Of her acceptance.
The money expended by you in the education
of your daughters will return into your cotfcrs
abled to solace your pathway when the deep
burrows of many winters are visible in your
physiognOmy. The care bestowed by you in
their days Of adolescence will be returned
when you arrive at the period of life when the
grasshopper Is Il burden.
Let those who are able patroniZe this Semi
| nary, and leave the other schools to children
| whose parents are not able to incur the cXpcn-.
of their tuition. 1t is pity to crowd out Of
! the public schools those for whose bcncG,
! they were established.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-03

BETTER TIMEs-THe O.dlook.-The last
number of the International Review contains
a paper on industrial reconstruction by Mr..
Edward Atkinson, of Massachusetts,. There
are few persons in this country better able,
says the Baltimore Sun, to write on such a
subject than Mr. Atkinson, and any opinion
he may express in regard to our industrial
future carries with it no little weight of
authority. As far back as 1868 and again
IN isG3 he warned the country of the
a.4l.Aous losses that would be sustained by
the business community when the reaction
from high prices set in, and before the re.
distribution of labor, disorganized by the
war, could be perfected. All that he pre-
dicted then of the consequences of imitation
and of over-production has since come to
pass. 1t will tend to comfort those, there.
fore, who are still disposed to be dispon.
dent over the condition of business to learn
that Mr.. Atkinson, after careful survey
of the industrial field, hollis that the limit
Of the fall in prices has been reached, and
that with the practical disappearance oil
the so-called premium on gold our normal
relations with the world are about restored,
and we may look forward with confidence
to renewed prosperity at no very distant
day. Referring to our exports and their
enormous increase of late, he points out
that the great volumn of them consists OF
articles of prime necessity to foreign peo.
pies. "Our corn and meat Europe must
Smyrna times., 1878-07-03

SAYS the Gazette "One Of the most unfair
and dangerous acts that we ever knew to
be passed by legislature was that by the
legislature of this State which fixed the
price of advertising Sherif's sales; and SO
arranged it that the party papers were ex-
cluded from the benefits accruing after their
service and their money was begged to
carry the election of that very legislature
and Sheriff, By this law the no-party
paper was paid for advertising sales sic
times week, while the party papers, the
Gazette, Republican and Commercial were paid
but for three times week."
We do not understand this law. 1t must
be like some of the decisions of the Bench,
different when applied to different coun-
ties. In this county, as it seems to be un.
derstood, the paper having the largest cir
culation always gets it, totally without re-
gard to where the unfortunate man whose
property is to be sacrificed is located. His
interest seems not to be consulted. He
may be at one extreme Of the county and
the big list of the elect paper at the other
it makes no difference, there it must 60,
because the pig-headed men who changed
the law said so. The law should be so re-
constructed that the paper where the in.
terested parties reside should be one oi
those required of the sheriff to advertise in,
This would be only justice, for the man to
realize as much for his property which he
can no longer hold, as possible.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-03

THE Gazette is getting some sharp reproof
for its attacks on our Congressman from its
own household. The Delawarean thus
talks:
ave fear the Gazette is getting sour with
everybody. We have noticed of late some
very unjust filings in its columns against
prominent and worthy Democrats. Our
worthy Representative in Congress has been
very unkindly and unjustly traduced, and
his friends we think have just cause of
complaint against the Gazette. We have
never had better representative, or one
who commanded greater respect from those
with whom he was broughtin in contact. We
say this much as an act of justice to one
who has served the people of the State
faithfully and WELL"
The Gazette has come down little from
his high perch, and admits to drawing ii
too strong, in putting Rainy the colored
congressman ahead of every Delaware rep
resentative since 1852.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-03

AMONG the subjects discussed at the meet
ing of the State Bar Association, of Con-
necticut, last week, were the changing of
the jury law SO that an agreement of nine
jurors shall be competent for verdict, and
the abolition of trial by jury in civil cases.
Whatever may be thought of the latter
proposition, the former is one that is de-
manded by every consideration of propriety
and necessity. 1t is very rarely indeed
that any verdict upon which nine out of
twelve men can agree is far from wrong,
while the instances in which criminals
escape altogether, or additional and un-
necessary expense is entailed upon COM
munities by failure of the jury, to agree,
are numerous. We all know of instances
where one man has set at defiance the
united opinion of whole community. As
the law now stands, one mans opinion, or
rather his dictum, will rule eleven men,
while it must be conceded that eleven men
agreeing to one verdict are more likely to
be right than one man opposing. 1t ought
not to be so that one, two or three men
from bull-headedness, malevolence or cor
ruption could defeat verdict of nine right
minded men, and we hope to see the day
that not only in Connecticut, but also il
Delaware, the jury law will be so changed
that an agreement of nine jurors shall bt
competent for verdict.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-03
For the Smyrna Times
Letter from Kenton.

1t seems but just that once in while some
hentOn items should appear in your colums,
so that our friends may be reminded that our
little town still exists. Our villagers have had
the even current Of their lives slightly rufied
by the appearance of travelling phOtO9ra-
phcr in their midst. 1t is amusing to note the
complacent air of the different sitters, after
leaving the tent. Two thirds Of the entire
population have had their photos taken, and
the remalng third will purchase small mirrors
and gaze into their untathOmable depths. By
the way, hcntOn feels quite cOmplacent, and
with good cause, for she hears that she is ex-
pected to ship this year Il greater quantity of
(the Peninsulas staff Of lite) peaches, than her
sister town, ClaytOn,-our estimate in radius
of SIX miles being 10000 baskets. The owners
are holding for Sl.00 per basket, many declin-
ing to sell at any price. Eighty cents is the
highest yet offered. Berry shipments are
daily growing smaller, more especially of red
varieties. Mr.. Arnold, of this place has
brought to our station the finest Brandywine
kaspberrlcs we have seen this year. James
Wright proprietor Of a fine, new wsteamthresher,
has commenced his rounds on the farm of Mr.
Thomas Bailey. 1t is Il first class machine,
and we think will be literally patroniZed.
The effects Of the revival held here last winter
are strongly visible, many who never entered
a church door are nO1C constant attendants
Next Sunday our pastor, Mr.. Rawlins, will re-
ceiveas full member those who Were converted.
and taken on probation. We feared it would
be q severe trial for our reformed drinkers
having license at the hotel, but such is the
ciLene$s Of the Fire Water" sold over
kenton's bar, it does not seem to hold fortl
reIy strong inducements even to the 1oeakest
one instance when an article in itself rile
works good. Several of our town folks arC
absent on their summer pleasure trips. Among
the familiar faces seen with US, after Ions
absence, is that of our Rep in Congress, who ha
left the excitement of life in the Capitol, for :
time, Miss Agnes Arnold, a student of Trinity
Hall, Beverly, n. j., and Mr.. Nathaniel VIII
liams, who has just completed his second yea
| at the University of Va. SQUEERS.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-03

"THE DeLa,carean in an editorial on the
coming State and county elections, urges
upon the Democratic party the duty of
selecting for every position candidates pos
sessing requisite qualifications and fitness
for the offices to be filed"
We are glad, heartily glad to see it take
this position, but if it does not begin with
the office of Governor, there is little use in
putting the rule in practice for others.
Give us a Governor who has mental rather
than money qualifications.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-03

THE TIMES" is published every Wednesday after
noon by Robert D. HoFFECKER, Editor and Pub
Usher, at Smyrna Delaware.
SUBSCRIPTION year $500 in advance, or
S25Oif not paid till the end of the year. No paper
discontinued until all arrears paid-only at the
option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate OF
Seven Cents alne for the first insertiOn subsequent
insertions Three and ahalfcents. Aiberal discount
made to quarterly, semi-annual and yearly adverti-
sers.
OBITUARY NOTICES will be charged two cents pei
line.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-03

THE GREAT EXPRESS CoMPANIEs.-The
three great express companis are the Uni
ted States, Adams, and the American.
They employ, all together, an army of men
and host of horses. For their men and
their horses, these three great companies
use exclusively Giles Liniment Iodide
Ammonia. Sold by all druggists Jas. P
Hoffecker, agent, Smyrna, Del. Trial size,
% cents. Send for pamphlet.
DIR. GILES, 4jl Sixth Avenue, n. Y.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-03

Judgment Notes with and without Ex-
emption clause) and Bonds at TINES office.
Smyrna times., 1878-07-03

Job Work neatly done at the TINES office.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-04
Venire.

GTATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF
y ASCENSION-Be it remembered, that
on this 9th day of March, A. d. 1878, ma
jority of the Jury Commission of the parish
of Ascension, appointed and sworn in con-
formity with Act No. IA of 1877, regular
session of the General Assembly, approved
March s, 1877, consisting of Allen Thomas,
Nemours Bel, Austin Duncan and L. E..
Bentley, Clerk of Court for said parish, met
at the Clerks office, in the town of Donald
sonville, in said parish, and then and there.
in the presence of the other members of the
Commission present, Nemours Bel proceed
ed to draw from the general venire box"
one at a time, the number of names of per
sons required for service at the ensuing term
of the Fourth Judicial District Court for this
parish, to be begun and holden on
Monday, the Goth day of May, A. d. 1873.
And therefrom fifty names were drawn to
compose the grand and petit jurors for the
first week of said court, as follows:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-04

The following letter is selected from hun
dreds on file in the Office of Messrs. Ferslew
& Co., Proprietors JURGIELEwIcz's ANTI
RHEUMATIC MIXTURE, p. O. Box 1406, New
Orleans.
Mr.. C. L. St. Cyr, ae7 Bourbon ST., New
Orleans, says:
| had been a sufferer with Rheuma-
tism for about four years. when my atten-
ton was called to the Jurgielewicz Anti
Rheumatic Mixture" and 1t produced a
most wonderful cure. When | commenced
using the medicine, | had been Frustrated
with the disease three months, for two
months of this period in bed unable to move.
The attack was i'll my left side below the
heart, and my physician said that as soon
as it reached the heart, which it might do at
any moment, it would kill me instantly
On the third day of using your medicine !
went to church in the morning. and took
ride in the afternoon. This is now two
years since. | have had several al tacks
since but they yield readily to the remedy
and are getting further and further apart.
have had no attack for the last ten
months at least sixty sufferers with Rheu-
matisln have used yOur medicine upon my
recommendation, and in every instance
have they been relieved.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-04
Pleasant Esxncricncs

Is always the happy result of using
r Pafker's Ginger Tonic. The mother
kaitis surprisingly in health and
strength bl. its mid, aud her babe thus
0btaipsa happy comfort and peace
. That shows how wonderfully the
strengthened nervous and physical
condition of the mother reflects itself
ON her nursing little one. 1t is a rare
comfort to have Headache, Nervous
ness and Sleeplessness subdued as
tflly this remedy can do it, while that
destroyer of our little ones-Cholera
lnfaH;um and the dreaded Cholera,
Dyseutery, Choler;, Morhus, Collie and
Cramps, are shoru of their terrors
and speedily cured hy this incompar-
able corrective and invigorant. Buy
From your druggist B. Rybiski, a 81
bottle or sample bottle at l5cts and
test its merits.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-04
A Genfle Hint.

In ourstyle of climate, with its sud-
den changes of temperature-rain,
wind and sunshine often intermingled
in single day--it is no wonder that
our children, friends and relatives are
SO frequently taken from us by neg
iected colds, half the deaths resulting
directly from this cause. A bottle of
Bosehee's German Syrup kept about
your home for immediate use will
prevent serious sickness. large doc
tors bill, and perhaps death, by the
nse of three or four doses. For cur
ing Consumption, Hemmorrhages,
pneumonia, Severe Coughs, Group OF
any diseases of the Throat or Lungs,
its success is simply wonderful, as
your druggist will tell you. German
Syrup is now sold in every town and
village on this continent. Sample
bottles for trial Zoe regular size, 75c.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-04
Notice.
q. s. Internal-Revenue Special Taxes.

WASHINGTON, February Ia, 1873.
Z NDER the Revised Statutes of the Uni
- ted States, sections 1922, 1887, 1898 and
3239. every person engaged in any business,
av0cation or employment W hich renders him
liable TO special tax, is required to procure
aud place aud keep conSpieuOtSly in his eS-
tdbiShment or place of business a STAMP de-
noting the payment of said special tax for
the speoal-tax year beginning May |, 1873.
Section 1914; Revised Statutes, designates
who are liable to special tax. A return, as
prescribed on Form II, is also required by
tarc of every person liable to special tax us
above. Secere penalties are prescribed for
noncompliance with the foregoing require
ments, or fer continuing in business after
April 80, 1873, without payment of tax
Applications should be made to JOHN
COCKREM, Collector of Internal Revenue,
at New Orleans, La. GREEN b. RAUM,
Comr Int. Rev.
Deputy Collector JOHN A. SWIFT viii
be at Donaldsonville Court House on the
18th and 18th OF May, ror the purpose of
collecting the taxes above referred to.
JOHN COCKREM,
ap6-4t Coll'r Dist. of La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-04
Town of DonaldsonVille.

Recently, a married woman III New
Orleans discovered that her husband
was paying attention to another wo-
man, unmarried. Wife demanded that
her faithIess'one sllouldistay at home
aud attend to business. Husband de-
elined. Then indignant wife sent a
basket ofpoisoned cakes to herrival-
rival didn't eat any of the cakes, but
another woman did, aud died. Result,
wife arrested and will be tried for
murder. MoIal: Wives, don't inter
fere with your husbands III such lituo
recreations. Sugar Planter.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-04

Poll TAx.-We earnestly enjoin
it upon onr Tax Collector to collect
the poil tax. A large portion of it goes
TO the school fluid. and any failure to
collect this tax falls heavily upon our
schools. In 1877. the amount of poll
tax collected IL this parish amounted
to about $I30, when it should have
been $4,000. We look to Mr.. Coyle
TO assess every man III the parish, and
we look TO the next Legislature to
make the payment of poll tax Il pre-
requisite To voting.-P0inte COapee
Pelican.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-04
DOnaldSOnYille College,
Established 1872.
Rev. DR.. Sophar. PRINCIPAL.

Cor Railroad 4uenuc and Aaakapas Street,
All the branches of a finished education,
in both modern and ancient languages are
taught according to the most liberal and
solid methods. The facilities, character and
standing of this institute are sufficiently
known, and the patronage of its old friends
and of the public generally is respectfully
solicited.
The College, for both sexes and selfun-
derstood, non-sectarian comprises Academic,
intermediate and Primary Departments.
There are day and evening sessions.
For terms of tuition or board apply as
above. o20
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-04

If the party whose success we be-
lieye to be paramount to erything,
wpnt alnominating Convention, So br
it. If the executive committee call
it, We are content; but we now as
sure our friends that if resolution
is introduced eondemning the Legis-
lature for not calling Constitutions
al Convention, it will be ANONYMOUSLY
defeated, as it most assuretlly ought
to be.-4ierandri6 Democrat.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-05-04

We feel safe in the opinion that no
town, State, parish or other locality
on this continent has come any where
near making SO clean a collection of
taxes as has Bayou Sara. Just think
of it: the delinquent list amounts to
emily Sl4 AZ, and of this sc is .abso-
lutely certain to he collected, leaving
only the insignificant sum of SO IA
The total amount uncollected.
: .z,az -Felieiana Sentinel