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Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
Cause Of Distress in England.

A variety of causes have conspired in
bringing about the great distress now pre-
vailng in England. Probably the most
direct cause has been the unequal distribu.
ton of land. In France the question of
land tenure was forcibly settled by the
great revolution of 1889. The confscated
lands of the nobility were distributed
among the people. In England and Scot
land the cultivated land is held by about
thirty thousand mobiles and landed gentle.
men. They rent such portions as they see
fit to about three hundred thousand tenant
farmers. The agricultural work is per-
formed by about four million laborers,
whose compensation averages about five dol
lars per week. The great majority of the
people are engaged in manufactures and
commerce, and in seasons of depression, by
reason of the limited territory, are shut Oft
from the relief which the unemployed can
! find in this country, where millions OF
acres are waiting for the plow. The cheap
ness of American food products supplied to
England cripples the English agriculturist
and renders farming to great extent un-
profitable. Man can do without luxuries
but necessaries he must have or perish
For this reason, there can be little relief
gained from the proposed policy of protec
ton for which certain English farmers are
clamoring. Duties would hardly be i'm
posed ere they would be lifted If to ta1
the "poor mans breakfast" is contrary tC
the spirit of justice, what shall we say O
taxing his bread and meat English brains
and pluck will find way out of the diff
Guilty, but it will not be through the avenu,
of protection. England may stagger ane
faint, but she cannot afford to go back t.
the corn laws.-Phila. Record.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
NESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY Is, 1878.
Silent Women.

The dean of Chichester, High Church
man, is out upon the Ritualists, denounc-
ing "the foppery, the etfeminate passion
for finery, the pitiful millinery of this new
sect,-their colored stoles and strange sur
plce, and imported birettas,' and melo-
dramatic gestculations,-their sing-song
prayers, and their gabbled lessons; the
combined result of all of which things is,
to make the services Of Gods house, as Mey
conduct them, no refreshment at all, but
simply weariness of the flesh and an ex-
asperation of the spirit"
But this tomfoolery of the Deans brethren
is surpassed by some of his sisters, who
are doing penance after this manner in
London:
They have left their luxurious homes,
gone into q low part of the town, into hired
lodgings, and positively, incredible as it
may appear, they assume the virtue of
dumbness. They rise early, long before
the sun, and go into the dark. cold street
saying no word to any person. They return
soon after 9 o'clock at night do not even
ask for a candle, but expect it to be given
to them, and then pass, without so much
as "thank you," but with a sad smile and a
dignifed bow, to their rooms. They are
devout Protestants doing retreat" at
the Home of Nazareth occupied. by the
Sisters of Bethany. Most of them it is
given out, are women of wealth and posi-
ton, some of them women of title. Early
in the morning, precisely at the hour of
o'clock, they meet to perform their devo.
tions under the direction of the holy
Ritualist Fathers who have been appointed
for the service. Every moment of the day
has its devotional occupation. The food is
the plainest. Talking is scarcely tolerated.
For nearly fifteen hours they are at prayers
or at meditations. They should, properly
speaking, not leave the Home, but the
Sisters of Bethany cannot take them all in.
And all this in the Protestant Church oil
England-N. Y. Observer.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
Four Items.

-Four items, about horse, a watch, gam
bling, and Chinamen-all from the good
old Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
The horse belonged to a leather dealer Of
Lynn, who died last Sunday at an advanced
age, and requested on his death-bed that
the animal, which is twenty-three years old,
and one which he had driven for long
time, should follow him to the grave. Ac-
cOrdlngly the horse covered with a black
netting, was led by a neighbor in the
funeral procession.
The watch is in CRANKY, and is 22S years
old. 1t was made by George Clark, of
London, in 1861. 1t will run now with =
loud tick, if wound up. 1t has no hair
spring, and runs with a metallic fusee-chain.
1t is not so large as average modern
watches, but is thicker. There is only one
older watch, it is thought, in the country.
This is owned by the American Watch
Company of Waltham, Mass, was made in
1000, and has a cat-gut chain.
Gambling is carried on, it seems, to a
large extent in the good city Of Boston
One Clinton Lowell has sued one John f
Stewart, manager of faro bank in How.
ard.st, to recover the sum Of $2,700
Lavell lent one White 5000 for legitimate
business purposes, which sum he lost at the
table. The Massachusetts statute gives the
creditor chance to recover three time
the amount lost in gambling.
Cinnamon cannot be naturalzed in tn,
Federal courts in Boston. The Clerk 0
the United State Circuit Court there ha
just refused the application of Celestial
on the ground taken by Judge Lowell, tina
the petitioner, being of the Mongolia,
race, did not come within the provisions O
the statute confning the privilege O
naturalization to free whites or Africans, o
persons of African descent.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

crossed the ferry from New York to Brook
lyn; and | refuse to give any account of
the circumstances which made such cues.
tlonable conduct necessary. So good-by
Mr.. Tracy"
"What then?' inquired Harry.
Why, she swept out of the room like
tragedy queen, and | haven't spoken to
her since"
Three weeks after. Same room, same
company.
Poor Will Osmond has gone" said
Harry Blake.
"The deuce he has?" replied Fred
Tracy.
"Yes, was over there this afternoon,
and had talk with his widow. Wills
health failed Immediately after his mar
riage, and his father was so angry with him
for marrying his daughters governess, that
he would not do the least thing for him.
Mrs. Osmond said that if it had not been
for Sue they would have certainly starved.
She pawned and sold most of her iewelry,
and managed so skilfully that Will was
surrounded with every comfort. | found
out something, Fred"
what is it?''
"Do you remember the date of the night
you saw Miss Osmond on the ferry boat
Was it the third of December?"
"Yes, Siri'
"Well, that day Sue spent with he1
| brother. He was great deal worse, and
| she was determined, come what would, she
would not leave him until he was easier
| He grew more comfortable, and when she
got ready to start for home, it rained hard
| So she borrowed her sisters waterproof
and hurried off. Now, what do you
| think p
That was a brute, and I'll make it VI
this very day"
Evening. Scene-parlor in the house o
Osmond. Sue OSmond in the library
alone. Fred Tracy is announced.
Good-evening, Mr.. Tracy and Sue ex
tends very steady little hand to he
visitor.
81 have just heard to-day of you
brothers death, Miss-Osmond-and-
Fred Tracy was never known to STAN
mer, but now the English language failet
him.
"Will had been i'll for several months,
was the calm answer.
"And to think" said Fred, almost sol
bing, "that l should have been such
brute! found out all about it to-day.
wonder if you can forgive me?"
Certainly" replied Sue. 81 forgav
you long time ago."
4 CANCEL y whispered Fred. How ca
| ever be thankful enough y
The hands he tried to seize were will
drawn as she replied:
"By remembering, Mr. Tracy, that II
woman worth having will endure the loft
, treatment you attempted with me! an
that where there is true love, there is tru
confidence!"
"Sue, dear Sue, what do you mean
Why are you so cold?'
"Mr. Blake!' announced q servant.
; "Good.evening, Fred" cried Harr
cordially.
| "And how's my little Sue?'
Every well, thank you" cried Sue, 10
e ingly;, :,
. a deep blush, sis my intended husband"
), How long has this been ?' inquire
}. poor Fred.
about three months" replied Blak
o monchanlantly.
"And you allowed me to come rour
e here and make fool of myself in IL
II manner?"
=. "What manner? ! was delighted tn
J. you and my Sue were going to make
d and be good friends again"
10 Before Harry had concluded his senten
" Fred was gone.
le The hall door was shut with bang, a
Dr. the lovers were alone.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
A Final Blow at Polygamy.

The Supreme Court of the United States
has decided, upon an appealed case from
the Supreme Court of Utah, as only the
highest tribunal of q civilized, not to say
enlightened nation, could possibly decide.
1t has determined that the law Of Congress
against polygamy is strictly constitutional.
For years this abomination-we will not
disgrace a respectable word by calling it an
institution-has been a source of unspeak-
able modification to every decent Ameri-
can. That it should ever have been per-
mitted to attain such scandalous proper
tions was wonderfully shameful. 1t was
even more so that it should have been han.
died so gingerly; and that an offence
against good morals, and as such clearly
indictable at common law, should daily
and permanently be repeated.
The matter was not neglected for want
of discussion. Travellers returned from
the far off Sodom told US stories which
made us blush Women who had escaped
| from the coarse harems of Salt Lake City
| recounted their wrongs in lectures and in
books. A great political party put plank
against polygamy into its platform. Con-
gress then made the practice illegal, but
| still it was not abandoned. On the con-
trary it was adhered to with impudent per
tinacity, as the very case which has occa
stoned this decision shows. The "Saints ,
have fought desperately for their foul Gus
tom, and have now been beaten at every
point. Polygamy stands upon level with
murder, burglary or any other crime, 81
far as prohibition is concerned; and lit
tie energy will force the savage sultans o
Utah either to abandon their multiplied
espousals or to 60 to prison. The larges
and most beautiful and miscellaneous bev,
} of wives will be no better than none at al
/ to convict; and there is good hope, there
fore, that we have arrived at least at tn
D beginning of the end of this business.
The courts of Utah have now the matte
t in their own hands, so far as law goes, an
i ought to have it practically so likewise. {
a course, measures must be taken to purg
the jury-box in which no polygamist, an
l no person favoring polygamy in any wa
should be allowed to sit. The rules
evidence should be strained as far as Jnstlt
q will permit, that sufficient testimony ms
It be procured; and repute should be aliowe
10 20 quite as far as it already does
!. divorce cases. Polygamy will then
driven into a corner, and finally will alt
il. gether cease to be practiced.-NY Y. 1ri6ur
l
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
AdiutAnt General Postles.

Governor Cochran has appointed J. Parke Postlcs
of Wilmington. AdJutant General of the State of Della
ware, rice VIM S McCaulley, Esq. deceased.
Mr. Postss is a well-known morocco manufacturer
of Wilmington. As Lieutenant in the First Della
ware Regiment he saw active military service and
therefore has practical knowledge of the duties of
the position. He is also popular man and the selec-
ton will give general satisfaction.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

The Philadelphia Press turns an intro
spective eye upon the jury system and de.
plores the impossiblity of getting good
juries in large cities. 1t divides the adult
male population of Philadelphia into two
classes, those who want to perform jury
duty and those who don't, and it assumes
that the willing juror is bad one, and the
unwilling juror good one but it suggests
no method of getting the unwilling juror
into the box. Perhaps the method in
vogue in Scotland, of majority verdicts,
might bring about the desired remedy for
the evil of hung juries, which so frequently
interrupts the course of justice in our legal
practice.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
Delaware COLLEGE.

The friends of Delaware College will make an effort
to get some sort of permanent endowment for that in
stituton at the present session of the Legislature 1t
is proposed thathe college be made free in its tuition
to any student who can pass the necessary examina
ton and that the State make some provision by
which the faculty may be increased as to make the
institution excellent in every respect as other State
universities
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
For the Smyrna Times.
m "THE BIG OAK"

,o, Grave thou Stande It there alone,
Old OAK, k,iroSe roSS near to shield thy aged breast
eomI,SsTiw winds which round thee sigh and moan,
FrOn, ,S%lIing MILNE SHOWS that on thy branches rest
,aze upon thy stalwart form,
and as I'd s"~dI hack to days long since gone past
I'm cAIr' cAadT 'd,dst first encounter the rude storm
When plU%d phnnd thy head beneath the wintry blast.
.n,,ries since then have rolled away
Long cegh with years has graced thy trunk so tall
Anas Seve risen and have seen decay,
FOresssh ~" 50 favored. hast Outllved them ALL
s,ta tale thy ancient head could tell,
Ah Wnas Nm bnt speak what happened by thy side;
ColqG things which to thy race betell
Not 0niI 0n:iIos s of men who roamed the forest wide
=, tbv youth the red man watched thy twig
How ~ iihnbeIrshed thee through many weary year,
anu u 1nt tbae grow so sturdy and so big,
Ana 81 saT indian lovers did thy shade revere.
,r thee TOO the bold red warrior stood,
HOW Io!ysd y! beneath thy ample shade to walk,
OlIOIod The woods to seek his daily food,
Or 0rrossIndv rosIniGdT swung the dreadful tOmahawk.
mid such scenes as those long centuries sped
JWas tba white man looked upon thee first
UnLL nLLLSS,pd snU the scene-the red man quickly fed
ana Az, from thy side where cherished hopes were
nurSed.
-, from thy side 10 pralrleS ldr away
YES IVra aver more beneath thy spreading boughs,
Anu AN urn5;sn r,5 children wildly frisk and play,
snSi oI Indian lovers interchange their VOWS.
..,,or race now moves around thy side,
AhouiVI AhNs thor lovers meath thy branches vow;
Anu aSsrs once grew thick forests deep and wide
AM NV "SSr farmer guides the cultivating plow.
,.,.oon We TOO shall look on thee no more.
AIS T1r We shall sleep with ages that are gone;
rtrO IT, ofber ewes shall scan thy viSage Ger
lIsu as psssng years glide silently along.
p. Abi see Times hand is writing
~, The flrrowed grooves upon thy aged side;
rbarrinkles deep are scattered DER thy brow
4Tr And grim decay within thy boughs abide.
t.w short wears and LO. thou too shalt go,
Tbon silent watcher through the centuries past:
Some eve shall see thee stand before the foe,
The morn shall find thee leveled by the blast.
prt wilt thou not stand up on that great day
In midst of those who by thy side have trod,
witness bold against the great array
Of those who have despised the law of God?
r. g. DERLIT.
SMYRNA, Jan. II, 1879.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
Superintendent Groves Report.

One of the most interesting papers read before the
Legislature last week the report of Prof Groves
1t showed that there was Ala schools in the
State, an increase Of 44since 1879 White pupils in
1871 23,6S0 in 1879, 2l,587; increase 23l3 Cost of
pupils for the year SIP for year 1879 $685. decrease
81 cents 1877 male teachers. 2I3 female l49 Total
S92 Value of school property $iS46O775 The report
also showed a marked improvement in every way in
education. The report is lengthy.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

The Spaniards, who were the first to dis
cover America, are the last to appreciate
the full value of their dicovery; The re-
cent importations Of wheat from this
country at the port of Barcelona have been
received with as much incredulous wonder
as the natives taken back by Columbus from
the West Indies 1t was not deemed pos
sible that grain grown in the United States
should equal in quality and appearance the
production of Egypt or the shores OF the
Euxine. Our cattle, our corn and our un-
equalled apples will find proper apprecia-
ton at no distant day, not only in Spain,
but at all the ports of the Mediterranean.
Our facilities for internal transportation
put the valley of the Mississippi within
competitive distance as against countries
not further from the Mediterranean than
Minnesota is from the Atlantic.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
C0Wn5ZY Und STATE Items.
Formation of an Island.

For some time past there has been a shoal forming
in the Delaware river commencing near the mouth of
the Christinana Creek, and extending up to near
Edgemoor There little doubt but that in the course
of time it will become island as grass can now be
growing on it, 1t is said that one of the recent
storms added one foot of surface to it.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
The Secretary of State.

Governorelect Hall has formally requested James
L. Walcott Esq., of Dover to become his Secretary of
State and Mr. Wa'cot has sgnifed his willingness to
accept the appointment. Mr.. Walcottis young man,
and member of the Kent county bar, is between 80
and 80 years of age and admitted to the bar ten
years ago. having studied under Senator Eli Sauls
bury
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
Levy Courts.

William Dean has been appointed chairman of the
special committee of the House look after the Levy
Courts and when he comes in with his report there
is expectation of pretty lively debate Some of the
Sussex members expressed a good deal of astonish-
ment at the allegations made by Mr. Dean of the cx-
travagance of the Levy Court in New Castle county,
and from their remarks it apparent that they are
prepared to sustain any action of the committee which
will be based upon properly authenticated inorma-
ton. Why gentlemen" said the bluff chairman of
the committee know myself of case where a levy
court commissioner was paid over 81 to watch man
white-Wash fence for which the laborer got 81 so
The other two members of the committee, Mr. Savin,
from Kent and Mr. Cannon of Sussex are hard brain
ed sensible gentlemen and they will carefully
slider whatever is brought to their notice.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

The Marquis of Lorne, the new Governor
of Canada, is the only man who ever swore
allegiance to his mother-inlaw. The world
moves and the millennium must be near
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

Arkansas has spent $l50,0O0 in three
years to promote immigration. The au-
thorties believe the results have more than
justified the investment.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

The taxes paid on alcoholic spirits
amounted last year to $50,500y000 or about
a dollar and a quarter for every man,
woman and child in the United States.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

LUCKY BoY.-Miffiin Kennedy, who left
CoatsvilIe, Pa, poor boy in 1886, came
back the other day to visit his aged mother.
He owns stocked farm of 10000 acres in
Texas and his possessions are estimated at
S2.OOO.QQ0.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

An English nobleman, who is in the
habit of talking to soldiers in an affable
manner, was much amused lately when a
euardsman said to him, in hearty and
genial way like you, my lord. There's
nothing of the gentleman about YOU"
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

The Cincinnati Enquirer refers to Delaware
as o fy.speck on the shirt.front of creation.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

"Though he sleigh me yet will trust
him." is now the humble aspiration of the
trustful maiden.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

The Supreme Court of Missouri decides
that all the seven hundred lawyers in ST..
Louis are as clearly liable to taxation as
merchants, hucksters or auctioneers, and
must pay their annual license fee of $25 de-
manded by city ordinance.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

Jefferson Davis is now, since the death
of Caleb Cushing, the sole survivor OF
Pierce's Cabinet.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

A slip of the foot may be recovered, but
of the tongue or pen perhaps never.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

The New York Times notes the fact that
1878 was the most important year in the
history of modern missions. In India,
where more than half century of work
seemed to have made little impression on
the Hindoos, there has been the largest
movement toward Christianity that Protest
antism has ever witnessed in heathendom.
The Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel High Church Anglcan) has had an
accession of no less than $4,000, the Dutch
Reformed Mission one of 5000, the Ameri.
the Church Missionary Society Low Church
Anglican) of Sl9 families. Thus in one
year about 10000 Hindoos have renounced
heathenism and embraced Christianity,
and apparently this is only the beginning
of great movement.
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15
License Fees.

The DetdWdreaR wants the license on small mercan-
tile dealers leSsened and increased on other things
now almost or entirely exempt. 1t says:
I'VE believe there isino license paid by the keepers
ofbiard soloons and yet there are few places more
detrimental to the morals of young men. They are
not unfrequenty the annex of hotels and become at
once the recruiting station for the whisky bar and
the training school for the gamblers hell Young
men not unfrequently enter such places without any
thought of participating but induced to try
their hand Step by step they are led on untl they
become infatuated and ruined. The State very
properly prohibits and Furnishes with severe penal
ties certain forms of gambling and it should not tole
rate it in the form of billiard tables whether kept in
hotels or other places Buff the Legislature does moi
break up this species of gambling it should at least
impose such license fee upou it as would discourage
and limit it. license fee of $500 or $500 for every
billiard table in the State would not be exorbitant
We confess, however we in favor of prohibition Of
this evil by stringent penalties rather than liberation
by license. The State do without the license fec
| if the young men can be saved from ruin"
Smyrna times., 1879-01-15

+, how grave thou stande It there alone,
old OAK noS nSa near to shield thy aged breast
No eOnli.Ss, winds which round thee sigh and moaI
From VIM! SHOWS that on thy branches rest