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notice that have obtained from the Orphans
Court of St. Mary's county, Maryland, letters
testameniary on the personal estate of II. A. e.
FEEDER, late Of said county, deceased. All
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In the Circuit Court for st. Mary's
county, sitting as Court of Equity.
No. 481 N. Z.
ORDERED this 3rd day of Dec.
~ 1873, that the sale made and report
ed by Jas H. Wilson, trustee in this cause,
be ratified aud confirmed, unless cause
to the contrary be shown on or before
the 1st Monday Of Jan. 1879; pro-
vided copy of this order be published
ia the St. Mary's BEACON, once a week
for three successive weeks prior to the
said lst Monday of January.
The report states the land sold for
$1,000.
J. FRANK FORD,
Clerk.
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n4gnr1 business v0u can ebgage In. s. %
kfAK $50 per day made - any worker OF
U2D y either SEX TiEbtin their Own localities.
Particulars and samples worth s. free, lEproFe
your spare time a tits basinsss. AddFesS srIS-
soE & 90. Portland, Maine.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20
A. T. Stewards Body.

On the 7th Of last November, the body of
A. r. Stewart, the New York millionare
merchant, was stolen from st. Marks
churchyard. The mystery which surrounded
this occurrence is seemingly as dark and
impenetrable now as it was when the out
rage was discovered. On several occasions
strong assurance was given by those most
interested that the remains had been
recovered, and the amount of money paid
the robbers for yielding up their plumber
was minutely stated. These stories are now
regarded rs deliberate falsehoods. Accor-
ding to the New York Herald, the authori-
ties are no nearer to the discovery of the
resurrectionists to-day than they were nine
months ago. This conclusion is based on
no light rumors, but on thorough knowl-
edge Of what has been and is being done by
| the representatives of the Stewart estate to
gain possession of the stolen body. But
the authorities are not entirely in the dark
Months ago Judge Hilton was approached
by rather prominent New York lawyer,
who claimed to have been retained by the
resurrectionists, and given to understand
that for $250,000 and no questions asked he
could have the remains of his dead patron
To prove that he really represented the
grave despoilers the lawyer has placed in
| the hands OF superintendent Wa!hng the
silver plate and several of the silver orna-
ments fron the Stewart coffin. He insists
that he does not know who the offenders
are; that they communicate with him BY
means of awkwardly-written letters posteC
in Montreal or in Boston and signed
Romaine," and that he has received $35(
from them as a retainer. Detectives hav'
watched the lawyer from the time he mad
his business known, and other detective
have shadowed the ones first on duty, bu
still this time the judge refuses to pay unit
he can see what he is paying for. He eX
presses the belief that the lawyer is actin
a part, and is himself one of the conspirs
, tors. He scouts the "Montreal" dodge
and asserts that the letters are all writte
in New York. Meantime work on tn
, magnificent mausoleum at Garden City,
, l., steadily progresses.-PhiLa Record.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

PROBABILITIES" FROM JOSH BILLINGs.-JOsh Bill
lings who is as usual passing his summer in the
White Mountains has put 1t in the way of the editor
of the White Mountain Echo to print few component
parts of his book to be published in the fall Its
title will be "Old Probabilities: Perhaps Rain-Per
haps Not" and it will have for its leading motto
Truth IL sed to be stranger than fichshun-it is to
most pholks." The selections are these:
About the hardest thing fellow kan do is to spark
gals at one time and preserve a good average. Try
Don't dispize your poor Telashuns. They may be
taken suddenly rich sum day, and then it will be
awkward to explain things to them; undoubtedly
Next to klear kOnshience for solid comfort Gums
an easy boot Try both.
If a young man hain't got well balanced head,
like to see him part his hair in the middle Don't
you?
/ don't take any foolish chances. If wuz called
upon to mourn over a dead mule, should stand in
front of him and do my weeping.
There is no man so poor but what he can afford to
keep one dog and hav them so poor that they
could afford to keep three.
make the most on your money for it makes the most
| of you. Happy thought
Inever argy agin asucceSs when see rattlesnalX
head sticking out of whole. bear off to the left
and say to miself that hole belongs to that snaix.
/ The infidel argys Just az a bull duZ chained to
! post He bellows and saws but he don't git loose
| from the post. notiSS. Not much.
| thank the Lord that thare is one thing in this
world that money kant buy, and that il the wag ov
/ have seen men so fond of argument that they
| would dispute with gudeboard at the forks ov a
kuntry road about the distance to the next town.
| What fools.
and pathetick than to poor but virtuous young
man struggling with mustach. 1t iz thus.
1 notss one thing; the man who rides on the kars
every day is satisfied with one seat but he VINO rides
once year wants 4. That's SO.
Flattery is like colone water to be smeed at, not
The man whom you kant git to write poetry or tell
the truth until you git him haf drunk amt worth
Whenever see real handsum woman engaged in
the wimmins rights Dizziness am going to take of
mi hat and jine the processhun. See II don't.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

"PLwEASE REMOVE Your DAwG."-He was dapper
little fellow as tidy as pin. and as he entered
one of the sample rooms on Woodward avenue,
Yesterday, the barkeeper mentally remarked:
THAT fellow will call for champagne" But he was
mistaken; the little fellow leaned over the bar and
"I want tumbler two-thirds full of water, and
some pieces Of pure ice in the tumbler"
1t was handed him and he asked:
do you ever have lemon about the placer
"Yes"
Well gently squeeze one into the tumber."
The squeezing process took place, and the little man
continued:
DO you have raspberries out here?
ave do"
"Weli nut two into the tumbler"
They here added and he put his hand to his brow,
tried hard to collect his memory, and suddenly ex-
Ali yes--sugarl I knew could think of it. Add
While it was being added the little man dropped on
to three kernals of coffee, powdered cracker and
| bit of cheese, and then said:
| IF you keep Madeira you can add spoonful
| The Madeira was added the glass shaken and the
little man opened long Morocco case which he took
from side pocket took out solitary straw carefully
| cut off an inch or two from one end, and said:
| lowing to the prevalence of malarial diseases III
your Western country find it the best way TO carry
| my own straw with me. A fellah kinder hates you
know, to use eyerybodys straw, you know, especially
| out West here"
He pinned his handkerchief under his chin brushed
backed his moustache and began drawing. Inc par,
keepers pet dog came in when the glass was hall
drained and the little took the straw from his
mouth and said: -,
| "Plwease remove your dawg to the rear room; car
| never dwink lemonade with a dawg in the room"
| The "dAwgr was escorted out, and when the bar
the glass had been emptied OF even the lemon peel
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

WHAT DOES 1T MEAN?-Never before in
the history of the country, says the Morning
Herald, was there such a general desire to
take a few days relaxation as exists this
Summer. Excursions are exceedingly nu-
merous, and it appears that persons of every
class in life find time and money to go upon
one or more during the season. This indi'
Gates that, even with shrunken wages, there
is enough margin over the costs of living to
have a little pleasure. Does it not indi
dicate also a marked change in the thrift
and the habits of our people. So many
mechanics and laborers in this, and in 6
greater degree in other cities, have had the
earnings of years swept away, by financial
legislation, that they have made up thell
minds to save less and spend more.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20
jeff. Davis'S History.

1t is impossible to oYer.estimate the
caution and carefulness with which Mr..
Davis has worked upon his history of the
rebellion. He feels that his will be the
authoritative defence or the cause of his task.
1t is two years since I saw him and he was
reported to be finishing up his work. l dis
covered that he had hardly begun it, having
spent years in simply arranging the material
for it. Mr.. Davis is q most systematic
worker and is possessed of great endurance.
He is a rapid writer and ripe scholar. 1t
is the argument and the facts on which he
has pondered SO long. No idea can be
formed of the scope of the coming book.
1t is certain, however, that an unexpected
space will be given to the discussion of the
motives and necessity that led to to the war.
1t will not be vehicle of the prejudices of
the writer, but it will be very decided upon
certain of Mr.. Davis's critics and enemies.
| asked him if he was going to be severe
upon these persons in his book. "Well," i"
he replied smiling, "they say man gets
ill-natured as he grows old. don't know
what l may write" In conversation he
| seemed to be bitterer towards Mr.. Stephens
Moore than any one else. He discussed Joe
Johnston freely and expressed himself
vigorously as to Governor Brown, but said
little of General Toombs and seemed tc
care less. He was warm towards Senator
| Hill, and inquired affectionately after him
The book will be published by the Appleton!
and there is no doubt that its sale will bC
enormous, probably exceeding any history
ever published in America. Mr.. Davis ha
attended to none of the business details o
the publication and knows little about them
These have all been managed by Majo
Walthall, of Mobile, most excellent MAJ
for the porpose. AS Mr.. Davis could com
mand his own terms and as Major Walthal
is devoted to his interests it is pretty certain
that he will make a large fortune out of hi
book. understand that the copy is nov
in the hands of the Appletons ant
the book may be looked for speedily. l
will be volume that, in point of compos
ton and the excellence of its English, Wi
stand by the side of Gibbon and Macaulay
doubt if the South has ever produced
!; more thorough scholar than Mr.. Davis
His book will represent the steady, devote
work of his best and ripest years, and it wi
be pride to the South no moro as Wind
. cation than as a classic.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

The Doc DAYs.-Dog days is term for
which we are indebted to the ancient
Thebans, who first cultivated astronomy in
Egypt, and determined the length of the
year by number Of risings of the dog star,
or Sirius. At the season OF the year when
this brilliant star rose with the sun their
combined influence was supposed to be pro-
ductive Of pestilential heat and all manner
of baneful influences. Therefore the
Egyptians watched the conjunction of Sirius
and the sun with mingled feelings of hope
and fear, for it foretold to them the rising
of the Nile, and was ominious of fruitful
crops or devastating droughts. Their dog
days extended from the 4th Of August to
the l4th of September. The rising of
Sirius, however, has been so accelerated by
the procession of the equinoXes during the
passage of more than two thousand years,
that the corresponding condition for the
ancient dog days would include them
within the 3rd of July and the llth OF
August 1t will be seen that our modern
dogs have no connection with the rising OF
Sirius or any other star, because no perma-
nent data can be based upon stars whose
positions are always changed by the falling
back of the equinoctial points. The dog
days refer to particular kind of weather
which marks about forty days occurring a
month after the Summer solstice, and
based entirely on that epoch. They simply
retain an ancient name, as in many other
instances, without retaining its significance
1t may seem strange that Sirius, which is
seen overhead in midwinter, should be as
sociated with the heat of Summer; but il
must be remembered that this star is over
head in midsummer in the daytime, though
like the other stars, invisible on account o
| the sun.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

Professor Nordenskjold, the Swedish
navigator, has crowned his successful ex-
ploratious in the northern seas by sailing
from Sweden to the Pacific by way of the
Arctic Ocean and Behring Strait. The
voyage has taken about year, but it will
be found that Nordenskjold was icebound
nearly eight months at East Cape, which is
within few days sail of the Pacific. The
practical value of this Northeast Passage
has yet to be determined. 1t will at al
events be greater than that of the North
west Passage, for discovering which Sil
Robert Mcclure was knighted and received
a reward of $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

M1spIRECTED LETTERs.-The custom of
postmasters guessing at the destination of
misdirected letters and forwarding them
accordingly, has in many instances caused
considerable annoyance and loss of time to
correspondents. The subject has been
under consideration at the Post Office De-
partment, and letter has been prepared
recommending that postmasters be instruc'
ted to discontinue the practice. 1t is sug'
gested that when the postmaster has posi-
tive knowledge of the true destination of a
letter he should forward, otherwise it should
be sent to the Dead Letter Office: or it the
necessary information is upon the envelope
it should be returned to the sender.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

The most interesting portion of the late
alleged interview with Ex-Governor Tilden
is that in which he says that the country is
now approaching to what promises TO be a
long era Of prosperity. In this opinion the
distinguished gentleman agrees with most
Of the welLinformed public men who have
lately expressed an opinion. OF the papers
which como from every section, very many
report the revival Of manufacturing inter
ests of various kinds, in the neighborhood
of their publication. This is noticeable the
case, during the last few weeks. We shall
have, too, this fall, the largest crops evel
raised in the country, and market abroad
| for all our surplus.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

The salary of the Minister to England is
$4,000, 1t cost the American minister
about $4,000 per annum to live and enter.
tain in London. As Mr.. Welsh could not
afford to lose $1,000 year by holding the
place, he resigned it.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

Captain Matthew Webb has challenged
Paul Boyton to a swimming match for a
stake of 81 900 offered by Bennett of the
New. York Herald, one of the conditions
being that Boyton shall swim twenty-five
miles to Webb's twenty.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

The New York Times devotes seven
columns to biography of Charles Francis
Adams. 1t did the same thing for William
Allen recently, and he died within month
of the publication.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

Why not have Congress sit as "com-
mittee of the whole " in Memphis now to
investigate fever and thirgs 2-NK. Com.
Advertiser.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.-Additional to those
above, leave Smyrna for Clayton 220 and 745 P. "
Leave Clayton for Smyrna 7.25, and 11O0 A. NJ. 2.4C
and 535 P. NJ to make connection with trains North
and South) from Clayton.
H.F. KENNEY, Sup't.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

Every day we receive tidings of drown
ing at soma, seaside watering place; and il
is almost always the same story: ventured
too far.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

Fred. Douglas advises the colored folks to
keep themselves clean, and says "he be.
lieves in baptism with plenty of soap with
it."
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

There are 66,000 miles of submarine
cable now laid. Fifteen years ago there
were but 1000.
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

Passengers from Delaware Railroad connect at Har-
rington, 1905 noon. with train making connections
with steamers for New York on Tuesdays, Thursoays
and Saturdays. =
Steamer for Lewes leaves Pier 81, North River, New
York, at P. NJ. on Mondays, Wednesdays ana FRI
THOMAS GROOM, supt
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20
Phila. Viii. & Bait. r. z.
DELAWARE DIVISION.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
NORTHWARD.
Mac -Ana -Aar

On and after MONDAY May 18th, 1872 (Sundays
excepted trains will leave as follows:
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20
]. { B, B. &Ey AND ". RAILROAD.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE
OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS.

! On and after WEDNESDAY, July 7th, 1879, (Sun
days excepted.) trains will run as follows:
Smyrna times., 1879-08-20

The man lacks moral courage who treats when hs
should retreat.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-02-28

America is ahead of the world In the
matter of manufactures, and the fact
that 1t has for years furnished not only
locomotives but street cars for various
parts Of the globe, is m indication that
our manufacturers are appreciated fol-
the quality of their work. This country
has already manufactured many loco
motives for Russian railways, and now
we read with pleasure that the depart
ment of state has received q .dispath
from the American consul ut Geneva,
giving an account of the test trial of
the first American locomotive.ever seen
in Switzerland. The locomotive, weigh
ing with its tender forty tons, was con-
structed by the Philadelphia and Read
ing railroad company upon a new
system intended to combine great power
with remarkable saving in fuel. 1t was
on exhibition at the Paris exposition,
and has been tested on several French
railways. The experiments in Switzer-
land have demonstrated n saving of
eighteen per cent, in the consumption
of fuel, n matter of great Importance in
that country of dear fuel. This loco
motive will be taken to Italy for like
experiments.