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Smyrna times., 1880-02-11

General Grant has returned to Havana.
Sixty houses have been burned at Ayet,
France.
A great comet is visible in the southern
hemisphere.
Last week society at Washington was un-
usually attractive.
Russia and China have not settled the
kuldja question yet.
The late Adolph Borie left a legacy Of
$4,000 to Gen. Grant.
Eight lives were lost by the burning Of
the Theatre Royal, Dublin.
Gonzales, the Spanish would-bc rcgicide,
has been sentenced to death
The French steamer valentine has been
lost at sea; sixteen lives were lost.
w. II. English, Of Indiana, is spoken Of
as Democratic Presidential candidate.
twenty-five vessels wore wrecked in a
recent hurricane at the Philippine Islands.
Cuba and Porto Rice are to be placed on
tn" same governmental basis as Spanish
PROVINCES.
\ committee Of the French Chamber of
Deputies ha> reported against the General
Amnesty bill.
The Dublin Theatre Royal was burned
last saturday. Several lives are Supposed
to have been lost
The Democrats in Congros, are excited
over the De LeS"cps cana! scheme and the
Monroe doctrine.
In (,rr,,uv th, Ca,tr, ,.or,,. ;..
Smyrna times., 1880-02-11
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

90 ~ @ASO STATE ITEMS.
hotel. ''0N'''' . !" TIC
The school house at Loves was built prior
Iaily puliingS arc ali the Iage in some
sections Of Sussex.
OHder the 2ame law cartridges canna
be SHOT alter Feb. 18th.
D,vo,.s to,ra C,...,
have the houses numbered
phar;,. p,:,,:......,,.
NJ p 'I C5,ir 'I,', -, al"8 ~ me lo"hsrnd
,..:,..-.,
~ sl'Ioe'hIc IN me shape OF sore eyes has
f toMn ulo" many o. Tue children OF George
Town.
is ashore At TttIo F, ,,o,' % ! ioaellca
70 niecos = 81 'o' al" mas gone
Mrs N. +. Townsend, the lat, pubIjsbsr
tho i'll inst ''''"'.' 's'' 'oF Irsin'@ on
Senator Bavard will probab,v send Lis
imported thoroughbred stallion .Clemafjs.'
The MlddlotewA Fair Association have
elected VIM. r. Cochran, President, and
W. ,. Way, Secretary.
Tell into ditch on Saturday night and.
beng drunk was drowned.
~
=. i"oISe persons nave applied for the posi-
ioi' ~ 0VHsu9 tnuineF"Ior ia Lewes and
heh00oth huAdred, Sussex county.
IRE among Judge Wootten'5 kindling
"ood' IN ms Georgetown ollie, nearly
burned the building down the other day.
Tbosto.,, 81
cart Io3Js 81 VI oh 1l,-oS nisn' "ecH, Drought
- - i'"''S % c""IdHol cfaoS upon Slaughter
ruined.
reltoh, horse that has great speed in
MIN. ana was owned 10y j. I. COnnor,
o. Nsnt county, has been sold to a Penn
SyiVSh!an Tor $500.
DSIoP becNer mas dlrectesi That collec-
G Co" Ve tShSh up Ia all the Catholic
o""' S'es % tHe u'Ocese oil " llmlngton on
neN' "u"u"y IN ana OF the IRISH sufferers.
u, -,
:. V:l-eo LAY toh' cousin OF Delaware
u'st!"9uiShsd john NJ. Clayton was buried
lne layton family IN Delaware is fast
running out
ar. -
49,, ,'',iy ii% tIo, OF Wilmington,
arooo;ai o,Pietsu nor lCQ'n year on sunday,
NJ f Chrrc6 ' % ~ nola IN the Bethel A.
ovont ST. ~ conalleMoration OF the
r'othon '''' 10 eFea''Sreat'great'grand- /
'l0''''
,, IN Saturday last Assessor Davis, of
49, huhored' ADDED l29 new names to
'"o "0oess'AVh' lls'' ana ON Monday Sc |!
~ litoi a. names, masking tot|l OF l65. Most |
u 'HS P"r''eS auuod TO the list were |
"Vs'oSS'
F,occ,vc H. >,
c,rv;otoJ oc - tiSo"eIs' an OF thein
t tonr, o. Petly olienceS at the February
isiI vard ~ NJ 80 Ce puotso!y "nlPpea IN the
nressnca Of abo,,t 600 a 'uiu"y i"sti III ths
them wero wbito ond tI L,G na. Two oil
'"'''' "0'V "''''S' anu the rest coiofeG men.
Tho Dz,,.,.. r.. c., 49,
a,sossn,onta 90 ra a,'f"a o.o. mus that the
nronort,, IN Su..a,. o $40 anu personal
rorI cr;,da r,onn"r III IT. G arc ihaoe III a
Of 60. bnudnad" w.. "a" nESt'e' ass lands
" .t euo arg assessed at inc same
49, aS;ui,; rs tHs socohu ana third'class IN
""Joi"i"s hu""rsuS' ana so on
~. 11.c
ne c . =. "oLp.INe gotlatl0ns Tor the
S oi "a" 1IoITHg H'F@S" were completed
last night, ). II. Emerson of the Denton
Smyrna times., 1880-02-11

a
Ezekiel Fleming of Harrington. is ship.
ping large numbers Of pine pilina from that
place, and points on the J. i b. railroad,
to W. V. Case, of Wilmington.
Soon after Freeborn G. Wells left his
home near Frankford. Sussex, the other
gay, on duck shooting trip down the
IeolaH river, his family heard the explosion
OF gun and a loud scream. Later in the
day his skiff was found floating in the river.
put Wells was nowhere to be seen. In the
bottom ofthe boat was his bat. through Tho.
crewn OF watch charge Of Shot had passed.
Both hat and boat were bloody.
Hen PRICE FOR HoRsEs-At the sale Of
l. }. CravoB, near Odessa, last Thursday.
prices raled well up:
Norris, bay goIding. four years old.
brought $f55, purchased for Mr.. Swift of
the firm of Swift & Courtney; " Fancy" a
bay mare, four wears old, brought 500.
Helen bay mare, SIX years old, brought
| SOD, and " LightfOot.' q bay mare t,u,.
years old, brought 500. Other horsrs and
colts brought from $2j to $3.50. NIpetesn
head OF horses and colts were said. r,ot;o,
up total Of 32,5G7. Cattle 5rougt, GOOD
pnces-mlIch COWS ranein. iroAa $50 TO-
$3.50.
HAEMHGToN.-Mra. Jane Tbbitt oycd
with boardor at he. hushands house n,,
+ Tuesday morning. last. The man with
wE"m She eloPed, Joseph Hill. was % half
brother OF her husband, San uel Iinhjif.
I'm returned 20 iiarrIF@t"n after an
absence o. some years, about three months
, T&o an" tooG board VITA ms half brother
( il"oet', ana from tG&t Uale. The trouble
mating en- Tuesday last by the cIon.,ae,.f nf
Inc coupi" referred 20. Mr.. IiDhi.t j, .
quite industrious man working Oh the r,ji.
! road and IS the father Of five children
lie has The sypathy Of th. entire cam,
AHHity.
-
- 80, -, ~, ~ NAAI'-i-1,t ""eN IN
! Llr,,' $3.50 i'"i t'h anu '"'ace ht'
| ia,--,Io,1 100 Noo''H@' F'dI uharr tao
CIa,,to,, - .s'5'''r - ID" AGAINST "HIi@iA
,atoo - ".'ie.'' '"' I"'''''2 over after
u,;Ia az va '''''".i arm @''"' 'Vi 'c"
C'Iavt.,, ne "aa l.'A,
- -, -: ~ ''''''' VI P'''" ''''s' uu-
ch.sn {,o 49, . 0""''"'t oi par
tl,o ,,lo;,.;t. I ''o'i,,. appeared l"F
,laroada,-t ~ ',''a - ''HtE !of the
INV, rr ti,.oo vas "eT"'e" ny
=, f,ns 49, "'.o Ie''''EeH verdict
=, ere l,'"il'l'-ls' ""'' assessed their
~ '0'' y "o''"'''
! SKELETON I-yg,;.,lr,.,, -yy,.,l.;I...
Respondents tell Of p s.ns,t,o,, j., i-,,
WAilo runu;nca .,...l,,n,l,, ~. i.-.f.
farm, near Willow Gran. ,n,., w., C,'i
human Skeleton. Tl.n c;,Ibor,' ,,a ',r':,'
doubt as to whether Or mar fLo .,, 'S'9 =
may have belonged to :. vo,.,,, ,,.,, ,.i'''
returned from the Wc.t viii ,tor... -
money and suddeu,,. ,!;s,,,.ea,:L
days after lis arrival in tLr ro~,,.,. .,
turns out that tho oLs.t}, M ,;.'.,, =.
romans of an ifanecunious f,,iilir.,I,,,.i ~
dropped dead in stor, ,,na,. ~. I..,i 10y, ~
after official invcsticot;., ,.l.a,, f''.'i 800
buried IN tn. snot [ylIeun -. w.. G,, ''''.
the corner Of the old L,l.,, at
PROCEEDINGS OF TIL LEVY CorET.-TL,
Court met on Tuesday. February Ri. a. IT
i'e@!st"r, President, in the chair. The
usua! business was attendad to On ThYrs.
day, the County Tr4a>,,ra, ,,r,,.,oa.
elected.
O"uhtF lFeasuler-bPEI. G. Clh0aea, !
Smyrna times., 1880-02-11

Mrs. PartiRgton says don't take aAv OF
tae quack rOstrum, as they are regimental
to tho human cistern; but put your trust
IN Hop Bitters, which will cure general
dilapidation, costiye habits and all COMIC
diseases. Thoy saved Isaac from n severe
extract of tripod fever. They are the ne
plas 'taum of sasdiciHes. Boston Globe.
The American Minister to Colombia
thinks the United States should discourage
the De Lesseps canal project.
, 1880-03-11
Frugal Habits.

He who knows how to save has
learned valuable lesson. A boy who
saves ten dollars year out Of very
meagre salary acquires habit of taking
care Of his money, which will be of the
utmost value to him. The reason why
workingmen as class do not get ahead
faster, are not more independent, is that
they have never learned to save their
earnings. 1t does not matter a great
deal whether man receives salary of
two dollars a day or three dollars, SO
that there is nothing left on Saturday
night he will not get rich very rapidly.
He will never have much ahead. But
the individual who receives dollar a
day and is able to save ten cents, is lay
ing mp something for a rainy day. Young
people who expect to labor with their
hands for what they may have of this
worlds goods, who have no ambition or
wish to become professional men, Office
holders, or spectators, should by all
means acquire habits Of economy, learn
to save. So surely as they do this, SO
surely will they be able to accumulate,
SO surely will they be in a situation to
ask no special fayors. Every man wants
to learn to look out for himself and rely
upon himself. Every man needs to feel
that he is peer of every other man,
and he cannot do it if he is penniless.
Money is power, and those who have it
exert wider influence than the desti-
tute. They are more independent.
Hence it should be the ambition Of every
young man to acquire, and to do this he
must learn to save. This is the first les
son to be learned, and the youth who
cannot master it will never have any
thing. He will be a dependent all the
days Of his life-a mere useless append
age to society.
, 1880-03-11
Oddities of Selfshness.

More .uus,n. are tar strange tauaIrs
that some persons have as 20 what over
worked men may De asked to- DO for
them. In the very thick Of tie Amrri-
c.n war. th.r, came 60 President Lincoln
an Illinois farmer ia a great state OF ey-
r.tamgut about a pair ot horses that one
,f lincums Generals La, roluis't3urd
for the war. Tbs owner was, Of course,
entitled o. compensation, but somehow
IL had rst come Going 10 the Presi.
dent. BE- to.l him his story, and was
rather yhacr.ucl 10 be- told that It did
not lie with Linn to pay the money.
"Then. says the farmer, twill YOU un-
der,ake TO write to tho General, and see
that the matter is settled properly 3
Poor Lincoln, who ncvc: wanted a story
TO help him in an emergency, was ready
for his visitor when / was a rail
splitter he said, "thore lived near Us n
smart young fellow, the captain OF a
Mississippi boat, who could steer a
vessel over the rapids with wonderful
skill. One day, when he was grasping
the wheel with his utmost strength, at
the most critical point Of the rapids, a
little boy came running IN to him in
great excitement, and said 'Cap'n,
stop your ship, my apple has fallen over
board 7
In the Life of Sir James Simpson
there are some curious notices of the eX-
traordinary things that patients in the
country would sometimes ask him to do.
Once gentleman wrote to him asking
him to send him copy Of the prescrip-
ton which he had given him some years
before, when the doctor could hardly re-
call the man, much less the prescription.
Others would ask him to 60 to Duncan
and Flockhart's and get some particular
medicine.
A very busy clergyman of our ac-
quaintance, when over head and ears
with many things, once got letter from
a stranger in the United States, explain
ing that more than century ago some
one of the name of c. owned the
property near Edinburgh which was be-
lieved to have been destined by will in
particular way, so that the relatives in
America thought they had some claim
to it. He was requested to inquire
into the matter, find out about the will,
communicate with the present owners of
the property, and put everything in
train for just settlement of the claim.
1t would have been reasonable for the
writer to enclose bill for $500, but
that unfortunately, he omitted to do
Macmillan's Magazine.
, 1880-03-11
The Kiss and the Convict.

IN the prison 90 New Bedford, Mass,
'1pyn u0w is % man whom wr call Jim,
and wl0 is 90 H.oueron % li.n sentence.
Up % ,# Spring 10 was regarded as
desperate, dangerous man, ready for a
rebellion at any hour he planned "a
general outbreak, lu, was given away
by one of the c0nepiUtors. lie
plotted q general mutiny for rebellion,
and was again b.tayei iiatl.u kept
his own counsel, and Will, never r,fus-
ing 20 obey orders, he obcy,l like q man
who only needed backing 90 make him
refuse to. Ouc day in june o PARTY OF
strangers came to the institution One
was an old gentleman, the Others ladies,
and two Of the LADIES' had small chill.
dren. The guide tool; one of the chill
drrn on his arm, and the other walked
until the party camG 70 climbing the
stairs. Jim was working near bY.
sulky and unoroso as ever. when the
guide said 70 him
Jim, wont You help tA.s little girl
mp the stairs B.
The convict lesitatod, a scowl on his
face, ana the little girl held her arms
out to bin and said
If you will, | guess III kiss you.
His scowl vanished in an instant, and
he liftel the child up as tendcrly as a
father Halt way up the stairs she
kissed him. At the head OF the stairs
she said:
"Now, you've got to kiss me too
He blushed like woman, looked
into her innocent face and then kissed
her cheek, and before he reached the
foot of the stairs again the man had
tears in his eyes. Ever since that day
he has been changed man, and no one
in the place gives less trouble. Maybe
IN his far away Western home he has a
Katie of his own. No one knows, for
he never reveals his inner life but the
change so quickly wrought by child
proves that he has heart, and gives
hope that he may forsake his evil ways.
-Owego Zines.
, 1880-03-11
CornS.

Corns consist of layers of thickened
epidermis-the transparent coating that
protects the sensitive true skin beneath.
This epidermis is in constant process of
formation from the true skin, and is as
constantly thrown off in minute par.
ticles. 1t is as destitute of feeling as
the nails--as also the scales on the legs
of fowls and on the bodies of fishes are
only modified epidermis. COINS are
among the "excrescences of civilization.
A higher civilization, however, which
shall conform the shoe to the foot, in
stead of the foot to the shoe, will know
of them only as we know of the crushed
feet of the Chinese women. A
thickening of the epidermis having been
caused at the points of special pres
sure, this inhames still further the skin
beneath, giving rise to successive layers
OF thickened epidermis, which cannot be
thrown off like ordinary scarf-skin. Be
tween the vital force beneath and the
pressure of the shoe above, the central
portion comes to have the hardness of
nail. If a splinter is left in the finger,
the flesh above and around it will die,
and new skin be formed below, which
will in time lift the splinter out. But
in the case of corns, natures efforts are
thwarted by the persistent pres
sure from above, which constant
ly enlarges the corn from below.
The first step toward relief is to Sc
cure shoe anatomically correct in
construction Meanwhile, remove the
pressure from the corn in whatever way
may be possible. A pointed knife run
down carefully between the layers will
easily. take out--for the time--the cen
tral core. Sometimes it can be picked
out with nail, after soaking the feet
three successive nights in warm water.
The soaking swells the core and, like
posts lifted by the frost, it seldom re-
turns fully to it's place. But, as the
cores always fll up again, the only rem
edy is the removal of the cause
Youths Companion.
, 1880-03-11
All Right.

Politeness to ladies is justly consid-
cred one of our national attributes, but
while the native citizen keeps up to the
standard of gallantry, the imported arti-
Gle is apt to work defectively. A pas
senger in crowded street car, the other
day, observed the entrance of man
followed by an old woman, and, seeing
that she looked tired and weak, he con-
siderately arose and offered her his seat.
Before she could take it, however, the
man had quietly filled the vacancy.
"Here, just come out of that" said the
passenger, 81 didn't give up my seat to
you, but to the lady," To which the
fellow replied, without offering to move:
90, yah dot is all right--dot lady is
mein wife New York Hour.
, 1880-03-11
A Novelty in Medical Science.

1t will not be forgotten that, one or
two years since, there sprang up quite
afurore about drinking the blood ofcattle
freshly butchered, as remedy for in
cipient consumption and general debility.
Undoubtedly the novel cure worked
well in some cases, whether from the in.
trinsic healing power of the blood drank,
or from the hopeful walks to and from
abattoirs, or both. But some of our
physicians have investigated this matter
quite thoroughly, and process of desic-
eating the fresh blood of steers killed at
our abattoirs has been invented. This
''desiccated blood" however, is used for
'rectal alimentation," and, it seems,
with success.
1t appears from the Medical Record
that DR.. F. E. Stewart, of this city,
made series of experiments which
proved the success of the new remedy in
cases where the vital powers are threat
ened by asthenia, where digestion is i'm
paired, and in all cases where impaired
blood, nerves or digestion gives rise to
an anamic condition. 1t also appears
that at the same time DIR. Andrew H
Smith, the physician of St Lukes Hos
pital, had been experimenting very sue
cessfully with abattoir blood, not desic-
Gated. At DR.. Stewards request, DIR.
Smith substituted the formers prepara-
ton OF disiccated blood and has found it
to work well in more than sixty differ
ent cases.
1t viii be interesting to note the fur
ther results of this novel method Of sus
tanning life and nervous energy in cases
when ordinary nutrition is impossible.
IN. Y. Mail.
, 1880-03-11
German Schools

In the elementary schools, aurg- ..N
hours a week ag' given ,o uocd.p.wars
and knitting. knitting 0u.y is taught
iu the two lower, u.. even that .s dome
hy u..'. la do. fa1r.u, FROM March .o
August, plain knitting backward aud
Forward At the beginning oi $ p,'m-
Der, a stocking :, q bee begun. lu the
third only stocking knitting. Some
times the children ln., ggietiy by them
selves, but they most frequently do il
together, stitch uy fUtgh, while the
teacher very slowly counts or beats
time. Painfully monotonous il must be-
for q child who has well mastered the
work. At ! the needle is put in, > the
cotton goes over, 3 the sttch is made
and at taken OF the needle. In the
second class. ages TO 10, needle work
is begun. The children ave provided
with squares Of canvass and red cotton,
and the teacher has 4 large frame in a
stand, on which coarse netting is
stretched to represent the canvas With
thick needle and thread in her hand.
she says take up two threads and
pass over two, and so on, suiting the
action each time to the words until she
has fully made the girls understand and
copy her. That is a lesson in running.
In due time, hemming, stitching, cross
stitch and others are taken in the same
way and the canvass is filled. Then the
girls have each a coarse piece of calico
given them, on which they work, on the
same principle of counting the stitches.
So we'll has all been arranged that the
calico piece is exactly finished by the
end of the year. BY paying for the ma
terials girl is entitled to whatever she
makes in the school. In the first class
each one has to make q calico chemise
the size of an average girl in her tenth
year. AS nature Is not very accommo-
dating, and will make her children of
very different sizes, the chemises cannot
be an equally good fit for all the fifty
girls, but that is secondary considera-
tion, and the girls have the option of
taking or leaving their work as it suits
them.
, 1880-03-11

The cruel fate which overtakes many of
the famous race horses after they have
lost their power to win monet for their
callous masters, is illustrated in the ac-
reer of Ambo, the fastest English mile
horse of his day. He was consigned to
coach, ard at length was found nj a
ditch, stoned to death. Mameluke was
drawing cab after having won seven
teen races. He was inflicted with in
durable stringhalt, and sold for less than
$40. At length he was worked in an
omnibus. There he was cruelty used,
the stinghalt sadly aggravating his tor
ture. The skin was rubbed frym his
shoulders, his hips and launches were
bruised in every part and his stiles
were continually and painfully coming
in contact with the pole. lie was seut
by the veterinary surgeon to he Lon
dou Society for the Prevention of Cruel
ty to Animals, and bought to be slaugh-
tered.
, 1880-03-11
"The Unprotected Female. "

Under the above title Mr.. Mast has
drawn, in the current Harper's Weekly,
a capital illustration of the present de-
plorable condition of our naval defepses
and other means of warfare. We
have nothing to fear, perhaps, from any
hostility on the part of our neighbors or
our European friends, but all the same,
if an inimical movement should be made
by any one, we should find ourselves
'disgracefully incapable of supporting
our vain boasts of national power and
of putting in force the Monroe doctrine
or anything like it. In Nast's clever
cartoon Miss Columbia is represented as
seated on bale representing our COM
merce, as if waiting for means of travel
ing somewhere, and her face wears an
expression Of proud scorn and assumed
indifference, while big, Bismarkian Ger
many with long pipe, little cigarette
smoking Peru, Recovered Turkey, in
significant Spain, Mexico in sombrero,
and uniformed France stand about her,
putting smoke in her face from all their
various tobaccos, and bluff old John
Bull, with Russia behind him, is looking
on in amusement, enjoying the insolence
heaped upon "the unprotected female"
The whole thing is admirable, and is a
merited satire on the sham economies
of Congress.
, 1880-03-11

One can always find something pleas
ant to say of anything if they will but
try hard enough. The editor of the
Marysville Banner speaks rather vaguely
of the merits of dramatic troupe per,
forming in that town, but adds: "Too
much cannot be said Of the admirable
elocution of the prompter, whose clear,
bell like voice could be heardfn all parts
of the hall"
, 1880-03-11
Port Townsend
| -IOSPI' a. |!
PORT TOWNSEND, w. T.

The above Institution having uccu paced on
Z permanent iOOttuE, az the Uulted states HOS
piGsI for Marine Patleuts un Puge' Suuni, me
proprietor takes p iCaSurc Ia Hnunup clEI !Aal
no p,llns or expense Will be- spared IN minis
tcrngt the comfort aud convenience "I pIl'
yatu patients.
1hi- 10 tho largest General IlOspitnl north oi
San Francisco And b. far tho most complete
IN equipment. u has been thor ugly fGut'eu
ana efurniShed. Its general wards nave hc'
cOmmOdatiOus 'or about one hundred patients
and are peculiarly adapted Tor cgsGs requiring
the most car ful treatment aud constant SUI
pcrv sion Al limited expense. Those wa" ue-
size them Will be furnished with private ;onniS'
entirely separate and distinct, NJ as!iSht n1uF
NOnal cost -
Eg'Fhe attention OF Mil owners, ana tnoSs
ln,ereSled in shipp s., Is called u lac hcl tnst mi
srHlncn suffering from contagious dlseWcS WIZ
be treated outside tue Hospital WlIh"Ht ca
penSe TO the vessel
Thomas Il. Minor, VI. H.,
B-if Managing ~u'E on
, 1880-03-11

A musical composer is man who in
vents O new noise.
, 1880-03-11

Hard wear-hght boots.