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, 1880-05-24
Put Your Shoulders Back.

Much of the proverbial slenderness
and physical frailty of our girls. as com
pared with those of other countries, has
been charged to intellectual habits and
overwork in study. 1t is unqusstion-
ably true that they need out door life,
and more education in bodily develop
ment. Many American girls, through
inattention to the way of carrying them
selves, unconsciously contract the habit
of bringing the shoulders forward and
stopping. This position not only de-
tracts greatly from their appearance,
but is also very pern1clous IN point OF
health. The celebrated Aaron Burr. in
letter to his daughter, Theodosia.
afterwards the wife of Gov. Alston, of
South Carolina, wrote as follows on this
subject:
Your habit of stopping and bring
ing your shoulders forward upon your
breast not only disfigares you, but is
alarming on account of the injury done
your health. The continuation of this
vile habit will certainly produce con-
sumption. Then farewell pleasure, fare
we'll life! This is no eXaggeration! no
fiction to excite your apprehensions.
But, setting aside this distressing con-
sideration, am astonished that you
have no more pride in your appearance;
you will certainly stint your growth
and disfgure your person"
There is reason to believe that Miss
Burr gave heed to this admonition of her
good father; for she afterwards became
renowned for her beauty as well as for
superior mental endowments and ac-
complishments.
, 1880-05-24

a PLUcKY lNDIAN.-An Indian
known as Peaving Tom had hand-to-
hand encounter with a lot of bears the
other day. on the mountain above
Bucks ranch, which must have been a
terrible battle. he was hunting in the
locality spoken of, and found 6" bear
wallow in littlo valley, and sudden
ly came upon five bears. He says he
shot the first one, killing it, when an
other attacked him His only depen-
dence was his butcherknife, and with
this he managed to kill the second one.
About this time another attacked him,
and the conflict must have been fearful.
Part of the Indians scalp was torn
from his head, his face badly lacerated,
and his arm, side and one thigh fairly
eaten up. No bones were broken,
however, and he managed to stagger
and crawl to the road, where he was
found and taken to Bucks ranch. Mr..
Wagner dressed his wounds, and at
last accounts be was improving, and in
fair way to recover. He says he
would have been killed but that he
kept his face down most of the time,
and that he let the bears bite at his
back. A party went out to the scene of
the fight and found three bears dead
and found the knife sticking in one of
them. He must have been "game to
the backbone" and deserves the title
of the boss bear hunter"
, 1880-05-24
The Pyramids of Ghizeh.

The pyramids, when rightly viewed,
must be regarded not as monuments
which should excite our admiration,
but as stupendons records of the
length to which tyranny and selfish
ness, folly and superstition, lust of
power and of wealth, will carry man.
Regarded as works of skill, and as ex-
smples of what men may effect by COM
bined and ongcontinued labor, they
are indeed marvellous, and in sense
admirable. They will remain, in all
probability, and will be scarcely
changed, when every other ed1fice at
this day existing on the surface of the
earth has either crumbled into dust or
changed out of all knowledge. The
museums and libraries, the churches
and cathedrals, the observatories, he
college buildings. and other scholastic
editices of our time, are not for mo-
ment to be compared with the great
pyramids of Egypt in all that consti-
tutes material importance, strength or
stability. But while the imperishable
monuments of old Egypt are records
of tyranny and sel6shness. the less
durable structures of our age are In
the main records of at least the desire
to increase the knowledge, to advance
the interests, and to ameliorate the
condition of the human race. No
good whatever hes resulted to man
from all the labor, misery and expense
involved in raising these mighty
structures, which seem fitted to en-
dure while the world itself shall last.
They are and ever have been splendidly
worthless. On the other hand, the
less costly work of our own time, while
their very construction has involved
good instead of misery to the lower
classes, have increased the knowledge
and we'll being of mankind.
, 1880-05-24
College Boys Who Never Read
Rn0k

Mr.. Charles Dudley Warner says in
the Christian Union: 'ThOse who have
to deal with tho education of the young
get revealing glimpses into the state OF
culture in the households Of our highly
intelligent country. A professor IN
one of our leading colleges told me not
long ago that Freshman came to him
after he had been recommending certain
books in the literature class. and said
he had never read book in his life.
This was literally true. Except his
textbooks, he had never read book
he had passed fair examination, but
of reading he knew no more than
Kafir. Another professor in another
college, also one OF the highest in the
country, (both of these are eastern col
leges. in the center of the 0est calture
in America,) told me more recently
that Sophomore who stood well In his
class came to ask him where he obtained
classroom. It came out that the young
man never had read book, didn't know
what the sensation was, or how to set
about it, and had not the faintest con-
ception of literature. He had no notion
of the pleasure or profit to be got from
reading; the world of books was abso-
lutely beyond his imagination, and he
could not conceive what people found
in it, The professor at length induced
him to read one of Scott's novels, but
the boy found it very tedious and un-
Interesting occupation. These two in
stances are extreme, but only in degree;
a taste for lite ature is not common, and
ignorance of it is common even
among college undergraduates"
, 1880-05-24
His Telephone.

e" guess I haf to give up my dele
phone already" said an old citizen OF
Gratiot avenue yesterday as he entered
the Office of the company with q very
long face. e
"Why, what's the naatter now ?"
"Oh eferytings. got dot dele
phone in mine house so as l could
spheak NIT der poys in der saloon
down town, and NIT my relations in
Springwellt, but haf to gif it up.
never haf so much droubles."
"How ?"
"Vhell, my poy Shon. in der saloon,
he rings der pell und calls me cop und
says an old trent of mine WANTS to see
how she works. Dot ish all right.
say: Hello!' und he says: Come
closer. I ghoes closer and helloes again.
Den he says; 'Shtand little
off, and I stand little off und
yells vunce more, und he says: 'Shpeak
louder 1t goose dot way for ten min
utes, und den he says: "Go to Texas,
you old dutchman You see? ?"
eyes"
"And don mein brudder, in Spring
wells he rings de pell and calls me oep
und says how 1 vhas dish efnings? |
says vahs feeling like some colts, und
he says: Who WANTS to puy some
gsats?' I says: Colts -colts-colts !!
and he answers: 'Oh coats. l
thought you saidt goats 7 when I
1 goes to ask hia of he feels peter
hears voice crying oudt, What
Dutchmans ish dot on dis line 7 Den
somebody answers, L doan't know,
but likes to punch his head 7 You
see?" !
eyes"
"Vhell, somdimes my vhife WANTS
to spheak rait me when I am down in
der saloon. She rings mein pell und l
says, Hello! Nopody spheaks to me.
She rings again, und | says Hsllow !
like dunder Den Ger central etfice
tells mo go aheadt, und den tells mein
vhife dot l am gone avhay. I yells
oudt dot ish not SO, una somepody
says, How can talk if dot old Dutch
man don't keep sthill?' You see?'
eyes"
"And when I gifts in bedt at night,
somepody rings der pell like der house
vas on fire, und when l shumped oudt
and says hello, l hear somepody say
ing, Kaiser, doan't you want to puy a
dog?' 1 WANTS no dog, und ven l
tells 'em so, hear some peoples laugh
ing, Haw haw haw = You see?'
YES"
"Und so you oak, it oudt. and
vhem somepody likes TO speak nit me
dey shall come right avhay to mein
saloon. Oof mein brudder ish sick he
shall git peter, und if somepody
WANTS to puy me dog, he shall come
where can punch him nit a Club y
Detroit Free Press.
, 1880-05-24

Judge brakes Evening Music at
Sea" recalls story told me by William
Ashmore, the chief of Baptist missiona
ries in China. He was at Hong Kong
when Commodore Perry, returning
from the expedition to japan, anchored
his feet in the harbor. Every evening,
Captain Buchanan, Of tho flag ship, had
the band of the squadron give an out
door marine concert at sunset, which
drew all the foreign residents to the
shore. Mr.. Ashmora invited a sanity
Chinaman, native helper, to attend
with him, one evening. The little
company of exiles gathered on the quay,
and for an hour listened entranced to
the delicious music, melIowed by dis
tance, as it foated ever the water. At
the close, as the sweet tones of "Thc
Last Rose of Summer still fingered on
the ear, there came the tender notes of
the melody of the heart, Home, Sweet
Home" which flooded every soul with
loving memories and longings. Under
the spell so near akin to heaven, slowly
and silently they walked homeward.
At last the almond-eyed convert broke
the silence: IF they had only had
gong!'
, 1880-05-24
The Heart Returned.

Autumn winds were round US blowing.
Crimson trees more bare were growing,
When almost, without knowing, =
4, Gave nay fresh young heart to thee,
Oh, loves dream was full of gladness, 't
Taking from the heart all sadness.
Oh, loved almost to madness,
When gave my heart to thee.
Sweet, but all, alas how fleetins;
When found, at our last meeting,
Your heart for another beating,
When YOU gave mine back to me;
Then the dark, the dread awaking,
From my heart all gladness taking,
Hope seems low my life forsaking,
since you gave mine back to me.
New when in my cherries sorrow
Dreading each unknown tomorrow,
Comfort from the sast I'd borrow,
When you gave your heart to me.
What was mine you gave another,
Must | love thee as brother?
Ever strive my grief to smother
In the heart once gave thee?
Do not think that am blaming,
Though to you my grief I'm naming,
IT'S not pity l am claiming,
For the heart l once gave thee
Now life's pathway I'm descending,
Grief with h eave My joy is blending,
Every sorrow hath an ending,
Best at last, for even me.
-Wdgprleu
, 1880-05-24

TooTHACHE EExTRAORDINARY.-A man
went out and hanged himself the other
day because dentist told him his tooth
was affected with nodular calcification
of the pulp" He left a note to his
wife, saying he didn't want to live on
and give it to her and the children.
, 1880-05-24
Railroads in Africa.

The Portuguese government paper
Progress states that the Portuguese en-
gineer, Senor Machado, Director of
public works in Mozambique, proposes
to establish a line of communication
with Lake Nyassa and the East Coast.
His plan is to avail himself of {" the
easily navigable part of the Zambesi
and its affluents, and to overcome the
difficulties of the unnavigable points
by constructing railway lines" Should
his plans be adopted, Senor Machado
asserts that an excellent line of COM
municatlon with the interior (2,OOO
kilometers in lengthy will be establish
ed, and that only 252 kilometers of
railroad will be needed. Two lines
will depart from Chibisa on the right
bank of the River Shire, near the En-
glish mission of Blantyre. One of
these lines will be eightytive kilome-
ters in length. will follow the course of
the Shire, and, overcoming the obsta
cles presented by the cataracts and falls,
will secure the exploration of Lake
Nyassa. The second line will unite
Chibisa to the Tete, and will be 137
kilometers in length. A third line, OF
about thirty kilometers in length. will
remove the difficulties of the kebru-
basa Falls. Senor Machado offers to
remain in Africa to complete his sur
vey. even after the completion OF his
present contract with the government:
The plan proposed is considered OF
great Importance. and is being favor
ably discussed by the press
, 1880-05-24

LAMB CHoPs.-Trim off fat and skin,
leaving bare bit of bone at the end of
each; broil quickly, over clear fire;
butter, salt and pepper each, and stand
them on the larger end, just touching
each other around, your mound of pots-
to.
, 1880-05-24

An American Sunday.school, OF New
York, has been presented with $!oo,oOo
by. Mrs. J. G.. Green, of that city, the
interest only to be available. This Is
to be devoted to the development OF
Sunday-school literature OF high
merit"
, 1880-05-24

Mamma to Isabel { years ct age),
who is rather unmercifully teasing the
kitten" Isabel. my child, you must
not do so. I don't like to see it." Isa-
bel: "Well, don't look, mamma"
, 1880-05-24

Said very good old man; some
folks are always complaining about the
weather, but am thankful when l
wake up in the morning and find any
weather at all. 55Er
, 1880-05-24

WIT ON THE ENGLISH BENCH.-The
English judges can be rude when they
like. Lord Justice James, sitting as
President of the Appeal Court, was lis
tening to the reading of voluminous
document by counsel. Presently he
closed his eyes with this remark: "Wake
mo up, Mr.. -, when you come to
something relevant" Vice-Chancellor
Bacon is another humorist. He doesn't
say much, but he makes the funniest
little sketches of the witnesses you ever
saw in your life.-Cor. Phil. Times.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27
MARYLAND ITEMS.

horse hitched to post in Rising Sun,
..nnad astride it and was impaled, it
Entering at the groin and coming out near
the hip joint.
Eleven hundred and twenty three pounds
4 Pumpkins grew on a single vine in Wy
"omcO county, this season, so says Malone,
~ me Advertiser, and he never cut down a
Ubsrry tree with his little Ratchet.
"Iwant a spoke put in my Wheel is the
rsv TO ask for a drink at a station on the
line of the Eastern Shore Railroad between
Salisbury and Crisfeld, and if a red spoke
!. wanted he gets whisky, and if white
one rum.
The protracted meeting at the Cherry
Hi N. F. Church, under the management
Of the Rev. +. B. Hunter, is now COM
rla,inc its sixth wee6. The meeting has
been very successful, about thirty pro-
Tossing conversion.
No official notice has yet been given as
n what minister is to take the place of
Rev. Vaughn Smith as pastor Of the Elkton
NE. Church 1t is, however, pretty well
understood that it will be one OF two young
men of the Conference, either Revs. Hill or
Avery.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

10 us.
We tell of these things in the news
papers, because there are thousands of
you who don't know what we are
doing; thousands of you don't know the
character of the stock that fills these S
acres; thousands of you who, therefore,
buy where you pay more money.
We are every merchants fair and
open competitor. We do not expect to
gather millions of trade from all over
the country without meeting opposition
and misrepresentation. Some will be-
lieve whatever is said against us. The
only answer we make is: Send back
whatever you don't want at the price.
We want your trade. You want our
goods; or would want them, if you
knew. No matter how far away you
may be; you will do we'll to send to
us for some things. We ask you to
write to us about something you have
present occasion for.
When we get in communication with
you, we shall have one means of winning
your trade, viz, by pleasing you. When
we have won it. we shall have one means
of keeping it. viz, by dealing with you
as we deal with everybody: giving you
large return for your money, and sup
plying your wants SO intelligently that
you will write us for what you want as
naturally as you say good morning"
to your next-door neighbor.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27
THE STOKE AND The TRADE.

A study of this ground plan, incom-
plete as it is, will give you better idea
of the store, and of what is in it, than de-
scription can do. The store covers IN
acres; basement is under, and galleries
are over, a part. The whole affords
somewhere about S acres of room.
This particular business is 4 years old;
it began in 1876 with clothing; in 1877
it became general store with suchgoods
as you see in the plan, with carpets, up
holstery, furniture, and kitchen-furnishing
upstairs. Since that time gallery after
gallery has been added; and there is
not an inch of room to spare anywhere.
To the surprise of many, it has hourished
while trade was languishing almost
everywhere else.
To us there is no mystery about it;
nothing surprising even; unless it be
surprising that so conspicuous business
should ever be misunderstood. We do
nothing more than simply to provide
facilities for your getting what you want.
We don't mean to say that other
facilities are not provided for distributing
goods but that's a different thing.
We provide so that you get what you
want, exactly aOhat yow sOanti In the
first place we've got it. In the second
place we send it. And if we send you
the wrong thing, or if you think the
charge is too much, you bundle it back
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27
Gbe Smprua Times,
Smyrna, DeI.,
wsduesday Afternoon, Oct. 81, 1880.
CHURCH SERVICES

,-,v METHODIST EPIscoPAL.-Sunday-P Preaching
az NJ and NJ. Sunday Schools A. NJ and
II Haynes, Pastor.
n-rp,s PROTESTANT EPIsCoPAL.-Sunday-P Preach.
ST ST. At IO% A. N. and "a PM Wednesday-7N p NJ
IEaa5{nts Day-9H A. M Sunday School-2P. NJ. Rev.
,-,xryRIAN.-Sunday-P Preaching at 101$ A. NJ. and
peso a5Ssp.M sunday school-2P; Prayer Meeting
i.3ssys at "a P. NJ. Rev. J. T. Umsted Pastor
la-rc-Odd Fellows Hall-Second Sunday of
CAIaa.r month, at 10 A. NJ, and P. NJ. Rev, j. H.
rxx1A1 METHODIST EPISCOPAL (Colored).-Sun-
preaching at 1015 A. NJ. and P. NJ Rev. Geo.
II Waters, Pastor.
-, METHODIST -Sunday-Preachlng
ARI,aaiL A. " and ~ P. NJ. Rev. Jacob w. Wilks-
Sol,ns Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

A WISE Deacon" Deacon Wilder, I
want you to tell me how you kept yourself
ana family well the past season -when all
tne rest Of Us have bad the doctors visiting
ne 50 often.n 1T L1}g@ - =
Bro. Taylor the answer is very easy.
esed Hop Bitters in time; kept my family
yen and saved the doctor bills. Three dol.
.ars worth Of it kept US well and able TO
WORK all the time. I'll warrant ii has cost
you and the .neighbors one or two hundred
uoalars apiece to keep sick the same time. "
"a Deacon, I'll use your medicine here.
Aiter. ~ rEEsznfsrlxe s gs-er
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27
SECRET SOCIETIES.

law LODGE. No. 13. A F. A. M.-Meets First and
H44ssSrJ Thursday evenings of each month"; at
o'clock
,,opx1SG STAR LODGE. No. l. o. o. F.-Meets every
NT Friday evening" at o'clock.
.,.NoxST1L ESCAMPMENT, No. 2.-MeetS Second and
ATTOTh tuesday evenings of each month at o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

rug GREAT CHANGE IN KExrUuKY.-The
tfesbyterhsn. Synod at Lexington was at.
ended by four colorsd delegates Three
~ them were old.fashioned, dignified. sen.
slole men, ike unto Uncle Tom. and the
g Ta an aggressive" type Of the latter day.
nney all occupied seats in the body of the
synod.-LOuisville Courier. journal.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

7 h Mrs. VIM. Tippet, 0wasco, N. Y, saws,
qua nss 70 worn an Improved Excelsior kidney
.s az about three weeks, and have received
,sAl relief from it for pain in the back
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27
Registers Order.
REGISTERS OFFICE, DOVER, KENT COUNTY. DIR
- Oct llth 1850 I

REGISTERS OFFICE DOVER, KENT COUNTY. DIR
r-,. oct. llth, 1850. I
W pom application Of WM. NJ BOYER .ND REM,
~ ~ WALLACE Administrators ofBENIAVTV WSn
a. e. IGte OF Duck Creek Hundred in said Comm.
deceased II IS ordered and directed by the Regsty
maj tlG sd Administrators give notice of thc Sr"nt
my o Letters OF Administration upon the estate f tb
saIu ueCtSeu, by causing advertisements IN 10 80,
e "i'hih forty days from the date of such iettrs IN
slA OF Ile most public places Of the County Of Eent
requiring all persons having demands againtt ~,
e I 10 present the same abide by an Act Of
assembly IN such case made and provided and elsn
cause the same TO be inserted in the SMYRNA TINES
newspaper published in smyrna and continue her
in weeks. W commune 'iiete-
,. Glven under the hand and seal of Office Of tbn
lsEAI"l Register aioleSaid, at Dover Kent Counfv
aforesaid, the day and year above written my
). {. PENNEWILL REGISTER.
-+Ot-
NOTICE.
Inc undersigned, Administrators named above
neleuy give notice. that Letters Of Administrator
were granted to US on the llth day of October $50:
NI persons therefore having demands against tho do
ceased estate Will present the same properly atteStcd
on OF oeI2re me ith day Of October ISL or abide by
WM. NJ. BOYER
.,oo BENJAMIN WALLACE
W 100" Administrators
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

The piano factory of Ernst Gabler, on
West Twenty.second street. New York,
was destroyed by fire Monday. Only the
walls were left standing. About 300 pianos
nearly completed, and large quantity of
stock were burned. Loss. $4,000; insured
for $4,000. There were l25 workman en-
ployed in the the factory, who lost tools
valued in the aggregate at $1,000.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

Three weeks ago Mrs. Mary Mayer, of
4b2 First street, Jersey City, died Of typhoid
lever, and was buried. The body appeared
iiielike, and the cheeks after death were
Mighty colored. This preyed upon the
mind OF a daughter of the deceased to such
degree that she causedsthe remains to be
exhumed. 1t was then discovered that the
woman had turned on her face in the coffin
and that in her struggles she had torn one
ear almost off.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

Mrs. Mary NJ. Crooks, died at Astoria,
Long Island, on the 23d inst, aged s. years
widow Of George R. Crooks, ST., of Williams
port, Penn, and mother of the Rev. DR..
George R. Crooks, formerly editor of the
Methodist, New York, and Colonel William
B. Crooks, of Philadelphia. She was ma.
tive Of Kent CO., Del. Her maiden name
was Battell.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

We believe that the above will be found to
be the best assortment of colorings ever shown
in Philadelphia, and at the lowest prices for
similar qualities.
We show
LUPIN'S COLORED MERINOS,
(Choice Shades), At so, 621 and Is cents, and
44-INCH SHOODAHS,
Excellent values), At 60, IS cents, and $1.0O.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

Congressman 5. B. Chittem,lpn, of New
York. offers reward of $1,000 for evidence
furnished ut any tim" during the months
Of October or November leading To the ar
rest and conviction of the party vino forged
the Garfield Chinese letter.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

Gen. Buell., commanding at FL Paso,
Texas, has received letter confirming the
announcement made several days ago of
the defeat and death Of the Indian chief
Yictorio by tho Mexican Col. Joaquin Ter.
raseo on the 18th inst, in an engagement
IN which 80 grown Indians and Is squaws
and children were killed and 20 women
and children and $50 animals captured.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

Rev d. Curry. lately editor of the
Ciris,iaa AdsocItf, i 10 become associate
editor Of the Methodist. H will nave
charge Of the literary and contributed de.
partments aud writ" everv week for the
editorial columns. DR.. Wheeler will re-
main editor-in.chief.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

The epizooty has become general in nearly
all the towns of southern New Jersey.
Along the coast the malady is as violent rs
in 1872, and many deaths are reported.
In the interior it is of milder type, the
horses in the furnace towns" suffering
most. Wild onions have been tried as a
remedy or palliative with much success.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

On Friday night, while Mr.. Bridges and
wife. of San Fernando, Cal, were attend
ing a political meeting at Los Angeles,
their house caught fire, and their four
children-the oldest aged | years-were
burned to death.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27

A welldressed woman, about 25 years of
age, giving the name Of Mrs. Lander, of
Boston, was locked up in police station
IN New York Monday night for being, as
II is supposed, intoxicated in the street.
She subsequently hanged herself with n silk
handkerchief to the cell door, but was
discovered and cut down before life was
extinct. She was then sent to Bellevue
Hospital as insane.
Smyrna times., 1880-10-27
News Items.

General Grant made three speeches in
Connecticut and three in New Jersey on
Thursday. The silent soldier is lost to the
country.