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Richland beacon., 1880-01-31

fAs a0sd pasAsr bovsd his hsaA within the >ltar1
railing;
0as hanas were tremuleus vith ags his sight and
hsaring failing:
eon1 faatA and trust vsrs striving hard 70 ngh,
svsy hds fsars,
0st ~ his hsart vss sore and ssd s,A seueht n.
sor forty yea. n tsnsss prsciainsd 10 al sal,
esr ferty years to al Who came hs sRsrsd hope Of
giSry.
'er ssry year. he ssil that echoed .ev tsm on,
- stespls
eseslensd that hsrs An waning veios had udinss
Sc9 his people.
sst -. he lsadsss q ns sA.reA-.. influential
led end ea hin - yield his plsss 10 hold /.
liz c.xi:: h.d long been spent. rv.s meet ,.
AOuA retire
hs nsy might call . man Of nara snAovpd with
Win s.avsrins voice he gave response to friends
vho offered greeting.
AAA hstansl In IN absent way to members in thu
oisessrsi,g n fAniliar tones Of changes they we're
making
Bat ~ hs 2eks-s on bsAsrs s-Ais vsies asisw
v0A 6oo81g,
we're softly sssahiG.
holy husA 1srvsAias IL, - AessA .. angel
Had r.t:a .. A... /. b. ~. :. ~ ~ a.al far.
Hs sDeAs Of nsnsr1ss ~ ~ svssG, Of ain and
distant days,
OF forty y..r: q s'.ss..s IA. Of ,.a ..a prayer
OF cA6Idren-chrastsueA by hts hand vbs ..ooa
Will. on. repo..S s:e..a .. s.v.r ,pon til.
distant hill.
And hsrs his voice sank sad and lsv-fsr there IN,
child and wife
wer. i.,d When death had LET. ii. Ion. to liv. hi.
Far more vsrs they h. seos AsA k,evn, who
Than Asy Who sat bsfo,s n ~. saA .vr ne.r
memories vept.
For al hs prayed - fstAsss yssaA for children
That a night snos ssai. ~ Joined I. seds .boa.
above;
And tAsD. in voice rsplsts viA ss,ss Of love and
fond caresslnR,
He raisAd hi. trembling hands aiets a,d gsvs to all
his blessing.
The saddened people silent st - hs resumed hi.
chair,
Will. F.ys .. 'u..Ain. softly fen and played upon
his hair,
And rested shsr. With lishs sar,ss. - though
golden chain,
By Which - sagi nsasass ss1ghs and soothed
him In III pNn.
The ssysn broke - sl,saes % vitA svsss,y sol.
emA roll,
That vslsd in waves u a1vs ssag ssros - sd
daned soul,
With Rock Of Ago. Oh, ystasw-nAjOus, Grand,
aad srong-
Well nay As aAss, sAsan sssvv II Gl,vsrins
Ae{ss Yrslsa0.
The people Ssss - b dimisssA; 0Ai1 pastor lin.
gered OeM
Ind smiling lseksA upsn - srsvss Ass crowned
Ao Ostane hAu:
But whaa tAsy sought vi0 gsaAls touch 70 wst.
the muanG mind,
Richland beacon., 1880-01-31

The United States Minister to Bolivis
has turned up at Washington without get
Outing leave of absence from his post o
ty. He explains by saying that the Re.
public of Bolivia is in a state of anarchy,
the President having been bounced, and
that there is nothing for him to do.
The report on foreign missions made to
Congress, few years ego, showed that
there never is anything for q United
States Minister to do in Bolivia, but he
gets q, 900 year.
Richland beacon., 1880-01-31

WHEN Mrs. Chipeta Ouray, the wife
of Chief Ouray, of the Utes, passed AL.
amosa, Col, eastward bound, she saw the
body of man dangling from a tree by
the roadside. Mrs. Ouray was 50 shocked
that she cried all the way to Chicago
and would not be comforted. She
reasoned that If the palefaces were in
the habit of hanging horse thieves the
tribe of her husband could expect no
mercy
Richland beacon., 1880-01-31
HE TAILS OF THE SIOUX.
BY L. @. wILsog.

I've seen the wonders Of our land
In mountain. valley, streAm and strand,
Eat Gc'cr before spot did and
with such Q wealth OF charms - thine.
4 thousand waterfalls in one,
A thousand rills around me run;
A L1usaEd brookls.s laugh az reap,
AGd make this lovely scene complete.
= by waters tel me Of that day
when, rioons-ay, moons and moons:
TIE Indian o'er these worn rocks tzod,
And Ae.i communion with his God.
When. e'er these myriad waterfalls
And through this isle with sylvan hallA.
The dGssy maid and lover strolled
And loves old-nsy, nsw-story told,
He-~. or thsJe rocks beneath the trees,
x, AT, while he. on bended knees,
Wv that HE love should never Vano
Niisu rock and waterfall remain.
isA.H they tell OF years TO come
O: wh6el. and shaft. and spindle hum
f't tod AID fabric. AL complete.
Mas universal wants to meet.
: love Dakota more and more-
Her !rhiries vast, her mines Of oro-
love her mountains and her gladsa,
tu, most her beautiful cascades.
And, though roam In other lands
IN city d.nse On oceans strands
Iny charms shall reign IN memryS halls,
And bring me back 70 thee, 6ioux Falls
Richland beacon., 1880-01-31
HAMLET WITH A NAVY PISTOL.


1 -
George Ninsman. 81. Louis drum
mer, stopped one night last week at
small crossroads hotel in Grant County,
southern Arkansas. The house contained
four rooms and kitchen. After SUPPER
Ninaman was told that he must spend
part OF the night alone, as the family
would attend a protracted meeting in
the neighborhOod. Tire host, with his
wife and daughter, left the house, aud
Ninaman sat In one OF the rooms alone.
His lOnesOmeness was added to bv an
owl in the yard, which hooied dismally,
and an old red clock on the shelf which
ticked sOlemnly. The drummer not
having been assigned TO room, could
not go 70 bed, ani he tried 20 keep
awake by reading the Life Of st Paul
ths only book he could ind. The hog
grease lamp was suffering in unison
with the ticking Of the clock, when the
door OF an inner room opened and tall.
wild-eyed, bushy-haired man entered
" Withont speaking he seated himself and
stared at Ninaman, who naturally
showed surprise. Presently conver-
satiOn was begun, and the man exhibited
such intelligence that Ninaman's fear
was allaye6, especially az the nan
claimed 10 lie the landlords brother.
The conversation turning on literary
subjects, the man remarked:
Did you ever hear hamlet ssOliloquy
reci.ed properly?'
81 think SOP said Ninaman, Il fave
heard Booth"
Booth does not catch The spirit"
said the strange looking man. b. .'a
fails to engratt the twig of disjair IN
the tree of Hanlet's nature. Wuuli
you like to hear it Eecited ProreIiy:'
Eyes"
"You shall hear it. Ihope mott IN,
tragic will occur, but by Moss, you
shall have it anyhow
Arising, the wild.eyed man dartei
into an adjoining room, and returned
with navy pistol. Placing the ;: .ol
on The table he hegan 10 reci.r l..
voiee 50 deep and witt an air 80 wild
that NiDaman was startled. When he
came TO take up arurs against the sea
of troubles, and by opposing them, end
them,' he seized the pistol, cooked il,
and placed the muzzie against his head.
Ninaman suggested that hie troubles
were not greater than he could bear.
and asked the man to lay aside his
pistol.
"Ah, see you do not like tragedy.
You no doubt like comedy. Pull OH
your coat and dance, or I'll end your
life"
The pistol was leveled. and Ninaman
pulled of his coat and began 10 dance. l
"Woop it up yelled tie man, or
I'll end them. Pull off your trousers" F
The trousers came of and the dancing ,
continued.
" Pull of your drawers"
The drawers came Off.
"Of with your shirt"
The shirt flew into the air; g noise
was heard outside, and .he landlord, hid /
wife and daughter were on the porches
Let me go, for Gods sake, plead
Ninaman.
"No, .ir; ri kill you if you attempt
to leave. You are comedian"
The door-knOb turned. Ninaman
sprang toward door and rushed UP.
stairs as the pistO, snapped,A
In few minutes he landlord c9me
up and handed Ninaman his clothes.
81 forgot to tell you,' said he, ",hat
my brother is deranged. He has an old
pistol, but couldn't hurt anything with
It. He is harmless, but likes bis little
jokes"
The next morning the wild man was
in such good humor that he offered to
beat Ninaman throwing rocks at an
oyster can.
Richland beacon., 1880-01-31

iHE miraculous release of Charles F.
Freeman, who sacrificed his child at Po-
caaset, is predicted by one of the princi-
palAdventistsof that place. According to
TINS authority, the early resurrection of
the girl Is expected by Freeman and his
religious friends.
Richland beacon., 1880-01-31

"SoNE has bad luck from the shtart.,
said Mr.. OConemara, "and sorra taste
av anything else liver comes to 'em. Wild
me. now, Oh was born twin the same az
ne brother, and we niver had bat wan
birthday betune the two av us, until he
doied. long loife 10 him!"
Richland beacon., 1880-01-31

WHu you - Q ma with . gun on
his ahonlder and three dog ct his heels
making acroo the country, you needn't
fael I'D foe tie rabbitA He'll miss .
crow or Two, hnd . few frozen apples,
fsll into Q creek, and return home, be.
lieving he has had laundering good big
tine.
Smyrna times., 1880-11-17

ONE of the absorbing topics of the Euro
pean cabel news is the chronic condition of
discomfort in Ireland. NJ. Parnell and
thirteen other Land Leaguers have been
subpenaed to answer a charge Of con.
spiracy under an indictment of thirteen
courts. The war is between the landlords
and the peasants, and the former, fearing
the bullets of the latter, are getting rapidly
supplied with coats of mail, The follow
ing paragraph shows a singular turn in the
relative position of the two parties:
"Ths latest turn in Ireland's curiou;
affairs is the organization of fund and
party for the relief-not Of s.orying peas
ants or evicted tenants, l"' = q landlord
who could not gather his crops because hi
could get no laborers to work for him, mo-
buy food because nobody would sell to him
He was under the ban of the terrible
League, and in fair way to starve unde
it, when London newspaper started a sub
scription for his relief, and an expedition
was made up of determined men VIII
agreed to carry the relief to him and hel
him out with his crops. The expedition
was armed and equipped as for war, an
with good reason; for the last time thi
landlord went to market it took whol
English regiment to guard him from tn
mob.n
Smyrna times., 1880-11-17

Fifteen hundred young salmon came
down the Delaware railroad yesterday, for
Millington. Nd.
THE NEXT LEGIsLATURE-Then nearer the
Legislative session approaches the more
numerous become the candidates for the
various positions in the gift Of that body.
Those who are mentioned for the clerkship
of the Senate are: David r. Marvel. ESQ,
and Hiram T. Downing, of Georgetown,
Sussex county, and George O..Shakespeare,
of Dover. For the clerkshp of the House
are Douglass Coverdale. of Kenton hundred,
and Robert G. White, Esq, of Georgetown.
For sergeant-atarms of the Senate, Thomas
Young and George Wright. For the House,
John Downing.
A BIsHoP's REJoICINGs-The venerable
Bishop Levi Scott, of the NJ. E. Church,
who resides at Odessa addressed letter
on the 4th of November to the general
missionary committee, in which he thus
gives vent to his delight over the Republi
can victory "The Lord reigneth. Let the
Northland rejoice! Let the multitude of
the isles (States) be glad thereof. The
Lord reigneth. Let the people-D Demos
tremble! Sixty Psalm. My native
State is detaching herself from the solid
South. New Castle county elects her en-.
tire ticket \ X The lodge was not illu-
minated, but was bright and cheerful. The
itinerant is in good general health, but is
greatly disabled, yet hopeful and happy.
| He may see you in Philadelphia"
Smyrna times., 1880-11-17

grace of religion; but dear winning Sara,
however many gloves she spoils, or how
ever many robes she wears, assists "her
art" with all the daredevil culture of
school she has made all her own. She
does what she pleases, and plcases every
body by doing it. A husbandless mother,
her children are fathered by princess;
and with no ancestry of her own but OBJ
security, she captivates future kings by her
mysterious gifts, and makes her slaves the
curled darlings of the oldest families. 1t
is difficult to define such a regal crown. A
lovely woman makes royalty her subject /;
and obsurity and ignorance are lost sight
of in the sensuous glamour of female
charms. 1t was so at the beginning, is so
now, and will be so world without end
In Sara's case we find, however, that mere
loveliness is lost in, or made secondary to-,
a sort of mental enchantment. She seizes
all hearts by contagion of voice, grace, and
style; by the transparency of her form,
the liquid melody and measure of her
tones, and the odd witchery of her undaz'
zled air; and these are so superior in them
selves that people do not look below the
surface to see ii the goddess is as human
as themselves"
Smyrna times., 1880-11-17

TIE recent elections with its PERSONAL
ties. foreeries and defeats has left the
present organizations in State OF dis.
indignation. In order to mend matters
they have organized in New York new
movement under the title of the "Society
for Political Education"
1t is to be non.partisan, and is to com
prise within its scope members from all the
States and Territories of the Union. 1t is
to be managed by an executive committee
of twenty-five members. The committee
so far as the list has been filed up consists
of Prof. w. Summer, of Yale College, New
Haven; Hon. David A. Wells, of Norwich,
Conn.,; Charles Francis Adams, Jr., OF
Boston, Mass. Geo. S. Coe, Horace White,
Geo. Haven Putnam, r. r. Bowker, Z. N.
Shepard and X. L. Dugdale, of New York
city; Franklin MacVeagh and NJ. l.. Scud-
der, 5r., Of Chicago, H.; Gen. Bradley I.
johnson, of Baltimore, Md; Hon. John II.
Ames, of Nebraska; A. Sydney Biddle, OF
Philadelphia, Pa; Alexander Mitchell, Of
New Orleana, La; Geo. Mason, OF Calves
ton, Texas, and Peter Hamilton, of Mobile
Ala. The selection of the executive com
mittee as reported is on the whole an ex
cellent one, "many of them," as it is sta
ted in the prospectus, "being experts in
different departments of the study o.
social and political science"
Smyrna times., 1880-11-17
NEWS Items.

The mackerel fishery is failure.
The prescription of Republicans in South
Carolina is taking an organized shape.
Buy DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. 1t cures.
TO be had at all druggists for % cents.
James A Hedden was convicted of en-
hezzling the funds of the First National
Bank of Newark Monday.
The cotton crop will be an average yield,
the wheat crop an increase over last year,
and the oat crop decline.
The notorious DR.. John Buchanan was
arraigned in the Court of Quarter Sessions
at Philadelphia, Nov. 18th, and pleaded
guilty to two charges Of selling an AGA.
demic degree. Sentence was deferred.
In the Hanlan-Trickett boat race, which
took place on the Thames Monday, ITanlan
won by four lengths. lie took the lead at
Hammetsmith Bridge, holding it easily to
the finish.
Charles Hartman, Toledo Ohio, says Il
know it cured me, and hope others SINH
larly troubled with pain in the chest may
be helped by the "Only Lung Pad" as l
have.-See adv.
Annual reports have been submitted to
the Secretary of War by General Sherman,
Surgeon. General Barnes, Judge Advocate
| General Dunn, Paymaster General Brown
Inspector General Murray and Quartermas
terGeneral Meigs.
Fred. Palmer, son Of the manager of the
Western Union Telegraph office at Elmira
n. Y, has lost an eye from epizootiC
poisoning. The other eye is endangered
| 1t seems the lad wiped his face with hand
kerchief he had used to clean saliva tina
his horse had coughed on his coat sleeve.
Most Of the employees Of the House dis
placed when the Democrats gained thu
power expect to return to their old place
on the crest Of the Republican wave
Whether there are to be any changes il
the Senate willdepend on whether Malone
Fair and Davis act with the Republicans
General Garfield is credited by the Gin
cinnati Commercial with saying to persona
friend in Columbus recently, Great rs GU
victory was, believe that the forged lette
cost US all the Northern States we lost.
90 not lntenu 10 let up on these rascal
until they are punished to the fullest exten
of the law"
1t is understood that Messrs. George "
Childs and Anthony J. Drexel have sui
scribed $4,000 each for the fund starte
by the New York Times to pension ey
} Presidents. AS General Grant will be tn
first one benefited the interest of the gel
tlemen named in the scheme is grea
No other person in this vicinity has COZ
tributed as yet, but it is understood thu
some few will do so so before the week
out The fund desired is 100000.
The Philadelphia Times says: One of Ii
!, most hopeful signs of the times is the mu
tiplied evidence of the interest awakene
, in the South in regard to protective Tart
While the South was forced to remain sol
for its own defense, its people could n,
divide on questions of governmental polio
as intelligent citizens ever should und
free Institutions; but now there is vel
general appreciation of the fact that Il
South must cease to be solid polite
, phalanx. and the business interests OF tn
I section are thus released to assert ther
: selves.
Smyrna times., 1880-11-17

THE AIiddletown Transcript gets off the
following bit of gossip: ave learn that
some of our young men go to Smyrna Sun
day evenings and firt with the Smyrna
girls in church. This is very naughty, and
we hope the Smyrna ministers will preach
them a sermon on flirting one of these
nights. One of these young men went
home with his f1irtee last Sunday night,
and was surprised to find himself taken
into the drawing room where they bake
griddle cakes and play on a fifteen.octave
Connecticut dashboard every Monday morn
ing.
THE sixth annual Institute Of the teach
ers of Kent County organized this after
noon, to continue until Saturday morning.
The day sessions will be occupied with
practical discussions and instruction for the
benefit of schools and teachers, and the
evening entertainments will consist of
lectures by eminent and able men. All
friends of education are welcome to the
day sessions, as nothing is private, and all
are invited to attend the evening meetings
except children, who will not be admitted
unless in company with their parents.
By order of COMMITTEE.
DEATH OF PROMINENT MINIsTER.-Rev.
VIM. Uric after several years of very feeble
health passed peacefully away on Saturday
evening last to his coveted home at the
ripe age of three score and ten. DR.. Uric
las he was Familiarity called in recognition
of his ability as theologian) filled a con-
spicuous place in the make up of the
Philadelphia and afterwards the Whining
ton conference, and was the compeer
of such ministers as Drs. Hodgson, Thomp.
son, Roche, Cooper, Quigley, Hazard and
others who ranked high in the days when
the pulpit discourses partook of more
theological Vigor and strength than now.
DR.. Uric entered the ministry Al years
ago, having been born and reared at Rock
Hall, Kent co., Nd. During his ministry
he filled a large number of the prominent
appointments of the Conference, among
them Green ST., Fifth ST., Western, Ebenezer,
and twice at St. Paul's in Philadelphia.
When the conference divided twelve years
ago he was within the lines of the new
Conference. Ten years ago he was sent to
Smyrna Circuit, from here 10 Seaford and
from there to Salisbury where his health
which had been failing, hopelessly gave way
and he purchased property and located in
this town four years ago. His health wa:
such the most of the time as to deprive
him of the privilege of the church and The
street. The last time he attended the
church was at the Centenary Jubilee {
little over a year ago, the participation ii
which gave him as much pleasure perhaps
as any one of that large and interested
audience. His room of affection was sale
by his visiting friends to be anything but
, room of gloom-such was his Cheerful
antcipations of brighter beyond. Hi
wife and five children all survive him.
large number Of friends met in the NJ. I
b. Church last evening to participate in tn
!. memorial services, After voluntary b
: the choir, prayer was offered by Rev. j. l
Umsted, which was followed by touchin
and impressive addresses from the Rev.
Q Messrs. Brindle, Martindale and Haine'
The body was taken to Philadelphia thi
s morning for interment in Mount Moria
y Cemetary.
Smyrna times., 1880-11-17

CHAPLAIN McCABE in speech at the
Church Extension Meeting the other
night in Philadelphia said that they would
soon have a Paradise in the large section
of the western country covered by the
States of Iowa and Kansas. The ground
for his assertion was the fact that prohioi,
ton already prevailed in the first named
State and would soon in the later.
In Prohibition legislation the pain. must
be given to Kansas. By majority OF over owe
10000 that State has adopted an amend
ment to the Constitution, prohibiting the
manufacture and sale OF !ntoxicatins
liquors, except for mea and tb is law canno
be changed or repealed, except through
two,thirds vote Of each branch of the Leg
isiature, ratified by vote of the people
Well done for Kansas
Smyrna times., 1880-11-17

SARA BERSHARDT is the lioness of the
day; scarcely less important, as judging
from the attention given her by the daily
press than the selection Of a chief magis.
trate. She stands out the one conspicuous
figure, tickets selling at SIS for week or
So for an evening. John w. Forney in
the last Progress thus takes her measure:
AT present the people Of New York are
in one of their periodical crazes over a
dramatic novelty; this time it is Sara Bern.
hardt; and before she is through that PEG.
pie will have expended enough money to
see her to pave Broadway with greenbacks
from the Battery TO Central Park. That
flashy phantom is sort of female Calvin
Edson,--an attenuated sorceress,-a shad
owy sin,-a transparent torturer of the
public,--one of the serpentine vertebrse o.
humanity who are sent at intervals as if Il
prove what strange people come from
mother nature. Sara pretends to nothin,
but "her art She does not apologize fol
her alterations. She lives by the licenc,
of her career, and wins because she i
gracefully wanton. There is in these time
q sort Of philosophy that gilds corruption
by high reputation, and that polishes ras
cality with the gloss of what is called TIA
Smyrna times., 1880-11-17

Russia equally with Ireland claims
large share of the attention of Europe rope
and the happenings and daily possibilities
have ceased to be surprises. The outlook
is tersely set forth in the following para
graph:
"Asit is hard under the most popular
form of government to satisfy peoPle. IN IN
times of depression and poverty, with the
wolf close by the door, General Meiikotf
has a peculiarly difficult task before him n, IN
the management of Russian affairs. Inc
failure of crops makes it perplexl,ng
problem how to feed the peasantry this
winter. Nor is the political outlook less
gloomy than the material. The demand
for social and political emancipation was
never so decisive, nor backed by so many
influential men. Russia is plainly on the
verge of important changes, which VIII
not delay much longer even for the , antl Sr
pated opportunity that would be glVen1, oy
the Cars death. There is no impelling
force like national hunger"
Smyrna times., 1880-11-17

The following paragraph shows a singular
case of actual occurrence that equals in
circumstances some of the highest wrought
plots of the novel writer:
zone of the most perplexing among
modern cases Of uncertain identity is the
case of Theophilus Youngs. His wife or
widow, whichever she may prove to be,
saws that her husband, Theophilus Youngs,
died five years ago at Boston, and demands
letters of administration. Her suit has
been opposed for three years by her hus
bands brother, who asserts that the former
is alive, and actually produces him or some
body who claims to be him. And here Is
the curious part of it, that Mrs. Younggs
denies that this man is her husband, while
Henry Youngs, his sister, and half dozen
other relatives, have all testified positively
that the man is Theophilus Youngs, and
Mrs. Young's husband and no other
With numerous further witnesses who are
EQUALLY sure that the man is and isn't, no
wonder the Court is puzzled. The wonder
is whether the party in such dispute knows
himself, after all he has heard and SEEN"