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Sale of the Plains Estate.

The well-lSnown estate in Caroline
county called "The Plains" was sold
last Wednesday by the Hon. George
w. Covington and ex-State Comptroll-
er Jump, trustees. The property con-
tains 800 acres, 500 of which are under
cultivation and the rest is in wood and
timber. 1t used to be owned by the
late Mrs. Mary Bourne, niece of Judge
Lemuel Parnell, of Queen Anne's coun-
ty. The heirs to the estate are Allen
Thorndike Rice, editor of the North
american Review; the children of the
late Commodore Parker, of Massachus-
etts, the Count and Countess De Sarti-
ges, of Paris, and the Count and Coun-
tess De Barruelas, of Spain. The i'm
provements on the place are Or broad
scale and elegant. The mansion house
is in cottage style, so by 80 feet, with
an attachment 40 feet, two stories, with
French roof There are twenty rooms,
all of which are supplied with hot and
cold water. The overseer's house is 60
feet square and has fourteen rooms.
The gardeners house is 40 by 80 feet,
and has seven rooms. In addition to
these buildings there are the "quar-
ters," barn, granary, cattle shed, sheep
house, green house, &c. There is also
an orchard of 1000 peach, 400 apple
and other fruit trees in full bearing.
Altogether it is one of the finest estates
on the Eastern Shere. 1t was purchas-
ed by Mr.. Rice, one of the heirs, fol
$25,1O0. The farm known as " Carmar-
thaen," belonging to the same estate
was bought by the Hon. ]. NJ. Hackett
of Easton, Pa, for $1S,5O0. 1t contains
6794 acres, about one-half of which is
cultivated The dwellings and build
ings are comfortable. The "Bucl
Range" farm, which adjoins "ThC
Plains" and contains 275 acres, will
excellent buildings, was sold to Hon
II. w. Jones for $4,000. The building
on these farms cost at least 100000.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

June will be a month of conventions
in Ohio, all the parties having called
their political councils for that period.
The Republicans will lead off and the
Democrats will come last, and sand
wiched between will be the Woman
Suffrage, the Greenback and the Pro.
hibition conventions.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30
Sunday in New York.

Quite number of prominent clergy
men in New York have been discussing
in the columns of the Tribune the Sun
day law, in the light of the attempt to
enforce its stringent provisions in that
city, and of the failure attending the
effort. While recognizing that the old
rigid forms of observing Sunday were
obsolete, they deprecate making the
matter religious question, believing
the effect of it would be to produce an
antagonism which would be injurious
to the influence ofthe churches. They
admit that attendance ON them has
fallen off in New York, and they at
tribute it to the great influx of foreign
ers into that city, and their adoption,
with some notifications, of the Gus
toms, habits and manners of the cOun-
tries from which they came. The view
taken by the clerical writers is that
the setting apart the seventh day Of
each week as a day of rest is defensible
on physiological grounds, while the
claim to make it, by force of law, ex-
clusively day for public worship is no
longer tenable. What they hold to be
right and just is that while those who
are religiously inclined should not be
allowed to be disturbed in their devo-
tions, consideration should also be had
for others who keep the day as one Of
rest and recreation. The ordinary
weekday labor which is permitted in
Paris, where men are seen working OIL
buildings even on Sunday, they regard
as fairly admitting of legal interposi
tiOn; but in all other respects, assum
ing that drinking saloons and concer
halls and places of vicious indulgenc,
are prohibited from being kept open
they are of the opinion that the Law
should interfere as little rs possible
with the manner in which Sunday i
observed.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

To PROTECT FARM TOOLs.-An ex
cellent preparation for the preserva-
ton of the iron work of farm imple-
ments, may be made by the slow melt
ing together of six or eight parts of
lard to one of resin, stirring till cool.
This remains semi-huid, always ready
for use, the resin preventing rancidity,
and supplying the air-tight film. Rub
bed on bright surface ever SO thinly
it protects and preserves the polish
most efIectually.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

WILL THINK ABOUT IT,-A Phila-
delphia editor, desiring an article from
Charles Dudley Warner, wrote him,
not long ago. and enclosed a check for
a good round sum as prepayment for
the article solicited. A few days after,
Mr.. Warner answered the note briefly
as follows: "The check shall be duly
used: the article l will think about y
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

WORKING UP.-John +. Andrew.
whose father, a penniless Maine boy,
grew famous as the War Governor of
Massachusetts, will be married shortly
to the daughter of the late Nathaniel
Thayer, banker, of Boston. Miss
Thayer's fortune is placed at s., 500, 900,
though her grandfather was a country
clergyman, as poor as Il church mouse.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

Menial, rushing in-"O, Mr.. Conk~
ling, Governor Sprague is dead"
COnkling-"Ah! so much for Governor
Sprague." Menial-"It's the horse
Governor sprague, your honor" Conk-
ling (disgustedly)-"O, 1 thought it
was the ass"
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

To FEE WAITERs.-It is said that
when VIM. H. Vanderbilt sailed for
Europe he took letters of credit with
him for $1,O0O,OOO. Some one asked
him jocOsely what he intended to do
with so much money. "It is the Gus
tom on the other side" responded Mr..
Vanderbilt. soberly, "to fee walters
and attendants"
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

This is the season when hens run
and will not be comfoIted, unless they
can hide away somewhere, and sit day
and night on a wooden nest egg or an
old door knob.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

Benjamin Franklin's saying, "We
must all hang together, or else we shall
hang separately" is about the only
consolation O'Donovan Rosa can send
to his conspirator friends in Ireland.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

The Philadelphia Ledger. of Tuesday,
stated that peaches sold in that city ut
$40 a box. Quite fancy, and good
prices may be had all the season by
carrying out the provisions of the Fruit
Exchange Delcicdredn.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

Gen. Beauregard gives it as the re-
suit of his personal observation that
the colored people in the Southern
States, instead Of increasing, are actual.
ly on the declipe,
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

The dissatisfied ones declare that
"Say fish to Arthur, and he's off like
an old-time fireman at the cry of fire."
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

Guessing at the crops is now in order
and it is going on with great activity
among the experts.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

Some farmers appear to forget that
their lands extends to the middle of
the roadway, and that they have rights
and duties in connection with the road
sides. At this season it is common to
find by the Wayside the largest weeds
in the neighborhood. They have had
it all their own way, and this has been
to ripen large crop of seeds. Such
neglect of the roadside is a great mis-
take, and it not only gives a neglected
appearance to the street, but is a means
of prOpagating weeds that do much
damage to the crops in the adjoining
fields. 1t does not matter how clean
the cultivated crops may be kept il
weeds are left to grow just over the
fence. Collect and burn these. but in
doing this the seeds should be killed
to make the work of subduing these
pests less buPdensome in the future
besides adding to the attractiveness o
the road.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

Very large Strawberries in very small
boxes will seon be retailed at our
doors.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30
listlatua Coke Verses Clara gitEpaadh.
BY THE BARD OF TOWER HALL.

NOTE.-FrOm the immense patronage bestowed
upon GARITEE, MASTEN IL ALLEN, TOWER
HALL CLOTHERs, the bard of the establishment
has been led TO believe that his poetic advertise
concluded to give his many readers poem more
worthy of careful pernsal than any of his former
efforts The poem will be lengthy and will be
continued monthly until finished, its effect being
to show up side. by side Clara FitZpOodle with
nothing to wear" and LittletOn Coke with MOTH
ing to do" and in doing this the author in the
language of the immortal Shakespeare, would say
Look upon the picture, then on this"
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

Malaria, Chills and Fever, and Bill.
lious attacks positively cured with Emory's Stan
dard Cure Pills-an infallble remedy: EeveI
fails TO cure the most obstinate, longstanding
cases where Quinine and all other remedies had
failed. They are prepared expressly for maa
riOus sections In double boxes two kinds Of Pills
containing strong cathartic and chill breaker
sugar-c0ated; containing no Quinine or Mercury
causing no gripping or purging; they are mild and
Efficient. certain In their action and harmless In
oil cases; they efiectually cleanse the system and
give new life and tone TO the body. As house
hold remedy they are unequaled. For Livel
Complaint their equal Is not known: one boz
will have wonderful effect on the worse case
They are used and prescribed by Physicians, and
sold by Druggists everywhere, or sent by mail, p
and 20 cent boxes. Emory Little Cathartic Pills
best ever made only 10 Gents. Standard Cure 90.
ia Nassau Street, New York. July l2-ly
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

A congressman speaking one day,
Got lame in the jaw, they do say,
With the ache lle was toiling.
But a st. Jacobs OiIing.
He said was worth all his nav.
The champion driver Dan Mace,
Who never was" left" in a race,
= says for cuts and sprains,
Andra all bodily pains,
st. Jacobs Oil holds the first place
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

+ owing to the backwardness of the
weather, which has had the effect of
making the walking throughout the
country very bad, the proposed nation
al convention of eclored men at Wash
ington has been abanded. The yield
of spring chickens will, therefore, be
up to the average
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

The elections iln Virginia, which took
place Thursday last in all of the coun-
ties and several Of the cities, indicate
that the Malone tidal wave reached its
height in November last, and is now
rrccding. A number of counties here
toiore strongly readjuster have once
more wheeled into the democratic
column, whilst in but one or two of his
stronghOlds has Malone been able to
maintain his former majorities.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

On Thirty DAYS TRIAL.-The VOL
taic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich, will
send DIR. Dyes Celebrated Electro Vol
taic Belts and Electric Appliances on
trial for thirty days to men young or
old) who are afflicted with nervous de-
bility, lost vitality and kindred troub-
les, guaranteeing speedy and complete
restoration of health and manly yigQy,
Address as above, n. B.-No risk IS
incurred, as thirty days. trial is al
lowed. dec 27-1y
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30

The bounty on sparrows in Evans
vile, Ind, Is one cent head.
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,

Miscellaneous Books Youth Older
Bibles, Hymnals Books Albums School
Books
Envelopes Inks, Fluids, Pencils,
BestGo Pens Fine together eparate
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30
Important to Farmers!
Continued reduced price of
SHELL LIME
For the Year 1888.

AS an experiment and to Omeetthe necessities of
the times, we decided two years ago TO lower The
price of our LIME % per cent making il 6 cents
per oushel, instead of cents, as formerly. The
success of the plan was such that 0ur s,lSs ,vare
MORE THAN DOUBLED, and we concluded to
continue the price at
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.

Mocha JAVA IAguaya Maracaibo, Rio Mixed Coees.
Teas Moasses and all other Staple Goods
Pickles. Sauces. Canned Goods Extracts Sace Baking Powders Chocolates
Canned Meats, Poultry Fish, Vegetables and
Choice Mackere
Soda, Powder, Shot Tobacco Bungs
Burning Oils, Lard OIL Tanners OIL Iineed OIL Neaoo Oil.
Flour Feed Field Seeds, Seeds
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30
NOTICE.

All parties having grlst 70 y, ,Sweodaled BY pSrl
Flour or Feed, will DC aey",SIW s = N FoWler W.
their orders at the store OF Z, y" ,ry
will receive prOHiP' II. C. htnsr NUE. NiIs
june 1t
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30
Price for The Year 1883. 6 Cents ler hnShGl

on the railroad.
Orders filled promptly for any amount from one
car load to ten thousand bushels. As the spring
trade promises TO be unusually heavy hi, wear #
would be well to send orders in early
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30
6 Cents per Bushel

Until further notice. The superior excellence
and cheapness of Shell Lime for agricultural pur-
poses can be attested by hundreds Of the best
farmers OF Delaware and Maryland. and the
steadily y-ncreaSing demand is the best proof Of
its merits. Now is the time to improve lands
at small cost
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30
GLASS WARE AND QUEENSWARE.

and in
Dishes Teas,P a othe
Mugs Gobe Celer
Fancy Toilet Sets, Engraved Gobes, Moasses Cups
Guards Fruit Butter Garden
o avoid a
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SHELL LIME,

Is preferable to stone Lime and with the presen
extremely low price and advantageous freigh
rates: it is decidedly the CHEAPEST AND M0S1
RELIABLE FERTILIZER for PENINSULA usp
Smyrna times., 1883-05-30
j. B. COOPER. HlRI.
COOPER BUILDING.)
Corner Main and Commerce Streets,
SMYRNA, DEL.
CARPETS AND OILCLOTHS.
DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS.

Silks Cashmeres Apacas Gnghams NansoOks Lawns Pea
Cloths Cassimeres and Linens for Children and Youth
sheeng Tckngs Prints Muns Creonnes Linens Skrng Fanne
Chevots, COttonade Table Linens Towels, Crashes Napkins
Corse Gloves Hosiery Buttons Laces Sewing Silks Braid, Webs
Ladies, Gents and Chldren's Underwear
Shirts Ties searf Collars Cuffs suspender Kercie Umbrelas
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-29
change being effected only at the time of
our quadrennial elections.

The terms of twenty-six United States
Senators expire on the 4th of March next.
Fourteen Senators have been chosen to
succeed themselves, viz: Anthony, Beck.
Butler, Coke, Frye, Garland, Harris, Hoar,
Lamar, Mcpherson, Morgan, Plumb, Ran
som and Salisbury. Eight new Senators
have been elected,viz.: Colqultt, to succeed
Barrow, the successor of Hon. B. H. Hill
of Georgia; Cullom to succeed David Da-
Wis; Wilson to succeed McDill; Gibson to
succeed Kellogg; Dolph to succeed Grover;
Riddleberger to succeed Johnston; Kenna
to succeed Davis of West Virginia, and
Bowen to succeed Teller, from Colorado.
Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska and New
Hampshire have not yet chosen senators.
These four States are expected to elect
Republicans, so that politically the next
senate will stand: Readjusters, 2; Demo
Gratis, SO; Republicans, SO. There is an
expectation that the new senate will be
called in session March 4th, and Senator
Anthony chosen president pro tenn.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-29
SEEKING 4 sCApEGoAr.

Mr.. Window and some of his friend
seek to explain his defeat by alleging that
some of his supporters were treacherous-
secretly plotting WINDOWS defeat whil
oStensibly fayoring him.
This is none of the GLOBES funeral blu
the GLOBE believes in fairplay, and it il
due Mr.. WINDOWS supporters to say tina
no man ever had more cordial or Ioya
assistance. The men who had hi
campaign in charge may have
made mistakes but they were earnest anG
honest in their efforts. He never would
have come within four votes of an election
but for the almost superhuman efforts ant
perfect loyalty of his friends
1t is base ingratitude on the part of Mr.
Window to seek to break the force of hi
defeat by insinuations against the mer
who so nearly secured success. The fail
ure to succeed lies with Mr.. Window him
self. He has been in Office twenty
four years. His public record i.
very far from being unspotted and the
lieved against him. He is regarded as {
nonresident politician, who has used the
public position he has held to amas!
wealth rather than serve the public
interest. He had made vicious and IN
called for personal campaign upon Mr.
Dunnell, one of the hardest working, most
able and faithful representatives the state
has ever had.
By his arrogant and violently abusive
policy toward those who stood in his way
he invoked opposition and nerved tn,
hands of men to hurl at him deadly doses
of his own medicine. His characteristics
and base ingratitude arr
aptly displayed by these falls
accusations against his friends. It dis
plays the very unsavory elements of his
character which largely wrought his de
feat.
The only surprising thing abont the
campaign is that he should
have had such earnest friends. They
were laboring with a zeal worthy
of better cause, and that they carried
such load so near success attests theil
loyalty more stoutly than all the protesta
tions that can be made. The GLOBE re
joices in their ill success, though in thu
interest of fair play it defends them from
the base attack of the man for whom they
labored so faithfully.
Mr.. William WINDOWS inner conscious
ness ought to explain to him the cause O
his defeat. An inward glance at what h
really is, should not only explain to hin
why he lost the battle, but should occup,
the remainder of his life in wondering a
his long continued success in securing tn
| honors he has had.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-29
REPUBLICAN Loss OF HOPE.

The Republican machine men are specu-
lating on the future prospect of their
party, and they are not inclined, as rule,
to speak very hopefully. meeting of the
Ohio State Republican committee was held
at Columbus last Tuesday. Gov. Foster
made speech, and Senator Sherman sent
letter. Both were strained efforts, hol-
low and insincere. Each, in his way,sought
to avoid the rugged issue which stares the
Republicans of that state, square in the
face, to-wit, the temperance question.
These statesmen realize that they are on
the ragged edge" and though they strug-
gle to hedge, their pain is at once pitiful
and amusing. AS Ohio elects a governo,
and legislature next October, the result in
that state is likely to have considerable
influence on the current that will
decide the status Of 1884. It is
proposed now to run Ben. Butterworth. OF
Cincinnati, for governor, and Hon. Chas
Foster will strive for the legislature and
the senatorship. AS Butterworth is the
chief representative of the whisky lobby
in congress, and Foster occupies a high
roost on the temperance question. the
managers fancy their circus will draw and
win. However fine these plans may seem
to their authors, it will require something
in the nature of miracle to prevent Ohio
from going Democratic this fall. In his
little speech, Foster said that no party on
earth can defeat the Republicans, if they
are united. There's the rub. The d1vis-
ions which Foster has done much to create,
are as unlikely to be healed, as the moon
is to take the place of the sun by dav
The Republican managers are ratified, and
If the Democrats remain level headed, thev
will keep the people with them. A de-
cided shade of sadness is observable in
the columns of the Republican journals of
the Buckeye state. They do
not overlook the close quarters
their people are in at home, and in looking
abroad they indulge in the most gloomy
representations. The Cincinnati Com
nlercial Gazette looks with hopeless eyes at
Iowa, one of the stoutest of Republican
States. It discusses%the situation there as
follows:
The gubernatorial canvass in Iowa this wear
will excite much attention throughout the
country. Precedent entities Gov Sherman to a
denomination, but his advocacy of prohibition is
likely to weaken his chances. The German ele-
ment IN the Republican party is said to be op-
posed to him, and the liquor interest will Ger
talnly do all that it can to defeat him. He was
IN favor of the adoption of the CONSTITUTE onal
amendment, but has steadily refused to call the
legislature together in extra session to enact
laws to carry it into force, and has thus Offend
eel the fanatics. There is some talk of nominal
Ing a new man. The activity of the Democrats
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-29
GREAT BRITAIN.

LONDON, Jan. 28.-The steamer wrecked
near Swansea was the Agnes Jack, from
Sardinia, with lead. Witnesses of the dis
aster saw twelve men, the crew, swept from
the mast. The steamer sent out rockets
and boat, but was unapproachable.. All
hands persisted, including the captain, who
stripped to swim ashore.
LONDON, Jan. 28.-Bishop Suther, of
Aberdeen and Orkney, is dead.
Cork, Jan. 2S.-The convicts at Hane-
bovine island attacked the wardens and
badly beat the police. The military
were hurt.
DUBLIN, Jan. 26.-Davitt, in speech at
a meeting of the national league said: If
Gladstone could give legislative blow to
landlordism, his name would be revered
by every generation of liberated victims.
LNoDoN, JAM. 28.-Frederick Martin,
formerly Carlyles amanuensis, and pro-
prietor of the Statesmans Carbook, is
dead.
The porte's reply to the Granville circu-
lar requests the conference to reassem-
BILE.
The Times says: ''The resignation of the
French cabinet exhibits a catastrophe
which threatens the political arrangements
of the country, and renders the substitu-
tions of a more powerful ministry mat
ter of exceeding difficulty.
DUBLIN, Jan. 29.-It is believed that the
government is in possession of informa-
ton which will bring home the guilt or
completely in the Phoenix park murders
to at least two of the prisoners before the
magistrates on Saturday.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-29
FRANCE.

PARIS, Jan. 28.-President Grevy has &C
cepted the resignation of the ministers.
Fallieres and Jules Ferry are confer
ring with President Grevy about a new
ministry.
President Grevy remarked, 81 am firmly
resolved on dissolution. Nobody can gov
ern the country with the present chamber
of deputies"
Deloulede, founder of the patriotic
league, just recovered from wound re-
ceived in a duel, was to-day again wound
ed in duel with journalist.
LYONS, Jan. 2S.-The town is in state
of excitement. 1t Is rumored the an
archists intend to storm the prison of st.
Paul, where Prince Krapotkine is confined.
Troops and police are posted in the
neighborhood of the prision, and other
precautions taken.
PARIS, Jan. 28.-The seals on Gambetta's
papers have been removed. The papers
contain copious notes on the subject of a
reorganization of the army.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-29

The saloon license matter is one of the
prominent questions of the day. On
Thursday last, bill was introduced in the
Illinois legislature fixing the minimum
saloon license at $500. A clause of the
bill provides that drinking houses shall
not become the resort of disreputable
characters. In st. Louis, the grand jury
of the criminal court reports that it has
indubitable proof that at least eighty per
cent. of the criminals and paupers of
the city are the direct product of the
saloons. The grand jury recommend that
the minimum license for liquor saloons
be fixed at $1,000, and for the houses that
sell wine and beer only, at $500. 1t may
be doubted if the common council of St.
Louis will fix upon rates of license marked
up to this extent. However, the matter
has gone so far, that it will come before
the legislature. There is a
steady determination, by some proceed
to sweep away the small, low doggeries,
which are the harboring places of thieves
and thugs. There are in Chicago ''four
thousand able-bodied loafers peddling in
toxicating drinks over their bars" and in
st. Louis the number exceeds that by one
thousand. All the great cities are agitat-
ing some method of relief from the multi
form evils which flow from the dram shop.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-29
A Tariff Memorial.

BOSTON, Jan. 28.-A memorial has been
forwarded to Washington by the Arkwright
club, representing the establishments of
New England producing cotton, wooden
and silk fabrics, machinery, paper and
drugs,and employing about 100000 persons
and $100,0O0,00O capital, asking for the
enactment of tariff bill the present ses-
sion, based upon those reported by the
commission, giving the preference to the
simpler forms and lowest rates of duties
upon raw materials and articles used in
American industries, and keeping upon
the free list articles not produced in this
country,