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Smyrna times., 1884-07-16
Maryland Items.

North East, Cecil county, was con-
nected by telephone with Elkton, Mon
day.
Ground was broken on Saturday for
the new national bank building at
Salisbury.
Mrs. Peter Dykes, of Nutter's dis
trict, Wicomico county, died July 18th,
aged 81 years.
The Methodists of Centreville are
holding open air services on the court
house green ON Sunday evenings.
A fire of unknown origin occurred on
the threshing yard of John L. Rhodes,
near Harris Mills, Queen Annes county,
on Sunday, destroying all Of his straw
and the threshing machine of James c.
| Tarbutton.
Rebecca NJ. Tyler, of Denton, a well
| known preacher of the Society of
Friends, died July 18th, over 60 years
! of age. She was an ardent AbOlitiOnist
| in her time, and spent her best days in
the Improvement and amelioration Of
| the condition of the poor. Through
! her efforts the almshOuse of Caroline
county was first made tOlerable, and
She established and maintained cir
culating library in Denton at her own
expense.
A meeting was held OH Thursday of
last week in ChestertOwn, at which a
home mutual life insurance company
was organized, to be known as The
Mutual Aid Society Of Kent County"
James A. Pearce was elected president; ;
George w Harper, Of Still Pond, vice
president; Harry Hickey, secretary
| c. T. Westcot, treasurer, and W..
Frank Hines, medical director. The
bylaws adopted by the society limit
certificates each 10 s. 600, but provide
that a member can take out one, two
or three separate certiiicates.-kem
Nctra.
A correspondent Of the Baltimore
.iMeiic0a SAYS: Confined in Cam
bridge Jail ior violation of the local
option law, and within speaking dis
tance of Bug Cephas' cell, is a white
man, William w Davis. 1t is q sin
gular fact that while Cephas' spiritual
advisers admOnish him to prepare for
the death he must surely meet, and
which is drawing so nigh, Davis seeks
to persuade him not to listen to the
preachers who visit him, telling him
that if he needs the instructions OF
such sky pilots they will land him in
hell. Davis is an avowed inidel.'
There never was such u berry crop
in this county as is now being picked
Everything at all fitted by nature fOI
~ &
: been full and the weather has been
very favorable for saving the crop
Bernard's canncry has been running
S exclusively on blacllber.ies for over 4
, week and large quantities are beins
: shipped to the cities An average Of ;
carload Of perishable freight per da!
leaves Greeus5orough station and on
i day there was car and a-half of Der
-, rics and apples The other station
. are likewise contributing their quota
. ~ trs3,,sJoygyJsH E}oo Press
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16

DoN'r GIVE Up YET.-It doesn't follow that "a
patient will die because the doctors have given
him up" OF that he viii recover because they
promise to pull him through" II is never too
Mr. Michael Guilfoyle of Binghamtou, y. r.. was
cured of Rheumatism by il after ten years OF un-
speakabc suffering Mr.. r. W. MCsher, druggist
OF same city ccrtifes that he hus sold over q
thousand bottles Of Tarker's Tonic through its
reputation for this and other cures. july I'm
The honorary degree Of IL. D. was
conferred upon Mr.. Blaine by Bowdoin
College Thursday.
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16

The works of Dawson Brothers,
manufacturers of mills and mill
machinery, at Wilmington, were closed
by Sheriff Martin yesterday afternoon.
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16
For Sale, Very Cheap.

York Carriage. IN good order ana he"iy Ie'
paired. Apply F. WILLIAMS.
mar l2-tf "
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County and State Items.
fContinued from Fourth pagel
Several Peninsula canneries have
been packing huckleberries and rasp-
berries.
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16

Beniah Watson, Esq, of Dover, says
he is out Of politics. There was some
unpleasantness about cOnsulship
when Mr.. Blaine was Secretary of
State.
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16

Going North, $50 and 1O4O A. NJ, and AS P. NJ
Going South, $50 A. NJ, and 720 P. N.
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16

The watermelon crop of Delaware
promises to be small and late in ripen-
ing. Many of the early vines We're
killed by the cold weather Of May and
June, and insects.
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16
Smyrna Branch Trains.
CInsinr Of nEniIs.

Going North, LISA. NJ. $40 a.. NJ. 11.O5A.M. 517P NJ
Going south, $50 LAP. M. 437 p. N. 7.43 "
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16

From the North, 1t00 A. NJ, and SIS P. N.
From the South, 7.35 and 1l.30 A. N.
Smyrna times., 1884-07-16

Cornelius r. Wiltbank, Of Hewes,
died July Sth, aged y years. He had
been constable, collector Of taxes,
keeper Of the Beacon Light House. and
Justice Of the peace in succession.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-05-08

A real nice looking old lady
went into the Senate gallery the
ether day. and asked nice looking
gentleman. who sat beside her to
point out Senator Butler, of South
Carolina. II want to see the man
Who killed 20 many colered people
at Hamburg" she said. The gen
tleman happened to be Southern
man, and with bitter irony he
pointed out the venerable Mr..
Hear. of Massachusetts,. The old
lady looked at him seriously for q
moment, and then remarked: II
might have known it; there's muir
der in every lineament of his face. .
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-05-08

could not be entirely overlooked,
40 the convention made of Pixley
an alternate, as it did of ex-Con-
gresham Page, Q sort OF political
double to politicaster scarcely
known outside of his own voting
precinct. The Times il not . Pix
Icy champion, but it voices public
opinion in saying that he was very
shabbily treated in the house of his
so-called friends.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-05-08

To-day the mortal remains OF
james Fraser will be laid away in
the Carson Cemetery. Yesterday
the APPEAL made . hurried sketch
Of his life. but It did not do him
full justice. It il not . usual
thing. especially in . comparatively
new country, to find mon who en-
body in their traits of character alb
solute integrity and who are with
out guile. When such . man dies
something more than N ordinary
tribute deserves to be paid his
memory. In the West there is
ever found the disposition and
generally the ability to oat-wit
and over reach in business affairs,
and the man who can do the most
of this is, - . rule, more admired
than blamed. How many men
are found who have come to the
Pacific slope with the most honest
characteristics, and yet in q few
years have become imbued NTH
the proclivities of their associates
and learn to become sharpers in
common with the rest. James
Fraser brought with him, when be
came to this country, q stock Of
rugged Scotch honesty that must
have come down to him through
generations. His contempt eft trick
cry and fraud was something su-
preme, and his hatred of the small
est attempt at deception was never
softened. No man who ever de-
ceived James Fraser could posi-
bly, regain his friendship or conf
dence. He met men constantly
who out-witted and tricked him,
but he never resorted to their tao
tics to get even. Absolute up
rightness in business dealings was
his rule; to him pound must
weigh sixteen ounces. o measure
must be even to the brim and
cloth must be all wool. He loved
everything that was genuine and
hated everything that was false. and
during a life Of over sixty years,
most of which was spent in active
business pursuits, he had one
guiding rule, and that was honesty.
We can point ont no better model
to the young men growing up in
Carson, than the late James Fraser,
and there is not q business man in
Nevada who can lose anything by
rejecting upon his upright life and
methodical business habits.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-05-08
IN THE HOUSE OF HIS
FRIENDS

In, modern times as in the old
Scriptural days men were "wound-
ed in the houses of their friends. )"
From the following it would seem
that the Republicans of California
do very much by party workers as
they have frequently done in this
State. The drones get the meat Of
the egg and the workers get the
shell. The article from the Oak
land Times. edited by William
Byrne also contains a merited trib-
ute to Judge Edwards, of this
city.
By every principle of right
Frank Pixley should have been
chosen a delegate from this State
to the Chicago Republican Conven-
ton. His defeat was born of per-
sonal opposition, political jealousy
and the meanest of cowardice.
That convention pretended to be
friendly to Blaine-a friendship
based principally on the fact that
he supported the first Chinese Re
striction bill-and if the members
of that body were honestly for
Blaine why ignore his staunchest
and ablest supporter on this coast?
But for Pixley, assisted by some of
the Pacific coast delegates includ-
ing Judge T. D. Edwards, of Ne
vada, the Republican platform of
1880 would have contained no anti
Chinese plank. Pixley made a
manly and winning fight for that
plank. How necessary it was to
have the platform four years ago
sound on the Chinese question, the
over-shadowing question with the
people of the Pacific States. was
shown in the determined effort of
that campaign to prove the cele-
brated Morey letter forgery.
Numbers of the Argonaut, issued
soon after the Chicago Convention
of 1880, are proofs of the hard
struggle that Pixley and a few
men from the Pacific coast side
had to be heard in the Ma
tional platform on the Chinese
question. But when Pixley is
"erratic." is sloppy" as the
phrase with his enemies in
the Republican party goes.
and it would never do. Won
know. to send him this year as del
egate to Chicago. But such q man |
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
POcahOntaS, Tribe.

Every school-boy, who, in spite of the
destructive antiquarians, still believes
in the story of Pocahontas and Captain
John Smith, will be interested to know
that a remnant of her tribe, the once
powerful Pamunkees, are now living in
King William County, Virginia.
In recognition of the services render
ed to the early settlers by Powhatan
and his famous daughter, Virginia has
always protected their descendants.
These now number between fifty and
seventy-fve persons, and are located on
a reservation of fifteen hundred acres,
along the Pamunkey River, just oppo-
site the famous "White House," the
property of the late General Robert E.
Lee. True to the instincts and tradi-
tons of their race, they still retain the
tribal form of government: a chief, aid
ed by a council, rules them. Until five
years ago, they lived by hunting, trap
ping and fishing. But since then, the
growing scarcity of game and fish has
compelled them to find in other pursuits
the means of living.
During the civil war, they served
both Unionists and Confederates. They
aided the Confederate army in building
the Notifications at Yorktown and Rich
mond. But when McClellan's army
came along, they served it as guides,
and its vessels as pilots. Sometimes
they get into trouble with the surround
ing whites and blacks. Then, they
send deputation to Richmond to lay
their grievances before the governor of
the state. Once a year-at Christmas
they formally acknowledge that they
are the wards of the state by presenting
the governor with tribute of game,
fish and furs.
The late DR.. E. A. Dalrymple, who
took deep interest in these survivors
of once powerful tribe, procured
specimens of their pottery, with the
intention of presenting it to the museum
of Harvard college. It is similar in de-
sign and composition to that made by
their ancestors, hundreds Of years ago,
and is wholly unlike any ever made by
white Youths COMPANION.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23

from me, had the power of alternating
the property. He wished me to marry
his daughter, but while staying in Paris
I fell in love with beautiful young
American girl who was studying at O
school there, / knew her twin brother
more for her sake than for his own, end
he witnessed my private marriage with
her. Within year my uncle died, and
I was about to travel to America with
my wife and acknowledge her publicly
there, when you were born, and your
dear mother lived but an hour, Her
brother, Jonathan Lee, saw me in nv
deep affection, and urged upon me that
he could acquaint all American friends
and save me O sorrOWful journey. A
year ago learned that you were entitled
to half-share of some mining property
which had been left to Jonathan Lee
and his sister, or, in event of their death
to you. / went to America, obtained
the necessary papers, and made good
your title to the share in the property,
which Lee had been appropriating. He
is in England, ard may have instigated
the attempt at robbery by bribing that
scoundre], the butler; but as the latter
was shot when Gelert sprang on the man
who aimed his pistol at Constance, we
will let the matter drop. The other
hired miscreant escaped, but I think
Gelert must have hurt him."
Constance is lying on a sofa in the
drawing room, looking very lovely if a
little frail. Archie is by her side, and
GelerG rests his huge head against her
hand.
"My darling, the doctors orders are
Immediate change of air for you. A
month ago begged you to name the
day, SO now you will promise to agree
to very quiet wedding here a week or
two hence, and then L will take you
abroad"
No answer, and the girl raised one
hand to cover her face, which it could
not do.
''Tel her to say Yes Gelert!" said
Archie, laughingly raising the great
dogs paws in supplcation.
"May Gelert come too?"
"To be sure; and here comes my
father to hear the glorious news and to
prevent our good Aunt Dorothy fussing
| about tfOusseaui'
One more telegram reaches Mr.. JON
athan Lee, and it convinces him that
he will do we'll to be thankful for mercies
received, and to hasten to his native
land, there to arrange for the regular
| disbursements Of half his income from
the mines in favor of his young English
nephew, whom he would never see OF
hear of, unless he failed in the above
arrangements.
eve will start for America to-mor-
row" commanded Jonathan Lee to his
wife.
sob, my! haven'tgot half the things
I meant to buy in Europe"
"And you never will" gloomiy re-
sponded Jonathan.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
Savage and Civilized Shaving.

School-boys of an earlier generation
often recited (and laughed over DR..
Wolcott's description of poor Hodge
shaving himself; how
~In vain to chase his beard and bring the
graces,
He cut and dug and whined and stamped and
swore,
Brought blood, and danced and made wrv
faces"
The interval between the barbarous
(without any pun) and civilized shaving
is long one, but the history of beard
cutting as an art shows some sore exam
pies of bungling, good deal later then
the old Scythians:
The idea that shaving is a duty is
older than the invention of steel or even
of bronze razors. Nothing is more re-
markable in savage life than the resolu-
of the braves, who shave with shell or
with broken piece of glass left by
mariners.
A warrior will throw himself upon
the ground, and while one friend holds
his arms and prevents him from strup-
Cling, another will scrape his chin with
the shell or broken bottle, till he rises
bleeding but beardless.
Macaulay must have shaved almost
as badly with the razor of modern life.
and when he went to barber, and af-
ter an easy shave, asked what he owed.
the fellow, afraid Of charging too little,
replied
"Just what you generally give the
man that shaves you, sir"
II generally give him two cuts on
each cheek. said the historian.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
THE LAST KISS.
BY GEORGE W. cRoFTs.


scrNE-fA bright and amiable boy of Is years
other loved ones Sight, hearing and speech have
failed. With a last conscious effort he raises hi
hand to his lips, throws kiss and is soon after
ward taken with commissions and Dies
He had heard the call of the boatman
Who came from the further side,
To bear him away on the bosom
Of deaths mysterious tide.
And his boat was cleaving the waters,
And winds were swelling the sail,
While the shores of time were recediug
And vision began to fail.
But deathless was the love within him,
Unquenched in the surge of fear,
And the gaze of his soul was steady
On those whom he held most dear.
And to give them q last fond token
Ere he gained his home of bliss,
He touched his sweet lips with his fingers,
And threw them loving kiss.
O. sweet is the light of the morning,
And sweet the yiolets breath,
But sveeter the love of the spirit
That yields not to conquering death.
o. rare was that mode of departure
Out of a dark world like this
In sending a ray of bright sunshine
From the beyond in a kiss.
And oft will they think of that token
AS the swift years circle by,
And from it draw balm for their wounding
Until they meet him on high.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
An Adventure with a LiOness.

A portion of the crew of a ship which
was anchored off the coast of India
once went ashore for the purpose of
cutting some wood, and one of the
sailors, having through some cause be-
come separated from his companions,
was considerably frightened by the ap-
pearance of huge ioness which he
saw approaching him. Much to his
surprise, however, she did not, on COM
ing up, appear to have any evil designs
on him, but instead crouched at his
feet and looked steadfastly first at his
face and then at tree some little dis
tance away. For time the man could
not understand this conduct; but pres
emily, On the ioness rising and walking
toward the tree, looking back at him as
she went, he found out what it meant.
Up In the branches of tree was large
baboon with two little lion cubs in its
arms, and it was because of this that
Che honess was in such trouble. The
difficulty now presented itself of how
to save the cubs, for the sailor was
afraid to climb the tree. So, having
his axe with him, he resolved to cut
down the tree, and this he did, the
honess watching him most anxiouslY
during the whole time. When the tree
fell and the three animals with it, the
ioness, it is said, dashed with fury
upon the baboon and destroyed it;
then, having gently caressed her cubs
for some time, she returned to the
sailor, showed her gratitude by fawn-
ing upon him and rubbing her head
fondly against him, and at length car
ried away her offspring, one by one
HaTper's Young People.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23
THE POWER OF THE PRESS.
By GEORGE HI1rCurn

NOW the swift flashing wires
run every quarter of the globe,
And everybody's views:
But the mighty press doth robe
All with varied hues.
The sword is strong in battle
Cleaves column through
But the pen is stronger
Than sword of Waterloo.
When swords toll no longer
Pens will honor WOO.
Men rise on wings of fame
Through merit more or less,
But every man must truly say
The source he'll bless
That he owes victorious day
To the power of the press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-23

A MINISTER out West advertises:
''Matrimony made easy-$1 down, bal
ance on monthly installments. -
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-03-22
Notice.

At special meeting OF the Directors of the
Little Wood River Mining & Smelling Compa-
nv, held this day, the resignation of Col. L..
Green General Manager of this Company, was
presented and accepted. All future contracts
of this Company will be entered into and signed
by J. ". Valentine, General Superintendent.
Z. y. NAYX1vA, Pree;den4
Nov a l39a
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-03-22
Strayed or Stolen.

On the night of November 18th, from
my corral at Ketchum, two horses; one
light gray, and one threeyear old dark
iron grey, both branded Nv" on the left
shoulder. Any person or persons chanc-
ing to find the said horses will be suita-
bly, rewarded by returning them to
Ketchum, advising of their whereabouts,
or, if going to winter range, wintering
the same and returning in the spring.
WIN. HARRIS.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-03-22
Notice.

At special meeting of the Directors OF the
Philadelphia Mining & Smelling Co., held this
day, the resignation of Col. E. Green, General
Manager of this Company was presented and
accepted. All future contracts with this Com
pany will be entered into and signed by G. b.
Moulton, General superintendent
f.. ]. MATHEWS, President
PhiadeIphia, Pa, Nov. %, 1883.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1884-03-22
FULL LINE
Burial CasketS and CoRns,

With TRAININGS Complete Orders promptly
side towns on Wood River. Call and see my
stock L. A WHITE.
Sept 22-tfl
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-15
Polluting the Ballot Box for d" Re
Harni. :,


Democrats employed the bulk of an
enormous corruption fund in the coloni-
zntion of repeaters in every city in Ohio
Cincinnati and Cleveland absorbing sew
cral hundred of the imported voting
cattle. The republican campaign COM
mittees national, state, and local-were
kept busy for nearly month tracking
the scoundrels down and locating them so
that they could be prevented from poll
luting the ballot boxes on election day
The colonization movement was under
the direction of we'll known ballot-box
suffers and managers of gangs of repeaters
from Maryland, Pennsy ylvania, Illinois,
and Kentucky. They were followed from
town to town and city TO city by
agents of tho republican committees
and their plans frustrated wherever
it was possible to do so. Great numbers
of arrests for illegal voting were made in
the larger cities yesterday on informa-
tion furnished by the vigilant republican
workers, but in spite of all precautions
thousands of fraudulent democratic ball
lots went into the boxes Frauds were
praCtCcd on q scale that shows that the
| democratic maj ayers went in to buy the
.n'r The corruption was even more
shameless than that which marked the
Tilden campaign for reform 1876, when
not less than Sl,00OOOO was put out for
the outright purchase of votes in Indiana
and other close states by the monumental
fraud of Gramcrcy Park, The exposure
of the colossal crime that has been COM
mitted by the Ohio democracy in the
name of honesty and reform should open
tho eyes Of the voters of tho land to the
dangers Of the situation.
National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-10-15
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.

Marriage Of United States Naval 01icer's
Daughter to a British Lord--Work Of the
Mob at Birmingham.
BRMiNGuNM, Oct. 1i.-At daylight the
serious nature Of the riot at the Aston grounds
yesterday was revealed. There is a gap, eight
feet wide, In the wall where the mob rushed
toward the Town hall, the skating
rink and the aquarium. The platform, which
the rioters twice demolished, lies in the center
OF the rink, Il confused mass of timber. All
the chairs aud doors were smashed iuto atoms.
The hall looks as If 1t had been the scene of n
dynamite explosion. The retrcShment bars
were looted and the liquors drank and the
bottles thrown on the floors. The gass fittings
were wrenched from the walls. The gardens
and Hover beds were also destroyed.
Lord Randolph Churchill today opened the
charitable school bazar. Upon his entrance he
was received with loud cheers and some
grOnns. lie made u speech IN which he said
that he trusted his presence would produce
no repetition of the violence of yesterdays or
ganiled gang, lie deprecated that the party
TO which Mr.. John Bright belonged was infus-
ing party into national education. They de-
sired to exclude from the schools the Bible,
which Mr.. Bright admitted had been useful to
him in n worldly respect, teaching him a iorci.
bic and dramatic use Of language.