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Groceries and Provisions.

This much the heaviest branch Of the trade and the every
thing class All staple Goods kept and whatever tried ami
on ha1d Choice Teas Spices Syups Sugars Crackers Hams Beef Cheese
spices The best bins Powders Canned Fruits Pickles Canned Meats
tlaVnS Extracts Canned Fish Candles
Roasted and Green Backin &C. are kept in the front and nothing that
character Powder
Then the He No Tea the evoe Brilliant Fayor
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China and Glass Ware

thing
SAND Tor household use from Gilt Decorated China Tea
Goblet Earthcn nj
r sets Glass Nare 0i all descriptions Mjol Ware Fancy
Garden Ware Stone Ware hanging Baskets Tin Ware,
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=. 3. Cooper.
COOper's Building, Corner Main and Com
mcrce Streets, Smyrna, Del.
Season OF 1884.

Thankful for the large year 1881 Season with
higher and larger hopes
must have what people and
Hnce keep full stock chalenge
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Cedar and Willow Ware


Tubs
Also small
of all sorts Came Hair Pencil
Stove Scrub and Wall Brushes we'll Hair
are 5head
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Carpets and OiICIOthS.

This is leading made this year 10 double
the sales OF the last Brussels Tapestry,
kept Stair Hall Of all
sizes and qualities assoc Mats line Of Oi
tho
Sample, representing kofl wards
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Free to all Subscribers in the United states and
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Ropes and TWineS.

lh embraces isgn4 Rope from aquarter inch inch
Igh Ropes (ilI@ TWnc TWine. ord
Lines, and everything else in this line sells here.
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THE Sun,
Published daily except Sunday.
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Wilmington l Baltimore Railroad,
DELAWARE DIVISION.

On and after THURSDAY. November % 1883,
Sundays excepted trains will leave as follows
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TuE Perkins & House Non-Explos-
i've Lamp is the only Lamp nj 70 pe
used among children. 1t cannot e4-
plode or break. Sold only by ). d.
Cooper.
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THE BALTIMORE WEEKLY sun.
|l.@ BALTIMORE wEFILY srA.

A NEWSPAPER GIVING a WEEKS EVENTS
IN COMPACT SHAPE.
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DELAWARE, MARYLAND I VIRGINIA R, r.,
IN CONNECTION WITH THE
Old Dominion Steamship Company.

On and after Monday, January 1th, 1884. (Sun.
days excepted) the trains viii be run Us follows:
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1881 PREMIUM COPIES 1854
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Only few items ned in the above
or ordered Silks Cloths
ordered not in stock have special with
Retail Houses that can sell the goods sharp prices
the order Samples select order the
Statesmen polite and attentive and mistakes kind
gladly righto Produce taken exchange
to make tho trade of this year larger than the last.
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SPECIALTIES.

lst.-Devocs Brilliant Oil, the best Oil.
2d.-Non Explosive Lamps, the best Lamps.
3d.-The "Que Shirts, the best Shirts.
4th.-IIe No Tea, natural, the best Tea.
5th.-GOOd Catch Cigar, the best cheap Cigar.
6th.-New York Cream Cheese the best Cheese.
7th.-Pure Sugar Syrup, the best Syrup.
Sth.-Thurber's Extracts, the best EXtractz
9th.-Todds Gold Pens, the best PeE4
10th.-Damond State Pickles. the best Pickles
11th.-Lea & Sons Triple F. flour, the best Flour
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Fruits and Vegetables

These might under the head of Groceries, but deserve
The hest Oranges Lemons Apples Prunes Dried Fruit
ries of all kinds in Potatoes large here
too. &yarOIated Peaches all the season.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

This includes Pocket Books Cabas, Walking Canes, uni
Shoe Findings, Fishing Tackle Combs CARD Cases Harmonic
Razors, Straps Pipes and Thousand things that under
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Flour, Meal, Seeds. &c.

This includes not only the best Mill Flour made here
Flour Also Iuckwheat Hominy Beans Gr Oatmeal &c.
Field and Garden Seeds in Season Lndreth Seeds Snecax
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-01-03
DueIina In Germany.

German students in their ridiculous
duels confne themselves as rule to dis
figuring one another. But at Warzburg
a students duel has just ended in the
death of one of the late combatants; and
it would be well if this fatal result could
have the effect of awakening the author
tiles to a sense of their responsibility in
connection with the combats, for the
most part grotesque, but now and then
tragic, by which German university life
is still disgraced. Even in France, where
dueling is among grown men much
more common than in Germany, students
are not in the habit of Hgoing OUT" and
in England, even before the practice Of
dueling had been put an end to by the
application of the ordinary laws against
wilful murder, no one ever by any chance
heard of dueling among undergraduates.
Dueling at German universities is a
tradition originating in a permission
granted rather thoughlessly by one of
the ancient German emperors, to the
effect that students might wear swords.
To justify the wearing of sword they
considered it necessary now and then to
use it, and to this may be attributed the
formal institution of duels and of rules
Of dueling.-St James Gazette.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-01-03
10 Reduce the Flesh.

Radiance of undesirable fat has been
achieved of late by a number of actresses; I;
and they are said to have done it by
dieting, and not by the use of drugs, as
many suppose. The directions are simple
enough, and yet rather hard to follow.
They are substantially the same as recon-
mended by Banting, the Englishman who
reduced his weight from 204 to 1877
pounds in six months, and then published
his experience for the guidance Of others
afflicted by corpulence. The system con-
sists in abstinence from food that con-
tains starch or sugar This excludes
bread, butter, milk, potatoes, beer, and
all the preparations into which sugar
enters. Unfortunately for this purpose,
women almost invariably have sweet
teeth; but they cannot part with their
excess of flesh without giving up sugar.
They must consent to live chiefly on
meat that isn't fat, and vegetables, ex-
cepting potatoes. The quantity Of food
eaten may be as great as the appetite
calls for, so long as starchy and saccha-
rine matter is eschewed This does not
leave woman so badly off as she might
at glance imagine, if she can only
make up her mind to live without candy
and pastry.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-01-03
Secretaries OF the Senate.

Ex-Congressman Arson G.. McCook, of
New York city, is the present secretary
Of the United States Senate. A writer in
q New York paper says this is the first
time New York city or State has ever
had secretary of the Senate; and there
have not been, in all, above seven or
eight secretaries. The office is, in honor,
next below Senator. The secretary is
the banker Of the Senate as well as its
highest servant. He often walks over to
the house to represent the Senate pub
hcly, or reads at the desk on ceremonial
days. He corresponds in the capitol
building by rank to the clerk of the
supreme court and the clerk of the House.
The first Republican elected to this place
was John w. Forney, July 10, 1861, sue
ceeding the venerable Asbury Dickens,
of North Carolina, who had been in
placc nearly twenty-five years and had
been preceded by only three men, Samuel
A. Otis, of Massachusetts,, Charles Cults, of
New Hampshire, and Walter Lowrie, of
Pennsylvania Mr.. Otis, Boston man
and delegate to the last session of the
Continental Congress, stepped from that
expiring body into the secretaryship of
the virginia. senate and held the position
thirty years. Charles Cults was also
Harvard college man and was a student of
Judge Pickering and Senator at Wash
ington three years, till made secretary by
his fellow Senators for eleven years,
whereupon he became Senator again by
appointment, but soon resigned and lived
till 1846. Walter Lowrie was also a
Senator for full term aud stepped out of
his seat into the secretaryship in 1926,
where he stayed eleven years and then
became secretary of the religious board
of foreign missions and lived and died in
New York. Mr.. Forney was nominated
for the Senate, but defeated Mr.. Cor
ham ran for governor of California on the
same ticket with Senator Jones, and be-
ing defeated and not prosperous, was
made secretary of the Senate
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-01-03
The Country Paner.

There is one thing that strikes US as be
ing most remarkable in the conduct Of
United States journalism, and that is the
pith and strength of expression that runs
throughout the so-called country press
1t really is in the country press that
thought finds the strongest expression
Occasionally a country editor betrays
Ignorance or carelessness Of the rules of
grammar; sometimes he gets 'little
Off on the matter of propriety; but the
country newspaper, like the country
voter, has larger force in shaping the
destinies Of the people for whom we
journalists all write, than the whole So
called metropolitan press combined In
deed, the facts lead to the following kind
Of formulation Of the uses Of newspa-
pers: The papers Of the great cities sup
ply current news in the mass, as it is their
province to do; the country newspaper
digests the news into the shape Of practi-
cal and effective thought. The man of
the country has time to think; he Of the
city has barely time to record, and if he
attempt to make deductions, his time is
50 short and his opportunities SO liable to
be tinctured with bias, that he frequently
comes to grief and has to eat his own
words. 1t is in the cities that the doc
trine has grown that newspaper has
neither conscience nor memory; such doc
trine would ruin the most successful
country newspaper in the union. The
great dailies of the great cities are mag
nifcent organizations for the collection and
dissemination Of news, but there their
functions, except as to the manipulation
of local, political and social affairs, cease.
The country newspaper should be vehi-
Gle of thought, and generally is SO. The
facts are spread before them by the great
city dailies, and they control or guide
public sentiment. .-American Journalist
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-01-03
Malaria.

According to the Gazz. Med. Hal.
Kenete, Professor Silvestrini has made
series of experiments to ascertain if the
miasm of malaria really exists, as is gen
orally supposed in the dew and the soil.
He collected soil and dew from notori-
ously unwholesome places and injected
infusions of them under his skin, having
first ascertained that they held various
forms of sporiferous and other bacili
No evil results were experienced. He
tried similar experiments on his wife,
and he and his friends made fifty-two
experiments with dew and infusions of
soil collected from many places. All Of
them proved innocuous. The professor
denies, therefore, that primitive infec-
ton is the cause of malarial fevers
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-01-03
by 14o majority. It has been very curl

by 140 majority. 1t has been very curl
GUS to see what different and opposite
motives have moved men to favor this
new feature in representative govern
ment. Mill votes for this only
as an installment of what he has
long advocated as doctrinaire:
that minoritles should be repre-
sented, and he hopes to see it prevail in
all elections. He thinks it will vitalize
voters, and virtually extend the suffrage.
He votes for it as higher step toward
democracy. Gladstone opposes it for
this very reason, and several others be-
cause it will give them a Tory member.
The Times favors it for this reason, and
because it thinks it will control the dem
ocratic tendencies of the bill.
''This measure seems to me to be vul-
nerable: first, because OF the practical
difficulties in carrying it into operation;
secondly, because of its partial applica-
ton.
'T'he voting paper clause was taken
up, and the house of commons refused
to concur with the lords.
81 left the commons little before
midnight, having witnessed the practical
consummation of the greatest advance
toward political liberty made in England
in century"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-01-03
A New Species Of Potatoes.

A new species of potato is reported to
have been found upon the little uninhab-
tied island, Goritti, situated at themouth
Of the river La Plata. The species has
been named after its discoverer, Mr.. Oh
rond, and viii hereafter be known As Sol
anum Ohrondi. This potato, tits thought.
may become the parent of some excellent
varieties; In its native state, the tubers
are, to be sure. very small, but. under cul-
tivation, they improve very rapidly. 1t
may prove, however, that this new pota-
to will turn out to be nothing more than
our common S. tuberosum, which, as Is
now well known, can be found growing
wild in all the cool valleys in the higher
regions of the Rocky mountain range.
from Colorado southwark to the Andes of
South America. The tubers Of the Wild
plants are always small, seldom exceeding
an inch in length, but rapidly Increase in
size when cultivated, or even when tho
wild plants are disturbed by the plough.
az il often the case when the pioneers III
the West break up the land fol sowing
grain, on raising other kinds rf crops -~
Ma Tcrk Eifn.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-01-03
No Cause for Surprise.

In rural district of Foriarshire
young plowman once went counting on
Saturday night. In vain he racked his
brain for some interesting topic; he could
call up no subject at all suitable for tho
occasion-not one sentence could he utter,
and for two long hours he sat in silent
despair. The girl herself was equally si-
lent; she no doubt remembered the teach
ing of the old Scotch song, Men maun
be the first to speak, and she sat patient
ly regarding him with demure surprise.
Atlast John suddenly exclaimed Jenny,
there's feather on yer apron!" Il wild
ma haze wondered if there had been twa, !"
replied Jenny, ''for I've been sittin' aside
a goose a. nich.n
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-01-03
Norways Scenic Grandeur.

Three things make summer excursion
along the western coast of Norway most
enticing to a traveller. The scenic gran
deur of those stern, solemn, awe-inspiring
mountains, austere and bold and glor-
ious in their strength and solitude, is the
first. Their gray and melancholy peaks
often rise sheer and clear from the fiords
to considerable height, and present
sometimes weird and fantastic shape,
as at the Lofoden islands, with their
countless pinnacles, compared to sharks
teeth; or the Seven Sisters, 1000 feet
high, that seem to clasp each other with
frosty fingers in the upper air; or most
notable of ALL perhaps, the Giant Horse
man, under the Arctic circle, a myster-
ious presence that every Norseman feels,
and in which he has a superstitious awe
This suggests another element, the his
toric and legendary interest attached to
these localities. The old Vikings have
left their memorials on sea and shore.
1t is delightful to look at this grand
scenery through the misty perspective of
romance and mythology. But more than
all is the bewitching beauty Of cease
less day, which invests with a subtle
charm that which otherwise might be
bleak, bare, and chilling. The fine
gradations of color in sky and sea, on
mountain and moor, the atmospheric con-
ditions in these high latitudes where
there is no night, give plenary and
crowning glory to the view.-Dio Leaois's
Monthlv.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-01-03
A Floating Theatre.

A startling innovation is to be intro
duced into the histrionic world in the
shape Of floating theatre company The
company's capital is placed at 81, 900, 900,
divided into 100, 900 shares. The first
boat, designed by Mr.. R. NJ. Fryer, is to
be built on the catamaran principle, and
the structure will be supported on two
steel cylinders of twenty feet each. The
dimensions viii be 276 feet in length BY
sixty-six feet in width The motive
power will be a compound engine of $500
horse power, while the draught will be
seven and half feet. State-room accom-
modations for a company of 100 will be
provided, while the seating capacity
of the theatre itself, including parquet
and two balconies, will be for 1900
people. The parquet is to be on the
front Of the vessel. taking up little more
than one-third its length, and the stage
will be in the middle. The engine-room,
state-rooms and dining rooms and kitchen
will occupy the after part. The boat is
to be built by contract in this city, and
will cost $3.50, 900. 1t is to rejoice in
the title of the Gladiator. ''We have
the sympathy Of some very eminent the
atrical people" said one Of the trustees.
4 may say that they are enthusiastic on
the subject. Our object is simply this:
There are 1900, 900 people outside Of
New York and Brooklyn distributed in
towns of from 10000 to 20, 900 inhab-
itants, who have no opportunities of
witnessing good performance without
coming to the great cities. This is
always inconvenient on account of the
late return at night. Moreover, great
actors viii not 60 to small towns. Do
you think Booth would play in Newark
He would positively decline to do so. We
shall visit such towns as Newport,
Albany, Newark, Paterson, Stonington
and Fall River, anchor alongside the dock
and give them a tirst-class performance.
such as could never be heard in the mis-
erably appointed theatres of such towns.
We shall have a regular stock company,
who will live on the boat all the year
round. The appointments of the theatre
will be simply sumptuous. All that art
and modern theatrical Improvements can
suggest will be found on board the Gladi-
ator. We shall rival Wa.iack's and the
Fifth Avenue in pc:ilt Of completeness,
while our company will be a second
Madison Square troupe and conducted
upon exactly the same principles as those
which govern that theatre. We can
move from place to place during the
summer months, but we shall keep the
company in action 365 days in the year.
The cost of running it will not be nearly
so much as that of managing theatre
on land. There viii be no land taxes,
and we can therefore afford to build a
very fine boat, and a theatre which will
be one of the best in the world. This
will be only our first structure, and we
shall not venture upon the ocean with it.
Later on we shall have boats to take in
the Delaware and Chesapeake bays. In
the spring we hope to be able to launch
the Gladiator. ."-Nep York Tinles
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1884-01-03
Mammals Ship.

The Point Lobos watchman. of the
Merchants exchange, was aaoused from
his monotonous contemplation of the hor-
izon yesterday morning by faint rap on
the lower panel of the door of the station,
and upon opening the latter he discovered
a rosy-cheeked boy, Of about five, look
ing very hot, tired and -begrimmed,
and having evidently made the journey
from the city alone, and on foot.
Please, sir, is mammals ship coming
in9n
what ship is your mother on, my
child9" asked the lookout, staring at his
diminutive visitor
She isn't on any; she's at home, re-
piled the small inquirer, somewhat puz-
zled. ''She has ship of her own,
though, and want to know if it's com
ing in"
I suppose its fathers captain" ]" said
the lookout to himself What's the ships
name, my son9"
"Name2" reflected the child; sit
hasn't got any name; it's just mammals
ship, that's all"
No name2" said the station man,
more mystifed than ever; "who sent
you here, little one2"
"Why, old jim, the sailor, who lives
back of our house. He said this was the
place where they watched for the ships
to come in, and SO I thought I'd come
out to-day and see if mammals was in
sight. started this morning and peo-
pie showed me the way, but didn't
think it was so dreadful far. Please.
mister, won't you look again for mann
mas shipl" and the traveller sank down
on the doorstep much exhausted.
seWhat makes you think your mother
has ship2" asked the watcher, as he
lifted the child into chair.
"Why, because she says So replied
the baby, much astonished. by the alb
surdity of the question. 'FYou see, I'm
most crazy for little spotted pony like
Charley Peters has, snd-and red cart
to hitch 'Garde, that's our dog, to.
But whenever tease mamma for them,
she says 1 must wait till her ship comes
in. Pm awful tired of waiting, so 1
thought I'd come out here and ask you.
Don't you think that little one way off
there, with the long black tail, might be
it2'' and he pointed to a steamer smoking
along past the Farallones.
II guess it viii be along pretty soon
now," said the lookout, grayely, sight
ing through his telescope. Meanwhile
you climb into that berth FOUNDER and
take nap while l watch" And in few
minutes the Merchants exchange tele-
phone repeated to police headquarters
the message that lost child would be
found safe and well at the Point.
An hour later when the distracted
mother arrived at the station, the truant
was fast asleep, the contented smile on
the little mouth showing that he had
reached that placid hsven-that dream
land-where, only, all our ships come in.
San Francisco Post.