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l847 KENT COUNTY 1884.
Mutual Insurance Go.
DOVER, DEL.

Insures against los, by lire. issuing mutual poll
cies only under which payments are made an
nually in advance during membership, and on
ceaSing to be members whatever remains unex-
pended after paying losses, expenses and divi-
dends is returned thereby furnishing insurance
at cost
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All Heavy Freight intended TO be hauled to
Boat by our Teams should be reported at our
Office the night previous TO departure of Boat.
Any Small Packages should be reported at the
Office at least two hours before Boat starts.
Philadelphia and Smyrna TranspOP-
tatiOn Company.
J. E. TYGERT, PreS't.
W. g. PIERCE, sec'y and Trear.
OrrrCuc. No. - s. Delaware Avenue, Phila.
VI IN" and Smyrna, Del.
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Window Shades and Spring Fixtures,
at J. B. Coopers. Loops and Fringes.
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Abstract of Statement. Iss3.

Receipts for the Year 1885 ............S 4G 34U37
Losses and Expenses for the Year lS83.. l752l.0l
Dividends Paid 90. 2Ogg4Ui
Paid Members OIL Withdraw Wal............... 246g %
Amount to Credit of Members Dec 1883 l05,3l2SS
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Freight rcccircd ia Phiio3eiphin on Tues
days. Th1asdays and Saturdays eoH
tearing time.
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Boilers of Various Sizes
kept on hand or made
at Short Notice.
-t
The WREN PATENT
Crate Bar.

We claim the following
for this Bar:
1st.-A saving Of fuel
over the ordinary bar.
2nd.--Such consrruc-
tion as will equalize ali
strains resulting from ex-
pansion and contraction,
thus avoiding warping, and
thereby insuring long ser
vice.
3rd.-Thorough COM
bustiOn Of fuel owing tothe
large air spaces exposed.
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DIRElTNRS .

DIRECTORS:
GEORGE W. CUMMINS. President
VIM. W. Tschudy, Dr. Henry Ridgely,
John II. UOfecker, John d. Burton,
George l. Money. John W. Causey,
Jacob Williams. of SeafOrd. .Ex GOV James Ponder
WAI. DENNEY, Secretary and Treasurer.
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THE STEAMER
" JOHN e. TYGERT," "
Philadelphin.

Smyrna lRothwe's Landing) and Pier 8
Race Street Wharves, Philadelphia,
as follows:
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Laurel is looking for the erection of
fnrtv new houses this season.
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AGENTS.:
A&DREW J. WILSON, General Agent Dover.
Gco. w. H'iHidms. Neiodrk r. w. WUen, BridgcrHie
Geo. y. Money, Det city. LeHUel w. Naples LelCCS.
d. b. NGl0Hey, IOt0HSeIld John w. WO0tte1t Laurel
j. T. JermdH Smyrna. Henry ". Baker SedtOrd.
4. Jackson. Jr.. Camden. H. Z. DOlURinQ GeOrge-
D. b. anderson. Fredericd t0iUn.
RentedT Williams Milford James Ponder, Milton.
M " SterenS0H, Felton,. b. F. WdQdm0R for lOiCer
C.JHdrriRgtOH FdrmiRg- Sltsser.
tim.
John p Mdntiue GreeHSb0rOuQh, Nd
jeremiah B. Fletcher, Preston, BIT.
JumeS CdHROn. Salisbury. lfd
D. +. HJti0Wug. Berlin, Nd.
lPn. q. Dickinson, POcOm0kC city. Nd
All bus sneSs communications should be addressed
to
WM. DENNEY, Sec'y,
March 4, 1883 DOVER, DEL
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.TVTNE
LILLY.
Notice 90 Smyrna Shippers.

Ledue Fyemjngs Lending, l hour later.
Bz5-Hauk leaves Smyrna about q hour before
- Do To p.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-19
Suicide TO avoid Death.

The case of Charles Ford is a very
curious one. It was he who killed Jesse
james, the great Western robbsr. Ford
belonged to James gang Of thieves, and
he was induced to murder bis chief be.
cause Of the large reward offered by
Governor Crittenden, Of Missouri. Ford
was given the money and free pardon.
He was then engaged by theatrical
speculator, who exhibited him through.
out the country but tho enterprise was
not a pecuaisry success. Robbers and
murderers do not make q good amnse.
ment attraction. Ford subsequently
lived a miserable life. He was tortured
by the fear that como Of his former .as.
socistes were .on his track. Day and
night the spectre Of the asenger haunted
him, and life became so great at burden
to him that he finally killed himself TO
avoid being killed. Verify, the way oi
the transgrassor Is hard. Democrat AontIi.
". for july. ~ ~; si4s..s d -
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The Nations Drink Bill.

The Christian Union piyes a diagram
showing the relative amounts paid for
several r. Of the leading articles i9 general
represented BY black columns, and the
pa Country towers far above enEs Of
others It is about seyen sVepo ipeSes a 81 wb1e
about three .fonrt hs Of an inch The m
money paid for drink ia nearly twice tha. hat
paid for bread and more than three t;meS
the meat bill. and it ia greater than The
aggregate amount naid for yoolen eoods
saved lumber. cotton eonds hoots ana
shoes. and Christain Missions. The fia.
ures are taken from the cenans Of 1880
Liquor is put down at $500, 900 600:
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ANDERSON. S. c., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 49, 1884

ments were ali made with small.sized
horse. Assertions concerning other por.
tions Of the machine were made which
were equally positive and equally ridicu.
lous. was surprised to find how much
better informed the public was about the
machine than was myself"
The Harvester Company has been
notified by the agricultural departments
OF several States that gold medals would
be offered for the best cotton harvester at
the State Fairs this fall, and that patch.
es Of cotton had been secured for expert
mental purposes. The company will
doubtless have machines at these fairs.
and will do everything in its power to
demonstrate their practical utility in
every one of the Cotton States.
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Is tho Noon InhabltedY.

at the astronomical observatory of
Berlin, says translation from Nya Pres.
sen Helsingfor, discovery has lately
been made which, w;than. doubt. viii
"suse the greatest sensation. not nnlp
among the adopts In ecience, bur even
among the most learned. Prof. Blend.
mann, In that city, has found, beyond a
doubt, that our old friend, the moon. Is
not mere lantern which kindly furn.
ishes lig ht for the loving youth and gas
companies of our planet, but the abode
of living, intelligent beings, for which
he 10 prepared to furnish proofs most
convincing.
The question has agitated humanity
from time immemorial, and has been the
object OF the greatest interest. But tfe
opinions have always differed very vide.
ly, and no two minds held one and the
same? Already in ancient times the
belief prevailed that the moon was In.
habited by some lighter organized. intel.
ligent beings, somewhat resembling man,
and in order to communicate with them
the earthly enthusiasts planted rows OF
.7oes ss.eEai mi!ea in Length. so AZ 10
form the figure of the Pythagorean the.
oren. The celebrated astronomer
Schroeder, in the beginning of the pres.
ent century, faucied that he could detect
places on the surface Of the moon which
periodically grew lighter and darker, and
fr, .his fact he derived the conclusion
thai the phenomenon was proof of exist.
ing vegetation. During the last few
decades, however, the idea of life on the
moon has been held up to ridicnle, and
totally scorned by men of learning. But,
nevertheless, it has now been proved to
bo correct. Sf.,.:.sI lsi
BY accident Or. Bleudman found that
the observations OF the moon gave but
very unsatisfactory results, owing to tho
intensity Of the light power of the moons
atmosphere, which Is that ssrong that il
effects the correctness of the observations
In very high degree. He then COM
ceived the idea to make the OBJECT. glass
of the refrector less sensitive TO the rays
Of the light, and for that purpose he
darkened it with the smoke Of calnphor.
IL took moths OF experimenting before
| ne succeeded In finding S!s ;.:ssh. degree
OF obscurity of tho glass, and when
finally found he then with The refractor
took an accurate photo of the moons
surface. This he placed in q sun micro:
scope, which gave the picture a. diameter
of 65i feet. The revelation was most
startling. 1t perfectly overturned all
hitherto entertained ideas of the: moons
surface. Those level plains which for.
merly we're held TO be oceans of water
proved to be verdant fields, and what
formerly were considered 8 mountains
turned ont as deserts of sand and oceans
Of water. Towns and habitations Of all
kinds we're plainly discefnible, rs. we'll as
signs of industry and traffic. The
learned professor study and observations
of old Luna will be repeated every full
moon when. the sky Is clear, and We ven.
ture to predict that The time is not far
of when we shall know more about the
man In the moon than as being an agent
In English politics.. ll5:3Esi
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'tee True poIitspsss is The last :toach of
8 noble character. "It is!she gold on
the spireS tho snplight on the coTnfeld."
a fashisnf item says that ladies' are
giving up tbs tfba1g, I" but Ne notice that
!! a!greaS many ef then, ssiil2 hapg on to
teis..r.arace !; u am going to SEQ Clara
tto.dAy. Have, yen any lnesssSe ~
.Dora: " wonder how you can visit that
dreadful grit Give her my Hove, 80
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7 a remedy for balky horses, which
works, well, is TO put . email s.ons or
sand 80 the horse's ear. GeneralIy the
horse will iotart OF at once ata lively
gait, unless he balSs from fatigue." ~
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command: IhOu shalt not make to
thyself any craven image" Its God 10
one who is the God Of the living as we'll
as Of the desd God of the market
place as we'll as of the temple one whose
immutablo DEGREES will bring happiness
TO the people in this life who obey them,
and misery to the people who ignore
them. A social order, in which the Di.
vine justice seemed to speak in the word
II am" dawned upon Moses. II am"
was the message which fell upon his ear.
We may misa any reference TO q future
life in the Mosaic books, but that he be.
lieved in it there is no doubt.
The doctrine of Immortality, appealing
as 1t does to the strongest human feelings,
may become so incrusted with degrading
superstition, may be co turned by craft
aud selfshness into an instrument for the
enslaving of human lives, that II may
become an. agent of human oppression.
But the belief in the Immortality Of the
soni must, have existed in the minds Of
the Hebrew people of that day, aud
Moses also held L.; but, the, truth he
brought prominently forward is the truth,
that the actions of men bear fruit In this
world, that though Sickedness may seem
70 go unpnnished and WroDg to be re.
warded, there Is yet q Nemesis that fol.
lows every national crime and punishes
the children for the fathers transgfess.
ion the truth that each individual must
cct upon and be acted upon, and that the
lifc OF each mnst be dominated by the
conditions imposed upon all. But / can.
not think that snch soul, living such an
uhselRsh life hs his. fealipg the burden Of
greet care, the bitterness Of grtat care,
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Whese o cause Is good, an appeal
should be directed to the heart rather
than the lead.
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] very long. believe the changes we
have made will prove to be important
improvements, but of course ] can't be
certain that they will so prove. We
labor under the great disadvantage of
having no means Of testing our changes
except while the cotton IL in the field,
and ell that we csn do is to 60 ahead and
make the machine as perfect ms we can,
ADD then wait patiently for the cotton to
open. As to the doubts of the public
concerning the success of the machine
care little or nothing. Very few persons,
comparatively, have ever seen tho ma
chine working in a field of cotton, and
the opinions of those who have net seen
It work practically are, not worth much
consideration. AS o general thing it is
amusing to me TO hear the positive aaser.
tions Of people that the machine will not
work. The more impossible the construc-
tion Of q cotton picking machine is con-
ceded to be, the greater vii. be ths tri-
nmph Of accomplishing it. But It does
irritate me TO have people make state.
ments about q machine which would
liustify che infe, . . that : am lacking
even in comnt. aoense. For instance,
when the nnachiLa was on exhibition at
the tEair In Charleston, / think; Ikeard q
dozen people say that the shafts, were 60
high that .here.was not o hose In She
ont nsinF stills. Il wa3; very evident
4 that they thought I hsi actually g0oe 10
work and constructed q machine, which
, IL has taken me years 90 perfesS, without
lever measuring q hefse to zee hoWs high
The shaffs ought 10 be. The facts Is that
Ithe shafts were rather lower than; they
sharld hayas haep. bocaIlio INV axpeff.
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-02

The Hartford City Guard will arrive in this
city Thursday, at p. m. A committee of the
Portland Cadets will meet them on the train
and at the depot the Portland Cadets and the
whole city battalion, together with the Var
mouth Rifles, under command of Gen. Lynch,
will receive them. They will be escorted
through the principal streets to City Hall,
where the mayor will welcome them to the
city. The Guard will number about $50 men,
Among the guests accompanying them will be
Gov. Waller, Gen. Hawley, Postmaster Gem
eral Gresham, First Assistant Postmaster GEN.
eral Hatton, and Gen. Hazen (Old Prob)
Thursday evening the Guards will be enter
tanned in various ways, at the clubs and at
private residences. Friday morning they will
be taken on sail down the bay, accompanied
by Chandler's band, the Cadets, prominent
military men and private citizens. The
Guard will leave on the noon train over the
Grand Trunk, for the White Mountains, where
they are to assist at the opening of the Glen
H0uSa
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-02
A Crowd MT the Circus.

The greatest show on earth is the Barnum
and London, which will be here Friday and
exhibit on the grounds in Deering.
Barnum's great show attracted to the Madi-
son Square Garden a crowd which packed the
mammoth auditorium and overfowed into the
ellipse within the race track, where extra box
es had been constructed to accommodate a
few extra hundreds. The sacred white ele.
plant, and revival of the always popular hip
podrome races, were the leading attractions
which drew the multitude to the Garden, al
though the other performances in the three
rings and on the raised stage were not reduced
IN number on account OF these specialties. The
sacred elephant was the main centre around
which the spectators gathered before the grand
opening pageant, and the Madison Square
side of the building, where the beast stood,
was so densely crowded that it was almost inn
possible to push ones way through the throng.
The priests who attend the elephant kept up
monotonous song, and made music on their In
struments while the animal was being exhibit.
ed, and the elephant seemed perfectly at home
and contented in his new and somewhat
richly decorated quarters. He waved his
cream-colored head placidly from side to side
tapped his speckled ears lazly, and gazed
down benignantly on the crowd, never refus-
ing the dainty peanut or more substantial
cookie when offered to him. The glory of
Jumbo seemed to be completely eclipsed by his
sacred rival who fairly monepolixed the atten-
ton of all until the band sounded the call to
the amphitheatre, and even then hundreds neg
lected the performance to linger about the inn,
provised temple in which the elephant receives
his visitors.
The hippodrome races, which will close
every performance until the end of the season,
were very exciting, and called forth peal after
peal of enthusiastic shouts and cheers The
riding, Jumping, leapipg, skating, acrobatic
up the greatest show on earth, were applauded
heartily, and the great throng of spectators
passed out of the building perfectly bewildered
at the multiplicity of things which they had
witnessed,
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-02

Cost of Carrying Grain East.

Says the Railway Age: Under prevailing
water rates the cost of carrying ton of wheat
from Chicago to New York is $1.90, while to
transport ton of corn costs $1.92. Last year
the prices were ~ 633 for wheat and $2536 Tor
corn. Recently the Canadian government has
made reduction of so per cent. on the tolls OF
the Welland and St. Lawrence Canals, which
amounts to 10 cents per ton. Montreal wharf
dues have been reduced from u cents to l cent
per ton, and elevator charges have been cut
down 20 per cent. Under the recent advance
in rail rates, Chicago to New York, wheat is
S. per ton to New York, $500 to Baltimore,
aud S4.37 to Philadelphia. The exceedingly
low rates to Montreal and the merely nominal
charges from that point to Liverpool would
seem to make it impossible for the trunk lines
to secure any appreciate amount of grain
traffic. But, on the other hand, it is not easy
to turn trade of any kind from established
channels, and decided advantages in rates
have often been unable to effect such diversion
for any length of time or to any considerable
extent, as our Canadian friends have learned.
A Veteran Conductor.
Mr.. Orren Hamilton, of the Boston & Maine
railroad, completed yesterday his 97th year
with the corporation. Mr.. Hamilton is the
Oldest employee, with one exception, on the
road, and has conducted trains longer than any
one now employed by this company. He COM
menced work at Great Falls, n III. (his native
place. doing general business, and from this
position he began running passenger train
from the Falls to South Berwick junction,
making two trips per day for a space of two
years. After acting a short time as ticket
agent at Great Falls, he was called to Boston,
where he worked as a spare hand two years or
more, when he had given to him train be-
tween Boston and Lawrence running part of
the time over the Georgetown branch. He
held this position about 10 years, and then sue
ceeded Joseph Smith on the main road from
Boston to Portland, which place he now re-
tains. During the 81 years that Mr.. Hamilton
has been in the employ of this corporation,
not person has been killed or injured, nor
any property destroyed, while under his con-
troll. In other words, he has not had single
accident to this date.
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-02

The American Electric and Illuminating
Company is now constructing a central light
ing station of 200 lights capacity, of which 100
lights are to 60 in at once,-the engines hav-
lag been set and the dynamos and lamps hay
ing gone forward on Saturday,-at Saratoga
Springs, N. z, and it is an illustrations OF the
electric rapidity with which this company
works that this station complete will be opened
this week and the lights put in operation
within three weeks from the time work began
there. The American Company is also CON.
structing 1Oo-light plant at Bar Harbor, Mt.
Desert, for the Lewiston and Auburn Electric
Light Company. which having given the
system fair test for several months in the
cities named and made complete success, has
now taken up the field at Mount Desert and
furnished the money to put in the station
there. The American system of cleo
trio lights will thus be in operation at six or
more summer resorts this season, viz: Bar
Harbor, Old Orchard Beach, Revere Beach,
Martha's Vineyard, Crescent Beach and Sara
toga. With such a record of success, it is no
wonder the company's preferred stock is in
demand at par.
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-02
FOURTH OF JULY.


The readers of the PRESS will see by the pub.
lished programme that there will be a very
attractive programme offered by the city, and
by outside management for grand celebra-
tion on the Fourth.
In the morning at o'clock, there will be
splentid parade of fantasies. The word fan
tastlc does not mean as it has in many cases,
band of ragamufinsl but a procession of es-
teemed citizens, who will vie with each other
In the representation of characters which shall
be so well assumed as to entitle them to the
generous prizes offered by the City Committee.
Tbe following general order has been issued.
General Order 500:
Ye honorable and ancient fantasies are hereby
ordered to assemble on the Fourth of July, at $50
OF me clock sharp, and in ye following ord err: We
cavalry on Preble street, right on Congress We band
on ELM ye mixed guards ON Chestnut, ye carriages
OF honorable citizens on Myrtle. Then and there
De ye ready to start at prompt six and march
Per order, 9. 5. Fairfield, Chief Marshal.
Fred Durham, Adjt.
At O'Clock there will be a series of brilliant
boat races in the front harbor. The Min
nehaha, with the judges and members of the
press, will follow the boats over the course,
which will be one mile from Browns wharf
and return, total distance of two miles.
The sailing regatta will be under the charge
OF the Portland Yacht Club and the boats will
have flying start, past the club house on
Custom House wharf
At p. M, Rev. Henry Blanchard will de-
liver an Grafton at City Hall, Miss Minnie
Noyes will read the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, and double quartette furnish fine mu-
sic.
At 2.30 p. M, game of base ball will be
played under the direction OF the city, between
the Portland Reds and Commercial st. nine.
The game of lawn-tennis will be played at 4
p. M, on the tennis grounds near the Butler
School, under the direction of the Portland
Lawn-tennis club.
The great feature of the day will be the
splendid exhibition of fireworks on the plain
below the Western Promenade. Here on the
slope of the promenade is accommodation for
10000 spectators, while there is also plenty of
room on st. John st. Grand band concerts
by Chambers band will be given during the
day.
Barnum, of course, will draw an immense
crowd.
The game of ball in the afternoon on the
Portland's new grounds, between the Portlands
and Lewistons will be an interesting one. The
home team will be the strongest that can be
made up from the club, while the Lewis
tons will of course bring strong team; their
pitcher is said to be the best in the State.
Manager Burnham has decided to allow no
teams on the grounds, for the reason that the
field is not so extensive but that ball might
be struck among the horses and possibly cause
damage to result from runaway team. Game
will be called at o'clock sharp
The Portland daily press., 1884-07-02
A Bold Robbery,

Within the past few days burglars entered
the house, known as the Dana house No. 80
Deering street, corner of State street, and de-
liberatsly cut out of the bathroom large
copper tank, fully five feet in height, which
they lugged out of the front door and placed
in wagon in the face and eyes of the neigh
borhood in broad daylight, the neighbors sup
posing the burglars we're workmen employed
to refit the house. They also found lot of
large bags in the attic which they filled with
the lead which they stripped from the cistern
in the top of the house. These bags of lead
were left in the attic where they were found
by the owners of the house, the burglars prob
ably intending to return for them.