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Smyrna times., 1885-12-02

SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINs.-Leave smvrn,
for Clayton 723 S.33, $50 and l1.O7 A. NJ, a 40;
44O 5l5 and 74S p. NJ. Leave Clayton fol
450 5.26 and 754 P n.
NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA & NORFOLK RAuRoAT
EXPRESsES-Leave Philadelphia s. Sc a m ueek
days, aud lilo p. m. daily. Leave Baltimore 6 8'
a. m 7.3i p. IN. Wilmington $40 Il M week day,
and l.56 IN. daily, stopping at Dover and Del
mar regularly; and at MiddetOwn, CLAYTON
Harrington, aud SeafOrd to leave passengers from
Wilmington and points North 10 take on paSSen.
gers for points south Of Delmar
The $50 a m. train aSn stops at Laurel aud the
lilo p m. train at New Castle to leave passengers
from Wilmington and points North or take pas.
sengers for points south of Delmar.
N0rth-bOan trains leave DelmAr l24Oa m daily
and 34O p. IN. weekdays. Dover 1.56 A. m, and
b.lO p. m arriving at Wilmington $40 a. m. and
6.25 p. m, Baltimore Gas a. M and S55 p. M, and
Philadelphia 100 q. m and 7.l0 D. m The 40
p. m. train also stops at Harrington. Dover,
SMYRNA, and Clayton regularly: and nj Lnurel'
Seafnrd ana MiddletoWn, to leave passenecrs
from points south of Demar, or take passengers
for Wilmington and points North
The l140 a m. train also stops at Seaford
Harrington, Clayton and Middletnwn to leave
passengers from points South Of Delmar or take
on passengers for Wilmington and points North
NeiD Castle Accommodation TFains-Leaye VII.
Pm.
DELAWARE MARYLAND Il VIRGINIA BRANCH
IRAiNs- Leave Harrington for Lewes II 80 a. m,
5.l5 aud S.5Op. m. for Frnnklin and way stations
ll.32 II. IN. Returning, trains leave Lewes for
Harrington 6.3l, $50 a. m. and 3.l5 p. m. Leave
franklin $40 aud 500 a. IN.
CoNNECTToNs.-At Porter with Newark & Della.
ware City Railroad At Townsend, with Queen
Annes& Kent Railroad AtClaytOn with Delaware
4 &CheSapeake Railroad and baltimore Il Delaware
Bay Railroad. At Harrington, with Delaware.
Maryland Virginia Railroad. Atseaford, with
cambridge Seaiord Railroad. Al Delmar with
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wieomico &
FocomOke, and Peninsula Railroad.
CHAS. f. PUGH, General Manager.
'. R. WOOD, General Passenger Agent.
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02

0TnIU Send 10 cents POSTAGE, and we will
u ITlHT mail you free a royal, valuable
IL Ull sample box Of goods that will put
yOu In the way of making more
money at once, Than anything else In America
Both sexes of all ages con live at home and work
IN spare time, all the time. Capital not re0uir.
ca. We Will start you. Immense pay sure for
those whoslartatonee. StinsOn & Co, Portland Me
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02
THE CIRCUS.

All healthy boys intend to be clowns
when they grow up. Wishing to be a
clown is q phase through which must
pass every boy who is a boy truly, and
not young lady in disguise. In Great
Britain the clown whom the boy desires
to be like is the clown in the Christmas
pantomime, the parti-colored person
who practices certain merry jests in
acknowledging the slide, for instance,
and playing with the red-hot poker. In
the United States the clown to whom
the boy looks up with amazement and
delight is the clown in the circus for az
America IS land given over to Demo
Gratis and Republicans and other irrever-
ent persons, the due and proper observ-
ance of the sacred feast of the Christmas
pantolnime has been allowed to die out.
For this negligence the Americans have
received a deserved and awful punish
ment-surely there is no need for us to
dwell on the painful picture or to point
out the manifest and immense inferior
lty Of the circus clown to the true panto-
mime clown. Thus it happens that the
American boy has at best but a stunted
ideal. Yet the circus clown in himself,
and separated from any crushing COM
parison with the pantomime clown, is O
most interesting character; and the cir
Gus itself is fertile field for study to
the observer of human nature. The
circus, as we find it in walled towns like
Paris and Prague, is picturesque enough;
but it is not us romantic by half as the
wandering circus which leads a life of
adventurous vagabondage along the
Kings highway. The Cirque d'Ete on
fashionable Sunday night in the
height of the Parisian season, and the
Hippodrome on Sunday afternoon
when its rising benches are filled, tier
on tier, with happy children, are spots
upon which the philosopher reflects
with amusement, but they are not as
joyful or as comforting as the little ring
beneath the smoky canvas of the eques-
trian strollers who are wont ito fold
their tents, like the Arabs, and as
silently steal away"
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02
THE GOLD COAST.

Perhaps the most important West
African possession of Great Britain is
the gold coast where she has been
established two centuries Not many
years ago the Dutch had the larger part
OF these settlements, but. they we're
finally ceded to Great Britain by treaty
In 1872, i'll return for the relinquish-
ment of all British rights in Sumatra.
The avOwed object of the British ad-
ministration in this transaction was the
creation of a solid basis for trade with
the interior But these good intentions
were never realized The trade of this
large stretch of coast-24O miles in
length-averages under e2OO, 900 a year
of combined imports and exports. The
colony of Lagos lies to the eastward of
the gold coast, and has lately been in
cluded in the same administration. It
has been founded about twenty-three
years, and is admittedly one of the best
positions for trade i'll this part of Africa :;
the land is fertile and we'll watored, and
it is thickly populated by people noted
for their industry and their keenness
for trade. There is very fair COM
mmication with the interior by water.
Yet the trade Of the place, imports and
exports combined, does not reach an
avera e of 81, 200 600 Il year. The trade
OF Lagos before Great Britain annexed
it WAS considerable, and it has not since
increased in proportion to the trade of
other parts lower down the coast, where
the native chiefs were left in possession.
The natives i'll the neighborhood of
the Gambia River are unfriendly to
Europeans. The people adjoining Sierra
Leone are suspicious and hostile. On
the gold coast all European trade is
shut out from the interior by the fear
and suspicion which the administration
has inspired in the people adjoining the
settlement. At Lagos the proceedings
Of the authorities have apparently not
tended to diminish the discord between
adjoining tribes. Nowhere does direct
British rule seem to have been of much
benefit to the people as a whole, and
certainly nowhere bave British trade
prospects been advanced by territorial
power.
What is the cause of this unsatisfac-
tory result? It is not difficult to
explain. The administrations pursue,
on the whole, a traditional policy, which
they have inherited from vitiated
sources. The old settlements were
mostly made for unlawful purposes ;
they were slave depots, in fact; they
were, therefore, from their very nature,
hostile to the people of the interior ;
they were established as much for plum
der as for trade. On the abolition of
slavery fifty years ago, Great Britain
was left with these settlement, but the
policy that ruled them was not entirely
and radically changed, as it should have
been.
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02
NOTICE.

SMYRNA, DEL. November 4, 1885.
having finished my engagement with Messrs
Lewis " Price for the present, / am now prepared
70 attend TO the treatment of Horses and
cattle, aud to call all kinds of PUBLIC
SALES Of Personal Property and Real Estate
on reasonable torms at short notice. All orders
promptly attended to by letter or telegraph.
JOHN NJ. BOYD,
nov 4-3m Veterinary Surgeon ana Auetioneer.
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02
SECRET SOCIETIES.

MORNING STAR LODGE. No g. I. o. o. F.-Meets
every Friday evening, at 715OclOck.
Mcdonnell ENCAMPMENT No. O.2LO.O.F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings Of each
month, at ~ O'Clock.
HARMONY LODGE No. Is. A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings of each month
at ~ o'clock.
SMYRNA CONCLAvE, No. 45. ORDER OF HEPTAsOPHs
Meets every Wednesday evening AZ ~ O'Clock
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02
Pure AIdGrny Milk.

The undersigned can supply few more eusto.
mefs .lsi win PykE ALDERNf MILK Orders left
promptly attended to. "i' DC
ROBERT DENNEY
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02
THE STEAMER
" JOHN E. TYGERT," "
Notice 10 Smyrna ShiDners.

All Heavy Freight intended 10 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 a: the
Office at least two hours before Boat starts
Philadelphia and Smyrna Transpor-
tatiOn Company.
J. E. TYGERT Prest
G. PIERCE. Sec'y and Trea'r
OFFICES. I No. ~ s. Delaware Avenue. Phila.
and Smyrna. Del
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02
ROAST HORSE IN ENGLAND.

There are many people who prefer
horse to beef, but as it is a point in dis
pute, q practical step for solving the
doubt is being taken In Manchester. A
hundred horses are slaughtered In that
city every week, and cut up and sold ms
butchers meat" The trade is carried
on in the poor districts, where the steaks
tind ready purchasers at prices ranging
from fVepence to eightpence per pound.
There can be no pretense for saving
that the flesh Of healthy horse is NOT
fit for human food. There are epicures
who prefer it to the choicest beef but Il
has been thoir rare good fortune to Get
dainty dish" which does not
ordinarily come into the market
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02
OBJ Sn.g.aa Gpts.
SnsYTn@, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Dec. 2, 1885.
CHURCH SERVICES.


AsBURY NJ ETHODIsI EPIsCOPAL.-Sunday-Pre
ing at lO1S A. N. and 71zPM NJ Sunday School
Dam. and2P.M Prayer Meeting-Thursdays at
7%F.M. Rev. J. B. Quigg, Pastor
ST. PETERS PROTESTANT PIscoPAL.-Sunday-
Preaching atl0% A. NJ. and IA P. NJ. Holy Days
81 A. NJ. Sunday School, P. NJ. Prayer
Meeting Wednesdays, at "a P. NJ Rev. VIM.
b. Gordon, Rector.
-Sunday-Preaching at 1O% A. NJ.
and IA P. NJ. Sunday School, P NJ. Prayer
Meeting-Fridays at ~ p. NJ. Rev J. T.
Umsted, Pastor.
ST. POLYCARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-Mass on First
and Third Sundays, at 7.30 A. NJ, and on the
Second and Fourth Sundays, at 1880 A. NJ.
Catechism Glasses taught every Sunday after
Mass Rev Dennis J. Flynn, Pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL (Colored).-
Sunday-Preaching at 1917 A. NJ. and ~ p NJ.
Sunday Schools P. NJ. Rev. D. A. Ridout,
Pastor.
A. NJ. E. -Sunday-Preaching at l01&
A. NJ and ~ P. N. Sunday SchOol-2% p NJ,
Rev, Seth W. Smith, Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02
FOR SALE.

Grocery Ia ana Fixtures Of an old and established
i0l Aeilng Apply at this ONCE. OSS oet lsasSn sis9
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02

BY THE BARD OF TOWER HALL
Hubby, dear, want bonnet"
said lady TO her lord
"One adorned with ostrich feathers,
Gided with a golden cord"
You shall have replied her husband,
No such bonnet; that swear:
" GOu can find, I'm very certain.
Something good enough to wear"
on he went, then said his lady:
Times are hard, III prudent be
can find, no doubt bonnet
Hell be very proud to see.
Yesterday suit he purchased.
One in which he'll cut dash
When on Chestnut street he sees me
Wearing Granny's old calash."
Full OF fun she sought the attic
Found the bonnet. and in haste
Went to meet her prudent husband,
Known to be a man of taste,
Fast to Chestnut street she hurried,
Meeting with her husband there
She exclaimed: I've found a bonnet
Something good enough to wear"
Take it Off" he muttered, gasping,
Don't be seen in that abroad
You shall have the feathered bonnet
Girdied with golden cord Z"
For her head be bought the bonnet,
For her shoulders bought a shawl
Both with money saved on clothing
Bought for self at TOWER HALL.
EyeTything net0, stylish, elegant and cheap IN n
l0dy Of Clothing for Mel. Boys and Chitdrhns area
TO be found at GARITEE, MAsTEN & ALIENS. On
great sticcess-d suit 10 order for Sl4 TOWER HALL
DIS and $40 MARKET STREET
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02
lS47 KENT COUNTY 1886.
Mutual Insurance Co. ,
DOVER, DEL.

insureS against loss by fire. issuing mutual poll
cies only under which payments are made an.
nually III advance during membership and on
ceas1ng TO be members whatever remains uneX.
pended after paying losses. expenses and divi.
dends is returned thereby furnishing insurance
at cost
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02

AGENTS.:
JAMES II. TODD, General Agent Dover.
Geo. W Williams. NeiCdrk. T. w. HGlen, Bridgculie
Geo. b. Money, Dei City Lcpuel " WdDLes Lanes
D. B. HdtOney Tolcllsend John ". Vootten. LGurI
D. T. JefmdR. Smyrna. Henry ". Baker, .SedtOrd
4. JdckSOH. Jr. Cdmden H T. D0apnjn0 Ge0r1e
j. B. AndcrSOn Ere,iericd form
Reytledr Williams Milford Jtmes Ponder Million
" " W. Stere"son, FELTON,. B. f. HdgGmOn, for lore
C.J harrington Farming SUSSEX.
ton.
John p AanliUe, GreensborOugh, Nd:
Jeremiah B. Fletcher, Preston Nd
- James CdnnOl Salisbury Nd
E. F. HdlOiOdH Berlin, Nd.
Vim. G. Dickinson. POcOmoke city. Nd.
All bus ness communications should be addreySe.
to
VIM. DENNEY, Sec'y,
March 4, 1883. DOVER DFi
Smyrna times., 1885-12-02

The sun looks like a great glowing
globe OF blue light when seen from the
top Of Mt Whitney, in the Sierra
Nevada range and because the air is SO
clear there the Government at Washing
ton has set apart the mountain as q
reservation for astronomers.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-07-31

In letter to the assignees of Mr.. John
Roach, contractor for the Dolphin and
other naval vessels now in course of con-
struction, says the Baltimore Sun, Secre-
tary Whitney lays down the simple prin-
ciple of strict business methods as the rule
which is to guide him in adjusting the
departments transactions with Mr.. Roach.
He shows that Mr.. Roach has been dealt
with most literally by the department
SO literally that only $2667O of S21O,71O
which the government might have retain
ed as security has been withheld from the
contractor, while over $2,0OO,OOO has been
paid on the vessels not yet completed
Under these circumstances The attempt to
show that Mr.. Roach has been "persecut-
ed' by the department is manifestly SO
unfair that it can only be regarded as a
pretext. The truth seems to be that Mr..
Roach depended on his influence in Wash
ington to secure the acceptance of the
Dolphin whether she conformed to the
conditions imposed by Congress or not,
and he appears to have regarded Secretary
Whitney's efforts to enforce the spirit as
W Ill as the letter of the contract as some
thing in the nature of an impertiaence.-
Secretary Whitney's frmness under the
storm of Misrepresentation and personal
abuse which his obviously proper action
in the premises has evoked will be COM
mended by right thinking men of all par
ties, and affords in itself the most substan-
tial grounds for hoping that cuisines me-
thods" will contiaue to be applied in the
management of the department, with the
result, perhaps, of securing in time real
ly effective navy.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-07-31

The Boston Herald has had its eyes
opened to the real condition of political
affairs in the South. That it has, and
it now sees that condition as it really
exists, are made plain by the following
extract from one of its recent editorials ::
s'The South is solid for the democratic party
not for any ulterior object which that portion
of the Union has in connection with the federal
government, but as measure of self protection
against the rule of ignorant negroes and selfish
adventurers. 4 solid negro vote controlled BY
republican schemers for their own selfish pur-
poses, consolidated the intelligence, the public
spirit and the proper interests of the South in
the democratic party 10 overthrow the travesties
npon local government which existed there
during the carpet bag era. What was consol-
idated for self. preservation has remained solid
for selfprotection. And it NAV be set down
rs certain in view of the history Of the past
twelve years, that Just so long as there is any
danger, even remote, of a restoration of rspub-
lica rule through solid negro vote. just so
long will the whte men of the South hold the
political power of that section firmly against
the republican party. And we have before
remarked, if the latter party could not control
the elections and divide the South when in full
possession Of the government, it is the height
Of folly and the depth OF political stupidity to
attempt to rally the old forces, under the old
cries, with the Administration and the
House securely in the hands of the democrats"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-07-31

4 movement hss heau si,fci q, 3 l-e2pr,-
Ct to s-cgrr a - =, sg.s,.s5t1 s'tfsa 81
General Grant. 20 Hc o.si E,- n. .tlsf.r .ts-
scfig'jon.
in attempting t3 ilua fraH , tr4s1 ~ the
Cumbrrlan4 Ntitey RI 7ntd ~u4-l-s rE g4'
aIi.hf-l on his hal 4ai va 5asl4..'v slst.i
hi neck t-.a. hrgz-a
). . A'-'a D., a-'i = . a 'r.r-f+g ID 'se'h.2T
Al i tal.n@' ...'. HstF = .HA'.Nti HNri. - -
Ent MS loot '.si 80 if'@ 'a ''oa' pi MS "''."
Ing col train on tie Puil,ir3pafa 4ui f.@.isas
Railroad
Ia, It'd, ~. -, rs- ,:.,-.,s r=,L a
h.-L.a,.-r =, C-:.s,, SgrIv n5rE- T. l..
cl,iue3 N, .h,srf--, v,s .r.-ls1,sl lin.
,f.vF,lry r,i,.i,y rr,,,i o.. t-,.4., wa,.
b.I,,,sr g.. l,,....i.,.. ,;,.,. g,rf,-,
an ,ba h,-
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mona -s,:gv IL. ~, ,,t. y..- ovs- -
o,ra,,s.s I'm j., -, ,t,
The biggest mellow show ever made bv any
one u = \ IN Gsor.it. perhaps w4s s-ea n A
bany Saturday. Coi. k-absa Jonrs sent il
htiy melons ot his celebrated Jones variety
~ ,ba.,,,IT.s, ~ ,.a,,.f, S,..,E;.,..,,,
+ , nna .,-I',I, -. -, . -. - -.
son, W,
! John Scholh "" YORK baker, became in.
sane Saturday and went through the streets
bemo Ining rh@ death Of Gen. GrAut He wa
arrested. and in court he was told bv office
/ that Grant was not de ID At this he clapped
/ bis hands and jumped and apghef with JOY
tie was committed 10 tHe care Of the c0nm's-
/ Tie body of a woman was founl N the hay,
/ at Boston, Mass Monday night. The legs
arms and head had been severed from the bod '
an! all seen ely seae1 up in sack. The an
/ topsy showed clearly that the WON n was
stransled aud then chopped with axe or
some other rough instrument. The theory
/ that the body has al any time been in the hands
Of medical students is disproyed By ne autopsy
T. cI u -. ~ u-;, -
at Saratoga and appears 10 be in vigorous
health takes very lively interest in current
events. In recent conVersdtlon he paid "A
/ high tribute to the oldest living ex-Spe.ker,
! K. VI. I. Hunter, who though the same age as
hImseif-hoth having been born in l5O9--was
eiecleh speaker el9ht years earlier, anu was the
youngest man ever elected to that Office, being
only 30 years old ut the time OF his election.
S,,1.oe,or.,,,, r.;,,,,; W
t,n cnnn,v hov hr ia ,,,io ,f LIi, 80,
! killed While ,akinp yoke OF oxen to n,stnre
Tn. ca,,Ia bero,rs fr;@h,n,od a,d a,a,,sd "a
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-07-31
The signal-service Office has published

The signal-service Office has published
a number of papers on tornadoes during
the year 1884. The number of storms in
the various State were: Georgia, 3s; South
Carolina, %; Alabama, 19; North Caro-
lima, 12 Kansas, 12; Iowa, 10; Wisconsin,
10; Dakota, 8; Kentucky, Z; Mississippi.
7; Texas, 5; New York, s. Indiana, 4 !;
Ohio, Missouri and Minnesota, each 8
Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Nebraska, Colo
RADIO, Tennessee, each 2; Illinois, Indian
Territory, Louisiana, each 1. The width
Of the path of destruction varied from 70
to $3.50 feet, the average being 1,O37 feet.
The length of the tornado's track varied
from 2 to 130 miles, the average being &c.
10 miles. The velocity Of the tornado
cloud varied from Is to 80 miles per
hour-average 40 miles. The shortest
time occupied by the tornado cloud in
passing given point varied from IAN in
stant'' to about two minutes, the average
being about As seconds. The formation
of the tornodo cloud is almost invariably
reported as "funnel-shaped." In the ma
iority of cases the temperature was un-
usually warm before and unusually cool
after the tornado. The time of greatest
frequency is between 4 and 80 P. NJ.
in July
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-07-31

A Washington dispatch says that First
Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson is
making himself very popular by his activ-
ity in responding to all applications for
fourth-class postoffices. Ex-senator Nc
Donald came away with btch of Indiana
appointments afrer waiting less than an
hour and this is about the rate the mill
runs, and generally as fast for one as an
other. SIS this all right ?" asks MIR. Stev-
enson. "Do you know it tyourself?' The
answer is in the affirmative nine cases in
ten. "rhen go ahead with it." says the
First Assistant to the miller, and in
twinkling the grist is ground. This is
the place te do business" said an Ohio
Democrat who had come twice to the Cap
itol. 1T reminds me of old times. 1t
weuld be if there was more of it, Mr.
Steyenson's work is confined almost ex-
clusively to fourth class cases. The Pres
ident looks after more important ones.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-07-31

Senator Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky, is
no friend of civil service reform, and never
has lent himself to its support. In a re-
cent interview he is reported to have ex-
pressed the following opinion of it:
''Civil service reform is fraud. I am one
Of the seventeen Democrats who voted against
it and have never seen the day would not
vote for its repeal The only civil service re
form | want is to hunt out every bad Republi-
can office-holder aud remove him because he is
bad. Then | want to remove every good Re-
publican because he is Republican and there
is as capable Democrat for the place, who is
better because he is Democrat"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1885-07-31

The olj~rt of this suit is TO procure decree
for The sale OF certain rea! estate. locst ted in
Charles county IN this State. whish was mort
gagged hv !. c-rt.in Auir.~ J Hoover TO a
certain ,rah {. pric".
The hill states rha' on or ! efpre the lih iav
OF April 1865, the .aid Andrew iIoov-r -x-
erured to Sarah { Price = mortgage on ce' tain
real estate therein DESERT ed 10 s-cure the pay
m-nt of the sum Of $1,000 which AS thea due
mi owing hr the sud Anisea II lover to
he .til Sarah G pric,.. That said mortgage
sss afterwards July assigned to the plaintiff
That there il slill due on ,tii mortgage the
SUN Of $1,000. part Of the priucip.l thereof
with interest thereon from the lst dsv OF April
1850 That the sUi Andrew J Hoover died
on or about the lih day of April 1873 and
that the said defendants are his heirs At law
That all the said defendants are non-r-siients
except Daniel B k-tftr and Ann Siz,b-th
kriter.
II is therefore this 3)th 4 AZ OF June 1885
ordered hy the Circuit Court for Charles county
sitting AS "a Court of Equity. that the p sintif
by causing copy of this order to be inserted
in some new IFer pu hlishei in Charles county
once in each of four successive weeks before the
lat Of August 1885, give notice to the absent
defendants OF the ohjsct and substance of this
hIll. Warning them tn appear ia this Court
IN person or hv solicitor on or before the 2nd
Hay of November next to there give cause if
any they have why decr,e ought not to pass
as prayed.
B. q. SroNE, Rect. Clerk.
True copy, Test;
STnSEST