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Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

As much has been said lately about
bringing the number of students of
Delaware College up to the number at
that institution thirty and forty years
ago, it may be interesting to give a few
figures taken from the college cata-
logues of those golden days. When
DIR. Gilbert was president of Delaware
College, just about forty years ago, it
is said that there were a hundred or
more students enrolled there.
The catalogue of 1S45-46 gives just
iorty-four names, all told, of whom
seven were Delawareans. Ten years
later, just after its last reorganization
before the doors were closed entirely,
the college had iifty-seven students,
the same number exactly as that which
it had last year
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

DEATH OF A COLORED MINISTER
Rev. Charles II. Ash, of the Delaware
Conference and for the past three
years in charge of Townsend Circuit,
died at his home in Townsend on Fri
day, 10th inst, after lingering illness.
Deceased was born in Caroline county,
Md, and has been Il member of the
above mentioned conference for thir-
teen years He was 50 years of age
and highly respected by all who knew
him. During the recent session of his
conference he was assigned to Seaford,
but was taken i'll and died before re-
moving to that place. He leaves a
widow and daughter, together with an
aged father to mourn his death. His
remains were taken to his former home
near Marydel for interment.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

Liver Complaint is declared by many
old sufferers, after years of medical ex-
pertinent, to be incurable, and yet
Vinegar Bitters has effected innumer-
able permanent and perfect cures of
chronic cases. Invalids, do not suffer
longer, but purchase a bottle of the
Bitters and Judge for yourselves.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

A New York State politician is quot
ed as saying: 1--WE are going to have
the bitterest, meanest, wickedest fight
in the State this fall we ever had" If
the fight is any meaner, wickeder or
more bitter than it was last year it will
be a sorry chapter indeed in the history
OfNew York State politics. WethOught
the politicians and party leaders there
exhibited about all the deviltry they
were capable of in the Cleveland Blaine
campaign.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

The waters of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland have been supplied with a.
100000 fish eggs this season.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

Surplice waists are worn for after
noon wear, They are seen on both
cashmere and silk gowns.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

Chlidren's dresses, for both house and
street wear, are in gayer eoIors than
they have been in two years.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

The English yacht Genesta, concern
ing which so much has been said and
written, arrived in New York har-
Dor Thursday after pleasant voyage
of twenty-one days. She comes to this
country to contend for the American
Challenge Cup, in which race the
Priscilla, recently built in Wilmington,
will take part. The Priscilla as yet
has made no record of speed, but in
the little "spurts" " she has taken re-
markable speed has been shown, and
the eyes of all yachtsmen and land
lubbers as well are upon her. In all
the great industries of the country the
handiwOrll of Wilmington is shown,
and if it be that the prize in the COM
ing race is to be captured by craft
built upon the Christiana we will be
entitled to stick another feather in our
cap. The Priscilla will surely do
something of which her makers will
not be ashamed. .--MOrRing NelCs.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

The dwellers among the cranberry
orchards of South Jersey have had
their annual innings with the fire fiend
last week. Cranberries are a nice crop
when you CAN get them gathered; but
when they escape the thousand and
one dangers which cranberry flesh is
heir to, some idiot is sure to fire a brush
heap, let the fire get away from him
and the cranberry man sees his prospec-
tive riches vanish in cloud of smoke.
For unreliability the cranberry crop
carries off the palm, not even excepting
peaches.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

A sniff of politics turns the brain of
the rural Virginian. The seven hun
dred perspiring patriots, who con
vened in Richmond Wednesday from
morning till midnight, and did nothing
might have finished the conventions
business in the forenoon.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

The Virginia Democrats had better
be careful whom they nominate for
Governor. The Republicans have
nominated a scion of the fire-eating
Wise family, with more than the usual
family appetite. He may see fit to
challenge the fellow who impugns his
hOnah so far as to run against him.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

The Pail Mall Gazette spends 81 500,
not in the slums of London to discover
vice, for it is already there by force of
circumstances, want and destitutiOn,
but in drawing rooms that are wit
nesses to acts that do mantle with
shame half the Parliament of England,
including Lord Dalihouse, down to
Mrs. JcfIries, who knows all.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22
House Carpentering.

II. GRAHAM IL son, Car. IA
penters and Builders, hereby give notice In,
that they are prepared 10 make cOntraets'@'--~
for Buildings. Shops in the rear Of the lumber
yard of VanGasken i Cats. Residence one door
below that of J. C. stOckly.
T. GRAHAM & SON,
aug eff smyrna Del.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

John Ryan, sexton of the Barratts
Cemetery, about o'clock on the
morning of July 18th, was awakened
at what he and his family supposed to
be the cries of a child. Search being
made box containing a boy child
was found in one corner of the yard,
supposed to be not more than day
old. The box was Il shoe box and the
child was wrapped in piece Of blan-
ket, this being all the clothing it had.
Mr.. Ryan's family took the child in,
dressed and fed it, and at present it
seems to be all right Where it came
from is hard to tell as there are no
traces for suspicion.-HarringtOn En-
terpriSe.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22
SUMMER PANTS.

Wnen we tnlnk oil the man VINO owns
it.-FaU River AdUance.
The Mexican dog is made without
hair. Therefore he cannot flea as a
bird to the Boston Post.
A dog would rather hunt his own
fees than have IA can of insect powder
thrown at him.-FdU RiCer AdUdnce.
The All Sorts man says the dogs are
beginning to don their Summer pants.
We suggest that the prevailing goods
is muzzlin'. .-LO,ceU Courier.
Said Shakespeare: "Throw physic
to the dogs" 1t was lucky for Shakes
peare that he died before Henry Bergh
could get on his track. Boston Trans
cript.
Dog won't eat dog. We discovered
this by our dog refusing to eat some
sausage we threw at him yesterday
morning. He only growled at it,
Kentucky State journal.
The new York dog show is pro-
nOunced a social success. Dogs are
naturally social. Hartford Post. So
are puppies; in fact, they compose a
good part of society neutrality-suspicious.
Post.
Bark bark ye dogs; oh, would thatI
Were something more inhuman;
I'd shoot you, sure; at least I'd try;
Woes me I'm but woman.
Lila " CuSlmdn.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-22

Germany is increasing her output of
staple articles, and so are France,
Italy and the United States, and all in
a greater or less degree at the expense
of England. Asia and Africa still offer
fields for speculative trade, particularly
the latter in the region of the Congo,
but both countries, as Mr.. Goshen
points out, use silver, and therefore all
trade with them.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-04

famous old hypocrite told her eating
that apple amounted to nothing, but
the moment she ate it she would find
out something she ever knew before.
The devil must have laughed as he
watchd the operation Of his physic. OF
course she went for the "bottomfacts"
and ate the apple.
The Clerk of the Cours of Chancery,
who is a Hardshell, weighs about $50,
has an eye as black as q coal,
is about 35, wears a long-tail coat,
split up to the gallows buttons, was
out at the meeting in a ~two-horse
wagon. His team did not match, be-
ing a small mule and a large, gray
horse. But he had six good-looking
women in his wagon, one Of which was
his wife, the other, five sisters III the
church; all Of which vas exactly right.
But it is said to be a popularity ofthe
clerk that he will carry none but good
looking sisters. AS he passed along
he looked happy-happy as "Dolph
Ross and Bob Fouche' when they
start fishing to "Big Cedar, between
Thomas mill and Coosa River" where
roses grow lever blossom), and an
occasional tulip puts up it's modest
head, 'efair at lilies that grow in
Sharon's Vale"
A most estimable lady il d certain
neighborhood, who had one of these
quiet, easy-going, furtive-looking hus-
bands, given to much fishing, always
sent along one of her children to ''tote
pap's bait-gourd." 1t is said the way
She Intercepted the boy upon his re-
turn showed not only great tact, but
profound reflection.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-04
An Impressive Appearance.

From the Albuquerque Democrat.
The other day Judge Hancock pur-
chased a new and stylish suit of
clothes, and when he put it on and
blackened his boots and spruced him
self up, he was about as fine q looking
specimen of manhood as was ever ex-
hibited in a state Of captivity. The
judge had some Business to attend to
at a private residence near the out
skirts ofthe city on the highlands, and
went out there dressed up in his most
magnificent style. When he rang the
bell the lady of the house sent her
sweet little iour-year-old daughter to
the door, and the little one soon re-
turned with the look of deepest awe
on her pretty face.
did you 60 to the door, daughter?"
the mother asked.
Eyes, mamma, and OIL OIL OIL Oh
h-h-hi"
"Why, daughter, what is the mat
ter? Is there some one there?"
eyes, mamma, there is"
"And who is it, dear?"
81 don't know, mamma, but Think
it's Godi"
The judge heard the conversation,
and when the lady got to the door she
just caught a glimpse OF him ashe few
across the railroad track.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-04
MY SAINT.

Chs does not smile from canvas rare,
Transfgured by some master old,
Nor held in niche, or alcove stand,
Revealed in stone or precious gold.
She has no shrine where tapers burn,
And in her name no prayer ascend;
No weary pilgrims come from lar
Before her altar-fires to bend.
And vet of all the blessed names
That vellumcd page or bard hath told,
That live in Raphael's matchless art,
Or s%culptured marble, pure and cold,
7 hold my unanointed saint
The noblest, dearest, OF them all.
About her path Il radiance CLOVIS
From out her hands rich blessings fall;
The poor and lOwly kiss her feet,
The hungry cluster round her door;
The stricken and the desolate
Forget their griefs and mourn no more.
And somewhere in that deathless land,
For which our weary spirits faint,
Beside the King-I know that /
Shall fnd-anointed, crowned, My Saint
HELEN CHASE.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-04
Facts About Oysters.

"Oysters; these things must have
been made in heaven" fervently de-
clared the great Richard Bently, who,
history says, could never pass an oys-
ter-shop without going in and ordering
a "mess."
Old DR.. Bertram, an equally appre-
ciative gourmand, maintains that
''the oyster can be cooked in many
ways, but the pure animal is best Of
all, and gulping him up ip his own juice
is the best way to eat him." The same
discriminating authority holds it true
that "the man who ends the day with
an oyster in his mouth rises with q
clean tongue in the morning and a.
clear head as we'll"
But history is burdened with praises
of the oyster.
1t is recorded that Thomson, the
poet, died from a surfeit of oysters.
Peter the Great always had oysters
for dinner and called oystermen his
'life-preservers." Pope, before accept
ing Lord Bolingbroke's invitation
to dinner, exacted the promise
from his host that he would
be served with an oyster stew.
Cicero nourished his eloquence with
the dainty, and C~aligula, the Roman
tyrant, was at the will Of all designing
courtiers who knew OF his weakness
for oysters. 1t is said that Cervantes
used to eat five hundred oysters every
day, andthe wonderful originality and
piquant style of his narrrtive he at
tributed to the mental exhiliration
gained by eating oysters.
1t was Alexander Hamilton's prac-
tice, before applying himself to COM
plicated problems of government, to
first sharpen his wits by reading Eu-
cid; but the great Napoleongained all
the mental clearness he required by
dining on oysters. The slittle corpo-
raj" on the eve of his battles, used al
ways to partake of oysters. The
Scottish philosophers of the last CEN
tury-Hume, Dugald Stewart, and the
others were passionately fond of oys-
tiers, and Louis TX, to check the de-
cline ofscholarship in France, sought
to create interest In letters by feasting
the learned doctors of the Sorbonne
once a year on oysters.
'sThey produce a peculiar charm"
declared an old Latin writer, IAN mex
plicable pleasure. After eating oysters
we feel joyous, light, and agreeable
yes, n might say fabulously we'll"
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-04
Independent Voyagers.

About twenty miles below Matched
we sighted Some object drifting with
the current Of the great river, and
after the captain had taken a look
through the glass, he explained to the
passengers, That's a scow loaded
with hoop-poles for New Orleans.
She's sprung a leak and is waterlog-
ged." Pretty soon we made out such
was the fact, and further discovered
that the crew, consisting of aman and
wife were still aboard. He was up to
his knees in water, and using an oar
to keep the craft in the current, while
the woman was on top of a box in the
centre of the craft with her bare feet
hanging in the water. The raftsman
signaled the steamer to stop, and as
she drifted near HIM, he called out,
Captain, this is sad" eyes, very
sad" 81 want to git to Orleans
III see." How much to transfer my
cargo and take us all DOWN" "a
hundred dollars" "Shool Wife, dye
hear that?" "I hear it. Offer him
ten.o Captain, I'll give We ten dol
larsl'' called the man. 'Umph! A
hundred dollars is the least" Then
you may git up and hump and be of"
shouted the woman as she swashed
her feet about. ssThis old thing can't
sink any lower, and we've got bread
and pork and a euchre deck to kerry
us through The steamer started,
and as she got Roadway, the woman
stood up and called after us, eve
amt purity, and u old box don't 90
by steam, but we're just as good as
anybody on this eafth-and maybe q
leetle better" -Detroit Free Press.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-31

The merits of this machine have placed it in the
front rank of the list..of Sewing Machines of the
present day. No machine on the market can claim
the advantages possessed by the Royal St. John.
1t is constantly becoming more popular and more
extensively used. You need only examine tho
machine and the work it does to convince you that
my position in reference to the merits of the Royal
st. John is well taken. tits so exceedingly simple
in construction that there is very little friction
in any of its parts, and the few parts that
subjected to are provided with adjustable steel
collars, by means of which any lost motion can be
taken up by the simple turn of screw, thus the
machine can be kept perfectly tight and free from
noise. The Royal st. John runs exceedingly light,
makes very little noise. The tension is simple and
perfect and is adapted to all classes of work. 1t
makes no difference whether the wheel of the ma
chine is for,oard or backward, the feed always
works the goods from the operator and sews just
the same without breaking cotton or needle. Every
lady is requested to examine this grand machine
before buying any other. Send for circular. have
been selling this machine seven years and its sale
ranted for five years. also will furnish any Sew
in the city. 1 also keep on hand Needles and At
warranted not to gum. Give us call or send for G
Oct. 17.-5t.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-31
Blacksmith Hammer Signals.

There are few persons, either in the
city or country, who have not at times
watched blacksmith at work in his
shop with his assistant, or striker. They
have noticed that the smith keeps up
constant succession of motions and taps
with small hand hammer, while with
his left hand he turns and moves the
hot iron which the assistant is striking
with a sledge. The taps are not pur-
poseless, but given entirely for the di-
rection of the striker. According to a
writer in the HarazOare RebO,zer, the
signals, as given by the blacksmith and
wheelwright, are as follows:
When the blacksmith gives the anvil
quick, light blows, it is signal to the
helper to use the sledge or to strike
quicker.
The force of the blows given by the
blacksmith's S hammer INDICATES the EageA-
The blacksmith's helper is supposed
to strike the work in the middle of the
width of the anvil, and when this re-
quires to be varied the blacksmith indi-
Gates where the sledge blows are to fall
by touching the required spot with his
hand hammer.
If the sledge is required to have lat
eral motion while descending, the black
smith indicates the same to the helper
by delivering hand hammer blows in
which the hand hammer moves in the
direction required for the sledge to
move.
If the blacksmith delivers heavy
blow upon the work and an intermediate
light blow on the anvil, it denotes that
heavy sledge blows are required.
If there are two or more helpers, the
blacksmith strikes blow between each
helpers sledge hammer blow, the OBJ
ject being to merely denote where the
sledge blows are to fall.
When the blacksmith desires the sledge
blows to cease, he lets the hand ham
mer head fall upon the anvil and con-
tinue its rebound upon the same until it
ceases.
Thus the movements of the hand
hammer constitute signals to the helper,
and what appear desultory blows to the
common observer constitute the method
of communication between the black
smith and his helper.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-31

The Prayer-Seeker.
BY J. G. WHITTIER.

Along the aisle where prayer was made
woman, all in black arrayed,
Close-veiled between the kneeling host,
With gliding motion of ghost,
Passed to the desk and laid thereon
A scroll which bore these words alone
"Pray for me !"
Back from the place of worshipping
She glided like guilty thing,
The rustic of her draperies, stirred
By hurrying feet, alone was heard;
While, full of awe, the preacher read,
AS out into the dark she sped:
"Pray for mew
Back to the night from whence she came,
To unimagined grief or shame!
Across the threshold of that door
None knew the burden that she bore;
Alone she left the written scroll,
The legend of troubled soul
Pray for me!
Glide on, poor ghost of woe or sim
Thou leav'st a common need within
Each bears like thee some nameless weight,
Some misery inarticulate,
Some secret sin, some shrouded dread,
Some household sorrow all unsaid.
Pray for US
Pass on ! The type of all thou art,
Sweet witness to the common heart
With face in veil and seal on lip,
In mute and strange companionship,
Like thee we wander to and fro,
Dumbly imploring as we go
Pray for US
Ah, who shall pray, since he who pleads
Our want perchance hath greater needs?
Yet they who make their loss the gain
Of others shall not ask in vain.
And heaven bends low to hear the prayer
Of love from lips of self-despair;
Pray for US!
In vain remorse and fear and hate
Beat with bruised hands against fate,
Whose walls of iron only move,
And open to the touch of love.
He only feels his burden fall
Who, taught by suffering, pities all.
Pray for u.s.
He prayeth best who leaves unguessed
The mystery of another's breast,
Why cheeks grow pale, why eyes o'erfow,
Or heads are white, thou need'st not know.
Enough to note by many sign
That every heart hath needs like thine.
Pray for US
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-31

'Do you know this woman?" asked
a lawyer of negro who had been sum-
moned to testify before court.
"Yas, sab, know her."
"Do you know her very Intimately ?"
"No, sab, KANT say dat l do"
elbow long have you known her ?"
"Wall, l got er 'quainted wild her er
short time before l married her.
"She's your wife thenl"
"Yas, sah, sorter."
"Thought you did not know her in
timatelya"
"Dat's whut l jackerlated."
81 don't understand then, how she
can be your wife.
"Wall, yer see, sab, she longs, ter
de church, de singin s'ciety, de Sisters
O. de Sacred Broom; de Daughter O
Ham an two or three little side shows.
Er oman whut is KEEP SO busy, sab,
amt got no time ter fool er round
home. ."-ArkansaaO 2ra0eler.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-31
He Buys a Secondhand Suit.
Detroit Free Press

81 pellet want some more lawsuits" 4"
said Mr. Dunder as he entered the Gen.
tral Station in highly indignant state
of mind yesterday.
''What's the matter this time ?" ask
ed the Captain
"Vhell, vhant suit of clothes, you
know. Dot oldt suit vhas no good any
more. My wife she feels ashamed of
me, und my poy Shake looks me all
oafer und says:
"tFadder, peoples vhas shudged by
der clothes en- deir backs more ash an
odder vhay. If you don't get some new
clothes peoples vhill say our peesness
vhas all gone to pieces.
''Dot Shake vhas a shmart boy to
reason like dot, und see how it vhas.
| go oop on Michigan avenue last night
to puy me some suits. Vhell, l look
and look. Some vhas for four dollar,
and some for ten. Eaferythings vhas
warrented not to fade, und to fit me
like clock. You see dis suit2"
eyes"
Ou JlkC ulIuI
'No. That's a second hand suit and
as homely as sin. -
''You vhas right. He ask me nine
dollar for dis suit, but l don't take him.
| laugh at him. l make fun of him.
By und by l feel in der pants-pocket.
Dere vhas some pocket-book in dere.
cleft there by the former owner of
the suit2"
"Dot's how l pellet"
''Felt pretty bulky, didn't itl"
"Felt shust like it vhas crowded NIT
greeenbacks und l feels tickled all oafer.
Captain, puys dot suit queek as light
ming"
"Of course"
"Und l runs half de vhay home only
to find dot it vhas an empty pocket
book. Here it vhas'
"Worth about ten cents"
"Dot's What Shake says. Captain, 1
shall sue dot man"
"You can't
"But l vhas swindledl"
"You swindled YOURSELF"
"Can't l do somethings7"
"Not thing"
"Vhell 4! vhelll Captain, like to
shpoke to you."
$50 on"
81 pay taxes in two wards, and vhas
nominated for alderman. l cam t shtand
such shokes on me. l shall go oop to
dot blaze today. shall take dot shwin-
dler by der neck und fling him down,
und when he vhas down l shall sit on
him und make him eat dis pocket-bookI
If some clerks interfere it shall be badt
for 'em, and if some boleece come
aroundt l vhas dangerous man. Cap
tain, warns you in timel"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-31

pag-It is foolish to become discour-
aged. The best of us all have much to
fear, and the worst of us all have much
to hope for. To keep on the right path
patiently and perseveringly, taking sue
cess humbly, and defeat submissively,
is the surest way to reach the end and
reap the reward.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-31

B@A Maine minister has been
preaching on the text, els Satan a sue
cess7" Whatever may be said he is
undoubtedly having long run.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-31

a lighted pipe or "toby" Yet no diff
ficulty is experienced in obtaining SER
wants, and few of those employed and
desirious of leaving, except to marry.
Among all who come in contact with its
members in any way, a high esteem is
held for the Harmony Society.-/GeO6
+. Henr1cf.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-10-31

BGrIt is easier to set man tghtlng
against all the world than to make him
fight with himself.