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Smyrna times., 1885-05-20
RINGING THE CHURCH BELLS.

1T is the spirit of vandalism still
extant which wishes to 10 away with the
time-honOred custom of ringing church
bells, said a prominent divine.
Civilization demands that many
obnoxious customs and foolish laws
should be done away with, but the pro-
gress OF science, the morals OF the people
and general everyday business are, in
my opinion, not effected in the least by
chrch-bell ringing. The bell was
adopted before clocks were invented to
call people to worship. 1t was a time
piece itself, informing all in hearing of
the hour In England ut one time the
carfew tOlled the knell of parting day,
Just the same as the cannon ut our
military forts are discharged at sunset.
The atheistical iconoclasts, who
would be delighted to have not only the
bell ringing stopped, but the very foun-
dations of the churches RACED, are the
chief instigators of the hue and cry that
the church bell must 60 The old, loud
and continuous ringing has been
stopped, and merry, silvery chimes peal
forth that gladden. the hearts of those
who hear it, and sound like musicin the
heavens. Civilization does not neces-
sarily require dead silence. admit
that any noise persisted in for several
consecutive hours becomes monotonous
and disagreeable The church bells
only ring ut certain hours, and then for
a brief period. The old agnostic next
door to the church howls against it and
writes an article to scientific magazine
setting forth what great nuisance the
church bells is and how civilization
should blush to tolerate such relic of
superstitious days. \ newspaper copies
the article and the general public is led
to believe that unless the church bells
stop ringing, not only will civilization
be thrOttled III its onward march. but
that the world will soon turn into a
howling pandemonium maddened by
bell ringing. They also allege that
every house has clock and nearly
every person watch, so mt the
appointed hour they meet without being
called together by bell This is to a
great extent true. A great many
churches do not ring their bells to
signify the time for services. They
frequently have stated hours for the
chimes to peal, and on Sunday these
hours are just before services or after
the close. As long as churches are
built with tall spires the bell with its
chimes will be with them, to sound ut
certain hours Of the day. Then, too,
there IS poetry i'll the ringing of the
bells. A man who objects to them is
rather matter-O and disposed to be
hypochondriac.d \ large city has a
great deal Of noise made from MANY
different sources but of them all. / do
believe that church bell ringing is less
detrimental to head, reposc and health
than amy. The church bell may 20.
but it Will be many generations hence,
when a different order prevails and
when sound is less popular than at
present.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-20

Trying to do business without adj
vertising is like winking at a girl in
the dark you may know what you are
doing, but no one else does.
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WHAT WILL SURELY Do IT.-One's hair begins IN
isl iall out from many causes The Important ones.
tlon I y Nhat IS sure TO make II grow again ?
A11eeOrqlng 70 the testimony of thousands PaFkerIs
li naiI Balsam viii do it, 1t quickly covers bald
sPous restores the original color when the hair Is
kIay OF iaded eradicates dandruff and causes
we we sealp 70 ieel cool and well. Il is not dive
not not greasy, highly perfumed, safe. Never disap-
points those who require a NICE reliable dressing
Smyrna times., 1885-05-20
FRIDAY ALUCkY DAY.

When anything distressing occurs on
Monday, or Thursday, OF SUNDAY. NO
account is made of its happenings ON
that particular day Let the mishap
occur ON Friday, and behold the head
waggers! There may be nothing m
it" they crOak 1t may be- all weak
superstition, but Friday is an unlucky
Day; there is no denying it. OF the
great blessings and happy events that
fall ON Friday they take no note. Amer
lean old women, sailors, and other
superstitiOus-ridden folk do not re-
member that on Friday Columbus sailed
on his voyage of discovery that on
Friday, ten weeks after, he discovered
America; that ON Friday the MayAOwer
with the Pilgrims, arrived at Plym, nth
and on Friday they signed the august
compact. the fOrerunner of the present
constitution that ON Friday Geurge
Washington was born that ON Friday
Bunker Hill was seized and fortified
that on Friday the surrender of Saratoga
was made, and on Friday COrnwalrs
surrendered at Yorktown
No woman can be the worse for pos-
sessing brains. The hue and cry set up
against higher education. examinations
and new openings for wOman's work.
has hollow ring about it Men have
a sneaking suspicion that they ars not
so intellectually superior as they have
been led to suppose. Uneonscio usly 10
themselves, they are afraid Of being
found out; or else. perhaps. they ara
lazy. and are fearful Of being ltirred up.
Yet womanliness does not consist in
Intellectuality, The FIRST thing in which
It does consis ,li-respect.
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HOW THE WORLD DIGS.
VARIETIES OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLE-
MENTs ON FIVE CONTINENTS.


In Northern Mexico a crooked stick
drawn by oxen or a mule, scratches
the ground little as preparatory
move before planting or sowing. Hoes
are heavy, awkward tools. Reaping is
done with sickles, and threshing bv
treading out.
In ManzanillO not a single farmer
manures his fields. With n simnIe
iron-pointed stick they bore the holes
IN the ground and the seed-corn is cast
IN. In few days the young seed
SnoolS up, and with it innumerable
weeds, which are removed bv hand
Farmers complain that American
plows are too heavy to lift. Thev pre-
fer oxen, because horses make them
walk too fast.
The axe, the hoe and the plow con-
stltute the agricultural implements in
IentTal America, and especially in
Honduras. These are mostly of Eng
iish or German make, being cheaper
than those manufactured in America
The most of the cultivation ON farms
IN Brazil, and especially where there is
slave labor, is with the hoe, an imple-
ment weighing from two to five pounds
eacn, and mostly imported from Eng
lahd, IN barrels, ten dozen to a barrel
One firm in Rio de Janiero imports
l,oOO barrels a year from England and
Ghe same firm estimates that 600 600
noes are imported and disposed of
annually in Brazil.
An American merchant in Janan
says he has tiled to sell nearly every
description of American implements
OuJ without success. Now he has n
STOCK IN his warehouse which has been
on hand for fifteen years. Farm labor
Is so cheap that it is practically imDos-
sl0Ie to underbid it with labor-savino
machinery. Male field hands WORK
Twelve hours a day, have five HOLIDAYS
III e!ch month and receive their food.
t.ouglhgs, ~. and wages ranging from
$3.50 to $1,000 per year. Female labor
erS work the same hours, are not en-
Titled to holidays, and receive. beside
their food and lodging, about Sc per
annnm. ~
In China even an apology for a
shovel is seldom to be met with. while
the hoe is a long, narrow and heavy
blade used for almost all DurnoseS
The plough is rough and clumsy af-
ialr, with only one "stilt " and only
the point shod with iron Threshing is
performed as in the time of Moses. bv
spreading the sheaves on an earthen
threshing floor and driving unmuzzIed
cattle over the grain to tread it out.
The African farmers are Dutchmen
or descendants of Dutchmen. They
still adhere to the old-style farm
wagon of twenty-five years ago. the
motive power of which is furnished bv
teams of fourteen oxen or ten mules
These vehicles are capable of CARRYING
a dead weight Of not less than eight
tons.
Throughout nearly all of Europe
the consuls say, modern machines are
being used
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SPANISH SETTLEMENTS AND CHARAC-
TER

If we had been of Spanish extraction
we should have been of lower grade
of civilization still, for then we should
have had the bull-fghtiHg element to
have sustained and all the Lazaroni.
bOrn-tired, worthless, cigarette.smOk-
ing young men, and young wO-
men, and an upper class of young
Spanish dudes, with his broadbrim hat
with flowing ribbon, his lace-trimmed
coat, with scarlet vest, and wide and
ever widening pantalOons toward the
bottom, whose fathers estate furnishes
a charger to ride, with a peculiar but
highly Ornamented saddle and a pair
of unspeakable spurs. This young
man represents class to whom a great
deal of homage would be paid. But
few Spaniards were caught in the
United States lines. A few in Florida,
principally at St. Augustine and
BrOwnville, and San Antonio, Texas,
and very light per cent. at New Or
leans and Galveston. With Madrid as
our capitol and our ideal centre of civ
iliZatiOn, of course, we should have
what obtains predOminance every
where South of the United States lines,
the Catholic religion, without Mr..
Beecher's idea of n wholesome mix
ture of religious denomination for cor
rective influences. Spanish civilization
is susceptible of degeneration in church
and state, as exemplified in our hemis-
phere. Probably no better specimen
exists than those with whom we come
in contact, in Mexico, Central Ameri-
Smyrna times., 1885-05-20

Leastwise the early worm that Is
caught by the early bird will not he
come fishing bait for the early bow.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-20
leu the minimum eXpens ut vaI
leges. $ Gtistics have been carel
pared at this point, and the folio,
y be said to be the very least an
'enditure which will carry stu
ough the several colleges Ha,
.; Yale, S425; Amherst, viii
| other colleges of the same st,
mt 1910.
ErIQUErIEIN DRINKING,
The custom of touching glasses |
healths is common in
ErIQUETIEIN DRINKINO.

The custom of touching glasses prior
TO drinking healths is common in Eng.
land and other countries, and especially
III Germany. 1t is curious to trace how
this custom has prevailed, and still
exists, even among savage tribes. To
drink out of the same cup, and to eat of
the same plate, was one Of the ways in
which the ancients celebrated a marriage.
and the wedding feast continues to be
not the least important of the marriage
ceremonies to the present day.
The Indians of Brazil retain a Gus
tom Of drinking together little brandy.
as sign that the MARI age was con-
cluded. In China SIM. ar customs ara
met with.
In the medieval banqu Is of Germany
1t was the custom to pass lowing
cup from hand to hand, but this
gradually necessitated that the cup
should be of enormous size, and thus
smaller cups or glasses were adopted,
and the old custom was conformed to by
the drinkers touching their glasses be-
fore drinking.
The ceremony attending the passing
and drinking ont of the loving cup."
as Practised at our great city festivals,
and at some of our college halls, is said
to have arisen from the assassination of
King Edward. 1t was then the custom
OF the AnglO-Saxons TO pass round q
large cup. from which each guest drank.
Who thus drank stood up, and, rs he
lifted up the cup with both hands, his
body was exposed. without aud any de-
fence, to blow, and the occasion was
often seized by an enemy to murder
him. To prevent this, the following
plan was ad lpted When one of the
company stood up to drink he required
the companion who sa: next to him to
be his pledge that is, to be responsible
for protecting him against anybody who
should attempt to take advantage of his
defenceless position. This companion
stood up also, and raised his drawn
sword in his had to defend the drinker
while drinking. This practice. in an
altered FORM continued long after the
of society had ceased to re-
quire it, ana it was the origin of the
modern practice of pledging by drink.
ing.
In drinking from the loving cup"
rs now Practiced, each person rises and
takes the cup in his hand to drink, and
nt the same time the person seated next
10 him rises also. and when the latter
akcs the cup in his turn the individual
next to him does the same.
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HOW FRENCH WOMEN DRESS.
THE GOOD TASTE THAT CLOTHES THEN,
CHEAPLY AND WELL.

CHEAPLY AND WELL.
Inc chlet point to note about the
dress OF a Partisan woman. no matter
what her station in life NAV be. is its
appropriateness. She does not wear as
costly garments usually as the Amer
lcan OF the same social class. but tbev
are always thoroughly suitable TO her
position and to the occasion on which
they are to be worn. A French aIa-
gahte, Tor instance, will neither 90
shopping IN velvet costume nor to n
wedding or official reception in a cloth
Jacket or cashmere gown. She never
goes out on foot in superb and showv
apparel, or appears at a ball in a dark
SILK made high in the neck and with
long sleeves. Etiquette forbids her re-
eeIVlng even the most intimate of her
gentlemen friends i'm her morning
dress, though this rule has been re
taxed OF late in favor of the very su-
peru morning toilets of brocade and
satin and lace, which have been con
cocteu Tor morning wear bv the lead
ing Partisan dressmakers. These
however, are simply reception toilets
lOr morning instead of for afternoon
wear. If she desires to 90 out on foot
she dons the simplest of costumes in
dark cloth or cashmere. Her visiting
costume may be as magnificent as her
purse or her desires NAV make il. and
the same may be said of the dress i'm
which she receives callers on her " at
nome day. Her theatre bonnet IS
much more snowy and dressv than her
visiting one. For street wear she dOns
bonnet in very dark velvet or felt.
In the matter of gloves and chaussure
she IS always irreproachable. For
evening dress the satin slippers and
SILK stockings precisely match the tot
let with which they are to be worn.
There was an attempt made at one
time to introduce the wearing of scar
let hose and black slippers with white
evening dresses, but it proved a total
failures. Neither were black slippers
and stockings ever worn in Paris with
white or pale-tinted ball dresses. That
fashion was not French; it was possi-
bly, Engish-and, unfortunately. il
was American.-Ne,C York Mail and
Express
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Not seriously to impair the popular
retrain-turn the good men in.
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TEN PFENNIGE HOAX.

Some time since it was nOised abroad
that a man in Munish had made high
wager that he would collect togeth en-
three thousand ten pfennige pieces,
dated 1873, before the first day Of
January, 1884, and that he was Offering
a high premium for this particular coin
Immediately there was craze through
out the length and breadth of the land
to secure these ten-pfennige pieces, and
1t was quite common for collectors TO
pay from fifteen to twenty-five pfennige
for single specimen. The excitement
over the matter was visible in every
class OF society, and manifested itself
partically in the beer halls, the markets.
and the horse cars. Some of the eager
seekers who had got together at great
pains several hundreds of the coveted
coins, at last thought to inquire precise
ly how they should dispose of the
niokels at profit, They were directed
from pillar to post, and at last found
that they were the victims of practical
Solyav
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WHOLE NO. 1861.
EXPENsE AT COLLEGE.

Although the difference in tho amount
OF money which students at different
colleges spend is very great, there is not
such disparity i'll the necessary ex-
penSes as many people suppose. says
the Havard Crimson. At the citv
colleges such as Havard, Yale and
Columbia, the necessary expenses NAV
be about 500 more than at Amherst,
Dartmouth or Williams; but this slight
increase IS more than counterbalauced
by the aid which the larger colleges
Otter to lndigent students. Harvard bao
at her disposal 122 scholarship VARYING
Ill amount fr IN $50 to $3.50, averaging
about S225. In the Freshman wear
there are two assignments made, and il
Is possible for hard student to receive
$500 IN the scholarship during his first
year-a sum more than sufficient to nav
all his expenses. Here aid is given 10
students who are needy and who stand
high III their c asses but in almost all
other colleges those who intended to
study for the ministry are the favored
ones, and at some colleges it is impossi,
Die Tor any others to receive the
slightest assistance Room rent, board
and tuition are the principal items in
the necessary expenses; and of these
room rent varies the most. At Amherst
student pays from $40 to S125 for a
single room at Williams, S25 to 800:
at Yale, $50 to $50; while at Harvard
the rent varies all the way from $44 to
$500, which very few desirable rooms
for less than $12O. Of course. if two
students room together the expense il
reduced One-halt The difference sin
the second item, board, is not nearly so
great, the large numbers at the city
colleges rendering corporation much
easier, and enabling the students to pro-
cure better board at less cost. II ia
possible to get as good board for S4a
week here at Memorial Hall as could he
got at Amherst or any other college for
80 or 81. Tuition ranges all the wav
irom Sl2 per year at Oberlin, O., to
$500 at Columbia at Brown, Bowdoin.
Princeton and Williams it is S75 az
Amherst 500, a. Yale S14O, and at Har.
ward $3.50. By adding to these main
items Of expense other ne essary items.
such as clothing, fuel washing books,
etc, we can arrive at what ma be
called the minimum expens at various
colleges ) atistics have been carefully
prepared at this point, and the following
may be said to be the very least annual
expenditure which will carry a student
through the several colleges Havard.
$40; Yale, S425 Amherst Williams
and other colleges of the same stamp.
about 1870.
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EFFECT on MUSIC.

The effect of music OH the senses was
wonderfully verified during the morn
ing for the Duke Of Cumberland. uncle
of George Ill A tailor had a great
number of black suits which were to be
finished In a very short space of time.
Among his workmen there was fellow
who was always singing "Rule Brit
tannia, and the rest of the countrymen
joined in the chorus The tailor made
his observations and found that the
slow time retarded the work in conse-
quence no engaged blind fiddler, and.
placing him near the workshop, made
him play constantly the lively tune of
Nancy Dawson" The design had the
desired effect, the tailors' elbows moved
obediently to the melody, and the
clothes were sent home in ample time.
Smyrna times., 1885-05-20

The architects Of the large cathe-
drals say it is impossible for the human
voice to be distinctly heard at the YES
tibule doors from the altar.
Smyrna times., 1885-07-15

Smyrna Branch Trains.
Going North, 7.2S A. N. s.S3 AN. 1lO7A.M. 415P.M
Going South, $50 l.44P.M 442P. NJ. 743
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Hog cholera is said to be raging with
great violence among the swine Of Elk
Neck. VIM. J. Wilson is reported to
have lost sixty-fve.
THE LEGISLATURES REUNION.-The
reunion of the Delaware Legislature of
the session of 1885 commenced Tuesday
and will continue until Saturday. 1t
will comprise trip to Old Point Com
fort and Norfolk, by way of the New
York, Philadelphia & Norfolk railroad.
stopping over night at the Hygeia
Hotel, Old Point Comfort, brief stav
in Norfolk, a ride from Norfolk to New
York on an Old Dominion steamship, a
jaunt to COney Island, and a return
trip to Wilmington over the Pennsyl-
vania railroad.
MRS. BAYARD BETTER.-The first
time for several days Secretary Bayard
yesterday left DelamOre Place and
went to Washington by the early ex-
press train to attend a cabinet meeting.
Mrs. Bayard is reported by the physi-
clans as having passed a comfortable
night last night and to be somewhat
stronger to-day. They also speak very
much more encOuragingly of her recOv-
cry, and DR.. Negendank states that he
sees nothing at present to hinder her
from getting well. The patient is.
however, very i'll and the danger is by
no means passed, yet the improvement
is such as to give the family grounds
| for hope. The week has been a sOr-
rowful one at the Bayard mansion, and
the secretary's face clearly indicates
that it has been fraught with the most
distressing anxiety.
PENINSULA GRADUATEs.-At the re.
cent commandments of the colleges
named, the following Peninsula youths
were graduated
At the MOravian Seminary, Bethle
hem, Pa, Miss Mary A. Heitshu o.
Morton, who carried off the elias.
honors and was awarded the gold med
al for the best record in Algebra al
Lafayette, EastOn, Pa, VIM. f. Small
ley of Christiana, ut Yale, VIM. 7
TOmlinsOn who was one of the honor
men; at Wesleyan University, Middle
town, Conn, in a class of thirty sever
males and six females, Robt. {. Williams
son Of Rev. Il. S. Williams of NOrtl
East, Md and at Dickinson, Carlisle
Pa, J. r. Reynolds, nephew of Hon.
Tome of Port Deposit, Nd. At Dick
insOn Commencement ThOs. n. Rawlin
of Dover, was assigned one of the Mas
ter's OratiOns.
Among the students at Wesleyan
University we learn are a son of Rev
II. 5. Williams in the senior class, ant
a son of Rev. G. w. Townsend in tn
sophomore class; at the Conferenc
Academy commencement, II. c. Brown
son of Rev. N. Nj. Brown of Whining
ton received honorable mention. Ther
is good reason to believe our Peninsul
soil is equal to raising the best kind {
, material for literary training.-Penil
suldr Methodist.
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Closing OF Mails.
Opening of Mails

Going North, 700 and 1910 A. NJ, and S5OP.M.
Going South, $50 A. NJ, and 7.20 NJ.
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Secretary Bayard is waiting with in
tcrest to hear from Commander Ster-
ling. vino has been with his vessel, the
Troquois, to Ecuador, to demand the
release of Santos, who claims to be an
American citizen and is in prison for
plotting against the government. Mr..
Bayard some time since called for his
surrender, but it was refused. At the
State Department it is believed that
Sterling has received sealed orders to
insist upon Santos being discharged
Ecuador is very friendly to Chilli, which,
since the Peruvian imbrogliO, has rath-
held aloof from any friendly advances
toward the United States, as witness
the curt reply given by her President
TO our South American commission re-
Gently. Sterling has not force enough
to compel Santos release, and, in case
refusal is made by the Government oil
Ecuador, it is wondered what Mr.. Bay
ard will then do.
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One day good policeman
Upon Market Street did see
fellow who was dancing
Happy as a man could be.
Two words, while he was dancing,
From his lips he oTtleft fall,
And they had world of meaning.
For these words were Tower HALL
Men and boys had gathered round him,
The policeman bade them go,
Then he told the fellow dancing,
That the meaning he would know
OF his CapeTs on the pavement,
And he wished to know his name
TOWER HALL" was all his answer,
To each question twas the same.
Said the officer, He's crazy!
He's a lunatic aStray;
To IA magistrate I'll take him.
And see what he will say"
Before the magistrate arriving,
lie was asked, " Where do you live"
Tower HALL" he still made answer
And no other would he give.
" lie is crNzyw said his Honor;
Though so nicely he is clad
! will ask him now a question.
And commit him if he's mad"
where did you buy your clOthing?
TOWER HALF he said again.
You're discharged" replied his Honor;
That prOUeS that yOu are sane ~
ITS a very righteous verdictw
Was the prisoners reply
Judge, you see, l went to the Tower
Just a suit Of clothes to buy;
And got the suit now on me,
At price in cash, SO small
That could not keep trOm dancing,
Nor from shouting TOWER HALL"
"YOur excuse is all sufficient
Said his Honor; "g go and shout!
And, If you feel like dancing,
You have leave to dance II out.
l shall 90, myself, to the Tower,
And shall purchase there rig
Then, on Market street I'll meet you,
And we both will dance a jig"
HIGH qualities Low prices and RELIABLE gar
ments are the legitimate inducements offered Il
purchasers at
TOWER HALL
51S and 500 Market st., Philadelphia, b.
GARITEE, MASTEN & ALLEN,
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County and State Items

From the North, 100 A. NJ, and S15P.M
From the South, IS and 1l.30 A. NJ.
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The Ottawa Commons has increased
duties on sugars TO one cent per pouhu
and 35 per cent, ad Valorum gill' rum
and whiskey $l,75 per gallon brahGy
50 per gallon, snuff and tobacco 90
cents per mound also increasing the
excise duties.