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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-02
In the Cooling Room.
There comes a dreamy languor DER me ste

1Herc cOnes ureduy lauguOr y CT uo stcnt'
A lassitude which is not lack of strength,
pulsing rest, a plentitude of feeling,
Which thrills divinely through my sheeted
length.
There's no negation in the calm enjoyment
1t is not enervation but delight;
Body and mind find each a soft employment,
In idle shifting and in fancies bright.
Nothing disturbs the self-possessed sensation,
Each muscle is reliant and each nerve;
There is an equipoise, correlation,
A perfect balance which they all preserve.
watch the smoke-wreaths from my lips up
rising,
] note the fountain idIing with its spray
Luxurious adjuncts to fair devising-
And laZily the moments pass away.
Such sensuous rest might follow a potation
OF liquor spiced or some old warming wine
But so could never come the clean equation
'Twixt brain and body which l feel is mine;
Here is no thought of but delayed reaction,
Nor forfeit for the passing pleasures sum :
Here only is a perfect satisfaction
In what is present and is yet to come.
Beyond all pale of pleasure apathetic
He passes who puJSueS this pleasant path,
A finer Zest is his, IL thrill magnetic,
The perfect sequel to the perfect bath;
Nothing is needed the delight enhancing,
The blood is free in artery and vein,
Iis but to will the act 10 set it dancing
In turbulent and restless course again.
Like tiger basking in the MONDAY splendid,
With nerves relaxed. but still with nerves
of steel,
1 lie supine till the siesta's ended
Quiescent. still the tigers vigOr feel;
And then i shake me, like the tiger waking,
And face the issues of the day once more,
And laugh at troubles whicn had set me
Quaking
Mere trities now which heavy were before.
Stanley Waterloo.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-02
A Poor Policy.

The local agent of fire company
went out to Chene street one day re-
Gently to adjust a loss in a dwelling
house. There had been only small
blaze. with about $25 real damage,
but when the man was asked to give
his figures he said: Il doan' take fife
hoonered dollar und be so scarf again.
Put down fife hoonered." "Yes. J"
'.Und my wife goes almost into fits,
and you can put down one tous-
and. Yes "Und my brudder.
law vas so oopset dot he shakes all
oafer nit a shill. Put down two hoon-
cred for dot" Anything moreP"
''Vell, my dog goes wildt. der womans
next door faints away, und l haf to sit
oop all night. Maybe you like to trow
me in a hoonered dollar extra" When
he was informed that the policy only
covered actual damages he held up his
hands and shouted: "Only dat! Why,
den vhas some fools to haf a fire in
mine house. e.n-Qetrott Free ResS
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-02
Funny Philosophy.

A gentleman of an adjoining coun-
ty, who once owned and operated a
grist-mill, tells a good story illustra-
tive of negro philosophy. He was at
his mill one day, when uprode darky
with sack of corn on his head, while
he bestrode lean and tired-looking
mule. What are you doing with that
sack of corn on your head?" queried a
spectator. We'll. boss, got shamed
making dis mule tote me and de corn,
SO takes the corn and carries it on
my head.-Albdny Nees.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-02

Tenant-Say, there's million rats
in that house of yours. Landlord
Wellp Tenant-What are you going
to do about it? Landlord-Do about
it! Nothing. You don't expect me to
stock the place with white mice at $lS
per month, do you1OmGhd World
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-02

Only one rifle ball in thousand kills
a man in battle. If that thousandth
bullet could be left out of the calcula-
ton what brave soldiers we would be.
-Martha's KsReyGrd Herald,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-02

King Charles of Roumania reads all
the proofs of his wife's stories and cor
reets them for the printer. A revise
is then submitted to the Queen.
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C. D. INGELL.
o. w. MAXSOl

A TTORNEY AT LAW and Notary
IN Public. Office in over Mrs. Smiths Milli-
cry Store Mantua Station. Ohio. 6z2-d.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-02
Il. Y. LACEY,

a TTORNEY AT LAW, and NOTARY
IN PUBLIC.
ONCE with NJ. STUART. North ChestnutSt
Ravenna, Ohio.
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l. T. SIDDALL,
Attorney at Law. Office in Phenix Block.
Ravenna, Ohio 479
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-02-02

Attorney and Counselor at Law possesses
superior facilities for making collections in
all parts of the United States. Office over
First National Bank, Garrettsville, Ohio,
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Business Cards.
A. w. BEMAN

Attorney at Law. OFFICE, No: s60S
Broadway tlsth ardl. Cleveland. Ohio. 77s
Smyrna times., 1888-06-27
Personal.

Daniel B. Cummins, Esq. of Phila-
delphia, was a guest at WoOdlawn
on Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Ethel H. Cooper returned home
from school last week, as did also Clar-
ence B. Raymond and Alex. G. Cum
Minis, Jr.
Olin l. HOugh, after a weeks suf-
fering in Philadelphia from acute mus
cular rheumatism, involving the heart,
was brought home to his mothers on
Friday evening. The disease yielded
at once to the treatment of DR.. Dwight,
and we are glad to report him greatly
improved.
Editor Taylor, of the Record, at
tended the College Banquet at Newark
last week, and congratulated DR.. Raub
on his ascendency to the Presidency.
Mrs. Macnamee, of Wilmington, and
Mrs. Maria Treadwell, of New York,
are guests Of Mrs J. H. Bewley.
Mrs. Elizabeth Steen, of Philadel-
phia, and Mrs. Maggie Buddy, of Port
land, Oregon, are visiting Geo. A. Hall.
Prof. Philip r. Uhler, Librarian of
Peabody Institute, Baltimore, accom-
panied by his wife, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. E. Hoffecker.
Mrs. M. w. Cnlbreth and Miss Sue
Culbreth have returned to Smyrna
from Philadelphia for the summer, TAX
ing rooms at the Delaware House.
Robert H. Cummins, of Philadelphia
is spending a few days in Smyrna.
Miss Clara Smashey, of Salem, N. j..
is visiting the Misses Lippincott.
John r. Griffin and wife, of Tuck
ahoe Neck, Md, are spending day OF
two with relatives.
Mrs. Hubbs, of Amsterdam, N. Y, is
visiting Miss Kate Tschudy.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-27
Saturday Night.

The Saturday night crowd is evil
dence enough, if there were none in
the weather that summer is upon us.
The people are always numerous on
this night when the long days come,
but last Saturday night capped the
climax. In some places on Main street
it was difficult to wedge your way
through them. The wonder IS not so
much that they come, for they need
some diversion at the end of a week of
severe toll, but the wonder is that they
do not come sooner and go home soon
er. The crowd is the densest at 10
o'clock when the most Of the staid cit
liens are thinking of going home to re-
tire for the night. The mass of those peo-
pie, whitea and black, who tarry as near to
midnight as they can with several miles
still to ride or walk to to their country
homes, it is very evident, take but little
more account of Sunday, than as a rest
for Saturday night.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-27
The Purchasers Hazards.

A. L. Hudson went to Dover yester-
day to attend the meeting of the
Directors of the Fruit Exchange. Mr..
Hudson tells us the matter of greatest
concern to them in all that is before
them in getting the great prospective
crop to market is, the schedule time of
the cars-delivering the peaches on
time. Their object of course is to sell
the peaches from the wagon at our
depOts. The peach is perishahle arti-
Gle, and will not bear fOOling with. It
must be marketed with all the speed of
steam, and if a loss is not to be incur
red, without any delay or mishap on
the part of the latter. He says that a
dealer was along prospecting a few
DAYS ago. His great fear and danger
in risking purchases was the uncer-
tainty in the railroad delivery-the ar
rival of a train two or three hours late
being a loss to him of two or three
hundred dollars, which the railroad in
no sense shares though the cause in
not keeping up to their agreed or
schedule time. Last year one of our
citizens, who was then in New York
and on the lookout from midnight un-
I'll morning for the arrival of the
peach trains, found them most all the
time late, sometimes from two to four
houFs. These arrivals were published
IN tne TINES from week to week. and
Jne result was an astonishment to the
chief Qhcers Of the road. The matter
was looked into, and a great improve
ment followed IN keeping schedule
time. The probability is that the rail-
roads will use special endeayor this
year to put the trains through on time
if not, il would be ungenerous to make
the shippers pay for losses that they
themselves occasioned.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-27
fOT me smyrna Tunes.
The noO NuiroDoa

Dear Times: The mouthpiece of the
public-Please give permission in your
columns to set up not bark but howl
of misery about this dog infested town
A stranger-and there are many during
the summer-whO, tempted by the cool
comfort pervading appearance of num-
bers Of the handsome residences com
prising the place, are induced to spend
few days here, certain that amid so
much luxury and refinement to be
seen on every hand, the needed rest
may be obtained that is denied them
elsewhere. A short, very short time
however suffices to convince them that
in their estimate of the comforts to be
secured in Smyrna, much of it is the
kind bordering upon insomnia. Of
what use are the pleasures of the day
if night is to be robbed of sweet re-
freshing sleep by the yawp-yawp-
yawp-bOw, bow! of hundreds. nav
more nearly thousands of useless mis-
erable bird-hunting, Tabbit-beagle dogs,
and whatever other names the pestif-
erous yelping crew may be called.
There is plenty of law-dog law-to
restrain this intolerable nuisance of
ours being permitted to increase and
multiply unchecked beyond all limit.
The enforcement of the dog tax is one
way; the other is to supply the police
force with the needed ammunition and
authority to pay his respects to them
after bedtime. To impound them is
disagreeable duty to shoot them on
sight is an act that will receive the
hearty approval of every one, because
of its being sanctioned by the cOnsti-
tuted authorities. No matter how
great the provocatiOn really is, a cit
izen violates the law, or town ordi-
nance by taking this matter in hand
and shooting among the dogs that con-
gregate under his window to bark
nightly. No portion of the town can
claim to be exempt from this hot
weather in1iction. The sick, nursing
mothers, and tired fathers, all, every
where, pay an unwilling sleep tax that
should not be exacted if the proper act
were at once taken. In this respect it
is we'll known that the colOred people
of the town take the lead in having
around them numbers Of these worth
less ours. They know, if they know
anything, that it is a continual source
of worriment to the "White trash"
and negro like, until the hand of the
law interposes, will keep it up with an
endless succession of vigorous barkers.
Human nature can stand the annoy
ance during the early evening hours of
the mosquitoes buzz and the still louder
blare of the brass band in practice, but
this OF which we speak of spreads it.
self throughout the whole year, ALWAYS
"wussD in summer a & IL IL yvontad 70 ~
No incorporated town, as this claims to
be, should tolerate within its limits the
dog kennel and the pig pen, because
both are destructive Of the comfort and
health of che town, and until more VIC
orous measures are taken to suppress
it than is now in vogue, they will con-
tinue to be present in spite Of all that
may be said to the contrary.
Osiris.
Smyrna, June "a, 1888.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-27
Old Title Deeds

Mrs. Sarah p Mason has had in her
possession for a number of years half
a dozen deeds Of property granted to
Finley Mason, in the early settlement
of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
They are no longer of any value ex-
cept historically, and she purposes do
mating them TO the Historical Society
of Maryland as soon as she learns
their proper address.
They are of course on parchment,
written in an excellent, careful hand
and issued from London. They all
have attached to them, tied by a piece
of tape an embossed seal two or three
inches in circumference made of wax
OfsOme kind between paper showing
the figures of persons on horseback, or
some other design. One of them bears
the date 1866, whereby Frederick
Absolute Lord and Proprietary of the
Provinces of Maryland and Avalon,
Lord Mayor Of Baltimore, &c" !" grants
a certain tract of land in Queen Anne s
county to " Honorable Daniel Dulaney
Esquire and John MoOrtOn Jordan
Esquire" tie meets and bounds oil
which are given called, Finley's Pur
chase"
Another dated April 5th, 1854, is 6
similar grant to William Winchester
Mason. One of the conditions of the
latter purchase was that they were t.
pay to them or their heirs as of oui
Manor of Baltimore in free and com
mon SOccage, by Fealty only for al
Manner of Services Yielding and Pay
ing therefore yearly unto us, and oui
Heirs at our Receipt at our City of st
Mary's at the two most usual Feasts il
the year, viz the Feast of the Annun
citation of the Blessed Virgin Mary anC
st. Michal the Arch Angel, by ever
and equal portions the rent of on
shilling and five pence; half penn,
starting, in silver or gold, &c.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-27
A Correction.

OF course, in the discussion which
followed on the matter in the recent
meeting, the hOary headed Governor
and John F. Salisbury, the family
mouth-pieCe, and Postmaster Bewley,
of Smyrna, the me-too" of Governor
Biggs, all lit on the right side of the
fence and talked about the dear public.
OF course John f. got off his stereo-
typed exclamation, Though Hell
gaped he would open the doors" but
when he had his little scheme adoat to
run the college, he said damn the re-
porters." The fact of it is, pot house
politics and higher education don't
mix and never will.-COrrespondent to
Sunday Star.
The above extract from the specta-
cled correspondent of the Sunday StG
needs a little correction in the refer
ence to Postmaster Bewley. He did
not vote with the Governor on this
occasion, being in favor of admitting
the newspaper writers to the meeting
Mr.. Bewley believes in free speech anC
free pen-On the principal that, give
such an one enough rope, he will al
ways hang himself.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-27
Is IT. to be Hot 4?

The impression seems to prevail
pretty generally that we are to have
a hot summer throughout the country.
The Indiana Pharmacist predicates it
upon the following theory which has
been advanced by others:
The weather seems to run in cycles
of about seven years, that is when we
have a hot summer, it is always fol-
lowed by a cold one, and it takes
about seven years to reach another
equally hot. 1t will be remembered
by many that the summer of 1867 was
very hot and so dry that during
August the grass crumbled under the
feet when trOd upon. The summer of
1868 was noted for its GOODNESS, the
thermometer very seldom getting
above So, and we did not reach the
top wave of thermality again until
1874, when it was extremely hot. The
following summer was cold to a re-
markable degree. From then on the
summers grew gradually warmer until
1881, which was excessively hot and
very dry, no rain falling for over
nine weeks, and there were more sun
strokes that summer than there have
been in all the summers since.
The summer of 1882 was quite cold
a few flakes of snow fell on the morn
ing of July 4th, followed by hail in
the afternoon, and during the rest OF
the month of August the temperature
was so low that overcoats were neces-
sary for comfort at night. The sum
mers since 1882 have grown warmer
and warmer, and last summer was q
moderately hot one, but unless al
signs fail the coming summer will be
the climax Of the cycle, and a hot dry
season may be expected. So far thi:
Spring the signs have been against The
theory advanced, but possibly the cool
ness of the spring may be succeeded
by a regular old scorching summer
whose temperature will rival sheol fol
| holiness.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-27
TOT Wt oWUTHu 7
Letter from ChasWnld.

Warm weather has come and so has
the pesky mosquito.
Rose bugs are destroying berries
near here.
Charles Trout, who has resided here
the past winter, has accepted posi-.
ton as brakeman on the road.
Painters have been at work in and
around Cheswold. DR.. J. M. Smiths
house was painted by - Williams, of
Frederica, as was John II. Bishops
house and store +. A. Moore's house,
Joseph Phillips house and Garrison's
house was painted by Carter, OF
Smyrna, A. II. Moore's house, near
here, by Geo. Morgan, of Dover. They
all show great taste in the selection OF
colors and great credit to the painters.
fall land owners would write the
autobiography oftheir respective iaTms,
as did the gentleman week Detore last,
there would be a great deal OF praise,
and as the old saying, SELF praise is
one-half scandal there would be a
great deal of scandal:
There IS talk of building new depot
here soon. We need it, and cleaner
one If possible. If not, then we had
better petition the Railroad Company
for A new aaent. We are thinking of
asking the superintendent for i'greased
wallsb in the new building to keep the
"cob webs" from sticking, you know.
Mr.. G. X. Cole has been appointed
assistant agtnt here,
w. X. Conaway Is home on his va
cation. GOLD DUST.
CiessU0ld, DEL, June 90, 1888.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-27
Big Celebration on the 4th.
PATRIOTIC AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESS
SION.

The 4th of July is a week from to-
day. We are pleased to announce that
the preparations for the announced
Grand Celebration in this town on the
4th are well in hand, though many
minor details are yet necessary for
their completion. But the essential
thing,-an imposing patriotic, civic
and industrial celebration-is assured.
The morning will be given to the
parade. The line will form it is prob
able, on West Commerce street beyond
the Stand-pipe, and move through the
principal streets, cOunter-marching on
lower Main street. The Citizens Hose
Company has invited the Hose Com
panies of Middletown, Dover and the
Hook and Ladder Company, of Camden.
The turn out of our industries prom
ises to be good, and will add materially
to the occasion. The societies that
will take part cannot now be definitely
stated.
Three or four bands of music will be
in the procession. The celebration
proper, that embOdying the patriotism
and sentiment belong to the day, will
be held in the afternoon, The delight
full spot where it was held last year, on
the lot of A. L. Hudson, is now occupi-
ed by two new houses, and in the alb
sence of any other suitable lot VIM. c..
Mitchell has kindly consented to allow
stand to be erected in front of his
yard, where the street is wide and nice
ly shaded all the day. About the
stand a platform will be erected for the
seating OF several hundred singers.
Appropriate instrumental music will
also form an important feature in the
varying exercises. The Declaration
will be read, and ten or twelve minute
speeches will be made by Revs. Dame.
Sweezey and several laymen.
Intelligence was received this morn
ing that the Rescue Hook and Ladder
Company of Camden has accented
the invitation, and will be present with
a band of music of sixteen pieces. Also
that the Middletown Company have
voted to come. The Robbins Hose
Company, of Dover, will not be here.
The base ball club, of Camden. will
play the Smyrna club on their grounds
here on the afternoon of the 4th, after
3 o'clock a match game. 1t is stated
that some 300 or 400 people of that
place will come to witness the game.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-27

AN erroneous idea seems to be in
the minds of some that an admis-
sion will be charged at the COM
mencement exercises tonight. Children |
under twelve years of age will not be |
admitted unless accompanied by their |
parents. Doors will not open until |
half-past seven o'clock.
A LETTER plainly addressed to a
lady in ElktOn, was mailed at Smyrna,
Del, May 2Sth and did not reach Elk
ton until June 11th. 1t was marked
missent, but there is no mark upon it
to show where it had been as the pos
tai rules require. The letter was of
importance, concerning business which
ought to have been attended to on
June 1st and its miscarriage was a con-
siderable annOyance.-ELktOn Wing.
Mrs. SUSAN FIsLER is in the posses
sion of magnolia, we mean the June
blossoming kind, and in this respect
we think stands ahead of the rest of
our ladies, and we have a number very
devoted to the cultivation of flowers
1t is now some thirty years old, being
transplanted when a switch from the
banks of a stream, to a damp place in
in her yard that received the drippings
from the pump. 1t is thus a hardy,
annual bloOmer, that never fails to
throw out its delightful fragrance on
the warm breath of summer.
THE race at Poplar Grove track on
Friday while somewhat spirited and
attended by more than the usual num-
Der OfspectatOrs, was decided to be set
off as a draw" The first trot, a
wagon race, was won by VIM. Perry's
horse, with Press GoldsborOugh second
and J. Boyd third. The chief interest
was in the second race, trot, four en-
tries John P Goldsborough's Frank
winning the two first heats and Geo. A.
Millington's Yellow Corn the third
VIM. A. G. Hardcastle's Blacksmith,
forged along as best he could, but was
not on the winning side in this race.
THESE days of excessively high tenn
perature should prompt to the greatest
care looking to cleanliness about our
domicils. The chief danger comes
from uncared for cesspools and pig
pens. The latter, the mass of the peo-
pie think have no place in the town,
but they are not absolutely prohibited,
and for this reason should be the more
carefully guarded. Well deported peo-
| pie hardly need a suggestion when the
comfort of their neighbor is interferred
with, and for people who have either
delicacy or consideration, there is nc
need of enforcing law. The latter is
only necessary for those of low propen,
stiles who are governed in their actions
towards others from a spirit of pure
cussedness.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-27
Press Opinions.
DELAWARE COLLEGE.

The Trustees of Delaware College
on Tuesday elected to the presidency
of that institution DR.. A. n. Raub, for
several years past Principal of the
Newark Academy.
DIR. Raub is a thorough educator
having been engaged in teaching ever
since his graduation in 1860 and has
always been successful in whatever
place he may have been located. He
is the author Of several school books
which are in use in the pubic schools
of this and other States and is widely
known not only on this peninsula but
in Pennsylvania, and the friends of the
college aticipate large influx of stu
dents at the September term.
The election of DIR. Raub also in
sures that harmony in the Faculty and
between them and the Trustees which
has been sadly wanting for some time
and many, who are by no means op-
timists, predict that the institution has
started anew upon long and honora-
bic career.
The Trustees also took definite
action in reference to the disposal of
the money coming to the college from
the National Government under the
Hatch bill. Three thousand dollars
were appropriated towards the cree
tion of suitable building and the bal
ance Is to be expended in purchasing
the instruments, chemicals, paying the
professors and all that is necessary in
carrying on the station.
Another station in the fruit district
will be established as soon as practica.
bic, and as the funds come in hand the
area of usefulness of the department
will be widened. The friends of the
College, who have been discouraged al
the outlook, have again taken heart
and by the joint efforts of the Faculty
Trustees and Alumni all believe thai
the worst is now over and brighter
days are at neutrality-suspicious. Demo
| crdt.