Smyrna times., 1857-07-01
WHOLE NO., 327.

/ hlHS tllS SdlGIllleS Ol lHe pldnCl Jupiter. On q
clear night take looking glass, and, either at
the window or out Of doors, so place it as to re.
ceive the impression of the planet. By close
examination Of the planet as reflected in the
glass, all It's satellites will also be observed,
provided none Of them are cclpsed 1t is rather
remarkable, however, that although these
satellites can thus be seen, while they cannot
be seen with the naked eye, that neither Venus
nor the moon can be seen with the naked eye
as distinctly by reflection as they can by obser-
wing them with the naked cye
How TO GET RID OF FIIEs.-Now that fly
time IS coming, We may be doing q favor (or
*poding somebody's walIs) by inserting tie fol-
lowing. traveller remarks that the butcher
shops are all open, and although immense mum.
bers OF flies may be seen on the outside walls.
not one comes IN. This is caused by :he inner
walls bcing rubbed over with laurel oil, which
IS an effective preventive against the intrusion
OF these Troublesome insects. The Courier d,t
iiarre, III aIudlng to this fact, states that no
ny VIII enter room IN which a wreath of wal.
nut leaves has been hung Up
" A young man went ont hunting for dror
| IN the woods near Lamark, Z. W., recently. and
as an experiment he clothed himself In a deer.
SKIN ana took stand where those animals were
known to pass quite often. While thus intent
upon securing some game, another hunter cana
near making game Of him. for bappening n
see what he supposed to be a fine deer tbrongb
the thcnct the uGw conner took a deliberafe
aim at It and tired. Fortunately the ba II missed
the counterfeit deer, but ii succeeded in :. frrbt-
enng him out OF his skim"
05@ The London Times newspaper is nrintad
IN an antique, dmgy looking building in Print.
ing House Square, aud the rooms are all low
dark and unlnvltlng. Eighty.right composi.
tors are always at work on advertisements. and
loriy-thfce more work on parliamentary de-
bates and other matter -Four presses are re-
qulred to work off the morning cditjon. and %
take advantage OF these four presses, part Of the
paper is regularly electrotyped. The daiIv
edition Of the YiaeS is $4,000
~ The biggest storm story yet. comes 70
us from place called Falls Church. Fajrtav
CO., va, where on Sunday 2linst,-in the
ihIust OF d hurry OF ram, wind. thunder and
lightning, hall tell from three to eight inches in
diameter, killing poultry, breaking windows,
beating down the corn, wheat, oats and grass
Many fields are wholly ruined. All the oar.
dens IN the neIghborAood were smashed and
the only wonder is, that the Inhabitants were
not " smashed" too.
A Cry or EDIToEs.-One hundred and
twenty-sX editors III the United States have
recently drawn building lots in the town of
Warrehton, Va, situated in the cold repion
OF OuiPepPer county. Banks, of PetersburO
Bryant, OF the New York Evening Post: Gil.
her' OF Lc"lSOuFg tespaslan Ellis, of Wash
lngton CoaIe Y Barr, Of Abingdon; Waddell
OF Stanton; Alexander, O.! ChgrlottrvilIe .nd
a host OF others, are to be there.
The WING PARrY.-The National YnteUi-
genccr urges rc-organizpti.n of tbe VVLir
party. The editor holds that the nIotfor,rs eTf
the American ana Republican pa rites are botb
too narrow for the VI higs to stand on, while the
! principles OF tie Democratic party are snch
lhai no one sincerely attached to those of Claw
and ebster can consistently subscribe TO them
w NASHiNGroN.-Clark Mills, the artist who ia
now engaged on his great national work-,be
statue OF ashngiOn-is said to possess tbe
only absolutely correct likeness and bust of the
Father OF his Country the world has vet seen,
THIS is the " llouIon head" taken from tho
tace OF Washington, and the only one ever
taken.
a DAY or EXECUTIONS -Ihrcc .IIen HING
at 81. LoHiS.-lt is stated that no less than
! tWchty-seven executions were appointed to take
place on Friday last III Missouri and Illinois
L ne ot LOUIS papers contain full accounts of
the execution OF Jacob Ncn,lcin, John La Point
and Israel Shultz, in that city, on Friday.
THE CROPS IN WESTERN Nrv Yopv
correspondent OF the EUcaiRg Post. writino
from the Western part of the State saw he
prospect is very good for everything excenting
wheat ard corn. the latter depending much on
the weather IN July and August. Thera will
not be an average crop Of wheat.
The GRAIN CRo?s IN ALApANA-The Selma
(Ala' neAtfhtt says, that the grain crops IN
That stat" were never more abundant. nor of
bcttor quality, and predicts that Aour. in Les.
than three months, will be sold at SO Der bun-
dred and Corn at % cents per bushel a :,
o. AS a general thing the less a man reads
the more ioquaclous he is. Put dszen irnora.
; muses. IN room, and they will wrangleN all
n'9h' ABOUT ule " "consttutlonallty OF sawnI.' -
QT Spirit Drinking never conducted wealth
INTO mans pocket, happiness to his family. or
responsibility to his character-therefore snirit
is non-conductor, and consequentlyit it is best
j to let it alone.
0~F The danger is ever with us that we refer
our actions, thoughts and feelings 10 the idol;zed
standard Of public opinion. We believe Too
= much IN association and too little in ourselves
: W Some Genius has conceived the brillian,
d idea to press all the lawyers into military ser.
n vice. ID case OF war-because their Wcharpes''
n are so great that no one could stand them.
: 01T The loss by the late freshet in Cbemunp
= = county, ~ T., will reach S250,OO0 The Che.
: muog Canal will not be in boating order in less
than month.
n ALABAMA PEAoHEs-The Mobile (Ala.) pa.
80
,, "rlpe, rich, delicious peaches" from Jp,y;,
d Starke' of Baldwin county. -
9 Dr. Rae is engaged in Canada, it is said
III nt'lng OUT an Arctic expedition, and there i.
= pIoSPect % that some of the persons who were
" pany him. IS0'''
q ~ Thn INnstnhos,0. :.