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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1859-04-11

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Smyrna times., 1859-06-16
ISCELLAN EO u S.
THE TURKS.

Mr.. Brooks. OF the N. Y. Express, continued
his tour fiom Jerusalem to Jaffa thence to
Cairo and from there to Alexandria. OF Jafia
he says:
"It was the port whence Jonah embarked
for Tarshish, when he was thrown overheard
and swallowed by whale. Here too, Peter,
the Apostle, raised TubItha from the dead, and
tarrled many days in the house of &" Simon, the
tanner" And it was here that while praying
on the house top, he saw that strange vision OF
clean and uncleaD beasts and creeping things
ard heard the voice saying " Rise, Peter, kill
and eat" During the Roman war it was burned
and 5000 of its inhabitants killed. Napoleon
entered it with French army, in 1899, and
carried the city by storm. And here was the
place, if English HISTORY be correct, where Ma
poleon massacred 1000 Mamalukcs, principally
Albanians, who had surrendered to Eugene
BeaubarnGis and Crosier, his aides-de camp !;
aud here. too, the place where Napoleon poison
ed his plague,strcken invalIds to the number
of four or five hundred. The place has history,
as you see, but the quicker you get out of il,
when you are in, the better you will be-"
Mr.. Brooks then proceeds to gossip about the
Turks very interestingly, as of course anything
from keen, American, editorial eyes, about this
lazy race must be:
Before | leave the Turkish Government,
which ends practically, this way in Palestine,
though Egypt is feudallty of the Sultan, let
me have word or two. That the great Turk
ish Empire is crumbing 10 pieces, and rather
rapidly too, is visible TO everybody in it, or even
skrtiug it. From the Danube to Bagdad, from
Constantlnople TO the Arabian sea, all is going,
going, and much is gone-and the tenure by
which the eXtremIlles ore held is 80 feeble, thal
the Sultan scarcely dare exert power Long
ago indeed, would have tumbled to pieces the
whole Empire of "the sick num-" if Eng land
Russia and France could agree how TO divide
him, or if one did not uphold him TO prevent the
other from grasping him. The day of the Cres
cent Is over, aud that Of the cross comes, jus
when il is to be determined whether cross shal
be Greek" or Latin" The Moslem prayi
os ever, as often Bs ever, as earnestly as ever
and ds publickly as ever-in sight of all, fiv,
tunes q day, but there Is no soul IN his prayer
The inpeling fanaticism is out of him. lie j
stepping into European trowsers, and not quit
into the F-ank hat, yet into the Fee cap, th
poor apology for the Turban. lie is losing tha
lofty pride, that once drove him ahead owe
every thing, and those hardy. fierce habits
which gave him the stamina to endure anything
lie loves now too we'll to sit on his haunct
smoke his pipe, and sip bis coffee But he neve
chalters; he has no such bad nObits as haV
we, the offspring of Northern nations. Ther
is no drunkenness, or if there be have neve
seen any. There are no habits so vicious ths
, at once they undermine and corrupt, aud dc
stroy the constitution. "Whiskey" aud il
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16

accompanlments are all unknown. No black
guards, crazy with rum, ever parade the streets,
or under The maddening influences of lntoXlca-
tlon commit murder, or other high crimes. The
!urK $ lie Is calm, cold, apparently unimpas-
stoned. SpeculatOnS disturb him not. Trade
never gives Elm dyspepsia or apopleXy. lie
squats In his bazaar and smokes, and if you
choose TO buy of him, well, and if you don't,
well. Newspapers and all their excitemen's
are to him unknown. There is no Exchange
no wall street, no Stocks,' nothing worry
ing. What ever God wills, is to happen; and
what is not to happen, he never fances and
worries himself about. He closes his baza
boX-a box of some 10 feet all the ways, high
across and athwart--at three or four O'clock,
and goes home. He then eats with his fingers
from some common dish or dishes, and al seven
Or eight O'Clock, presume, goes to bed--for IN
all Turkish cities all outward life closes at dark
aud there are no public amusements at night.
1t after dark you go into the streets you must
go with lantern in hand, (gas is unknown).
The dogs there, ugly wol6sh dogs, at even.
ing begin their wall, and howl and bark all
night-the scavengers Of Turkish cities, whose
work begins when bpeds retire to bed. There
Is then that deslderatum in all Frank cities, mo
place to spend the evening in In Jerusalem,
hot as 1t was now in the day, we actually had to
go TO bed at eight oclock to keep warm. Din
ner Is eaten a. slX-ihen there is nothing TO do
nowhere TO gO-no means of keeping warm,
aud hence the necessity for going to bed, even
now in March.
1.-THE Turks keep in Jerusalem now about
one thousand soders-and they live there in
fear of their lives, if they GO among the Bedou-
IN Arabs. They have snail force at Jericho
IN a sort Of castellated tower there, but no one
trusts in their protection. One morning about
o'clock, saw the soldiers of jerusalem on pa
rade-and a sorry figure enough they certainly
made-but more sorry on this particular exhi-
bltlon, because every soldier seemed to have a
cough, caught in the cold. cavernous caverns
of ofJeruSrlem. 1t was almost ludicrous indeed,
to see thousand men on drill all coughing al
once, as if such coughing were part Of their
military drill.'
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16
a Fixed Fact.

The less you leave your children in your will
The moro they will have twenty years after
wards Wealth inherited shonld be an ineen
tive to action; instead of that it is an incentive
to soth. The only money that does man good
is what he eatns himself. A ready made fer
tune, like ready made breeches, seldom fits the
man who comes in possession. A gentleman
died in this city mouth since, who left his son
money, other personal property. and collec-
tion of rare paintings. The week after ne came
into possession the pictures were traded off at q
fourth Of their value to gentleman who deals
in c.arels and hook. The father was a con-
noisseur in fine arts, while the son was con-
noiseur only IN brandy and three minute horses.
In all probability, a year hence will find the
property of the latter pers mage reduced.to TWO
shirts and neck.te, with his soul lost 10 spend
ing what his father lost his soul in saving -
AS we said before, the only money that does us
good is the money that we earn. Ambition
and hope that is stimulated by halt-tilled
pocket book have a power tnst will triumph
over all difficulties, beginning with the con
tumely of the rse-proud, and leaving Oft WIKI
the malice of the envious. Look around you
and figure up if these thngs are not fo.--N
American.
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16
Highsounding Words.

The beautiful simplicity of good taste is
thrown away upon the world generally, in most
things. In language, particularly, however,
certain classes Of vulgar people respect you
more, in proportion as your words are high
sounding and unusual. "Oncc," said Colcridge,
al sat IN coach opposite Jew--a symbol of
old clothes bags--an Isaiah of IIollywell street.
He would close the window l opened it. He
closed it again; upon which, in very solemn
tone, said to him, Son Of Abraham, thou
smellest! J.! son of Isaac, thou art offensive! son
of jacob, smellest foulIy! See the man in the
moon hc is holding his nose at thee at that
distance DoSt thou think that |, sitting here,
can endure it any Ionger' My Jew was as
Lonished, opened the window forthwith himsef
ana SAID he was sorry he did not know before
was SO great gentleman
! But there is also misuse of high-hown or
too learned phraseology, as illustrated in the
| story told of Governor Barbour, of Virginia.
The new invention of horizontal pLOughing
was introduced INTO the State about the same
time as the ruta-6oga turnip, and the Cover.
nor. meeting one OF his Constituents on the
road plain farmer, said:
"Well. sir! have you yet adopted the mod
ern method OF subverlluy your soil at angles OF
equal departure !''
81 s'pose you mean ruta-blgus," replied the
man; ayes, | sowed some last month.'
But Il seems tndt hl,u-llUwn language an.
49, 70 "c.I IN the pulpu. A learned divine,
wrItn. from Caroline To the Richmond Adp0-
cate, thus descnUes one Of he most successful
OF the Suuth"ro pretcnetsH:
ale encompasses hmstIt with ralnbows,
aud mcteOrs, aud earthquakes, aud cataracts,
and hurricanes, aud wIler-SpouIS aud showers
OF gems, ana torrents OF fire, and boundless
c0ntldgratlUnS, aud marshaiied PHILOSOPHERS,
and truOpIug serdphIm, aud The stupend0us
wheels OF Providence, and the silver Ginning
OF the spheres, and the welterng chaos Of de-
molshed worlds"
Tne dear old Aunt.
Unhappy the family in which there is not one
relative at least Of whom the following is
portrait:
"Iler soul was all a sympathy,
Aud gazing IN her lace,
We iell a iaIlh, we knew not why,
la all the human race;
We telt assured OF better times,
Though how could not tell.
When ali the world wOu.d be as pure
AS KIND Aunt Isabel"
a Dukes respect for ladies noses.
The Duke OF Norfolk has his smoking room,
IN his new mansion at Sheffield Park, over the
upper stories Of quadransular tower, between
seventy aud ninety feet high. No domestic
economy can be outraged when the lord and
master adopts such precautions as these.
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16

A MIXED PErIrIoN--A CORRESPONDENT, of
the Knickerbocker, has been describing to the
editor Of that journal, hundred. listed NIGHT
mare" which haunts him in the shape of Rail.
road posters. Wherever he goes he sees Moth
ing but "llllnOs Central Railroad" Miehigau
Central" Chicago and AlIon," New York
and Erie" a" Pennsylvania Central" &C., &C.,
staring in largo capitals, until they have be.
come mixed in with his common thoughts; and
the other evening, as he went TO sleep he NUT.
tered, in half somnlferouS jumble:
"NOw lay me down the Bread GuaCe 10 tIesu.
pray Great Western Route to keep;
If the Central busle beiure wake,
pray t:.c AR Line my trunk TO iake."
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16
Woman on hospitality in. tent.

Our ladies, about this time of year, are usu-
ally wishing there were no such things as
hOOses-" house-cleaning is such slavery!
But let them read what the alternative is in
the East:
"An Arab family-tent is from twenty-five to
thirty feet in lengtb, by about ten. feet in
breadth in the highest parts, it is from ten to
seven feet; in the lower about five. 1t has nne
poles; three in the middle, and three on each
side, covered at the top with thick cloths Of
woven goats hair, impervious to the heaviest
rain. The side-coverings are usually OF coarse
wool. The interior is divided into two apart
menIs by means OF white wcollen flower-em-
broidersd curtain, hung against the middle
poles, one side being for men, the other for the
women. In the first, also, are the wheat ga ks,
eamel-bags, and pack.ssddes, hea ped up like a
pyramid round the centre post and, 10 the
second one, the water and butter skins, kitchen
utensils, aud all the more domestic appoint
ments of the tent. Sometimes the tent has
three compartments: the third for the cattle.
ln some tribes the goats hair canvas is in strips
ofalternate black and white; in others it is all
black and in others again (about Askalen) all
white; but always in strips sewn together by
coarse thread. or secured by small wooden pins
The women alone undertake. the striking and
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16
ORIGINAL POEM.
Written for tie Smyrna Times.
wuATISAW AND WHAT THOUGHT

WHAT L SAY AMI VIVA L L 1A1OO O1Al
BY C. R. EVANS.
While waiting one day, at the Station,
Or Depot, whichever you choose.
In Wilmington, IN conversation
With others. myself TO amuse,-
We WI tied the train, which was coming.
Intending, when it did arrive.
10 get in the cars and go humming
Along, like a something alive
saw in the crowd, pale lady,
With two little children quite young,
Aud her SON she cail'd him " dear Eddy"
Who almost deserved to he hung
So surly and ugly hs acted
His i'll natured bearing towrd her
Attention from many attracted,
Who eyed him slIece severe.
But here is the lraih let's be ready
To get aboard, quick as we CAN
Meanwhile, let US look after Eddy.
That most eddy fe ingyoung man;
Ills mother had brought collation.,
OF swectmeats. which she did provide,
To eat if they felt inclination,
Ire ending their journey and ride.
She, leading the children, said, Eddy,
Dear please bring the basket along,
And hold ii right careful and steady,
Lest something within should get wrong"
The scamp-O, he needed u spanking
Despite her mid. pleasant request
GrOwied something Which sounded like, thanking
Her he'd bring 1t as he thought BEST!
Il plined me 10 think that another
To hln should be tied all her life;
For If he Is Ill 10 his mother,
Pray, what will he be 10 his pite
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16
THE FRUITS OF WAR.

10 the loss Of 1000 men at Montebello, We
may add the burning of the town of Casteggio,
which had been barricaded by the towns-people,
and who offered some resistance to the Austri-
ans. Casteggo is about one mile from Monte
belIo. We have reason of the severe loss of
officers IN the French army, which is owing to
the deadly aim and quick sight of che Tyrolese
sharp shooters. At MOntebello the newly in
vented French cannon also did awful execution
among tho encmy's ranks.
The Piedmontese cavalry have won the ap-
pIause of the Gallo allies. Baraouev d'Uilli.
ers has expressed himself to the effect that {" he
Will manage never TO go into the field without
such admirable troopers by his side"
We observe that the French papers attribute
the attack OF the AustriaDs to the presence of
the Austrian Emperor. The proofs are change
OF policy. Thus Turin, French p. NJ. F.. let
ter May 2l) says:
The Emperor of Austria is accompanied bv
Baron Hess, the best military head of his EN-.
pre-. On learning that the heights of Csstep.
glo, which crown and command the two roads
OF PIacenza and Pavla, were not occupied, Ra-
detSkls Old brother-ln-arms declared that they
ought 10 be taken at any price. The hand of
Tue master is visible; 1t is no longer Count
Gyual who Commands.
"Sardinlaus and Frenchmen emulated each
other IN courage, but they had 10 fight great
oddS-Oue 10 Two or three.
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16
LTTTLE.OR. .NOTHIN Is,

" "A MAP OF BUSY LIFE, ITS FLUCTUATIONS, AND
ITS VAST CONCERNS" ."-Cowper.
If man marry shrew, are we to suppose
he is shrewd
AS perfume is to the rose so is good-nature
to the lovely.
A GOOD citizen is peace-ma ker; and bull
in china shop is plece-maker, too.
THERE is man in Windsor SO hubitually
sleepy that his curiosity cannot be awakened.
The MAINE LAW BEArEN.-Why cannot the
Atlantic telegraph 90 wrong! Because it is
right IN the main.
AN INVISIBLE JoXE.-Did any one ever see
the umbrella again which he had lent for just
- five minutes !"
Why is young lady like bill of exchange! /!
Because she ought to be settled when she
arrives at maturity.
If women were jurors as some of them claim
they ought 10 be, what chance would ugly old
fellows stand when indicted
CALL a lady " chicken" and ten to one she
is angry with you. Tell her she is {" no chick
en-" and twenty to one she is more angry still.
The violet grows low and covers itself with
IT'S OWu lCd'S3 uuu w all uOW6IS Jl6iuS tue
sweetest fragrance. Such is humility.
THE greater man is, the less he necessarily
thinks of himself; for his knowledge enlarges
with his attaInments.
LIBERTY will not descend to a people a
people must raise themselves to liberty-it is a
blessing that must be earned before 1t can be
enjoyed.
A DANDY's occupation is to show his clothes
and, If they could but walk themselves, they
would save him the labor and do his work as
we'll as himself.
THERE are many who say more than the
truth on some occasions, and balance the ac-
count with their consCIences by saying less
than the truth on others.
"HAvE you no shame, sir Z" "No, neither
of us has any-you, because you have no sense
of shame; and |, because never do anything
that am ashamed Of"
AN INDIsPUTABLE WILL "A farmer made his
last will and testament in words few but sig
nifcaut: 81 have nothing, owe nothing, and
| give The residue to the poor! !"
| AN Irish paper, reporting the loss of a steam.
err says, "The captain swan ashore SO dId
the stewardess. She was insured for five tho ou-
sand pounds sterling, aud was loaded with
pigs"
Two men, strangers to each other, got into
dispute, when one of them exclaimed, threat.
eningly, al will let you know, sit, that an
Mr.. Hodge" "Oh, well, am equal to sew
eral of you," said the other; am Mr.. Hodges
A VERY awkward looking public singer once
told Bannster that his voice had been mucr
improved since he swallowed by accident solnt
train-oil. "Ah," rejolned Bannister. F." what
pity you did not swallow dancing master al
sou
THE Arab has invariably been ready to fgh
for his burning sands, and the Scythlanaor hi
SHOWS, and the Swtzer for his rocks; not be
cause they overvalued their country, but be
cause its hardshipS had made them underyau
life.
) Dr.. BARNES being inclined to sleep littl
; during dull PrOsy sermon, friend who wa
, with him joked hlm on his having nodded nov
| and then. Barnes insisted that he had bee
: awake all the time. "Well, them" said hi
, friend, can you tell me what the sermon wa
about!" "Yes, | cam" he answered; ait wa
+, about an hour too Iong!"
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16
hristOcracy in water.
Census of hairs in the head.

Each head it appears, has one hundred and
forty thousand inhabitants-this being the av-
erape number of hairs 10 the head, as counted
by a German naturalist. Blonde heads have
the greatest number, however-brown next,
negro next, and red heads the least of all
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16
Honeymoon cut short.

The way that the new war in Europe is pull
ing upon some Of the inner fbres of social life,
Is well illustrated by the following incident
told Of navy officer who had just married a
daughter of clergyman in England:
AFTER the nuptial ceremony, the happy
couple left town to spend the honeymoon; but
scarcely had they departed, when telegram
from the Admiralty reached the bridegroom'S
residence directing him instantly TO join his
ship n an English port, as it had been ordered
10 sail the following morning on foreign SER
vice. No time was lost in despatchlng the
telegram after the newly Unmarried couple, whom,
much to their CONSERVATION, it soon reached /;
but the order was imperative, and with that de-
vOtion to duty so characteristic of the British
officer, the bridegroom at once tore himself
away from the arms of his weeping bride, and
within three hours after his marriage was bowl
ing along at the rate of some thirty or forty
miles an hour en- route to headquarters, leaving
his better half to return to tie shelter of the
paernal roof till the arrival Of more peaceful
times"
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16

BRONCHITIS Rev. +. l.. D. Shaver, prssi-
dent OF the Alabama Conference of the Metho-
dist Protestant Church, in an account of his
winter tour through the district, says:
81 smoke a composition of equal parts ol
saw dust, of fat ightwood and ground coffee
Tor the benefit ofmy throat, and it has done me
more good than anything have tried for years.
1t is here given to all who are afflicted with
bronchial disease. Try it, and if it does mol
do you good, it will be the first failure, in my
kno " ledge, after good many trials"
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16

Mrs. PoYsrR's PEovERBIAL Philosophy
Folks must put up Wi their own kin as they do
wi their own noses. it's their own flesh and
blood. I'm not denyln' the women are foolish;
God Almighty made EN- TO match the men,
Some folks tongues are like the clocks as run
on strikln', not TO tell you the time O. the day.
but because there's sunlnlat wrong j. their own
inside.
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16
The Poetry Of the Potato.

The following parody on Woodworth's
" Bucket" should be set to music. The verses
are the conclusion of what might be called an
anthem to the potato:
"That deectabe plant would praise while I'm abo,
For often at noon, when returned from the field,
found II superior to all on the table
The best lavored edible nature could yield.
With what eager appetite, sharpened by lab'r.
piled knife and fork with hearty good will
Alas: there none of the old fashioned flavor;
None like the real SImons' that grew on the hill.
The mealy potato, the Irish potato,
The thInskinned potato that grew on the hill.
How prime from the full heapen dish TO receive 1t,
AS poised my fork it ascends to my mouth;
No appeal 10 the palate cOnld temps me TO leave it.
Though affected by rot or n long summer droulh.
And now far removed from that loved situation,
Where used 10 partake Of the root TO my fill,
Fancy iain would revert to my fathers plantation,
And sigh for the kidneys that grew on the hill.
The mealy potato, the Irish potato,
The lhIn-skinned potato that grew on the hill"
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16

fixing of the tents, while the men flourish their
lanccs in the air, or vapor mady about on their
fleet mares, until their wives, having prepared
heir house, get ready their food, which they
eat alone in masculine sublimity, leaving scraps
and portions for their hungry women, as gener-
Gus men leave bones for dogs"
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16
Shaking hands an American fungus.

Shaking hands an American fungus.
One of our excrescences of good manners is
declared to be the eGceSSipe shaking Of hands.
So said Smith O'Bren, in his speech at Albany,
| the other day. The report says: :" To only one
American custom did he take excepton-that
incessant hand-shu king" His account of his
sufferings is amusing: "Of one practice that
is prevalent among you, wish to say a word.
1t is that of shaking hands. Since my arrival
in the country have been surrounded by crowds
to be to have shake-hands with me. In Ire.
land this practice does not prepaH-but here it
seems 10 be a universal custom. | may have
offended some by neglecing TO observe it, and
of such (f any there beg beg pardon. | am
lover of labor, and the friend of laborers, and
would as readily shake hands with the poor
man as with the rich but this shaking of hands
so often, have found to be beyond my physic
Gently, found it so extremely laborious, that
after having thus recognised a very large crowd
of friends. was literally unable to hold up my
head. | hope, therefore, that not one of You
will be offeSded because Of my shortcomings in
this respect on the present occasion but If
there is one who has taken offence on this &C
count, can only hope that he will, some time.
be made mayor or state representative, or some
such dignitary, the election to which office will
involve this iaborous duty of shaking hands
He will then learn what an extraordinary exer,
ton is requisite to keep it up, and be more leni-
ent towards those who torego 1t from sheer ex-
exhaustion"
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16

OF Rev. Mr.. Wise, son of Gov. Wise, a
young Episcopal clergyman, OF Richmond, Va,
is said 10 preach without notes. He also dis
cards the priesily habllments, and appears IN
ms ordinary dress, not even wearing a white
cravat TO Distinguish him from laymen.
Smyrna times., 1859-06-16
ACT ND FAN CY.
AmqriCanisms in London,
"A real occurrence

AmqriCanisms in London.
1t is amusing to see what department of the
English papers it is getting to be, to copy from
our journals what is particularly American
In London pa per before us, we fnd the follow
ing credited to Western editor:
"Ifyou don't want to fall in love, keep away
from calico! The heart-strings of a women,
Ike The tendrils of a vine, are always reaching
out after more TO cling TO; and you can no more
play with glrls without losing your heart, than
you can play cards with gamblers without los
10: your III )ney."