Smyrna times., 1865-06-21
WHOLE NO. SO

are tnOSc IllShty issues Ol EnOu ana cNl, thc
great cpochS which mark the destiny of our
race. In aluSion to this, T.. {. Wines re
marks: "The mystic harp was touched when
the pilgrims set foot on Plymouth Rock. Its
qulvcring strings discour,cd their most clO-
qucnt music. The burden o'thc note, wa hui
man trccdom human Brotherhood, human
rights. the sovereignty of the people. the ,u-
prcmacy of law over will, the divine ylt of
man to govern himself. The strain IS still pro-
longcd III vibrations OF ever widening circuit
That was an era of eras. Its Influence vital.
lied the American Union, is fast hccoming pa
ramount throughout the civilized world Eu-
rope feels it at this very moment to her very
cXtrcmltcS, Ill every sense. IN every fibre, IN
every pulSation Of her cUnyulor'F and struggling
! energies.
A GENTLEMAN.- Did YOU ever ste a gentle
man? We have seen tw" or three in our day:
! but real gentlemen are exceedingly rare. \
! gentleman is one who treats everybody with
respect, whether he be low or high poor or
rich. lie does not bow to wealth, ~crapc his
knees to honor, nor hold his tongue when he
sees wickcdncss i'll high places. He desires to
make every one happy around him. and never
I gives just cause of offence to any one. You
always receive from him civil answer to your
inquiry, and he kindly imparts to You any in
formation i'll his power He will not say =
word to lnjurc Your feelings or aludc tu sub
jcct to pain your heart Whatever may be
done he will not manifest angry feelings, or
unbccoming language He uses no prufanc or
indecent words, smokes no cigars i'll your pre-
scnce nor spits tobacco juice on your floors.
He is the same kind and accommodating indi
vldual from one week end to another.
A New KIND OF SPRING.-A friend Of
ours, residing not far from Lake T, has
near her house fine mineral spring, supposed
to contain great medicinal virtues. She has
been in the habit of receiving bottles from am
old gent across the lake to be filled with tho
water As each batch OF bottle, would arrive,
SO would complaints that the water lost its me
dicnal properties on the route. ut last. by
way OF Il joke, She filled one with mixture of
water. mulaSses. cream tartar and whiskcy and
sent him word that il would retain it, strength.
As luck would have it, he sent that bottle,
. without examining it, To be yzcd. BY re
turn express he received letter advising him
by all means to buy that spring, as a whtE'y
coAtHH spring was u valuable piece OF prop
ertE
How IT WAS p"NF When the Sixth Mas
! SachuSetts Regiment of hl,4'lred days men ar
/. rived at Fort Delaware, l$ts :5'4,tamher, the
[ fact that food Is necessary to TIC beG} ,Ws& III
, their utterly ignored for about two days.
e Finally an officer went to General Schocpt. the
n commander of the post. and complained that
h the men were all but starving.
4. Noting to eat - cried the gallant llun-
IS gariai. noting to eat what dc cause "a
Y Red tape, replied the officer
:, Red tape echoed the General. Cut
IS tc red tape, and fill te men pclllcS.
Il The officer Obcycd.
{ ITEMS WoErm COMMITTING To MEMORY.
Il y bit of blue dissolved in >km-milk and wa
i ter will restore old Grape. Half a cranberry
bound on corn will soon Kill it. An nk>tand
J., was turned ovcrupon white tahIecloth: Il ser
!. want threw over it mixture of salt and pepper
q plcntitully, and all traces of it disappeared.
" Picture frames and glasses are preserved from
;, ;, flies 10y painting them with brush dipped in
to a mixture made by bOilin" three or four
=, onions in pint of water. Bcdhu@s are kept
: away by washing the creviccs with strong salt
y water put on with brush. Soft soap should
- - be kept in dry place in the cellar, and not bc
> used until three months old,
e \ SCENE IN CnrKcH-Meddling with 9TH
II erS sometimes brings us into scrapeS and there
It by one of the elders Of the church made " bad
C worse" \ young fellow entered the church,
e and took his seat with his hat on. An cider,
5 noticing it, stepped up, and requested hlm to
q take it off His request not beng complied
with, he came 10 the young man the second
r. time and seeing he still hc>tated. the elder
II gently lifted it off when to his lthc elder )
' chagrn, out rolled a quart of $h'ib0rLS on the
G floor, making more noise than was consistent
o with the rules ofthe church. " Nan, quietly
: responded the young man, s1a what You
;, have done
e During the stormy days of lS4S, two >talwart
y mObocrats entered the bank of the late Baron
" Anselm Rothchild, at Frankfort. " GU have
y millions on millions, said they to him, anG
q we have nothing. You must divide with us
IS "Very we'll what do you suppose the Grm u
RothSchild is worth About forty millions
of horins" Forty millions, You think, ch
|, Now, then, there are forty million, of people
IN ~ that will h, Hnriu YIit..H
c Here yours.
: In the English language VIC speak Of really
II famous man by his surname only: ihus We
say Washington, not George Washington
Cromwell, not Oliver Cromwell; Shakespeare,
not William Shakespeare. In Italy, however,
e the reverse is often the fact Thus the learned
e Bcnardino }aidi. Dante .AlrgIhcrl and Haillt2
Galci, called by ther hrIl anu no, R ny Imrlf
family name, and kho"h SoHTS - "r""i "'lo'
u Dante. and Calico.
;, FAmE.-'' have something more 10 ask
X ,o, said a young eagle TO Il learned mrlan-
rboly owl ''men say there Is L bird named
q Mer1ps, who, when he rises in the air, flies
= with his tail upwards, and his head towards
: the ground; is that true 'Ccrtalnly no1
(, ton of man; he is himself MrrnpS, for he
r wonld fly to heaven without for 4 moment los
ing sight Of earth.
By \ MARRIED WOMAN. - Wy oplAlon Is
that if men were always straighu"rward in
their ways and actions there would he fewer
! 'tottering limbs h0rpe to eur rdo"rS-especlally
4 at n;"bt@9and no getting up Shaky in the morn
n inc But what's married woman's Opin-
t ;onsp What does she know about it?
One day the philosopher Bias found himself
9 in the same vessel with a crowd of sorry scoun-
Q drels. A tempest eat,e ON, aud INSTANTLY the
u whole band began to invoke the saccor Of the
n gods. " BE quiet, you wretches!" said the
sage; if the gods perceive that you are
- here, we are gomez"
b The laborer who adds his share to the gem
eral wealth, is worth thousand dO-nothings.