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Smyrna times., 1866-05-16
POET r Y
Y DAMSEL.

love her in tie morning
In the blssful noontde hour
l love her in the eventide
When rowing thro' the bower
Where the notes of warbling birds are heard
When nothing else is nigh
But silent is the rOice of bird
When 1dndei she and L!
love her in the "stilly night"
When stars are looking down
On earth with sparkling eyes of light,
Like diamonds in a crown.
Yes! morn and noon and eventide
And night love her still
And the way my heart is jumPin' now,
IknOD GitrOyS ,Oiu!
May 7, 1866. F.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16

\ Court SToRY.-Judge b, well known
throughout the State of PENNSYLVANIA. as well
for his legal lore as his utter disregard Of per-
sonal appearance when presiding Judge had
before him small boy as witness. The Judge
asked him if he knew the character Of an oath,
the Catcchism? The boy replied that the
meaning of an oath was that he should not tell
lie The Judge told the boy to look at him
carefully, and tell him whether he could recog-
nize him six months from then, and identity
him by his oath The boy eyed the Judge criti-
caly, and replied, +" | think could, if you did
not comb your hair -
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16

A SECEsH GIRL RECoNsTRUCTED.-AyO young
woman, possessed OF a fine person and proper
ty. a member Of one of the oldest and most
fashionable families in South Carolina, became
engaged to a young man III her own grade III
life. who was Il major in the rebel service, and
was to marry him at the termination of the war
if he survived If he did not, she was to re-
main true to her vows, and, being Catholic,
had promised to enter a convent and become
| ONLY the bride of Heaven. They were a mod
| el pair Of lovers, and all who knew them be
! Geved they were the embodimentS of poetry,
| tenderness and devotion to each other; that
they lived what bards had sung and romances
had described They were like two blossoms
on one stem-a planet and It's ray. AS usually J
| happens, fate froWned on their felicity, and,
Jealous of their love, cut the material cloud OF
the sentimental major being at Fort W agnerI
Eloise was mad with grief and incOnsOlablt
forevermore Her parents believed she would
not and could not live; and ii she did, she
+ must lose her reason.
Months passed. Charlestontell. Columbia
, was threatened. Eoise remained. She wa
anxious to be slain by the barbarians who haC
murdered her lover. The Union forces arrlv
ed but they had something else to do than XII
women, and Eloise survived in spite OF herself
She heard the regiment was III town that ha
! charged upon the battalion led by her beSt-bC
loved, ana she resolved 10 see INC cOloucl dl
! denounce the slayer of her peace. Elolse sa
y him, and had a tremendous scene. The coli
i mel was handsome and gallant and when tn
r fair girl thundered, as all her sex do at hrs
: and then raincd, he was touched and lntereste
p in the unknown woman. lie cOmtOrted an
a consoled her, realizing the truth of the id(
II that the heart is never so susceptible to nc
'f attachment as when it is recovering from, q
&c old one. In four weeks she had learned to io'
le the Yankee savage, and expressed her wllhn
IS ness to be his while he was resigned, as mo
fe men men are, to be worshiyped by her, if she we
lie bent on any such folly They were married
mt snite of the threatened anathemas~ of all h
Or relatives and friends, and are now in Europe
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16
An Appeal for the Starving.

Judge Wyeth, of Marshall county, Ala, has
appealed to the citizens of Cincinnati in behalf
of the people Of his State He says:
6 have come here to plead with you for the
suffering, starving people Of North Alabama.
They are Literally starving-helpless women and
children and lntirm men are suffering for the
want of bread
The Hon. W. T. May, Judge of the Probate
Court OF Marshall county, says that there are
2, $50 women, children and infirm men and of
persons who are able to work, but have no
means to purchase supplies for carrying on
farming operations, there are families embrac-
ing 1000 persons, white and black. Of the
residue of the population, not 90 have means
more than adequate to their wants.
Many Of these people have planted small
crops, but are utterly without the means to
sustain life until their vegetables and grain ma
ture. The destitution includes all classes, fam
lilies of Rebel soldiers, Loyalists, white and
black Judge Wyeth makes his appeal with
out distinction In the name Of God and
our common humanity, beg for bread for my
starving people"
The Memphis Post, loyal journal, publish
es this appeal in full, with the following COM
mentS:
:" \ terrible reproach and crime lies at the
door Of the people of Memphis that they al
low here, within the circle Of their own mer-
camille influence, thousands of poor Southern
women and children to literally starve to death
without one effort to lend helping hand. Il
a call is made to raise money for the erection
of church, with mural tablets and painted
windows to the honor and glory of those whC
fell fighting against their country flag, money
is freely given; but their starving fellow citi
zens Of the same Southern blood as themselves
are compelled to rely for relief from starvation
and death upon those Northern vandals whom
they SO earnestly villity and defame.
The Memphis Argus, a rebel sheet, disclaim
for the Southern people any obligation to Civ
relief to these starving people, and calls on tn
Radicals . to come to their relief. The al
legged otfense of these starving people is tina
they were loyal to the Union; therefore, Il
them die, say the reconstructed. In the sam
journal, we find the following:
"A grand ball will be given at the Gayosc
House on the evening of the Sd of May for tn
benefit of the manned soldiers of the armies {
the Confederate States. This noble project d'
serves every encouragement from our citizens
and will not fail to prove grand success.
Let those who believe that guarantees al
not necessary for the protection OF loyal cltlzer
of the South mark this invidious distinction.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16

4 WESTERN OBITUARY. }. Bangs, we are
sorry to say, has deceased He departed this
lii, last mmday. Jcm was generally consider
ct a good frllcr He went forth without a
struggle, and sch is life To-day We are as
pcppcrgrass-mishty smart-tomorrow we are
cut down like a cowcumher of the ground
Jem KEEP a Mise store, which his wife now waits
on. His verchews was numerous to behold
Many is the things we bot at his groscry, and
we are happy to state to the admiring world
that he never cheated, specially in the wait of
mackeral, which was Mise and smelled sweet,
and his surviving wife was the same way We
never newed him to put sand in his >hugger
tho he had a big sand bar in front OF his hous,
nor water in his liquors. tho the Ohio river
run past his dore Pease to his remains. lie
/ leaves one wife : children, l COW, a grosery
store and other quadrupcds, to mourn his loss,
but in the angwidge of the poit, his loss was
their eternal game
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16


FAMILY CoURTEsIEs.-I the family the law
of pleasing ought to extend from the highest
to the lowest. You are bound to please your
children. and your children are bound to please
one another; and you are bound to please your
servants, if you expect them to please you,
Some men are pleased in the household and
nowhere else. Ihave known such men. They
are good fathers and kind husbands. If you
had seen them in their own house you would
have Thought them angels almost; but if you
had seen them in the street, or In the store, or
anywhere else out Of the house, you would
have thought them almost demOnlac. But the
opposite is apt to be the case. When we are
among our neighbOrs, or among strangers, we
hold ourselves with self-respect, and endeavor
to act with propriety; but when we get home
we say to ourselves, " l have played part long
enough, and am now going to be natural.
So we sit down, and we are ugly and snapplsh
and blunt and disagreeable. We lay aside
those thousand little cOurtesles that make the
roughest floor smooth, that make life pleasant
We expend all our politeness where 1T will b.
nroftable-where it will bring silver and gold
One very cold night, ID. was reused from hi
sI,mbers by a very loud knocking at his door
After some hesitation he rose and went to tn
window and asked:
"Who's there!
: GA friend !! -,
3 "What do you wantY
want to stay here all mig ght."
HStay there, then was the reply
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16

INNOCENCE FOR Two-A modest gentle
man from the rural districts, recently on a
visit to this city, was on the point ofinforming
a lady friend OF the fact that her dress was
tucked up, thereby displaying portion Of her
hose; when gentleman told him that
"hitched up dresses were the latest importa-
ton from the land of frogs. The young man
was 10th to believe that such wa, the case, and,
blushing for the order of the day concluded
that he could stand it if the ladies could.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16

TIE UoRsE's NoSE.-Anything horse can
tonch with his nose without being harmed, he
does not fear Therefore, the hand, the hal
ter, girt, blanket, saddle, harness, umbrella,
;itr u't 70 HIM should be introduced to and touch
"a Ly that delicate organ.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16
A TOPPER S SoLUL0QUY.
Leaves have their time to fall,
Al - l.I.n,,.;.. hn,.n |

A TOPPER $ SOLILOQIY.
Leaves have their time to fall
And 50 likewise have !
The reason too'S the same
Both comes of getting dry.
But here 5 the difference 'twiXt you and me
falls more harder and more frequently.
A housemaid advertiscs for a situation in a
New Zealand paper, with the proviso. "None
but respectable mistress, who wishes to leave
her servant in uninterrupted discharge Of her
duties, need apply. "
A man in Detroit advertiscs for partner
in the nursery A new way, perhaps, of ad-
vertising for wife,
30 IN, did you ever bet on a horse-race p
IN: but I've seen my sister Bet on an old
II are,
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16
WHOLE NO. COG

nOufS ana gladden. his heart as YOU can CON
celve IN the most aifluent station; and make
no doubt, IN general, that if the true account
OF his Joys and Sutcrings were to be balanced
with those of his bcttcrs, the upshot would
prove to be little more than this--that the n,h
man had the more meat, but the poor man the
better stomach: the one had more luxury
more able physicians to attend and set him to
rghts-the other more hnnlth aud 9o,,"dnoeo
III his bones, and less occasion Tor their help;
that, alter these two articles betwiXt them
were balanced, in all other things they stood
upon level; that the sun shines as warm, the
air blows as fresh, and the earth breathes as
fragrant upon the one as the other; and that
they have an equal share in all the beauties
and real benefits of nature Styuc
NIGHTMARE. A contributor to the Boston
41drcrttSer gives the following as his experience
with the nightmare:
In early life I'suffered much from nightmare.
At one time | had repeated dreams of falling
from the roof Of very high house to the
ground. They caused me great distress and
annoyance. | cannot tell what induced me. at
SO early period Of lite, to hit upon the eXpe-
dient, but ! tried to impress upon my mind
the conviction that this falling was but a dream
| There is no doubt that by strong exertion of
the will when awake we may modify the dreams
and conditions Of sleep. Thus, upon the re-
! turn OF my dreadful dreams IL occurred TO me
while falling that it was but dream, and
was relieved of much of the distress usually at
tending it. After one OF two reflections, when
the conviction that | was dreaming was almost
simultaneous with the first impression that
was falling, | was never more troubled with
nightmare or any dreams of a similar character
EPTTAPH-Od Tom Cat, thou art defunct.
Catelepsy ended thy day. Thy cat-head is
J broken Nomorc will YOU catamount the sheds
and outhOuscs. Thy catcallS will no more be
heard. The catastrophe was in the category of
thy life No catafalque will bear thee to the
catacombs. Cat-birdS will sing and no more
fear thee Nor catfish. They will rejoice in
thy catfall The cltenation that bound thee
to thine ilk is broken. No cataclysm will be
shed on thy demise Thou hast been the
" Catiline " of thy species. Thy head will rest
on no downy caterpillar. Nocatagraph will be
taken of thee. Thy cat-harpingS are silenced
No t-gut will be scraped in thy memory
! Thy caterwauling is hushed forever. Thou
hast gone over the cataract Of eternity. Thou
hast Supped thy last cat-sup Thou art erascC
from the catalogue of caterers. Thy catechisn
+ is closed Cats-foot will grow on thy grave
Z and catnip and catoninctails. And cats-paw
! may sigh over thy resting place tor aught W
I care Adieu, old Tom "a last adieul
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16

WANT OF DECIsION-Sidney Smith, in his
work on Moral Philosophy, speaks most wisely
of what men lose for want of IA little courage
Every day sends to their graves a number OF
obscure men, who have only remained IN ob.
scurity because their tmility has prevented
them from making first effort. and who, 1t
thev had only been induced to begin, would, in
all probability, gone great lengths in the career
of fame. The fact is, that i'll doing anything
in the world worth doing, we must not stand
shiyering on the bank, thinking of the cold and
danger. but Jump in and scramble through as
well as we can. 1t will not do to be perpetual
iv calculating risks and adjusting nice chances
+ did all very well before the flood, when a
man could consult his friends upon an extended
publication for u hundred and fifty years, and
live to see its success for six or seven centuries
afterwards; but at present man waits and
doubts. and consults his brothers, and his par
ticular friends, till one day he finds that he is
s;xty-fye years of age, that he has lost so much
time in consulting his first cousins and particu
lar friends that he has no more time to follow
their advice. There is so little time for over
snueamishness at present that the Opportunit.
Sins away The very period of life ut whicl
man chooses to venture, if ever, is so confined
, that il is no bad rule to preach up the neces
2 sity. in such instance, of little violence don
. TO the feelings and efforts made in defiance O
9 stlict and sober calculations.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16

ARE SAFES SAFE?-There are no doubt but
that iron safes can be made, and are made, OF
great value as against tire-but how Is 1t as
against burglars? In London ajeweler brought
an action against the maker of the best safes
nr0of. but which was robbed Of all the watche
and iewelry of the store by some expert cracks
man. The chief operator was brought into
court and described the whole process. The
safe itself was opened in thirty minutes. A fine
plate of steel, finer than many a knife blade,
was driven into the crack Of the door; tn N one
little coarser, and so ON, until, by the wedge
principle, opening was found tor the feather
end of powerful but fine steel crowbaf II
seemed on trial that no safes are now consider
ed burglar proof As for the common ones, i
almost seems as if they operated in the ntereS
of experienced thieves, who thus know where
to look for the valuables and lay their hands ol
them.
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16

IIoop skirts like gun barrels, are not dan
OornuS r1 unlcss they have something in them,
6ut when the former are charged-powdcrcd,
wadded. and wateriall-cnsped-thry should
he handled with the greatest caution. In
many instances it is dangerous to even look at
tbnuI
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16

How BLIND MAN SEES. S.-Our friend
Trotter has Just started off in great hurry iur
the doorway he scizeS the handle, opens the
door hurriedly, shouts out one or two lusty
words. waits for no answer, but rusheS eft
again elsewhere Ask him what this panto-
mime means, and he will tell you that he was
in quest of certain trio Of boys vino promised
to meet him there; that he looked into the
club room, and found that they were not there;
at least he thinks not, as Judging hy the sound
of his own foot against the form ON which
they usually sat, and of his own voice, the
room seemed empty. And empty it really
was. The well known story told by Mr: An
derson of blind messenger at Edinburgh, er:-
tirelv corroborates the fact. " had OCCASION,
he says, Ito send out one Of those blnd men with
a mattress. gave him the bill with it, that
he might receive payment. But, to my sur
Prise he returned with the account and the
mattress too. I've brought back faith ye see,
! Sir said he How so? Indeed, sir,
didna like t'leave yondcr, else I'm sure VT
ne er see the silher-therc ; nae a stick OF fur
niture within the door. How do you com'
to- know that?' oh, sir, twa taps on the foo
wi my stick soon tell tine that! And true
enough was the blind mans guess; for. CUES
it must still be called; though in both the ca
ses cited it was Shrewd enough to pass tor wit
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16

a Connecticut deacon was attaching a very
poor. and feeble pair of oxen to very large
load of wood A neighbor asked him how he
expected to get so large load to market with
so poor a team. The deacon replied that he
expected to have some assistance from Divine
Providence. His neighbor asked him whether
it would not be as well to dispense entirely with
] the oxen and let Providence dra,o the aohoLt
/ load
Smyrna times., 1866-05-16

But here the difference twiXt you and me-
| falls more harder and more frequently.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-11-22

Az INFoETANT INPRoy ENENT N CHURCH
tuiFlrEs.-The provincial parliament of Cana
da has passed an act which, IL executed. will
afford security 10 life and limb against one of
n" most terrible of dangers, when an assembly
struck with alarm by fire or accident. rushss
agaiDst me doors OF egress and closes them by
rs pressure against the possibility OF being
opened The act provides .sthat congregations
and Others owning churches. and individuals
corporations and companies owning halls
theatres or other buildings used for the pur-
pose OF holding public meetngs, or places of
pUbiIc resort or adjustment, shall within tvs Give
lE01'h~ from he passing of The a It, be required
- have the doors u such churches. tbeitrss
rails or other buildings so hinged as TO omen
freely Outwards. All the doors are 70 he 80
hinge d, AID II The gates OF outer fences do not
open outwards they must be kept open by
proper f2steniugs during the time such build
iLss are publicly used. 20 facilitate the exrasS
q: Isopiein case of alarm from fire or other
cause. A fine of fifty dollars Is imposed for
every violation OF the act, TO which Is added a
turner penalty OF i've dollars for every week
a;'er me complaint i made til the necessary
changes are Elected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-11-22

POWER az lNAGINATIoN.-A wealthy laiy
had Il tickling IN her threat and Thought a br!s-
tIs II her tooth brush had gone down and
lodged IN her gnliet. Her throat daily grew
worse. IL was badly intiamed and she sent for
M family doctor. He examined il carefully
and assured her that nothing was the matter
~ as mere nervous delusion. be said Still
her throat trou bl- Il her, and she became so
much alarmed that sbs was sure she would die
A friend suggested thar she should call in DIR
Jones, = Young man lust CONNER cling practice
She did not at first like The idea, bnt finally
consented, and DIR. Jones was called. He wrs
person of good address and polite manners
BE looked carefully at her threat and asked
several questions as to the sensation at the
SEA; of the malady. and finally announced
that he could relieve her in short time
On his second visit he brought with him
delicate pair Of iorcaps, in the teeth OF which
NJ hau inserted a bristle taken from an ordi-
nary toothbrush. The rest can be imagined
TIE lady threw back her head: the forcrDs
were carefully Introduced iu,o her mouth a
ri"k, !eu1 Scream. ana twas Ill over: tha
young physician. with a smiling face, was
holding 10 up to the light and inspecting with
lively curiosity the extracted bristIe The ma
tien' was IN raptures. She Immediately recoy
cred her health and spirits, and Went abont
everywhere sounding the praise OF "her saw
ior, rs she persisted IN calling the dextrous
operator
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INEPA RTMENT OF THI INTERIOR,
IL PENSION OFFICE, July 18th, 1885
TO ALL WHOM nHRNR

TO ALL WHOM 1T NAY OOROEkN
,Applceuon having been made under the act Of
June Is, $50 Tor the reissue IL the foiloW wing de-
ecrloea Land warrants, which are alleged to nave
been ieet or de-treyed,-Notice 10 hereby given
that AZ the date following the desc OF ach
NnIAht new certificate or warrant of like tenor
VIII De reissued. II no valid objection should then
No j. .s2s for l6o acres. Issued under the act a,
Aareh 1855. IN the name u James 2 Underhill
abe was granted July IL. lsS.-Deceniber 4, 1875
No $50, isr 81 acres, ;ssued under the act o.
septeni'er. 1870 In the name Of Daniel NJ lton and
wa, rss granted December 18th, lssl-Deeeubsr lst,
No. d lo6, for 80 acres, issuss under the act Of
u arch 81. IS5e In the Of Daniel Milton, and
was granted March 18th, I5s6-December LIST, i9 Is
:, NO S,9lp ior $50 acres, issues under the act 81
1aIch ), ISIS. In the name OF Tamer, widow of
December Is. lsS -
No 3o-52i, for ~ acres. issued under the act OF
September. 1874 in the name of Spencer Wiley
and Vas granted Aprii SJth, ls57 December ~
No. 2. Ol4. for 50 acres issued under the act Of
March Sd, 1855, In the name Of Spencer Wiley and
Nas granted February 18th, 1856. December -.
No Is les. for 100 acres, issued under the oct Of
March sd, lss5, in the name Of Horace Gregory
and was granted Dec ember %, 1855 -Becember
g. 1866
No 4s,733 for TO acres OF land, issued under the
oct Of March :, 1858. in the name Of Elisha Bacon
and was granted January 70, ls56. January ~,
No q $40 for 80 acres. Issued under the act of
March 81, ISIS, in the name Of Ivory Butler, anil
was granted April -, IXS-february 2, l,.:
N IL wIfH linn mi .in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-11-22
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TO TRAVELLERS GOING SOUTH
TWICE DAILY, tSanday .. m. excepted. D.

Tbs aniskest and most direct route - Richmond,
s W.!D;Gs from SIXTH Street Wharf, seG&
Richmond, fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
now entirely completed from Aqua Greek to Rich.
mond Va connecting there with trains on the Rich.
mond and Pstsrsburs and Richmond aud Danvil,e
Railroads. for Petersburg Weldon, WflminRtou
GGssisise, ersensboro'. salisbury. Charlotte and
Steamers keypofs and Q Vanderbilt lssvs sixth
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s 20 .. m. and m. and STRIVE in Riohmon6 ~
80 p. m. and 30 n. ~ : = =
THROUGH TO RICHMOND IN SEVEN HOURS.
Fifty Miles Shorter IA Hours Quicker thar
any Other konte. .
Be sure and get Through Tickets vie Aauis
Greek add Eredertcksburg, TO Richmond, ct the
Company Once. corner VI Penns. avenue and Oh
street, or on board Of tAsboats. Baggage ehscksd
through. :
Omnibusses and Baggage Wagons viii b In
readiness to convey pesssnee ~ and ,baseAae be-
tween depots In Richmond.
Passengers by this line pass by daylight Mount
Vernon. sad may have IN opportu Of VISITING
ping at that point
breakfast and sup on board Of eteAmeu.
GEO. MtTTIScEY. snpt.. Warrington, O
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sDSly General PASSENGER Agent.