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Smyrna times., 1866-08-22

CURIOUS CALCULATIONS.-A New ENGLAND
Johnny cake, taking the od-fashionel dimen-
slons, Is l6 inches long, inches wide, and II
inches IN thickness. SuppOsing the entire crop
OF Illinois Tor 1868 Was ground into meal and
converted into johnny cake, allowing one quart
OF meal to each cake, and the JOHNNY cakes
were lald up in the form of solid wall, 20 feet
high and 20 feet wide, go that three carriages
could go abreast thereon, this wall would reach
from Cairo to Dunleith 1t would surround
the city OF London, covering 10 square mile,
with wall TO feet high and TO feet wide of
solid bread. This immense crop would nut a
johnny cake in the hands of every man, wo-
man and child, savage and civilized. upon the
face OF the habitable globe. 1t would feed the
planet for two days. 1t would require a crib
feet high by feet wide, allowing y feet to
bushel, 1916 miles in length reaching from
Passanaqoddy Bay to San Francisco, and a
good share OF the distance back If it were
converted into whisky, computing three gallons
to bushel, it would form an inland sea sutfi-
clent to float the ent e navies of the world. =
No man need starve to death in Illinois.
Ii all the kernals of this extraordinary crop
were strung on wire, allowing two and a-hait
grains to an inch, lcngthwise. there being 67 :
200 IN bu,hel, this wire would reach to the
moon 80 times, forming cable four inches in
dlameter.-RockriUe (W) Register
Smyrna times., 1866-08-22

A picture in the Paris salon represents a
curious custom in Persia-namcly, conr;o,
fast asleep in the desert; he ties alighted m tc,
round his Toe, which, when certain nIToI'',,
Of hours are past, is sure.to wake 4na 1lp by
burning his toe. =
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Wv ssOsIE
A n ID NEW GOODS :,

T II. PRIMROSE mas ju.t received direct ef.m
ID the PaI4daip IA and NeE YORK markets an =.
most entirely a y stock ot good Of every var,e,y.
tile old stock Va. great, recuced IN orcsr mat no
nIgnt repIenlsh It ~Itn new style. at the reduced
prices, "hicn rrGhcton is very great. He has a
beautiful line Of goods 10Th Domestic AID Foreign
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Ladies' Dress Goods,

Such as PoPlins. All.Wool Delaines, Ginghsms, and
all kinds OF White Goods, etc.
CASHMERE DErARrMESr large and complete. and
offers great inducements in style, and especially in
Smyrna times., 1866-08-22

A ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.-About four
years ago young married man residing in the
vicinity OF Hampstead Md, about fifteen
miles from this place, enlisted in the Union
army and left his wife and home to try the
hardships of war. The division to which he be-
iionged being attached to McClellan's command.
ne became engaged in the severely contested
battle OF Antietam. Among the reported as
having been killed, his wife found the name of
her husband. True to her plighted love, she
repaired to the battle ground, and, as she
thought, found the corpse of her husband
She had his remains brought home and buried.
lime rolling OH, she laid aside the widow 5
weeds and contracted another matrimonial ALI
ance, laboring under the impression that She
had really buried her first husband Strange
to say, a few weeks ago he returned, hale and
hearty. What was now to be done two hus-
bands to whom she was legally married stood
before her What could or should she do?-
Like true and devoted woman, she clung TO
her hrst love and resolved to live with her first
husband. This war has really brought forth
many singular incidents An occurrence of the
same character took place some time since in
ONO, where the woman made similar decis-
ION, but not before the two husbands had a
very severe hstlcuf Hdnover (Pa.) Citizen.
Smyrna times., 1866-08-22
GERMAN WOMEN OF THE LOWER Glass

GERMAN WOMEN OF THE LOWER CLASS
An English writer says of Prussia THE
cry Is Vaterland, Vaterland 7 and while this
cry resounds, and the men, the lords of crea-
ton, are buckling on their armor and rushing
to the defence of an imaginary object, held out
an enticing bait by scheming diplomatist the
woman who was made heIpmeet for man is
LETT to hoe, TO reap, to plough, and TO dig
Can you, we ask, go through a single village in
Rhenlsh Prussia without witnessing what the
unfortunate women go through from day to
day out of every fifty there are at least thirty
five who suffer from some deformity, such as
enlargement of the neck from carrying heavy
burdens on their heads. There are premature
ly old, almost before they are young; at twen-
ty-fve they are old women, and why? because,
fOrsOoth, the fathers and brothers are strutting
under epaulette and banner for the honor of
Vaterland, and they must work or starve. In
peace time it is not much better, they slave
from morning till night in the fields, to the
neglect OF their persons, their children, and
the interior management of their homes. Thsy
are, In fact, upon par with squaws of the un-
tutored, unlettered red man of the North
American prairie, and this in one of the most
civilized OF nations, one of the great powers of
Europe"
Smyrna times., 1866-08-22

The Cleveland PlaindeaEer, in speaking of
the hot weather, says that several barrels n
unknown persons, who have been convertod
into liquid grease by the sun heat, are on ev-
hibition at the coroner's office in that o;t~
awaiting Identification by their friends, a., a.,
OF the barrels contains waterfall and patent
Smyrna times., 1866-08-22
LADIES CHARMS.

If a laddie meets lassie
Walking in the street.
II the lassie wears tilter"-
Shows an ankle neat;
If the wind is rudely blowing
Lift her skirts too high,
And the laddie sees that ankle,
Need a lassie cry?
Every lassie wears a tilter,"
And a " hinderpest,"
And metal "palpitator"
On her snowy breast.
II, when married " the laddie,
These false charms he spies,
If he says: Pm sold, by jingo /"
Need lassie cry?
Smyrna times., 1866-08-22
q. r. NEWLlN,
Lime and COat Yard,
Foot of King street,
Wilmington.

The celebrated Baltimore baked Building LIME
either in Hogsheads Barrels by the Carload, de
ilvered at any station the Del. X. r. For Brick
work and Plastering, this Lime is unsurpassed
Also Kennedy's and McInnis' Land Lime by the
ear or delivered at any of the landings at the lowest
Locust Mountain, Lehigb and Blacksmith COAL
o. tne best qualities. Calcined Plaster and Hydrau
nc cement always on hand. ....-.-
VI Pine and OAK Wood wanted at the best mar
ket rates. " .l..'' =. -. fe2s 6m
II you want cheap Mackerel and Herring,
you can ind them I'll. I'll. Primrose's.
4, Where cad get suit of clothes made with
'ne NJ suaranteed At Baggs q Cotton's.
r 0aL st Tschudy' o for good gettonades, Mus.
h@ Ard tkliscesrs Nv pvess 81 ss- sssg 4,
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Carpenters & Builders

,sa be supplied with Frame Work for Building pur.
pOses Flooring Boards worked to order; Boards
sned to any thickness from 3-S OF an inch TO inches
and from l to "a inches IN width Boards tongued
from three inches to twelve inches in width All
kinds of Circular. Scroll, and Jig Saving. Also
spOkes turned In sizes from one inch 10 three inches
Wood turning al shnrt nofica
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- se Cloak. &'. 80 4ns HssS % s5set N sny
lie ''' - so. SntrhInE 2radIns. and other
a'a4~ 80 I,"-ii. ~'i's Ill.+
- 4vssS a' he = .-hrat4e Shser Seams
ChH.t npVx2
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SMI RNA MACHINE WORKS
ND
5 \ w MILL!

VIE S1oscriber having completed his c,mmodious
building on Commerce St, ION the HID. 40 ny 70
ee 'hfee stories high. and placed therein large
gIne Of % horse power. with al immense
JIG SAW, IRON AND WOOD planners,
Isthes, Large and Small Circular and Jig
Saws, Boreing Machines, Spoke Machine,
and everything else
necessary to make his establishment CON plete IN eve
nv department, gives notice to Builders, Farmers and
the public generally that he is now ready to meet
their wants.
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MRS. ELIZA CARR

= : jus ODsIIeu IFf h' Nl"cS o TNIN NINGS
I, ~ Summer md Fel StyI:- hee SOC. ot
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Smyrna times., 1866-08-22

CABLEENDs.-A correspondent sends us
the following:
Why is a happy husband like the Atlantic
cable?
Because he is spliced to his Hearts Content.
lis said the present success Of the Ocean
Telegraph was the fact that the directors never
lost sight Of the ''great eld' OF their lmderta-
king from tho start.
The greatest wire -puller" Of modern times
Cyrus W. Field
On the arrival of the Great Eastern at New
fGundianG the sailors unanimously declared
tnat the whole thug was played ont, and
during tue passage they held indignation meet
ing. at which loud shouts Of ''Do,on ,oIth the
Cable" were heard. ~ ~.
Shall we call Mr. Field an aristocrat because
he Is SO very proud OF his t,connectinns p, -
Smyrna times., 1866-08-22

/" Have you any limbhorn bonnets ?" inou;r-
ed very modest miss Of a sAopkecper "Anv
whatF Any Lmbhorn bonnets?, AM
you ~ h.u uon mean Leghorn?' The young lady
was brought to by the proper restoratiyes,
From experiments carefully conducted - on
p pears that the thlckest cream does not alwavs
Our devil says that the Freed,nens Bureau
is played oqt-Preaident johnson Eayinr IIu IicH-
ed all the dwDerS out. ''D " i''' ins 'ioN-
= iast man a4yico to- III. yon4-Whatayer
/! on co. my hoy ID y: and wherevvr' you 60,
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Too Much Stock.

Farmers lose much every year by keeping
more stock than they can properly feed anu
take care Of They commit great mistake
by keeping more than can keep well. To keep
stock well they must be kept in thriving
abundant pasturage, and in winter warm shell
ter aud a plenty of nutritious food. Stock
thus managed is always proftable-alway in
ccea5ing IN value. To illustrate suppose a
farlnef should keep twelve cows, even in toll
cradle condition, and make butter through the
winter. NOW If he would beStow the same
care, attention and food upon eight, and we
may safely say six, of the best of cows-pro-
viding them with comfortable quarters, and
keeping them comfortable and thriving-he
will make much more butter from them than
he would from the twelve. Or if he will keep
a less Eumber of any kind of any stock anu
feed better, they will at any time sell for more
than greater number of small, scrawny,
half-feed animals. 1t is good care and good
feed that makes good animals. And farmers
VINO oYerstock commit great error. If you
have plenty Of feed keep all the stock that you
can feed well-but keep no more; but it will
pay farmers well to feed better and provide
better shelter than they are in the habit OF
dong tor all domestic animals. No animal
can thrive well even upon all the food it will
eat, exposed to the inclement weather. Warm
shelter is indispensable to stock in winter, and
those who provide no better roof for their
stock than the blue heavens above, should,
lose no time in changing their policy of keep
ing stock. 1t can only be attended with loss.
i Rural World. aa aa-.s5E
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Manias.

Strange passions seize upon mankind at
times. At certain periods hundreds of people
are employed in collecting bits of paper with
autographs Of great or little men upon them.
Coins have their value, pictures are eagerly
brought up, old china is in the greatest re-
quest, old mahogany is highly priced, Dutch
tulips command monStrous prices, and, lately
meerschaum pipes and postage stamps have
claimed attention. ,fra d..
All these freaks of human nature are taken
advantage of by shTewd individuals of spec
ulative turn OF mind who desire to turn pen
ny, honest or otherwise. So soon as demand
arises for any particular object or article, there
are persons who supply it. There are mure
bullets from the field OF Waterloo In existence
than were ever fired on it. There are club.
enough that killed Captain Cook, in museums.
to start a fire under steam boiler with; and
as for the sold masters" one can buy Leon
ardo da Vinci in almost any secondhand store.
The makers of "Indian" arrow heads, said to
have been found on the early battle fields OF
the county, once drove profitable trade !:
and in the matter of coins, we have ''Wash-
ington" pennies, or any other rare one, struck
off at short notice by die sinkers.
Meerschaum pipes, but lately objects of
popular affection, were and are eounterfeited
in every possible material, as many who paid
fancy prices found to their cost. Seventy-fiye
for anything out Of the ordinary kind. If these
valuable bowls failed to take on rich brown
hue in short time or long time, the owners
of them fell into a green and yellow melan-
choly, and refused to be comiorted.
Quite recently postage stamps have become
such interesting objects to relic hunters that
all the acquaintance of such persons are made
to pay tithes of all they possess. No matter
in what quarter of the globe the stamps are
issued, they are eagerly sought after and past
ed in a book with perseverance worthy of
better cause.
These too, have been counterfeited. Some
French engraYers have thought it worth their
while to design a series of novel postage
stamps, the like OF which were never seen be-
fore. These stamps were represented to be
the issues of the "Sandwich Islands, post
office, and as such were eagerly bought by
confding purchasers, who probably supposed
that nothing was too absurd for that REGION
The Hawaiian stamps, not genuine, are orange,
violet, green, and other colors, of the rainbow
lavishly interspersed. Says the Honolulu
Advertiser "The only genuine Hawaiian
stamps are the following: One and two cents
stamps in black and blue, with figure in the
center; two-cents stamps in rose color, with
portrait of Kamehameha III. in the center,
and in red with portrait Of Kamehameha w.
in the center; five-cent stamps in blue, with
figure in the center, and also in blue with por-
trait of Kamehameha Ill. in the center:
thirteen-cents stamps in red, with portrait OF
Kamehameha LII. 10 the center" Ii
"Violet stamps" are, therefore, clearly to be
taken under protest.-lScientiic American.
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Poetry.
Over the River.

This beautiful poem, by an American VIII
ter, Miss PRIEST, has commanded the admifa'
ton of all readers during the many rounds II
has made of the newspaper and magazine
press the last ten years.
Over the River they becSon to me,
Loved ones who've passed to the other side;
The gloam of their snowy robes see,
But their voices are lost in the dashing tide.
There's one with linglets OF sunny gold,
And ewes the reelection ofHeaven's own blue:
He crossed in the twilight gray and cold,
And tho pale mist hid him from mortal view.
We saw not the angels who met him there
The gales of The City we could not see:
Over tie River, over the River.
My brother stands ready to welcome me,
Over the River the Boatman pale
Carried another-the household pet;
Her bright eurls waved in the gentle gale
Darling M nnie, see her yet!
She crossed on her bosom her dimplcd hands,
And feal lessly entered the phantom bark;
Wewatched 1t slide from tn silver sands,
AMI all our sunshine grew strangely dark.
we Know she Is safe on the other side,
Where ali the rams ,med and angels be;
Over the River, the mystic River,
My hildhood's IDOLS are waiting for me.
For none return from those quiet shores
Who cross with the Boatman cold and pale
We hear the dip of the golden oars,
We catch glcam of the snowy sail,
Ahu 10 tnoy nave passed away from our nearIj
They cross he stream and are gone for ayel
We cannot sunder the veil part,
That hides fron our vision The gates of day:
We only know that their barks no more
Shall sail with ours on LIES stormy sea;
Yet somehow on the unseen shore,
They wa.ch and beckon and wait for me.
And sit and think when the sunsets gold .
Is lushing river and hill and shore;
shall one DAY stand by the water cold,
And list to the sound of the Boatman's oar:
I shall watch f)r the CLEAN of the Tapping sail.
shall hear the boat as it gains the strand. =
shall pass from sight with the Boatman pale
To the better shore Of the Spirit Land!
I shall know the loved who have gone before.
And joytully sweet will the meeting DO
When over the River, the peaceful River,
The Angel Of Death shall carry mel
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MIDDLE-AGED MEN.

There are many men at the age OF thirty who are
troubled with too frequent excavations from the bad-
der, often accompanied by slight smarting burn
ing sensation, and weakening the system in manner
the patient cannot account for. On examining the
urinary deposits ropy sediment viii often be found,
and sometimes small particles of semen or albumen
will appear the color will be Of a thin milkish hue,
again changing TO a dark ard turbid appearance.
There many men who die Of this difficulty, gnor-
ant of the cause, which is the
SECOND STAGE OF SEMINAL WEAKNESS.
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Uncle Sam had neighbor who was in the
habit Of working on Sunday, but after while
he joined the church. One day he met the
minister to whose church he belonged. "Well,
Uncle SAM" said he, do you see any differ
ence in Mr.. p, since he Joined the church %
"Oh, yes" said Uncle Sam, "a great difference.
Before, when he went out to mend his fence
on Sunday, he carried his ak On his shoulder,
but now he carries it under his overcoat.n
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