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Smyrna times., 1868-05-13

AT one of the schools in Cornwall tho ;nsnoo-
tor asked the children if thew could nuote anv
text of Scripture which forbade men having
two wives !. One of the children sagcly Quoted
In reply, the text, ''No man can serve two
masters - WV
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13

When man and woman are made one hv
a clergyman, the question is which is the 0nep
Sometimes there is long struggle between
them before this matter is finally settled.
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13

ABOUT THE LOCUSTs. The seventeen-vea,
!ocusts advertised to appear this year, are not
identical with the Egyptian locusts-in fact
they are not locusts at all, but simply sort of
grasshoppSsr, They have not jaws like the To-
dlevour nothing. The only injury they do is to
the young twigs of trees, which the female
stings in order to insert her eggs. The twigs
die and fall to the ground. When hatched
from the eggs the grubs burrow in the earth
and spend the long underground life in suckinr
roots and passing through the various STAGES
necessary to petect the flying machinery. At
sweet seventeen " it emerges into society,
splits its under ground shell along the back and
steps out, ready to lay eggs, or if of the onno-
site gender to beat his drum for few weeks in
the the summer sunshine. When the eggs are laid
and the song sung death closes the scena-
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13

The preparations are being made for the Tn.
ternational Convention of Christian AsSocia-
tons, which commences in Detroit, Mich, ON
the oath of June. ''' ="
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13

The new Paris style of wearing the hair ia
called the ''out of water" head dress. II ;s
simply whole head of hair brushed baoT
over the ears without the slightest ornament
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13
OFFICIAL.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Passed at the First Session of the Fo,titI Copo.o.
IPUBIIC.-NO.I 1871

! IPUBI IC.-NO. 1871
An ACT 10 incorporate the Lincoln Monument
De II enacted by the Senate and House
Ie Cheu states Of America in Congress assembled Tb
Alexander H. Randall, James Harlan Alexander RsnoSs Va
ahle Banks Sidney Perham, John COnnPsS John ~ WI
son. lIoui0Ne = Orth DeOs R Ashley, IaIbert
e Ne Burt Van Horn, John +. briggs Freierict II war
bridge Jacob BENTON John HILL Shelby
Sehek rln > Ferry ~ Is Smithers, Francis Thomas SaT
Mckee Horace Maynard, John +. Benjamin. R,,{ S1lue
Sdity Clark Daniel PoSey, Walter A. Burei1h Iob
a ScGSS3is are constituted body c0rpOrata i ~
DlSrIct o CUunbla by the the inco1 NirI m
tSNUcla lor lhe purpose Of erecting mOnmput IN t
ol ttSiIhstoi commemorative of the
alCipaIlo. anq SerSa liberty i'll America vi EN-
SEC 2 And be 1t further enacted That tbo norso,,-
the first section of this shall b. tho r named IN
poauoh ana a have power to till vacancrs in tr te Gor-
in the Union. ~0"'IS one from each State
nECJ ana be further enacted That said
@ g. ~ 20" AM control such property as may he ,
SAL? '' WI ont Of the objects of
T. Nj "c idfhCr enacted, That
90 t''i money, and to make
Ht'uls as hey may deem eypedipf anu les'-
anu De II lrLrr enacted, That said -,
oNel 70 appoint Il president
"I ilNo Il board of managers CONSISTING a
ui more tlan thirteen, who have
ir vi t tiiIs OF the association, Wlo
NJ PtISlS l3t included in lisI of cornnra
l3iled tor the safe of
III Wl.lcl may come into his hands, and for tba fa t
tu discharge OF the duties required of him i ne h-
hC. .; am pe II urthcr enacted
ION helu or occupied by them sai
le shall he exempt from al taxrs t b I
pa corpoIat3n within the District Columbia ' nici-
SEC Ana he II further enacted, That CONGRESS n,ov % ~
'lIic repeal alter, amend - '-'
Approved, March %, 1867 ' "''
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13

A., a.. ...., IPCBLIC.-NO. Pill
l Of IN" organic Act Of Colorado Territory
ater t iaes o 4n ric' in Congress a<yiI that here
80 {" The !tg>aiiNe assembly Of G. Inran Terri
vi ] rt TO- hen9ia Members of The council ,haI be elect
fern ~ Oh our years and mcnb RS Of the house for the
~ "O Years ana shall the sum OF six i,ars mar
Ol three dollars heretofore allowed and sIll ,Io
T'CtlNe lc same m iCagc allowed nv ''' "'''
SEC 2 And be it further enacted Tint Zach bous -
i I! !" eject IN addition 10 the officers now alinw L
Tb % bI n eHrillng % erk who shall receive cars Der iy
Hc che cli K snail receive dollars H.,
day each. ' Si"i' receive hVe dollars per
SEC. 3. And be- it further enacted That t, ,o,. e ~
assembly elected at thr general arcton of aid to-
r IN ~ az ?'lr netii hundred and sxtycyen shall com
s st If ttgt,iature under this act, said gislatut
AZ a. Ie tht now ilNrd by law the meeting n th,
leS>atlV" assembly Of Colorado T,rrnrv "ee'is VI h'
Approved, March lsG7 ''
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13

NICIssITUDES OF AUTHORS. Miss Braddon
who is now publishing magazine of her own
the Belgravia and is said to be the pos
SCISSOR OF fortune of 5000, ,O0O-had yery
rough time of it when she first started out IN
the world. She first took liking to music
tried 1t, and was pronounced failure; then
essayed small part Cn the stage, and ditto,
ditto; and finally collapsed into pen and ink, and
with. great difficulty got small sketch accented
Tor the " Welcome Guest" Subsequently, she
undertook to divulge LADY Audey' Secret. y
and was so successful in attracting the public
attention, that she now takes her place beside
George Elliot, and the authoress of " Fast
Lynne" Any publisher will give her $4,000
to write book. From the time when Milton
got five pounds for Paradise Lost, " down to
the success of lady Audley's Secret" pub-
llSherS have been wretchedly slow to detect rc-
MUS We know how Waverly" was rejected
buried for years in trunk, and how eventually
1t hung fire; how Byron was condemned by
6rougham and Jeffreys, and how Dickens had
to lmporc old Black, as favor to admit his
Sketches to Boz into the Ecepntg Chronicle
We have read Currer Bells own tale about the
rejection of 'J Jane Eyre, " by scores of wise
acres; and Mrs Beecher Stowe has recorded
the Snubbing which " Uncle Toms Cabin y had
to undergo before any one could be got to print
It. Thackery once thought of burning VANITY
Far after the manuscript had been refused
by dozen publishers and now we have Miss
BraddOn, who was pronounced failure bv ev-
eIrybody, and in everything, bursting out upon
the world like a meteOr-Er.
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13

a Tennessean recently committed suicide be-
cause his wife confessed to having kissed d.
vers and sundry men in her life before their
acquaintance commenced
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13

A letter safely reached its destination, in
Iowa, with this endorsement: 'There is ten
dollar bill folded in this letter. and if YOU want
1t worse than my mother does, take it. F"
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13
fPUBLIC.-NO. 29.l


BE enacted by the Senate and House Representatives
the United States of America in Congress assembled That be
following be established post routes Wv
MAINE.
From Kennebunk, via Kennebunkport, to Cape Neddck
From BddefOrd to SacO Pool.
Approved July 10, 1861.
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13

In England, the fashion report is, that black
dress coats are going out, and that the old
style blue coats, with brass buttons, are coming
in. Ne
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13
Delaware Railroad Line.
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT.

On and after SUNDAY, APRIL l2tb
lSuS' Passenger trains will run as follows
until further notice. Train leaving Cri:
heid 2.Ij. A. NJ, will run every morning
, except Monday. All other Trains, Sun
! lays excepted.
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13
IPrEL;c-No ,,

TFIELiC.-NO.
An Act for the SuppOr; in Part of fLn Notio,or Silt;
sailors Home in the District of CnI,,i'a 'u'erS ai'
. nc u enacted by the Senate and Hons" If .
b and states OF America in Congress assembled That thcrr
C, hcreby Appropriated money
NOT Otherwise appropriated for the InnoTt il, ,a. - %
Ionhi soldier amt Sailors Orphan Home in IL 81 f
otSahlIen under act Of the tyrnv-hf IN of Jnly
hunhred and SXtySIx, amended by the ,c o W.
~ oI fepiaTy eighteen hundred and ,Xtv.s.v.D
] 10 e E under the discretion Of the officers Of said in
Approved, March 50, ISj7,
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13
...- tPUBLIC.-No. POL

ItIor Ol certain Watchmen
Be It enacted by the Senate House of
Ill states OF America IN Congress assembled That m
eSht Waterman the dome of the Capitol a the co..
al and wachmpn of
rouuE he CapltOlht hereafter appointed Ly he
~ ms OF te Senate, and the of tj
Ollcers he also
u9nal Watchlnt one Or each of the eastern porcs a ~:
a!s uh Ter tlI same, Each watchnan 50 ~ N
receive an annual compensation of one b0usani nr a
ue " tle Olter OF the tI
seI%eant alarms OF the House or either If thew ad M
Of thrir ann,nta ] 90 pa! sara watchmen from the date
and the same is hereby Appropriated ~ Pesel' ssai year Oe
,lj ION OF said watchman for the fiscal voor
tIleti eighteen hundred and
sum OF eleNeh thousand dollars hereby sH 'ne
'Ut compensation 't an additional liiitenant M
y tpltD to In
ing officers OF the houses ~ Curl o' the prSld
until the close the present 6sca 80
j - ol the Sune grade much money rs ,av
y hereby appropriated,
eighteen
three hundred dollars is hereby apprnnriaf ~ sun"
ol IN" Senate and
JUS gre nereby authorized to select pa;tprn or NJ
i0f the Capitol police and wach1nt mi firjI
81 E o Ihe i"rcc two suits per year az cost 0t M
my per SUIT. and also @
uelts arms, and u't
u'iltTs per man and the amount of Nancy csr r
n,nnaS IL lO effect Is hereby appropriated on. Nr any
~ Ie cyrticae 0i the officers above namrI OniT ~ ~
nnt appropriated shall be paid into tie cnnfiT
cent fund If he a9 the The other hal! into the contin
ne mouse Ol Representatives.
Ana he 1t further enacted That the
IN ll 0t The House of Represents yes are autLmr
@ ~ iaNt Ntch rules and r".uat ions
20 preserve tn" the
anu iur the protection of public prnery fh.rair aT
PMet 10 arrest and drtan any person violating said
or trla without further order tlnn, u
a. A y II urther"uactc That all moneys appr priotod
tLn IL ~ utirt and Tor the other public works Of
Jl the Secretary Of War 'FV' "li'ei lhe uIrectloh
SEC. T. And be enacted TIot all Io...
VITA tI;lS Fc hereby repeated. ~ ' laws INCONSISTENT
approved, March 90 1861.
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13
WHOLE NO. 691
AN OLD FASHIONED TEACHTR

Patrick, &c Pat do you know your letters ?"
y Say them, then
" L know them by sight, sur; but l don't
know their names -
well, that is A."
How are you, APP
ou must not speak in that way
:, In what way shall l spake, thin, sur?''
;, Say what | say"
" Yis, sur
g This is b."
an OK yoke" -
'' What was that last letter showed you ?''
:" don't remember, sur.
What bird isit that lays honey and stings?''
Is 1t wasp, sur?'
" No, it is bee"
SO it is, and looks like an OK yoke"
Nv hat letter is that third one on the page?''
| don't know sur.
What do ! do, when look at you?'
" | shouldn't like to say. sur
want you to tell.me"
l. m afraid you will lick me sur"
Teli me what do when | look at you
Well, sure, you squint"
" Cant you say Z without the squint?"
lis, sure.
Say it, theu."
I without the squint."
What is the nal"e of the next Ietter?"
| don know, sur; | never saw it before"
ID, Tor Ounce; just like Yourself"
D. for duncr just like yourself"
come up and spell. "
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13
NeaC HGrdaUGre Store
Steam Dyeing and Securing
MRS. e. w. SMITH,
No. % North FIFTH ST., bet. Market AID Arch,
PHILADELPHIA.

rleee goods of every description dyed to any
So'of' dies Wearing apparel of every description
oysd IN the most fashionable and permanent colors.
ana hnshed in a superior style.
n merlno, Cashmere and Grape Shawls, Table and
-sno Covers, Carpets, Rugs, &C., secured.
aongee and Silk Dresses re-dyed all colOrs, and
Warranted equal to new.
All. hsntemens Clothing cleaned or dyed on reason
~''s terms. may6-Iy
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13

AN lillnoisian has within the last two years
married four wives, and buried three of them.
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13

a soldier being on picket reserve. went to a
farm. house, a> ne >ad. to borrow Il frying-pan,
but for what none could imagine, as there was
nothing to fry However, he went to the
house and knocked at the door, which was
opened by lady, who asked what he wished.
Madam, could you lend me frying pan? |
belong to the picket down here.
es SIR, and forthwith came the pan He
took it, looked in it, turned it over. and look.
ed at the bottom, and then turned it over
again, and looked into it very hard as if not
certain it was clean We'll, Sir said the In.
dy, can do any thing more for you?'
'Could-could- you lend me niece
OF meat to fry in it, ma amp and he lauged
IN spite of himself He got it.
Smyrna times., 1868-05-13
Mr.. WILLIAM B. AsroR. OF NEw YopK

Mr.. WILLIAM B. AsToR, OF New YoRK-
John Jacob Astor, commencing business in
| 1884 as porter to Robert Browne, furrier. AT
the weekly wages of 50 and his board, died in
1913 worth more than $2O,O0O,O0O. About
$2,O0O,000 of this he bequeathed to various
grandchildren and others, to the Astor Libra
ry, the German Society of New York. and to
the ." Astor House" established in his native
town in Germany the remainder fell to his
eldest son, the present head of the family. He
had previously received large beduest from
his uncle Henry, the butcher and this added
to the $4,000, 900 left hin by his father gave
him fair start in life. lie has since increas.
ed In wealth, or rather it has increased itself.
to at least double what it was in 1913, and il is
even said that he is worth at this time $50
100000. He has never engaged in any trade
or speculation but has confined his operations
to the purchase Of real estate and the collec-
tiOn of rentroll.
There is probably less known of William r.
Astorr than any other prominent or wealthy
man IN this or any other country. His wealth
and his age are alike indefinite: he keeps the
amount OF his rent,rols and the number of
his Years to himself; and no record is to be
found OF either. lie may be seventy four, as
his father married Sarah Todd in 1870 but in
appearance he Is not more than siXty-fye. The
events of his life have been few. What little
there is known Of his actions is to his great
credit The first acts Of his life, alter coming
INTO possession OF his property was to increase
the AstOr Library fund, the Haock annuity
and other bequests of his father; and he has
aided many other cOmmenda5le charities in an
representations way. His habits are quiet and
secluded. He has an office in Prince Street
near Broadway-One Of the smallest houses in
New \ Ork, and which looks more ike the fire.
proof vault OF great bank than the business
ottce OF the richest man in America He is to
be seen occasionally at his office, and ON hi,
way to and from it walking in Broadway He
seldom rides. He prefers to walk less from
economical motives than desire to preserve
ms health by exercise and it is notable that
In all his business Transactions he is controlled
by wise and yet liberal economy, as is his So
cal habits h. is guided by sensible regard to
the laws OF hygiene. As his economy has re-
suited IN preserving and increasing his wealth.
his quiet habits and constant exercise have
combined to make him one Of the healthiest
and strongest men of his age in the countrv
His economical turn of mind, inherited from
his father, has not, however, prevented him
from being very liberal man but the world
hears but very little of his charities. thongb
with his thousand and one tenants. Mr. ASfor |
bears the reputation of being "a good land. |
ord, which is not bad Recommendation in |
his crowded city of hard hearted landlords |
ina complaining tenants. And his love of Sc
'luSlon has not prevented him from being
pleasant but quiet companion to his troops of
rlends and admirers
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-05
AS AN APERIENT

There l. no medicine so much in favor with
those who are acquainted with their action
Roback's Blood Pills they are safe, pleasant and
mild in their operation, and are purely vegetable;
can he taken by children as we'll as adults; try
them BROWN BROS, Agents.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-05
ProphesY Fulfilled.

of THE INTERNAL FANATICS
AND ABOLITIONISTS EVER GET
POWER IN THEIR HANDS, THEY
WILL OVERRIDE THE CONSTITU-
TION, SET THE SUPREME COURT
AT DEFIANCE, CHANGE AND
MAKE LAWS TO SUIT THEM
SELVES. LAY VIOLENT HANDS ON
THOSE WHO DIFFER WITH THEM
IN THEIR OPINIONS OR DARE
QUESTION THEIR AVAILABILITY
AND FINALLY BANKRUPT THE
COUNTRY AND DELUGE IT WITH
BLOOD" Daniel IEebster, March Z,
1850.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-05
NOT A BEVERAGE,

Unlike most of the btters of the present day, DR..
Roback's are not intended as pleasant stimula-
ting whisky beverage, out perfectly medici-
nal, containing only sufficient pure bourbon whis
Ky to hold in solution the medicinal e4tractivc
natter from which they are composed.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-05
A Specimen OF Radical "Repub
can GOYeraEent.'

Mack" in one of his letters to the
Cincinnati Commercial, gives the follow
ing as a sample of the sort Of republican
government" the radicals give the people:
They have republican form of gov
ernment in Missouri, aud have it with a
vengeance. l heard something about it
the other day, which can not refrain from
publishing, by way of illustration. Clay
county, Missouri, had voting population
Of $500 before the war. A full regimen
Of these entered the federal service, and
went through the entire struggle, aud
whrt was left of it came home at the c.oSe
OF it. There are now about 5000 voters
In the county. At the last election two
hundred aud fifty were allowed to exercise
the right of suffrage, under the test oath
and registry laws. The rest, $3.50, were
excluded as 'rebels," though nany of them
had been all through the war on the union
side. And the best of the joke is
that the individual who sat in judgment
upon the loyalty of others, and excluded
the $3.50 as disloyal, was himself a vio-
lent secessionist at the outbreak of the
war. he Is NOW, nOHeFeI, dh cdlhcSe
radical. Now, these are the figures that
won't lie. My authority is Frank Blair.
And this is only specimen-er uno disco
omnes.
So all who want to bask in the sunshine
of republican form Of government
which is such in the literal sense that
none but republicans are allowed to par
ticipate in it-had better emigrate to Mis-
souri,. It's no wonder they elected Drake
to the senate out there, but it is a little
astonishing that they didn't do even worse
if this were possible.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-05
Fife I'm CopstarsinOpie.

The shops in Constantinople, says Mark
Twain, are mere ooops, mere boxes, bath
rooms, closets-auything you please to call
them--on the first floor. The Turks sit
cross-legged in them, III work and trade
and smoke big, long pipes, and smell like a
slaughter house in summer time. Crowd
ing the narrow street in front of them are
beggars who beg eternally, yet never COL
lect anything; and wonderful cripples, dis
torted out Of all semblance of humanity,
almost; vagabonds driving laden asses
porters carrying dry goods boxes as big as
cottages on their backs peddlers of grapes,
hot corn, pumpkin seeds, and hundred
other things, yelling like fends; and sleep
ing placidly among the kurrying feet are
the famous dogs of Constantinople.
Drifting noiselessly about are squads of
Turkish women, draped from chin to feet
In flowing robes, and with snowy wells
bound about their heads, that disclose on
ly the eyes and vague, shadowy notion OF
their features. Seen moving about far
away in the dim, arched aisles CT the great
Bazaar, they look as the shrouded dead
must have looked when they walked forth
from their graves amid the storms and
thunders and earthquakes that burst upon
Calvary, that awful night of the crucifx-
ion. A street in Constantinople is pie
ture which one ought to see once-not Oft
ener.
And then there was the goose ranchef
"a fellow who drove hundred geese be-
fore him about the city, tried to sell them.
lie had a pole ten feet long, with crook
In the end of it, and occasionally goose
would branch oat from the flock and make
lively break around the corner, with
wings half lifted and neck stretched to its
utmost. Did the goose merchant get ex-
cited? No. He took his pole and search
cd after the goose with unspeakable sang
.froid-took hitch around his neck and
yanked kim backward to his place in the
flock without an effort lie steered his
geese with that stick as comfortably as an
other man would steer q yawl A few
hours afterward we saw him sitting on a
Stone at corner, in the midst of the tur-
mol, sound asleep in the sun, with his
geese squatting around him. or lodging
out Of the way of the asses and men. We
came by again, within the hour, and he
was taking account Of stock, to see wheth-
er any of his flock had strayed or been sto-
leu. The way he did it was unique He
pu. the end of the stick within six or eight
inches of stone wall. He counted them
as they went by. There was no shrinking
that arrangement.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-05

Papa" said little urchin to his father the
other day, II saw printer go down the street
FAST now"
s'Did you sonny? How did you know this
person was printer?"
''Cause 90, papa"
"But he might have been carpenter
blacksmith shoemaker"
"Oh, no, papa, he was q printer for he was
gnawing bone, and he had no stockings on
the crown was out of hrs hat and his coa
was all torn am ceatain he was printer
papa"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-05
Bloom Of the Lot us

ENDORSED BY THE CELEBRATED DIR. FITCH.
OF NEW YORK.
Sthe Lotus Flower Is one of the most beautiful OF
n flowers and in the Orient is held typical OF Eter-
nal Life, this preparation OF 1t imparts
=, BLOOM TO THE COMPLEXION,
removing nearly all the indications of advancing years,
while rendering the skin soft and pliable.
AS A COSMETIC. .I
for ladies' there Is nothing to be compared to It. and
centIen,en also find IL very agreeable after shaving.
The purchase of one bottle will surely lead to the
buync of another On every bottle IL an endorsement
of Its virtues by the celebrated Dr y ften OF Sew
Wholesale and retail by HILBERT % Co., at 10 Ire
mont Row, Boston, Mass.
Ne gni.oe sfsss on r'es'rs q r''es'
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-05
ST,FEpLESS NIGHTS.

As n remedy to soothe all nervous excitement.
and in its trueS sense, nervine, there is perhaps
no medicine extant which Is received with so
much favor as Robac8's Stomach Bitters. A
VINE glass full on going to bed is all that is re-
qnired to produce sound AMI hcalthful sleep.
BROWN BROS, Agents.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-03-05
Pittsburgh, Et. Wayne g. Chicago
Railway.

On and after Oct 90 1861 Trains viii leave Stations
ally, (sabbaths exceptedl follows: Train leaving
Chicago 450 p M leaves daily Train leaving Pitts
burgh at 2, Is p NJ. leaves daily.l
TRAINS GOING WEST