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Smyrna times., 1870-12-14

THE NAvY.-The Secretary Of the Navy
reports the whole number of vessels now on
the Register at Isl, calculated to carry 1900
guns OF these vessels 81 are monitors, 80
sailing craft and the rest steamers. Forty FIVE
vessels, mounting 4G5 guns, are attached to
the several fleets, and four others, mounting
seven guns, are in commission for special SER
vice. These, with six receiving ships at the
various stations, and the tugs and small vessels
on duty at the Navy Y ards, make up the naval
force now in commission. Ten others, with
l43 guns, are ready for sea, and only await
their complement cf men to join the several
fleets. The rest of the names borne on the
lists represents vessels in construction or re-
pair, or those entirely un-seawerthy. This
showing seems to Mr.. Robeson utterly made
qu&te to the needs and the dignity of first
class Power.
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14

The discovery has recently bsen made that
teeth may be extracted and then again rep lant-
ed. 1t has been found that in cases OF infam-
nation about the roots of tooth, the latter
may be taken out, scrspsd, cleaned, reinserted,
and made to do duty again. The method OF
procedure is to remove the diseased tooth +;
clean out its cavities, filling them up, after
cleaning will carbolic acid, with cotton wool
the fangs but preserving the mecous mem
branc about the neck aud, after bathing in
solution of carbolic acid, return to its place.
The London Lancet says, in speaking of the
process "Mr. Lyons carried this out in
fourteen eases for Mr.. Boleman, with success,
in the case of bicu>pids and mOlars, no me-
chanical appliances being used to keep the
teeth supported until they had become firm. ="
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14

Henry Ward Beecher recently preached q
sermon on Everlasting Punishment" by
which we conclude he means Everlasting
torment" in which he is reported to have
said:
ITO suppose that 10000, 900 of people were
pouring yearly over the prscipice into ever
lasting punishment, and then TO teach that
God was loving Father, was such an anomaly
that people could not believe it. Nindictive
justic was once thought to be right, but it
cannot be defended in the Court Of Love.
An eternity of punishment, when it seizes the
mind, .eems to paralyze it with horror, and it
is this subject that has puzzled theOlogians
mere than any other.
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14

John H. Surratt comes forward among the
list of prominent lecturers. lie delivered q
lecture at Rockville, Md, Wednesday night,
in which he told his own story Of the conspira
cy against the life of Lincoln, the assassina-
tion, his own escape, wanderings, capture, trial
and acquittal. 1t certainly makes an exceed
that turns such experience AS his into money
making exhibition there may be some division
of oninion
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14
PAYING THE NATIONAL DEBT-The New

PAYING THE NATIONAL DEBT.-The New
York Tribune says:
We agree most heartily with Mr.. Boutwell,
that we ought got to stop reducing the Debt.
1t is easy to say that it will be more conven-
lent to pay ftgy or a hundred years hence than
now but who can kno,C it? Twelve years ago,
no one imagined that we were on the eve OF
a most destructive war : who can clearly fore
see that we shall never again be compelled to
defend or surrender our most precious rights?
and who does not know that We are now
bound over to keep the peace in vast sum
If our bullies who are eager to sec Great Brit
ain browbeaten and Spsin rutfled with regard
to Cuba would help pay off the Debt, we
should then be in condition to adopt what is
commended as a spirited foreign pclicy; but
they never think Of paying. Itsuts them bet
ter to run into debt at any rate, and then re-
pudiate, on the assumption that our creditors
are Shylocks and usurers
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14

possible to breathe with the mouth closed.
Having taken "a full respiration, the lungs are
left 10 their own action, or, in other words,
respiration is not to lie interfcred with, only
care must be taken that the whole attention be
given to the breathing. The individual in
question must imagine that he sees the breath
passing through his nostrils in a continued
stream, and when he arrives at the point Of
bringing his mind upon this one idea, cOnsci-
business will leave him. and sleep will come
No doubt, the principal thing is fixing the
mind upon this one idea, watching the reSpi
ration, 50 to speak. Mr.. Bnns admits that
this method does not Always succeed at once,
but it must be persevered in. Resprations,
however, must not be counted for according
to his opinion. the mere counting will keep enc
awake. Aud this cJincidcS with what stat
cd above, that | thought counting was rather
a promoter of sleep than cure for it.
Even if the person trying Mr.. Bnns art =
does not succeed in producing very sound
sleep, he will at least fill into such pleasant
stale of repuSe as to find it refreshing" Let
US hope that this 'art of procuring sound and
! refreshing sleep at will > may rot have to be
ranked among the "lost arts" Any way, it i,
one that can be easily tried, as no possible
danger can attend it. If it succeeds, thS
6 blessings" which Sancho Panza invckes upor
the man who invented ssepf should be
heaped upon Mr.. Gardner for selling the ac
count Of his art to Mr. BnnS and upor
the world at large. Journal
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14
LITTLE THINGS.

To do the thing we can, aud not presume
To fret because it little. Twill employ
Seven men, they say, to make perfect pin.
Who makes the head consents to miss the
point;
Who makes the point agrees to leave the head !;
And it man should cry . | want pin,
And | must make it straightway, head and
point,
His wisdom is not worth the pin he wants.
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14

The New York Mail is happy to say that
home weddings are fast superceding the grand
display in churches Three of the most ele-
CANT weddings occurring lately in New York
have been of this description.
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14

REMARKABLE-The lives in Dorchester
county family named -, every dark-eysd
male member of which, for the past fifty
years, has gone blind at the age OF 20 and 25
years. Those with blue eyes escape the terri
ble aif1iCtiOn. There is IA tradition about this
singular circumstance which we lay before our
readers as we heard it Some sixty years since,
50 goes the story, beautiful black eyed girl
Of 20, from some cause or other lost her eye
sight. Her misfortune brought penury and
want with it. Being reduced te beggary she
w9s wont to go abroad asking aims. During
one Of her journeys she visited tie neighbor
hood in which resided the ancestors of those
who are now sightess Instead of her help
less condition exciting as it should have done,
feeling OF sympathy, she was treated with
rldlcue by some Of the younger members OF
the house her evil star had led her into. Two
OF the boys, as a matter of mere devitry, took
her out, promising to conduct her to a place
where plenty awaited Instead of giving her
a safe conduct, they carried her into a swamp
and left her. 1t is aid that she cried out be-
seeching them TO put her on the public road,
but they needed not her lamentations. Find
ing herself about to be deserted among the
tangled bruShwOOd, she turned her prayer 10
a curse, asking her Maker, in her revengefu
anguish to punish her betrayers by making
their offspring for seven generations, as help
! less as she was. 1t i< said that she was found
dead in the swamp, having persisted from hun
ge' and cold. This may appear somewhat ro-
mantic. but whether the traditionary part o
it lie false or true, it is assure !iy fact, tha
the male offspring of the family referred t.
lose their sight as indicated. Hundreds o
persons in Dorchester county will verify it
Cam6rge HeraH
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14

y1IIES, HeInOrrhoidnI TumOrs, all kinds positively
Dositiyely perfectly aud permanently cured by W A. NC
"A, SnTiSe' M D.. M. 2OOl ARCH ST, PIlLADA Pa de
iTe 10 say to those afflicted with kind PILED Internal
Mind Bleeding. itching, that there iS positively
no kind Of deception IN the Of these the cure
nd and without the slightest DANGER Win
p ,bs injury the patient IN way and without
cs1sties or instruments also cure Fstua flssures
% III TtceraOn the lower bowels Patients must visit
% I'D can remain house till cured u they desire Ca
ea vo 10 over 1900 persons cured in Philadelphia alone
refer you " 0"'S' - octl96m
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14
WHOLE NO. S25

VERY SHARP.-A notorious scamp was once
brought before an OnOndaga justice Of the
peace. He was accused of having come the
strap game over native. The pOrtly JUS
tice, wishing to decide understandingIy, asked
to see sample Of his skill. The party in-
stantly produced leather strap, gave it sci.
entihc whisk across the bench, and remarked
" You see, Judge, the quarter under the
strap"
What !" interrupted the digni6ed func-
tionary, :" do you mean to say there is quar-
ter under there?
Sartain!' = was the reply.
. No such thing :" said the Justice.
~ II 60 you a dollar on it = exclaimed the
prisoner.
Agreed - said the Justice
With accustomed adroitness the strap was
withdrawn, when 10 there was the quarteri
We'll, said the astonishcd Shallow, Il
wouldn't have believed it if had not seen it
with my own eyes. Here is your dollar. And
you are fined five dollars for gambling, con-
trary to the statute III such case made and pro-
vided -
The elongated countenance Of the gambler
required no additional evidence to testify his
appreciation Of the SELL
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14
Don't Waste Time and Labor

PINCoTT & BAKEwELL. Pittsburgh Pa, and they will
send a tip-Iop Axe, Expressage paid Half day lost
in grinding will thus be saved.
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14
l1I5 Hopkins Philadelphia .9.ol,l, Ills
uoop NEIRT MANUFACTORY.
hUui C,,astnut ST.. (Girard Row.

Formery 62s Arch ST. PnIIHueIPT1'
-.r.ert of all the new Fall shapes OF Our
% n AHs
tOsghsT .%a %'h % lines Eestyrn $ % Tt 2 Bs E
NHoLssALE ana 31r NV FORMER SEASON Our Champion
a than sustain their reputation or oyer yer
al sthsfs i r1 and are warranted in every respect -
views e T0RsETs! COrsets Our assortment OF Cor
C0ho OO kinds and prices and includes every de-
sets Kind snch as ThOmsons Glove Fttng Btcke s. T.
saole AaT, Foy a and MOOdys Patent Self ADJUST
w. Ihjomna Supporting Corsets in all sradeS together
SSsss and Children and grade Ot Hand made
in prices as follOws:45c Sc, &C 75c soc. S3c,
~. Soc dc 81 CO. Sill $llA SLIP Sl95 &C. up to S1oO ~
s4 rs In 27 styles from IS cents up to S32o
-. Garments all kinds and prices Night Dresses
NJ ~ 60 "a Infant Dresses long and short from S23o
~ S Ui Muslin Skirts Tucks, Is cts; 10 rucks 9icts
- Tncks si32 &c. &c, up to So ,-.-,
and Tade 10 order altered ana repaired
Mpufactory and sales Rooms ll5 Chestnut St. Phada
Call or send tor Circulars wv n uOpEINS
sept2l-9m - = " 49,
Smyrna times., 1870-12-14
The Best Paper,
ANG THE
Best Inducements!
This Quarters Is Numbers SENT FREE
all subscribing. before Dec. 25Ih 1870, lor
next years Fifty Two Numbers of
MOORES RURAL NEW YORKER,
THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED
Rural and Family Weekly,
FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY
THE RURAL now IN MS 2lst year. is not only the
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Largest-C circulating Journal of its
Class in the world! National in Character.
Ably Edited, Superby illustrated ahd Printed II is the
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1t is the STANDARD AUTHORITY on all branches Of
AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, &r. AS a LITERARY
AND FAMILY PAPER II IS a iavOrIle IN many Of
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Indeed MOOREs RURAL has no Rirql In its Sphere,
and IS the LARGEST ILL SrRATED JOURNAL
on the CUnlInenl-each number containing sixteen
FiVe'COlumn Pages, (dOuble the OF most
papers of It's class II Is the paper for the East, West
North and South.
Best American Weekly.
TERMS. INDUCEMENTS, &C,
The New York Methodist,

AN EIGHT PAGE WEEKLY,
Now in It's Eleventh Year, publishes sermons Serial
Story Tor the FaImy, new ChIldrGn's Story every
week Chats with the LliIle Folks, Editorials by the
best Methodist writers and others, Foreign and Do
mesC Correspondence full Departments Of Religious
and Secular Intelligence PnCe So so year. Liberal
premiums or cash commission to canvHssers. sub
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enclose TWO cent stomp TO prepay postage. Address
THE METHODIST, ia Nassau ST, New York.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

a GENTLEMAN writes us from
an adjoining State: 81 am a
miserable man. My only son
is not quite eight years of age,
and yet he not only swears and
chews tobacco, but he persists
in parting his hair in the mid.
die and in declaring that his
mother has better right to the
ballot than l have. Tell me for
heavens sake, what shall l do
with him2" Here is a man who
could pay the funeral expenses
of an eight year old boy with.
out feeling it, and yet he asks
US that questIon9-Louisville
Courier Journal.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19
ESTEEM your brother to b

ESTEEM your brother to be
good, and he is SO. Confide in
your half virtuous man, and
he becomes wholly yirtuous.
Encourage your pupil blythe
assumption that he possesses
certain faculties, and they will
be developed in him; look on
him as incapable of cultiva
tion, and he will continue so.
Pronounce yourself in health,
and you may lscome so. All
nature is. but the echo of the
mind aud from her We learn
the highest of all laws-thai
the real springs from the ideal
that the ideal, by degrees, re
models the world. 4. .,scy
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

A VIRGINIA patent medicine
dealer has gone far beyond the
wooden nutmeg trick. He
went to st. Joseph, Missouri
With a liniment which he
claimed would cure all earthly
ills. lie hired an old man to
crawl upon crutches, declaring
that he had been a cripple for
ten years. The quack pretend.
ed to bathe the limb of the
hired cripple, who then threw
away his crutches and ran
across the street. The "doctor'
soon had not a bottle of his
stuff left.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

The best thing in the Gu: .
rent number of the Harvard
Advocate is this: The other
day Molecule propounded the
following to Atom: "a boy
said to a gentle man, MY faith
er and mother have a daugh-
ter, but she is not my sister,
Now how do you explain that9"
Atom reflected, but all in vain,
To his every suggestion Mole
cule replied by a mild but de.
cided negative. At length
Atom was forced TO give it up
"Why, it's simple enough" said
Molecule, with an exasperated
smile, "the boy lied!"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19
Cnlture of Beeta

The culture OF the beet is
said 10. be worth more to 3
country as a fertilizer than the
product directly derived from
the treatment OF the root, the
waste pulp proving more valu-
able than the sugar. IL is fed
to barned cattle in large guam
titles. 1t is stated that in
France, where the business
has grown to enormous dl.
mensions, the increase in cat.
tie on account OF beet pulp is
wonderful. In the district oil
country surrounding the city OF
Valenciennes, where before the
production of beet sugar,
scarcely any cattle we're raised,
700 oxen were the total amount
raised last year. But this is
not all. This enormous IN.
crease Of stock has so much
advanced the fertility of the
land that 192 bushels more
wheat are raised in the sane
district per annum than were
ever raised in the previous
yearS.-N Y. Com. Bulletin.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

THERE is now an inmate OF
the Athens County Infrmary,
a man by the name of Morgan,
who is 1O4 years old. We knew
him thirty years ago, at which
time be owned one OF the best
farms in Vinton county, and ii
was said that he had a halt.
bushel of silver, besides a con.
siderable quantity of gold, and
was entirely out Of debt. Veri.
ly ''riches takes unto them.
selves wings and flee away
ATHENS Messenger.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

JACKSONVILLE had a curiosity
last week, in the shape of a
man. He says of himself; u
have never taken a chew of
tobacco, smoked a cigar, swore
an oath, drank gill OF whisky,
threw a card, nor voted the
Democratic ticket. l weigh
three hundred and forty-one
pounds and if l live to see the
31st day Of February next,
will be ninety.eight years old.
Have ] MOI just reasons for
corpulence9"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

AT the editorial conv ention
which is to meet in Indianapo
lis on the 9th of May, DR.. Ell
lis, of Goshen, is to read a pa.
per on the advantages and OBJ.
jectS of association; and L. G
Mathews, of the New Albany
Ledger, will read paper or
the publication Of State laws
proceedings of commissioners
and courts in the county pa
pers.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

WILLIAM DOANE has been q
me mber of the Council Of CIR
cleviile nineteen consecutive
years, having been frs elected
in 1851, and has served as Pres
ideht of that body since 1854.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19
GENUINE. IMPORTED
NORWAY OATS,

SAMPLES SENT FREE TO FARMERS
II ROM 1OG to l31 bushels grown to the acre,
IL Weighs from 40 to 40 pOun"s 10 tho bushel.
This oats has been grown on every variety
OF soil, and in every state olthe Union with the
most perfect success.
The gram is very large, plump and hand
some, has remarkable thin husk, and rpens
ea rller than the common varieties.
The straw II bright, clear. stout. and not Ii
able to lodge, is perfectly clear OF rust, and
grows from TO feet high.
We have botH the White and Black Norway,
both the same price aud equally productive.
We will send oIe quart Of the above oa's to
any address post paid for 81 90
Two quarts po Il paid, $500
One pecK sent by express or freight, $500,
Half bushel. 20 pounds, $500.
One hushvl 40 pounds. $1,000,
CAUTION. a.b-We wish 1t distinctly under.
stood that this Is not light oats weighing
2s 10 32 lbs, raised in New England. and sold
under the name Of Norway, but imported seed,
every bnshel guaranteed to weigh 40 lbs, or
money refunded.
Samples ofboth kinds sent free for three
cent stamp. Also circulars and testimonials,
Address all ordersto n, p, BOYER & ca.
feb3 3m parkersburg, Chester Co., Pa
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

We saw DR.. Williams on the
train on last Friday. He is
much pleased with his visit to
Washington city. He says all
the authorities at Washington
showed much respect to the
members of the Legislature,
and so did ali the Ohioans in
the City, with the exception Of
Chief Justice Chase. He did
not call to see them, and in no
way recognized their presence.
-Jackson Standard.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

The public debt statement
for the month of April is a
gratifying record Of an honest
administration. The Republi.
can party has reason to be
proud of its officials. The re.
duction of the debt for
the month is S11,697,799
Decrease since March 1870
S17,474,142 80.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

By a notice in the Standard it
will be seen that the Andes
Furnace company is organized
and will elect officers in a short
time. This Furnace will prob.
ably be built at the Slope coal
bank, between town and the
old Diamond Furnace. This
will be on the Hillsboro rail.
road, half a mile below town
jackson Standard.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

THE Philadelphia Press says:
"For the first time within liv.
ing memory, there is not a
gambling house publicly open
in Philadelphia. The blaze Of
light through half drawn blinds
and half opened doors no long.
er at midnight lures our youth
from home or tempts the stran-
ger"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

If you want 10 cure a Scold.
ng wife, never fail to laugh at
her with all your might until
she ceases-then kiss her.
Sure cure and no quack medi.
cine.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

ne Solid information on all matters con-
necttd with the Worlds Progress IN Science,
Art, Domestic Ect nOmy. the ant OF living the
comforts Of travelling, social science, national
interests, and ind yldnal rights, vii he spe
chilly cutI waited and developed, together with
stories and lighter literature for the family.
"At the head Of the Magazines Of to-
ddy."-NOrWdK Gazette.
"Pre-em eminent among the monthlies."
-ButdlO Com. Advertiser.
THE admirable plan of this publica,
tion takes in all topics Of modern
thought and study, tohite every subject is
inrdriably treated toith dbtlity."-Al-
6dRy Erening Journal.
dee % 1869
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

IT is easy to thunder against
the shortcomings of others,
I but when We learn for our
selves the difficulties OF prac-
ticai life, We must needs adopt
. more moderate language.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

In Boulder county, Caliror,
MIA, the black leg is very prev.
alent among cattle, especially
the Short Horns.- Omaha
Herald.
The black le 6 is prevalent
to a great extent in Detroit,
also. But it seldom attacks
Short Horns. For Green Horns
1t has a special lesning.-De.
troit Tribune.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

PATRoNIzE home institutions
and home enterprise, in pref
erence to sending your money
elsewhere; and Opend it with
those who advertise their busi-
ness.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

W. II. BRYAN, of Vigo cOun.
ty, Ind, is said to be the pos
SCISSOR of a cow whose milk
yields three pounds of good
butter daily.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

AN orchestrain, imported
from Germany al a cost Of So,
900, has been placed in a Cleve
land beer hall.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

A SUBSCRIPTION for The aid oil
the sufferers by the Richmond
tragedy is beng made in New
York City.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

The Baltimore American
thinks that the Fifteenth
Amendment will bring out
10000 colored voters in Mary
land.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19
pRBMIUM fHEsTgR WHITE PIGS

DURE Flood Short Horn, (lurham.) Devon
L Alderney and Ayrshire Calves, Merno.
and Colswold Sheep, Cashmere
Goats, Imported Suffolk, Essex, Berkshire and
Seftonipigs and all choice breeds OF poultry for
sale. Send for circulars and prices. Address
N. p. BOYER AGO,
: febs3n Z Z parksrsbura, Chester Co., Pa
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-05-19

EVERY farmer should have a
compost heap. Collect every
kind of fertilizer, and to pre-
vent any from liberating the
gases, keep the whole covered
with earth or muck. u.