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The lIanaiee, fheHuman Fl-a.

To believers in Darwin theory ft will
be Of interest to know that I'm ths onfst
bays and rivers on the eastern en11t ~
Central and South America there lives
an animal which might be rightfnlIv
considered as the connecting link be-
tween man and fish. To IS the mrnnfap
the water siren, the sea-eaTf or sen-o0v.
as the strange animal is sometimes can
ed. 1t belongs to the order of the Ct
acea, and is altogether heFbivorOus. Hv-
ing on grass which grows under water.
or on herbs which it seeks en- shore.
The body is piscifOrm, and measure
some fourteen or more feet in lengfhs
the skin being very thick, without h7ir.
and Of q dark color. The upper mart rsrf-s
body especially Of the females, muehre-
semble that Of a woman, the breasts h.
ing Of the same form. in place Of me
fms Of the ordinary fish, the manhtee
has short arm Of only one Joint, which
terminates in a sort Of hand, on which,
the nails are distinctly visible, and
which the animal uses with much dex-
terity, in moving about when on land
and in carrying Its young. This limb
has caused this animal to be called q
manatee, from the Latin word 'nlGlu8,'
the hand.
sided in those countries where these an
imals abound, has seen the animal, and
has been told repeatedly By the natives
that the female holds her cub TO s1eEle
as the mother does her babe.
The tail Of the manatee IS shaped ike
an open fan, and the observer Will ner-
ceive ten divisions, which make the toes.
Manatees swim BY the help Of 5hfs
broad tail, which moves up and down.
and not from right 10 left like that 0f
the fish. This limb, which at first sirht
appears 20 be q fia or nerve, melts Az
most entirely into butter when fried in
a pan, and Is highly priced By the na--
tives for ointment and for other medic
inal purposes.
The animal weighs from n thousand
to fifteen hundred pounds, and the meat
is considered s. great relish. Tt locks
and tastes much like pork, and needs D
good deal Of cooking. It is 8 straure
fact that the flesh keeps longer from de-
cay than any other, and it is therefore
salted and preserved like pork.
They are caught with harpOOns by
the Indians, who know their hauuts
and customs, and it seems as if thew
were becoming more scarce every wear.
Much has been fahled about these wa
ter sirens that needs confederation from
scientific men, who seems TO have taken
but little interest I'm these strange ami
mails Some have assured me that their
voice resem bles the believing Of an OK,
others that it was perfect music. i am
induced to believe the latter, as they
are well known under the name Of sir
,nia,' or sirens, which appollasive
hey could only derive from their char
ming voice. Whether this be 50 or not
'emains yet 10 be confirmed; like the
song Of the dying swan
Scientific AmericGR.
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L. man Who Raeame Conrsrt.s.

IN one of our Western exchanges We
we find the following relating to q. man
/ who became converted:
There was revival in the region
where Old Smithers, as everybody en1-
/ led him, lived, and it took hold Of him
one day. Smithers was a adreadful msah
man, oppressive to the poor, and nll
that, and never paying debt If hecOuld
help it. He had been known 20 turn b
poor widow with a family Of small Clil-
dren into the street Of a cold winters
day because she was unable 10 pay tae
rent of the miserable shanty she hired Of
him. He was known as 'Old Smithers,'
although he wasn't so very old, either,
but we have noticed that mean men
have the prefix ''Old'' attached TO their
name generally when their neighboT5
speak Of them.
Old Smithers ''took a habit,n as they
say in Wisconsin, to one Of the ifDr6s
tracted meetings. He was struck with
conviction the first night and hopefully
converted the next. After his eOnver-
sion he was announced to address his
fellow sinners and sinneresse8 on the
following Sunday afternoon. The neWs
that old Smithers had g0treligion, spread
all about the neighbOrhOOd. Some
doubted it; said he was putting It on 70
as to skin folks a little closer; others,
more charitable, said it might be true,
and they hoped he wouldn't be so mean
in the future if it was.
When Sunday afternoon arrived the
church was crowded. The entire nefEh-
boThOod had turned out to hear what 50
mean a man as old Smithers would say
for himself after passing through Convic-
ton and conversion. All was stIll in
the church when old Smithers arose to
speak. He began by telling what .
mean man he had been all his life. He
said he had probably done more mean
things than any man Of his years and
opportunities living, and If there were
any mean thing he had neglected to do,
it was either because he hadn't th0uRh6
of it, or there was no good chance. Az
ter gOning somewhat into detail regard
ing his meanness, astonishing even
those who thought they knew him best
with the recital, and declaring bis utter
unwOrthiness, he resumed his seat
There was brief pause, after which .
neighbOr of Old Smithers, a member Of
the church, arose and said; iiI have
lived nigh neighbOr to brother Smithefs
for a long time. / have just listened 70
brother Smithersi remPFzs, and from an
intimate acquaintance with him for
many years, / am prepared to endorse
in the fullest manner an the charges he
has made against himself, and more too.
| He is certainly the meanest man ID ever
knew in the whole course Of my life, %
and sat down.
Then arose Old Smilhers, pale and
trembling with rage, and exclaimed:
'It's a damned lie, and III whip you
as soon as you leave the church r5
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-01-19
THE EmIGRANTs DREAM.

Alone with his sorrows, aud in dark wood
Afar from his friends and kin,
Before a lone cottage the emigrant stood,
To list to the voices within.
Sweet Homev through the shadows stole soft o.
his ear,
And with the wild thrub OF his breast.
The song Of his childhood. so plaintire and clear,
The often had luIled him to sleep.
Unnamed by the memories that came to him now
And thoughts that his fancy would start.
The emigrant bowed with hands on bis brow,
To press back the tears from his heart.
The tones of the absent we're blcut with the sound
And visions appeared in the gloom;
Heart-brozen and weary he sank to the ground
To slumber and dream OF his home.
He dreemt Of The old folds and clicking mills.
And the larks that sang in the sky:
And he dreamt Of the cot in his own native hills,
Where now he would journey to die.
He saw his bowed father in the eaken armchair,
Too feeble 60 stand on the heor,
With his hands On his lap, and his look Of despair
stiH watching the latch Of the door
Inc lAie ON ms lolllliiil luM 4llilAet Wtle ast0h
From broodingOf thoughts Of his boy
And the light Of his eye so lustreless shOne.
Once lie by the light OF his joy.
He saw his dear mother 1.-THE garden-gate stand.
With her love that would never grow dim;
And he saw, in his fancy. her quivcring band.
Still raised in its blessing for him.
go mother g he cried, in his rapture at last,
I have crossed the wide ocean to thee,
Forthe woe in my bosom vas killing me fast,
In the land that was homeless 20 me-"
His kisses were pressed on her tear-mOisened chcef
Her hands were still Clasped in his own;
And in his oarcsses he struggled tc speak,
But awoke, for the vision had flown.
As he watched the pale stars from the heavens dc
parts
In the gray Of the mornings FIRST CLEAN,
lie prayed that future might bring to his heart
The loved ones that came in his dream.
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a oOuslSLT COURTESY.

When some FIVE years ago the Young
Marquis of Hastings had involved him
self hopelessly in debt and difficulty. and
was obliged to sell his positions in Scot
land, his cousin, the young Marquis Of
Butte, came TO the rescue and BOUGHT
in the property, saying that when the
Hastings family could redeem it they
should have it st the same price.
Lord Hastings died soon after penni-
less; save what was settled on his wife.
everything he had was sold. His n,ar-
quisate became extinct but his sister
succeeded to his Scottish Earidom oh
Loudoun, dignity which goes tn the fe-
male line.
Lady LoUdoun, who IS an estimabIe
person, contrived hy making eonsidera-
Ole sacrifices, to buy i'm at her brotheFs
death the house and q good deal of the
Hastings property at bennington, I'm I.ei-
eestershire, and now She has managed
70 re-purchase the Ayrshire estates nom
Lord Butte, who, true to his word, has
returned them at exactly the original
price,
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-01-19
THE EGYPTIAN TEMPLE OF THE sun

On the banks of the River Nile, near
the second cataract, in q wild and DESC
! late portion of Nubia, remote from the
habitatiOn Of men, stands the grand old
! temple of "AbOO SjnlbeI." This remark
able relic of antiquity was erected du-
ring the time of ftRemesis the Great, y
who ruled over Egygt l ,311 years before
| the Christian Era. Its exterior is COM
posed of solid rock, preserved in its nat
ural shape, and for many hundred years
the entrance has been completely COW
cred by the sand of the desert.
1t is only within the present century
that this temple has been reOpened ;
since which time efforts have been
made to arrest the progress of the sand,
which persistently returns with the fire.
quent Ehamseen winds, to hide the mar
row portal.
The changed topography of the coun-
try enables the elements to protect this
strange monument of the past; and it is
not improbable that so long as Nubian
rocks and the mountains last, so long
will taboo Simbel" stand. At the en-
trance are too immense cOlOssi, repre-
senting Remesis the Second, They are
seated on massive thrones cut into the
rock in such manner as to present the
appearance of grim guardians to the sa-
cred temple. Their total height is
about siXty-siX feet, without the pedes-
tails. To form an accurate idea of their
size, it may be well to slate that the ear
of each colossus measures three and a
half feet, the fOrefingers three feet, and
the lower portion of the arm from the
elbow joint to finger end, has a measure
ment Of fifteen feet.
The height of the facade of the temple
is estimated at one hundred feet, but as
a portion of the base still remains hid
den, it is impossible to determine the
precise distance with accuracy. The in
terror of the temple is adorned with
works Of art peculiar to the period, with
carvings and herOglyphics of an histOr-
ical character. The principal hall is
supported by eight Osiride pillars, while
beyond il is q second hall, from which
diveTge numerous corridors leading in
to ten side rooms and the adytum.
In the center of the adytm is an al |
tar, and at the upper end are fourstatues
in relief. Attached to the columns in |
the great hall are eight colOssi, each sew
enteen feet in height, without the cap |
and pedestal. Upon the walls are nu-
merOus pictorial illustrations in cOlors, /
Of battle scenes and conquests of Reme- |
sis the Second. A portion of the space /
is also occupied by q large tablet con-
tanning the date of this mOnarch's first
years reign.
The coloring of the figures still remain
bright and beautiful, although more |
than thirty-fve centuries have elapsed
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Advertisements viii be inserted at the

hour. After that, the President wiz be
occupied with the meeting Of the Cabi .
net for the rest Of the day. Our reoeD-
ton days for the public are on MondaTg
and Thursdays, from 10 to u O'Clock In
the morning. I win be happy 70 SEQ
you at that time and to send in your
card
Herein is contained enough evidence
OF the Presidents dependence on Dent,
TO satisfy even his mind. Apparently it
oVefWhelms the old farmer, for, IN q
gush Of simplicity, he responds:
Wall, taint no matter eff didn't sec
the Gin'ral. Let me shake hands wIfh
yOU, and jest you tell him thatI called. ,
Exit the old man. without having LEFT
even his name, but obviously stes1ed IN
the individual Importance Of Dent.
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THE MEETING OF GERMAN NATUR'
ALISTs AND PHYSICIANS AT IN
NsBRUOK TYROL.

From the 18th to the 2ith of Septem-
Der last the little town of Innsbruck
wore an air of unwOnted hustle and eN-
citement. It's population, already aug
mented by the usual throng Of summer
tourists, was swelled by the advent of
somewhere about 500 additional visitors
professors, doctors, directors, men Of
all sciences, often with their wives and
daughters, who had come from all parts
Meeting of the German Naturalists and
Physicians,
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ERIE RAlLWAH.
ON and after Monday, November 18TH, 1850,
Trains viii leave Urbana7 at the following hours
viz
CONG WEST.
2gA. H. NIGHT EKPRE5s, lail for Cincin-
natl and the West and South, Ognnects win
tba OHIO and Mississippi ana Louisville
Short Line Railways for 81. Louis ana the
South and Soutl-Mesli also stola ~ sls y y H. -.
pal stations and connecting polhts SiO4ls
main line.
A Sleeping Coach is attached 20 this train ai
New York, running through 70 Cincinnati.
1910 A. n ACCOMMODATIONS Sundays eXcep-
OK ii n DAY EXPRESS daily, Mondays ex-
reufed f0r Cincinnati and the Wesl and
s--flr CONNECTS With the ONO and alasls-
s-ls ,,-,i r,,11f-,-flIo -1inaf Zine Railway. for
~ Touis and the South and Southwest
sreeni1r Coaches are attached to this train an
II0Tnellsville, running through TO West Sa-
Iout without change.
s.l5 P. ii. Way FREIGHT, Sundays excepted.
GOING East.
f.sa A. n. ITCfHTNIga EXPRESS, daily con-
meeting at New York, for Boston and an New
England cities and stopping az az! llllll ~ lll
Intermediate sl'lllolis ana elll .ill.s- -
A glaaniug Coach is allllel 70 Llle ill lt IN
cfnnaff running through 70 NeT YORK
5.55 A. NJ. ACCOMMODAIION, sundays eAeep-
les5 "A. n. cINuNNATI Express, sundays
excepted, stopping at an important P9lIlSIs PS.llI
on main line, and connecting % New YORK
Tor Bosfon nfld New England clllea.
A Sleeping C0nch aeeoUnTl tlila tlalh iol5L
lleadville to New York -.7
I2.f5 p. n. WAY FREIGHT, 0undi9s eAos 3le'i-
rlosfon and New England Passengers, with
their Baggage, are transferred Eree OF Charge III
New York. , o,
snr- C'onrhog RE-TN lIfE WORLD aA accom-
.Dalt,-Ie IN nirht trains on this haiila|
r-o,- F1r1,- from tleir Jersey City Depot to the
4o.of of 23i ST. New York, thus enabling passeIi-
GER. 10 reach the upper portion Of the city WIFI
out the expense and annoyance oI a street car Ut
omnibus transfer.
T7-T'be scenery along the entire route OF the Z
Erie Railway IS OF the most plcIllesglg anu anu I
ifes. m a daylight journey over this Line, Will
.frd in its ever changing LANDSCAPES su1ects oi
continual admiration and interest,"
BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH
And Pare always as low as by any other route
rr-A As, non rIcKETs via ERIE RAILWAY.
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BAGGAGF CHECKED THROUGH
-. -. - -. l,,. ,r,,- otlner route

ps-AsK FOR TICKETS via ERIE RAILWAY,
Which can be obtained at the PRINCIPAL Ticket
OGices JIM the West and south-M
7. D Rrrr-FR WA. r. BARR,
- C5en1 S1p't. Gen1 Pass'r Ag,t
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on and after Monday, November i5in lall
Trains viii leave Urbana, at the following hours
Smyrna times., 1870-11-02
A." SMYRNA TIMES" SUPPLEMENT.


of Waterloo is a struggling street of stone cot
tag"s, where Wellington slept after the battle
and where he dated his dispatch. The room
liz which he slept is pointed out You can get
a glass ofpale ale there. They have to keep
large stock Of pale ale in this neighborhoOd to
supply the young Englishmcn who come to
look at the field OF glory. Waterloo village is
now noted chiefly for little girls who run alter
the carriages of visitors and stand on their
heads, hoping that their gymnaStic feats may
draw peuny. They are quite expert. 1t was
worth penny TO see them run and suddenly
gather their skirts between their knees (ior
these young ladies' are exceedingly dccOrousJ,
and fling their heels in the air This is about
all there is OF Waterloo, except the church,
and the principal thing about the church is the
graveyard. Next to Wellington the great man
in th- part Of the world was one Serjeant Ma
jor Cotton. Unfortunately, like Wellington
and Napoleon, he is dead. The major was in
the battle Of Waterloo, and all the guides and
other important people about here are nephcws
and nieces Of his, or defendants in some de
gree OF his female relatives, or of his wifcs
relations, do not know which He was the
orr Iinal and only nfallible guide, and somebody
wrote a book for him about the battle, show
Ing that he knew very little about it. One
thing the major could do. He could draw a
I Illdu w tIC bdlllC WIN MS STICK IN the aust on
the field, and generally in doing this he would
rake out bullet, one Of the relics, aud was
prepared to sell 1t on the spot at price in ac-
cordance with the surprising incident of find
ing it Just in that way There has been a
large crop Of old bullets ras.d on the field
They grow about twn crops yrar in good
tm"S.
/ PUBLIC SPlHITED LADY recommends all
/ the women who apply to her lately for assist
anre, to open laundry, AMI really there is
room for fifty good establishments Of this ina
in PhiIadrlpAiu alone The new French laun-
dries wash and iron beautifully but they charge
enormouSy-tromt two to ten dollars for "A sin
gle dress; three to fifteen dollars for suits.
/ The public laundries destroy and lose 81 much
that no one can ever afford to patrnnize them a
+ second time. In the hands of ordinary wash
crwomcn the linens and cambrieS and piuurS
lose nIl their beauty, and come out pale, faded
/ stretched the wrong way, ironcd up instead OF
down, and down instead OF up. If some wash
erwuman OF genius would open laundry, ad
verti,e to wash bnff linen in hay water, prints
III boiled bran water, cOlOred cambrics ia a
/ mixture OF salt and hect-gall promise not to
ruin clothes Of any kind with lime and soda,
and do just as she said, she would make for.
tune. We give the hint free gratis Will some
experienced woman reduce it to practice?
--~--~>~-S-.--------
The New York RcpoLWiion women's paper
n
Smyrna times., 1870-11-02
The Fourteen Sieges of Paris.

The French capital Is standing its fourteenth
siege. According to a paper published in the
POlosatdTe under the title FiWctuact nee
Mergttur:
The first of these on record was in the year
j3 B. e., when I4uteta, then confined to an
island in the Seine, was attacked by the Ro
man consul labenus, and the inhabitants,
abandoning the delens1 of the town, burned
their houses and retired to the neighboring
hills where they were finally vanquished hy
the superior tactics OF the lcgiOns.
In y. d. 4G3, Chiideric l.. son Of Merovcno.
drove out thu Romans after an obstinate siege.
In S45 the city was taken and pillaged hy
the Normans. cnticed thither by the riches Of
the capital
In $50 they ,gain attacked Paris. which was
huIned b! H. inhabitants.
Five years later there was another incursion
hy the ir.ehoOtrrS. VIII however found moth
ing worth taking
After thi, the Pari>tns decided upon iori-
i5ing their town, bnt before the walls were
completed thirty Thousand Normaus cncamped
heiorc them. The citizens, however, defend
ed Themselves maniully for more than ycar.
AMI the invaders We're about to raise the Siege
when Charles the Fir-t h0sied Il white flag aud
signed Il l>gracrul r.are which cost him his
throne.
In 1858 the DIuphn laid ,icg, to thc town,
bat was unsuccessful; aS WAS the King ui En-
aand III 1853.
In 42O the Engli>h took Paris by assault,
and held il for sixteen ye.rS. During this
time it WI, attacked by Char'eS VII who W4>
rrpui>ed hy The garrison.
In 462 the Duke of Burgundy rlv4grd the
country up 10 the very walls
In 1864 the Count Of Chai0laiS invested the
city aud was defeated III several assaults Alike
unsuccessful was the army Of Charles Y in
Ij36.
IInIrr II .,,r,. ami IInnrv Y ,L, ,;,,,
Sustained memorable siege, rapiiulatiug
however, t. the soldier Of Naiarlc alter he had
ahiurcd Professionalism.
Lastly, in 1914, 1t was given ~. after i brief
but gallant defence, 10 the allies Then, as in
every preceding instance, tr, ason had much to
ito with the surrender 0i the capital an this
treason seems to have been confined exclusive
ly to the upper and middle classes, who con
tended With each other Tor the honor Of paying
court and homage to the conqueror> The pa
pers Of 1914 ;ell OF the .li'antry Of the work
man aud students at the Barrierre lie Cichy
and their sad silence : the foreigners marched
in triumph through the streets, but they also
tell how ribbons and flowers were sh0wered
down upon them in the wealthy quarters Of
the town and how the women IAN forward to
KISS the huzzars and COssacks.
Prot. Cocker, of Michigan University, an
Engiishman himself, spent the summer in the
old country, and tells the story that one
we'll Informed person demonstrated to him the
:mpOssibihty Of Americas becoming great
nation, because she hdd no c0aL and expressed
cOmmen1able degree of surprise when shr
learned that when we had scooped all the Goa
out of some of our districts, their ttle island
could be dropped clear out of sight in the hole
Nashville girl tried to hang herself be
Smyrna times., 1870-11-02
Tobacco.

1t would be unjust, considering all the abuse
leyelled at tobacco smokers, and how often
they are sOemny told that tobacco destroys all
their energies, not to admit that the success Of
the Germans in the present war is rather
feather III the smokers cap. These misguided
men seem to live on tobacco; the uhlans, who
in little parties Of three or four trot gayly in
advance and take possession of fortified towns
invariably carry pipes in their mouths The
mayor Of each town is directed to find cigars
for everybody before anything else is done
The German troops, ID is stated. think bat lit
tie OF scarcity OF prOvl>iOns-they fight a.
well without their dinner as with it-but to-
baccO Is Indispensable to them. On the whole,
we fear experience shows that smoking army
Is capable ot greater endurance and Of making
greater efforts than non->mOking army Al
a late meeting Of the British Medical As>ocia.
tlon at Newcastle, DR. John Murray presented
paper on Snuff taking. and it's utility in
preventing bronchitis and consumption" in
which he rcnarks that an haIitual smoker sell
IN or never died Of consumption, and that
the progress of consumption is frequently ar
rested by practicing the habit Of >nutt-taking
snuff taking, it seems, is not only OF great use
IN curing catlrrh, but l. an admirable expedi-
ent Tor preventing it altogether If when
on joW ney, you experience Il succession Of
chlII-, IN due time you may expect an attack
If bronchitis, an ntilteraion of pneumonia or
tubercu'ar pla>ma, or illness in some either
form, each tending to reduce the pow, RS of
lie, and, consequently. liable to set uli con
sumption IN tho>' prcdispoSed.' Under these
circumstances, Dr.. Murray strongly recon-
mcnds suuff to be taken in liberal pinches.
Tobacco, in fact, is now strongly suspected l.,
the medical profession to have been uniu>ty
abused. The majority of doctors. Dr. Murray
states, " when recovering from "a common cold,
will take snuff thcm>elve, to hasten their re
coyery. '-Erchange.
Smyrna times., 1870-11-02

A very pretty card for ." tin wedding is
described. 1t consists of a large sheet of tin
framed and backed by photograph of the
happy couple in front OF their country house.
on the attitude of welcoming the coming
friends. A playcard ON rustic stand contains
the invitation to the tenth anniversary.
Smyrna times., 1870-11-02

A Nashville girl tried to hang herself be-
cause her nose was turning red. TASTES is
various" said Sam Weller Some men spend
large sums of money, time and whisky in bring
ing their noses to a bright red.
Smyrna times., 1870-11-02

Women who claim to have been pioneers in
the woman's rights agitation are scarce The
movement was started twenty years ago, and
they don't like to admit the necessary age.
Smyrna times., 1870-11-02

9I-lnFTT Tn TWt TeEiNH UI
nervous restlessnsss which
This improvement - not Il
r a. - -vr-D+or1