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Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

Rev. DR.. Bellows writes to the Independent
that he goes to the theatre sometimes, and
somewhat sarcasticaily continues: But the
worst of it is, our conscience is so dcfiled that
we feel quite as innocent and out of harm S
way in some theatres as we do in some churches
That is to say, we find very bad actors in both,
and occasional clowns in the pulpit, and grave
and serious gentlemen in the theatre. And we
see people going to church with all their world.
illness diamonds, and lace, and tucks, and
frills-upon them, and saying, with the most
beautiful acting in the world: Lord be merci
full to us miserable sinners!' and we can't for
a moment help asking if it isn't the theatre. :"
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

An old farmer was out one ine day looking
over his broad acres, With an ak on his shoulder
and a small dog at his heels. They espied a
woo1chuck. The dog gave chase and drove
him into a stone wall, where action imme-
diately commenced. The dog would draw tho
woodchuck k partly out from the wall, and the
woodchuck would take the dog back The old
farmers sympathy getting high on the side of
the dog, he thought he must help him. So,
putting himself in position, with ak above the
dog, he waited for the extraction Of the wood
chuck, when he would cut him down. So an
opportunity offered, and the old man struck,
but the wOodchuak gathered up at the same
time, took the dog in far enough to receive the
blow, and the dog was killed on the spot.
Forty years after, the old man, in relating the
story, would always add: And that dog
don't know to this day but what the woodchuck
killed him."
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

FRUIT FARMS AT VINELAND.-The great
profit of fruit culture can be fully recognized
when we consider that quart Of good straw
berries will sell for as much in Philadelp phia,
New York or Boston as bushel of corn will
sell for IN some places of the West. A fruit
farm well laid out, cultivated and attended to-
is sure to be highly remunerative. Experience
proves this fact. 1t requires no more industry
or system than ordinary farming, but it does
require that much. Strawberries last Spring
paid at the rate of from 800 to 500 dollars an
acre. Last Autumn grapes paid as much
In Vineland peaches have always been a sure
and a paying crop. Even when they have
failed in Delaware we have had good crops in
VinelaDd. Twice as much will be done the
present season in the fruit line as was done
last year. An increased area of orchards and
vineyards will come in bearing New ones
will be extensively set out, aud the culture will
receive more skillful and careful attention than
heretofore on account of the profits realized
from it the past several seasons Kmeland
Weekly
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

THE WRECKS IN CHARLESTON HARBoR.-
For some time past operations have been
going on under contract with the United States
Government, for the raising of the wrecks of
war vessels that since the war have been such
dangerous distractions to navigation in
Charleston harbor. Thus far the rebel rams
Charleston and Chicora have been raised.
These vessels were sunk in Cooper river near
the city wharves, by an explosion, to prevent
their falling into Union hands; yet strangely
enough one of them was found to be very little
injured A steam engine was taken out of her
in good preservation, result said to be due to
the fact that the ashes of the upper works fell
upon and adhered to the machinery, thus pre-
venting corrosion. Three seven.inch rife guns
have also been taken out in excellent condition.
The next wreck to be raised Is that of the
Patapsco, which divers report TO be also in
good order, but lying deeply imbedded IN
quicksand. aa... ,. t.i bar .'at7 q
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

HENRY WARD BEECHER ON INTEREST. mo
blister draws sharper than interest does OF
all industries, none is comparable to that of
interest. 1t works all day and night, in fair
weather and foul. IL has no sound IN its foot
steps, but travels fast. 1t gnaws at a mans
substance with invisible teeth. 1t binds in
dustry with its film, as a fly is bound in a
spiders web. Debts roll man over and over,
binding hand and foot, letting him hang upon
the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest
devours him. There is but one thing on a
farm like it, and that is the Canada thistle,
which swarms new plants every time you break
its roots, whose blossoms are prolific and
every flower the father of million seeds.
Every leaf is an awl, every branch spear, and
every plant like platoon of bayOnets, and a
field of them like an armed host. The whole
plant is a torment and vegetable curse. And
yet farmer had better make his bed of
Canada thistles than to be at ease upon
interest. , .t.ft .-...."
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14
A VALENTINE.

Maiden honny blithe, and airy,
Inv be thine in February,
EyermOre be thine
How, for thee the years went by
In silvery fight, while l
Sat alone, and ever spied
OF their WINGS the dusky side
Drearily they came aud went,
Darkening my discomfort
Till thou mad st them shine.
Till thou mad'st them shine, my Bessie,
Maiden winsome, sweet, and-dressyi
Made them shine with theel
All the sun is in thy curls
Lilies greet thee, queen of girls
Heavens blue is in thy glance,
All the summer in thy dance,
All earth's sweetness in thy breath;
Shadows coae alone with death.
Bessie, live tor me
Live for me, NV heart of Iightness,
Fitting all my soul with brightnessi
Let me live for thee
Every month of every year,
Every day. beyond and here,
Everv hour of every day,
All the time and all the way,
am thine, and :bou art mine.
What can part us, Valentine
Two in one are We.
-HEARTE AND HONE.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

NEWSPAPER TRAINING. We can safely re-
commend graduate of newspaper office for
almost any station 10 life, at least for all such
as require pretty good knowledge of the
peculiarities and characteristics of the human
family. A man who can preserve the serenity
of his temper, the sweetness of christian dis.
position, and an unfagging perseverance, amid
all the obstacles and difficulties which news
paper publications present, deserves to be
ranked with job for patience, Baxter for good
ness and the Iron Duke. for instance, for nerve,
power and obstinate determination. - Christian
World. f'f.f
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

A Boston workman, who says he has little
sympathy with the foolish twaddle sometimes
said and written about working mems rights,
sends the following to the Traveller of that
city: "CapitaI without labor is like faith with
out work-dead. Labor without capital is like
work without faith-valueless. In the nature
of things, there is perfect harmony between
them, and selishness alone suggests any
antagonism. Let capital beware, lest it alien
ate labor Let labor beware, lest it cripple
capital. Let capital say to labor, Lend me
thy hands, and let labor reply, i will; but
let me hold one of the strings to thy purse. "
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

"Ten gallons of kerosene, three pounds of
potash, one ounce of strychnine, mixed with
soft water. 1t was according to this cheerful,
not to say convivial formula, that quantity of
whisky" seized last week in Newtown, Mass.
was compounded, the recipe having also been
found in the possession of the unfortunate
dealer. The mystery is that men who drink
this .diabolical fluid do not drop down stone
dead at once ''..' ''+
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

A lady school-teacher in Omaha, having an
inordinate dread of the smallpox, sent home
little girl because she said Der mother was sick
and had marks on her face The next day the
girl appeared at the school house with her
finger in her mouth and her little bonnet swing
ing by the strings, and said to the teacher
Miss =, we've got leetle baby at our
house, but mother told me to tell you 1t is Mt
cdtcltin'." The teacher said she was glad, and
told her pupil to take her seat.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

THE FIRST LUCIFER.-Necessity is the
mother of invention, and it is to Mother Neces-
sity that we are indebted for that very useful
but dangerous little household article-the
lucifer match-Mr. Isaac Holden, in bis evi-
dence before the English Patent Committee,
thus gives the history OF the invention, which,
he says, was due to happy thought that
flashed upon him without any previous consid-
Grafton. Mr.. Holden, many years ago. had to
rise at four in the morning to pursue his stud
les in chemistry, and experienced tie gravest
inconvenience from his tedious efforts to obtain
light from flint and STEEL He was giving
lectures at this time to very large academy
He goes on to say: "Of course | knew, as
other chemists did, the explosive material that
was necessary in order to produce instantaneous
light; but it was very difficult to obtain light
ON wood by that explosive material and the
idea occurred to me to put under the explosive
mixture sui phur. did that and published it
in my next lecture, and showed it. There was
young man in the room whose father was a
chemist in London, and he Immediately wrote
to his father about it, and shortly afterwards
lucifer matches were issued to the world.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

The United States Economist says" The
Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company is,
beyond doubt, the greatest in the world. 1t
owns or controls at least four thousand miles of
railroad, representing a capital to the amount
of two hundred millions of dollars, gross reve-
nues amounting TO forty million dollars year,
and it owns or controls land grants covering
eighty thousand square miles-equal to the
aggregate possessions Of four of the great mon
archics of Europe" .-..l-.l
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

DECLINE IN THE AMERICAN BIRTH RATE
A remarkable diagram has been prepared by
DR.. Toner, the statistician, which gives at a
glance the facts of each census in regard to the
relative longevity of the two sexes; also another
curious table showing the number of children
born to each thousand women between the ages
of fifteen and fifty at each census. This table
reveals the startling fact that what is held up
as the peculiar shame Of Massachusetts, is
equally true of all her sister States 1t is
shown that only one-half as many children are
now born to each thousand women as in 1900,
and that there has been a regular decrease from
one decade of years to another.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

A married friend of ours said he would
always have remained single, but he couldn't
afford it. What it cost him for gals and ice
cream" was more than he now pays to bring
up a wife and eight children. Bachelors
should think of this.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

Thuswise do they eat philoperAs 10 Opellka,
Alabama The young lady tai"s the almond
between their teeth and the yung gentleman
bites it off.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

The Army Register for 1872 contains a list
of all the officers of the United States army.
The full number of officers authorized by law
is 226l, but the names of only 2079 are now
borne on the rolls, SO that there are lS2 vacan-
cies. There are now thirteen general officers
of the army, to wit: General Sherman, Lieut.
General sheridan, Major Generals Meade,
Hancock and Schofed, and Brigadier Gener-
ais Mcdowell, Cooke, Pope, Howard, Terry,
Ord, Ciuby and Auggr: . These generals .s ss are
three major generals and eight brigadiers.
BY existing laws it is provided that no promo
tions are to be made to the rank of brigadier
until the number Of that rank is reduced
below six.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

Mr.. Speckles says the best vegetable pill yet
invented is an apple dumpling; for destroying
gnawing in the stomach, it Is a pill which
may always be relied on.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

A young student wants US to tell him if
W-o r-c-e-s-te- spells Wooster, why r CHI
e-s tie don t spell Rooster? We give it up,
as we are not in the habit of getting up die
tionaries
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14
SOMEBODY'S LOVE.
rs she's sitting tO-night.

Over the embers she's sitting tonight,
Aged and poor; and her tresses white
As the carpet that covers the meadow and hill.
Seventy and three but shes beautiful still
Beautiful stil-fOr the goodness that shines
Where Time, in his round. has penciled the lines
That the cheek which hath vanished
Whatever her history is nobody knows
But l feel, as look on her, feeble and poor
Alone in her cot on the desOate
That once, in the years that have vanished away,
Her face was as fair hOwret in May
That the great joy of loving this has known.
She was somebody's love in the years long agone.
Somebody loved her when, youthful and fair,
The sunlight scarcely light than her hair;
Somebody pressed on her red lips a kiss,
Waiting the moment Tor her whispered "Yes!
But ever and ever and ever so long
Are the since he heard that sweet song
Since she stood at the altar, radiant bride
Somebody's loved one and somebody's pride.
Ever and ever so long since she prest
Her lips to his, answering not in his rest
Since she strewed the spring vioets his bed,
And cried, in her anguish, Beloved, and dead II
Since his dear voice no longer replied to her own.
Who somebody's love IN the years long agone
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

A lady in London got the idea into her head
that the devil was in her and hung herself
IfwOmen go to hanging themselves for little
thing like that, they are going to be scarce,
that's all.-Panch
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

A negro after gazing at some Chinese, shook
his head, and solemnly said, IF de white folks
be so dark as dat out dar, l wonder what's de
color of de black folks!'
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

An Omaha paper advises the people "iot
to make such fuss over the shooting ofone
constable, as there are over forty candidsAs ior
the office. -
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

A Yankee down East has made, the dis
covery, that a window glazed with Od hats Is
a sure indication that the occupaDtshaVe seen
a rum bottle
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

Rather novel method of celebrating the
advent of leap year has been adopted at South
vile, Kentucky, and one quite unpleasant for
the victims. This is nothing more or less than
public sale of the bachelors and widowers of
that enterprising town by the young ladies' of
that vicinity. They brought the following
prices Lawyers inferior grade), $5 head ;
farmers, from 81 25 to $3.50; doctors (com-
mon stock, and evidently drugs in the
spirited bachelors without any distinctive
professions or trades, IS cents to ST O5, and the
bidding slow. The high price paid for the
widowers seems unaccountable to the bache-
lors. 1t is pity to hold up so strong an in
ducement for men to wish to be widowers.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

PUTTING THINGS AwAY-"Do men think"
says an exchange, chow much time women
spend In picking up and putting things away?"
Putting things away" becomes sort of
mania with some neat housewives, and it not
only gives them vast amount of trouble but
it sours their temper, and is source of annov-
ance to every member of the family. The
mania consists too often in waiting on every
member of the family, when, in justice they
ought each one of them wait on themselves.
Let every member Of the family have place
for coats, hats, shawls, boots, slippers, and be
taught to put them in their places
Let every child be taught, at the earliest DOS.
slble time, to wash its own face, hands, teeth,
and brush its own har-subject, of course, to
the approving "well done" of mother or
sister
Let mother herself remember to fold and put
away her own things properly, never leaving
them to be looked after in the morning.
Let husband and father remember that they
can brush and fold away their Sunday clothes,
and put them in their places, as easily and as
well as the mother can do it,
Selt-dependence and self helpfulness are
magical wonder-wOrkers in the family, and
early instilled into the minds of husbands,
hired men and children, would go far to tighten
the labor and care OF the Over-worked wives and
mothers.
Loving and cheerful helpfulness; or the
sweet Thank you, mamma y from children
or kindly appreciation expressed by the rough,
strong man, who will think to say, Il kRow,
dear, you are tired or the dinner is excel.
lent you are the best little wife in the world
try, now, to rest an hour before tea time -
will quicken them, and send new life over the
WORKOUT nerves of your Overworked wife ol
mother. Try it, children; try it, husband, and
note the effect
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

"Those who buy tOmbStones of us look with
pride and satisfaction on the graves of their
friends" is the advertisement of western
stone cutter.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

IF you want your neghors to know about s95
you" give party and -ont invite the ioiks
who live next door. -t
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

Coleridge tells us1f man who had such Al, an
E oEgTwne@IGg ;gshsat ssttsk taxing off his hat.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

When ysu can't think of what your wife
charged Jou to bring home, get hair pins.
They axe always handy in house.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

A POETIC PARALLEL-It is Montgomery
who says
Leaves have their time to fall,
An likewise so |
The reason, too, s the same
1t comes O gettin' dry;
But here's tn difference ,twixt tn leaves an
me: falls more harder an more frequentlee |"
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

We have known in our day great many
with their noses, which were either too small
or too large, or too much turned up, or snub,
or in some way not to the taste of the involun-
tary wearers. Science, it seems, has come to
the relief of such sufferers. Alexander Ross
of High Holborn, London, advertises Nose
Machine "by which the soft cartilage of the
nose may be pressed into any desired shape,
simply by wearing the instrument an hour
daily for a short time" There have been old
maids and equally old bachelors, with pug
noses, who always slept with the organ
bandaged down, in the iond hope of securing a
graceful droop; and for the convenience Of
Ross machine will be positively invaluable.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

Tn Tennessee hotel keeper is called
sthash-mill boss. " .-..'..
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

How TO CHOOSE HUSBAND. Some one
has written an essay, giving instructions how to
choose husband. The writer treats the sub
ject just as if he thought choosing husband
was just as cold bloOded a matter as buying
horse. And it may be so with some people.
Undoubtedly there are mothers who calculate
on the marriage Of their daughters merely with
an eye to external advantages-tO wealth, and
what is called station in ife-with as little
sentiment as they would experience in buying
clock. And there are daughters who enter
tain similar views.
But these are exceptional cases. The great
majority of marriages are determined almost
solely by love. And frequently the parties
would find it as difficult as anybody else to ac-
count for their love for each other.
And when this love, this sentiment of ex-
treme and exclusive devotion to another, is
once experienced, it is very apt to obtain its
object Opposition, from any source, is gene
rally found, in the end, to be vain, and worse
than useless. A few speculative marriages
marriages of convenience and of calculation
take place. But, in the main, Love, and Love
only, is the great match maker. So is has
always been; so it will ever be.
Smyrna times., 1872-02-14

"Annie Laurie" is an old Scottish song
written by Mr.. Douglass, of Finland-which,
after slumbering tor years almost forgotten,
was introduced anew to the musical world by
the Misses Cummings in their celebrated Scot
tish concerts. 1t owes its wondrOus popularity
to an incident which happened during the Cri
mean war. On the evening preceding the
battle of the Alma the allied troops had march
ed from Baltsckik Bay to the Alma. When
upon the Bouljanak-a small stream--they
bivouacked on the evening OF the 10th Of Sep
tember, 1853. The march had been a severe
one and the tired men, after their evening
meal, had gathered round the camp-fres in
knots, to while away the time in talk Of home
and those near and dear to their hearts. 1t
was when the troops were thus engaged that a
Highlander of Sir Colin Campbelrs brigade
began singing in a clear, strong voice, this
sweet song. The effect was electrical. The
cherished recollections of their native land
stirring their hearts, one by one the Scottish
troops joined in the music, until from thous-
ands of voices the refrain
" And for bonny Annie Laurie
Id lay me down and die
swelled forth in the evening air. Next morn
ing-in that terrible charge in column-many
a voice was still forever, and many stout
heart in truth had laid him down and died.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-07

VALUABLE IMPROVED REAL ESTATE AT
AUCTION BY THE STANDARDIZATION atten-
ton is called to the sales at auction, to be
made this day at noon, at the St. Louis
Auction Exchange, by the Sheriff of the
parish of Orleans. Said sales comprise
l. A lot of ground, with all the buildings
and Improvements thereon, situated in the
Second District of this city, Nos. 49 and 81
Ursulines street, between Chartres and
Royal streets.
,. A lot of ground, with all the buildings
and Improvements thereon, situated in the
Third District of this city, on Frenchmen
street, between Victory and Moreau streets.
3. A lot of ground, with all the buildings
and improvements thereon, situated in the
same district on Laharpe street, between
Claiborne and Derbigny streets.
For full particulars and terms see adver-
tisements,
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-07
Texas Wheat.

The Sherman, Texas, Journal says this
of Texas wheat:
In company with Glenn. Fitch, ESQ.,, and
Messrs. HOpsOn and Bonham, SURVEYORS.
we took a ride out to Mr.. Fiteh's farm. two
miles east of Sherman, and inspected his
wheat crop. We never saw a finer stand
Of wheat in any country than we went over
to-day. Mr.. Fitch had the acre surveyed
out, and intends to contend for the prize
offered by the fair association for the best
acre of wheat raised in this county. He is
now cutting his Texas wheat, and the yield
promises to be at least thirty bushels to the
acre. The grain was sOwn broadcast. The
stand is as good as could be, the grain full
and plump, with little or no rust
His white wheat will yield much more
than the Texas, and viii possibly thresh
out thirty-ive or forty bushels to the acre.
1t is much later than the Texan, and will
not be ready to cut for some time yet.
The third was the Missouri May variety, a
handsOmer variety than either of the other
two, fully ripe and the grains large and full,
with scarcely an imperfect grain to be
found. This variety is, unfortunately, "a little
mixed with later wheat.
Mr.. Fitch has about 100 acres in wheat
this season, and has probably given the
culture of this cereal more attention than
any other person in this section of Texas,
Mr. Fitch is an ardent friend of Greeley,
believes in farming, and at some future day
he proposes to write a book on "What I
know about wheat raising" and NAV DOS
sibly be a.candidate for President on that
issue.