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Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

THE Crown OF ENGLAND The corwn of
England is a costly 'bauble," belazz}ed with
jewels enough to found three or four public
charities, or half dozen ordinary colleges
There are twenty diamonds round the circle,
worth $500 each, making $ljO, 900; two large
centre diamonds, $lO,OOO each, making $20,-
600; ftty-four smaller diamonds, placed at the
angle Of the former, each $500; four crosses,
each composed of twenty FIVE diamonds, 500,
600; four large diamonds on the top of the
crosses, $2O0OO twelve diamonds contained in
the feur de,ls, $4,000; eighteen smaller dia
monds contained in the same, $4,000; pearls,
diamonds, &c, upon the arches and crosses,
$50, 1000; also one hundred and forty-onc small
diamonds, $25,000; twenty-six diamonds in
the upper cross, SIS, $40; two circles of pearl,
about the rim, SIS, 800. The cost of the stones
in the crown, exclusive of the metal, il, there
fore, nearly half million of dollars.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29
WHOLE NO. 926

SHINGLES AND SERMONS.-Mi re-
muneration in the early days of the great Vest
was on the worldly basis Of all other matters.
AS an illustration, we give the case OF Rev.
Jacob Patch, years ago Of Northern Indiana.
No purer, simpler minded man than be.
Thoroughly educated in literary and theological
colleges under New England influences, he
soon adapted himself to his New work Of aid
ing in Christianizing the West. Alter few
years residence in the land of prairie and
forest he began the building Of house for him
self. His way Of paying for shingles might be
new to Mr. Beecher, but was too true with our
pioneer clergy. The good people near the
Hog Greek school house Ia true name) having
a shingle machine, using its products for their
legal currency, and desiring the services of Mr..
p, contracted with him to have him deliver
them a certain number of sermons at the price
of bunch 10000 of shingles for sermon.
The preaching and shingles were respectively
! furnished to the mutual satisfaction of the
! high contracting parties. In completing the
house half bunch extra was required. In
delivering his farewell sermon, after relating
the good that had been done, and speaking of
their pleasant relations rs pastor and people,
he alluded to their contract and gave an
account which showed the balance of one half
bunch III their favor unpaid for. And now
my dear brothers and sisters, said he, u am
not owing you for enough shingles to come tC
a sermon, but, Providence permitting, ! viii
come over to you at an early day and hold I
prayer meeting! And he dill. The currenc!
, tor change was satisfactory. Drdlcer, Udrper
; .uI1d:ne.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

A TEMPERANCE HEN-The temperance
movement is making rapid strides at Hyde
Park, Pa. A hen up there has laid an egg,
containing the following prophetic inscription
.: Woe to the inhabitants of Hyde Park who
fore, and pray for forgiveness of thy sins.
1878" Now, that is what may be called "a
good egg, "a good egg for the Temperance
cause; and it was no doubt laid by PrOhibl-
ton hen, and not Local option chicken:
Some publisher of temperance organ should
purchase that fowl discontinue his paper, and
send his subscribers eggs containing temperance
notices. He could get 50 year and a large
circulation by giving each subscriber chrome
of the chicken that laid the eggs.--NOrrts-
tOlCn Herald
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

IT'S WHAT You SPEND. - It's what
thee II spend my son, said sage Quaker,
mot what theell make, which will decide
whether thees to be rich or not The advice
was trite-for it was but Franklin :, in another
shape: Take care of the pennies, and the
pounds will take care Of themselves" But it
cannot be too often repeated. Men are con-
tinualy indulging in small expenses, saying to
themselves that it S only tritle, yet forgetting
that the aggregate is serious-that even the
seashOre is made up of petty grains of sand.
Ten cents day even is thirty six dollars and
half a year, aud that is the interest of a capital
of six hundred dollars. The man that saves
ten cents a day only is SO much richer than
him who does not, as if he owned life-estate
in house worth six hundred dollars Every
sixteen years ten cents day becomes
six hundred dollars and, if invested
quarterly, does not take half that time.
But ten cents day is childs play, some
will exclaim. Well, then, John Jacob AstOr
used to say that when man who wishes to be
rich has saved ten thousand dollars he has Won
Ialf the battle. Not that Astor thought tel
thousand much. But he knew that, in making
such a sum, man acquired habits Of pruden
economy, which would constantly keep hin
advancing i'll wealth. How many, however
spend ten thousand in few years in extra ex
penSes, and when, on looking back, cannot tell
as they say, where the money went to-. L,
save is the golden rule to get rich. To squau
der even in small sums, is the first step toward
the poor house.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

WASHING SILVER WARE.-Tt seems that
housekeepers who wash their silver-ware with
soap and water, as the common practice is, do
not know what they are about. The proprietor
of one of the oldest silver establishments in the
city of Phi'a., says that "housekeepers ruin
their silver by washing it in soap suds, it makes
it look like pewter Never put particle of
soap about your silver, then it will retain its
original ustre. When it wants polish, take a
piece of soft leather and whiting, and rub ii
hard
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

An ingenious lunatic in Germantown has
studied out forty Items on the poets" the
most clever of which are appended: Very fast
indeed Swift. " Worn on the head
Hood a lady garment-.."Spenser." A
slang exclamaton-"D Dickens" An interesting
pan-"A kenside." Belongs to monastery
"Abbot" A young domestic animal Lamb.
The value of word-"W Wordsworth. To
agitate weapon" "Shakspere." A sick place
Of Worship Churchill. :" Vital part Of the
human boby-"Harte" Makes amends for
others" "Makepeace" A barrier built by an
edible Cornwall" What an oyster heap is
apt to be Shelley" Small talk and large
weight-"C "Chatterton." l can't describe its
pains and stings-"Burns. Reast beef, what
are You doing ?. Browning. A disagreablIe
fellow at ones -"Bunyan." A French
proposition and an enemy-"De Foe
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

AMERICAN HosPITALITY.-Ar Hugh
Clough said, "Ihe only way to live comfortably
i'll America is to live rudely and simply" and
while we should not like to agree to his state
ment seriously, there are moments of despair
it must be acknowledged, in which we feel
the force of it. But there is deeper reason
han this for our discomfort, and happily it is
one which it lies in our power to remedy.
Somehow or other, the idea has become
chronic with US, that we must entertain our
visitors according to their style of living rather
than our own. If friend comes who has no
larger mcndge than We, it is all very well ;
we make no special effort, and are thoroughly
and simply hospitable. But let a distinguished
foreigner or an 'Ameican prince visit us, and
everything is changed. We have an indstinct
idea of what he is accustomed to at home, anC
nothing short of that will content us. We put
ourselves to torture to devise how to entertain
him worthily, forgetting that what is unusua
is always obviously so, and that he will detec
the thin veneering of style, aud either pity O
sneer at US, according to his nature
! ScrtJRerS.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

WILD OATs.-We too often hear the remark
made, in reference to some spirited young man,
that "he is sowing his wild OATS This is
spoken in paliation. g He will be different
by and by y"-perhaps all the better Christian
in the end for his thorough knowledge Of the
world. But this illustration is very unfortu-
nate-pecuiarly so, because there is such an
intimate connection between the sowing and
the reaping. We cannot think of such thing
most intimately-yes, ndissolubly-connected
in the natural world. Not less are they so in
the moral. Be not deceived; God is not
Knocked for whatsoever man soweth, that
shall he also reap" If men SOW barley, they
do not expect to reap wheat nor will oats pro
duce rye If men SOW wild oats, they must
! reap harvest accordingly.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

Why IT Is.-Almost sinless century is said
to have rolled over the happy city of Frankfort
on-the-M Main. Out of the 10000 inhabitants,
not one in all that time has died by the hand
Of the murderer Whether it has been as free
from other crimes we are not informed, but
probably no city ever had like record before.
This state of security is accounted for by some
by the strict and unrelenting laws Of the cOun-
try, from which the criminal has no escape,
and which recognize no pardoning power.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

Discomfort ABROAD.-The prevailing dis
content among European working people has
become very serious in Wales, where a gigantic
strike is imminent. 1t is stated that in this
expected demonstration 10000 colliers are con-
cerned. The great iron interest of Great
Britain, which has been so prosperous of late,
would suffer from such strike.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

81 am a self-madc man, said native Of
Stonington the other day to New York gen.
tleman, with whom he had been driving sharp
balm. ''Glad to hear you say so, responded
the New Yorker who had been worsted in the
trade, for it relieves the Lord of response
hiIitv :"
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

Two old friends met not long since, after
separation of thirty-fve years.
"WeIl, Tom" says one, how has the world
gone with you. old boy? Married YETI"
Yes and I've family you can't match
seven boys and one girl.
:" | can match it exactly" was the reply,
" for have seven girls and one boy"
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

How TO GET THE FRONT Door OPENED
There is no end to the effectiveness of good
knocking on the outside Of Il house. We
remember one cold, bitter, miserable winter
night when we came home iatc-and yet not 50
very late either, but it was 50 cold that every
body had gone to bed in the big house in which
we lived and to which we had no tchkcy.
At the bell we pulled, we pulled and We pulled,
and the more We pulled the more nobody came
At last we were about giving up in despair and
going to the statiOn-hOuse or hotel, when a
policeman came along You cant make en-
! hear eh!" said he. {" Now Just wait a
minute y Aud then he stepped into the
street and picked up brick from IA pile noar
! by With this he knocked apparently very
gently, on the wall of the house. The effec
was magicall As the dull, drun-'ike booming
resOunded through the house, every window
was thrown open and heads popped out OF
every story. \ dozen people were ready to le
us in, if we would but knock no more. w
might even have entered at the back Of tn
house had we been there. In such a case "a
this bell was of no use at all A.; and as it i
easy to see that it would be inconvenient t
carry cObble-stones or bricks about with US
for they are not always to be found in tn
street, what is there that We can really depcn
upon in such emergencies but a knocker?-
, Scrt6AerS s.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

That nervous youth in Louisville who, by
mistake, slipped nickel ive-ce piece into
the parsou hand, instead of FIVE dollar gold
piece which he had ready in another pocket.
after three weeks of wed led bliss, thinks he
paid pretty dear for his fun after all, and re-
prets that the nickel was not a suspender
button.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

At Georgia revival meeting they search all
applicants for admiSsioa to the "mourner's
bench" and the proceeds, in the shape of
bowie knives and revolvers are ratified off at
the close of the services for the benefit OF the
missionary fund
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

A popular c!ergym.n IN in Norrstown per-
formed the marriage ceremony, and the
couple walked away without bcstowing amy fee.
But the bride turned AMI said:
"We are very much obliged to you, sir, and
hope one Of these days we shall be able to
retaliate'
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

"Let him that staudeth take heed lest he
falr' is the favorite Scriptursl quotation at
present. In the majority of instances he don t
do it, and, consequently. he falls, which affords
much delight to wicked little boys.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

In Germany, when the vote Of the jury
stands six against six the prisoner is acquitted
A vote of seven against five leaves the decision
to the Court, and in a vote Of eight against
four the prisoner is convicted.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

A citizen of Germantown writes us that he
is glad his mother in.law lives in the same
house with him. He says she's the Only
woman who can tackle his wife successfully.
They take up so much time jawing each other
that he has a peaceful life.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

A marriage took place few days ago at
North StoHington, Conn, in which the bride
had to be carried to and from the church on a
stretcher. She had been thrown from wagon
three years ago and has not been able to walk
a step since.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

The Peoria (IIl), Transcript compliments.
the coroner of the county by saying ''he don't
know much, but then knowledge isn't re.
9uirement of the Office
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

Boarding house chicken soup can be made.
it is said, by hanging up hen in the sun so
that her shadow shall fall into pot of salt
water. The only trouble is that on a cloudy
day the soup is liable to be weak
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

Judge Lane, aged seventy, of HagerstowR
Md, committed suicide lately because he was
sued for breach Of promise Of marriage. He
was old enough to know better.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

No less than five hundred (?) counterfeitcrs
were executed at one time in Moscow lately.
They were well executed, and had no difficulty
in passing current in eternity.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

An inheritance of 5000, 900. the estate of
the late William Mitchell, of Albany, awaits
the claim of that gentleman's only sou, whose
whereabouts is unknown,
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

Florida Good Templars are allowed to fiji up
with egg-nogg, under tho pretence that it is
not beverage but spoon victuals."
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

Edgar A. Poe $ only sister lives at Hicks Land,
ing, Va, in pinching poverty. Only this and
nothing more"
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

The Danhury Ne,rs says that humane
mother in that place chloroiorms her boy
before whipping him.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

o II H. &c la L

Laws and Resolutions of the United States Pa.
sed at the second Session of the Forty
second Congress.
Smyrna times., 1873-01-29

tGENERAL NATURE-No 1851
Act to revise consolidate and amend relating
to the Post-Ofdce Department
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-07-25

Two weeks ago our unsop histicated
cutcnporary, in his inexperience, said
great deal about our County debt and
the interest thereon. We very kindly
furnished him with the extent of our
county indebtness, and explained to
him that no interest was accruing
thereon. Ashamed of his own ignor-
ance, on so important a subject, the
editor now pretends that he referred to
tho COunty's liabilities for it's pro-
rata of the National debt. "That
won't wash" In the very article
in which he exposed his want of infor-
nation on this subject Ofindebtness, we
believe, he compared this county with
Marshall, and remarked that the latter
had no debt. of course, if he referred
to each cOunty's prOrGtG of the Nation
al debt, Marshall I0OuLd have a debt, in
proportion to her real property, as great
as Maury's. This dodge is gross pre-
yaricatiOn, and if our neighbor were
put on oath he would acknowledge it.
But suppose he did refer to our proratG
of the National debt. We pay no tax on
real estate to liquidate our National
debt, or to pay the interest on the same,
All Of our National liabilities are met by
revenue taxation; and we do not now
remember that there ever was but one
direct tax levied on real estate and that
was for war purposes. The revenue is
raised mostly on manufactured articles !;
and, hence, the tax is really paid by the
consumers; but very large proportion
OF the consumers are non~prOperty
holders.
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Knoxville rress and Herald, 18th

We learned yesterday that a few mild
cases of cholera have appeared at Union
depot. No deaths have occurred at that
place, however, and the people do not
exhibit any indications of alarm.
At various points IL upper East Ten
neSsee there is copsidQr2ble sickness
from bowel affections, which is often
wrongly termed cholera, One or two
cases of such sickness still manifest
themselves at MorristoWn. There APP
pears to be no alarm in that vicinity,
and no recent deaths have occurred.
The Sweetwater Enterprise says there
is no cholera in that place, and the gen.
eral health CT the community is very
good.
Reports from other places in East
Tennessee are very favorable.
We learn that there were two deaths
AT Sulphur Springs, on the Cincinnati,
Cumberland Gap and Charleston rail
road, east of MOrristown, on Tuesday
last from the prevailing disease. \
young man named Fryer, died in the
morning and the mother in the even
ing.
DIR. Campbell, of Knoxville, who was
called to Greenville, writes to the Press
and Herald, Thursday night as follows:
We are able to say (at this, seven
o'clock +. NJ that Greenville is, with
the exception of single case, GONZALES
cont, and that the 'prevai ling" has lost
its malignant character almost entirely
The sanitary condition OF the town
has been improved very much since we
left here above a week ago, and a purer
atmosphere greets us where we go. All
are quiet and cheerful.
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NASHVILLE
LIFE INSURANCE,
COMPANY.

This Company is now one of the establish
cd institutions of the State. Having passed
through the day of doubtful existence, it
stands on as sure foundation as that OF any
similar Company in the country. Among
the causes that have largely contributed TO
its success are the following:
First. 1t guarantees all of its policy hold
erS the amount of the cash surrender of
each policy, after two or three annual
premiums shall have been made.
Second. 1t loans to its pOlicy-hO ldeTS
nine -tenths of the cash value of each policy
for any period for which the premium may
have been paid.
Third. 1t Endorses on each policy the
amount ofpaid up insurance that can be had
on its surrender, after the payment of two
or three annual premiums.
Fourth. Its rates are as low as those ofany
other Company.
Fifth. It's dividends have been larger than
those of any other Company of its age.
Sixth, It's policies contain no unneces-
SaTy Orilliberal restrictions.
Seventh. Itaids in building up our home
interests, investing its large means here
among us.
Eighth. 1t does not require permits to
live travel anywhere.
Ninth. 1t has over two dollars of assets
for every one dollar Of liabilities,
The following is list of Its stockholders,
all of whom are gentlemen Of large experience
in the management of business enterprises,
"Ren well known for their integrity, high
character, and substantial qualities; Samuel
Golladay, Lebanon; Joseph W. Allen, Albert
G, Ewing. George Searight, James b. Craig
head, Thomas Gibson, Robert q. Throne,
Daniel F. Carter, Alexander J. Porter A. g.
Adams, Hugh McCrea. John 0vertOn, DR.. J.
w. Maddin, Capt William Stockell, Robert
Ii. Gardner, James Hoban, Trustee; Henry
e. Ghapard, John Porterliold, Thomas d.
Fite, Thompson Anderson, 8. L. Demoville,
John NJ. Bass, ST., A. G. Carter, DR.. 7. A.
Atchison, w. II. Ewing, G. A. L. THOMPSON,
James NJ Hamilton, William Henry Smith,
Dr. w. Ii. Morgan, G. p. Thruston, F. IL.
French, all of Nashville; T. p. B. Sands and
B. f. Sands, Washington City: James J.
Turner, James A. Wemyss, Cashier Sumner
Deposit Bank, GalIatin; James Alexander
President of same Bank John W. Walton,
b. B. NJ. l.. Barr, Directors and Edwin Ii.
Ewing, Daniel Hilimap.
The Ofhcers and Directors OF the Compa-
ny are
DIRECTORS.
VIM STOCBELL JonE n. BASS,
F. e. French Wa. Ii. MORGAN,
S. L. DEMOyILLE, q. p. THRUsToH,
G. A. 4. THOMPSON.
JOHN Nj. BASS, President
WILLIAM, II. MORGAN, Vice-presdent.
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, Secretary.
D. p. FACKLER, Actuary.
T A. ATCHIS0N, Medical Adviser,
W. T. GLASGOW THOS. H WILLIAMS
District Agent,j Local Agent
Office at Williams 81 TOwler's DRUG Store,
Columbia, Tenn
NJ. W. EMBRY, Special Agent.
July 4-'73-6m,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-07-25

WHIrELAw REID, chief editor of the
New York Tribune, recently delivered
an address at Amherst, and told what
he thought was needed in American
politics. He thinks the reason "we do
not have so many great men in public
}ifc rs formerly, is because OF the despO-
tsim Of the majority" He quotes the
language of the great French philOsO-
phcr DE ToCQUEvILLE, "This power of
tho majority is sO-absOlute and irresisti-
bic that ono must give up his rights as a
citizen, and almost abjure his qualities
as u man, if he intends to stray from the
track it proscribes." We quote an in
soresting passage from Mr.. REDS adj
dress
"a great difference between the man
OF culture and the man without 1t IS,
that tho first knows tho other side. y
great curse of our present politics is that
your heated partisan never does. lie
can not understand how there should
be any other side. 1t seems to him dis
toy8l to have any other side. he is al
Svays ia doubt about the final salvation
OF the man who takes the other side.
We have good warrant to expect from
She scholar freedom from prejudice. an
open hospitality to new ideas, and an
R4bitual moderation of thought and
Ecelmg-in a word, what IE. WHIPPLE
has teucitOusly called a temper neither
stupidity conservative nor indignantly
radic3l-that shall make it among the
most valuable of ms functions to bring
INTO our politics the element they now
81 sadly need: Candid consideration
Drovory question on its individual merr
ft-. fsErI!rSS TO antagonists and q wills
.lDgne5s always to hear the other side"
perhaps it is only the ideal scholar,
whom no Dartmouth, or Yale, or Har-
ward has vet graduated, Tho will faith
iuliy discharge these various functions
in pOlItiCs"
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There was destructive fire in jack
son, Tennessee, Saturday morning.
Eleven business houses were burned,
worth one hundred thousand dollars,
with only forty five thousand dollars
insurance. The office of the Why and
Tribune was destroyed. Loss estimated
at about seven thousand dollars. No in
S rance. The paper will not lose an is
sue. We are sorry to hear OF our friends
misfortune. 1t will take more than fire
to retard the onward progress of the
ITLf,r
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

w. B. Ramon VS.. Thomas J. Whitaker.
1t appearing to me from decree in this
case, rendered June 23d, 1873, that the chill
necessary parties to said cause. tits there
fore ordered by me that publication be
made in the Columbia Herald, a newSpa-
per published in Columbia, for four success
sive weeks, the last of which shah be at
least one week before the setting of our
Chancery Court, to be held at the Court
house in Columbia, Maury County, Tenn.
on the fourth Monday in November next
(lS73l, requiring them then and there to
plead, answer or demur TO complainants'
Bill, or the same will be taken for confessed
as to them and set for hearing ex-parte.
July 18th, 70. d. b. COOPER, G. Il M.
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ANew Esemedr for Cholera.

Everybody in town knows old Sam
Bradshaw, eolored. Well, old Sam took
tho soapsuds diarrhea and cured him
self. When asked how he did it, he
said "Bless God, wouldn't let him go
through me: lies stand on my head and
stop him." And he did. Whenever ne
felt like his bowels would move, he
brought himself to an anchor with his
head on the floor and his feet up his cab
it wall and remained in that position
till the disposition passed off. Sam was
binding oats the other day and the
hands who were at work with him,
missing him, looked back and saw him
standing on his head in the middle of
the field like great forked stump
Franklin Ry, ! Patriot e.