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Smyrna times., 1873-04-02
Henry Ward Beecher on Hospitality

Most Of u.s. having arrived at years OF house
keeping or discretion, hate visiting and dread |
visitors Yet we are not therefore misanthrO |
pists Rather, we love our kind, and our |
fav0rte reading is doubtless biography, table |
talk and the personal columns in the news
papers. But visitors and visiting commonly
imply temporary sequestratlon of old gar
ments, and, Of the ample wardrobe of these
investitures which every man hath, none fit so
comfortably and are 50 sorrowfully banished as
old habits. If, therefore, Wednesday corned
beet and cabbage must be suppressed, and not
! fit for company; if Thursdays beef steak and
oniOns and Friday humble fshball must be
! translated into unfamiliar birds and beasts,
which Bridget lily cooks and queerly serves; if
! the dear hOuse-mother must move on restless
! legs from dawn till dark lest some impercPpti-
BILE pin should drop from the household
machinery, if all things must be a little finer
than their wont and their capacity, it is not
strange that the ordinary household shrinks
from the purturbatiOns, which, as host he
undergOes in his own house, or, as a guest,
introduces to another
Pity It's, however, that we are not more
social, because, in the long run, men and
women are a more interesting and a more
valuable study than books and no subtle dis
cOveTy Ot science nor progress OF invention
has yet found in the world anything better thar
| human dHcctlOn. TIdcn OF us Is Ilc poorer DN
every lofty friendship that he negects to takt
from opportunity. Women, especially, who's
cares are pettier and far more absorbing thar
mems, need the illumination Of fresh ideas
: witty talk and friendly propnquity. Yet it i
e chiefly they who hinder this pleasure, and i
/ whose hands it rests to make visiting the mos
r brilliant and enticing of occupations. First
II however, the whole theory of hospitality need
n revision. 1t was very well for the Hebrew t
l. kill the fatted calf in honor of their guest.
e involved little trouble and no expense, and
y one had an appetite for warm veal nothin
'r could be more agreeable to all concemed-el
cept the calf But we follow the precedent /
spending half our substance at the butcher
e stall for the festive joint and half the remainin
moicty in cooking and serving it, tremblir
meanwhile lest the stranger that is within o,
gates be not satisfied with our bounty. Ths
this painful feasting better to leave the fattC
ey calf afield and to dine ON cracker and carele
ht cheerlulness
"a The whole trouble is that the hostess arrang
Ia her household not as it shall best forward 4
% business of life, but as it shall make the me
in- effective spectacle. She orders affairs not
he she prefers, but as she fancies that the guC
H. expects. 1t is spacious misapplication of t
OF golden rule.
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A DINNER Excuse Apologies for poor
dinners are generally out of place. But when
lady has u forgettul husband, who without
warning, brings home dozen guests to sit
down TO plain family dinner for three or tour,
it is not in human nature to keep absolute
silence. What to say, aud how to say it, form
the problem Mrs. Tucker, the wife Of Judge
Tucker of Williamsburg, solved this problem
many years ago. She was the daughter or
niece q am uncertain which) of Sir Peyton
SkipwIth, and celebrated for her beauty, wit,
ease aud grace Of manner. Her temper and
tact were put to the proof one court day, when
the Judge brought with him the accustomed
half-scOre or mole OF lawyers, for whom not
the slightest preparation had been made, the
! Judge having quite forgotten to remind his
wife that it was court day, and she herself,
strange to tell, having overlooked the fact.
The dinner was served with elegance, and
Mrs Tucker made herself very charming.
Upon rising to leave the guests to their wine,
she said Gentlemen, you have dlned to-
day with Judge Tucker; promise me now that
you will dine tomorrow with me
This was all her apology, whereupon the
gentlemen swore that such a wife was beyond
) price The judge then explained the situation
and the next day there was noble banquet.
MORAL: Never worry guest with apollo
.-LippinScoh'S M0ga9ine for Aprd.
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WHAT A Foolish IDEA a letter
writer: There are many young men who are in
the habit of excusing their idleness and inefi-
cheney with the plea that they can do nothing
without capital The lack of means is the
ready reply they make to every appeal to
action. They imagine that they possess in
themselves all the prerequisites to success ex-
cept capital. If they only had capital in
addition to their other imagined rirtteS, they
would do great things in the world; they would
astonish the natives with the bOldness and
brlliancy of their enterprise. They would be-
come Intensely rich, and lay the world under
perpetual obligations to them by the magntl
cence of their benefactions This is the way
they think and talk aud they roll the vain
! glorious idea over in their minds until they
| come to imagiue that the world is an immense
| loser by their poverty. Those persons forget
one important fact-that all capital is the pro
duet of labor. That nearly all rich men in thu
country were once poor. That nearly ever!
personal fortune they can enumerate is either
the product of its owners toll and skill, or tn
representative of his fathers toll and skill
How did the makers of these fortunes &c
along without capital? Had they spent tn
vigor of their youth in idle and foolish lameu
tations over their poverty, they would hav
{ lived and died poor and left nothing but a
inheritance of honesty behind them.
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POeI2V.
IT ISN'T ALL IN BRINGING UP,

1t isn't all in bringing mp"
Let folks say what they will
To silver scOur a pewter cup
1t will be pewter still.
Fen of Old wise solomon.
Who said train up Il child"
II | mistake not. had IA son
Proved rattlebrained and wild
man Of mark, who fan would pass
For lord of sea and land,
May have the training Of son.
And bring him up lull grand
May give him all the wealth Of lore,
OF college and OF school,
But after all may make no more
Than just decent fool.
Another, raised by penury
Upon her bitter bread.
Whose road to ledge is like that
The good to heaven may tread,
He's got spark of natures light,
He'll fan it 10 fame,
Till in its burning letters bright,
The world may read his name.
Ii it were all in bringing up"
In council and restraint,
Such rascas had been honest men
I'D been myself a saint.
o! it isn't all in " bringing up"
Let folks say what they will
Neglect may dim the silver cup
II will be silver still.
Smyrna times., 1873-04-02

The undersigned. John A. y CrsswelI, Post
master G Generdo of The United States OF America
in virtue Of the powers vested 40 him by law and
Aetonio Flores. mihisef Of ihe Republic OF Ecuao"i
al Washington, in the name Of his government, and
by virtue Of the powers which he has formally
presented to this effect, bare agreed upon the fo
lowing articles, to wit:
ARTICLE ].
Anexshange Of ,nails shall hereafter take place
between the United States of America and the he
pnblic Of Ecuador. by the ordinary means o, com
mrnica,ion via The Isthmus Of Panama. the Govern
ment of tbe United States tosbe az the expense o.
The. .,Tassportation thereof between New York anc
Panama and San Francisco and Panama, so long
as direct service by United States steamers nclnd
inc the Islhmus transit, is maintained under existi"t
IContinued on fourth pageI
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A story told lately is of wealthy New York
German and Hartford livery stable keeper,
who was 10th to let his best rig to a stranger;
The German was bound to have his ride, and
agreed to buy the horse and sleigh, and when
he returned the stable keeper might refund the
money. This was done, and the team returned
and the money refunded, when the German
started to 90. Hold on" said the man of
horses, ''you have not paid your horse hire. "
"Why, my dear sir" said the New Yorker,
coolly, al have been driving my own team this
morning"
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In Spite Of Pa.

Oh she was maid OF laughing eye,
And she lived in a garret cold and high,
Aud he threadbare whiskered beau,
And he lived in cellar damp and low.
But the rosy boy of the cherub wing
Has many shaft IN his slender string,
Aud the youth below and the maiden above
Were touched with the flashing darts of love.
And she would wake from her troubled sleep
Ger his tender billet-d0ux to weep;
Or stand like statue bright and tair
And gaze lock OF his bright red hair.
And he who was tail and proud,
With his step so firm and laugh 50 loud,
His beard grew long and ace grew thin,
And he pined in solitude over his gin.
But one soft night IN the month Of June,
As she lay in the light Of cloudlcss moon,
A voice came floating soft and clear
To the startled maiden's listening ear.
Oh then from her crcaklng couch she sprung
And her tangled tresses back She fung.
And she looked from the window far below,
And he stood beneaih-he whispered beau.
She did not start with foolish lrown,
But packed her trunk aud scampered down,
And there was her lover tall and true,
In his thrtadbare coat OF the deepest blue.
The star that rose in the evening shade,
Looked sadly dOSn ON the weeping maid;
The sun that came in his morning pride,
Shed golden light Ger laughing bride.
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A FUNNY STORY OF AN ECCENTRIC BOS-
rONIAN.-The late Col. Isaac .. Barnes of
Boston was once recommended to take horse
back exercise for the benefit Of his health, by
his physician, and accordingly applied at a we'll
known stable tor the animal.
. | want regular tlotting horse to ride for
my health this afternoon
"Certainly, Colonel, said the proprietor,
and, Judging from the customers physique,
gave him one Of the hardest trotting horses in
his establishment, upon which Barnes mounted
and Jumped off towards the country.
In about three hours he returned, covered
with dust and perspiraton, and with the assist
ance of one of the hostlers, slowly and pain
fully descended from his steed.
Limping into the stable office, and holding
on to the lower part of his hack with one hand,
he looked into the stablekeeIer's inquiring
face and calculated simply:
" How much"
Three dollars, Colonel, was the reply.
He slowly drew his wallet, and laid down
the required sum.
NO. sha mt want him tomorrow.
" Perhaps the day after tomorrow
" No; | sha ut want him any more at all.
Indeed" said the stable keeper, with sly
! twinkle in his eye, as he noted Barnes holding
or to his lacerated body. Perhaps the horse
don suit you.
ooh, yes, said Barnes, quickly, there $
nothing the matter with the horse; he's all
right. It's the price object to.
"Price!" said the stable keeper, why, |
only charged you three dollars, Colonel, which
we consider cheap for the horses services all
the afternoon.
"Wcll, don't" squcaIed Barnes, rubbing
his aching body, "for whenever l want any
thing of this kind again | know an Irishmar
who will kick me there all day for half tht
money"
Smyrna times., 1873-04-02

An Illinois bridegroom in the first flush of
welded bliss, made magnificent gift to the
Quincy Wing editor of a bottle of whisky and
a yard and half Of bologna sausage.
Smyrna times., 1873-04-02

A great saving in the manufacture of mince
pies in New York is secured by substituting
cockroachcs for rasins They are very similar
to rasins when warmed up, and cost almost
nothing.
Smyrna times., 1873-04-02

A Massachusetts, clergyman's little flock all
brought him potatoes on a recent donation
visit, and he has got enough to last him ten
years.
Smyrna times., 1873-04-02

Josh Billings says:-"Yu kant find content
ment laid down on the map; it il an imaginary
place not settled yet; and those reach it SOON
est who throw away their compass and go it
blind"
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This touching tribute to Mr. Grafton, of
Griffin, Ga, is from the Register of that place:
" He was fine man in all respects; he was
owing us seven dollars on that last game of
seven up, but we will throw that in towards
his headstone"
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o Il &c Ia Il
DETAILED REGULATIONS

laws and Resolutions OF the United States Pas
sed at the Second Session of the Forty
second Congress.
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Dissolution

The firm Of WARD & PHILLIPS is this day dis
"lyed by mutual consent. All persons indebted to
ssId hrm are hereby notified 10 come forward aud
settle Immediately, the business OF the SAID iirm
must be closed up W4RD& PHILLIPS.
smyrna, Del, March 5Ih, 1873.
The business will be continued under the hrm
name Of JOHN r.. PHILLIPS 81 co. llz3tI
Smyrna times., 1873-04-02

A young couple were sitting together in
romantic spot, with birds aud flowers above
them; when the following dialogue ensued:
My dear, if the sacrifice of my life would
please thee, most gladly would l lay it at thy
feet
"Oh, sir, you are too kind; but it first re-
minds me that | wish you'd leave off using
tobacco"
Cant think of it. It's habit to which /
am welded"
"Very well, sir; since this is the way you
lay down your lite for me, and as you are
already welded to tobacco, III take care you
are never welded to me, as it would be
bigamy."
"I had friend who dressed himself in
lady's clothes and called upon a celebrated
fortune teller. She did not discover the dis
guise, but he heard what made him exceed
ingly unhappy" Here the gentleman ceased.
! A lady much interested, asked: What did
the fortune teller say to hnm?"
"Why, said the gentleman, assuming very
grave aspect, she told him he was 10 marry
soon and would become the mother Of tea
children.
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BANK NOTICE.

On and after Thursday. the Sd of April next. the
Directors Of this Institution will meet at their
Banking House at 10 o'elock. A. NJ. every Thurs
Gay, instead of / o'clock, as heretofore.
By order, w. M. BELL,
B.ds q 3 ssmhJ n VA, & March ct&. .fs7s-. =
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All correspondence wrongly addressed or missent
shall be returned without delay by the receiving
office TO the exchange office which dispatched H.
The receiving office shall also correct accordingly
in the column Of verfcation, the original entries OF
the ieter-b relating TO such correspondence. The
article of like natuere addressed to persons who
have changed their residence shall be mutually
forward, d. charged with the rate that would hav'
been paid at the first destination. returned fo
the amount if any, originally charged against th'
receiving office.
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ARTICLE l3.

The dispatching exchange office shall state on I
letter bills to the intermediate exchage Offices
exact number of single rates Of letters. or welgl
il Ieouired, and the total weight Of the other corr
pondence, which shall be dispatched in closed mai
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LOST

0n Monday. March Sd, between Smyrna and Mr..
jeremiah Pryor's, heavy ZEPHYR SCARF, white
and black. with red border, The finder will be re
wared by returning to The Subscriber. The TIMES
Office ISAAC H. FAIRIES
meha a0p 4 TArT Tor.a Smyrna, pet
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DETAILED EGULATIONS
ARRANGED BETWEEN
THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE
POST.OFFICE DEPARTMENT OF DEN.
MARK. FOR EXECUTION OF THE POSTAL
CONVENTION SIGNED AT w. 4.SHINGTON
THE IST DAY OF DECEMBER, 1871, AND
AT COPENHAGEN THE 7TH DAY OF
NOVEMBER, 1871
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1t is understood that the accounts between the
two offices shall be established the respective
letter. bills in the proper money of the dIspalchng
office; but the international postage on the unpaid
or insuficently paid letters shall be computed IN
the money OF the receiving country. In entering
the foreign charges on the leter-bi in The money
Of the dIspaching office, the cent OF the United
States aud i shilling of Denmark shall be taken as
! equivalent.
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ssaa-s- -. - ~ = g
[sEALl DANNESkJoLD :
c ITO be Continued
POSTAL CONVENTION.


United States of America and the Republic Of
a. f--' - Ecuador.
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ARTICLE TO.
The quartely accounts shall be prepared by u
respective postal administrations and shall be bas
upon the Acknowledgements of receipt. recaPit
aton of these accounts, showing the dehnltve
suits alike for the debit and credit shall be prepar
by the United States office and shall then be traI
united, with the accounts which it is based,
the examination OF the post-offce OF Denmark.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07
Insanity as an Excuse for Crime.

Mr.. David Dudley Field recently read
paper before the New York Medico-Legal
Society, concerning emotional insanity in
its r. latiOns tn the commission of crime
and legal punishments. He held that
emotional insanity, as il is called, is not
justification i'm law for criminal acts. In
various cases cited he said that the killing
was an absolute Offense against the law,
and therefore, to guard society from
repetition of such acts, Sickles, McFar-
land, Cole and Others ought to have been
hanged, no matter what their mental state
might have been at the moment when they
fired the pistol. In other words, man
is responsible in law for becoming in
sanely angry, the distinction between the
two being not always apparent to the lay
mind.
Mr.. Field summed up his argument in
the following conclusions: That children
and idiots are not holden to criminal re-
sponsibility that mental unsOundness
NAV excuse crime when the will becomes
the slave of defective reason; insanity eN-
cusing crime must be shown by experts to
be a brain disease; neither emotional nor
perceptiODal insanity is an excuse itself
for crime; all prisoners declared insane
should be put in the lunatic asylums until
their restoration to health the punish
ments should be graded to suit the quail
ity of the crime and the intent and rela-
tive guilt of the criminal. These opinions
are practical and generally sound, and if
adopted by our courts would tend to rid
us of emotional insanity altogether re-
suit much to be desired by those who do
not expect to kill their neighbers, and
who may run some risk of being killed by
their neighbors, while the latter. accord
ing to the current doctrine, are legally ir-
responsibility. Y. Erening Post.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07
Bending the Twig.

Provide your young sons with work
shop, or at least a work bench, where they
may crafty their longing for tools, and
satisfy their restless activity for "some-
thing to do" 1t should be made pleasant,
attractive and comfortable. If room
enough, there should be workbench and
wise, shaving tool, and perhaps a small
foot lathe, two or three planes, augers of
different sizes, few chisels, knife,
saw and hammer. For those who cannot
afford the whole, a part would answer,
and to those who can, other tools might
be added; the cost of the tools being but
trifie compared with the advantages
gained, one of which is real progress in
practical education, which is far more
valuable to its possessOr than mere money.
A young man who can at any time mend
a sofa, chair, rocker, harness or tinware,
set the clock, repair an umbrella, white
wash a room, paper a wall, and do a
hundred other small jobs, will get through
the world far more comfortably and thrift
ly than one who is constantly obliged to
depend on the help Of others. Besides all
of this, and greater still, il the moral in
fiuence of tools in furnishing boys some
thing cheerful to do in stormy weather or
leisure hours, and thus weakening any
temptation to attend those places of d.
version which so often lay the foundation
of lifelong harm to the character.-Er-
change.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07
A Novelty in Murder.

A SINGULAR murder was recently CON-
mitted on the railroad between Cork and
Limerick. The conductor of night
freight train noticed that the speed of the
train was suddenly slackened, and went
forward to the locomotive to see what was
the cause. He did not find the engineer
or the fireman there. The train was at once
stopped and signals placed to warn
approaching trains. The engineer was
discovered lying near the rails with a
fearful wound in his head, from which
the blood was flowing. He was unable
to speak and died shortly afterward.
The fireman was soon found running
along the track. He said that quarrel
had arisen between the engineer and
himself; and that the former had burned
his hand, and that he, in anger, had
struck the man who was now dead.
There were traces of blood on the loco
motive, and it looked as if struggle had
taken place in it. The weapon which
the murderer used, together with some
clothes, had been burned in the lOcOmO-
tive furnace. The murdered man was a
peaeeable and trustworthy person. The
fireman had hitherto borne good repu-
tation, and had been on good terms with
the deceased. Not twenty-four hours be-
fore they had slept in the same bed.
A murder of this kind opens an UNI
pleasant field of conjecture as to the con-
sequences which might ensue to the pas
sengers when the engineer and fireman
have knocked each other off the train and
the locomotive goes on its mad career
with no one to control 1t. 1t would be
more considerable for men holding such
places to have their quarrels fought out
- <1< nI IF ha In
the greatest possible loss would be the
lives of the two cembatants, and the I'M
fortunate travellers would be safe.
In this instance the speed of the engine
was fortunately lessened instead
of having been increased, and the
conductor was vigilant. But should
an incident of this kind occur on an
American express train with one of
our ave- age conductors, the consequent
ces might have been most appalling.
". Y. Sun.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07
Result Of American Ingenuity.

A PITTSBURGH firm claim to have discov-
cred process by which they can make
the famous Rus sian sheet iron. The lat
ter is made i'm Siberia by secret process,
which no other nation has hitherto been
able to obtain. The British government
has offered 100000 for its discovery, but
even the stimulus of that large sum has
failed to achieve the result. American
enterprise and ingenuity have accomplish
ed it, and Pittsburgh, it is said. can now
furnish all common markets with Russian
sheet iron at lower prices than even the
Russians themselves. Under these cir
cumstances there will, of course, be an
end to importations of this commodity
into the United States. Instead of hav-
ing to receive from Siberia one unvarying
size of sheets and pay high price with
the duty added, American consumers can
obtain, within short time, an unlimited
supply from mills within the country,
and of any size desired. TheprOcess has
been patented and mills throughout the
country will doubtless be able to obtain
the privilege of making sheet iron by
this improved MISUNDERSTANDING.
Richland beacon., 1873-06-07
Danish Wind.

ONLY one wind blows in Denmark
the west wind. When the others try,
it is calm. The west wind blows
during three hundred days of the year,
and it always blows gale. When the
other winds come, they come either as
weak breezes bringing rain, or as short
blasts bringing frost. The west wind is
the ruler of the air, and there is
something kingly in him, not because
he wrecks a hundred ships every year.
not because he makes the trees bow
under his scepter. not because he can
send, on a hot summer day, sudden
mist which makes one shiver with cold
0 no ! in spite of this, there is something
truly magnificent and generous in the
Danish west wind. 1t does mt sweep
whistling over the ground as fit were
pressed through steam-pipe 1t does
not nip the skin as If 1t were filled with ice
needles. 1t blows with volume i'm
mense like that of the ocean from which
1t comes. 1t bursts into the air with full,
round notes like those of an organ. 1t
pounces down upon the earthin broad
burrows, frisking and frolicking like a
swarm of children let loose Overa merry
Atlantic.