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Smyrna times., 1875-03-03
How Lad Wheeled Himself into For
tune and Influence.

At meeting of the stockholders of promi-
nent railway corporation, recently held in
Boston, there were present two gentlemen,
both up in years-one, however, considerably
the senior of the other. In talking of the old
times gone by the younger gentlemen called
the attention of his friends and told pleasant
little story, which should be read by every
poor, industrious, and striving lad. We use
his own language:
Nearly halt-a century ago, gentlemen, L
was put upon the world to make my
living. l was stout, willing, and able, consider
ing my tender years, and secured place in a
hardware store to do all sorts of chores re-
quired. L was paid seventy-fve dollars per
year for my services. One day, after | had
been at work three months or more, my friend
there, Mr.. b., who holds his age remarkably
well, came into the store and bought a large
bill of shovels and tongs, sadrons and pans,
buckets, scrapers, and scuttles-for he was to
be married next day, and was supplying the
household in advance, as was the groom S
custom in those days. The articles were
packed in barrow, and made load suf6-
ciently heavy tor young mule. But more
willing than able, L started off, proud that
could move such mass on the wheelbarrow.
got on remarkably we'll until struck the mud
road, now Seventh avenue, leading to my
friend B. S house. Then [ toiled and tugged,
and tugged and toled, and could not bulge the
load up the hill, the wheel going its full halt
diameter into the mud every time | would try
to propel forward. Finally good -natured
| lrishman passed by with dray, took my bar
row. self and ALL on his vehicle, and in con
sideratlon Of my promise to pay him bit,
landed me at my destination.
Il counted the articles carefully as | de-
livered them, and, with nay empty barrow
trudged my way back, whisLling with glee ovel
my triumph over difficulty. Some weeks after
ward paid the IriShman the bit, and never
got it back from my employers Mr.. b.,
am sure, would have remuncrated me, but he
never before heard this story; so, if he is in
clined, he can compromise the debt by sending
me bushel of his rare-ripe peaches next fall.
But to the moral: A merchant had witnessed
my struggles, and how zeaously | had labOreC
to deliver that load Of hardware He ever
watched me to the house, and saw me coun
each piece and land it at the doorway. HI
sent for me the next day, asked my name, ant
told me he had reward for my industry in th
shape of a five hundred clerkship in hi
establishment. | accepted and now, afte
nearly halt-a century has passed, | look bacl
aud say | wheeled myself into all | own-to
that reward of perseverance was my grant
stepping stone to fortune! !"
The speaker was very wealthy banker,
man of influence, OF position, and one univer
sally respected for many good qualities of hea
and heart. Boys take moral from the story
\ Iou do not know how many eyes are upon yO
to discover whether you are sluggish and care
less or Industrious and willing, or how man
there are who, if you are moral and worthy
will give you stepping stone to wealth an
| position.
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03
WHOLE NO. 1,O36
Mark Twain Interviewed,

Q. How old are you?
A. Nineteen, in June.
q. Indeed [ would have taken you to be
thlrty-hve or six. Where were you born?
A. In Missouri
.. When didyou begin to writer
A. In 1886.
nineteen now7
A. don't know. 1t does seem curious.
somehow.
Q. 1t does, indeed. Who do you consider
the most remarkable man you ever metz
A. Aaron Burr.
e. But you never could have met Aaron
Burr, il you are only nineteen years
A. Now, if you know more about me than I
do, what do you ask me for?
Y. Well, 1t was only a suggestion nothing
more. How did yeu happen to met Burr?
A.. Well, ! happened to be at his funeral
one day, and he asked me to make less nsise,
and
Q. But, good heavens if you wer. at his
funeral, he must have been dead; and if be
was dead, how, could he care whether you made
noise or not
A. l don't know. He was always a particu.
lar kind of man that way
q; Still, don't understand it at all. You
say he spoke to you and that he was dead.
A. didn't say he was dead.
O. But wasn't he dead?
A.. Well, some said he was, some said he
wasn't
Q. What did you think?
A. Oh, it was none Of nay business Il
wasn't any of my funeral.
Q. Did you. However, we can nevOr "a.
this matter straight. Let me ask about some
thing else. Whot was the date of your birth /?
A. Monday, October 81, 1893.
q. What Impossible That would mako
you $50 years old. How do you account for
that e?
A. | don't account for it at all.
Z. But you said at first you were only nine.
teen, and now you make yourself out to be I8O.
1t is an awful discrepancy.
A. Why, have you noticed that? (ShakiuR
hands. Many time it has seemed to me Ike
a discrepancy, but somehow | couldn' make up
my mind. How quick you notice a thing =
From Lotus Leaves.
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

treachery to secure his own ends regardless Of
the nations welfare. The people are not
slumbering; when their opinion is asked it is
given IN tones that can not be mistaken, as is
shown in the late changes effected in our Con
gress.
Then again we are carried away by words
too often they do not express the true cOndi-
tlcn OF attalrS--often words themselves are in
adequate, actions must be associated with
them. Every age has had its orator who has
hold those to his standard who are pleased with
the sound Of words and the beauty of their
delivery, yet these men who SO delight in
fading beauty, will not confdo their dearest
truSt-their liberty-to their chosen orator,
though lin their eyes, for others he is eminenty
qualified for the management. These orators
come not from the dregs of society, but rank
with the highest; Webster was of this class
The American people could trust him high,
tor in many respects he meant well, yet they
could not trust him on the highest pinnacle !!
Wendell Phillips is another Of this type in our
day, though lacking the grasp and compre-
hension of Webster. Phillips must be classed
with agltatOrs polished orator to be sure
but what more can we say? lie seeks not that
which SHOULD be the aim Of Man-Truth.
4 paper in many respects his supporter, on
this point condemns him, speaking with refer
ence to the invitation of Senator Gordon
extended to Wendell Phillips to visit the
South, it says: knowledge would bring with
it responsibility and that is something which
MIR. Wendell Phillips Sedulously avoids 1t is
not in his line; he does NOT choose to incum-
Der and cripple himself in any such way.
Having once ascertaincd the exact truth about
the South from personal observation and ex-
perience, he would be obliged to confnc him
self to it in his subsequent speeches and letters
He prefers to ''go it blind, thank you. The
country gains in point of rhetoric, and no grca
harm is done; since the number of people
who pay any attention to Mr.. Phillips coun
sells and warnings is very limited. Here il
New England, the great majority of Us woul(
as soon think of regulating our watches by thu
aurora boreals as Of regulating our polite
by Mr.. Wendell Phillips So much for th
grandeur Of Mr.. Phillips late Faneuil Hal
speech
a few, and that few will exist in every age
will desire, from curiosity, to hear such men
but the greater portion desire something NOR
substantial and practical, something nearc
truth, and men adequate to give them tha
truth.
! | see flowers that are pretty but have n
smell; and | see men who are attractive i
their remstenesS and yet have no wisdom no
goodness when you come near them The
are inadequate to fill the void which has pac
In man S very existence.
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03
The Evils of Indulgence.

Nothing exhibits moro clearly the necessity
of resisting the beginning of evil than con-
temptation of the ruin and misery men bring
upon themselves. 1t is Vainly imagined in
youth that time and opportunities once lost may
be afterward recovered at will, and that, after
having INDUCED in a course of folly, man may
return to virtue and wel-doing when he
pleases. This fallacy leads many impercepti-
bly, from step to step in the downward and
treachsrous steep of vice, till reason and con-
science are alike unheeded, and there is no in
elnation to return. We do not mean to say
there are not many, with strength of mind and
purpose, who resOlutely abandon evil courses
and live exemplary lives but they are so rare
as to otter no lnducement to follow their eX-
amples, and only serve to show as how despe-
rate is the risk they run.
Giving way to sinful courses has been aptly
compared to being carried forward by q current
swiftly, easily, pleasantly. 1t is not till we try
to make headway against it that we find how
hard is the task. Habitual indulgence binds its
votary with chain, the irmness of its grasp
he begins to realize when he attempts to break
it. There is just this difference in the abandon
ment of evil habits: that the longor the effort is
delayed the more difficult the task becomes. 1t
is thus made evident that the best security for a
virtuOus life is to begin betimes. The inclina-
tion being led Alright, early habit makes the
performance Of duty easy and pleasant. The
most casual observation of the wrecks around
US convinces US that indulgence in forbidden
pleasures is the destroyer of peasG and fortune
Of character, and sslf-respect; and that without
a good conscience, properly governed mind
and well.directed life, discomfort and disap
pointment will blast every enjoyment. The
dereict is generally an object Of interest and
concern to some one. In how many houses il
the skeleton a wayward and disobedient son
10 him who knows the right, but still the
wrong pursues," indulgence in forbidden plea
sure does not yield the qualification which i!
promised There is always more or less feel
| ing of degradation and Of set-inficted ostra
cism, which all his boisterous mirth, and the
blindness inspired by the presence and applause
of kindred associates, fail entirely to dissipate
How often is he suddenly arrested by thu
thought of an anxious father, a weepini
mother, or distressed wife Their prayers ant
tears seem to haunt him. The black sheep il
the family, although his name is not Otter
heard, is more an object Of anxiety thai
are steady, stay home, well-todo boys ant
girls who nestle under the parental rooftree
-Ec
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03
Fear and Love Of Publicity.

There are two great evils which inevitably
arise from the present state OF things: There is
the fear of publicity, and there is the love of
publicity. AS regards the former, how many
timid and shamefaced persons fear to take the
right course-fear to take the course which
would lead to just results-because of the aver
sion which they have to this demon of pub
licity! On the other hand q still greater
danger turks in the love of publicity, which
comes to be besetting sin, sometimes even of
the greatest minds, and which leads to false
ness, restlsssneSs, and to the most dangerous
desire always to stand well with that public
which is sure very soon to be made acquainted
with all that the lover Of publicity may say or
speak or intend. Publicity is also q great
absorber of that time which might be much
better spent. The desire for knowing every
thing about rybody-what he or she thinks
or says or does on any trivial occason-occupies
now large part of the time of the civilized
world, and must be great hindrance to steady
thought about a man s own concerns, and about
those subjects which ought most deeply to in
terest mankind. A stupid kind of gossip be.
comes the most pleasant and the most absorb.
ing topic for the generality of men. l do not
agree with certain friend of mine, who has
told US that the folly of mankind is a constant
quantity" but do admit that this fulsome
publicity have described is one of the facts
which speaks most in favor of the view he ha,
been taking. If publicity could be perfect
there would be less to be said in its disparage
ment. If every one wore his heart upon hi,
sleeve, we should at least get rid Of all false
ness and the world would know with whom
and with what it was dealing. But studied
publicity is very dangerous. When all people
know that what they may say or do is likely tc
be made public, they will dress up their say
| InUo q fhaIr HOID0a n M fbiS ll1p0
pleasing to the public, though it may be thr
thing of all others which the public ought t.
hear, they will carefully suppress. Socia
Pressure" By the author of Friends IN Coun
cHn
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03
Mungo Park as a Dentist.

The celebrated Mungo Park served an sp.
premiership In doctor S drug g-shop in Sslkirk,
and during his study of physic- compounds thu
following episode occurred
An old, well.known burgher stepped into the
shop one day, aad looking in an excited man.
ner at the boy, said: "Muugo, is the doctor
in 2"
''No, sir p
ooh dear an I'm nearly dead wi the
''But III draw the tooth for you, if you wish
it drawn"
'YOu, callant2 Did you ever draw any
teeth af0re?"
Eyes l have, sir!
Faith, Il rather come back again and 500
the doctor than lippsn ye.
The old gentleman went of, but era lonp
returned with the old question: "Mungo, nay
man, is the doctor in nowP"
mo, sir, he S not come in yet"
What am l to do? I'm nearly daft wi
the pain. Mungo are ye parfectly DOWNRIGHT
sure ye have drawn teeth afore thisP''
u really have, sir - said the boy.
Then get the nippers and take out mine.
Now, mind tax care-be canny II
The youth extracted the tooth. After the
old gentleman had got over the shock it caused,
and found himself relieved, he complimented
him on the skill he had shown; and then he
asked him how many teeth he had drawn be.
fore operating on himself
Only thirty-tWo," said Mungo.
Thirty. .twa Faith, think it's a GUIDE
mony.. Where in the world did q the felix's
come frae p
"Oh, [ took them all out of one mans
| mouth"
THAT was dreadful wonder the man LED
you pull them"
''Hs couldn't prevent me-.
"How2"
because he was dead |"
The old gentleman sprang from the scat,
calculated mercy on us l' and hurriedIy lef.
the shop.
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03
Hot Coffee.

A thoughtful citizen of New York, unable,
even under favorable conditions, to escape
all the consequences of the rigor of the sea
son, was led to consider the case of those whose
avocations admit little escape from the severity
Of the winter. From the windows of his own
warm residence he watched the street cars con
stantly passing, the drivers and conductors
threshing their arms to keep up the circulation
and stamping with their feet to prevent their
extrsmities from freezing. The average hu.
man individual, under such comfortable
circumstances as this warm citizen at his cozy
window, would congratulate himself that no
necessity was laid upon him to tempt the arctic
exposure. lie would have thought, Poor
fellows; how | pity them" and would have
,OiShcd that only his wish could warm them
How to relieve them would have been to him
simply a Dundreary problem, something that
no fellow could find out" And such, it is
safe to say, is the outcome of many a mans
pitiful thoughts in this pitiful weather. He
looks in figure at man perlshing on an ice
berg, and dreams and theorises how that ice
berg can be molted to relieve the sufferer
and if he is of fairly grand imaginative tenn
permanent he speculates upon the possibility of
preventing the formation of icebergs at their
inception, and thus averting at one grand
sweep all the evil consequences which cebergs
entail. Meanwhile the poor fellow on the ice
|
freezes to death.
But the New York philanthropst was more
practical. He Thought of thing and did ii. "
| He commissioned certain persons to keep on
hand hot coffee, and to send out messengers to
treat the shivering drivers with cups full of
the comforting beverage, himself bearing the
expense. AS each car came before the head
quarters of the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton, out pushed a cup-bearer with a more
useful beverage than mantling wine or mud
ding whisky, and the grateful drivers drank
and heartily thanked the donor. Certainly, il
there is a blessing upon cup of cold water, a
cup of hot coffee must be included in the
beniNon; and the actors in this thoughtful
charity will not lose their reward. To go back
to the iceberg figure, the man is taken off, and
the mountain of ice is left to melt when the
elements permit.
In the simple act just mentioned, there is q
lesson. Everybody cannot stand provider o1
coffee to whole crowds, but it is in tho power
of all to think of some process equally simple
and moro easily accomplished, by whieh some
one or moro sufferers may be relieved. 1t is
compensation in some degree for the suffering
of a Geld season like the present. to know tha
the weather which freezes tho mercury warm
some hearts which, when the thermomete
. indicates summer heat, are at winter coldness
The best impulses Of humanity are quickenet
r by the rigor Of cold, or tho appeal, which from
any cause, rises to the humane from com
mon necessity. Men are and must be NOR
{ thoughtful OF each other when each man
I compelled TO feel and to think for himself
K Phild. Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03
POet2V.
A LITTLE ELBOW-RO0M.

Good friend. don't squeeze so very tight!
There's room enough for two.
Keep in yeur mind that We right
To live as well as you
You re rich and strong; poor and weak;
But think you presume
When only this poor boon 1 ask;
A little elbow roomp
'Tis such as you-the rich aud strong.
Ifyou but had the will
Could give the weak lit along,
And help them up the hill!
But no! You jostle, crowd. and drive!
You storm and fret and tuhe!
You are the only man alive
In want OF slbOw-rOom!
But thus it is ON Life's round path
self" seems the god of all
ThOstroug will crush the weak to death
The big devour the small!
Far better be a rich mans hound
A valet, serf. or groom
That struggles mid the mass around
When wsve no elbOw-room!
Up Heart, my boy Don't mind the shock!
Up Heart, and push along!
Your skin will soon grow rough with knocks,
Your limbs with labor strong!
And there's Hand unseen to aid
A star to light the gloom
Up Heart, my boy nor b9 afraid
Strike out for e!bOw-room
And when you see, amid the throng.
A fellow -tOiler slip,
Just give him, as yon pass along,
brave aud kindly grip
Let noble deeds, though poor you be,
Your path in life Illume;
Aud, with true Christian charity,
Give others elbow-rOOm!
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

A gentle. husbandless creature in Illinois
provide companions for unmarried persons:
"4Hy dear This is to certify that am a
widow with thirteen children born, and have
had three husbands, each of whom died in
peace in his own way. l have a small farm,
and would take another husband yet-if
sould find young one No old, bull-headed
sardinO need apply. He will not be taken in.
Ten dollars will be given to you to produce the
man."
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

An Akron physician tells of a little Akron
boy who came to him, and said: Doctor,
want some epieac"
What do you want it for2"
Never mind just give it to me-"
"Whs sent you?"
Nobody sent me came myself"
VI cant let you have it unless you tell nae
what you arc going to do with it.
well, doctor, our hired girl has swallowed
a silver quarter, and she said that if would
give her something that would bring it up, I
might have it.
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

TooTHAcHE. Nearly everybody has a
cure for the toothache. Try this recipe: Take
equal parts of pulverized alum and salt
Saturate piece of cotton with hartshorn, cover
with this mixture, and put in the tooth.
Sometimes hartshorn alone will give relief.
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

LINIMENT.-The best liniment for cuts, gals,
SPAWN, poll evil, 6stula, or any other Of the
external diseases that animals are liable to, is
made by dissOlving one ounce of pulverized
corrosive sublimate and one ounce of gum
champion in one pint of spirits of turpentine,
put in strong bottle. Apply with swab.
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

TREATMENT OF OvERHEATED HORSES. -
The Secretary of the Society for Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals recommends the following
preparation for animals suffering from being
oVer.heated TO one pint Of water put one
ounce of chloride of ammonia, one ounce
sweet spirits Of nitro one dram of tlncture
aconite give a tablespoonful every hour or
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

INDIAN MEAL PUDDING.-Put a stick of
cinnamon and quarter of pound of butter
into quart of milk, and put it on the fire /;
when it bois, thicken it with four tablespoons.
full of corn meal when COOL: add four eggs,
the whites and yelks beaten separately, and a
cup Of sugar. Pour the batter into baking dish
! and bake till brown.
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

ARNICA LINIMENT. ounces alcohol,
one drachm tincture arnica. Unequalled for
pains in the feet and limbs from walking; for
all fresh or recent sprains, bruises or confused
wounds, and for rheumatism of the joints and
gouty pains.
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

LIGHT Corn BREAD.-Scald one quart white
Germ meal with one quart hot water; then add
half cup of mOlasses, one toaspoOnful salt and
one quart cold water. Stir well, and add one
quart meal, half pint yeast. Let rise in a
in the skillet and bake by the fireplace four
hours. If you have not hop yeast, add half
pint salt-raising yeast before putting to bake.
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

Colonel James B. Young, Executive Clerk
of the United States Senate, has written answ
poem. in which he says:
again that voice fell on my earl
There was silence on my earl
They tell and died upon my ear
The echo died upon nay ear ~
We advise the poet to cut his ear un in small
pieces, and sell them to the War Department
for army blankets !-iSunday Dispatch
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

A boy about twelve years old entered a De-
troit barber shop IoceAtly, aud asked the bar
Der to cut his hair down close. The barber in
quired if he wasn't afraid of catching Geld,
when the boy replied:
I've got to run the chances, for there's
trouble ahead. Tomorrow is the day sot for
me and Sixthward boy to meet over behind
Goodhus's barn, and see who's the boss boy Of
Detroit and he's powerful at pulling hair
Cut er right down to the skulpl'
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

WARM APPLICATIoN-F restoring warmth
to the skin, corn meal heated and placed in
bags is said to be superior to hot water bottles
and other appliances of that sort. Its advan.
tager are, that it weighs less, retains heat
longer and does not chill the patientsnt with
cold
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

;. 4 a quaint old gentleman, in speaking of the
different allotmsnts of men, by which sons
become useful citizens and others worthless
vagrants, in the way Of illustration remarked:
so one slab of marble becomes a ussful
stone |" 1i"k seAD-
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

"A Baltimore beggar has retired on a forsuns
OF twenty-six thousand dollars and when an
alms-asker ring, his door bell the retired beg
feet high at the first kick, '" '~S 'AAVx
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

"Don't believe there's any use in vaccina
ton |" said Yankee Had a child vaccina.
ted, and he fell out Of window next day and
got killed !"
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

BIrrERs.-Take bonOset, wild cherry bark
aud poplar bark make an infusion by adding
a quart of warm water, let it cool, and drink
when thirsty. This is certain cure for the
fever and ague. The writer received it from
an Indian, and found it to be the master Of
apup.
Smyrna times., 1875-03-03

GREEN SALvE.-One quarter pound of lard,
one ounce rosin, one ounce beeswax, one
drachm verdigris; melt and stir well; This
Is one of the best salyes known for old sores;
ulcers, cancers, scrofulous sores, cuts and
wounds.