Smyrna times., 1875-03-31

THE WOE OF \ POLITE YorNG MAN.-It
pays to be polite, young man-thcre is no
doubt about that If you don't believe it,
you may read amy Of the goody -goody publ.
cations, and find out how an intelligent and
well-brought-up young fellow was polite
enough to pay some little attention to
strange old lady or old gentleman. and how,
months later, the polite young man got Il
letter from the attorney of the old lady or
the old gcntleman-as the case may have
been-informing him that he had been left
fortune by the old party whom he assisted
They are frequently doing this sort of thing
to polite young men, these hcirless old
people, or else the goody goody publications
lie awfully. There is a young man conncc-
ted with a crockcry store at Dcs Mones.
Iowa, who has read of what is certain to
eventually come III the way of good fortune
to polite youths, and. coSequently. he is
always polite. 1t has become a fixed habit
with him to do up things Ia petite mo;trc
and. just by instinct. he never forgete his
manners. He went calling, a few night,
ago, this nice Young man Of Dcs Moincs
and, when his call was completed. he took
| up his hat to 90. He didn't walk out, like
any vulgar fellow, with his face toward the
| door, but backed out gracrfuily-mean-
| while bowling to the ladies. This was what
/ made IL unfortunate: that he should have
mistaken the cclar-door for the 0n 1lire
! into the hall He reached his hand behind
him, with a final bow, stepped not exactly
''down and out. but rather out and down.
and performed three revolutions before he
struck the ccllar-tloor They brought him
up >tairs-thc kind ladic, upon whom the
! polite Young crockcry clerk went calling:
and after he had soaked in almica long
enough he started for home again. But
he didn't back out Of the door. He
turned his back to the ladies after bidding
them goodnight. and then faced about,
just like a man bred IN Il -aw-nill.
| ~
\ Crmoro THEoRY.-A pamphlet written
by Dr. Samuel W. Francis. a "Fellow of the
New York Academy of Medicinc contains
a larg" number of "crrious facts. The
intention of the author appears to be to
prove ''thc great oneness of the earthly
system 10y means of the resemblance in
form between the parts of the human body
and many vegetable productions. Thus,
the coroanut is. in many RESPECTS. like the
human ~kUll. although it more closely
resembles the skull of the monkey, and
may perhaps serve DuwinS purpose ao a
link between the two. \ sponge may he 50
held IL To remind one of the mhr,hpd face
OF Il skeleton, and the meat OF an English
walnut is almost an exact representation Of
the brain. PhmS and black cherries
Resemble the human eye; almonds and
some other nuts resemble the different
varieties Of the human nose, and an opened
oyster and it, shell are Il perfect image of
the human ear. The shape Of almost any
mans body, We are told. may he found in
the various kinds Of mammoth pumpkins.
The open hand nay be liscerned in the form
assumed 10y scrub willows and growing cell
cry. Th"Grrman turnip and the egg plant
resemble the human heart. The author
finds other striking rcsclnblamccs between
human organs and certain vegetable forms.
In the course of his Investigations. he
traces the forms of many mechanical CON
trivanc,~ in common Use back to the pat
terms furnished 10y nature. Thus he tells
that the hog suggested the plow. the ut
terlly the ordinary hinge. the toad~tool the
umbrella, tn" duck the ship. the fungus
growth ON trees the bracket. Even in
the region IF art he finds these resemblan-
c"s. The sky presents forms and colors
such as We see on no painters canvas, while
1.-THE rooster crows in three -fourths time
and Bob White whistles short gallop in
two-tourths time.