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Governor " Alabama
Your Regulator has iccn M
use IN my family fnr some
time, and | avn persuaded u
isa valuable addition 10 the
medical scicnce "-tioVefnur
J, GtLL SHORTER, Ala.
n have used the Regulator
inmy family flr the past sew
cntccn YEAR. ! can safely
recommend " ~ the World
~ the hest medicine ! have
ever use,itnr that class ofdis-
eases II purpnrts 10 cure
W. y. iHfurrN, President "
city Rank,
"simmons' Liver Rcrula-
tor has proved = good and e.
dcacious medicine &C A.
NurTtNG, Druggist
1--WE have been acguaint-
ed with Dr.. simmons Liver
Medicine fur more than
twenty years. and know II
10 he the hest Liver Revula-
tor offered 10 the public
". u. LYoN and Ill. Ives
nellcfontaluc, ga.
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fss-rHirrs ooni.mplatiir visiting the Atastis
'iiirs sh"uld purcha>, ii,krts Via this route aud
'i.ii the hn"u' Watering place In the m"nntsiu.
III Virginia.
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TnEwmITE SULPmER SPRINGS.

kn"~n ~oTld-~h s Ef ~. many healing virtues OF
IT. Water, are lu,aissl inu ssiaiely the line OF
this great pleasure route, Nhile many other- oi
eIual neTii, lie within a short distance aud easy
aoe,s uf by regular lines 81 hrst class Concord
taarhss.
ny eNaminigg our uiap aud time tables you gill
hnd the mi d'srihls route, ~ our PASSENGERS have
the rri'i.gc Of stopping at any e III. >Iting- Ia
tre mountains uf Virginia, aud te-uminr theit
iouru.y 1T pleasure. Ne Other line can oder these
Inducements. our ruad-l'd Is hrst-,la,s in every
Iar'irular
Tain, ~IuipIsd With all mclcn improvements.
Sleeping Cars, Westinghouse Air Brake,
aud even thing that J. Necessary Tor the comfort
aud convenience 81 l,as.sngvTs
lo NrN Yeas you have rhaioe OF two routes Ell.
Their Via tordun,,ille, Washington, etc, OF VIA
kichmnnd, taking on. 1t the mag nihr,nt steamers
oi IA" Oh dominion ursan steamship COMPANY,
Iassnr within view Of all the places al historical
Interest uu the James river, Ol Paint tanort, for-
lirss Monroe, Hampton Road, ZIP liaIs, Janrs-
town, etc.
1EN Ini- Lar. aud he convinced that this l. the
Finest llasur, Route on the Continent.
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hechesapeake & ohioR. R

Is the Great Pleasure Route to Richmond
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York, Boston, and allEastern
and Southeastern Points.
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THE ONLY LINE
, which passenger, ar, noi suhir,iu to a mid
night chang
THE ONLY LINE

Operated 10y ons Company, aud passengers are ger
tain "l s"ins through aud makins connections AT
terminal p0inis
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-07-25

And employed first class Carriage, Sign And Ornamental
rtatsr invite especial attention ~ WORK prices, etc
W. D. TORREYSON,
Corner Third and Carson streets opposite the st. Charles
Hotel and Of Telegraph and Plaza streets, opposite
hsyser & Elrods hay yard.
Carson, May s, 1877.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03
4 Syrian Toilet,

We called yesterday on the daughter o.
a, Mohanmodan living in tLis civ
(iupolil Though the girl has been mar
IIe4 several days, She had never been snor
by her husband. He lad only gone TO The
mosque when the ceremony was performed
she taking 10 part IN il. After the coro
mony the bride usually stays at her father.
mouse nlne days, during which time She sit,
IN state, dcckcd in her finest dress and
J,C,"eIs receiving calls from her friends
l. hen her JOY IS at an end. She must 90 tc
her husband, take of her fine clothes and
occome a perfect slave, subject to the will
Oh her cruel master. The parents Of tbi,
Dfioc were very poor. Her mother was
dressed III little better than rags and was
at the Lra"', washing clothes. All the
women OF the brides company had their
iIa!r plated tull Of gold coins. These were
hc!IIooins, and also greatly treasured. 50
tlat woman would almost starve sooner
Ihan part with one. The presents pivnn
Dy inc lamlly TO the bride were an cIcrant
pale blue brOcade silk dress and a bIac[
SIX, embroidered with gold; earrings OF
pearl and gold; bracelets as wide as q
Hhger' Daring the call she wore the bride.
groom presents. The other presents were
hung out on the wall.
We stopped Al Il house below, ACCORDING
70 custom, ana sent word we were com;nr
ne BRIDE returned answer that She wojI'I
Oe most happy 70 salute us. After waiting
cOo',1 twenty minute. We went up..tairs
!oF She Hved on the second hoor. She had
'ioI quite finished her toilet. and She SAT
on tHo hOoF before large mirror. sur.
Iotu1deo uy her tincry. Is we entered. She
arose and salutcd uS. and ;b..,, ,,t,,n,,l,I
colhposediy 10 her dressing. of all the
strange and CHASTITY sights her face was the
most wonderful, As may well be imagined
rom y- me way III which It was prepared.
tlfsl not wax was spread all over the
"hole lace, wA.cA when cool was peeled
Oh. !!s Was donc 10 remove ali the hair
from the ace. Then whiting was rubbed
on III the skin looked Ike marble. Her
eyebrows were painted Jet black. her Iins
.. ~" Tot on each check, painted bril-.
ii'ht rod. Tn these red spots on her for.
he''" and 3t the corners Of her mouth riIt
Ho"Gia We're pasted. Then over the whole
powdered sugar had been snappod. which
maze II *paI., rs with Gia!nond.d1st
NI!e wore pearl earrings, and around her
neck was a string Of large ambc, beads
'hEee strings ofropcd pearls. and curious
! l'e1I'i'ce, winch we we're privately told was
borrowed Tor the occasion. It was u7ado of
,WeHiE,t.Vc do..~r pieces OVERLAPPING each
oiher IKE scales. The usual head. dress
was covered with real and artificial flowers
l ne AnisAlng touch was put on in the shane
'I I.cce O black way, heated over the
-"'2'I u! very lot, made round and fat.
.Iho . :. then stuck between the eyes.-J.ss.D'g
= NE.aa III. IL"
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03
The Discovery Of Quinine.

The discovery Of the medical properties
OF cinchona bark is enveloped in great
obscurity. All that we know about it foI
certain is this: Before the year 1888
that Is to say l50 years subsequent TO the
discovery of America--not even the
Spanlards were acquainted with the fcbri
iuge qualities of cinchona but in this
year. or thereabouts, the Countess dc Chin
chon, the wife Of the Spanish Viccroy OF
Peru, was cured of a violent intermittant
fever by drinking an infusion of the bark.
and this led to its introduction into Europe.
We're the natives themselves ACQUAINTED
with it? llumbold answers this question
very positively in the negative, and refers
the discovery to the Jesuit missionaries.
who, being in the habit of tasting the bark
OF every tree they hewed down, at length
discovered the precious febrifuge. Other
authors of repUte contend that the virtues
OF clnchona bark were known to the
Indians long before the advent Of the
Spaniards; but the question again arises
how they first became acquainted with il,
properties. To account for this the ridden.
louS tale has been invented that certain
animals, while laboring under fever han.
pened 20 gnaw the bark o: one Of the
cinchOna trees, and were cured forthwith.
ar more probable is it that some cinchona
trees having been laid PROSTATE by the
tempests III pool Of water, and the latter
becoming charged with the medicinal
principle, some person laborinG under fever
drank OF this water, was cured. and pub.
lished the result.
Bat however this may be. it is certain
that the remedy became popularizcd in
Europe through the agency Of Count del
Chinchon. Niceroy Of Peru, whose wife. as
we have said was cured Of intermittent
fever by its administration. The new
remedy, however, was badly received in
France and Italy. The Faculty set their
faces against it. Physicians who dared
prescribe its use were prosecuted, and il
was only the patronage Of Louis the XIV.
which ultimately rendered it popular in
rance. lhls monarch, suffering from in.
termlttent fever, was cured By an English
empire named Talbot, by means Of a secret
remedy. ms was no other than cinchoua
bark. Louis NV. purchased the secret for
the sum of $4,000 Iivres, and bestowed
yearly pension of 1000 liyres on the
Engiishman, besides giving him letters Of
nobility. Three years subsequently, the
remedy was published. 1t was a highly
concentrated yinoUs tinctuYc Of cinc60ua
bark C!nchona trees grow in the doAsest
forest OF Peru. In these forests there are
no roads. Frighttul precipiccs intersoc,
the path Of the cascaril,o. or bark-gathercr.
across whichiti is difficult % pass, even when
unembarrassed by load. 50 soon as the
treasure Of bark has been secured, these
difficulties and dangers proportionatclv
increase, SO that the comparatively low
price at which cinchona may be procured
IS IS. in itself matter of surprise C48ssHs
Nog Popplar Educator.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03
A VINTAGE SONG.
PY Z. D. K. BIANCIARDI.

Once more the year its fullnCSs pOurS
To cheer the heart of toll
Once more we take with gratitude
The blessing of the soil.
hear the children laugh and sing
They pull the grapes together;
And gladness breathes from everything
In this October weather.
The winter days were long and dark,
The spring was slow to come;
And summer storms brought fear and doubt
To many a humble home.
But rain ard sunshine had their will
And wrought their work together.
And see we heap our baskets still,
In this October weather
Ny heart has had its winter. too
And lain full bare and gray;
did not think a spring would come.
Much less a summer day
How little did dream that life
Would bring Us two together,
And should be happy wife
In this October weather,
Doubtless tile trosts VIII come again,
And some sweet hopes must die:
But We shall bear the passing pain.
And smile as well as sigh =
Nor let us cloud with fears OfiI
This golden hour together;
For God is in His garden still
In this October weather
-S9qJn.r for Octob,.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03
WHOLE NO. LEO.

~, = tARRoT HloET.-Ihc negro minstrel
thatcher the other evening told q ludicrous
story to big audience at the Grand Oncro
House here, and put a catch phrase in tho
mouth OF lndlanpolitans that has kent
them laughing ever since. Two sailors
VINO had parrot with them. went into y
magician show, III az upper room in some
lorelgh city. The three constituted tIn
audience. After each feat Of the mai.
cans, one Of the sailors would remark
Ihat pretty good wonder what tbcy'II
DO next: Finally ono Of the sailors asked
PERMISSION to smoke, which the macjcjans
granted, forgetting that in theroora beneath
was stored an immense quantity Of gun.
powder. The Jack tais and the ,arrot
continued to enjoy the show, one sailor
ADDING the pleasure Of his pipe. and the
othef remark!ng after each trick. "That's
pretty good wonder what they'll DO next .:
\ spark from the smokers pipe chanced 10
drop through crack in tile floor into the
powder, and something suddenly occurred.
s@lIoTs and magic;ans, parrot and all. "rose
above party prejudice, and were all blown
20 20, klhgdom come, in a million fragments.
al except the poll-parrot. He landed in
a heap OF bruised flesh and burnt feathers
IN potato patch, three miles away. lie
was utterly dcmoraizcd. 1t took somo
moments to collect himself and when he
had partially done 50 he hoped limpincIy
upon fence rail and remarked: That's
pretty good wonder what they'll do next
- vca.1.ats CJmu.rc.gl
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03

IMMENSE DEFAGCATIoN AND FRAUD IN
PHILADELPHIA-An astounding defalcation
came to light in Philadelphia on Saturday
week, the 22nd ult. John ;. Morton, Presi.
dent of the West Philadelphia Passenger
Railroad, and Samuel P Huhn, Treasurer,
ana Is. +. Stokes, Secretary of the company,
nave been detected in an overissue Of the
railroad stock to the amount of over mil.
lion Of dollars. The fraudulent issue has
been carried on for years Only month
or two since Mr.. Morton was chosen Presi.
dent Of the Permanent Exhibition. and
signalized his acceptance of the office bv
ordering it to be opened regularly on Sun.
day. Morton has confessed his crime. but
all three lay much of the blame on each
other showing little of the "honor among
thieves The affair has naturally produced
a great sensation il Philadelphia. where
the corporation and its officers stood high
in public esteem.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03

WHO INTRODUCED THEM.-Potatoes it is
SAID were first introduced into Europe bv
Sir Walter Raleigh but the fact is by no
means proven. 1t seems very strange. if
he did introduce the potato into Ireland
or England in 1884 or ljS5, that John
Garard IS, who was at that time gathering
material for his great work, THE Historic
OF Plants, published dozen years later
!o91 y was not aware Of the fact, for he
gives figure and description of the Virginia
potato, but not word about Sir Walter
Ralclgh being its introducor. The famous
German botanist, Clusius, obtained some
potato tubers while residing in Vienna in
1888, from the Governor of Mons, in the
province OF Hainault, who procured them
from an attendant Of the Pope's legate. but
none of these men mention Sir Walter
RaIeigh, and they had probably no knowl.
edge OF him or his Nirginan enterprise.
Of course it is Of no particular Importance
to US whether Sr. Walter Raleigh or some.
body else has the honor of being the first
to carry the potato to Europe, but we men.
ton the above facts in history to show upon
what slight foundation honors are bestowed.
especially if the recipient happens to be
person Of mark.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03

Brltons never will be slaves. \ London
magistrate decided two weeks ago that n
pedestrian has perfect right to hold ur
M, ms umbrella II he finds himself in danger
OF being run over, and that coacbmon + 9
no right to strike the umbrella.holder n
violent blow on the forehead with his
whip. lou people who drive carriages
think you have an exclusive right to the
ro3d, remarked the magistrate scornfully,
as he fined the coachman twenty.fvn dcl,
lars. This incident illustrates the readiness
with which an Englishman resorts to the
polce-courts when he has a genuine
grievance, and the promptness with which
hls rights are vindiCated. Americans suffer
themselves to be imposed upon time and
again rather than take the trouble to pro.
c"re legal redress. There are two facts.
however which are to be borne in mind
the processes of law are more tedious and
numbering. here than they are there. and
the fees of the lawyers in such cases are
much higher.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03
The Land of the Pharaohs.

The past lends to Egypt a charm more
enhancing than its cloudless skies and
delicious climate. Go where you will, anti.
qulty meets you at every turn. Around
you lie the ruins of cities whose very names
have been Obliterated in the silent march
OF the ages. Before you flows the sacred
river upon whose waves floated centuries
ago the little ark of the outcast Hebrew in.
iant, and the golden barge of the gorgeous
daughter of the Ptolemies. Time yvoe
when this old Nile was the highway down
which many successive nations rushed 10
conquest for the Ethiopian, the Assvrian
the Persian, the Roman, and the Sarocnn
have all lorded it in turn in this ancient
realm Of the Pharaohs. Now vexed no
longer with the fleets of rival monarchs
the mighty river rocks with slumberous
swell the lotus lilies on its lonely banks.
which have rung so often in DAYS gone bv
to the shrill p@ans Of triumph, the palms
the sultry noontidc throw their long
shadows arhwart ruined temples and
colossal statues, grand in execution and
faultless in detail, which reveal in every
outline the perfection to which tho arts Of
architecture and sculpture were carried
IN this their earliest cradle. The soil is
strewed with fragments of broken columns
and defaced colossi. Buried beneath the
drifting sand Of the Desert lie the glorious
and yet grotesque masterpieces of the
Egyptian chisel. Serene, grave, majestic.
inundated with flood of harmonious light,
the calm features of the once inscrutable
Sphinx look down upon us, as many cen.
turies ago they looked down in their grand
repose upon the wondering Father of
History. Time has pressed lightly on
these Titanic temples and vast tomb
palaces, but from their shadowy portals the
worshippers have gone for ever. Desolate
and state-fallen, they open now only to
admit the curious stranger Chambers
Journal.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03
A Wonderful Boy Orator.

a small company assembled in Parlor c.
Continental Hotel, PHILADELPHIA on Ias1
Monday evening, to hear private per.
tormance of Harry Shannon. the how
| orator, who has attracted such great atten.
ton throughout the country by his won.
deriui powers of oratorv and memory
The little fellow, who is but eight wears of
age, was dressed in velvet suit, and his
blonde hair was shaved close TO his head
displaying a Uranium classical in its con.
tour, and magnificent in its intellectual
development. lie has the manners Of =
Chesterfield, and one would imagine that he
had been reared in the courts OF the oiFeta
monarchles of Europe The entertain
ment was commenced with Mrs Norton's
Bingen on the Rhine" which was done
with much pathos and force. lie mex.
gave specimen of court pleading in the
defence OF Dick harrington in the safe
burglary trial. He passed on to Senatorial
oratory, and thrilled the small audience
with Iaype's reply to Webster. The lads
gestlculation in this was graceful and
perfect. Indeed the child, while in
delivery, seems to forget his age and rises
to man, an orator, and great one. His
hearers were charmed. lie was rewarded
with applause and at the end the ladies
K -4'''A 4SA AlaS hOIluGIiul performance,
Mr. Shannon, the father, stated that when
but five years of age his son alarmed his
mother by standing in the middle of tho
floor and reciting with ease Bingon on
the Rhine, after she had read it aloud to
INN. That was the first evidence of the
talent he possessed. Since then his powers
OF memory and oratory have prodiciouslv
developed. lie can recite a thousand
selections, poetical and prose, and requires
piece to be read to him once or twice for
him to commit to memory. Some pieces.
such as Poes Raven he cannot memo,
rize, nor can he read.
Medical authorities say he must not be
permitted to commence his education
before lie is twelve years old. Books are
kept from him as though they were un.
clean things, dangerous weapons. A
beautiful two versed poem written by am
untutored Englishman in the last century,
ne learned in mysterious manner, never
having heard it read, and, at unseeminr
hours OF the night he will arise from his /
bed and recite it. The next dav he is /
languid and depressed. His memory is /
wonderful. lie can deliver n sermon he /
mas heard with singular accuracy. But a |
volume could be written of his exploits of |
memory and his witty repartecs.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03

iV. = lren,eus Prime has not taken nm
| Coi' ho0ert q. lngcrsoll's gauntlet. The
| o[lsIh@i chaiienge seems 10 have been an
oHer OF SIVub 10 any person who should
prove lh3t either Paine or Noltaire recant.
Gu Ms aAt-CHYlstlan sentiments before he
died, or approached his end in fear and
feihhlIhG DR.. Prime, ia this weeks
Dls'+tt|, say that hc aa> received q letter
rom Co!, ihgelsoll. in which he proposes
c"e establishment Of Il court of arbitration
.oF 'Ae consideration Of certain propositions
III regard TO the deaths Of Paine and
0taire The Colonel suggests that the
reiglous SIDE shall have ninety DAYS in
winch to collect and present testimony in
ne al'irmatlve OF these propositions: that
the respondent shall then have ninety d9vs
70 present evidence on the other hani
that the affirmative shall have tbirtv d,,s
10 BRING forward testimony in rebutta1
ana that the decision shall tLeu no or1nod
before the Court of Arbitration. DR.. Primo
contends that no one of the PROPOSITIONS
mentioned by Col. Ingersoll was contained
IN the o!ter which was made in the O5c,..,.
ia: he volunteered to do was to nroduce
evidence that Tom Paine died drnnken
cowardly, and beastly death" Withont
accepting the arbitration plan. he Iavs tbis
evidence before his readers. One of tLo
strongest links in the chain of testimony i
letter which appeared in the Ir;B,1i, n
yearaGo, containing an extract from SteDhen
G@llets journal. Without passing iudg.
ment upon the completeness or incomEIote.
ness OF the proofs, every reader will be re-.
AeYed to learn that the bottom has fallen
our OF tins absurd scheme for settling This
Controversy !. Tribsue
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03

CoSr OF SMoKNG.-Mr. Hubbard wa.
about Is years old when he determined n
lay aside day by day the money which he
would have spent for cigars had he been !
smoker. At the end of each month he
deposited at interest the sum thus accu.
mulated IN savings bank. As the price
increased the amount of money To be laid
away each day. From time to time, when
hls savings in the bank reached few hun.
dred dollars he would draw out to make a
better investment By wise and shrewd
management the fund amounted to from
$4,000 to $4,000 a few years since. Mr.,
hubbard then took this money, and with
1T purchased a charming site, and built n
commodious and comfortable home for
himself and family. The place oyerloolIs
Long Island Sound, and commands one Of
the widest and finest views that can ba
found along the Connecticut shore.
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03

D!d you ever notice how long it takes Il
boy hair to dry when he has run away and
gone III swimming? 1t is painful to be a
boy, with mother constantly in fear that
you VIII be brought home from the river
on board. The boy is commanded not TO
go IN swimming, and he swears he wont,
but he hes like little trooper. He thinks
lie VIII 60 in and not get lis hair wet and
no one VIII know i, but lust as he Gets
ready to come out Of the water a biz how
ducks him and then he swears. and when
lie crawls III at the back window at ten
Q clock at night his mother, with press
board hid in the folds Of her dress. is the
i!rst obstacle he encounters. Does She be-
Aevc him when he tells her he has been
practising, with the " first nine Of SIM.
day school class ? No. She feels Of his
halF' finds it wet. smells Of It and finds Il
musty, and finds his shirt wrong side oI.t
men she spits upon her hands and with
the press board so works upon his tender
sens!b!llties that he goes to bed with his
hands on his aching heart, wishing he was
a halt orphan, and he dreams he Is a stern.
wheel boat running backward and has
coI.!ded with a barge loaded with bcnzine
on ire. The best way for bov to Get
along at this season Of the wear is to have
his hair shingIed
Smyrna times., 1877-10-03

Cloves are unopened flowers of a small
evergreen tree, that resembles in appear.
anee the laurel Of the bay. 1t is native
OF tho Molucca Or Spice Islands, but has
oeen carried to all the warmer parts of the
world, and is largely cultivated in tbn
tropical regions Of America. The flowers
are small in size and grow in large numbers
IN clusters at the very ends Of the branches,
The cloves VIC use are the flowers gathered
before they are opened and whilst they are
still green. After they are gathered thev
are smoked by wood fire and then dried
IN the sun. Each consists of two parts, n
round head, which is the four petals or
leaves Of the flowers rolled up, inclosine a
number of stocks and flaments. The
other part Of the Glove is terminated with
four points, and is, in fact, the flower onn
and the unripe seed vessel. All these
parts may bo distinctly shown if a few
spikes are soaked "A short time in hot
water when the leaves soften and unroll