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Smyrna times., 1877-05-09
The Bread Supply of Europe.

The following statement concerning the |
wheat demand is received from Mr.. Dodge,
the statistician of the department of agr-
culture:
Great Britain is the only European
country that uniformly looks to other
nations for material portion of its bread
supply. Russia and the United States are
the main sources of that supply. The
amount required in addition to the home
production is increasing in part as the re-
suit Of larger bread ration consumed by
British workingmen. The imports of
wheat and -four for fifteen years, including
1872, were equivalent to 65,724,3l9 bushels
of wheat Of 60 pounds each per annum. In
the past four years the average has risen
to 10l 1862 bushels. In the five years
prior to 1872 it was 78,S3S,9 and in ten
years, ending in 1867, it was but 59, All, ,456.
Such has been its increase, modified by the
fluctuations of home production, though
the imports of 1862 exceed those of any
other year up to 1873.
In this period of fifteen years the United
States contributed q per centum, Russia
"a, Germany II, France 9, other countries
%. In the last fours year the proportion
supplied by the United States has increased
to 45 per cent. and that Of Russia has fallen
to l6, and the remaining countries have
Furnished but 80 instead of 40 per cent.
The British receipts of the first quarter of
1877 are but S,557,20 cwts. of wheat
against 11,l58,3l2 for the same period in
1876 and l,526,5l0 cwst. of flour, against
l,773,29l. OF the wheat 4,999,377 came
from this country, nearly three-fourths oi
it from the Pacific coast. But 1,343, ,1S4
cwts. came from Russia. The wheat pro
duction Of this country has twice exceeded
three hunded million bushels, but the
average since 1869 is scarcely two hundred
and seventy. Two hundred millions are
required for bread and seed, and more
than sixty millions are annually exported
Our present grain supply is short. The
European war will doubtless curtail pro
duction in Southern Europe, while it viii
increase consumption. The California croT
of 1877 will be short, and an increased area
Of spring wheat will be required to supply
the world.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09
Hints for the Summer Vacation.

First-lf there are any weakly children
in the family, make an effort to find
boarding.place near river or lake, and
give them boat and oars with due regard
for their safety, of course.) There can be
no healthier pastime for boys or girls of
dyspeptic or consumptive tendencies than
padding the summer away in light skif.
We know of more than one child-a few
years ago narrow-chested, pale, stopped
shouldered, subject to incessant headaches
IN school who is now broad d-breasted and
ruddy, simply from the exercise of rowing
during the summer months. Secondly
Pack up all the finery of both girls and
boys, and-leave it at home. Have stout,
well-ftting shoes made for them to order,
without heels. Clothe the whole of them
in flannel. Navy blue at forty-fve or fifty
cents per yard is the best. Pretty and
cheap loosetitting suits of this are the
most artistic dress for child or adult on the
seaside, hills or wherever tramping, and
sudden showers and downright fun are the
rule. Flannel is by all odds the coolest
dress to wear in the hot season, and ar
almost certain preventive of colds, neural
gia, etc. Thirdly-If there are boys, yor
will find it wise investment to spend 81,
or eight dollars for a shelter tent. They
could sleep in it, if necessary, with benfi
to health; but, in any case, they can carr.
it to lonely solitudes, back of the barn, o
up on the mountain, and camp out all da.
and all night, cooking their own meals ant
keeping up watch-fre. Fourthly-Prc
vide for rainy days, checker-boar
decalcomanie, story books, and especially
good humor. A family stranded upon tn
barren shore of farmhouse with nothing
but their trunks, is a spectacle not edifyini
to gods or men.-,ScriJner.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

THE SEA.-The sea is the largest of all
cemeteries, and its numbers sleep without
monuments. All other graveyards, in
other lands, show some distinction between
the great and the small, the rich and the
poor, but in the great cemetery the king
and the clown, the prince and peasant, are
alike undistingushed. The same waves
roll over all; the same sun shines, and
there, unmarked, the weak and the power
full, the plumed and the unhonored, will
sleep on forever.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

A workingmen's cofee-house similar to
those which have been so successful in
Liverpool was opened in Sheffield three
weeksago. There are billiard rooms, where's
small fee is charged for the use of q table !;
a capital readingroom, and large dining
room, where coffee, tea, and cocoa can be
obtained at the lowest rates. Two men,
bers of Parliament, Mr.. Roebuck and Sir
Harcourt Johnstone, were present on the
opening night to compliment Mr.. Mappin
for his generosity in building the club
house and~to appeal to workingmen to
spend their evenings where they could not
get drunk. One of the pointed remarks
made was this: "Other nations are run.
ming us so hard in the competition for
manufacturing pre-eminenoe that unless we
try to promote education and thrift to the
best of our power, we shall not be as We
were ten years ago." These coffee.housel
seem to be very useful and popular il
England There ought to be more o
them in American cities.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

The weathercock on the steeple of the
village church in Soudan, France, was
timeworm and rusty, and those in authority
decided that it should be removed. A man
clambered up the steeple, but just before
he could reach the weathercock he lost his
balance and slid down for 70 feet, then re-
bounded to the roof of the church, and was
precipitated to the ground without being
seriously injured. Then a man named
Chevaler strove to haul himself up by
means of q rope; but at last his hands
slipped and he fell backward. His foot
caught in the rope, and there he remained,
l20 feet from the ground, with his head
down, beating the air with his arms, strug-
Cling to recover himself, and swaying back
ward and forward with high wind.
Pierre Pean now stepped forth and volun-
teered to mount to the rescue of Chevalier,
but, after doing his best for three-quarters
of an hour, he had to descend. His place
was taken by Moreau, who, climbing
higher than Chevalier, slipped a rope
round his body and cutting that which
held his foot, freed him from the fearful
position in which he had remained fol
three hours.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

A Turks GUARANrEE.-Sadyk Pasha,
lately the Turkish Ambassador at Paris.
hearing of guarantees" told the following
anecdote: A Jew, at Rustchuk, was bar
gaining with poulterer for pair of fowls.
At last he said, " Well, will take them at
your price, only have not my money with
me-" "Oh, them" said the dealer, "there
is an end to it." "Not at all. The bar
gain is struck. l will only take one of your
fowls, and will leave you the other as
gilarantce."
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09
and left them

The Hon. A. H. Stephen has entirely re-
covered from his recent illness, though he
hardly looks a we'll man. Naturally small,
he has wasted, withered, and shriveled,
until in weight and size he is a feeble
child. His face is of yellow ivory tint,
scanned and crossed with a network of fine
wrinkles, but his little blue eyes have a
snap and light of their own that sickness
cannot destroy. He made singular figure
in the Supreme Court the other day,
arguing before that august body seated in
his armchair.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09
P0et2.Y.
COUSIN WILL.
BY PHILIP MORSE.

] strolled last night in musing mood,
Rejecting on my lonely state;
Till, wearied out at last, paused
And leaned upon garden gate.
The old moons mellow radiance hung
In golden mists among the trees,
Faint odorS, borne from distant flowers,
Ebbed idly on the evening breeze.
As thus stood, absorbed in thought,
Ipressed against the gate too hard
1t opened with a sudden jerk
found myself within the yard.
A form came gliding down the walk
Soft arms embraced me, as perplexed
stood one blissful moment, while
A sweet voice sOothed my ear; the next
1t rose into a shrek, then sobbed:
20 sir, how could you keep so still!
When all the time kRolc you knew
thought you were my cousin Will"
These stars are moons, or rather months
Just five have fitted since that night,
And two of these have calmly shone
Upon our welded life. 1t quite
Surprises me to think of it.
And she is queenly, tall and fair,
With lustrous eyes, and such wealth
Of-Yell we call it auburn hair.
$50 late%' I've just come from the club;
My wife sits silent, but light,
Unseen before, turks i'll her eye.
Once more muse on that calm night
When first she met me at the gate,
And wonder, while her eyes fame still,
If ever I, i'll days to come,
Shall wish it had been cousin Will.
-'Bric-d- Brdc;" ScribRer for Ma!
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

Young men Of bad habits and fast ten
denotes never like to marry girl Of their
own sort, but demand wife above suspi-
cion. So, pure, sweet women, kept from
the touch of evil through girlhood give
themselves with all their costly dover of
wsmanhood into the keeping of men, who
in base association, have learned to under
value all that belongs to them, and then
find no repentance in the sad after years.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

At the foot of Chamber street, N. Y, the
other day, as a lot of passengers were wait
ing to go over and take the five o'clock
train on the Erie road, young man passed
around and said to the crowd of ladies:
"That man over there with blue neck
tie on is worth half a million dollars, and
he wants to marry"
Pshaw what do l carer ~ was the
reply of every one addressed, but seventeen
different women were so busy looking at
the stranger and wondering what sort of a
husband he'd make that the boat went of
and left them.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

A GENrLEMAN.-A gentleman is a rarer
thing than some of US think for. Which
of us can point out many such in his circle
men whose aims are generous; whose
truth is constant and elevated; who can
look the world honestly in the face, with
equal, manly, sympathy for the great and
the small? We all know hundred whose
coats are we'll made, and a score who have
excellent manners, but of gentlemen, how
many? Let us take scrap of paper, and
each makes his list.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

Time was when geology was cited as
witness against the Mosaic record of crea-
ton: perhaps the time is not far distant
when Moses will be deemed the Great
Geologist, the father Of decree that de-
mands "infnite time" as its postulate. In
a recent conversation, gentleman who is
a disciple of Darwin and an enthusiastic
geologist, made this remark Geology
and Genesis agree SO perfectly in the great
outlines of creation that am at loss to
know whcre Noses qgt that il,tormatton.'
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09
languid life.

In the quaint old town of Guilford,
Conn, the ladies have organized society
of United Workers" to engage in such
works of benevolence, philanthropy, and
local enterprise rs command themselves to
favor and are neglected by the male citi-
zens. A year or two ago they took up the
matter of lighting the streets, for which no
provision had ever been made by the
proper authorities, and not only furnished
lamp-posts, lamps, &C., out of their own
means, but have kept the lamps trimmed
and burning ever since, paying for oil and
lighting from the society's funds. A year
or Two ago they took the village park in
hand and paid for having it properly cared
for and kept up. Last Saturday they came
out in force to give the park regular
Spring cleaning up, and this time they at
tended to the work in person. Each lady
was attired for the work and had rake
trimmed with gay-colored ribbons, and the
procession was escorted to the ground by a
brass band which enlivened with music the
days exercises. Upon reaching the ground
the ladies took possession of the park and
allotted the work to be done in sections
All masculine intruders during the per
formance were compelled to pay fine
which went into the societys Golfers, to b.
devoted to future enterprises of utility o.
charity. There was considerable usefu
work done in the way of beautifying ant
adorning the park, some money fell int,
the society's treasury in the shape of fines
and the occasion was very merry one
Why isn't that sensible as we'll as sociabl
and jolly way of carrying on the mino
local enterprise? 1t promotes friendshi
and good will as well as local pride an
public spirit.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

The residence and grounds of Ross Win
ans, the Baltimore millionaire who recently
died, occupied an entire square, and would
have been very ornamental to the neigh
borhood had they not been enclosed by
high brick wall. Years ago some of the
staid residents complained of the nude
statuary exposed in Mr.. Winans' palace,
and he showed his anger by building the
wall.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

Mayor johnson, of Charlotte, N. c., has
been unanimously renominated for re.elec.
ton by large mass meeting embracing
both parties and both races. In accepting
the nomination so aatteringly rendered
Mayor Johnson expressed qualification that
politics had been ignored in the nomina-
on.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

Landlady Ito boarder who has passed his
cup six times) j." You are fond of coffee,
Mr.. Smith" Mr.. Smith" Yes, ma'am, it
looks as if l was, when I am willing to
swallow so much water for the sake of
getting little"
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

A WORD 90 BoYs.-I know you don't
drink now, and it seems to you as if you
never would. But your temptation will
come, and it probably will come in this
way
You will find yourself, some time, with
number of companions, and they will have
bottle of wine on the table. They will
drink, and offer it to you. They will
regard it as a manly practice, and, very
likely, they will look upon you as a milk
sop if you don't indulge with them. Then
what will you do? Eh2 What will you do ?
Will you say, "Boys none of that stuff for
me! l know trick worth halfa-dozen of
that?" Or will you take the glass, with
your own common sense protesting, and
your conscience making the whole draught
bitter, and feeling that you have damaged
yourself, and then 60 off with a hot head
and a skulking soul that at once begins to
make apologies for itself-just as the soul Of
Colonel Backus does, and will keep doing
during all his life?-J G. Holland, 81
Nicholas for May.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09
The Man Who Grew.

One day last week a Detroit mechanic
was going down Michigan avenue and
became favorably impressed with a pair of
pants hanging in front of cheap clothing
store. The price was low, the goods
seemed to be all right, and he made up his
mind to purchase.
81 gif you de word of Andrew Shackson
dot dose pants are shust like iron, said the
dealer. g. warrants dem efery dime"
After three or four days wear, the pur-
chaser found the bottom of the pants crawl
ing toward his knees. 1t was bad case of
shrinkage, and he got mad and went back
to the store and said
"You swindled me on these pants! See
how they've shrunk?''
The dealer looked him all over, felt of
his head, pulled on the pants and finally
said:
81 shall give you one tousand dollars a
month if you will travel with me-"
"How-what?"
"You are shust growing right up at the
rate Of two inches day, and l takes you
aroundt the country on exhibition. Dose
pants are shust as long as efer, but you haf
grown oudt off DEM"
"I don't believe itr' shouted the man
81 am forty years old, and quit growing
long agor'
81 gif you de word of Andrew Shackson
dot you're growing"
81 don't care whose word you give?
say these pants have shrunk nearly foot. -
{" Has de top of dose pants shrunk down
any?" softly asked the dealer.
"Why, no."
shouldn't de Wristbands shrink down
shust as queek as dose bottoms should
shrink up? If it's in de cloth, one part
should shrink like de odder, ell? When
sold you dot elegant pair of pants for tree
dollar | don't suppose you vas growing SC
fast or shall haf put zum straps on dc
bottoms"
"Well, don't like this way of doing
business" said the customer.
"Shust like me. If | sells such elegan
P''i'9 90 N"9O " " Al'lIj "hu Hc grows OuI v
dem, it damages my trade. You ha
damaged me five hundred dollar, but ha
low rent, pays cash for mein goods, ant
can make you dis fifty cent tie for fiv,
cents"
The man walked out to the curbstonc
and turning around, shook his first ant
} said
} "You are a liar and cheat, and II
dare you out here y
f "Such dings sink deep into my heart,
4 sighed the dealer, as he took down his pipe
al dinks sell out dis peesness and ped
dies some vases aroundt. Den wen l sell
, to somcpody it makes no difference hoy
much dey grow" w."-Detroa Free Press.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

Those who bewail the decay of the
literary and debating societies in the
American colleges and attribute it to the
degeneracy of American students, can con-
sole themselves, if they will, by. watching
the development of college journalism.
Nearly every American college supports
one or more periodicals, few of which are
positively dull, while many of them are ex-
tremely clever. Yale has two papers in
addition to the time-honored Lit; Harvard
also has two papers, and in place of a
literay magazine something in the Punch
line known as the Lampoon, which is re-
markable for neatness of Typography and
density of humor; the Dartmouth and
Princetonian reflect credit upon their col
leges Cornell has good weekly, the Era
and literary monthly, the Revie,0j Brown
University has the BrmaOnian, an excellent
college paper, with literary articles of real
merit and interesting record of college
news; and the list might be indefinitely
extended. The colleges may not be send
ing out as many debaters and orators a!
they did 30 years ago, but they are gradua
ting clearer and stronger writer's After
all, is there the same need for oratory nov
that there was then? A Senator addresse
the reporters gallery, his aim being to in
huence the public that reads the news
papers rather than his colleagues on tn
floor. If college journalism is teaching
students how to write with grace and force
its development is fair compensation 70
the decline of the literary societies.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

A German editor remarks that in Amer
lea thieves are so scarce that rewards are
offered for them. He might have added
though, that it's not until after the reward
is offered that they make themselves scarce.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09
A Rich Merchants Will.


The will of the late Rowland II. Macy, a
well,known New York merchant, was
offered for probate on Monday. The
estate, valued at 100000, is left in equal
parts to the testator's wife and daughter.
The following clause appears in the will {;
z" am grieved to say in this solemn man.
ner, that my experience has been such
with my son, Rowland H. Macy, jr., that l
cannot intrust him with the care or man
agement of my property. He has never
succeeded in supporting himself. On the
contrary, though he is now twenty-nine
years of age, he has been entirely sup
ported and maintained by me; and
although | have done everything in my
power to aid him in establishing habits OF
temperance and sobriety, yet am compel
led to acknowledge the failure of every
effort made by me and others to that end
His passion for strong drink has not hith
erto been controlled by him. In view O
these facts | have deemed it wise to make
the following provision for his support ant
maintenance during his natural life:
direct that my executresses or their survi
vors or successors do, as soon after m!
decease as conveniently may be, invest il
United States government bonds a sum
the annual income of which shall amour
to $1,000, unless he contests this will, o
undertakes to defeat its provisions" l
the son contests the will it is directed tha
he shall have no part or portion of tn
estate. On the death of the son, or il
case he contests the will, the sum investe
for him is to go to the testators wife an
daughter, share and share alike.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

The ITallelujah Chorus and Whittier's
Centennial Hymn with music by John X.
Paine, which were heard at the opening ofthe
Centennial Exhibition year age, are to be
repeated on May 10 at the opening of the
Permanent Exhibition. DR.. Holmes S
. Angel of Peace" and Prof H. A. Clarke $
March of the Men Of Columbia" will
also be sung by large chorus. The
Permanent Exhibition orchestra will play
Leutner's Festival Overture" besides
furnishing an accompaniment for the
chorus. The Hon. John Welsh, President
of the Centennial Board of Finance, and
the Hon. A. 7. Goshorn will make short
addresses. President Hayes will announce
the opening of the Exhibition, Bishop
Stevens will make a prayer, and Bishop
Simpson pronounce the benediction. A
good deal of music and very little talk
these are the features of sensible pro.
gramme that ought to make Philadelphia
happy.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

An exchange encouringly remarks that
the average young man is so unreliable
that fathers ought to hide their daughters.
What the average young man is afraid of
is not so much as that father will hide
his daughter as that he will "hide" the
average young man.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

When the practice of inoculation was
first introduced in Boston, in 1921, the
the House of Representatives passed bill
prohibiting it, and sermon was preached
in Boston upon this text: so went Satan
forth from the presence of the Lord
and smote job with sore boils from the sole of
his feet unto his CROWN" from which the
doctrine was deducted that Job had the
smallpox, and iSatOn 'oas the first inOculator'
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

In the Spring the gentle sere-
Naders tinkle their guitars,
And the violins make merry
Music underneath the stars.
Then next day the gentle sere-
Nader not so jolly are.
For a fellow can't be merry
Playing on the soft catarrh!
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

Did you ever meath the moonlight,
In the Spring times early pride,
Linger on the broad veranda,
With your loved one by your side?
While your eyes met hers in glances,
That their wealth of passion told,
Did you ever, let me ask you,
Catch most Internal cold?
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

1t is stated that Mr.. Coon, late auditor of
Luzerne county, now in Jail at Wilkesbarre,
will start new Sunday paper in Scranton.
His sanctum will be in Jail.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

She said it was very bright idea, He
said he knew brighter one, and when she
asked him what it was he answered, "Your
eye, dearr' There was silence for a
moment; then she laid her head upon the
rim of his ear and wept.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

"Father," said boy who got kicked in
the face by mule that he was annoying,
"will l ever be as good-looking as | was?"
"No, my son. answered the parent, l
don't think you'll be as handsome as you
were, but you'll know great deal more" )"
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

When the Hon. Benjamin II. Brewster
led his little boy into the United States
Court at Philadelphia the other day, Judge
Cadwalader stepped down from the bench,
and, taking the bright boy by the hand, led
him up to the seat Of Justice and placed
him in chair to the right of Circuit-Judge
McKenna. Thereupon the Philadelphia
Day Historically remarks; "The act of
Judge Cadwalader was q graceful and
courtly compliment to one of the country
most distinguished counselors and to his
child, and served as delightful interlude
in the dry drama of the law. How naturally
the hearts of all present-even if there
were criminals there-leaped with pleasure
on seeing innocence and purity thus en-
throned in the hall of Justice What {
pity that this boy must become manr
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

Swinging with ice water the Cars head
gardener finds to be more efficacious In
Kidding plants of insects than fumigation
with tobacco.
Smyrna times., 1877-05-09

A saloon keeper in Indiana advertised
his oysters as "unapproachable," and then
wondered why nobody tried to approach
them.