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Smyrna times., 1877-04-11
" Proposals."

The Saturday ReUieO has an article under
this title, meaning proposals for marriage.
Some of the various methods of "popping
the question" are novel, and as such are
here given. AS an instance of the serious
method is the following:
An Irish girl, who was very anxious that
her scatterbrained brother should not be
refused by the demure young English
woman with whom he had fallen desper-
ately in love, implored him to try to pro
pose with the seriousness becoming the oc-
casion. lie vowed solemny that he would
behave as if he was acting as chief mourner
at his fathers funeral. The demure young
lady, in imitation of many of her sex, gracious
ly accepted her serious lover. She, however,
confided to her female bosom-friend that
Edmund had proposed in rather an odd
way. Lie had taken her to see the family
vault, and had there, in a sepulchral voice,
asked her if she would like to lay her bones
beside her bones. This he evidently
thought was a proper way to fulfill the
promise made to his sister of treating the
matter with becoming seriousness.
There are the shy and oblique devices:
When a man says to girl, with whom
he has waltzed several times, that, if ever
he becomes a Benedict, he hopes his wife
VIII NNdCGlN ICSGlIOlO lCI anu QISSS pre-
cisely as she does, if the girl answers " You
must ask papa" there may reasonably be
difference of opinion as to whether the
pretty speech can be twisted into proposal
or not. When, however, shy man, hav-
ing got his mother to plead his cause, says
to the beloved one, with tremulous gasp,
Wont you do the thing my mother
asked you p there is no doubt that, to all
intents and purposes, he has asked her to
be his wife. More than one proposel has
been made by underscOring the lines in the
marriage service, "Wilt thou have this man
to be thy welded husband?' and passing
the book and pencil to the adored one
1t sometimes comes back with II faint but
| still visible stroke under the " will"
a bold and audaciOuS method is illus
trated by the subjoined:
The officer whose furlough had nearly
expired without his having been able tc
bring a pretty little coquette to the point
of acknowledging that she cared for him
even little, was not unwise to take her
Ostensibly for the purpose of sketching, tc
the top of the church tower, to lock the
staircase-door, put the key in his pocket
and VOW that, if she did not promise tC
marry him within month, he would throw
himself Oft the parapet before her eyes.
How to choose time and place is wei
illustrated by the following:
A young parson travelling in Palestine
and asked to join pleasant party, among
whose members he found notable heires
of passionate piety, did we'll to restrain The
expression of the ardor of his affection
until he found himself lying at her feet OF
the slopes of the Mount of Olives, lookin!
toward Jerusalem. Scarcely any girl will
a spark of religion or poetry in her com
position could have said "no" to a whit,
necktie and pair of handsome blue eye
under such well-chosen circumstances
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11
One View of the Tramu Question.

The following extract from DR.. Hollands
{" Nicholas Minturn (ScriJner for April)
contains the experience of many New
Yorker. 1t is Glezen who speaks:
"Whep l came to the city," he said, 81
was full of q sort of chicken.hearted
beneVolence. A woman OF a child could
not extend hand to me on the street,
without taking out of my pocket whatever
| might happen to have there. Icomforted
myself over the loss of many good cigar,
with the thought that had helped some
body to bread, when ! only helped them
to beer, and did my share toward making
them worse and more incurable beggars
than they were before. They soon found
me out in my Office, where they managed,
by the most ingenious lying, to cheat me
out of my hard-earned dollars. became
at last sore with my sense of imposition,
and sore with my sacrifices, and I've not
recovered yet. l can look beggar in the
face now without winking, and when a
dead-beat presents himself in my office,
have only to glance at my boot and point
to the door, and he understands me, and
retires without word"
But you can't afford to become distrust-
full and hard. hearted like that, you know" "
said Nicholas in a tone of expostulation.
"a man can't afford to shut himself up like
that, and look upon every needy fellow as
scamp"
"You can't afford it, perhaps; can
and there, by the way, lies the trouble in
the case. Rich people, surrounded with
the comforts, try to make themselves more
comfortable in their minds by sharing
portion of their wealth with the poor
Their dinners taste better after having fec
a beggar. Their nice clothes feel bette
after they have given an old garment to
dead-beat, who straightway pawns it fo
rum. Society cannot afford TO have tn,
vice of pauperism nourished for the small
compensation of gratifying the bensvolen
impulses of the rich. Does pauperism grow
less with their giving? Is it not becoming
with every benevolent effort, a. great, over
shadowing curse? Pauperism grows b
what it feeds on, and it feeds on the benevC
lence of the rich, and on benevolenc
which, like some of our Christianity,
fashionable"
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

THE SPECIAL Session OF CoNGHgSS-Wash-
ington dispatches indicate :hat the extra
session of Congress will be called for the
middle of May, instead of in June, as
heretofore agreed upon. 1t is found that
more business will come before the extra
session than has been anticipated. Begin
ming with last week, there appears to be a
deficiency OF three months pay of officers
of the navy, and the Navy Department win
submit deficiency bill covering that
amount to the next fiscal year, in addition
to the army appropriation bill, for which
the session is more especially called.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

A New OCEAN PRoPELLoR.-A new form
of propeller for ocean steamships has been
patented in England, and is on exhibition
in Liverpool, 1t is patterned something
after the style of the stern.wheels some.
times used on river steamboats,, and the
claim is that it cannot be broken or lost,
and at the same time will give tho ship
applied power than the ordinary form of
screw.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11
POetrY.
A YEARS CHANGES.

A year ago-a single year,
One brief, bright year ago
His dulcet accents on my ear
Like music seemed to flow;
No Zephyr in an orange grove
Ere breathed more soft and low.
But now if buttons off his coat,
Good gracious don't he BLOW?
year ago-he vowed my life
Should never know care;
That Toll and Sorrow ne'er should come
To one so bright and fair,
That Love should strew my sunlit path
With garlands rich and rare;
But now he growls if l but ask
A bonnet fit to wear!
A year agO-a year ago,
He whispered low and sweet,
His heart could know no purer joy
Than kneeling at my feet,
That life, without my bright'ning smile
Would never be complete
But now he has some horrid friend
He always has to meet"
4 year agO-in tender tones,
That thrilled my timing heart,
He swore that naught above. below,
Our blended lives should part,
He'd hold me spite of Times green scythe
And Deaths destroying dart;
Now when threaten I'll go home,
He says, I'D better start!"
A year agO-he brought me gifts
The choicest wealth could buy
The luscious fruit, whose juices ripe
Beneath u trOpic sky;
And flowers, whose enhancing breath
Seemed Loves own perfumed sigh;
And now our very bread and meat
He feels is deuced high" !"
All me! ah me! Il change has come,
can't tell rightly how;
There's not a crow 's-lOOt in my cheek,
Or wrinkle on my brow,
I'm young, and fair, and bright as when
He breathed his warlnest vow,
But ah, he was lover then,
He is husband now.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

One hundred and thirty-one colored con-
verts were immersed in the waters of
Beargrass, near Louisville, on Easter Sun
day. The candidates stood at the waters
edge and sang hymn. Then Elder Gaddy
went down into the water, followed by
three deacons, two of whom led the con:
verts in an out, while the third stood by
the preachers side to help him put them
under water and pull them out again. The
first convert who was immersed-a young
girl-wiped the water from her face and
shouted, "Glory Oh! l am so glad I'm
freeW Another cried, d" / didn't know re-
ligion was so good; Oh, Lord, come down
to the water" A little black boy came out
of the water crying piteously, but all the
other converts emerged with smiling faces
and voices attuned to hymns, The excite
ment on the bank was so intense that an
aged sister threw up her hands and plunged
headlong into the stream, whereupon the
bystanders set up q deatening cheer and
two colored friends fished her out. The
ceremony occupied an hour.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

When Senator Blaine arrived at his home
in Maine on Saturday he looked exceeding
ly well and was enthusiastically received.
He declined the public demonstration and
formal reception which his friends desired
to give him; and indeed it is said that
during the whole of Mr.. Blaine's long Con.
gressional service he has never been willing
to accept from his friends and constituents
any such exhibitions of their trust and
liking.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

A St. Louis school boy gave his teacher
this excellent definition Of possibility:
Boys has two buttons for their s'spenders
SOS to keep their pants up. When one
button comes off, why there's a good deal
of responsibility on the other button"
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

The San Francisco Nal uses plain Eng
lish. 1t says that the alta and other papers
that speak Of the magnificent opportuni-
ties which California presents to the new
conner, lie in a very gratuitously criminal
way. "The unvarnished truth is" it says,
"that our labor market is stocked to over
flowing, and every fresh arriving train but
adds to the miserable multitude that waits,
suffers, starves, and finally fights its des-
perate way east again. Men of brains and
culture, good clerks, excellent accountants,
business men of undeniable energy, me.
chanics of ability, walk the streets in dumb
despair" " Westward ho!" is a siren song
in this year of grace. "Hard Times " is
the National tune in California as we'll as
in New York, and workingmen would
better keep step to the music wherever
they are. To the young man who is about
to put his college education and his sole
leather trunk on California bound train,
the Mail cries, "Stopr Yes, let him stay
where he is, and if he can't find the
chance he wants, let him take the first
that offers.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

A Michigan girl has gone clear to Japan
to marry Mr.. Lilly. She heard that the
Lilies toiled not, neither did they spin,
but dressed in their meeting clothers every
day, and she thought she would like to
become ono
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

The Southern humorist known as Bill
Arp was recently killed in Texas by falling
from wagon. He was not literary man
by profession, but was a farmer. His squaint
ideas were put into shape for publication
by newspaper friend.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

"Gobang" is the name of a new English
parlor game for children. In this country
it is played on the piano, and has been in
vogue ever since we can remember.-U UR-
musical PapCr.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

When a State Government is suffering
from duality, the party which collects the
taxes and pays its bills is liable to hold the
fort. The other men will pledge their
sacred honor with profusion, but they will
be more economical of their lives and
fortunes-especially the latter. There was
once a revolution in Guatemala which cost
the insurgents $3.50 and they found only
s. in the treasury As a consequence there
ensued stable form Of government for
more than six weeks. Revolutions which
don't pay are apt to be unpopular, and an
administration whose tax gatherers fail to
gather enough for their own salaries is in a
fair way to evaporate.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

Of the ssO Is E0d 10 IL
boys and girls, especially in regard to hats /:
sed him thus: You bad and wicked boy,
why don't you take off your hat in the
church ~ To which he received the reply :
" If you please, sir, I'm a little girl"
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

The report of wedding in Kentucky
concludes in this wise: The bride was
far from being handsome, but her father
threw in span of horses and seven mules,
and the bridegroom was satisfied.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

The druggist who hasn't invented cough
medicine Of his own is some indolent man
who had rather whittle a shingle than wait
on customers.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

In selecting husband at seventeen
woman desires good looks; at twenty-five,
good habits; and at thirty. the man; and
after that, the money and the man.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

II now transpires that Casabianca, who
would not leave the burning ship, was
twenty years old, had warts on his hands,
and had been shipped away TO sea to get
rid of him. Never bal any father, either.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

No woman in Minnesota can practice
law. That's what the Legislature decides,
and backs it up with the advice that they
pay more attention to pie crust.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

Undoubtedly the most important politi-
cal contest of this year will be. waged in
Ohio. A Governor is to be elected, and a
Legislature that will choose successor to
Stanley Matthews. The prominence which
the State now occupies in national politics,
and the elosenoSs of the vote at the last
elections, lend an additional interest to the
coming contest. The Democrats will make
an earnest struggle in the hope of breaking
the line of Republican States and Of estab-
fishing an advance line from which the
President battle of 1880 can be fought.
The Republicans have all the eclat of
victory, and will go into the fight with
strong hopes of accessions from the Liberal
and German elements.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

Springfield, Mass, exacts four hours OF
wood-sawing from her tramps daily.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

Telegranhy has been introduced into the
school for the blind, at Nashville, as q
study.
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11
WHOLE NO. 1854.
Facts on Butter Making.

At one of the recent meetings of the
Vermont State Board of Agriculture, Mr..
\. Skinner, Of Plainfield, as reported in
the Green Mountain Freeman, delivered an
address, and took for his text the senti.
ment of the State Board, at is a good thing
to know something, but it is better not to
know anything than to know what isn't
So" lie said:
"During the year 1874 he kept twenty.
five cows and sold 3j35 pounds of butter at
80 cents per pound, amounting to $l23725:
an average Of al! pounds per COW, or an
income Of 1882. With this result we are
quite well satisfied, as our butter had been
contracted and sent away each week, and
we had received some presents besides the
price bargained at, with which we felt
t1attered; and we were doing a little better
than some of our ncighbors, 50 that we
were enjoying life under the first clause of
our text, whose teachings amounted so near
to that Of inspiration with us that we ex.
pended every dollar of our surplus in the
education Of our children. But the second
clause Of our text had been so thoroughly
impressed upon our minds by the members
OF this Board, that it very much disturbed
our prejudccS, if not our peace of mind
and as the merit Of all knowledge is deter
mined by its practical working we con-
| cluded to test it by making a change,
although we were very cautious at first
As the result Of that change, we have
MIXED Is COWS the past year; have sold
1865 pounds of butter, contracted as before
| at 30 cents per pound, amounting to
$l527.75; an average Of 2424 pounds, or an
income Of SS4.87 per COW. This gives a
| difference in the income since the change
of $3.50 per COW, or $8S3.75 in dairy of
| % COWS. But these figures do not represent
all the difference. The - COWS kept in
1874 were all, except two or three, of
mature age; whereas, Of the Is kept in
| 1876, seven were two years old, and three,
three years old, leaving only eight of prime
age. | shall expect these hefers to average
800 pounds year by the time they are six
years old. Besides what we have sold, we
have supplied our family Of persons with
dairy produce.
ave have kept dairy twenty-five years,
have made butter almost exclusively, and
until we came under the influence of the
State Board, some three years ago. we
firmly believed that success in dairying de-
pended almost entirely upon the feed and
care bestowed upon the cows kept, and not
| upon the breed of cows. We were conf
dent that we kncg that the native COW was
as good as any, If not the best, when prop
erly cared for and that blood more es-
pecially Jersey blood, was a speculative
humbug. But the inevitable result of q
practical trial has established the truth Of
our text that 1T is better not to know any
thing, than it is to know what isn't So
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

1t is time to tumble in the cupboards for
spilled packages of flower seeds,
Smyrna times., 1877-04-11

Barnum won't have "the greatest show
on earth" this season. He will, content
himself with "An Unparalleled Aggrega-
tion."
After Lent there is generally squirt Of
weddings.
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RICHMOND FEMALE INSTITUTE,

Richmond. Va. One " the leading Virginia SCHOOLS
All the appointments goun. session opens Sept. "
Address JOHN HART. NJ. A.. President.
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SpectacIes In the French Army.

According TO the Temps the military
authorities Of France have decided upon
issuing an order sanctionng the wear
ing Of spcctaclcs by the officers and men
Of the French army. In Germany spec
taclcs have long been worn bv both oili-
GERS and men in the ranks. II i rcrog-
nizcd a. essential that an officer should
be able 20 see his men, and that these
latter should be able 10 clearly distin-
guish the target At which they have to
fire; and therefore. unless >pectacles or
eyeglasses are permitted every short
sighted man must be excluded from the
army. Consequently by allowing man
to assist his defective vision BY artificial
means q large number Of men who are
al present necessarily rejected will be-
come available for service ia the ranks.
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Mrs. Young, the widow of james
Young, who was recently shot and kill
ed on his own estate in Roscommon,
ireland, has been awarded $40, 900 com
pensation by the Grand Jury Of the
county. Some extraordinary evidence
was given before the Grand Jury, show
ing the existence Of grcal terrorism in
the county. II was deposed that the
murder was publicly spoken Of as deed
10 be accomplished before il was perpc-
trated. After the murder. farmer,
who told the police that he had before
its preparation seen a suspicious look
ing stranger In the ncighborhood. was
threatened the Same night, and his
house was burned over the heads Of his
wife and family. Mr.. Young's steward
has since been warned that his life j. in
danger. Threatening notices are ex-
tensiyely posted over the county, and
some Of the witnesses said they gave cy-
idencc M the risk Of their lives.
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roR THE YOUNG FOLKS.


an.,th tho boy. "Ill climb that tree
And hiring down a nest. ! know"
n,,nfh the rifl ~ VIII not see
little birds dcfrnuded -.
c..wnrdly their nests 10 take,
And their little hearts 10 break,
ANA their little eggs 10 steal.
Leave them happy Tor my sake
surely little birds can fc'l''
Ouoth the boy "My SENSES whiri
Until now never heard
Ol the wisdom 81 a girl,
ar the feelings 81 blrd'
Pretty Mrr. Solomon.
Tell me what you reckon on,
When you pirate ia such a strain
II wiring their ncckr anon.
Certainly they might fccl----pnin"
ouoth the girl: IL watch them talk,
Making love and making fun,
In the pretty ash-trcc walk.
when my daily task II done.
In their little eyes find
They are very fond and kind.
Every change Of song or voice
Plainly proyeih To my mind,
They can suffer md rejoice"
And the little robin-bird
(Nicc brown back and crimson brcast)
An the conversation heard
sitting trembling In his nest.
ssWhaf a world" he cried "of bliss,
Full of birds and girls. were this
Hiithe we'd answer 20 their call
hut great mistake Il Is
BOYS were ever made at all"
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FOR .Starching Linen. Use l tea
spoonful powdered borax 10 ] quart
boiling starch; il will improve the still
ness and gloss.
ice-cream. pints Of cream add
> pints Of milk, cup Of sugar, egg
well beaten, tablespoonful vanilla IA.
vor; put into the freezer without cook
ing.
10 Cleanse Jewciry Use hot water
and clean brush; rub d very little
soap on the BRUSH then dipit into pow
dered boraN and scour well; rinse in
hot water, and rub dry wiiha clean tow
I'll, or chamDis IL better.
Grunge lee. The juice Of q oranges
and grated peel Of . /; the juice Of ? lem
ons. squeeze ont every drop Of juice.
and let the grated peel steep IN The juice
! hour; strain well through fine cot
ton cloth; mix IN one pint of sugar,
then one pint Of water; freeze As you
would icc-cream.
BiaekCcrrv Nine To 10 quarts OF
. blackberry juice put quart VI water, >
pounds OF A sugar, ! ounce of tinctnre
Of ammonia; let them boil up, then
strain, and when cold put in quart Of
pure French spirits mix thoroughly to-
geiher. Let il remain in cool place
il will be ready for use In few days.
DO not bottle it until after year or 50,
and keep cool All that time. otherwise il
may ferment and spoil, but after a year
that danger il past.
Cocoanm Cake. "A cupful Of butter and
3 eggs beaten To cream; cupfuls Of
powdered sugar, cupful milk. 2 cup
fuls sifted flour, 2 teaspoonfuls cream
tartar, Of soda; bake in shallow pans
and let cool; have ready 4 Of grated
and pared cocoanut, mix II with the
well beaten whites Of 3 eggs, and cup
full Of white sugar; lay this mixture be-
tween the layers Of cake; take the other
half Of the cocoanut, pare and CRATE il,
mix II with tablefpoonfuls powdered
sugar, and sprinkle il thickly over the
top Of the cake.
Cucumber Pickles.--M Make pickle in
a clean tub that will bear small pota.
70; wash the cucumbers and put them
in; cover with cabbage-leaves, and
place something heavy on the top 70
keep them under the brine; let them lie
rs long as you wish. To make few Al
"A time, take them out and let them re.
main in cold water over night; then put
half water and half vinegar and small
piece Of alum in the kettle with the
pickles, and set them on the back Of the
range. BE careful not TO let them boil
Turn them over every Is minutes,s SO the,
will all get done through. You can tel
by breaking one in hall, and if il il green
il is done. Take them out; put in B
stone jar; throw away the vinegar, put
in fresh vinegar: cloves and allspice, q
few Of each; let it boil up, and throw II
over the pickles in the jar, and then
cover. They will be ready for use IN !
few days. Can be kept year if de-
sired
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Last year the Whichaven eng
land) Guardian gave fi05 worth Of adj
vertising to the Empire Fire Insurance
Company and received for 50 doing l05
fl shares in the company Not long
since the insurance company went into
liquidation and the receiver demanded
full payment in cash from the newspa-
per for the shares held. IL has been
decided IN the English courts that the
advertisements can not be taken as pay
mcnt. Forty other provincial papers
are Ia the same predicament, and here
after only cash will be received At those
offices.
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Where's nothing Ike H." Never could
use taking powder till ! tried yours"
"Can't speak too highly OF IT, hats what
they say ~ DooLEy's YEAST POWDER.
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kINcsFoRD's OswEGo STARCH combines
three essential quail tics--uniormity. purity
and strcngth--thc great dcsidcfata In starch.