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Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

LAURENs's LEECH FARM.-Tho great leecb
larm OF NJ. Laurens near bordeaux. France
covers about 400 acres. The marsh is di.
Vlded INTO compartments of five or six
acres, each of which is surrounded bv two
bitches with an Intervening bank. These
compartments have some 10000 TO 4OOOO
leeches each. In the winter the leecbes
remain under ground, but come ont eorlv
IN the spring. Horses are driven into tho
water, about ten to the acre, on which The
"blood-suckers' gorge themselves for five
or SIX hours. The troop is then taken
away to be fed and recuperated for eight or
ten days, and other troops take their pIacoe
so that by June the leeches go under Ground
again, the water is drawn off. and the borl,'
age is allowed to grow. In July and An.
gust they come out, and deposit their eggs
on the tufts of weeds and grass: a little
water IS turned on to moisten the rropnd
and the young soon hatch. Bv the last of
august the grounds are inundated. and the
hshlng begins; long lines of men in bigh
boots pass through the ponds, beating the
water to rouse the leeches, and putting the
largest into bags which they carry. SmoI.
Ter ones are left for stock for another wear
Paris alone uses 100000 leoches wear
ana before the introduction of these ieecb
farms 5O'OOO,000 annually were imported
into France. 'eN
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

FIXING JEALOUS WIvEs.-Thero wora
three brothers in business-butchers. All
OF them were married, and in the course of
time, as their families became intimate. seri.
GUS trouble arose. The wives became ieoI.
Gus OF one another, and particularly in the
matter OF clothes. If one of them had \
new dress, the other two wanted 10 know
why they couldn't have new dresses foo
Little things added fuel to the flame until
II threatened to break up the firm and es.
TRANCE the brothers. This none of the mon
desired. The business was prosperous. thew
were doing well and none of the three
wished to retire.
They accordingly called a family council
and after consultation resolved that all in
tercourse between the female members
should cease, save and except once wear.
On each specified day the three families
come together and hold a gand picnic. Al
the close they separate, and do not meet
again for twelve-month. In this wav ali
and fault-fnding was done away
with. There is no one to carry tales hack
ana forth, no one to create heart burninos
and hatred. The men agreed together and
the women agreed apart, and there is the
best OF feeling on all sides. 1t was n oood
dea, and might be acted upon to ADVANTAGE
n many firm besides that referred to-
Er WV" w.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07
Irritating Days.

Ihere are times when everything seems ia
20 wrong. From seven o'clock in tbo
morning TIL ten o'clock in the evening nj.
FAIRS are in Il twist You rise in the ,3orr.
ing and the room is cold, and a button is off.
ana the beetsteak is tough, and the stoves
smoke, and the pipes burst, and Won start
down street nettled from head to foot All
day long things are adverse Insinuations
Pet'y losses, meanness on the part of custo.
mers. The ink bottle upsets and spoils tho
carpet. Some one gives wrong turn To
the damper and the gas escapes. An aoont
comes in determined to insure vonr Ifo
when 1t IS already insured for more thon
II Is worth and you are afraid some ono Will
Knock you on the head to get the nrico of
your policy; but he sticks to vou, SHOWING
you pictures Of old Time and the bonr9
glass and deaths scythe and skelton. ma.
KING 1t quite certain that you will die bo.
iofe your time unless you take papers in
ms company. Besides this, you have a cold
IN your head, and grain of dirt in vonI
Eye ana you are walking uneasiness.
me uay Is out OF Joint and no surgeon can
The probability is that if you would look
az a. 'he Weathervane you would find that
the wind is northeast, and Won nigbt '',o' ro
member that you have lost much sloan
lately: 1t might happen to be that Won mar arp =
out OF joint instead of the day. Be care.
fui and not write many letters while won
are IN that irritated mood. You will 1en
some things that you will be sorry for after.
Let us remember that these spiked net.
Ties OF life are part of our discipline. Life
would get nauseating if it were all honey
lhe table would be poorly set that had on
1T nothing but treacle. We need a LITTLE
vinegar mustard, pepper and horseradisb.
that brings the tears even when we do not
feel pathetic. Ifthis world were all smooth.
ness, we should never be ready for emigra.
ton to higher and better. Blusterinc
March and weeping April prepare us for q
shining May. This world is hitching.post |
instead ! t3 OF tying faston the cold mountains,
he had better whip up and hasten on to. |
ward the warm inn, where our good friends
are looking out of the window watching to
see us come up.-Talnaaqc.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

GLAss,-Probably the Romans were tho
hFst to employ glass for windows. some
remnants of glass panes are to be found TO.
day, IN their frames, in the buried honses
OF Herculaneum and Pompeii. They suh.
stItuted glass as a material for bottles in
place OF the leather which is still in vooue
among the poorer classes in the Orient
Eplcureans in wine then, as now. deter.
mined the age of their article bv the seal
upon the cork, and the label Impressed
upon the glass. Glass goblets were less
popular. Gold and silver reluctantly viold
the palm to their new tangled rival. which
sought popularity by appealing to the desire
OF novelty among the rich Even artificial
stones and pearls of glass were not unknown
w neither mirrors of glass were known
10 the Romans, or whether they denendad
exclusively, as they certainly did, chiefly
upon the resources of the iews-polishcI
metals-is aquestion of grave dispute amonr
the learned in such matters, a disnute into
which we shall not venture to enter. II i
'aie' however, to say the only use of oloss
which modern art can claim with assnr.
'nce, as exclusively its own, is the emnIov.
lnent OF 1t in optical instruments.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07
POetrY.
LUCK AND LABOR.

Luck doth wait, standing idly at the gate
Wishing, wishing all the day;
And at night, without fire, without a light.
And before an empty tray,
Doth sadly say:
Tomorrow something may turn up;
Tonight on wishes must sup"
Labor goes, plOwing deep the fertile rows
Singing, singing all the day;
And at night. before the fire, beside the light.
And with well-flled tray.
Doth gladly say:
Tomorrow I'll turn something up;
Tonight on wages earned sup"
Caroline 4. SOule, s. Nicholas for March.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

RATE OF INTEREST DowN.-The New York
correspondent of the Baltimore San saws
In conversation with two members of fbc
syndicate your correspondent learned that
cents to come largely for those institutions
winch have heretofore held the skies, while
Ihere was also an investment demanded
from parties who until recently would not
touch the a per cents, because of the low
rate OF interest. This fact was considered
10 show that the American people were
being gradually educated in favor of n low
rate OF interest, and as paving the way for
a successful placing of the 4 per cents
when the remaining 1920, 100000 of the Al
Per cents had been disposed of. In the New
Jersey Senate yesterday the bill to rednca
the legal rate of interest to six per cent
was reported by the committee with an
amendment allowing seven per cent On
on special contracts. The amendments wac
agreed TO by a vote Of to ""9
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

Gen. Amos B. Eaton, whose death was
announced on Thursday, was one Of the
audience assembled at the Yale Art School
on Wednesday evening to listen to Mr..
Donald 9. Mitchell lecture on every Day
aesthetics" Just before the lecturer ap,
peared Gen. Eaton suddenly fell dead.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

Dr. Louis, of New Orleans, who is some.
thing OF wag, called on Baptist minister
ana m propounded few puzzling questions
why IS it, said he, "that you are not oble
T, 10 90 the miracles that the apostles did ?
lhey We're protected against all poisons
ana al kinds of perils How is it that Won
are are not protected in the same way ~ The
0oIoreo Un brother responded. promptlv
! Don, Know about that, doctor; s'peot |
~ I've taken mighty sight Of strong
me medicine u from You, doctor, and | is alive
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

SAID a clerk to young lady who biuntlv
asked Tor stockings instead Of hose: "Whot
number do you wear. miss ?" She looked nj
hlm an instant with inelfable scorn. and
then replied: 81 wear two, sir. DO Won
think am a centipcd?"
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

point selnnati ls man, supposed to be at the
side. y S Seeadhi was asked by friend at his
sNon .aaii e1aii | send for clergyman ~
tail I, said the sufferer; "send for a cock
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

Harper's Basar says: Importations of
spring silks will be smaller than thew have
been for years The largest buyers have
been exceedingly cautious in their nnr.
chases, on account of the advance in the
price OF raw silk, and because Of the de.
pressed condition of the country. European
manufacturers are also complaining of the
hard times, and have not attempted to pro.
duce many novelties, hence we have the
dlscouraging message that there will he
very lew new designs, and these will be
marked at higher prices than silks have
oeen selling within the past three years.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

.od The Reformed Ei'iscopalians have had
800 accessions in Chicago to the numbor
OF their church members. Recently Bisbon
fali0ws confirmed 20 persons in that city
and Bishop Nicholson about the same nnn;.
Der in Philadelphia. ''''i''
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

John !, Raymond's wife is playing the
par, OF leading lady with him in Colonrl
mulberry Sellers. She is a Georgian by birth
and her father, U. S. artillery officer who
resigned and entered the rebel army. lost
his life in the war. '' ios'
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

Church fairs are good things. They
teach man how to preserve look of deem
humility while paving out two dollars Of
his hard-earned money for a ten,cent min.
cushion. ~ pm
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

DId you ever come down stairs on
HGnday morning, and ask your wife to ruf
a a outton on your wristband, but what She
iIited her eyes to heaven, and with clas, cd
hahds assured you that, when that sbirt
was put away, there was button on it9
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

?, 1t was an old but good thing said by q
French paragrapher lately to the effect
mat he hates girl when she is irving TO
ne woman, and woman when she is
trying to be girl. "
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

:, Lord Lytton, the English Governor
General OF India la, recently laid the cor
nGT-sIone OF a Mohammcdam college AT
AlIy9IFgh, India. It's endowment i. in.
tended to be tl00000, toward which Sir
Sai&r jung Is one Of the most liberal sub.
sGrloe[5' Ihe honors and cmolumcnts Of
lhe college VIII be open alike to Mohalu.
medans, HindooS, and Christians.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

Josh Billings says that ''truth kan take
kato OF ITSELF but a lie has got to be
watched as karcful as sore thum." Josh
says also, -" There never waz a man vet but
What thought his lame back waz !. good
deal lamer than anybody elSc's."
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

~ ipIoctor:-" | am pleased to say, Mrs.
FHzrr@Wn, that shall be able to vaccinote
your BABY from very healthy child Of
your helghbor Mrs. JONES'" Mrs. Fitz.
"ro"n -" On, dear doctor, | could not
permit That We do not care to he mixed
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

A good bunion remedy is to use puIycri.
Zed saitpetre and sweet oil; obtain Al the
druggists five or six cents worth Of saJt-
prtre, put into a bottle with sufficient
ollye-oll 70 nearly dr>olyc il: shake M
we'll and rub.the inhamed parts night and
morning, and more if painful. This is \
well-tried remedy. ''7 :
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

|
covers about fifty different kinds of carless.
ness on the part of tenants and children
| --Ss--
Mi. D. NJ. Sears, the young millionaire of
boston, feels poor. His property has shrunk
so tnat hls taxes last year were only S5l. 600
failing off of $4,000 from year before.
ooh, I've loved bciorc!' said A Detroit
woman to her fourth husband, as she took
a handful of hair from his head because he
oJeeted to hang out weeks washing.
Coffee roasted, ground and exposed in an
open vessel, is one of the best possible
deo'orlzers, quite equal to chloride of lime
without its disagreeable smell.
In securing knives use cork instead Of
a cloth. This recipe, simple as it is, is worth
m .he price OF the TINES for year. So saws
the lady who gives it to US.
1t there's no moonlight, will YOU meet
me by Saslight, dearest Jnliana ?" asked
he. No, Augustus, | won't; am no GAS.
meter" replied she.
A tall man having rallied friend on the
shortness of his legs, the friend replied:
My legs reach the ground-what more
can yours do?"
A grocer had pound of sugar returned
with a note stating "Too much sand for
table use, and not enough for building Dur.
poses."
Why do the recriminations of married
couples resemble the sound of waves on the
shore? Because they are murmurs of the
tied.
A New York woman says if death loves
4 shining mark it is singular he has not
aimed at her husbands nose before this.
Congressman Garfield has sued the Cleve-
and PlaindeaLer for libel for saying. that he
vas at the quadroon ball in New Orleans.
The week from Sunday, Feb. IL, to Feb.
g, was set apart in Great Britain as a
'eriod of prayer for young woman.
A man recently Knocked down an
lephant, lion, and rhinoceros. He.was
n auctioneer.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

Inns Is how a colored woman makes the
delicious corn bread for which the Soufh *
so famous; "Why, darlin', sometime
g.en'ally ! takes little meal. and some.
tunes sen'ally | takes little flou'. an:
kInc O mixes EN- with some hot water, nm,
| puts IN eggs enutfa little salt. AM tbrn
/ h'kes 1t jist about emuH. I'M vou do 50.
i'@s So honey, an you'll make it as good as
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

Some women won't be happy in heaven
unless they can scrub it out once year.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

cayenne pepper will keep the pantry and
store-room free from cockroaches and ants
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

>. when you see a fire reported as "incen.
diary you should remember that the word
covers about fifty different kinds of carless.
ness on the part Of tenants and children.
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07
WHOLE NO. 1.14l,

n fFATERNITY.-A r =: union meeting of all the
SteIhodlSt t,l preachers was held recently in
%, IotI LOUIS The object Of tie meeting was a
ocItef personal acquaintance, the cultivation
oi IFatefhaI Christian feeling, and consulta.
IINi, Non IN regard to the general interest Of
GeIhodlSm ~: III st. Louis and the vicinity.
blshoP bowman, iii a graceful speech.
expressed ca the welcome and fratcrnal
NH ITeitn9 ol the ministers of the N. +.
LLmuLch' Lnn,.c' ana Fey, DR.. Lewis responded in a
tI MeSrty ana pertinent speech in behalf Of
IIiG 1G, ministers OF the N. Z. Church, South.
n'tI[eS9es ,,i OF like warm fratcrnal spirit were
nti,l', ntIue "y Rev DIS. Tu4or, Finncy and
oSncfS' oc II was the first Of a regular series
oI monthly meeting Of all the Methodist
MINISTER'S IN ana about st. Louis, to be held
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

/, forty thousand valentines passed through
the San Francisco post-oifice on the Saint,s
dya,and from 5000 to 4,0U0more were dctain.
ca Tor postage. One young lady cot all She
WWahted--about 50. comic ones moi countod
Wlth SO large volume Of superheateI SEN.
timent IN the Post-Oilice on a sjnolc dav
the officials can congratulate themselves
1n"t inc mails escaped the contingency Of
Spontaneous combustion ~
Smyrna times., 1877-03-07

>, Mr.. j. NJ. Sears, the young millionaire ot
Boston, teelSpoor. His property has shrunk
so that his taxes last year were only e5I 600
falling off of $1,000 from wear before
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-12-21
CENTRAL HOTEL,
....HoRTH SIDE BRIDGE STREET.. -.
Winnemuccas Nevada.
EIN1Eg BROTHERS, 7r3prie.ors.
Free Conveyance to and From
All Trains.

RNHE PROPRIErORS OF THIS OLD ES-
n tabiished resort take this oppor unity to
thank their many friends and patrons for the
kind ana liberal support which they have re-
ceived IN the past and beg to inform them
that they have Just comp eged extensive i'm
piovefnents and alterations in tEeir establish
lnent which InaAe it second to none in the
STATE. In additicl to our hotel improve
met is we have splendid
SALOON AND BILLIARD HALL
Where We have one of Strahles Celebrated
Tables ana sundry oiher appendages necessary
to make 1t d first class place OF resort.
4 hs Bar is always furnis he'd with nothing
but the finest biands of choice Mines,
Liquors, Cigars osc. The tables are al
way supplied with the very best the market
All rds. Ciyil, petite. and attentive walters
Will cater TO the wants of our guests, and
good order viii be strictly observed.
Again thanking our numerous patrons for
their past fsyurs, We beg continuance of
the same, believing that We have superior ac-
coIumodations TO any house i'll town. We as
sure one and all that We shall make it our
especial object to study the comfort of our
Patrons. AID will spare no effort TO make them
feel Ut home.
HINKEY BROTHERS.
del6-tf,
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-12-21
UNIONVILLE ADS.
NEW, GOODS.

HAyE IN STORE AND RECEIVING
II IL daily. fresh supplies of Goods, while :.
are offered at the Lowest Prices for promb .
pay, comprising s .salsI %
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-14
Loves Icy Dream.

From the Detroit Free Press
The other evening as a patient pc.
liceman was pacing his beat on Howard
street a young man passed him and ran
up flight of stone.steps and rang the
bell. The officer heard the door open,
a young lady's voice sing out, and he
said to himself:
s. Ills loves young dream
He was just moving on when anoth-
er young man approached, looked up
at the house, and, in sheepish way,
asked the officer if he had seen any one
go in. He was informed of what had
occurred a moment before and he gasp
ed:
cit was that sneaking chap from .Cass
avenue!''
He walked on, and the officer walk.
ed, but ten minutes later the young
man climbed the stone steps with a
pail of water in his hand and emptied
it's contents over every stone. He was
sitting on the horse.block opposite as
the officer came back, meaning to stay
there until his plan unfolded or unit
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-14
\ SONG OF THE PERIOD.


Don't tell me of the pauper brood,
Who daily cry for Il crust of TODD;
The badly clothed or the evil-shOed,
Or the bare, blue toes of the crossing
sweeper:
Don't tell me of the white, wan faces,
The dirty lodgings and crowded places,
Where Poverty grins and Sin grimaces!
"Don't tell me of the "awkward squad,'
The loaters who get kept in ''quad,'
Or tired men, laid beneath the sod,
In graves where they get house-room
cheaper!
Dear me Pve hardly time to think,
With business first, and then the rink,
And fellow must sometimes eat and drink,
cam my brothers. keeper?'
Don't tell me of the murky air
That Ch0keS the lungs and breeds despair
Where none are young, and few are lair,
And men drink deep, but women deeper!
Don't tell me OF the moral obliquity,
In tn Sc low dens Of vulgar iniquity!
My views may claim Scriptural antiquity,
cam my brothers keeper p
What come and help, you say? Oh no!
Some man of coarser grain may 50,
Have you no shepherd tor your sheep, sir,
An honest missionary, say,
A Biblewoman. BY the way,
Pm rather out of cash, to-day,
Or would give trifle. Pray
Look in again I'll help to pay
To keep my brothers keeper.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-14
A True Mule Story.
Mt. Lebanon.

Mt. Lebanon, La.
DEAR JACK: The rescue of mule
in Bienville Parish, La, from a we'll
sixty feet deep, caused so much sur
prise and interest here lately that l
send an account to you.
1t is vouched for by some of the best
citizens of this place, who witnessed
it, and l assure you it is every word
true.
The mule fell hind-feet backward
into an old we'll sixty feet deep it is
supposed that the edge of the we'll
caved in with him. All efforts to res
cue him were fruitless, as he was COM
pletely wedged in. Finally, the owner
of the mule, supposing that the poor
creature was severely injured by the
fall, decided that it would be more
merciful to have him killed than to al
low him to starve to death. Not know
ing any other way of dispatching him,
he had a cart-load of dirt thrown in
upon him. But instead of allowing
himself to be buried alive, his mule
ship quietly shook off the dirt and
pressed it down with his feet thus
rising himself several inches above his
OIlSltldl pOSlGlOu- AIOtucI lOdu WIS
thrown in with the same result; and
then some one said that if the mule
would continue tramping down the
dirt, it was possible that he might be
extricated; it would be no harm to try.
any way. Acting on this suggestion,
all the farm:hands went to work I'LL
ing the well, carefully pouring the
dirt in on the sides, so as not to hurt
the mule. 1t was slow work filing
that deep we'll, but hearty interest
was awakened by the perseverance
with which the poor animal tramped
down the dirt, and all worked with
willing hands.
Slowly but surely, inch by inch, did
he ascend, until the great we'll was
filed within few feet of the top;
then, as complacently as if nothing
strange had happened, his muleship
stepped out safe and sound
l think, if he could have been bless
ed with the gift of speech, he would
have said, "All's we'll that ends we'll y
Wasn't he a plucky old fellows
PLEASANT RIDERuOOD.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-14

A Nevada man who had seven home
ly daughters, got paper to hint that
he had seven kegs filed with gold in
his cellar, and every girl was married
in five months.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-02-14

1t was noticed that Fitzgerald was
nervous, even in the preliminaries, for
the original remark of Martin causing
the duel strongly suggested knowledge
or belief as to the fraudulently con-
cealed armor. They had advanced on
ly two PAGES each, when Fitzgerald sud
denly fired, and, for the first time
missed his man, his bullet; however
carrying away a portion of Martins
shirt ruffie. The arrangement was
that when either had fired he was to
stop and receive the fire of his oppon-
ent. There were twenty-six PAGES left
between them, and Richard Martin
slowly advanced, and when within
only four PAGES fired point blank at the
heart of Fitzerald, who stood erect,
smiling, and unhurt. Martin Instant
ly reversed his pistol, seized the bar.
rel, and rushing upon Fitzgerald,
inflicted terrible blow before the
seconds could interfere, and as quick
ly tore open the embroidered shirt of
his PROSTATE foe, disclosing to the
eyes of all the concealed bullet proof
coat of mail-close steel chain or ring
armor, lined with a wadded inner coat
imperVious to bullet, sword, or dagger.
After the duel, ami in consequence
Of it, came in the fashion of fighting
naked to the waist.
"Fitzgerald died almost instantly.
Richard Martin was tried for murder
and acquitted by reclamation, mot only
by the jury: but by all Ireland, England