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Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

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Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

HUDSON RIVER Ice CEoP.-Reports from
all points on the Hudson show that up 10
Sunday night only 10000 tons of ice have
been harvested. The weather, however, is
intensely cold and hundreds of men are at
work cleaning and scraping preparatory to
cutting. If this weather holds four or five
day the entire crop will be harvested
DIR. VAN DYKES SULPHUR SOAP.
Maxi the SKIN s"ft Clear, Pure. White and Healthy !,
Citan s lr"ierl-ing D-InIecting hing Healing
pury removes Dau,ruF Chafng. Ulcers Sore. Fra1'
burning and singing ct the skin ana ri bi,
Ing 81 VIII havr Effect; j. free from all OGensive O3nr
cal and toilet preparation no Equal. Price y ta.
aCake Box Ghr-e Cakes ca Cents. by mail ,nrt
SrER Proprietor. Office, so " iih Philadelphia. Pa
Whnlrsale DrD0 400 " Third Philadelphia Pa For
Dy Jas T. H"heckrT Smyrna Deiand Druggists generally
GENTLE IlINT.-In our style of climate
with the sudden changes Of temperature
rain. wind and sunshine often intermingled
in single day,-it is no wonder that our
children, friends and relatives arc so fre-
qurntly taken from Us by neglected colds.
half the deaths resulting directly from this
cause. 4 bottle of Boschpe's German Syrup
kept about your home for immediate use
will prevent serious Sickness large doctors
bill, and perhaps death. by the use Of three
or four doses. For curing CONSUMPTION,
( HemOrrnaEeS. Pneumonia, Severe Coughs
/ Group or any disease Of the Throat or
/ Lungs. its success is simply wonderful. as
! Your druggist will tell you. German Svrup
! IS now sold in every town and village on
this continent. sample bottles for trial,
Zoe: regular size, 7jc. Sold hy your Drug
gist, Jas. ?. IIotiecker, Smyrna. nov l4-ly
Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

"orden will occupy this space when they
get time to write the advertisement. The
store and Lumber Yard will be ready for
business Friday morning, Feb. lst, 1878.
a. II. WORDEN.
Smyrna times., 1878-02-06

The turtle and the hand opposite the
names OF the signers at this early date cor.
responds with the seal in present use.
Penn's New Castle warrants, were also
very interesting. They being copies of the
grants OF land to farmers from VIM. Penn.
The consideration being varied and OF
small account. 100 acres of land was con.
veyed for the annual payment of l busbel
OF good winter wheat. II acres of land was
conveyed for the annual payment of | neck
OF winter wheat, and 2G acres of land was
conveyed for one penny sterling, or its value
thereof IN coin, current according. or the
exchange shall then be between our said
Province and the city of London. The
copying Of these grants filed a large
record book, and was done in the very
highest style Of good penmanship. the
German text being freely used. The u.
mile circle, over which our recent disputc
with New Jersey has resulted in the
appointment of commission to settle the
disputed Fishery question, was brought to
his notice, and found that by virtue of
n warrant from VIM. Penn in l7Ol certain
parties were appointed in conjunction with
the magistrates of New Castle (now the
State OF Delaware) and of Chester (now
Pennsylvania), and, according to the Kings
letters, &c, from the Duke OF York author.
lzlng said division, this commission made
the division then known rs the 12.mile cir.
Gle, which started from certain point in
the town of New Castle and went north y
miles, and thence l2 each way, forming
scaHi-circLe, the lines Of this circle beine
the dividing line of Delaware, Pennsylvo.
MIA and New Jersey. If these brief notes
concerning the early history Of our State
give pleasure to the reader as tho search oI
these old records did to the writer, then his
waiting hours were not spent in vain, and
writer and reader can unite in vote Of
thanks to Deputy Recorder Groves, brother
OF our State Supt Of Free Schools, for the
privilege granted Of looking over the first
records IN tho history of Delaware
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
Dividing Bees.

The following is a good method
of dividing bees, and one that is
both practical and easily performed
by the experienced: After pro-
viding extra hive with empty frames
or better, frames, filled with comb,
proceed to open the hive to be di-
yided, after subduing the bees with
smoke or otherwise, lift out the
broodcombs with all adhering bees,
until two-thirds of all the brood is
removed, placing the same in the
new hive and being careful not to
remove the queen. Fill all unoccu-
pied space in both hives with comb
frames. Locate the new hive some
distance from the old. All the old
bees will return to the parent hive.
but enough young bees will remain
to care for the brood. A fertile
queen may be given the new colony
after forty-eight hours, or about
sunset on the second day, by quiet
~ setting her on one of the brood
combs. The bees, being all young,
will accept her and the work is
done. We introduced many queens
TO new colonies last season, as here
given, without the loss of a single
queen. The new colony will not
work much for a time, but is gener-
ally equal if not superior to the pa
rent stock, in few days.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
Womanly Modesty.

Man loves the mysterious. A
cloudless sky, the full blown rose
leaves HIM unmoved, the violet
which hides its blnshiRg beauties
behind the bush, and the moon
when emerging from behind a cloud,
are to him sources of inspiration
and pleasure. Modesty is to merit
what shade is to a figure in paint
ing-it gives it boldness and prom
inence. Nothing adds more to fe-
male beauty than modesty; it sheds
around the eountenance a halo OF
light, which is borrowed from vir-
tue. Botanists have given the rosy
hue which tinges the cup Of the
white rose the name of maiden
blush. This pure and delicate hue
is the only portion Christian virgins
should use; it is the richest orna-
ment. A woman without modesty
is like a faded flower dIffusing an
unwholesOme odor, which the pru-
dent gardener will throw from him.
Her destiny is melancholy, for it
terminates in shame and repentance.
Beauty passes like the flowers OF
the albo, which bloom and die in a
few hours, but modesty gives the fe-
male charms which supply the place
of the transitory freshness of youth.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01

Lord Beacon sfield has proved
himself one of the greatest, if not
the greatest diplomat of the age.
He has measured strength with
Gortschakoff, and has beaten him.
He did not come in conflict with
Bismark, but when we compare his
recent triumph with Bismark' s
greatest doing, the palm must De
given to Beaconsfeld. Besides be
ing a great diplomat, he has proved
himself the most far seeing states
man, and managing politician of
the age.
AT home he had to contend with
strong opposition, led by Glad
stone, the second greatest man in
England. In spite of this opposi-
ton Beaconsfeld has moved steadi-
ly and slowly on to the accomplish
ment of his magnificent plan for
the establishment of the Eastern
Empire. By his success Gladstone
is overwhelmed, and Empress OF
India is no empty title to Victoria.
By BeacoDstield's craftsmanship
and diplomacy, England without
the loss of drop of blood, has OBJ
tanned more than was in the mind
of any other man than Beacosield
to conceive. Russia has sacrificed
thousands of lives and millions OF
dollars to facilitate Beaconsfield in
the attainment OF his grand scheme
of Eastern Empire. Russia has
fought but England has taken the
spoil. Beaconsfeld stands proved
one of the greatest of great men,
! columbia Herald ana Mail.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
! Was Once Young.

1t Is an excellent thing for all
who are engaged in giving instruc-
ton to young people, frequently to
call to mind what they were them
selves when young. This practice
is one of the most likely to impart
patience and forbearance, and to
correct unreasonable expectations.
At one period of my life, when in
structing two or three young people
to write, l found them, as thought
unusually stupid. l happened at
this time to look over the contents
of an old copy book, written by me
when a boy. The thick up strokes,
the crooked down-strokes, the awk-
ward joiniags of the letters, and the
blots IN the book, made me com
pletely ashamed of myself, and l
could at that moment have burned
the book in the fire. The worse,
however, l thought of myself, the
better 1 thought of my backward
scholars; was cured of my unreas-
enable expectations, and became
in future dOubly patient and forbear-
ing. In teaching youth, remember
that you once were youRgs and in
reproving their youthful errors, en-
deavor to call to mind your own. "a
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
Keep Pegging Away.

Farmers, of all men have the
least reason To throw themselves
back on their traces and say we
will do nothing, or as little as we
can and live. True, farm products
do not COMMAND war prices, and nc
one expects to BECOME suddenly
rich in these times from raising
wool, or making butter, or fatten
ing beef and pork, but there is q
steady demand for all kinds of pro
duce, and generally at remunerative
prices. Bread and butter are the
essentials of life. "The king him.
self is served by the field. The
profit of the earth is for ALL" Far
mers have a great advantage in this
respect over the merchants and
manufacturers. Fancy goods may
be a drag 10 the market, but who
can live without products of the
soil? All the gold in California
and all the silver in Nevada will not
suffice to keep the soul and body
together unless exchanged for
bread and butter. There is no oc-
cupation which is so sure OF a re
turn for labor as agriculture. The
risk of manufacturers and middle
men is three fold that of farmers
but their enterprise is so great thai
seldom succumbs to pressure till II
becomes crushing.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
Nothing to Do.

An Exchange says: Last week
we travelled fifteen miles over a bad
road to see a friend on business.
His wife informed us, on our arriv
al, that he had nothing to do, and
had gone to town and would not re-
turn until dark. Yet when we went
TO his barn we found his stable
doors without hinges,no feed trough
in his stables, no hay nearer than
eighty rods in a stack by slough,
and calves, colts and hogs in his
young orchard near his house. His
corn-crib had no roof,his front gate
was nailed up for the want of a
latch, his pigs sleeping on the ma
nure pile, his chickens roosting on
the harness, wagon and farm imple-
ments in the stable, etc., and yet he
left home because he had nothing
to do. In the house everything
was neat, clean and tidy. Is it pos
sible for any animal to be more per
verse, careless and sloVenly than
man when he tries to be. The
above is not an extreme picture, but
its counterpart may be found in ev-
cry neighborhood. Nothing to
do" says an exchange, is phrase
that serves to conceal the indispO-
sltion to do anything, one of the
unfortunate ailments of the present
daV.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
Golden Words.

Would that the following pre-.
cious words could be engraved
on the memory Of every young man
in our broad laHd. Pass them
around-place them before every
hoy and young man in the city anC
country; take them as your text
and the subject of your lectures and
fireside talks, and so impress them
upon the minds of all men and wo.
men, boys and girls, that they may
tell to the utmost:
"Show us the young man who
can quit the society of the young
and take pleasure in listening to the
kindly voice of the aged; show US q
man who is as polite and gives the
street as freely to a poor sewing
girl as a millionaire; who values
virtue not clothes; who shuns the
company of such as gather at pub
lie places to gaze at the fair sex, or
make unkind- remarks OF the pass
ing girls; show US man who alb
hors a libertine, who scorns The rid
icule of a mothers sex, and the ex-
posure of womanly reputation; show
us a man who never forgets for an
instant the delicacy due woman, as
a woman, in any condition or class
and you show us true gentle
man ,,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
Prepared at all Points.

Here Is something that happened
on a railway train somewhere in
New England last summer. A wo-
man clad in deep mourning entered
the cars at a way station. She
took a seat just in front of an in
quisitive sharp faced female. The
woman in black had not been seat
ed long before she felt slight tap
on the shoulder, and heard heI
neighbor ask, in a low, sympathetic
| tone:
Lost anybody?'
A silent nod was che response. A
slight pause, then a second ques-
ton:
"Childy'
A low shake of the head in
the negative.
"ParentY'
A similar shake.
"Husbandy"
This time the slight nod again.
Life insuredS'
A nod.
Experienced religion?"
A nod.
"Well, well, cheer up! Life in
sured and experienced religion
You are all right, and so is her'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
t DOES not PAY.

Boys and young men sometimes
start in life with the idea that ones
success depends on sharpness ana
chicanery. They imagine if man
is able always to "get the best of a
bargain" no matter by what deceit
and meanness he carries his point,
that his prosperity is insured. En-
during prosperity cannot be found
ed on cunning and dishonesty. The
tricky and decitful is sure to fall a
victim, sooner or later, to the infu-
ences which are forever working
against him. His house is built
upon the sand, and its foundation
will be certain to give way. Young
people cannot give these truths too
much weight. The future of that
young man is safe who eschews
every phase of double dealing, and
lays the foundation of his career in
the enduring principles of everlast-
ing truth.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
Save Your Seed.

There is no labor, hardly so es-
sential, from June TO October, as
that of watching for and gatherin G
the very best seed from your farm
and garden for the next years
planting. Farmers and gardeners,
too often, let go to waste during
the summer and fall No. seed, and
the next spring buy No. 3, two or
three grades below that of their
own growth left in gardens and
fields to waste and rot. The labor
thus bestowed is of great and per
manent value, for prompt aud vigo-
rous growth of next years crops.
When our best farmers SOW SEED of
their own growth they are more con-
fident of healthy productive yield
than when using bought or com
mercial seeds. Cautiously selected
seeds, healthy and of full form, if
properly cultivated, will not fail to
meet the expectations of the cult
vator, especially on friendly soil.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
One Happy Heart.

Have you made one happy heart
to day? Envied privilege. How
calmly you seek your pillow! How
sweetly sleep! In all this world
there is nothing so sweet as giving
comfort to the distressed, and get
ting a sun ray into a gloomy heart.
Children of sorrow meet US wherev-
er we turn; there is no moment that
tears are not shed or signs uttered.
Yet how many of those tears, those
signs, are caused by our own
thoughtlessness How many a
daughter wrings the very soul of a
fond mother by unkindness and
ingratitude? How many husbands,
by one little word, make a whole
day of sad hours and unkind
thoughts! How many wives, by an.
cry recrimination, estrange and en-
bitter their loving hearts? How
many brothers and sisters meet but
to vex and injure each other, max
ing wounds that no heart can heali
And If each worked upon this max
i'm day by dav-"strive to make
some heart happy"-jealousy, re-
venge, madness, hate, with their kin
bred passions would not render life
miserable, but peace and happiness
would always prevail.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
LADIES COLUMN.
HARoL1xE HAROLD, EDITOR.
Words of Wisdom.

When the loved ones are absent,
every beautiful thing seems their
shadows.
He who murmurs at his lot, is
like one bearing his feet to tread
upon thorns.
Physic, for the most part, is but
substitute for exercise or temper
ance.
A child's heart responds to the
tones of its mothers voice like 8
harp to the wind.
A pound of wool woven into COM
mon merino will measure about
three yards.
They that do nothing are in the
readiest way to do that which is
worse than nothing.
Promises made IN the time of af-
Fiction require a better memory
than people commonly possess.
A promise is just debt, which
you must take care to pay, for hon
or and honesty are the security.
The more tender and delicate the
blooms ofjoy, the purer must DE the
hand that will Gull them.
He who has no taste for order
will be often wrong in his judg-
ment, and seldom considegate or
conscientious in his action.
A friendship that makes the least
noise is very often the most useful {;
for which reason prefer a prudent
friend to a Jealous one.
1t requires a great deal of bad
ness and great deal of caution to
make a great fortune, and, when
you have got it, it requires ten times
as much wit to keep it.
We should manage our fortune
as we do our health-enjoy it when
good, be patient when it is bad, and
never apply violent remedies except
in extreme necessity.
To detach anything from another,
and for one man to apply his own
conveniences to another, is more
against nature than death, than pow
erty, than pain, and the rest of ex-
ternal accidents.
The mind is nourished at cheap
rate. Neither cold, nor heat MOI
age itself can interrupt this exer-
else. Give, therefore, all you can
to a possession which ameliorates
even in its old age.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
What the Country Needs.

A South Carolina paper correctly
says the country needs fewer mel
who seek office and more men whom
the office seeks.
Fewer dogs and more sheep.
Fewer trucking demagogues who
are anything or nothing as interest
dictates, and more brave men who
dare to to do theil own thinking
and say what they think.
Fewer great men made to order
and of small material, and thrust in
front of men who have a capacity
for greatness.
Fewer juvenile statesmen who are
eager to rush into the places theil
seniors and betters ought to occupy
Fewer impetuous young men, ca
ger to rush into print and raise the
devil generally.
Fewer men to advocate the cleo
ton of fayorites on personal
grounds, and more for the public
good.
Fewer wire-pullers in popular
conventions, and more people.
Fewer leaders to knuckle to pop
ular prejudice, and real leaders tc
combat such prejudices when wrong
Fewer bar rooms and more
schools.
Fewer fences and more pastures
Fewer scrub cattle and more good
ones.'
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
Prosperity Hard to Bear.

An observant writer says that
every few men can bear prosperity.
1t intoxlcates them like wine. 1t
turns their heads and throws them
OFT their balance. Others cannot
bear adversely. They are not like
the old sailor who said that he al
ways felt happiest in the height of
a storm, because he knew then that
the next change that took place,
whatever it might be, must necessa-
rily be for the better. They cannot
realize that there will be any change
When the sky is once clouded and
overcast they will not believe the
sun will ever shine again. Young
men should make it point to keep
their heads cool under all olrcum-
stances, TO preserve their equanim-
ity, and not to be unduly elated by
success or too much cast down By
disappointment"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
VegetinEz
FOR DROPSY.

SItGCL neCer FOrget the Jt1'St Dose
Mr.. II. r. Stevens:- Providence.
Dear Sir.-I have been great sufferer from
dropsy. l was confled to my house for more
than a year. Six months of the time | was
entirely helpless. / was obliged to have two
men help me in and out of bed. was swol-
len 10 inches larger than my natural size
around my Waste. l suffered all q man
could and live. I tried all remedies for
! Dropsy. | had three different doctors. My
| friends all expected would die: many nights
was expected to die before morning. At
| last Vegetine was sent me by a friend.
never shall forget the first dose. ! could real
| ize its good effects from day to day; | was
getting better. After had taken some 5 or
s bottles | could sleep quite well nights.
began 70 gain now quite fast. After TAXI ng
some 10 bottles | could walk from one part
| of my room to the other. Ny appetite vas
good; the dropsy had at this time disappear
ed. / kept taking the Vegetine until | re-
gained my usual health. heard Of great
many cures by using Vegetine after | got out
and was able to attend to my business. l
avn a carpenter and builder. | will also say
1t has cured an aunt of my wife's of Neural
gia, who had suffered for more than 20 years.
She says she has not had any neuralgia for
eight months. have given it to one of my
children for Cankef HumOr. l have no
doubt in my mind it will cure any humor; it
il Il great cleanser Of the blood: il is safe to
give a child. / will recommend it to the
world. My father is so years old, and he
saws there is nothing like it TO give strength
and life to an aged person. / cannot be too
thankful for the use Fit. am, very CRATE
fully yours, JOHN 5. NoTTAGE.
All diseases of the blood.--If Vegetine will
relieve pain; cleanse, purify and cure such
diseases, restoring the patient to perfect
health after trying different physici ans,
many remedies and suffering for years, is it
not CONCLUSIVE proof,if you are q sufferer
you can be curedl Why Is this rhedioinepeg
forming such great curesl 1t works in the
blood, in the circulating fluid. 1t san truly
be called the Great Blood Purifier. The
great source of disease originates in the
blood: and no medicine that does not act di-
rectly upon it to purify and renovate, has
any just claim upon public attention.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-08-01
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment,
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

This Ininent very naturally originated In Amer
ca where Nature provides in her laboratory such
surprising antidotes for the naladies OF her chill
dren- Its fame has been spreading for IS years,
until now Il encfrcles the habftable globe
The Mexican Mustang Eminent Is q matchless
remedy all external ailments OF man and beast
To stock owners and farmers It Is Invaluable.
A single bottle often saves q human life or re-
stores the usefulness OF an excellent horse, OK
Cow, or sheep
It cures foot-rot, hoof-ail. hollow horn. grub.
screwyEorn. sh0uldsr-rot, mango, the bites and
stings OF poisonous reptiles and insects, and every
such drawback TO stock breeding and bush life
Il cures every external trouble Of horses. such
as lameness. scratches. swinny, sprains. founder
wind gan. ring bone, etc. etc
The Mexican Mustang Li1tment is the quickest
cure IN the world for accidents occurring in tia
family, in the absence OF physician. such a.
burns, sealds sprains, cuts. etc, and for rheuEaa
tisrn. and stiffness eneendered By exposure. Par
ticulariy valuable 70 EineFS-
Il Is the cheapest remedy In the world, for
penetrates the muscle 60 the bone. and q single
application Is generally SUFFICIENT 10 cure
Mexican Mustang IiniE1ent Is put up IN thres
SIZES OF bottles the larger ones being properties
asely much the cheapest. sold everywherA