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Smyrna times., 1878-12-04
A Minister on Dancing.

The Rev. Matthew Hale Smith, in a SER
mon to his congregation in New York said
there was not single amusement on the
face of the earth which had received the
ban of all nations to so great an extent as
dancing. To illustrate this he quoted from
the Bible "Ths girl, Herodias's daught-
err" said he twas a professional dancer"
" Dancing was consistent with riot, murder
and immortality. The first chapter of the
book of Esther relates how the king made
a feast for his male friends. The wine-cup
passed around, songs were sung, stories
were told, and when all were drunk the
King commanded that the Queen should
be brought in. What for? Ordinary
amusements would not suffice. Dancing
was in order. The Queen rufused to ap-
pear before such a company and the King
divorced her from him because she refused
to do what thousand of Christian women in
New York to-day would do if they had a
chance. From the time of Cain down to
the present day dancing has always been a
worlds amusement. A boy cannot leave
his Sunday School to 60 to dancing school
with any less danger than he would incur
in frequenting a gambling-hell."
"You would not want a Christian woman" !"
continued the preacher, " "dressed in ball
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dying wife to speak words of good cheer.
The widest savage is not fit to murder the
settler and take his scalp until he has
danced the war dance. A particular dress
is required for the dance. The lady who
received her guests at dancing party in
ordinary attire would be ostracised. At
the same time, her dancing costume would
be scandalous on the street or at dinner.
table. The plea that you dance for exer
else is absurd. You never lock yourself III
your room and dance for an hour. Dan
GERS must have the excitement of being in
public. Any one who has passed the sum
mer at Saratoga for the past five years car
see how public dancing has fallen off since
the public halls were built. There is com
parative little dancing because there il
nobody now to look on except at great balls
| When Mrs. Sherman entered her protes
against round dancing she did not make i
as religious woman. She is q fashionable
woman and woman of the world. Sh'
made the protest in behalf Of the morals o
her children. Mrs. Polk banished dancing
from the White House because it was al
amusement unfit for the national halls
The most dreadful place in Paris to-day
and | am sorry to say every one goes there
even ministers and deacOns-is a dancin
hall, and scenes are enacted there that
Mohawk Indian would not tolerate in hi
kingdom, unless his braves were on the ev
of going into battle. Dancing adds moth
ing to our enjoyment. A dancing hall
as mischievous as a dram shop would be i
the vestibule of a church. | have see
men sit smiling in dancing hall, lookin
! at their wives in the embraces of other me
/ in the round dance, who would shoot tn
I couple if they assumed such attitudes i
| any other place. The world would sustai
f them in the shooting, too. 1t is disgrace
full for Christian women to dance. D0ncin
;. is not only foolish, but it is sinful"
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04
Four Love Stories.

Four stories of love and marriage from
many lands; A well todo minister of faith
described as orthodox" loved young
lady in Shirley, Mass, who was already en-
gagged to a poor young man. To the poor
young man the well-to-do minister speedily
went, and made him an offer of 81 900 if he
would reGnquish his claim, pleading that
the young lady was not fitted to be poor
mans wife" not able," he said, "to with
stand the trials of life and dothe washing"
......A German who had not lived long in
London applied for divorce from his wife
and pleaded his case himself. The Judge
declined to accept his testimony as conclu-
sive, whereupon the petitioner hourished
in his hand " de Great Seal OBJ Germany"
But the case was dismissed, and he turned
upon his heel threatening that he would
complain to Prince Bismarck, and crying
out against "dis Won rascally England in
vich no ioostice Good pc had" ."......An ex-
cursion party went from Troy to Rockaway
Beach last Summer, and one of the young
ladies while bathing was carried out by the
undertow and seemed likely to drown,
when q young man rushed into the water
and saved her life. When they returned
to Troy he courted her, and they have just
been married. The story would be fresh
err one if they had not been......H err Bob
rem lived in Switzerland and married him a
wife. lie afterwards left both her and his
native land and came to this country. The
wife heard nothing from him until word
came that he was dead. She then married
Herr Zumbrunn. But few weeks ago
Herr Bohren returned and claimed her for
his wife. By the law of that country it was
not perfectly clear whether she was his wife
or Herr Zumbrunn's. Herr Zumbrunn re-
fused to give her up, and she refused to GO
A lawsuit was begun, but, while it was in
progress, Herr Bohren armed himself with
pistol and shot the second husband in the
arm and chest, wounding him seriously
Thus curious situation may arise. A civi
court is engaged in ascertaining to which
, of these two men this woman is legally
welded. and a criminal court will be occu
, pied with the trial of her first husband fol
the attempted murder of her second. Ir
the event of her being declared the wife o
Bohren, and if, as is likely enough, hC
should be condemned to imprisonment fo
, life, she will be in the unfortunate position
of having lost her second husband, anC
found. her first only to lose him, and with
out possibility of marrying another so loni
as the latter may live.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04
Curious Facts.
There is an arsenic spring in California.

There Is an arsenic spring in California
The iron dome of the capitol at Wash
ington, D. c., cost million dollars.
Many so-called camel's hair brushes are
made from the hair of the tails Of squirrels.
There are 175 places in the United States
called Washington, besides the one in the
District of Columbia.
The eating of horse flesh has become very
common in European cities, but more
especially in London and Paris.
In the Irish language, the electric tele-
graph is called &geoI aJada Joita, the literal
translation of which is "news upon stills"
As late as the middle of the seventeenth
century, catgut was used in watches, in
stead Of the chain Of more modern times.
A horse fifty,two years old lately died in
England. He had been famous hunter
in his early days, and was taken good care
of in his old age.
James Ray, who shipped as sailor
on board steamer bound for Liverpool,
was discovered to be a sailoress, whose
name is Emma Barnes.
A farmer of Gowanda, n. Y, planted
last Spring one squash seed, from which
grew vines measuring 928 feet, and twenty
squashes weighing 328 pounds.
1t is a very singular fact that the Rocky
Mountain sheep are clothed with hair il
Summer and with wool in Winter, shedding
each coat at the approach of the prope
| season.
An eccentric Londoner took fancy t.
build house near the English metropolis
! of material from the ruins of Sebastopol
and chartering a vessel, actually brough
the stones from the Crimea, and built hi
house Of them.
There is at Cowthorpe, near Weatherby
one of the largest oak trees in England.
is twenty yards in girth and one bough
nineteen yards long. Its age is 500 years
and dozen people can comfortably din
in the hollow trunk.
Butter was not in use before the Christa
era. 1t was first used as a cosmetic for hail
dressing by women. For some centure
later it was used as burning oil lamp
and churches were lighted with it abroa
at SO late period as 1900.
In China large quantities of the oyste
are dried instead of being eaten in the fres
state. For that purpose they are take
from the shells, simply plunged into boi
ing water, and then removed at once, aftt
. which process they are exposed to the ray
Of the sun until every particle of moistul
; has evaporated.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04
A Singular Case.

Readers of Hawthorne's Marble Faun "
remember the vivid description it contains
of the famous Capuchin cemetery in Rome.
Not many years ago there lived in an Ohio
village an old man who established in his
own house a receptacle for human bones
quite suggestive of that remarkable place.
He had buried three wives, and after the
death of the third he became very discon-
solate and would not be comforted. At
last he conceived the idea of exhuming the
remains of all three. Waiting until time
had been sufficient for the remains of the
last to decay he carried out his project.
The bones were all taken to his house and
there deposited in boxes. Nearly every
day he passed several hours in cleaning,
polishing, arranging and rearranging the
precious relics. 1t was his delight, as a
writer in the Cleveland Herald relates it, to
mix the bones in one box, and then select
and point out to his friends the fragments
of Mary, the bride Of his. youth. In each
instance he was able to tell to which of the
other wives the remaining bones belonged
At last the old man himself died and direc
tions for his burial were found among hi:
papers. A coffin was to be made large
enough to contain not only his body bu
also the remains Of his departed compan
ions. The bones Of the first wife were Il
be arranged about his head and shoulders
while.those of the second and third wer,
to be placed along either side of him, anC
at his feet he directed that a small sill<eI
bag containing an earthly matter, supposed
to be the dust of the three wives CAREFUL,
taken out of the graves, should. lie. At hi
first marriage he had worn silken hose an,
a pair of knee breeches; at the second th
same pair of hose carefully preserved
though covered by the more modern trou:
ers, and at the last marriage the same pal
of hose as at the first. Carefully dressed
with these bones around him, and thos
identical hose on his feet, the old man wa
laid away in his grave.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04
Things Worth Knowing.

/. That fish may be scaled much easier
by dipping into boiling water about a
minute.
2. Salt fish are quickest and best fresh
ened by soaking in sour milk.
8. That milk which is turned or changed
may be sweetened, and rendered fit for use
again, by stirring in little soda.
4. That salt will curdle new milk hence,
in preparing milk k-porridge, gravies, etc,
the salt should not be added until the dish
is prepared.
5. That fresh meat, after beginning to
sour, will sweeten if placed out of doors in
the cool over night.
6. That clear boiling water will remove
tea stains and many fruit stains. Pour the
water through the stain, and thus prevent
its spreading over the fabric.
! :. That ripe tomatoes will remove ink
and other stains from white cloth; also,
| from the hands.
8. That teaspoonful of turpentine boil.
ed with your white clothes will aid the
whitening process.
9. That boiled starch is much improved
by the addition of little sperm, or a little
salt or both, or little gumbarabic dis
solved.
10. That beeswax and salt will make
your rusty fatirons as clean and smooth
as glass. Tie a lump of wax in a rag. anC
keep it for that purpose. When the iron:
are hot, rub them first with the wax rag
then scour with paper or cloth sprinklec
with suet.
IL. That blue ointment and kerosene
mixed in. equal proportions and applied t.
bedsteads, is an unfailing bedbug remedy
12 That kerosene will soften boots O
shoes which have been hardened by water
and render them as pliabe as new.
I3. That kerosene will make tin tea
kettles as bright as new. Saturate awoolel
rag and rub with it. 1t will also remov
stains from clean vanished furniture.
IA. That cool rain water and sody will
remove machine, grease from washable fat
, RIGS.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

ENGLAND's Mania FOR PRETTY WOMAN
England, it is stated, is never without a
mania or two. Those of the present year
have been the Cyprus mania and the
Cleopatra Needle mania, and lastly the
mania for pretty women. Two or three
notorious beauties" have been followed
by the mob-the aristocratic mob-wher.
ever they went, while common people have
had to be contented with staring at their
photographs in the shop windows. Por-
traits of Mrs. Langtry in the Royal Academy
Exhibition this year were constantly the
objects of admiring regard. 1t is quite the
custom now for private ladies to permit
their photographs with their names at
tached to be shown to the public. Every
body is collecting photographs of distin
guished beauties. 1t lis as if Lady Blessing
tons old "Book of Beauty" had been is
sued, new series, in penny numbers
Such is the pretty woman mania that the
organ grinders now hire good-looking Eng
lish girls, dress them up in the Italian
fashion, and send them around to charm
money from the pockets of the British
public. It is suggested that a handsome
man mania may come next; but men, per
haps, may not be so willing to be put or
exhibition.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

DEATH OF Louis A. GoDEY.-Louis A.
Cooley, widely known as publisher of GOdey's
Lady'S Book, and one of the oldest editors
in the United States, died at halfpast eight
last Friday evening at his residence in
Philadelphia. Mr.. Cooley was born June
6, 1904, and was forty-seven years actively
engaged upon the Lady's Book, the first
magazine of it's class published in this
country. For several years his health has
been failing, and last year he retired,
together with Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale,
who had been associated with him in the
editorial charge of the magazine since 1887
Mrs. Hale, year older, survives him.
Cooley was the person personal friend friend of Washing Was
Thackeray, Edgar A. Poe, Edwin Forrest,
VIM. E. Burton, VIM. c. Macready, Henry
Clay, Daniel Webster and other eminent
people, and introduced many famous
writers to the public through his magazine.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

There are perils by land as well as by
sea, by carriage as well as by car. Lately
on dark night stage coach with nine
passengers was passing between Leadville
and Canon City, Col, when suddenly coach
and horses and driver and passengers fell
over bank and down sixty feet into a
creek below. The coach turned over three
times in its fall and landed bottom-upward.
Six inside passengers escaped serious injury /;
three outside were equally lucky, and the
accident was fatal to only one horse which
was so much hurt that it was necessary to
shoot him.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04
WHOLE NO. 1886.

THE CAT" What food do cats prefer?"
"a 500 mocking bird is their first choice.
If the family are not able to keep a mock
ing bird the cat must put up with an oriole
or German canary. 1t is only when suf
fering for food that a cat will accept sir
loin steak"
Goats can't sing, can they?n
No; but, bless 'em! they can keep try
ing to learn how! They have got so they
can sound the first four notes on the scale,
and they are determined to get the rest"
"What time do they sing tho sweetest p
At night, between the hours of IL p. NJ.
and A. NJ. You have probably read items
about bold, bad men finging boot.iacks,
sticks of wood and other missiles at singing
cats. Don't ever associate with such people.
Cats have as much right in America as any
one else, and it is only the meanest kind Of
folks who will try to keep EN- from rising
up in the world"
How long do cats live ?"
Nobody knows, as no cat ever had a
fair show to see how many years he could
put in. After he has hung around one
neighborhood for fifteen or twenty years
some one murders him in cold blood"
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

BUcKwHEAT CAKEs.-Mix one gill of
wheat -four with one quart of buckwheat
-four, add one large teaspoonful Of salt, then
add gradually a scant quart Of warm water
mixed with one gill of yeast. Let it rise
all night, and in the morning add a quarter
of teaspoonful of carbonate Of soda, and
bake Immediately. In America a soap
stone griddle is considered best for these
cakes, but -" Mistress Jean" could bake
them very well on q smooth, wcll.greased
iron griddlc, taking care to scrape it well
after each baking and to use as little grease
as possible. The cakes should not be larger
than small saucer and should be served at
once. In the Southern States a tablespoon
full of scalded Indian meal and the same of
molasses are often added when the cakes
are mixed.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

The Stewart grave robbery will un-
doubtedly result in greater precautions for
the protection of the remains of the dead.
Some of them are heard of already. The
grave of Mr.. Powers, at Philadelphia, who
recently died, will be watched by night
and day, four men being employed. To
the tombstone will be attached key 20 a
watch locked in case which the men on
guard will carry. The watch must have
the key at the grave inserted every half
hour, and it will be inspected twice day
to see whether it has been carried to the
grave at the intervals required.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

Loss OF THE POMERANIA.-Another ap-
palling ocean disaster has to be reluctantly
recorded in the sinking of the steamship
Pomerania, and yet there is cause for re-
joicing that the loss of life is not so large
as it might have been. That 10 persons
out of 220 on board were saved is clearly
due in great degree, to the bravery and
devotion to duty of the Captain of the
Steamship.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

The Sultan of Turkey lately sent for a
Christian doctor of note at Constantinople,
and when the latter arrived he found the
Sultan with Bible in his hand. "You
are Christian" said the Sultan "swear
to me upon this Bible that you will tell the
truth. wish to know if my lungs are af-
fected, or if l have any other organic
trouble" The doctor took the oath, and
then sounding his lungs, found them
healthy, as also his general system, except
tendency to nervousness, for which horse
back exercise was prescribed.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04
THE YEARS GROW OLD--MAN
ALSO.
BY +. A. HAssLER, NJ. D. PHI. D.

B1 r. a. HASSLER, NJ d. PHI. d.
The little stream that turns the mill,
The gentle slope, the rising hill,
The forest in the vail between
So lately clad in living green;
The golden rod and aster near,
Whispers softly the Autumn is here"
Later comes the reddening glow
Which cooler nights and frosts bestow,
When bud and leaf of crimson hue
Glisten at morn with frozen dew.
Then Autumn speaks in louder tone:
With many a sigh. with many a moan
Whistles the wind in notes of fear,
"Autum dies the Winter is near"
So when in life we feel the hand
When nature turns our glass of sand,
Our leaf is whitening on the bough
And Autumn's seal is on our brow,
Her gentle voice we then will hear,
Softly saying Autumn is here"
When feeble steps old age proclaim
And life is life but in the name,
The loss of sight, the scanty locks,
Show that Deaths angel loudly knocks,
He knocks and speaks those words of fear,
"'Tis past, It's past, Winter is near"
--NoriStOcn Herald
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

During the last war $4,000 Russian
soldiers poured down through Roumania
into Turkey. OF these $500 were sent
back by rail wounded and GO, l50 i'll, $1,000
sick went home to Odessa by sea, $4,000 are
still in hospital, 1000 laid their bones in
Roumania and $4,000 perished in Bulgaria.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

"CHINEsE CHEAP LABoR."-It is stated
that the Chinese, whose initiative ingenuity
is well known, have found out how to re-
produce the Connecticut " Yankee" clocks
in. perfect facsimile, and so cheaply that
they can, if they choose, undersell our own
makers in this market. A few years since
"Yankee" " clocks used to be sent to China
by shipload, finding a ready sale. But
All Sin" is not willing to buy anything
from abroad which he can make more
cheaply and profitably at home, and we
may expect to hear before long that some
of Senator Barnum's constituents in the
land of steady habits are joining Kerney in
his outcry against "Chinese cheap labor"
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

Governor McCreary, of Kentucky, has
caused to be delivered to the Breckenridge
Monumental Association, at Lexington,
KY, $4,000 appropriated by the Legisla.
ture for a monument to the memory of
John c. Breckinridge."
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

RECIPE FOR AN EVENING PARTY.-SOme
anonymous malefactor publishes the follow
ing "Recipe for an Evening Party" Put
your guests into comfortable apartments,
Furnished with prints, drawings and a
piano. AS the mixture thickens, sweeten
with politeness, and season with wit, if you
have any; if not, fattery will do we'll, and
is very cheap. After an hour or.two add
ices, jellies, cakes, lemonade and ice
cream"
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

The negroes of the United States will be
represented by one colored man in the
Forty-Sxth Congress His name is o. Hara,
and he is from a North Carolina district.
The name sounds good deal as if he were
part Irish.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

Hon. Abram S. Hewitt is reported to
have remarked at a meeting at Cooper In
stitute, Philadelphia, recently, that "We
are on the dawn of an era of prosperity
such as the world never saw"
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

If Congress possesses one.h the aver.
age sense of the mercantile community of
the country, it will promptly relieve us
from the silver dollar anomaly when it re-
assemblies,
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

Another day has come and gone.
Another maiden fair
Has kindled the fire with kerosene
And climbed the golden stair.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

One of the saddest and most vexations
trials that comes to a girl when she mar
ries, is that she has to discharge her mother
and depend upon hired girl.-Ha'Okys.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04

Every day of repentance is a cheat upon
ourselves.
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04
NOVEMBER.
DECEMBER

ss- Hack leaves Smyrna about l hour before the
boat starts
Smyrna times., 1878-12-04
new Departure

The undersigned having sold his interest in the bus
ness of +. Il +. II. Beck. has opened an entire new
Stock of
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-19
NEW YORK.
self.coafesssda aorays Robsers.

I Self.Confessed Grave Robbers.
( William Burke, alias Baker, alias
Beatty, and Hank Whaien, alias Henry
Vreland, who were arrested some days
ago on the suspicion of being implicated
in the dissertation Of A. IT, Stewart's
tomb and with stealing his body, were
before Justice Morgan, of the Jefferson
police court, to-day for examination.
Capt. Byrnes, of the 18th precinct, who
made the arrest. made long state
ment under OATH detailing infinitely
all the circumstances touching the ar
rest of the prisoners and the fruitless
search he, made in their. company for
Stewards body. Burke bad made
mysterious remarks pretending knowl-
edge of the deed, and implicated
whalen. Both, after being arrested.
acted knowingly and,suspiciously, tell
ing how the damned stiff stunk when
they had removed it in a wagon. They
had confessed to the witness and after
wards denied their guilt. The prison
ers were remanded for, final, complaint
tomorrow. tyi i@fcS lA. Al