Smyrna times., 1881-11-23
Current Comment.
PHILADELPHIA EVENING NEWS.

1ou can now 90 to a Florida hotel and
lCNel III the symphonies Of mosquitoes all
winter long for $2S a week.
When tenant in Ireland paws bis ron,
me leaGuers stop shooting at his lapdlnr,i
ana begin shooting at the tenant
The difference between dcfauIter and
Il thief Is very simple One steals cnonrh
10 hlre good lawyers and the other don't
- microscopic parties are fashionable in
BOSTON. The evening is pleasantly passed
| III viewing the menagerie i'm thu. vator
they are obliged to drink.
american olcOmargarina is sold in Fnr-
land under the name of" Holland hutto,. ;,
we are glad the blame for the stuT ia
this. ''"'i'ii oe9iIe
A lot of New York maidens recently,
got up fair for the poor and AZ ouite a
number now wear engagement rings the
enterprise is spoken of As a brilliant snc-
Cess. 0''c-
Bernhardt says American women have
| - o." '"9'c' nat may be, but they
n"Se enough good taste to get a husband
ing family. ''''''
Shoe pegs were invented in 1918 ard
from that date TO this no one bas a.
covered way to drive them in with Via
points toward the ground instead of te-
! ward the foot - ~
Eighteen trunks filled with Worth's
dresses have arrived in Gotham and have
p"t up at well-known hotel. They viii
make their debut on the outside of q new.
actress shortly '''"
We hope Gutcau will be allowed "a
taiK all nc wants to- Every time he onena
ais mouth he proves anew that he * inst
crazy enough, mean enough and rowaT,jly
enough to hang.
An earthquake caused the village Of
Chlos to sink into the earth. bur tbe nno.
pie all escaped and those who were tbrea
months behind in their rent think tbev
got oil very cheaply.
Eiolin-playing is again fashionable for
girls; so when you hear a forlorn cater.
waul emanating from a luxurious bopdoir
you may know that a woman is at the
bottom Of that scrape.
Re- emily New Jersey embezzl.r r. who
nad ga, hered unto himself $1,000 belong
ing TO other people, was awarded twelve
Years IN the penitentiarv. This is Nev
Jersey justice. Under this rule Casbier
Baldwin OF Newark will so up for I2, 500
years.-B0ster Post
America" says Englishman. sis
country where a mans statement is not
worth two cents unless backed uD with an
offer to bet you SO" There is good
deal OF truth in this and the custom has
put a stop to rOmancing except during
political campaigns and the fishing season
The laws delay" is a premium on
CRIME Ill more ways than one. When a
murderer Is caught the public cry '.be
must hang" A few months after thev
think he ought to hang and few months
later don't care whether he HANGS or
not, in fact have almost forgotten ali
about it. Then it is that the murderer's
lawyer announces that he is ready To
begin the trial
clerk i'll Cincinnati store in attempt-
ing to remove some goods from a shew
window by means of brass rod on Tues
day evening, accidentally touched an
electric-light wire and received a shock
that threw him headlong through the
piateglass to the pavement His face was
BADLY cut, but he was not permanently in
Jured. The incident reminded him of the
good old times when his employers used
to burn kerosene.
The governors have had a hard time of
1t this year trying to get up Thanksgiving
proclamations, for in addition to the ma
tons calamity the crops have failed and
there have been disasters of all kinds.
Governor Long of Massachusetts was the
most successful. He put his proclamation
INTO poetry, SO that when people get
through reading it they could join heartily
in giving thanks that no more verses of
that kind could be got off for another
twelve-mOnth. Man wants but little
poetry here below, nor wants that little
Long.
At the Academy of Fine Arts the other
day the most handsomely dressed visitor
in the galleries was asked to remain a
little longer when she replied in voice
loud enough for all to Overhcar, "No, l
have an engagement to dine at IS"
mentioning the namo of one of the
wealthtest families in the city, and the
next moment added, THAT there picture
is my favOTite. | seen it at the artists
studio" The lady was, of course,
stranger, but who introduced her to the
- family is mystery. 1t was certainly !
not descendant of Iindley Murray.