Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1881-01-05
WHOLE NO. 1881.
Current Comment,
PHILADELPHIA EVENING NEWS.

Statehood" is the Western ioprno,i.,;o
phrase for State rights"
The temperature of the water for q hath
on cold winter morning sbonId ~, -
over 2l2 degrees.
Turks choose their wives rs thew oth;.
clo'h. They get something that will wash
once year anyhow.
Nature is no more moral in the win,.r
than In the summer. In the winter few
things grow on Sunday.
Homely society women now ue,r ,;~
bangs on each arm to attract attention
away from their features.
a large majority of the regular church.
eeers are women. Would the case be re.
VerSed II women did the prsaching9
we get back on India for sending ia
hlgn'prlced shawls by making that country
pay s25 barrel for American apples.
No man can have two diseases at the
same time. If you ever get the small nor
you Will ind this reflection very consoling.
Inc man who puts ashes on his pave.
ment may be a friend of the human race
out ne IS an enemy of the surgeon and the
undertaken.
Food for thought-a tough beef .teak
You can't help thinking how hard that
animal must have worked for living be.
fore the butcher got hold of him.
Marian Harland made ST., 900 out of her
book Common Sense in the Household -
President and Mrs. Hayes saved sIoOOoo
oy their common sense in the household.
Rev. DR.. Cuyler of New York saws
Country boys have always come to rule
the nation" There is, however, nothing
strange about that. City boys have all
they can do to rule themselves.
The daughter af Thomas Cook of tourist
fame journeyed with him the wide world
over, yet was drowned in her own bath tub
at nome. 1t does not follow, however,
that 1t is safer to travel than to taken
bath.
On some Of the ocean steamers life.sayinp
mattresses are used and they are guaran.
teed to be perfect life preserves in case of
snip wrecks, it only being necessary for
'he passengers to keep on the top side of
them.
Mr.. lie Due has gone to Florida, where
ne VIII make arrangements for planting
tea. Will some one please tell him to
plant 1t already cooked. When one is in a
hurry 1t is great nuisance to have to wait
Tor raw tea to steep.
Mrs. Mary Hardy is lecturing around the
country In regard to young women, and
she tells mothers to beware of the young
man who drives fast horse. As our horse
cant make mile in much less than three
minutes, this lets US out.
1t is estimated that 100000 will be
| oF>N' az IVA huHtiH& UuTIng toe season
which has just opened in England. This
Is just about the amount that Amsrica will
be expected 10 send to Ireland, should
another famine be reported.
Bernhardt rode about Boston in snowy
carriage drawn BY four horses, and attrac.
ted as much attention as circus process.
sion. 1t was easy to see which was Sarah
and which was the whip, for the former sat
on seat while the letter stood in its
socket,
Inquirer: A college is place where
young man is kept during the period he is
sowing his wild oats, and thus relieves his
family of the annoyance of having him
about-BostOn Post. And a female semi.
nary is place where young lady is kept
during the falling.in.love season, and thus
relieves her father Of heavy expense in
the way Of new gate hinges and extra gas
bills.