Smyrna times., 1884-02-06

Rosebud dinner parties aro oil A.
rage. The rosebuds make't the din. mot
the dinner. NV
Mr. Douglass seems to have a par-
tlalIty for thre colors only. viz: white
white and white.
Jefferson Davis health is quite moor
roor Jetf. We always thought that
hoopskirts were unhealthy.
lhe Hartford Telegram suggests that
perhaps Fred Douglass could not helm
himself. The lady is 46 and-tbis i
leap year. "
Inc President gave his first State
u'nher OF the season Wednesday night
1t is said that cold water flowed Ike
molasses in January.
ne man who predicted thirtv-eipbt
SHOWS for this Winter is not goiro, g.
be very far out of the way. He will
pass as very good guesscr.
inventor kcely has set February
l''h for the date of the Keelv motor
exhibition. Now is the time to spb-
scribe for stock-in steam engines.
me New York Morning Journal
thinks that if the sale of wbiskav is
prohibited in the District of Columbia
the Capital will probably be moved
West.
IL costs a good deal more money 70
OBTAIN a divorce than it does to get
married, but there are occasions in
ones life when one doesn't sion 70 oon
er expense.
lhe latest rumor is to the effect that
Perry Belmont's feet leave deem inn
pressions upon the stone pavement os
he walks about.
There are l5,000OOO miIcb cows :,
the United States. And vet we can 70.
member the time when we hunted nm
III ten o'clock at night for lust one
But when we did find her!
y firm Of booksellers paid $26 25o for
'he privilege for two meetings next
summer AT Covington. Kentuckv
here is little moral in this for green
les who like to bet on races
Don't marry until you can support
a WIFE, is the advice of a college presi-
dent to his pupils. Thisis good advice
out some men don't marry until they
can get wife rich enough to support
'hem seem to thrive pretty well.
vienna is in terrible dread of the
socialists, and the authorities there
nave taken extraordinary defensive
measures a kind of martial law has
Oeen suspended. The Austrian Social.
SIS are creating as much of a stir as
he Russian Nihilists.
10 get rid of the smell of fresh paint
n chamber or living room. slice
ew onions and put them in the middle
u the room. After that it will be de-
lraOle to get rid of the smell of the
'hlohs' This can easily be done by
'uttins on another coat of paint.
The refusal of leap year proposal
u Bradford, Pa, on Saturday led to a
ase OF suicide. Mrs. Shea. a New
ork widow, offered herself TO a rich
for whom she had been keep
ng house, and receiving his refusal
ne went straight away and killed her.
elf
IL is said that several Middletown
ogs nave been attack ed by the mumps.
the mumps will lock the Jaws of the
og that has been sitting in our ward
very night for two or three weeks
'ying to sing Italian opera we shall
hereafter think that the mumps are
seful as well as ornamental.-on
og. Transcript.
IL Mr.. Barnum has any respect for
ie sacredness of things he will try
nd put stop to all this newspaper
llk about his white elephant. II
ems strange that a gentleman cannot
lrchase what pleases him withoutthe
hole country jumping on him for it.
we were in Mr.. Barnum's place a
ght of that elephant would cost lust
lie dollar and no less.
Ihe new comet can be seen any clear
'ening, shortly after darkness begins.
the southwest, about 80 degrees
'ove the horizon, its tail pointing di-
city from the sun. 1t is not as large
as brilliant as the comet seen in the
lst some months ago. Scientists saw
is the comet of 1912 returned. We
we not looked in its mouth and do
t vOuch for its age.