Smyrna times., 1884-11-26
BreVitieS.

rich.
A tie vote-a matrimonial engage
ment.
Never judge a mans character by
his political reputation.
OF corset is tight lacing that gives
some women such a stayed appear
ance.
Oscar Wilde says he writes all his
poems on an empty stomach. Queer
kind of a writing desk.
New Workers are getting very relig-
ious. Every time they speak of their
new Mayor they viii say Grace"
When music, heavenly maid was young,
While yet in early Greece she sung,
The world was pleased To hear each air.
Cause they'd no blamed piano there.
A man who saw an apparition of his
deceased wife said he was not scared,
but sort of surprised because he didn't
ex-pectre.
What is the position of Turkey ?"
asks an exchange. The present posi-
ton of turkey is the center of the din
ner table.
When a subscriber goes into a cOun-
try newspaper Office to renew his sub
scription, the editor puts on II sanctum-
mOney-us look.
The reason the government doesn't
employ women letter carriers is be-
cause that business belongs exclusive
ly to the Mail service.
Iov aside tho rsp,rai.,n h.ppars
! Torches, caps capeS, party cheers,
We are through with all this nonsense
Thank the Lord for four more years.
"On hearing that Blaine was de-
feated Il little girl in Brooklyn had a
good crying spell. "-Er,
The crVsis was not confined TO
Brooklyn by any manner Of means.
"Why, Allie, dear, is that the way to
begin your dinner ?" asked a mother
of her little daughter, as she began
with the pie instead of the bread and
butter. Well, l declare, mamma, /
was going to eat my dinner upside
down, wasn't I?'
The Burlington Harkeye: Curious
isn't it," remarked Mrs. Bascom, "herC
I've been reading these Notes on
Husbandry," regularly ever since we
subscribed to the Farmer and they
haven't said one word, so far as could
see, about husbands or matrimOny
either"
Another exodus of the negroes o
the South to the North as a result o.
the election has begun, according to {
dispatch from Cincinnati. IF the col
] Quad V,nov,1n vr,se0 Iov Mill al .,
the land of cinnamon seeds and sandy
bOttoms-in other words, to Dixie
Time makes all things right as they
already know by experience.
"Well, hubby, how did you enio,
the service this morning?' "To tel
the truth, darling, didn't take mucl
interest in it. / could hardly hear
word of the sermon" Why, l hearC
it perfectly. What was the matter p
"Well, l don't know. 1t may hav
been because your new bonnet was s.
loud And then silence fell on tn
dinner table, so intense that you coult
hear the ice cream.
The Somerville Journal: "Wha
are you doing, Nary" asked a Som
erville husband addressing his wife
, " l am sewing on a crazy quilt" sh
, replied. Are there any buttons on it e?
mo" Il thought not" he said
ut wouldn't be like you to be sewin
an anything that needed buttons" an
drawing a deep sigh he proceeded t
: tasten his suspenders with a hal
t burned match.
! HOMINY FOR BREAKFAsT.-TO COO
= so simple dish as pearl hominy fo
; breakfast would seem to need no pal
, ticularity of instruction, but that thi
! is not the case is proved by the haI
. raw, watery and lumpy stuff that
often brought to the table under tn
> name of hominy. In the first place, t
, cook hOminy deliciousiy milk must b
used-there is no possibility of maxim
it really good with water only. Pu
: into a china bowl the night before a
@ even teacupful of hOminy, and pou
e upon it enough cold water just to cove
e it. Cover it up, and next nornin
a pour into farina kettle pint of ric
e milk and saltspoOnful of salt. Fl
r teen minutes boiling will cook it suf
n GENTLY, but half an hour will make
5 better. As 1t is in a double kettle thel
e will be no danger of burning, and
l. needs only an occasional stirring wit
s a silver spoon. If you have plenty
# cream n little will improve it, and
l. small bit of fresh butter does not com
n amiss Eat with cream and sugar
IF butter and sugar. 1t is very nice wit
v a soft-bOiled egg incorporated with
r melting lusciOusness, and it is perfet
sliced when cold and fried. Betwee
hOminy cooked thus and hOminy boile
E. in water there is great differenc
st No breakfast cereal should ever
t cooked in anything but a double farir
is kettle; small ones of block tin are nj,
Is for the purpose. These kettles Obvia
lie constant attendance in stirring, and
$, make breakfast dish of this healthf
s, kind one of the easiest to provide an
l. one of the hardest for a cook TO spo
W so long as she follows simple direction
N VOTED TO Whit is said an oil
If farmer near Brownsville, Berks COu
o. tv. Pa. called his three grown sons t