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Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
GREENLAND VEGETABLES.

In Greenland some attempts have been
made to raise some of the common plants
of European gardens. At the Danish
station of Godthaab latitude 64 deg.p
close to the open sea, turnips, radlsh"s'
lettuces and parsley are almost the only
plants that can be cultivated with any
success. The turnip, indeed, requires
favorable summer to produce anything
like tolerable specimens The cabbage
are scarcely worthy of the name but
at two island stations up the ford,
about thirty miles north of Godthaab
the climate is strikingly different.
Here DIR. Rink informs us, turnips
always come to perfection; carrots pros
per well, and attain fair size and
cabbages, though unable to develop
thick stalks yet produce tOlerably large
leaves, which the provident Danes stow
away for winter use.
Attempts have been made to cultivate
potatoes, but the tubers never attain a
size larger than marbles, and are only
grown and eaten rs curiosities. Under
the most favorable circumstances green
peas only produce shells, i'll which the
peas are barely recognizable. This
is within the Artic Circle, or at least OF
it's immediate borders. In South Green
land-the site of the old NOrsemen'
settlements-hor is practice'
under more favorable circumstances. A
some of the posts, in about the SAM
latitude as Christiana, good carrot
have been produced, and in forcing
frame strawberries have grown well an
Welded frnit for several years, but the
afterward died. owing probably to tn
severity of the climate.
At Julianshaab turnips often attain
weight of more than half pound, an
e. are fit for the table in the middle
h Julv. Radishes are fit to be eaten
Y the middle of June. Rhubarb grow
ID pretty vigorously. and can be raise
q from seeds. Green cabbage attalns
GOOD size, but never the normal tas
: and pungency of the vegetable. /
IIi ITi Jakobshavn, in 60 deg IS m, our goo
q. friend Dr. Pfatf used to raise fe
q ,odisbes and the locality being sheltere
.E$t ths tiny patch of earth ON the roci
= which in that remote place passed ioi
,s. garden, produced "orops" almost
ss' nxuriant as GOthaab in the souVn'
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
LANGUAGE OF THE RED INDIANS.

One singular fact is the infinite diversi-
ty Of language Not only every tribe, but
every band, of which there are sOme-
times fifty in IL single tribe, has its own
dialect or jargon, perfectly unintelliglble
to all who do not belong to the band. In
all times the Indians have disdained to
learn even feN words of an enemy's
language. Stranger yet, the Cheyennes
and Arrapahoes for tlree-quarters of a
century have been firm friends, camping
and hunting together and making war
upon the same enemies at the same
time. The children constantly rOmp
and play together in the common camp.
Yet not one i'll ten Of either tribe can
/ hold the most ordinary conversation in
the language of the other.
Unable to speak each others language
the Indians Of the West have constructed
wonderful sign language by which
thev hold intercourse. Gestures signs,
are more or less natural to every one.
Among the plains Indians alone
| have they reached Their lnOSJ WOnuer-
full development. So complicated and
elaborate is the sign language, consist
ing of countless gestures and movements
the slightest variation in which marks
wide differences III meaning, that only d
few Indians in tribe are complete
masters of it, and the masses can only
use it slightly. The signs do not indi
cate letters nor words, as with the dea
and dumb, but IDEAS. There is On'
sign to indicate hunger, another fO
''stop talking" another for summer
and so on infinitely. Yet an exper
sign talller will either make or interpre
long speech, which consists of a.
infinite number Of signs following eac
other with Ightninghke rapidity. Tw
strange Indians will meet on horsebacB
each unable to understand a spoke
word of the other, and while holdin
the reins with the left hand, will col
verse for hours with their right, tellin
! stories or relating their experienC
, without n single misunderstanding.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
AN EAST INDIANS BED.

The bed of dweller in East India is
spread upon the floor, and for q pillow
is used Il sort of blanket, which is
utilized at the same time for containing
the valuables Of the house The cover
ing for the sleeper is made of cotton,
woven by hand. There are no chairs,
and the occupants sit on the floor with
crossed legs, or in a reclining posture,
with one leg over the other. There are
no musical instruments, no notes, nc
set music. The East Indians lie down
without undressing, and on rising, roll
ND the bed and stow it away. Then
principal food is rice, which those who
are at the table eat with the samespoOn.
There are no puddings, no desserts, anC
whoever is the last 10 rise from the
table 10 compelled to wash the dishes
Woman has scarcely any place IN society
literature or art. Man is the master
and rules. The language is simple
consists of twenty-five letters for al
alphabet and can be learned in yea
and a half by one associating with tn
people.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
POCAHONTAs's OLD RESORT.

Says the Richmond Dispatch: Motto
way County in Virginia, the region
inhabited by the first settlers, is an old
country, notwithstanding byreminiscen-
ces of Captain John Smith and Poca-
hontas, but deprived of all modern
energy and industry it is fast turning
back to the primeval condition. lin
twenty years it will be a wilderness, -
prOphesied a visitor. The residents
are old and sad.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
LAKE REGIONS OF FINLAND.

Everybody loves his own country
with the Firms this love becomes Il
passion, as powerful as the passion of
the Scottish Highlandel for his " land
of mountain and of food;" and 1t has
the same source. We can easily under
stand the nostaegy of the Highlander
who yearns for glimpse of the rocks
"where the snowflake repOses, for
the dark frowning beauties of his
native mountains, which, i'll their evct
changing aspects, reflect the moods ant
Dhases of the human mind-Of life
itself. The same is true of dwellers hy
the sea; it is true again of the inhah-
tant of the lake regions like Finland
where water and soil are ineXtricably
interviewer each with the other; they
live for him, and are ever and always
assuming new moods and expressions.
Finland is poor country, but 1t Is a
fine country, and has a stamp of origin
ality. Its like may be sought for IL
vain even in the lake district of Eug-
land or among the inland seas q.
Canada Where else, indeed, can tic
Firms find this network Of land an'
water, this tangled skein of lake an'
sea, and a shore, so full of contrasts
and yet forming an inseporable an.
enchanting whole? Where find thes
millions of islands--of lovely rock
giving footing toa few pines and birchc
which seem to grow from beneath tn
, water; these thousand of ever-varyin
: tints spreading over the lakes as til
j sun slowly moves almost in the horizon
unwilling to go down, or leaving benin
it the shining twilight which meets
the north with the aurora Of the mon
ing? Nowhere else will the Finn fin
n country which breathes the same mil
s and sweet harmony, grace and melal
b choly, which matches SO well with IL
y dreamy pensiveness of his character.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
WATER-A VAIL.

Water is Dame Natures most char
acteristic blunder 1t is a thoroughly
feminine creation. AS fluid, it is un-
necessarily wet; as solid, it is per-
niciOusly slippery and as a vapOr, it is
unreasOnably explosive.
But nature is proud of it, and re-
venges herself for any slight upon it.
The antediluvians refused to believe in
it, and were nearly all drowned. And
ever since that time the bad weather
has been 90 per cent. water.
Man has sought out many inventions
to mitigate the evils of water. He has
tried wine, but never gets it dry enough.
He adopted milk. She invented
milkmen. He built houses to protect
himself from the obnoxious element.
She follows him up with plumbers.
She lies in wait for him with it. The
sunshiny and seductive cucumber,
which doubles him up, and the melan-
choly watermelon, which tlattens him
out are made almost wholly of water.
When boy, she tempts him to go
swimming, and he gets fOgged; when
a man, he goes sailing for pleasure, she
makes him seasick. She lures him
into the exasperating occupation OF
fishing, and straightway he destroys
moral character with fish stories.
Each season torments him with q
watery woe of its own. In beautiful
Spring the freshet sweeps away hi'
property; in Summer the tornado
blows him from the face of the earth
in Winter he sits down hard upon the
ice. -.
He digs himself a well, and hi
neighbors become visitation upol
him. He makes a cellar beneath hi
house. and the floods prevail againstit
He comes into the wOrld-tO b
washed he goes through life carrying
an umbrella; and when, disgusted, h
dies, his friends think it necessary t
weep more water over him before he
. left to sleep with his fathers.
Verify all is vanity and-water.-
Teras Siftiags.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

Prohibition is making rapid head
way in Georgia. In about 100 OF the
138 counties in the State prohibition Is
absolute, and in some others It pre-
walls in certain districts. Only ~
counties in the State are untouched by
the temperance waves. The Atlanta
Constitution says: mo whiskey Is
sold in prohibition county in Georgia
because the uncertainty of the situa-
ton creates and maintains public
sentiment that renders it operative and
effective"
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

UNFAVoRABLY LoCATED.-Old I'm
Gle Nose met sam Johnsing ON Austin
avenue few days since and said to
him -
II hear, Sam, you am going to lead
tor do altar one oh Austin's fairest
daughters, am dat de fac?"
Uncle Nose, hit am de fac dat l
has been payin' my distresses ter de
iubly and accomplished Miss Matildy
SNOWFALL, but de tender relation which
has desisted between us am severed
forebber, sah." -,
"Did she kick yer, Sammy, or did
she only set the dog on yer?"
"No, sab. She lubs me yit, and she
wanted me to call on her twict day
sab, but she Ibis next door to de cul-
lud lady who has a wash 6lll aglh me
SO l Jess made up my mind to transfer
nv defections ter some udder lady
what am more favorably located, sah.'
-Teras SiftiRgs.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

A maniac boarded train No. at
Kansas City, on the Wabash, St. Louis
& Pacific Railroad, and with drawn re-
volver took possession of the foremost
car. The officers of three cities were
afraid to take him, and from Ell Paso,
ILL.,, to Chicago, his will was the only
INV oheXed
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

"What is a City EditOr?" is the
title of some verses in the Dayton
Herald. The answer does ample jus
tice to that much maligned man. Here
it is:
A man that gathers the news my BOY
And does it all to amuSe, my boy;
man of wit
And tact and grit
man they all abuse, my boy.
In sDite of all that is said, my boy,
In the end he'll be ahead, my boy,
Far up above,
Where all is love.
He'll 90 when he is dead, my boy.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

A pint of benzine will increase in
bulk in the form of vapOr with radius
of 100 cubic feet from the can contain
ing it, and as it is highly explosive
should be used in cleaning furniture
with extreme caution.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

NOVEL FARMING. Farming by tele-
phone is the latest novelty in the agri-
cultural line, but adapted only to the
management of very large tracts.
Major Bell, who has a farm in Canada
of 5000 acres, thus states his method
" At o'clock every evening press my
button and put myself into cOmmum-
cation with my divisional foremen. |
give them perhaps ten minutes each,
but in each case the others hear what
/ am saying, though they are four or
five miles apart both from me and
from one another. Every man must
carry out my orders, right or wrong.
If he does not, Off he goes.
Every horse, too, has its appointed
task set every evening, l6 to 20 miles IA
day. But here | am more merciful
and if horse gives out, why, the fore
man only has to go to his telephone
and tell me of it, and | reduce the ami
malls task, taking of two miles day,
perhaps. The whole machine is
worked in this way as easily by sin
gle oVerseer as if it were a matter of IL
and not of $4,000 acres; and all the
discussion about the comparative ad-
vantages of large and small farming is
really out of date, for the telephone
enables YOU to combine them both.
The telephone and federation are quite
as applicable, l assure you, to farms as
to States Every 200 acres has cot
tage on it, with a man living in it, rent
free, and having charge Of three
horses"
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

The distinguished U. S. Senator from
Indiana, Hon. Daniel w. Voorhees,, GER
titles that in a case of rheumatism in
the back, he obtained instantaneOusre-
lief from St. Jacobs Oil. He says it is
remarkable remedy.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

The British schooner AUIOnG, which
last Winter went on the beach near
Patchogue, L. l., and was sold for
$50, having since been repaired, will by
permission of the Secretary of the
Treasury be granted an American reg
lister and renamed the GuSSie Bishop.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

The New York, Philadelphia & Nor
folk Railroad is having three large
barges built at South Amboy, n. J., for
service between Charles City and Nor
folk. They will be fitted with three
tracks and will carry II standard cars.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

Professor Joseph Leidz says it Is an
error to call the insect locust by that
name. They are cicadas and he says
that all the cicadas in the world will
not eat blade of grass or injure fruit
trees
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

Now that Bayard has gone West
the peach crop is taking a tumble.
Every peach grower on the Peninsula
is watching his immature fruit and lis
tening to hear something drOp.-DGiIy
Mems
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

The Harlan & Hollingsworth Co,
of Wilmington, is building two ferry
boats, the Colorado and Wyoming, that
are practically unsinkable. In addi-
ton TO the usual transverse, or across,
bulkheads, they are provided with
longitudinal water-tight compart-
ments their entire length.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

MISTAKEN IEENTITY.-A man who
had evidently just arrived by the train
walked into an Austin boarding house,
and asked =
lis Day in ?"
"What day, sab ?" asked theporter:
"What do know about him? DO l
look like a detective? If Day amt in,
tell Week to step out here" -.
"What week do you refer to, sab p
"Oh. last week, or week before
Christmas! Do you take me for an al
manac? Who runs this shebang, any
how ?"
"De widow Flapjack, sah."
"WeI, then, you tell her to take
down her sign. read on the sign out
there, Boarding by Day or week, and
now it seems that both of 'em have hi
out. That sign is put up there to de-
ceive the travelling public" and he
picked up his gripsack and swung him
self ON board of street car.-Iera'
S1tings.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

J. L. Mead, the notorious person
who was appointed postmaster in Miss
issippi in apparent Ignorance of the
fact that he had mixed himself in the
Copiah county Outrages, has been re-
quested by the Postmaster-General to
resign
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

The removals from Office by the
President are become greater day by
day.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

Secretary Whitney is studying naval
architecture. He wants to Noah boat
when he sees it.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

When Sunset Cox goes to the yeast
it may change him into rising son.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

It is often the man that is right who
! is left.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

THE BEER FLEW TO HIS HEAD
" Mr.. Snicklcfritz," said the Austin
recorder to the accused, saloon
keeper. "you are charged with having
assaulted this lawyer, and by the looks
of his head you must have used great
violence"
"A glass of peer fly to his head
schudge."
sively. THAT beer will fly to a per
sons head if not taken in moderate
doses, but that does not explain the
Dot glass fly nit der peer to his
head" -.
"Oh, YOU hit him on the head with
a mug of beer. Why didn't you say
so at once instead of dropping into
poetry. What was the provocation y
"Dot shayhawk lawyer" said
Snicklefritz, "come to my saloon
drunk, and say Hello, Dutchy
why don't you put your Limbergel
sheese on ice so it don't spoil so tan
soon p say I would not hef dot, anc
a glass of peer fly to his head."-IeFd
! SiftiRgs.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

ABE BUZZARD ARRESTS HIMSELF
That Abe BuZZard should have VOlun-
tarily come forward and given himself
up to the authorities of Lancaster
county, Pa, is more creditable to him
than to the authorities Not that BuZ-
Zard is entitled to any great amount of
credit for the act, for he admits that he
is tired of being hunted like a beast
and claims to have secured evidence
that will lead to the mitigation of his
sentence, fnOt his full pardon. But the
supineness of the county authorities in
allowing him to remain at large for
eighteen months when he was in the
county most of the time is calculated
to inspire pity and even ridicule rather
than respect
1t is by no means unlikely that Abe
| Buzzard is not so black as he is paint
ed. He is probably only a country
marauder, with courage enough to
preserve him from the imputation of
cowardice which usually attaches to
such characters and to make him fight
for his life or liberty as honest men
would do. But the impression which
many IA man makes is due to what peo-
pie think he is rather than his actual
characteristics, and Abe Buzzard has
, become a sort Of bugaboO in Lancaster
; Lebanon and Berks counties. Every
} ROBBERY which could not be fixed on
anybody else by lazy or incompetent
, officials has been laid at the door ot
the Buzzard gang, and nurses have
5 utilized Abe as a sort of a mysterious
bad man to scare unruly children into
2 obedience.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10

RAPID TRANsIT.-UncleM Nose owns
seueral shanties i'll Austin, which he
rents out. but one of the tenants Is
rather slow in coming up with the
rent so old Nose had to make him a
pastoral visit. Just as he was coming
away from the house, old Nose, having
failed to collect the rent, met Jim Web
ster.
F" Jim" said the old man, (which am
de fastest trabbeler you cher heerd tell
about ?"
"Dey say dat de ray of light trab-
bles more dan 100000 miles second,
but nebber timed hit myself" replied
jim.
"Dar am a man in Austin what can
glib de ray OBJ light fifty yards start and
beat it wust kind" j..
"G'wav. ole man. Lynn is catchin'
and 7 hain't been vacainnated since dc
wah. What kind OBJ cholera mlcroD'
am you a-gibbin' dis heah darkeey =
Hit am Jess as | tOle yer CAB.
! Snodgrass, what owes me four mumi
back rent, can outtrabble de ray OF
light" ~, 49,
. Did yer see him do it? What tim'
did he makeY
a went to de front door. and jess a
his wife opened de front door | see
Gabe slide out de back door. Is Cab
at home ?" says I. He's done gone te
San Antonio says she. Hit am eight
miles to San Antonio, and he must ha
made de trip while was lookin' at hi
slide out de back doah Jess fetch o
yer ray OBJ light, and ef it don't hab t
hump itself, den Pm a liar. ."-Terc
SifinQs.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
House Carpentering'

u. GRAHAM IL SON, Car "a
nenters and Builders, hereby, give nouee .e iii
t6at thev are prepared tO make contracts :
tirI snr Ip1IIdings Shops in the rear Of the lumber
ward of VanGasken & Cats Residence one uool
below tha' Vi o " +. GRAHAM & SON,
aug G-tf '''''
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
WHOLE NO. 1854.
WHAT CONSTITUTES GOOD
SINGING.

The WiImingtOnian during the late
session of the A. NJ E. Conference in
that city, in a clever criticism of the
make up of the conference, had the fol-
lowing in relation to the singing:
"In colored choirs there is greater
weight and expression given to the
tenor and bass voices. They form
prepOnderating value in singing. And
this is as it should be. The chOirs in
the white churches are usually drown
ed by an excess of high key soprano
which in its harsh deluge submerges
all the tenor and BASIN fact as a rule
naught but the melody is heard On
the contrary in cOlOred church the
tenor and bass is allowed sufficient
volume and restrictions are placed
upon an excess OfsOprano volume. 1t is
that fact that makes their singing more
attractive. Harmony is retained.
The natural voice of the negro does
not evolve an excess of shrieking
soprano, which in our churches fill the
! editice with a One-cOlOred melody.
Here the natural taste, the superior
musical taste of the negro is evolved.
1t is more in conformity with the tones
proceeding from an organ. In listen
ing to one of those large instruments
we do not hear an unnecessary intrus-
ion of the soprano or melody alone, the
base and the tenor form the harmony
and form as they should the larger vol
ume of sound. Why is it then we toll
crate such a wrong in the make up OF
our church chOirs There is always
too much soprano and an exceeding
] laaL of faunr aud baCS Tho result iC q
lack of richness and harmony. These
conditions are reversed with commend
able good taste by the colOred people.
Smyrna times., 1885-06-10
W,A.FariGs & Bro,
Furnishing UldGItaEaTS,
AND DEALERS IL
FURNITURE,
MAIN STREET, opposite The Smyrna House.
FUrniture of all Kinds.

Parlor and Chamber suits bureaus. ring
chairs Lounges Tables stands line ,uar
auteed at or less IhaH N''' jan 2-tf
nunIitv Of goods --------.--
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-13

We offer bargains in ladies' boots shoes and slippers and
call attention 10 our ladies and misses kid slippers
zoe, sold in the high priced stores at 81 25.
We offer bargains In mems and boys wool hats.
We offer bargains In mems boys and misses straw hats
We offer bargains in mems and boys boots and shoes
We offer bargains in ladies' mems and childrens hose
We offer bargains ia meme shirts.
We sell the best wbiteauudered shirts at 81
sold in the state.
We offer bargains in all kinds of chevots percas and
seersucker for mens shirts and children's waists
We offer bargains in boys clothing good bargains
because boys wear out their clothing fast that moth
w, ers cannot sford to pay high prices for them
We offer handsome fancy prints at s, and cents.
We offer bargatus in bleached shrtings
We offer bargains Ia bleached sheetings
We offer bargains ia WOODEN cotton and linen goods for
bows clothing
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-13
A Walking skeleton.

Mr.. Il. Springer of Mechanicsburg,
Pa writes: II was afflicted with lung
fever and abcess on lungs, and re-
duced 10 walking skeleton. Got a
free trial bottle of DR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, which did
me so much good that / bought dol
lar bottle, After using three bottles,
found myself once more a man, COM
pletely restored to health, with a
hearty appetite, and gain in flesh OF
as pounds.n Call ut II. w. Williams'
drugstore and get free trial bottle of
this certain cure for all lung diseases.
Large bottles 81 %.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-13
thousands Say So.

Mr.. II. w. Atkins, Girard, Ksnu
writes: ~ never hesitate TO recon-
mend your Electric Bitters to my GUS
TONERS. They give entire satisfaction
aud are rapid Sellers" Electric Bit
tiers are the purest and best medicine
known, and will positively cure kid
ney and liver complaints, purify the
blood and regulate the bowels. No
family can afford to be without them.
They will save hundreds OF dollars in
doctors bills every year. Sold at fifty
cents $ bottle. by H. w. Williams.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-13
COLORADO.
Large Cattle Shipment = Around
Town Notes.
Npeclal.


COLORADO, TEX, May II. - Mr..
Winfield Scott will ship two train
loads of cattle from here to his Rio
Grande ranch via Van Horne. Tex, a
station on the Texas 4 Pacific railroad
west OF Toyah MIR Scott has lust ar.
rived from'his Rio Grande ranch and
reports the range in that part II the
country unusually fine. Cattle and
horses are fat
Mr.. q. w. McGehee is here WITH a
bunch Of COW ponies. He is getting
rid of them very fast, the demand be-.
ing so great this year. He has an
extra quality this season for sale,
Mr. $. H. Bromley Is here in the
interest OF Shattuck, Paxson q Co. OF
Chicago, III.
Mr.. Abram Nave is ia the city look
ing after his cattle interest
Every beer saloon in the city has
purchased a pair OF owls; still the owls
are plentiful on the prairIes.