Smyrna times., 1886-01-06
WHOLE NO. 1884.
Here and Elsewhere.


We never regret the kind words we
have spoken, nor the retorts we have
left unsaid.
IfyOu reflect moment you will per-
ceive that the drones of society wear
the most gaudy plumage, and eat the
most.
There are few people here and there
calling themselves Agnotics who would
be puzzled to give the meaning of the
word.
Gentility is one of the cheapest COM
modities in the country; yet, it is as
tonishing how few make investments
therein.
Does not human consciousness every.
where believe in a Redeemer, a Media
tor between man and the supreme God
of gods?
The ingenuity of the human mind
has never yet been able to successfully
Tighten the labors of the man who has
nothing to do.
A despatch from New York saws
merchants are hopeful" So are we
that the sheriff will not put bill on
our door this year.
An unkind word falls easily from the
tongue, but, when once said, a
tally-hO coach and six horses cannot
bring it back again.
Five oleomargarine "dairies" in
New York make $4,212,OOO net profit
in year, and yet some people say
oleomargarine is not good thingP
Be courteous to all, but intimate
with few; and let those few be we'll
tried before you give them your conf
dence, for true friendship is a plant of
slow growth.
Avoid gaming, the child of avarice,
the brother of iniquity and the father
OF mischief. 1t has been the ruin of
many mans home and the cause OF
many suicide.
President Hopkins saws that It be.
comes us to inquire what God has
done, and presume it to be wise, rather
than tc inquire what would be wise.
and presume that God has done it,"
A clothes observer has discovered
that there is as much difference be-
tween an Over-dressed woman and a
true lady as there is between a gor-
geous sunfower and a modest pompone
chrysanthemum.
What a blessed thing it is that we
can forget! To-day's troubles look
large, but week hence they will be
forgotten and buried out of sight.
Says one writer: "If you would keen
book and daily put down the things
that worry you, and see what becomes
of them, it would be benefit"
The old year closed we'll with the
Mormon question. On Thursday
Lorenzo Snow, one of the twelve
apostles" of the Mormon establish
ment, was found guilty under the Ed
munds act of excessive marital arrange
ments. He is 72 years old, and has
seven "wives" and twenty-three chill
dren.
Ex-senator Bruce of Mississippi has
been lecturing on the condition of the
colored people in the South. He has
been compelled to admit that the
superior race has become the master OF
the inferior. But he does not refer to
this fact either with malice or regret.
He recognizes it as existing, and pro-
poses remedy, slow process of popu-
lar education.
1t appears that another state besides
Delaware has the idea that the U. s.
Government is a thing of no conse-
quence, and only fit to distribute off,
ces; if we are to judge from the inso-
lent reply sent to Secretary Bayard by
the Governor of California. Secretary
Bayard, at the solicitation of the Chin
ese Minister, sent a telegram to the
Governor advising steps to be taken to
prevent violence to the Chinese. In
reply, that functionary politely told
him to attend to his own affairs.