Smyrna times., 1886-06-30

wonder he is careless where he leaves
his specs.
Homes not merely roof and room,
Home has something to endeari IT,
Home is where the heart can bloom,
Where there's some kind OF life to cheer it,"
A New England swimmer named
Riley has signifed his intention of
swimming from Albany to New York
some time in July.
A New York woman WHO is fond of
nOtOriety has had the hOOfs of her
horses gilded, and they create a sensa-
tiOn when driven in Central Park.
This is the season of the year when
the manufacturer of furniture polish
puts new labels upon his bottles and
sells his wares as ''freckle eradicator."
"My friends" said a mountain
preacher of Maryland, ''all the world
shouted for joy when the good news of
Christ's birth flashed over the wires"
1t is announced that no quarter is to
be given the Apaches. That is un-
necessary, as the soldiers do not appear
to get near enough to them 20 give
them a dime.
The Grand Army of New York State
has now membership. of 10000.
During the year 191 comrades died in
the department, and $34,646 were ex-
pended in charity.
Anent President Hayes's children:
Webb is a trunk-maker at Cleveland,
Burchard is practising law at Toledo,
Rutherford is paying teller of little
savings bank at Fremont, and Fannie
and Scott are at school.
Mammoth strawberries are on exhi-
bitiOn in Marlborough. One measures
nine inches in circumference, one thir-
teen inches and other specimens swell
from eight to fifteen inches. Straw
berry growers are always good for
whOppers.
Jersey justice is slow enough, cer-
talhly. 1t took forty years for the Court
OF Chancery to decide who were the
heirs to about S25O,OOO During that
period many of the original heirs have
died, and the contest was carried on bv
their descendants,
President Cleveland made good use
of his veto again Thursday. Itis for
sunate for the nation that it has a man
in the White House able and willing
to balk some at least of the raids on tie
treasury. The presence of a surplus is
astanding temptation.
A shrub has been discovered in Col
umbia which exudes a juice that will
stop the flow of blood almost instantly.
no matter how severe the. wound. A
bottle of it ought to be carried in the
coat-tail of every man who has a habit
OF pOking his nose into other people's
business.
We have almost imperceptibly glided
into the longest days of the year. AZ
ter remaining stationary a few days to
give the earth time to recover its
equilibrium, we shall start on the op-
posite track and almost before we real
ize it we shall be face to face with the
short days of Winter again.
Last Summer the Ocean Grove Asso-
citation laid concrete walks along the |
lake front and down Ocean Pathway
The material retained the consistency
OF molasses until cold weather came
and hardened it. Now all these walks |
are as firm as granite, and every pedes- |
trian is satiied of the wisdom of the
investment.
1t is said that Cuba this year will |
gather the largest sugar crop that has
been grown on the island since 1873.
when the product was 775OOO tons
Sugar growing is making such rapid
headway in so many countries of the
world that there is every reason TO he
Heve that the days of high priced
sugars are over.
The importation of bananas to Eng
land has just begun, but the Britisbers
do not take very kindly to them. Per.
haps they eat them skins and all The
american way is to remove the peel
and lay it carefully in the middle of
The sidewalk. The pulp of the banana
goes down nicer that way and so does
the next fellow that comes along
Springfield Union.
The "Gyp" Thomas episode having
demonstrated that it costs about s115 to
thrash a Philadelphia Times reporter
an inquisitive man in Clayton. this
State, says the EUery EUeainq, rises to
inquire how much it would cost to lick
5he editor Of that paper. The Times
ioes not answer the question hut, grad
ng the offence on salary basis. it
would be cheap enough at 81 900.
The word "fend" is now used so
commonly as a half humorous name
or all kinds of people who make nui-
'ances Of themselves that it is in dancer
u losing ITS original meaning. Here is
Western paper referring to a certain
clergyman as the long sermon iend y
md another which talks about "tbe
'hurch-going iend." In this part of
he country there are a number of non
'hurch-going fends
After the most exhaustive practical
ests in hospitals and elsewhere. the
.old medal and certificate of highest