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Smyrna times., 1889-07-31
CassOwary Fishing.

The habits of the cOrmorant and Of
our native fish hawk are generally
known. Their methods of taking fish
are very much like those of birds of
prey. But the cassowary fishes accord
ing to a method of its own. Mr.. Powell
witnessed its operations on a river in the
island of New Britain:
saw cassowary come down to the
water edge, and stand for some minutes
apparently watching the water carefully.
1t then stepped into the river where it
was about three feet deep, and, partially
squatting down, spread its wings out,
submerging them, the feathers being
spread and rufiled.
The bird remained perfectly motion
less, and kept its eyes closed, as if in
sleep. 1t remained in this position for
fully a quarter of an hour, when, sud
denly closing its wings and Strengthening
its feathers, it stepped out on the bank.
Here it shook itself several times, where
upon a quantity of small fishes fell out
of its wings, and from amidst its feath-
ers, which the bird Immediately picked
up and swallowed.
The fishes had evidently mistaken the
feathers for kind of weed that grows
in the water along the banks Of the rivers
in this island, and which very much re-
sembles the feathers of the cassowary.
The smaller fishes hide in these weeds to
avoid the larger ones that prey on them.
Youths Companion.
Smyrna times., 1889-07-31
Curing the Thirst for Liquor.

A correspondent of the New York
Sun sends the following communica-
tiOn in answer to a request for some
thing that will conquer the consuming
thirst for liquor.
Indulgence in spirits after a while
which IS no longer or shorter according
to the constitution of the person-pro-
duces irritation. inflammation, and fever
of the stomach, hence the craving and
the greater the fever the greater the
craving. As spirits act also on the
nervous system and on the brain. the
nervous system becomes impaired and
the brain weakened. He has then no
will power to exercise, becausesthe
seat of the will is in the nervous cen
tres, and when these are impaired or
destroyed so is also the will power.
Here IS the cure: Let the person
have within his reach a small vial of
the best kind of tincture OF Peruvian
bark, and when the craving of liquor
comes on him let him take teaspoon-
full of the tincture every two hours.
In few days the taste for liquor is de-
strOyed, and destroyed while indulg.
ing in it, for tincture of Peruvian bark
IS spirits into which has been drawn
all the substance of Peruvian bark. 1t
is to be found in every drug store, but
it should be the very best.
/ Peruvian bark is tonic. 1t is also
| the best if not the only cure known
/ for fever. It is from Peruvian bark
that quinine is extracted, and mOreov.
er, it is an anti-periodic. 1t is by these
agencies that it destroyes the craving
for liquor. Amy one wishing to be cur
ed of that ailment can be in the way I
have described, but there are few
drunkards indeed who wish to bt
! cured
Smyrna times., 1889-07-31
A Horses Broken Heart.

The emotional life of the horse is re-
markable- There are instances on rec
ord where the death of the horse has
been traced directly to grief. One in
stance is called to mind which occurred
more than twenty years ago. A circus
had been performing in the little town
of Unionville, Pa, when one of the
trained horses sprained one of his legs
so that he could not travel. He was
taken to the hotel and put in a box stall.
The leg was bandaged and he was made
as comfortable as possible. He ate his
food and was apparently contented until
about midnight, when the circus began
moving out of town. Then he became
restless and tramped and whined. As
the caravan moved past the hotel he
seemed to realize that he was being de-
serted, and his anxiety and distress be-
came pitiful. He would stand with his
ears pricked in an attitude of intense
listening, and then as his ears caught the
sounds of the retiring wagons he would
rush, as best he could with his injured
les. from one side of the stall to the
other, pushing at the door with his nose
and making every effort to escape.
The stableman, who was stranger tc
him. tried to soothe him, but to no pur.
pose. He would not be comforted Long
after all sounds Of the circus had ceased
his agitation continued The sweat
poured from him in streams and he quiv
cred in every part of his body. Finally
the stableman went to the house, WOKE
up the proprietor and told him he be
lievcd the horse would die if some of the
circus horses were not brought back t
keep him company. At about dayligh
the proprietor mounted n horse and rod,
after the circus. He overlook it ten o.
twelve miles away, and the groom wh,
had charge of the injured horse returned
with him. When they reached the stabl
the horse was dead The stableman sait
that he remained for nearly an hour per
fectly still and with every sense appar
emily strained to the utmost tension an,
then, without making a sign, fell an,
died with scarcely a truggle.-Westerl
| SPORTSMAN
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The Suecter Guest.

An undertaken in Madrid, who lived
over his shop, one night gave a grand
ball. At the height of the festivities a
gentleman in full evening dress Joined
the company. He danced with the host
ess and her daughter; he danced with
the guests. He seemed to enjoy himself
thoroughly. The undertaken thought
he recognized the face, but didn't like to
be rude and ask the strangers name.
By and by all the guests departed and
only the unknown was left.
"Shall send for a cab for you?" said
the host at last.
"No, thank you; I'm staying in the
house"
Staying in the house! Who are you,
sir?'
"Why, don't you know me? I'm the
corpse that was brought in this after
noon"
The undertaken in horror rushed tC
the mortuary chamber, where in SPAR
it is usual for the dead to be removed
The coffin was empty. His wife an(
daughter had been dancing with a corpse
But it turned out that the gentleman
had only been in a trance and had sud
denly recovered. Hearing the revelry
I above, and being possessed of a keeI
though ghastly sense of humOr, he haC
got out of his coffin and Joined the fes
tive party. He was presentable, for il
Spain the dead are generally buried il
full evening dress.-New York Herald
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Eel skins for rheumatism.

"Give me two large eel skins" said
young woman who entered North End
drug store at the time a Globe man hap
pened to be quenching his thirst at the
soda fountain.
EEL sl1insl" said The Globe man to
the clerk, when the young lady had left
with her purchase. ''What does she
want of eel sKins:"
rheumatism, said the drug clerk.
"You'd be surprised at tho number Of
people who use eel skins for rheuma-
tism. know an old man whose arms
and legs are completely strapped with
them, and he believes that they prolong
his life. We have moro or less call for
them, but 1 understand that up town
stores don't keep them, although once
in n while their customers ask for them.
We get our skins of a fish dealer on At
lantic avenue. He purchases them from
South Boston people, who sell the skinned
eels for food, and when the skins are
dried, sell them to various customers.
In many of the fish stores on Atlantic
avenue you will see bunch of the skins
suspended from the wall by a hook.
They are very oily and soft, and while I
don't take much stock in them, num-
bers Of people have implicit faith in
them. am told that there is German
family in South Boston that sells these
eel skins to various people throughout
the United States and realizes a snug
little income therefrom. Boston Globe.
Smyrna times., 1889-07-31
A Famous Betrothal Over Forty Years A

A Famous BetrOthal Over Forty Years Ago.
Il wonder how many people know
that Victoria the Good, as it has been
suggested the queen of England shall be
called, when she fell in love had to do
the proposing for herself?" said an Amer
icanized Englishman the other morning
II was much interested in reading re-
Gently the account of her betrothal. It
had always been expected that she and
her cousin Albert would eventually make
match of it, When they were both
about IS years old he visited England,
but did not make much impression on
the newly crowned queen. However,
three years later he made up his mind to
a now or never game, and with his
brother visited her at Windsor castle.
Like more humble lovers, he was placed
in a rather embarrassing predicament by
the nOn-arrival Of his luggage, and was
thus prevented from dining with her
majesty ON his FIRST evening as her guest
For five days did Victoria study him,
and then after first telling her adviser
Lord Melbourne, what she had decided
to do, she sent for Albert, saying that she
desired to SEQ him particularly. Ono ac
count Of the affair, certainly valuable FOL
its brevity, reads as follows; What the
queen told him was that she loved hin
with her whole heart, and that she dc
sired to be his wife She was accepted
without hesitation, as any good looking
sovereign Of 90 might have hoped TO hav,
been, and so they were married. ."-phila
delphia Press.
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"OIl KOrrecto

Moses Folsom, of Port Townsend,
sends the following sketch of the origin
of the use of the letters 80. K, which,
he states, was furnished him personally
by James Parton;
While at Nashville in search of mate
rial for his history, Mr.. Parton found
among the records of the court of which
Gen. Jackson had been judge a great
many legal documents indOrsed 80. r. ,"
which meant "Order recorded" bat
often so scrawlingly written that one
could easily read it as o. X. If "Major
Downing" noticed u bundle of legal pa
pers thus marked upon President Jack
sons table, documents, perhaps, from
his former court, in which he still had
interest, it is very easy to see how pun
ster could imagine it to be 80. K" Oh
'Oll korrect."
No doubt Seba Smith. who wrote under
the nom de plume of Major Jack Down
ing" had much to do with creating the
impression that President jackson was
unlettered and illiterate, whereas many
existing personal letters, military reports
court opinions and state papers show t.
the contrary. He lived before the day ol
stenographers and typewriters, and ye
carried on 4 vOluminous correspondence
Hundreds Of his personal letters to ole
soldier friends are still preserved as heir
looms in the south, and his handiwork il
numerous in Washington. He was evi
IDENTIFY a rapid penman, and made create
use Of capital letters than is the presen
custom, but misspelled words and STUN
bling sentences were few and far be
tween. Portland Oregonian.
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THE FOOLED ELM.
l young Autumn came riding along

The bold young Autumn came riding along
One day where an elm tree grew.
''You are fair" he said, as she bends her head
"ToO fair for your robes dull hue;
You are far too young for garb 80 old;
Your beauty needs color and sheen.
Oh, would clothe you in scarlet and gold,
Beftting thy grace Of queen.
For one little kiss on your lips, sweet Elm,
For Just one kiss-no moro
l will give you, l swear, = robe more fair
Than ever princess wore.
One little kiss on those lips, my pet,
And 10! you shall stand, say,
Queen of the forest, and, better yet
Queen Of my heart aiway
She tossed her head, but-he took the kiss
CTis the way of lovers bOd);
And gorgeous dress for that sweet caress
He gave ere the morn was old
For week and a day she ruled queen
In beauty and splendid attire;
For week and day she was loved. l ween,
With love that is born Of desire.
Then bold eyed Autumn went on his way
In quest Of a tree more fair;
And mob winds tattered her garments and scat
tered
Her inery here and there.
Poor and faded and ragged and cold
She rocked and mOaned in distress,
And longed for the dull green gown she had sold
For lovers tickle caress
And the days went by and the winter came,
And his tyrannous tempests beat
On the shivering tree whose robes Of shame
He had trampled under his feet
| saw her reach to the mocking skies
Her poor arms bare and thin,
An, well-a-day, it is ever the way
With a woman who trades with sin
Ella Wheeler Wilcox In Once Week.
Smyrna times., 1889-07-31

The most violent hurricanes originate
in the tropical ATTITUDES; in the Atlantic
ocean. to the north or east Of the West
Indian Islands; and in the Pacific, in the
China seas, and the neighborhood of the
Philippine Islands. AS the West Indian
cyclones follow the course Of the gulf
stream, 50 the typhoons Of the Pacific
follow the course Of the great oceanic
current which passes round the East
Indian archipelago. the shores Of China
and the Japanese Islands A more con-
tinuously rough and stormy part Of the
ocean does not, perhaps, exist than that
in the neighborhood of the Shetland
Isles at the north Of Scotland, where the
German and Atlantic oceans meet, and
where the currents are both rapid and
dangerous. The most variable weather
Is, however, experienced off Honolulu,
Sandwich Islands. New York Telegram.
Smyrna times., 1889-07-31
NIotherIY Devotion.

The late Queen Mary of Bavaria is said
to have been as warmly devoted and
blindly obedient to her son, King Lud-
wig II, as she had been to her husband,
King Max. From the day of his acces-
sion, she looked upon him moro as a
king than a son.
A story is told which shows how dearly
mother and son loved each other. They
were gazing out of one of the windows
in the frescOed hall of Hohenschwangau
with one of the finest views in the world
before them-the green Schwansee in the
foreground, the pine clad hills reflected
In its pure surface, and above all, the
noble mountains stretching on every
side The king drank in the wild beauty
of lake and mountain, and raised his
eyes to the sky The queen, who never
scared too high, gazed with delight at an
imposing pine which lowered high above
the window at which trey stood. Sud-
denly the queen exclaimed: "What a
glorious Christmas tree this would make
if we could decorate it,"
The king passed his hand over his
eyes, smiled and kissed her. That was
in August. In December he expressed a
wish to spend Christmas at Hohen-
schwangau. The queen, always willing
to do what he wished, followed him
thither. On Christmas eve, with loving
care, she decorated a little tree, and, as
in the days when she was a mother of
20, she rang the bell to call her children.
The great event Of the evening seemed
over, the lights were blown out, when
suddenly gong sounded, King Ludwig
took his mothers hand, and, leading her
to the window out of which they had
gazed together that morning in August,
he pushed back the shutters and disclos-
ed to her astonished eyes the gigantic
tree lighted with thousand wax can
dies, which burned bright in the frosty
night and were reflected in the snow and
icicles on trees and shrubs around.-LOn-
don Globe.
Smyrna times., 1889-07-31
\ Rival of the virginia Natural Bridge.


High up in the crest of the mountains
on the Birmingham, Sheffield and Ten
nessee River railroad there is to be found
one of natures wonders. 1t is natural
bridge, as complete, as perfect, as SYM
metrical, and, in some essentials, more
remarkable than the great natural bridge
of Virginia.
The bridge lies between the stations of
Lynn and Delmar. 1t is about fifty-eight
miles from Sheffield and twenty-nine
miles from Jasper. It's length from abut-
ment to abutment is 175 feet. Its width
is 25 feet, and the thickness ranges from
4 to feet. 1t is of pure sand stone, and
has no doubt stood the climate changes
of ages. Leaning over the bridge you
sec in the ravine which it spans, some
sixty feet below, the simmer and sparkle
of many springs of clear, limpid water,
which bubble from the sandstone soil,
and joining flow down the ravine. A
singular feature is a subdivision or small
Ter bridge, constructed on the same pat
tern, perhaps even more perfect lines,
which leads from one side of the bridge
proper.-Tuscumbia North Alabamian.
Smyrna times., 1889-07-31
A Losing Game.

COW did it work." said ono small boy
ON the street to the other. Cow did you
do it?''
"See: The old man he dropped dime,
an picked it up an ruined after him,
an says; Mister, 'ere's dime as you
dropped, an he puts is hand in his
pocket an he says: You're an honest
little boy; here's a quarter for you.'
wal, l dropped the dime right in
front Of the old woman, wen she had 'eI
purse open, an l picked it up wen she
walks along, an follows her an says
Here, missis, is q dime you dropped. -
"WellT
"Wal, she takes it an says; 'Thanl
you, little boy an puts it in her pocket
an I'm ten cents out."-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Smyrna times., 1889-07-31
An UngalnIy Creature.

Man is an ungainly creature at the
best. His head is an irregular spheroid,
his eyes are not alike or Of equal efiicien-
cy; his whiskers won't grow uniformly.
One shoulder is higher than the other,
one hand or foot larger than the other
and this is on opposite sides--his hips (if
he has any are unequal In shape. The
calves Of his legs are not twins in any
thing but age; and without his tailor,
halter and bootmaker he is a sorry look.
ing animal.-Ogden Argus
Smyrna times., 1889-07-31
WHOLE NO. Its.
For The SHayT1tu Times
Letter from the Eastern Shore
of Virginia.

ONANCOCK, VA, July "a, 1889.
gentleman living between us on
the seaside had quite an experience
with a shark a few days ago. The
shark had caught his lower hook and
he hauled him to the surface when he
gave sudden jump, the line slipping
through his fingers and an upper hook
0urying IN his palm. The gentleman
OF course went overheard and to the
bottom. Fortunately the fish became
entangled in the cable, and a gentle
man on the boat hauled it up, rescued
his companion and attacked the fish.
but 1t escaped with few bruises. A
very narrow escape both from drown
ing and from the angry fish. A camp
meeting begins at Parksley, Saturday
to run ten days. The outlook would
be better had the people not voted in
the face of their pastors protest to
open traffic on Sunday in everything
the ordinary bread tent sells on the
secular day. The Sabbath breaking
contagion is spreading. When will
our Sunday laws be enforced Back
OF these Sunday laws we must have a
strong Sunday sentiment that will see
that they are enforced and this is why
Rhode Island has annulled her prohib-
itory law-they had a good law. but
few Of her office holders were in SYM
pathy with it, 1t is easy to override
law when court and inry and prose-
cutting attorney are all opposed to its
enforcement. When we have officials
/ with the courage of honest convictions,
railroad corporations, steamboat lines.
/ campmeeting associations and every
body else will have to keep the holy Sab
bath as day of suspension for bodily
! toll
A w. c. 7. U. has been organized in
! town, but we find strong prejudice
| in the minds of most of the people
toward it on the ground that these
women are seeking to bring about
woman suffrage This would enfran-
chise the balance of the adult negroes.
and they have too much of this
already.
Good Templarism is in its glory
down here. Almost every decent per-
son has joined the order. Indeed it is
almost necessity to save oneself from
social ostracism, and the order is doing
good work.
Dram-shops are multiplying all over
this country, but no one seems to be
doing much. Already one has gone
out of the business as he was left with
no patronage for his groceries because
he kept liquor. The temperance SEN
timent is growing rapidly and since
the defeat in various States of cOnsti-
tutional amendments, and the clear
and unmistakable attitudes of the two
old parties toward the question, the
sentiment has greatly strengthened
that prohib ton will never win if left
in the hands of old party managers.
One Of the strongest democrats in town
has just bOlted his party and come out
for the third party. One of the old
parties will be left badly one of these
days Which, who can tellP
Smyrna times., 1889-07-31
copDer KettIea Rad.

Cider is turned into vinegar upon OK
posure to the air, by the oxygen gas in
the air, which unites with, or oxidizes
the alcohol, changing it into acetic acid.
Of which vinegar is only a weak solution.
Pickles are colored green by boiling in a
copper kettle, because the vinegar unites
with the copper, forming q green colored
salt, similar to verdigris. AS this color
ing matter is unwholesone and poison
GUS, the practice is not one to be recon-
mendeu.. noston Budget
Smyrna times., 1889-07-31
Penrose Camp.

The following is list of those per-
sons who expect to tent at Penrose
Camp:
Circle-J. B. Maberry, DR.. J. NJ.
Downes, Rev. J. s. Sheets Marquee,
Rev. w. w Sharp, Major Stokes,
James Green, DR. j. Knots, Miss
Laura Raughley, T. II. Moore, Keu-
ton Co. No. l, T. F. Brayman, James
V. CassOn, Mrs. 3. Smith, Kenton Co.
No. ,, Edwin Pearson, J. Craig, Sr.,
J. H. Taylor, Mrs g. H. Short, Isaac
Thomas, w. H. Willis, Dr. J. NJ. Smith
George. Y. Phillips, Powell X. Green,
J. P. Carey, George Cummins, J. Z.
Rash. J. B. Messick, J. S. Darby, n.
T. Underwood, w. w. Taylor, Mrs.
F. Temple, T. B. Johns, Mrs. Fowler
field, John B. Lord, J. Williams, Mrs.
7. Taylor, Philip T. Marvel, Abraham
Pearson, William Casson, John Craig,
Jr.
South Avenue-JOhn T. Ware. NJ.
D. Jones, n. H. Griffin, Thomas Bal
ley, Miss c. Ross, J. Caulk, Samuel c.
Wallace, Nathan Moore, J. Downes.
North Avenue-George Baker, Jr.,
w. Hurd, ]. Richards, Miss Laura A.
Cooper, GoldsbOrO Co Tent.
Central Avenue-Alexander Carson,
Mrs. George, 7. H. Moore. The above
number 81 tents.
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Persevere.

The cause Of nine parts in ten of the
lamentable failures which occur in mems
undertakings lies not in the want of tai
ents, or the will to use them, but in the
vacillating and desultory way of using
them, in flying from object to object; in
starting away at each little disgust, and
thus applying the force which might
conquer any one difficulty to all series of
difficulties so large that no human force
can conquer them. Commend me there
fore to the virtues of perseverance.
Without it all tho rest are little better
than fairy gold, which glitters in your
purse, but when taken to market proves
to DO slate or cinders.-Carlyle.
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TT

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But there are physical antagOnSms which it is
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