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Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
A Woman at a Tsast nnr.,,.

A peep into one Of the big up town
restaurants, patronized largely bv women
out shopping, disclOsfs the fact that
women at luncheon are either excessively
economical, or rather extravagant. She
comes IN flying, brea5hless, scans the bill
OF Iare for the quickest thing to consume
. and the cheapest, orders a bouillon. or n
sandwich, cup of tea, or perhaps Just
water; gobbles it, and is off on the trail
OF bargain again in a iiffy.
Or else she comes in slowly and calmly.
with an evident intention Of spending q
pleasant hour, reads the bill of fare
through without haste, calls the waiter
to inquire if this or that dish is fresh.
though she does not intend to order II:
finally calls for a salad. an ice cream nm
oyster patty, an eclaire, a cheese cake. and
perhaps one or two other varieties of
whipped troth and baked wind. diDs q
mule INTO each, while chatting with her
n tIlenu ABOUT the weather, the bargains.
Ihe fashions, the theatre, her symptoms.
her dentist, her servants, her dressmaker
ana her children; keeps the waiter hover
ing about IN hopes of tip while she puts
on tight pair of gloves and buttons them
up with hairpin; is sure she has been
oVercharged, and requires considerable
explanation to convince her to the con-
trary, trips up to the desk to pav and
olnlts to count her change, and finally
leters out beaming with satisfaction. to
return moment later in dire consterna-
-lon, having left her parcels behind and
nslsts on opening them all then and
mere, to see if they have not been opened |
lnd roDbed.-New York Tribune
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
The Cats Of p,r,-

m, we are promised cat show in Paris
Ihls VIII not, perhaps, be so interestin, o.,
Us Da6y show, but it will be a noveIt9
mere The Parisians like cats. and os
everybody knows, they have a bicbIv die1
tln!gmshed breed, Their long fuP Ipsbv
uailS and amiable faces have made tbeI,
ceIeDrated as French cats" aItbouo.b i,
r9IiaIity they claim Oriental descent A.
o! an tInes IN favor here, they were chiefly
appreciated during the siege, altbon@S
Ine quantity OF meat in proportion to f1r
was OIten disappointing. A good cat 0f
STEADY habits-the profigato animals o1a
ai"ays Iean-was worth twenty francs or
L. more lew days before the capituIotion
II some Old ladies had not clung to their
cats with great determination. and cbecI,ad
5helr rowing impulses, they would donbt-
less have been all eaten
intelligence in cats grows in invorso
ratio to fur The long furred animals aro
sleepy and stupid, the short furred ones
with tails like rats. are active -, 10,
awake STT and exceedingly enterDrisinr
.,Ie 1nese last are known by the name @f
gutter rabbits" in Paris Percbad ON
the I roofs, safe from all stone tbrowors
lney nan the coming of spring with iocnnd
music and when they roam the streets NJ
lisLU Ii lhey make the rats lives a burden
70 U9em. Yet, with all their claims to
consideration, the gutter rabbits" will
nave no place in the exhibition r..
Boston Transcript. OI'
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Does More Injury Than Benefit.

we are partly bam boozled bv tradition
from our youth up we are deafened ON ali
SIDES by advice to read and improve our
minds. The inference is that the mind
Is improved by reading. But that infer.
ence IS open to the most serious question
For my part, l should be willing to hazard
the statement that twice as MANY minds
nave been injured than have been bone-
hted by it, and not a small proDortion Of
the former have been made entirely
worthless by the practice. It is inst Iilte
Gram drinking-it is intellectual dram
~ I1rIuAlhg' and intellectual" is scarcely
inc word to use in that connection.
One reason is, no doubt, that the drains
IN question are, for the most part. of very
inferior stuff. But even if it were of the
pest stuff imaginable, the detrimental eff
iecJ would remain. The finest Madeira
II swallowed in sufficiently copious doses
Will produce delirium tremens: and the
most unexceptiOnal books, if thew are
also TOO numerous, will bring ON mental
dyspepsia. The mind becomes a mere
sack TO hold other peoples ideas. instead
OF a machine to generate ideas of its own.
ana the ideas thus acquired are of no use
TO IL. The mind has lost the power to
work them into the flesh and blood of
wisdom. They remain a Heterogeneous
ana lncOngruOus mass. Foreign material
whether physical or intellectual. sbonId !
be taken in with discrimination and mod |
and thoroughly assimilated
Onicss you need and like it. YOU cannot |
make 1t yours; whether you swallow it or /
lot, 1t really stays outside of Won |
uuan hawthorne i'll America.
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Diseases An,o,... o.,.,-,-

rows are subject to many diseases
"hen confined in restricted 6uarters in
towns that do not appear where nnliYnito5 "a
liberty is enjoyed on a farm, Wben
IowIs are slightly ailing, but will still aot
ana drink, there is hope for them as
Leuleules can be administered in food and
water, but when they become so had +boy-
tiln eSn only be doctored by force, unless in
Lne case OF unusually valuable ones the
pest thing to do is to kill them and ro
move them from the others. For keenino,
IO"Is IN good health in small runs their
quarters should be kept clean and be 90.
caslolnially disinfected, and particularly
should they be kept free from vermi1'
An alllng flock should at once be examined
ior chicken lice, which constitute n frnit-
!ui source OF disease. When chickens are
INFESTED with them, although thew NAV cot
wen they Will not improve, but will lose
~ Tone and condition and so become easv
SUBJECTS for diseases. Fowls affected ~
tha5 way should be creased about the
ilecA ana under the wings and alOnp tbe
PACK, or insect powder NAV be busted into
the feathers. The quarters, after heinz
c!eaned, should be sprayed with kerosenee
OIL Let them out for run before ooiDc,
10 roost when it can be done. Give Q
tablespoonful of the Douglas mixture dailV
IN tnelr drinking water while the disease
Is on the premises, afterwards rive to well
fowls two or three times a week.
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
HOW 1T WORKED

GOOD morning, Jack! why | bavep,t
,,.lI Suen you Tor month past. What in the
"orId Is the matter with YOU? You soo,o
TO nave 3,. renewed your youth" ''''
ei' Ihll, have. Don't you reneu-
TeI l'lS HtSt Ilme l saw you, how miserable
l was! SICK and blue, and in that SORT nf
MOOD man gets sometimes whom Lo go
the most noble thing in life i. to o., .tr,'It
to the devil" ~ <" straight
ouo,-, n OF SO bad as that, 1 hope; at All
f fGvGhts you didn't go that way. Won are
iOOhinS Iar TOO happy and hearty '''
y. lH"hR goodness, no! or, rather tbanL,
GIhGgar BItters. Do you remember tbat
u5y l saw you last, when you rccommend-
V,s ''i1 Et ieiileoy TO me so persistently. and
"'ss Va HLst VeNGd then half convinced ~
l remember it perfectly. and Won
heedn say another word ON tba s,,b; '!I Jou
o;', 9;1ur looks tell me that you took the medi3
No doubt of it: everybody ronarls
upon my improved looks and tpmner. bmt
IN li'uiI really tell you all about IT, I cot
JiJ,54 S'iG G.u styie, as you recommended and
oI ~ iiiIliG ilq Ihe bitter taste atal finish
ca IHG bottle in about two weeks and ,5,l-
great y improved So much So That ''rG dota1 was
mined E,. TO- change off and try the new ltTIo
" ell, how did you like it?p
on told me yonr wife preferred tho
NV ''oM sty!'; believe; WELL | must saw
agree agree WIN I'm her. like the old style verv
I,uch' out the new is finer. snootbaTI |
more .. e expensive preparation"
,,5 1 DeIeye 1t is; in fact, have heard 60 |
pam pany s@i %2Gffg It 1gr the me Mcdonald Drug Com
5d style because it is really vcyv u% co.tIv tIv
preparation" " 90 '0'S c"slly
va. Me,i, y sdid hat hat. doesn't concern US. Who
olous sometimes when they were U,il5eirgS onI k;i
Iut Iat iI. n matter ! was only going to saw
,.!'i nat l believe people often seem wick@3
Shen II Is only their liver. or their stomach
u some other cantankerous organ Of tba
I they tried. oc sood
and ana II all the miserable dyspeutics and
lctlmS OF biliousness, headache and tba
.o,,I4 and one ills that desh is heir t0
'"ulu on,.,. only take Vinegar Bitters. What a
aPPy world this would beT'
:. I should recommend the new style.v
{. | ITH meyer go back on the old style"
Ia Whei, tha; tHhey can pay their money and
lirably." "o'AS au-
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Among the ITnts nf 1ro1.,,.,

In In three days time had visited nearly
SOO nuts and cabins in the wilds ~ nj
s1loWen. The mere mention Of the words
am from America, was the magicai
tallsman .SrI opening every door and hear.
heavn bless ye for thatP'r "RaalIv-
how-an' ye'Te' tellin' me?" MAY ve bo
saved for the great journey homlS "Ab
now, but that's the fine countrv oIto
getherP "And did We see INV 1on,,iSS,,
Wor ye comm up wild INV onId 1no,,
On Falth, but our Katy's therep'
pi piMay the blessed saints show We our
5haaTick, when ye're backp'-and q bnn-
aIeu IKE greetings and questions. with
eIemors from the region Of tears in them
we're we're showered upon me; and NAV be
forgiven where hearts hunger is co1nted
no crime Tor the mild and comfortino, Iios
that told them. '''' ''iis iies
Dut one Of the whole simple host n
poor oid woman living alone with n goat
ana a pig In hut, turned upon me Hod
4 seen hef Michael darlin'. who the next
Dhssed year would bring her out9 had
not; but would find him. She was as 4
June day Of delight until that Fatal a..
MAJ. No matter for my brilliant evnoe5.
tion OF Americas geography, its wide az.
panse, its numberless cities. All vvbaro
michael was was her America entiralv
And God bless the true old sonl ~ !
mother for it, though she did slam fbe
door upon mo and glare unassailable "a.
hance through the little window from her
stern, white face, until the frilIs az bo,
ancient cap danced like wind swant
heather among the hills.-Edgar L. Wake
man.
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Various Theories or Flsctr,c,,v

=, What is electricity The engineer and
the physicist are completely at variance
Vn chls point. The engineer regards elec-
Irlclty' like heat, light and sound nc q
uenIite form OF energy, something that
ne can generate and DESTROY. some+birc,
that he can play with and utilize some e
1trnilng that he can measure and annIv
ne physicist-at least some pbvsirists
Ior II IS difficult to find any two p6vsicistS
that completely agree with each other
regard electricity as a peculiar form of
matter permeating all space as well az an
substances, together with the Iuminifer,
GUS ether, which it permeates like a ieIIv
or a sponge. l0i'y
conductors, according to this theory
are holes or pipes in this Jelly, and elec'
tTical u generators are pumps that transfer
tiiis hypothetical matter from one place
70 20 another. Other physicists, FOLLOWING
EuIuhd, regard the ether and electrici+v
as Identical, and some, the disciples Of
ue.ihholtz, consider it an integral CON
sUltuent Of nature, each mOlecule of mat
Ter having its own definite charge. which !
determines its attraction and its repuI- !
:. SION All attempts to revive the Frank |
4 ilnlah, or material theory of electricity |
nave however, to be so loaded with as. |
7. N-0A4'' "ilA oO WblRQeQ with CONTRA ]
dlctlons that they completely fail In re-
move electricity from the region Of the
mysterious. 1t is already extremelv diae
cult to conceive the existence of fbe
ether itself as an infinitely thin. bigbIv
elastic medium filling all space. empl9vea
only as the vehicle of those undnIaforv
motions that give us light and radiant
neat: The material theory of electricity
requires us to add to this another incom.
prehensible medium embedded or entan.
5ied IN this ether, which is not onlv
Medium for motion, but which is itself
moved. - ''Pe44
The practical man, with his eve and his
nind trained by the stern realities of daily
experience, on a scale vast compared with
nat OF the little world of the laboratory
eYolts from such wild hypotheses. such
Unnecessary and inconceivable concen.
IONS, such travesty of the beautiful
of nature. He has a clear con-
option OF electricity as something which
las a distant objective existence which
e can manufacture and sell, and some.
hlng which the unphilosophic and ordi.
aTy member of society can buy and use
w. II. Preece. U9'
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Carving a Restaurant ste,1,

Two young gentlemen a little the worso
1or wear dropped in one Saturday evenin !
~ certain Clark street restaurant and
after consulting the bill of fare rather
Pesitatingly, each ordered a sirloin steal
Ia due course of time the steaks were e'is,' de-
nvered to the consignees, and tbev nro-
ceeded to carve them. One of the yol1no mo
men angered the waiter, after re1eate3
onslaggghts on his steak, by calling for an
ak. The other young man was calm and nd
pnmoyed. After vainly endeavorino -
cut his steak while in sitting nosfrro
ne arose, poised his knife and f6rlr onS
addressed his friend as follows: s.Yo,, Won
ust Keep your eye on me now. Years aoo
used to dissect remains over in a bomeo.
pathlc medical college on the West Side
and III do this steak If it kills me
am the great prodissecter. Watch ma
ana wait for the big showP and tbe
young physician cleverly separated the
component parts Of both steaks in a mas
yerly manner, although it was plain to be
seen that his incidental remarks had av.
srcised rather depressing effect upon
ne appetite ofhis young friend.-ChicaSo,
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
An Odd Composing Room.

Inc internal organization of Janonesa
newspaper Office is a sad spectacle of daiIv
struggle with difficulties unknown else
WThere and really unnecessary here. The
Japanese written and printed character
consists of the Chinese ideograpbs. those
complicated square figures made up of an
apparent jumble of zigzags and crosses
and ticks and triangles and tails. and of
Ihe original Japanese syllabarv called
mana. Ot the former there are 60 600 in
all OF which perhaps 1900 constitute
the scholars vocabulary, and no fewer
IMAM 4,OOO are in common daily use: while
the forty-seven simple characters of kama
are known to everybody. Therefore tbe
Japanese compositor has to be prepared
10 place in his stick any one of over d non
dGliferent types-truly an appalling task
from the nature Of the problem Several
consequences naturally follow. First bo
must be good deal of a scholar himself
TO recognize all these instantly and oc'
eurately; secondly, his eyesight suffers
Iearfully, and he generally wears a buoe
Pair OF magnifying goggles; and third es
IL Is physically impossible for anv one
man to reach 1000 types, a totally air.
Ierent method Of case arrangement has
70 be deyised.-Henry Norman i'm Phila.
delphia Times. = 'ii''''
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
legend Of the pine.tono o,,.

This blood red stone has peculiar sip-
nlncance' and is an object of veneration
70 the indian. Since taught by ''Mani-
you (the Great Spirit warlike tribes have
gatnered here in peace, to worship. dir
tne stone ana smoke the calumet. Relics
SI camps may be traced in great numbers.
Dy the stones placed in circles, now nearly
Dufled from sight, except when prairie
nres sweep over them Legends saw tbat
remnant of red men were driven from a
QeIuge to the top of this rocky crest
Where an eagle had built her nest. and
IhaC the rising waters swallowed all 'but
one maiden, who clung to the eagle for
SAFETY. When the waters receded. the
OreaI spirit found cliff of rocky warriors
Turned INTO shining jasperl In solemn
" %raIn ne vowed that henceforth the tribes
sIlouIG meet here only in peace, that no
war whoop should be heard no hoyv orS
arrow or tomahawk should be seen at this
rendezvous, but hereafter the tribes
should assemble here each wear to wash
on their war paint in the lake bury the
hatchet and smoke the peace pine. in
token OF which the maiden and war eagle
snoulu sacrlhce milk white bisOn-a rare
anu sacred beast, and an object of cere-
n0nious and mysterious sacrifice.
Ii was lald on the altar of Jasper. when
10! She flames of heaven descended as
ilgntning' connecting the stem of Mani |
tou a pipe with the altar, from whence
rose sweet incense, the blood of the sacri-
nee staining the crag a crimson stain
Inc eagle also Joined in the compact bv
leaving live eggs, which turned into huge
powders of stone, watched over bv two
female genii, who remained in the grot-
toes between those eggs, and alternately
sleep and watch the sacred quarry. Then
iGhitou n broke open the quarry for his
! ;hIdren' and taught them how to carve
ne ne calumet and smoke it as a pledge;
lfter which he left his own impress o1 a
commanding pinnacle of rock in the form
i human face and then vanished from
heir sight.-Helen Strong Thompson in
American Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Do Hearts RenIlu Rron,.o

1hen again do hearts really breal?-
always In the metaphysical meaning. 7.
the shock ever so violent and permanent
IhaJ lie loses forever after a considerable
Poftlon OF the comfort and happiness If
formerly had? Does not the deceived
Lrlehu' when the frenzy of the first twenty.
5our hours Is over, soon recover from his
1Isl!luslon and not only conduct his
business as though nothing imDOrtant
had happened, but eat with undiminisbed
appetite and sleep dreamlesslv and weIl9
Does Werther, even if he abstains from
SUICIDE, always live on with heart which
simply performs its muscular dUtv i'm -
manner more or less impaired. to he sura
DuO WnIch never more beats to Dassion
because passion can never more be foI+3
are there not Camilles who foroet +boi,.
nrnlahuS .rI as the conquer their consump-
III o-Oii anu seJUIe down into unremOrseful
anu u % uelh %uelhl-respectable middle age?
10 unreasonable disappointments nj.
ways make existence a desert? Is there
not such thing as fOrgetfulness of acn+e
- 1iiSer!es instead of memOrizing them into
CHROME griefs? Does not the exnectont
treatment often cure the most bruised
|, anu bleeding sOul-expectancv that still
looks Tor happiness both in this world and
l4e world to come? Is there no fro
puHosophy In that vulgar maxim which
reminds US there are as good fish in tbe
sea as ever were taken out? Can If be
loSSIOie that any two souls, in spite If
asI dlVergences, are so made for Zach
3uhcf that when sUndered bv imperativa
aIe neither again can ever find n tvvin9
a L. L." In Home Journal.
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Quite Rigid and 1naex,b,o

Gentlemen, said the little man n +bo
club as he looked at his watch. rose 70 liz biS
Ieet and took his hat. ''it is now q. 70 onJ Nd
l promised my wife l would be bomo ~
~. In matters of this kind am, am rjo-;J al
and lnHexible. When nv wife asks 8 5,o ~
TO come home at a certain bour and ii'9 Z
promise to do so, am firm as adamsnt ant ~
Iuinlllng that promise. Decision Of cbor -
91cter' gentlemen, he continued. ..is 80, IN
to any man who expecfs 10 -
hoId his position unquestioned as The ~
mead OF the family. Gentlemen. GOOD
evening. Chicago Tribune. e'0N
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
why She rooE 1.e..nn..

julius Eichberg, the well known Boston
musician tells this story of an early ex.
PsLlence; One day a lady somewhat
auyanced IN years came to make arranpe.
in- nlen1s Tor taking private lessons IN sine.
.ng. AT the end Of the second lesson t6e
se'.cner felt constrained TO tell her tbat
. noL ear was not true. She received fire
Lellllsi1 very coolly, and at the next lesson
~ ~ Dadly as before. Il am afraid y
i-- Ialo Ar. Eichberg, that you can never
...lrI .eeIn 70 sing IN tune" "Oh, Il doesn't
1Ss.er, ss1s, was the surprising answer.
4.t Dossnt matterl said the astonished
ss..S-le seasner. NO, said the pupil. 'Tdon't
ssiS sas9 esiliytning az about music, but my doctor
~ S,.,u sliss singing would be the best thing
lessons. Now York Sun. '''''N " '''Ne
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Threads snnn Inv t1,o Sill,

Inc scientist Leuwenhock saws: "I
nave nave GIten compared the size Of the thread
apu4 Oy IuD grown spiders with hair of
ti,s HIy peafd. For this purpose l placed the
olll onlchest part Of the hair before the mi.
G;r93scope' and from the most accurate
Judgement could form, more than n
nInured nun OF such threads placed Side nv
sue could not equal the diameter of one
Such halr' If, then, we suppose such n
lar doo 70 DO OF round form, it follows that
1OOOO OF the threads spun by the fnII
grown srQ VA spider, when taken together, will
noI 0e equal IN substance to the size of n
single hair. Boston BUDGET "
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Dlseomflture of a Rnrl,n,.

a vienna correspondent relates a pleas
ant tale OF the well merited discomfitnre
OF barber at Innsbruck. A rougb and
ready fellow, in a mountaineering dress
not a little besmudged with dirt and the
worse for wear, entered one of the GRAND
shaving saloons" of the city. He sat
down In an easy chair, and said he wished
TO be shaved. ''No, mol" exclaimed the
exquisitely dressed and perfumed pro-
prietor, 1--WE don't shave peasants here.
this Is a saloonP' Very well. /" replied
the dismissed customer, when nv adm.
tant calls for me you will perhaps have
the politeness to tell him that he will find
me at your rivals saloon on the other Size
OF the street. am the Archduke Johannw
Inc prince marched out.-Boston Courier.
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
a Nen aermnn rn.ln.....

At Halle tho skeleton like. fbro,,.
covering Of O species Of tropical cuc,,,,, ~
Is now being converted into a snbst;s..sll
Tor sponge, and is already beino-
IN immense quantities to Enelsr,ss = a,s1 seg
other countries The curious .,hst. anu
Is known as loofah. Il is not onIv ',sice vais.
able as an adjunct Of tho bath bnt a
round useful for making inside soies a.. Z,
SHOES and Is being applied to the nnde. ~
sue Of saddles to keep the horses 'issSr baclr
cooi.--Arkansaw Traveller. ' pack
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Hard Lines.

Littie tlossie came into the house with
tears trickling down her grief stricl-s,, J-s,,
race. " why, wAat's the matter, Flossie9'
And tlossie sobbed out: Jest becapse
I wouldn't let sadie Wafies play with NV
aol,iy, mamma, she says she's goin' to buv
2 Thousand dollars worth Of candy mar.
pies ana pep mint sticks this afternoon.
New York Sun
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
''Tho Tree OF Iice.,

The tree Of life bearing twelve manner
Of fruits seems to have existence ontsida
Of the vision of st. John, no less than tbe
story of the deluge, which is to be met
with outside the Scripture record. On
this subject a writer of a series Of paners
on 'Asiatic Symbolism" recently pnb.
Hshed In The Indian Antiquary. remarks
that "the tree Of life, bearing twelve
manner Of fruits, yielding its fruit every
month, described by John in the Revela.
ton, has its counterpart in Eastern art
On Persian carpets is seen the figure of a
tree with twelve leaves, or Sometimes
twelve flowers or fruits. Yarkand car.
pets bear the Same representation, but in
more conventional rm.-Public Opin.
ion. pm
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
An undosoruo, r..,,.....-

= see that a portrait of Burns, painted
9y hubens, sold in Toronto the other dav
for only 81, said the literary editor.
II call that low down mean. F" said tho
sporting editor, as he brought his fist
down on the table. "There amt a chan
IN the whole blamed League that can hold
9, candle to Burns on thirdP'-Cbicae
Irihnna NIllCaBo
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Only a Question Of nan n ro,t,,,,-

MY History Of the United statesp
replied George Bancroft, pleasantly. to
tne Interviewing reporter; "it is getting
Slong admirably. l have now brought IL
s."h uo"h 10 within 100 years of the present
lime; shall complete that work. +" said
Mr; bancroft, as look Of determination
settde9 ssl on MS venerable face, ''if it takes
me hIty years yetP-Chicago Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Enerrv. rnrco and -.

There is difference between energy.
Ioree and vigor. Energy is connected
with with the idea Of acting, force with tbat
pI eapability, and vigor with that Of
health: Energy lies only in the mind
Mhile 'sil force and vigor are the property az
glener 41 mind or body.-Hartford Religions
Smyrna times., 1889-01-23
Could Give Joe nrIIIor poln,.

4, Not very long ago Kansas CITY gen.
tieman was glancing over fac-simile eonv
OF Joe Millers Joke Book" (the wits vade
mecuml why, these" said he pres.
ehtly, these are oil chestsuts. We've
got feller out in our town that Tells
these fool yarns great deal better tban
TINS man Miller does. Chicago News.