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Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
He Knows How Adam Felt.

A young man was recently taken to
a Lewiston hospital and suffered the
removal of q rib. When he came to
himself, he was told what had been
done and seemed satisfied. Shortly after
he dropped into semiconscious state
and kept calling for 1.-THE woman. "
For two days he was delirious, and fire.
quently called for "the woman. "I
want to see the woman" he kept say
ing.
At last the nurse in desperation said,
"Well, I'm the woman" The man
looked at her critically from top to toe
and said, "Who would have thought
that they could have made such pretty
girl out of one of my ribs" And then
he settled back on his pillow, and when
he awoke again he was in his right
mind and was better. r.-Kennebec Jour
nal
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
How We Walk.

In The Literary Digest appears a
translation of a review of Comment
ON Marche" ("How We Walk"), the
latest book on the subject by Messrs.
Regnault and Raoul. In this work it is
claimed that we have been wrongly ed
ucated in walking and that the erect
posture and firm step that we have been
led to believe were evidences of health
and strength are conventional and vi
cious.
M. Marcy, who wrote the introduo-
tion to the volume, says that there is a
style of walking that enables one, with
out excessive fatigue, to go distances Of
from 20 to 25 miles in third of the
time usually required. This may be ac-
complished by walking with the knees
bent and the body inclined forward, a
method which has been observed in pro-
fessional pedestrians, mountaineers,
peasants. hunters and soldiers fatigued
by long marches. In not adopting this
method, it is claimed that, as with all
the other acts of life, we remain slaves
of conventional aesthetics.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
Cats and SheIIish,

"Did you ever notice the cats about
the oyster stands of the city?" asked
gentleman who takes an interest in 20
ology. "They are invariably as fat as
butter. That is because they get plenty
of shellfish to eat, and, by the way,
the fondness of cats for that kind of
diet is a mystery which I'd like to hear
some evolutionist explain. A cat will
go crazy over a shrimp, and it is all the
same whether it's a city cat or a hay
seed cat that never saw water except in
a cistern. It's taste born in them, like
their fear of dogs, and the question is,
How the mischief did they acquire it?
According to the evolution theory,
such traits are inherited anu traceable
to conditions away back toward the be-
ginning of things. That would seem to
indicate that the primal cat was fish
er, but how is one to reconcile the idea
with the instructive adherence of the
tribe for water? Their craving for she'll
fish is certainly so pronounced that there
must be an excellent reason behind it,
and, altogether, it is quite pretty lit
tie problem for some savant. 1t is too
hard for me. ."-Exchange.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
A Wonderful I7l.,: : snail.

There is q Cmall ' which is so
fond Of the sea chat it never comes to
land and it builds such a capital boat
for itself and its eggs that while large
ships are sinking and steamers are un-
able to face the storm it tosses about in
perfect safety.
The little snail is Of a violet color
and is therefore called ianthina. 1t has
a small shell and there projects from
the under part of the body a long,
tonguelike piece of flesh. This is the
raft, and it is built upon most scientific
principles, for it has compartments in
it for air. 1t is broad and the air COM
partments are underneath, so that it
cannot capsize.
Moreover, the snail knows how to
stow away its cargo, for the Oldest eggs
and those which hatch the soonest are
placed in the center, and the lightest
and newest ON the sides of the raft. The
ianthina fills its own air compartments
by getting globule of air underneath
its head, the body is then curved down
ward beneath the raft, and the head be-
ing tilted on one side, the air rushes up
and fills the spaces. 1t feeds OH beau
tiful little jellyfish, which has fiat,
raftlike form with a pretty little sail
upon it, and they congregate in multi
tudes when the sea is calm.
Sometimes specimens are washed
upon the northwestern coast of France
and when they are handled they give
out a violet dye. e.-Philadelphia Press.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
Peabody and the Boatman.

Many years ago John Bright and
George Peabody, the philanthropist,
were fishing in a little Irish stream.
Late in the evening, after a hard days
work, the party arrived at the landing
stage, and Bright, accosting the inevita-
BILE policeman ON the bank, said:
"What is the proper price to pay
these boatmen, constable?"
He replied, "Seven shillings and six
pence, yer homer, but some gintlemen
give them 10 shillings." "
Bright, turning to his companion,
said, 81 have no change, Peabody; have
you three half crowns:''
The millionaire produced the coins
and gave them to one of the boatmen.
'Is that all ye're giving me?" asked
the latter.
"That's all, said Peabody.
Holding the coins in the open palm
of his hand, and slowly scratching his
head with the other, the boatman said:
''And they call ye Paybody, don't
they? Well, call ye Paynobody. -
New York Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
Women NameIess In KOrea.

The Korean woman has not even a
name. In her childhood she receives a
nickname, by which she is known in the
family and by her near friends, but
which when she arrives at maturity is
employed only by her parents. To all
other persons she is "the sister" or
"the daughter" of such and such one.
After her marriage her name is buried
she is absolutely nameless. Her own
parents refer to her by mentioning the
district into which she has married.
Should her marriage be blessed with
children she is "the mother" of so and
SO. If it happens that woman has to
appear in law court, the judge gives
her special name for use while the
case lasts in order to save time and to
simplify matters. National Zeitung.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
Field and the street Arabs.

McClure's Magazine relates the fol-
lowing anecdote of Eugene Field, whose
fondness for children was his dominant
trait:
Never was man more devoted to his
wife. Nevertheless on the day that
made her his he was guilty of keeping
her waiting for him at the church. The
bridal party had assembled and were
rapidly becoming uneasy At length,
after an anxious delay, some one went
out in search of the missing bridegroom.
He was found ON the street short
distance away, down on his knees in
the mud, absorbed in settling dispute
between two small street arabs, which
had arisen over a game of marbles Lis
tening with eager interest to the testi-
mony vociferated at either ear by the
belligerent parties and their friends and
trying to evolve a peace compromise
out of very lively quarrel, he was abb
ruptly reminded that just then he had
something more important to attend to.
and hastened penitently away to make
his anxious bride Mrs. Field.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
NauneOua Doses.

Nauseous medicines nowadays possess
none of the terrors that many of us re-
member when powders" were given
in jam and castor oil in hot milk. as
pharmacists have invented no end Of
ways of giving the nastiest drugs with
out any flavor at all.
Castor oil, cod liver oil and things of
that disagreeable kind are made up in
little flexible capsules, which slip down
the throat like strawberry.
These capsules are also made in two
parts, SO that any ono can buy them
empty and put the powder or other drug
in himself, sealing them and then swal-
lowing them without knowing that the
drug has taste. Then there is the
round wafer paper, in which can be in
closed any kind of bolus, pill or powder
and which, when moistened, can be
swallowed with ease. - New York
World
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
Both Are Married.

The ordinary paragrapher in referring
to marriage nearly always says that
Mr.. John Smith or Mr.. James Brown
was married to Miss Nellie Green or
Miss Fanny White. 1t would lead one
to think that the man only was mar
ried, while the fact is both were mar
ried. The woman is as much married
as the man. The man was not simply
married to the woman. The woman and
the man were married, and the an
nouncement should be that Mr.. So-and-
so and Miss So-and-so were married.
Rev. Dr. Sunderland wrote a series Of
articles on this subject some years ago
which were published in this city. He
laid down the general principle that he
did not marry the man to the woman,
but that he married the man and the
woman, and married one just as much
as he did the other. He ediscountenanced
the issuing of wedding cards by parents
that their daughter was married to any
particular person, and said he did not
want to perform any marriage ceremony
in which any such announcement was
made.-Washington Star.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
EngIand's "Rose Regiment"

The custom of wearing roses in their
headgear by the Lancashire regiment
on the anniversary Of the battle of Min
den originated in a curious manner. On
the day of the battle, Aug. l., 1859, the
men passed through a field of roses,
each man plucking a rose and placing
it in his bonnet, wearing the flower
during the fight. This commenced the
custom which obtains at the present
day of wearing roses ON the anniversary
Of the battle.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
She WINS UnduIy Excited.

Bishop Selwyn was hard worker
and never spared himself. He was one
day seizing an hours much needed sleep
ON the bench of little roadside station
in Derbyshire, en- route for a confrma-
tion. A lady of some social distinction
and her daughter were on their way to
the same rite, the daughter as con-
firmee. They went to the solitary porter
and said they were afraid to pass the
drunken man OH the platform, tC
which the porter replied in tones Of
much solemnity. IF you please, my
lady, it's the lord ishopp'-Mainly
About PeOple
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
A Golf Story.

At dinner party not long ago a GER
tain young gentleman tan enthusiastic
golfer) started in with the shellfish to
enumerate to his partner the details of
a match that he had been playing that
day, says w. G. Van Tassell Sutphen
in The Independent. 1t was not until
the pudding was brought on that he
suddenly bethought himself that he had
been doing all the talking. Indeed, the
young lady had not said single word
during the entire progress of the meal.
1t was possible that she was not inter
ested in the ubject-incrediblo but
still possible.
II am afraid that have been boring
you with this talk of the shop" he said
in half apology.
"Oh, no, not at all, was the polite
response. "Only what is golf?"
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
The SuItan's ThrOnerOom.

The throneroom of the sultan at Con-
stantinople is q gorgeous sight The
gliding is unequaled by any other build
ing in Europe, and from the ceiling
hangs a superb Venetian chandelier, the
200 lights of (which make gleam like
that of a veIitable sun. At each Of the
four corners of the room tall candelabra
in baocareat glass are placed, and the
throne is huge seat covered with red
velvet, and having arms and back of
pure gold.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30

Mrs. Byrne, in her "Social Hours
With Celebrities, tells this anecdote
of GOorge Tvs wit: 81 remember one
of the Rev. Mr.. Wagner's stories con-
cerned some nobleman who had enjoyed
an unenviable reputation for assininity.
1t had been suggested to the king to
confer OF him an order of the Thistle.
which had become vacant. Give the
Thistle to - exclaimed the king.
why, he'd eat it' Z"
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30

The tongue is divided into three re-
gions of taste, the first of which is chief
Iy sensible to pungent and acid tastes,
the middle portion to sweets or bitters,
while the back is confined entirely to
the fiavors of roast meats, butter, oils
and rich and fatty substances.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
ISeepinE Cool.

At one of the viceregal balls in the
Emerald Isle young detrimental"
came mp to where n young lady was sit
ting and asked in her mothers presence
if he might have the pleasure Of the
dance
Deed an ye can't. then. Shure
she's keeping herself cool for the Earl
of Clanfurly" was the pointed refusal
volunteered by the ambitious mamma.
-Exchanpa
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
They Work Alike.

A fly had fallen into the ink we'll of
a certain author who writes a very bad
and very inky hand. The writer's lit
tie boy rescued the unhappy insect and
dropped him on piece of paper. After
watching him intently for awhile he
called to his mother, Here's a fly,
mamma, that writes just like papa. -
Current Literature
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
The sfmpIe Minded Duke.

The Duke of Wellington was largely
endowed with that modesty or sim
plicity which makes great man al
most unconscious of his greatness He
met lady friend, who was going to
see o model of the battle of Waterloo,
relates writer in The Cornhill Maya
zine, and remarked to her: "Ah, your
going to see Waterloo. It's very good
model. l was at the battle, you know. +"
Surveying field of battle he could de-
tect almost at glance the weak points
in the disposition of the contending
forces, but he could never tell whether
his dinner was cooked we'll or ill.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
The sycamore Tree.

The sycamore has been called the
Egyptian fig tree. The date of its being
planted in England is not known, but
it was very early. Mary, queen of Scots,
brought over from France young syca-
more, which she planted IN the gardens
of Holyrood, and from this have sprung
all the beautiful groves of syoamores
now to be seen in Scotland.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
A Clever witness.

In recent county court case in which
a man sued another for balance of wages
the defendant called a witness.
Witness-I beg pardon, your honor.
Before give my evidence I want my
expenses.
Judge Ito defendant)-Pay him rs.
Cd.
The defendant having done SO, the
judge said, "Now that you have had
your expenses, what do you know Of
the case?"
Witness-Nothing at all, your honor.
London Tit Bits.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
ROsebery's Definition of Memory.

Here is joli mot of Lord Rosebery's
would one ever expect mots from
Lord Rosebery?-told in our garden by
a woman who heard him say it at a
dinner. Some one asked him what
memory was. Memory" said Lord
Rosebery, "is the feeling that steals
over us when we listen to our friends
original stories. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
Cautious Tennyson.

A clergyman is quoted by Sir NJ. E.
Grant Duff in his memoirs as authority
for the story that on the occasion of
Hallam's going down to Richmond to
be godfather to Tennyson's eldest boy
the historian asked, "What is to be the
ohild's Manner "Hallam," answered
the poet. 81 don't like surnames for
Christian names, said the other. "Why
not call him Alfredo "What if he
were to. turn out fool?" was the re-
al
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
Two Extremes:

"My mbition. said French writer,
lis to condense a book into chapter,
chapter into paragraph, paragraph
into phrase" A teacher in one of ou,
colleges said of Richardson, "His am
bition was to expand a phrase into a
paragraph, paragraph into page, a
page into chapter and chapter into
a volume. New York Commercial
Advertiser
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30

At Munich many of the clerks at the
banks and hotels are girls, and as cash
iers and bookkeepers at restaurants and
other houses of business they are well
in evidence. Many women are also en-
ployed at railway stations as booking
office clerks.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
EynSive DisraeIi.

Here is story of Disraeli; it is one
Of his quick replies: A lady, who had
asked him to dinner, when the eastern
question was looming large, inquired,
Lord Beaconsfeld, what are you wait
ing for?' "For mutton and potatoes. ="
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
uIcerntea Teeth.

Never put hot water bag TO an
liberated tooth. If. the dentist is un-
available at the moment, apply an ice
bag, which will reduce the swelling.
and next to the gum lay hot raisin.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
The German Fire Department,

II have the honor to announce, cap
tain, that the fire is in the fourth story,
and our ladders and hose will reach on
ly to the second.
Indeed? Then we'll have to wait
till the fire gets down to the second. 4"
-Fliegende Blatter.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30

The New Zealand old age pensions
bill provides that persons of good char
scter attaining SIS and having resided
for 30 years in the colony shall be en-
titled to q pension of es8 annually.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30

We never enjoy perfect happiness.
Our most fortunate successes are min
gled with sadness. Some anxieties al
ways perplex the reality of our satisfac-
kiot, -COrnailIa
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
"Detectives."

There are probably not less than a
Rcore of men walking about New Or
leans today who are decorated under
their lapels with large tin stars bearing
the cabalistic word detective. They
are patrons of the various private agen-
cies of the north that advertise for
"Shrewd men as operatives in all parts
of the country, . and supply the tin star
and beautifully Autographed "certif-
icate" for the trifling sum of S5. The
wearers Of their insignia labor under
the hallucination, as a rule, that they
are vested with some special right to
collar their fellow men. The same agen-
cies do land Office business in wigs,
false boards and other DISCUSSES which
the amateur sleuth believes firmly are
part of the necessary equipment of the
profession.
Now and then one of these deluded
individuals, who are to be found in all
large cities, gets himself into trouble by
attempting to make an arrest; but, as
rule, the mania is harmless and its vic
Tins confine themselves to prowling
through side streets and looking mystic
rious. They find great joy also in posing
III boarding house circles and hearing
folks say in awed undertones, "Do you
know Mr.. So-and-so is a detective?' 1t
is one of the queerest of all queer phases
of city life.-New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat.
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
A Family secret Ont,

Teacher You don't know what
a-u-n-t spells? What does your father
10 when his collar button is lost2
Johnny lslyly)-He says things
Jewellers Weekly
Smyrna times., 1898-11-30
WHOLE NO. 2.279.
The Mystery of the Razor.

1t is matter of common experience
that razor left for awhile unused be-
comes blunt. A writer in Chambers
Journal says that rust caused by the
moisture in the atmosphere is quite
enough to account for this. Shearers,
for instance, who have to use partic-
ularly sharp instruments, never set
their shears till just before using. What
Is not so generally known is that ra-
zor which will not cut will become
sharper sometimes by being left aside
for some time The only explanation Of
this is that the electrical properties Of
the metal i'll the edge become changed.
A 'wire edge" is commonly put on q
tool by amateurs. The steel turns and
folds back on itself. 1t is owing to the
edge being made too long and thin, or
the metal being too soft The only cure
for wire edge is to break off the bent
portion and grind and set again.
a knife that cuts butter when it is
hot" (and under no other circumstances
we sometimes meet with. We have
been going into the reasons of things,
and the reason of this is easily explain
ed. Heat expands metal, and in proper
tiOn to the amount of metal which is
heated. There is more metal in the
breadth Of blade than in its thickness,
and the former, therefore, is expanded
immensely more than the latter. In 9TH
er words, the wedgelike shape is length
ened. and the tool becomes "sharp."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-07
SICK MEN LEAVE HONTAyE CAP.

Camp Wikon Montauk Point. oct. e.-tI'ty-one
~ tho eeventy-six men who were sick in the hos
nitai were sent away TO-DAY. They went on
train bound for Brooklyn. The men were weak az
most OF them had be assisted to IN" ram 80
some we're carried aboard On strctcherS, put o",'7
to tn, warning OF the weather Bureau thsI -,
weather mighi he looked Tor. u was though "a
10 get a. many az possible away to-day. oWink II
the fine condition Of the air. Twelve nurses go
nf,ern attendants vent away on tho ram ~
viii cease service when ne SICK meh Mt "'"''
to the city hospitals. . ..,o,, and
The 10Th cavalry VIII get away io-mor'o' 90 mo
then only the 9Th infantry VIII r"m"ih b" ~
outside Of the engineers -. ,....,s, A..
This afternoon tho Youns Mens ,h'sus ,,n.s
soeiai;on heid acrVtc.s over tho graves OF
Mo died in "a mn and buried here. Geess,.
lion ~ women from Eas;hsrnpton hrontht no .sDea
20 dncorata The graycs and ascIsted ~ w s.lN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-10-07
no SALUTES FOR THE HUDSON.
THE REVENUE CUTTER THAT FIGURED so
HEROICALLY At THE CARDENAS
FIGHT COMES IN IN
NOTICED

The revenue cutter Hudson which formerly was
used az one OF the boarding vessels in this harbo-
arrived here Yesterday from the Norfolk Navy
Yard The Hudson came into the harbor practical
~ unnotced and when she entered her slip next
70 the Barge Office AZ tho Battery. she WAS not
sauted hy the passing vessels She deserved more
d than this and II she had entered this port as
sic did Key WcS, after the night AZ Cardonas with
holes through each Of her ventilators and four
shots through her hull she would have received Il
royal welcome
coming from tho Navy Yard with a fresh coat ~
white rant on her hull and I'll traces Of her war
experiences removed with the exception OF Cot
automatic gun mounted on her upper deck AFT OF
the pilot house she attracted TO more attention
than any other revenue cutter
Tho story Of how the Hudson saved the torpedo
boat Wns.oN has long since been told. Yet some
points he recalled. rs tho little vessel
is once more IN this harbor 10 be used AZ p boat
TO board incoming stcamers. The death OF Ensign
Worth Baglcy caused much sorrow and feeling
throughout the Nation. The Ninslow had been
sent into Cardenas Harbor open fire on the forts
Masked batteries had opened UP on her and she
was receiving the worst OF the contest when The
Hudson was ordered TO her rescue. The Hudson
under the command OF Captain Newcome, steamed
into the harbor and then hacked up 10 the Wins
low. which wa5 disabled.
Lieutenant j. n. Scott. OF the Hudson, had com
mand Of the after 6-pounder OF that boat lie
stood with line coiled IN his hand ready TO throw
TO the wirslow when the shell landed the latter
vessel which killed Ensign Bagley and several
sailors as we'll woundng others
Lieutenant Scott and the crew OF his gun did
not wait to throw the line. but instead let loose
s4pound shells the Spaniards in about
ms many seconds. and after this was done, with
no little result they once more arranged 10 take
Tho WINSTON IN tow. and throwing the line. II WAS
made fast aud the boat taken out OF range OF the
Spanish Are. - -.
hattrp said yesterday IN speaking OF the occur
renee do ,ou know that II was ne hardest OK
p.r,ence I was ever in and for days strsr felt as
II the excitement Of thar few minutes was being re-
pested.
The only officer who Is now on the Hudson who