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Year: 1867

In the Convention, yesterday it was resolved
that the Report of the Committee on State
Finances and on Canals be made the special
order on and after Tuesday next, until disposed
Of The Railroad Consolidation question was
taken up and the amendment adopted which
forbds the consolidation of railroad corpora
tions when the aggregate capital exceeds
S1f Ann n0A
Year: 1867

Tonight the great spectacular opera oi
the Star of the North will be presented
at the National Theatre with all the brilliant
effects Of which the piece is capable. 1t will
be seen from the advertisement that the rates
Of admission have been revised so that those
who love music and have but little money
to spend upon fashionable parade can afford
to crafty their tastes for this most refined
entertainment
Year: 1867

The New York Sun has an editorial giving
some good advice to parents-to give their
bows good trade. That is the best "friond in
need" the editor knows Of as life wears on, and
he adds.


Every day 1--WE are told) there are instances
of men slipping from high rounds to the lowest
one in the ladder Of wealth. Business men
find themselves engulfcd In the sea OF fnan-
cial embarrassment, from which they emerge
with nothing but their personal resources 70
depend upon for a living. Clerks, statesmen
and others find themselves thrown out Of en-
ployment, with no prospect of speedily obtain
ing places which they are competent to Ill,
and with no other means Of gaining livelihood
How many men there are in this city to-day,
some of whom have families dependent upon
them for support, who bcwail the mistake they
made in not learning useful trades in thor
younger days? There are hundreds Of them
There are men here who have seen better days.
men Of education and business ability, who
envy the mechanic who has a sure support Tor
himself and family in his handicrait. Parents
make great mistake when they impose upon
the brain of their boy the task Of supporting
him without preparing his hands for cmergcn-
cies.


No matter how favorable boys circutn-
stances may be, he should enter the battle OF
life as every prudent general enters the battle
n armiesewith reliable reserve to fall back
upon in case Of disaster. Every man is liaoio
10 be reduced 10 the lowest pecuniary point, at
some stage of his life, and It is hardly necessary
to refer to the large proportion Of men who
reach that point. No man is poor who is tho
master of trade. 1t is a kind Of capital that
de6es the storm of financial reverse, and that
clings 10 a man when all else has been swept
away. II consoles him in the hour Of adycr-
sity with the assurance that let whatever may
bcfall him, be need have no fear for the sup
mort Of himself and his family. Unfortunately,
a silly notion, the offspring Of sham aristoc-
racy has Of late years led many parents TO regard
a trade as something disreputable, with which
their children should not be tainted. Labor
dsreputabel What would the world be with
out it? It is the very power that moves tho
world. A power higher than The throne Of ar
istocracy has ennobled labor, and he who would
disparape il must set himself above the Divine
principle. In the sweat Of thy face shalt thou
cat bread A trade is friend in need, il is
Independence and wealth--a rich legacy which
the poorest father may give his son, and which
the richest should regard as more valuable than
cold
Year: 1867

WoMAN's DEVOTION London watchma-
ker named Watkins first seduced his sweet
heart, and then beat her nearly to death with
piece of lead, and stabbed her in eleven places.
The poor girl survived the outrage and fled the
country so that she could not be forced to ap-
pear against him. The London papers pub
lish pathetic letter written by her to the brute
after his arrest: 81 am waiting anxiously in
the hope of hearing that you are free and am
looking for the time when we shall be united
and happy once again, for without you | can
not be happy. All the past is forgot" For
the girls sake it is gratifying to know that she
will never have an opportunity again of trust
ing herself to the mercy of the man who so
cruelty injured her. Watkins was sentenced
to twenty years penal seryitude
Year: 1867

A very sensible paragraph in the Albany
Knickerbocker, says that the great cause OF all
the misery in this world is, not that men earn
too little, but that they spend their earnings
unwisely. Almost every man spends as much
for cigars, juleps and other nonsense, as would
pay his board and keep him half the year in
idleness and what is true of individual folly
is equally true Of national. We are spending
a million week in hunting down the Indians,
that pack of white scoundrels on the frontier
may make fortunes.
Year: 1867

The N. \. Journal Of Commerce predicts
that either there will be great reaction in this
country or an advance Of revolutionj for. we
have not yet reached an abiding place where
the country can rest.
Year: 1867

ABOUT HATISG.-IIate not; it is not worth
while. Your life is not long enough to make
It pay to cherish i'll will or hard thoughts to-
ward any one. What if that man has cheated
YOU. or that woman has been false. II this
friend has forsaken you in your time of need,
or that one having your entire confidence has
concluded he prefers 10 treat you as an entire
stranger? Let it all pass. What difference
will il all make when you 60 hence to an un-
discovered country All Who ill-treat you
now will be more sorry for it than you, even
in your grief and Disappointment can be.
Year: 1867

u . Ne 81


SAMUEL H. WOODY,


AT HIS SHOP


ON MAIN St., near he CARTER no USE,
TAS on hand stock to which the people Of this
ii community are invited, and he eels satisfied
that those who examine il will be constrained to
purchase He does not profess TO be able to sell or
manufacture at lower prices than any one else in
the community; but this he does pledge, that he
will give satisfaction to all who favor him with
their patronage If experience and strict attention
10 business are calculated to commend, he feels as
sured that he has these two requisites for in
business. Intending to work none but the most


PERFECT MATERIAL,


AND TO EMPLOY NONE But


Competent Workmen,
thoroughly skilled in their business he can promise


Boots and Shoes,
for Gentlemen; Ladies' Misses and Children, in a
stvle that cannot be surpassed. He also oblgates
himself to make all repairs made necessary by the
ripping Of work sold or made at his establishment
free of cost.


His READYNADE WORK, which will be
sold at the most reasonable figures, has been selec
ted with the greatest care, and to the Ladies who
have so literally patronized him in the past, he is
able 10 give n guarantee that nothing will be sold
from his shop, that is not strictly what he ret6n-
mcnds il to be. He has no desire TO deceive, but
wishes to make living by straight forward, hon
est manner of dealing.


He will keep constantly on hand large and
general stock Of the very best quality Of SOLE and
UPPER LEATHER, Calf and Morocco Skins, Ii
nings and other Findings, which he will sell at the
lowest prices for cash. He respectfully asks call
from the public. !:
1ss- He also intends to keep on hand large and
Beautiful Assortment


OF HATS,


10 which ne win call the attention of gentlemen in
need Of this important article of dress and il they
will give him call he knows they will be pleased.
Sss-Hix Shap is one door above the "Carter
House," and Ladies ana Cent? men Win lose moth
ing by walking that far to see his stock.


Nsi- Highest price paid for HIDES in Trade, or
April Is, Is67-tf. SAML II. WOODY.
Year: 1867

DELlEYING that


ID we have one Of
the largest and best
selected asscrtmeRts
of this class ever in
this Valley-and that
we possess advanta-
ges which enable US
to sell as loo as the


Whoiesdle Houses Of
baltimore, we there
Year: 1867

A NUMBER Of prominent citizens Of New York
have requested ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS to
address them on tho condition Of the South lie
has accepted, and will arrive in a few days and
deliver the address.
Year: 1867

To Editor Of Smyrna Times


SIR:-Thcre was an article in you last issue
on the Gas of Smyrna, which was timely, plain
ly spoken, and highly appreciated by your rea-
ders. The citizens of Smyrna are the easiest
people in the United States. They allow
railroad company to appropriate One-half ofthe
best business street in the town; they pay $l2
per thousand for their gas-and such gas-all
because there is no combination. If the trades
men were united into society for their own
protection and advancement, they would form
a power that nothing could resist.


But my object is to write on Gas. If we COM
plain of the enormous price, we are gravely in
formed that 500 feet Of Smyrna gas goes as far
as 1000 feet of Philadelphia gas. We believe
it all and pay the bills But what are the facts
of the case? The first gas we had was made
of rosin, and it was always said that rOsin gas
would 60 double as far as coal gas. SuppOsing
that to be true: the gas we have now is made
of the dregs of coal oil, and is consequently to
all intents and purposes coal gas, only of a very
inferior quality. But why gas made from Goa
oil should last longer than when made from
coal believe has never been explained, unless
it is because we burn it with more economy
keep our stores more gloomy by lighting hal
the burners and turning the others very low
If that is the explanation, high price is the
cause of it and not the effect.


But it is useless to grumble at the presen
company unless there is plan by which the
present grievances can be removed. And tht
whole difficulty is just here: instead of tn,
stock being held by persons living away from
the town, it should all be held by the consum
ers The price of shares should be low, SO a
to have it in as many hands as possible. TIL
advantages Of this plan would be that ever
, stOckhOlder being consumer, we should be a
directly interested in procuring more consun
r ers We would have it into our dwellings an
, our workshops as we'll as in every store. An
; our object being to have good cheap gas, and nc
: speculation, to make money gas would be ful
3 nished at about cost and the increased amour
? consumed would bring the price down to
comparatively low figure.


E However difficult this plan might have bee
E at the first start of forming gas company
l there is no doubt but that it is perfectly teas
i Bile now. have understood the present com
pany are tired of carrying on the works an


would sell out at a low figure.


f. Is it not worth our while to consider serious
e ly whether this plan or some other cannot
: carried out by which we can get, at a reasons
BILE price, that great deSideratum good gas2


A CONSUMER
Year: 1867

THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT bill
now pending in the Legislature, (has passed
the HOuse) to provide for State Superinten-
dent of the Public Schools, and a Board of
Examiners, who are to establish uniformity
of text books, is something nearer a school
system than We have at present. Now, every
district school in the State is under the care of
two commissioners, who are sole masters of the
situation. If they are competent men and
have an interest in education the school is
looked after; otherwise, it is not-and in many
instances it is otherwise. Many of these COM
missioners take only enough interest in the
matter to see that they have got a place to
put their children to get rid OF them portion
of the day at home. They can attend to their
duties or not; they are responsible to no one,
and there is no one whose duty it is to see
that their duties are attended to. But one of
the best features Of the bill is that requiring a
uniformity of text books. Every school in the
State should have the same series of books for
the different branches. AS it is now this is left
to the whim of the teacher, very often. While
one instructor prefers one series, his successor.
three months after, requires different series
so that the parents are requested to supply
new books frequently, which some comply will
and some do not, and the result is that two
books of the same series, in similar branches
of study are not in the same school. Childre,
moving from one district to another have tn
same difficulty. 1t is impossible to classif
them under such circumstances, and no schoo


is efficient if not classified. We hope the bi


will pass.
Year: 1867

TABLEAUX.-A number of children gave an
exhibition Of tableaux at the band hall on Mon
day evening, which was attended to the full
capacity of the room. We understand that
they rendered many of their pieces in good
Style.to the agreeable surprise ofthe audience


Inc u singing OF the little girls e. Our own Deal
Iiome was very sweet. The Cotillon Band
Year: 1867

THE WEATHER in the weather line
are still out ofkelter. The biggest snow storm
of the year came upon us Saturday and Sun
day last, consequently the farmers are sleigh.
ing instead Of plowing. Yesterday was right
pretty, however, and the snow was lioui6ed
rapidly. We have had five or six clear days
out of twenty. The sun crosses the line
Tomorrow, and then we may have alittle more
genial sunshine" may he.
Year: 1867

II is that Gen. Harvey, whom the uu-
tutored " savages of the plains persist in
believing the biggest white chief in the
country, never deceived an Indian If he
made 4 promise, he fulfilled it; if he
threatened punishment, he more than car
ried it out. Kind and lenient to the good
Indian, he was severe with the bad This
course gave him great influence. But the
circumstance which gained him the un-
limited admiration of the red man is thus
related by ID correspondent with the Indian
Commission:


The General, who is sixty seven years
Of age, six feet three inches in height, and
as straight as an arrow, in his younger
days used to excel every Indian on the
Plains with whom he came in contact, III
running, jumping and wrestling He is
known universally among the Indians as
the 3" fast runner" He says he was never
badly pressed but once iii running, and that
was many years ago, when he was encamp-
ed at the Mandan village, on the Missouri
River. The Indians had brought their
fastest runner and challenged the General
to run. Al the tribes in that part Of the
country were present, and all were in high
glee, thinking they had sure thing. Gen
Harney prepared himself and went out
about halt q mile from camp across a ra-
vine, which was a. near as the Indians
were allowed 10 come to his camp, and met
them. The Indians were so confident of
winning the race that they bet everything
they possessed on the result, and the Of
fcers and soldiers Of Harney's command
also backed their favorite TO the fullest ex-
tent The Indians would bet buffalo
robe against "a plug OF tobacco, or pony
against 4 few pounds of sugar or coffee.
The odds they considered in their favor


The distance run was eight hundred
yards, and one from each side WAS chosen
to start them and a. Judge Of the race
The Indian got about fifteen feet the adj
vantage Of the General on the start, but
supposing he could beat the Indian easily
he aid not mind it at first, bat it was a
long distance 10 gain, and by putting forth
every nerve he only beat the Indian By
three feet The Indian dropped upon the
ground at the end of the race, exhausted,
and was 20 chagrined III his defeat that he
would never come near the General again.
The General would only accept few tr-
fling things from his winnings but gave the
rest back to the indians. From that time
he has been known among the Indians as
q the fast runner" and his influence is in
proportion 10 his popularity
Year: 1867

For our first experiment take 4 band
looking-glass and see your face III it; then
incline the bottom Of the glass away from
yon till your face is quite lost, aud
then your body or hand, if IN the way will
appear plainly You lose sight of the re-
Election OF your face, because the angle of
the rays from it which fall upon the glass
is such that the resulting angle of refec-
tion sends them away from you. You see
your body or hand because the angle Of
their incident rays is such that the result
ing angle OF reflection carries the image
straight 10 your eyes. Old writer's were
well aware Of the fact that Il plane mirror
could be 50 arranged that person looking
at it should not see himself, but see some
thing else which might be behind a screen,
and quite out OF its natural view


Having made few experiments with
the looking-glass, take pane of window
glass, or, what is better when YOU have ii,
a piece OF plate-gtass, the surface Of which
is more true, and hold it upright on Il table
near the window. \ few inches in front
Of ii place any small object Oh the table, q
lady's cotton reel viii DO extremely well
Stand upright with your back TO the
window, but leave room FOX the light to
fall freely on the top OF the reel Look
slantingly down 1T the class and you will
see the image Of the reel reflected by its
surface, and apparently as far behind as it
really is before. The top on which the
light falls will be brilliant, and the part
that is in the shade will be reflected in
shade.


Vary the experiment by placing II second
reel. exactly like the first, as much behind
the glass as the other Is placed in front Of
it, You then have two reels presented to
your eye, one actual and the other spectral,
aud you can, as Mr. Dircks remarks of a
similar case, 50 arrange the objects and
your position that the image reflected from
the surface Of the glass shall exactly cor
respond with the outlines of the real reel
seen through the glass. If you put any
small article on the top of the reel in front
of the glass, Or some one else puts SINH
lar object on the top Of the reel behind
the glass, the optica! effects will be the
same. ------


Now make third experiment. Put a
box or thick book in front of Won. 50 that
Year: 1867

you cannot see the reel when placed ON the


table just under its edge. Then hold the
glass little way off, and upright as before,
SO that you can see it from top to bottom.


on may then obtain q reflected image OF
the reel, which the book conceals, and if a
strong light were thrown upon it the image
would be as sharp, distinct and apparently
solid as the reality Intellectual Obsercer
Year: 1867

Found DRowNsD.-Corone Tomson in
forms us that some men working among
the logs in the river, At The foot Of Warren
street, this forenoon, discovered the body
Of man in the water. The coroner was
cent for and the body was taken OUT
The corpse had the appearance Of
that Of . man about forty years Of sge,
about five feet ten inches in height, weigh
ing about 40 pounds, hair dark. His
clothing indicates that he was laborer-
probably deck hand; and from all appear
ance had been in the water some three or
four weeks. The body was cared for. and
an inquest will DC he'd al tie city cemetery
tomorrow morning. If any one has any
idea whom the unfortunate might be they
will please appear at the inquest.
Year: 1867

and remember that got hold Of knife
and then it was all cloudy like and / was
wild, and struck savage blows, following
tho devils up from one side Of the room to
the other, striking and slashing until knew
every one was dead.


All Of sudden it seemed as if my heart
was on fire. / was bleeding everywhere,
rushed out to the well and drank from
the bucket, and then tumbled down in q
faint.


Breathlcss with the intense interest with
which I had followed this strange story, all
the more thrilling and when its hero, seeming
to live over again the bloody events Of that
day, gave way to its terrible spirit with
wild, savage gestures. ! saw then, what my
scrutiny Of the morning had failed to dis
cover the tiger which lay beneath the
gentle exterior.


"You must have been hurt almost to
death" l said.


There were eleven buckshot in me. /
carry some of them now. was cut in
thirteen places. All Of them bad enough
to have let out the life Of man. But that
blessed old DR.. Mills pulled Inc safe thro'
it, after bad siege of many a long week.


That prayer Of yours, Bill, may have
been more potent for your safety than you
think. You should thank God for your
deliverancc"


70 tell you the truth, Kernal, responded
the scout, with n certain solemnity in his
grave face l don't like to talk about sich
things to the people round here, but alers
feel sort Of thankful when get out Of bad
scrape
Year: 1867

IMPORTANT TO SUBSCRIBERS. Nearly
every day We receive letters from old sub.
scribers enclosing money to renew their sub
scriptions and telling us we need not be so
ALFRED particular about stopping it the
very day the time expires for which they
have paid. Our rule is advance payment,
and when the time expires We invariably
strike out the name, unless BY an oversight
Of the mailing clerk it is omitted for week
or so. We make this rule--if we break
it for one We must for another, and that is
Impossible. We enter no name upon our
books till psidis man wants to borrow
money from us we lend it TO him, but that
transaction is never shown upon our sub.
scription book. And if we send q paper
without pay from party, We take the
money from our private purse, pay for the
same, for such time as it is sent and thus
keep our books and business in hand.


We mean no offenso by discontinuing a
mans paper whea his time runs out. We
do not see the books-if We should do the
mailing ourselves 'twould take twelve days
where We have but SIX We have no OBJ.
lection to giving money spending money
for subscribers in such beverages or amuse.
mcnts as they desire when we meet, but
would not send paper to our grandfather,
even, one moment longer than it was mark.
ed paid. This isahc rule of tho oflice-itis
business--ths clerk who would deviate from
it would lose his place instantly. 1t may
seem q small matter to the subscriber, but
in the aggregate, where we have thousands
and thousands of subgcribers, any one will
see that We cannot live except by attention
to allitems Of business -"Brics" Pneroy
Year: 1867

SJ' Aservant girl in Berlin fell against
red hot stove and burned on her arm the
date 1909, which was on the stove. The
physician who was called on to minister to
her looked at the date branded on her arm,
and shaking his head withdrew, remarking
that for SO old an injury there was no cure.
Year: 1867

There is delicacy about the memory Of
our first loves, which We scarcely dare com.
nit to paper All the feelings Of the
finer sensibiitics are so wrought upon, that
to bring them up and mention them
among the more common subjects Of life,
seems almost violation of the Sacredness
with which the heart still holds them. We
regard them as the hearts purest and best
affections, for they were formed when the
heart was young and drank 80 sweo,ly from
loves perennial spring.


Our FIRST love il unlike all Other love it lis
ho!ier and more di,in.oros,cd. Then the
heart is uncontaminatcd with the influences
Of those scenes which steal upon Us in after
life TO harden us, and we drink because i. is
natural drink because it is 30 sweet and
the effect is at once impressive and lasting.


The influence which such love excrts, if
its secret workings are rightly regarded,
must often be beneficial in its results. Where
that holy affection really and truly exists,
there can be but little room for any of those
storms of fury which sometimes rise up to
take possession Of tn, soul. 1t drives away
the malignan. passions, aud makes the ha
man breast, through its benign influence, a
filter place for q holy and pure spirit to dwell
in.


Our first lova l, is subject upon which
we love to ponder, although its many VOICES
may make US sad they are memories we
would not exchange for anything on earth,
They serve as swce, balm when the object
which produced them il no longer with US
to give US consolation.