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Smyrna times., 1900-01-17
BRANCH ROADS.

Leave Harrington for Franklin City, and way
stations milford, Georgetown Berlin Lewes &c)
10 3S a m. and 637 p. m. weekdays. Return
ing train leaves Fran kiln City 90 a. m. and
Las p. m. week days.
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamer) 25 p m. weekdays. Returning, leave
ChincOteague 81 a. m. weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown, and LeweS
at 1923 a. m, 637 p. m. weekdays Returning
leave Lewes 645 a. m, and BOB p. m. week days.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 103S a. m. and
6 81 p. IN. weekdays. Returning leave Berlin
7.02 a m. and 81 D. m. week days.
Leave Townsend for Centreville and way sta.
at 9.2l a. m and 5.31 p. m week. days leave
Centreville sc a. m. and 2 81 m, week days
Leave Clayton for Oxford at 93S m. and 547
p. m; leave Oxford 6.45 a. n. ana 1.4S p. m
week days.
Leave Seaford for Cambridge at I1I7 a. m
and 7.l5 p. m. week days Returning leave Cam
bridge at 90 m. and 2.30 p. m. week days,
Train leaves Clayton for Chestertown 10. is m
returning. leaves Chestertown. $50 q. m.
CoNNECrIONs.-At Porter. with Newark & Della
ware City Railroad At Townsend, with Queer
Anne sd KentRailroad AtClayton, with Delaware
Il &Chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore 4 Delawar'
Bay Railroad. At Harrington, with Delaware
Maryland & Virginia Railroad. AtSeaford, will
Cambridge & Seaford Railroad. At Delmar, witt
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk wicemico 4
Pocomoke and Peninsula Railroads.
2Daily except Sunday
]. b. HUTCHINSON. General Manager.
J. r. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
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VI Iuc| uedu cOHlFdueS TO Stfalgnte1 !
them in their stirrups.
ITO roFsA, you men! cried Captain
FrithiOf, once having seen his squad
ron refOrmed-a squadron of soldiers
who were no longer alive. The 60 liv-
ing Cossacks, their hands red with
blood, came again to take their places
at the head of the ranks.
1--WE are going to charge again." said
the captain. Let us start ahead
Their horses will follow ours"
On the slanting road which descend
ed from Krakow toward the farm
where the enemy was halted fighting
began again.
The Turks, who had seen the greater
part of the Russian soldiers fall under
their blows, believed themselves safe
now, and they were strangely sur
prised when they heard again the noise
of the approaching cavalry.
AT the cry of alarm from the sentinel
they formed in line of battle and fired
on the whole line.
Forty COssacks rolled on the earth.
1t was those of the first ranks-those
that were alive! The others continued
to charge.
The Turkish soldiers gazed with
| frightened eyes. Where could this
squadron come from? Who were these
| demons who received the balls without
moving, bent low over their saddles
without a word, without a cry?
One could not distinguish the number
| of horses, and one could believe it was
| all the Russian cavalry. a whole army
| of phantOms. The first rank of infan-
| try gave way, the others were not long
in retreating. and, fearing all at once,
the whole Turkish army abandoned
their arms and fled
The position was taken, and the pas
sage became free at last.
Captain FrithiOf saw that his squad
ron was there, in its accustomed order.
The horses were so dOcile that they
had all stopped behind him when he
had shouted "Haltr They remained
immOvable now. heads low and cover
ed with foam.
A few moments after the village bell
rang loud and long.
Victory now was possible, even Ger
tain.
| General Prince Rouknine, ON hearing
the bell, uncovered his lead, under
standing that his faithful COssacks haC
sacrificed themselves to save the res
of the army. With his staff major hC
went at full gallop toward Krakow
but his joy of vanquishing was mixeC
with pain.
He arrived at the grand square O
the village. What was his surprise t,
perceive, arranged as for parade, til,
black line of the squadron! They wer,
certainly 300 cavaliers, Captain Serg
Frithiof at their head.
Night had come on, but it was one o
those admirable moonlight night
which give to objects strange aspects
Captain Frithiof advanced.
"KarkOw is free" said he, saluting.
You were able then to charger
"Twice. 1t was necessary to driv
the enemy from farm where they hat
fortified themselves"
"And many men were killed, cap
tain?"
"An my men! Our brave Cossack
were heroic even after death!'
Prince Rouknine approached an
saw, bending on the necks of tn
horses, lighted by the white light of tn
moon. the dead men who balance
themselves with the movement of til
chargers.-New York Press.
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Philadelphia, Wilmington ! Baltimore Railroad
DELAWARE DIVISION.
SOUTHw ARD

On and after Nov. 90 49, 9, trains will leave
as follows:
SOUTHWARK.
EXP. Pass EXP. Pass. Mail. Mail
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MINE ENEMY.

Once in my pride judged a man.
With eyes austere looked him through.
said, Here failed he" Span by span
measured all his faults anew
And thenceforth marked in bitter mood
The manner of his life, intent
To find therein such constant food
That my just heart might not relent
| probed his thoughts, his motives weighed,
And yet as on his hopes peered,
Though some | might have crushed, staid
My hand-they were so humbly reared.
And, keeping watch with doubtful eyes
On all his actions, began
To mark with measureless surprise
How very human was the man
Till, by casual cross wind blown,
Came word of triiing acts of his
Poor common things-in which was shown
His touch with common charities
Then, seeing how much | had denied
Who loved the name of charity,
bowed MY head with shame and cried,
Forgive me, o mine enemy!''
w. G. Hole in Spectator,
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An Exchanre of Commitments

The late Judge Charles p. DAILY of
New York was a charming conversa-
tionalist as well as a model citizen and
an accomplished jurist. He met the
Duke of Wellington some so years ago
and the duke remarked to him that he
seemed too young to be on the bench.
Il owe my position" replied Judge
DAILY, Ito one Of those accidents of for.
tune to which your grace owes so lit
tle."
81 recall my criticism" said the duke
grimly. "You are doubtless where yor
belong"
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l Daily. Daily except Sunday.
"a Stops to leave passengers from Wilmington
and points north, or take passengers for points
south of Delmar.
"f' stops only on notice to conductor OF agent
or on signal.
81" Stops 10 leave passengers from Middletown
and points south.
New CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAINs.-Leave
Wilmington 8.l3 a. m, 235 4.27 and .5s p m
week k-days. Leave New Castle S3l, 9.l6 l104
a m, 81 p m. weekdays
Express trains leaving Harrington SOS a. m.
and arriving at 6.33 p. m, weekdays, run
through solid to and from Baltimore, via Porter
and Newark
Smyrna times., 1900-01-17
Pain From NettIe stings.

1t has been found that the pain
caused by the sting of nettles is due
partly to formic acid and partly to a
chemical resembling snake poison. Our
nettles are comparatively harmless. but
In India. Java and elsewhere there are
varieties the painful effects Of which
last weeks and In some cases months,
Ike snake bites.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-25

and to do so muss engage in q differ.
emit line Of business than the one of
which it was organized may cause
some people to believe that it is only a
question Of time when one huge TRUST
will gobble up all the rest and leave
the people utterly powerless TO help
themselves. Such a view ID. too pessi-
mistic. As long 40 money making
continues the passion II now IL men
will be found ready TO engage in any
undertaking, no matter how ~eollosal,
that holds out the promise Of big re-
turns. Hence the outlook 10 anything
but hopeless and the time 10 far on
whom such q thing as complete absorp-
tion OF all branches Of business BY any
one combination Of capital and brains
is possible.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-25

When Edward S. Dreyor, the con-
victed Chicago embezzler of several
hundred thousand dollars of public
money, starts ont on his proposed
lecturing tour he will, he says, make
a plea for more humane enforcement
of the law He desires to create a
public sentiment against existing con-
ditions, which insist upon a literal
and technical enforcement of the laws.
Mr.. Dreyer probably grew tired of
Jail life and contemplates with aver
sion the propsect Of possible confine-
ment in the penitentiary. If he could
have his way he would do away with
courts, officers and prisons, especially
in cases where gentlemen of his refined
and elegant tastes are concerned.
He would tell. defaulters and embez-
zlers so unfortunate as to be found out
to please consider themselves in Jail or
the p%enitentiary and then order them
fed on canvasback duck and terrapin
soup with their favorite brands of wine
and turn the bill over to the public
treasury. The trouble is that there
are not enough literal and technical
endorsements Of the laws, despite Mr..
Dreyer's assertion to the contrary.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-25

Something has occurred in Silver
Bow county that needs explanation.
The county authorities have joined
those Of Butte in the crusade against
gambling and the gentlemen of the
multisonous clothes and canary colored
diamonds are not allowed to conduct
their business anywhere within the
limits of the county. Several who at
tempted to conduct resorts just out
side of Butte's limits have bee run out
and the sheriff s Office is looking for
more, as it is believed not all were
the first time.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-25
TUESDAY, DEC. s5, 1900.
FOLLOWED LOVES PRoMpT1kGs.

It is noticeable that some Of the
editors commenting on the Omaha alb
duetion case blame the father for
complying with the demands of the
k%idnappers. They say he established
a precedent that may prove dangerous,
as it may induce other rufians to try
the game aud hold out for even more
money. In the abstract the argument
is all very we'll, but applied i'll the
concrete it falls. The father realized
that he was dealing with desperate
men who would carry out their threat
of binding his son unless the money
were paid i'll the name and at the
time specified by them. Knowing the
boy was III the hands of desperados
and in danger, he did not stop to
think of the precedent he might estab-
fish, but followed the first impulse
prompted by paternal love and decid-
ed to pay the money and free his boy
from the peril that he was in. He is
a wealthy man and tile sum he paid
as ransom, while large, is as nothing
compared to the joy and satisfaction
it afforded him in the restoration of
his child. Had he declined to meet
the demands Of the gang Of outlaws
and his son had been multilated and
crippled for life, the editors who are
now finding fault with him would
probably be the last to accept the
plea that he had refused because of
the precedent he weHld establish.
They would call HIM an unfeeling
brute, devoid of fatherly affection
and a miser who regarded his money
more than he did II of his W flesh
and blood.
In paying the ransom Millionaire
Cudahy simply did what any father
having the ability to do and loving
his child would have done-he paid
the villains and was thankful that
fortune had made it possible for him
to save his child.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-25
like COMMON DRUNK
Wisconsin Congressman's Unfort-
innate Plight Caused by Ig-
norant Policeman.

Cleveland, O., Dec. 22-Congress-
man Herman B. DAZZLE, of the second
district of Wisconsin. spent last night
in a cell at the central police station
and was compelled to appear in police
court this morning, and all because
he was unfortunate enough to become
i'll on a street car.
He was on his way home to spend
the holidays and stopped in Cleveland
to visit his friend, L. Braundage, a
commission merchant. While on the
street car he became i'll and was
helped into q drug store. He was al
most unconscious and acting peculiar
~ and a policeman arrested him. In
court this morning he revealed his
identity, told his troubles and was
discharged.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-25
ANXIOUS TO
LEARN NEWS
EAGER PERSONS BESEIGE
WAR OFFICE.
CASUALTY LIST POSTED
Losses Sustained at Battle of
Nooitgedacht Given Out
Last Night.

London, Dec. 22-Since Lord Kitch-
ener's dispatch of Wednesday last
reporting crossing of the Orange river
into Cape Colony by two bands Of
Beers nothing official concerning
events in South Africa has reached
the public.
The nights news was very meagre.
Reports were received from Capetown
that the railway had been torn up Ill
three sections north of De Aar.
"A column Of 900, of all arms, under
Major Schultz, left Colesberg Deem
Der IS by the Phillipstown road, to
relieve a post of 20 yeomanry,, who
were invested on a farm at Hamelfon-
tein. The Beers had been beaten off
by the yeomen before the relieving
column arrived.
Two wounded Beers were captured.
They stated that their party had lost
two killed and IL wounded.
A st. Anderton dispatch, dated De-
cember 10, says a sharp encounter took
place with two parties of Beers q
Ka]kspruit, 10 miles south of the rail
way. One of the Boer parties num-
bered 800. Both were routed after
obstinate resistance. One retired in
the direction of Groblesaar drift and
the other towards Villiersdorp. It is
supposed that they lost heavily.
The British force lost two wound
ed and captured a quantity of live
stock and forage.
Many people of all classes gathered
about the wal Office this evening anx-
ious for the welfare of friends at war,
especially as to the fate of the regi-
ments engaged in the Nooitgedacht
battle.
At a late hour a long list of casual
ties of non-commissioned officers and
men were posted showing that 60 had
been killed and 1862 wounded.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-25
HOAR IDEA rs GOOD.

One bill has been introduced in the
senate recently which should become q
law. It is the submitted BY
Senator Hoar to make train robbery a
federal ofense. For some reason OF
late there has been q recrudoscense Of
. species of outlawry that was sup
posed to have ceased after it's origi-
majors, the James brothers and their
gang, either through inclination or
force, retired from the field. The men
engaged in is seem to have no great
fear Of state laws because they may
always hope that an invertebrato ex-
eoutive will pardon them in case Of
conviction OF that through the skill
and ingenuity Of an attorney playing
upon the feelings Of a jury they may
escape punishment altogether. Let
it be known, however, that when
they attempt to "hold up'' a train the
entire force and power of the ma
tional government will be employed
to cur their apprehension and pun
ishment they will think twice before
they undertake to grow rich in the
length of time it requires to rob a lot
of frightened passengers or loot an ex-
press car.
Senator Hoar has the right idea and
it is to be hoped that he may be able
to impress it upon his colleagues with
force to cause it's acceptance
by them and to bestir them into pas
sing his bill at the earliest possible
moment. Sufficient members in the
other house will be found to see that
it passes there.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-25
At Tanforan.

wLE& A
San Francisco, Dec. 22-The Chan
tilly stakes was the feature today.
Tod Sloan applied to the San Francisco
Jockey club for a license today. It is
reported that favorable action may be
taken.
First race-Seven furlongs: Anjou
won, Duck II second, Alec third.
Time 80.
Second race-Six furlongs: Argre-
gor won, Thraca second, Estellada
third. Time 1913.
Third race-Six and a half fur
longs: Prestidigitator won, Simon
D. second, Persus third. Time IA.
Fourth race-Chantilly stakes, mile
and an eighth: Andrissa won, Morg-
age second, The Lady third. Time
/ :58
Fifth race-Seyen furlongs: Bill
Garrett won, Ada N. second, Eddie
Jones third. Time 1 :29.
Sixth race-Mile: Vinclor won,
Pat Morrissey second, Sea Lion third.
Time l :45.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-25
MAKES STRONG SHOWING
Secretary Roots Presentation to
Senate Committee on Mil
tary Affairs. .s

Washington, Dec. 22-At the last
meeting of the senate committee on
military affairs, the proceedings of
which we're made public today, Secre-
tary Root made a strong presentation
Of the necessity for immediate legisla-
ton for the relief Of the army.
He stated broadly that il congress
did not at once increase the army in
substantial accordance with the recon
mendations Of the war department,
the United States would be Obliged to
abandon a large portion of the Philip
pine islands where civil government
is established. If the present garri
sons are withdrawn from certain pOr-
tions of the islands, the municipal
officers, mostly Filipinos, will be left
defenseless, with every prospect Of be-
ing deprived Of their lives and prop
erty and at the same time the United
States will be disgraced, the secretary
said, for having proved faithless to
its solemn obligations.
The secretary argued that it was
necessary to pass the departments bill
as a whole in order to properly adjust
the military organization to the new
condition created by an increase of its
numbers.
"We don't any Of us he said, Tex
pect that for any considerable period
army of 100, 900 men will be main
tanned. and for an army Of so, 600 the
provision made (by the committee)
are sufficient "A
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-25
GARDINER IS
TURNED OUT
DISTRICT ATTORNEY REMOVED
FROM OFFICE.
FAILED TO DO HIS DUTY
Governor Roosevelt in Lenxthy
Memorandum Gives Reasons
for the Removal.

Albany, Dec. Ex-Governor Roose.
welt announced tonight that he had
removed from Office Colonel Asa Bird
Gardiner, district attorney of New
York county, on charges preferred by
Deputy Attorney Joseph Hammond
and appointed Eugene j. Philbin OF
the state and county charities to fill
the vacancy.
In a lengthy memorandum the gov
ernor sets forth his reasons for remov-
ing Gardiner. He says in part:
"The charge vitality affecting the
conduct of the district attorney is
that which relates to his attitude at
and about election time toward the
Indictment of Chief of Police Devery,
after the latter had issued a scan
dalously improper and seditious order
to the police force under him.
"Where the conduct Of the district
attorney of a county necessarily
affects the state, such conduct be-
comes a matter of not merely of the
county but a state oncern. Changes
in a national election may change not
merely the county itself, not merely
other counties Of the state, but all the
state s function. 1t is a true maxim
to assert that honest elections, free
from fraud and violence, stand at the
very basis of our national republican
form of government.
"There is no use in discussing prin-
ciples and issues, unless it is a settled
conclusion that the majority reports
upon such principles and issues shall
be honestly recorded in the election
itself. @ i
"There can DO no possible justifica-
ton for any man, and above all for
any public official, failing to do
everything in his power to prevent
crime against the ballot box"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-25

OF ONE MIND.

New York Commercial Advertiser
The government experts have surveyed
the arid lands, measured the water
supply and made estimates as to the
cost of increasing or regulating the
matter. All that congress is asked to
do now is to make a beginning. It is
believed that such success will follow
the building of one storage reservoir
that the advisability of others will
never be questioned, and that they
will thereafter be built wherever op-
%portunity presents and the financial
resources Of the national government
allow.
Buffalo, IN. " Enquirer: One of
the greatest physical and economic
problems that today is attracting the
attention of the United States, is the
retaining of arid lands. Nor is
there any problem solution of
which will bring about such far
reaching and beneficial results. Now
that the presidential question has
been disposed of, the problem of rec
of arid lands by the govern
meht and for the people will be in
order.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-12-25
ENFORCE III LAW.

EAEURCE The Law. u
The Gazette does not wish to be
understood as desiring to cause any
unnecessary alarm or to brighten the
timid, but, for all that. it cannot re-
frain from calling attention to the ex-
istence in the city of several known
cases of contagious disease and the
apparent lax in which they
are treated by the health authorities.
The plea is made that to resort to the
usual methods employed in such cases
would cause a panic among the citi-
zens and the publicity that would nee
essarily follow would prove an injury
to the city. To this The Gazette does
not subscribe. In cases of the kind
referred to sentiment should not be al
lowed to have a place. Laws have
been enacted for the protection Of the
public health and they should be en-
forced. Billings is not the only city
in the state 50 unfortunate as to have
cases of sickness that come under
the supervision of the public health
officials. The fact is that just now
only few towns or cities in the state
are free Of such cases. In places
where they are known to exist the
proper authorities are making every
possible effort to stamp out disease
and prevent its spread. The same
should be done in Billings. Health
laws like others on the. statutes are
enacted for the public good and their
enforcement is no less important or
necessary than is the enforcement of
the other laws and the plea that some
one e feelings or business may be in
jured is not only wrong in itself, but
if allowed to obtain it will be result
ant Of imperiling the business of
many and cause even greater lacera-
ton of feelings because Of the many
deaths for which it may be RESPONSE
BILE. ~..
"The greatest good to the greatest
number is an axiom as old as it is
true and is particularly applicable to
the matter under discussion. If cases
of sickness are known to exist wherein
the disease is contagious or infectious
it is imperative that every p%recaution
be taken Immediately upon their dis
covery to prevent danger to others.
This can only be done by sequestra-
tion and the adoption of the other
usual and effective methods employed.
The cases referred to in this article
should be treated in that manner until
their victims are known to have re-
covered. Then f%umagtion Of the
houses and effects of those who were
exposed should follow. In other
words, quarantine all such cases or
remove the subjects to the places pro-
vided for the care and detention OF
such and end the danger now existing
to the many who are compelled to be
exposed to the likelihood of contagion.
The feelings of the community are of
more Importance than are those of one
or two of the individuals composing it.