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Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
WEIRD GHOST PARTY NEAR DOVER.
Novel Entertainment Given at "Wildcat
Manor" Last Week.

wildcat Manor" near Dover, so
named by the Indians and first used
many decades ago as shipping point
for farmers who brought their grain to
boats of light draught which came up
the st. Jones river every week during
the growing season, was the scene of
a remarkable ghost party Wednesday
night. The affair was given by Miss
Betty HUM of Philadelphia, who
makes that place her summer home
with her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ezekiel Hum, Sr., also of Philadel-
phia, the latter being a member of the
well-known Sharpless family in Phila-
delphia.
It has become a custom now to have
these ghost parties every year, because
two women were drowned at bunch
of rocks near the landing and at mid
night party of ghosts comes forth
and can be seen for more than an hour.
So great is the fear of the older colored
people living in the Hum tenant
houses that under no condition will
they leave their homes after nightfall.
In fact, the presence of ghosts in this
lonely bend of st. Jones is generally
admitted.
About twenty girls, dressed in white,
with just enough men to pl otect them
from the real goblings, form the ghost
party which softly creeps down to the
rocks and begins the awful vigil at
midnight. Although some of the girls
begin the adventure out of spirit Of
fun, frequently they become alarmed
until their teeth chatter in hopeless
confusion. Mr.. and Mrs. Ezekie
Hum, Sr., still occupy "Wildcat
Manor" Mr.. HUM being confined, by
the weight of his 90 years, to hi
room. His wife is now past S4, but ii
said to delight in the solution of math
ematical and especially algebraic prob
lens and reading and quoting from th
poetic masters.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
DISGRACE BROUGHT UPON FAMILY.
CzOIgOszes Will Apply to Court to Have
the Family Name Changed.

"Woe unto the day that brought
you into the worldI' So said Paul
Czolgosz Wednesday, addressing his
son, Leon F. Czolgosz, the assassin OF
President Mckinley.
The meeting of father and son took
place in the cell of the assassin at the
County Jail. The scenes incident to
the reunion of members of the Czol-
gosz family stirred the assassin into
demonstration of more emotion than
he had previously shown since he came
into the gaze of the world.
The father called at the Jail accom-
panied by his daughter, Victoria, the
rather pretty sister of the murderer,
and by his son Wafdeck. The old man
upon whose family had come such
shame was without the self-control of
his son. His face reflected the intense
mental anguish he was undergoing and
his great grief gained the sympathy of
| those who saw it.
Since the shooting of the President
the Czolgosz family has been treated
as if plague stricken. It's presence
has been stunned, the sons have been
discharged from their positions, and
when the family appear publicly they
are often hissed, hooted and subjected
! to all sorts of insults.
The old man groaned with anguish
as he walked through the gloomy jail
corridor. The assassin was fully
dressed and was sitting on the bench
in his cell when the family arrived
He had been prepared for the meeting
but demonstrated no eagerness; neither
did he appear ashamed. His sister
Victoria was the first to greet him
With a pathetic cry she ran to him
threw her arms around his neck anC
sobbed. The father stood erect, gaz
ing at his son with mingled expires
sion of suffering and unrelentin!
anger.
Waldeck, the brother of the assassin
held himself we'll under control, bu
his grief was evident. The assassi
alone was unmoved. The expression
of indifference did not leave his veal
face, and he received the reproaches c
his father without murmer ofcefens
or an expression of regret. Afte
talking in some minutes the Polish Lar
guage, the three members of the fan
lily were led away with their handkel
chiefs to their eyes, sobbing. Leo
had declared to them that he alon
. killed the President. 81 had no a,
complice, he said.
Later Miss Czolgosz said it was ii
intention of the family to apply to th
courts for permission to change IL
name. Then the family will go
= some distant city. where its identit
will be lost.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
LIVED TO WITNESS MANY
CHANGES OF THE CENTURY
DEATH OF HON. FREDERICK FRALEY,
1.-THE GRAND OLD MAN"
ImmeasurabIy Different was the World Upon
Which His Dying Eyes Looked, From That
of His First Rememberances.

Frederick Fraley, who died in Phila-
delphia Monday week, 10 his ninety
eighth year. had been for more than
two generations an eminent figure IN
business and public affairs. His long
life began in the time of Jefferson aud
the first French Empire. He remem-
bered when Philadelphia was the
greatest commercial city in the United
States. He loved to recall the simple
days when in Philadelphia houses the
servants would come into the sitting
room in the evenings and spin or knit
or mend by the side of the family. AS
a boy of thirteen he helped James
Monroe lay the cornerstone for an ar
senal. He saw most of the changes
and improvements and discoveries that
made the last hundred years among the
most marvellous in history. He lived
from the stage c1ach to the automobile,
from candles to gas and the electric
light. Steamships, railroads, tele-
| graphs, telephones, trolleys came. The
United States, in his infancy a de-
spised football kicked between Ma
poleon's DEGREES and the British orders
in council, became great nation.
New planets were discovered, new
sciences arose. The French Revolu-
ton was nearer to Mr.. Fraley's young
manhood than the Civil War is to us.
He was II when Napolean l died. He
was "a when Theodore Roosevelt was
born. How immeasurably different
was that world upon which his dying
eyes looked from that of his first re-
membrancesl
He lived sixty-four years with the
wife of his youth. He kept his memory
to the last, and it had none of the com
ories. He could remember minutely
recent occurances, the present as vel
as the remote past. He had gooC
health and a cheerful mind. H,
learned Latin and French and German
in his youth. He had knowledge o
books and the wisdom that comes from
long acquaintance with affairs anC
men. A broken old age, the man sur
viving himself as we'll as his earl,
friends and contemporaries, is one o
the most piteous of human shows; bu
it is beautiful to keep to the end tn
observant mind, the sound constitu
tion, the genial temper and the una
, bated interest in life. To see tn
world go round, to sit an uniade
spectator at the perpetual spectacle
| why, this would be worth doing. Iif
: now shows laudable desire t
5 lengthen. Perhaps the secret of Me
{ thuselah will not be found. Our ow
t modest theory is that the old bough
an annuity when he was 45.
Mr.. Fraley lived to be almost hun
dred.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
HEARD MUCH TANGLED CASE.
Squire Hutton Sits a Typical Murderkill
Legal Problem.

An interesting criminal case was
tried before Magistrate Hutton We'd
nesday. 1t was the case against Con-
stable Wilmer l.. Hollis of Camden,
charged with unlawfully entering into
the house of William Prattis and sell
ing all his personal property in con-
tempt of court. Hollis had made an
attachment of Prattis' goods, but the
defendant, through his attorneys,
Kenney and Magee, had his case GER
tioraried out of the Magistrates court.
Constable Hollis sold the goods, the
receipts of the sale paying all indebted
ness and leaving a balance of $50.
Senator Kenney had been deputized
by the encouragement to prosecute
the case, he being counsel for Prattis.
Magistrate Hutton decided that as
Hollis had not been notified by Magis-
trate Green he could not be held ac-
countable, and the case against him
was dismissed.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
ALIVE WITH A BROKEN NECK.
Delaware Man Reaches Philadelphia After a
Rough Journey.

. George Hopkins, S5 years old, of
Cool Spring, Del, is in the jefferson
Hospital, Philadelphia, with a broken
neck, says the Baltimore San. He
sustained the fracture more than two
weeks ago, but his condition remained
such that the attending physician de-
cided to send him to Philadelphia for
treatment. Cool Spring is many miles
from any railroad station, and Hopkins
made the entire Journey in hammock
swung in an ordinary road wagon.
The surgeons at the Jefferson Hos
pital thinks there is a possibility of the
mans recovery.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
THE CRITICAL YEAR OF MARRIED LIFE
Not the First Year, But the Third, and the
Reason Why.

''SOme folks have way of declaring
that the first year of married life is the
most trying" writes Edward Box in
the October Ladies Home Journal.
"But where one gets close knowledge
of several families the conviction is
brought home that the trying period
lies beyond the first year. Ishould fix
it rather at the third year, when the
pretty trousseau is showing wear and
needs replenishing; when the wedding
presents have lost their lustre, and this
thing has worn out and that thing has
to be replaced; when a little family is
growing up and doctors bills are in
troduced into the family reckoning
That is the trying period when inter
ests are apt to become very close.
Likewise calculations. Then it is that
the saving of the comparatively care
free and less expensive first year of
married life comes in handy, or is sadly
missed if the income was then lived up
to in unnecessary buying and foolish
entertaining. A great deal of happi
ness in this world is wrecked by debt,
and generally the debt could have been
avoided if a little more care and com
mon sense had been exercised"
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
ADDICKS RECEIVES A SET BACK.
Cannot Lay Gas Pipes ia the Streets Of
Wilmington.

The Superior Court Wednesday af-
ternoon dismissed the application of
the Oxhydrogenic Company, of which
J. Edward Addicks is president, ask
ing for a writ of msndamus to compel
the Street and Sewer Department to
show cause why the company should
not be allowed to lay pipes in the city
streets of Wilmington. The Court
says that the city has the right to say
who shall and who shall not use the
streets, and also that the application
Of the company is not as clear as il
should be in asking for streets in
which to lay the pipes. Mr.. Addicki
for nine years has been attempting tC
secure permission to lay pipes in the
city street.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
Tot Causes Night Alarm.

zone night my brothers baby was
taken with Group" writes Mrs. j. G.
Snider; of Crittenden, KY, sit seemed
it would strangle before we could get
doctor, so we gave it DIR. Kings New
Discovery, which gave quick relief and
permanently cured it. We always keep
it in the house to protect our children
from Group and Whooping Cough. II
cured me of chronic bronchial trouble
that no other remedy would relieve
Infallible for Coughs, Colds, Throat
and Lung troubles. SOC and $100.
Trial bottles free at Benton N. Wei.
don's drug store, Smyrna, and j. S.
& W. Lattomus, druggists, Townsend
Del.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
A Eiendish Attack,

An attack was lately made on G. F.
Collier of Cherokee, Iowa, that nearly
proved fatal. 1t came through his kid
neys. His back got so lame he could
not stoop without great pain, nor sit in
a chair except propped by cushions.
No remedy helped him until he tried
Electric Bitters which effected such a
wonderful change that he writes he
feels like new man. This marvellous
medicine cures backache and kidney
trouble, purifies the blood and builds
up your health. Only SOC at Benton
N. Weldon, druggist, Smyrna, and J.
s. & w Lattomus, druggists, Town
send, Del.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
"WHY PRESIDENT MCKINLEY DIED."
Mrs. Mary Eddy, Head of the Christian
Science Organization, Explains.

Mrs. Mary Baker c. Eddy, the head
of the Christian Science organization,
in answer to the question "Why did
Christians of every sect in the United
States fail in their prayers to save the
life of our late President?" has this to
say:
''Insuffi cient faith or spiritual un-
derstanding, and a compound of pray
ers wherein one earnest, tender desire
works unconsciOusly against the modus
operandi of another, would prevent
the result desired. In the practice of
materia medica croton oil is not mixed
with morphine to remedy dysentery, for
these drugs are supposed to possess
oppose qualities and so produce op-
pose effects.
"Our lamented President, in his low
ing acquiescence, believed that his
martyrdom was Gods way. Hun
dreds of thousands of others believed
the same, and hundreds of thousands
who prayed for him feared that the
bullet wound would prove fatal. Even
the physicians may have feared thus.
'These conflicting states of the
human mind, of trembling faith, hope
and fear, evinced lack of the absolute
understanding of Gods omnipotence,
and thus they prevented the power oi
absolute truth from reassuring the
mind, aud, through it, resucitatine
the body of the patient"
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
AN OLD AND VALUABLE PORTRAIT.
Full Length Oil Picture of George Washing
ton at the Capitol Building Dover.


There is hanging on the wall of the
Capitol Building at Dover, a valu-
able and handsome full-length
oil portrait of General Washington.
The picture was pronounced by the
artist who retouched it when the State
House was repaired several years ago,
to be a very valuable one, probably
worth several thousand dollars. 1t is
hanging over the stairway, and repre-
sents General Washington in full regi-
mentals. 1t is framed in wide gold
frame. The size of the picture prob
ably six by ten feet. The history of it
is as follows: At General Washing
tons death the Delaware Legislature
was in session, and when it first heard
the news it was so affected that it ap-
propriated $500 to pay a celebrated
Philadelphia artist to paint a full
length portrait of the General. This
is now the property of the State Of
Delaware. Since that time it has not
received the best of care.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
A TypicaI South African Store.

o. r. Larson, of Bay Villa, Sundays
Rivers, Cape Calony, conducts a store
typical of South Africa, at which can
be purchased from the proverbial
needle to an anchor" This store is
situated in valley nine miles from the
nearest railway station and about
twenty-five miles from the nearest
town. Mr.. Larson says: 81 am fav-
ored with the custom of farmers with
in a radius of thirty miles, to many of
whom 1 have supplied Chamberlain s
remedies. All testify to their value
in household where doctors advice
is almost out of the question. Within
one mile of my store the population is
perhaps sixty. OF these, within the
past twelve months, no less than four
teen have been absolutely cured by
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Thii
must surely be a record" For sale By
Clifton & Raymond, druggist, Smyrna
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF ToLEDo,l
T,uCAs COTrNTY

LUCAS COUNTY, 90
FRANK j. CHENEY makes an oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of
F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business in
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
OARS for each and every case of
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the
use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of Decem-
ber, A. ID. 1886.
(@l a. W. ULEAoON,
{sEAL Notary Public.
(~S-)
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern.
ally and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials free.
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, roc.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
Water Cure For Chronic Constipation

Take two cups of water half an hour
before each meal and just before 60
ing to bed, also drink of water, hot
or cold, about two hours after each
meal. Take lots of outdoor exercise
walk, ride drive. Make reglar habit
of this and in many cases chronic con-
stipation may be cured without any
medicine.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
A RAILROAD STATION LOOTED.
Thieves Clean Out Safe at Lewes in Day.
light and Escape.

The ticket Office of the P. w. & B.
railroad station at Lewes, was broken
into at noon Tuesday and the safe
rifed of its contents, which included
about $40 Ill money and a number of
unused tickets. After procuring the
contents, the offenders apparently
used hammer or something and de-
molished the cabinet work of the in
side.
Station Agent Hall and his assistant,
Harry Clendaniel, were at lunch when
the robbery occurred, and not the
least clue seems to have been obtained
as to who committed the deed.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
] B. COCPER'S STORE.

Flour, Meats, Butter, Lard,
Sugars, Coffees. Teas, Rice,
Crackers, MOlasses, Syrup, Salt.
Spices, Pickles, Soaps, Oils, Soda.
Candles, Lye, Baking Powders,
Blue, Extracts, Soap Powders,
Canned Goods, Starch, Vinegar,
Barley, Powder, Shot, Tobacco,
Cigars, Brooms. Baskets, Buck
cts. Tubs, WashbOards, Oilcloths,
Brushes, Ropes, Twines, Nets,
Corks, Lead, Seeds, Medicines,
Threads, COttoEs, Needles, Pins,
Hose, Suspenders, Towels, Crash,
Umbrellas, Whips. Toothpicks,
Looking Glasses, Table Knives,
Pocket Knives, Scissors, Purses,
Combs, Musical Goods. Shoe
Findings, Balls, Banks, Games,
Shaving Articles, Fishing Tackle,
Walters, Spoons, Lamps, Lamp
Fixtures. Pipes, Tops, Wire
Goods, Tinware. China, Stone
ware, Crockerv. Glassware,
Enameled Ware. Earthenware,
Flower Pots. Pipe Guards. Bibles,
Hymnals. Albums, Blank Books,
Memorandum Books, Poems,
Reading Books, Picture Books,
Pass Books, Writing Paper, Mu-
sic Paper, Fancy Paper, Wrap
ping Paper, Drawing Paper, En-
velopes. Cards, Inks, Pens, Pen
cils, States. Tablets. Papeterius,
Chalk, Crayons. Erasers, Mu-
cilage, Jardiniers, Fruit Jars,
Fans, Backing, Bonds, Deeds,
Notes, Tacks, Bells, &c.
The above gives an idea of the vari-
ETY., but you will learn more about the
stock, and the quality and the condi-
ton and the prices and our way Of
doing business if you patronize the
store for awhile. Call and see.
. N00nEn
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
National Encampment, Onion Veteran lie
gion, at Gettysburg. Reduced Rates Via
the Pennsylvania Railroad.

On account of the National Encamp-
ment. Union Veteran League at Get
tysburg, Pa, October 8 to II, the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
sell excursion tickets at the rate of one
fare for the round trip from all points
on its line to Gettysburg. Tickets to
be sold and good going October 8, 7,
8, o and 10, returning to October IS,
Inclusive.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
DOVER LADY GAINS RENOWN.
Miss Annie Cannon Formerly of Dover Adds
to Reputation as Astronomer.

One of Dover's tOwnswomen has
Just added to her renown with a much
wider reputation by the publication of
an important astronomical investiga-
tion, volume XVIII, part 2, of the
Annals of the Astronomical Observa-
tory of Harvard College. Its title is:
"Spectra of Bright Southern Stars,
Photographed with the 13-inch Boyden
Telescope as a part of the Henry
Draper Memorial, and discussed by
Annie J. Cannon, under the direction
of Edward G. Pickering, Director OF
the Observatory"
Miss Cannon is from Dover and all
will rejoice at the success she is
achieving. An eminent scientist states
that this catalogue of the spectra oi
Lip stars shows a great amount oi
labor and learning and is something
of which its authoress should be justly
proud. The work is regarded as an
earnest of even better work from the
same authoress.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
Pennsylvani Railroads Special Excursions
to Pan-American Exposition.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will run special excursions to Buffalo
on account of the Pan American Ex-
position, from Philadelphia and ad-
joining territory, on September 26,
October 2, 8, II, % and 30. Round
trip tickets, good going only on spe-
cial train leaving Philadelphia at 8.4
a. M, Harrisburg 11.50 a. m., Sun
bury 1.03 p. M, Williamsport 2.3O p.
M, Lock Haven, 3.06 p. m, and on
local trains connecting Herewith, and
good to return on regular trains within
seven days, including day of excur-
sion, will be sold at rate of $3.50 from
Trenton, 5000 from Reading, 5000
from Philadelphia, 5000 from Lancas-
ter, So. 40 from Harrisburg, $7.25 from
Altoona, (via Tyrone), $1,000 from
Winchester and proportionate rates
from other points. These tickets will
not be good in Pullman parlor or sleep.
ing cars in either direction. Stop oi
30 minutes will be made at Williams
port for luncheon. For specific time
and rates, consult local ticket agents.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02

President Garfield died on Septem-
ber 10, 1881. President Mckinley was
buried on September 10, 1901. Each
slain by an assassins bullet.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02

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Smyrna times., 1901-10-02

Four companies of troops have been
added to the garrison of Manila, which
has been reduced to 1000 effective
men.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-02

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Smyrna times., 1901-10-02
DO YOU GET UP
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Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers. is sure to know of the wonderful
New-York tribune., 1901-06-09

will be continued and more fully developed this
year. The English and American fleets. the horse
show and fair, the organization of the Bar Harbor
Yacht Club. the extension and improvements of
the Kebo Valley Club, equally as attractive in
many ways the Country Club of Newport-these
and the promised casino have revived the popu-
larity of the place that indications now point
10 a throng of visitors at Mount Desert
There have been many Improvements that have
taken time TO work out. One great desire of the
summer visitor is be realized The casino. for
many years the subject of violent discussion and
enmity among those who owned good sites and
wanted to sell them is at last really under way.
II IS TO be constructed the waterfront, looking
across the shore park. toward Sorrento, and occu-
pying the ground directly in front of the scheffen
property. The organization and management have
not yet been determined upon.
The use OF automobiles will be permitted at the
resort this summer, the objection of the town Of
hcials having been finally overcome.
The horse show, instituted for the first time last
August has established itself firmly, and the sec
than that of last year The Officers include Colonel
Edward De V. Nforrell, F. G. Fabbrf. S. NJ. Wright,
J Madison Taylor and William Laurence Green.
Many new families expected be at this re-
bsTe 's be tbe fscf
that several prominent families will be in mourn
taining. and the diplomatic corps viii be more in
evidence than usual.
better season than usual, owing 10 the interest
The recently organized Bar Harbor Yacht Club
has planned a full programme of aquatic events for
the summer. The New-York Yacht Club.
least portion OF il. has announced that IL will
cruise down 10 Mount Desert.
Golf which has brought life TO the Kebo
Valley Club. will again be the star attraction The
crack course has been enlarged and changed to
advantage.
Several new drives have been laid out since last
season: winding through the mountains is par
ticular!y beautiful and will prove TO be a great
delight.
A sporting club Petit Manan has been formed
by several Bar Harbor visitors II is intended as
place for rest when the season grows too gay
eXacting.
The first week of July Will see the real beginning
si the social life here.