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Smyrna times., 1901-06-05
SECRET SOCIETIES.

MoRNING STAR LODGE, No. 6, l. o. @ F.-Meets
every Friday evening, at 500 O'Clock.
McDoNNEIL ENCAMPMENT, No 2, .. O. Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings OF each
month. at 500 O'Clock.
ii 4fARMoNY LODGE, No. Is, A. +. A. M-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings OF each month,
at 500 O'Clock.
-SaY,-. LODGE, No 5, 1. 0. G. T.-Meets every
Wednesday evening, al OO o'clock.
SMYRNA CONCLAvE, 80. 45, ORDER OF HEPTASoPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
at 500 O'Clock, at the Odd Fellows Hall.
-UEIoN CASTLE No. Il, X. G. .E.-Meets every Mon
day evening in their hall i'll the Cooper Build
ing, at s 00 O'Clock.
MIsPAH LODGE, No. l6, A. o. Z. W.-Meets every
Monday evening at SEQ O'clock III Odd Eel
lows Hall.
MIZPAH CoNCLAvE, No. 1615, ADHESIVE MoGuL
LIANs.-Meets the last Monday evening OF each
month, a. 90 O'Clock, in Odd Fellows Han.
GENERAL WINFIELD :. HANCICK Post, No. ~
q. A. R.-Meets every Thursday night IN the
Hall of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. IhG'
Davis, Commander.
STARS AND STRIPES COUNCIL, No. 26, JR. o. [. 4
M-Meets at SOD p. m. every Thursday II
Odd Fellows Hall.
FRANCES E. WILLARD Temple, No. S, X. of G. F.
Meets every Tuesday evening ut O'CLOCK, a
the Golden Eagle Hall.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-05
THE OCEAN sCORCHER.
He who Drags About How Many
Times He Has "CrOssed."


The ocean scOrcher, the woman or
man who was forever Dragging about
how many times he had Crossed, Is,
thank heaven, on the decrease. Fash
ion has at last set the seal of her dis
approvaI on him, and he is rapidly be-
coming obsolete. The fashion is now
never to mention the number of times
one has been to Europe. 1.-The last time
| was over is the way to refer to an
over the water experience If you wish
to be in the vogue. OF course you may
if you truthfully can, say 1.-The time be-
fore last was over" or ''the tenth time
| crossed" or during my seventh trip
through Europe" but great majority
you will find, say "the last time | was
over" 1t is safer-when one has been
over but once.
Pin many of these travellers so fond
of relating their European experiences
down to the figures. and you will fine
that 1.-The last time | was over bears
close relation to the little boy who saiC
he was next to the head of his class
to have it transpire later that the class
consisted of himself and little girl
THE last time | was over" may, lik'
as not, have been the first. Still any
thing is better than the ocean scorche
and his Dragging. To him it didn'
matter where he hadn't been or wha
he hadn't seen or anything, but simpl.
how many times he had crossed.
The one time on record that any on
/ was known to get ahead of thes
scorchers was when lot of them Wer
sitting swapping lies on certai
steamship deck and nOnscorcher, hay
ing learned that the star scOrchers rec
ord was 1SS runs, remarked, There's
man on board who has crossed 5G
times" Then, as the excitement cause
by the news somewhat subsided: He
never been anywhere except to the tw
ports Liverpool and New York. He
never seen anything, he's never don
anything, but just cross the ocean Of
times-he's the ships barber.
York Sun.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-05

Ten men suffered punishment at the
post and the pillory, in the county Jail
yard at New Castle Saturday.
Rev. J. NJ. Brown, OF Warwick, has
been elected vice president of the
Maryland Sunday School Union.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-05
Ladies Can Wear Shoes.

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
Ease, a powder 10 be shaken into the shoes.
1t makes tight or new shoes feel easy; gives
instant relief to corns and bunions. It'sthe
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
cures and prevents swollen feet, blisters,
caAous and sore spots. Aliens Foot Ease
= a certain cure for sweating, hot, aching
1eet. At all druggists and shoe stores. 25c'
Irial package Free by mail. Address. All
I len ; Olmsted, IL boy, N. X.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-05
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items Cleaned From All Parts of Delaware
aud Maryland.

aud Maryland.
Ten men suffered punishment at the
post and the pillory, in the county Jail
yard at New Castle Saturday.
Rev. J. NJ. Brown, of Warwick, has
been elected vice president of the
Maryland Sunday School Union.
William T. Carrow who died May
20 in Dover in the seventy-tirst year of
his age, was buried Wednesday in
Odd Fellows Cemetery Camden.
Burd P. Evans, of Philadelphia, has
been awarded the contract to build
the new First United Presbyterian
Church IN Wilmington at cost of$lO,-
475.
1t is rumored that some of the lead
ing Democrats in Baltimore and
throughout the state are considering
the advisability Of placing indepen-
dent tickets in the field next fall.
When completed the new Naval
Academy at Annapolis will have cost
$3,0OO,0 900 and will be finer than any
Government structure outside of
Washington. 1t will have accommoda-
tions for 500 cadets.
The Cecil Paper company was or
ganized in York Pa, on May %, with
a capital of $4,000.
The company has purchased 6S acres
of ground in Cecil county, three miles
from Rising Sun, on the Philadelphia
and Baltimore Central Railroad.
Ex-Governor Jackson is said to be
one of the projectors of a new $780, ,OOO
hotel for Annapolis The hotel is to
be called the Hotel Admiral and will
be situated about midway between the
Naval Academy gate and the State
House.
Louis Weston, colored, aged so years
who was a servant in the family Of the
late Chief Justice Comegys, died
Wednesday night at his residence
which was presented to him by John
G. Clayton. He was stricken Will,
sitting in the doorway and died sool
alterward.
The following is specimen of tht
fine Sophomore writing in an editoria
Of A. w. Lightborn in the Peninsul,
Democrat:
Genius scares the world. 1t is lik
the silver goblet to Rdipus, telling 0
vanished greatness. The world woul
like to stamp genius into dust. Neve
being quite able to do that, it fondle
it, fills it with sugared drinks, nails
with golden nails to the treacherou
board where fools feast Often tn
world succeeds, and the silver goble
falls to baser uses and ceases to recaI
the ancient glories. Too frequently j
becomes choked with the bitter lees {
drugged wines and the dregs of dea
passions.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-05
Not Troubled.

Irate Tenant asked you when
rented this place if you had ever been
troubled by chicken thieves, and you
said no. Every one of my chickens
was stolen last night. and am told
that the neighbOrhood has been infest-
ed with chicken thieves for years.
Suburban Agent never keep chick.
ems.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-05
SMYRNA DIRECTORY
TOWN OFFICIALS.

President of Couneil-James C. Robinson.
Secretary of Council-Henry s. Anthony.
Town Treasu.er-Ezekial V. Cooper
Clerk of Council-samuel J. Reynolds.
Alderman-Eugene Grow.
Chief of Police-George Davis.
Councilmen: lst ward, Dr. I. C. Moore; 2nd
Ward. Samuel J. Reynolds: 3rd Ward, Edward q.
Walls; attn Ward, Jos. II. Wright; 9th Ward,
E. Marriott Fowler; 9th Ward, James c. Robinson
and Henry 5. Anthony.
Council meets the second and fourth Fridays
in each month.
Smyrna times., 1901-06-05
Security Trust and Safe Deposit
Company,
Company,


59 MAREk1 81. WILMINGTON. EEL
CAPITAL full paid, S5O0,COO.OC
surplus. ..............S J0,COU.UO
Authoriz4d to ACT as
TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR, ADMINS
TRAITOR, GUARDIAN, ASSIGNEE,
RECEIVER, REGISTRAR AND
Transacts
GENERAL TRUST BUSINESS.
Allows Interest on Deposit
Loans Money ON Mortgages and other
Good Securities.
Attends to the
Management of Real Estate and to the
Collection and Remittance of Rents,
Interest on Securities and Dividends or
Stocks.
Rents Boxes
In its new Burglar and fire proof Vaults.
Makes ample provision in it's Store
Room and Vaults for the safe keeping
of Securities and Valuable packages
placed in its custody.
Keeps Wills Without Charge
BENZ AMIN NIELDS, President
WILLIAM Il. BRINCKLE, Vlce-Pres.
JAMES b. CLARkSON, Treas and Sec
JOHN S. ROSSELL. Trust Officer.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-10
Lix,ed in Three Centuries.

home she bought new clothing, of
which she had great need. On reach
ing New York the customs officers
seized her trunks because the clothing
bought abroad which they contained
was worth more than 500. The au-
thorities at Washington were appealed
to and they ordered the release of the
property. The order sent to the col
lector at New York notified him that
the treasury regulations provide for
the free entry of the personal effects
of United States ministers and their
families returning from abroad, and
that as Miss Condit-Smith was a guest
Of Minister Conger the privilege of
free entry of personal effects should be
accorded to her.
A few New York dressmakers may
feel indignant because the law was not
enforced against Miss Condit-Smith.'
Nobody else will be. The feeling with
many is that 1t is better not to have
gives little protection to American la
Dor, except a few milliners and dress
makers, which enables rough custom
house officers to exercise their author
ity most Extensively. and which is not
uniform in its operation. since 1t is
suspended In several instances by
treasury regulations.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-10
Liberty.

The Boston Globe comes very near
stating fact when 1t asserts that Glib
erty" is the most loosely employed
term in the English language. The
Globe quotes approvingly from a
speech delivered in the senate by the
late Senator Davis OF Minnesota in
which the Globe says he rebuked the
selfshness masqueradlng under the
name of liberty in the following
terms:
People prate about liberty, and de-
fine that liberty as the liberty OF the
particular class they are speaking for.
The only liberty worth having in tits
country Is the equal liberty of all men
alike. Liberty in Its philosophical and
common-sense definition consists in
that right OF each individual to excr-
else the greatest freedom OF action up
to. and not beyond. that. point whe o
II implnges upon the like exercise cf
freedom OF action OF every other man.
Beyond that II is the destruction OF tn 4,
liberty of the weak by the stronger, n
subverslon Of the very theory OF tn
republic. Detroit Free Press.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-10

DR.. Llewelyn Jordan, Medical Examiner
Of U. S. Treasury Department, graduate OF
Columbia College, and who served three
years at West Point, has the following to
say Of Peruna:
"Allow me to express my gratitude
to you for the benefit derived from
your wonderful remedy. One short
month has brought forth vast change
and now consider myself a we'll man
after r7Onths of suffering. Fellow
sufferers, Peruna will cure you.'
Catarrh is systemic disease durable
only by systematic treatment. A remedy
that cures catarrh must aim directly. at
the depressed nerve centers This is what
Peruna does. Peruna Immediately invigor-
ates the nerve-centers which give vitality to
the. mucous membranes. Then catarrh dis
appears. Then catarrh is permanently cured.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever located.
Peruna is not guess nor an experiment-it
is an absolute scientific certainty. Peruna
has no substitutes-no rivals. Insist upon
having Peruna.
A free book written by DR.. Hartman.
on the subject of catarrh in its differ
ent phases and stages, will be sent free
to any address by The Peruna Medi-
cine Co.. Columbus. Ohio.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-10
LIFE IN
A FLAT

There can be no doubt about the
modern day popularity of flats. The
servants don't care for them, to be
sure, because the maids in the high-up
apartments only catch meager and un-
satisfactory glimpses of the tops of the
heads of the iceman. the grocer's man,
and the butchers boy. as those indi-
viduals put their wares on the dumb
waiter. whereas they would like to
have long chats with them on current
events and affairs of national import
ance at the back gate. The mistresses
do like this system, however. 1t light
ems labor and makes a retinue of SER
wants unnecessary, and is altogether
delectable-if the neighbors are COM
Portable sort of people. But there's
the rub. Ones neighbors in a flat
house are almost as near, II not as
dear, to one as ones family. II they
raise their voices in dispute and a
couple of stray windows are open. one
hears the cause of the quarrel and the
arguments on both sides, SO that II
one is naturally of a pugnacious tenn
permanent it is all she can do to keep
from leaning from her easement and
taking a hand in the fight. One wo-
man who has had four years of apart
ment house life. says its faults are as
varied as its virtues and are conducive
to patience and generosity and various
other good traits. She got used, she
says, to the piano that made doubtful
music sixteen hours out of the twenty
four and became so that she could
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-10
IS 1T CONDUCIVE
TO GENEROSITY
A I'd UNSELFISH-
NE S S. , > , ,

sleep the sleep of the just with II
couldn't bear for to see my baby lose"
fortissimo right over her head. She
also learned to hear with equanimity
that there were no eggs for breakfast,
because the downstairs neighbor had
borrowed half dozen of her cook and
forgotten to return them. But the man
who beat his wife was, according to
this narrator, the affliction that caused
her to seek a domicile all her own.
This gentleman was of a manner en-
phatic. and he showed it by appearing
in state Of inebriety at intervals aad
slapping his better half not wisely but
too hard. The fiathouse woman de-
clares that the amount of self-control
1t took to keep her from leaning out
of her window and, when the abused
wife said: You're no gentleman
adding THAT you aren't" led to ner-
vous prostration and checked an other
wise happy career. People who live
In flats should have certificates from
the members of their own families tes
tifying that they are slow to wrath,
unselfish and thoughtful of other PEG
pies comfort. II they are not all of
these. they had best stay where they
won't have so much opportunity to Of
fend their fellows. They must also
determine to do without pets, especial.
ly the mercurial fox terrier, and to cul-
tvate deafness and calmness that
Will not be disturbed, though washtubs
and steam threshers are pulled about
on the floor about them.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-10
As One of the
Substitutes for
Coffee.

pea hulls, and paste made Of wheat
middlings. Flour, meal and other
ground grains contain q little soluble
material, but, as is we'll known. the
bulk of the material in them is in
soluble. When the cereals are roasted,
portion is rendered soluble, making
the roasted material more soluble
than the unroasted. The infusion of
the cereal coffees studied at the Maine
station was in every case made ac-
cording to the directions accompany
ing the material. The amount OF the
cereal coffee which was recommended
to be used varied considerably and con-
sequently the strength Of the infusion
varied within rather wide limits. When
made according to directions, pound
Of material yielded from 40 to 180 cups.
The average amount of soluble mater
ial in the different samples (and
hence the total food material in the
infusion, not counting sugar and milk
or cream added varied from 22.4 to
51.2 per cent. Skim milk, which is
ordinarily considered a rather thin
beverage, contains almost twenty times
as much food material as the average
of the beverage made from cereal COT
fee. If made according to directions,
one would have to drink four and a
half gallons Of an infusion Of one of
them which made an especial claim to
high nutrtive value in order to get as
much food as is contained in quart
of skim milk. The infusion of true
coffee also contains little nutritive ma
terial. However, 1t is not ordinarily
consumed on account of its food value,
but on account of it's agreeable flavor.
1t also contains a small amount OF an
alkaloid caffein, which has stimulat-
ing properties. This is entirely lack
ing in cereal coffees IL they are made
entirely from cereal grains.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-10
NOVEL THEORY OF MURDER.
Treatment of Animals an Index to the
Criminal Instint.

Treatment of Animals an Index to the
Criminal Instint.
According to an ingenious statistician
ever since the assassination of King
Humbert of Italy, the greatest num-
ber of murders is likely to be com
mitted in that country in which ami
mails are treated with the most cruelty.
He claims, too, that comparatively few
murders are committed in those coun-
tries in which societies for the protec-
ton of animals flourish.
- Out of every million inhabitants, he
says, there are in England and Ireland
only six murderers; in Germany
eleven; in Belgium, fourteen; in
France, SIXTEEN; in Austria, twenty.
three; in Hungary. siXty-seven; in
Spain eighty-three. and in Italy ninety
fve.
. These figures, he maintains, are just
what might be expected. In no coun-
try, he says, are animals treated with
more kindness than in Great Britain
and with more cruelty than In Italy
and the treatment accorded to them In
the other countries may fairly be
gauged according to the number OF
murders committed in each.
At the same time this statistician
who Is a German and an inffpentia
member of the British Society for ths
Protection of Animals, admits that eli
mate is considerable factor in thil
matter.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-10

Peter Surprise is the most aged man
in Indiana and one of the Oldest In the
country. With the coming Of the new
year his life covered the nineteenth
century, and dipped into the eighteenth
and twentieth centuries.
He came to what is now Lake coun-
ty, Indiana, eighty years ago, and he
has lived there ever since. He was
born in lower Canada in 1892.
Mr.. Surprise is most industrious
worker. Scarcely a day passes that he
does not find something useful to do
to earn his nights repose." He is
more active and spry when at his work
than most men who are 40 years his
Junior. He still retains possession OF
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-10
CornCobs
y Used.

Coffee substitutes Of domestic manu-
facture have long been known. An
infusion of parched corn, or corn cof-
fee, is favored in some households as
q drink for invalids. Parched wheat,
peas, beans and corncobs, as well as
sweet potatoes, cut into small pieces
and dried and parched, have also been
used. Such drinks usually are resorted
to in times of scarcity, or when, for
one reason or another, it Is not pos
sible to obtain true coffee. Chicory
Is also well-known substitute for cof-
fee. and it is used also mixed in larg-
er or smaller proportion with true cof-
fee, and by many persons such mix
lures are preferred to coffee alone, as
the chicory is thought to improve the
flavors. On the market are many cof-
fee substitutes which, it Is asserted,
are made from cereals, and therefore
such beverages are considered especi-
ally wholesome and to have a high
food value. The value as food of cof-
fce or airy such beverage is due to the
material extracted from the coffee Cor
other substance) by the water used,
and to the sugar and milk or cream
added to the infusion. AS the bulk
of the infusion is water, it is obvious
that tn, food value can not be great.
The composition of large number of
samples of coffee and coffee substi-
tutes has been studied at the Connecti-
cut state agricultural station. The food
value of coffee substitutes has been
studied by the Maine agricultural sta
ton. The Connecticut state station
found tina. while some coffee substi-
tutes contain little true coffee, prob
ably added to give them flavor, most
were free from coffee. Such goods
were usually composed of one or more
roasted grains (barley, wheat, etc.),
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-10
A HIGH MARK.

The New York Almanac for 1901. is
sued by Chas. H. Fletcher of New York
City. has set high mark for similar
publications during the new century. and
shows remarkable enterprise on the part
of the publisher when we consider that II
The numerous publications of this char
acter are usually gotten up with the sin.
gle idea of cheapness, while the thouYht
in the case of the New York Almanac
The artistic colorings of the cover. the
accuracy of its calendars and its fund OF
information all go to make 1t well worthy
Of perusal and preservation. 1t has In
Vulnerable hints for mothers as to the
care of children. unique page Is the
"Baby's Record" page. which Is in blank,
to be filled in with baby's name. date
OF birth, cut first tooth. etc
The whole is a very creditable piece of
work and may be procured at any drug
store or direct on request. free.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-10
PROFITABLE RELIGION.
obsrammergau Made Rich by the Passion
Play.

obsrammsrgau Made Rich by the Passion
Play.
Religion may not pay in dollars and
cents elsewhere, but it certainly pays
in Oberammergau. AS a result Of the
Passion Play the gross receipts of the
state railroads amounted to 81, 500, 900
more last year than during the corre-
spending time in 1899. The net profit
will be $125, 200.
Lodging house keepers in the little
town and vicinity reaped harvest of
$275,OO The play itself brought a
clear profit Of $75O,OOO, and with this
money the town itself will be fur
nished with new system Of drainage
and the famous wood carving institu-
tion at Oberammergau will be put in
to first-rate order.
Now If the town does not lose its
head and its charming individuality by
this tidal wave of prosperity it can
push on to things better still. 1t has
taken the first step in the right direc-
ton and may prove its ability to en-
dure riches as it has endured poverty,
with q picturesque grace.
Gilpin observer., 1901-01-10
Cen1urY'S
Pro&reSS

In January, 1901, the Indian canoe
was practically the only floating We
hicle on the great lakes, which holds
one-third of all the fresh water in the
world. Today the lake feet numbers
several thousand steel steamers, with
seventy shipyards on the shores of the
lakes to add constantly to the num-
ber.
In January, 1901, there were in the
world less than so shipbuilding yards.
Today there are more than seven hun
dred shipbuilding yards, turning out
total Of 1000 vessels yearly.
The first iron war vessel built In the
world was the United States steamship
Michigan, which is still in duty on the
great lakes.
The total value of the agricultural
products of the United States in 1900
was S1O0,0OO,O00. In 1900 it will be ap-
proximately $3,OOO,O 100000, while the
farms of the country are worth five
times as much.
One hundred years ago 1t took
month to cross the Atlantic. Now the
trip is made between two Sundays.
In January, 1901, there were 903
postoffices in the United States and
1875 miles of postal routes. In 1888
there were $4,000 postoffices and 49,
900 miles of postal routes.
In January, 1901, it cost twenty-five
cents to send single sheet by mail
distance of 400 miles. Today let
ter containing several sheets may go
as many thousand miles for two cents.
In January. 1901, the total exports
of the United States were $31, 100000
This year they are $4,000, 100000.
In January, 1901, there was not a
cooking stove in the United States
Now we are beginning to cook without
fire by the aid of electricity.
Within the century the population o.
the world has doubled. The popula.
tion Of the United States has beer
multiplied by fourteen.
The first practicable steamboat was
built in 1902, and the first railway 10
comotive in 1904.
In January, 1901, man could trave
only by coach or on horseback. Today
there are more than 250,000 miles o.
railroad track in the United States
alone, being more than six times the
mileage of any other country.
In 1S4S it cost forty cents to send ;
letter from New York to San Fran
cisco.
In January. 1901 there were not NOR,
than thirty colleges and other institu
tions of higher education in the United
States. At the close of last year .her,
were 48O, with total of 10000 profes
sors and teachers.