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Smyrna times., 1902-04-02
HIS HORSES WE'RE WOODEN
But All the Same He Had to Pay For
Livery License.

AS Ibis honor" sat on the bench from
which even handed justice was dis
pensed in the town of Lavilla, which
fourished way down in Florida before
the days of Greater Jacksonville. he
was amazed to note among the prison
ers at the bar "paleface"
Casting the eagle eye of the law over
the room, he was agitated still more to
observe a billed" shirt and standing
collar and that these were worn by an
other white man.
The marshal, being called on, explain
ed that one white gentleman was ar
rested by him for running a flying
jimmy" without a license. and the other
was his lawyer. To man cast in
less heroic mold than the mayor such
complete smashing of all records and
invading of precedent would have been
a Waterloo. A white man arrested in
Lavilla and a lawyer appearing to
plead in it's court! To what are we
coming?
depressing all signs of such strain
on his judicial cOmpOsure. the mayor
announced that to fittingly mark so
great an occasion he would disregard
the calendar and take up the white
mans case first.
The lawyer demanded the immediate
discharge of the prisoner ON the ground
that there was no ordinance requiring
Flying jimmy" to pay a license and
threw the court on its beam ends" by
asking for a copy of the ordinance
book
No one had seen it in years. Many
doubted if there had ever been one. A
whispered consultation was held be-
tween the mayor and the marshal and
a search instituted which revealed the
book. with brick on top of it. supply
| ing the place of Il missing leg of the
stove.
After looking vainly through the
book for law on flying jinnies" his
honor delivered judgment as follows:
Ordinance No. II requires all keep
ers of livery stables to pay license Ot
$40 and imposes a fine of twice the
amount for running without a license
The defendant must pay both the fin,
and the license"
But" objected the lawyer. ''thi
man don't run livery stable; he run
flying jimmy"
"He keeps horses for hire. doesn'
he?"
Yes, but they are wooden horses
and he charges a nickel for one ride"
The ordinance makes no fine distinC
ton. 1t says livery stables require
license. A livery stable is a place wher
horses are kept for hire. 1t makes n
difference whether they are wOodel
horses or meat horses. Next case, MI
Marshal" York Mail and EX
press.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-02
CHINESE HATS.

Queer Head Coverings That Are
Worn In the Celestial Empire.
In China the retainers and guards
wear special bats to indicate their Of
fee. The ensigns wear a wire struc-
ture resembling sugar loaf and a rat
trap. 1t foot high and of no earth
ly protection against sun or rain. The
chair coolies use Il hat something f1ke
their employers. but 1atter, cheaper
and without button or feather. The
boatmen have storm hat made of rat
tan and bamboo. which is never less
than a yard in diameter.
A servant who is scribe and valet
combined is marked by something that
looks like Il two stOried or three stO-
ried cooks cap of four sides. The pre-
vailing color of the structure is YER
million. A mOurner wears a turban
made by fastening long cloth of
grayish yellow hue around the head
and allowing the ends to fall down
behind to the small of the back. An
other style covers the head, temple,
ears and back of the neck and is a car
feature upon the steel mOriOns of the
middle ages, descendant of those tall
hats upon the heads of the captives
that are drawn upon the papyri and
tombs of the pharaOhs. Still another
funny shape is one which looks as If II
were the remnant of a felt hat from
which the brim had been irregularly
form
Smyrna times., 1902-04-02

1t may be remarked, apropos of Mrs.
Astor's dictum that no man can be a
gentleman without college education,
that learning and good breeding do
not necessarily go handin-hand. DR..
johnson was at once a marvel of cru
dition and bad manners. Carlyle was
a college man and rare scholar, but
he was nevertheless boorish.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-02

A German paper commenting on the
visit of Prince Henry to the United
States, and its results, said that the
European idea of the "Wild West,
New York gambling dens, California
gold fields, aud the editorial rooms of
the Arizona Kicker" would have to
be revised and brought up to date.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-02

A booklet with instructions for pro-
curing patents, trademarks and copy
rights will be sent free of charge TO
anyone addressing G. A. Snow & Co.,
opposite the Patent Office, Washing
ton, d. G.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-02
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
AN Notice is hereby given that 1, Maria F
Smith, being the owner and occupant of the
house known as the Chester House., in the
Town ofSmyrna Kent County and State of Del
aware, intend to make application to the Court
of General Sessions of the State of Delaware, in
and for Kent County, at its next session,
which will commence and be held at
Dover. in Kent County aforesaid, on Mon
day, the twenty eighth day of April, A. d. 1902,
for license for the keeping of an inn or tavern
and authorizing the sale of intoxicating
liquors in less quantities than one quart
to be drunk on the premises, in said
Chester House" The said Chester House
wherein an inn or tavern is proposed to be kept
with the privilege of selling therein intoxicating
liquors in less quantities than one quart, to be
drunk on the premises, is located in United
School District, Nos. and II, and l07. in
Kent County aforesaid and forming one United
School District by the name of THE Smyrna
Public Schools" and located on Mt. Vernon
formerly Methodist Street, in the Town of
Smyrna. i'll Kent County aforesaid. The names
of the respectable citizens recommending my
said application, land at least one half of whom
are substantial freeholders) are:
William NJ Lewis, Jacob Leinberger,
James HendricksOn James ID. Redman,
b. f. Morris, John S. Brown,
Charles Weller, G. w. Sisco.
Peter P. Collins, John +. Goldsborough,
John Wood, o. Fisher,
w. G. Deakyne, Sherman Kittle,
Leonard Revis, w. j. Robinson,
John c. Blizzard. G.. p. Gears.
MARIA F. SMITH.
Smyrna, DEL March 18th, 1902.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-02
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
AND MARLY LYANO PENINSULA
INTERESTING ITEMS CLEANED FROM STATE
AND EASTERN SHORE PAPERS
Local Happenings of the Different Towns of
the Peninsula and the Rural Districts,
Personal. Social aud Otherwise.

The report is current that a wireless
telegraphic apparatus or station will
be equipped on the point of Cape Hen
lopen, and one at Cape May and exper-
iments made between the two points.
A fine window as a memorial to the
late James NJ Kerbin is being placed
in Wesley Church Dover. The window
represents Christ knocking at the
door and will be placed in the north
east corner of the church.
The Kent county Levy Court has
passed an order to pay back the $1,000
borrowed lastfall. DIR. Henry Ridgely
urged the refunding of the Adams law
taxes, which amounted to $4,000 The
court held the matter up for advise
ment.
DR.. Alfred Smith, upon his arrival
at Dover last week from Conference,
received telegram from his wife at
Oxford, Md, announcing the death of
her father, Mr., Samuel Bratt, one Of
the most prominent residents of Ok
ford, Md. He was 81 years of age.
The Democratic Association of East
Dover was permanently organized
Wednesday evening when bylaws
were adopted and the following officers
selected: President, Stephen Slaughter
Vice Presidents, James H. Hughes
and DIR; E. S. Anderson; Secretary,
w. P. Shockley; Assistant, Benjamin
Donoho; Treasurer, Robert j, Camp
bell. The principal speaker was Hon.
Benjamin G. Potts, of Pennsylvania.
The funeral of Mrs. Mollie Hancock
wife of Councilman David HI. Han
cock, took place Tuesday Afternoon
from the residence of her husband, on
North Bradford street and was one O1
the largest ever witnessed IN Dover
The Revs Alfred Smith, d. D., former
pastor of Wesley NJ. E. Church, anC
S. B. Hiley of the First Baptist Churcl
officiated The members of the Towl
Council, headed by Mayor PostIes
attended the funeral in body out O
respect to Mr. Hancock, who is men
Der from the Third district. Intermen
was made at Silver Lake cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-02
Criticised the Wrong House.

"I've made bad breaks before, but l
certainly eclipsed all previous efforts
out in Cleveland the other day" said
we'll known business man. "a business
friend met me at the station and said
we would drive around bit before 60
ing to his new home. He slowed up a
bit as we drove around curious look
ing mansion in which several styles OF
architecture had been mixed with ter
rible results. 1 was forced to exclaim:
"'What fool was unkind enough to
put up that monstrosityT
''My host then took me to his club for
dinner. He said in explanations:
"'We will dine here, because l have
headache, and the fresh paint odor OF
my new house might make it worse
"The next day another friend showed
me my first friends new house. 1t was
che monstrosity of the day before. -
New York Tribune
Smyrna times., 1902-04-02

the local ply
sician W hich
seem indelicate.
The thought of
examination is
abhorrent to
them, a nd so
they endure in
silence a condi-
ton of disease
which surely
progresses from
bad to worse.
1t h a S been
DR.. Pierce's s
privilege to cure
a gre at many
WON c n w h o
have found a
refuge for mod
esty in his offer
of free consulta-
ton by letter.
All correspond
ence is held as
strictly private
and sacre s dl y
con fl e n ii a /.
! Address Doctor
r. V. Pierc ce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
DIR. Pierce's
Favorite Pre-
soription estab-
fishes regularity
heals inhammat
cures fefnale We
UHaving used D
ton and 'Golden
the past year, "NN
Ptouts Valley, P&'
recommend these
nesses. 1 have us9
Prescription, whi1
10 weak women
couraged that l ha
kind advice for hol
derfully. Thanks
Biliousness is
Pierce's Pleasar
Smyrna times., 1902-04-02
SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPPY.

News has just come to the civilized
world that another mammoth has
been found in Siberia, so perfectly
preserved in the ice that there was
still food in its mouth and stomach.
1t had evidently fallen from a cliff and
broken it's neck, and was afterwards
frozen in the ice below and never
thawed out until recently discovered.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-02
s Ek z NJ e GEy

The instinct of modesty natural to
every woman is often great hindrance
to the cure of womanly diseases. Women
shrink from the personal questions of
Smyrna times., 1902-04-02
This will Interest Mothers

Nc theirs Grays Sweet Powders for Child
ren, Cure Feversihness, Bad Stomach,
Teething Disorders Break up Colds, move
and regulate the Bowels and Destroy Worms
They never fail. Over 10000 testimonials
At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Smyrna times., 1902-04-02
Shnke Into Your shoes.

Aliens Foot-Ease. It rests the feet.
Cures Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Nails,
Swollen and Sweating feet. At all drug
gists and shoe stores, Csc. Ask to-day.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21

m. They will burn oil for fuel, and will carry 225 pounds of steam pressure.
 Their massive drivers are g. inches in diameter and each en- zine can haul il load of J, 100 tons up 50-foot grade.
 It Is intended to have the sin gle engines to the work formerly accomplished by "double-heador'' trains.
 The weight of each Is 259, 800 pounds, or five tons more than the largest engine previously con structcd.
 The boiler stands so high that the stack is d dwarfed affair, scarcely a foot high. This limit of helght is enforced by the slze of the tunnels and bridges.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
Saved Him From Torture.

There Is no more agonizing trouble than piles. Tue constant itching and burning make life in tolcrable. No position is comfort able. The torture is unceaslng. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cur es piles at once. For skin diseas- es, cuts, burns, bruises, all kind of wounds it is unequalled. J. s. Gerall, of St. Paul, Ark, says From 1865 suffered with the protrndlng, bleeding piles and could find nothing to help me un- til l used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes completely cured me-" Beware of counter teits. J. 1. Sturdivant.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
Letter From Ground Hog.

Osker '-lSetveen you and Dave l may git mi frate mkt, as you air both Craigs. am now ready fer India's koral Strands have had three long weeks of Green lands ley Mountains.
 Rev. Charles CaStleherry has a very choice asSortmlnt of matri- monlal yokes, warranted to fit any and all sorts and sizes of neks. WholesaIl X retale, deliver ed free of postage at home if possible. Rates cash invariably in advance. If you hev any old widowers or widows in urgent need of one send them up. No accidents I very much regret to say. amongst the medical students, verifyin the old sayin that the old one k good to hiseu. Me have a very choice lot of widows who are more than willin to be yoked but we are short on wIdowerS and what we have ale of an inferior brand. If you cud spare us Il erate gloss send them up C. 0, D, bv express.
 Wood and grub piles will soon be amongst the extinct animals.
 Yourne,
 GROUND Hoo.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
Items of General Interest Gather From Four Corners of
 the Union.

X vein of lubricatin@ oil has been struck near Nelasco, Tex.
 \ condagration at Woodbury, Tenn, causes damage that will aggregate about $I00,oo0.
 Four railroad employees were killed iu collision on the Iowa Gcntcral railroad near CiHOrd.
 Russia announces that she is en- tircly pleased with the Anglo-,Ia- paneSe alliance, but says that she k ready for either peace or war in the far E;>t-
 The light in the Statue of Liber- ty, presented to the United States by Bartholdl, k to beeAtinguished by the Government OH account of lack of funds.
 Dr. C. (. Carroll of New York saNs that he has discovered sub stitute for anaeStbcIlcs which will permit operations without pain while the patient is perfectly con. srious. ic claims that he has short cireuited q nerve by an elec= tric machine, tuned to yebrate in unison with 1t, so that the scnsa- ton of pain IS cut of from tbe brain aud the paticntfelt no pain while the operation was under WaN.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
They Eat Grindstones.

The machinery has arrived and the Black Rock button factory wilt be increased in capacity from 20 to 10 saws. The button factory last week made a shipment of 1000 pounds of blanks to Davenport, Iowa, these blanks are shipped in sacks and while theyswere left in the depot over night the rats rid died the sacks and went through the blanks on suspicion. Dick Payne says that rats in the Black Rock depot are really severe on grindstones and barbed wire left here over night. Blade.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
FIVE TEEN IMPLICATED.
Officers at CLarkSville Have Two Men Under Arrest and Will
 Likely Get Others

Clarksville, Feb. F. - Three men have been arrested suspected of comph ,ity in the robbery of the Bank of Clarksville and the murder of Sheriff Powers.
 They are Jim Dalton, a citizen of this county, Will Hudson and Tenn Keistor.
 1t is thought now that at least five men were implicated in the crime, and the officers think they have two of the men directly con- generalization and Kelster. Hud- son, it is thought, knows all about the plans of the gang and will be forced to tell what he knows. It is deep laid plot ard it's origin supposedly ill the coal mines at Spadra and Denning. The man, Tubbs, arrested near Harrison was brought in Friday night but gives a very good ac- count of his whereabouts at the time and can probably estab fish an alibi.
 Trained and experienced offic- CTS, assisted by two Pinkerton detectives, are working on the case and will have the matter well in hand in the course of few days.
 Excitment is still at fever heat and every citizen of the county is anxious to see the murderers of their gallant sheriff brought to justice.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
The Late Mrs. Kruger.

Unlike Countess (afterward Princess) Bismarck, Mrs. Kruger never interrupted on this or that pre- text her husbands political confabe or interviews with strangers. Nor did she express her opinions, except on the most trivial matters, to her fa- mihars. Had she done so she would probably have echoed the opinion of the iron chanceEor's wife, to the eff feet that the smallest turnip field was of really more personal importance to her husband than the most knotty problem of the worlds politics. Of course, Fraulein Johanna von Putt Hammer originally belonged to see tion of society very different from that from whence sprung Jufvrouw Duplessis; nevertheless, neither of these two would have fretted much if her husband had altogether aban- doned public life even before the crit ical period of Germany's and the TNDsyaal's existence.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
From Black Rock.

MR. EDITOR :-l though 1 would give you sketch of what k going on here. Tlmcs are Hull and the weather had. 1he health If the people is gcod.
 was d ctlzrn of Big Bolt m township (indcrendcnce couniy) fol forty five years uutll l moved here two wears ago aud am q sub eeriher to your paper and am proud to get 1t every week.
 When left there 1 weighed l 75 pounds, and now 1 weigh 204 pounds.
 The only thing that excites me much is seeing So mary candidates in the field. l wish 1 was there to help them, but l will help Old field here. He is the only one from that county that can help here. Respectfully,
 J. C. BROWN.
 Black Rock, Feb. 12, 1902.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
Railroad Accident.

Little Rock, Feb. H. \ fearful accident ocenredat Ito clock today on the ChoctaW railroad, twomiles west of Little Maumelle, about twenty miles above Little Rock, as a result of which seven men are known to have been killed outright, and nearly a score, more or less, seriously injured. It is the first great catastrophe of the kind that has ever occurred on the Choctaw.
 X work train was headed west, the engine pushing six cars and q cabooSe. As they were passing along the track under the high bluffs bordering the river at that point, the crew saw q heavy rock rolling with awful velocity down the steep decliyity, having been detached from the hillside by the rains. The train was going slow ly, but was almost upon the rock when it struck the track. Engineer Aazor reversed his engine at once, but it was so close upon the ob- stacle that the train struck it almst full force. The caboose was at the head of the train and was shiy- cred into spllnters.
 Most of the men who were killed and injured were in the caboose. There was q crew of ffty-four men, white and colored, and they were going to q point further up the road to clear a slight wreck. There were just back of the ca- boose three cars of sand, and many of the men were buried under heath the heap of sand thrown forward by the terrific impact.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
The Last Heard Of It.

"My little boy took the croup one night and soon grew so bad You could hear him breath all over the house," says F. D. Key hold, Mansfield, o. We feared he would die, but few doses of One Minute Cough Cure quickly relieved him and he went to sleep. That the last We heard of the crouy. Now isn't cough cure like that valuablep Que Minute Cough Cure is absolutely s2fe and acts imr ediatcly. Fol coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis and all other throat and lung troubles it is a certain cure. Very pleasant to take. The little ones like it. J. l. Sturdivant.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
4 Pointer For Inventors.

If you wish your patent busi- ness properly and promptly done send it to Swift & Co.,, opposite U. $. Patent Office, Washington, D. C. They have no dissatisfied clients. Write them for their confidential letter; d postal card will bring it, and it may be worth money to you. See their adver- tisement elsewhere in thls paper.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21

said of some of Governor Taft $ statements Il have learned lp trust men, even tue greatest and best men, not ny what they say, but by what they do, and when Governor Taft says the Filipino people want independence, and says at the same tune tbat nobody shall express that desire above his breath, 1 distrust his opinion and look for evidence of the fact. When he says that people are en- toying American freedom, when he promulgates d law which at the same time makes 1t Il penlteEtiary offcnse to read the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July, confess l am very httle impressed by his judgment and very profoundly impressed by his edict."
 CUBaNs MAXIM NC \ PROFIT.
 1t is now charged by those rep resenting American sugar grow CTS that the Cuban sugar growers have pulled the wool over Gen. Woods eyes, and, instead of making and selling sugar at q loss, as Gen. Wood has said. they are making Il profit, Those who made the charge have invited the House Ways and Means Commit tee to send special committee to Cuaa to investigate the matter.
 RIVER AND HAEBOR BILL.
 The committee engaged in pre- pairing the river and harbor bill has decided that if shall not carry more than $60. GOO. 000 and the Ie- publican members of the commit tee are engaged in dividing that amount up so that il will help elect as many republicans to the next House as possible.
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
Clerks Wise Suggestion.

s'I have l'een very much troubl- ed with dyspepsia, belehing and sour stomach" writes Nj. s. Mead leading pharmacist, of Attleboro, Mass. q could eat hardly any thing without suffering several hours. My clerk suggested that l try Kodol Dyspepsia Cue which l did with most happy results. 1 have had no more trouble and when one can go to eating mince pie, cheese, candy and nuts after such time, theii digestion must be pretty good. l endorse Kodol Dyspepsia Cure heartily" You don't have to diet. Eat all the good food you want but don't overload the stomach. Kodol Dyspepsia Cue digests your food. J. 1. Sturdivant,
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
WAsHidfoH POLITICAL CHAT


 Swirt's News Bureau
 Washington, D. C., February T..
 Scnato. Perkins. of California, k one Of the republicans who openly refuses to he controlled by the administration ia his atti- tu,!e toward Cubl. He says tlds country has already spent in he half of Cuba. during and since the war witb Spain, 300,000, ,0e0 and that il K under no obligation to grant Gairtn sugar and tobacco grnwet1 tarftf concessions at the expense of our own farmers. Nil. Pcl kinS said: w hiie 1 do not beieyc that we owe Cuba any thing. and while l believe that If we once commence to afford as si>tauce io the stand we wall nev- CT end, am willing to vote fol aid, provided it k nut Ut the eX- pense of one or two classes of producers in the United States
 DEMOCRATS ARE PLEASED.
 Democrat, are pleased at the seemingly well founded report that the republican members If the Senate Finance Committee have about decided tbat the bill repeating all thc war taxes, which recently passed the House and Is now before the senate. shall he cut to the extent ot $20, ,0O0 ,000 or SD. GOO .0U0. It. othet words, that one fourth or mole Ut the WIT taxes shall he left standing. If the repuElicln senators will only live up to this report, the last vcstigc of doubt about the next House being democratic will he wiped out
 TO CItNGE INAUGURATION DAY.
 With only one dissenting vote the senate adopted tue joint reso- lHtlon proposing a constitutional amendment changing inauguration day from March 1 to the fourth Thursday in April Senator stewart cast ihe lone vote agalnst the resolution and gave as his reason that to change inau5uta- ton day to more bdaty weather would increase tine crowd aud tic military show at inau4ufa)ions. winch might bt dangerous in ca>e of a di>pQted election. like that ot Io76. Mr. Stewart said that he thought the tnau4ttdtions If oul Presidents were already too much like lhe coronation of d King. and that he had always been glad when bad weather reduced the st- tendance,
 TRUST MEN BY WHAT TnEN DO.
 senator 'lou, in a till with Senator Platl. over he PhiRp- pine policy of the administration,
The Newark journal., 1902-02-21
Largest Locomotive.

Chicago, Feb. 15.-One of the pair of monster "decapods," or engines with ten drivers, recently delivered to the Saste Fe railroad has just passed through Chicago.
 The locomotives are intended for the mountain division, and will run in California and Arizo-