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Smyrna times., 1902-02-12
Neither Better Than the Other.

This dollar began the cashier of
the restaurant as he scrutinized the
coin.
"Is bad. eh?" interrupted the sour
looking patron.
"Well. it doesn't look very good"
THAT so? Just bite it, and If it's
anything like the dinner l had it'll
taste even worse than it looks. Cath
Olic Standard and Times.
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12
Refore Mirrors.

Mrs. Snaggs-I read a paragraph in
the paper which said. Woman was
made before mirrors, but it wasn't her
fault" Don't you think that is a mean
remark to make about woman?
Mr.. Snaggs-Yes, | think tits. What
the writer meant to say was that wo-
man was made before mirrors and had
been before them ever since.-Ex-
change
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12
Needed No Help.

Mrs. Hiram Offen-And do you think
you could do the cooking for the family
with little help from me?
Applicant-No. ma'am. Oi do not.
Mrs. Hiram Offen-You don't?
Applicant-No. ma'am. but Oi'm sure
Oi cud do it widout amy help from
you.-Philadelphia Press.
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12
His Fierce Expression.

Photographer-LOo pleasant, gener-
al. Remember this picture is for your
friends.
The General-A soldier should have
no friends, sir. This picture is for my
enemies to look at.-ChicagO News.
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12
No Cnuae For Alarm.

Nervous Passenger ton New Haven
steamer)-There's very peculiarnoise
in the water tonight. Do you notice it.
captain?
Captain-Yes. madam: that's the reg
ular Long Island sound. Life.
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12

PUBLIC LEDGER
PHILADELPHIA.
Prints All the News That is Fit to Print

The PUBLIC LEDGER be Newspaper for the busy
and also for all members of his family The important of the
published condensed read minutes,
but along with this summary complete classified Depart
embracing besides the Association Press Dispatches special
respondence from New York Washington and from all the
cities of Pennsylvania New and Delaware which added
weekly letter the Christian Endavor Topic by the Rev Floyd w
Tompkns D. d. which appears Saturdays Building
ETY. Department published Thursdays and Weekly Letter from
London by Arnold White the best informed English
affas also Letters from the Chief Capitals of Europe
The Saturday magazine great compendium
phase social l filled with reading
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12

CONSUMERS Ice Co.'S Nharf, Chester.
Freight Received Daily at Arch Street Wharf
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12

The man who hesitates may be lost
but the man who never hesitates is
hard to find Chicago News.
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12
THE MAN WHO NEVER LAUGHS.

The complaints above named all yield to
the action of Benson's Porous Plasters, and
quickly too. Not only those, but colds and
coughs, kidney and liver affections, all
congestions and muscular strains, diseases
of the chest asthma AMI all ailments which
are open to external treatment. 1t is fire.
quently said that BensOn's Plaster is Pajn'S
Master 1t cures when others are not even
able to relieve. For thirty years the lead
ing external remedy. The old-style plas-
ters, as well as salves, lniments, oils, etc,
have little or no efficacy as compared with
it. Use it. Trust it. Keep it in the
house. Ask for Benson's Plaster; take no
other. All druggists, or we will prepay
postage on any number ordered in the
United States on receipt of 25c. each.
Seabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NJ z.
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12
ONCE Is ENOUGH TO SEE

Gustave Dore's portrait of Dante is worth
seeing-once. But once is enough. Some
such look you notice on the faces of those
who have suffered, and still suffer, much
physical pain; people subject ttorheumatism,
gout, neuralgia, periodic headache, lumba-
go, or pain from some old lesion. This pain
habit puts its marks on them, as the custom
of handling ropes crooks a sailors fingers !;
Worried r in fces
wonder people said of the Italian poet as
he passed along, "There goes
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12
Special Offer to Ledger Readers

The Public Ledger offers its readers in connection with
weeks subscription and the payment of additional copy
the edgers Unrivaled Atlas of the World This Atlas has
been specially prepared Public Ledger by Rand McNay
Co.. New and Chicago, and of the best works of its
kind ever offered to the public
The contains $40 pages elegantly
printed fine candeed paper marbed edges bound in English
CLOTH with handsome gold side stamp size ny I41 inches
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12

\ Daily. Daily except Sunday.
"a Stops to leave passengers from Wilmington
and points north, or take passengers for points
south of Delmar.
"e' Stops to leave passengers from New York
Division.
"f' stops only on notice to conductor OF agent
or on signal.
"i' stops 20 leave passengers from Middletown
and points Nth.
81" Stops to take on passengers for Cape Charles
and beyond
of Delma r. or take passengers for Wilmington
and points north.
%On Saturdays arrives at 925 p. m.
tArrives daily except Saturday and Sunday.
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATIONS TRAKs-Leave
Wilmington S.l3 a. M, SOB. 400 and 6 5S p. m
weekdays Leave New Castle S.Sl, 9.53. l059
a m, . Al m weekdays
Express trains leaving Harrington $40 a. m.
and arriving at 6.10 p. m. week days, run
through solid to and from Baltimore, via Porter
and Newark.
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12
Wilmington { Baltimore Railroad
HsEAaW3 naVgNgsa.

on and after Sept, 50, 1901, trains Will ave
as follows
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12

No-To-Bac for Fifty Gents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12
HAVING
HAVING
FiFSt-ClaSS Passenger Accommodations,
Smyrna Landing, and Pier A, Arch Street
Wharf, Philadelphia, as follows:

"According to Time Table, Unless
Prevented by Ice.
Smyrna times., 1902-02-12
How to Get the Atlas.

Forward the price of 26 weeks sui
(S3 3.62) to the Ledger, and the name of yo
The Atlas will be forwarded by express, O
express Office include So cents for mailing
mailed to your post Office with the Ledger
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

cult tins, and are slung on bamboos, tea
baskets, without any sides, made Of old red
lacquer with fine metal fittings; quaint tea
cups with metal or wooden or even cocoanut
shell saucers, square iron kettles as deco
rated as temples, rich old lacquer writing
cases used, not for containing lhc writing
materials, but tho letter whom il is written;
temple banners, images Of Buddha ard
countless other objects of great age, high
beauty and imperishable solidity, sacrificed
for coppers at the first chip, for the old
Japanese workmanship was so good that the
lacquer lost its value with a scratch. AL
other favorite line, second hand, are pieces
of silk which have been priests or actols'
or gcishas' dresses; ladies ami gentl 3Incn
do not use gay materials.
The Japanse secondhand shop, like other
shops, has no doors or windows, or coun-
ters, but differs in needing to display all
its goods to catch the passing riksha. For
this the vendor uses receding shelves, such
as we use in our greenhouses; you sec
some tit-bit and call out stop a little"
to your riksha.
Then, IL you are new to II and have an
hour to spare, you say, "Ikura?" (How
much?) He names a fancy price. You
reply "amari takai' (far too high.) He
for which you have no hope of getting it,
He raises you, as if you were playing
poker. You refuse to be raised and then
split the difference. All the time you are
paying your riksha boy 7A pence (worth
only 3% pence in debased dollars) an hour.
OF course if you understand the sorOban-
the abacus of moving beads on which he
does his counting, you have him at your
mercy.
He always calculates what a thing cost
him on his soroaban and If you watch that
you know where his bedrock comes in; he
thinks that a foreigner is too big a foo
to understand IL. | was too big a fool
but Mr.. Lander, the Thibetan traveller, un-
derstood it. / had a better plan, not tC
ask the price. ! computed the sum a.
which an article would be a gift, took 4
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
Pointed Paragraphs

Chicago News: Things that make a
woman cry make a man swear.
Natives of Greenland are a cold and dis
tant people.
Beware of the man who owns a soft, per-
suasive voice.
A spoiled child is to be pitied because Of
its fool parents.
You can never tell what a woman in love
or a balky horse will do next.
All the worlds a stage and all the women
thereon want speaking parts.
He is a wise son who knoweth when his
own father will stand for a touch.
An evening call is productive Of pleasure
either when you come or when you go.
That woman doesn't live who can lose at
a social card game without getting mad.
When a short young man gets sweet on a
tall girl he Immediately buys a high silk
hat.
Paint looks all right on an old house, but
on an old woman-well that's quite another
story.
1t makes a spinster grit her teeth every
time she encounters a widow who has
planted three husbands.
II a man knew what his acquaintances
really thought of hin he would go away
somewhere and do the hermit act.
A woman's idea of a dutiful husband is
one who will stay at home and look after
the baby while she spends the afternoon
shopping.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
Short on Advertising

Atlanta Constitution: us your new book
a success?"
NO; my publishers too poor to adver-
tisc it,"
cant you get up any excitement to help
it along?"
Tried to, but failed. Had two ribs
broken in a railroad wreck the other day
and that helped some, but not much"
Couldn't you manage to fall from a
steeple-get the fall broken by the electric
wires and come to earth in a sheet of fire?
or, you might fall overheard and be saved
by your mother-in-law just as you had risen
the third time!"
But after a second or two of profound
thought the author replied sadly:
But, the old lady wouldn't"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
Mental EXertiOn

Baltimore Americans: In the halls of the
vast Institutions of learning they warn us
to tread lightly as we pass the seat of the
pallid youth who is moodily composing
something upon a sheet of pure white
paper.
We see his knitted brow; his air of in
tense thought; his every evidence of great
mental struggle.
"Ah," we whisper, lis he preparing some
wcighty treatise on political economy; or
some thesis which shall show the nations
Of the world the proper system of govern
mcnt?
"No,' whispers the guide in reply. HE
is getting up the new class yell"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02
Too Short for Comfort

Chicago News: Goodwin (after the serv-
icc)-Scems to me the minister preached
an awfully short sermon this morning.
Mrs. Goodwin-Well, what If he did? You
slept through it from beginning to end.
Goodwin-Yes; that's just the trouble. l
don't feel as If I'd had enough sleep.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-02

Copyright, 1902, by Douglas Sladen)
- START a Japanese shop is the
simplest thing in the world. You
- take the front off your house and
arrange your worldly possessions
on the floor. Japanese floors are
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21

Company, for about $500, 900, and this will
give him eventual control of the gas SUPPLY
of Marion.
DEAL IMPORTANT
This deal is important because of it's oil
resources. The territory of the Grant and
Wabash Company and the Marion Gas
Company is now producing much oil. The
developed territory of the Marion Com
pany is now producing 200 barrels a day.
1t is understood to be Mr. Barnsdale's pur-
pose to exhaust the gas supply and then
explore the territory for oil.
Hector NJ. Gilchrist, of this city. a large
holder of gas and oil leases is manager
of the Marion Gas Company. He confirmed
the reported sale to Mr.. Barnsdale yester-
day. Mr. Gilchrist said the transaction
was important and that it would not
affect the domestic supply of Marion.
several years to come said Mr.. Gilchrist
1T will be largely what is called casing
head gas or that which Is taken from
wells that are expected to yield oil when
rather precarious one at times. One of the
characteristics of IL Is that in very cold
weather the wells break down and fill up
with water. thus making them useless"
The Crown Oil Companys land. which
the st. Louis company acquires, is directly
north only few miles of the leased terri
tory of the Consumers Gas Trust Com
pany of this city. The corner Grant. Madi-
son and Delaware counties, where the trust
has its most valua bic holdings, is the last
of the virgin territory in the gas belt.
1t is now absolutely true that the entire
gas belt has been explored and the ex-
ploration in the spots saved for the ex-
even the quality expected. There is. how
ever as is shown by the purchase of the
st. Louis company, much confidence in the
of the elements of the development of the
oil field in this neighborhood Is the abund-
ance of water I'm the wells. which requires
a small margin of profit in oil even at 81 .07
a barrel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21
MANY KILLED AND HURT
TWELVE OR MORE PERSONS KILLED
AND ABOUT Thirty INJURED.
An "Owl" Train Struck by Local
Most of the Victims Residents
of Fresno, Cal.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2o-The owl
train which left here at 4:30 p. m. for
Los Angeles was run into tonight near
Byron Hot Springs, seventy miles from this
city, by the Stockton local train. Twelve
or fifteen persons were killed and about
thirty were more or less seriously injured
rear car. which was filled with passengers
for Fresno. Owing to the remoteness of
the point where the collision occurred de-
tails are very meager.
The killed are still lying under the wreck
of the locomotive and car and their names
have not been ascertained. Twenty-seven
injured have been removed to the Byron
Springs Hotel. Relief trains are hasten
ing to the wreck. The Stockton local left
this city one-half hour behind the "owl."
Both trains were we'll filled.
A report at midnight says that ten per-
sons were killed. OF these one has been
identified as Clarence Oluff, of Fresno. The
unidentified include three women one Jap
anese boy, one Japanese man, two Chinese
and one laborer.
The ''owr' train was stopped about mile
west of Byron because the locomotive
broke down. The brakeman was sent about
a half mile down the track to flag the
Stockton train, which was following and
which left Oakland Mole half an hour after
the owl" The engineer of the Stockton
train answered the signals of the fiagman,
but for some reason his train rushed along
and crashed into the rear cars Of the dis
abled train.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21

and Monroe. his home county. made
great showing for the congressman me
other counties of the district nit Mlers
hard. Such prominent Democrats as eN,
Congressman O'Neall Judge Ogdon ah1
Prosecuting Attorney Padgett' 5
Washington. Cyrus E. Davis ah1
District Committeeman Hendren, OF
Greene, and Charles w. WeLmah,
of Sullivan, while ostensibly for Mlers
for reelection, were driving the knife INTO
him at every opportunity and they chaneeo
hundreds of votes Now because Mr.. Miers
won only by the skin of his teeth. IL Is pc
ing urged that unless there is new canul-
date in 1904 the Republicans will capture
the Second district. Word comes from tne
district that wires are already being lald
TO encompass the congressman de1eaI
Almost every county has one or more can
didates, among them Senator lnman, OF
Daviess seems to be the most formidable
for the reason that he was shrewd enough
to keep out of the fight and yet give COM
fort to both factions. The outlook Is that
Mers cannot win another delegation. He
will be most vigorously opposed. according
to the news that comes to washington.
His narrow margin in the last election mas
encouraged many Democrats that assisted
him in former campaigns to Withdraw thelr
support, and there is every reason 10 De-
lieve at this time that a new man VIII
represent the Second district in the F'tfty-
ninth Congress. Personally, Miers is very
popular both in Washington and at MS
home, but the leaders of the district had
too great shock this time to be willing
to try him again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21
Big DEAL in COAL LAND
ANDERSON AND MUNCIE COMPANY
PURCHASES 27,OOO ACRES.
1t Lies Adjacent to the City OF Sulli-
-Other New Enterprises.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special 10 the Indianapolis JourHdi.
SULLIVAN, Ind, Dec. @.-One of the big
gest mineral deals ever consummated In
Sullivan county was closed to-day, by which
1900 acres of fine mineral land, lying one
mile northeast of this city. becomes the
property of the Manufacturers Mining and
Fuel Company, which is composed OF An
derson and Muncie capitalists and manu-
facturers. The experts have just complet-
ed the rough drilling, by which they have
verified the former drillings and tests, and
on the result the big deal was closed to-
day by the committee representing the
hackers of the big enterprise.
Sixteen drills have been running day and
night for the past three months. An aver
age of five feet of No. 6, five feet four
inches of No. and a fair vein of No. q.
with good roof and bottom, were found.
Coal from adjacent mines of the same
seam and quality was sent to the factories
at Anderson and tested in comparison with
coal from other fields, including Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio, AND Ii showed II per cent.
better heating power than either Pennsyl-
vania or Ohio. For kiln use the Encaustlc
Tile Company at Anderson pronounced II
to get, and other factories at Anderson,
including the Indiana Brick Company and
large chemical works, tested the coal from
these fields and found its heating qualities
the prospects of obtaining cheap fuel TO
take the place of the exhausted gas supply.
The land purchased to-day lies almost ad-
jacent to this city. The tract lies between
two railroads-the Illinois Central on the
south and the Z. & 7. h. on the west
and the Southern Indiana passes through
the center The land is most favorably To-
Gated, on account of its proximity to Sulli-
van. being so situated that ii will be greatly
benefited by the certain development of the
country around Ii.
Land is selling in the county at twice the
figure ii commanded a year ago. Chicago,
Cleveland and other investors have bought
more than $4,000 worth of mineral land
during the past twelve months. Expert
enced coal operators from the Ohio, Penn
sylvania and other fields have bought heavi-
ly on account of the superior quality and
high test of the Sullivan county coal. The
unexpected development of a rich coal field
in the western part of the county has
created quite a boom and a great deal OF
new work there is expected within the next
few months.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21
r. C. WHAYNE'S DEATH.
Much Insured Man Believed to Have
Been Killed Accidentally.

Been Killed Accidentally.
LOUISVILLE, Dec. 20-The coroner's
jury, which spent full day investigating
the death of r. C. Whayne, prominent
business man who was found last wednes-
day night in the vicinity of Jacob Park
with a gunshot wound in the breast, late
this afternoon returned a verdict of acci-
dental death. Intense interest was mani
tested in the case. as Mr.. whayne carried
life insurance policies aggregating 1896, 900
and had applied for $4,000 more. Among
the policies carried by Mr.. whayne were
the following Equitable Life Assurance
Society of New York, 100000; Provident
Savings Life Assurance Society of New
York, $40 600; Union Central Life, $4,000;
New York Life, 5000; Northwestern Mu-
tual Life. So eco. Mr.. Whayne had applied
for policy of $4,000 with the Manhattan
Company, and the policy was to issue Dec.
%. Another application had been made to
the Mutual of Vermont for an equal
amount, and this policy was to be dated
Dec. "a.
1t was upon the fact that Mr.. Whayne
carried such large life insurance and was
said to be suffering from rheumatism that
a theory of suicide was based. Near Mr.
Whayne's body when found but on the OBJ
poste side of a wire fence, was a shotgun
with one barrel empty and the other loaded
and cooked. His friends and family de-
clared that death was due to an accident
and that the gun was discharged while ne
was climbing through the fence. The evil
dence offered at to-day's inquest supported
the theory of accident altogether, there be-
ing features which pointed to suicide.
II Is not known what steps the insurance
companies VIII take. Several New York
detectives are here. A part of the $3.50, 900
insurance is lncOnteStable.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21

faith assurances made by the Berlin gov
ernment that no encreachment on the Mon
roe doctrine was intended or threatened
by the German governments scheme for
collecting her claims from Venezuela.
1t developed to-day that the position of
the French government in claiming priority
of settlement for her claims against Vene-
zuela prior to 1s99 because of settle
ment that has been agreed upon between
the two countries, has not only appealed to
the Washington authorities but that it may
find support from the Berlin government
No information has been received at the
State Department to this effect. nor is it
thought that in the event President Roose-
Welt declines to arbtrate the dispute that
he will be called on to settle this ques-
ton between the European powers. 1t is
thought that Great Britain and Italy are
rather inclined to dispute the right of
France to prior settlement of claims aris-
ing before 1899.
An important fact developed to-day is
that the punitive measures about to be in
stituted and, in fact, now in force in
some degree, will not be suspended by the
allies until definite agreement is reached as
to arbitration. Venezuela has been told
through Minister Bowen that the President
would welcome a reference of the dispute
TO The Hague tribunal. While no direct
reply has been received, it is not doubted
that the reply would be favorable if the
other parties consented to such reference.
The State Department was dy notified
by the United States embassy at London
hat blockade proclama tion had been is
sued. Soon afterwards a message was re-
ceived from Consul Smith, at Port of Spain,
Trinidad, as follows: Venezuela block
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-21
First District Congressman Disposes
of Rumors That He Would Fight
for the Nomination.
POSITION EXPLAINED
HIS
SAYS HIS PRESENT DUTY Is IN THE
HOUSE, WHERE HE WILL STAY.
GOvernorship Race Two Years Away
Mr.. Shideler's Candidacy-The
Fight Against n. w. Miers.

Special to the indianapolis Journal
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 20.-In a tele-
phonic conversation with Congressman
Hemenway to-day the Journals corre-
spondent learned that he is not in the race
for the governorship of Indiana at this
time. In explanation he says:
'I have just been reelected to Congress
and will occupy a position of great trust in
the next House. AS far as 1 can see now
my duty lies in the House of Representa-
tives. / have been repeatedly honored by
the people of the First district and CRATE
fully appreciate what has been done for me.
My work in Congress has been very heavy,
! occupying all of my time, hence l have
given no thought to the race for the gov
ernorship l am profoundly grateful to my
friends for the deep interest they have
taken in me. The governorship race is two
years away, and many things will occur in
that time that may put different phase on
conditions as they appear now. That l be-
lieve explains my attitude with reference
to the gubernatorial nomination"