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Smyrna times., 1902-07-16
STEEPLE CLIMBING.
1t Is n Dark nn Well ms a Dangerous
business.

buBAneS8s
Steeple climbing is in truth clark
business" says the Boston Transcript.
for it is the custom of experts to make
the first ascent and place the rigging
at night. Then, when the tOwnspeople
wake, they are amazed at finding the
the steeple conquered. The man who
makes a success Of steeple climbing
must be determined, persistent and
ingenious. He must solve many a
practical problem in hOisting great
bodies alOft He must know how to
fasten a hook over the top of a sky
scraping chimney. He must have the
nerve to paint steeple that sways
like a pendulum at the slender top.
He must be able to tear down, build
up, gild, paint. place electric wires and
do many another task that would be
problem on the solid earth.
There are many ways of getting up
a steeple, and when all others fail the
man-will tie a rope round it and then,
with a coil on his back, walk round
and round it until the entire steeple is
covered with rope and he has probably
been round it fully 300 times.
But a steeple is not the most difficult
height to climb. Straight, tall Chin
neys are the hardest of all. There a
man has to work with might and main
to lift himself inch by inch from the
ground to the top. Sometimes the top
is 300 feet high. When it is reached.
l. vNIO Odo
ley is made fast, the swinging chair is
hauled up and work begins.
When the chair is near the top. it is
easier to work, because the ropes are
short; but when they lengthen, as the
ground is approached, there is a tend
ency to swing, and the wind gives
impetus.
The mans safety depends upon the
hook. and until he has raised himself
almost to the top it is impossible for
him to see whether or not the hook
has beer properly adjusted. More than
once a steeple climber has seen when
within ten feet of the top that corro-
sion of the iron and the collection OF
SCOT have so thickened the wall that
the hook is merely balancing on the
top, so that the slightest pull in the
wrong direction would drag it off
Again, the bricks are often loose at
the top, and the hook is likely to tear
them away.
One of the natural difficulties to con
quer is the swaying of all high stec
pies and chimneys. In a gale a stee
pie point will sway a foot and a half
Usually it sways from seven to nine
inches. Painting it means reaching
for spot on the right side and finding
it on the left, and when making n dive
for it on the left to see it sway back
to the right. Yet in spite of the con.
stant danger a born steeple climber
exults in his work and is at home only
when high above the world. He can
stand triumphant at any height if he
can have two and a half square inches
to bear his weight.
Smyrna times., 1902-07-16
APIcturesoue nIountain.

In Surrey county, N. G., there is a
mountain whose outline displays a
striking likeness to the sphinx OF
Egypt 1t is in the northwestern part
Of the state, just east Of the Blue
Ridge range, and lies prone upon the
Piedmont plains. At distance Of ten
miles the figure is the exact counter
part Of that Of a gigantic lion. its body
at right angles TO the precipitous ridge
and with head reared aloft as If in the
act of rising
Smyrna times., 1902-07-16
Fat Crystals.

II small quantities Of butter, lard
and beef fat be separately boiled and
slowly cooled for, say. twenty-four
hours, the resulting crystals will show
very marked differences under the mi.
croscope. The normal butter crystal is
large and globular 1t polarizes bril-
liantly and shows a well marked St
Andrews cross. That Of lard shows a
stellar form, while that of beef fat has
a fOliated appearance. In course OF
time, as the butter loses its freshness
the globular crystal degenerates and
gradually merges into peculiar rosette
like forms.
Smyrna times., 1902-07-16
BRANCH ROADS.

Leave Harrington for Franklin City. and way
stations, lO4O a. m. and Ola p. m. week days
Returning, train leaves Fran Kiln City 90 g.
m. and - .o6 p. m. weekdays.
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague via
steamer 2s p m. weekdays. Returning leave
Chtncoteague 4.52 a. m. week days.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes
at 10.40 a. m. 6l4 D. N. weekdays Re
turning leave Lewes Gas a. m, and 1.S2 p.
m. weekdays
Leave Harrington for Rehoboth lO4O a N.
and IA p. m weekdays, Returning leave Re-
hoboth 6SS a, m. and 1.20 p. m week days.
Leave Harrington for Berlin. IO40a N. and
Q "a p m. weekdays. Returning leave Berlin
6.t6 a. m. and OF D. m. week days
Leave Clayton for Chestertown and way sta
tonS . AZ q. m. weekdays. Returning leave
Chestertown $50 a. m. week days
Leave Massey for CheSter.own and way sta
turning leave ChestertOwn $50 a. N. and 2.40
p. m. week days
Leave Townsend for Centreville and way sta
at S2S a. m and sos p. m. week-d days Re-
turning, leave Centreville 7.5l q. m. and 245 p.
m, week days.
Leave Clayton for oxford and way stations at
: 40 m. and 5.22 p. m. Returning, leave OK
lord $50 a. n. ana Isl p. m. week days.
Leave Seaford for Cambridge and interme
dlate stations at 1ll9 a. m. and So p. N. week
days. Returning, leave Cambridge at 90 g. N.
and 2.32 p m. week days,
tPorter with Newark 4 Della.
ware City Railroad At Townsend with Queen
Anne So kentRailroad AtClayton, ,withDelsware
&Chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore 4 Delaware
Bay Railroad. AT Harrington, with Deiawsre,
Maryland & Virginia Railroad. AtSeafo.- ID
Cambridge & Seaford Railroad. AtDelm
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wi
Pocomoke and Peninsula Railroads.
fDally except Sunday.
): B. HUTCHINSON, General Manager.
j. X. WOOD General Passenger Agent.
Smyrna times., 1902-07-16
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

one size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to be shaken INTO the shoes.
II makes tight or new shoes feel easy; gives
instant relief to cOrns and bunions. It's
the greatest comfort discovery Of the age.
Cures and prevents swollen feet. blisters,
callOus and sore spots. Aliens FoOt-Ease
Is a certain cure for sweating, hot. aching
feet. At all druggists and shoe stores, Csc.
Don't accept any substitute. Trial package
free by mail. Address, Allen G. Olmstead,
lie Roy, N. Y
Smyrna times., 1902-07-16
synpnthetic.

Playwright-From the nature Of my
play you see it ought to close with
some line or significant act from the
hero In perfect accord with the feelings
Of the audience.
Critic-Why not let him heave a sigh
Of relief, then?-Tit-B Bits.
Smyrna times., 1902-07-16
An ola verb.

To laze is an old verb. In Samuel
Rowlands' Martin Markall," 1910, we
are told that "loyterers laze in the
streete, lurke in alehouses and range
in the highwaies." The word occurs.
believe. in some Of Mortimer Collins
lyrics:
But Cupid lazeth 'mongst the faiery lasses.
Whose ciere complexion he oft swearcth
passes.
Notes and Queries.
Smyrna times., 1902-07-16
Philadelphia, Wilmington Z Baltimore Railroad
RELAMARE DIVISION.

On and after May 26, 1901 trains will leave
as follows:
SOUTHWARK.
EXP Pass. Exp PassMail. Mail
Smyrna times., 1902-07-16

The one time in a mans life when be
is satisfied to take back seat is when
he goes to Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Smyrna times., 1902-07-16

Every one out Of bed likes to claim
occasionally that it is force OF viii
power alone that Is keeping him up
Atchison Globe.
Smyrna times., 1902-07-16
SMYRNA DIRECTORY.

TOWN OFFICIALS.
President of Couneil-James C. Robinson.
Secretary of Council-Henry S. Anthony.
Town Treasu-er-Ezekial " Cooper.
Clerk of Couneil-Samuel J. Reynolds.
Alderman-Eugcne Grow.
Chiefof Poliee-B. w. Turner.
Couneilmen: LIST ward, Dr. T. c. Moore; 2nd
Ward. Samuel J. Reynolds; 3rd Ward, Harry B.
Grieves; 4th Ward JOS H. Wright; 9TH Ward
&. Marriott Fowler 9th Ward, James C. Robinson
and Henry 5. Anthony.
Council meets the second and fourth Fridays
IN each month.
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-09-13

ION the loss Of others fortunes The miners
money ia clean; it has not the ,nrnsh of the
sweat shop. il not bought Il, the price Of
honor anil IN seldom added to II miser- hoard
Cm,l-nn'-fl 10y til. fact ihnt tue nearest
srxiir"ai point lay distance of forty Eve
milss. over If the toughest nnuntnin
roads in tina l'art OF the State. the Original
promoters .! the Pass Me BY Tunnel projec,
set to work to ius.:e e .p,tsl in what they
fully believe to liz tn. lines, showing IN
mining way to In found in Colorado. They
r~ss0"~,l that what WAS lacking in railroad
,f~cilit's~ vas u,prs than overcome by natural
! advantages IN the abundance OF timber aud
cord. w0ol aud. beat OF all, til. essential
mineral bearing veins aud ore deposits. The
physic~l chsrsr'eristics Of the property hre
Ideal ~ regard. a tunnel proposition. and III.
workings are ~ such = direction M TO cut at
right snglrs such veins M are known To enter
h~ property xs combinations OF tn. rich
Sammiiv,ll- l-sls Such surface prospecting
has been lone ~ To satisfy III. owners with
r~sr'~t Ia III" proper mining proceedings
necessary :" reach the deposits in thu
,,Sst aud surest manner.
With ihis idc~ NJ tanneling always IN
view. tho manager Of the Company sough,
financial nil. snl from the smallest Of small
ssei""in.- hss purchased nnd placed the
As~st plr"i n marl'i"~ry to be found -,
Ike alsis"'l" aud equal dis'nnc. from railroad.
} In the state From y slnmb.r " fifteen yrnrs.
itp sitiIit,rs If this vnst mi hcl. have.
hrwn csiI.sl !" awaken 10 the brilliant achieve.
osuts II noisrn science in mining appliances
ed ore treatment
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-09-13

The journal Man Visits The Workings OF
The Pass-Me-By Company


Since social conditions have made Of gold desirable
valuable commodity. the nature
metals hide is being sought reritny vigorously and in
= systematic and intelligent way.
Ia many instances the expenditure of what unreasonable
Of first order that amining propo
sion be put footing and in line for financial
However line activity there broader
field for business aud mechanical Judgment close attention dctls
better FOR nicIou Investment than that found in
Legitimate mining and milling Colorado 1t offers
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-09-13

All buildings substantial and erected for the purpose
Intended being without exception adapted to the fullest utility
The 9ohorse boiler of the horizontal
tubular make with half arch front of which this
article Men capable Of judging have pronounced the entire
equal of its kind installed The air of the
Leyn type thoroughly automatic and Of Colorado manufacture
Webster heater boiler adjunct which adds to the thorough
ness o the selection
At the mouth of the tunnel placed the blacksmith shop and
tunnel house Here elsewhere the complete arrangement
prevails All needed appliances provided which lessons time
required and insures proficiency
The tunnel itself thoroughly mbered 7xS feet with heavy
mining rails and safety appliances Electric signal used
eveythn modern throughout road has been built which
haul tmbers and corwood all in readiness for winter se
Each work complete uness preparation
and the adls will begin their work dead
their mission Of disclosing the bodies of precious metals
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-09-13

more than fortunate in its selection of a
man whose untlrng energy, farrsighted-
ness, capacity and power to do stand with
out parallel so far as has ever come
under the observation of the writer. The
work that he has done thus far shows his
firm belief in the maxim that a perfect
preparation is more than half the battle.
From financial standpoint perhaps moth
ing could be better said than to use the
words of one of the stock holders, in which
he says that, after careful aud eXhaus-
tive examination of the books and papers
Of the company find that not one cent
has been misappropriated.
from the conservation of the water
supply, to the delivery of compressed air
at the breast OF the tunnel, the idea seems
to have been: prevention preferable to cure.
The water system is feature that tells
its own story, and easily passes on its
merits. A series of deep aterals drain
the side of mountain, delivering the
water into main canal about twelve feet
deep, from which it flows through a char
coal filter into 500-barrel covered reser-
voIr of cement sides aud floor. A pipe
line carries the water from the reservoir a
distance of 800 yards to large wooden
tank near boiler room.
A well appointed saw mill furnishes
lumber in any dressed dimension and
emphasizes belief of the manager that ii is
far better TO manufacture needed material
than to pay large prices aud added freight.
The company owns it's teams, horses and
heavy wagons, and has warm, commodi-
Gus barn for stabhng the stock.
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-09-13

John Ilecker and DR.. Mande-
vile drove up from Monte Vista
Tuesday 10 see live town and
visi, the big Sanger mill.
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-09-13

j. W. Crump; of Denver, Was
an arrival on Tuesdays stage. Mr.
Crump ID interested IN patented
group on Burnt Gulch.
The Monte Vista journal., 1902-09-13

What was lost to the district in
the drop in the price of silver has
been restored in the profitable
milling of low grade ores; and
while this property galrs through
this fact it loses nothing by it's
original plan of cutting certain
lodges at immense depth.
As our representative WAS shown
about the =. NJ. Il. premises las,
Monday. he found something at
every new turn which called for
admiration aud wonder
The story of how the heavy
machinery WAS freighted ACROSS
the mountains will be known only
to those hardy men and the true.
gritty horses whose muscle, merry.
aud endurance triumphed over
what hal every appearance OF i'm
possibility. The wise ones of town
shook their heads and sud I'll,
can, bc done"
la the management Of thus com.
pany, the corporation has been
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
1HOW PORCUPINES FIGHT.
DO NOT SHOOT THEIR QUILLS. BUT DRIVE
THEM IN WITH THE TAIL.

There is something about the porcupine which
draws the interest of a great many persons, ac-
cording to the attendants at the New-York
GEOLOGICAL Gardens in The Bronx. 1t is one
of the first animals for which youthful visitors
ask when they come to the park, and many Of
their elders also want to be directed to the
porcupine pen Some of the visitors have strange
ideas about how the porcupine came to have
quills and what he can do with them.
"see the pins sticking out of that little black
ball." said fond father, who was giving his
young hopeful a lesson in natural history
That's a porcupine, and it fights with those
quills. When the dogs come it raises its qullls
and at the right time shoots them out. just like
the powder shoots the bullet out of the gum
1T does, does it?" exclaimed old man, who
was peering through the bars at the same por-
cupine
The father looked up quickly and his glance
asked And who in the dickens are your
I've lived most all my life up in the Adiron-
dacks, where porcupines are thick, explained
the old man. "and I've hunted them many times
It's mistake about their being able to shoot
their quills,'
But I've seen dogs with the quills driven into
nose, chest and legs" returned the father HOW
do you account for that?'
Most people do not know" continued the man
from the mountains, that the pOrcupine fights
with its tail, using it would a club
The tail is heavy and we'll covered with quilts,
and the beast has perfect control of it when it
comes to purposes of defence. 1t strike
blow with sufficient force to drive quilts into a
stick of hardwood, to say nothing of dogs
flesh.
when the porcupine turns tail it is time for
the enemy to retreat, for the defence is about
to begin. The blow is delivered quickly. without
warming and it leaves bunch of quills wher-
ever it strikes. This method of fighting with Its
tail is responsible for the theory that the por
cupine can shoot its quilts"
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

do not know, but l do know, and everybody else
knows who reads a newspaper that of his
western chmneys, Mont Pelee by name, is
throwing out quantities of ashes. lava, smoke
and steam, destroying cities and shaking whole
islands for miles around.
Maybe Volcan is destroying st. Pierre on the
lovely island of Martinique, he did Hercu
laneum and Pompeii years ago for Jupiters
pleasure, to clean out his shop.
People found covered with volcanic dust,
their bodies torn asunder by the gases they in
hailed; some scalded with steam, and many no
doubt are burned to a crisp by the molten rock,
and the flames leap up the funeral pyres,
while the soldiers turn sick at their dreadful
work.
Now the nearby Fort de France looks with
terror at the ash heap made of his once beau
tiful twin brother, st. Pierre.
Maybe some of our lovely isles now inhabited
will sink into the ocean, which will wipe them
out of the world forever. May our great God
spare Cuba from such fate Yours respect
fully, OLIVE L. GlGUERE,
Gage thirteen years.)
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
A PRIZE OF $40 IN GOLD.
TWO OTHER PRIZES OF BOOKS FOR
YOUNG READERS OF THE
TRIBUNE.
TIL. Tribune will award:


AS a flfSt Prize III Soi1
as u second fflZe ,'uOfN
AS Third Prize "A book
To such of its little readers not fifteen
years old IA send in the first. second third
hest letters about any topic which James
Henry will talk upon with his grandfather
in the month of June in the Department for
Little Men and Little Women in the Illus
trated Supplement of The sunday Tribune.
These the conditions of the contest:
No letter exceed two hundred words.
All letters must be addressed to Prize Competi-
ton. Little Men and Little Women, The Tribune
New-YoTk.
All letters must reach this office before July G.
1902.
The writer's must not be more than fifteen years
old.
Each letter must be signed with the full name
and address of the writer.
In awarding the prizes clear writing will count
for great deal with the judge, and preference
will be given to original Ideas repetition of
ideas which have been expressed by James Henry
or his grandfather.
In each contest the editors decision will be final
and he cannot enter into correspondence with
successful competitors.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
JOHNNY ANEW.

The class was reciting and little Johnny Fel-
lows was the last one on the line The teacher
started with the head and asked what was the
feminine of hero
No. l shook her head 1t passed TO No =
She missed it, and so did No. 3 As II came
nearer and nearer to Johnny he became very
much excited apparently knowing the answer,
and waved his hand frantically-
well. Johnny said the teacher at last
everybody has missed. Now, you tell me
the feminine Of hero?'
"shero." shouted Johnny. exuItingiy-
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

mention. one of the best letters received in
the month was a account Of the birth Of the
United States flag but, unfortunately for the
writer that subject had not been discussed Sc
the letter could not be considered. Read the
rules carefully just before writing your letter
Fully a dozen children addressed the envelopes
wrongly, and did not bother with his
her address.
The result of the contest for May should en-
courage those who have written and failed to
receive prizes to write again The girl who
wins the first prize of so in gold has entered
three competitions, each letter being better
than the before. The first letter not
worthy of mention the second letter won one of
the two extra prizes and the third attempt
took the money. Improvement of this sort is
the object which The Tribune is trying to at
tain in these James Henry contests, and those
who have failed far must not be discouraged.
once more the editor is forced to give two
extra prizes in order to reward those who
showed originality in their letters. After the
first three letters decided on, there
ten others nearly equal in worth that it
was hard to decide among them.
The winners this month are:
First prze-Olive L. Giguere, age thirteen,
No. 80 Congress-st., Jersey City.
Second prize-Marion La Fontaine, age eleven,
No. DID, West Twenty -first-st., NewYork.
Third prize-Florence Gordon, age fourteen,
Guttenburg, n. j.
Extra prizes-Howard Thomas Paford age
fourteen No. 2iS Clinton-st. Brooklyn and Ed
mund Brown. jr.. age twelve. Norfolk. Conn.
Those who nearly won prizes were:
Isoline Geirre, Montclair. n. J.; Thomas c.
Hobson. No. ',225 Berks-st. Philadelphia; Mary
Crowell, East Orange, n. J.; Howard Barnet,
Little Falls y. Y; Arthur b. Mckinley, No. 16
Jay-st.. NeW-London. Conn; Marguerite Phil
lips No 2S1 Pacific-ave Jersey City; Frederick
A Coona, East Orange N. j.; Frances f. Hail.
Newton Centre, Mass; Monica Lennon, Utica,
N Y; Jessie E. Wilcox No 296 Clermont-ave.,
Brooklyn; Everett Rushmore. No. 400 West
Seventy -ninth-st, New-York; Rosa Fahrenholz.
No so Broadhurst-ave, New York; Alexander
Marcas West Chester, y. Y; Susie Kenyon.
Newport r. l.; Raymond Jackson Newport,
r. l.; Elsie Carling. No. 533 Pal5ade-ave., Jer-
sey City, N. J.. James J. Corner, jr, Baltimore
Beatrice Eschner. No. 2.0O4 Park-ave. Phila
delphia: Marjorie c. Larkin. Ossining. N. Y.
Catherine L. Richardson. No II West Seventy
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08

fourth-st, New-York; Beatrice DTachman. NO.
Sc East Seventy -tfth-st., New-YOrk; Willard
J. Hall, Newton Centre Mass; Bessie Springer,
Davenport, Iowa; May Taylor, No. 1o6 Filth
ave, New-York; Guy Parkhurst, Bath, n. T.
Catharine Van Auken, Davenport, Iowa; Gwen
doln Despard, No. 675 West End-ave.' New
York; Gretchen Neuberger, Erie, Penn; Edna
Scudder No. 194 Clinton-st., Brooklyn walter
Kahles, Davenport, Iowa; John Ernest Preston.
No. $50 FuIton-st., Brooklyn; Frederick Crosse
Jersey City; Gladys E. Ross, Brentwood, Long
Island; Gertrude Leonard, Ypsilant, Mich. and
Herman M4ier, No. 500 Monroe-st-, Brooklyn
The letter which won the first prize follows:
Editor of Little Men and Women.
Dear Sir: Old VOlCan must have rush sea-
son on Whether he is making gold in quoits
for the gods or silver girdles for the nymphs L
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
A NATURAL QUESTION.

Little Margaret went with her mother to the
wharf to see her auntie sail on the big ocean
steamer Margaret had never seen the big
steamer before, and she watched everything with
great interest. The monster of boat slipped
slowly away frOm'the dock and Margaret waved
her hand frantically with the rest. Then she
looked up at her mother very solemnly.
Mamma" she questioned does the water
follow that ship all the way over to England p"
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
THE NiGIC PILL BOX.

A plain, small, round pill box is best for this
trick Select a coin which fits exactly in the
box, and prepare one side of it in such a way
that it resembles the bottom of the box. by past
ing a piece of paper similar to the inside Of the
box over one side of the coin. or a better plan
would be to paint the inside Of the box black
and use black paper for the coin.
The performer shows the unprepared side OF
the coin to the audience, and, after allowing
them to examine the box places the coin IN It
with the paper side top When the box IS
opened the coin Will apparently have disap-
peared.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
THE MAY PRIZE WINNERS.
MANY CLOSE CONTEsTs-sTEADY I'M
PROvEMENT AMONG COMPETITORS.

The popular nature of the subjects which
James Henry and his grandfather discussed
last month brought a flood of letters to the edi-
tor The eruption of Mont Pelee and the terri
BILE loss of life in the West Indies attracted
most of The Tribunes Little Men and Women
Alfonso XIII not forgotten, and Rocham-
beau came in for praise. although one Of the
Little Men thought that the United States made
too much of him. The editor surprised to
find only two letters dealing with airships. One
Of these took a prize, and the other received
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
DIsCOTERY OF IRON.

From Spare Moments.
Teacher-Johnny, can YOU tell me no" ron
was first discovered?
Wen just tell the class what your informal
ton is that point ,
Il heard pa say yesterday that they sneit it,
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
NOW HE WONDERS WHY.

From Chums.
A youngster in a suburban school was asked
by the master what most people found. even in
warm countries, when they got to the top of a
high mountain.
'AIost people find" said the boy, that they
are out of breath
New-York tribune., 1902-06-08
HER TASTE.

From The Philadelphia Record.
The girl whose fingers are loaded with dlA-
monds is fond of wringing her hands.