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Smyrna times., 1902-06-18
Coin. of EARLY DAYS.

The early Biblical references to
pieces Of silver do not in the Original
convey the idea of coins. but Of weights
shekels. The Mosaic "OblatiOn TO God
was a half shekel, and the shekel is eX
planned by Josephus as equal to foTr
Athenian drachmR Of a value Of about
55h cents in American money. The
first Jewish coinage under authority
was, it is believed, struck by Simon.the
Maccabee, about the year 40 B. G. II
consisted of shekels and half slrkels
This coinage had its value signiiied
upon it, "Shekel Israel" in Samaritan
characters
Smyrna times., 1902-06-18
WILMINGTON CONFERENCE ACADEMY.
Week of Commencement Exercises Closed
Thursday After a Delightful Season.

Last week was a gala week at the
Conference Academy and the school
was brought to a close Thursday even
ing wheh the graduating exercises
were held IN Wesley Church, Dover,
with the following graduates: Will L.
Chandler, Kent Island, Md, Robert
E. Ellegood, Glendale, Del, Miss
Frances NJ. Slaymaker, Camden, Del,
Harry B. Coulbourne, Marion, Nd,
Harvey P. Keller, FELTON,, Del, and
Howard Jones, RhOdesdale, Nd.
The sermon to the graduates Sun
day morning by the Rev. J. S. Willis,
on knowledge, was a masterpiece
and was enjoyed by large audience.
In the evening the Rev. E. P. Roberts
of Chestertown, delivered an ideal SER
mon.
The lecture of Rev. William Writ
King, D. D., pastor of Grace Church,
Wilmington, before the Scott Liter
airy Society on Monday evening, was
masterful discourse on "The Signs
of the Times.
A very large audience attended the
delightful musicale given Tuesday
evening by Miss Wilson and Mr..
Hopkins. The students had a merry
time with the Glass Day exercises
Wednesday afternoon and evening.
At the meeting of the Alumni Associa-
ton hello Thursday afternoon, it was
resolved to establish a permanent
scholarship fund of at least 81, 200.
The income of which will pay the tuition
of worthy students. All former stu
dents will be requested to contribute.
The ministers in attendance upon
the week of commencement exercises
were: Rev. w. L. S. Murray, Phi. D..
Rev. Alfred Smith, D. D., Whining
ton; Rev. A. S. Mowbray, D. D.,
Port Deposit, Md, Rev. G. A. Grise,
Phi D., Easton, Md, Rev. o. W. De-
Venish, Cherry Hill. Md, Rev. H. G.
Turner, Laurel, Del, Rev. W. R,
Hirons, Newark, Md, Rev, Milton
Mccain, BishOpville, Md, Rev. w.
w. Hudson, Harrington Del, Rev. j.
W. Prettyman, CrumptOn, Nd, Rev.
l.. P. Corkran, Milton Del, Rev. G..
P. Futcher, Ridley Park, Pa, Rev. j.
H. Gardner, Church Greek, Nd, Rev.
J. I. Richardson, Denton, Nd, Rev.
Vaughan S. Collins. Smyrna, Del,
Rev. I. E. Martindale, D. D., Sails
bury, Nd, and Rev. Fred Mumford,
Bayside, Md.
Smyrna times., 1902-06-18
BUSINESS AMERICAN ART.
Not Mathematics. but Matter OF
Creative Imagination.

"The idea of business in a country
that has reached the height of its de
velopment is dry as dust affair" says
Hutchins Hapgood in Ainslee's. 1T IS
the miserable system of keeping Wh"t
one has, Il system in which the temper
ament and the Imagination do not play
a part. The American, however, puts
Imagination into business. Business is
the art of this country. To the Ameri-
can of affairs there are in his work cX-
citement, charm and color. To him it is
not a matter of mathematics, but Cf
the creative Imagination. Great proc
esses. great inventions, great corpora
tions-the organization of such things
requires genius.
Nobody is stupider, more avariciCUs
and more economical in small way
than a French peasant or German
hausfrau. Nobody is less avaricious
and more economical in big way than
a great American inventor, tinancier
or business man. Through his brains
production becomes cheaper and consc-
quently more abundant, and more good
to the common people thereby accruCS
than by all the small savings ever made
since civilization began. 1t is better to
be able to make than to save, and to
make much large outlay in money
energy and brains is necessary. To
save pennies is a sign of commercial
incompetence and national decline.
"When an individual or a nation be
gins Z system of housekeeping on n
small scale. it is a sign that the life
blood is ebbing. Old people, drier and
less resourceful than young people, ere
VIGOROUSLY more economical They, like
old nations. want to hang on to what
they have rather than strive for more
The wisdom of the French peasant.
consists in keeping down his eXpenGi
ture and the size of his family to Il
point where the nation as a whole is
weakened AS Bacon said, He that
hath a state to repair may not dcspisc
small things and perhaps the decay Of
the country is the cause rather than
the effect of French economy. Anyway
the two things hang closely together "
Smyrna times., 1902-06-18
Read il in His Newspaper.

George Schaub, a well known Ger
man citizen of New Lebanon, Ohio,
is a constant reader of the Dayton
VoIkzeitung. He knows that this
paper aims to advertise only the best
in its columns, and when he saw
Chamberlain Pain Balm advertised
therein for lame back, he did not hesi-
tate in buying a bottle of it for his
wife, who for eight weeks had suffered
with the most terrible pains in her
back and could get no relief He says:
''After using the Pain Balm for few
days my wife said to me, 81 feel as
though born anew" and before using
the entire contents of the bottle the
unbearable pains had entirely vanished
and she could again take up her house,
hold duties. He is very thankful
and hopes that all suffering likewise
will hear of her wonderful recovery.
] This valuable liniment is for sale by
Clifton & Raymond, smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1902-06-18
PENINSULA NEWS.
Items Cleaned From All Parts of Delaware
and rlaryland.

George NJ. Jones, Esq, has pur-
chased the 16 acre farm of Jacob Mos
ley, situated about three miles north
west of Dover, for $1,000.
Gov. HUM last week appointed
George H. Murray of Viola, mem
ber of the board of trustees of the
Delaware State Hospital at Farm
hurst, vice DR.. P. 7. Carlisle, re-
signed.
Political gossip says that some Of
Senator Wellington's friends contem-
plate nominating him for Congress
next fall in the Sixth district, the idea
being to nominate him as an Inde-
pendent Republican and have the
Democrats indorse him.
S. Maxwell Harrington and Alden
B. Richardson of Dover, are building
a shanty at Sapp's Landing, near the
marsh, which they will use during
the cunning season. Both these
young men are good shots and are
fond of duck shooting, and the shanty
has been built with an idea for com
fort and convenience during the cold,
disagreeable weather when the shanty
will be of service to them.
A survey of the proposed route Of
the Wilmington and New Castle, New
Castle and Delaware City and the
Delaware City and Middletown con
Meeting lines is being made. The new
route will be IA miles in length, will
a total of 26 miles of track. 1t is be
lieved that the objection of resident
along the line have been fully over
come, some of the worst enemies o
the road having granted right of wa,
in fee simple.
Smyrna times., 1902-06-18
prurrtores old ma New.

Sometimes it seems as if drugstores
have everything except drugs. The
middle aged man or woman remembers
when the apothecary shop had a dis.
tinctive smell of drugs and chemicals.
Nothing was in sight but jars Of won
drously colored liquids and powders,
crystals and sticks and drawers of Gu
riOus things with Latin labels. The
only thing that was at all attractive
for the women was the case of fancy
soaps and perfumes. with face powders
and cosmetics, and for the men the case
of cigars. The soda fountain made the
first innovation. 1t was no such preten-
tiOus affair as now dominates the cor
ner drugstore. however. 1t stood mod
estly on one end of the counter. There
were five or six kinds of sirups and no
ice cream or hot drinks. Later candy
found Il place in the apothecary's. then
came stationery. and now there are all
sorts of bric-a-brac.-New York Press.
Smyrna times., 1902-06-18

but we are glad that you can have
these few weeks to refresh your nerves
and your heart; come back to us rested
and strengthened in the fall when we
shall welcome you back to have our
children blessed by your influence
and helped to develop into useful and
good men and women"
Smyrna times., 1902-06-18
Security Trust and Safe Deposit
COmpauv.
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Authorized to Act as
TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR, ADMINS
TRAITOR, GUARDIAN, ASSIGEFF
RECEIVER, REGISTRAR AND
AGENT.
Transacts a
GENERAL TRUST BUSINESS
Allows Interest on Deposit
Loans Money on Mortgages and other
Good Securities.
Attends to the
Management of Real Estate and 20 the
Collection and Remittance of R1f.
Interest Oh Securities and Dividend, on
Stocks.
Rents Boxes
In its new Burglar and fire proof Vaults
Makes ample provision in it, Storr
Room and Vaults for the safe krpulo
of Securities and Valuable parb'.e..
placed in its custody.
Keeps Wills Without Charge
BENJAMIN EIELDS. President
WILLIAM r. BRINCKLE. Vlce-P..-
JAMES B. CLARKSOE. Treas and ,l.
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Smyrna times., 1902-06-18
A Political Pointer.

Hilton-They say politics makes
strange bedfellows.
Weller-Yes; but it doesn't matter il
you get n good berth Boston Tran
script.
Smyrna times., 1902-06-18

Prices Corn Fertilizer. er.................
Prices Tomato Fertilizer .............
Florida Acid Phosphate. e................
Liberty Bell Potash Mixture. .........
Champion Giant. ..................
Triumph Pure Bone Phosphate. ....
Woolley's Rock, Bone and Potash. -.
Wheeler's Electrical Dissolved Bone.
Wheeler's Wheat and Glover. ..
Wheeler's Corn Fertilizer. er.............
Wheeler's Potato Manure. ...........
Wheeler's High Grade Tomato. .......
Tilghman's Fish Mixture.
Berg's Raw Bone Fine. e..........,...
Berg y So Bone Manure. ...... ''''''
Dissolved Rock. Observation-Disclosures.
Simpsons No. Raw Bone Super Phos
Simpsons No. Raw Bone Super Phos.
Simpson, Truck Phosphate. ..........
b. &F. High Grade Acid PhosI hate.
b. Il +. Acid Phosphate and Potash. .
Fish Mixture ........... ............
Jumbo Bone Phosphate. te...............
High Grade Truck Phosphate. .........
Our Peerless Fertilizer. r................
Hubbard's Special Mixture. ...........
Our Special Potato Manure. ...........
Pollock's Dissolved 5. G. Bone. .....
Pollock S Superior Corn& Tomato Fert.
i l.
Horse Shoe Soluble Bone.
Raw Bone Meal Observation-Disclosures.
w. b. Raw Bone Super Phosphate
MInqua Soluble Bone and Potash 80.
Ideal Fish and Potash Fertilizer ......
Reese's Diss. Phosphate of Lime 49,.
Reeses Grass aud Grain. ............
Reese's Crown Phosphate and Potash
Reese's Challenge Crop Grower. ...
I
LazarettoHighG hGradeDis. Bone&Potash
Pure Ground Bone. Observation-Disclosures.
Canton Chemical Soluble Bone& Potash
Canton Chemical Bakers Fish Guano
Canton Chemical Eagle Phosphate.
Listers General Crop Producer.
| Listers Celebrated Ground Bone
Listers Harvest Queen Phosphate
| Lister 'sSpecialCorn and POtatoManur6
Tygert-Allen Star Dissolved S. G. Bone
| Scott's Tip Top Soluble Bone. .......
ScOtt's TIP Top Soluble Bone & Potash
ScOtt's Standard Phosphate .........
Scott's Sure Growth Super Phosphate
Baugh's High Grade Acid Phosphate
Baugh's General Crop Grower. ....,
Baugh's Pure Bone Meal. al............
Baugh's Tomato Compound. .......
| Soluble Bone.
| AttobOuG A1Oub L nbnilhhlbs . q. . q. =.
Grass and Grain Special. l.......
Potato, Tomato and Truck GuanO.
No. Bone Phosphate. e...............
Special Compound. d...................
Fish, Bone and Potash h..............
tlsh Mixture. ...................
Hubbard's Soluble Bone and Potash.
Hubbard's Farmers X l. Phosphat,
Tygert's Acid Phosphate. ...........
! D.ntrIor DhnaNbnko
Tygert's Golden Harvest Phospha te.
Tygert's Tomato Fertilizer. ..........
Mapes Potato Manure. e................
Farmers Old Economy Fertilizer 80.
Farmers Acme Fertilizer. ..... ......
Armour's Star Acid Phosphate. ......
Armour's Phosphate and Potash. ....
Armour's Wheat, Corn and Dat Specia
Armour's Grain Grower. er..............
Armour's Fruit and Root Special.
Armour's All Soluble. ......... 49,.
Klondike Fish and Potash Mixture. !.
J Fish and Potash Mixture No 2.....
Tomato and Truck Guano. .......
Smyrna times., 1902-06-18
Agricultural Chem. Co \

Scott Fertilizer Co, Elkton, Md.
- 90
90 g
Baugh q Sons Co., Baltimore. .........
q
q
S. NJ. Hess & Bro, Philadelphia.
Newport Fertilizer Co, Philadelphia.
g
Farmers&Planters Co., Salisbury, Md.
Hubbard Fertilizer Co, Baltimore.
The J. f. Tygert Co, Philadelphia.
tt ss
MapesF Form' las Peruv'nG GuanoCo.N.Y
M. P. Hubbard & Co., Baltimore. :.
Smyrna times., 1902-06-18
The Dress Is the Thing.

"She's going in for athletics. she
says"
"What particular kind of athleticsY
"Oh, she won't settle that until she
has studied up the various costumes" "
Chicago Post.
Smyrna times., 1902-06-18
COLUMN OF INTEREST TO
SMYRNA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
A PAPER ENTITLED "RECREATION TIME"
PUBLISHED IN THE "SCHOOL JOURNAL
Some Thoughts For Teachers and Pupils to
Consider Now on the Eve of a Forty
Weeks Summer Vacation.

The following communication Is an edi-
torial from the School journal of New York.
Its appropriateness at this time will be rec
Ognized by all interested in school work.
l would call attention to the last para
graph as setting forth need that the good
thinking public ought to consider that of
electing teachers before vacation.
] = Rr.RnErTE
Smyrna times., 1902-06-18

Fish are sold alive in Japan. the ped
dlefs conveying them through the
streets in tanks.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-11
- = ~ =
: TYPOS PHILOSOPHICAL
Taking Expulsion From Trades and
4 Labor. Council Calmly.

Taking Expulsion From Trades and
Labor Council Calmly. -tzss-~7
Members of the Typographical Union
are taking their expulsion from the
Trades and Labor Council philosophical
,ly, withal admitting some disappointme ent
at the action of the central body, with
which the union had been 50 long affili-
rated and in which it had such influence,
especially in the early years of the coun-
Gil. The vote for expulsion was so de-
cisive as to leave no room for doubt in
the minds Of the members of the union
that they were not wanted in the council
and that their influence there was at an
end. In this connection they call atten-
ltion to the fact that eventually the union
would thave been compelled to withdraw
from the council in order ITO retain it's
graphical Union. So their expulsion was
only fastening of the day of final sep
aration.
1t occasions some inquiry among the
me mbers of the union that the women del.
ogates to the council, with single excep-
tton, voted for expulsion, a quite ,unex-
pected result in view of the fact that the
typographical union alone of all trades
affiliated with the council, requires equal
wages for women who do the same work
as men. - -
The councils action eXpelling the union
from membership was based on the atti-
tude of the union toward the striking
photo ems ngravers. The Typographical
Union claims Jurisdiction over the photo
engravers and not only refused to sane
tion their strike but assisted the employ
erS to get new men. NJ .s-- s '.,'- =
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-11
HILLS TURN ON SPIT.
Mr.. Bryan Says He Was s1Still
Very stilln in 1896.
READY TO REPEAT HIS OLD. SIN
Famous Bon Mot of New Yorker
Made the Text for a Conn
moner Roast.

Special to The Journal.
Lincoln, Neb, July 11.-Mr. Bryan
makes direct assault upon Mr.. Hill in
to-day's Commoner. His leading edito-
rial takes as q text a statement made by
Hill In a letter to Hamilton Ward Bel
mont, New York, during the 1896 cam
paign that he Child was democrat still
very still" !" Mr.. Bryan says:
David b. tIill without whose vociferations
no harmony" meeting would be complete,
has not always been SO prodigal with his
voice. There was a time, and it was a
critical time, in the history of the democratic
party, when neither love of country nor party
loyalty, nor the recolleotions of ,honors re-
'eeiyed, nor yet (strangest of alp the hope
OF honor yet to come, could draw from him
one dulcet note. II Mr.. Hill has any intlu-
ence, in 1896 was the time to exert 1t. We
needed harmony then, and his particular
friends were the discordant ones; but he
was 'still-very still. NJ
He ought not to be too noisy now He
claims to have voted the ticket IN 1896, but
II he has SO much influence, why did he not
use his influence, for the ticket? "A man who
Is big enough to aspire to THE presidency
ought to he able to do more than control his
own vote = .s' ',sss1.573 81 $5..,h
At the Tilden club banquet he eulogized
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-11
InI-abor : S iield
A UNIONS REVIVAL
Movement to Place Woodworkers
on Their Feet.
PRESIDENT MULcAHEY IS HERR
Some Obstacles In the Way, but Out
look Is Bring for Reha-
bilitation.

There is a. strong movement on foot
loking to a revival of the Minneapolis
WoodWorkers' union. This organization,
previous to the disastrous strike OF year
ago, was, next to the carpenters union,
the largest single labor organization IN
the city and second to none in influence In
local labor circles. The strike was
failure in the end, being FASTENED by the
action of the Building Trades Council,
which at the outset Of the contest Wltn-
drew it's support and canceled thel Wood
workers. union membership in the coun-
ell. Since then the union has been rapid
ly losing in numbers and influence until
to-day OF the 751 members that were then
in good standing On its books, only a
remnant remains, at the most not more
than $50, while much OF the Old pfestlge
and enthusiasm is gone.
The situation has appealed to the OIL
GERS OF the International association as
one calling for help from the outside, and
last week President Mulcahey OF the as
sociation came to Minneapolis from Chi
cago prepared to use his best personal
efforts toward putting the union upon its
feet again. He has been on the scene
for a week now; has held one mass meet
ing and is scheduled for another on Sum
day; has mingled much with the men and
is now altogether hopeful that better
= days are coming for the union.
The organization Is in a somewhat en-
it no longer has membership in the Build
ing Trades Council and cannot, therefore,
expect the cooperation of the building
trades unions in any movement to compel
the use of the union label on the products
used in Minneapolis.
The prime object Of the strike of year
ago was to obtain higher wages and
recognition of the label. The union lost
both contentious. Since then, however,
the manufacturers have in most cases
voluntarily advanced wages to the point
where they stood in 1892 and before the
hard times arrived, and to-day the wood
workers of Minneapolis are probably en-
joying as full a measure of prosperity as
at any time in the history of the In
dustry in Minneapolis. There are proba-
bly, 1,500 men employed in all lines in
cluded under the title of woodworkers,
and conditions as to wages and hours
are quite satisfactory. But the union
label, the first consideration with the
local workers in this industry, remains
unrecognized, and the men who still re-
main steadfast to the union and it's OBJ
jects realize that it will always be 80
unless there is a strong organization de-
voted to the union label and prepared to
make fight for it when the oppor-
tunity presents.
OF the 500 men employed to-day in the
woodworking industry in Minneapolis, it
Is estimated that about 1900 are eligible
for membership in the union, and it is the
hope and intention of the leaders in the
new movement eventually to have all of
them on the rolls. 5@....; -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-11
YOUNG IS LEADING.
Shelden's Loss Of Houghton Was a
Body Blow.
WRIGHT MAY BECOME A FACTOR
Congressional Fights Now
Being Waged.

Special to The Journal.
Iron Mountain, Mich, July u.-That
Congressman Carl Sheldon OF Houghton,
first nominated six years ago, will not
be returned to congress next term is
practically assured by the outcome Of
the three county republican conventions
held this week in the twelfth district,
which includes the entire upper penin-
sular. The face Of the situation has
been entirely changed, yet, as has all
along been maintained by shrewd poll
ticians, the nomination of H. o. Young
of Ishpeming, Marquette county, would
seem to be assured. The Sheldon sup
porters have been considering Houghton
county, the home of the congressman,
safe for him, and have ignored as un-
worthy Of serious attention the can
didacy OF Charles A. Wright, also res
ident of the county. The result Of their
inactivity within their supposed strong
hold was the action Of the county con-
vention on Wednesday, when Wright was
declared the favorite son and the dele
gates were instructed to support him.
Houghton county, by far the largest in
the district. has been absolutely neces-
sary for Sheldon, but without it Young
Of Ishpeming, can win. The latter, after
a hard fight, won out in Iren county this
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-11
POOL GONE
CLASS. B ELEVATORS ARE OUT
Fears Are Expressed In Buffalo o!
a Return of the Rate - ..'.-
Cutting.
Nesv York. S,s7, Speoto2 Service

Neev York. S,s,. S1,eoto1 Service ~ -: -"
Buffalo, N. Y. July 11.-After operat-
ing successfully in the maintenance of
charges for several years, the elevator
pool known as the Western Elevating
Association, was disrupted yesterday by
the withdrawal of all the class 3 ele-
vators. This action was taken at the
close of long meeting of the associa-
ton, and was due to difficulties of opin-
ion regarding the percentages of busi-
ness assigned to the different elevators
in the pool. &1@
The class B elevators include all the
wooden houses at this port, and con-
sist of the Bennett, Wilkeson, Frontier,
Coatesworth, Wheelock,. Ontario .Ex-
change and Evans. 1t is said that up to
the present time this season the seceders
have been given only 1885, ,624 bushels of
grain to handle, while the remaining
membeTss of the i association :. have, ,ele-
waited 80, ,543, 389 bushels. =
~ A meeting of the proprietors Of the
class b elevators Will ibe held to-day to
form a new organization and elect Off
GERS. The first action Of the association
will be to cut prices for elevating grain
to Nc, with ten, days free storage. While
the members Of the old organization
firmly declare that they will maintain
the previous rates of 1ac, it is gen.
orally believed that the t1isaffection of
eight Of it's members will bring return
of the rate cutting which prevailed be-
fore the pool was formed. -. .~-.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-11
MISTAKEN FOR INDIANS
Minneapolis Women Objects of Curl
- ious Gaze of Fasteners.


- ioas Gaze of Fasteners.
The usual. crop. of convention stories is
,ahoat,4 showing how the extreme easterners
came out prepared to fight Indians, il neces-
sary, in order to maintain the peace of the
N. E. A. Others were prepared against sud
den attacks by cinnamon bears. Two So
ciety women were taken for, Indians in civil
lized attire last night at the West, by three
women delegates, supposedly from Boston.
The Minneapolitans were in a parlor watch
ing the mandolin club of seven girls from the
Indian school at Chamberlain, S. d: They
found themselves, instead Of the real red
maidens, tn efocus of three pairs Of earnest
eyes, those of the aforesaid Bostonians, and
were so embarrassed that finally they left.
The Bostonese followed and asked questions
of a-city teacher Of the information, bureau,
indicating the Minneapolis women. rss,. il
r. AS the Minneapolis women left the, hotel
entrance later in the evening they passed
the same group and one Of them said to the
curious trio: 80 l. -. + .s
"a am very sorry to disappoint you this
evening. I know We are quite dark, but,
really, we haven't, drop OF Indian blood in
our veins" The eldest of the women, very
much chagrined. replied: Il was not the one;
really, didn't think SO. 1t was the young
women with me. They were positive you
were Indians 90 S~= - " $50