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Smyrna times., 1902-03-19

Go to J. B. Cooper's for all your
garden and field seeds.
Cosgriff & Beck advertise elsewhere
a butcher business for the quick and
ready buyer. Read what they have to
say.
The delicious Delaware shad will be
III the market i'll few weeks. Fisher
men are preparing their nets and get
ting ready for the onslaught.
Miss Elizabeth Lattomus is having
her Easter Millinery opening, to day,
Thursday and Friday and invites the
public to see her fine selection of the
latest styles and effects.
Cosgriff & Beck are dealing in Le-
high Coal-William Penn, Morea and
Turkey Run mines, Will sell 224O |
/ ,ounds as cheap as any in Smyrna.
The Watkins Orchestra of Smyrna is
prepared to furnish music for all occa-
ions, at reasonable prices. Call or
ddress VIM NORRIS, Times Office,
myrna, Del.
NoTICE-Taken last week by mis-
IKE in exchange, black martin fur,
Iydized chain. Will person return
b NJ
)yd, Mt. Vernon street, and receive
pr own.
Several times recently Mrs. Charles
well, living in Thoroughfare Neck,
dreamed of the death of her brother
IN Ferris, in Liverpool, England.
Thursday she received a letter
flying her of his death. - Whining
| / Sunday Star.
n
lptain A. H. Smith the agent for
J. E. Tygert Fertilizers in this
ION has something to tell you IN
advertisement this week concern
r WE'LL known brands. His
knment should be read with in
Ba
Wi
da,e & Beck have sold the prop
Jobging to Mrs. Maud l.. RemlY
n IN the road leading from
Fdvo Duck Greek, and contain
o1doacres of land, to Mrs. Mary
EN- of near Leipsic for $500.
Re- ~. VIZ ruo,
formt 60 - G. S. ~ onan;ua ae
Confe3 ~ %,5 ""0 49,
e ~ tn and 2Sth, when an ex.
Nc Id filter will show a large
ence tru '"O' w.
Stati Shahan, uncleN cf j. B
Tbo o,j town, died last Monday
and fnon.is late residence, 2S2C
oset, Philadelphia. In.
folIows ade from his late res
oea .cholo ,4reviIle this morning.
ia senior IS 80 years old.
Junior Chap
ship of 13, ,03 oSSer' S@ie' niau iOi
There was company "oou
tho foIlov;n Deen in town the pas
682; Church ratins 'ne lnerl'S .
dov coboo1a SCattle Powder an(
oa,,a A;d o1l Mr.. W. M. Levi
anov eoe 900. imyrna and Mr.. A
S493; Bible 81 a' Oiay'on' 90
Foreign Missio
Woman's Homer
Sf2.OSO: Domestpyrna Union, "
pital. S211: C,e of Mrs. Geo.
Sc, 1873: Episcoparnoon, Mrs. Laur
assistant Superb
Heariy rive iho of Hope. I'll
Number of nrohC. T. U. will b
is an increase of Ser the otn' 9tl
Full members, 37,5t
100; deaths. 4O4; chi
1853; adults baptized Morning St
churches in the Confe., gave Gran
at 1873, 900; lat paiand Supren
at $275,65O There wtrand Lodg
provements $50, ,299; lrel, quite
debtedness, S17, ,s95, lesay evenlr
indebtedness on the ch Smith e
amounting to $S7, Prk OF Il
q There has been paid INNER, an
support, S123. .Os2: for hon, good
S93; for presiding elders, lere al
bishops, $1,4S4; making Gles' a
$l51, ,206 for ministerial sunshmeI
Tor sections, lights, etc., S3S
for Sunday School expenses,
The above report is one of tscent
favorable ever read before tncti
mlngton Annual Conference. tlg hi
commendable part of it being tlon
some sum raised toward the per
ence Academy debt This ipse,e,
Smyrna times., 1902-03-19

s Cosgriff & Beck are dealing in Le-
ehigh Coal-William Penn, Morea and
Turkey Run mines, Will sell 224O
/ ,ounds as cheap as any in Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1902-03-19

! The Watkins Orchestra of Smyrna is
prepared to furnish music for all occa-
ions, at reasonable prices. Call or
ddress VIM. NORRIS, Times Office,
myrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1902-03-19

Several times recently Mrs. Charles
well, living in ThorOughfare Neck,
8 dreamed of the death of her brother
IN Ferris, in Liverpool, England.
Thursday she received letter
flying her of his death. - Whining
/ S'und0N Star.
Smyrna times., 1902-03-19
TBE SMYRNA TIMES.
Smyrna, DeI.,
SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.

Wednesday Afternoon. Mar. 10, 1902
Smyrna times., 1902-03-19

NoTIcE-Taken last week by mis-
IKE in exchange, a black martin fur,
rydized chain. Will person return
above mentioned fur to Mrs. NJ. l..
,yd, Mt. Vernon street, and receive
n own.
Smyrna times., 1902-03-19

iptain A. H. Smith the agent for
j. E. Tygert Fertilizers in this
lon has something to tell you in
advertisement this week concern
r WE'LL known brands. His
knment should be read with in
Ra
Smyrna times., 1902-03-19
Stati Shahan, uncle, CT J. B.

The sec town, died last Monday
and fnonis late residence, 1920
Confarenc get, Philadelphia. In
as follows :'oe from HIS ia'e res
oea ocholo areville this morning.
ia Sanior IS so years old.
The Washington times., 1902-12-25
Chase's Vaudeville.

The Burmese football players. Moung
Toou and Moung Chet. viii be presented
at Chase's next week The program Will
include also several exceptionally pop
ular acts. Bert Howard aud Leona Bland
Gillette's musical dogs. the world-fa-
nous Rossow midgets. Frank Gardiner
and Lottie Vincent. little Charlie Ros-
SOW. Rae and Brosche. and the beauu-
ful and realistic colored motion pictures
showing the adventures of Little Red
Riding Hood" The marvellous dexterity.
nimbleness Of feet. and the precision and
grace OF action Of the two noted Bur
mese players is expected to arouse thd
audiences 20 a greater degree than any
other act Of the season, judging from
reports which have followed the presen-
tatlon Of the attraction in the Eastern
cities. In England they had the honor to
perform before the King In Burmah the
game which corresponds with American
football. and English cricket is called
"chinlOne." and resembles the Occiden-
tai sports only in the remotest degree.
as it is played with small wicker or
glass balls cast from one player TO
another without the interposition Of the
hands It is this that makes the game
so remarkable and so difficult as the
players attain the skin. proficiency. and
muscularity which seem little short OF
marvellous % the Western mind. Both are
completely tattooed in accordance with
the custom Of their country. and appear
clad only in bresch clouts. gowns. and
queer tWbans. The cOlored motion Pile
lures OF Little Red Riding Hood" will
be the richest treat the little folks have
been afforded this season at Chase's.
The Washington times., 1902-12-25
nSky Farm at the Columbia.

The country season i'm town is 10 take
its recognized initiative at the Columbia
Thcater next Monday evening. with the
production Of Edward f. Kidder's new
p ay Of American country life entitled
sky Farm" which ran at the Boston
Museum for about 100 nights Of last sea-
son 20 continuously crowded houses, and
was subsequently withdrawn to admit Of
its imperative transfer to the Garrick
Theater. New York. before the close Of
the season. The piece scored a run at
the Garrick Of nearly 100 nights.
AS may be inferred by the title, "Sky
Farm" is OF the "Old Homestead" order.
but fashioned nearer 10 the hour. The
story is said 20 be drawn from life and be
more plausible than the average bucolic
drama.
The author Edward E. Kidder. has
written several other successful come
dies. especially those in which the late
Sol Smith Russell was so long and profit
gbly featured The cast Is announced as
follows: Scott Cooper. Francis Byrne.
William II. Tooker. Sarah McVicker,
Rose Flynn. Ralph Dean. Henry J. West.
Claire Mcdowell. Fay Courteney. TulIy
Marshall Maud Hosford. Charles Crosby.
Daisy Graham. Frank Monroe. David
Christie, and others.
The Washington times., 1902-12-25
CHAPTER II.
1.-TWO Fat Old Women"

Two at Old Women"
THE little train that leaves the
Southern Pacific Railway at Ben
L son and goes on its way down
into northern Mexico was any
thing but crowded.
The cars were hot. with the sun bak-
ing from sky and rejecting earth. Over
In one corner there were two Mexican
girls with a young man-thrce types OF
the changing customs Of the country.
One OF the young women had her head
and waist draped IN a black embroid-
cred and fringed rebosa, which may have
belonged 20 her grandmother II MID
her lower face and left her smooth
black hair. with IFS straight white divis-
ion. aud her low brow and black eyes.
vaguely to suggest a Madonna.
II you allowed yourself to think. you
knew that the figure under the draping
was corsetless and uutidy. and I'm a few
short years would be shapeless, but IL
was Dleasanter not 10 think, to admire
The slender brown hand that held the
black folds. and the fngers covered with
quaint old rings. one Of which held d
claw for a cigarette
You wanted all your admiration upon
one side to throw into stronger con
uast your amused disgust at the daugh-
ter OF Americanized Mexico The other
girl had evidently been to Los Angeles
or san Diego. and was bedight with the
modes OF her class. The pinched waist
Of bright blue, the tight yellow gloves,
were vulgar TO degree. but the removai
Of the rebosa. and the cutting and the
tight crlmping Of the coarse black hair.
surmounted by a white sailor hat. had
thrown into prominence the coarse
mouth and chin, which one almost for
gets is a common characteristic Of Mcxi-
can women. To uncover a face that gem
cratlons have worn covered is shocking
The countenance looks as though IL felt
itself brazen.
The young man was not sacrificing his
own splendor to the heat His Prince
Albert coat was tight, and his silk hat
was too precious to be removed from
his head. He leaned over the shoulder
Of the ugly, badly gowned exponent Of
the new times, and evidently regarded
her rebosa wrapped companion as a
country dowdy.
Across the aisle sat two young girls
who regarded the sight. so strange 90
their eyes, with every appreciation Of
the situation. but never thinking that
they themselves completed The picture
They were dressed for the heat in cool
silk blouses. their soft, well-cared- for
The Washington times., 1902-12-25
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Annie Russell in a New PLAY.

At the National next Monday night
Charles Frohman will present for the
first time on the American stage. Made
line Lucette Ryley's new play. Mice and
Men" which is chosen for Annie Russell
now in her fifth season as star. Mr..
Frohman has long been partial to WASH
ington as a frst-night city. It will be re-
membered that many OF his most impor-
tant productions We're seen here for the
FIRST time. He will come to Washington
TO give the final rehearsals and first pro-
duction Of this new play his personal di-
rections. Mice and Men" was pro-
nounced one Of the successes of the last
London season. 1t is announced as
pretty comedy. wholesome In story. and
daintily written, and provides Miss Rus.
sell a part suited to her art. The sup
porting company viii be the strongest
Miss Russell has ever had. and will in
clude Orrin Johnson. John Mason. John
Glenining Charles Butler. e. A. Eberle.
Frank Goldsmith, T. c. Valentine. Miss
Uddleston, Mrs. Glendining. May GayIer.
and Mrs. G. n. Gilbert. There will be
matinees New Year Day and Saturday.
The sale Of seats opened this morning.
The Washington times., 1902-12-25
RAINS RESTRICT COAL
OUTPUT 10 PER CENT
Slump in Demand for Domestic Uses
Helps Out the Dealers.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 24.-Another OF
the Reading coIlieries was temporarily
drowned out yesterday. Five Of the thir-
ty-one colieries which are owned by the
company. and which were working until
the heavy rains are now temporarily out
OF business. The work OF reclaiming
them was vigorously prosecuted yester-
day, yet it will be several days, perhaps
a week. before the effects Of the foods
viii be over.
This restricts tae Reading output near
ly 20 per cent. Monday but 955 cars were
loaded at the mines. whereas the output
Immediately before the rains was about
/ 200 cars daily.
BY fortunate coincidence. the demand
for coal for domestic uses has slackened
at the same time that the output is thus
restricted. Dealers had an easy time
yesterday The demand generally slack
ems of just before Christmas. and deal
ers are looking Tor a compensating rush
at the close Of the week
The Washington times., 1902-12-25
4 CHRISTMAS GIFT.

give you, love, this Christmas Day
No royal gift Of kings.
But just a faulty, human heart
That. dear. forever sings
Tn Joy about your every charm.
In love that true viii be.
Throughout each change OF conscious
life.
And flow Of living sea.
give you, sweet. human love.
But holy in it's purity.
My love for you, my higher part
And better self still proves TO be
What could I give you more than this7
A love that faithful e'er will cling
To you. when all the joy Of life
And hope Of JOY have taken wing.
And. too. l give you perfect trust.
No matter what the world might say.
My trust in you would be serene.
And flow on in unbroken way.
The trials Of life may lie before.
Your feet may stumble on the road.
trust you still. how could 1 else
When love itself is trusung's goad?
The faith ! give you. dearest heart.
Is like the faith that in each soul
Is felt in some unseen good.
Some heaven that is earthly goal
No matter what the years may bring
/ know your good; ! feel your truth:
] know my love Is placed in right.
Although / love in days Of youth.
] give you. love. this Christmas Day
The gifts that in the Christmas tale.
Shine on In undiminished glow
1" light that time will never pale.
The love. the trust and higher faith
human heart that like the one
As babe, as priest, and victim. king.
For us our peace and safety won
ELIZABETH ELLICOTT POE.
The Washington times., 1902-12-25
COMING TO THE THEATERS

work. which age seems to make more at
tractive and acquaintance more delight
full Change is introduced from year to
year by new voices in the solo parts.
Dorothy Pollock. the cOntralto. arc
strangers here. the former already well
known through participation in the Gin
cinnati Festivals. the Bach Festival, at
Bethlehem. and the concerts Of the New
York Oratorio Society, the latter. as yet.
without wide fame. but destined througs
the possession Of a rich voice and a fine
method to a future Of distinction. The
men, Mr.. Nicholas Dainty. tenor. and Mr.
Ericsson Bushnell. bass. are old favor
ties in Washington. and their return is
pleasantly anticipated.
The Washington times., 1902-12-25
POLLUTION OF POTOMAC
RIVER WATER STOPPED
Judge Waddin Gives Decision in the
ThTOpp Case.

RICHMOND. Va. Dec. 25.-The United
States circuit court Of appeals. Hon.
Edmund waddin presiding, yesterday
held a special session for the purpose
Of announcing the opinion Of the court
in the case Of Joseph f. Thropp. ap-
peIlant. VS.. The Harper's Ferry Paper
Company. The opinion afirms the de-
cision Of the appellate court in granting
an injunction restraining Thropp from
washing iron ore and thereby polluting
the Potomac River above the paper mill
The decision establishes the law that
parties who by any means polluts
streams Of water may be restrained by
injunction. Il is final and affects the
ore banks. coal mines. and other con-
Germs which make use OF the waters OF
Maryland. Virginia and West Virginia.
The Washington times., 1902-12-25

I Mary shut her eyes and put her fingers
IN her ears.
What did you bring US up here for2
Why didn't you tell us?"
Il didn't bring you" Colonel Marcy
said triumphantiy. You came. didn't
promise you anything in the way Of
safety, except that I'd always have an
orderly at your back to shoot you in case
the Indians were in danger Of capturing
you" and he went back to his seat.
How silly you are. Maisie!" Nina
said. you know uncle Is joking. There
isn't any possible danger. or he would
not have allowed US 20 come. You know
that perfectly we'll For my part, 1
should enjoy a little danger. never had
a real adventure in my life"
"Well," said Miss Marcy, with extreme
frankness. Il came for fun. Ever since
! have been in school I've been wild to
get ont 20 a fort, and since last June.
when 1 rolled up my diploma. I've been
working papa to come / know it is
going to be lovely But I'm looking for
rides. and larks. and jolly young officers
to dance with You may have all the
Apaches"
Nina looked out on the plain She was
dreaming dreams Of some sort, not so
material as her plump cousins. but fan
cies that the strange, torrid atmosphere
OF the Southwest would foster.
The cars came to a standsuU at Fair
bank. the place where the passengers for
Tombstone left them. The door was
pushed open. and a straight young man.
ia the thin blue serge field blouse Of the
army. and a big Mexican hat. came in.
bis riding gloves were worn and soiled
and so were the long. wrinkled cavalry
boots. There was a three weeks growth
Of beard on his face. But while its
ragged sickness showed that it was neg
lect that had put it there. it did not dis
turb the altogether poetic look which it
gave 70 the handsome face.
Colonel Marcy reached out his band
with all the cordiality' Of delighted greet
ing, and the young man met il almost
with affection.
'ITs a good sight to see you so near
the eort. colonel"
ITS good luck to find you on the
way. Adair. What's all this fuss I hear
about old Geronimo? Why don't you
bring the Old iend in"
We need a strategist." Adair said
laughing. Colonel Marcy was known as
one of the best Indian fighters on the
border. but his methods we're so plain
ana open that they had never been used
before. because they were considered
too simple.
Let me introduce you to my daugh-
ter and niece. Captain Adair-Mary.
and Miss Wentworth"
Captain Adair's gloves and hat were
OF. There was a little stiffness in the
greeting upon his part. His lady man
ners. as he would have sale. were a
little rusty. 1t was more than seldom
that two. or even one. youns lady from
the East came near enough for him TO
speak TO her. Adair had no mother or
sisters 10 go hom, to. and his contact
with women was OF the smallest.
Half an hour later. he hardly knew
how. he was saying as much 20 Nina
Wentworth There had been something
ia the expression of her sweet eyes and
pale. compassionate face which had
opened his heart. For the hrst time in
The Washington times., 1902-12-25
DEAF MUTE ABLAZE
SHRIEKED FOR HELP
Her Clothes Catching Fire From Brush
Girl Dies in TERRIBLE Agony.

LAUREL Del, Dec. 25.-Alice. the
tcn-year-oli deaf mute daughter Of Cul-
breth huston. OF near Hearns. was
burned TO death yesterday.
The child accompanied Lcr father and
elder brother to a field. where they were
burning brush After setting FIRE to a
pile OF brush they went over the Geld a
few uiuutas later they tiscovored the
girl running toward tle house. Her
clothing was a1iaze. and. fan-ed by the
hieh wind. she was almost nude when
her father reached her.
In tearing the areds Of clothing from
the chii4a ctarred body he. too. was
badly burned
Unable 70 uekc her frightuI condition
known oy ar Ineligible cry. she uttered
piercing aArioas. She died an hour later
81 terrible agony
The Washington times., 1902-12-25

hts life Adair forgot that ne was with a
stranger. There was in her glance a
ealmness. a lack Of sarcasm. OF irony.
almost lack Of ssnse Of humcr. which
took from his heart al fear. Her ex-
preston had the gentleness that Adair
felt, some way. he would have liked TO
have seen in his mothers face. He al
most told her so. in that unusual ex-
panstveHess with which he surprised
himself
Adair was distinctively an American
product His father had been a Presby-
terian minister in the hills OF West
Virginia, learned and narrow and poor
Adair had hoed corn in the mornings
Of his bOyhOOd aGd5 studied Latin in
the afternoons. When he was seventeen
he had taught the country school, and
when a competitive examination for
West Point had been held in the neigh
boring town he had entered. and easily
won the appointment. His father had
never forgiven him for taking UP the
ungodIy life Of a soldier. and had died
the following year, leaving Adair en-
tireIy alone in the world
He had been more respected and liked
than sought after at West Point His
handsome face and manly ways would
have made him a favorite had he had
the Iightness to seek popularity, but
the shyness born OF his early days OF
solitude had never left him
Nina had as truly forgotten every
thing as had Adair. AT first she had
seen the effect OF her glance upon him.
She had seen it too often not TO know
It's meaning. Il is seldom that nature
endows a woman with a great weapon
without showing her its power and Civ
ing It into her own keeping: but the
instant and simple response. the unlock
ing Of inner chambers Of fine nature.
had touched her as nothing had ever
done I'm her rather frivolous life
She asked. and Adair told her. all
he knew OF the life Of the Fort and
the present trouble with the Indians.
He passed lightly over any possible
danger to themselves. As Tar as they
knew row. Geronimo was over the Mexi-
can border and hidden away in the
mountains.
The train ran on; the sun began TO
60 down over the Milestone Mountains,
leaving their Jagged tops siIhouetted
against an amber shy, and the canyons
full Of purple light. The charm Of that
weird. barren country Of hot. clear skies
and crystalline atmosphere began To at
feet the two girls with its cwn silence.
When at last the little platform OF the
Fort station was reached. they arose and
collected their belongings with almost
a homesick feeling for the engine that
was leaving them to they knew not what
IA new and mysterious life.
Hecker. standing on the platform to
greet them with his dozen soldiers and
the big. yellow officers ambulance be-
hind them. gave one look and stepped
forward.
Two fat old women"
From the car window dark rsbosa
wrapped face watched the big blond lieu
tenant, anxiously awaiting scmc sign OF
recognition. some glance In her direc-
tiOn. When she lost sight OF him his hat
was. I'm his hand and he was b.wirg. as
she had never seen him bow. 90 the dark
young lady she had noticed in the train.
WILL BE CONTINUED TOMORROW Ann
EVERY WEEK DAY UNTIL COMPLETED.