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A DMINlsTRATOR's NO" ,t~
"A ters OF Administration III lne
estate Of John N; Hackenburg, late o, Adams
Twp, snyder Co. "a, decd, having been granted
to the undersigned, all persons knowing them
selves indebted TO said estate are requested 20
make immediate payment. while those having
Claims will present them duly auihe nticated 10
the undersigned.
NATHAN HACK, NBCRG,
E~i Administrator, c. r. A.
Dundore, Pa, Feb. 8, 1909.
N. Potter, Atty.
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on the premises OF said decedent. situate in sad
township OF Adams, expose TO public sale the
real estate OF said decedent, the same consist
ing OF u farm of lls acres more or less bound
I'd on the north by lands OF Zschariah Moyer,
on the east by Job Hartman. on the south by
Allen Meyer and on the west by William Lose.
This tract contains 9 acres OF good timber
land. most OF the timber being white pine, also
rwo large orchards of beariug fruit trees, as
well AS wells of never failing water.
The buildings consist Of two large frame
houses and good bank barn, rs well as all the
usual out-buldings.
The land Is in q good state OF cultivation.
At the same time the personal property OF
said dccedent will be sold. consisting Of
bureau, clock, bed and bedding, lot carpet,
chairs and other articles not herein mentioned.
Sale to begin st 10 o'clock OF said day when
terms and conditions wi be made known by
NATHAN HACHENBURG,
? l3it. Administrator {. 7. A.
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ADMINS TRAITORS SALE OF VAlU-
ABLE REAL ESTATE.

The undersigned administrator cum tes;a-
nenio snne1o OF the estate OF John NJ Hack
enburg. late OF Adams township, Snyder Co,
q, deceased, will, on
Thursday, March 2Oth. 1902
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Smyrna times., 1902-11-05
DDOWERS OF
l The BANNER
By L. ROWLAND HALL
Copyright, 1901, by L. R. Hall

The president of the Merchants and
Citizens bank sat in his Office with his
face buried in his hands. "Have we
reached the endY' he said. His face
was worn and pale-the face of man
who had in two days suffered the anX-
iety Of a lifetime.
mo" replied the cashier; mot yet.
We are still safe, but if something is
not done we shall go to the wall before
IL tomorrow. There was long line
up at the windows when we closed.
All this" grinding his teeth and pound
ing the air savagely, ION account OF
that accursed rumor that we lost heav-
lily in Lyon & Co.'S failure. Men are
like sheep-when one gets scared and
runs they all follow"
"Well, l suppose we must meet the
inevitable" said the president gloom
lily. 1--WE have exhausted every possi-
BILE resource. In three days time we
could get all the aid we need, but in
three days the credit of the bank will
be gone forever" He gazed through
the window at the growing darkness.
"If l were the only one to suffer" he
continued bitterly, "it would not mat
ter much. l have not had the heart to
tell her about it, but she shall know
tonight. 1t would not be right to keep
it from her longer"
The cashier spoke again: "Our lar
gest depOsitOrs are not to blame. But
the second class men are crazy and
are forcing our best friends to draw
out in self protection. If we could do
something to restore confidence for
awhile among these small men, we
could pull through" He stopped and
looked fxedly in the presidents face.
Has nothing occurred to you that
might help us along this line-some in
fuence that could be brought to bearp
President Rollins buttoned up his
overcoat and threw back his shoulders.
His voice had something in it both of
pride and anger 81 know what you
mean," he said, "but l would not ap-
peal to that source if 1 knew it were
the last and one word would save us.
have asked him for nothing and 1
never shall. Let the Banner come out
tomorrow proclaiming our collapse if
it pleases Powers. An investigation
will show that we conducted our bust
ness squarely." He closed abruptly
and passed out of the door into the
night.
For twelve years enmity had existed
between Arthur Rollins and Percy W.
Powers, proprietor and editor in chief
of the Banner. When Rollins was
Smyrna times., 1902-11-05
How the Holly Protects Itself.

To effectively appreciate the protec-
tive element of the holly it must be
seen in it's wild state, where its foliage
grows. thick and bushy down to the
ground, it's dense masses of strong and
prickly leaves protecting its stem and
bark. And it should be observed that
almost invariably it grows alone; in
fact, for some distance round about it
very little vegetation of consequence is
seen, unless it is large trees. Why is
this? The closely packed, opaque and
coriaceous leaves of the holly prevent
the sunlight reaching the ground, and
SO the seeds have little or no oppOrtuni-
ty of terminating or of growing after
ward if they should. And even climb
ing plants seldom select the holly as
their host, and those that do are usu-
ally plants that have made a mistake
in life, because the tender green leaves
and stems with strong winds and rain
get jostled and lacerated on the innu-
merable pfickles among which they
have become hopelessly involved as
the holly and their own branches have
developed. And being an evergreen, al
ways on the alert, it gives no other en-
terprising plant an opportunity Of in
gress; producing, too its tender green
leaves at a time when there is abun-
dant food for browsing animals, and
at the same time these are exceedingly
bitter in flavor.-John j. Ward in Har-
per's Magazine
Smyrna times., 1902-11-05

you. Are you reporter with a SCOOP"
he added humorously.
Whats a SCOOP" she qCeried.
Powers did not answer, but took from
her u crumpled note, over which he
bent wonderingly.
No name was signed. He needed
none.
You said once that you loved me above
all else in the world. If you can help me
now, do so, for the sake of the one who
bears this. May God bless you and for
give me If in the past l was wrong and
you were right.
Powers sat twisting a rubber band
around his fingers. The little girl
watched him silently for awhile.
please, sir" she begged. Il was to
find the editor at once"
Powers gazed strangely at her for a
moment. The rumble of the presses
came up to him from below. He turned,
and the light fell upon a face distorted
with conflicting emotions.
Come" he said, taking her hand.
Down the dark corridor they went to
the night editors room, where the chief
and his assistant exchanged a few hur-
ried words.
Half the first edition is off the
presses now," said the night editor.
Are we going to lose that much time
and paper, sir?"
Burn 'em up," said Powers shortly.
Hold on; save me one. Hold the
forms for editorial and first pages"
WAS that the editOr?' asked the
child as they passed out.
Powers carried her in his arms un-
til they were at her door. Put me
down." she murmured. Il know how
to get in."
"Then good night" said Powers.
''Tell your mother you saw the editor
and that he did this"-he bent his
head and kissed her.
The cashier of the Merchants and
Citizens bank picked up the Banner
at the breakfast table the next morn
ing and almost fell off his chair when
he saw in bold headlines the announce
ment that the owners of the paper had
offered to transfer an account of $780,
600 to the bank to meet present de-
mandS. His astOnishment increased
when he read a strong editorial be-
littling the unjustified lack of conf
dence shown by the depositors.
Taking all things into consideration
it is not strange that inside CT twelve
months two men who had Geen enc
mics for twelve years became the best
of friends, although one of them never
knew of an incident in the Lanner of
fee one winter night. His little daugh
ter Lucy since that time has been 1
great pet with Editor Powers One
day she suddenly said to him. Mr.
Powers, please tell me what's a scoop?
"Sh"- he whispered, shaking hi
finger in mock seriousness. Its wha
you and worked together on bit o.
news in the Banner Office one night"
Smyrna times., 1902-11-05

nominated for mayor, the Banner had
bitterly opposed his election. Rollins
was elected, but by the smallest ma
jcrity of any mayor for years, and,
smarting under the blow of his pride
he shortly after his election instituted
an Intellectual libel suit against the
Banner.
Percy Powers thought of it all as he
sat at his desk in the editorial rooms
of the Banner. Before him lay a proof
sheet sent up by the night editor. On
the bottom was written:
Shall we use it as it is, amend OF leave
out entirely? HARDY.
Mechanically Powers spread the sheet
out before him. The big black head
line stared at him-"Ready to Totter."
Powers smiled .grimly and read the ar
ticle, an account of the crisis at the
bank--a little Overdrawn and sensation
al, perhaps, but NOT criminally untrue.
1t would be the deathknell of the bank.
For a moment Powers hesitated. Then
his face grew stern, and, seizing a pen
Gil, he wrote under the night editors
words:
o. K Run without change. Above are
facts and legitimate news matter. We
are not responsible for banks condition.
A few minutes later the copy was in
the forms of the Morning Banner
1t was late but Editor Powers still
sat in his chair. At last a way had
come for him to crush his enemy. Yet,
with his foe in his power, the satisfac-
ton Of the victor is not always what
has been anticipated. Powers sat gaz-
ing absentmindedly at the wall, the
lines of care deepening on his face as
he half dozed.
voice unlike that Of any Of his Co
workers suddenly startled him. He
turned sharply Standing within the
door was little girl of some eight or
nine years, warmly dressed, singularly
pretty and with an earnest air about
her.
"Can you tell me where | can find
Mr.. Powers, the editor?" she asked.
''Wlo sent you here, and what on
earth do you want with the editor,
child?" said Powers curiously. "Come
here and tell me. and maybe can help
Smyrna times., 1902-11-05
The Professional Jokemaker.


The ability to see things from joke
smiths peculiar viewpoint is not gen.
ius, but merely a kind of mental stra-
bismus. We do not get our material by
inspiration, but by theft, assault and
battery and otherwise. A solemn, hon
est, peace loving cOmmonalty is
grabbed, thrown down, turned inside
out and reconstructed into an absurd
ity. A feeble, hoary headed idea is
ruthlessly set upon, crippled, torn to
pieces, put together backward, with a
new tail or head on it. The kings
English is deliberately murdered, all
for a joke. Then, too, everything is
funny, if you only think so. If we are
city people, how hilarious the knob
kneed ruralist, and if we live in the
country how mirth provoking we find
the summer bOarder, says a writer in
the Bookman. All fads are ridiculous
to everybody who is not devoted to
them. Every man is a crank but me.
Politics, society, all avocations but
mine, debt, death, the law, prison, pain,
poverty, facial and racial peculiarities,
other peoples hopes and fears, prunes,
the Inhabitants of all other communi-
ties, the recently rich, the suffering
poor, the bald, the baby, the obituary,
the ministry, the hangman, the fiirt,
the fight, the fit, the mule, the debu-
tante. the flying machine, the under
taker, the poet, the boil, the volcano,
love, charity, whiskers, war, pestilence,
famine. the unloaded shotgun-all are
very, very funny.
Smyrna times., 1902-11-05
SHOTGUN
Prescriptions

We suppose we are not revealing
any trade secrets when we say
that many medicines are made up
on the principle of the so-called
"shot-gun prescriptions which
were formerly somewhat in vogue.
The idea of the shotgun pre-
scriptions was to put into a medi-
cine a large number of different
drugs, each useful for different
purposes, in the hope that some
of them might hit the case.
The most successful physicians
we know use a more direct method.
The medicine we sell over our own
name and guarantee does the same.
This medicine is called Vinol. 1t
is the best thing we know for a run
down condition, for nerve troubles,
for lung troubles, for weak women,
pale children, and old people-in
fact, it is safe, pleasant, reliable
tonic and reconstructor.
1t is not a scattering "shot-gun
prescription" but it goes straight
to the mark, and has cured so
many people right here in town,
that it gives us confidence to
sell it on an absolute guarantee,
as follows: If you use bottle and
it does not help you, we'll give
you your money back without a
word of complaint.
We could not afford to guarantee
it so boldly if we had not seen it
succeed in ninety-eight out of every
one hundred cases.
Clifton & Raymond
DRUGGISTS.
Mail orders Supplied 81 per Bottle. Express Pad
Smyrna times., 1902-11-05
The Average All Right.

do they set a good table at your
boarding house?"
'Well, the average is good"
"What do you mean by thatY
why, the butter is strong and the
coffee is weak. but If you consider
them both together the average is sat
isfactory." ry."-Chicago Post
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-02
EARTHQUAKES IN UNITED STATES.

The earthquake shocks at Los Ala
terror and awakened the greatest in
terest among the people. Professor
benjamin Ide Wheeler, of the Univer-
sity of California. advised the people to
quit the place as speedily as possible.
Reason for this is found in the fact
that other similar occurrences have
lasted for months and even years at one
point.
Altho we generally think of these Sc
tropics the temperate latitude is by no
means free from them. Several severe
earthquakes have occurred in the
United States. The most notable one in
this country occurred near the head of
the Mississippi delta in 1Sl1-12; an
other took place in Inyo valley. Califor-
MIA, in 1872: and a third damaged
Charleston in 1856. The Mississippi
valley occurrence, known as the New
Madrid earthquake in 1S11-12, was
characterized by the great prolongation
of its phenomena. Severe shocks oc-
Rod of several months. but the entire
series covered two years. 1t is related
visible waves which rocked the forest
trees and frequently uprooted and tam
ged them up. Fissures We're opened at
different points. The largest sunken
area was sixty to eighty miles long and
half as broad The country was sparse
ly settled at that time and not so many
people were disturbed.
The earthquake at Inyo, California,
covered a period of two or three
months. The principal fissure covered
u distance of forty miles at the base of
the Sierre Nevada mountains.
At Charleston, S. c., in 1856, the dis
turbance was noticeable for four weeks,
tho the principal shock lasted for
minute. A large number of houses We're
thrown down and twenty-seven persons
were killed outright. The movement
was an oblique motion of the earth.
The latest one, at Los Alamos, has
been as severe as any in it's disastrous
and sickening motions. 1t is described
as a twister, and it is probable that
more will be heard from it before the
quake ceases.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-02

surplus in foreign markets. Now the
great combinations embracing many
mills and factories can place a live
agent in every foreign port of conse-
gaining a foreign commerce unheard OF
before and American mechanics are
making goods for the entire world
Such conditions could not prevail under
separate management.
Mr.. Smith might have pointed to the
development of the newspaper bust
ness. Fifteen years ago none but few
journals in the great cities could give
u news service that was worthy of the
name. Then the cooperation of all
newspapers into the Associated Press
was conceived and today a paper like
the T.-R. in a town of only l5,00o peo-
pie can have a reporter in every town
of the known civilized World and no
event of Importance can transplre to-
day without being accurately recorded
in the T-R.'s columns at O'Clock this
evening and circulated broadcast to its
thousands of readers. \ glance at
newspaper that does not belong to the
Associated Press will explain this point
in a moment. Consolidation here as in
manufacturing has made possible today
the Representatives, of yesterday and the
American laborer is reaping the benefit
of one in his wages While he enjoys the
benefits of the other as he reads his
evening paper before his fircside.
Trusts and monopolies may abuse their
power, some undoubtedly do, but While
we are out after the rascas with q long
butcher knife let us remember that a
great measure of our present prosperity
is due directly to the industrial COM
bination, the Capitalization of which so
staggers our understanding.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-02
OUR OWN VOLCANOES.

North ONerton Messengers article OF
The Volcanic Activity of the Earth,
in the Era Magazine, contains u large
amount of useful knowledge. Here
are a few crumbs:
/ In our North American possessions
we have volcanoes To spare. There
ale 10 active craters i'm Alaska. and .
Iscore more in repose which may at amy
time break forth. The Alaska vocan-
oes have been active during all the
time the country has been known te
| civilized man. In 1896 an island was
formed so miles north of UnalslslSa by
volcanic action: eight years later when
revisited. the soil was still warm This
island has gradually been increasing IN
size. probably by upheaval of land.
Just across Sering Strait another vol
cano in l<amschatl<a. 5000 feet in
height, erupted in 1929 with a noise
that was heard for fifty miles one
of the volcanoes in Cook Inlet is H.
200 feet high.
The Philippine Archipelago presents
probably the most interesting area of
volcanic activity to American scien-
lists. Thus far the Spanish records
must be relied upon to describe the
system; but in the near future the
American Geological Survey will take
The subject in hand and begin a more
careful inspection. The volcanoes OF
the Philippines run in two parallel belts
northwest and southwest thru the
.Archipelago In fact, the Philippine
islands are situated over volcanic
assure which can be traced from the
kurile Islands in the north of Java
Australia and New Zealand in the
south, for Il distance of more than 100
degrees of latitude. This region has
been the scene of many frightful seis-
mic catastrophes involving enormous
loss of human life. The volcanies not
only are of prodigious size. but seem
to possess unusual latent energy. The
greatest cataclysm the world has
known occurred in this area, when
Krakatoa exploded and half of an
entire mountain sank into the depths
OF the sea-
The Spanish records give numer-
Gus accounts of eruptions of volcanoes
in the Philippines. In 1911. one inn
mense volcano in the southeast extrem-
ity of Mindanao, another on the north
Nc''.'s
were active at the same time. The
explosion of the LuZon volcano tore up
three mountains. forming a lake in
their stead. The noise OF the outbreak
was heard 500 miles away and created
intense CONSERVATION thruout the re-
gion. In 1866 the volcano of Mayor.
on the Island of LuZon, exploded and
destroyed 1900 lives. Mayor still ia
active and is held responsible for the
numerous earthquakes that occur in
the vicinity. The peak is inaccessible
and the crater never has been fully
explored. OFF the northwest coast OF
Mindanao is the extensive volcano of
Chairman, with crater lake. the water
in which alternately disappears and
overtlows. In 1856 q volcanic island
off LnZon. rising to height
of eco feet. and it has since pushed UP
to a level of 500 feet above the sea.
The Philippines. indeed appear to be
located over the seat of intense sub
terranean activity. The possibilities
of disaster are illimitable, and the
that dread companion of
the volcano, certain to be constant
menace TO the population.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-02
OPPOSITION TO HENDERSON.

While many Iowa papers speak in a
confident way of the certainty of the
reelection of David B. Henderson as
speaker of the next congress, not all
outside reports are of the same tenure.
In fact the Washington correspondent
of the st. Louis Globe-Democrat de-
clares that it is very generally accepted
in political circles that he will meet
with the most strenuous opposition
should he seek a reelection. Reason
for this is based upon the claim that
Henderson opposed a number of meas
ures that the administration favored.
This correspondent says:
mo attempt is being made to dis
guise the fact that the president and
those who are closest to him in admin
istration matters are very sorely dis
appointed with the action of Speaker
recognized as leaders of the house re-
publicans. The record of the congress
sional session just closed furnishes
abundant reasons for this disappoint-
ment. Speaker Henderson and his i'm
mediate supporters opposed almost
every measure that was recommended
by the president in his message and
urged by him in his conferences with
leaders of the party. The president,
following the Endorsement of his party
in national convention, urged the pas
sage of the bill admitting Oklahoma,
Arizona and New Mexico to statehood
Speaker Henderson, Congressman
Payne Dalzell, Grosvenor and other
leaders on the floor bitterly opposed the
measure. The speaker, for reasons
which were apparently satisfactorily to
himself and his immediate counselors,
refused to fix date for the hearing of
the measure until it was too late to Sc
cure consideration for it in the senate.
Even VIE, the bill was finally called
II 10 the house the republican leaders
opposed 1t, altho it's passage was as
sured by an overwhelming vote. The
democrats promptly took advantage of
the situation and charged the republic
cans with violating their platform
pledges. The charge had apparent
warrant, altho probably majority of