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Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
FINE CHINESE ART IN
MAKING MAGIC NTERNS
HOW THEIR INSTRUMENTS DIFFER FROM
THOSE USED IN THIS COUNTRY.
IN China the Owner of a Successful Magic
Lantern Is Looked upon ss Being Very
WeiITO-DO Individual.

The magic lantern. like porceIa1n,
gunpOwder and printing, may have
been an invention of the Chinese. For
more than twenty centuries it has been
a staple amusement in the Celestial
empire and has been developed into
many forms unknown to the Occident.
The Middle Kingdom. which has been
we'll termed TOpsy Turvy Land, uses
the magic lantern in just the opposite
manner from what we do, having the
light and picture behind the screen,
the same as in our parlOr amusement
Of shadOwgraphs. The cOmmOnest form
OF the magic lantern in the extreme orr
ent is large box supported on a tri-
pod or four legged table. The box is
about 4 feet wide by 2 high, and it's
front is made of ground glass, oiled
silk or oiled white paper.
Over the box is light framework OF
bamboo and cloth, which reaches to the
ground and cOnceals the operator from
the audience, but leaves the glass ex-
posed to view. A powerful lamp in
front of a cOncave reflector throws a
strong light upon the glass or screen,
as the case may be. The top of the box
and the sides are half open to permit
the introduction of small figures. This
arrangement gives four distinct classes
OF instruments. With all four instru-
ments the exhibitions are given in the
streets, squares and market places.
They draw audiences ranging from five
to thirty and give an entertainment of
from five to fifteen minutes in length.
Each spectator is supposed to contrib
ute 1 cash, or a twentieth of a cent,
when the lat is passed around. Gener-
Gus or enthusiastic patrons frequently
give from 10 to 10 cash, so that the av-
erage performance nets the proprietor
about 2 cents. This seems ridiculous
to Americans, but in a land where an
ablebodied man can be hired for 5 cents
a day the owner of a successful magic
lantern is looked upon as a very we'll
to do individual.
The little plays which are written
about the magic figures are as conven.
tional as our own immortal Punch and
Judy. The wicked tiger" depicts the
career of a dissolute animal who from
killing pigs. dogs and buffaloes finally
eats a beautiful maiden and is slain by
a Mongolian chief in full armor on
horseback. THE wicked wife" forms
a compact with the devil, squanders
her husbands substance in riotous liv.
ing and, in the last scene, hangs her.
self in a blaze of red fire, while the
evil one expresses wild joy in extraor.
dinary oriental gesticulations. THE
cruel magician" ''the grateful dragon"
''the fairy foxes" and other bits of
eastern folklore afford brief sketches,
which are as familiar as household
words.-New York Post.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
A Lost Cnmhinntinn

The Chinese had all the grand secrets
OF electrical discoveries more than 1000
years ago, and they made use of the
magnet as lOadstone long before that.
Historical records show where their ar
mics were led across the vast plains Of
the interior of the nation by a combi-
nation Of electricity as combined
power of loadstones and some other
substances unknown to the Celestials
Of the present day.
This form of electricity is among the
lost arts and must come to the front
with other grand discoveries within the
next few years. But not the great and
learned shall have the benefit of this
forthcoming discovery in electricity.
The one who shall have this golden
key to a grand electric mystery shall
have the fruits of his labors.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
one Phase of the Nile.

In the Shah Luka pass we have one
OF the many instances in which the
Nile has hurled itself at an opposing
mountain barrier and cut it's way
through. In fact, it often seems to Sc
lect these unpropitious places for its
course when on each side a few miles
away there is a tolerably level, unbrO-
ken expanse of desert. For ten miles
the river twists in and out before es-
Gaping to the open once more. Its cur
rent is very rapid, making it well nigh
impossible at low water because Of
the numerous rocks, but at the time of
my descent the summer food was we'll
along, and all but a few of these bar
Tiers were hidden below the surface,
their presence being marked only by oc-
casiOnal eddies.-Century.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
MORA HOUSE.
The Elegance of Which Wesley
Wrote Has Long Departed.


John Wesley was the guest of Lady
MOira at Moira House. USher's island,
Dublin, in 1915. Writing of the house,
the great Methodist said: Il was
surprised to observe, though not a
more grand, yet far more elegant
room than any l have ever seen in
England. 1t was an OctagOn about 20
feet square and - or 1G feet high, hav-
ing one winAow-the sides of it inlaid
throughout with mother of pearl
reaching from the top of the room.
The ceiling, sides, furniture of the
room were equally elegant. And must
this, too, pass away like a dream"
Half a century ago the elegance of
which Wesley wrote departed from
Moira House. The Mendicity institu-
ton dismantled it, took down the inte-
rior decorations and covered the gar
dens with offices. 1t is today as dis
NAL looking a place as is to be seen in
or around the Irish capital. which has
many reminders that it was once
capital in deed as we'll as in name.
Among other notable visitors to MOira
House in the days of its glories was
Charles James Fox, who there met
Henry Grattan. 1t was in MOira House,
too, that Pamela found a refuge while
her husband. Lord Edward Fitzgerald,
was dying in Dublin Newgate not far
away across the river Liffey.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
To Give the Sack.

Two noblemen in the reign of Maxi
milan u-1564- -1566-one a German,
the other a Spaniard, who had each
rendered a great service to the en-
peror, asked the hand CT his daughter
in marriage. Macmillan said that as
he esteemed them both alike it was i'm
possible to choose between them, and
therefore their own prowess must de-
eide it; but, being unwilling to risk the
loss Of either by engaging them in
deadly combat, he ordered a large sack
TO be brought and declared that he who
should put his rival into it should have
his fair Helena. And this whimsical
combat was actually performed in the
presence Of the imperial court and
lasted an hour. The unhappy Spanish
nobleman was first overcome, and the
German succeeded liz enveloping him
IN the sack, took him upon his back
and laid him at the emperor's feet.
This comical combat is said to be the
origin Of the phrase "give him the
sack" so common in the literature Of
courting
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11

HOW DOGS
Evidence Tia, rEp5 Possess Pecul-
lar Power to Guide Them.

Evidence Thnt Ti:eE possess Pecul-
lar Power TO Guide Them.
In the old days of the James river
canal Il fine setter was taken by his
master Oh a packet boat which was so
crowded that the dog was put in the
captains cabin to be out of the way
says the New York Mail and Express
His owner reached his destination aft
er nightfall AID had Xaken so much
wine by that tine that he was carried
Off the boat. and no one remembered
his setter
Next morning the captain took the
dog on deck with him, but was much
afraid he would jump off to the tow
path and try to return that way, and so
handsome an animal would have been
in danger of being stolen.
Carlo, however. lay perfectly quiet,
but with an air of listening that at
tracted notice. Toward noon he heard
the sound Of the horn of a packet com
ing from the opposite way, and as the
boats passed each other he made leap
and was next heard from as having
got off at the place where his master
had stopped and as having gone at
once to the house where he was a
guest.
Could human intelligence have sur
passed that?
This same dog lay on his masters
grave and refused food until he died
from starvation. But do not give this
aS n case i'm uOiut
\ gentleman who lived a hundred
miles from a city moved there with all
his possessions, including Il bulldog
which had been raised at his fathers
home, where he had hitherto resided.
He was locked up in the car with the
furniture and in the hustle of unloading
disappeared. and two days afterward
he reached his former home coming by
an inland route, as was known by par
ties who recognized him, so that he evi-
IDENTIFY marked out his own path with
out reference to the railroad on which
he had been carried away.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
The CameI's Bite.

The camel alone of all ruminants has
incisor teeth in the upper jaw, which,
with the peculiar structure of his other
teeth, make his bite. the animals first
and main defense, most formidable.
The skeleton of the camel is full of
proofs of design. Notice. for example,
the arched backbone. constructed in
such a way as to sustain the greatest
weight in proportion to the span of the
supports. A strong camel can bear a
thousand pounds weight. although the
usual load in Yemen is not more than
600 pounds.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
A Fent Of Memory.

Some light is thrown on the pOssibil-
tiles of memory culture by an interest
ing recital contained in the autObiOg-
raphy of Robert HOudin, the famous
cOnjurer. He taught his son to glance
at, say, a shop window and to memo
rize accurately, as in brain picture,
the windows contents. Then he would
ask him to describe the contents, check
ing and correcting him as he went on.
On one occasion HOudin was COM
manded to the Tuileries to give a per
formance before the French court. AS
he passed through an anterOOm to the
saloon he bade his son note the arrange
ment of the rooms and the contents of
the bookcases. Then at the close of the
entertainment HOudin astonished his
audience by giving what he called
second sight" test. Declaring his un-
familiarity with the Tuileries, HOudin,
blindfOlding his son, asked him to send
his gaze through the wall of the room
to the chamber beyond. to describe the
arrangement of the chamber and to
read the titles of the volumes on the
shelves of the bookcases. This feat the
young lad accomplished, to the aston
ishment of the court.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11

In reply to inquiries we have pleas
ure in announcing that Ely Liquid
Cream Balm is like the solid prepara-
tion of that admirable remedy in that
it cleanses and heals membranes af-
fected by nasal catarrh. There is no
drying or sneezing. The Liquid
Cream Balm is adapted to use by
patients who have trouble in inhaling
through the nose and prefer spraying.
The price, including spraying tuIe, is
IS cents. Sold by druggists or mailed
by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren Street,
New York.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
Contagious Diseases Among plants.

All the fungous diseases of plants,
such as mildew, scab, blight, rust, rot,
etc.. are contagious. The contagiOn is
carried from year to year in the dis
eased part be it leaf. fruit or branch.
The presence Of any of this diseased
material in the orchard or vineyard in
creases the chance of the appearance
and spread of the disease another year
Nothing is so destructive to the fungus
spores as fire. and all affected plants
or parts of plants should be cut out and
burned
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
A Comfort AnvrxnY.

speaking Of grewsome remarks"
said the ruddy old Scotch gentleman on
his way from the far west to revisit
Scotland for the first time in half CEN
tury, there was an old lady friend of
mine in San Francisco who persisted
In looking upon this journey Of mine as
a madly adventurous tempting Of Prov
idence. Yet there is one thing COM
forts me, Robert, my man. she said.
When one dies in voyaging nowadays,
they've such excellent facilities for
transporting the remainsv New York
TELEGRAM
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
where harley Is Cultivated.

Barley extends over wider climatic
range than any of the other grains and
is successfully cultivated over a great
er breadth of the globe than any other
cereal. 1t flOurishes under the heat
and drought of the borders of the torrid
zone and grows sturdily and maturely
on the northern verge of the temperate
zone, ripening and thriving under varl-
GUS adverse circumstances which wheat
is wholly unable to resist. Barley Is
found in the Farce islands. near Cape
North, the extreme point of Norway:
near Archangel, on the White sea, and
in central Siberia between 5S and 50
degrees north latitude In genial eli
mates, such as those of Egypt, Barbary
and the south of Spain, two crops OF
barley may be reaped in the same year,
one in spring from seed sOwed the pre-
vious autumn and one in autumn from
a spring sowing.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
His Query.

She-Do I really love you, Cholly?
Why, I'd sooner be miserable with you
than happy with some other fellow.
He-But are you sure you won't find
some other chap that you'd sooner be
miserable with PUCK.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
And That Ended Nora

Mrs. Aufait - Now, Nora, be very
careful of this cut glass punch bowl.
1t cost mint of money.
Nora-Indade, mum! Well, it's rale
tough. Sure an 1 drapped it three
times already an niver faxed it.-Life.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
An Unfortunate Sequence.

REV. Mr.. Stern's remarks over noor
John were so sympathetic. l thought"
said the Widows friend.
"Sympathetic| replied the widow.
HE said John had gone to join the
great majority"
"WellY'
'Well, in his sermon several SUNDAYS
ago he declared that the great majority
Of people go below"
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
Privileged Person.

Caller-Well. the nerve of thatl
Merchant-What's that?
Caller-Why. didn't you hear that
snip of a boy referring to you as
"BillY
Merchant-Shl That's our Office boy.
So long as | can pretend didn't hear
him it's all right.-Catholic Standard
and Times.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
Almost a Century Plant.

Minister Ito one of his members, a
venerable old gardener)-You have
reached a great age, John.
John-'Deed haze 1, sir, for gin
leeve till the 18th Of next month I'll be
an octageranium.-Glas Times.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11

When woman loves a man to the
point of distraction, other women
abuse her for not having "more pride"
-Atchison Globe.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
Not Dangerous.

81 hear you want to sell your dog,
Pat. They tell me he has a pedigree"
"Shure. an OF niver noticed it. sor.
Anyhow. he's nothin' but a puppy yit,
an Oi'm thinkin' as how he'll be afther
outgrowin' It, sor."-Glasgow Times.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
The Proper MinniIe.

Judge-And what did you do to curb
his passion?
Prisoner-Hit him with a piece Of
curbstone.-Town and County.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11

At twenty love is a rosy dream. at
thirty 1t is a thrilling reality. at forty
II is calm contentment, at fifty it is a
reminiscence.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
Spring Medicine

There is no other season when good
medicine is so much needed as in the
Spring.
The blood is impure, weak and
impoverished-a condition indicated
by pimples and other eruptiOns on the
face and body, by deficient vitality,
loss of appetite, lack of strength, and
want of animation.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11

sixty-one million out of the 121, ,OO0,-
900 acres which make up Spain's area
are mountain and waste land.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11

There Is no man easier to deceive
than he who has hopes. for he aids in
his own deceit-Bossuet,
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
Hoods TGrSdpdriLLd
and Pills

Make the blood pure, vigorous and
rich, create appetite, give vitality,
strength and animation, and cure
all eruptions. Have the whole family
begin to take them today.
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been used In
our family for some time, and always with
good results. Last spring was all run
down and got bottle of it, and as usual
received great benefit" Miss BEULAH
BoYcE, Stowe, vt. =
Hoods SarsapaFIIIa promises to
cure and keeps the promise.
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
ETHICS OF KISSING.
A WOMAN'S VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT
or OSCILLATION.

Those Men Upon whom a Modest
Maiden May Lavish Kisses without
COmpunctiOn and Those Toward
Whom She should Play the Wiser.
There are still occasions. however
rare, when inactivity, much as it has
fallen into disfavOr, continues to be
mastery. When a modest maiden is i'll
doubt as to whether or no she should
kiss or allow herself to be kissed by
any man not related to her by close
ties of consanguinity, she best displays
her wisdom by giving herself, not him,
the benefit of the doubt and so refrain
ing from OsculatiOn.
An absolutely safe list of men whom
it is allowable to kiss might be COM
piled from the list given in the Book OF
Common Prayer of persons whom it is
forbidden to marry. There can be. no
possible imprOpriety in any woman's
being kissed by her father, grandfather
brother, uncles, etc, whenever Occa-
sion may offer. Still, public opinion is
much less in favor of kissing than of
yore, and affectionate greetings are
no longer considered good form in mar
ket places or what answers for them in
the present generation.
To the prayer book may be added
cousins within the degrees forbidden in
marriage by the Roman Catholic
church, but these in moderation. The
young man cousin who is greedy in the
matter of kisses from his pretty cousin
Is not to be trusted. He
Smyrna times., 1903-03-11
Rly'S Cream Balm

1t cleanses sOothes and
h eals the diseased
membrane. II cures
Catarrh an d drives
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-29

Patient toilers in the factory. in the mine,
in the sweatshop, on the farm. on the
sea--let me stand with bowed head
and measureless before you;
For am parasite on you:
Your toll is my bread, your b.ood my
drink;
Even while you feed me, even while I
rob you, let me help to break your
fetters, so that you may free yourself
from me, and free rue from my shame
by sharing with me some OF your
over portion OF the worlds real work.
Dear sister in the street. where our hid
eous virtue has driven you, let me
touch you tenderly, reverently;
For am not deceived about you by the
mopstrous morals OF the world;
Beneath all the seeming, see the virgin
whiteness OF your soul;
Yea, kneel to you as shrine;
For see hid il you the spirit beauty Of
one who gently took from my hand
the sword l meant for tyrants and
bravely sealed my heart with the
love OF the brotherhood.
will sell all that have. and leave all
to follow the brotherhood OF the glo-
rified common life that draws near
The heroized common life that 10 mans
awakened godhood.
I will give to him that asketh, and from
him th.t would borrow l will not
turn away.
I will defend myself from no attacks,
and claim for myself no rights.
I will love as the sun shines, giving all
there Is OF me TO those who are called
good. and to those who are called
evil, making no determinations,
measuring no gift.
I Twill ask no reward for service save
power better to serve. no wages for
love save capacity for greater loving.
v.
Having left all, have found all.
Calling no:ing my own, all the universal
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-29

tides bear infinite wealth to my soul;
have all that God has, and I am all
that God is.
The universe and l at last understand
each other; We know each others se-
cret, and between us is the peace
that passes explaining.
The secret IS this: l love; therefore, /
am free.
Loving every one and everything, no
harm comes to me from any one or
anything.
Through the service OF the selAess love
to which the brotherhood has led
me, lave made the universe help
less to do anything but good.
GEORGE d. HEBRON.
Grinnell, Iowa,
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-29
prevail against it's laws of selfless

prevail against it's laws OF selfiess
love, nor any legislations or ballots
or bullets, nor any priests or temples
l need not wait for some institution to
fulfill my sovereign brotherhood for
me;
For brotherhood comes to remove insti-
tutions, so that it's fellowship may
have free course and be glorified.
dare not say, Come let us escape from
the monopolies that devour the peo
Pile, from the governments that be-
tray them, from thecompetitions that
slay their souls;
For l can escape only by creating FOR
myself selfish order still more evil
though il should seem to be shin
ing sacrifice.
will not flee from brotherhood to bond
age by separating myself into some
brotherhood OF my own making:
For it is the freedom OF my soul that
brotherhood has it's throne.
III.
Will dIise huu 10 tu0 oIotnoE euut dm
The brother that 1 was before Moses or
Jesus spake;
The brother that was before st. Francis
or Mazzini came;
The brother that I was before Marx or
George went preparing the way Of
the Lord.
The brotherhood in me speaks to the
brotherhood in the downmost man
and the upmost man.
Brother pIutocrat, brother political
huckster, brother pulpiteer, brother
academic juggler-we are one 10 our
degradation. our want Of pity, and
our self conceit.
Separate, we fall still lover 10 the service
Of our lost selves;
Together, we may rise to the se'fiess ser
vice that is freedom and the Joy Of
heaven.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-29

Wherever man is,
Wherever a heart beats or q star shines,
Wherever beast fights or worm crawls,
Wherever god comes to give his life on
cross or in martyr.fire.
Wherever convict bears his chains or
swings from his scatfold,
Wherever brakeman lies mangled un-
der his train,
Wherever the miner digs fuel from the
earth while his children shiver and
starve,
Wherever the vulgar political huckster
administers affairs OF state.
Wherever the pulpit slave plots the &c.
onomic massacre Of the people.
Wherever the academic soothsayer per-
forms his scientific tricks.
Wherever buyers and sellers administer
the esacraments OF association-know-
ing not the holy thing they do and
promise to the world
Wherever mothers and births and deaths
are,
Wherever life and its unceasing change,
There is brotherhood:
The brotherhood in which all the worlds
were founded;
The brotherhood in which We each had
our birthright and being before the
world was.
Let me not say, Lo here, or there. is
brotherhood!
For the evcr.ascending life is the one
sole brotherhood OF man, and the
brotherhood Of all the gods;
The brotherhood that is the real and Wis
ible presence Of the Most High.
The brotherhood that is terrible to all
who are not lovers OF its fellowship;
The brotherhood against which the world
has no weapons that can be lifted,
save to turn to ashes in the hands
that lift them;
Nor can any monopolies or competitions
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-29
Did You EVER

Buy any meat or leave an order with
the Ideal Market OF Chapman d Noonan.
II not, why not? They certainly have
the choicest meat 10. the market, and
their fruits and vegetables are fresh by
every express.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-29

WE GIVE BLUE TRADING STAMPS
To all who pay cash at our store.
SAuER NcSHANE MKRc. Co.
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-29
PsLAM OF BROTHERHOOD

There are times when / am moved to
found brotherhood:
To withdraw and be clean from the pres
ent evil OF tho world:
To take VOWS Of remuneration, poverty,
equality, and the like.
1t sometimes seems TO me that this is
the only way to dramatize the law of
love:
The only way to disclose the brother
hood for which history reaches a
myriad OF bleeding hadds.
But know that this would be really the
denial OF brotherhood, the giving up
OF its spirit and substance:
For brotherhood is here, before my eyes,
Gilpin observer., 1903-10-29
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