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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-07
How the Old Maa outvittsi Then.
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siurred; besides" she continued sar-
castically, "he might spoil his eyes,
If not also his mind, by reading 10
much"
my mind must have been In dis
order for quite q time" rajoined he,
bitterly. 'since l made a certain deed
Of gift"
What! Ingratew Mrs. Owen burst
out in a terrible rage. rs this the
way you reward me for tending our
troublesome old person? Is not our
taking you into the house and feeding
You ample repayment for any paltry
help you may have given us2 You
ought to feel thankful to my kind bus
band for taking Off your lazy shoulders
the burden Of conducting your affairs
for which you are mighty unfit, and
enabling you to loaf about here to your
hearts content-you should be thank
ful, l tell you, instead of grumblinz
and sulking all day long ike an un~
natural parent that you are. An old
man like you, already smelling OF
gravelilies, should have more sense
than that!v and with this che rushed
out Of the chamber.
For full five minutes after her exit
Mr.. Owen stood motionless: then he
sank down upon a sofa. As If struck
by thundeFbolt, his nerves protracts
the vision Of furious woman ejecting
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-07

the day ON which the foregoing COLO
quy was held notary public had ac-
knowledged the deed which Mr.. Owen,
as he was now complacently rocking
his armchair, thought had freed him,
ance and for all, from the apparently
endless, exhausting labor attendant on
maintaining and advancing the repute
Of modern large business house. Hav-
ing ever been treated by his children
with high Difference, and reposing en-
tire reliancein their sincere magnanim-
ity, and, as he fancied, their repeatedly
tried filial devotion, he was certain OF
kving henceforth as uncOncernedly and
happily as dove, until, like the noisy
river which may be traced to the tran
quill rillet, his dizzy, restless life should
expire In calm felicity and undisturbed
meditation.
These were his anticipations when
the sullen, arrogant tones Of his daugh-
ter-in-law's replies, contrasting with
her former gentleness and lovingness,
surprised him disagreeably, and all at
once he reconected the story Of King
Lear. His fanciful day-dreams van
ished instantaneously, and, notwlth-
standing his severe efforts to the con-
dary, the appalling tale Of that hap
less monarch haunted him SO dismally
that he went and took from the
household library that famous drama
of the bard of Avon. Its perusal was
scarcely calculated to serve as a sooth-
ing balm in his present situation, and
he wished that 1t were yet morning
and a certain act undone.
Nor were his apprehensions to be
unfulfilled. Day after day his chill
dren's behavior became more and more
gruff and imperous, while their con-
sorts reached an alarming degree.
Coming one afternoon to the library
for King Lear, which, recognizing the
mastery insight Of its author, he now
read almost daily, he found the door
locked. He inquired Of Mrs. Owen
what was the matter, saying he de-
sired the tragedy Of King Lear. She
returned crustily, that she did not
care to have the books dog cared and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-07
TENNESSEE MILK SICKNESS.
Disease, Peculiar to State, Kills Man
and Beast.

From time to time in the last five
decades Tennesseeans have been stir.
red to profound sense of interest in
the States mysterious malady, milk
sickness" as its deadly temperance
in certain sections of the State has
been followed by fatal results to hu.
man beings and to stock. No one has
ever discovered the cause of the NAL
ady from which death relieves the vic
tim, after such physical agony as al
most deprives the human species Of the
power Of speech and dumb brutes ex-
press their sufferings by frenzied
search for water to cool the thirst
which consumes them. Once by
stream, they plunge or fall into It, and
quickly drink themselves to death.
The fatal sickness Is known to lin
tied extent in several sections Of the
State, but exists principally near Spar
ia, in White county. 1t Is contracted
through drinking the milk of cows
that have eaten certain weed, known
as the milk sick weed" which looks
pohhCWh hut iihC SioNSi, anu bIoWs lulCh-
ly on the infected land. But what
constitutes the poison in the weed In
no more determined today than It was
when first located by the keen-witted,
nature-wise mountaineers, who have
been its chief victims. 1t has been as
cribed at various times to minerals,
whose poison Is absorbed in the roots
Of the "milksick" plant; to vapor
from some fungus growth, and to the
action Of the dew, producing, In con.
nection with the life OF the plant,
certain poisonous acid. But all Of these
theories have failed under tests ap-
piled by practical science. On the larg-
est infected section known to exist in
the limits Of the State, "Milksick
Mountain" in White county, no min
eral whatsoever exists; cattle which
ate the milk sick weed" after the dew
had dried died in agony, just as those
which ate 1t when the dew was fresh
and sparkling, and the strictest search
failed to find any fungous growth
whatever.-Louisville Courier-J ournal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-07
Plenty OF Excitement.

The man from New England allowed
his glance to wander over the native
of Dakota as they both stood on the
narrow platform Of the Gritty Plains
station.
"See a good many queer-looking
folks round here, don't your" the man
from New England inquired, jerking
his thumb toward the landscape be-
hind the station.
The native Of Dakota had presum-
ably not seen the jerk, as his eyes
were bent on the ground.
81 reckon.we do" he said, with great
deliberation. 'You take a place like
this, where there's two trains a day
from the East, and we can get our
moneys worth O. fun whenever we've
got time to stand gaping round"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-07

50 quiet, brats! Don't disturb
JO0 grandpa" shouted Mrs. Owen
to company of boisterous
youngsters. who were evidently cele-
brating for a festive occasion with
tarts and frolics.
Let them enjoy their childish
pranks to-day" said the kind-hearted
grandpapa, smiling.
But they trample together the
whole carpet, the beasts" screamed
Mrs. Owen, on her uppermost treble,
showing and beating the youthful
group out Of the room.
whats the matter? I've never be-
fore seen you so angry with the chill
dren," said the old man.
Don't mind the chits. l know well
enough how to manage them, If you'd
only not interfere"
''Humph" muttered he, rehectively.
Mr.. Owen, who has here been intro
duced as an old man living with his
daughter-in-law. had recently been a
wealthy dealer in real estate. Feeling,
however, that the strain and turmoil
Of commercial life was acting injuri.
eusly on his superannuated nerves, he
let himself be persuaded by Mr.. Will
lam Owen. his son. and Mrs. Amelia
Bay, his daughter, to retire from busi-
LESS and make them a dona ton of all
his property. On the very morning Of
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1904-10-07
NOT TILL DAY is OVER.

Thou shalt not praise day till night is faInA
However fair its da may be-
oftimes at eventide appalling,
Setting the lightning thunder free
Thou shalt not blame the day till Il
Though 1t has brought thee food hurricane:
Ful oft at nightfall comes deep peace, descending
In sunset gold and glorious gain
Praise each fair that calls thee sleeping
And through the hot day work with thy might;
Then leave the evening hour in heavens keeping,
Which sent both and summer light
-Neaninster Gazette From German
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-27
AN IMPOSING SPECTACLE.
The Opening of the Supreme Court
of the United States.

OF Nne InlNeu
AS the hands of the clock point to u
the crier of the supreme court of the
United States raps with his gavel, the
murmur of conversation ceases, and
attorneys, court officials and visitors
rise while the crier slowly announces,
1.-THE honorable the chief justice and
the associate justices of the supreme
court of the United States" ROBBED in
black silk gowns, they walk with slow
and dignified steps toward the bench,
and as the chief justice appears at the
entrance at the rear they slowly pro-
coed to their seats. AS they do the
crier cries: "Oyez. Oyez, OyeZ! All per-
sons having business before the hon
orable the chief justice and the assoct-
ate justices of the supreme court of
the United States are admOnished to
draw near and give their attention, for
the COURT is now sitting. God save the
government of the United States and
this honorable court"
1t is an imposing and inspiring spec
tacle, the mere witnessing of which in
creases the red cOrpuscleS of ones pa
triotism. No man entering that dome
like courtroom may wear his Overcoat
No member of its bar may appear be
fore it in coat of any color other than
black. Such is the dignity and i'm
pressiveness of that tribunal that mer
| to whom embarrassment has long
been a stranger evidence the renewa
of their acquaintance with it by 6
stammering speech, a quickenet
breath, a nervous manner. when ad
dressing the cOurt.-Green Bag.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-27
DUELING IN GERMANY.
IL Is "A Custom Firmly Established
Among the Students.

IL Is a Custom Firmly Established
Among the Students.
In every German university there Is
still dueling, and there will be as long
as German universities exist. Each
has its quota of fighting clubs, which
correspond to our own secret societies.
Every student is anxious to be invited
to Join one of these clubs, and. having
been initiated, it is not long before he
is assigned to a duel. The members of
these various organizations are distin-
guished by their colored bands and
caps, as our fraternity men are by
their Greek letter badges. The most
aristOcratic of the fighting corps are
the Borussia at Bonn, to which all the
HOhenzollern princes belong, and the
SaxO-Borussia at Heidelberg, of which
most of the German princes outside Of
the Hohenzollerns are members. Other
prominent fighting corps are the Rhe-
mania of the University of Wurtzburg,
Normania of Berlin, FrancOnia of Mu-
mich and the famous corps of HannO-
vera, in which Bismarck was n famous
AShlCAg VI 0OlAAhSChs ANCAS NOApS nuo
its own officers, it's own laws, rules,
regulations. buC all are bound by a uni
versal "code of honor"
The customs and ceremonials Incl
dent to these student duels are queer
and peculiarly fascinating, the cos
tunes and fighting attire unique and
interesting. The duels are of two
kinds-the one an "honor duel" where
one student has insulted another, and
honor has to be satisfied by a little
blood letting, but these are often not
infrequently the result of purpose
rather than of actual insult just for the
sake of a little fighting. The German
student, like Pat, is often spelling fol
fight" The other kind of duel is gen
orally a more serious matter and is
known as "by agreement" 1t is by 6
challenge from one corps to another
and partakes of the tournament order
A list of dates is drawn up, and on 6
certain day of each week a member o.
the one corps meets a member of til,
other for Idle mensur. Fritz Morri.
In Illustrated Sporting News.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-27

la, splitting the stock; b. scion prepared
for insertion; C. scion inserted.l
the growing of new one in its place,
and cleft grating is the means en-
plOyed.
In cleft grating stock is split down
ward, after it has been cut off at the
point where the scion is to be inserted,
by using a fine tooth saw. The bark
should be cut through first to avoid
being torn and so that the sides of the
cleft will be smooth. A wedge is in
serted to keep the cleft open for the
insertion of the scion, which is cut
wedge shape, with a long slope, one
edge being a little thicker than the
other The object of this is to have
the pressure of the cleft greatest upon
the outer side where the union is to
be effected.
If the stock is large enough. a graft
may be inserted on each side of the
cleft, and if both grow one should
eventually be cut off, After the scions
have been properly inserted the wedge
should be carefully withdrawn, leav-
ing the scion in place. so that the inner
bark of the scion and the stock shall
coincide. If the pressure of the cleft
be not sufficient to hold the scion in
place, it must be wrapped with cloth or
strings before waxing.
1t is now ready for the grating wax,
which may be applied either in liquid
form with a brush or in plastic cOndi-
ton after having been worked with
the hands, or sometimes by wrapping
with strips of muslin or manila paper
previously spread with wax. Great
care should be taken to make every
joint air tight, or the operation will be
O failure.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-27
INTERESTING FARM NEWS
CLEANED HERE AND THERE
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS THAT CAN BE
APPLIED WITH SPLENDID SUCCESS.
The Care of Live Stock, the Cultivation of
Crops and the Latest Methods Used 10
Raising and Caring for Poultry.

Just as the leaves are pushing out in
the spring is the ideal time for graft
ing. for then the tree wounds heal read
lily. The top grating of old trees is
an important operation. By its use the
tops of old trees are changed from I'M
satisfactory to desirable varieties. and
old orchards may be thus renewed
Every man who owns an orchard
should be able to do his own grating
The scheme in top working an old tree
is to effect in the course of three to five
years the removal of the old top and
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-27
HOW TO TALK WELL.
You Can Acquire the Art by study
Care and Practice.

You Can Acquire the Art by study,
Care and Practice.
The art of talking well-that is, with
ease and intelligently-inte those
who listen and, rarest gift of all, lead
ing them to talk their best in reply, is
q natural gift. There is no doubt of
this. The gift goes with what we call
personal magnetism" Yet one who
has not this can learn to talk pleasant
ly, f1uently and agreeably. First let
him talk much to himself, not audibly,
but forcing himself to formulate his
ideas. What a man thinks clearly be
should be able to put into words.
Next let him study what will please
those with whom he talks rather than
what interests himself. Please note
that l say talks with" and not to-
There is a great-an essential-differ-
ence. all the difference between con
versing and lecturing.
You never heard me preach, I be
lieve" said Coleridge to Charles Lamb
Il never heard you DIDO anything
else" stammered the wit.
When you meet man for the frs
time say something you think would
draw him out. A fool can babble a
length. Wisdom and courtesy are re
quired to tempt others to speak will
ease to themselves.
There is no royal road to becoming ,
good talker. Practice of the few sim
nile r1leS I have indicated will hell
you on step by step.-Chicago News.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-27
sUDLERSvILLE BANK ELECTS OFFICERS
Joseph E. George Chosen President and Mr.
E. John Merrlck Becomes the Cashier.

E. John Merrick Becomes the Cashier.
At meeting of the directors of the
Sudlersvllle Savings Bank of Mary
land, the following officers were elect
ed: President, Mr.. Joseph E. George;
Vice President, DR.. Foster Sudler;
Cashier, Mr.. E. John Merrick, Of
Crumpton. The new bank starts out
with strong executive board of di-
rectors and officers of great business
ability. Mr.. Joseph E. George, the
President. is recognized as one of the
foremost business men and leading
fnanciers in the county. DIR. Foster
Sudler, Vice President, is a leading
citizen of the community of Sudlers-
vile, a successful business man and
prominent practitioner. Mr.. E. John
Merrick who has for years been con-
nected with the firm of Alday Clements
Crumpton, is gentleman of practical
business methods who will manage the
institution in q satisfactory manner.
The Board of directors are Messrs.
James E. Higman, of Millington
George Harrison, of Crumpton; ]. K.
Brown and Benz. L. Coppage, Of
Church Hill; Joseph Wallace, of Bar
clay; G. Percy Merrick, of Ingleslde
Harry Daley, of TempleYille; Jos. E.
George, John E. George and DIR. Eos
ter Sudler, of Sudlersville. A com
mittee has been appointed to pur
chase supplies and fixtures and worl
will be pushed forward so the banl
may be ready for business May LIST.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-27
EDWIN R. COCHRAN PASSES AWAY.
Died at His Home Ia MiddletOwn on Wednes-
dsy After a Long Illness.

Edwin 4, Cochran died at his home |
in Middletown Wednesday after long |
and weary period of i'll health. The
end came not unexpectedly as Mr..
Cochran had been sinking for several
days past. For many years past Mr..
Cochran was prominent in the politi-
cal and business affairs of the county
and the state aud no man was liked
better by his friends. He was a native
of st. Georges hundred which has
produced so many men prominent in
Delaware affairs, being a son of the
late Robert A. Cochran, a member of
the noted st. Georges hundred family,
and himself prominent farmer. For
many years the deceased lived and
cultivated one of the finest farms of
the hundred.
Always interested in the affairs of
the Democratic party, and having a
natural inclination toward politics,
Mr.. Cochran was elected to the Legis-
lature in 1876 and his conduct there
so pleased his constituents that he was
reelected in 1878. He served with
much credit. In 1879 he was APP
pointed clerk of the Peace of New
Castle county for five years by Cover
nor John W. Hall and at the expir
alton of his term he was appointed
for another five years by Governor
Charles 9. Stockley. In 1886 Mr..
Cochran was candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination for Governor but
was defeated in the memorable con-
vention at which Governor Biggs was
named. This was the last political po-
sition held by Mr.. Cochran but he
continued his interests in the political
affairs of the state and was often con-
suited: his safe and prudent opinions
being highly valued. Mr.. Cochran
was one of the chief lieutenants and
warm personal friends of the late
Thomas F. Bayard and during the
ascendancy of the Bsyard wing of the
party in Mr.. Bayard's lifetime, no one
was more influential in the councils of
the party than Mr.. Cochran. He was
genial, whole-souled, with warm and
kindly interest in young men who ap-
pealed to him for advice, his home an
ever hospitable hearthstone for his
friends where a cordial greeting and
warm handshake always awaited
them. 1t was a frequent resort of the
most influential Democrats of the
State. Guarded in his opinions Mr..
Cochran was ever free from resent
ments or bitter feelings and his friends
once made always remained attached
to him.
In his later life Mr.. Cochran was in
terested in his private affairs. He
was director of the Kent and Ceci
Light and Power Company and it was
his labors that finally resulted in the
building of the Odessa and Middle
town Railway Company which is now
being extended to Smyrna.
Mr.. Cochran leaves a wife who il
the daughter Ct the late Prothonotary
Charles Beasten, and three children
Judge Cochran of the Wilmington
court and Misses Blanche and Adj
Cochran. The funeral took place
from his home in Middletown on Sat
urday afternoon. The services wer,
conducted by the Rev. W. J. Wilkie
rector of the Episcopal Church, ant
the interment was in Forrest Presby
terrain cemetery. -MOrning NetOS.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-27
Pastor AYerts a Panic.

Rev. John W. Prettyman, formerly
pastor of the NJ. E. Church at Crump-
ton, but now stationed at Cordova, by
his presence of mind averted what
might have proved an Iroquios disaster
on smaller scale at Callahan's Hall,
Cordova, last week. In the hall were
at least 300 persons who were attend
ing church festival. Without warn
ing a hanging lamp attached to the
ceiling fell with loud crash. 1t bare
ly escaped Mrs. Edward Perry who
with the baby were seated directly
under the lamp. Immediately there
was cry of "ire," and a wild STAN
pede for the door began. Mr.. Pretty.
man, at the risk of being crushed I'M
der the mass of humanity making for
the exit, stood in the doorway an
nouncing that there was no danger.
This seemed to bring the people tc
their senses. The fire was easily ex-
tinguished. The only injuries re.
ceived were those of Mrs. Perry aud
her baby. The mother was quite bad
ly burnsd and the child somewhat
bruised.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-27
COMMISSIONERS CHOSEN
TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTERESTING REPORTS HEARD AT CLOSING
SESSION OF NEW CASTLE PRESBYTERY.
Smyrna Presbyterians Were Represented by
Rev. J. L. Estliu, Pastor, and Elder Geo.
W. Taylor, Who Reported Progress.


One of the most important matters
disposed of at the closing session of
the New Castle Presbytery at its meet
ing in Olivet Church, Wilmington,
was the election of commissioners to
the General Assembly. Those chosen
were Moderator Kent NJ. Bull and the
Rev. A. N. Keigwin, d. d. The al
ternates chosen were DIR. }. B. North
and the Rev. r. H. Hoover. The ell
ders elected were DIR. David Steward
of New Castle and Ebe W. Tunnel,
of Lewes, with Isaac S. Baird, of Will
mington, and W. A. Dickinson, of
Pocomoke City, as alternates.
The Rev. r. L. Hallett, of Odessa,
made the reports on Sabbath school
work and in doing so took occasion to
comment on the fact that the increase
in the number of scholars was not as
large as it should be. The report
showed the following statistics: Num-
Der of teachers and officers, 843; num-
Der of scholars, 681O; Home Depart
ment, 467; total membership of church,
1915; added from schools, 163 Contri-
buttons for Sabbath school work,
1894. 81; for other boards of the church,
1919; to support of schools, $4131. 40.
The report added that the catechism is
generally taught.
The report of the Board OF Freed
men showed that with an annual in
come of less than 5000, 900 it has main
tanned 2t1 ministers in 33S churches
and missions and II, 273 pupils in SO
schools. The report stated that this
had been accomplished by the wise
management of the officers.
The committee on Foreign Missions
reported the contributions for the year
as follows: Church offerings, $11OS. O2;
Women's Auxiliaries, $1,000; Sunday
Schools, $935O2; Young Peoples So
ciety Christian Erdeavor, $215.67;
Mission Bands, $2O1.7O; Forward
Movements, $1221. O5; Other Agencies,
$526.57; making a total OF $553S. SO,
against total of $4433 for last year.
The report of the committee on Min
listers Relief showed that there are six
recipients in the Presbytery of the
fund, receiving annually a total of
Sl225. The following renewals for
one year were recommended, the
amounts being the same as in previous
years: Mrs. j. r. Baynum, $175, be.
; ginn.Nle "a May; MRS. E. G. Marks,
5000, beginning in June; Mrs. Annie
E. Willis, $3.50, beginning in May; the
Rev. E. W. Long, $3.50, beginning in
April.
The closing session was preceded by
an illustrated lecture by the Rev. F.
D. E. Flinks, d. D., field secretary Of
the Board of Missions. The view,
showed scenes among the Mormoni
and the Indians of the West.
DIR. Lewis presided oyer the closing
session in the absence of Moderate
Bull. A vote of thanks was extended
to the Rev. Robert A. Elwood and con
gregation of Olivet Church, to tn
railways and press. The fall meeting
OF Presbytery will be held at Roc
Church, Nd.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1904-04-27
Little RiII,n LncI,.

1t is not probable that superstition
will ever receive its deathblow, but
now and then 1t gets logged bit. Two
cockneys met not long ago. says Good
Words, in a London thoroughfare.
"rve just card that your little Bill
got run over" said one. "'Ow did 1t
'appenT
'E was picking up 'orseshoe for
luckS' replied little Bilps father.