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Smyrna times., 1904-11-16

Leave Harrington for Berlin. 1875 a. m. and
5.9O p. m. weekdays. Returning leave Berit
6.56 a. M and 1886 D m. week days
Leave Porter for Delaware City 900 a. IN. l2s
3Sl, 4.9S and 6.2i p. m. week days Returning
leave Delaware City 7.5i, $50 aud lO.2S a M. and
$40 ana S5s p. m. week days.
Leave Massey for ChestertOwn and way sts
tlons 9.59 a. m. and 5.lS p m. week days Re
turning leave Chestertown 71S a. m. and 2&
p. m. weekdays.
Leave Townsend for Centreville and way sa
at $50 a. m and 4.44 p. m. week days Re
turning, leave Centreville 746 a. m. and 2.?5 ?
m, week days.
Leave Clayton for oxford and way stations q
9.43 m. and ASS p. m. Returning, leave o.
ford 645 a. n. and l.47 p. m. week days
Leave Seaford for Cambridge and interms
diate stations at l1.09 a. m. and 6 "a D. m. weei
days. Returning leave Cambridge at : 90 g. n
and 2.32 p. m. weekdays,
CoNNECTIoNs-AtP Porter. with Newark 4 Deli
ware City Railroad 1t Townsend with Quee
Annes& entRailroad AtClayton with DelswsH
Il Chesapeake Railroadsnd Baltimore Il Delswar
Bay Railroad. At Harrington, with Deiswsn
Maryland & Virginia Railroad. AtSesfOrd, Wiz
Cambridge & Seaford Railroad At Delmsr VIII
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wicomieo
Pocomoke and Peninsula Railroads.
W. W. ATTERBURY, General Ms"ager
]. R. WOOD, Pass'r Traffic Manager.
GEO. w. BOYD, General Passenger Agen'
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

moRN1xG STAR LODGE, Ne. 6, I. 0. @ F.-Meets
every Friday evening, at 7.3O o'clock.
Mcdonnell ENCAMPMENT, No ?, 10. o. F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month. al $50 o'clock.
dARMoNY LODGE No. 13, A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings of each month,
at 7.30 O'clock.
SMYRNA CONCLAvE, No. 40, ORDER OF HEPTAsOPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
at 500 o'clock at the Odd Fellows Hall.
Union CASTLE No Il, X. G. .E.--Meets every Mon
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing at 7.30 o'clock.
MIsPAH LODGE, No. l6, A O. L. W.-Meets every
Monday evening at So o'clock in Odd Eel
lows Hall.
dIzPAH COSCLAvE, No. 1917, ADHESIVE MoGUL-
LIANs.-Meets the last Monday evening of each
month, at 90 O'Clock, in odd Fellows Hall.
9ENERAL WINFIELD ). HANCOCK Posi-, No. %,
g. A. R.-Meets every Thursday night in the
Hall of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. L.
T. Davis Commander.
STARS AND STRIPES COUNCIL, No. 26, JR. o. I. A.
M.-MeetS at 5 90 p. m. every Thursday in
Odd Fellows Hall.
FRANCES E. WILLARD Temple, No. S, X. of q. f -
Meets every Tuesday evening at O'CLOCK at
the Golden Eagle Hall.
Smyrna times., 1904-11-16
TWEED RING "GRAFT."
Two Hundred Millions Its Direct and
Indirect Cost to New York.

Indirect Cost to New York.
The new courthouse was still far
from complete and miserably fur
nished, yet it had already resulted in
the neat outlay of $11,00O,OO0, when
the most liberal estimate placed its
value, finished and luxuriOusly fur
n1shed, at less than $3,OOO,OOO.
A few items will be sufficient to
show the scale upon which the ring
had conducted it's financial policy
Forty odd chairs and three tables
had a record value of $179, 7296O.
A charge for repairing fixtures.
through ]. H. Keyser & Co, was ST.
14a674.50.
Thermometers, 81 800.
Another charge for furniture, through
Ingersoll & Co., $24O, ,564.63.
A single item of stationery was set
down at S1S6,495.61. What, In heavens
name, could the 81 cents have paid
for with stationery bought at ring
rates?
Then there were carpets, shades and
curtains, also supplied by that marvel
Gus firm, Ingersoll & Co., at the fairly
comfortable figure of S675, ,534.44. Nor
must we overlook one G.. s. Miller. a
carpenter, who was set down as hav-
ing received $3.50, ,T47. 81 for one months
work.
But Garvey, Andrew j. Garvey, the
plastererl Generations of plasterers
yet unborn will take off their hats to
his memory. Two million eight hun
dred and seventy thousand four hun
dred and sixtyfour dollars and six
cents had he earned at his humble
trade in the brief period of nine
mopths
1t Is unnecessary to go further into
the details of this monster and mon
strOus fraud; $5,663, ,246.S3 had been
paid through the single firm" of In
gersoll & Co.
Matthew J. OROurke, who since that
time made careful study Of the city's
finances, states that, counting the vast
issues of fraudulent bonds, the swim
ding of the city by wealthy tax dodg
ers, by franchises and favors granted
by blackmail and extortion, the tota
amount of the city's loss through the
Tweed ring stands at not less thar
S2OQOO0,0 0,000.-Pearson's Weekly.
Smyrna times., 1904-11-16

working in the diagonal braces, thence
under a pulley attached to the rear
axle of the wagon, thence over a roller
working near the forward end of the
main frame.
In operation the machine is driven to
the desired spot, the uprights plumbed,
the wheels scOtched, the post set as
shown in Fig. 2, the team detached
from the wagon and hitched to the
rope.
Smyrna times., 1904-11-16

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Smyrna times., 1904-11-16
HAPPY women.

Wouldn't any woman be happy,
After years of backache suffering,
Days of misery, nights of unrest,
The distress of urinary troubles,
To find relief and cure?
No reason why any reader
Should suffer in the face of evidence
ike this:
Mrs. Almira A. Jackson, of East Front
ST., Traverse City, Mich, says: "For
Smyrna times., 1904-11-16

twenty years L
was doctoring
for kidney and
liver trouble,
but without ben
eft. just before
1 began using
Doan's Kidney
Pills l was al
most paralyz-
ed. I could
hardly stand on
my feet be-
cause of the
numbness and
Smyrna times., 1904-11-16

P1E.ESstsS:SS So. .N&N
&7AS5Sy9 p
A FARM POST DRIVER.

Any Mechanical Genius Can Make 1t.
Cost $40 to $12.
The post driver represented in Figs.
1 and is described by a writer in the
Ohio Farmer as fitted to an ordinary
farm wagon, the framework being held
to it's place by false holsters nOtched
at the ends to receive the standards of
the wagon. These false holsters are
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08
A I90O-Pound Sunfish.

Near Santa Catalina island, OF
coast OF California, was caught
;ently the largest sunhsh ever
ken. or perhaps seen. Il was lit
ally impossible, even with all the
valuable tackle used in lifting huge
mas and black sea bass, to weigh
lis fish entire or to life it from
lie ground, so that its weight was
messed at ton, while conservative
'stimates placed it at from 1900 tc
900 pounds. The captors discov-
red il while fishing from a launch
t was swimming with its huge
,hark-like fin above the surface
yet the launch was steamed along
side and a boatman thrust heavy
aft into it; Immediately the fish
began a series of elaphantine strug-
yles which more than once threat
ened to capsize the boat. After
-hree hours the fishermen subdued
I, and with no little difficulty towed
It into port.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08
r.stos.s TX eas.e..

T,,.:e Xxx s.ac,i, in Westminster
bbey,. IS zb..u 20 be lighted BY
-..e..r - ard :;rowl open 10 It's
az e. Tie .aPei. which IS now
under t:,e cor:rol OF tn. Office o.
~ 5. vas :. c-e tine the depos-
tory of tie rerralia OF the Scottish
kings. Access 20 this remarkable
apartment. with its double doors OF
oak. was possible only by the a:e
OF seven keys, which were n TIE
possession OF as many officials oil
the excteauer. In former time:
the government standards and as
saws Of gold were deposited there
and an eng the other contents O
the place are ciruious stone altai
and some ancient chests. in which
state documents, exchequer tally
sticks and other things were stored
The woodwork of the inner dool
was formerly covered with human
skin-a warning, no doubt, to tx
criminal classes.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08

Mayor Robb, of Lima, O., fined
himself the other morning. Frank
Theiick was brought before him,
charged with abusing his family.
The wife and four small children
appeared, poorly clad, and with
pinched faces. His honor was puz-
zled. If he fined the man it would
mean a Jail sentence, and the fam
ily would not have even the SEM
blance of support After a min
ute's reflection he said: Il fine my
self the price of a square meal for
YOU all" He took the FIVE to a
restaurant and saw that each had
a fine repast. The husband, sham
ed by such treatment, promised sol
EMMY to do better in future He
had job, and was at work inside
OF an hour.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08
Silver Stands for Cups.

That convenient little contr:
vance for holding glasses OF 500
water that everybody with the SGD
water habit IS familiar with, is in
vading the household. Dainty Ii:
tie silver stands Tor holding boui,
lion cups. chocolate cups. tea @
coffee cups, are becoming popul2
where light collations are served
In fact, they are used enough a
ready to make them a stock aces
sorry to the shops of si!versmit-'
and jewelers.. Any woman VIII
has tried to manage a cup an
saucer. cracker or BIT OF cak'
and at the same time keep the trai
of her gown from being used &c
a door mat, all the time keep!r
her eyes riveted on the cup that
didn't slide on the saucer or upse
will appreciate the cup holder.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08

The CAFES, grill roCmS and par
looms OF he r.r.ous hotels OF De
-o:t have been irequented during
he past iwo weeks by a mai
bon, so years old, who has bee,
wish with lis money 70 a great
r degree than can be recalle'
-,ainst any other individual foi
,eyeral years past. a month age
)ne of the clerks explained, this
nan fell heir to 10000 in cash
md $4,000 in securities, includ
ing some real estate. He is now
engaged in blowing it in. Ever,
morning he draws $500 from ths
bank, and, accompanied by two
messenger boys to run errandS fo'
him, makes the rounds. To say
ne is free with his money is put,
ting it mildly. He invites friend
10 dinner and the bill amounts te
So. A $40 bill is given in pay
ment and the waiter Is tOiu u
chase himself with the change
He buys a box Of cigars, takes
two or three, and pushes the boz
back to the dealer. Yesterday ht
offered to sell fine horse, togeth.
er with a rubber tired runabout
for $50, saying he had tired OF 1t
The horse and the rig were stand
ing at the curb, with one OF TIT
messenger boys holding it. II HI
needs more money, a check Il
signed and one Of the boys hustle:
to the bank. A fool and hi
money"-quoth the barkeeper o
one OF the hotels. I'll give hin
about three months to burn up hi
wad and he will then realize
where he is at"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08

MExICo'S adoption of constitu-
tional amendments providing for
a vice president and extending the
presidential term from four to SIX
years will no doubt materially in
crease the stability of that govern
ment, and have a good effect upon
the credit of the country abroad
With a vice president fitted for the
duties of chief executive and in
sympathy with the policies of the
present government, ready to step
into Office at once if need be, the
fears heretofore felt that there
would be an end of peace in Mex
leo, should Diaz sudd enly die,
will no longer have ground for
existence. Diaz has made Mexico
what she is today, and the country
is now assured that the reign OF
progress and prosperity will be
prepetuated, even after his death.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08

THE. HERALD is for Brownsville
first. last and all the time.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08
TroIleys as Disintectors.

An Italian scientists claims to
have established that electric tram
@ays are great mediums in the dis
Infection of towns. He points out
mat the electric spark, which is SO
frequent an occurrence to the over
head trolley. and the emission OF
EIGHT from the car wheel when the
rsil is used for the return current
transform the oxygen of the air into
ozone. which has a purifying and
iisinfecting influence. The high
i;scSrges. he SAYS, the frequent
enough to influence greatly the at
nospher;c constituents, especially
where the line passes through mar
-ow 'thoroughfares. They become
sntiseptic agents.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08
ANNOUNCEMENT,

Ne are authorized 10 arlonnce TIC
xaine of the
Hon. mo. y. GARNER,
IS candidate for reelection to Con = ess
from this, the Fifteenth DIS riot. subject
TO the action of the democratic party
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08

UNDER promise OF an early move
n the waterworks and electric
light enterprise, the people o.
Brownsville, will possess the souls
n patience a little while longer
sfo<Igh that yawning hole out a
the site of the plant begins to
apuear to some as if it were but {
grave III which their hopes are tt
te Interested. Still we will try
20 keep our hopes alive little
Dnger, 20 Franchise Man.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08
THE decision of the supreme

THE decision of the supreme
court of the United States uphold
ng w. R. Hearst $ contention, II
The famous suit brought by him IL
New York against the coal trust
Is a feather in the cap of that ambi
tious young man. More than al
else that has been said i'll supper
Of his presidential aspirations, :
victory over the hateful and abom
Enable anthracite coal combine
would serve to make Hearst pop
ular man throughout the entire
country.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08

The example OF Galveston i
having its grade raised might le
Ellowed with profit by some 9th;
rexls towns. In fact, most oi
them would be the better if thel
grade could BE- elevated somewhat
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08

THE idea of a Southern man 10,
president in 1908 seems to be tax
ing hold throughout the South
q IS not beyond the realm Of poSs:
Yilitv that this section may provid
1he nation with a president, BIZ
re must first find the man.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08

ON ONE hand, said the teacher
of bookkeeping in the Corpus Chris;
night school, is the debit column;
On the other hand we have
Warts" interrupted the studen
from the Fifth ard.-Corpu
Gronv.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-04-08

THE Japanese fleet is still III
dulging in daily practice at throw
ing shells with Port Arthur as {
target. Perhaps. if Admiral Tago
persists all summer, his gunner;
nav become sufficiently IpeTt t.
make a hit by next fall.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-08
In PITTsBUR6
Mr. P. W, Crawford, Late of Sine, ,craw-
ford & Co., Of This City, EmbarlSs in
Real Estate and Insurance Business.

p. w. Crawford, who was associated
with The firm of Sine, Crawford y Co..
for the past year and half, has pur-
chased The one.half interest in leading
real estate, mortgage and insurance
business in Pittsburg, Pa The new
frm will be known as Dixon & Crawford
rhe senior member Of which, Nr. S. A.
Dixon, has been conducting the same
business for the past eight Years, in
their present location at All Fourth
avenue. Mr.. Crawford expects to move
his household effects TO Pittsbnrg at
once and fake up bis permanent residence
there.
Nj. Crawford is an energetic young
business man. possessing sterling quail
lies, and it is safe to predict uuliniited-
success for him in lis new venture. lie
ia many warm trends in this city who
extend their hest wishes for his success
although not without an expression Of
regret that they are to lose him from
their midst.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-08

Ernest A. Rider has announced him.
self as candidate for the Republican
nomination for assessor in the upper
district, as viii be seen by reference to
the announcement column OF the Tele.
gram.
Mr.. Rider was born near Quiet Dell,
where he now resides and has lived there
all his life. lie is a son of John c. Rid
cr, deceased, who served four years in
the Union army in the Civil war, and is
The grandson of Rev. Adam c. Rider, who
was leading Methodist divine in his
day and was widely known throughout
This county, having had charge Of several
churches in the county.
Being thirty-six years Of age he is Al
that stage OF life, where man possesses
sis best physical and mental faculties,
thus fully equipping him for the duties
Of the 6aicP, TO which he aspiFes.
Mr. Riders father was loyalRepub-
lican and so is the subject OF this sketch.
He never voted for a Democrat in his
life, he says, and he has voted the Re-
publican ticket ever since he was q
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-08
INSTALLATION
OF OFFICERS
of the City WIN Occur Monday Night,
April Is at Which Time the Present
oficiate Win Retire From Office.

The eiIiccrs.eleet of clarksburg viii be
inducted into office the third Monday OF
the present month, which win be the
18th Of the month. Tne retiring council
viii hoh final meeting at night and
turn the affairs of the city over to tio
new council, which VIII hold a session
Immediately after the adjournment Of
the old council and organize 1nc next
council will be composed Of Michael Ne
Andrews aud John F. Kearns, Of the
first ward; I'm. Kelley and Thomas l..
Anderson, Of the second ward; c. NJ.
Ernst and Ellsworth Cork, of the third
ward; A. X. Thorne and Charles N. Hart
of the fourth ward, and W. s. Law and
DR.. ". P. Goff. of the fifth ward. The
only two members of the present coun'
ell who will retire are Col. I. B. Seely
and Frank R. Moore. The new council
viii be entirely Republican.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-08
.NON-SUPPoRT
CHARGED
Interesting Trial is On Before Magis-
trate Flynn-Mrs. Reece Lewis Charges
Her Husband With Not Providing
For Her.

An interesting trial is on before Mag
istarte j. I. Flynn in S. W, Gordon'-
office on Third street, that is attracting
attention. especially Of the
neighbors of the principals. Mrs. Reece
Lewis. wife of Reece Lewis. of the Excel
sior Bottling Works, has obtained war
rant against her husband charging him
with non-support. The trial is in pro,
grcss and will probably last for some
lime on account Of the large number OF
witnesses who have been summoned to
testify. Some of the testimony given
Is OF a rather raey nature. Lewis says
his wife left him some time ago and
went to live with another man, and
that he has been supporting the child
ren the time, Lewis lives in the West
End.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-08
INSPECTING SHORT LINE.

The Short Line division Of the Balti-
more 4 Ohio railroad is now undergoing
a thorough inspection, which is being
made by j. D, Dickson, the engineer Of
maintenance Of way, 4. J. Foley, super
intendcnt Of the Wheeling system, and
C. a. schmon, superintendent Of the
motive power over the entire system.
Yriey win spend two days in making the
3speetiop on the Ohio River division
abd the West Virginia short Line. 1t 5
rs beAone of the most thorough inspec-
lions that has yet been made, each de-
partment of the operating and mainte'
nance Of way being taken mp at each
point on the line and looked into. Mr..
Dickson and Mr.. sehmoll are on the for.
mer private car.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-08
TRYING 10 LOCATE RELATIVES.

Chief of Police Howe has received a
letter from Thomas F. FaTnan, marshall
Of the police department Of Baltimore.
Nd. asking him for information regard.
ing the deaths of John oBricn, Peter
Shafer and Thomas Quinn, who were kill
ed in a railroad collision in the B. & o.
yards here last Saturday morning. He
also wants to know where they were
buried. The letter states nothing fur
ther Than this. 1t is believed that the
men who were killed have relatives in
Baltimore and that an effort is being
made through the police department
there 70 locate them. Chief Howe com
piled with the request in .hc letter and
Forwarded the necessary information.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-08
ARRESTED FOR TREsPAssING
IN B. & o. R. R. YARDS

S. w. Price, young man Of Wood
county, this State, was arrested by Bal
timore & Ohio railroad policeman I. /.
Powell Friday morning for trespassing
on the property of the company in the
yards mere He was taken before Mag,
istrate S. w. Gordon and given hear.
ing. The magistrate decided 10 suspend
sentence upon the young mans promise
to leave the city at once, He was re-
leased aud said he would leave at once
for Preston county where he would 60
to work.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1904-04-08
CHILDREN
Were Kept From School and the Par
ents Are Fined Two Dollars and Costs
By Magistrate ]. t. Flynn.

Upon warrants Which had been sworn
out by Truant Officer Andrew Lyon, two
colored women were tried by Magistrate
J. T. Flynn in Magistrate Gordon's Of
lice Thursday afternoon, for violating
the compulsory school iaw by not send.
Ing their children TO a public school. Mrs.
Annie copclan was charged with keep.
ing her twelye.year-old son, Stanley,
from school and Mrs. Rcbecca Rhodes
for not sending her eleven-ye year-old
daughter, Alice, to school The magis-
trate found both guilty and fined them
each two dollars and costs, amounting
in all TO $5.35 apiece. They paid their
fines and promised to see that their
childrcf we're sent TO school as the law
requires.