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Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
Perfect Confidence.

Where there used to be feeling of
uneasiness and worry in the household
when a child showed symptoms OF
Group, there is now perfect confidence.
This is owing to the uniform success
of Chamberlain Cough Remedy ID
the treatment of that disease. Mrs.
M. 1. Basford; of Poolesville, Md, in
speaking of her experience iu the use
Of that remedy says: IT have world
Remedy for have used it with per
feet success. My child Garland is
subject to severe attacks OF Group ane
Il always gives him prompt relief
For sale by all druggists.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
The Advertising WJrIG.

Do you do any sort of advertising by
newspapers, booklets, circulars or by
any other method? If so, you should
know about our monthly containing
information, plans, suggestions and
ideas for advertisers. 9Th year; "a to
80 pages. Send to-day for free sample,
or 10 cents for four months trial.
Address, The Advertising World, Col.
umbus, Ohio.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
CHESWOLD.
Church People Keep Matters the
Move-Party at Miss Lille Bishop.
Local and Personal Mention.

Special Correspondence to the Times.
CHEswo1D, February 16.-Church
people keep their matters on the move.
Last Sunday Pastor Goodhand had at
tentive congregations at both churches.
Sunday morning at Cheswold his
theme "Cause, danger and the cure
for Christian melancholy" was we'll
handled and interesting. Sunday
evening, which was inelement, he
dwelt on prayer in a practical way.
Thursday evening Mrs. Emma Caulk
will meet and address our w. @. T. U.
in parlor meeting at the home of Mrs.
Mollie Hardcastle. Active and honor
. airy members are urged to be present
Nat this meeting. On Friday evening
in the interest of missions Miss
Georgia Arnold's class of young men
and Miss Lizzie Bishops class OF
young ladies of the Sunday School
will give a supper for twenty-five
cents that will satisfy the heartiesl
feeder in the community, in the Jr.
o. U. A. M. hall. Next Sunday even.
ing a Frances Willard memorial ser
vice in the church to which the public
is invited.
Miss Lizzie Bishop held a most en-
ioyable crokinole party Tuesday even
ing of last week. About twenty com
posed the party.
Personal. Miss Pleasanton of Odess
is visiting Miss Ida George, nea
Cheswold.-Mr. Fred Williams 9
Smyrna is visiting his sister Mrs. S
B. Cooper and recuperating from hi
recent illness. Mrs. Peter L. Barcu
and Mr.. Joshua Boyd are yisitin
friends in Wilmington.
/. Price Hurlock, of near Cheswolc
has moved to tho farm which he r
Gently purchased near Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
End of Bitter Fight.

1.-TWO physicians had long and stub
born fight with an abcess on my right
lung" writes J. F. Hughes of DUPONT,
Ga. "and gave me up. Everybody
thought my time had come. As a last
resort 1 tried DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption. The benefit I
received was striking and L was on my
feet in few days. Now I've entirely
regained my health" 1t conquers all
Coughs, Colds and Throat and Lung
troubles. Guaranteed by Benton n.
Weldon's Drug Store Price SOC, and
S1.OO. Trial bottles free.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17

Joseph Todd, employed by Joseph
Scott on the Glldersleeve farm, near
Rising Sun, while driving across the
railroad tracks at Wyoming, Wednes-
day morning, was struck by a north
bound train and thrown from his wa
gon to the ground. One of his arms
were broken and his head was severely
cut, and it is feared he will lose the
sight of one of his eyes. The mules
attached to the wagon were unframed,
but the vchicle was considerably dam
aged. He is now being cared for at
the Kent County Almshouse.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
letter From Mrs. Carey Frazier.

The following letter from Mrs. Re-
becca Frazier, widow of the late Carey
Frazier, to Mizpah Lodge, No. IS, A.
o. U. W, is certainly a strong en-
dorsement of the organization to the
people. of this community:
To the Officers and Members of Miz-
pah Lodge, No. Is, A. o. U. W.:
Gentlemen:-I wish to extend my
heartfelt thanks and appreciation to
the Ancient Order of United Workmen
for the prompt and satisfactory man.
ner in which the order has paid to me
the two thousand $4,000 dollars due
upon the death of my beloved husband,
Carey Frazer he having died on Fri
day, January the Goth, and the check
was handed to me by the officers of
the Lodge on February 18th, just two
weeks intervening between his death
and the payment of the certificate
This should certainly recommend the
Order to every husband and father
who desires to protect his family and
loved ones from possible want and dis
tress. I assure you that the order has
my best wishes for its future welfare
and success.
Very respectfully yours,
REBEoCA FRAZIER.
Mr.. Frazier was member of MiZpah
Lodge seven years and three months
and had paid in for assessments and
dues $153 90 and his widow received
the magnificent sum of $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
REDUCED RATES TO ATLANTA.
VIA PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD, ACCOUNT
MEETING DEPARTMENT OF SUPERIN-
TENDENoE, NATIONAL EDUcA-
TIONAL AssOCIATION


On account of the meeting of the
Department of Superintendent, Nat
ional Educational Association, to be
held at Atlanta, Gr., February % to %
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
will sell round-trip tickets to Atlanta,
February 20 to %, inclusive, good to
return to reach original starting point
not later than February 81, from all
stations on its lines, at reduced rates.
For full information apply to ticket
agents.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17

The Milford Baseball Club has
signed the following players: Howard
E. James, second baseman and short
stop; Hollis, who was with the Gettys-
burg team last season; Clifford Taylor
pitcher, formerly with the Brandywine
team of West Chester; Edward r.
Williams, pitcher, who was with the
Dover team last season; Henry Ebey
left fielder, who was with the Har-
ward University team in 1902, and
Neal Stannard, centre fielder.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17
CLAYTON DEPAR MEAT,
CLAYTON.
items Of Interest Cleaned From the DOings
IN and About Town:

Mrs. Frank L. Reynolds entertained
the Clayton Whist Club Monday even
ing. the last until after Lent. The
entertainment was delightful.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17

"Tomkins' Hired Man." a one act
comedy, will be given in Tucker and
Thornley's new building February %,
benefit of st. Paul's NJ. E. Sunday
School.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17

Miss Marion Smith, daughter of Mr..
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Smith, will
be married tomorrow to Mr.. George
Cooling, of Wilmington. Miss Elsie
Allen and Miss Edna Sevil will be
bridesmaids.
Smyrna times., 1904-02-17

While the second trial of Mrs. Cor
della Botkin, the alleged murderess of
Mrs. J. D. Deane and Mrs. J. P. Dun
ming of Dover, was scheduled to begin
in SanFrancisco Monday it will no
doubt be postponed in order to give
Delaware witnesses a chance to go to
California and give evidence in the case.
While Acknowledgement Herbert H.
Ward has received no definite informa-
ton from District Attorney Byington
of SanFrancisco he thinks, neverthe
less, that Delaware witnesses will be
sent to the West and that their expen-
ses will be borne by the state of Cali
fornia. He has not received official
.notfncation-s6ssd6 effect but has been
SO informed from another source.
Attorney General Ward has been in
communication with District Attorney
Byington for sometime and is now
awaiting definite information.
Just what the hitch is on the part of
the California authorities is not known
though it is supposed that it is over
bearing the expenses of the Delaware
witnesses. This has caused the feel
ing to become general here that the
Western authorities desire for the al
legged murderess to go free, for there
has been a disposition on their part to
delay all along. Acknowledgement
Ward has had his hands tied, for he
did not care to ask the witnesses tc
bear their own expense and he could
not send them otherwise until the
California authorities made some pro
vision for their expenses.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
Roots and Siiaae.

Roots are good for cows and so Is
stlage. In the United States siiage is
far cheaper than roots II we com pare
the cost Of the dry matter in each.
Careful estimates have been made Of
the amounts Of nutrients In the form
OF roots and in the form of silage that
can be produced on an acre Of land.
1t has been certainly proved that
twice as much nutriment can be pro-
duced in the form of corn as in the
form OF roots. Then, too, 1t costs less
to raise an acre of corn than 1t does
an acre Of roots. The corn Is planted,
cultivated, cut and made into silage
by the use of machinery, while beets
have to be raised largely by hand
work. Labor is very expensive item
In the United States. In some parts
OF the Old World, where labor Is
cheap. the cost of raising roots is
comparatively low. Raisers and users
OF roots in those countries come to
the United States and try to do the
same thing, but soon give up the at
tempt. This is why all the admoni.
tons to raise roots for COWS seem to
fall to the ground without bearing
fruit. 1t Is matter of finance. 1t is
by far more economical to get succu-
lent feed from silage than from
roots.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
Up to Date Machinery,

The farmer and the creameryman
must have up-to-date machinery If
they are to get the amount of good
out of their products that 1t is possible
for them to receive. In the great
world of manufacture it Is found that
the men that stick to the poor, slow,
obsolete machines are cutdistaneed by
the mon that put In the best and most
complete machines possible. The
first stick to the old machines be-
cause they are cheap, but their profits
are soon eaten up by the decreased
amount of work they are able to do.
The farmer that uses hand separa.
tor or even an artificial cooler for
cooling the milk wants to know that
he has the best. To this end he
should educate himself as to the real
merits Of rival machines. He cannot
take the say-so Of an agent, for every
agent Is bound to speak well Of the
machine he Is engaged to sell. =, The
farmer has a machine in his COW. Too
many are willing to get along with
milk producing machine that Is able
to do only half work. The best COW
machine will cost more than the poor
est but the profit generally lies In the
high-priced. machine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17

Realizing the Presence of Dirt.
1t Is the experience OF these fac
tory inspectors that where the owners
OF factory are prosecuted for keep
ing an unclean establishment the men
that supply their milk quickly come
to the conclusion that ii does not pay
to send milk to factory of that kind.
In many cases the defections have
been so numerous that the factory has
mad to close and go out Of business.
Farmers have listened to the cam.
paign Of education long enough to be-
gin to realize that high prices for their
milk products cannot be obtained II
the medium through which they reach
the public is filthy one.
One would suppose that the farm
ers who take their milk to a factory
every day for six months would be
able to realize the presence Of dirt In
the factory before stranger came
along and pointed 1t out. 1t is
queer thing this realization of dirt.
II an inspector had not begun legal
action against the factory the farm.
ers would have been content to bring
their milk to the same dirty factory
year after year.
The men that could not realize the
dirt in the factory till 1t was pointed
out to them do not realize the untidy
conditions of their own farms. II high
prices for cheese made in a dirty fac
tory are not to be hoped for, neither
can we hope to get high prices for
cheese and butter made out Of milk
produced In dirty stable.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17

ted the murder. Fox refused to &C
count for his own loafng around the
scene Of the murder.
John l. McGraw of Chicago was ar.
rested in the city workhouse, where he
was committed on the charge of disor-
derby conduct. After the murder 1t
was noticed that tho description of
the prisoner tailed with that Of the
man seen about the scene Of the
crime. McGraw was taken from the
uorkhouse and locked up.
Suspicious spots on his clothes will
be examined as to whether they are
blood. While Investigating the Stem
geweg tragedy detectives found An i'm
portant witness in the Lulu Mueller
case-one who will be relied upon to
smash the alibi Of Wilson and Salmon.
Henry Mueller, a brother Of the slain
Lulu Mueller, learned that George
Engel. cooper, claims to have seen
Salmon, Wilson and Miss Mueller at
9:15 o'clock on the night of the girls
death. This was not more than if
teen minutes before the time Of her
death.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
AS THE WORLD
REVOLVES
CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOLS.
Sixteen Million Enrolled According to
Annual Report.

Sixteen Million Enrolled According to
Annual Report.
The annual report Of the United
States commissioner Of education
shows that more than 100000 pu-
pills, or 2o.04 per cent of the entire
population of the country are enrolled
in our common schools,
The average daily attendance for
1903 was 11.054.502, the same being
692 per cent OF the total number en-
rolled. This Is the largest average at
tendance In the number enrolled ever
reported In the United States. 1t was
Only 1913 per cent in 1870. $50.
it appears from this report that
women are rapidly supplanting men
as school teachers. Male teachers
formed nearly 80 per cent Of the en-
tire number of teachers in 1870, and
nearly AZ per cent in 1880, but only &c
per cent in 1903. Tie wages OF teach
ers have also increased.
This report, taken In connection
with the fiourishing Indian and other
schools supported by the nation,
shows that we shall take our place
soon among the most highly Favored
nations in point Of education.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
houston's Effective Answer.

Representative Cooper of Texas tells
a story about Gen. Sam Houston OF his
state and a practicing physician who
did not like the old general. being
strenuously opposed to him politically.
One day, after heated political dis
cussion, the physician said: General.
like you well enough socially. but
politically I would not believe you on
oath" II would believe you. doctor"
was the quiet reply Of the general.
Then, sir" vehemently exclaimed the
doctor you have a much better opin-
ion of me than have Of you" mot
a better opinion. doctor, but simply
have a little more politeness than you
have"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
Beresford's Care of His Sailors.

A recent incident serves to show
why Lord Charles Beresford is so
beloved by seamen in the British
navy. While the channel feet was
at Invergordon one of the marines on
board the cruiser Theseus became so
seriously i'll that his removal to the
mainland was rendered impossible. It
would equally endanger the mans
life had the vessel gone to sea with
the othors, and rather than run any
such risk Lord Charles ordered the
vessel to remain behind. This kindly
act was Of no avail, for the man died
within a few hours after the depar-
ture Of the feet. but the kindness OF
the admiral has already enhanced his
popularity in the far north.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
Eggs In Winter.

Some writer has said that II eggs
could always be produced as abund.
antly IN winter as in summer poultry
would always be profitable. 1t is hard
to agree with the statement. II eggs
were naturally as abundant in win.
ter as In summer there would be no
reason for high prices in winter. The
reason why eggs are high is because
they are scarce. But for the good
of the poultry industry and of the gen.
eral public eggs should be produced
about equally in all the months of the
year. The average price might be a
little higher but the buyer would have
compensation In the fact that his
eggs would always be fresh. Doubt
less the time will come when fowls
will produce eggs abundantly in the
winter, but it will be after a multitude
Of men learn how to take care of
fowls properly. AS 1t is, fowls are SO
generally neglected that Nature takes
Ter course. Most fowls, no matter
how neglected. will produce eggs in
the summer time. but cannot be de-
pended on to do the same in the win.
ter time. This proves that It is q
matter Of care only and management.
For the present the man or woman
that will so care for their poultry and
80 manage them that the bulk of the
eggs win be produced during the time
when eggs are high in price will be
making large profit for themselves.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
improving the Breeds.

The breeds that now exist must
be improved largely by the common
farmer IL they are to be improved at
all. They are now out of the hands
of the fanciers and they can therefore
receive no more development from
them, except so far as the fanciers
can induce the general public to pur-
chase tie high quality birds they are
producing for breeders. Every breed
was brought to It's present perfection
by selection, and this process should
be kept up that the breeds may not
deteriorate. but may continue to i'm
prove. There Is room for improve.
ment in every breed. II left to them
selves all breeds tend to deteriorate.
because inferior birds are being con.
stantly produced. ard IL used as
breeders they will help the work of
reversion. 1t must be remembered
that all that is good In the breeds Is
artificial. 1t would tske a long time
for some of our breeds to go back to
the primeval form IL they were left
alone and kept pure. but 1t would
take less time II they were allowed
to mingle freely with oil other kinds
Of poultry. In the barnyards of most
OF our farmers there Is little effort
made to keep the fowls from mixing.
The result Is that from year to year
the standard becomes less reliable,
and the type more and more indistinct.
When a farmer has pure bred birds
he should keep them pure and select
from them every year the birds that
are nearest the required type.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
Poultry House FIoors.

II Is much easier to build good walls
to a poultry house than It Is to build
a floor that will be satisfactory. A
good many people try to get along
with earth floors. These. however,
have the great detriment of being
damp, especially in cold weather. AS
a result of damp floors come rheu.
matism, colds. roup and digestive dis
orders. Cement floors also develop
more or less dampness. This damp
ness, however, might be obviated by
laying the cement on a thick layer of
broken stone. Generally our builders
get back to the board floors raised a
short distance. say a foot. above the
earth. II 1t is desired to make this
particularly good it should be double
with tarred paper between. In the
use Of boards for flooring it should
be seen that the ventilation is good
and that the floor is not approachab BILE
by rats. IL the rats cannot get a foot.
hold they cannot gnaw hole through
the floor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
Portable Poultry Houses.


. AT the Illinois State Fair there was
one exhibit that was very suggestive.
1t was Of portable poultry house,
large enough to be used for camping
out In II its use for poultry house
should be at any time discontinued.
Adjustable and portable poultry
houses have long been advertised by
English agricultural papers, and it
has been a wonder why the industry
dill not manifest itself on this side OF
the water. Amy man can make an
adjustable poultry house Of his own.
1t Is only necessary that each part be
complete by itsfif and that it be per.
fectly fitted to the adjoining parts.
The fault with some such construc.
lions Is that they are rickety. This Is
fault that can be easily cured. The
joints should be perfect and the parts
should overlap enough to prevent
drafts In winter time. We can con-
ceive Of a portable house being so
badly made that the poultry would be
exposed to drafts constantly through.
out the winter.
Inc advantages of portable poultry
houses are many, especially for ten.
ants. There are many people that
wish to keep poultry, but they do not
care to construct a poultry house to
be 1T on the place when they move.
The portable, poultry house can be
quickly taken to pieces and it makes
the least possible bulk when placed on
wagon. Whoever builds such q
house should make himself patterns
beforehand that he may avoid mis-
takes in the construction.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
Hand Separator Cream,

Hand separator cream needs to 1e
kept as carefully as any other kSld
of cream. Progress in this has been
made but slowly since the introduc-
ton of the gathered cream system, or
indeed since the introduction of the
hand separator. Considering the
small volume of gathered cream COM
pared with the whole milk system
there seems little reason in every
farmer not having a perfect arrange
ment for keeping it. But 1t must be
acknowledged that so far as we are
able to learn by far the greater part
of the cream from hand separators is
still kept in cellars with vegetables
and all kinds of things that have an
odor that is not an addition to the
flavor of the cream.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
HeIp the Creameryman.

The creameryman and the cheese.
maker are bound up with the men
that furnish them with milk more
than is the ordinary manufacturer
with the man that provides him with
raw material. The patron should
feel it his duty to help the creamery
man in every way he can: for in so
ioing he is helping himself. Let him
consider that the creameryman and
the cheesemaker would like to have a
greatly increased volume Of milk. He
can afford to do some agitating in this
Nne for the greater the volume of
milk the less will be the cost of max.
Ing butter and cheese from 1t. The
man that furnishes only cream should
take unusual care to see that the
cream is in perfect shape when It
roes IN to the hand Of the man that
, q make II into butter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17
" y Y T------ ~ W
Bulk of Rouoh Feed.

Nearly all kinds of rough feed con.
tain the nutrients the COW must have.
The straw of grain contains the very
things the COW needs out of which to
make milk and butter-fat. But we
have to consider the bulk. One hun
dred pounds of oat straw would fur
nish enough nutrients to make ten
quarts of milk with a richness of 4
per cent But no cow could digest
more than third Of that amount in
a day. Therefore straw Is of very
little practical value in the feeding
of mich cows. We must have more
concentrated roughage, such as clover
hay or corn stalks. 1t is of course
different with oat hay. That Is cut
at time when the grain Is in the
dough stage and much Of the sub.
stance is still in the stalks and leaves.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17

liver and bladder troubles, the symp.
toms of which are-obliged to pass your
water frequently night and day, smart
ing or irritation in passing, brickdust
or sediment in the urine, headache,
backache, lame back, \dizziness, poor
digestion, sleeplessness, nervousness,
heart disturbance due to bad kidney
trOubley skin eruptions from bad blood,
neuralgia, rheumatism, diabetes, bloat-
ing, irritability, wornout feeling, lack
of ambition, loss of flesh, sallow COM
plexion, or Bright's disease.
" If your water, when allowed to re-
main undisturbed in glass or bottle
for twenty-four hours, forms a sediment
or settling or has cloudy appearance,it
Is evidence that your kidneys and blad-
der need immediate attention.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and
is for sale at drug stores the world over
in bottles of two sizes and two prices
fifty cents and one dollar. Remember
the name, Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, and the address, Bling
hamton, N. Y, on every bottle.