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The Bear and the Children.


In the parlor OF inn ina small town
sat man who mad been going about with
bear. He was, tied3up In the yards. CJ
I in the attic three little children were
playing together. The eldest was JUST
six years old the youngest was only two.
Stump! stump! stump! Some one wi,A
coming up the stairs. The door flew open
suddenly, and there stood the greIt.
shaggy bear, He had got tired OF waiting.
and found his way to the stairs The
children were badly frightened. Each
crept into a coriiur, but the bear found
them out, ana smeiti their clothes. but
!, he did not hurt them. ""rhls must b.
great dog" they said. and they began
pat him. Then the bear lay down on tho
8 floor and the youngest boy climbed on hts
back, and hid his head In bis shaggy fur.
and played hide and seek The eldest boy,
i took his drum nnd hogan to strike Il,
when the bear arose On his hind legs ana
danced. AT that the children gave a
merry shout. The two younger bnys took
their wooden guns and 4 gave the bear.
one. Away they FIJI smdrched arpund the:
room keeping step Now the, frtghtenGd
mother OF the nhildren came to the t1Oor.
But the youngest boy shouted joyfully.
See. We arc playing soldiers Then TIE
bears master came running UP and took
the bear away.
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"Mv Visit 10 NV Aunt's."

Il went there last spring and left b
August. The first morning after got there
/ saw sone hogs In the yard, asked
Aunt Mary II they were hers, she snld
No. She had a little dog named Juba.
and rot him and ran the hogs along
tho creek, they Jumped In and ran across
to the other slda, and 4 left them. They
came back that evening. called Juha
and raj, them d gain. A week or two after
this fnthor came and brought me an alx
rifle, After that | shot the hogs when.
over I got Il chance Once two little pigs
came III the yard. Juba and myself ran
them Under the corn crib, then down to
the Greet wherc ! met another boy, We
raj, the rigs In deep va ter; they could
hardly got out. The other boy threw .
piece Of glass at them and cut a cash In
the snotit OF oi1e OF them AS was going
to thc house heard 1 hen cacklns ana
raj, to her, the hen had her little chicks
Win hor ana d turkey buzzard was try
inf 10 take one, d than. the hen wss
fighting Hin 4 ran t. the house. got my
rifle, shot at him and scared him OF.
The next day | went fishing and saw
Something In tic water that looked likai
snake, bit II was an eel. I got q hook
ana tried to catch him., be bit at Il twice.
the third time he got d food hold, ( I trieA
X to pill him out, but could not. got Ben
to help mo land him. He was seventeen
slnches long. we gavs him to the cat, Nov
/ think I have told you enough for Thu
time. ~ 81 gu WA
Your friend. II #
paNpLEro HUGHEx I;
Warsaw, N. G, 4. -
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by
RHengist Horne
AUTHOR or
"ORloN,' &C. 4
Good -Natured Bear.
How He Told His Story; His Childhood; His Mother
and Father fills Trying Experiences.

i 4 . VI il -
5wnnt eln,s. And at tho worst. swc could
ma Anuthtr cave With oaks near IT.
a.. Fit not With oaks and nice RIVER
tool exclaimed my father. /. iii.
"4'Then.', shid thy ttiother, ! and The
child, ftnranliig nie) must 40 With you,
and help to do Il as dlicfk rs t,oa.sible e;
and after Il Il donet we wlll 80 and sleep
for,a few nights In the forest over tho
northern Hills, for my mind is very I'M
easy about matters.
"My father laughed and said. 'dooi.
Poland signIncs Nonsense! Il.
''Accordingly wo all vent and worried
away at great rate inye father and
mother carrying the. largest Of the great
trees, and / such Of the smallest IN my
'ttnder years would allow BY mid
nisht We had Just finished. and thy father
Was cnrrying the last tree when sudden,
II d STOUT was heard. and we saw
.rash 81 torches! 'rhe trees had been
seen fioatiiig down the stream BY some
men who who were coming to watch FOR
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Winter in che Mountains.

Mamma Fred and I arrived In the Sum
nit City on November 20. 1903. Papa nleti
us at the depot and took us to his store
to get warm. Then we went UP a very
steep hill to, our own home. We found
tho weather very cold here. In q few.
days a heavy snow fell: we thought We.
were In Santa Claus land. But the coast.
ing has been fine. The children gather
on hill near our house and slide all
day Sometimes they join their sleds to-
gether and come down the hill like .
train.
Christmas will soon be here. and hope
Santa Claus will not fall to come. though
fear he will need some extra reindeer
r. nacend our hills. We have holly and
rntstletoe growing here. SO We will deo..
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NY father ran after him in a perfect rage.

the thieves, or to see If It was the work
Of fairies.
= Cross the stream higher up said my
mother. and make for the northern
hills!' saying which she seized me by one
ear in her mouth and lugged me along
tn wa came to the banks. and instant
IS soused me into the water. As SUNK
J gave myself up for lost. though was
sure my mother knew what was best
for me. When came to the surface,
however. thinking It was some other life
Instantly felt my ear again IN my
mothers warm mouth. and we soon
landed on. My father was not with usi
we took It for granted he had ruin in
some other direction, probably to con-
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How Bessie Saved Her Dolls.

Some years ago the city Of Key West.
was all In flnmes. The peope were in a
panic: they felt that the whole city
would be burned. Among the men. Voc
men and children that crowded the side
wnlks and ran to and fro trying in vain
to save their property and goods; was lit
tie Bessie Harris the daughter Of Dr..
Harris, All 4 at a onoet she heard n man
shy that the money ard IVA luables in the
Bank Of Key West we're being sent on
board the revenue Ut ar,s Dixie for safe
ty She hurried home and gathered in
her arms two wax dolls. With their.
clothes, and then she ran through the
streets all alone. through the binding
smoke and the flying clHders. nuntll she
reached the wharf at the lighthouse
where the steamer Dix was ,noored, Bes-
sic. hurried on board the boat and into
the ca bin Of the captain. She laid the
dolls in the lap of the astonished man
and threw her arms about his neck and
begged him to save her darlings. The
captain kissed her and made her n faith.
full promise. Then he sent big. strong
sailor to take the little girl back to her
home. Those two dolls occupied the post
OF honor on the steamer Dix, surrounded
by government bonds and bank notes
and bags Of gold. But none of the val
,,ables were more precious than Bessie's
dolls.
MAMIE LEE BRIsTOW.
A December 8, 1908. 54t
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trees, and now there was not nm elm
left standing. He went away in the even
ing. as before, leaving the trees upon
the ground. My father was sallying out
to carry them Off In the same way as
hitherto. when my mother said On no
account. Benjamin 1--WE always spoke In
tho Bear language, you know, and not
as | talk to your, 'on no account. Ben
Jamln. 90 Tonight
but my father said that the unfeel.
Ing young rascal had cut down all his
young elms, and the next thing would
be that he would cut down his oaks-and
hi could not endure It,
Hut this Is by no means certain"
reasoned my mother; he seems only to
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use tho putsuers, and would reloln lis

IuSe INC pursueEs, aHu Wouio Ietoili VIC
shortly,
'"riie shouts, however. followed us, and
sc did the men with the torches My
mother never looked behind but ran
iugging me along by one ear, through
fields and woods, up hills and down dale.
TIL | lost my senses one after tho other.
and as the hist sense was golng-which
was the sense of8feeling OF; touch--lt be-
5tleyed 1t was deuth, and tried to say:
Good bye. motier$ let go my eur and
gave yoursef!'' but las tried to say 80.
II tainted away.
Sl .tWlien | came to myself 4 was lying
among somo warm leaves uiider thick
bushes But my father had not Joined
,us. we never, ST. " my poor father moro
II mentioned that Wien the woodmnil,l
and tho villagers whom he had collected
lad flrst surprIscd usF my father was II,
the net OF carrying the last tree away,
and such WAS his earnest devotion to ono
Idea At d time, and such hls obsItincy Of
ella rncter, that he actually would not
throw away the heavy tree he. was carry
iitG. but rhn With 1t, even when the pr-
STEERS we're close behind him, I'll arriving
ii, tho bank, he threw III In. and then On.
dcnvorcd to Anve himself by swimming
III foas, In order to follow us. But It was
too ate. Thcy threw ropes over whiIo
he was In the water and half droHned
my poor tItnert 81 ttuL WneIl ~ idst He
~ns landed ,or the other slde,i lb was
unablc to make the great, the proIlglous
rtssthtlce he had so much relied upon.
l1e was taken prisoner at1d carried bound
.hDnd and foot Into the village, amidst tie
blaze OF torches. the shouts Of mon, tile
lurking OF dogs, and the cries OF wonder
md curiosity OF the women ind children,
who jumped out Of bed TO see him pass.
Several children RAM into lhe streets In
tllelrA night-caps and 4 night-gowns, and
4filtd tout: Ss; X AZ e 4
"'Iook at the bear who stole the trees,
And pitched them Into the wa;-ter!
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TFg|f
Witch Is Best.
FIRsT BOY

4 <. FIRST BOY. Is NJ "a
rot ali the days Of all the year. ID
Cried lnyal Freddy ply. s. It'll X #
THE very splendid-est Of all ~
Comes early In July s3s,,,a z '.s,>S Ell
Think 81, the fun, the glorious noisel -
That Is the dhy=-at least. for boys."
SECOND BOY. y
,"Of all the Days 81 all the year.
Said little Robin Gray, III
THE very hest, I do believe.
Z VIII be THANKSGIVING Day. ~
"a Fellow has slich things to eat!
THANKSGIVING Day cannot be beatT
81 RI 55s ~ ~, ST h5F
.,'Ot8 all the days of all the year.
4 Sang pretty Nan. 'reniemb Der
the dearest, happiest and best 59Ss
ID coming in December. y,
what girl or boy--nortl, east. SOUTH
ii} 81 west, ADD VI ii II 53l s .3li5 y.
But knows that Christmas Is the hest:-
MILTON BRYANT.
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children q soiare Of pink ice cream. with
tbsas wards on it: merry Christmas
to iii and to nll a good-night"' llFtes sll
lad d nice time and that night I'orothv
vent to bed very happy because
II Is moro blessed to give than 70
FRANCES T.,AB11f NETHY.
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Dorothv,s Christmas Letter.

20, mamma, where ts my doG7" It
was suui<en by little girl ten years old.
She had light, curly half and blue eyes.
II do not know. darling" answered
her neither.
8."A II eight, will hunt for her" replied
Dorothy, for that was her rame.
{ Mean while Dorothy Is hunting for her
doll, I've viii describe her ard her hotne..
i1orothy's father wns a rich man. and
shn had Il lot Of itlice things
sObr dny sho was t1oking out OF tho
window and II began showing. and she
safd ID her mother: 20 mamma lts
snowing'' and she WIS 80 glnd sha
Jumped up and down. Suddenly her face
cio,lded and she eaid; Mother. am
sorry for the poor people who haven't
any wood, aren't you7"
.iYes my dear. I am very sorry; but
God knows best"
Mamma" said Dorothy II th'nk
viii write to Santa Claus and ask him
!. IL send the poor children something for
Christmas" So she got her pencil ana
pflt,er ana wrote rs follows:
No, t9it broadway. New YORK.
Tcar Santa Claus: .g
~ afr writing this letter to ask YOU to
bring the poor children some stockings
and shoes; nlso some ntts, candy ana
toys and don't forget mo.
Your loving friend. ,g,y
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a NO DOROTFIYIE DIX q.
She posted her letter; then went homo;
4 Christmas morning dnwncd bright hrd
clear Dorothy was up ana dressed be-.
ftrs any one else In the house. Aflhr
her mother lied her Into the
parlor, and what do you think she 50 " Z
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crate for Christmas. Please send me Q
T. d. g. @. badge. $500 4.
For a Child's Plate.

--1| TUI O1I13U = = 1oeSs 71
MY child, when from this plate you eat
Give thanks to God, who sends you ueaeS
Beware you show no hate or greed,
TO those who serve pay gentle heed;
Spare out some bread to feed the poor
And you shall never want be sure
FOR HIS CUP,
When drinking. child, from out this cun
Think how the earth to God looks up
To thank Him for the rain.
Selected by EDDIE 7. HARLDY.
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large holly tree, with red berries. and,
oil5F this tree wers apples oranges and
all kinds Of toys; long strings OF pop
d card. II, red ara green lStters. were tho
Wtrds:
10 tho poor children Of the city
and their little friend,
dorothy Dix
Dorothy clnpped her hands I'm glee and
ran to get her cloak and hat to tell the
Children, and that avening . 'arge crow'l
&0f them were gathered around the tree
at O g. clock Mrs. Dix gave each Of the
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BETTE a. BRAGG G
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4 "}'L,ook at the bear, who stole the trees,
And pitched them Into the wa;-ter! -.
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MAMIE LEE BRIsToW.
December s, 1908.
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=
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11
Bees Used In War.

There are at least two recorded in
stances in which bees have been used
as weapons of defense in war. When
the Roman general Lucullus was war
ring against Mithridates, he sent a
force against the city of Themiscyra.
AS they besieged the walls the inhabit-
ants threw down on them myriads of
svarms Of bees. These at once began
an attack. which resulted in the rails
ing of the siege. These doughty little
insects were also once used with equal
success in England. Chester was be-
sieged by the Danes and Norwegians'
but its Saxon defenders threw down on
them the beehives Of the town, and
the siege was soon raised.
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11

MORE than half of the delegates to
the Republican National Convention
at Chicago, June 81, have already been
instructed to vote for Theodore Roose-
welt as the candidate for the Presi-
dency. No other name will be pre-
scented, and undoubtedly the Presi-
dent will be named by reclamation to
succeed himself. 50 tie chief stand
ard bearer of the R-.s an party IN
the campaign of this year Is already
selected. 1t is a marvellous demon
stration of personal popularity that
in this country of immense population
the party which has been dominant
for long term of years, and which in
cludes by far the greater part of the
representatives of manufacturing and
commercial enterprise and success,
chooses by spontaneously unanimous
preference the candidate for the great
Office. Not only is the nomination Of
Theodore Roosevelt assured. Hi
election to that Office is also certain
The union and harmony of the Re
publican Party emphasize by contras
the impossible chasm between the
Democratic factions.
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11

oFFICE:--Next Door to the Fruit Growers
National Bank.
Telephone, No. 10.
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11
New Dry Goods Dept.

to serve the women and misses in
our spring and summer offerings of
Silks, Dress Goods, Fancy Waist
ings and mercerized Madras, Nov
city Suitings, Voiles, Linen Waist
ings and Suitings, Colored Lawns,
Persian and Victoria Lawns, India
Linons, Percales, Ginghams and
Seersuckers, Innings and Trim
mings, etc.
We have the sole agency for the
Mccall Patterns at Ioc and I5C,
which give you all the most popu-
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artists are employed in the design
ing and no pains have been spared
to make the best patterns on the
market and at popular prices. We
are at the present time doubling
our stock of patterns so that we
can meet any and all demands and
not keep you waiting.
We are making a speciality of the
Mccall Magazine, ladies fashion
magazine of over 6oo,o 900 circula-
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plates and all tbs latest designs
fancy work, hints on dressmaking
home topics, etc. The standard
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year, our price is only soc yea
including a pattern free of you,
own selection.
The Mccall large catalogue o
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June Fashion Sheets free at tn,
pattern counter.
In our WHITE GOODS 70
Spring aud Summer, 1904, we lea,
the city. Our
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11
Times Have Changed.

Once upon a time a superstition eX-
listed that a lady ought to blame her
self if a man whom she did not intend
to accept proposed to her, but that.
should such an unpleasant incident &C.
cur. it was at least not to be made a
subject Of gossip among her acquaint-
ances. Parents thought 1t incumbent
upon them to let a man understand
in time if they did not wish him as IL
son-in-law. 1t is needless to remarl;
that such honorable reticence and
kindly prudence are quite out of fash
ion.-Loudon Standard.
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11
IN OUR NEW
Hat Department

we continue to offer the best 81 90,
81. so and s. 90 Hats in the city in
both Derbys and Soft Hats,-all
the new Spring styles.
We are showing everything in
the way of Boys and Children S
Clothing. Hats and Furnishings
and can outfit the little tots,
too. We recommend our child
ren's line of suits and guarantee
every garment for style and quality,
knowing that that come to us from
the best makers only. Others ask
considerably more for the same
goods than we ask you here.
We are better prepared in Our
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11

"That a 7 Autograph of Mrs. Powell,
taken when she was first married, had
been taken and black strips pasted
across it, resembling the bars of cell
door, and the picture then photo
graphed. to make it appear that Mrs.
Powell had posed for the picture at
her cell door. lie freely expressed
his opinion on these efforts and blam-
ed the increase in crime to these tao
tics of the yellow press"
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11

POSSIBLY no case in recent years has |
been SO eagerly read and more closely |
followed to its last conclusion as the
Powell murder case and the verdict
of the jury is commended on every
hand as being wise and judicious. The
Every Evening so admirably expresses
an opinion of the verdict that we give
space to it in full as follows: Viewed
in the plain light of the facts OF the
case, and without the interference OF
false sympathy or maudlin sentiment,
the verdict of the jury in the Powell
murder trial at Dover will be COM
mended by the best people of Della
ware. 1t is fact that large amount
of sympathy was extended to the MUIR
deress for the undoubted proEocatlon
she had to take revenge upon a woman
who was standing between her and
her husband and breaking up her
household. But the cold testimony of
the case, even her own confession,
proved that the crime was not COM
mItted under the influence of a tre-
mendOus passion that might have
been goaded by immediate knowledge
of anyone of these reprehensible prac-
tees, but was committed during an
interval, and apparently without even
the provocation of the personal attack
which the defence urged as justli-
cation of their plea that the killing
was committed in self-defence. But
the plea of self-defence was not. sus-
tanned by theory, much less by fact,
aud fell to the ground. The jury,
Rel. ~ in considering the case, had
nothing to 6SI.SlnitetShat the grade of
murder of which the woman should
be declared guilty, and the fact that
the verdict was for murder in the
second degree, instead of in the first
degree, shows that the element oil
mercy was not lacking when the tria
judgment was rendered.
1.-The jury is to be commended fol
its admirable handling OF the case
IL tOuupcIC0 JuohAOC WAtA AAOANJ VIZ
so far as was necessary to save thu
woman from a sentence to death upol
the gallows. The verdict, therefore
may be considered as satisfying every
requirement of the public interests
and there will be few to maintain tina
the woman's life should have been in
sisted upon as the price of her awfu
y offending.
''In view of the fact that violer
crime has increased to an alarming ez
tent in Delaware during recent years
and that THE punishment inflicted,
a number of prosecutions, has bee
utterly inadequate, the frm stan
taken by the Powell jury may |
looked to for very material effe,
upon the situation. 1t will indicate
change of public sentiment-a demar
for the proper punishment of Grim
This demand for strict justice hs
gone up from every part of the Stat
and the Powell jury has led in Il
needed reform"
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11
White Linen Handkerchief

imported direct from Belfast, Ire
land, and St. Gall, Switzerland.
In all lines of merchandise hand
led, we share with our customers
the advantages attained in our buy
ing from the makers direct, in our
low prices throughout the store,
and guarantee at all times "better
goods for the same money, or the
same goods for less money than
elsewhere. "
SNesssSsn
soO.so8.sIo/X\ARKET ST
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11

The Dover Delawarean has entered
upon the 46th year of its existence.
1t is not quite as old as the Smyrna
Times but it has grown with it side by
side through years of many chang
ing interests and has filed it's mission
creditably. The Times extends com
pliments and wishes it many more
years of prosperity.
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11
LaCNS and EmbrOidGpiGS

are imported direct from St. Gall,
Switzerland, where the markets of
the whole world are supplied, and
were made especially to our own
order from our own selections.
We carry also the largest line
and best assortments in the city of
plain hemstitched and fancy EN-
broidered
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11
WHY He Remained Home.

Model Husband (boastfully) = Yes.
gentlemen, I've been married ten years
and never spent a night away from
home yet.
Doubling Thomas-Large and inter-
esting family, eh?
"Only three of us"
"Have one child. ehP'
"No; the other is my wife's mother.
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11
ARunaway Bicyc Gle,

Terminated with an ugly cut on the
leg of J. B. Orner, Franklin Grove,
I'll. 1t developed a stubborn ulcer
unyielding to doctors and remedies
for four years. Then Bucklen's Ar
MICA Salve cured. It's just as good
for Burns, Scalds, Skin Eruptions and
Piles. 25c at Benton n. Weldon's
Drug Store.
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11
Why il is

that some Clothing always
holds shape, looks we'll and
wears so much better; the cloth
has been thoroughly sponged,
garments carefully cut and
made by good tailors. Such
Clothing costs but little more
than the poor kind but is
worth double or more. We
have a great line of Suits this
season; Mems, SIS to $40;
Boys, S. to SIS; Little Boys,
So to IS. Everything else
that men and boys wear too.
Hats, Shoes and Furnishings.
Come in and see what we can
do for you, we will save you
money by selling you good
goods.
B Bisssst MULLINS f Gsti
Best Wilmington Shoes
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11

THE SMYRNA TIMES is published at Smyrna
Del, every Wednesday afternoon.
The TIMES is an independent paper devoted to
the welfare of the town it represents and the
State OF which it is a part. II also gives the
items of importance of the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland.
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Editor and Proprietor.
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Associate Editor.
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ADVERTISEMENTS-THE SMYRNA TIMES is the
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disc)unton all semi-annus' AMI yearly a6ver
tisemeuts.
Smyrna times., 1904-05-11

In his address to the jury in the
Powell case last week Lawyer Edward
Ridgley gave slap to yellow" jour
nalism in no uncertain tones, he said: