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Smyrna times., 1904-03-02
INDIA RUBBER.
The Second Voyage of Columbus
Gave 1t Publicity.

The Second Voyage of Columbus
Gave 1t Publicity.
The first notice of india rubber dates
back 500 years, when Herrera, Span
ish historian, during the second voyage
of Columbus. saw that 1.-THE natives of
Haiti played with balls made of the
gum of a tree, which were lighter and
bounced better than the wind balls of
CASTLE"
In a record published in Madrid, 1915,
we are told: There is a tree which the
Indians call ulequahuiti, very high,
with round, ashy gray leaves. 1t yields
a milky substance. thick and gummy,
in great abundance, which is collected
and allowed to settle in calabashes and
afterward softened in hot water or
smeared over the body and rubbed off
when sufficiently dry
Even at that early date Spaniards
used the juice of the ule tree to water
proof their clOaks.
The first accurate account of these
gum elastic or caoutchOuc trees was
furnished by La COndamine, who was
sent in 1875 by the French government
to measure an arc of the meridian neal
Quito.
1t was introduced into Europe as 0
drug about 1870. and some fifty years
later was used commercially as rubber
for pencil marks and to waterproof
clothing
Smyrna times., 1904-03-02
NOTICE.

N Notice is hereby given that I, Cyrus P
Gears, being the owner and occupant of
the Smyrna House. in the town of Smyrna,
in Kent County and State of Delaware do here
by give notice that on Monday, the 18th day of
April, A. d 1904 intend TO make application
to the Court of General Sessions of the State Of
Delaware in and for Kent county then
to be holden at Dover, for license to keep
an Inn or Tavern and to sell Intoxicating
liquors therein in less quantities than one
quart to be drunk on the premises, at the
house known as the Smyrna House" situated in
United School Districts Nos. and Il and and
1O7 in Kent County and State of Delaware and
forming one United School District by the name
Of"Smyrna Public schools" and located on Main
Street in said town of Smyrna, Kent County
aforesaid.
The following respectable citizens residing in
the United District (at least one halt of whom are
substantial freehOlders) recommend my said ap-
plicatiOn:
NJ. H. Appleton, VIM. NJ Lewis,
Jacob Leinberger, GeOr2e H. Williams,
Walter Shelton; John c. Blizzard,
VIM. II. Collins, Peter 7. Collins,
W. G. Deakyne, Oscar Fisher
Charles Jones, William T. Ryan,
S. F. Mailman, ID. G. Bailey.
Alexander Carsons, James w. Spruance.
CYRUS P. GEARS.
Smyrna, Del, February %. 1901.
Smyrna times., 1904-03-02
Messages of War.

Among the natives of Australia
notched and carved sticks are used for
messages. For instance, a piece of
wood carried from one village to an.
other with straight and curved lines
cut upon it is a message of war and
means: "There is a fight on hand.
Fetch your spears and boomerangs."
The North American Indians utilized
wampum belts from time immemorial
for like purposes. The arrangement of
the different colored beads conveyed
the Specification desired.
Smyrna times., 1904-03-02
Smyrna, Del, February 23d, 1904.

NOIlCE.
In Notice is hereby given that I, John C.
Blizzard, being tenant of the house known
as the delaware House." in the Town of
Smyrna, Kent county and State of Della
ware intend to make application to the
Court of General Sessions of the State of
Delaware IN and for Kent county, at its
next session which will commence and be
held at Dover, in Kent county aforesaid, on
Monday the 25th day OF April, A. D. 1904,
for license for the keeping of an inn or tav-
ern and authorizing the sale of intOxica ting
LIQUORS in less quantities than one quart to
be drunk on the premises in the said "Del-
aware House." The said Delaware House"
wherein an inn or tavern is proposed to be
kept with the privilege of selling intoxi-
eating liquors in less quantities than one
quart to be drunk on the premises, is To-
Gated in United School Districts Nos. and
II and 5 and lO7, in Kent county aforesaid,
and forming one United School District by
the name of the SMYRNA Public Schools, 3"
and at the southeast corner OF Main Street
and Mt. Vernon, formerly Methodist Street.
in the Town of Smyrna, in Kent county
| aforesaid The names of the respectable
citizens recommending my said application,
| land at least one-hali of whom are free
| holders are:
| Wilson T. Lavender, G. B. Raymond.
| Oscar Fisher, Thos. H. COverdale,
| Alexander Carson, Samuel Wilds,
Walter Shelton, Theodore otrattOn,
! C. P. Gears, Vim. NJ. Lewis,
NJ. H. Appleton, jacob Leinberger,
Peter 2. Collins, W. G. Deakyne,
| Henry Seimes, J. F. GOldsbOrOugh,
JOHN C. BLIZZARD.
Smyrna, Del, Feb. l6, 1904.
Smyrna times., 1904-03-02
RTOTTCE

~ Notice is hereby given thatI, Maria Smith
being the owner and occupant of the house
known as the Chester House situated in the
Town of Smyrna Kent County and state of Del
aware, intend to make application to the Court
of General Sessions of the state of Delaware, in
and for Kent County at its next session,
which will commence and be held at
Dover in Kent County aforesaid, on Mon
day, the twenty-fifth day of April, A. ID. 1904,
for a license for the keeping of an inn or tavern
and authorizing the sale of intoxicating
liquors in less quantities than one quart,
TO be drunk on the premises, in said
Chester House." The said Chester House"
wherein an inn or tavern is proposed to be kept
with the privilege of selling therein intoxicating
liquors in less quantities than one quart, to be
drunk on the premises, is located in United
School District, Nos. and II, and 107. in
Kent County aforesaid and forming one United
School District by the name of The Smyrna
Public Schools" and located on Mt. Vernon
formerly MethOdisD Street, in the Town of
Smyrna. in Kent County aforesaid The names
of the respectable citizens recommending my
said application, (and at least Onehalf of whom
are substantial freeholders) are:
James HendricksOn, Jacob Lenberger,
Alexander CarsOnS, Sherman Kittle,
George W Bedwell, VIM. NJ. Lewis,
| ". G. Deakyue, John G. Blizzard
| Walter Shelton, George HeinOld,
| Oscar Fisher, G.. 2. Gears,
| Peter P collins, ]. GOldsbOrough,
/ Frank S. Green, W. j. Robinson.
MARIA F. SMITH.
Smyrna. Del. February 23d, 1904.
Smyrna times., 1904-03-02
Nashville. Ind

MEssRs. ELY Bros. II have been a
great sufferer from catarrh and hay
fever and tried many things. but found
no permanent relief until | found it in
Ely's Cream Balm about eight years
ago, and we have been fast friends ever
since. Rev. r. NJ. Bentley.
Messrs. ELY Bros. Find enclosed
so cents, for which please send me
your Cream Balm. find your remed y
the quickest and most permanent cure
for cold in the head, catarrh. etc.
Yours truly, Dell NJ. Potter.
Gen. Mgr. Arizona Gold Mining Go.
Smyrna times., 1904-03-02
Young People Turn to Manual Art,


1t has been decided to open an agri-
cultural department in the Mount Her
mon school, founded at Mortified by
the evangelist, Dwight L. Moody. The
various courses of instruction planned
will be under very competent direction,
and the new department is expected to
become most important to the school
work This is the first industrial course
established in the school, which is not
an institution of technical instruction,
and serves to show the growing inter-
est in technical and Industrial educa-
ton that is manifesting itself through
out the country. Young men and wO-
men are turning more and more to the
manual arts as a means of livelihood,
and they are bringing to them the en-
thusiasm heretofore directed in circum-
scribed channels. They demand an
equipment which shall make their
work a science as sure as mathematics
and insure positive results, and to meet
these demands the schools and col
leges are ming departments where
such studies may be carried on.-New
Idea Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1904-03-02
What Did She Mnnna

Alice-Yes, l accepted George at
once. knew when he proposed to me
he was wholly unselfish. Bertha-Oh.
nobody could ever have any doubt
about that!-Boston Transcript.
Smyrna times., 1904-03-02
GROCERIES

We promise to give the best goods at
the right prices.
Coffees, Mothers Oats,
Teas, Malta Vita,
Soaps, Force,
Sugar, Vim,
Baking Powder, Shredded Whole
Hominy, Wheat,
Rice, Peaches,
Beans, PTunes,
Cheese, Raisins,
Flour, Currants,
Molasses, ApricOts,
Syrups, Pickles,
Vinegar, Lard,
Corn Starch, Mince Meat,
Laundry Starch. Oils,
Blue, Canned Corn,
Shoe Polish, . Beef,
Stove Polish, g Peas,
Matches, Beans,
Lamp Chimneys, " Pine Apple,
Lantern Globes, . Salmon,
Brooms, Tongue,
Salt Fish, Ham,
Salt Meats, Dried Beef,
Tobacco, Tomatoes,
Cigars. Baked Beans,
Extracts, Mustard,
Candies, Celery Sauce.
W. S. ARTHURS
KENYON, DEL.
Smyrna times., 1904-03-02

The easiest way to get along with
some people is to let them think they
are right.-Atchison Globe.
Smyrna times., 1904-03-02

We can sell you Life assurance as lO7o as the tooz,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21
SCHOONER is WRECKED.
Strikes on Bar and Goes Down OF
Coast Of Cape Cod-Twelvo
Lives Lost.

Chatham, Mass, Oct. ia small
part of the forward section of the hull
and slanting foremost stand as mute
reminders of the ocean tragedy enacted
here Thursday night when the three
masted schooner Wentworth, of None
ton, N. B., struck on Chatham bar dur
ing a raging northerly gale, and all on
board persisted in the terrific seas. With
the exception Of the loss of the steamer
Portland in November, 1898, the wreck
of the Wentworth is the worst disaster
that has occurred on the Cape Cod coast
during the last DECADE. OF the IL per-
sons who were on board the stranded
vessel not one reached the shore alive,
although two bodies were rescued from
the surf, one Of them that Of a woman,
believed to be the wife of the captain.
With her three children she was accom-
panying her husband on trip from
Hillsboro, N. B., to Newark, j. Little
could be done in an effort to aid the
crew of the disabled craft, as the Cape
Cod life savers from two stations were
unable to: launch their surf boats in the
tremendous seas.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21
CRANE TO SUCCEED HoAR.
Ex-Governor Of Massachusetts, Is APP
:. r.: pointed United States =. ::
,;s:s@ ~ ~ Senator. - ".''. 81

Boston, Oct, 13:-;-Gov. John L. Bates
Wednesday appointed former Gov. w.
Murray Crane, Of Dalton, United tsates
senator, to fill the unexpired term of
George F. Hoar, recently deceased. :. :.
Mr.. Crane has informed Gov. Bates
that he will accept He is one Of the
largest paper manufacturers in the state
and has been prominent. in state poll
tics for a score Of years. In 1897 he was
elected lieutenant governor and in 1900
became governor, which office he held
for three years. Mr.. Crane is a personal
friend of President Roosevelt. ~ > .
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21
GENEROUS BEQUESTS.
Will Of Iowa Philanthropist Gives
Over 100000 to Schools,
Churches and Charities.

Des Mcines, Ia, Oct. lahore than
100000 was given to various public
charities, schools and churches by the
late James Callahan of Des Monies,
whose will was opened and read Wednes-
day afternoon. At the head of the en-
tire list is Booker T. Washington's
Tuskegee institution, which receives
100000. Other notable requests are as
follows: Iowa humane society for the
home for drunkards' wives, $4,000;
Iowa humane society, $4,000; Iowa
home for friendless children, 10000;
Des Moines home for aged, $50, 900: Sal
walton Army Of Des Moines for perpetu-
alton Of rescue home, $4,000; Benedict
home, Des Moines, $4,000; Iowa equal
suffrage association, $1,000; home for
aged negroes, Des Moines, s., 900; Amer
lean peace society, Boston $4,000; Ma
tional temperance and publication house,
Boston, $4,000; Penn college, Oska-
loosa, SIC, 1000; Des Moines college, s., 900.
The remainder of practically a g 900, 900
estate goes to collateral heirs in varying
amounts.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21
TRADE CONDITIONS HOPEFUL
Degree Of Confidence Is Best Shown
by Increased Ease in Max
ing Collections.

New York, Oct 15.-Bradstreet's says:
Despite Irregularities, due to warm
weather conditions or to reductions in
crop movement, trade as whole main
tains q satisfactory volume. Nothing
of a boom character is to be noted, but
many lines show gains over the cor
responding period of 1903, confirmation
of this being found in best on record
September railway earnings and clear
ings enlarged over last October's week
ly totals. The underlying confidence is,
perhaps, best shown by the increased
ease noted in collections, reports as to
which are better than for nearly two
years past. Warm weather, however,
is a drawback to retail business, which
needs the stimulus Of sharp, cold
weather. 80
r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review OF
Trade says: Progress is slow but sure
in the leading branches Of manufacture.
contracts being more readily placed for
distant delivery, while the percentage
of idle machinery steadily decreases.
Satisfactory news from leading iron and
steel centers tends to strengthen con-
fidence elsewhere, as the consumption
of iron has been found a good barometer
of business conditions. Building oper-
ations have expanded, at some cities,
establishing a noteworthy record for the
month of September, and the permits re-
Gently issued promise we'll for the fu-
ture. Labor is fairly well employed,
according to the latest official trades
union reports. All divisions Of the iron
and steel industry are making progress.
Failures this week were 2O8 in the
United States, against 208 last year, and
in Canada "a, compared with % year
ago." y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21
FOUR SOLDIERS SLAIN.
Explosion Of a Mortar at Fort Banks,
in Massachusetts, Results
Disastrously.

Boston, Mass, Oct. 17.-Four SOL
diers of artillery were killed and
seven injured by the explosion of a
mortar at Fort Banks, Winthrop,
Saturday. The accident was due
to a premature explosion of pow
der as a ..:ten-inch mortar was
being loaded: One shot had been
fired and the gun was being re-
loaded for a; second trial. AS the
breechlock was being closed there was
a premature explosion in the powder
chamber of the mortar. The breech
was blown from the gun and every
man of it's crew became victim of
the accident.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21

The long-pending plan to connect
Singapore with Penang by railroad is
about to be carried out. Part by
part the road has been built through
the Federated Malay States, but un'
til recently the sultan of Johore.
whose sultanate separates the FEEDER
ated Malay States from the Island of
Singapore, has not favored railroad
connection. The sultan's objections
having been overcome, it is expected
that the road will be completed with
In four or I'VE years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21

Realizing that crowless rooster
was long-felt want of poultry lovers,
Farmer. Charles Ross, Burnwood
(Pa.) farmer. has risen to the occa'
sion and bred q crowless rooster, or,
rather, q mute male fowl. Farmer
Ross has two samples Of the crowless
bird, both full grown and silent.
Neither has made any other unseen.
" noise up to date. Whether they are
deaf and dumb Ross does not know.
but they can't. don't or won't crow.
In all other respects they are like 9th
or ROSTERS. The crowless fowls are
hybrid1.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21

From Tzaritzyn. a town on the Vol
ga, comes the report that new in
dustry has been discovered, that OF
making caviar from the spawn Of q
large species of frog which is found
there. It is stated that in appearance
and taste there is no difference be-
tween frogs caviar and the best prod
uct Of the sturgeon. A big inland
trade is going on in this article. and
It will soon be exported.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21
FOUND GUILTY.
Young Girls Convicted Of Completely
in Murder and Sent
to Prison.

Belleville, ILL.,, Oct. 12.-After being
out IA hours, a jury in the Belleville
circuit court returned verdict finding
Nellie Gardner and Mabel Wright guilty
Of completely in the murder of John
Dunlap and fixed their punishment al
IA years each in the penitentiary. The
girls are 10 years old and in view of the
fact that the charge was only construc-
tive completely some surprise was ex-
pressed over the severity Of the SEN
tence, =.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21

@ Dogs trained to catch fish are
among the features Of everyday life
m the barren shores Of that distant
mart of Labrador which belongs to
Newfoundland. The cod fisheries
along the LOO miles Of Labrador's
coast yield about ope-ffth of New
foundland,s total catch and furnish
samnloyment annually to thousands of
fisher folk. They fish with lines from
s16C to, 200 fathoms long, two men to
/. boat. and each man using two hand.
lines The usual bait is capelin.
when fish are plentitalSit takes very
short !. time to ma Boat with cod
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21
PARKER SPEAKS.
Makes an Attack on the Repub-
Hcan Policy in the
Philippines.

EsOpus, N.Y., Oct.- 17.-AltOn b.
Parker, democracy's candidate for the
presidency, made his first formal cam
paign speech here Saturday afternoon
to a delegation representing the Pars
ker Independent club and the Avon
Beach Regular Democratic club of
Long Island. Mr.. Parker limited his
speech to q discussion Of the Philip
pine question. He maintained that
the republican policy of "subjugation
of defenseless foreign peoples" al
ready had cost the United States over
$3.50, 100000 and more than 100000
lives. =
He declared that the republican pol
icy refuses to promise independence
for the F'ilipinos now, or at any time,
or upon any condition, and that it
does not even leave open the door of
hope. He said that the democrats
propose to prepare the Filipinos as
rapidly as possible for self-govern-
ment and promise them freedom as
soon as they are prepared for it.
Mr.. Parker asserted that conditions
in the Philippines are bad. He quoted
an unnamed student of conditions"
as declaring that many officials in the
islands are inefficient, dishonest,
corrupt and despotic," the livery
dregs of our people,"
He quoted the same authority as de-
claring further that "the situation in
the Philippines to-day is SO terrible
that it passes the comprehension of
people at home. Alphabetically the
country is ruined, land is going out of
cultivation, the population is i'll fed,
the country is overburdened with tax
alton, the towns in ruins"
Mr.. Parker declared that the coun-
try should hasten to the relief of such
situation. He said: "Our duty to the
Filipinos demands a promise of inde-
pendence. But If it did not, our own
interest demands that we be relieved
of the Fflipinos just as soon as they
are reasonably prepared for self-gov-
eminent. A colony holding nation is
ever subject to expensive wars with
other nations and with its colonies.
II warn tho republican party that it
is not an unheard of proposition that
an oppressed-I use the term advised
ly-an oppressed people. should be
FESTIVE. Continue as we are doing to
oppose these people and one of the
most vexed questions that this nation
has ever been called upon to deal
with will confront. us interminably."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21

A continuance which enables one
to catch the gamest trout with mir.
ror has been patented by man In
East Greenwich, r. I. The idea OF the
invention is to make the fish see him.
self in a mirror behind the bait. I'm
agining that the bait is to be snapped
up by another fish, he hastens to Sc
cure it himself, and the hook at the
same time. AT present there is no
testimony to the value Of the inven'
ton in practice.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21
Divorce Canon
IS VOTED down
IMPORTANT ACTION rs TAKEN
BY The EPISCOPAL CoNVEN-
TON IN BOSTON,.
Proposed Amendment Prohibiting Re-
marriage of Divorced Persons Re-
ceives a Severe Blow in the House
Of Deputies.

Boston, Oct 15.-The house of depu-
ties of the Episcopal general conven-
ton, at the close Of a four days. de-
bate, ON Friday rejected an amend
ment to the divorce canon, which
sought to prevent the remarriage OF
divorced persons by clergymen of the
denomination. While the house OF
bishops may yet act on the matter, it
is certain that no change will be made
by the present convention.
The present law Of the church,
which has been in operation since 1859,
allows the remarriage of the innocent
party to a divorce granted for infidel-
ity. At several conventions attempts
have been made to repeal this law,
and when vote was taken Friday by
the house Of deputies sitting as q
committee Of the whole. on the ques-
ton of reporting the proposed amend
ment to the house itself, the reformers
were successful by a vote of PA to 191
and this vote was regarded as repre-
senting the actual strength of the con-
tending forces.
The final vote, however, was taken
by dioceses and orders, and where a
diocese was evenly divided in senti-
ment its strength was counted in the
negative. The vote by dioceses was:
Clerical-For the amendment, 30;
against, 21; divided, 10. Lay vote
For, Is; against, "a; divided, s.
Practically the entire strength Of
the middle western states, the strong
hold of the high church party, de-
clared for the proposed reform, but
the Pacific states and number Of the
southern states voted against a change
Of the present canon. The diocese Of
New York opposed the amendment
while that of Pennsylvania favored it.
In New England, Vermont, = New
Hampshire and western Massachusetts
voted for a change, as did the. lay
deputies from Rhode Island. The cler-
ical deputies from Maine favored the
amendment, but the votes of Connecti-
cut and Massachusetts were cast in
the negative. The issue was not a
party one, although the whole strength
of the high church forces was given to
the reform movement. .-..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21

In 1903 Denmark exported 24,441
horses, 62,929 head Of cattle, $780,
900 pounds of beef, 165,33o.00o pounds
of ham and bacon, 100000 pounds OF
mutton, 20,154,000 pounds OF meat
products (tongues, sausages, fat, etc.
and 156, Sc, 900 pounds Of butter. The
great bulk of these exports Of Danish
agriculture products went to England.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21

The average quantity Of wine pro-
duced in Spain annually in the last
ten years is 557,251,000 gallons. In
1900 the product was 500, 900 gal
Ions. This decrease in the vintage
represents loss Of nearly 100000
900 a year to the wine growers, which
explains the crisis in the wine-produc'
Ing districts. Fortunately, this years
vintage promises to be abundant and
to compensate for past losses.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21

Ensures Her Life for 800, 900.
Chicago, Oct 14.-Mrs. Netcher, the
widow of the late Charles Netcher, the
State street merchant, has taken out
two insurance policies on her life aggre-
eating 500, 900. Only one woman in the
world carries more insurance than Mrs.
Netcher. She is the widow of Senator
Stanford, who is insured for $1,000, 900.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21

Competition in the German medical
profession has become acute. Tho
German Association Of Doctors has is
sued q notice of 61S higher schools
for boys, warning the graduates from
Incoming doctors.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-10-21

The total quantity Of rubber export
ed to Europe from the Amazon river
during the year 10000 was 36,061.'
1872 pounds. against 33.643,537 pounds
during the previous year, and $685.
100 pounds were exported to the Unit
ed States, against 32,112,116 pounds
during the previous year. The total
export figures are 67,314,591 pounds
for 10000 and '65,756,048 pounds fol-
1Qn2-'n3.