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Smyrna times., 1905-03-08
sECRET sOCIETIMs.

1oRNING STAR LODGE, No. 6, 1. o. q F.-Meets
every Friday evening, at $50 o'clock.
MCDONNELL ENCAMPMENT, No 2,IO 20. .F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month at $50 clock.
harmony LODGE, No. 13, A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings of each month
A. $50 O'Clock.
SMYRNA CoNCLAvE, No. As, ORDER OF HEPTAsoPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
at SEQ o'clock, at the Odd Fellows Hall.
UNION CASTLE No Il, K. G. E-Meets every Mon
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing, at 7S0 O'Clock.
HIsPAH LODGE, No. l6, A. o. U. W.-Meets every
Monday evening at 500 o'clock in odd Eel
lows Hall.
hIzPAH CONCLAvE, No. l6%, ADHESIVE MoGUL-
1IANs.-Meets the last Monday evening of each
month, at 500 O'Clock, in Odd Fellows Hall
5sNERAL WIEFIELD s. HANCOCK Post, No %
g. A. R.-Meets every Thursday night in the
Hal Of the Knights of the Golden Eagle L.
7. Davis, Commander.
STARS AND STRIPES COUNCIL, No. 26, JR. o. q. A.
A;-Aeets at 500 p. m. every Thursday In
FRANCES E. WILLARD Temple, No. S, K. of q. f -
Meets every Tuesday evening at O'clock, at
the Golden Eagle Hall.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08
Mrs. GummidRe.

We have her with us always. Her
nose droops, her mouth turns down at
the corners, her complexion is generally
sallow, her eyes lusterless, and when
small tribulation or great calamity hap
pens to the family she "feels it more
than the Others" Wonderful is Dick
ems delineation of Mrs. Gummidge,
whom little Davy found such treasure
trove for his interested observation;
who, when the chimney smoked or the
potatoes failed. wept silently, because,
forsooth, Il feels it more than Others"
She is the girl at school who forever is
having her feelings hurt. Every sensi-
tive" say her friends; every self con-
scious," sniff her critics.-Philadelphia
Telegraph.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08
CHAINED BOOKS.
The Custom at One Time Extended
to LincOIn's Inn, London

Ine custom at One Time Extended
to LincOln's Inn, London.
When one looks in bookshop windows
nowadays and contemplates the be-
wildering abundance of volumes of all
kinds of literature offered at the low
price of $150 or less he finds it diff
cult to realize that time was aen
a Bible cost as much as $4,000 in our
present money. No wonder it was kept
chained in churches. The Black Books
of LincOln's Inn, London, show that this
practice of claiming obtained there
There is an entry during the reign Of
King James L. that decent stooles be
provided and that movable desks be
also made and chains for the book"
and few years later the inn payments
include 20 shillings for twenty dozen
of chains and rings for the library, and
there is a fresh order made that "all
considerable bOokes be chayned."
1t appears that none of the existing
books in the library retain their chains
or any part of them, but considerable
number-abOut forty-still have riveted
to the binding the ring or hasp by
which the chain was attached. and
many more show the mark left by
rings now removed.
The ''moveable desk and the de
cent stoole' were essential appurte-
nances of a chained library of any size.
Even the zeal of a medieval student
was not equal to holding a chained
folio. In the accounts of the Middle
Temple 'chayns for the boxes of the
hbrarie" is a constantly recurring item,
and a reader in Gray's Inn in bequeath-
ing his library gives 40 shillings to the
intent that he-the trustee-"maie by
chaynes fasten so many of them in the
librarie at Gray's Inn as he shall thinke
convenyente."
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08
Her Conclusion

1--WE got my opinion of a woman
that can't cook" growled William De
Kikkur, glaring at his better half. "T
suppose that If our cook would get
married I'd starve to deathw
you needn't worry about that, Will
ham," said Mrs. De X. gently. "Our
cook has been married once, and don't
consider it at all likely that she would
care to-
But her irate spouse had slammed the
door behind him.--Cleveland Leader.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08
Paris Court Trials.

The demand for seats at a Paris
court trial is utilized by the poor to
turn an honest franc. The courtrooms
usually admit of but forty visitors
other than the regular court officers. II
is common for a crowd to collect in
front of the court many hours before
the door is open and wait patiently in
line. Just before the trial begins, when
the doors are open, these men, who
have perhaps been standing all night
In the rain, are glad to sell their places
for few francs.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08

THE TERM "IDIOT."
In The Original Greek 1t Simply
Meant Private Person.

In The Original Greek 1t Simply
Meant a Private Person.
The word idiot is itself of interesting
history. Its primary Greek significance
was that of private as distinguished
from a public person. Our words
tdiom, idiOsyncrasy, ETC., are from the
same root. The idiot in Greek was sim
ply one not engaged in public affairs.
The beginnings of the degradation Of
the word are shown in its application
soon to the common people as distin-
guished from the upper classes. 1t was
then applied to unprofessiOnal and Law
people and soon became the slurring
title of the unskillful and awkward.
BY slow degrees it became applicable
to the stupid and at last to the imbe-
Gle and idiot. AS late as the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries the word
was still used in it's earlier senses. This
dong sad history speaks indirectly of
the pathetic history of the imbecile. If
ne was not killed or starved to death
by neglect, etc, he was usually reduced
to the condition of a beast either about
the house or fields or. was actually
driven into the woods and forced to live
An caves. among wild animals, etc. In
1873 Itard took a wild boy'' found in
the forests of Aveyron and tried to
teach him. The ability of the wild
boys and wolf children to live and the
number that did so shows that idiocy.
as we have later learned, is of all de-
grees and that mind may be various
ly defective in some ways, even idiotic.
but in others with capabilities well pre-
served. Blind Tom, the pianist and
the large number of mathematic idiots
are examples that show how far we
are from understanding the real nature
OF idiocy, and they more than suggest
the partial retention of sound mentality
Of the defective, the possibility of seiz-
ing upon the one or few normal or even
highly developed faculties and Der
haps bringing others into coordination
with them and to normality. The court
fools and testers of the olden times
were often such partial idiots and de-
fectives, and they truly lived upon
their wits" which were often better
than those of their masters-American
Medicine.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08

lack of circulation. Had a knife been
thrust into my kidneys the pain could
not have been more intense. Ny sleep
was disturbed by visions of distorted
figures. The kidney secretions were an
noyingly irregular, and 1 was tortured
with thirst and always bloated. I used
seven boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills. The
bloating subsided until 1 weighed 100
pounds less, could sleep like a child and
was relieved of the pain and the irregu-
larity of the kidney action. Ny circula-
tion is good and 1 feel better in every
way"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mrs. Jackson will
be mailed on application to any part of
the United States. Address Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by all
druggists; price, so cents per box.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08
SPENDTHRIFT BALZAC.
Extravaganza of the Man Who Had
Mountain of Debts.

Extravagance of the Man Who Had
Mountain of Debts.
with Balzac's rising fame rises the
mountain of his debts" writes a critic.
'"These, starting from his two disas-
trous years of printing and publishing
In Paris, accumulated until at the top
of his literary renown he had to hide
from his creditors in a garret under the
name of his landlady or his washer
woman. In 1887 Balzac, at that date
the best known and the most debated
novelist in France owed 162 600 francs
about $332,500. Then he must needs buy
cane which was the talk of Paris,
some gold buttons for a new coat,
divine opera glass and a dressing
gown beyond words and give a dinner
to the dandies of the opera respecting
which Rossini said that he had not
seen more magnificence when he dined
at royal tables
"Balzac three times a millionaire
would still have buried himself in debt,
for the mental eXaltation of his crea-
tive hours was reproduced when he
broke loose from the galley bench. He
lavished in anticipation the wealth he
had dreamed would be his. This gone,
he borrowed anew or devised another
of those schemes that were to enrich
him beyond the possibilities of litera-
ture. His schemes were essentially a
part of Balzac. the sovereign, uncon-
querable visionary.
"He would transport oaks from Po-
land to France; nothing like oaks from
Poland to make your fortune three
times over! Behold him again gravely
working out his plan to make a corner
in all the arts and putting up the Apol-
10 Belvedere for competition among the
nations-to act as auctioneer to Eu-
rOpe-the child man, as his devoted
sister, Nine. Surville used to call him."
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08
HourgIasn Waists.

Doctor" said fashionable belle,
what do you think of tight lacingYY
The doctor solemnly replied, mad
am, all can say is that the more a
woman's waist is shaped like an hour
glass the sooner will her sands of life
run out"
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08

The head Of theological school once
said, Tive seen so many fools succeed
and so many geniuses come to nothing
that ] have ceased to prophesy''-
Christian Register
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08

twenty years l
was doctoring
for kidney and
liver tr ouble,
but without ben
eft. Just before
1 began using
Doan's Kidney
Pills 1 was al
most paralyz-
ed. I could
hardly stand on
my feet be-
cause of the
numbness and
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08
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., 1905-03-08
Pnnn,n own L..

She-Darling, we must elope. He
But surely your father has no objec-
tons to- She-None whatever. He
suggested it, in fact. He says it. will
be cheaper.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08
SMYRNA DIRECTORY.

1AFA ANAN4A DAANA3 y DAN
TOWN OFFICIALS.
PRESIDENT of Couneil-Jsmes q. Robinson.
etary of Council-Henry S. Anthony.
wn TreasuEer-Ezekial V. Cooper.
rk of fCouncil-Samuel ]. Reynolds.
Alderman-Eugcne Crow.
ChiefOf POlice-B. W. Turner.
Councilmen: 1st ward, DR.. T. C. Moore 2nd
Ward. Samuel J. Reynolds; 3rd Ward Harry B.
Grieves; 4th Ward Jos. H. Wright; 9th Ward,
s. Marriott Fowler 9th Ward, James C. Robinson
and Henry s. Anthony.
Council meets the second and fourth Fridays
n each month.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08

1t often happens that tb~ man who
pays the piper has no4 ais
creditors Puck.
Smyrna times., 1905-03-08

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-23
ANNAPOLIS NOTES.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


ANNAPOLIS, Nd, November %, 1906.
The faculty of St. Johns College has re-
fused to grant the petition of the students
for an extension Of Thanksgiving holidays,
and college win close on November 20 and
reopen on December g.
Mr.. William 8. Grouse of Denton, Caro-
line county. has been appointed principal
OF the Annapolis High School. to succeed
Mr.. III. R.Wallis. promoted to county super
intendent Of schools. Mr.. Grouse has pre-
vloiisly been principal OF the Denton, East
ern and st. Nicholas high schools. and for
thirteen years was county superintendent.
OF the schools OF Caroline county.
Mr. Charles Htmmelheber, who resigned
the position OF clerk to the county commits
sioners for Anne Arundel county, has been
appointed in the bridge department OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, under En-
gineer Greiner Mr.. ", w. Webb OF the
first district succeeds Mr., Himmelhsber.
Capt, Douglas Duval. surgeon y. 8. A.,
y visiting his mother here. He spent yester-
day with friends in Washington.
Chris. Church at West River, Anne Arun-
yesterday, the second occurring at O'Clock
In he svening. The bride was Miss Mary
Louise Beall, daughter Of Mr. Lemon Beall
OF Bridge Hill farm, Birdsvilie. The groom
was Mr.. John Edward Owens. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Robert a,
Mayo. rector.
The infant daughter of Prof. Carlos ".
Cusachs Of the Naval Academy and Mira.
CusaehS was baptized at st. Anne's Church
yesterday. The child Is q granddaughter OF
Commander Theodoric Porter, q. 8. N.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-23
FROM OFFICE
AN AMENDED ORDER ISSUED BY
THE PRESIDENT.

The following executive order in regard to
dismissals from the government service
has been issued:
civil service rule No. IL is hereby
amended to read as follows. Concerning re-
moyals:
Il. In making removals or reductions.
and in other punishment penalties like In
character shall be imposed for like offenses.
-. No person shall be removed from a
competitive position except for such cause
as will promote the efficiency of the service.
When the President of head of an executive
department ts satisfied that an officer or
empleye In the classified service is ineffi-
Gent or Incapable and that the public serv-
Ice will be materially improved BY his re-
moval. such removal may be made without
cause af reHaval shall Ee stated In writing
and filed. When misconduct Is committed
In the view and presence Of the fresioent
OF head of an executive. department re-
naoyal may be made summarlly, and no
statement of reasons need be fled
%. Where Recommendation for removal
or reduction in grade or compensation OF an
officer or employee Is made to the head OF an
executive department by bureau CHIEF or
ether subordinate officer, the said head OF
department may, In his discretion, require
that the person sought to be removed De
furnished with a statement In wrating OF
the rea sons for such action, and be allowed
a reasonable time for personally answering
the same.
"a The civil service commission shall
have no jurisdiction to investigate any re-
maxal unless it is alleged that the pro-
cedure required by section Of rule u has
not been followed or that the removal was
made for p941laffh & 51s9Re 5sasSns
''Fhe White House, November II, 1903.
The executive order issued October II fol-
lows:
When the President or head of an exec
utiye department Is satisfied that an off1cer
or employee In the classified service is IN
efficient or incapable and that the public
service will be materially improved by his
removal, such removal Fili be made without
hearing; but the cause of removal shall be
stated In writing and filed. When miscon-
duct Is committed In the view and presence
of the President or head of executive de-
partmeRt removal may be made summary
and without Notice.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
"The White House, November II, 1908.
In the modified order 1t Is directed that
the removal may be made without notice
to the person removed. In the order issued
October II 1t Is directed that the removal
be made without hearing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-23

S 7 A n d A r d
A P r o n G | n G.
HAMS, assorted size
checks: good lengths;
g 81 a y grade, 4 Bc.
FANCY d Fl e 8 8
GINGHAMS, in neat
color effects. such as
checks, stripes and
fancy pialds;
Zoe, grade JIG.
HEAVY TWILLED
CA n T o N FLAN-
MEL, good long nap;
9 to lloyd. lengths;
! Zoe = grade. a',7hc.
g a !d......,.,. IT,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-23

WRAPPER FLAN-
NELETTE, choice
patterns and eolors;
Zoe. grade, ZAc.
at, a yd. H~'
H cav Y MOLE
SKIN FLANNEL
ETTE, good width
and quality; 121sc.
grade e at a8Mc.
GIBRALTAR PER-
GALE; 80 in. wide.
in eolored grounds
with pretty patterns;
good lengths. 10c.
s sa''.,..' at a '.6Mc.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-25
Says Witness in Waterman
Child Murder Case.
WAS OIL OF WINTERGREEN
Several, So It Was Asserted, Have Been
III from Stuff Given Them by
the Man Who is Now
on Trial,


ST. JohnsbTy, August 25.-In the
trial Of Walter Waterman, charged with
poisoning his three yearo old daughter,
Dr. Sargent Of Island Pond was one OF
the principal witnesses yesterday. The
doctor, who IS a drug expert, told Of
the effect OF oil Of wintergreen on the
organs OF the child, and said that the
amount administered was sufficient to
cause death.
Mrs. Chester @. Pooler, grandmother
of the child, was on the witness stand
for long time. Mrs. Pooler testified
that Waterman had offered her some d
the oil Of wintergreen, which he IS al
legged to have given the child, and She
refused to take it, Mrs. Pooler said
that the child was well before taking
the dose.
Mrs. PooIer's husband is III in bet
from the effects Of dose Of oil Of win
tergreen alleged to have been given hin
by Waterman and his testimony vii
be taken at his bedside Mr. Pooler
It Is claimed, was given the dose a
the same time as the child.
E. +. Richardson. who boarded a
the Pooler home, was put on by tn
defense, and testified that Waterman
gave the oil Of wintergreen to the chill
for medicine and that he had alway
been a kind parent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-25
THREE cows HANGED.
Sylvester Cummings Of Berlin Was the
Owner.

The floor in Sylvester Cummings COW
barn in Berlin broke down about mid
night Tuesday, leaving fifteen cows
hanging in the air by the neck in the
stanchions. Before the boards holding
them could be cut away three OF the
cows either had their necks broken or
we're ehoked to death. Several others
were in bad shape and may die.
Mr.. Cummings heard the noise IN the
barn and Immediately got his hired man
and went out. They soon discovered
the trouble and went to work with axes
to save the COWS at quickly As they
could in the darkness. The floor did
not break down as much at one end as
al the other, so that some OF the cows
we're not as badly used up.
Their work was slow from the fact
that they could help only one cow az
d time. Each yoke had to be cut and
Knocked out OF position SO that ths
COW could be dropped into the PIT made
bv the snnken floor. There was nt
further help for the cows, which hat
TO drop wherever they happened 70 b'
hanging. The task was an awful one
The cows were believing and crying ane
Mr.. Cummings and his hired man eoule
not tell but each minute they worked
they were minute too late It wa
an experience they will never forget
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-25
LOSS OF OVER S5O0,OOO
CAUSED BY LIGHTNING
Brooklyn Visited by Disastrous Fire
Early This Morning Several
Stores Were Badly
Damaged

New York, August 25.-A loss Of
more than half a million dollars was
caused early this morning by fire in
stores Nos. Sol 40 and Al Of the ex-
tensive plant Of the Bush Terminal
Warehouse company at the foot Of For
ty-fourth street, Brooklyn. Started by
lightning during a terrific storm Just be.
fore midnight, the fire was still burn
ing at an early hour this morning. The
firemen expect to eonine the flames in
the one big building in the Forty-fourth
street block. The Bush stores extend
from Forty.fourth to Fifty eighth
street.
Filled with thousands Of bales Of
cotton. consigned to brokers in Manhat-
tan. the warehouses burned tiereely and
stGbbornly. The fire department is han
dicapped BY lack Of water in that
section Of Brooklyn, only one main being
available for the many streams the fire.
men are trying to play upon the flames
Fire boats from the bay side OF the
burning structure were doing the most
effective work.
When lightning struck the stores, the
4 NftRAA N1N ltAk 1JA g 1AnAttAANN - eNfNfSr
| blocks. Almost Immediately flames
Ieaped from the low lying structures
| The seriousness of the situation was
Iapparent at once and four alarms were
turned in
A large number Of transatlantic freight
steamers lying in Bush company's docks
were in peril, but their captains imme-
diately cut loose and iioated out into
the stream, being subsequently picked
up by tugs or gotten under way with
their own steam.
The Bush stores are among the most
/ modern warehouses in the world. Eacl
building covers block and every struc
ture IS divided into compartments The
walls Of the warehouse buildings are
from Is to "A inches IN thickness, and
TO prevent spread Of fire, the mair
structures are separated By q lane So
! feet in width.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-25
Russia Hindering Work OF
Peace Conference.
JAPANESE ARE DIGNIFIED
Intimate That If Russia Wishes to Con-
tinue the War Japan Will Not
Be Slow in Meeting Them
More Than Half-wayA


Portsmouth, n. II, August 25.-A
hitch Of such gravity has occurred in
the peace negotiations between the Jap
anese and the Russian ENJOYS as 70
threaten postponement Of the confer
enee set for Saturday afternoon M.
Korectovetz, speaking for the Russian
euyoys. announced this morning that
no decision as to the matter had been
reached. but unless Japan reeedes
from the position she has taken, ne
said. athere viii be no meeting on Satur-
day and that it will be the last one
unless in the meantime there should be
mediation By the powers, q President
Roosevelt comes forward with some new
proposition,
NJ. sato, for the Japanese, views the
matter differently. He says he believes
thar tie meeting win be held at the
proper time and the other meetings VIII
follow. Japan, however he declared
has said her last word AZ e SAX
halin.
Baron Komura and Minister Iakahira
and Ms. Sato left here at $3.50 thus
morning for Manchester, n. f. where
they win visit the cotton mills. They
viii be the guests OF the city while
there
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1905-08-25
DOESN'T WANT GUARDIAN.
Aged Bennington Man Thinks He's Old
Enough 10 Know.

Bennington. August %. Hearing on
application for writ Of habeas corpus
ii the case Of Columbus Huling, the
wealthy octogenarian, who has been re-
strained by his relatives from marry
inc young woman, was continued be-
fore Judge Munson late yesterday after
noon. Adjournment was then taken to
allow the Judge time in which to pre-
pare his answer which will probably
not be ready before the middle Of next
week
II Is claimed in Huling's behalf that
he Is unlawfully deprived of his liberty
ana privileges as citizen. Batchelder
4 Bates of this place, and I. w. Molon-
ev of Rutland are the lawyers for HUI
inc ana Miss Jennie Bissell, the girl he
seeks 10 marry. o. M. Barber and w.
B. Sheldon appear for S. B. Howe, the
guardian 81 Huling and Frank Hollister
n whose charge Huling has been.
Euling's attorneys claim that he has
never consented to the appointment q
guardian and that the appointment
was not lawfully made.