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Smyrna times., 1905-02-01
MOTHER OF PEARL,
The Industry of InIaying 1t In Pre-
ciOus Woods.

The Industry of InIaying 1t In Pre-
ciOus Woods.
The sole. curiosity for sightseers in
the city of Hanoi, a town of the French
TOnquin, is the industry of inlaying
mother ofIpearl in precious woods. In
fact, one street, called the Street of the
Inlayers, is given up to the trade. The
workmen are genuine artists, combin-
ing artistic perception with great man
ual skill. Furnished with rude tools,
but with great patience and skill, these
workmen produce articles of great
beauty. They have applied the princi-
pie of division of labor, or specializa-
tiOn, to their work. The cabinet MAX
ers first put together the various parts
of the materials to be incrusted. The
joining is done without the aid of nails
and with a nice system of dovetailing
and use of paste, of which lacquer is
the base. From this cabinet maker the
wood passes into the hands of the de-
signer, who makes sketches for it's or
namentatiOn on rice paper.
These designs are transferred to the
wood by the inlayer, whose duty it is
to choose the pearl that will best serve
to bring out the beauty of the design.
The mother of pearl is obtained from
large species of shellfsh. called casque,
caught chiefly upon the shores of the
island of POulocOndar.
The inlayer cuts the pieces of pearl
into little bits and chooses the cOmbi-
nation of colors which will make the
contrast necessary for the artistic sue
cess of his work. The irfdescence is
heightened by the use Of pearl dust
furnished by kind of muSsel taken
from the brooks of that region. When
the bits of mosaic are chosen the in
layer tries to give them the form of the
design chosen and disposes them as a
mosaic in the wood. The crude morsel
is made translucent by pumice stone.
The pearl is then fixed in a wise, and
the labor of patience begins. Kneeling
before the wise, he shapes the pieces
with a file no larger than an ordinary
color crayOn. When the pearl is shaped
it is necessary to trench it in the wood.
This is ordinarily done by children
fourteen or fifteen years old. The bits
of pearl are then set in the grooves
and fixed with paste The whole is
gently heated to melt the paste and so
fill the interstices. The design is then
polished, vanished and given the fin
ishing touches. The work has been
counterfeited, but never successfully
New York Herald.
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XConnections to and from Baltimore and
Washington made via Porter
Daily. sDaily except Sunday.
I'd" Stops to discharge passengers.
"e' Stops on signal to receive passengers for
Maryland Division via Porter or for Wilmington
and beyond.
'f stops on signal or notice to Agent or Con-
ductor to receive or discharge passengers.
N" Stops to let off passengers from poin,s north
of Wilmington and from points on Maryland
Division via Porter
81" stops on notice to agent, or on signal 10
receive passengers for Cape Charles and points
beyond.
"P' Stops to leave passengers from Middletown
and points south
"r" Stops to leave passengers from New York
Division.
BRANCH ROADS.
Leave harrington for Franklin City, and way
stations, 10 IS a. m. and ESQ p. m. week days.
Returning, tram leaves Fran kiln City 600
m. and ll.5I p. m. week days.
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamer) l.S6 and S.45 p m. weekdays Return.
ing, leave Chincoteague 10 43 a. m and $50 p. m.
weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes at
10 80 m. and $50 p. m. week days Returning
leave LeweS 6.45 a. m. and 1.36 p. m. week days.
Leave Harrington for Rehnboth 10 a. m.
Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays. Returning
leave RehobOth LII p. m. Tuesdays Thursdays
and Saturdays.
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The Language of India.

Among the 145 distinct languages
spoken in British India are some pos
sessing only few hundred words, 9TH
ers rivaling English, as DR.. Grierson
says, or Russian, as I would say, in
their copiousness, some in which every
word is a monosyllable, others in
which some are elongated by aggluti-
nation till they run to ten syllables,
like da-pa-l-OchO-akan-tahen -tae-tin-a-e.
a Sontali word, meaning "He who be-
longs to him who belongs to me will
continue letting himself be made to
fight" Some of these divers tongues
lack verb and noun, others are as com
plex and systematic as Greek and Lat
in.-Nineteenth Century.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01
SECRET SOCIETIES.

MORNING STAR LODGE, Nc. 6, 1. o. O F.-Meets
every Friday evening, at 7.50 o'clock.
MCDONNELL ENCAMPMENT, No 9, !. D. O. .F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month. at $50 o'clock.
HARMONY LODGE, No. I3, A. F. A. M-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings of each month,
at 7.30 O'Clock.
5MYRNA CONCLAvE No. As, ORDER OF HEPTAsoPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
at 500 O'Clock. at the Odd Fellows Hall.
UNION CASTLE No. II, K. G. .E--Meets every Mon.
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing, at 730 O'Clock.
aIsPAH LODGE, No. l6, A. o. U. w.-Meets every
Monday evening at 500 O'Clock in Odd Eel
lows Hall.
MIzPAH CONCLAvE, No. 1917, ADHESIVE MoGUL-
sIANs.-Meets the last Monday evening of each
Month, at 800 O'Clock, in Odd Fellows Hail
3ENERAL WINFIELD 5. q HANCOCK POST, No. %
G. A. R.-Meets every Thursday night in the
Hall of the Knights of the Golden Eagle. L.
T. Davis Commander
STARS AND STRIPES COUNCIL, No. 26, JR. o. U. \.
M;-Meets at 500 p. m. every Thursday IN
Odd Fellows Hall.
FRANCES E. WILLARD Temple, No S, X. of g. F -
Meets every Tuesday evening at o'clock, at
the Golden Eagle Hall.
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Knew One of Them.

"Of course, Mr.. Sophmore, you are
familiar with all the great plays" re-
marked Miss Kulcher. "Now, do you
consider Goldsmith's as clever as Sher-
idan'sY
Goldsmith replied Sophmore. "He
must belong to some minor college.
Why, there isn't another haIfback in
the country that can touch Sheridan Of
our varsity. Philadelphia Press.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01

a horse and sometimes was unable even
to ride in a car. My condition was crit
ical when 1 sent for Doan's Kidney Pills.
1 used three boxes and they cured me.
Now 1 can go anywhere and do as much
as anybody. 1 sleep well and feel ne dis
comfort at all.'
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Sprague will
be mailed on application to any part of
the United States. Address Foster-Mil-
burn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all
dealers; price, fifty cents per box.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01

Leave Harrington for Berlin. 1923 a. m and
S'9O p. m. weekdays. Returning leave Berlin
6.56 a. m. and u SO D. m. week days. -"
Leave Porter for Delaware City $50 q. m 1917
3.3l, 4.3S and 6.24 D. m. week DAYS Returnins
leave Delaware City 7.55, 9.20 and iO2SA. m aT5
3 10 ana 500 p m. week days.
Leave Massey for Chestertown and wav sta.
tons $50 a. m. and $40 p. m. week. dayS. Re.
turning leave ChestertOwn 7.03 a m and 10
p. m. weekdays. -'0-
Leave Townsend for Centreville and WAY $40.
at 929 a. m and 4.43 p. m. week -davs Pe.
turning, leave Centreville 7.4l a. m. and $40 N
m, week days. p
Leavi Clayton for Oxford and way stations At
g43 m. and 4.5S P. m. Returning leave or.
ford 6.4S a. n. ana l.47 p. m. week days.
Leave Seaford for Cambridge and interma.
diate stations at lily a. m. and 6 "a D. m weaF.
days. Returning, leave Cambridge at O0 a m
and 2.32 p. m. week days,
CONNECTIoEs.-At Porter. with Newark 4 Dels.
ware City Railroad At Townsend with Oueer
Anne's& KentRailroad AtClayton with Delaware
q &Chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore 4 Delaware
Bay Railroad. At Harrington with Delaware
Maryland d Virginia Railroad AtSesford, with
Cambridge q Seaford Railroad. At Delmar with
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wicomico 1
Pocomoke and Peninsula Railroads.
W. W. ATTERBURY, General Manager.
J. K. WOOD, Pass'r Traffic Manager.
GEO. W. BOYD, General Passenger Agent
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01
His Waterloo.

Sister Sue-Its no use. Gertrude
says she'll never speak to you again.
You know how sensitive she is about
her hair. Loveboy-But don't under
stand. Gertie's hair is my one admira-
ton. 1t is the precise tint Of auburn
that Ter Sister Sue-Well, what
did you say to her when you called to
take her out in your automobile? Love
boy-I was rather astonished to find
her on the steps waiting for me. So 1
sang out, "Hello, readyw-New York
Times.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01
Discovery of the 1chthyosaur.


Ichthyosaurus is a name much Jest
ed with because it rivals the mastodon
as a most widely known fossil, dating
back to its discovery by Sir Edward
r. Home, between 1914 and 1919, in
the marine deposits of Lyme-Regis.
England. The name, signifying fish
lizard" shows that this animal i'm
pressed KONG, its describer, as having
a tishlike backbone combined with a
shoulder girdle of the lizard or saurian
type. This term could not have been
more happily chosen, because, while re-
tanning the skeleton of an atavistic and
extremely ancient lizard, the ichthyo-
saur evolved most strikingly modern
external likeness to certain very IA
miliar animals of the sea.-Henry Fair
field Osborn in Century.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01
UnreasonabIe Woman

His wife asked him to read to her.
Taking up the paper, he turned to the
woman's page and started with the
first article that attracted his atten-
ton. 1t was by a distinguished med
tcal authority on the subject of correct
breathing and began:
AS a means for preventing wrinkles
in the face it is certain that the prac-
tice of keeping the mouth shut is one of
the most positive"
THAT will do, sir" she snapped. 81
asked to be entertained, not to be in
suited New York Press.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01
People Who Radiota cb...

Who can estimate the value of a sun
ny soul who scatters gladness and good
cheer wherever he goes instead Of
gloom and sadness? Everybody is at
tracted to these cheerful faces and
sunny lives and repelled by the gloomy,
the morose and the sad. We envy
people who radiate cheer wherever they
go and fling out gladness from every
pore. Money, houses and lands look
contemplate beside such a disposi-
tion.-Detroit Free Press.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01
TORTURINC PAIN,
Half This Mans Sufferings Would
Have Killed Many a Person,
But DOan'S Cured Him.

Thousands of grateful people are tell.
ing every day how Doan's Kidney Pills
cured them of distressing and dangerous
kidney and bladder troubles.
Yet other thousands are suffering every
day from these same ills. Why? They
are either very negligent or very skepti-
cal. Neglect of kidney disorders leads to
dropsy, diabetes, Bright's disease and
other fatal diseases.
Sincere, honest testimony like the fol-
lowing should convince every skeptic
A. G. Sprague, stock dealer, of Normal,
ILL.,, writes: "For two whole years 1
was doing nothing but buying medicines
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A Fine Opening For a Young Mn,

Fine Opening For a Young Man.
YES" said Mrs. Malone to the old
friend who was picking up the threads
of family history. my Bobby, he's
travelling with a circus now"
Pretty hard work, isn't itY' inquired
the interested caller.
Never a bit of it," returned the
proud mother of Bobby. Hes living
like a gentleman. he islands in his
pockets, as ye might say-for it's a
handsome salary he gets, and every
blessed thing he has to do is to lay his
head in the lions mouth a matter of
some two or three times a day or there
about."-Youth's Companion.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01
when Man Ceases to be Useful.

The moment a man reaches the stage
where he thinks more of his dinner
than he does of his duty. more of his
coat than he does Of his character,
more of his standing in society" than
he does Of doing his plain duty as a
man and citizen-that moment he
ceases. to be a factor in the preserva-
ton Of the state.-Rev. Z. B. Gregory.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01
Could DoIt witb 80,

"Going out, eh?' she sneered after
their quarrel.
YES" replied her husband. 'T'm go
ing to congratulate Ned Pilkinton."
You're slow. The engagement was
announced six weeks ago"
Yes, but it was broken off yester-
day."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01

to cure my kid
neys. 1 d o
not think that
any man ever
suffered as 1
did and lived.
The pain in my
back was so
b a d that 1
could not sleep
a t mig h t. L
cOuld NOT ride
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Almost the Limit.

Jagged Jake-Did ye hear what hap
pened to me old pal, Rusty? Musty
Mose-What's de trub? Dead? Jagged
Jake-Worse'n dat. Water on de knee.
Princeton Tiger
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seIf sncrfncinr Lnrs-

LoVef-You are worth your weight in
soiu, Inc Girl-Then you'd better hur-
ry' 1or I'm taking antifat.-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune. :
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01
II Denends.

She-Do you think that a woman can
truly love but one? He-Well if that's
the only chance she has-yes.- Detroit
Free Press.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01

All the noted people the world has
produced have been workers Still,
there are a few who do not believe
work is respectable Atchison Globe.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-01
SMYRNA DIRECTORY.

TOWN OFFICIALS.
President of COuncil-Jsmes C. Robinson.
etary of Council-Henry S. Anthony.
wn TreasuEer-Ezekial V. Cooper.
rk of Council-Samuel ]. Reynolds.
Alderman-Eugcne Crow.
Chief of Police-B. W. Turner.
Councilmen: 1st ward, Dr. T. C. Moore; 2nd
Ward. Samuel J. Reynolds; 3rd Ward, Harry B.
7rieves; 4th Ward, Jos. H. Wright; 9TH Ward,
G. Marriott Fowler; 9th Ward, James C. Robinson
aud Henry S. Anthony.
Council meets the second and fourth Fridays
u each month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27
SIR PURDON ON M. NJ. A.
Would Label Certain "OId Masters
enthusiastically Opening.

In an interview with a New York Tribune
reporter yesterday Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke,
the director of the Metropolitan Mu-
scum OF Art, told of his observations of the
museum of which he has been close stu
dent since his arrival eight days ago. He
also indicated certain lines of policy that
will probably be followed on his assumption
OF the dictatorship next September.
Speaking of the collection of pictures In
the museum. Sir Purdon said:
Il think to the modern French school
represented there is no better collection any
where. Meissonier's military pictures.
think. are especially fine. OF course. there
are many pictures In the museum which are
not the best examples of their painters
work | would leave them they are, how
ever, until better examples available
How would you dispose of the alleged
spurious old masters in the museum" he
asked.
Many spurious pictures replied Mr. Pur-
don. are OF real intrinsic value in them
selves l could label them SPURIOUS as we
do in the South Kensington Museum, and
transfer them to the gallery of moderns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27
LOSES GIRL ON WEDDING EVE.
boston Young Woman Changed Her
Mind-Reiected Raron

A dispatch from Boston, Mass, saws:
Because Miss Nina Twombly Jones, of No.
4ol Marlboro street, a relative of the Van
oerbilt and Twombly families of New York.
has decided that she does not any longer
love Baron Arthur Rambler Elder Won
saarberg, a captain of the Austrian army.
invitations to wedding which was to
nave taken place at ST. Cecelia's Church
thursday morning have been withdrawn.
MISS Jones reached her decision suddenly
ana kilograms We're sent Saturday to in
form guests expected from New York and
other cities that there will be no wedding
MISS Jones is a daughter of Mrs Fra nj.
Nliildrn Jones She is twenty years old
ara a. most Of her life up to the time she wa
iIteen was spent abroad. Since then she
mas nVed IN Boston, but has made two
,iipS TO Europe. She met Baron Won Saar
perg last summer. The Austrian fell in
rove with the pretty American girl and
engaged ' "eie
MISS Jones mother returned to America
D e aaiss Jones remained to study music
one Is hne violinist. and has been one
or the players in the girls orchestra. which
and fairs. i7''i' ais
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27
LARGEST OF THE CUNARDERs.
The Caronia Started for New York OF
Maiden Trio

The new Cunard line steamer Caronia
sailed for New York from Queenstown yes
terday on her maiden voyage. She behaved
splendidly, despite heavy gale, after leav-
ing Liverpool.
The Caronia is the biggest ship ever
owned by the Cunard line. With the ex-
ception of the three newest White Star line
steamers, the Caronia is the biggest ship to
engage in the transatlantic trade.
She is the largest vessel ever built on the
Clyde. Her outside plating alone would
cover three acres of land, and 100000 steel
rivetS were used to secure the hull Some
of the rivets used in the ships bottom are
seven inches in length and weigh three and
one-half pounds.
There are eight continuous decks includ-
ing an upper and promenade. and each of
the turn shafts is DO feet long and two
feet in diameter The Caronia is a proto-
type of the unfinished Carmania, except
that the latter is to be driven by turbine
engines. The Caronia's engines are of the
Quadruple expansion type.
The chief measurements of the Caronia
are: Length over all, 6IJ feet; breadth, T21a
feet; depth from shelter deck, 80 feet; depth
from boat deck. so feet; depth from bridge
% feet; gross tonnage, p 600; displacement,
80 900 tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27
The Primary Cause of High Prices.

To the Editor of The Evening Star:
From time to time 1 read articles con-
corning the high and still rising cost OF
living, food authorizations. etc. 1t seems
to me the primary cause Is overlooked and
IS to be found in the abnormal growth of
the cities at the expense of the country. 1
will cite my native county as an example.
Its birth rate has been much above It's
death rate, but its population OF about
thirty thousand has increased less than five
hundred in twenty years The people have
gone to the cities and consumers in
stead of producers. The villages, towns
and cities have been growing while many
of the country houses Of the east are ten
antless, or have two or three occupants
where few years since there was a large
family.
Let US look for some of the results. This
city has more BARRIERS than it needs and
there are too many young men backing
shoes. / have been told that men have
sold their farms, moved to the city, spent
their money in an attempt to establish a
trade in the grocery or cigar business and
eventually been obliged TO resort to manual
labor. This abnormal growth has made
an unusual demand for an increase In the
number of motormen, conductors drivers
clerks and professional men, and the
draught upon the country has been heavy.
There are too few butter producers, hence
We get the authorizations. Many of the
hills that used to bloom with the fragrant
buckwheat are untitled. the price is high.
the quality poor If there are one thou
sand steers sold where there should be
twelve hundred don't blame the beef trust
for being the only cause of high prices.
When the drug stores are patronized by
many who have come from the country
where early to bed and early to rise" gave
them natures most beautiful complexion
and the doctors plasters. poultices and pills
cured all their ills, don't be surprised to
find authorizations in medicine
If the powerful influence of the press
hn ms lott
for money getting and its consequent alb
normal growth of our cities and defamation
of the homes of our beautiful valleys and
hillsides it would add to the glory of the
American people, to their physical their
mental and their moral development.
]. K. HENCH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27

forms Of cruelty. Nero and Ivan the Ter
rible' had never wrought half the evil to
their wretched subjects which the Tsars
Alexander III and Nicholas II were and
are, individually, enabled to inf1ict with the
aid of the entire modern apparatus for
slaughter.
'In this they are ably seconded by the
kindly efforts of the dowager empress, the
late Sergius & CO. These gentlemen kill by
Wholesale not retail. discovering. as they
do, every now and then, imaginary conspir
acies, presumably ramffying in every sec
ton of the vast empire, and thus condemn
ing thousands of innocents.
1.-The death of Sersius Is as nothing when
weighed in the balance against the mass of
innocent blood shed by them uninterrupt-
eddy for twenty-five years
There is no doubt that the revolution in
Russia has begun, and there need be small
wonder If in the near future it proves to
be the bloodiest ever known. because the
Russian government itself for the past
twenty-five years has been melting the peo-
pie to bloodiest reprisals by it's fictitious
discoveries of fictitious internal enemies
Even the mobiles. in whose favor osten-
sibly the government is depressing the
masses, are now the first to repudiate by
means of the 'zemstvos' local assemblies)
It's paternalism."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27
RECONCILED TO DEFEAT.
Mention of Presidency No Longer Sets
Bryan's Heart Humping.

A dispatch from Washington Court House
Ohio. yesterday says: William J. Bryan
passed through here. When someone in the
car, shaking hands with him, remarked
Mr. Bryan, we will make you President
some time" the colonel said: II thank you
for your good wishes, but have heard that
so much that it no longer makes my heart
palpitate.'
Discussing President Roosevelts demand
for greater navy. Colonel Bryan said:
1.-The idea of an immense navy having an
effect to prevent trouble with other nations
is ridiculous. Just as well claim that to
arm everybody with revolvers would have
a tendency to prevent trouble in a commu-
nifty. 1t is more apt to cause trouble, be-
cause of the desire to test the power of the
navy. Suppose We should have the largest
navy in the world! Other countries would
build larger ones still. Then we would
have to build still larger one. and so on
so long as the taxpayers were able to fur
nish the money. I think we have struck
the happy medium and now have navy OF
just about the right size
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-27
TOOK A STRAW VOTE.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT IN A
RESTAURANT.

An advertising agent. representing a prominent
New York magazine. while a recent western
trip, dining one evening In a Plttsburg
taurant.
While waiting for his order he glanced over his
newspaper and noticed the advertisement 90 .
well known dyspepsia preparation, Stuart's Dys-
pepsIa Tablets. As he himself a regular user
of the tablets he began Specializing to how
many of the other travelling men in the dining
room were also friends Of the popular remedy for
indigestion.
He says: counted twenty-three men at the tn.
bles and in the hotel Office 1 took the trouble to
interview them and surprised to learn that
nine OF the twenty three made practice Of taking
one or two of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after
each meal.
One Of them told me he had suffered so much
from stomach trouble that he time had been
obliged to quit the road but since using Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets had been entirely free from In
digestion, but he continued their use. especially
while travelling. account Of irreguarity In meals
and because like all travelling he was often
obliged to eat what he could get and not always
what he wanted.
Another who looked the picture Of health, said
he never ate a meal without taking 4 stuart's
Tablet afterward because he could eat what he
pleased and when be pleased without fear Of .
sleepiess night or any other trouble.
Still another used them because he was subject
to gas on stomach. causing pressure on heart and
lungs shOrtness Of breath and distrsss in chest.
which be no longer experienced since using the tab
let's regularly.
Another claimed that Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
was the only safe remedy he had found for
sour stomach and acidity. He had formerly used
common soda to relieve the trouble. but The tab
let's were much better and safer to use.
After smoking. drinking or other excuses which
weaken the digestive organs. nothing restores the
stomach to a healthy. wholesome condition - Of
fectually a. Stuart's Tablets
stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets contain the natunI
digestive. pep<in, diastase, which syery veal
stomach lacks. rs well a. nux. hydrastin and vel
low pari1la. and be safely relied a. . rad.
ical cure for every form Of poor diesstisu. DoA
BY druggists everywheso.