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Smyrna times., 1905-12-27
ImpOrted d En- lish, Ger
man and Dutch China

Dinner Sets, Tea Sets-Open
Stock, Trays, Dishes, Platters,
Bowls, Shaving Mugs, Nous
tache Cups, Plates, Pitchers
BIG Assortment.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-27
Stationery

Blank Books. Box Paper &c,
in abundance, Bibles, Hymnals,
Albums, Gift Books, Poets, &c.
Pocketbooks, NJ emorandum
Books, Bill Books, Pens, &c.
1000 little things down to a
Dog Collar and Chain.
For a present you can buy a
good Pocket Knife, Purse, any
thing you may fancy in I'm
ported Blne Holland China,
English China, Glass, Agate,
Tin, Earthen, Iron, Wood, or
Willoware.
Will be glad to sell you anything
we have.
WE BUY COUNTRY PRODUCE.
E. V. COOPER
Smyrna times., 1905-12-27
Pea Coal, $3.50 a Ton.

Tor cash on delivery. Best Family Coal
all sizes, Nut, Stove and Egg. well cleaned
224p pounds for $3.50; 25 cents a ton foi
placing in your cellar.
w, A. WINFOED,
Smyrna Del.
Smyrna times., 1905-12-27
The SMYRNA TIMES
Smyrna, DEL,

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. DEC. II, 1905
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
HIS CHIEF DISTINCTION.

Bill Glubbs was harmless son Of a
gun,
But he had magnificent beard
Nobody could point to a tang he'd
done, snH
But he had a magnificent beard.
He nourished that beard ith~scrupu.
lous care,
He carefully brushed each separate
hair,
And strangers who saw it were wont
to stare,
And say, what a m gnificent
beardl"
He courted an heiress. He won the
day
She adored magnificent beard
And she fell in love at first sight,
they say, III
OF his truly magnificent beard.
And soon he was sDugly settled in
life,
Secure from poyerty's struggle and
strife,
With nothing to do but 10 please a
wife
Who adored a magnificent beard
This wasn't all. At caucus one
night
Where he flashed HIS magnificent
beard,
a fight,
And say what magnificent
beard.
They said there's the man who can
beat those dubs
As easy as turning jack Of clubs!"
He's power in politics now. IS
Glubbs,
And mis- power all lies in his beard.
Chicago Tribune.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17

answered the dope writer, u need, II
| TO fiji up with
"Well, II takes about Is players
TO each team and six teams make to-
tai OF ninety. In all six climbs there
will be al least ten hangers on, that's
a hundred. isn't IL? Well, you see at
every ball game out at Sportsman )
park, about fifty fellows always have
a bet of at least a couple of dollars
on the game Fifty of these betting
sports around the circuit will easily
make up the other two hundred and
there You are. These guys may do
something else. but they usually play
to win and as rule come out good
deal to the good at the end of Sc
ries on the season.
Speaking along that line cOntin'
ued the fan. did you ever stop to
think how many fans are entertained
every season by these hundred ball
players in the Kitty? Some people
seem to think that these ball players
should be working instead of playing
ball, but the bali tossers do not have
such a snap as it may seem on the out
side
'TheP must deny themselves many
things. must take care of themselves,
keep good hours and never play a
game in which they do not work at
the least four hours. counting the time
spent in dressing, going TO and from
the grounds. practicing and playing in
The game. Close 10 two hours Of the
four afe put in at work that strains
every nerve and muscle in the body
They place themselves in a position
10 be critised harshly by hundreds
With no redress and are roasted to
turn when unfortunate in their work
Some players draw pretty good sal
aries, but when one succeeds in
reaching the heights of fame. dozens
fail to go higher than the bottom
round Of the ladder. although striving
fully as hard as those who mount II.
Why are not the amusers and enter.
tainers doing just as much good in
The world and earning their money
fully as worthily as those who toll at
1.-THE, occupations"
Then the fan walked away before
he dope writer could catch his breath
aud reply,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17

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April ts. 1906.

Mrs. Eliza Hess went to Golden
Saturday for a few days visit.
Mrs. Robert M.sephimer OF Padueah
Ky. 5 visiting her father, L. G.
spence.
The infant son of Mrs. and Mrs. J.
f. n. Edwards, died Thursday after a
brief illness.
Thos. E, Carlisle, of Mounds is
spending a few days with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T A. Carlisle
Despite The cool weather Saturday
the luncheon given by the ladies Of
the Christian church was well attend
cd.
Eugene Oman, OF St. Louis, wdo Wis
tied last week with r. II. and Everett
Alden, returned home Saturday.
John Norris, OF Champaign, came
home Thursday for a few days visit
with relatives.
The class OF 1908 of the High school
held a he-union at the home of Miss
Mary Norris on Green street Saturday
evening Several members Of the
class were present from other towns.
Miss Edna Marks and Mrs. Vida
Gerhard. of St. Louis, are the guests
OF Mrs. Anna K Marks
John w Grear, of DuQuoin. was in
Anna Thursday and Friday
Dr. Samuel Dodds is n Chicago this
week in consultation with an oculist.
81 Plunkard" will be in Anna Mon
day evening. his first appearance for
six years.
Mrs. Mary E. Kuhl, STATE evangelist
of the w. C. T L. will conduct the
at the Christian church Sun
day morning. In the evening she will
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
PAYS OFF $4,000 MEN
Walter Newell, Pay Master Of Illinois
Central Railway, Makes Many
Employees Happy.

Walter Newell, paymaster of the III.
inols Central Railroad company ar.
rived here this morning to pay OF IN
local employees.
mr. Newell has the largest division
OF he system and has over $4,000 men
% pay on every month. He starts out
nom Chicago on tle tenth day Of each
month and visits the Freeport division
going from Chicago to Madison. fll
On the fourteenth of the month the
pay car starts south and goes from
Chicago TO Cenraia. and then 10
Mounds. III. From Mounds the paw
car goes TO Paducah. thence to Cairo
and Memphis, and then doubles hack
over the road to Louisville. From
louisville. the paymaster goes to
Evansville. Ind, and then over the Pc.
oria division from Evansville to Pc.
oria and back to Chicago.
Mr.. Newell gets back into Chicago
about the 25,h ami the employees of the
general cff!ee are paid on on the last
day OF the month. From the first to
me fourth The men In the employee Of
the hotel department are given their
checks. and the work or Mr.. Newell is
hnished until the tenth again.
1y-Ihe territory covered each month
by Mr.. Newell is about 5000 miles and
number Of men paid about $4,000.
There are 300 on the Louisville di.
nieion, 2,700 on the Tennessee division.
so on the Peoria division. and 800 in
The general offices. There are 400 in
the hotel department.
All Of the traffic men go to the car
ts'get their checks but the shop men
are paid al their posts Of duty by the
paymaster
. Mr. Newell is one Of the most popu.
lar men in the employ of the Illinois
Central. He never forgets a face.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
wICKLIFFE, KY.


NPiAl TO- lJVos
Mr. Ward. ST. Of Ward & Son, con
tractors. had an alt creation with one
of his men al the camp this morning
and while MIR Ward went inside pre-.
sumably TO get his gin, the other party
made of and Mr. Ward chased him n
block or ry'o, f. ne his revolver once.
but says be did not aim to hi, the 9TH
or man shooting only 10 scare him.
We coulI rot learn the name Of the
other party nor the particulars Of the
difficulty NJ. Ward was not put I'M
der arrest
The electric lights in the Methodist
and Baptist church buildings add very
much TO their enumeration.
J. r. Harkless, d.rt-moving contratc-
tor. has moved his outfit south Of May
field creek preparatory 10 work ON tle
Mobile & Ohio spur connecting !;
with the I. c. tracks which II will use
from that point TO Wicklffe.
Although d. Barnett who was shot
here on March 30th. was for several
days in a precarious condition, he is
now getting along nicely and will prob
ably be out IN a few days.
George B. Wilds. Jr, Is getting bet
ter Of mis- case of pneumonia.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17

| dent Of the Webb bank there, who il
going TO make trip from Chicago
to Nashville
Mr. Webb had recently built n
Chicago a 55-foot cabin cruiser. The
boat has been named Satan" and
it's initial trip will be from Chicago
to Nashville The craft Is said to be a
beauty. equipped with powerful en-
gines and having all kinds of modern
eonvenienees. Mr. Webb will reach
here during the June rise and pro
coed up the Cumberland to Nashville
In view of the fact that the compile.
ton of the locks below Nashville
gives from forty to sixty miles of
good boating water, the sport to be
derived from motor boats will be far
more general and popular this sum-
mer on Cumberland river.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY.
Congress viii Hold Ten Days Session
in Washington.

Washington, April 16.-Nearly one
thousand delegates, owners and operat-
ing officials of upwards of four hun
drcd thousand miles Of ra lway in
for;y-four different countries, consti-
tute the personnel of the international
railway congress which Is to hold a ten
days session in this city beginning
May next At the close of the con-
gress The delegates are to make a thor
ough inspection Of the railways of the
United States, part cularly with re-
ference to equipment and shops. The
congress sessions are held every five
years
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
MEN-woMEN-cHrLDREN.
Weak Kidneys Cured Forever.

II you have a pain or dan aebA In tbs
PACK " Il unmistakeable evidence OF kidney
trouble. IT is warning 10 tell you trouble
mediately. $50
Lame back IL only one symptom Of kidney
.rouoie. Other symptoms are, being Obliged
20 pass water often during the day and to
80 Up many times during the night, IN
ability 70 hoid your urine. emartins or ,rrt.
tAtlon, passi hg br1ck~dnst or sediment I'm tho
urine, eatarrh OF the bladder, uric acid. con.
slant heada The. dizziness, sleepIesness. nerv.
business, IRE glllaF heart beating, rheuma tisui,
o.oatank. Htasility, wornout feeling, lack
Oh ambitio't and sallow complexion.
HooPef'ss Pafsiey Kidney Pills are proving
n De the moes wonderful cure ever gotten
put Tor Heak and diseased Kidneys.
British Pharmecal Co., Milwaukee, Wis,
Distributors.
sIsFice % cents q box.
For sale by
HENcKELL's DRUG STORE SOLE AGENT
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
CULTIVATED HoMELINEss.

Here are some of the determines
which careless women cultivate;
Hollow cheeks-indueed by nerv-
business.
Goggles-induced by straining the
eyes.
stubby fngers-iniuced by biting
the nails.
Bent toes-induced by wearing short
shoes.
Pimples-.nduced by tight lac.ng
and overeating
Creases between the eyebrows-in-
duced by bad temper.
Freckles and tan-lnduced by going
hatless in the hot sun.
Dull eyes with hanging lids-induc-
ed by apathy and indifference.
Round shculders-induced by wrong
sitting and wrong reclining and fail.
IRE to take exercise.-From the Pitts
burg Dispatch.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
PRESIDENT IN A
FIERCE BLIZZARD
VIOLENT STORM STRIKES RoosE.
WELT CAMP - PRESIDENT
BRINGS DOWN A LARGE GIN.
NAMoN BEAR WITH FIRST
SHOT.

Denver. Col, April l6--A special to
the News from New Castle Col. says
a blizzard is raging in Camp Roose-
welt, 70 miles south of there, today.
SO violent was the storm that no one
yentured out doors. The greater part
OF the day was spent by the president
and his party around the campfire.
The News also has dispatch say
ing the mail carrier who covers the
territory adjacent to huntsman hills.
reached New Castle today and veri.
ned the report that the president XIII
cd large cinnamon bear with the
nrst shot fired yesterday afternoon.
i required several hours chase to
bring the animal to bay.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
MAKE ACQUAINTANCE.

During one of his visits to the court
house. Abraham Lincoln heard John
C. Breckenridge make as it seemed
10 him, a marvellous speech It was
In defense of murderer After court
adjourned, the tall. awkward boy was
so carried away with the speech that
he rushed forward TO shake hands
with the great advocate. but the law
yer, with SORT Of contemptuous air,
would not notice him Many years
after he had beaten him in the race
for the presidency. Lincoln recalled
the circumstances TO breckenridge.
and thanked him for his speech. Do
not miss the opportunity of making
a good acquaintance. but aequaint
yourself with the superior advantages
10 be secured by patronizing the Bull
letin's advert sing columns. 1t al
ways pays.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
REV. KNOX is TO RESIGN
Pastor of Presbyterian Church to
Leave After Eight Years Service
in Local Pulpit.

Rev j T. NJ Knox, of the Cairo
Presbyterian church. announced TO his
congregation yesterday morning. that
he had decided to resign his pastorate,
after eight years Of service. His an
noHncement was received with consid-
cradle regret by the members of the
church, many of whom were ylsibly
affected and disappointed.
A congregational meeting will be
held on the gath OF this month 10 pre-
sent to the Cairo Presbytery. a request
for dissolution of his PASTORAL relation.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17

Read the Cairo Bulletin Tor news Of
the surrounding country.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17

NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS

ocuppy The pulpit at the Presbyterian
church. Monday and Tuesday the w
G. T. T. workers of Union county will
hold a convention in Jonesboro.
Sydney Grea', who is attending school
ar Charleston. was called home Fri
day on account of the death OF his
grandfa her, joan w Grear, Of Jones
boro.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
BASEBALL AS
A BREADW|NNER
Cairo Fan Tells How the Kitty
Makes a Good Living
TRIALS or A PLAYER
DESCRIBED IN INTERESTING
TALK TO THE BULLETINS
DOPE WRITER BY OLD
TIMER,

do you know said the baseball
fan 10 the sporting writer, "tb4Y | have
figured out that close on to three hun
bred men will make living this sea
son out OF baseball in the Kitty
league"
Come on and give US the story,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17

No mercury. no minerals. no danger
in Rocky Mountain Tea. The great
good health to all who use IT, 80
cents, Tea or Tablets. P. G Schuh
& Sons.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
E.,remes In Temperature.

Water freezes every night through
out the year at Alto Cricero. in B9-
livia. while at MONDAY the sun Is
hot enough to cause actual suffering.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-04-17
new PLEASURE CRAFT
Unique Boat En- Route From Chicago
10 Cumberland River Soon to BE
Seen Here.

An unique and attraytive boat will
shortly be seen in the local porr. II
will be the pleasure craft OF Mr..
Thomas Webb Of Peoria, H.. presi-
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
AS 1T TURNED OUT.

Eventually. the apostles OF plain living
ana high thinking had converted every
body 10 their way OF believing People
began eating simple, common fare. es-
chewing the rich and luxurious dainues
wher,upo they had hitherto RECALLED
themselves
Pate de fUie gra~. bar Dc Iuy. squad
en- casserole and the like remained UNI
called for and uuyateu. while whole
wheat bread. corn pone. nuts. and com
mon fruits. cheap. easily served. and per
fectly diges tible became the sole fare Of
the populaCe
Then was seen a remarkable thing
Through absence of demand and excess
OF supply the former luNuriys dwindled
in price until 10 cents would buy ms much
as $40 had bought five years ago.
Then trust got hold of the common
items Of the menu and sho, the price up
until it hit the sky a resouuding Nhack.
The necessities of life became too oN-
pensive, and the public turned once again
TO its Injuries. which were now so eco
nomical in cost as to be within ,he reach
OF all.
And so the wheel kept turning. Five
years later !uNurios were Injuries and
necessities necessities once more
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
Willie's Essay on ESSAYS.

Thare are menny kinds Of essays such
the maggiezeen essay, the religious essay.
the littery essay, the school essay and SO
foarth. but the funniest essay is the small
boys essay. The small boys essay is written
by a boy after he groze up 81 the time he
gets bald hCddod and is SO old that he wares
shoes that are not too small for his fete he
begins to write boys essays and sell them to
the paipers. Reel boys rite essays on trees
and home and hope and why we should ever
strive to be good and true, but when bald
h,dded men rites boys essays they rite about
wimmen and stiles and howse clcening and
so foarth. Tho Funniest thing about boys
essays that bald hedd5d men rites is that
overybuddy SEE aint that just like a boy
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
lust aa Good

That druggist down on the corner has his
own substitutes for anything you want 90
buy" asserted the man with the positive
chin.
" Bet I can ask for one thing he won't have
a substitute for" offered the man with the
sporting expression.
Done"
They went to the drugstore, and the man
who had proposed the bet asked:
Can l buy a stamp here for this letter.
Is 1t a drop letter." asked the druggist.
Yes. but Why"
My delivery. boy will take it around for
you for two cents and save you the trouble
Of licking the stamp"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
Method in Their Midsummer
Madness.

But" says the friend " il is so beautiful
and cool right there in the town where yuI
live that do not see why you go away TO
spend the summer. You have plenty Of Wa
ter for bathing and boating, the scenery j.
magnificent, the roads are good, the society
is pleasant, and"
1 know all that" explains the other.
" But don't you see, if we would all stay at
home, then some one would make a summer
resort Of the place. and before long it would
be so crowded none Of US would get any com
fort out OF living there"
Mystfed, the friend watched the work of
hacking the trunks.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16

The man who stands patiently on
the corner watching workmen hoist
a beam into place on new building,
or trying to see what the rest Of a
crowd surrounding two lighting
bootblacks is gazing at, is the same
man who never stops to pick up his
hat when he loses it racing for a
trolley car.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
Some Consolation.

Say, boy how far is it from Collins
willie to Briggston?"
Twenty miles, You're just half way
there"
Twenty miles? If I'd knowed it was
that far I'd never started Now I'll have
t. walk all the way back
1T amt as bad as it might be, mister
YOu're half way back"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
UP WITH THE TIMES.
dirty

" l suppose says the lady with the eye glasses to
the man with the chin whskers, " that you read all
the latest novels"
No I don't get the time" responds the man
with the chin whiskers
Surely you do You seem perfectly familiar with
all of them"
Thank you. ] have little plan that obvatcs my
reading them. ] simply read the advertisements about
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
ostrich yesterday
" Wasn't any game.
me and ate the balls "
HARDShIPS OF LABOR

why do you make complaint about
the hard work?' asks the earnest
agriculturist of his hired man as they
toll in the harvest field, Work is
ennobling. Labor is elevating. See.
yonder in the shade of the tree re-
poses the eminent poet who is com
posing beautiful effort which is in
spired by the sight Of US garnering
the golden grain into sheaves."
That's what's the matter re-
plies the hired man, Indignantly.
Don't know that when | go up to
the house tonight, tired and sleepy,
that there eminent poet will make me
stay awake to hear him read the stuff
he is writing about us?"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
PREVENTIVE

Well, say what you like, remarked
the man in the white yachting cap but
champagne kept me from being seasick
when | started for Europe last summer"
60 have heard that it was a prevent
i've" comments the man with the horse
shoe scarf pin. Did you take it regular
ly. or Just when you began to- feel liz"
81 began taking it the night before the
boat sailed. and"
" And that kept you from
Kept me from sailing when ! woke
up the boat was somewhere of Of Sandy
Hook and l was still in bed in the hotel
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
WAS THIS WRONG OF WILLIE?

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If
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howdan hat Pc
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would inh i'm OWL a it IL t h
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Then his
pleceof coda apple lie
he to 4
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Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16

- ~
observation of the
crowds, bands played
for him and people
chcered him when ne
appeared.
But now his glory is
fallen from him as a
garment and his
grandeur has faded as
a puff Of smoke in a
Kansas gale.
And why? What did
he do?
He was chairman
of the committee Of
arrangements for the
Fourth OF July cele-
bratiOn.
That is a great deal
worse than being a
popular hero.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16

Really, about the best part Of va
cation is studying time tables where
others can see you and wish they
were planning trips. too
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
SIC TRANSIT GLORIA.


observe that about the only persons who
seer him.
Yes, he his silent unknown, unhonored, and
short week he the cynosure of all eyes
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16

How to Kee,

How to Keep Cool
Don't drink ice water don't get mad
Don't heed the frets Of him or her;
Don't think Of cold waves we have had
DON'T LOOK AT THE THERMOMETER
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16

II serving on a jury carried with
II the vested right to wear a silk
hat and a frock coat and sit on a
platform in front OF an audience Of
a thousand people there would be
fewer jury dodgers.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
PSYCHOLOGICAL NOTE.

The earthquake, with a gentle sweep,
And with an idle, swaying motion,
First rocked the cradle of the deep,
And then it had another notion,
It FASTENED out upon the land,
And with a sharp and shaking culver
It folded up with sturdy hand
The bed of many a browsing river.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16

1t is Just as embarrassing to be a
poor man with rich noighbors as to
be a rich man with poor ncighbors.
Each has to explain why the other is
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16

We never could understand why
the girl who puts up lettuce leaf
sandwiches for the picnic gets mar
ried sooner than the one who pre-
pares the satisfying ones Of ham
and mustard.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
WELL READ SCHOLAR.

children" said the teacher Hing the map to
show the polar regions which of indicate
the place where the days six months long?'
the children volunteered teacher handed
the pointer Jimmy Wise, who took it with air or
WEAKNESS, advanced the put tho tip of the pontc
on the state O Pennsylvania, and remarked:
d" Aw. I'd think you'd hate to spring that old Phila
delphia joke teacher"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16

Also, this is the time Of the year
when We begin TO realize that
Cousin Ezra OF Backyonior has a
country place, instead Of living on
a farm.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
w
COMEEGSInN-

hurl brick at those who ride
In autos fast and free
Then sit beside the street and think
How splendid it would be
II were in an auto and
Folks chucked the bricks at me.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16

The man who frankly acknowl-
edges that he is afraid Of lightning
stands a good chance Of going down
20 fame as Honest So-and-So.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16
One Kind of Ambition.

lis Plhlins ambitious elOw?' asks the man who is
thngng making additions to his force.
yes" replies the who is being interviewed
q does he hope day TO rise to high round
by his efforts? He have aspra
tions that encouraging"
Well, he is not ambitious in that What Phhkns
achieve that high the ladder
by elevator donated to him b, else"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-16

An, Mrs. WOOfem, ! see you have my
breIIa thar your husband borrowed from me last
week. May walk"
If they saw us walking togefherP"