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Smyrna times., 1905-02-15
CHURCH SERVICES.

NsPURL METHODIST EPIsCOPAL-Sunday-Pr Preach
ing at lO15 aud $50 P. NJ. Sunday School
1! NJ. Epworth League Prayer Meeting,
6 80 p. NJ. Prayer Meetiug-Wednesdays at 745
M. Rev. RObt. Watt, d. D., Pastor.
ST. PETERS CHURCH.-Rev. G. Valerie Gilreath,
RectOr-First sunday, Holy Eucharist, 1880
a. m; Evening Prayer and sermon at7@ ?. NJ.
Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays,
Holy Eucharist, IN Am; Morning Prayer and
Sermon, 1917 a. NJ Evening Prayer and Ser
mon, ~ P. NJ. Holy Days-Holy Eucharist,
~ A. NJ. Morning Prayer 1917 A. NJ. Fridays,
Evening Prayer and Litany, II P. NJ. Sunday
School, 2.10 P. NJ.
-Sundsy-Preaching at 1O% A. M
and IA P. NJ. Sunday SchOol-11% AN. Prayer
Meeting-Wednesdays at "a P. NJ. Rev. J. IL
Estlin, pastor
POLYcARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-Serviceseve every
other Sunday, by Father WaldIOn. Sunday
School Immediately after service.
9MYRNA misunderstanding services Friend
ship in the morning, SeversOns in the after
noon. Jerman's Chapel and Smyrna Land
ing alternate Sunday nights at $50. Rev.
Albert Chandler pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST Episcopal fColoreO -
Sunday-Preaching t IL A. NJ. and P. N.
sunday School, p NJ. Prayer and Praise
Meeting, Tuesday evening. Rev. f. o. Parker
Pastor.
BETHEL 4. ". e. CHURCH-sundA preaching
at II a. m, and p. m. Sunday School al
2 p. m. Christian Endeavor, 81 p. Ii. sun
day. Praise meeting at s O'clock @ednes
day evening. Rev. S. Yemmens, Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15

XConnections to and from Baltimore and
Washington made via Porter
l Daily. Daily 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.
''h" Stops to let off passengers from points north
of Wilmington and from points on Maryland
Division via Porter.
',j" Stops on notice to agent, or on signal, 10
receive passengers for Cape Charles ana points
beyond.
''p' Stops to leave passengers from Middletown
and points south.
nj, IT." Stops to leave passengers from New York
BRANCH ROADS.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City, and way
stations, 10 SS a. m. and $50 p. m. week days.
Returning, tram leaves Fran kiln City 600
M, and ll.57 p. m. weekdays.
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamer) l.36 and S.45 p. m. weekdays. Return
ing, leave Chincoteague 10 43 a. m and $50 p m.
week days.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewes at
10 50 a m. and $50 p. m. week days Returning
leave Lewes 6.45 a. m. and l.S6 p. m. week days.
Leave Harrington for Rehoboth 10 IS a. m.
Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays. Returning
leave RehobOth La p. m. Tuesdays Thursdays
and Saturdays.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15
sECRET SOCIETIES.

MORNING STAR LODGE, Ne 6, l. o. @ F.--Meets
every Friday evening, at 7.50 O'clock.
MCDONNELL ENCAMPMENT, No 2, 0. o. F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings OF eash
month. at $50 o'clock.
harmony LODGE, No. l3, A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings of each mOnlh,
at 7.30 O'clock.
SMYRNA CoNCLAvE, No. As, ORDER OF HEpTAsOPAs
meets first and third Tuesday of each month
at 500 o'clock at the Odd Fellows Hall.
UNION CASTLE No. II, X. G. E--Meets every Mon
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing, at 73O o'clock.
dIsPAH LODGE, No. I6, A. o. U. W.-Meets every
Monday evening at 500 O'Clock in Odd Eel
lows Hall.
MIZPAH CoNCLAvE, No. 1615. ADHESIVE MOGUL-
.IANs.-Meets the last Monday evening of each
month, at 800 O'Clock III Odd Fellows Hall.
GENERAL WINFIELD 5. 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. 0. Z. A..
M-Meets at 500 p. M every Thursday in
Odd Fellows Hall.
FRANCES E. WILLARD Temple, No. s. X Of F.
Meets every Tuesday evening at s O'clock, at
the Golden Eagle Hall.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15

Leave Harrington for Berlin. 1923 a. m. and
99O p. m. weekdays. Returning leave Berlin
656 a. m. and 259 D. m. week days.
Leave Porter for Delaware Civ $50 a. m. .122-
3.3i, ABS and 6.24 p. m. week DAYS Rptnrnino
leave Delaware City 7.55, $50 and iO28 a. and
SO ana 3A6 p m. week days.
Leave Massey for Chestertown and wav sta.
uons s.56 a m. and $40 p. m. week DAYS. Re.
turning leave Chestertown 7.03 a. m. and 2.S2
p. m. weekdays.
Leave Townsend for Centreville and wav sta.
AT 9.29 a. m and 443 p. m. week DAYS; Re-
turning, leave Centreville 7.41 a. m. and 2.3O n
m, week days.
Leave Clayton for oxford and way stations at
943 m. and 4.5S p. m. Returning, leave OK.
tord 64S a. H. ana l.47 p. m. week days
Leave Seaford for Cambridge and interme.
d1ate stations at 1l.l7 a. m. and "a D. m week.
days Returning, leave Cambridge at 100 a m
and 2.32 p. m. week days,
CoNNECTIoNs.-At Porter with Newark R Della.
ware City Railroad At Townsend with Queen
Annes& KentRailrOad AtClayton with Delaware
Il Chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore 4 Delaware
Bay Railroad At Harrington with Delaware
Maryland Virginia Railroad AtSeaford, with
Cambridge Seaford Railroad AT Delmar with
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk, Wicomico &
Pocomoke, and Peninsula Railroads.
W. W. ATTERBURY, General Manager.
j. R. WOOD, Passr Traffic Manager.
GEO. W. BOYD, General Passenger Agent
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15
HUGE STATUE OF BUDDHA.
The Mammoth Reclining Figure at
Rnngum. Burma.


Rnngun. Burma.
To the eastern traveller the statue of
Buddha is a familiar sight. From
Colombo, in Ceylon, to Kobe, in Japan,
he is everywhere greeted by the same
calm, impassive and mysterious face
of the eastern preceptor of perfection.
But in no city in. the orient do the
form and face of Buddha constitute
so frequent or so essential part Of the
city's decoration as in Rangun, Bur
ma, starting place of Mr.. Kiplings
famous Road to Mandalay," the
stronghold of Buddhists. Notable
even among the countless statues of
Rangun is the mammoth Buddha, rep
resenting the strange teacher not
standing or sitting crosslegged, as in
the majority of statues, but reclining
on a huge raised couch, his mighty
form stretched out for 200 feet, while
his shoulders rival the width of that
wonder of the ancient world, the Colos-
sus Of Rhodes, their titanic breadth
reaching fifty feet
But one among the wonders Of RAN
gun, this mighty figure rests near the
famous Shoay Dagon, the center of the
Burmese Buddhist world, crowned by
the golden pagoda, which rises 300 feet
above it, it's walls covered with pure
gold, the gift Of prince who contrib
uted his weight in gold to the pagoda.
In the Shoay Dagon there are countless
other statues of Buddha, as well as
relics of Gautama, the last Buddha.
All, equally with the huge reclining
Buddha, form a part of the religious
rites of the Buddhists, for the es-
sence Of Buddhism consists in the
struggle to become like Buddha, to at
tain his perfection by obedience to his
precepts. To do this it is necessary al
ways to have Buddha in mind, and 1t
is for this reason that every city in the
Buddhist world is literally crowded
with his images. Buddha himself is
not deifed. Potentially every Bud
dhist may attain his perfection, but
only by the eternal imitation of his
practice.
But, while statues such as Rangun's
huge colossus are important in Bud
dhist worship, of even more Importance
are the relics of Buddha.
1t was about the Shoay Dagon that
the Burmese made their last fierce fight
when the British came to Rangun. A
Venetian traveller of 300 years ago Wis
iting the Shoay Dagon has left de-
scription of this famous temple, con-
ceding its claim to rivalry with his
own Venice, that would serve as a con
temporaneous description, and today,
as in untold centuries past, the Bur
mese still bring their offerings of flow.
ers and fruit, candles and paper flags
to lay before the huge reclining Bud
dha, whose hands would afford com
Portable standing room for four Of the
worshipers and whose gigantic face
wears the strange, inserutable expires
sion Of calm which is the outward
mark Of spiritual Buddhism. - New
York Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15

Peter Diguet waiter in the Saffoid d
Hotel flew into an ungovernable rage
because lady did not tip him. He
tore off his apron and jumped on it and
told the trembling guest she was no
lady. This should be a warning to
those who have meditated crawling off
without feeling the naughty food car
riers. Peter makes one think of the
English cab driver who testified in
court that he knew a certain person
was lady because she had given him
five shillings for tip and said to him,
"Take it and go to hell"
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15

Mr.. Cortelyou said during the late
campaign that the President would not
be hampered by promises to trusts he
evidently understood his subject and
the beef trust perhaps realizes that he
knew what he was talking about.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15

The new Magazine, "How to Make
Money" has gone into bankruptcy. 1t
is said that the writer of "Gettiug on
in the World" died in the almshouse.
The successful money makers seem to
be those who keep the secret to them
selves.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15
The Dragon Tree

The dragon tree Dracaena dracol.
which yields the astringent gum resin
called dragons blood, is an old settler
Of the Canary islands. A veritabIe CO.
lossus Of this family once grew in the
town Of Orotava, Tenerife, which was
eighty feet in circumference at the
base, hollow inside. with staircase
for visitors to ascend to the branch
ing top of the trunk Humboldt re-
marks that its antiquity must have
been greater than that of the pyra-
mids. This giant went down in a hurri-
cane In 1867
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15

The assembling of Presidents Cas-
sett, Hill, Spencer and score of
other heads of great railroad monopo-
lies in Washington indicates disturb
auce IN twelve billions of capital that
is ominous, but let us hope prognostic
of good for the whole country.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15

A New Yord woman was run over by
Pierpont Morgan's carriage. If one
has to be run over by a carriage it is
Just as we'll it should be owned by Mr..
Morgan who can afford such things.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15

1t is said that Mr.. Pulitzer is still
looking for an ideal editor, for that
college of journalism. There are
thousands of ideal editors but the real
ones are rare.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15
SHORT, SHARP AND SNAPPY.

He is the Cromwell, the Bismarck,
the Napoleon (whichever you please or
all combined) of American politics.
No other man who ever held the Office
of President of the United States has
so completely dominated his own
party, or secured the aid of the opposi-
tion party as has Theodore Roosevelt.
The historian of the future when treat
ing this era of American politics will
recount the remarkable fact that dur
ing the lncumbency of the youngest of
American Presidents most radical and
remarkable innovations and departures
were inaugurated and progress made
in matters relating to home and foreign
policy, and that he worked his will in
almost every thing he seriously under
took. Congress trampled on Cuban
Reciprocity at the long session but
Roosevelt said in a speech that it had
got to come and calling an extra ses-
sion the bill was passed. A powerful
navy is his policy, the Panama canal
is in a sense his enterprise, our policy
in the Philippines, in Porto Rico and
in the far east are as approved and
directed by him, but among his many
accomplishments there has been none
more conspicuous or more decisive
than that indicated by the action of the
House Republicans caucus last Friday.
The most important legislation in the
post -bellum period, involving property
which according to President Cassatt
of the Pennsylvania Railroad equals
twelve thousand millions of dollars is
by agreement to be considered and
passed after a debate of two days in
the House. 1t has been said that the
bill cannot pass the Senate but with
the Democrats ardently supporting
its passage with the enthusiastic sup
port of Mr.. Bryan, and with State
legislatures both Democrats and Re-
publican urging their Senators to sup
port the measure who need be surprised
if Theodore Roosevelt shall add another
to his many political victories?
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15
SMYRNA DIRECTORY.

TOWN OFFICIALS.
President of Council-Jsmes C. Robinson.
etary of Council-Henry S. Anthony.
wn TreasuTer-Ezekial V. Cooper.
rk of Council-Samuel j. 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.
Grieves; 4th Ward, Jos. H. Wright: 5th Ward,
G. Marriott Fowler; 9th Ward, James C. Robinson
and Henry 5. Anthony.
Council meets the seccnd and fourth Fridays
a each month.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15

1t is not like "Uncle Joe," of long
time ago to refuse White House din
ner. In eating he is a winner and the
Supreme Court has no inning when
Uncle Joe is dinning.
After seeing the picture Of the multi
married Hoch the world is puzzled to
know how he could have persuaded
one woman much less twenty to marry
him
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15

In his book called Imported Ameri-
cans" Broughton Brandenburg makes
the statement that the prosperity of
rural Italy is dependent upon its i'm
migrants and as soon as any village or
community has as much as ten percent
of its former populace domiciled in
America the place is Immediately
transformed by means of the constant
stream of funds that begins to pour in.
We not only import our Little Italys
but we support those that are left at
home.
Smyrna times., 1905-02-15

DIR. Charles Wagner calls his new
book "My Appeal to America. 1t
contains a plea to Americans to help
him spread the doctrine of the Simple
Life and incidentally build his church
in Paris. A number of wealthy men
are committed to the latter plan and as
a matter of course all the world sub
scribed to the Simple Life" because
it's so fashionable.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-12
BUSINESS SENSE.

All things come to him who doesn't
wait, but hustles.
Too many clerks and not enough
salesmen-that Is the cry.
The sheriff is always making gOogOO
eyes at the store that doesn't advertise.
Resolve not to worry SO much about
your competitor. Take the lead for q
change.
Many succeed because they advertise
correctly and ever SO many fall because
they don't
II you never do more than you are
paid for, you will never get paid for
more than you do.
II you have no confidence In your en-
ployer, for heavens sake be honest and
go in and tell him so. Draw your pay
and quit.-Brains.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-12

German statisticians with no great
burden of serious work ON their Shout.
ders have been calculating what part
OF woman's life is spent in looking
at herself In mirror. She begins, as
rule, at six years. From six to ten
she has a daily average Of seven min
utes. From ten to fifteen she devotes
a quarter of an hour to her glass. AT
twenty she certainly spends thirty
minutes daily admiring herself and
when past twenty whole hour. The
statisticians are tactful enough not to
say when woman begins to take less
interest in her personal appearance,
but women more than sixty years old
do not, they say, spend more than ten
minutes daily at their mirrors. All
this time reckoned up-it is a simple
sum in muItiplication-mak 1000
hours, or about ten months, at the mir
ror. They then proceed to compare
the time which mana German man
-devotes to this occupation and come
to the conclusion that his average is
seven months.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-12
A Daring Deed.

While the mutinous sepoys were at
lacking General Wheeler's intr4nch-
ments at Cawnpur a shot from their
batteries blew UP the contents Of a
two wheeled cart loaded with car
tridges. 1t also set fire to the wood
work of the cart, which was standing
in the place where the English ammu-
milton was stored. Both the mutineers
and the English saw that II the fire
was not extinguished there would soon
be most disastrous explosion. The
sepoy batteries therefore poured In a
deadly stream Of round shot to prevent
the English from putting out the flames.
A young lieutenant, Delaforse, unmov-
ed by the concentrated fire of shot,
threw himself under the blazing car
riage, tore away the burning wood
with his hands and, throwing earth up
on the blazing brands, stif1ed the fire
before it could spread to the ammuni-
ton. How he escaped the rain Of bull
let's is incomprehensible.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-12

There was curious superstition
which prevailed in Essex half a cen.
fury ago. 1t was believed that certain
stones possessed the power of breeding
other stones. | remember being taken
by man Of the upper laboring class
to see a well known breeding stone
which lay on the sward by the side of
a lane in the parish of South Weald,
near Brentwood. 1t was seemingly q
water worn block of sandstone or pos
sibly, have since thought, of pudding
stone, which would explain a great
deal.
1t was larger than a mans head,
with cup shaped cavity the size of a
small orange, in which lay a pebble
about as big as an acorn. was told
that this pebble continually grew lar
ger and that if 1t were removed the
breeding stone would begin to breed
another 1t was evident that the man
firmly believed what he told me, and
he got quite angry when 1 ventured to
cast doubt upon the story.-Notes
and Queries.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-12

1t was nearly o'clock Sunday morn
ing when little Mrs. Blake Jumped sud
denly to her feet and gazed at the ia
miliar library with sleepy, startled
eyes. Yes, she remembered now. Tom
had telephoned at o'clock and again
at IL, and through the telephone she
had caught the buzz of voices and
thrilled in sympathy with that ire
sistible force that sends men forth to
grapple with the world.
As the little clock struck 4 the first
faint twitter Of a birds call mingled
with a mans firm tread swinging
briskly up the walk.
She few to the door-to the porch
down the steps-to be caught and held
tight in eager, Unfolding arms. There
is no doubt about that new dining
room rug now" he laughed softly.
She glanced apprehensively across
the street What would Cousin Marga-
ret say to home coming at this un-
seemly hour? Then she drew herself
up proudly and regarded her husband
with happy, tender eyes. He was mag
nificent, she thought-transform with
the exultation of the conqueror. Cous-
In Margaret could have her hand wav-
ing, Patience" playing, home staying
husband. Thank heaven, she had mar
ried a many'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-12
Flower. THAT shoot Like Guns.

Birds and insects carry seeds about
almost as busily as the wind. The
rough and hairy coats of quadrupeds
often capture the burs Of the plant
they come In contact with and carry
them for thousands of miles. Rivers
and all running waters perform sim
liar use. Multitudes of plants are
found growing upon their banks, the
seeds OF which have been brought by
the current from distant localities, and,
being stranded when the water is low,
they find at once an anchorage and a
suitable place for growth. There are
plants even that jerk and dart out
their seeds like shots from tiny guns
for the purpose of scattering them.
Touchmenots and cardamines form
quite a miniature artillery when ripe,
discharging their little batteries with
vigor that is quite comical.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-12
him, / think the gifr would nave

him, think the giGr would nave
said"-
Eyes, yes, Helen! What would she
have said?" Melville's heart was
humping so loudly that in order that
she might not hear it he beat tattoo
on the arm of the garden chair.
Helen seemed to consider an hour.
When she anewered at last, her voice
had ring of sweet gravity in it; but,
somehow, to Melville it seemed very,
very far away.
Il believe" she said simply, that if
she loved him really she'd have said,
The door of your heart is locked, and
I'm not sure that any one is at home;
but, OH if any one is, I'd like so much
to shut the world out-and to come in
and stay with you-always."
Melville took his hand from his eyes
sharply. At that moment he saw Hell.
en- as she was.
Helen, HelenP' he cried, leaping to
his feet. THAT man was l, and the
grip
yes" she answered TREMENDOUSLY
while her heavy lashes covered the
tears in her purple eyes, 'I'm-sure-
that's what the girl would have said"
Melville placed his hand under her
little dimpled chin and looked down
closely into the velvety purple depths
What he saw there made him drop on
his knees beside her.
Sweetheart" he said, with brusque
emotion, "the door of my heart can
never be closed again with you outside.
Won't you come in?"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-12
The Lie OF a salmon.

Salmon never eat during the spawn
ing season. When they pass from salt
water into fresh water in search of
nesting place they are very fat, having
stored up food supply for the coming
months of struggle, for that is what the
spawning season always is. They
spend three or four months in fresh
water, exploring and fighting over the
places they find. Meanwhile, as they
do not eat, their alimentary canals
seem to wither up from disuse. And
when at last the spawning season is
over, the actual time, barring nest hunt
ing, being from ten to fourteen days,
the fish are so exhausted from the
struggle, lack of food and the effort of
reproduction that death is inevitable.
The life of salmon is spent in the
perpetuation of it's kind, but to the
credit of each is an average of 5000
eggs.-New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-12
He Let 1t DroD.

After the battle of Sharpsburg Gen
eral Jackson. happening to ride in the
rear of Early's division, found the men
scattered for miles along the road,
some executing dance steps, some cry
ing, others singing gay songs or psalm
tunes. Early had tried to reduce the
ranks to their usual orderly condition,
but had not succeeded. Finally an or
derby rode up and handed him a dis
patch from General Jackson:
Headquarters, Left Wing.
Sir-General Jackson desires to know
why he saw so many strGgglers in rear of
your division today.
A. g. PENDLETON.
After reading this communication the
grim old soldier got a piece Of paper
and wrote the following reply:
Headquarters. Early's Division
Captain-In answer to your note,
think it probable that the reason why
General Jackson saw so many of my
stragglers today Is that he rode in rear
of my division. Respectfully.
J. A. EARLY.
General Jackson let the investigation
drop.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-12-12

First Use Of Potatoes In Ireland.
In the garden adjoining his house at
Youghal. Raleigh planted the FIRST po-
tatoes ever grown In Ireland. The veg
etable was brought to him from the
little colony which he endeavored to
establish In Virginia. The cOlonists
started In April, 1855, and Thomas
Harriet, one of their number, wrote q
description Of the country in 1887. He
describes a root which must have
been the potato;
"Openank are a kind Of roots Of
round form, some of the bignesse of
walnuts, some fare greater, which are
found In moist & marish grounds grow
ing many together one by another In
ropes, as though they were fastened
with string. Being boiled they are
very good meat"
The Spaniards first brought potatoes
to Europe, but Raleigh was undoubted-
ly the first to introduce the plant int
Ireland