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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14

after having worked hard for few minutes.
never knew woman yet who wouldn't
hurry to feed n tramp who had made him
self sick working on an empty stomach.
Then the tramp fits away.
The second tramp comes along about an
hour afterwards, steps in and gets job, and
when he has earned his meal he carries the
ak away with him. The bright trick abou.
this gag lies in the fact that the hous ekeeper
is worked for two meals But the tramps al
ways pay for their meals with the work they
do, and In most cases they earn twice as much
as they get.
In company with another tramp worked
my way through the southern part of Wis.
consin on this axgag At the end sat down
and figured that II 1 had been working at ths
lowest wages ever paid woodchopper
would have earned 500 In cash above my
board instead OF merely managing to live in a
half starved condition.
Grows Sick of the Life.
AT the end of two years of hoboing was
80 sick OF seeing the world that believe
would have committed suicide II had been
doomed to follow 1t for another year. was
tired of sneakng around the back door OF
the world, living on back door grub, and con-
stantly afraid Of being kicked, chased. or
arrested. I had discovered what large
sized sucker the hobo is. had discovered
that the easy life Of the road Is a fable,
and that the life Is full of hardships andipoor
food did not like my job back in the city,
but at the end Of two years would have
taken 1t and signed n contract to work at It
for the rest of my natural life just for the
privilege of being somebody decent i went
to the nearest big town and got Job help
Ing sign painter. 1 have been at 1t four
years now. l make sig q week. / work
hard and long The town Is dead and mo-
notonous. and don't see much of the world
in At. But. say, you couldn't get me to 60
back on the road as hobo for regular
salary of 500 month.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
Hard Work All tbs TINE

ana work--well, I worked just as hard aa
1 ever worked in my life during these two
years, It it is a sign of hard work to be tired
al inc time tired myself out Just as much
as the average laborer, But didn't get
the pay that u aborer gets.
Probably half Of the meals / got were Sc.
cured by outright begging, The other half
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14

were secured by working for them in some
way or other, and l have calculated that If
had been paid in money at ordinary wages
for the amount OF work did would have
received the value OF the meals given me
twenty times over. For instance, I would
work three hours for some one for meal. At
only 10 cents an hour my work would be
worth 40 cents. In pay for it would receive
cup of coffee, a couple Of slices of bread and
butter, possibly some scraps of leftover meat.
the total value of which was seldom over
cents. Sometimes 1 walked q mile and
begged meal at some farmhouse. When
the weather Is cold 1t Is worth more than o
cents to walk a mile over country roads.
Other times / panhandled in the smaller
cities. Here ran the chance Of getting ar
rested or hit over the head with broom. II
got p!rched 1 stood a chance of doing sixty
days on the stone pile. have done this often
for trying to get a meal for nothing. II hap
pened to run up against somebody who had Il
hatred for tramps I stood chance OF going
"a {ba boupifa1
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
DANGER, Of lnyestmen. Field.

Iaking this lesson from the experie need
capitalist, the young man with his frat $500
TO invest may read the danger signal at
the entrance to the investment field Eek.
uoerance OF spirits, the speculative fever.
optimism that belongs TO youth, and the
SHINING examples that are held up TO him
showing how stocks that originally sold a,
~ cents on the dollar rose to fabulous multi
piicatlons OF the original investments-ail
OF these are in the fairy story literature of
business. In this class of investment the
small investor Is asked only to invest hi.
5000 IN the fairy story. after whitehall
things being equal-the publishing company
VIII try to make It " come true
forty years ago, when United States
government bond drew 10 per cent interest.
the problem OF investing a first $500 was
easy. 1t is getting harder and harder every.
year Tor the masses of small savers. One
Chicago millionaire has said to the Young
man. Buy land" for the reason that no
made his money In that way-buyinu land
when 1t sold for So or SC an acre and ceiling
1t at ten times the cost But the young
man In tho middle west who with $500 at
tempts to buy land at 500 an acre .iiscoy-
ers suddenly that land In such patches Is NOT
for sale. or that II It IS all prospects for n
profit in his generation already have been
forestalled.
once the golden opportunities OF the TWEEN.
ty payment life insurance appealed to him.
but In the light OF recent experiences his n
per cent in a savings bank IL likely to look
much better.
experiences OF investors in boom city lots
have not been such as to help him out with,
his problem.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
By an Ex-Tran1p.

ne experiences OF tramp who tells
without working for it, the
tat OF the average worker and how
lodging : @
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
BY q. A. Nichols.

OF small account in the local bank.
When he had been with the firm six years
the manager resigned. The owners, who
lived In another city, Immediately turned to
Brown as the man for the place. 1t would
mean salary four times the one he was
getting, and an Immediate jump to influence
in the business world, to say nothing OF the
rosy chances for the future. 1twas an honor
such as the man never dreamed or Great
was Browns dlsmay, then, when he found,
after looking into the situation thoroughly.
that he could not undertake the position be-
cause he did not know enough. A knowl-
edge Of bookkeeping had been denied him.
and while he knew much about lumber he
could not be manager OF the yard without
knowing how to direct the accounts Of the
fast growing concern. Broken hearted al
most he refused the place.
Many men would have left the lumber yard
atsuch n 1uncture and gone back to the coal
mines, but not Brown. Swallowing his dis
appointment he enrolled himself with the
principal Of the high school. who undertook
to give him nightly lessons in bookkeeping.
Bookkeeping Of the country high school
brand Is not the best in the world Most
business men would laugh at it. That was
the kind Brown learned, however. Keeping
his place in the lumber yard he soon began
to apply the crude principles obtained from
the high school man to his own business.
and there was then not better equipped
lumberman in the state than Brown.
Takes Charge of the Business.
Fortune could not keep away from man
like Brown II she tried. He was one OF the
men to whom opportunity returned second
time. In a o.uple OF years he received an
other offer to take charge OF the business.
Brown consented this time, though not with
out misgivings. Then for two years ensued
an experience most bitter and strenuous.
AT the head OF business having gross sales
OF many thousands OF dollars. he was forced
into contact with problems too largo for
him every day. Study and toll OF the most
fanciful kind brought their reward.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
to All; Story OF a Winners Success.

All the money Brown could save. aside
from his frugal living expenses. went into
the stock of the corporation by which he
was employed. All this time he had gained
such u reputation for fair dealing that he
distanced all his competitors for miles
around. and his lumber business became one
of the solid institutions OF the state. He
increased in wealth. as we'll as knowledge.
One day the president OF the lumber COM
pany went to the Kansas town to make his
annual invoice. Contrasting the figures ho
gained with those telling the story Of the
business at the time Brown took charge, he
was astounded at what he saw. In i've
years, Brown. as manager. had Increased
the worth OF the business from 500. 900 to Ave
times that sum.
" Brown said the president, you're a
wonder. 1 have four sons who have had
every advantage wealth could give them.
and they are better educated than ever
dreamed OF being. but they never will make
the success you and have. Your success
is greater than mine. though. Us you started
under a heavier handicap. Here. now take
some of my money you have here and go of
to Europe. BY the time you come back wo
will have something decent fixed up for you
We need men like yoti''
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
Hits the Road with So.

one Saturday afternoon. with IS, my weeks
pay, in MY pocket L started out of the city
This was simple proposition. lived near
the railroad tracks and knew switchn,an
In the yards. He put me in an empty box car
closed the door. and away went. lighted
cigaret, looked out of the crack In the door at
the city we were leaving. and felt like king
] was going out to see the world, TO be free.
10 leave behind me the work and worry of
holding steady job. and honestly felt like
a king.
That box car was twenty-four hours on the
road. and didn't have a thing to eat during
ut Bloomington. H.. and was a sure enough
tramp.
needed something to cut. knew that ac
cordinG 10 the rule should SO around to some
back door and panhandle meal, but my
nerve wasn't up TO that point at this stage
OF my career. went into lunchroom and
bought myself some thing 10 eat. AS came
cut hungry looking fellow spoke TO me, ask
Ing me If had dime TO spare. I'm on the
bum he said. told him that was on the
bum myself, but / had dime to spare, all
right Then he said: !" Haven't been on the
road long, have you?" ! asked him why he
thought not Because real hobos never
have any money" he answered.
After he had fed himself he invited me 10
so With him TO the railroad. He was going
out OF town, where. he,dld not know or care,
but he was. going out of Bloomington j went
Win NM didn't know or care where was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
Wood Chopping Gag a Winner.

One of the safest and best gags that ever
worked for meals was the wood chopplng
gag. This takes two tramps and oneax. The
first fellow goes to the house marked for
meal and gets job chopping wood. He
brings the AK to show that he Is right. AL
most anybody will let fellow chop wood for
one meal. Few housekeepers want tramp
for more than one meal. however.
Maybe the flrt tramp gets meal before
he starts to work. Then he only works a few
minutes and departs. leaving the ak behind.
If he does not get his meal first he gets siok
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-14
Learns as He Wins WAY.

Brown took the trip. because he needed II.
He was cultured enough. too. to appreciate
and learn from 1t to the limit. When Brown
came back he found the position of general
manager Of the company awaiting him, at a
salary OF $4,000 year. This position he
holds today. His company has fifteen yards
in Kansas. one or two in Iowa, several more
In Minnesota, as we'll as sawmlls. Brown
keeps his residence in the Kansas town
where twenty-five years ago no started al
q coal miner.
II Brown could have started out with a
college education, or even less, he might have
attained to his present position ten years
sooner. But his Is a fairly decent record for
a man who became voter. knowing pract.
cally nothing. All OF which goes to prove
that II person has the q stun /" in him. fail
ure to get an education cannot keep him
down.
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Z
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

In the death of Judge Edwin Brown,
of Centreville, last week, the State
lost an eminent jurist of the Second
Judicial Circuit. Judge Browns death
was very sudden, and the announce
ment of the occurrence was a shock,
not only to the community in which he
resided, but TO the whole State. Judge
James Alfred Pearce, of the same cir
cult, is i'll at his home in Chestertown,
and The other member of the bench
Judge William r. Martin-hasrecen
recovered sufficiently from an attack of
paralysis to enable him to resume his
duties on the bench. He is far from
being a well man. So it will be seen
that the Second Circuit is in bad way
regarding the health of its judiciary.
Judge Browns accession to the bench
was by appointment of Governor John
Walter Smith, and was to supply q
vacancy caused by the death of Judge
Stump. At the next general election
he was elected to the Office without
opposition. Judge Pearce is CHIEF
Judge of the circuit, and resides IL
Chestertown. Judge Martin is from
Talbot County, and resides in Easton
he is native Of Worcester County
snd has many friends here.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

RoBT. D. HoFFECKER, JR.,
Editor and Business Manager.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

Aside from the unfailing production
of foodstuffs in sufficient quantities to
supply our own people at reasonable
prices, the largest economic concern of
the United States to-day is that Just
and stable conditions shall exist for
the transportation of the vast agricul-
tural surplus of the Middle West to
the markets of Europe. This matter
is of vital importance to many more
people than one might at first thought
suppose. 1T involves prosperity or the
lack Of it on the part of very large
majority of the forty millions who live
between the Alleghenies and the
Rockies; it affects all of the ports of
the country through which produce
passes, or ought normally to pass, on
its way to the foreign market; and it
goes far toward determining the cost
of food-supplies in Europe, and conse-
quently the standard of life of the con-
suming masses. The maintenance of
natural, fair, and stable conditions for
foreign commerce depends, of course,
upon a variety of things, notably
upon the preservation of international
peace, upon tariff regulations, and
upon the ratio of supply and demand.
These are the factors, chiefly, which
determine the amount of our foreign
trade and tho oountriaa omono which
it is distributed. In addition there is
the multifold railroad problem, affee-
ting the amount in no small degree,
- a much more important way in
huencing the routes of trade and fix
ing the geography of our commercial
prosperity. 1t is the railroads that
make and unmake agricultural dis
tricts, inland cities, and shipping
ports. 1t is they that have it in their
power by their rivalries and manipu
lations of rates to condemn to stagna-
ton vast sections of the country which
have enjoyed commercial vigor. to
force into prosperity others which
have been conspicuously backward,
and, as a result, from time to time to
alter the whole morale of our inter
national trade.-From Railroad Rates
and the Flow of Our Foreign Trade,
By Frederic Austin Ogg, in the Amer
loan Monthly Review of Reviews fol
April.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04
Bob TayIor's Magazine For April.

In the April Bob Taylor's Magazine
the reader finds treat both rich and
varied. Gov. Taylor's "Fiddle and
Bow" having been completed in the
March issue, the first lnstalment of the
'"Fhe Paradise of Fools" appears
That this lecture will be as interesting
and entertaining as its predecessor
goes without saying. 1t is fttingly IL
lustrated. Aside from the editorial
and other regular departments, the
April number contains many we'll writ
ten stories. 'The Shadow of Attocoa, "
a serial story by Thornwell Jacobs,
commences in this issue. 1t is a story
of southern life during the first three
years of the Civil War and is full of
dramatic interest 1t is illustrated by
Gilbert Gaul, N. A., whose war pic
lures have no equal. The first illus
tration used as frontispiece, contains
a speaking likeness of Gen. Sherman,
who, as q young lieutenant, was sta
toned at Charleston in 1859, and was
q great favorite In the social life of that
exclusive city.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

The people of Smyrna, join with the
other towns of the State in wishing
every success TO the movement to
have the new battleship named
Delaware" Our State may be
small. but In valor, deeds and his
torical interest 1t has contributed as
much if not more than many states
who have been complimented before,
when selecting a name for one of ous
navy's war ships. Now that every
state with the exception of Delaware
and few others has been compli-
Jaented, the opportunity is ripe for our
representatives in Congress to get re
cognition. We wish every success to
The movement they have inaugurRtsd.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

United States Senator j. Frank Al
lee and Congressman Hiram R. Bur-
ton are being generally commended
for the manner in which they went af-
ter the name Delaware for the fine new
battleship which is to be constructed
for the navy. They lost no time but
laid the matter before the President as
soon as it had been proposed and there
appears to be every chance of securing
the honor. They will have the support
from all parts of the state IN their con
test for the name.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

Don't tie cough or a cold up in
your system by taking remedy that
binds the bowels. Take Kennedy's
Laxative Honey and Tar. It'is diff
ferent from all other cough syrups. 1t
is better. It opens the bowels-expels
all cold from the system, relieves
coughs, colds, Group, whooping cough.
etc. An ideal remedy for young and
old. Children like it. Sold by VIM.
f. Dunn.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

A Mr.. W. H. Smith, of Worcester
Massachusetts, has sold his pack of 30
fox hounds to ]. A. Townsend, of Cos
hen, New York, master of the Orange
County hunt and the Plains hunt of
Virginia, for $4,000, said to be the
highest price ever paid for pack of
fox hounds in this country. This sale
is an average of $40 hound, which is
more profitable than raising colts, as
you realize on your stock in trade in a
month.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

The case of DIR. Andrew J. Fleet
wood, of Laurel, accused of causing
the death of Miss Flossie Messlck, of
that town. who died in Philadelphia
from the effects of an alleged criminal
operation, will also come before the
Grand Jury. The Grand Jury two
years ago ignored a similar charge
against him.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

The most rational emedy for Coughs
and Colds is Kennedy's Laxative
Honey and Tar. 1t acts on the bowels
as mild cathartic-expels all cold
from the system. Cuts all phlegm out
of the throat, relieves coughs, colds,
Group, whooping coughs, etc. An
ideal remedy for equally v
good for adults. Sold by VIM. F.
Dunn,
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04
hnW'a This :?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Rev ard for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catsrrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & co Toledo o.
We, the undersigned. have known +. J. Cheney
for the last Is years. and belieye him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and finan-
cially able % carry out any obligations made by
his firm
WALDING, KINNAN & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
system. Testimonials sent free. Price rs cents
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

Living indoors so much during tie
winter months creates sort of stuffy,
want-ofozon condition in the blood
and system generally. Clean up and
get ready for spring. Take a few
Early Risers. These famous little
pills cleanse the liver, stomach and
bowels and give the blood chance to
purify itself. They relieve headache,
sallow complexion, ETC. Sold by
VIM. +. Dunn.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

rHE SMYRNA TIMES is published at Smyrna
DEL, every Wednesday afternoon.
rHE TIMES is an independent paper devoted to
the welfare of the town it represents and the
State of which 1t is q part. 1t also gives the
items of importance of the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland.
iROBT. D. HOFFECKER,
Publisher and Proprietor.
ROBT. D. HOFFECKER, JR.,
Editor and Business Manager.
ERMS-SUBsCRIPT1oN-sI.5 per annum. II
paid strictly in advance s1.OO. No paper is
discontinued until all arrears are paid up
except at the option of the publishers.
ADVERTISEMENTs-THR SMYRNA TINES is the
business medium not only for the town it rep
resents, but for the outlying district of which it
is the centre, embracing the towns of Clayton,
Kenton, Cheswold, Leipsic &C. A rate of so
cents an inch for first insertion and % cent,
for each subsequent insertion will be charged
or transient advertising. Locals and Reading
Notices, 10 cents per lire per issue. A specia
discounton all semi-snnusl and yearly adver
tisements.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money if
it fails to cure. E. W. GROVES
signature is on each box. 25c.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

Nothing will relieve indigestion that
is not a thorough digestant. Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat,
and allows the stomach to rest-recup-
crate grow strong again. A few
doses of Kobol after meals will soon
restore the stomach and digestive or
gans to a full performance of their
their functions naturally. Sold by
VIM. f. Dunn.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04

OFFICE:-Next Door to the Fruit Growers
National Bank.
Telephone. No. 10.
Smyrna times., 1906-04-04
lndictme nts Against Sheriff of Sussex County

At the session of Sussex County
Court Monday, the case of Sheriff
Elijah Lynch. who isunder indictment
for alleged neglect of duty, will be
considered. Attorney General Rich
ards secured the Indictment because so
many prisoners escaped from the Jail.
There were two deliveries of pris-
oners and Deputy Sheriff Purnall
was dubbed insensible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-26

itself the event which most interested
the people was a match game of base
ball played on the athletic grounds
between its team and that of the par
ent State Normal of Emporia. From
the inception of the younger school
the ambition of its young athletes has
been to meet the representatives of the
older school upon the athletic field
This is the first time an opportunity
has been afforded them and they were
pleased with their victory of 2 to I.
The growth of the school has been a
surprise to it's most ardent friends.
Established less than four years ago in
a part of the state omparativeIy
sparsely populated, It has already pass
ed the 200 mark in its yearly enroll
ment of students.
The young men and women in at
tendance upon the school come from
eighteen different counties, principally
of north western Kansas. though the
southwest is represented as far out as
Finney county which appears upon this
years roll by three young women. In
the lack of north and south communi-
cation in the west by rail it is remark
able to see what roundabout trips are
made by the western youth to reach
the school of their choice. Let but a
single north and south railroad line
build anywhere west of Great Bend
and within a year 500 students viii be
asking the board of regents for accom-
modatiOns.
on June 4 the schools fourth gradu-
atfng class will receive diplomas which
by law are state certificates for from
one to three years validity. This years
/ class numbers ten while the total of
graduates since the school organized is
4 tWenty-seven-
With a we'll equipped model school
/ for the actual teaching practice Of its
students the institution is giving the
+ finest Of training for the work of
/ teaching and it is not far cry to the
I day when the great majority of teach
ers in responsible positions in the west
ern half of the state Will have received
their preparation in the Western State
Normal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-26

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