Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-01-31

lie tails of the cross mark extended be
yond the square, if the point of inter
section of the cross mark is clearly
within the square.
The sexton of Christ Methodist Pro-
testant Church, Chestertown, while
making some repairs to the vestibule
Thursday found three small tubes of
explosives slowed away in the window.
The tubes are about three inches long
and about half an inch in diameter, in
closed in tin There is a cap at one
end and they are packed with wadding
etc. The electricians aud machinists
in Chestertown cannot tell what il is.
A new form of local baggage check
has gone into service on the Pennsyl-
vania, which provides space for record
ing time of receipt and delivery, so
that when storage charges are paid the
check will constitute a receipt to the
passenger. Stamps to the equivalent |
of the amount paid will be attached to |
the face of the check, and then can
celed with punch. A blank space is
left also to indicate when the article |
was checked is not trunk or valise-
such as baby coach. bicycle, tool
chest, etc.
A young lady and her mother of
Camden, went to Philadelphia to pur-
chase an outfit for each. The mother
put $40 in her pocket book and gave
the daughter SOL to take care of. They
both stopped at a prominent hotel and
when they went to bed the daughter
pinned the $91 in her night dress.
Getting up in the morning she shook
her night robe out of the window over
an alley. After dressing and breakfast
they started for Wannamakers and
the mother asked the daughter if
she had the money safe. The laugh.
ter gasped for breath when she dis
covered her loss. Immediately they
went back to the hotel and got po-
liceman to assist them in their search.
Unfortunately for them they did not
find the money. Both came home
without their outfits, but they have
the blues all right,
The Chesapeake and Delaware canal
which has been given much promI-
hence recently by the company asking
the Maryland Legislature for e right
to charge toll on passengers carried
through the canal and also to complete
the power to be transportation com
pany conferred upon it by the State of
Delaware, is n years old. Its charter
was granted by Maryland December T.
= 1899. The canal is 1873 miles long and
D the trip through it is a picturesque one
: Among the interesting features is the
passage through three locks at Del
J.. aware City, ST. Georges and Chesa
: peake City. By the operations of thu
locks, which is distinctly seen by thu
passengers, the boat is gradual.
" raised from lower to a higher leve
. of the canal, or lowered in the SAM
way. 1t then glides through Lowell.
glades or dense forests with here AM
u there a clearing. Still further on cal
u be seen we'll kept farm and picturesqu
villages. The principal places of in
n terest are Delaware City and the en-
trance to the canal: views west of Del
d aware City; east of st. Georges; ives
A. of St. Georges, the Delaware Railroa
,e bridge, the Buck bridge, upon tn
main pillar of which is the table
n erected by the Chesapeake & Delawar
N Canal Company to commemorate th
devoted services of the founders an
builders of the canal; the Marylan
Vi pivot bridge, the dividing line betw ee
;" Mary land and Delaware; Chesapeal
~ City Landing, the deep cut and I'll
le pumping station at Chesapeake City.