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Smyrna times., 1906-08-15

Miss Florence Biddle narrowly es-
capped serious injury or death, Tues
day afternoon. She was attempting to
extinguish the flame of a gasoline
stove when the fluid exploded, severely
burning her hands. Her cries brought
her father. Conductor George w. Bid
die, to her assistance. By this time
the woodwork of the house was on fire
and burning, but Mr., Biddle sue
ceeded in throwing the stove out of
doors and extinguishing the fire in the
house without further damage. Miss
BiddIe's injuries were dressed and no
serious results are expected.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15
HOw's I his?

We offer One Hundred Dollars ward for any
case of Cstarrh that cennOt be cured by Halls
Catarrh ture. +. J. HENNEY II Co, TOledO,O.
We the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney
for the last Is years. and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions. and f.
ma ncially able TO carry out any obligations made
bv his firm. WALDING KINNAN & MARVIN
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 15c,
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls FIRMLY Pills for cOntipatIon.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15

One of the strange incidents of the
week was seen at the railroad siding
Monday where fruit was being bought
aud shipped to the markets. Buyers
were numerous and so exciting did the
situation become that former Consta-
BILE James D. Wright the town auction
eer mounted each wagon and auctioned
the fruit off to the highest bidder.
Buyers were present from all the inn
portant cities east and the bidding was
very spirited. Peaches brought as
high as $3.50 per basket. The scene
was of most unusual nature and not
within the memory of the oldest fruit
growers has a town auctioneer taken
part in the sale of fruit for the farmers.
Quite number witnessed the novel
sight. Auctioneer Wright repeated
the performance yesterday and to-day
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15

Mrs. Susan Smith widow of Joseph
Smith who resides near the P.B. w.
r. r. Station met with an accident
Friday morning at eight o'clock that
nearly cost her life. She was in the
act of filling her gasoline stove when
in pouring the liquid it came in con-
tact with another burner and exploded.
The flames shot forth and ignited to
her dress In her fright she ran out
the front door completely enveloped
in flames. A colored woman aud two
tramps noticed the awful predicament
of Mrs. Smith and running to her
fpally succeeded in extinguishing the
flames but not until it had burned
all her clothes and left her body in
an awful condition. She was taken
in the house and her phycian summon
ed. For time it was hardly expected
that she would live, and even now her
condition is one of deep apprehension
Kind friends have extended every
possible aid to her in her awful afflic
tion and knowing she was not fnan
cially able to bear the expense ot
mediclI treatment Mrs. N. G.. Seversor
and John Brady took upon themselves
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15

The Fruit Growers Express are busy
iceing cars for the heavy fruit crop
which is now on. Refrigerator cars
are moving off every day from this
point to various stations on the Pen
insula and the general offices of the
Company at Clayton are taxed to their
utmost to supply the demand.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15
CLAYTON.
All orders for Subscriptions or Job Work
or any News Items left with T. L. Mason
will receive prompt attention.

The ladies of Salem Church Will
hold festival at the church, on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday nights, Aug.
16, II and IS. All are cordially in
vited.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15
Going Fast.

Our Summer Sale is at While
Heat-as hot as the weather.
Big bargains everywhere. Our
Seconds" Shirt Sale now on.
800 dozen at CSC and 75c
each. Csc for plain bosoms
75c for plated. a off all Reg
ular Mixed Suits, even our
finest and special styles.
More new suits in our S., So
and $3.50 Suit Sale. Outing
Goats and Trousers at S., 81,
S. and So, worth double.
Straw Hats at u. Russell
and Low Shoes at a off.
Special values in Mems Odd
Trousers SI.oo and $3.50, all
others a off.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15

A world of truth in a few words
:'Nearly all other cough cures are
constipation, especially those contain
ing opiates. Kenney's Laxative
Honey and Tar moves the bowels.
Contains no Opiates." You can get
it at VIVA. f. Dunn, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15

Rev. G. P Smith, pastor of st. Paul
M. E. Church has been granted two
weeks vacation by the Official Board
and left Monday to join his family at
their cottage in Rehoboth. Before
leaving he made provision for his pull
pit. The services next Sunday will be
in charge of Rev. Walter Ford of
Smyrna and the services Sunday week
will be in charge of Rev. &. S. Coma
way of Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15

Tests of the steel passenger coach
recently turned out of the Altoona
shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and which has been in use for some
time on local runs out of Broad Street
Station, have proved so successful that
it has been definitely decided that
steel shall replace wood hereafter in
the construction of the company's
passenger equipment.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15

Just at time when the public was
congratulating itself that the owners
of property in the vicinity of Front
and West streets, Wilmington and the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company had
finally agreed and that the elevated
railroad through Wilmington would
be completed, there has come a hitch
in the proceedings, and now things are
almost as bad as they ever were. 1t is
understood that Christopher Pfrom-
mer is the one who upset the plans
which had the appearance but few
days ago of being adopted. Each of
the holding-out property owners had
been offered a substantial increase
over the price set by the condemna.
tion commission, and all appeared to
be satisfied. Pfrommer, it is said, had
been offered mere than twice condem-
nation figures, and when he. refused to
abide by the agreement entered into
when it came time to pass over deeds,
the other three owners, of course, also
backed out, but are willing to follow
out their part of the agreement il
Pfrommer can be induced to.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15

Personals; Miss Lulu Boggs of
Crumpton, Md, is the guest of Miss
Bessie Numbers j. FL. Satter-
field and son, of Philadelphia are Wis
iting Mr.. and Mrs. John FL. Harris
Mr.. Victor Jones of Middletown, has
returned home from a pleasant visit to
MIR. and Mrs. Abel Numbers. rs.-Miss
Bessie E. Numbers has returned home
from pleasant visit to Philadelphia,
Sharon Hill and Elkins Park.-Miss
Elsie Allen Miss Edna Sevil have re-
turned from Rehoboth. Mr.. and Mrs.
W. II. Tunis, Jr., and Miss Edna
Tunis are at Betterton, Md.-Mrs.
Daniel Burton of Millsboro is visiting
her sister, Mrs. E. R. Sipple. Miss
Nora Hargrove has returned to Dover.
Miss Eva Holiday of Wilmington
spent Sunday with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Holliday.-James
Kay and wife of Charleston, W. Va,
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
Hawkins-J. M. Huff and wife have
returned to Washington, d. C.-Mrs.
Marion Pierce of Philadelphia is a guest
OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Rogers
Mrs. E. E. Woodring of South Bethle
hem, Pa, is visiting H. P. Walton and
family-Miss Flo Gootee has returned
from Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15
Dining Chairs.

to S22. 80 from $500
Fifth Floor
Smyrna times., 1906-08-15
China Closets
DreSSerS

to $4,000 from S48. 90.
Third Floor
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

A man who had been at work in a
shoe factory in Maine set a hen one
day. He was told that the & g were
'bantams," and he always was fond of
bantams. 1T don't take scarcely moth.
ing to feed EN-" said he, and I'm
much obliged to YOU" And the young
fellows in the same room in the shoe
factory, who gave him the eggs, smiled
among themselves. The eggs Matched,
and then the devoted bantam-raiser
hung over the chicks" in rapture.
They were the most awful specimens
of bantams, though, he ever saw. They
were the lankest and most insignifi-
cant and nakedest and fuzziest birds
he vel met in all his existence.
Seems to me-" preferred he, the next
day, as he stood at his work, that
them's mighty queer bantams. 1 kind
Of think they're some new breed
something sort of original, you know.
Such things does happen" The boys
In the shop agreed, without much urg.
ing, to come up. and see them. They
came in ones and twos and threes and
squads, and filed his hen house and
locked his premises, and after they
had all got there they gave the hen
fancier the bottom of the plot. They
had given him a setting of doves eggs.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
A Home-Made Eleet

Isn't it fun to sail a boat, boys and
girls? Not a real one, because. of
course, very few Of us can do that
but those that we make ourselves.
Some boys can build really fine lit
tie craft for themselves, but for those
who have not that knack we will ten
OF a way to make a whole feet of sail
boats. 1t is SO easy that even very
tiny tots can manage it.
Take the shells of walnuts. the big
best you can find. clean them out care
fully and cover the opening with card
board cut the exact size. Thrust a
match through the center of this card
board and fasten it to the bottom of
the shell with sealing wax or beeswax.
Cut a sail out of white paper and
fasten it to the match with thread.
If you like, you can paint the hull
OF your boats (the SHELF in colors:
say, have one fleet all white, another
gray for fighting trim, and so on.
These boats can be sailed in foun-
tains, in bath tubs or even in real
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

When l was boy in Virginia, my
father had of the finest water
melon patches in the region round
about. One of the colored boys on
our plantation was named Bill. He
and l were great playmates and we
were both very fond of watermelons.
One day, when the crop was almost
ripe, my father called us to him and
said:
IF any of the melons are stolen, I
am going to the tracks in the
field, and then measure feet, and the
owner of the feet that correspond
with the tracks will get a good whip
ping"
This frightened me, but l was bound
to get some melons. Bills feet were
much larger than mine; so / got mis-
shoes, stuffed them with grass, walked
in them to the patch, got a melon. ate
it and replaced the shoes.
Next afternoon my father came to
where Bill and I were, with a stick in
his hand, and ordered Bill to fetch his
shoes. They were brought. my father
measured them. and then, in spite of
Bits protestations. gave him a sound
thrashing.
Two days afterward we we're again
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

When Mother is Away.
The old house seems so creepy,
And the rooms so dull and dead
| think / hear spooks walking
In my bedroom overhead.
And l hear the ~strangest whispers
Coming down the chimney hue,
And a voice. guess a witch's-
Keeps a-saying: You, boo-hhooi"
And when the flames quit blazing
And get low upon the CRATE,
And the shadows come a-creeping,
And the hour is getting late,
Then l hear the front stairs creaking.
Just as If some one was there
And I'd like to run and look, but
My graciousl / don't darei
And sometimes in the cellar
l can hear the awfullest things
It makes me get all creepy,
And / have UGH wonderingsi
And sometimes when the wind blows,
Then the caves max such a noise
It's like the ghosts pa tells about
That scares the little boys.
And when 1 get real awful scared
L close my eyes up tight,
And cuddle up in this big chair,
And turn on all the light.
And say, o ought to see them scoot
Those ghosts and gobble-uns,
The witches and the things like that,
As soon as mother comesi
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Ruins of Old BeauIieu
Among the Most Picturesque and
Charming to Be Seen In England
Especial Correspondence

The delightfully."- situated ruins of
the Abbey of Beaulieu in the New
Forest, ear to the head of ~Southamp-
ton Water, England, are between four
and five miles from Beaulieu Road
station, but if we do not feel equal to
such a tramp we can easily find some
sort of conveyance. Certainly we
ought not to miss Beaulieu Abbey, for
in spite of the havoc worked thereon
at the dissolution of the monasteries,
quite enough remains to show us its
former grandeur and extent. Further
more, the ruins are so prettily covered
with ivy and Towering vines, so soft
ened and beautified by the lovely
green things of the forest that we won
der if the abbey could possibly have
been more beautiful even when 1t
stood erect in all the architectural per.
lection of its early days.
Just at this spot, and at this spot
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

al the yard, when my father appeared.
made me bring my shoes. measured
them with a stick which he held, and
then gave me a worse drubbIng than
he had bestowed upon Bill.
Some hours afterward, when I was
feeling a little better, I met Bill, and
said to him:
How did you manage to wear my
shoes?"
Bill answered my question by ask
ing another:
How did you whar miner"
Put grass in themi" | said, feeling
proud of my ingenuity, in spite of the
way that my back smarted.
Well" chuckled Bill, adat was
smart; but done took a pair o. short
stills, and put you shoes on de ends OBJ
'em. Reckon, Mars Dick, you and Is
about chen now!"-Golden Days.
Flags at Half Mast.
What is the origin of displaying
flags at half mast?
When this question is put the an
swer always is un~hesitatingIy given.
1t Is borrowed from the navy. The
pennant at half mast is always a SIGN
of mourning"
Yes; but was it at first a ships
signal of distress, as some say?"
In the seventeenth century it was so
employed by the Spaniards. and in the
following century it was so recognized
by English and French sailors. We
also know that flags were commonly
used at funerals in England; hence the
common application Of the combina-
ton of the two usages on occasions of
bereavement.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
SLOW to FrenzIed FIctIon.

IF White succeeds in putting
through these reforms of his in Rus.
STA" remarked a writer Of dime novels
the other day, "one of the great stand.
bys Of u profession will disappear.
The Nihilists simply won't have a rea.
son for living, so far as we are con.
cerned, for the kind of stories we write
must deal with the sort of things every
one knows about as being actually in
existence or the publishers won't have
them.
And the famous Third Section will
go by the board, too, l presume, so
that | don't see just what we can do
with Russia rs a field for our shoekers
at all. But the character | will miss
most of all will be the Russian adven-
t%uress, the countess of dubious ante
cedents, who has helped me out of so
many tight orne in the past. Peace
is a great thing for the world, but it is
on us chaos for all that"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Fresh Discoveries r-ade.

Even at the present time fresh dis.
coverles in connection with the old
abbey are sometimes made. Not very
long ago a ieaden coffin was found in
front of what had been the high altar.
1t was supposed to have originally con
tanned the body of Isabella, wife of
Richard, earl of Cornwall, known to
fame as the king of the Romans. This
supposition was confirmed by the re-
cent discovery of a monumental stone,
on which part of the inscription may
still be seen, facet Isabella Prima
w." and IN the other side "Rieardi
Romanorum." Isabella, countess or
Cornwall, was buried in 1850.
The district Of New Forest, and in
deed the whole of Hampshire, is a
fine field for exploration to the lover
of antiquities, from the tumuli of bar
rows reared over the dead of the stone
age, to the encampments and villas of
the Romans, and numerous A~nglo-Sax.
on relics of the o-Christian era.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

make; that is, if they can use a paste
pot. The materials required for this
gift are a broken piece Of looking
glass, some heavy cardboard and old
lowered wallpaper. Cut a heart
shaped piece of cardboard, in accord
anee with the size Of the glass, as in
figure 1. Paste the looking-glass to it
with a strong glue. Then take another
piece OF cardboard exactly the size of
the other; make in the center as large
a h~eart-shaped opening as is possible,
and at the same time conceal the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

tons given below, If carefully fol-
lowed, will make a very nice table.
For the top of the table secure a
board 14x10 inches, and after rounding
the rne with a file, finish with
sandpaper.
Two pieces of wood, shxsh inches,
can be used as legs. Before finishing,
cut out a little piece from the bottom
CT each leg about L inch deep and Ia
inches wide, as shown in the diagram.
Also secure two pieces Of wood, 13x2
inches, for sides of table, and file and
finish with sandpaper as before.
When this has been done, nail or
glue the five parts together and your
table is finished.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

to be II inches long and 2 inches deep,
it will require a strip Of Swiss 14A
inches long and Sh inches deep:
while a cuff, Z inches long by 8 inches
deep, requires a strip sA inches by
rs.
Lay an inch hem around three sides,
making a narrow turn-in; inter the
corners and hem neatly by hand. Their
put the raw edge into a narrow
straight band.
You have no idea how pretty these
Swiss collar sets are. though they are
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

edges of the glass. Cover this onter
piece with Powered wallpaper of Gre
tonne, pasting over the edge and turn
ing in on the under side.
Then glue the frame over the glass.
putting it under heavy books until the
paste is dry.
These mirrors a be made small, so
as to slip in a pocket, or big enough
to hang on a wall. as you desire. For
hangers, paste ribbon to the inside of
the back piece before the frame in
fastened to it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Further Details.

A family residing in the east were
visited by some relatives who lived in
a northwestern city. One of the visit.
ors while partaking of an oyster stew
remarked that his father, who was the
proprietor of a cafe, made immense
quantities of oyster stew in the course
of a year-enough, he said, to float a
battleship. Don't you think SO, Cous.
in Ed?" appealing to one of his rela.
tives.
Eyes, yes" replied the cousin; "and
the b~attleship could float a week and
not hit an oyster"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

ings of which the beautiful church
was the chief. The others were the
refectory, kitchen, cloisters, chapter
house, dormitory, inirmary, guest
house, parlor, almonry, common room.
library and probably a group of offices
and workrooms, where clothes and
furniture were made and business
transacted.
At Beaulieu, much is In ruins. but
the great gate house, now called Pal
C house, is used at the present day
as the seat of Lord Montagu of Beau
lieu, formerly official verderer of the
New forest, and the ancient ~refectory
is now the parish church. 1t is a plain
stone building, with solid b~uttresses
and a curiously raftered oaken roof.
The modern ecclesiastical fittings are
beautiful, worthy of the fine pulpit on
the west side with its graceful arcad-
ed approach in the thickness Of the
wall-an exquisite example of the
work of the first half of the thirteenth
century. 1t is the old readers pulpit,
where one of the brethren was wont
to stand, reading some goodIy dis
course while the monks ate their
meals in silence. Table conversation
was not approved of in monasterfes,
and the venerable proverb "Chatted
food is half-digested," must have had
its origin in secular quarters.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

are very expensive, and the others do
not wear half so well as those we will
tell you how to make.
You may have pieces of dotted Swiss
left over from last summers dresses;
if so, all the better, for a quarter of a
yard will make several sets. The
rat--er fine, sheer Swiss is the prettiest
to ISL Cut off straight strips across
the material, allowing rs inches more
at each end and at the bottom than
the desired length of the collar and
cuffs. For instance. if your collar is
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

Girls, did you ever have a secret
wish to play football? If you did, you
can begin right of without any fear
Of broken arms and legs and other dis
comforts that boys do not seem to
mind.
Your athletic field can be a dining
room table. and o need have no
bother with going in training under
severe coaches. Moreover, you'll have
lots Of exciting sport, SO much that the
boys will be glad to join you in a
game after their short season of real
football is over.
This new game Of parIor football ia
played by driving a light bali. inside
a Melted space toward the goals, or
touchdown, at each end The driv-
ing is done by swapping a wire under
the ball with a pointed stick
AS the other player is trying to do
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
Part Of Old Abbey.

hey possessed the privilege of sanctu.
airy. Margaret of Anjou and her son
Edward sought its protection on their
way through the New Forest, when,
after landing at Weymouth in Dorset,
they were pushing on toward Worces-
tershire before the fatal battle of
Tewkesbury. Some years later Per
kin Warbeck, the young ~pretender of
Henry Wis reign, who tried to per-
suade the English people that he was
one of the little princes who had been
murdered in the tower, also sought ref.
uge at Reaulieu.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
The Old and New.

only, we find the rare plant known to
botanists as "pulmonaria augustifolia, y
bat which the forest children call 30
seph and Mary" 1t was a famous cur
alive herb in medieval days and still
flourishes. with others of like kind in
the soil where the old monks cultivat-
ed their simple remedies. They must
have been very busy, those old monks
of Beaulieu, what with their prayers,
their herb garden, their fields, their
brewery and their vineyards, for
though vineyards seem very foreign to
the England of to-day, it is a fact that
vines were cultivated and wines made
on this site for a long period. We are
apt to think of the medieval monks
as having led a charmingly easy sort
of life in a long procession of sunny
days, and yet, in a place like this we
are surrounded by evidences Of their
industry.
The monasteries of the middle ages
combined the functions of hotels for
travellers, of hospitals for the sick, OF
schools for the children, and their in
mates were the guardians of learning
and literature as well as of religion.
At their best "the continuous round of
work with head or hand, blending with
the frequently recurring services of
prayer and praise by night. as well as
by day, regularly practiced by those
who were leading ~well-ordered, disci-
plined and chaste lives, served to pro-
duce not a few of the finest characters
the world has ever known"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30

by Henry VIII. is barely greater than
the surprise we feel at learning that
one of them-this very same abbey Of
Beaulieu, was founded by King John.
1t is the solitary religious building, in
fact one might say the only thing IN
any way connected with religion, ac-
credited to this hated monarch, and
the story goes that it was the outcome
of terror rather than of any vestige of
piety.
In short, John dreamed an awful
dream about the last judgment, in
which he played an exceptionally pain
full part, and, in a desperate attempt
at Precipitation, he founded this abbey
for Cistercians in the year 1904. 1t
was not finished until more than forty
years later, and, like other great mon
a5teries. consisted of a group of build
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-01-30
steaninu Out snIinters

When a splinter has been driven
into the hand it can be extracted by
steam. Fill a wide mouthed bottle
near full of hot water. place the In
jured part over the mouth and press 1t
slightly. The action thus produced
will draw the flesh down, and In a
minute or two the steam viii extract
the splinter, also the inflammation. Try
it and be convinced---National Maya
zine.