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Smyrna times., 1907-12-18
The Badge of Honesty

Is on every wrapper Of Doctor Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery because full
list of the ingredients composing it is
printed there in plain English. Forty
years of experience has proven its superior
worth as a blood purifier and tnvigorat-
ing tonic for the cure Of stomach disorders
and all liver ills. 1t builds up the run
down system as no other tonic can IN
which alcohol is used. The active medic
inal principles of native roots such as
Golden Seal and Queens root, Stone ana
Mandrake root, BlOOdroot and Black
Cherrybark are extracted and preserved
by the use of chemically pure, triple
refined glycerine. Send to DIR. K. V. Pierce
at Buffalo. N. Y, for free booklet which
quotes extracts from well-recognized med
ical authorities such as Drs. Bartholow,
King, Scudder, Coe, Ellingwood and
host OF others. showing that these roots
can be desended upon for their curative
action i6 all weak states Of the stomach,
ACCOMPANIED by indigestion or dyspepsia
s as well q mall bilious or liver complaints
and in Tl/(wasting diseases" where there
is losSlTflesh and gradual running down
OF tlDEStrength and system.
The WGolden Medical Discovery makes
rich, pure blood and so inYIgorates and
regulates the stomach. liver and bowels,
and, through them. -the whole system:
Thus all skin affections, blotches, pimples
and eruptions as we'll as scrofulous swell
lings and old open running sores or ulcers
are cured and healed. In treating Ole
running sores, or ulcers, it is well to in
sure their healing to apply to them DR.
Perce's All-Healing Salve.. II your drug
gist don't happen to have this Salve II
stock, send fifty-four cents in postage
stamps to DIR. R. V. Pierce, Inyalids' Hote
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo. n. T., ane
large box of the cAll-Healing Salye
will reach you by return post.
You can't afford to accept secret nos
uum as asubstitute for this nom -alcohOlic
medicine OF KNOWN COMPOSITION, no
even though the urgent dealer ma.
thereby make little bigger eoht.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulaD
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to tax
as candy.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-18
Murderer Granted a Pension.

Harrisburg. Pa. Dec. u. - Jacob
Stehman. Who was hanged in the Dau-
phin county prison yard for shooting
to death his wife in fit of jealous
rage az a market house in this city 13
months ago, has been granted a pen
sion of $500 by the United States gov
ernment, as the minor child of Chris
topher Stehman. late of Com
pany J., 9Sd' Pennsylvania Infantry.
The vOuCher was received from Wash
ington Wednesday and was imme-
diateiy taken to Philadelphia and
cashed by Stehmans attorney, who
arrived here with the money. which
the murderer has bequeathed to his
two small children.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-18
FELL DEAD AFTER
ANTiTOXlN DOSE
Eli Weitzel Dies After Injection of
Diphtheria Serum.
Els DAUGHTER SERIOUSLY ILL

Norrlstown, Pa, Dec. 14.-Eli Welt
fel bookkeeper in the Office of the
Lehigh Coal & Navigation company,
Fourth and Walnut streets, Philadel-
phia, dropped dead in the Office of DR..
S. N. Wiley here after he had been
given an injection of diphtheria anti
toxin.
Death was caused by heart disease,
but whether it was brought on by the
injection or resulted from worry over
the fact that his daughter, Ruth, IS
months old, is seriously i'll with diph-
iberia, has not been determined.
WeItzeI went to work in Philadel-
phia Us usual. The child had been all
ing for several days, but it was not
When the family physician called he
found that the child was suffering
from diphtheria. The little girl and
the members of the family in the
house were Immediately given a dose
of the serum.
Weitzel was called up and informed
of the childs illness. He left the office
lmLueuldISly anu lOOh Cue uISJ Train
for Norristown. When he arrived here,
instead of going to his own home
which is under quarantine, he went to
the home of his mother.
1t was decided that Weitzel should
also be inoculated with the antitoxin,
so he went to the Office of DR.. Wiley
The physician injected the serum in
Weitzel's arm, who then started to put
on his coat.
MY! l feel bad. l think am dy-
ing" said Weitzel.
Before the physician could reply
Weitzel reeled and fell fiat on the
floor. When the physician stopped
over the insensible man he found tha
there was no pulse and that Weitze
was dead.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-18
Table Linen.

Don't forget the Christmas Dinner. You will
want the table to look right. We have the best
linen here in Table Cloths and Napkins.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-18

make a nice present. We
have the Pullman Handker-
chiefs, warranted all pure
Irish Linen, beautiful and
dainty designs. Come see
them.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-18
Murdered IN HOTEL
Undertaken Was Killed and Robbed of |
Money and Jewels.

OtASa W dS NilIGQ anu nODDGQ OF
Money and Jewels.
Orange. N. j., Dec. 14.-Frederick
R. Romer, an undertaken, was found
dead in his bed in the Park hotel
here. His skull had been crushed in
with blows from a hammer, and his
face terribly bruised. Romer had been
robbed of a diamond ring, a gold
watch and chain and about $3.50 in
money. There was no trace of the
murderer, nor was the weapon found
with which Romer was killed.
Entrance to Romer's room was eff
fected by forcing a window opening
onto the fire escape, but apparently
the murderer left through the hotel
halls. The water basin and towels in
the room showed that the slayer had
washed his hands and clothing after
the murder.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-18
A Dangerous Deadlock.

that sometimes terminates fatally, is
the stoppage of liver aud bowel func-
tions. To quickly end this condition
without disagreeable sensations, DR..
Kings New Life Pills should always
be your remedy. Guaranteed abso-
lutely satisfactory in every case or
money back, at Benton n. Weldon 8
drug store. 25c.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-18
s4oo For a Hen.

York, Pa, Dec. IA Buff Orping
ton hen, owned by G. C. Shoemaker
of this city,. was sold here to A. j.
Cheek. OF Henderson, N. c., for $40O.
The sowl took the first prize at Madi-
son Square Garden and is considered
one of the most perfect of her kind
in the world. The hen weighs -four
pounds, so she cost the purchaser 500
a pound.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-18
1s.Year.oId Rrlde a suicide.

Glen Falls, N. Y, Dec. 14.-Mrs.
John Daniels, a 16-year-old bride. com
mitted suicide at Luzerne, N. Y, by
taking poison. The girl was recently
married to a Civil War veteran, 10
years old, whom she is said to have
accepted to spite a young man who
had Tilted her. Her married life had
been very unhappy
Smyrna times., 1907-12-18
Rooster Struts on Four Leus.

Waterbury, Conn. Dec. 16.-Edward
L. Heilman bought from Fred Hollo-
way in Bethlehem a perfectly formed
four-legged rooster. 1t is a cross of
a white Plymouth Rock and a white
Leghorn. Holloway parted with it for
$50 because his old servant. Mary
Blakeslee, says it's bewitched
Smyrna times., 1907-12-18
Newspaper Man Killed BY Train

Trenton, N. j., Dec. 16.-George F.
Fiske, a New York newspaper man.
formerly of Philadelphia and Pitts
burg. and recently press agent for the
jamestown Exposition. was struck by
a Pennsylvania railroad train and
killed here.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-18
Presidents Books Bring High Price.

PresIdenrs Books Bring High Prlee'
Philadelphia, Dec. 14.-At sale of
the books of the late Robert H. Sayre,
of Bethlehem, here, President Roose-
velts works in four volumes-the
Daniel Boone edition-sold at SIS per
VolumS.
Smyrna times., 1907-12-18

Endorse Gray Fer Presidency.
Dover, pel. Dec. 1.-THE Demo
cratic state committee passed c reso-
luton endorsing George Gray, of Della
ware. for the presidency.
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-08-14

II should think said the imquisitive
layman in the small town. that YOU
preachers would get mighty tired OF
going around with your long tailed
coats and white ties all the time on
week days, proclaimlng your office TO
the world In season and out OF sea
SON"
I'VE do" calmly admitted the min
lister. ''We get enormously tired Of
these Sunday garments. But the rea-
son we wear them is u very practical
one. We are expected 10 have minis.
terial clothes for sunday The fact
that n whole lot Of people. you among
the number. since you seem specially
concerned. don't pay what they agree
TO toward our salaries. renders Us un-
able To afford everyday business suits
Ike other people. So we have TO Vvear
our Sunday clothes all week. IL there
is any more Information you wish l
shall be glad to supply II or direct YOU
10 where IL may be obtained" But
the inquisitivs man had seen another
man across the street with whom he
had business.-Chicago News.
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BOD Yankee Eno;reers

The operations of Yankee engineers
are source OF constant wonder and
bewilderment To all foreigners. The
daring way in which the Americans
blow up mountains that come In their
way or string bridges over seemingly
impossible canyons almost takes their
breath away.
On one job in South America n con
tractor used about $4,000 worth Of
powder In blasting. He employed S,cC0
men and completed piece OF work in
less than three months that local au-
thoritics said could not he done inside
of ten years.
He put 3.0G0 kegs of powder In one
blast. and when the shot went Off It
sent over 200 train loads of rock down
cliff INTO the river. There was such
mass If debris that IL raised the wa
ter OF the stream fifty-five feet in less
than twenty minutes. The channel
had TO he blasted out TO let the water
through. The force OF this Immense
charge was so great that IL sont huge
powders the size of box cars sailing
oves the hill like n flock of buzzards
flying over a barn.-Toledo BLADE.
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MONEY SYSTEMS.
The Worlds Coinage MIDDLE and the
Range Of Units of Value.

'tfN WI ~ SNittaSS WtQCClC dnC the
Range of Units CT Value.
Twenty-siN different monetary units
are used by the forty-elght principal
countries Of the world. Thus Great
Britain uses the sovereign or pound
sterling. France and six other countries
OF Europe use unit equal 10 the
franc, and Canada and the United
States use the dollar
In value these different units range
from IL u f94.33 cents OF money of
the United States. They are represent
ed in their turn by coins the values of
which are either multlples or fractional
parts Of the value Of their own chief
units. and there are no doubt ut least
200 such sufficient coins not one of
which seems to have value equal to
that OF any commonly known unit OF
weight, as the gram. for example. or
the ounce of gold, although forty-three
OF these fOrty-eight countries have ac-
cepted gold rs their standard measure
OF values.
This lack OF logical relation Of coins
10 any widely used unit Of weight of
the precious metals may be due TO the
fact that money systems seem TO have
grown up haphazard. under diverse
conditions Of life in different parts OF
the world
such diversity in moneys may have
been OF little moment when millions OF
people spent their lives knowing moth
Ing Of the existence OF other millions
and there was little traffic. But these
differences IN monetary units are of
Importance now that international
commerce includes millions of tons OF
products of the toll of all lands and
billions of dollars each year to settle
Its bills, for such differences put upon
trade 4 wholly unnecessary tax. No
account is made here of the burden
laid on domestic trade by like varia-
ton in the value OF such units at homo.
as of the tael Of China, which has six
teen different values within that en-
pire.-MOody's Magazine.
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HINDOO PROVERBS.

Happiness consists I'm the absence OF
anxiety.
Truth. contentment, patience and
mercy belong TO great minds
Little things should not be despiSed.
Many straws united VIII bind an ele-
plant.
X can never DC safe 70 unite with an
enemy. Water. though heated. VIII soon
extinguiSh fire.
He who removes another from dan
ger and he who removes terror from
the mind are the greatest OF friends.
Courage * tried In war. integrity In
the payment Of debt and interest. the
faithfulness OF wife In poverty and
friendship In distress
Every one looking downward be
comes impressed with the idea Of his
own greatness. but looking upward
feels his own ittleness.
lie who in your presence speaks
kindly, but N your absence seeks e
injure. must be rejected like Il bow
OF poison covered with milk.
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LONG BOW STORIES.
Legends Of the Famous Arehers Of The
Remote Past.

Legends Of the Famous Arehers Of the
Remote Past.
Many ''lOng bow stories may be
cited I'm the literature OF the world.
and by far the greater part OF them
had their origin In the remote past.
Vergil. In the "-Eneid," tells OF four
archers who were shooting for n prize.
the mark being a pigeon tied by a cord
to the mast of ship. The first man
hit the mast. the second cut the cord.
and the third shot the pigeon as IL
flew away. The fourth archer. having
nothing left at which TO shoot. drew
his bow aud sent HIS arrow flying
toward the sky with such speed that
the friction OF the air set the feathers
on fire. and It swept on like a meteor
10 disappear In the clouds.
That Is u bow and arrow story that
tests the strongest powers Of credulity.
The stories OF Robin Hoods archery.
Illustrated by his wonderful perform
ance as Locksley in SCOTS "Ivanhoe."
are also a decided strain on ones
power OF belief
The famous legend Of William Tell
Is believed by some TO have n founda-
ton In fact. There was n Dane named
Foke Of whom the same story was
told. and William OF CIoudesIey. an
Englishman, is said to have shot an
apple from his sons head merely TO
show HIS skill.
The majority OF bow and arrow
stories relate 10 the accurate aim OF
the archers. but a Frenchman. Blaise
de Nigenere. tells one in which the
main point Is the tremendous force
with which an arrow may be propelled
If the bow is strong and long enough.
According TO his own account OF the
matter. he saw Barbarossa, n Turk.
admiral OF Il ship called the Grand
Solyman, send an arrow from his bow
clean through u cannon ball. Whether
the cannon ball had Il hole I'm It or
not he neglects TO inform us.
Perhaps the most astounding Of all
stories about arrow shooting is that
Of the Indians who used TO inhabit
Florida. II is said that n group OF
them would form a circle; one would
throw an ear OF corn into the air:
the rest would shoot at It and shell
IL Of every grain before Il fell 70 the
ground. Sometimes the arrows would
strike the ear OF corn so hard and fast
that II would remain suspended in the
air several minutes. and the cob never
fell until the last grain had been shot
away.-Chicago Record-Herald.
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An Old. Old Ouestion.

y writer In Boston paper says,
There are many people who believe
that the servant question. solution
for which the whole world is now MAX
Ing efforts 10 discover, is Il product of
the present time. This is not the case.
however, and were the wise Akiba still
alive he might with right use his tru-
Ism, 1T has all been here before IN
connection with the problem This
may be demonstrated by no less an au-
thorlty than Goethe. In his Wilhelm
Meister.' written in the latter DAYS of
the eighteenth century. there is n scene
where the hero comes 10 the home OF
Theresc. sent there by I.othario and Jar
no. Receiving Wilhelm, ThereSe asks
10 be excused because OF her scant
board: Ny cook she says, lust ran
AWAY at 4 most inopportune time. and
our man nangleT his hand. had 10
prepare all myself. Nothing bothers
one more nowadays than servants: no
one will serve, not even themselves ."
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Maddeninq.

y gentleman was attending a lee
ture one evening when he saw. two
seats ahead OF him. man whom he
took 10 be an acquaintance. Having
10 other way 10 attract his attention.
he asked stranger sitting next to
him To poke the supposed acquaintance
with his umbrella. As the disturbed
man turned his head the gentleman
discovered that he was not the person
he had supposed. 80 he fastened his
gaze attentively on the lecturer. leav-
Ing the man with the umbrella 10 set
tie with tue man he had disturbed. an
embarrassing and difficult task. At
last the man with the umbrella turned
rather Indignantly to the gentleman.
Didn't you ask me to poke that
gentleman with my umbrella?"
Eyes"
And why did you ask me?"
Il wanted 10 see whether You would
do it, was the reply
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Obedience Of Orders.

A naval commander in the reign OF
Queen Anne was ordered 10 cruise with
a squadron within certain limits on the
coast OF Spain. Having received infor-
nation that Spanish fleet was in Vi
so, beyond his limits, he resolved 10
risk his personal responsibility for the
good Of his country. he accordingly
attacked and defeated the Spanish tleet
with uncommon gallanry. When be
Joined the admiral under whom be
served. he was ordered under arrest
and was asked If he did not know that
by the articles Of war he was liable 10
be shot Tor dlsObedience OF orders.
lie replied with great compoSure that
he was very sensible that he was. but
added, The man who is afraid to risk
his life In any way when the good OF
his country requires il IS unworthy OF
command in her majesty'S service"
Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1907-08-14

mlc phenomenG. Thus thunder 20
these Ameriean children was God
groansng OF kicking, or rolling barrels
about. or turning big handle. or
grinding snow, or breaking something.
or rafting bic hammer, while the
lightning WIS due 10 Goi putting his
hnger out, or>tuniing the gas on quick.
or striking matcbcr. or setrins paper
on fise. According 20 Boston children.
God Is big. perhaps blue. man. to
be seen I'm the sky, on the clouds. I'm
church or even IN the streets. They
declare that God comes TO see them
sometimes and they have seen him
enter the gate. lie makes lamps.
babies. dogs, trees. money. etc. and
the angels work for him He looks like
a priest or teacher or papa, aud the
children like TO look at him. A few
would themselves like 20 be God. His
nouse In the sky may be made OF stone
or brick. Birds, children and Santa
Claus live with God.
Birds aud beasts, their food and their
furniture. as Burnham points out. all
talk to children. When the dew * on
the grass the grass is crying" the
stars are candles or lamps. perhaps
cinders from Gods stove; butterflies
are flying pansies: iricles are Christmas
candy. Children have imaginary play
brothers and sisters and friends with
whom they talk. Sometimes God talks
with them Even the prosiest things
are rvivified. The tracks OF dirty feet
ON the floor are flowers: n creaking
chair talks; the shoemaker's nails are
children whom he Is driving to school.
= Nineteenth Century.
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Dean Farrar records IN his "den 7
Have Known, an amusing and Der.
iectiy good natured retoIt which Mat
thew Arnold provoked from Professor
Huxley. for the better appreciation of
which 1t may be added that The sweet.
ness and light" OF which Dir. Arnold
wrote. were exenplilied I'm his own
very airy aud charming manners.
1 sometimes met Huxley I'm company
with Matthew Arnold. and nothing
could be more delightful than the con
yersation oiicited by their contrasted
individuaiities
remember walk which r once took
with them both through the pleasant
ground Of Paris iii. where Mr.. Ar
nold's COTTAGE was lie was asking,
Huxley whether he liked going out to
dinner parties, and the professor an
swered that as rule. he did not like
It at all.
All" said AR. Arnold. Il rather like
It. 1t Is rather nice TO meet people"
"Oh. yes replied Huxley. but we
are not all such everlasting Cupids ns
you are
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Doc Seeks Aid For Horse.

Frisk, beautiful coach dog and
Jack. fine bay two year-old of trot-
ting stock. were raised together on our
farm and became fast friends. sleeping
In the same stall and, Ia fact. were al
most inseparable. Jack had been over
fed on new oats. reSulting'in a severe
attack OF collie. which often proves Ia
tai To horses In short time. About
midnight Frisk awakened us 10y
scratching at the door and barking Is
If In great distress. Upon opening the
door TO ascertain the cause OF the up-
roar. the dog pleadingly stood up on
his hind feet, putting his paws against
me and whinel most -pitifully. theu
started toward the barn In the same
appealing manner. My curiosity being
thoroughly aroused. followed AMI.
before reaching the barn. could hear
Jack Kicking and grooming. To cure
him was an easy matter. Years after
ward Jack was "favorite" in many
races. and FriSS WAS still a close~and
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NoIs hundred. soares Birds

II is strange but well authenticat-
ed fact that the wild creatures of the
woods dislike the sound of that solemn
hymn "Old Hundred" Muir. the nat
uralisr, proved the truth OF this by
singing il IN the woods Of the Sierras
TO the birds and squirrels. which were
very tame from never having been
frightened by the report of a gun or
other alarming sound. They would
come and sit near him upon the
branches Of trees and listen TO any
lively tune he might sing. blinking
their bright eyes as though they liked
IL, Int at the first sound of ''Oid Hun
dred' they would beat q quick retreat
to their holes or nests and never aD-
pear again until he changed tho tune
This experiment was made IN different
places on various occasions with ex-
actly the same reSult.-New York Her
aid
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The CHILD MIND.
Results of an Investigation Into infant
Mental Processes.

or forty eight children. says Stanley
Hall, twenty believed the sun, moon
and stars to live. sixteen thought flow.
ers could feel and fifteen that dolls
would feel pain IL burned. The sky
was found the chief field IN which tho
children exercised their phll0sophic
minds. About three-quarters of them
thought the world plane with the
sky like bowl turned over 1t, some.
times believing that II was of such
thin texture that one could easily break
through, though so large that much
floor sweeping was necessary IN
heaven. The sun may enter the ground
when 1t. sets. but half the children
thought that ut night Il rolls or hies
away or is blown or walks or God
pulls Il up higher out or sight, taking
IL up into heaven, according To some
putting Ii to bed and even taking OF
It's clothes and putting them on again
In the morning. or, again, IL Is believed
to lie under the trees at night and the
angels mind it. God, OF whom children
always hear SO much, plays very
large part In these conceptions and Is
made directly responsible for all cos