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Smyrna times., 1907-02-20

Rev. DIR. j. S. Gilfillan, grand chief
templar and pastor of Head of Christi
ana Presbyterian Church near Newark,
will give a temperance address at AS
bury M. e. Church in this town to-
morrow, Thursday evening.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20

We are in good shape now to do all
sorts of tin and iron work, stove re-
pairing, etc. Joseph Brinton, care
full and competent workman has charge
of our tin shop now. The Iron Front
Hardware Store, VIM. FAIRIES.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
Household Good and Cooking Utensils.

First-class Cook Stove. No. 9. Quaker City. good
as new, with Cooking Utensils, Coal Stove, Tables
and Chairs, Separator, Churn, Good Butter
Worker, Butter Bowl, and Print, Butter Bucket
Milk Buckets Tub Stands, Washboard Lounge
and other articles too numerous to mention.
RS-One Complete Threshing Rig, consisting of
one Birdsal Engine, II horse power, all in first
class order; Peerless Thresher, new; Imperial
Stacker good as new; any ore wishing q good
threshing outfit here is their chance.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20

The usual exercises of the Smyrna
High School were held in the Smyrna
Opera House Friday afternoon, Febru-
ary 10Th. The program showed quite
little work on the part of the pupils,
and those who availed themselves of
the opportunity were we'll pleased with
the efforts of the young people. The
'supstairs" rooms were all present with
quite a number of friends. Besides
the usual readings, declamations and
essays, there were the Paper by Eta
Reynolds, and Debate which were un
usually good. The debaters were:
Alternatives, Walter Chandler, William
Ford and Howard Darrah, Negative,
Irving III. Brinton, Mabel p. Robinson
and Katherine Mannon. Owing to
sickness Mabel Robinson was absent
and the debate was conducted three to
two. But the judges, Mrs. j. w. Cliff
ton, Mrs. Emma Jerman and Mr.
Jacobs decided that the two won against
the three. The question was, Resolved
THAT all tariff should be for revenue
only"
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

short Items OF General Interest Gathered
During the Week.
Houses for sale or rent. Apply to S.
j. Reynolds.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
TERMS OF SALE.

: All sums of $40 and under cash will be required
over that amount credit of months will be
given by purchaser giving bankable note with
approved endorser. Positively no goods to be re-
moved until terms are complied with. Interest
added from day of sale.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
FOR SALE.
FOR RENT.

A Store-house, Dwelling and Six Acres Of
Land. Apply to
MISS LIZZIE DOWNS,
Kenton, Del.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
GEO. t. SATTERFIELD.

w. Harman Reynolds
and Sheriff Hutchison, Auctioneers.
w. A. Scott, Clerk.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
I Good MilCh Cows

All young ages from to years old. one with
calf by her side, one fresh COW. others are close
springers l short horn Bull, coming years old.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20

The work on Steamer G.. F. Brady is
about completed and as soon as the
weather moderates and ice in the Della
ware river will permit, trips will be re-
sumed, During the Brady's rest, her
appearance has been much improved
by good coat of paint, we'll applied
under the supervision of Harvey Jones.
Everything necessary to be done has
been done and Steamer Brady will be
in frst-class shape to start in on her
Spring and Summer schedule.
Smyrna times., 1907-02-20
DELAWARE LEGISLATURE.
CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE

imprisonment and from 5000 to $500
fine is to be imposed upon any person
selling liquor in any district that votes
s'no license"
The Ordway new era., 1907-05-31

that could scarcely draw my breath
For an instant MacArdel sat ma one
petrined. and then. with muttered
cry. ne sprang over the rail and fol.
lowed the feeting things into the
blackness OF the overhanging trees.
was after him In bound. Run.
ming with all our speed. we saw the
creatures, whatever they were sail
malestically before MS as ON wings of
air until they reached the river. where.
In the full glare OF the moonlight.
they vanished suddenly under our very
eyes.
When ] overlook MacArdel he was
leaning heavily against tree trunk.
Sasping for breath
"Ware!" he said, as soon as he
could speak. That odor was the smell
OF the grave. There's nothing else like
IL, tell you, man. ! was coroner
for too many years and have opened
TOO many collins not to know IT,"
He sank to the ground from sheer
exhaustion.
moment later I heard a cracking
in the underbrush not far away and
with n shout, dashed into the bushes,
followed by MacArdel. Suddenly there
was glimpse OF white through the
leaves. and. with a warning cry. drew
my revolver and fired twice with care.
ful aim. The object In white fell to the
ground. and we were upon Il in an in.
stant. while the continued cracking of
branches showed that some one was
escaping at the top OF his speed.
The white object was a bundle OF
towels and odd pieces OF bed linen and
the articles were permeated by the
same indcscribable odor that we had
noticed as we pursued the feeting
creatures in white down the path to
the river.
MacArdel pokcd the parcel open with
stick and spread the pieces about in
the moonlight AS II filtered in through
the branches overhead. making bright
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the Storepeeker, caused Farmers te
bring in tons of butter and hundred!
of thousands of eggs, and chicken:
and other produce. The transforma
ton was quick from Dead Town te
Lively Small City. A high schoo,
was established. new churches built
and some of the pious people were
shocked to see an opera house erect
ed. The Panhandle & Skedunk rail
road. which for years had been run
ming 20 miles from the town sc
changed its route as to have it on the
main line. so the place had two rail
roads. Enterprising men who wanted
to locate in Live Town turned theiI
eyes toward the place. Soon there
was smoke from a half dozen big fac
tories. and in five years after the Pub
lic-spirited Citizen had started hii
store his old home town has increased
its population 1000 per cent. 1t wa:
no longer printed in little type on the
maps. but in capital letters.
MORAL-Do not underestimate the
possibilities of your community, oi
fail to develop them. No city wal
ever made great by its people buying
goods elsewhere.
D. NJ. CARR.
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soon he was taken in as n member OF
the firm. Age and hard knocks and
brushes with the business world de-
veloped in him marked business acu-
men. He forged to the front as
financier and public.spirited citizen.
As years passed he prospered. Early
and late he was ever looking after his
vast business interests. There were
times that he longed to be again in
the small home town. Often in his
youth he dreamed of some day being
chairman of the village board. Only
once SINCE parting from the old home
had he returned and then to find the
town just the same only little more
delapidated. and in the weed-over-
grown kirkyard the neglected graves
of his good parents.
Strenuous business life and assid-
ious attention to the accumulation of
capital without vacation. caused him
to suffer from what the doctors pro-
nounced neurasthenia, and advised
total rest from mental effort. The man
had labored too diligently in amass-
ing money. Residence in quiet place
was recommended and retirement from
all commercial worries. The Great
Merchant sold his vast interests to a
combine. and after careful thought,
concluded that he would seek rest and
a renewal of health in the town where
he at one time attended the little red
schoolhouse. and where in childish i'm
agination he would be powerful and
famous by becoming chairman of the
village board. Accordingly he retired
from the city. purchased the old home
stead where he was reared and picked
potatoes, and also built residence
and became Great Factor in the
town. Time had made few changes In
the landscape. Buildings and streets
were the same, only showing the raw
ages OF decay. The old stores were In
possession of the descendants OF the
owners who conducted them when he
was a boy. They were not doing the
business that they should. One great
was the town had rail
road. All about was suggestive OF
peace. 1t was an ideal place fora
man who desired to pass his declining
days in contemplation of the here
after. There, life was much like unto
death. There was fresh air In abund-
ance. All OF nature lavishly spent Its
beauty over the country and the town.
and even the weeds on the streets
were allowed to spring up, bloom and
reach Maturity without interruption
b. IN Suxth8, ,ur the aicis.
WILMA 3 Sear the Retired Dusiness
yfaa' ~ alned muck y ~ AZ. 4
tdm6G n & v na4 GA1th, MAblte a - 4
M y Y " bnfinSSs npeIled
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patches here and there under the
trees. Whether because of his startled
remark that this was The smell OF the
grave, or perhaps on account OF the
nervous strain to which ! had Just
been subjected. | was forced to view
this operation from a respectful dls-
tance and was glad when the investi-
CATION was completed.
Leaving the rags, for such they
were. strewn about as MacArdel had
scattered them, we returned in silence
to the house and reseated ourselves
on the veranda.
Mac" said abruptly. moment
later, do you know that we left TINS
place standing wide open and that
some one may be inside by this time!
Not much danger of that, SAID
MacArdel slowly. whoever was
around here is as far away by this
time as he can possibly get. Make no
mistake about it. Ware, those pieces
of cloth down there have been around
a corpse!"
shuddered in spite of myself. ana
we slept in the same room that night.
with the doors and windows bolted,
and a revolver under each of our pill
lows.
The Ordway new era., 1907-05-31
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A feeling of general weakness, poor
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You may think that they have no relation
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along, hoping all the time to feel better
soon. This is n mistake. for every ono
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Mr.. J. G. Havey, of 95 Willow St.,
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number Of years from general debility
and indigestion. was never free from
stomach trouble and my nerves were so
shattered that the least excitement un-
fitted mo for any serious work. My
sleep was restless on account of terrible
pains in the small of my back. These
pains would sometimes last for month
or two. Mysight grew weak, there SEEM
ing to be q blur constantly before my
eyes. / couldn't concentrate my mind
on my work, and the attempt to do SO
completely exhausted me.
II was finally forced to give mp
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DR.. Williams Pink Pills have long
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A pamphlet on Diseases Of the
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ested.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
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of price, 90 cents per box, six boxes for
g.. 80, by the DIR. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Ordway new era., 1907-05-31
CHAPTER x.
courtshIp and susiness.

Courtshlp and Business.
We breakfasted at Hoskins'. AS we
were rising from the table. MacArdei
said: i've got a trunk up at the sta
ton. l suppose can get somebody
around here to take it down to the
house."
There's an old fellow here VINO
drives what he calls an express. l
replied. II expect he'll attend to 1t
for you 49, ..
as we left the room and asked him
where we could find the stage driver
but his reply was far from encouras-
ing ,, .,a
"I5e didn't ct in till nigh mornins n
he's abed yet. His wagon's acut Nen
n, 6ara. "a u " want ~ nlsrn W
''Sss.rSeiv7s az ~ ~ trn1n ye'ls Es.s J. :
- 4 81. fur ~ 1 - - l'4 80. a.
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SAHARA GROWING oavrR.
French Observer says the oasss A.
Shrinking and viii Disappear.

G. F. Gautier. a French explorer. 70
authority for the statement that the
Sahara Is continuously becoming drier
to such an extent that the GASES are
perceptbly drying up and will disap-
pear altogether in a relatively short
time. He quotes historic records and
physical signs to show that springs
were at one time more plentiful than
now. and that the extent Of the
patches where vegetation hourishes
were much greater even 80 to 100
years ago.
As the climate of the region has un.
dergone no change In perhaps thou.
sands OF years. he believes that the
disappearance OF the water must bo
due to purely mechanical causes. He
considers that It is due to the con-
tlnual advance of the great sand
masses to the north. thus forming an
impenetrable barrier against the Wa
tershedof the Atlas mountains-N. Y.
Sun.
The Ordway new era., 1907-05-31

would keep his mind occupied. He
loved the old town. He saw that It
needed new life. He figured out that
there were 600 farmers In the neigh.
borhood. Each farmer surely spent
$50 month somewhere for supplies.
This meant a total OF $4,000 a month:
$360.000 year. Then the few hun
dred people In the town would add
other thousands to the volume of busi-
ness. Why not build great store and
supply the wants OF the people? He
would spend some money and build
up the town. He bought half block
on which three OF the stores stood.
He erected large brick building. and
soon he had installed in 1t great stocks
of goods. Other merchants in tho
town shook their heads. Tho Public
Spirited Man was certainly crazy.
Farmers when they came to town
looked up the big building with Won
der. The Weekly Mirror had to send
away for type to set up the page ad-
yertisement for the new store. and to
get new press for the printing OF cir
culars and posters.
One month after the opening OF tho
store the graveyard quietness OF the
town had passed away. Streets were
lined with the teams and the wagons
of the farmers. A new elevator for
grain had been started. The railroad
placed new switch in the yard to ac.
commodate the increased business,
The son OF the old town blacksmith
reopened the old shop closed for years
because of no trade. New life was
rapidly being injected into the place.
There was an election. A lot o!
newcomers selected the Public Spir
tied Citizen for chairman OF the town
board. He was elected. In six months
the streets were paved. an electric
| lighting plant was in operation. along
with a water works. The Great Store
keeper had a way of doing things. and
he did them. News OF the activity oi
the town reached nearby villages, and
the people came to see the Big Stor.
and to buy goods. A cold storage
| plant In connection with new com
mission house operated by friends o
The Ordway new era., 1907-05-31

"Oh. yes." said. "He was the first
to tell me about the ghosts at Carney
Croft: all that story of the Bruce
woman's prophecy that the place
would be haunted. you know"
"Humph!" said MacArdel. thought,
fully. And where's the Bruce woman
now?"
she lievs on the place yet | re.
Piled Miss Carney gives her the use
of little house and about 20 acres
of land rent free. and some man about
here works the property on shares for
her It's that hilly land about mile
east of the house. where the big elm
is. You remember. | told you the
new golf links would take in that tree
and the land around 1t.
Our return trip from the railway
station took us past Hoskins' again.
and that individual was summing him
self in front of the house as we drove
up.
by the way, Hoskins." said Mac
Ardel. stopping his horse and beckon'
Ing the man toward him. whats the
name of the fellow that owns this out
fit?"
"Jenks." said Hoskins, briefly.
Sam jerks. tn lazy cuss."
when is he going to marry the
widow" asked MacArdel, in a most
matter-of-fact way.
"I'hat's jest it," replied Hoskins In
obvious disgust. "You tell me an I'll
tell YOU Goodness knows; he's ben
a-sparkin' her long enough; ever sence
'baout month after her boy got kill
ed. S'pose he felt kinder sorry fer
her at first. an then. after time. he
began teh git mushy over it. ! wish
teh goodness he'd either marry her or
leave her alone! What with his gal
liyantin' all over the country with her
every week or ten days, an not gittin
his hoss In tn stable till nigh onto
daylight, there's no dependin' on him
teh meet tn trains or do anything
else, fur that matter! Here he is now,
abed an asleep. an ef 1t hadn't ben
fur you gents a-drivin' up teh TIL a
deapo, w, wouldnt ha. got no mail
tilf plght Ia ali ptobabillty.
VIVA sfnis ;xsihark ~ hshsd oHt two
msj Is \! tleh 4 4 ~ !! i q stssios 4 Fassssr
nv, 3SBp9 ~ ~ y ~ dray!eg tSay.
/! I, " "A, 4! Z
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HOME TRADE FABLE
HOW THE TRANSFORMATION OF
A TOWN WAS EFFECTED.
A STORY WITH A MORAL
One Public Spirited Citizen Who
Realized the Big Possibilities and
Cultivated the Field to Ad.
vantage.

Once upon n time tLere was a Man,
who in his youth was reared upon a
farm located near Small Town of
Great Promise. Two weeks In each
year when he was not saving wood.
feeding the stock or picking potatoes,
he was allowed to attend the little red
sshoolhouse In the town. BY hard la
Dor during the day. and persistently
reading a few old books which were
heirlooms in his family. and each week
absorbing the intelligence contained
In the Weekly Mirror. he. by the time
he could mark down his age at IS
years, had accumulated sufficient
knowledge TO run away from home
He wandered to a large city and there
his great muscular power assisted to
gain for himself a position as Chief
Scrubber in a large store. He had not
acquired the cigarette habit, and his
faithfulness TO his scrubbing brush.
and his unwillingness to know all
about his employers business. soon at.
tractcd the attention OF the Old Man,
and at the end of year he was pro.
NOTED to Head Rustler In the shipping
department at the large salary OF eight
dollars week.
His disregard for scooting when the
OF swelled head so pleased the Old
Man that from time to time the ambi-
tious youth was advanced until at the
end OF six years he was drawing the
biggest salary paid by the house. and
The Ordway new era., 1907-05-31

We decided that we were quite
equal to this task. and. proceeding to
the stable. undertook to hitch up" ON
our own account.
MacArdel did the driving, and I sat
on the seat behind him In all the glory
OF an escorted guest. As we turned
the corner Into the road that led to
the station. sudden gust OF wind
waited into my face the same indie
scribable odor that had Offended my
nostrils the night before and l called
him to stop.
Mac" | said. there's something
wrong here! | can get that confounded
smell again,"
He pulled up his horse with n Jerk
and. springing to the ground. began.
with me. to peer under the seats OF
the vehicle, A moment later he ex-
tracted from a pile OF blankets and
laprohes, bundle of white cloths
similar in appearance to those we had
discovered on the previous night. and
eXhaling the same odor,
Put them back" | exclaimed sud.
denly. and cover them up again. too.
After we get the trunk we can take
them to the house and see what they
are"
Great Idea" muttercd MacArdel,
only | was on the point of suggesting
1t myself, Get in here with me. The
airs better up front"
! clambcred into the seat by his side
and We proceeded on our way to the
station.
who is It that owns this turnout
asked MacArdel. DO you know any
thing about HIM"
Nothing more than that he makes
regular trips to and from the trains.
| replied. Runs sort of local express
you know. between the station and
Hoskins' hotel. Carries the mail and
passengers. II there are any"
Did you ever see him and talk tc
| him?' continued MacArdel.
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world,. SUBMARINE Gables.

The total length Of submarine
cables in the world is about 100000
kiloms-279 ,622 miles, of which 60 per
cent. are British. ten per cent. Ameri'
can, a little more than nine per cent.
French, and about seven per cent
German. A great advance in this do
main has been made during the last
few years by Germany. whose efforts
tend to constitute an Independent sys.
tem.-Memorial DiplomatiQue.
The Ordway new era., 1907-05-31
Civilization in Abyssinia.

A sawmill is already at work a
Ads Ababa, Abyssinia, and Greek ar
tisans are engaged in quarrying and
stone hewing. Machinery in connec
ton with house building generally is
likely to be in demand as soon as the
means of transport are simplified. The
government is already building in Eu
ropean style and stone houses may be
seen. some even of three stories in
height in the capital.
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Nothjno Dolno,

I've worked for the party faithfully
for the past 20 years" began the Of
fice.seeker. "and l can say with truth
that never once asked for any Of
flee" Glorious record" put In tho
party leader. Il wouldn't think OF
urging you to break 1t. Ks,p 1t up"
The Ordway new era., 1907-05-31

To improve the general health, take
the blood. eradicates rheumatism and
many chronic ailments and keeps tho
health good. Garfield Tea is made Of
herbs; It is guaranteed under the Pure
Food and Drugs Law. Garfield Tea Co.,
BROOKLYN NY
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praams. oo hx contrsrl.

"What do you suppose Is every Lon.
doner's day dream?"
II don't know. unless It Il to be
come = knight mayor."-Baltimors
The Ordway new era., 1907-05-31
TO CURE ECZEMA.

The one infallibls method By which
EcsefnA can b quickly and permAneutly
cured IL BY the use OF HEiskxLL'o OxNf.
MENT. For halfa century this greet romedy
OF every nature. Erysipela1s Tetter, uIcofAs
Pimplss, Ringworms Hlotchy 9kins EruE
i|sDs ESSSss ,s,s ss,s 3. S:ls s Ssq sSs ~
curative viiinss = HnisxnIi4 QINsssss
:nE ssf 4 H'nssn nssss sS
32s 81 ssss s'5 IS se' e Z I : - = osr.sss,
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