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Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

never WAS D6Ib6r ClaQco TO get q
telephone than right now. Get rates.
The first section of the new Pennsyl-
vania Railroad station in Wilmington
was thrown open for use at $50 o'clock
Monday morning and at the same time
the south bound section of the elevated
system was put in service. When the
northbound d track is finished there will
be complete elevated railroad system
in the city. About 100 Wilmingtonians
went to Edge Moor and bought tickets
in order to ride on the first train to the
new station. Others rode to Newport.
The first ticket bought at the new sta
tion was by Detective W. T. Jones, of
the company's force, who also pur-
chased the last ticket sold at the old
station and he will keep them as SOU
venirs. About 1000 people gathered at
the station to see the trains come in on
the elevated. The temporary station
will be torn down a rapidly as possible
so that the new one can be finished.
The part to be erected will be larger
than the section already finished and
will contain frst-class restaurant.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

PersOnal:-Mr. William A. Flemming
Of Wilmington was in Clayton Monday.
Mr.. John B. Book of Wilmington,
trainmaster Of the Delaware Division
was in Clayton Tuesday.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

j. Pierce Gamble, of Wilmington,
has purchased the barber business of
Mr.. Bramble, who has accepted posi-
tion i'll Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

Messrs. Baker and Walls shipped a
car load of canned tomatoes from their
Clayton factory on Monday.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

Messrs. John l.. Graham, Eugene
Mabrey, James ID. Wright and William
Blair were in Philadelphia and Will
mington Monday and Tuesday, per-
fecting plans and arrangements for
the new tomato cannery to be located
at Blackistons. A meeting with the
farmers of that vicinity will be ap-
pointed in the near future, to complete
the arrangements with them, and con-
tract for the crops of 1907. Blackistons
is a central point for a number of large
and exceedingly fertile farms, and a
canning factory at that place would be
a great convenience to number of en-
terprising farmers, and we have nc
doubt but that the above named gentle
men will make this enterprise sue
cess.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30
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 oD each box. 25c.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

The interest in the revival service at
St. Paul M. E. Church still continues,
the house being filled nearly every
night.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

You can phone easier and better than
you can write and the answer comes
direct.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

The farmhouse without a phone is
isolated and dreary.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

Don't annoy your neighbor any
longer. Get phone of your own.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

No home is completely furnished
until phone has been installed,
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

Accidents happen. A telephone
brings aid at once.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30
CLAYTON .

All orders for Subscriptions or Job Work
or any News Items left with NIL. Nudge
will receive prompt attention.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

Want market report? Phone and you
get it.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

Anybody can afford a phone. Get
prices.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

Mr.. John Cohee Of Dover has taken
the contract to move the house recently
purchased by Mr.. VIM. 7. Dayett, and
has commenced the work. Mr.. George
Warner of Clayton will furnish motive
power with his large traction engine.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

The recent cold snap is responsible
for the resharpening of the ice hook,
and number of our citizens are filling
their ice houses with ice about four
inches thick.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

Want groceries? All grocers have
phones. Put one in your home.
Smyrna times., 1907-01-30

Never was a better chance to get a
telephone than right now. Get rates.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28

surface. The first evidence that the
terminals are infested with larvae is
the stunted, unhealthy appearance of
the young growth at the tip, which
will gradually die, the needles turning
yellowish and later brownist.
The time of development of the
broods to adults will be indicated by
the first appearance of dead tips.
The damage and loss. as affecting
the commercial tree, consists not only
in the death Of the terminal shoots,
but In subsequent abnormal develop
ment of the trees so injured. The
dying of the leading shoot throws the
next years growth into the upper lat
eral shoots, which results in forked
and many-branched top. Each branch
produces vigorous terminal, and all
compete for leadership in forming the
crown. In succeeding years the more
vigorous terminals of the topmost
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
WAGE WAR ON THE
WHITE-PINE TREE WEEVIL
Attacks Prevent Straight Trunk
BY A. ID. Hopkins In Charge Forest Insect
Investigations.

The white-pine weevil is a some
what elongate, brownish snout beetle,
4 to 5 nm. in length, having the
thorax and elytra marked with irreg-
ular spots Of brown and white scales
Gig. 1, al. The winter is passed in
the adult stage, evidently in the
ground. The beetles come out of their
winter quarters and fly early in May,
and after feeding for a few days on
the bark Of the living white-pine
terminal shoots deposit their eggs in
punctures in the bark of the shoot of
the previous years growth, placing
one or two eggs in pit or cavity in
the inner bark made by the beak of
the mother beetle. In from six to ten
days the eggs begin to hatch into
snail white grubs (larvae). which at
first are usually found In large mum.
bers feeding upon the inner bark and
cambium (see fig. p. They usually
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
WOMEN IN MEDIEVAL TIMES.
In Many Ways They Had Easier Lives
Than Their. Descendants.

The women of the sixteenth century
and earlier times had easier lives than
those of our generation. To be sure,
there are hundred labor saving de-
vices to-day which were unknown to
them. But in at least two important
respects they had the advantage over
their descendants. They waged no
conflict against dirt such as we carry
On from morning till night. The Eliz-
abethan had no prejudice against gar
bage in his front yard. vermin in his
bedroom, decaying rushes on the floor
OF his banquet hall, oil soiled lace in
his sleeves. The strength of arm and
spirit which now goes to keeping clean
was left to the medieval lady for other
tasks. Moreover although her cloth
ing was gorgeous-rich with embroid-
cry and lace, and heavy with jewels
it was not subject-to rapid changes of
fashion. The cut of sleeve or the
hang of skirt was settled for five
years rather than five months. Life
was then free from the modern terror
OF looking like last years rag bag"
Youths Companion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
N6U51RY g.
flElHhEk5S
NOVEL TRUCK.
Designed Especially for Handling
Cases on Stairways.

4
In buildings where there are no ele-
vators the problem of transferring
large packing cases and similar bulky
articles to the upper floors is a per-
picking one.
Generally it is necessary to open the
case on the ground floor and transfer
the contents in sections. The ordinary
two-wheel truck is practically useless
in such emergencies, and only of slight
use in hauling the cases down the
steps. A truck that should prove sue
cessful for either hauling cases up or
down steps is shown in the accom-
panyillustration, the invention Of a
California man. The inventor utilizes
six wheels, three on each side. Each
wheel revolves on an extension Of the
axle. The position assumed by the
wheels OF this truck on stairway is
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
ALL RELIGIONS IN LONDON.
Faithist Community Latest Addition
to Its Queer Sects.


The Faithist community which has
established a modest footing in Bal
ham, and whose comprehensive gospel
ranges from the creation of man to
the glory and labors of the gods and
goddesses of the Etherian heavens" is
the latest addition to the long list of
London's religious sects, which are
now almost as many as the days of
the year. In London the Chinaman
burns his incense stick in more than
one joss-house in the east end, the Ma
hometan has his mosque, the Malayan
his temple, near ST. Georges street
east; the Parsees worship the sun in
Bloomsbury, the Mormons have mis-
sion in Islington, and in many parts
OF the metropolis the Buddhists and
Ancestor Worshipers perform their
strange rites. OF Christian sects in
London there are at least 800, includ-
ing the Cokelers. the disciples of Will
liam Sirgood, the Walworth shoe
maker; the Peculiar People, who pre-
fer prayer to physicians; the Sande-
manians, the followers of Joanna
Southcott, the prophetic serving
maid; the Shakers and the Seventh
Day Baptists.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28

norance or for mercenary reasons .xro
opposing the sale of all household
remedies, tohy Is it NOT equally neces-
sary for patients to knoic the compo-
sition of the remedy prescribed by a
physicidn? Does any sane person be-
lieve that the opium in physicians
prescription is less potent or less like
ly to create a drug habit than the OPT
um in proprietary medicine? As a
matter of fact. more opium -addicts
and coccin-ffends hare been made
through the criminal cdrelessness of
ignorant physicians than By any other
means
Unquestionably, there are number
of proprietary remedies on the market
the sales of which should be prohibit
ed, and no doubt they will be when
the requirements of the Food and
Drugs Act are rigidly enforced; many
are frauds, pure and simple, and some
are decidedly harmful. OF the aver
age proprietary remedy, however, it
may truthfully be said that it is dis
tinctly better than the average physi-
clans prescription; for not only is its
composition less secret, but it is pre-
pared for the proprietor by reputable
manufacturing pharmacists in magnifi-
Gently equipped laboratories and un-
der the supervision and advice of able
chemists. competent physicians and
skillful pharmacists. 1t should not be
considered strange, therefore, that so
many physicians prefer to prescribe
these ready-prepared proprietary rem
edies rather than trust those of their
own devising
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
THE LOAD OF THE LAZY.
This Man Worked Hard in His Own
Particular Way.

One of the neighborhood loafers sat
comfortably smoking his foul pipe, &C
cording to his daily custom, in the pre-
scription room of a drug store. He
was soliloquizing aloud to the clerk.
Here is a sample of his sound, con-
tented philosophy: III tell you what.
A man is mighty miserable if he amt
got nothin' to do, when he amt work
in at somethin'. l know tive tried
both ways an l find that there amt
nothin' that makes man more miser-
able than doin' nothin But, you
know. there's two kinds of work; one
of them is where teller goes to work
at six in the morSin' an works with
his hands till six at night. The other
is where Teller sits around an thinks
| amt never happy unless I'm work
in, but / don't believe in that first
kind of work. believe in thinkin' all
day long, an that's harder than the
other kind, can tell you-you just
try it if you don't believe me; a man
is mighty miserable when he amt
workin'."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
Polishing Small Articles.

1t is said that high polish may be
obtained after nickel plating on
small steel articles. such as screws,
by tumbling them with leather and dry
rouge. The articles are placed in a
tumbling barrel with leather scraps.
Some dry rouge is put into the barrel
along with the screws and leather and
the whole Is tumbled for some time.
The rouge coats the surface of the
leather, and> causes It to act like a
polishing wheel. Canvas scraps may
be used in place of leather.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
USE OF BUILDING TILE.
The Method Of constructing Fireproof
Buildings.

The elimination Of the fire hazard
in modern buildings is based upon the
principle that all supporting iron or
steel Orders, columns, and beams
must be protected from fire by some
material which is a poor conductor of
heat and not easily disintegrated or in
jured by high temperatures. Burned
clay materials, such as fat, hollow.
porous. and semi-porous terra Gotta
blocks. and certain grades of burned.
bricks. are commonly employed for
this purpose. Owing to the relative
lghtness of these materials and their
high fire-resisting qualities, most steel
frameworks of large buildings are in
cased in hollow or fiat terra Gotta
tiles laid in cement mortar. Many of
these clay tiles and blocks are burned
in the making to 2.00O-2,500 degrees,
so that in any fire they will not crum-
Bile or crack at temperature below
that to which they were originally sub
jected.-Scientific American.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28

How to rid its right of way of weeds
so tall, rank and troublesome as to in
terfere with the operation of trains
has been solved by one Of the big
western railroads by the invention OF
a machine that does the work of 900
men day.
The new gasoline weed burner Gov
ers rs miles in IL hours, while hereto
fore it has required. a gang of 16 men,
working a full day, to cut the weeds
from a single mile of track.
The weed burner is built entirely OF
steel, with regulation trucks. At one
end is a gasoline engine, used for pro.
pelling the car and pumping the ali
which forces gasoline to the burners,
spreading out near the ground. When
at work the weed burner runs three or
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
Used Them for lnsoles.

r The American consul at Nankin ut.
tiers caution to his fellow country.
men, who spend lavishly on illustrated
catalogues, on thick paper, handsome
ly bound, which appear to be highly
priced by the Chinese at Nankin,
where the supply is at times unequal
to the demand. AS the English Ian.
guage is not yet general accomplish
ment among the citizens, the consul
made inquiries. and discovered that
the leaves Of the catalogues were be.
ing used as inside soles for shoes.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28

work downward and sometimes extend
their work into the bark Of the two
year-old stem and base of the
branches. BY the time the larvae
have completed their development
Zig. 1, b. they are greatly reduced in
numbers by natural enemies and other
causes. The survivors burrow into
the wood or pith of the terminal and
excavate Individual transformation
cells. which they line and cover with
excelsior-like borings. In these cells
Fey transform to pupae (see fig, 1, g
bid adults, and during July and Au-
gust of the same year, when the adults
are fully matured, they bore their way
out and seek suitable places in which
to pass the winter.
The white pine Is the tree normally
attacked, but the weevil Is occasion
My found in the terminals or top
host branches of the native and cul
tivated spruces, the jack pine, and
very rarely in the pitch pine or other
eastern pines. The attack is confined
to the small, to large sapling and pole
stages In the development Of the tree.
Our records indicate that this weevil
follows the natural range Of the white
pine from southwestern North Caro-
lima into New Brunswick and Canada
and westward into Wisconsin.
The first evidence of attack on the
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In Praise of the Pie.

Laura Simmons tells in an article
why good New Englanders should
stick to pie, and calls attention to the
fact that Emerson ate it three times
day, and says that pie is the ladder
by which New England has climbed
to its place of proud eminence She
questions whether any sensible per-
son was ever known to forage at the
midnight hour for predigested cereals
or the innocuous prune She does not
believe that many New England ances-
tors died of apoplexy. due to pie, but
-counsels all to go on pie-eating, despite
the fact that the Fat has gone forth
that it is vulgar to eat pie.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
Caution in Electric Traction.

Caution In Electric Traction.
Attention is called in the Electrical
Review to certain sources of danger
in electric traction which may easily
be avoided by experienced drivers. One
of the most insidious of these is the
high rate Of acceleration possessed by
the electric motor Engineers accus-
toned to steam locomotives have to
learn TO allow for this. For instance,
in rounding curve it is often neces-
sary to throw on power to overcome
the increased resistance An engineer
trained to use steam may be uncon-
scious of the rapid gathering Of speed
by the electric motor. and throw on
the power too soon or too strongly.
4 popularity of the electric engine Is
that the lower the speed the greater
the power that can be delivered tn tho
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28

four miles an hour. but can make a
speed of from IL to Is miles, and is
handled on the road under regular
train orders.
Tanks carried on the car platform
contain enough gasoline for a days
run. Through rows Of burners spread
ing well beyond the rails. the flaming
gasoline is forced downward into the
weeds, killing root and branch, while
the old process did not stop future
growth.
{ 1t is not uncommon on western
branch lines. sidings and commercial
tracks to see weeds from three to
seven feet high, which form a great
obstruction to train movement, cause
slippery rails and make operation dim
cult. The weed burner is therefore
solution of serious railroad problem.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28

branches are attacked and killed,
causing more branches, and thus effec-
tually preventing the development of
the normal straight trunk and SYM
metrical crown necessary to a tree of
commercial value y
In the successful control of this
pest, as in the control of forest in
sects in general, much depends on
special features in the general methods
of forest management. which will
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28


Eight-Year-old Top of Large sapIine.
Result Of Killed Terminal Shoot in
(Original.)
bring about unfavorable conditions for
injury and thus prevent loss.
1t will also be seen how important
it is to know the principal facts in re-
gard to the life history and habits of
the insect, in order to secure the best
results from methods of management
and of direct control.
Heretofore this species has been
confused with another species with
very different habits, and some of the
published data and recommendations
based on such confusions are of no
value.
The only practical method of de-
stroying the weevil appears to be the
treatment Of the infested terminals,
and to secure the best results special
attention must be given to certain i'm
portant details.
If the infested terminals are cut or
broken during June and July and
burned, the broods of the weevil will
be effectually destroyed, but vast num-
bers of natural enemies will also be
destroyed. A better method is to col
lect the terminals during the first half
OF July before the beetles begin to
emerge and to place them In tight bar
rels securely covered with wire fly
screen netting on one or both ends.
The barrels should be left In the
groves, so that the parasites and 9TH
er enemies may escape, while the
beetles perish. After the LIST of Oc-
tober the weevils will all be dead. and
the netting may then be removed. al
though the barrels with their contents
should be left until the following June
to allow the escape Of the later devei-
oping and larger parasites. The bar
rel should not be placed in a position
to collect rain. It is necessary. how
ever, If this method be adopted. that II
be repeated two or three years in sue
cession in the same locality, in order
to catch the successive broods from
the old parent beetles that live over
from preceding years
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
/ motors. and consequently the greater
the effect that they develop.
Wool Trade.

The wool trade Of 1906 was good for
the growers. as fleece brought rs to
70 cents per pound, such as In 1901
would have commanded only eight
cents. says the London Financial
Times, which adds that, on the other
hand, neither yarn spinners nor man.
ufacturefs can honestly say It has
been good time with them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
Adjustable Drawing Board.

some hardwood like ash or maple for
the supports will combine nghtness
with strength. If the whole Is fast
ened together with one-duarter by
two-inch stove bolts, instead OF nails,
it can be taken apart readily and
packed in very small space.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28

Newly Matched larvae at work In vigor-
Gus terminal shoot OF white pine. (Au-
thor's illustration.)
living terminals is the emulation of
fresh, clear and shining drops Of
resin. Upon closer examination fresh
pinhole-like punctures are found in the
bark. and at the same time the incon-
spieuous beetles may be found on the
terminal: but upon the approach of
the observer the beetles win often let
go their foothold and fall to the
ground. where they viii feign death.
In q few days after the first attack
the injured terminals will have the
resin more or less abundant and con-
spicuous over the greater part OF the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28

clearly shown by the dotted lines in
the illustration. All jolts and jars are
obviously eliminated, insuring safety
to the contents of the case on the
truck. In addition, no unnecessary
strain is placed on the operator, it be-
ing possible for one man to handle
large, heavy articles with the truck.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28
OF pinerent cauae.

The railroads of England and Ire
land are of different gauge. Those OF
Ireland are five feet three inches ami
England four feet eight and one-half
inches.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28

Here is another style OF table, adj
Unstable for both height and slant,
which presents the advantage of be-
ing made easily of wood. says Popular
Mechanics. The cut needs no expIana-
ton. Any wood may be used, but
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28

this country have their remedies made
for them by large, reputable manufac-
turing pharmacists. But even should
patient be able to recognize the
names of the ingredients mentioned in
a formula be would only know half
the story. 1t is seldom, for instance,
that alcohol is specifically mentioned
in prescription, for it is usually
masked in the form of tinctures and
fluid extracts, as are a great many
other substances 1t is evident, there
fore, that the ordinary formulated pre-
scription is, to the average patient, lit
tie less than a secret remedy or nos
trum.
On the other hand, the formulate of
nearly all the proprietary medicines
that are exploited exclusively to the
medical profession as well as those.
of a large percentage of the proprie-
tary remedies that are advertised to
the public (the so-called patent medi-
cines) ss-e published in full. Under
the Food and Drugs Act, every medi-
cinal preparation entering interstate
commerce is now required to have the
proportion or quantity of alcohol.
opium, cocain and other habit-form-
ing or harmful ingredients which it
may contain plainly printed on the
label. As physicians prescriptions.
seldom or never enter interstate. COM
merce they are practically exempt un-
der the law. And If it be necessary
for the public to know the compost
ton of proprietary remedies, as is
contended by those who through ig-