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impressed upon the public. The psycO-
pathic institute. II established. among
Its other uses. would serve TO educate
these same physicians in the treatment
of insanity by anording contact with
the disease in its incipiency. Nearly all
cases Of insanity first come under the
eye Of the family physician. who quite
frequently does not understand the real
nature Of the complaint, and the dis
ease is allowed 10 progress until II takes
"a more firm hold upon the victim and
becomes, accordingly, more difficult Of
final cure
The hospital I suggest would make
T. possible for these cases TO be brought
Immediately under the care OF experts,
men who are COnVersant with insanity
IN its every form, and within a few
weeks time scores Of patients who are
now sent 10 insane asylumS could be re-
turned nome, sound and well, without
ever having suffered the ignOminy Of
having been confined in one Of the
places.
''No better Illustration OF the proof
OF this statement could be found than
that afforded by a similar institution IN
New York. The Albany Psycopathic
Hospital. according 10 statistics at hand,
has made the remarkable record OF cur
ing without confinement in any State
p
sent IL for tTea tmeut. In the District OF
Columbia. in the absence OF such an In
sututiOn, we are practically committing
10 St. Elizabeth's our 100 per cent
Insanity Allowed to Get Worse.
Take a common sense view OF the
matter from the layman's standpoint"
continued the doctor. a patient de-
velopments symptoms Of mild insanity
II is a disease and yet if a man Is ever
confined In an asylum the stigma re-
mains through life. Accordingly, the
family pOstpones commitment until the
very last moment-until the unfortunate
becomes violent. During this time the
man and his disease has been going
from bad to worse. receiving such at
tentlon as the family physician. who
may not understand TIE maladv. can af-
fore When his reason is perhaps hope
lessly gone, he is sent to an asylum,
where he may remain for life
The layman can appreciate the fact
thar It viii do q mildly insane man no
good to cOnfine him in crowded quar-
teTs with hundreds Of other patfentS
more or less violent. True the asvIuus
divide the patients into groups, accord
ing to the severity Of the attacks. but
Il may be readily seen that a man Suf-
Iering from hysteria or delirium ire
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while Il is easily read and extremely
neat the time consumed in writing does
not justify these qualities IL they can be
obtained by any other more rapid sys-
TEN.
The members OF the Board OF Educa-
zion claim that the half-slant they have
adopted for the city schools Will not
lose, any OF the clsarness and distinct
ness Of the vertical system, but on the
other hand a great increase in speed
Will be attained and the general appear
ancc OF the writing VIII be greatly i'm
proved.
There viii be none Of the severe lines
that characterize the vertical writing
and as q whole Il VIII be more grace
ful.
Freedom Of arm movement is essen
tial 70 rapid writing. and the holf-slant
Is written entirely II this way while
the vertical system was almost com
pletely written With the fingers.
This new system viii be begun at the
opening Of the city schools, Septem-
Der %
The Washington times., 1907-09-10
Human Sea Wins
Its Strike For
Electric Fans

NEW YORK, Sept. 1o.-By accedIng 10
demands OF the eighteen canvas wave"
men al the HippodrOme. the manage
ment has prevented a strike and saved
their snipwreck scene in Neptune s
Daughter"
The eighteen men are employed TO lie
on their backs IN the shipwreck scene
and manipulate the canvas waves by
wildly moving theirs arms back and
forth. While the scene looks cool and
comfortable 10 the audience. IL is so not
and close under the waves that a dele
cation Of the men notified Stage Di-
rector Temple that they wanted electric
fans placed on both sides OF the stage
90 send "a current OF air under the can
vas. They also made & demand for Is
cents a performance IN warm weather.
After short strike these were granted
The Washington times., 1907-09-10
FATALITY LIST
Of AUTO RACES
GROWS RAPIDLY
Another Victim Dies
Many Others Serious
ly Injured at Pitts
burg Track.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Sept. 10.-Another
name was added today 10 yesterdays
automobile fatality list when another
victim died Of his injuries received in
an accident at midnight One Of the
others is expected 70 die.
The dead.
MISS HELEN WILLIAMS. Allie
gheny. fractured skull. died today at
St. Johns Hospital.
The injured:
MISS LAURA BELL. body crushed,
probably will die
CHARLES KUHNs. bruised about
the body.
FRANK DoNNELLY. badly crushed
about the body.
SADIE DONNELLY. crushed about
the body.
The car, a big touring automobile,
struck a curb as the driver tried TO
make a corner at high speed. All the
occupants were hurled out, striking tel
egraph poles.
They were hurried to st. Johns
Hospital.
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Washington S c h o OILS
Adopting Much Faster
Style of PenmanShip.

The death knen Of the vertical sys-
TEN Of writing that school children have
been taught for the past twelve years,
has been sounded, ard now the Wash
ington schools, Ike others throughout
the country, are changing from that
style 70 a half slant
This cnango IS not a mere passing
within on the part Of those IN authority,
but is being adopted only after a thor
ough canvass Of the business men who
have clerks who use the vertical system.
Almost without exception the verdict
Of these men has been that the YER
teal writing is entirely too slow. and
The Washington times., 1907-09-10
EIGHT LIVES LOST
IN BUDAPEST FIRE

BUDAPEST, Hungary. Sept I0-Cut
of from all escape by the flames which
euveloped every stairway, eight work
men persisted and thirty others were
which practically destroyed 4 steam mill
al Raal. Hungary.
The mill was crowded when the
flames were discovered. Many were on
upper floors. A few managed 70 get
down the blazing stairways A rush
was made for huge fire escape on the
side Of the building. Under the weight
Of the frtg htened men, IL collapsed.
Several OF the dead we're taken from
the ruins Of the FIRE escape. ana many
OF ire most seriously injured were hurt
IN the fall It Is believed the mill was
Set on fire by strikers.
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tack the vital organs, causing catarrh Of
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement Of the kidneys and
cure IS obtained quickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. IF you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake by
taking DR.. Kiimer's Swamp-ROot, the
great kidney. liver and bladder remedy.
It corrects inability 10 hold urine and
scalding pain in passing it, and over
comes that unpleasant necessity Of being
compelled to 90 often through the day,
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect OF. Swamp-Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant 10 take and is
sold by all druggists in ffty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about It,
both sent free by mail. Address, DR.. Kill
mer & Co., Binghamton, y. Z. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, SwamD--
Root, Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the
address, Bi1ghamton, n. Y, on every
bottle.
The Washington times., 1907-09-10
AUTO AS PEACE GIFT
FAILS TO STOP DIVORCE

ANDERSON. Ind, Sept lO.-Even
though John Sinner. a well-knovn wire
fence manufacturer gave his wife an
automobile recently as a peace offering.
she has instituted a suit for divorce.
alleging he has been intoxicat ted for
two years. She asks for s.. 600 alfmonv.
Fern Sinner. the vaudeville actress. is
their daughter.
Two years ago Sinner sold his fence
factory 10 his brother Clarence for $50 .
eco and purchased the Bijou Theater in
TINS city. He spent a large amount of
money remodeling it.
The Washington times., 1907-09-10

mems or drug insanity. could not pos
siDly be benefited by coming In contact
with other inmates whose every cutlery
would be new hsllucinatiOn 20 him"
377 Committed Last Year.
Tie report Of Dr. Robins shows that
the annual commitments have Increased
from 1913 IN 1896 to 81 in 1906. The high
water mark was reached in 1904 when
total OF 457 patients were committed
20 St. Elizabcth's. Since the year 1866
there has been a slight yearly decline
DIT Robins states that under the pres
ent system Of committing patients Il
IS impossible for him 70 obtain informa-
ton as to the causes Of insanity in the
district, for the reason above mentioned
tnat so many physicians neglect 10 give
certificates
In the event Of the establishment of
the observation hospital II IL planned 20
send all suspected patients to that insti-
Gnou where careful sudy would be
made Of these matters. Commitment
70 the asylum would be a last resort
when II was found impossible 70 bring
about cure otherwise.
West Comments on Report.
Commissioner West. in speaking Of DR..
Robins report. said.
Commissioner 10 sign what seems to be
very large number Of commitments
TO the insane asylum" said Cor.:ais-
sioner West today, led me 10 suggest
that committee be appointed 20 look
into the causes OF insanity in the Dis
tTict OF Columbia, and the increase of
the disease IN the last ten years The
interestins-and valuable advance report
submitted 20 the Commissioners by DR..
Robins makes II very clear that under
the present methods IL Is almost i'm
possible 70 secure adequate information
as 10 the causes OF insanity here.
1T would seem as II the certificates
upon which persons are committed 10
( the insane asylum should give ample
Information instead OF being confined TO
[ q mere skeleton Of facts. which seems
/ 70 be the case. DR.. Robins suggestion
as TO the establishment of q psvchO-
pathlc or observation hospital to which
persons IN the incipient stages OF in
sanity could be committed for treat
ment is one that ought 70 attract gen
eral commentator.
DR.. Robins presents important data
rs 10 what Is being done ~ this coun-
I Try and elsewhere, showing the modern
/ treatment Of insane cases. / sincerely
nope that the work OF this committee,
which has been purely a labor OF love,
! VII result in definite Improvement Of
the methods and conditions
The Washington times., 1907-09-10
BISHOP wILBERFoRCE DEAD.

LONDON, Sept. IO.-The bishop Of
Chichester, Right Rev Ernest Roland
Wilberforce, died yesterday at Benz
bridge. Isle Of Wight
The Washington times., 1907-09-10
-FOUR ARE DROWNED
AFTER EXPLOSION

SAGINAW, Mich. Sept. 1.-Two
young men and two girls were drowned
In the Saginaw river last night. when
a gasolene tank exploded II power
launch in which they were riding.
Il is thought that the tank caught IRE
from one OF the boats signal lights.
The Washington times., 1907-09-10
CANADA HAS 100000 PEOPLE.

Through consular agencies 1t is re-
ported that the population of Canada
has just been estimated by its officials
at 6,5o4,900, an increase OF 4 per cent
IN six years.
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tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by it-heart dis
ease, pneumonia,
heart failure or
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble 3
acknowledgements
neutrality-suspicious.
ed blood will at
The Washington times., 1907-09-10
10 Carry Biograph CameTa.
Navy Is Interested.

The navy, too, is watching the expert
ments of Captain Lovelace with much
interest. At the invitation OF the officers
Of several OF the battleships stationed
in Hampton Roads he has talked TO
them about the value Of airships as ad-
JunCts TO the navy. Within five years
time every battleship in the American
navy viii be equipped with one or more
dirigible airships. is the prediction of the
captain.
The Washington times., 1907-09-10
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decen-
The Washington times., 1907-09-10
ACCIDENT DELAYS
WASHINGTON TRIP
BY AERONAUTS
Captain Lovelace Plans to
Take BiOgraph Pictures
of Earth.

NORFOLK. Va. Sept. 10-Israel Lud-
lows aeroplane has been wrecked again
and another ascension, preparatory 20
the contemplated flight to Washington,
viii have 10 be postponed until repairs
can be made.
The big aeroplane resting on two ma
val cutters was towed from the James
town Exposition grounds by the torpedo
boat Gwinn. Just as the airship began
10 rise one side Of It caught on one Of
the cutters and FIVE men were dumped
into Hampton Roads. One OF them-S.
X Rosenberger. of the Signal Corps.
who was caught under tile acceptance
had a fight for his life. The machine
was toWed back, AMI as soon as il reach
ed the wharf a storm came up. wreck
ing the aerOplane. II will be rebuilt
Capt. 7. T. Lovelace. who Is IN charge
Of balloons, airships. and kites at the
exposition will make the daring sail TO
Washington. The flight viii be made as
soon as the flying machine can be got
ten ready and weather conditions are
fsvora bie
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24

It's refreshing in these times of
personal ambitions and graft to find
men who look at office as a public
trust and whose probity is always
manifest Just now in this state,
says the Sunday Star. CDR. Al
bert Robin, bacteriologist of the
Wilmington Water Department,
is receiving much merited praise
for his voluntary REIMBURSEMENT of
a part of the compensation hereto
fore paid to him as a public officer.
DIR. Robin has found that he is en-
abled to devote a considerable por-
ton of his time to private practice,
without neglecting his official duties
and in taking the course he did he
was merely recognizing and apply
ing the plainest principles of per
Sonal probity. But just the same,
his conduct in this respect is suf-
fciently unique to attract pointed
attention. Delaware is fortunate
in possessing at least three men 70
this stamp: DR.. Theodore R. Wolf,
of Delaware College, who requested
the Legislature last winter to re
duce his fee for phosphate analysis
Francis NJ. Walker, Esq, Register
of Wills, who was instrumental il
having the compensation of hi'
office reduced, and DR.. Robin
whose action has just been cited
What other State can produce three
men to match them?"
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24

In e1ecting Miss Anna Bell Beck
EFT teacher of the third and fourth
grades of the Smyrna Public
Schools, the Board of Education
has acted wisely. Miss Beckett
has had experience and training
and is thoroughly competent to
teach the branches of study re-
quired. In addition to this she is
fond of children, knows how to
gain and hold their attention. She
will be a valuable acquisition to
the High School Faculty and in
every particular her appointment
is receiving the hearty approval oi
the public. We congratulate Miss
Beckett and trust her work will be
fruitful of good results.
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24

STORE CLOSES DAILY AT S P M. SATURDAYS At p. M.
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24
THE TELEPHONE.
What It Mears When the Operator An
nounces "L inc Busy"

What 1t Means When the Operator An
nounces "Line Busy"
1t is easier for an operator to estab
lish connection than reply, Line
busy" Recollection of this simple fact
may perhaps smooth out the asperities
of state of mind evoked by a hasty
conclusion that the operator simply is
shirking. Follow a call into the main
exchange, for example. You ask for
a certain number The operator i'm
mediately informs you the line is busy.
How does she know? Simply by lit
tie admonitory click in the receiver
when she tries to plug in" on the
line asked for. She cannot tell you
who is talking on the line, how long it
has been in use or how long 1t is likely
to be "busy." All the information she
possesses is a click, but it is sufficient
to advise her that some one of the $50
other operators in. the exchange had a
Z prior call from or to that number.
Had the line been clear the effort to
| complete the connection would have
been no greater than that required to
get the click; hence the task of inform
] ing caller that the line is busy is just
so much extra labor-in fact, it In
wolves a double burden, as the sub
scriber will usually repeat the call un
til he is able to transact his business
Obviously, therefore, the desire Of the
operator is to establish the connection
when it is first called for. She has nc
! motive in doing OtherWise.-Te
Talk.
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24

The right kind of advertising
will make itself worth buying. If
you can get good enough adver-
tising for SI.oo week, pay So. 90
or $500 # the increase amount
will gc -.- 4.ud Of advertising or
the amount of advertising that will
make the investment profitable.
Better spend $500 a week for ad-
Vertising that pays profit than
s. 90 a week for advertising that
doesn't. Don't say you haven't
time to write your advertisements.
You have time to wait on custom
ers when they come into the store,
and you make the best use Of your
experience as a salesman i'll hand
ling these customers. Then why
shouldn't you have time, or take
time, to wait on the many possible
customers whom you might talk tC
through The Smyrna Times, Some
merchants seem to consider theii
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24

The Street Committee of the
SMYRNA Town Council have great
deal to accomplish between now
and late Fall and the opinion pre-
walls that the sooner they get to
work the better. With full power
and authority to macadamize Com
merce street from Delaware to Main
and to plow, grade and put other
streets of Smyrna in repair to say
nothing of the bad Pavements here
there and everywhere, it would ap-
pear hat it was high time to get to
work. Our street committee could
accomplish much more than they
do if they would meet, consult and
do something. But then the COM
mittee has a reputation for tardiness
and it is only by the continual
prodding of other members of the
Council that they get along at all.
The Street Department is one OF
the most important branches of our
town government and it is a pity
that we do not have a wide awake
chairman to push things. Now is
the time to fix our streets and pave
ments and the sooner it is done the
better
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24

advertising a necessary bother and
a necessary expense-and because
they never went at it enthusiast
cally and judiciously they do not
know what splendid salesman ad-
vertising can be.
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bulletin.
THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION.

The Jamestown Exposition, celebrating the ThreeHun-
dredt Anniversary of the English settlement Jamestown
Island of particular interest to all residents of the Eastern
Shore.
From the little colony which landed just within the shores
of Chesapeak Bay sprung the civilization which extended
through the Virginias, Maryland and Delaware.
The Exposition is easily accessible from all parts of the
Shore by the fine service of the Cape Charles Route
(Pednsylvania Railroad and New York Philadelphia and
Norfolk Railroad Companes)
Season and Thirty Day excursion tickets sale at
reasonable rates which makes trip the Exposition within
the reach of all.
The hotel accommodations at the Exposition ample
and every facility afforded visitors enjoy maay and
attractive features.
Full information regarding train service, rates of fare
and conditions Of tickets will be furnished by Ticket Agents
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24

/oFFICE-Next Door to the Fruit Growers
NatiOnal Bank.
Telephone. No. 10.
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24
Stimulation without Irritation

Stimulation without Irritation.
That is the watchword. That is
what OrinO Laxative Fruit Syrup does.
Cleanses and stimulates the bowles
without irritation in any form.
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24
The SMYRNA TIMES
Smyrna, DEL,

WEONHS DAY AFTERNOON. JULY "A. 1907
Fouu d by Robert D. Hsfecker July 3, 1854
Editor and Proprietor until February 10, 1907
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24

THE SMYRNA TIMES is published at Smyrna
Del, every Wednesday afternoon.
TIE TIMEs is an independent paper devoted to
the welfare of the town it represents and the
State Of which it is a part. 1t also gives the
items of importance of the Eastern Shore Of
N a-Vland.
Smyrna times., 1907-07-24
RoBT. D. HOFFECKER, JR.,
Editor and Business Manager.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. per annum. II
paid strictly in advance s1OO. No paper is
discontinued until all arrears are paid up
except at the option Of the publishers.
ADVERTISEMENTS-TH SMYRNA TIMES is the
business medium not only for the town it rep
reseAts, but for the outlying district of which II
is the centre, embracing the towns of Clayton
KentOn, CheswOld, Leipsie, he. rate Of So
cents an inch for first insertion and 25 cent?
for each subsequent insertion will be charged
or transient advertising. Locals and Reading
Notices, 10 cents per lineIper issue. specis
discount on all semi-snnusl and yearly advel
tisements.
The Washington times., 1907-03-07
BOULTER JEWELS
FOUND DEPOSITED
IN SAFETY FAULT

Working persistertly for more than a
year the police have finally succeeded
in recovering all but 500 worth of the
jewclry valued at $2OGo stolen Novcrn-
Der l.. DOS, from tho residence OF VIII
lam +. Boultcr. n patent attorney. Iv-
ing at 1924 street northwest. InsDec-
tor Boardman. IN charge of The iDctec-
tive Bureau, returned this morning from
New York, where nc gained access TO a
safe deposit vault. En- which DE -ound
$500 worth of the jewclry. Articles val
ude at $1,000 mad previously been re
covered.
Two men, representing themselves as
telephone linemen. gained accessto Mr..
Boulter's home. and Eoing 20 Mrs.
Houlter's room. searched the bureau
until they found a small velvet bagg
containing her jawelry.
After committing a similar lob in
Elizabeth, y. j.. two men suspected OF
being the two wanted by the Washing
police for the Boulter robbery. were ar
rested IN Elizabeth by Bicycle Police
man Kirkman. They gave their names
as Edward Wilson and Clarence Brown
Weedon made "A trip TO Elizabeth. and
after sweating the prisoners. obtained
from Jhem III formation leading to the
recovery Of $1,000 worth of the jewels.
Recently Major Sylvester learned that
one Of the prisoners had gained for
himself quite a good reputation with
the prison oiscials at Trenton. Insuec-
tor Boardman was sent to New York
Few days ago TO make inquiry about
the missing property He finally located
It In a box in one of the safe deposit
however, this could not be opened with
out the consent of the person that
rented the box. Inspector Boardr1au
then went 10 the Trenton prison. where
he finally obtained power OF attorney
with permission 10 open the box
Much 10 his surprise. the inspector
found that the box contained fully 81 600
worth Of jewel-y, 5000 of which belonged
to Mrs BOUiteT.
The valuables were all sent to Major
Sylvester. and arrived this morning bv
express. 1t is believed that the other
1ewelry was also stolen. and no effort
will be spared to find the owners OF the
property.
The Washington times., 1907-03-07

band OF Lillian Nordica, was given much
credence at the Metropolitan Opera
House today. The young singer. daugh-
ter Of a former baseball player. who
gained her fame in italy and Franee
long ere her own country people knew
her high-class vocal abilities. met the
statuesque Lillian's former husband in
Monte Carlo. They first saw each other
or the street. An introduction fol-
lowed. and over since each has been con-
stantly in each others company.
GOssips at the opera house said the
marriage of the couple would take place
at the end Of the current Metropolitan
season
Dome, whose reai name IS Slgismund
Taitelbaum, was divorced by his wife
some time ago. He soon afterward went
TO France and remained there until Miss
Farrarretuuned 10 America and charmed
tie musical world with her ability and
grace.
She is young. pretty. and this is her
first love affair. For a woman Of her
age. she is considered Il great artist
Dome is said Il be quite wealthy. II
is said his wife paid him a large sum
just before she secured her divorce.