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Smyrna times., 1908-05-20
SHOW DAY IN SMYRNA rs YEARS AGO
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these, but were afraid of the roaming
beasts below. Finally we asked one of
the drivers if the lions and tigers were
there, and he told US they were in the
wagons that had passed. AS it was safe
to walk the earth again, we followed
the procession to town.
Jefferson's Lot Alive With Wagons.
Jefferson's lot was all agog.
Everywhere stood those big wagons.
Scores of men were running about
and obeying the orders of a large
man. The center pole was up.
There it stood, tall, immense, and
blue. 1t was guyed with innumerable
ropes, and flag already dropping
from its peak. We hoped to see
them make the ring. The wonder
was how they got it so round. At
times we had come cross a ring in
the lot, and were as glad as scientists
who have found bones of some extinct
animal. Far off a cornet sounded.
The chariot moved-the procession
was about to start. We flew across
the lot and down the street, far
ahead of the moving wonder.
Then we took positions on the edge
of the sidewalk and watched with
bulging eyes. The great procession
came by, its banners shaking, it's
chariots jOlting with that strange
click of the wheels. We watched it
carefully, the bands, the riders,
the clowns, the elephants and
camels, all gaily caparisoned. Then
we ran ahead to Main Street, and
reviewed it all once more. Then we
hurried around to Methodist (now Mt.
Vernon Street. and saw it again.
1t was noon and we were hungry.
We had not touched food since supper
the night before. We ran home, got
something to eat and hurried back.
The tents were there. The crowd had
gathered around the ticket wagon,
and then showed on into the
menagerle. The side shows with their
pictures tempted US. At last we
secured our tickets, formed in line
and were pushed toward a man in
a uniform. 1t was hot and sultry in
the tent, yet the shade made it cool.
There was the strange circus smell,
compounded of trampled grass, peanuts
and the Overpowering odor of wild
beasts. The people were strolling
about. We could hear their voices
but they seemed far away. We could
hear the chattering of the monkeys,
the shrill cav of parrots, the soft
tread of animals, the clang of iron
bars as they lunged against the side
of their cages.
Smyrna times., 1908-05-20
Practical Applications BY Our Bo,

''Pf'''SA''OiiS DI OuT boys.
The weeks that followed were
times that the cows in Ransom's lot.
near old No. 8, had troubles of their
own that made them Craze the
remainder of the summer as far awav
from the school house as the fence
would allow. Some of the boys tried
to initiate the circus riders, and used
the cows for wild steeds. One after
noon the big bull that watched over
this herd did not feel in the best of
humor. Usually he would stand at a
distance and watch the crazy actions
OF the young riders. This afternoon
when he saw the boys coming he met
them, and the way he came indicated
ne meant business. The boys were
half way across the field before thew
noticed the illhumor of his lordship.
The way those would-be circus riders
ran for the hedge around the school
yard made the cows stop eating and
smile. 1t makes me laugh after all
these years when l remember how J :.
Wand HI, in trying to get through
one hole in the hedge were held by
the thorns-their faces toward free
dom and their feet toward the angry
BUILT. S. S.
Smyrna times., 1908-05-20
Procure Tickets After Parade.

We settled down to a long after
noon of delight. There we sat
munching peanuts, and popcorn, and
our little world faded away as we
lost ourselves in the splendors that
were unrolled before us. Each new
act came as surprise, but when we
remembered the act as one we had
seen on the bills, the joy of surprise
gave way to the subtler joy of recog-
milton. We had almost forgotten the
Siegrist Family, though we had been
half crazy over them for two weeks,
and when the little boys in their
pink tights with hair, smartly comb
ed, capered into the ring and kissed
their hands right and left, and then
began their surprising tumbling our
JOY amounted to an ecstacy of bliss,
mingled with regret that we should
not have been one of the highly
favored brothers. Those of our
crowd that had twenty-five cents,
remained for the concert. Those
that had not went out with the crowd,
regreting that they had not eaten less
We wished then that we had waited
until night. We had heard that the
animals were wilder at night; that
was when they hunted their prev.
We wished we could see them with
their fiery eyes and alert ears; it
would be more dangerous. But now
we must go, and in a few moments
we were blinking onr eyes once more
in the sunlight.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22
KROHN'S STORE
ROBBED AGAIN

Thieves broke into the second hand
store of Leo j. Krohn last night
again and got away with consider
able amount of goods.
Is. 1t might be a good thing for Mr..
Krohn to have a sign on the rear
of his store which would read
Thieves always welcome" as he is
robbed periodically.
Entrance was effected last night
through the rear window of the
store. the thieves breaking through
the sash apd the glass.
Mr.. Krohn has not been able to
make a complete inventory of what
was lost, but furnished the following
as some of the items he can trace as
missing:
Nine razors about 20 watch
chains; hair chain; about % rings:
1 grape ring; / seal ring; about or
3 pocket knives.
There is no trace thus far to the
thieves, although the police depart
ment is securing the byways and tall
grass for tourists" who might have
done the work
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

would try to take a piece out of a
brass image if it stood within reach.
''To try to win him over by soft
word and good treatment would only
give him a chance for doing greater
mischief some time. Like people of
low natures, who have nothing use
full above their coat collars, the only
way to keep him in line of good be-
havior is to punish him well when it
is necessary and make him physically
afraid.
Strange. too, that this animal,
with such wonderful beauty of fur
and grace of movement. should have
a spirit so mean. The elephant is a
big bunch of affection, and in this
respect, think has the horse and
dog outclassed.
1.-The elephant is as obedient as a
child and fairly feeds on small, kind
attentions. He will cry when pun
ished by some one he loves and the
cry is the kind that produces big
round tears. He has something of a
woman's nature in taking sudden
likes and dislikes to people, and by
this same token is passionately fond
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

the harvest is completed and they are
ready to sell, The farmer today is
a student of world conditions, said
a commission man, commenting on
the present situation. "Never before
has so clear an example been given
of the change wrought in the grain
business by the present elaborate
system of crop reports. Last week >
scare in the Northwest will benefit
every wheatgrower in the country,
except those actually affected by
crop injury, for the information
gathered by the big exchanges puts
the farmer in touch with the supply
and demand of the whole world and
enables him to reap any profit that
may come from an anticipated short
age in the crops"
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22
TIGER, TERROR
OF ALL BEASTS

family cares, and is fed regularly, he
is a fairly decent fellow. That is,
he does not make such a racket nor
scrap with his fellows, but squats
amiably in a corner of his den. He
has got a bad streak in him though,
like some miserably born people, and
you cannot bank on him long. His
head is bigboX, but 1t does not seem
to have much in it to give him JudS-
ment.
'If he were to cut his foot. on a
piece of broken glass he would fly
into a rage as if IA javelin had pierced
his launches, and like as not he
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

The characteristic mode of wild
animals in captivity, forms an inter-
esting study, especially to persons
who have much to do with geological
collections. William Patterson, who
looks after the welfare Of the Bar
mum e Bailey menageries, has had
wide experience with denizens of the
forest and jungle, says the Denver
Republican.
''The tiger" Mr.. Patterson says,
sis a suspicious fellow and always
looking out of the corner of his eye,
as if he thinks some one is trying to
impose upon him. When he has no
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

Last weeks heat in the Northwest
and the frequent rains and ravaSes
of the Hession fly in Kansas. Missouri
and the Southwest have combined to
lower the original forecast Of TO-
900 900 bushel wheat crop possibly
100. 100000 bushels. Consumers
and the speculative trade
are watching the situation keenly,
and each changing condition affect
ing the crops both here and abroad
is registered day by day by the Chi
cago board of trade and other ex-
changes of the country. AS a result
Of this information. which costs the
exchange thousands of dollars week
ly to secure. the producers will get
the fun benefit of the high prices ana
millions of dollars will find their way
into the farmers pockets by the time
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

of children. A child can walk all
round and among a herd of elephants
without receiving the slightest hurt.
This instructive fondness for child
life makes the elephant the tenderest
of beasts with their young. In the
Barnum & Bailey herd there are 40
elephants. and every one of them is
really foolish, as they say, over Bos-
ton. This pudgy little elephant is
swelled up because of these atten-
lions and gives me a lot of trouble
to keep the kid from growing up
careless or useless
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

Archie Wells is home from Idaho
Springs, where he has been working
in the mill of the Humboldt Mining
Company, of which his father is a
large stakeholder, together with w.
S. Wallace and others. The mill has
made a temporary shutdown.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

Mrs. NJ A. Linegar, son and daugh-
ter of Hastings, Neb., are arrivals in
the city on visit to their relatives,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Stevens. Mrs.
Linegar is the mother of Mrs. Ste
vens, and the party is en- route TO
the coast for an extended visit.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

w. M. Gibson of the Independent
Lumber Company left for Colorado
Springs last night to attend the lum-
bermen's convention being held in
that city.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

The socialists of Oklahoma will
put complete ticket in the field, ac-
cording to Secretary Branditette, who
maintains that the party viii poll be-
tween 5000 and 10000 votes in
that state this fall
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

H. NJ. Hess and family of Guthrie
Center, Ia. are spending few days
in this section with view to locat-
ing in this valley where many other
Iowans have already settled and are
on the road to wealth.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

j. H. Lane is agent for the Front
Rank and Bovnton furnaces; and has
had twenty years experience in the
furnace business.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

Miss Celia Tuskey of Denverfis VS.
iting friends in the city. Miss Tus-
key formerly resided in this city
with her mother and brothers.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

Messrs. C. C. and G. j. Magenheim-
err, accompanied by F. A. Ray, are
today making tour of inspection
of the Orchard Mesa irrigation pro-
ject
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Webb of Reeds
burg, Mo, are making tour of in
spection of the Grand valley.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22
CROP CONDITIONS FARMERS
UPPERM0ST THOUGHTS

focused on crop conditions
in the the
n made
of billion
will probably be normal
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

With our process of treating the
water we do not rot your laundry.
Excelsior Laundry Co.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

If you want package delivered or
a trunk moved, day or night, phone
the Diamond l. express. Phones Me-
sa 466 or Red 1888. Curtis Lynch.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

]. w. Howe of Independence.
Kans. a cousin of John H. Heron,
Is visiting in the city.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

Just ordered one car of Front
Rank furnaces. Do you want one?
See j. H. Lane.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

eyes
If your eyes trouble. and you have
any doubt, call on,
CHAS GASHo. oph. d.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

Your place will sell better If it is
heated by a Front Rank furnace.
Sold and guaranteed by j. II. Lane.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

The Misses Norine left last night
for camping trip to Willow lake.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

Rope, axle grease for buggy and
wagon. Fred MaDtey.
The daily sentinel. [volume] (Grand Junction, Colo.) 1893-current, 1908-07-22

See ]. H. Lane about your awning.
We have them in ar style or color.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-05-29
CREDITORS NOTICE

To the Creditors Of Fannie c. Turner. deceased:
In pursuance of decree 81 the tireat Court Of
the County Of Berkeley, made in a cause therein
pending. subject the real of the said Fannie
ii Turner to the payment Of her debts, yoa are re-
quired to present your claims against the estate Of
the said Fannie G. Turner fer adjudicatsonto Iohss
@ Lemen, commissioner, at his Office in the sam
county. on or before the goth day of June A. D.
toeS.
Witness L. Dew Gerhardt, clerk Of the said
court this 10TH day OF May, A. D. le3s
Il. De " ,&5erhardt Clerk
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-05-29

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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1908-05-29
FIDuUIARY NOTICE

The following is list . fidue,a res whose ae-
, ne ars before the undersigned Commissioner
~ Accounts OF the County Court OF beIkeieS county
e, S;, - .Tabler adm'x IF Corban labief.
palssb pa.kiuson admr Eli. Parkinson
". & Kilmer admr. {. = Of NAihsn ssnI nan;.l
q. W. D. Fuik guardian " m Les 'Ai@"' i@a''''
P = " ana admr G. t. a Peter Foreman
Pooie trustee, Creditors q J. I; Mngalai; s.;d
=, NHlFsa ~, office at the Courthouse OF SAID
County. lie i day Of May loee.
ouN''' L. ID. w. Gerhardt. Commission T.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-14

Ii there is one thing more than an
other Tor which the citizenship of
Hughes county Is noted it is for its
patriotism and this has been made
manifest as often as opportunity pre-
sents. In the brief yet important
struggle with Spain which resulted SO
importantly and so directly in the cause
of liberty to people who had keenly
felt the cold hand of heartless mon
archy, representative citizens of this
county had an.importanta and early part
Some of the brave boys who so freely
offered their lives in the country's cause
at that time became actual sacrifices to
the grim demands of war and they now
sleep in the hallowed grave of a soldier.
Others, none the less sacrificing had
there been the need, lived to return and
again take up the honorable pursuits of
private citizenship, and to keep alive
the flame of patriotism in the Ameri,
can heart. ]. W. Latta, candidate for
register of deeds, served two years dur
ing the war with Spain.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-14
The Rising Tide.

The moving finger is, still writing
upon the wall, and the kings heed not
its warning. In every country of the
world men are holding one faith, are
serving it unselishly with diligence and
cunning. And here, where their work
is most pregnant and threatening. we
ignore it most confidently, and never
try to understand itin the least. The
fathers of our country wrote the con-
stitution, and saw that it was good, and
we have archieved it somewhere in a
safe at Washington and gone on our
way as though the Art of Self Govern
ment was an inherited instinct with the
native born and thing tnat the immi-
grant caught by some mystery of infec-
ton. There is one republican in hun
dred who can tell you what republican.
ism means and stands for as form
OF government. Since the glamor of
Mr.. Bryan enveloped ths democratic
party not even the Peerless One himself
has been able to expound its philosophy.
The inclination to take it for granted"
is supreme. And the crime of optim-
ism is binding as to the development
of a greater race problem" than ever
the south grappled with. But there is
one other party that is silently garner
ing the fruits Of our Indifference, and
some day we will wake up to find social
ism in America has burgeoned from an
aspiration to reality. Every day, ev-
cry week. every year, its apostles are
carrying on their campaign Of educa-
tion," and with each year the recruits
are growing by battalions; while the re-
publicans and the demscrats contest
elections, seek offices and adopt "plat-
forms," and accept it as a kind of in
evltable fact that men join their parties
by the force of heredity. And the
eager socialist, with his perfected Greco
and dis alluring philosophy, takes
nothing for granted but the need OF
work and education.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-14
Sioux Falls Press:

Sioux Falls Press: The state
engineers department is becoming one
of tremendous Importance to the proper
development of South Dakota. The
reason for this is to be found in the fact
that the state engineer, Samuel H. Lea,
is not only very conscientious and
able man in his profession, but an
industrious state official, always looking
after the best interests of the state. In
the matter of exploiting the natural
resources and great possibilities of the
state to the outside world, Mr.. Lea is
effective. Some of his able articles on
the diverse subjects discussed by state
engineers in other states are in strong
demand by the eastern journals, and
through this channel Mr. Lea has
advertised South Dakota all over the
union
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-14

It seems strange that such an
appalling list Of crimes could have been
committed on the Guinness farm in
Indiana and remain undetected so long.
e seems stranger that one woman could
have perpetrated such crimes single
handed. Doubtless investigation would
reveal that there were accomplices who
had partin the murders and shared in
the robberies,4 and if this fact is proved
5it Is to be hoped there will bs no failure
IN meeting out justice to the fends.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-14

There is no better evidence OF the
estimation in which South Dakota far
mers hold the lands of the state, than
that shown by the late sales OF state
lands in different counties. While cor
respondence indicated that outside par
ties expected to attend the sales and
bid on the lands, the financial conditions
evidently had an effect upon such action,
and the buyers were owners Of adjoin-
ing farms, who were purchasing on
what they considered the land to be
worth to them for farming purposes
and speculative values were not con
ridered in the transactions.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-14
Congressman Philo Hall of This state

Congressman Philo Hall of this state,
has introduced bill to provide for the
leasing of public lands containing coal,
and the same has been referred to the
committee on Public lands. A plan
similar to this was proposed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt in his first message to
this congress and in arecent hearing
before the committee on public lands
in the house, of which committee Mr..
Hall is a member, Mr.. Garfield, the sec.
rotary Of the interior, expressed his APP
proval Of the leasing system.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-14
WORDS or WISDOM.

Envy Is the sorrow of fools.-Ger.
an.
Habit is ten times Misunderstanding.
on.
For selling beer brewed in Amster
dam as Munich beer, a London saloon
Keeper was fined $50 and costs the 9TH
OK day.
The use Of bells in dwelling houses
TOR summoning servants was not known
Il England until after the time Of
Queen Anne.
Among the little trades Of Paris is
that Of selling food for birds, either In
The street or in corner Of the mar
ket place.
In Hesse, Germany, a tax has been
put on bachelors, who now have to pay
Is per cent more in taxes than mar
rfed men
The worlds merchant marine OF
giant steamers Of over 10000 register
tons now includes ffty-six vessels
thirty one of which are under the Eng.
hsh flag.
There is beacon in the Arizona
desert to guide travellers to a water
hole. This is lighted at night, consti-
tting lighthouse" several hundred
miles Inland
Engineers are Harvesting many of
F the waters Of the world to the use Of
III great project is under way to
latch the foods which rush down the
western Chats, near Bombay, and to
use the water power in cotton mills and
other factories.
u Constant Coquelin, the comedian,
is 81 years old, but his vigor does not
seem to be in any way abated. During
his recent appearances in London 1t
was remarked that his playing was
never more full of zest.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-14

Some have said that it is not the
business Of private msn to NEEDLE with
government a bold and dishonest saw.
Ing, which isfit to come from no mouth
but that Of tyrant or a slave. 70 say
that private men have nothing to do
with government is to say that private
men have nothing to do with their own
happiness or misery; that people ought
not 70 concern themselves whether they.
pc naked or clothed, fed or starved,
deceived or instructed, protected or de-
stroyed.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-14
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR.

! respectfully solicit the support of
the Republican voters al. the June pri
maries Tor the nomination Of county
auditor for Hughes county on the re-
publican ticket. will give the office
my entire time and attention, and all
support given me will be greatly APP
preciated by yours truly.
JOSEPH HILL.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-14
Woeful Winds.

Twenty persons are known to have
been killed ana a score injured by the
tornado which swept over the north ern
part of Sarpy county, Nebraska, at 5
O'Clock Tuesday afternoon. At Belle
vue college the buildings were damaged
to the extent of probably $500,000, and
several persons were injured, mono ia
tally. The storm then moved on TO
Louisville, Richtield and Spring field,
where the principal damage and loss OF
life occurred,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1908-05-14
FoRH COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT.

I. +
Itake this opportunity of bringing
my name before the voters of this
county as candidate for the nomi
nation of County Superintendent of
Schools, subject to the decision Of the
Republican voters in the primaries OF
June 9th. have spent four years as
teacher in rural schools, and six years
in village and city schools, being en-
ployed at present as teacher of mathe-
matics in the Pierre High School. II
nominated, and later elected, | shall
put forth my best efforts, and devote
my time diligently towards the ad-
vancement of the public schools of
Hughes County. L. i. SMITH.