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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-08
CONSOLIDATED STREET CAR
ROUTE.

Points of Interest
Springfield's Attractions and How to
Reach Them.
Lincoln home-Corner Eighth and
Jackson streets-take South Eighth
car.
Lincoln Monument Oak Ridge Gem
etery-take North Fifth street cars at
Fifth and Monroe streets.
Parks and Pleasure Resorts.
Washington Park, southwest of city
take South Second or Lawrence ave-
nue. cars. Reservoir Park, northeast
of city-take North Seventh cars.
Camp Lincoln. The permanent
camp grounds of the Illinois National
Guards. Take Rutledge or Camp
Lincoln cars. State Fair grounds,
north of city. Take North Seventh
cars. White City Park east of the
city. Take East Capitol avenue cars
at Fifth and Monroe.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-08
MANY Foot troubles

May be relieved and corrected by
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to give support to the weaken
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whether flat, defermed or tender feet
broken down arches-or lame-my
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exact duplicate of your own feet rec
tify these misfortunes and permit
walking as others do.
Physicians and surgeons are invited
to inspect my system of shoe building
Illustrated Booklet for &c to Pay
Postage
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-08-08

The Home and Foreign Missionary
Club of the Zion Baptist church, met
at the home of Mrs. Hattie Clark.
on e. Kansas st They spent quite
a profitable afternoon and formed
many resolutions and plans for the
upbuilding of the club.
Times-promoter., 1908-02-07
GREATNEs

rNIERES a glory in being right and
splendor in being true.
That is greater than anything else
II life can possibly bring to you!
For man can fight when he's right
and knows that he knows that
he is
In q way that will make every blow that
he strikes blow to make victory
his!
The greatest greatness there is that the
world can bring to you
Is tho glory of being right and the splen-
dor OF being true
Selected
Times-promoter., 1908-02-07

When the baby is cross and has you
worried and worn out you will find
that little Cascasweet, the well
known remedy for brbies and CELL
dren, will quiet the little one in a
short time. Contains no opiats. Sold
by. fernando Drug and Grocery
Times-promoter., 1908-02-07
"sTAR OF THE EAST"

" RIGHTEST and best of the sons of
the morning,
Dawn on our darkness and lend
- US thine aid:
- Star of the east. the horizon adorn-
Ing,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid
Cola on his cradle the dewdrops are shin
ing;
Low lies his head with the beasts of the
stall;
Angels adore him, in slunber reclining,
Maker and Monarch and Saviour of all!
Soy shall we yield him, in costly devotion,
Odors Of Edom and offerings divine?
Gems of the mountain and pearls OF the
ocean.
Myrrh from the forest or gold from the
maine?
vainiy we offer each ample oblation,
vainly with gold would his favors Sc
Richer by far Is the hearts alteration;
Dearer to God are the prayers of the
poor.
Brightest and best Of the sons OF the
morning, 81
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine
aid;
STAR Of the east, the horizon adorning,
Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid.
Bishop Reginald Heber.
LITTLE BOY BLUE.
"sVHE little toy Cog is covered with
dust,
But sturdy and stanch he stands.
And the little toy soldier Is red
with rust
Ard his musket molds in his hands.
TYsss was when the little toy dog was
new,
Ara the soldier was passing fair.
Ana that was the time when our Little
Boy Blue
Kassed them and put them there.
Nov, don't yo,r go till come" he said.
'And don't you make any noise!'
30, todding off to his trundle bed
Re dreamt of the pretty toys,
And as he was dreaming an angel song
Awakened our Little Boy Blue
Oh. the years are many. the years are
long.
But the little toy friends are true!
Aye, faithful to Little Boy Blue they
stand. w
Each in the same old place,
Awaiting the touch of q little hand.
B The smile of a little face,
And they wonder. as waiting the long
years through
In the dust OF that little chair,
Whist has become OF our Little Boy Blue.
4 nnnes he kissed them and put them
mere. Nusene 6ssso'
Times-promoter., 1908-02-07
BEN BOLT.

REN BOLT.
~ ONT you remember sweet Alice,
Sen Bolt
Sweet Alice whose hair was so
H. brown.
Who wept with delight when you
gave her smile,
And trembled with fear at your frown
In the old churchyard in the valley, Ben
Holt
In a corner obscure and alone
They have fitted a slab of the granite so
gray,
Aad Alice lies under the stone
UnAer the hickory tree, Ben Bolt,
Which stood at the foot of the hill
Together we've lain in the MONDAY shade
And listened to Appleton's mill.
The mill wheel has fallen to pieces, Ben
Bolt,
The rafters have tumbled in,
And a quiet which crawls round the walls
as you gaze
Has followed the olden din.
Do you mind of the cabin of logs, Ben
Bolt,
At the edge of the painless wood
And the button ball tree. with its motley
limbs,
Which nil gh by the doorstep stood?
The cabin to ruin has gone Ben Bolt,
The tree you would seek for in vain,
And where once the lords of the forest
waved
Are grass and the golden grain.
And don't you remember the school. Ben
Bolt,
with the master SO cruel and grim.
And the shaded nook in the running
brook
Where the children went to swim?
Grass grows on the masters grave. Ben
Bolt,
The epring of the brook is dry,
And of all the boys who were schoolnlates
There are only you and /.
There is change in the things loved.
Ben Bolt
They have changed from the old to the
new
But feel in the deeps Of my spirit the
truth
There never was change in you.
Twelve months twenty have past, Ben
Bolt,
Since first we were friends, yet hail
Your presence a blessing, your friendship
truth,
Ren Bolt of the salt sea gale.
Thomas Dunn English.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
ONE WEAK SPOT.
Most Smyrna People Have A
Weak Part and too Often
It's The Back.

Everyone has a weak spot.
Too often it's bad back.
Twinges follow every sudden twist.
Dull aching keeps up, day and night.
Tells you the kidneys need help
For backache is really kIdney-ache.
A kidney cure is what you need.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidney
Cure backache and all urinary ills
George T. NewsOn, living in Spru-
ance City, Smyrna Del, says; 81
suffered with backache for several
years, some days it would be very
severe and again it would scarcely
bother me at all. At times L was so
lame aud weak that 1 could hardly
walk aud there was a constsnt dull
heavy pain over nay kidneys. A few
months ago DOan's Kidney Pills were
highly recommended to me and l
procured a box at Clifton & Raymond
Pharmacy and began using them.
Before finished the contents Of one
box was free from every symptom Ol
kidney trouble. L have not had the
slightest backache since, and heartily
recommend Doan's KidDey Pills.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
PITFALLS OF ENGLISH.
Dur Puzzling Language and Its Words
of More Than One Meaning.

OF Wore nan OUc HGduiuSs
OF all modern languages English is
undoubtedly the most difficult to ac-
ouire. In addition to the ordinary
pitfalls of forms and idiOms that EN-
trap the foreigner struggling for mas
terry of a strange tongue. there is one
so peculiar to ours that nothing even
remotely similar presents itself in any
other language. whether ancient or
modern.
This is the paradOxical word, the
word which has two meanings diamet-
rically opposed to each other. 1t is
not enough that, with all the wealth
Of words borrowed from half score
of other languages, we must impose
double and often a multiple burden on
some poor little mOnOsyllabic word
like get" for instance, whose mean
ings are legion. Our language must
needs confound the student at the
gates with the paradox. To give a
few examples:
The word 'let" means 10 "allOw"
or permit" and likcwisS to pre-
vent" "hinder" or refuse" meanings
Numerically opposite. 81 will let you
do it, in the former sense is hardly
more common in use than the phrase
without let or hindrance," and
Shakespeare has it, by heaven. IN
make a ghost of him that lets Ore-
vents me-
"Cleave" means TO split asunder as
well as to adhere" or blind" closely.
Scott makes MarmlOn threaten to
"cleave the Douglas head" while
holy writ enjOins upon the husband to
"cleave unto his wife"
Another example is "lurid," which
means both a dull red" and also a
pale green" hue. tints that are exact
" opposed in the scale of color While
the former is the more common mean
ing. the latter Is more scholarly cor
rect, as the word is derived through
the Latin from the Greek adjective
meaning "greenish hued."
Again, we have fast" A hOrsr
that is fast may be in rapid motiol
or standing tied stock still In elthe
sense, whether of motion or immObili
ty, the word emphasizes the idea.
Examples of this bewildering pill
fall Of our tongue might be multiplie
indefinitely. 1t may he said Of til
English speaking world as it was sal
of the old ROmans-that their supren
acy is due to the fact that they d
not have to learn their own Language
Chicago Record Herald.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
YEAST IS A PLANT.
But II Can Be Seen as Such Only
With the Microscope.

With the Microscope.
Yeast is small plant which can be
seen only with the aid of the micro
scope, says Good Health. There are
two varieties, wild and cultivated, for
these tiny plants can be improved
through cultivation, as larger plants
can be-
Firms which make yeast for the
market must grow these plants quite
as carefully as the florist grows his
flowers. Care must lie taken that they
do MOI become mixed with Other varie-
ties. t4erefOre destroy ing the culture.
In some laboratories where yeast is
grown two separate buildings are kept
for Til purpose. These are both care
fully disinf2cted. and if it is found
that The yeast becomes contemplated
in one building the culture is started
anew and the other building previously
disinfected Iefore moving into it.
This plant. like bacteria, requires
warmth. moisture and food. The mate
rials out of which the bread is made
should always he warmed. and the
dough should always be kept in a
warm place. The temperature most
favorable is about that of the body, a
little less than 100 degrees.
There is always considerable mOis-
ture in bread and plenty of food for
the plant. The food which it requires
is sugar This it obtains from the
wheat, there being some sugar in the
-four. and more sugar is also formed
from the starch.
AS the yeast plants feed upon sugar
they break it down into two sub
stances, alcohol and a gas known a:
carbon dioXide or carbOnic acid gas
AS the gas is formed 1t is held by The
gluten. which is a very elastic sub
stance. When the bread is put into tn,
oven the heat expands the tiny bub
bles of gas. causing the bread to ris
or to become much lighter. The alec
hoI formed being a volatile product
passes off into the baking.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
A Rather Necessary Question.


Ordinarily Mr. I.awt0n was Il reason
ably good tempered man. but hot
weather did not agree with him, and
under the stress of it he became irrita-
BILE and most unhappy.
Il never saw anything like some of
these cOuntrymen!' he grumbled one
day. when he returned from a fishing
expedition. He had started when the
wind was east and the sky overcast.
only to have the wind die down and
the sun come out hot and binding, and
his feelings were injured In cOnse-
quence.
what is the matter nowT inquired
his wife, as she hastily removed some
work from the chair toward which she
saw his feet were tending.
"Why, I asked farmer out on the
Greenham turnpike. not more than
three miles away from Long pond
whether was half way there, and he
said in the most Indifferent way that
he wasn't prepared to tell but he'd
like to know where was stopping"
well, didn't you tell him?" Quaver
| ed Mrs. I.awtOn. her face half hiddeT
in her handkerchief.
"Tell him? No. What business was
It of his, particularly when he'd re
fused to answer a civil question:" sale
Mr. Lawton Indignantly. 81 jus
stumped along till came to a guide
board. They're the most disobliginl
Iot!'--Youth's Companion.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
Antiquity Of the Mortaaae.

The legal document known as a mort
gage can be traced as far back as the
dawn of authentic history. The mort
gage comes directly down to us from
the Romans. but its antiquity is much
more remote than the Roman nation.
The Greeks. Carthaginians, Persians,
Egyptians. Babylonans, all knew of
the mortgage and daily used it in their
business transactions. 1t is safe to
say that the custom of giving mort
cages is practically as old as settled
human society New York American.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
RalIot BOZ suffers Sent to JaII.

Wilkes Barre. Pa, Feb. 1. - Judge
Staples, of Stroudsburg, specially pre-
siding in Luzerne county, sentenced
Anthony Carron, James Caffrey, DOmi
nick Callahan, William Connolly and
William Monohan to a term of fifteen
months in the eastern penitentiary for
conspiracy in connection with last No
vember's election. They are members
OF the Preston-HanOver township cleo
ton board and returned 225 votes for
the leading Republican candidate and
none for the Democratic.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
Rank FoOlishness.

"When attacked by cough or a cold
or when your throat is sore, it is rank
foolishness to take any other medicine
than DIR. Kings New Discovery" says
G. o. Eldridge, of Empire. Ca. Il
have used New Discovery seven years
and know it is the best remedy on
earth for coughs and colds, Group, and
all throat and lung troubles. My
children are subject to Group, but New
Discovery quickly cured every attack. .
Known the world over as the King of
throat and lung remedies Sold under
guarantee at Benton N. Weldon's drug
Store. SOC. and $1OO. Trial bottle
free.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
THE
THE
new YORK WORLD
THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION.
Read Wherever the English Language
is spoken.

The Thrice-a-Week World expects to be
better paper in 1907 than ever before. In
the course of the year the issues for the
next great Presidential campaign, will be
foreshadOwed, and everybody viii, wish to
keep informed. The Thrice-a-N eek Worl1 Ia
coming to you every other day, serves all
the purposes of daily, and is far cheaper,
The news service of this paper IS con-
stantly being increased, and 1t reports
fully, accurately and promptly every event
of Importance anywhere in the world.
Moreover, its political news is impartial
giving YOU facts, not opinions and wishes;
Ii has full markets. splendid cartoons and
interesting fiction by standard authors.
The Thrice-a-Week Worlds regular suG-
soriptiOn price is only $l.OO per year, and
this pays for 1856 papers. We oder TINS
TINES together for one year for 81
The regular subscription price of the two
sapers is $500.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
A cure For Mlsery.

'T have found cure for the misery
malaria poison produces" says Il. M.
James, of Louellen, sc. "It's called
Electric Bitters, and comes in 90 cent
bottles. 1t breaks up case of chills
or bilious attack in almost no time;
and it puts yellow jaundice clean out
of commission. This great tonic
medicine and blood purifier gives quick
relief in all stomach, liver and kidney
complaints and the misery of lame
back. Sold under guarantee at Ben
ton N. Weldon's drug store.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
FOUND DEAD IN RIVER
Norristown Man Frozen Fast In Ice
On the SchuylkiI.

Norristown. Pa, Feb. 1.-The body
of William Zimmerman, of this place,
was found frozen fast in the ice on the
Schuylkill river near here. thinner
man, who had been in i'll health left
his home to take a walk after dinner
Thursday night. 1t is supposed that in
attempting to get out of the way of a
train on the Philadelphia & Roadi7"
railroad. along the bank Of tha rive"
he fell into the water. 1t WIS nece =
sary to cut away the ice to r2ElOvy
Zimmerman's body.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
South Carolina Kills Prohibition Bill

Columbia, S. c., Jan. 31.-The prOhi-
bition bill was killed in the house of
representatives by the decisive vote
of Ga to SO. The senate also IS Op-
posed to prohibition. County local
option is now provided for throughout
the state. The dispensary investiga-
ting commission declared. J. S. Far
mum fugitive from justice. He is
accused of having misappropriated
$55OO0O while acting as an agent Of
o brewery
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
LEWIS GUILTY OF MUIR 'ER
SLAYER of Little Mary NewIin Convict
ed In First Degree.

West Chester, Pa. Feb. 3. = With
the same composure and sort of dis
interested demeanor that has marked
his attitude and behavior during his
trail for the atrocious murder of little
Mary Newlin. his step-daughter, the
Young Franklin township farmer
Irwin A. Lewis, heard the jury render
the verdict of guilty of murder in the
first degree. His almost immobile face
slightly flushed. and his hands tightly
clenched. and he was escorted by
Deputy Sheriff Garrett back to his
cell.
There was no motion for a new
trial. and Judge Hemphill prompt!
discharged the jurors.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
GRAVEYARD of Asiatics.

The northern territory is the grave
yard of innumerable Asiatics. who en-
ter by way of the gulf of Carpentaria
in quest of gold. Death from thirst
and starvation accounts for thousands.
The few who survive return tc China
to spread the fame of Australians re-
lentless solitude and hunger tracks,
Chambers journal.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
r.

This is to certify that all druggist
are authorized to refund your money if
Foley's Honey aud Tar fails to cure
vourcough or cold. 1t stops the cough
heals the lungs and prevents serious
results from a cold. Cures la grippe
coughs and prevents pneumonia and
consumption. Contains no Opiates.
The genuine is in yellow package.
Refuse substitutes. Sold by all Drug
gists.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
More Than Luck.

"DO you believe in special provi-
denceT
"Sure! When | was boy the school
/ attended was struck by lightning one
night and burned"
Nothing special about that"
"Oh, but it was just the night before
the circus came to tOwnw-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
RroQreSS.

The martyr cannot be dishonOred
Every lash inflicted is tongue Of
fame, every prison a more illustriOus
abode. Every burned book or house
enlghtens the world Every suppress
ed or expunged word reverberates
through the earth from side to side.
It is the whipper who is whipped. the
tyrant who is undOne. Emerson.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
TWO SUDDEN DEATHS
Girl Collapsed and Died When Uncle'a
Body Was Brought to Her Home.

Millville. N. j.. Jan. 80. - Roll,n
Nickleson a well-kn0wn oyster sh p.
per. dropped dead as he stepped from
a train on his return home from Sl-
vannah. where he had been i'll from
typhoid fever. The body was taken n
to the home of a brother near the rail
read station, and when Mildred
Nicholson, a niece, saw it she col
lapsed and died in a short time.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05
Superstitious Golfers.

The two chief golfing superstitiOns
are that two up and five to play never
won a match and that it is unlucky to
win the first hole. 1t is hard to say
which is the silller Of the twO.--London
Mail.
Smyrna times., 1908-02-05

One lie must be matched with an
other or It will soon rain through
Owen.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-04-30

4 landlord in the Highlands Of Scot.
land had 4 "crofter" tenant, who paid
him ten ahillings q year as rent for
the little farm. At the end 81 the
second year the tenant came 20 tbs
landlord aad said that he was not
able to pay more than Ave shillings a
year. as crops had been poor. The
landlord agreed 10 this.
At the cad OF the third year the
tenant appeared before the landlord
again and complained that things
were going so poorly with him that
he vas not able TO pay any rent. The
landlord agreed 20 let him remain
rent free. Al the end OF tho fourth
year the tenant once more appeared
before the landlord. and said:
Colonel. II you don't build me q
barn I'll have TO move"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-04-30
cAAPTER XXXIN.

With the birds and flowers once
more returning to Christmas Cove,
came outdoor freedom for Chip again.
Like the wood.nymph she was In char
acter and taste. the Wild rock.bound
coast outside and the low. wooded
mountain enclosing this village were
her Fairgrounds where she found com.
partnership. Other associates she cared
but little for, and a few hours alone
on a wave.washed shore, watching the
wild ocean pillows tossing spray aloft,
or long ramble in deep. silent for.
est, appealed to her far more than
parties and girliCh enjoyments.
The wood.bordcred road, leading
from the village to the railroad ten
miles away, was now a favorite walk
of hers. II was suited TO her in many
ways, for II was seldom travelled; II
followed the sunny side of the low
mountain range back OF Christmas
Cove, not a house stood along its en-,
tire way, and to add charm. a brook
kept II company. crossing and recross
ing II for two miles. That feature was
the most especial attraction, for beds
OF watercress waved beneath the
llmpid waters in deep pools. punches
OF flag grew along its banks, their
blue flowers bending TO kiss the cur
rent; it's ripples danced in the sun
light its music was a unlling mel
ody. and these simple attractions ap
pealed to Chip.
There was also another reason fol
now choosing this byway walk. She
knew. or felt sure. that Ray would
visit Christmas Cove on his return
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-04-30

the old.time fondness remained, how.
ever She could not put that away.
She bad tried ard tried earnestly. yet
the wildwood Illusion still fingered.
She had meant. also 10 put him and
herself quite apart--so far. and In such
a way that she would never be found
by him. That had failed, however; he
knew where she was. He had said
that he was coming here. Most likely
he would expect to renew the old ten.
der relations: hut in that he would be
disappointed. She vas sure SHE would
be glad to see him for old times sake.
however. She would be gracious and
digniied as Aunt Abby was. She
wanted to hear all about the woods
and Old Cy again, but caresses mast
he forbidden. More than that. every
time she recalled how freely she had
permitted them once, she blushed and
felt that II would BE- an effort to look
him in the face again.
But she was anxious to see how he
would appear now: whether the same
boy, with frank. open face. or a com.
And so each pleasant afternoon she
strolled up this byway road. Whcr
the ancient carryall was sighted, she
hid and watched until passed.
But Captain Mix. its driver. also had
observing eyes. He knew her now as
far as he could see her. as every one
In the village did, and he soon noticed
her unusual conduct. He also watched
along the waysIde where she left II,
and slyly observed her peeplng out
from some thicket. Just why this odd
proceeding happened time and again.
he could not guess. and not until n
strange young man alighted from the
train one day and asked to be left at
the home of Mrs. Abby BemIs, did It
dawn on him
Then he laughed. Friend o. Aunt
Abby. 'spose?" he inquired in his
Yankee fashion, after they had started
NO" answered Ray. frankly. Il have
never seen the lady. know some one
who is living with her. however. A
Miss Mc-Raymond, ! mean"
Captain Mix glanced at him, his eyes
twlnkllng. 80 ye're 'qualnted with
Vera, be ye." he responded. Wal
yere lucky" Then as curiosity grew
he added, known her quite a spell
hev ye?"
But Ray was discreet. "Oh. three OF
four years" he answered nonchalantly
Il knew her when she lived in Green
vale" Then to check the stage drivers
curiosity. he added. She was only q
little girl. then. | presume she ha.
| changed since.
shes a purity good.lookln' gal now,