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, 1908-01-29
THERE'S DANGER AHEAD

With the constant discussion of tar
if revision and the insistence on the
part of the people of the New England
states that they must be given free
raw materials, apprehension is felt
among people who have inside knowl-
edge that there is serious danger that
we may lose the tariff on wool, hides
and other so-called raw materials,
There is probably no member of con-
gress from New England who does
not favor free wool and free hides.
Their constituents are constantly
pressing for such legislation and the
great manufacturing interests of the
east have a mighty power in Washing.
ton.
In meeting this danger, the west
must be a unit. Local differences must
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sheep Craze into their very doors.
What little they have in the way of
stock they keep inside.
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not be permitted to influence any por.
ton of our people upon general propo'
sitions OF this nature, Cattlemen,
sheepmen and men who live in the
cities and towns are one when ii
somes to the removal OF the tariff
from wool or hides. Free wool would
mean a loss to this state of several
millions of dollars per annum and
would mean almost the destruction of
what has come to be our leading indus.
try, in point of wealth.
No discussion of the range question
should be permitted to influence any
individual in the matter OF standing
by the main issue of protection. No
stand on the part of an individual
should make it possible for any body
of men to condemn him If he is work
ing for the best interests of the entire
commonwealth. We all have IL diff
.ferences of opinion; it would be a
mighty poor sort of a world if we did
nv Ni2eAtlNN "a "AANAA
the interests of the entire people are
at stake We should stand squarely
together, each doing his share toward
maintaining prosperity for the whole.
In discussing n phase of this mat
ter the Kemmerer Camera, an indie
pendent paper, makes the following
sensible commits:
In any convention of whatsoever
nature, there is always an ultra-radi-
cal element, and this element some
times predominates, thereby forcing
the more conservative wing to appar-
entity sanction resolutions and mea.
sures that are to a certain extent, not
only entirely foreign to their views
but altogether abhorrent to them. Such
appears in a greater or lesser degree,
the outcome of the Wyoming Wool
Growers and the National Wool Grow.
ers' conventions lately held. While
we sympathize with the objects and
to a certain extent, the policies outlin-
ed at these conventions, we think the
bitter attacks and the intentional slight
cast upon Senator Warren, were, to
say the least, out of place and of
questionable taste. Eliminating the
question of politics from the matter,
Senator Warren has stendfastly beeu
a hard and consistent worker in the
interests of wyoming and has undoubt.
eddy accomplished much for the state
IN general and for the woolgrowing in
dustry particularly, having consistent
.ly fought any tariff reduction upon that
staple. While it is true, that the posi-.
ton taken by the senator upon the
public lands question is open to criti-
cism, still it Is equally true, that while
the conventions did not fail in c~ensure,
they totally overlooked the commenda-
ton which is certainly his due. And
not only that, such action tends to be-
little our representatives in the eyes OF
their conferences at the national CAPT,
tai and render efforts for future legisla-
ton in our behalf, futile and unavail-
ing"
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Buys His Goods in Denver.

what little they have in the way OF
stock they keep inside.
Buys His Goods in Denver.
One of the men who runs a band of
sheep out there and has twelve sec
tons of land under control, mentioned
to me at the convention that he came
in with a heavy lumber wagon so he
could take back home a ton of freight
he had ordered from a Denver grocery
firm when he was down there before
Christmas. Now there is just he and
his wife and one sheepherder. 1t is
easy to figure how much that mar is
going to spend among the merchants
of Laramie this coming year. Still
twelve families could live on the land
he must have for $500 sheep and hava
n section each.
Their Banner Cry.
And on the banner at the sheepmen's
meeting it said: "a Free People, Free
Range, and a Square Deal"
Yours truly, HANS OLSON.
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Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific.
Laramie Plains Line.)
Time table in effect at present time.
Depot at foot of Fremont street, West
Side.
Westward.
NO. l, leaves. $3.50 d. Il.
Eastward.
No. 2, arrives. 1870 D. nj.
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
REVENUES OF STATE LARGER LAST YEAR
Fiscal Year Ends With a Good Showing and
Plenty Money in the Treasury.


The audit of the fiscal affairs of
the state have been completed and
show gratifying result. New and
additional items of the state revenue
mark the first year operation under
these new laws, and instead of general
fund receipts of S484, O83. the receints
this year show total of S638. O61.
Disbursements have increased. but
these expenses have hardly kept pace
with the increased revenues. The
expenditures for the previous wear
show total of $442, 24O. go, while the
total expenditures of the year lust
ended aggregate 1852. O47.6l The re-
ceipts for licenses were S181, ,45O. 81.
VI this amount there was collected
from New Castle county S117. 932. %: +:
from Kent county $12, ,273. 30, and
from Sussex county S13, ,278. 55, and
from George w. Marshall, insurance
commissioner, $37, ,966. .49.
From the Railroad Companies for
state taxes under the new law,
S1Ol, 300 was received as follows !:
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
ington R. R. Co., $500. 90; Delaware
Railroad Co., $4,000; Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia R. R., Co.,
$500 Baltimore and Philadelphia Rail-
road Co., $500, 90 Philadelphia and Read
ing Railroad Co., $500.
Interest on mortgages brought into
the state, 81, $50, as follows: from
the Junction & Breakwater Railroad
Company, S., $50; Breakwater &
Frankford Railroad Co., Sc, 900 Tele-
graph and Telephone companies con-
tributed to the support of the state
unuder the several laws, Sc, OPS. OF
The three highest payments were
The Delaware and atlantic
Company, Telegraph and telephone
Company, $4, 571.4O; Western Unior
Telegraph Co., $511.9O; Diamond
State Telephone Co., $341.7O EXPIRES.
Companies paid 81, 2898. 5 tax, thc
Adams paying 81, 191. sc and the United
States Express paying 500. 10
Banks and banking associations whicl
have hitherto not been success
fully taxed by the State, paid SIS, 343
Income tax or collateral inheritanc
taxes levied during the year by tn
State reached 81, ,244.O7. Consciou
money and appropriations refunde
netted $342.O8. Corporation fran
chises tax yielded $1O9, 81944., an
charters and State taxes on corpora
tions yielded $42. 988. Al Automobil
registrations and operators license
brought in 81, $50.
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
ARTILLERY CURIOSITlES.
Gid Time Cannon That Were Made Of
Leather, Wood and Rock.

Leather, Wood and Rock.
Among the curiOsities of artillery
odd inventions have great place.
Cannon have been made of the most
unlikely materials. Leather was used
as early as Henry Wills day at the
siege of Boulogne. The very articles
were stored in the tower once, and
Evelyn saw them there. inscribed
Non Marti opus est cui non deficit
Mercurius" Are they still lying in
some corner of u forgotten lumber
room? The Scotch employed leather
guns IN 1910 to batter Lord COnway's
Notifications at NewbOurne. and they
did the work well. Describing the fe-
verish alarm in Paris in 1892. Carlyle
SAYS: "One citizen has wrought out the
scheme OF Il wooden cannon. which
France shall exclusively profit by in
the first instance. 1t is to be made of
slaves by the cOOpers, of almost bound
less caliber but uncertain as to
strength"
Two small pieces brought to France
/ by the Siamese ambassadors as pres
ents from their king to Louis NV.
we're the only artillery prOcura0le for
the attack on the Bastille-of eccentric
model no doubt. adorned with dragons
and golden inscriptions. but efficient
workmanship We read of gold cannon
IN India. There were two so de-
scribed at BarOda in BurtOns time.
.to which regular alteration was Of
fered." In fact, the tubes were OF
steel but the massive gold casing cost
100000
For the defense of Malta in the old
davs the knights invented a kind OF
ordnance Of their own. unknown to al
the world beside" says Brydone. al
eyewitness. They followed out the nat
nral rock here and there in such fash
ion that the cavity was like mortar
nut a barrel of gunpOwder into th'
EOle. plugged it with a wooden dlsf
axoctly fitting and heaped miscellane
ous nroiectiles thereupon. About MT!
of these singular cannon detende'
creeks and landing places. Some
tbem were six feet in diameter an'
threw 10000 pounds weight OF iron o
s+ona into the air. Doubtless if al
went we'll they would do tremehuou
execution upon an enemy trying I
disembark. 81.
But there are eccentricities stil NOR
; curious on record. In tomb on IN
island of Chinal, near Usumaclntf
/ Mexico. was found a cannon four lee
, eleven inches long of terra GOTTA VIII
-. torra Gotta bullets 1t is suggestc
that when Cortes retired after hi
great fight at Ceutla, Tabasco' the ID
e tives copied the Spanish guns in cla'
hoping to produce the same results
e London Standard.
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
THE NIGHTINGALE.
ColerIdge's Defense of the songster as
Not Melancholy Bird.

Not Melancholy Bird.
The traditional view of the nightin-
gales song is supremely given in the |
familiar lyric by Richard Banefeld. |
Here the poet finds the fOrlOrn bird, |
with "her breast uphill thorn" ear
nestly pouring forth her melodious sor-
row. Milton in his juvenile sonnet !
apostrophiZes the ineffabe singer as
giving forth notes that portend success
ID love, and when he comes to de-
scribe sober pleasures in I'll Pense-
roSo' he appropriately finds the same
strains most musical. most melan-
choly. Against this Coleridge enters
a vigorous protest in The Nightingale;
Conversation Poem" characteristic
ally advancing in the following pas
sage general truth and a specific
criticism:
melancholy bird? Oh idle thought!
In nature there is nothing melancholy.
But some night wandering man whose
heart was pierced
With the remembrance of a grievous
wrong
Or slow dis,emper or neglected love
'And So poor wretch. filled all things with
himself
And made all gentle sounds tell back the
tale
OF his own sorrow). he and such as he,
'tlrst named these notes a melancholy
strain.
Annotating this, the poet further il
lustrates his philOsophic acuteness and
takes the opportunity of expressing
his loyalty to his eminent poetical pred
ecessor. This passage in Milton" the
note runs, possesses an excellence far
superior to that of mere description
/ 1t is spoken In the character of the
/ melancholy man and has therefore a
/ dramatic propriety. The author makes
/ this remark to rescue himself from the
charge Of having alluded with levity
| to line in Milton. charge than
which none could be more painful to
him except perhaps that of having
riGiculeI his Bible"
In Il letter to Christopher North,
Wordsworth refers to the false no
lions" regarding the nightingale's song
and expresses his belief that Cole
ridges poem. with its theory that IN
nature there is nothing melancholy -
will in all likelihood contribute great.
~ to rectify these" In his own poem
Enterprise" he touches on the same
point and alludes to the nightingale as
the sweet bird. misnIleI the melan
choly." 1t is hardl% necessary to adC
that Keats i'll his g~eat ole ITO {
Nightingale" rises t. 2:luiSite rapture
over the happiness r,&"irested in tht
singing of the light ,riug2l dryad G
the trees. London Notes ANA Queries
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
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Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
What He ID to LIN.

Pater-My wife's learning the piano,
my daughters learning the violin and
my sons learning the banjo, Safer
And you are learning nothing? Pater
oh. yes; I'm learning to bear It.
Out of the Schooroom.
a schOolboy was asked to give some
information in regard to the Cary sis
ters, the once famous New England
poets, and he said of them:
THE Cary sisters were two poets
who lived in Massachusetts most of
the time. They went to New York.
where they made many fast friends
Their fastest friend was John G. Whit
tier"
At the time of the Longfellow cen.
tennial, when the school children were
writing so much about him. one boy
wrote:
"LOngfellOw's poems were mostly Of
his own cOmpOsure, but he wrote Tails
Of Wayside Inn where others did
the talking. He was the poet lOrryett
of our country and was a crackerjack
when it came to real poetry. ."-Lippin-
cOtt's.
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
GIVEN up TO DIE.

B. Spiegel, 1904 N. Virginia St.
Evansville, Ind, writes: For over
five years was troubled with kidney
and bladder affections which cauSeu
me much pain and worry. lost flesn
and was all run down, and a year aeU
had to abandon work entirely l hau
three of the best physicians VINO uiu
me no good and was practically given
up to die. Foley's Kidney Cure was
recommended and the first bottle gave
me great relief, and after taxing 'nI IL,
second bottle l was entirely cured
Why not let it help you? For sal'
by all druggists.
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
NOTICE TO ouR CUSTOMERS

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colds and lung troubles is not affected
by the National Pure Food and Drug
law as it contains no opiates or other
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as a safe remedy for children and
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Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
Rnhuked.

"Yaas," said Cholly silley' "she was
out when called, but ! hope for Deu-
tab luck lext time" ,
"How ungallant of you" exclaimed lS
Nties Knox .You should wish her the
good luck. ."-Exchange.
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
w.r. Naooed by Their Wives.

Rip Van Wrinkle. Socrates, Petruchlo'
Aoamemnon. Joseph Gargery, Solo
mon Mr.. Caudle, Mr.. II. Peck anu
Beadle Bundle. Any additions sent III
to this list will be regarded IN tne
strictest c.nfidence.-Chicago Tribune
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
A Thinking Part.

The Old One-In adopting a theat-
rical career You are entering a tOuchy
and jealous profession. Keep guard
over your tongue The New One-Oh,
I've found out that Ill have ample op-
portunity to think before | speak,
Puck
Smyrna times., 1908-03-11
SHORT AND SNAPPY
ITEMS OF INTEREST
CLEANED BY OUR WASH
INGTON CORRESPONDENT

AlCNNl AAANo OAA II @'AN a. HAANA III CeAN
Questions Which are Uppermost
in the Public E We of theWeek
The Presidents scheme of turning
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and the Commissioner of Labor loose
on the railroad situation has already
had it's effect. There was a treat by
a number of the railroads of a general
reduction of wages, pleading as an
excuse their eduction of earnings due
TO the financial depresions due in turn
TO the agitation by the President of
the subject of commercial morality.
The President as he has frequently
done, did not wait for the blow to fall
but carried the war into the enemy's
country. He ordered the Interstate
Commerce Commission to prepare
fscts and figures on railroad earnings
this year compared with the cores
ponding period in previous years say
ing that if there were going to be
wage reductions and consequent
strikes, the people ought to be in
position to know who was right in
the controversy. The result was a
little surprising. Many of the rail
roads that had been awaiting the result
of the first reductions before declaring
their own intentions said no more
about the matter. Some of the South
western roads came Immediately into
camp and gave up the discussion.
And the Southern and Eastern roads
where the trouble had started announ-
ced their willingness to submit to
mediation. The Southern and the
Louisville and Nashville have already
applied to the Interstate Commerce
Commission for medittion and others
have signifed their intention of doing
likewise. The railroad employees VINO
are not used to such complaisance,
seem ready enough to accept the new
order of things. So what was criti-
cised at first as a sensational and
radical move seems likely to work out
very we'll, and perhaps there will not
be any general railroad strike after
all
The blithe promoter now wants to
organize a company to extract silver
from sea water. This is the first
mention on record of the white metal
ever being used as a plating for
bricks.
What sort of romance would there
be in seeking the bubble reputation
in the mouth of a nOiseless cannon
shooting smokeless powder?
Representative Dalzell last week
delivered a tariff speech in which he
intimated that his family crest was ;
porous plaster couchant and the motto
Let we'll enough Alone. "
1t is reported that John Hayes
Hammond, the great mining engin
eer. has just resigned a job paying
$3.50, 900 a year. 1t is not state'
whether this action was due to probit,
or caution.
Commander Sims says the shooting
of the American fleet during the Span
ish War was disgrace to civilization
That is probably what Spanlard
thought of it.
When Col. Gorcas gets through wit
his disinfecting job done in Panama
he would do society a service by turnin
his attention to Mr.. Hartje of Pitts
burg.
The Hughes boom seems to be a
tracing the attention of evrybody e'
cept Gov. Hughes.
Col. Bryan says ofcourse the DenV'
convention can nominate anyone
wants to. But he seems to be takln
mighty good care that it shall not
allowed to want anybody but Brya
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
THE ONE PART CUSTOM.

From London Tit-Bits.
Shakespeare said that "one in his time plays
many parts" Had he lived to-day he might have
written that some men play one part many times
and a very notable example OF this Is Mr. Fred
Atkins, who has enacted the leading role In the
well known drama, The Grip of Iron for close
twenty years. With very few intervals, that
gentleman has enacted the role night after night
without a break, and II may be said without fear
OF cxaggeration that he has given at least six
thousand representations thereof.
1t would be hard to how times Mr.
Austin Meford has enacted the exacting role of
Wilfred Denver In 'The Silver King" but some
figure between three and four thousand would no
doubt approximate the truth His record however
Is eciipsed by that Of the late Mr.. Shell Barry
who acted Gaspard the mser. I'm the opera Les
Cloches de Corneville. more than ten thousand
times, playing IL In every quarter of the globe
In exact contrast to these amazing records comes
the experience of q certain Thespian who seven
years ago entered the profession and who during
that comparatively short period has PLAYED no
fewer than fifteen hundred distinct parts. The fact
that he has been largely connected with STOCK
companies where the bill is changed every week
almost unique experience.
Ny. David Jawoa plaYed the fauooua huttsrnn.n N
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
MOL ES.

The following remark is, in THE Dramatic Mir
ror" attributed to the comedian. Mr.. E. II. Soth-
ern: Il cannot why there is any ssbject
which cannot be treated dramatically that 1t
will lose it's offensiveness. 1t be true to life
yet delicate. If he has been correctly quoted.
1t would seem that Mr Sothern is q victim OF men
tai strabsm He may be unable why
there should be any such subjects. but, like Eccles.
such subjects nevertheless, take the liberty to
exist
This gem of thought serene was produced by Miss
Rose Stahl, the occasion of her 2300th perform
of The Chorus Lady: Tired OF herf
Patrcia). I'm just beginning to know her. used
to play the body of Patricia. Now I'm coming to
know her SOUL How delightful But II a
little hard on the public. II character has a
SOUL" it is reasonable to expect an actor 70 be-
acquainted with that fiery particle before
assuming the character in public A walt until the
part has been played 1900 times. before forming
the acquaintance. is, to put 1t mildly. indicative OF
a tendency to procrastination.
New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
THEATRICAL DIRECTORY.

HERALD SQUARE. Broadway and s5th st.-2i6-sI5 -
The Girl Behind the Counter.
HIPPoDRoME. 9Th ave and 44th St--2-s--Ihe Battle
of Port Arthur. The Auto Race. and The Sea
HUDSON, West 44th st, Broedway-2:15-s:Ib-
Sister.
KNICKERBoCKER, Broadway and ssth st.-2iD-s:is-
The OF York.
LIBERTY, 42d Th sve-2:15-S:i5-Polyo Of the
Circus.
LINCOLN SQUARE Broadway. near s5th st.-2:I5-slo
The Heart OF Maryland.
LYCEUM. West 45th St. near Broadwsy-2I6-s:20-
The Thief.
LYRIC 42d ST.. 7th ave-2:15-s15-Mrs Fiske in
Rosmershoim.
MADISON SQUARE, oath street, near Broadway-2.I6
S:I5-The Literary The Reckoning.
Majestic, 18th and 5Sth st-2:I6-Sl5-The Ton a.
World.
NEW AMSTERDAM. AID st. hear TIN aye.-2ao-s:is-
The Merry Widow.
NEW CIRCLE Broadway and seth st.-Lonesome Town
NEW YORK, Broadway and 45th st.--2-S:30-VaudeviI
ONE HUNDRED AND TwENTY-FIFrH STREET nesr
Lexington ave.-Vaudeville.
SAVOY. saith St, near Broadway-215-s15-Twsn
Days in the Shade
ETUYVESANT. West 44th St, Broadway-2:ls-s
David Warheld in A Grand Army Man.
TONY PASTORS. 14th st. and 50 ave.-vaudeviiIe.
TWENTY-THIRD STREET, 23d 9th ave-
Vaudeville.
UNION SQUARE. 14th St. Broadway Vaudeville
WAILACks. Broadway and Both st.-2:I5-s:I5-A
Knight for q Day.
EBER'S72,1t-s:1S-RurlssQua Of The Mszrx Wadow