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Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
Natural KinC7ce3.

At an out of the way railroad juno.
tiOn a traveller found himself hungry,
but with only two minutes to spare
before his train left. "Ill take cup
Of coffee" he said to the young wo-
man in charge of the restaurant. "Tve
no time for anything else"
"YOu can take all the time you want,
sir" said the young woman cordially.
''You look at this bill Of fare, and I'll
telephone to the superintendent to de-
lay the train a little while"
"Why, can that be doneT" asked the
traveller in amazement
Certainly" said the young woman.
"Of course it can. It's a branch road
and no other train coming or going
over it today, and the superintendent
would want you to have a good meal.
He owns this restaurant" - Youths
Companion
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
Rats, Cold Weather Retreat.

Many animals snugGle together for
warmth in bitter weather. as the squir
rels and the rats. Those who go rat
ting in hedges and dels in the winter
know they may try dczcn freshly
used burrows without finding a rat.
when suddenly from n single hole the
rats, will come pouring out in stream
Of frenzied fur Twenty or more rats
will lie together in enc hole.
They are clever enough to block up
a hole on the wirdward side to keep
out the draft, so that when a rat hole
Is noted newly stopped with soil, tur-
nip leaves or grass here is almost GER
tain Indication that rats are within
Like the squirrels, they store food for
winter. and the keeper may find il
more difficult to secure his potatoes
from frost than from the attack of the
most numerous Of his furred foes
London Standard.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
The Safest EmnIovment.

The person who is least affected by
trade depression and "slumps" in pro-
duction is the peasant proprietor. SO
long as his acres produce corn, pota-
toes, peas, beans, fruit, milk and vege-
tables he is safe enough from hunger.
His sheep will give wool. and home
spun is excellent wear. His is the
safe, primitive and elemental profes-
sion where a man lives close to the
earth the great mother.-Dublin Irish
Homestead.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
A Ratified Brideorcom.

Some few years ago man of ma
ture age found himself playing first
fiddle to marriage bells. Then they
hied themselves away, as others have
done. to Niagara Falls. He chuckled to
himself as he took pen to enter on a
hotel register for the first time "Jchn
Doe and wife"
He thought he wrote with the easy
air Of one who had so written it there
many years and turned carelessly
away.
On leaving the proprietor inquired
81 hope you have enjoyed your honey
moon with us"
"Sir-r?" But he merely turned the
register back and pointed to this en-
try, "John Doe and bride"
He had been as ''rattled" rs any boy
Philadelphia Ledger.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
ROBIN HOOD NOT A MYTH.
Hero of Sherwood Forest Had Court
Place Under King Edward u.

Hero of Sherwood Forest Had Court
Place Under King Edward II.
Many famous men have their names
linked with SherwoOd-King John, the
three Edwards, Richard Ill, Cardinal
Wolsey and Charles I.-but the hero of
the place, the genius loci" is Robin
Hood.
Some think that the famous outlaw
of the ballads was a myth. a mere pO-
etic conception and a creature Of the
popular mind, but Mr.. Hunter in his
research into the person and period of
Robin Hood holds that he was born
between 1885 and 1895, living through
the reign Of the second Edward and
into the early years of the third. He
was of a family Of some station seat
ed near Wakefield and supported the
Earl of Lancaster in his rebellion
against the government. When the
earl fell and his followers were pro-
scribed Robin Hood took to the woods
and supported himself by Staying the
wild animals found in the forest and
by levying a species Of blackmail on
passengers along the great road which
united London and Berwick This
continued for about twenty months,
from April, 1922, to December. 1923,
when he fell into the kings power,
who for some unknown reason not
only pardoned him, but gave him a
place at court. Anyhow. a man of the
name of Robyn HOde was ''varlet'
OF the king in 1924
DR.. Spencer T. Hall says that RObyu
was created Earl of Huntington by 4
London ballad writer hard up for q
word to rhyme to Little John Bt
this as it may. Robin Hood will alway:
be the hero Of romance. and those who
love romance will refuse to believe
that he never existed.-LOndOn Globe.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
THE VENTRIL0QUIST.
Only an Amateur, but His Exhibition
Was a Success.

Only an Amateur, but His Exhibition
Was a Success.
II was one of a house party up the
Thames" said an amateur ventrilO-
quist. ''Tea had been served in the
garden, and after tea l consented to
essay a little ventriloquism, and the
fifty or sixty guests grew very still.
Behind me rose a superb tree.
Looking up into the thick foliage. l
shouted in loud and angry voice:
"'Hello! What are you doing up
thereY
"TO my amaZement thin young
voice replied:
81 amt dOin' no harm, mister. I'm
just a-watchin' the big bugs
''The guests glanced at one another.
smiling appreciatively. Pulling my
self together. l went on:
"Did any one give you permission
to climb up into that tree?
"'Yes, sir. The second groom. SIR.
He's my cousin
"'Well' said l, so far there's nc
harm done. but be careful not TO fall
and don't let any one see you
"'Ali right, mister said the humble
voice.
Il turned to my audience and smiled
and bowed triumphantly. They broke
into thunderOus applause. They said
that they had never listened to ven.
trilOquism so superb. And they were
quite right tOo."-London Answers.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
MansreId,a Lonclv MesIa.

There were two meals which Mans
field always ate alone-breakfast and
the light repast of broth and oysters
late in the afternoon. An empty stom-
ach attacked his nerves and set his
temper on edge. In the morning -
was in no convenient mood until he
had the invariable coffee and bacon.
After a somewhat rigid abstinence
during the balance of the day and
evening the fatigue Of a performance
edged his nerves till his midnight sup
per. which. with a troop of friends
about him, warmed him into the sun
niest humor of the day. A book OF
play was the companion of his solita-
~ meals.-Paul Wilstach in Scribner's,
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
HANGING THE BABIES.
Nhistler's Arrangement of the Pic
lures a Joke on the Artists.

NhistIer's Arrangement of the Pic
lures Joke on the Artists.
Late in life, when people had begun
to realize the genius of the man, Whis-
tier was asked to arrange the annual
Liverpool exhibition, and here, in his
own words, is how he did it, according
to Heinemann's Life of Whistler"
''YOu know, the academy baby by
the dozen had been sent in, and 1 got
them all in my gallery, and in the cen
ter at one end placed the birth of
the baby-splendid-and opposite the
baby with the mustard pot and Oppo-
site that the baby with the puppy and
in the center, on one side, the baby
i'll, doctor holding its pulse, mother
weeping; on the other, by the door, the
baby dead-the baby's funeral-baby
from the cradle to the grave-baby in
heaven babies of all kinds and shapes
all along the line; not crowded, you
know, hung with proper respect for
the baby.
''And on the vanishing day in came
the artists. each making for his own
baby-amazing! His baby on the line
nothing could be better! And they
all shook my hand and thanked me
and went to lOok-at the other mems
babies-and they saw babies in front
of them, babies behind them, babies to
the right of them, babies to left OF
them. And then-you knOw-theiI
faces fell-they didn't seem to like il
-and-well-ha ha, they never asked
me to hang the pictures again at Liv
erDOOIp'
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
FARMERS INSTITUTE
TO MEET AT SMYRNA
FEBRUARY 1918 SELECTED
FOR SMYRNA PROGRAM.
State Board of Agriculture Out
lines an Interesting Series Of
Meetings for the Institute.

Meetings for the Institute.
The Farmers Institutes in Della
ware will begin on Monday, January
rs, and the first series of meetings
will cover three weeks, closing Feb
ruary 13. The first week all the
meetings. will be in New Castle County
under the direct charge of Professor
H. Hayward, director of the Della
ware Experiment station. The speak
ers will include the famous "Bob
Seeds, a very successful farmer and
a popular lecturer. Mrs. Helen
Wells, for many years the leading
woman lecturer at the Institutes in
New York, w. Theodore Whitman,
successful poultryman, of Allentown
Pa, R. F. McSparrah, we Unknown
Institute instructors in Pennsylvania.
Beginning with Monday, February
/, Kent and Sussex series will begin
at Laurel when Mrs. Wells, Mr..
Whitman, Professor Hayward and
some practical Delaware men will
be the speakers. The other dates for
the week are February 2, Bridge
Vile; February 8, Milford; February
4 Harrington; February an 6,
Dover.
DR.. w. H. Kellogg of Wilmington
will be one of the speakers at Milford
. on the evening of Febru ry 8.
The following week, February 8 to
13, the meetings will be of two days
each, two sets of speakers being en-
gagged the one following the other,
and meetings will be held at Selby-
willie, February and 9; at George
town, February 9 and 10; at Lewes,
February IL and II; at Milton Feb
ruary II; at Smyrna, II and 19.
The full list of Delaware speakers
has not been definitely settled upon
but several of the best farmers and
fruit growers in the State and some
of the Experiment Station men will
address the meetings in addition tC
the outside lecturers.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
RAILROAD STORIES.
This hiaa Who Paid the Conductor and
che Name on the Ticket.

che Name on the Ticket.
An cid time travelling man was talk
ing of experiences of former days on
the road. frequently" said this trav-
eler. ~ J0urneyed 10 Cincinnati. The
fale from my city to that place was
then about $325. l saved something
by handing the conductor 81 in cash.
One day there was an excursion, and
l bought a round trip ticket for $1.25
or $1.50-Pve forgotten the exact
amount, but that circumstance need
not cripple this story. When l handed
this ticket to the conductor as he tore
off the return coupon he looked at me
and in a voice betraying how deeply
he was hurt he remarked, My young
friend, don't you know that l can af-
ford to haul you much cheaper than
this company camp
ION another occasion, when in Chi
cago, a colOred man met me at the en-
trance of the station, asked me where
was going and offered to sell me a
ticket for 81. The ticket was to Louis
vile, but l was only going to Indian
apOlis. Cheap enough.
when the conductor came along to
take up my ticket he asked me my
name. 1t was usual to write ones
name on the ticket in the presence OF
the conductor. l told him my name
was on the ticket. He grinned as he
handed it back and asked me to LOOK
at it and say if that was my name.
looked. The name on the ticket was
Mary Flaherty.' He grinned again
somewhat sarcastically, but he tool
the ticket" -Pittsburg Press.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
Bad Symptoms.

The woman who has periodical head
aches, backache, sees imaginary dark
spots or specks floating or dancing before
her eyes, has@gnawing distress or heavy
full feeling h Stomach, faint spells, drag
ging-down/ feeling in lower abdominal or
pelvic region, easily startled or excited,
irreguG or painful periods, with or with.
out pelvic cataRrh, Is suffering from
weaknesses andAerangements that should
have e39iy attention. Not all Of above
symptorss aZe likely to be present in any
Neglected or badly treated and such
cases bftkn run into maladies which de-
manf He surgeons knife II they do not
resuAtfatally.
No medicine extant- has such a long
and numeIQus record OIL cuTeS-Ip slch
cases as Dr. -Pierce's -EaYQrite PIcscrIn-
tiQQL- NO medicine has such q strong
profess iQnaL ndoESemEn eacb-0LitS
seYeIaI redlentS=Mnrth- more than any
numher Of ord lnaEX non: :prQl less innalie ieS-
tImQnials.- The very best Ingredients
Known TO medical science for the cure Of
woman's peculiar ailments enter into its
composition. No alcohol, harmful, or
habit-forming drug is to be found in the
list OF its ingredients printed on each
bottle-wrapper and attested under oath.
In any condition of the female system,
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription can do
only good-never harm. Its whole effect
is TO streng then, invigorate and regulate
the whole female system and especially
the pelvic organs. When these are de-
ranged in function or affected by disease,
the stomach and other organs of digestion
become Sympathetically deranged, the
nerves are weakened, and long list OF
bad. unpleasant symptoms follow. Toe
much must not be expected of this UFa-
vorite Prescription" 1t will not perform
miracles; will not cure tumors-no med
icine will. 1t will often prevent them, II
taken in time, and thus the operating
table and the surgeons knife may be
avoided.
Women suffering from diseases of long
standing, are invited to consult Doctor
Pierce by letter, free. All correspondence
is held as strictly private and sacredly
confidential. Address DIR. r. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y.
DIR. Pierce's Medical Adviser 1000 pages,
Is sent free on receipt of p one-ceni
Stamps for per-covered, or 81 stamps
~ oth-bound copy. Address rs above
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
SNORING.
One of the Evils We Acquire With
Our Civilization.

OuF NlNlllZaLon.
1t is a truism that no one ever heard
of snoring savage. In fact, if the
wild man of the woods and plains does
not sleep quietly he runs the risk of
being discovered by his enemy, and
the scalp of the snOrer would soon
adorn the belt of his crafty and more
quietly sleeping adversary. With civ
iliZatiOn. however, we have changed
all this. The impure air Of our sleep
ing rooms induces all manner of ca
tarrhal affections. The nasal passages
are the first to become affected. In
stead of warming the inspired air on
its way to the lungs and removing
from 1t the dangerous Impurities with
which it is loaded tie nose becomes
Obstructed. A part of tie air enters
and escapes by the mouth. The veil
of the palate vibrates between the two
Currents-that through the mouth and
the one still passing through the par
TALLY closed nostrils-like Il torn sail
In the wind. The snOre, then, means
that the sleeper's mouth is partially
OpCH' tHdI HIS HOse Is pdtlldlly clOSeu
and that his lungs are in danger from
the air not being properly warmed
and purified. From the continued op-
GRAFTON of these causes - the increase
of impure air in sleeping rooms and
permitting habitual snorers to escape
killing ard scalping-some scientist
has predicted that in the future all
men (and all women. tOo) will snore
1t goes along with decay of the teeth
and Enthusiastically.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
The Very First One.

The visitors in the historical mu-
seum gazed curiously at a small feath-
er pillow which nestled in glass case.
II don't see anything unusual about
that pillow remarked one Of the Wis
ftors, turning to the guide.
'Its a very valuable pillow" replied
the guide. "That is Washington
original headquarters. Lippincott's.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
Art For Arts sake.

at like to see a man take an interest
in his work"
$50 do 1. once knew a policeman
who was 50 enthusiastic that it posi-
lively panied him to see anybody out
Of jail."-I.ouisville Courier-Journal.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
Hard Names.

"Calling names doesn't make any
real difference" said the conservative
campaigner
"No," answered the scientist. "If it
did those Latin titles we have bestow-
ed on germs would have discouraged
them long agO."-Washington Star.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13
rha EntomoIonist,s Boon.

Professor Ito his aged cook)-You
have now been twenty-five years In
my service, Regina. AS a reward for
your fidelity I have determined to
name the bug I recently discovered
after you.-Fliegende Blatter.
Smyrna times., 1909-01-13

Speak with contempt Of no nan.
Every one hath tender sense OF rep
atation. Burton.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-05
B|asCo |banez en- Buenos Aires
Las conferencias del Odeon

|necesidad de escribir, de trasaadhr al
papel sus pensaanieutos y sus impre
stones. Nj Victor Hugo sabe en- que
momento lie ocluri6 aquello, nj ning11i
poeta recuerda Ell primer instante en
que sinti6 la necesidad die ser poeta.
Lo cnerto es que um dia asombro a
sus maestros o1lando estos leyeron eas
La pr;mera paggina de uno de sus caar-
dernos de deben'es, esta Erase: "Sere
Chateaubrdand 8 no sere NADIA"
Tn da, la fila de los alulnnos del
colesgio domlde el joven Hugo Sc ed1-
caba, iba marohando por la caale. HUI
60, al lado' de qlm modesto pasante.
comwersaba de sus srtedios Juveniles.
A1anifestaIbade que tenfa unos versos
cscritos y que saba que La Academia
tenia destinado un premio para la
mejor compensation po6tica que le pre-
sentasen, y qieria saber como deberia
lac@r para presentar Los suyos al seno
de Ia doota co,poracim.
d. p7'mnto la fil, de los alumnos pa
|sa ror el edificio ocupae1o ro- In Aca-I
denla. Victor Hugo, aeourpaIado del
pasante, penetran al interior de ella.
Sa.0ldepn0o gravc,nente los port>ros.
i Quiedes toma por academies. Des-
puts de uua peregrinaci6n por el edG-
ficio, logra entregar al secretario de
a corporaclon aqueNos versos, que n"
fueron premiados com el primer pre-
mios porque es crey76 que 10 que Sc de-
cla acerca de que eran escritos pon.
I'm joven de Is amos era una broms
de NAL gusto. Por ESQ solo Sc le di6
MA mencd6n. Tnvo, pues, asi Victor
Hugo en- estas circunstancias su pri--
mer momento de gloria su primer,
inieiacion en- la fama. -
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-05
la PRIMERA EDICION
DE" LAS ORIENTALES''

Id historic literaria de Victor HUI
90 erllpieza despues de muerto su par
Ire. al encontraase huerfano en- H.
mayor pobreza.
M1chcs de ustedes habram lefdo
"Los Miiserab,es." Ali Marc, ell jo-
vena soiador que arrojado de su ca
sa va a vivir en- una triste boharli1la.
preocupado siempre de hacer imposi4-
bles economfas para subsistr. es en-
este ultano 1spectO un trasunto del
propio Victor Hugo, que, falto de di-
nero, habitaba una bohardilla de la ca
lie del Dragon. En- esa epoca, un dia.
su hermano Abel, militar y de sdgu--
nos recmrsos mas que el, lie hace pu-
blicar sus "Orientales". Ell papel del
folleto, de tan r1stico, era casi negro.
y en- La caratula un vase con una SER
piente, en- simbOlo de la Enwidia, pa
rccia mas bien un mortero emblema
tico de botica. (Risas.)
Ell editor fijo ell precio del libro eu
frances $50. .a..
Quedabase con los 3 frances. v da-
ba los so centimos a Victor Hugo. (Ri-
sas). Asi es que cuando el poeta con-
siguio $50 frances como importe de
sus versos Sc crey0 con una fortuna.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-05
LUIS XVIII Y Ell CASA
M1ENTO DE HUGO

Y le ocurri6 algo mas haiagador.
Acabada de imprimir laobra, pas6 fren
te una libreria un viejecito hector
dea reano, Rector de Luis XVIII, y COM
pro ese libro por no saber cuaa COM
prar.
(Contiswsr6.)
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-05
Ell general Polavieja
Cartagena IL (11.5O m.

GnFtaREHH IL NII.0V III.
Para organizar los seryicios de la
Cruz Roja, ha negado el general Po
lavieja, a quien esperaban en- la esta
xi0n el comandante general del aposta
dero, ell gobernador mlitar, el alcal
de otras autoridades y numerosos ie
fes y oficiales.
Ell general Polavieja sera obsequiad<
con un banquete, y visitara las forti
ficaciones de la plaza.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-05
LA CAMPANA DE MEL|LLA

bio, que los jefes pusieron esta mana
ma el siguiente telegrama:
"a usted y noble pueblo, agrade-
cidisima, da las mas expresivas gra-
cias La oficialidad de Burgos".
En- todos los trenes sc repiten las
mismas manifestations.
Uno de los que mas sobresalen en- es-
ia patri6tica obra, es Ell sacerdote don
Salustiano Molina.
xManuel Vil1averdeD.- Embarque de
tropas.
Malaga IL g n.y.
Han embarcado en- el aManuel Villa
verden las fuerzas de Administration
que llegaron esta maiana con 240 mu-
los y 16 caballos.
Fueron objeto de una carinosa des
pedida.
En- los muelles Sc notaba gran ami
maci6n.
En- ea 0Alfonso XIID embarcaron los
batallones del Principe, con la impedi
menta.
Ell barco zarpara esta noche.
Ha Negado, para conducir tropas, Ell
trasatlantico aCatalunap.
Mas tropas
Malaga 13 (12,45 ~
A las nueve de la manana lego el
tren miitar conduciendo las tiltim&
fuerzas de la division Sotomayor.
| Son estas las 'cuartas compan{as de
los dos batallones del regimiento del
Principe, una secci6n de ametrallado-
ras, Ia plana mayor del mismo, con Cd
coronel don Julio Malo, y el general
de Ia segunda brigada, don Enrique
BruaAa Gil; ei teniente coronel ayur
dante, don Aniceto Gonzalez, y el jefe
de Estado Mayor de La brigada, don
joaquin Nieves.
Ell general gobernador, Comisiones
mlitares, el Ayuntanliento y la Dipu-
taci6n recibieron las fuerzas, que en-
seguida Sc trasladaron al muelle de
Canovas, donde esperaban el captain
general, con sus ayudantes, y el conan.
dante de Marina.
POGO despues comenz6 el embarque
de fuerzas en- ell uCiudad de Cadizs.
Estas son en- total, 427 plazas, y ade-
mas "a acemilas y la impedimenta del
regimiento. ..": n'-..
Embarcaran en- dicho buque 457 ca
jas con 685.5OO cartuchos mauser y 10C
Icajas de granadas.
Llegada del oMenorquinn. K 0ficiales
heridos.-La familia del se1or Bur.
gueta-E coronel Fernandez Blan.
ea-El vapor sRabatn.
Malaga 13 f12.45 t.)
Ha fondeado ell vapor wMenorquinp,
|despues de haber estado seis dias en-
la Restinga desembarcando where's y
municiones.
De Melilla ha traido. varios pasaje-
ros, entire los cuales vienen el captain
de ingenieros don Doroteo Castahon y
el teniente del regimiento de Melilla
don Carlos Suarez Madariaga, que fue-
ron heridos EN- los combates del % y
del a.. 2.
Regresan La PeninsulN con objeto
de atender al complete restablecimien.
to de su saiud.
Tambien ha venido el sargento de
voluntarios Rodriguez, con objeto de
acompanar 6 la familia del teniente Co
ronel Burguete, que marchara esta tar
de 4 MeIila.
Ell ~Menorquins zarpara despues dc
mediodia con rumbs q Cadiz, para lin.
|piar fondos, y segsidamente regresar6
6 este puerto.
Encu&ntrase en- Malaga el coroned
del regimiento del Rey, sehor Fernan.
Edez Banco, que ha venido para re.
ponerse de unas febres que padeci6 en-
toas'd.n''
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-10-05
En- ViIlacalas
Villacaiias IL q t.)

VLAacaHaS IL u ~
Contin1a este pueblo agasajando a
las tropas expedicionarias. Todas var
zatisfechisimas, y especialmente les re-
gimientos de GuipuDcoa y Burgos.
Aver, media hora antes de Aegar ea
segundo battalion de Burgos, telegrafi6
el coronel al alcalde, don Amable de
AHA, con el fin de que &c preparase
81 rancho. Con actividsd Sc prepare
y los soldados tuvieren rancho album
Aantisimo de carne, chorizos, jam6R y
1oaganiza.
A jefes y oficiales se len di6 un han.
auete y sc pronuneiaron patrioticoe
Arindis. La mdsica toe6 varias pie3as
v los soldados estuvieron balando.
Los jeees quisieron pagar el imperts
pero no solo no se Ees conssn4i6, mno
cue sc le r:galAren gran e>n&idsa
Ae ohorizos y longanizas para Ia tropa.
Tan agradeeidoe fueron de- eake pue-