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Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
The Rice God.

In the Malay peninsula, after gen.
eral propitiatory service has been held
as an apology to the rice for cutting
1t. the ''rice SOUL is diligently sought.
First the spot where the best rice
grows is selected; then seven stems
are chosen, each having seven joints.
Within this sacred bundle resides the
soul of the whole precious field, and,
dressed in swaddling clothes like a live
infant, it is borne home in a basket
and tenderly, reverently, placed on a
new sleeping mat.
After the rice harvest in CeylOn the
priests take a little old god called
Mareii down to the river. A hole is
dug where the water is shallow, and
into this is crammed a bag of dry rice,
with the god placed on top. The satu-
rated rice expands, forcing the image
upward, so that in about fifteen days
| it comes to the surface and is wei
coined as new god with acclama
tions of great joy.
Both in China and Japan are helC
special festivals of thanksgiving ant
Offering up of first fruits.-LOs An
geles Times.
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
what Ha waa AIIowed 70 Do.

A Presbyterian delegate who was
accustomed to being sent to denOmina-
tional conventions to extend fraternal
greetings was delegated to the general
conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
church
Rising to speak, he. said it was al
ways an interesting study to him to
note the different receptions accorded
him at the conventions Of the various
denominations.
"Whenever / attend a convention of
the Episcopal church. for example, y
said he, 81 find l can do anything
like except preach in the pulpit. When
l go before the Baptist church | an
accorded every privilege except tha
Of taking. communion. And" he said
with a smile, "when / appear among
the Methodists l notice l am allowed
every privilege except taking the col
Iectionw-Ladies' Home Journal.
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
rurouoises and the MongOIs.

TuruuoiseS are the flVCriee stones cl
all the Moagol races and are generally
worn i'm their original state except by
the Chinese women, who have them
roughly cut and wear them mixed Win
nearls and coral. Both the Ti5etan
men and women ornament themselves
with lump turquOiscS, the men wear
ing them attached to their single Soid
earrings. which are worn i'll the right
ear only.
The women of Ladakh carry their
fortunes on their heads in the shape
of a broad strip of red cloth studded
with huge turQuoises, which, starting
from the forehead, is carried over the
head and hangs nearly to the waist.
BY the Ladakhis these turquoises are
preferred that have little black specks
ON them, which show their genuine
ness, for even in the wilds Of central
Asia the .spOtless blue composition
emanating from Europe is offered fol-
sale. the bazaar at Darjeeling being
flooded with it.
The Bhutia women in the Darjeelin}
district wear quaint brass ornaments
covered with chip turQuoises, whlcl
are cheap, but the MongOlians have
the embossed silver plates which form
such becoming headgear studde'
with really fine turquoises, for whicl
the owners, have to give valuable fur
in exchange.-COrnhill Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
Healthful Tombstone.

Nobody ever dies in Tombstone un-
less they brought it within" or fall
into a 600 foot vertical shaft, or buy
an automobile, or sass" their mother
in-law. or try to thaw out powder, or
mistake cyanide Of potassium for
sugar, or start off a county seat re-
moval racket Some die Of old age,
some old partners of Daniel Boone. but
none has ever been known to die
from physical Irregularities contracted
in Tombstone aside from the above
mentioned causes and occasionally an
abnormal tightness about the throat
superinduced by Il coil of manila rope
or from a cold caught through a holt
made by a 45.-TOmbstone Epitaph
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
Luck In Golf.


Luck, as will readily be understood,
is factor that enters very largely
into golf. Perhaps the most notable
case on record is that Of jamie An
dcrson when competing for the cham
picnship at Prestwick in 1873. He had
lust teed his ball for the seventeenth
drive when a little girl standing
among the spectators remarked that
he had unconsciously placed it just in
front of the proper line. Although
nobody else had noticed the fact, this
proved on examination by the referee
to be correct. Thereupon Anderson
teed his ball again in a fresh position
well behind the line and made a drive
which landed him in the hole and
eventually enabled him to win the
match. If, however he had played il
from the original spot he would have
been penalized q stroke and have lost
the championship. Clearly, then, lucl
on the links is something to be taker
into consideration whatever nonbeliev
ers may say to the contrary Bailey
| Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03

The proposition to rearrange the
districts of the Wilmington Annual
Conference of the M. E. Church, which
was recently made by Bishop David
H. Moore of Cincinnati, Ohio, who
is to preside at the next session of
conference which meets at Milford In
March does not meet with much favor
on the part of the MethOdists OF the
Peninsula, and it is hardly likely that
any change will be made, judging
from what can be learned. The bis
hop wrote to Rev. Adam Stengle sup
erintendent of Salisbury district ask
ing for suggestions an also map,
showing how Encouragement could
be made so as to eliminate one OF the
four districts and to make three OF the
entire territory. Mr.. Stengle, it is
understood, in reply, stated that such
a change could be made but he was OF
the opinion it would not meet with
approval.
Charles H. Armour, a former
resident of Wilmington, died of heart
disease at Birdsboro, Pa, on Satur-
day, Januray %, where he was ticket
| and freight agent for the W. & N.
and Reading Railroads. He was born
at Rising Sun, Md, 54 years ago anc
is a brother of Samuel H. Armour OF
Houston, Delaware. His parents
moved to Wilmington when he was
quite young. There he attended the
public school and later entered the
employ of the Wilmington and North
ern Railroad in that city as messenger
boy. He was successfully agent TO
this company at Joanna, Birdsboro
Reading and when the w. & N. ant
Reading Railroad stations at BirdsbOr
were merged he was put in charge
His funeral took place Tuesday morn
ing. After services at Birdsboro
special w. and N. train cOneyved tn
funeral party to ElversOn, Pa, wher
the interment was made.
Early Tuesday morning Miss Fran
ces Virginia Fisher died in the cit
of Washington, at 1748 M Street, N
W., the home of herself and ner sis
ter, Mrs. Annie F. Cahoon. Miss
Fisher had been in bad health fC
some time, but her illness was nc
supposed to be critical until day c
two before her death. She was tt
, daughter of the late George P. Fish'
and the late Mrs. Eliza A. FisheI
and the sister of George P Fisher
, Jr., ESQ.,, of Chicago. She was boz
: in Dover but most of her life WI
n spent in Washington, where her fath'
held many honorable positions. 81
was well-known in Dover and w
k universally esteemed for sweetne
! of character and a brightness of ter
r perment, which distinguished h
: even in the midst of pain and suffe
;. ing. Funeral services were held
Ie Washington Wednesday, and int
J. ment was made ir the Old Method
r Cemetery, Dover, Thursday afterno
!. at two o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03

C. R. Kluger, the Jeweler, 1850
Virginia Ave-, indianapolis, Ind,
writes: 81 was so weak fromkidney
trouble that l could hardly walk a
hundred feet. Four bottles of Foley's
Kidney Remedy cleared my complex
ion, cured my backache and the ir-
regularities disappeared, and can
now attend to business every day and
recommend Foley's Kidney Remedy
to all sufferers as it cured me after
the doctor and other remedies had
failed. " Sold by all druggists, Smyrna
and w. R. Keys & Co., Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03

Cardinal Manning. the famous Eng
lish churchman. was gaunt Of face.
The great ecclesiastic's appearance
was so ascetic that he seemed to have
been almost starved Once in Liver
pool he visited a convent, and the cook
knelt to him for a blessing, which she
got.
"May the Lord preserve your emf
nence," said she. and then. looking al
his thin face. she added, "and. oh. may
God forgive your cOokr'
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03

Foley's Honey and Tar clears the
air passages, stops the irritation in
the throat, soothes the infamed mem-
branes, and the most obstinate cough
disappears. Sore and infamed lungs
are healed and strengthened, and the
cold is expelled from tn system.
Refuse any but the genuine IN the
yellow package. Sold by all drug.
rists. Smyrna and w. R. Keys &
Co., Clayton.
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
Insisted on a Change.

London Coster Injecting village
idiot)-Oo are yer a-larfn' at? Idiot
Oi bean't a-larin' Coster-Well, put
your face straight Idlot-lt is straight.
Coster (exasperated) Well, then.
bloomin' well bend it.-London Taller
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
Same Old Lao.

"Ebenezer." called out Mrs. Jagway
from the floor above. have you been
drinking again?"
mo, m dear" answered Mr.. Jag
way in the hallway below Not again.
Chicago Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
Reminded Him.

Waiter-Haven't you forgotten some
thing, sir? Restaurant PatrOn-Pm
glad you spoke of it. My wife told
me not to spend any money fOolishly,
and l was just going to give you tip.
Chicago News.
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
To PhiIin Sober.

When a woman who asked Philip of
Macedon to do her justice was snub-
bed by the petulant monarch she ex-
claimed, philip. shall appeal against
this judgment"
Appeal thundered the enraged
king. And to whom will you ap-
peal?"
"TO Philip SOBER" was her reply.
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
an FarIv Rieer.

Mrs. Hicks-~You mean to tell me
that you have a servant girl who gets
up in the morning without being cali
cd? Mrs. Wickes lYes. She's in love
with the milkman. = Boston Tran
script.
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
The WANING honeYmoon.

81 forgot something" said the hus-
band
eyes" pouted the wife you forgot
to kiss me-"
'That may be. but what l came back
for was my overshoes. kansas City
Journal
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03
snoiled In the Cook.

Adversity borrows It's sharpest sting
from our iraparience.-Horne.
Smyrna times., 1909-02-03

The oyster men of Delaware have
taken notice of the recommendation
made by the legislature committee
on revenue and taxation, to the
effect that steps be taken by the
State to secure some revenue from
the unsurveyed oyster beds, and with
tthe expecttiaon that there will be
some oyster legislation this winter,
a delegation Of the oystermen went
to Dover recently and conferred with
Chairman Walter Donoho and other
members of the House committee on
fish, oysters, and game. From what
can be learned the oystermen had nc
legislation to propose, but made
the request that they be notified wher
there is any legislation pending OF
that subject, so that they can b
heard. Their request will be grant
ed. Representatives of Delawar'
City, are also on the lookout for an,
oyster and fish legislation, and whei
anything of the kind comes up the.
will notify their constituents at an
near Delaware City SO that they ca
present their views.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-25
HOPES COUNCIL WILL STOP
SMOKING ON STREET CARS

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23.-TEditor
Herald: On account OF the morally
depraved, irresponsible and unprinci-
pied people that live in every commun-
ity, laws have to be made and enforced
to protect the rights of others.
Smoking on the street cars is indulged
in by the selfish and the aforesaid
class. With few exceptions the smok-
ing fiends are outnumbered at least
four to one on every car. Is the major
ity to be made miserable by a few of
these selfish beasts?
The other day while riding on the car
there were two would-be sports sitting
in front of me, smoking some cheap
cigarettes, generating enough smoke
apparently to float a small size balloon.
And at my side was a man from whose
cigar the ashes were blowing on my
black suit. Besides polIuting the air
and the annoyance occasioned by this
filthy habit, could there have been any
thing more exasperating?
VIII also state that while on the
Maple avenue car last night the ashes
from the cigar of one of these fiends
fell on a man sitting in a seat below
him. The animal didn't even excuse
himself, but went on smoking as If he
owned the car.
1t is only this morally corrupt and in
decent element that would smoke on
the cars after the agitation that has
been going on in the papers on this
subject, and it Is on account of this
class that 1t is up to the council to pass
a law to abolish this nuisance.
If there is any councilman-and
hope there is not-who will stand up,
defend and cast his vote for this minor
ity, he openly brands himself, first, as
having poor judgment; second, being
unfit to represent a respectable COM
munity; third, being deprived of COM
mon decency himself.
We hope the council will not postpone
this important question Of smoking on
the street cars when it takes up the
subject again In the early part of Octo-
ber, but let us have 1t settled once and
for all by having law passed annihil-
ating these pests from the cars.
R NJ
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-25
SOUTH CALIFORNIA

A FORMAL CALL for the South
N California convention has been
IA issued. The convention will be
! composed of ten delegates apiece from
the following organizations: Los An
geles realty board, chamber of COM
merce, Merchants and Manufacturers
association, Municipal league, City
club, South California State league,
Credit Mems association and the Job
bers' association.
From the first realization Of the
equalization" outrage it was plain to
all citizens who have studied the
greater questions of the day that
state division at last had been hurled
into the arena of practical politics by
the precipitate and iI-considered preju-
dice, sectionalism and partisanship of
the northern gougers. There is only
one sane and sensible method by which
an effective protest against the unjust
tactics of the north may be lodged;
and that method is not verbal remon-
STRANGE.
It is all very we'll to talk about Ere
monstrating," but the old proverb says
it is best to fight the devil with fire.
and not with remonstrances. We
hasten to explain we do not mean for
a moment to insinuate there was any
thing diabolieal in the inspiration or
motives that prompted our good north
ern friends to attack us so savagely.
In a moment of observation-disclosures they
allowed themselves to record the state
ment South California is a much more
valuable asset to Uncle Sans nation
than is North California, and that its
rate of improvement and Of progress
is as much greater than that of the
north as the speed of an express train
is greater than that Of a grunting
freighter.
Probably this is true, but it is
equally true San Francisco ana the
north, in a long career Of industry and
of development, have amassed a
greater amount Of wealth than that to
which South California, a compare
lively new country. can as yet lay
claim. Therefore the assessment was
arbitrary, unjust, outrageous-yes, In
all likelihood malicious; and against it
the only form Of protest that will tell"
will be separation from the gouging
north and the formation of the pros
porous, independent state Of South
California, the metropolis of which will
be that great maritime city which In
a few years will also be the undisputed
metropolis and principal seaport of the
Pacific coast-Greater Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-25
THINKS PRIVILEGE FOR
WOMEN DOES NOT EXIST

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22.-[Editor
Herald: "Only a Mere Man" objects
to woman assuming that maScuillllty
means everything that is selfish. !
presume woman would not "assume"
anything of the kind, unless she was
forced to so assume" by her own oo-
servation. AS Mrs. Williams says, the
men make a run and jump on the cars
before they stop, grab all the seats
and hold them-thus taking advantage
of the women by their superior lhy-
steal strength. 1t is SO seldom one
ever sees a seat offered to woman,
one has little chance to judge OF her
courtesy in saying "thank you" In
my daily trips on the Moneta avenue
line for several years, I have seen
man offer his seat to woman per-
haps three times in all those years,
and in every case the woman has al
ways thanked him. 1 have seen twice
as many women offer their seats TO
other women and to old men as l have
seen men and boys rolinquish the seats,
which they had grabbed, because they
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-25
MUD Singer

IVY HILB we rejoice in the efforts
M that have been made to sell
" the school bonds, and think the
good citizenship that came to the res
cue of Los Angeles at most critical
period in its history is entitled to frank
unreserved, we'll deserved praise, we
do not believe the school board and
school teachers of this city should al
low to pass unanswered the sweeping
charges published in the Times by a
writer who signed himself "Educa-
tor" and was allowed to call in ques-
ton the general efficiency Of the
school system of Los Angeles.
The attack was not warranted by
facts. and is certain to injure greatly
the reputation of Los Angeles as an
educational center unless methods are
adopted of demonstrating in the most
public manner the falsity and absurd
ity of the charges preferred against
our excellent schools and our hard
working school teachers and our bright
boys and girls by this anonymous
protege of, the Times.
We call the attention Of Superintend-
ent Moore to the fact this alleged
Educator" who pretended he was
speaking from intimate and accurate
knowledge and close observation, made
the charge Grammar school work Is
neglected In Los Angeles" That Is
what he said-in so many words.
He also said: "The writer's position
for several years has been such as to
bring him in an educational way in
constant contact with grammar school
graduates and also with high school
students.
HE has yet to meet an eighth grader
able to stand the test laid down in the
school regulations"
On the strength of this, every eighth
grade scholar as well as every eighth
grade teacher in Greater Los Angeles
is absolutely entitled to demand the
name of the writer of the article They
have a right to know the name of their
defamer, who adds
second year high school students who
did not know the simple rudiments of
English, NOR OF ANYTHING ELSE
in a way to be of real value
Think of it! Ignorant of grammar
and everything else!!
If our schools are in the chaotic and
backward condition the writer Of the
article from which we have quoted
asserts they are then there should be
without delay a public investigation
Of the entire school system and the en-
tire school question, in order that the
present system may be replaced by one
that will be better.
But, are we to believe the Times
unidentified Educator? We trow not
He is some irresponsible anonymous
cheap and scurrilous scribbler, en-
ployed by the enemies of education in
! Los Angeles to do their dirtiest work
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-25
TO COME FROM DENVER TO
ATTEND LETTER BOX PICNIC

LOVELAND, Cal, Sept. 24.-[Editor
Herald: If the writer's of the Letter
Box are going to picnic at Sycamore
grove September %, Marian Martin will
surely be there if the trains keep run
ming between Denver and Los Angeles,
and arrive on time. So, Mr.. Editor,
please save her a copy of your val
liable paper and a badge, If such items
are necessary for a proper introduce
tion.
If T. X. G., Observer, w. B., H. d:
Nelson, Homo, G. F. and others will
be friendly and shake hands, Marian
Martin Will be equally good. II not
"a Stay of Hands" might be declared
after the manner of the ancient Greeks
in going to and from the Olympian
games in time Of war, for all must at
tend the picnic and be friendly, II not
friends.
Come to the Letter Box menagerie
Beneath a Ieafy sycamore tree
Admission only a Herald Dadge.
And II the badge you cannot borrow
WHY, then wen trust you till tomorrow.
DON'T be afraid to walk inside,
THE suffragettes are safely tied.
And 10 The Herald extend our thanks
For calling the roll Of Letter Box cranks.
So come to the picnic, one and all:
short and fat, or lean, lank and tall.
MARIAN MARTIN,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-25
DOUBTS RECTITUDE OF
OUR MORAL STANDARDS

LONG BEACH, Sept. 24.-[Editor
Herald: The writer's for The Herald s
Public Letter Box" are, with one ex-
ception, as bright lot of ink singers
as ofte ngather in the columns of a
newspaper. For year they have been
handling questions of public and pri-
Vate morals with a courage and
perspicuity that is worth initiating,
but there seems to be a lack of uni
formity in their standards of morals.
They furnish no gauge by which to
measure or weigh actions or events or
opinions, no judgment seat to which
all these may be hailed and tried and
sentenced. 1 recommend that IA of
them tell the rest of us and them
selves what morality is in reference
to human actions, or opinions, or
events. Not that we have not powers
that be who profess to know the moral
law when they meet 1t on the street.
Not but we are clamored at from
press columns, from rostrums and
from pulpits, and the moral law laid
down to us with adequate penalties
affixed If we dare to disobey these
prophets of their own conceit. But the
world is coming swiftly to believe that
these teachers of morals, most of
them, have an ak to grind. A creed
to bolster, a party to sustain. They
are none of them disinterested. None
of them faithful to the truth for the
truths sake. For example:
The pulpit tells us that good morals
consist in a strict adherence to theo-
logical dogma. To an undertaking be-
lief in a certain formulated creed.
need not repeat it. 1t is the property
of the world. Mere morals, to these
theologues, is Filthy rags" I deny
that there is a single opinion extant
that belongs exclusively to theology
that is necessary to a perfect human
character.
Some say that good morals are a
strict conformity to the law of the
land. l make the assertion, and defy
successful contradiction, that the
vilest criminal that is known to his
tory is, and has been, the statute
book. 1t has been my privilege, my
| duty and my Joy to trample human