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"all In" yet had still tho two hard
est stages Of my journey to cover
the bitter fight of jumping and falling
jumping and falling, during the final
800 feet, and last, but most awful of
all. the horrors Of that descent where
the chances were 100 to against ma
Laughing at 10000 Feet.
There was nothing for 1t. however,
but to continue the fight upward.
So l doggedly fixed my mind upon
the magic figures 10000 and mounted
again. Below me there was nothing
but space. The filmy clouds formed a
haze which completely shut the earth
from my view. and seemed like an
impudent little fly huzzing around I'm
portantly In the vastness of infinitude.
The thought struck me as being rather
droll. and laughed aloud.
Then I remembered how friend OF
mine had come to me at the hangar
before started and, with quizzical
expression on his face. as though he
knew was not serious, asked:
'Are you really going for altitude to-
day7"
Eyes, answered
"Do you think you have any chance
OF making itY' he asked.
"rhere's always chance" I replied
and jumped into the machine.
Since then have thought over that
short conversation score OF times and
l have failed to find In II anything
amusing. Yet away up there in a lone.
liness whose vastness and impressive
ness only Legagneaux and I of all liv.
ing men can appreciate, with the mo-
tor buzzing and whirline and humming
and splitting, seemingly to accentuate
the very vastness OF the solitude and
make 1t even more awe inspiring than
II is to the floating balloonist--away
w there, passing close to the 1900 foot
mark-the two questions and their an.
swers struck me as being the most
droll things had ever heard, and |
started to laugh boisterously like a
drunken sailor In low taproom.
Crazy" l thought and as the
Thought flashed across my mind with
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ALCOHOL AND MEMORY.
influence Of intoxicating Liquor Upon
Ones Mentality.

influence Of intoxicating Liquor Upon
Ones Mentality.
Every person who drinks alcohol to
excess, says DR.. Alexander Lambert
In Success Magazine, will not show ev-
cry form of mental deterioration thai
may be produced by excessive indul-
gence. and the degree Of deterioration
In intelligence which goes to make up
the sum total of mentality varies
greatly in different individuals.
All who drink alcohol to excess,
however, show some diminution 10
their judgment. Judgment means the
power of recalling various memories
of perceptions through the senses,
which have come In from the outside
world. memories of ideas, memories Of
emotions and all the complicated asso-
citation Of ideas that these bring up,
and in the recalling of them weigh each
one with the other and Judge of the
value between them. This also means
reasoning and decision for action. This
power Of reasoning and judging Is
weakened in the alcoholic, and In any
brain long poisoned by alcohol 1t Is an
lmpossibility to exercise It. Memory It,
self is also weakened. There Is exces-
sive forgetfulness of the recent past,
and In some cases of advanced alcohol
ism there Is absolute forgetfulness Of
wide gaps Of years; man may be
unable to remember anything from the
last FIVE minutes back for twenty years
and then remember back to childhood.
The memories of childhood are more
easily stamped on the brain than are
those Of adult life. both because It
takes less to impress child and be-
cause there is not the completely Of
ideas crowding into the brain. nor the
completely Of association Of ideas to
be recorded. Therefore memories Of
childhood make deeper impress and
last longer, and so the complex memo
ries of the adult are the first to be for
gotten in the alcoholic. and those Of
childhood remain.
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Copyright in Great Britain and Canada.
All rights reseryed.1
- r was ON the train between Phila-
delphia and New York. 1 had
just received confirmation of 1y
altitude record of 0,S97 feet-the
highest man had ever been In an aero
plane-and had read In the evening
papers that my great ambition to be
the first to go up above the coveted
10000 mark would never be realized,
for Legagneaux had risen 10,490 that
afternoon.
WELL" i heard one man say to an
other, they have settled Drexers rec
ord beyond all question now. Here's
fellow who has beaten him by 500
feet"
YES" said the other. ut seems to
get easier every day."
Easy. A man climbs and climbs
and strains every nerve and muscle to
the breaking point-he fights inch by
Inch, forcing frail machine beyond
anything 1t was ever intended to do
he hears the creaking of the wood
work and the wicked singing Of the
tautening wires, and he knows that
one little ounce more of strain some
where, anywhere. and 1t will all be
over In the most horrible of ends-he
plugs onward and upward, sick at
heart and in body, utterly weary and
hopeless, nerves gone, strength ebbing
fast. brain dizzy, ears bursting and
eyes swimming until momentary
spell of near unconsciousness makes
him pull himself together for the
awful he'll of that final plunge to
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earth, to leave him practically help
less when at last he does reach the
ground-and they call all this easyi
No man will ever be able adequate
ly to describe that long, vast plunge
to earth after every nerve has col
lapsed and every muscle refused to do
more work upward. l have expert
enced It more often than any living
aviator, yet even now I cannot recall
any detached or definite impressions
OF it-nothlng but o shuddering MEM
DRY of horrors rushing by with an aw-
full sense OF defenselessness and fu-
tlllty of effort as fairly shrieked
through the air to earth with the
chances 100 to against a safe landing.
Anybody can climb for height"
said Morane. 1.-THE thing is TO get
down again"
Climbing the Air Stairs.
That fellow who said that II was
getting easier all the time" should
have seen the beautiful Bleriot us she
swept gracefully Off the ground with
me that day at Point Breeze and as
she few, without effort and with
scarcely tremor. In the first wide
preliminary circles as l mounted the
first 1000 feet.
Easyl That would have looked easy
enough certainly. The machine must
have locked like n great gull or
buzzard floating on the breeze, and
suppose might have been sound
asleep In her for all the spectators on
the ground could have seen of motion
or of effort on my part
Then came the clouds, and worked
my way up through them, hoping that
they would not be thick nor last long,
for above the clouds in the sunlight
are the wickedest gusts, and 1t means
fight, fight. fight, all the time.
The hand Of the aneroid barometer
In front of me kept creeping round and
round rs mounted The first 1000
feet We're told of quickly, and then
more and more slowly the Indicator
went as l entered the thinner strata Of
the upper air and began the struggle
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EARLY DAY coRoNERs.
Their inquests Covered Wide Variety
Of Subjects.

Their inquests Covered Wide Variety
Of Subjects
1t has been supposed and legal his
torians have told us that the office Of
coroner was originally instituted by
King Alfred with that of the sheriff.
both being designed to aid In keeping
the peace when the earls gave up the
wardships of the county. The legal
historians are wrong. according to DIR.
f. J. Waldo Of the British Medico-
Legal society, who has traced the his
tory Of the coroner and his ancient
office as far back as the year 1874.
In early days the coroner had a
wider and more general Jurisdiction
than he now enjoys. Coroners were
wont to hold their views not only
upon deaths where an investigation
was considered necessary. but also
upon various serious crimes which
were treated as occasions for the rails
ing of revenue for the crown. The
mission of the coroner to the state
was not alone to investigate crimes
and bring felons to justice. He super
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-08-04
A Sixtus V. Salad.

When Pope Sixtus Y. was an OBJ
scure monk he had great friend In a
certain lawyer who sank steadily into
poyerty while the monk rose to the
papacy. The poor lawyer journeyed
to Rome to seek aid from his old
friend, the pope, but ha fell sick and
told his doctor to lei tar pope know
of his sad state. Il Will send him
salad" said Sixtus and duly dispatch
ed a basket Of lettuce to the invalid.
When the lettuce was examined mon
ey was found in the hearts; hence
the italian proverb Of man in need
of money, HE wants one of Sixtus
VS. salads"
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There are parts of Morocco, we are
told by a French visitor, where jackal
broth Is highly esteemed as a table
delicacy. A friendly sheik dissented
vehemently when 1t was intimated
that as jackals fed on carrion the
broth must have horrible flavor.
ut Is only question Of knowing how
to prepare it." he said. You put the
jackal, skin and all, for two hours into
vessel of boiling water. then transfer
II to another vessel. This process Is
repeated three times. After ten hours
boiling In FIVE different waters, the
carrion flavor disappears and the broth
is delicious."-London Chronicle.
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Makino the Chances Even.

In days when tavern brawfs in Eng
land were frequent and swords were
ont on the slightest provocation COM
mon fairness demanded that the blades
of chance combatants should be of
equal length. In a sudden ARRAY
there would be no thought of measur-
ing swords, SO the authorities took tie
matter into their own hands at the
gates of the city of Tendon, where
every gallant was liable to be chal-''
lenged, and if the public official found
any blade beyond thirty-six inches the
smith stood by to snap off the steel to,
the required length. In Queen Eliza
beth's reign this was the commonl
nractice,
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matchmaker or inspector for repair,
Int he can give it to any matchmaker
in whom be has confidence. 1t must,
however, be submitted to the in.
spector before it can be used in actual
service.
That no favoritism is shown In the
matter of watches is evident In the
fact that no less than eight diff.
ferent manufacturers supply railroad
vatches,-Scienti6c American
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1911-08-04

intended the forfeiture of money and
personal property by criminals to the
crown, for the recording of which ne
was responsible. These forfeitures
were not confined In cases of violence
and death to the property of the per-
son who could be held directly respon-
sible, but included animals and tnstru-
ments to which loss of human life I'M
der any circumstances might be trace
able.-New York World.
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6urolarlous Grabs.

Sand crabs in the West Indies dur
ing the summer live in holes on the
seashore just above high tide mark, re-
firing into them during the day ana
coming out at night. They have sin
gular habit In their nocturnal excur-
sions of entering houses, the doors OF
which In warm weather are usually
left open, and taking possession OF
small articles of clothing, such as col
lars, neckties and stockings, which
they effectually conceal In their holes
on the beach.
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lam For Breakfast.

People who like to eat pastry or
other irregular dishes for breakfast
should be consoled to learn that no
less a man than Herbert Spencer ate
strawberry jam at his morning meal.
He did it to avoid monotony, believing
that digestion was best served by
keeping the stomach entertained with
variety. He is said to have told of a
man who went into a decline from
too steady diet Of mutton chops.
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TrOlleyS to Trenton

Cars leave Bridge Street, Lambert
vile, for Trenton 6:ao, 7:ao, 8:ao,
gao, io:ao, rIs:o; A.M.Ia:ao, I:ao, a:ao,
gao, 4:so, s:ao, Gao, 7:ao, S:ao, 9:2o,
1910, iI:ao, P. NJ; ia:ao midnight,
daily, Sunday included. r eturning,
leave Trenton on same schedule from
5:ao A, NJ, to Ir,ao, p. NJ. Fare
age. each way, or soc. return.
Connections At Yardley.
Cars leaving I.ambertville at 6:ao
J:ao, 9:ao, A. M. a:ao, s:ao, P. NJ,
make immediate connection at Yardley
with trains for Philadelphia, arriving
there in one and one-half hours. Re-
turning, trains leaving Reading Ter
minal at 7:a3, II:3o, A. NJ, 1890,
a:I7, SIT, AIT, $500, 6:I7, 7:I7, p.
NJ, make close, connections for Lam
bertville. Round trip rate, $I.44-
aoc. each way to and from Yardley,
and $I.o4 return, to Philadelphia.
Close connections at Morrisville with
electric cars to and from Bristol and
Philadelphia.
prpninn Now Unpp 4 omAorfviIlaCf D
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Why She COULDN'T.

The elder Booth. the tragedian. had
a broken nose. woman friend once
remarked to him. Il like your acting
very much, Mr.. Booth, but to be per-
fectly frank with you | can't get over
your nosep'
mo wonder. madam" replied Booth;
"the bridge is gone"
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A CnmnariRon.

"a horse Is mans truest friend"
said the lover OF animals.
Hes more like relation than a
friend" replied Farmer Corntossel.
"He makes me think Of my boy Josh;
allus ready to eat an liable to kick II
you put him to work. Washington
Star.
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DO the right thing IL you have Nasal Ca
tarrh. Get Ely's Cream Balm at once. Don't
touch the catarrh powders and snuifs, for
they contain cocaine. Ely's Cream Balm re-
leases the secretions that inaame the nasal
passages and the throat, whereas medicines
made with mercury merely dry up the secre-
tions and leave YOU no better than You we're
In word, Ely's Cream Balm is a real remedy,
not delusion. All druggists, so cents, or
mailed by Ely Brothers, Sc Warren Street,New
York.
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Irua LOVE-.

"She says she would let her husband
go hungry before she would cook a
meal for him."
''That is what / call true love-
Houston Post.
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A Matter of Measure

HE writes poetry by the yard"
"Thats probably why his verse is SO
poor Poetry should be written by the
t."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
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a GiIded Fad.

"Yes, papa is going to buy me a bat
tleship."
Good gracious. ! beg your pardon.
what for?"
81 want to use its deck for dane
ing ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Examine what is said. not him who
professionalism Proverb.
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An Explanation.

An Explanation.
$50 you have been married. Did
your husband die, or what?"
"The latter."-Chicago Reeord-Her-
aid.
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Quiet RESTING Place.

GuIet HestIhg FIdce.
Bertie-Do you know, Gertie, I'm
regular run down. Where's the best
place to go for good long rest? Ger
ue-The cemetery.
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copyright. 1911, by Henry M. Nicely.
Copyright in Great Britain and Canada.
All rights reseryed.1
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

Don't speak dicouragingly Of your
town. You do no good by running it
down or speaking slightingly of it.
Don't be a pessimist. There is a
great deal of sustaining power in
optimism. Boom your town and agi-
tate progressiveness. Mistakes are
made to be sure, but y W can help your
town by looking on the bright side
and always saying a good word.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

Work on the Panama California
Exposition, 1915, to be held in San
Diego, has actually begun. Presi-
dent Taft, by proxy, turned the first
spadeful of earth by special invita-
tion of Director General DC. Collier.
Now there will quickly arise in Bal
boa Park, within sight of the great
ocean which the canal will link with
the Atlantic city such as the Mis-
sion Fathers a century and a half
ago may have seen in their pious
visions fortelling the destiny of the
goodly land they were invading with
the cross and the arts of peace.
Here all the nations of the new world
expect to unite in one of the great
est exponents Of the victory of civil
ization that the world has yet seen.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

ity to employ more help and pay out
$1,000 a week in salaries, if help can
only be secured, it can be seen what
a good thing it is to have such fac
tories in Smyrna. We congratulate
Mr.. Thornley, and the management
upon the success they are attaining
and wish for this industry continued
and steady growth.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02
ROeERT r. HOFFECKER,
Editor and Business Manager.

The truth is that the people of
the United States are determined to
revise the tariff. The more swiftly
the process proceeds the better it will
be for all interests concerned.
Tariff boards can be useful in their
modest statistical way, but they are
of only slight consequence in an
emergency like that which now ex-
lists. AS The Review has more than
once set forth, the tariff commission
method is a Republican proposal
rather than a Democratic, and it
presupposes a gradual, scientific
reduction of duties from the stand
point of the Republican protectionist
policy. The Republicans held out
this olive branch to the voters of the
country last fall, and the voters re-
jected it with an emphasis that could
hardly be mistaken except by those
of dull wit. The people of the
country believe that there is quite
enough information about the pro-
duction and cost of wool and wooden
goods to justify tariff action. There
are very few people who believe that
as matters now stand the tariff board
with its statistical tables which
are to be held in reserve until next
December-could affect the course
Of practical leg gislation or divert the
current of public opinion, as re-
spects the W ool tariff. From "The
Progress of the World,' in the
American Review of Reviews for
August.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

In most regulated cities there is
an ordinance ag linst blowing of fish
horns on the public streets. Why
wouldn't this be good for Smyrna? +?
Indeed, we have often felt that a
"Fish market" located somewhere
away from the "Four Corners" and
the abatement of the nuisance of fish
horns, might be accomplished with
out any hardships to anybody. Other
towns have regular stalls for fish
markets. Why not Smyrna?
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

Electric cars in Los Angeles will
have mirrors placed in their end to
induce women to step off the cars
"front face. - The company may
think this brilliant idea until the
lady passengers wreck the time
schedules seeing if their hats are on
straight and too much powder isn't
showing on their noses.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

1t is up to the people of Smyrna
70 get the Boulevard. Gen. T. C.
DUPONT leaves the selection of the
route with our citizens. He wants
it handed over to him without ex-
pense and he will do the rest even
to bearing 60 per cent of the expense
of beautifying and making park i'm
provements.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

Smyrna is not "dead town" by
any means. The underwear factory
of the Delmarvia Company, the
overall factory of Charles P. Thorn
ley, the shirt factory of Ralph E.
Stats, the John H. Hoffeckerv Can
ming Company, the canning house
of Hoffecker Brothers and Hall, and
the Smyrna Steamboat Company to
say nothing of the various industries
that employ a smaller force of en-
ployees, are doing a great thing for
Smyrna and paying out thousands of
dollars in weekly salaries, nearly all
of which is spent right here in Smyrna
among our own merchants. Smyrna
could accommodate ana needs more
industries it is true, but anyone get
ting the idea that Smyrna is "dead
town" needs to visit the industries
we have, to get a better impression.
Let us be thankful for what we have
and strive through our Board of Trad
to get more.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

The passage of the Reciprocity
bill by Congress has awkened Canada
to a new sense of duty. This is
Canada's opportunity, the next in
Importance to being annexed to the
United States. A great future
awaits her acceptance of the reci-
procity relations with this country.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

What has become of the street
sweeper Town Council was to purchase
this year? Main street from one
end to the other has streak of dirt
and filth down it's center which should
not be. Council should give heed to
this matter.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

A reckless motorist in Chicago,
who endangered life, especially of
children, in a wild joy ride in the
streets was sent to the House of
Correction by magistrate who tried
his case. With more such judges
there would be fewer accidents.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

Founded by Robert D. Hofeeker July 5, 1854
Editor and Proprietor until February TO- 1907
OFFICE:-Next Door to the Fruit Growers
ltiOnal Bank.
Telephone. No. 10.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

TIE SMYRNA TIMES is published at Smyrna
Del, every Wednesday afternoon.
The TIMES is an independent paper devoted to
the welfare of the town it represents and the
State of which it is a part. 1t also gives the
tens of importance Of the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland.
ROFERT r. HOFFECKER,
BditOr and Business Manager.
AOVERTISEMENTS-T SMYRNA TIMES is the
business medium not only for the town it rep
resents, but for the outlying district ofwhieh it
is the centre, embracing the towns of Clayton,
Kenton, Cheswold, Leipsic, &C. rate OF 80
cents an inch for first insertion and % cents
for each subsequent insertion will be charged
or transient advertising. Locals and Reading
Notices, 10 cents per line per issue. spece
discount ON all semi-snnual and yearly adver
tisements
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

In our issue last week we were
glad to note the progress Of Charles
P. Thorney and the Delmarvia Man
ufacturing Company, the overall and
underwear industry that is such a
credit to Smyrna. When it is con-
sidered that these industries com
bined, pay out in weekly wages be-
tween $500 and $500, with the capac-
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

future to confne it's damaging oper-
ations to it's own citizens. In nations,
as in individuals, the pocket nerve
is the most sensitive spot.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

The best way to boom our town is
to offer all possible inducements for
capital and enterprise to invest here
and for local capital and enterprise
to set the example. Money is gre
-garious; it goes where money is.
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02

If Mexico has to pay a bill of
thirty-two millions for damages done
to Americans in the late trouble
there, it will be more careful in
Smyrna times., 1911-08-02
Farm of IO4 Acres

Two miles from town and railroad
station, cannery, church and store.
80 acres clear, balance woodland.
Good z room house. This farm at a
low figure and easy terms. Come
quick if you want to buy.
Price 50, 400.
II. D. BOYER
SMYRNA, DEL.