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Smyrna times., 1915-10-06
RETURN TO NORMAL HEARING
Correspondent Of New York Newspa.
per Tells Of Good Results on
Rubbing the Scalp.

For Rome years I had been under
the impression that washing the
scalp or using tonics for the hair was
bad. for the reason that Il was
thought 10 have a tendency 20 IN
crease deafness, and when read
your correspondents letter on the
treatment OF deafness by means Of
manipulation Of the scalp and the use
Of tonics In connection Herewith I
was at first rather doubtful about the
efficiency OF the treatment But final
ly tried the plan. and am glad to say
that II brought surprising results.
writes a correspondent OF the New
York Sun.
But what cannot understand is
why a wet scalp and rubbing should
restore normal hearing. I cannot &C.
count for II. After trying the scheme
I discontinued the rubbing and use
Of the tonic, with the result that the
hardness OF hearing returned; and
with the resumption Of the treatment
was again relieved. For many years
could not hear ordinary conversation
with my left ear. but with the use OF
the above treatment the hearing IN
that ear became normal
II would be highly interesting "a
learn what explanation ear special
lists have to give for this phenomenon,
and whether II can be utilized In the
treatment Of all cases OF deafness. OF
whether It Is only good for some spe
cial or particular cases. The habitual
use Of coffee does not appear to bs
harmful IN my own case.
Smyrna times., 1915-10-06

Sounded by Robert d. Hofecker July S. / s54
Editor and Proprietor until February TO- 1917
oFFICE.-Next Door 70 the Fruit Grower
National Bank.
Telephone. No. 10.
Smyrna times., 1915-10-06
FOR RENT

TWO DWELLINGS. one with Office or
small store combined. centrally located.
SAMUEL J. REYNOLDS.
Smyrna. Del
One man was slightly burned in an
explosion of a small quantity Of
powder in the Brandywine plant of
the DUPONT Powder Company.
Smyrna times., 1915-10-06

TIE SMYRNA TIMES is published a. smyrna
Dell, every Wednesday afternoon.
rEE TIxKs is an independent paper devoted TO
the welfare Of the town Il represents and the
state OF which It Is a part. Il also give the
sems Of importance Of the Eastern shore OF
MARYLAND.
ROBERT D. HOFFEcKER
Ediior and Publisher.
ADV VERTIsEMENTS-TaE SMYRNA IINEs Il the
business medium not only for the town Il rep
resents but for the outlying district Of which il
Is the centre. empFacing the towns Of Clayton
Kentou. Cheswold Leipsic. sc. A rate Of So
cents an inch for first insertion and 25 cents
toF each subsequent insertion viii be charged
for transient advertising Locals and Readiug
Notices. 10 cents per line per issue. special
discount on all semi-auuual and yearly adver-
tisements
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09
Jayhawker Jots

A prose-poem toot from the Augusta
BugIe; The rooster does the Growing
wears the plumes and yellow legs
wants to boss the whole creation
but the hen she lays the eggs.
Those good old days! There were
no kodaks in my prancing days, writes
Tom Thompson in the Howard Cour-
ant, and was never jolted by being
shown snap shot picture of my best
girl spooning or la1lygagging with
some other boy.
A new chicken car was seen in front
Of the garage Tuesday, says the Troy
Chief. This one had cage and pen
built on behind and was used in buy
the country. There are other chicken
cars in this vicinity, but they have no
cages on them
Bob Good explains the thinness OF
last week issue of his Cawker City
Ledger as due to a rush of job work
in his print shop and also to the fact
that almost every person we ask for
news gives us one of two replies:
We've got the measles at our house,
or This is mighty poor spring wealth
err =
Related by the Atchison Globe: A
young colored girl went to a dentist to
have a tooth removed. When he grab
bed hold of the tooth she began
screaming. You mustn't do that-you
must remember I'm a painless den
tist,'' he said. We'll, maybe you are
painless" said the colored girl, "but 1
want you to understand that 1 isn't
Speaking of adequate equipment for
a newspaper plant the Cimarron Jack
sonian says it has a gasoline engine
equipped with a self-stopper which is
also trained to say "Przemysl," when
ever it runs out of gasoline or the
sparker gets sooty. This, adds the
Jacksonian, is a great preventive of
other forms of profanity, such as that
used by General Sherman. The self
cussing engine is a long felt want.
By the Way, in the Mankato Advo-
cate: Some people assume an educa-
ton by the misuse of big words.
The loss of friend, without a reason
known to yourself, is gain. -. The
sting of criticism depends upon the
integrity of the critic. "A home
without love is merely a place to eat
sleep and miserab1y exist. 80. 1T is
better to avoid mistakes than to regret
them. When the devil wins a vic
tory he is much advertised by the Cos
sips.
The conventions as to chastity and
mOdeSty among womankind appear
much deeper and firmer in their hold
on the sex than those of truthfulness
writes Judge Rupenthal in the Luray
Herald. Or may it be that in sex mat
tiers they cannot always clearly diStin-
guish between what they desire and
what custom DEGREES they should wish.
AS spectator, counsel and judge, 1
have heard scores of cases involving
sex relations in prosecutions, divorces
and other wise, and although many Of
lenses and shameful acts are testified
to by women as committed by men, in
all such trials l never heard any fe-
male admit consent, Willingness, invi-
tation or acQuiescence in any improp-
er act Can it be such never occurs?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09
PROUD OF WORK
Aged COunterfeiter Smiles at
Judges Compliment.
Man Who Made Bogus Dollars
an Expert.

John Martin, 81 years old and gray
haired, entered a plea of guilty to
making counterfeit dollars at Kansas
City Thursday afternoon in the United
States district court at Kansas City
before Judge Pollock following an in
dictment by a special federal grand
jury. Martin was sentenced to five
years in the federal pen and fined
$4,000. Martin made no effort to
deny the charges; he took consider
able pride in the perfectness of his
handiwork.
When one of the silver dollars that
he was charged with counterfeiting
was handed to Judge Pollock the
judge commended Martin on his
work. Then the old man who sat
through the investigation with bowed
head smiled. Yes, your honor" he
said, II think myself that it is pretty
good work.
Martin was arrested five years ago
for the same offense and sentenced to
three years in the pen Last winter
after he had served the sentence he
began making counterfeit dollars in
Kansas City. The man who showed"
the coin for Martin got drunk one
night and gave the game away. The
police raided the plant at midnight
and caught Martin making bogus
money. He used a peculiar combina-
ton of metals and a practically per-
feet die.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09

Reddy Squirrel was a cunning little
red-furred squirrel who lived in a city
park. He was chubby and plump and
so jolly that he had many friends
among the boys and girls (and among
the grown folks too) who came and
went under the big trees of that park.
Many of these friends learned to
watch for Reddy and to save for him
their choicest nuts and goodies.
But among all these good friends,
Reddy had no trouble in picking his
favorite-and who do you suppose his
choice was? A sweet little curely-
haired girl? Or a strong generous
big boy? No, you will have to guess
againl His favorite was dear little
gray haired old lady who came every
week to see him. And why do you
suppose he liked her the best of all
Well, if Reddy could have talked, he
would have told you that he liked her
quiet ways, her patience and her So
ciableness. For every time she came
to see him, she sat down as though
she had all the whole day just for
him; then she laid the nuts she
brought for him out on the ground
beside her and took out her book (she
always had a book and began to read.
That was the signal for Reddy to
come. AS soon as she began reading
he started down from the tree over
head. Down he crept, till he reached
her side; she would look up and smile
at him, but she didn't move towards
him or make him jump, as the boys
and girls usually did She just read
on till he had eaten and was ready for
play When that time came, RedGy
crept up on her shoulder and kissed
her ear with his soft kiss. Then she
put up her book and played with him,
played him as long as he wished. oh,
she and Mr.. Reddy were great friends,
One day it occurred to Reddy that
he would like to know where she
lived So when the time came for her
to go home, he followed her to the
edge of the park. She was so pleased
by the devotion, that always after
ward, he took her as far as edge of the
park. Then one day, when he was
feeling drawer than usual, he stood at
the edge of the park and watched to
see where she went. Why she didn't
live far at all. She lived in that big
gray house right across the street
from the park entrancei Reddy felt
SO comfortable and safe to know that
his best friend lived so near himi
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09
THE EFFECT OF WORRY.

Worry is a mild form of fright.
Fright breaks down brain cells and
causes deterioration of brain power
Worry produces similar results. This,
in brief, says the Iron Trade Review,
is the theory of DR.. George w. Grille,
of Cleveland, the eminent surgeon
who returned recently from the
American hospital in Paris and the
battlefields of France. where he went
to assist in taking care of wounded
soldiers and to test their blood to de-
termine the effect upon it of the ter
ror of the battlefield. Doctor Crile's
Investigations and lectures on this
subject have aroused the keenest in
terest of business men, many of whom
realize the danger of overwork and
worry. He has shown that in the case
of a rabbit frightened by a dog, the
actual breaking down of brain cells
has been caused and he says that
there is no doubt that to some extent
similar results follow from worry and
excessive work. Doctor Grille has not
yet announced the results of his in
designations in France, but it is easy
to understand that the blood and nerv-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09
RATES ON BROOM CORN
Wichita Shipper Testified I'm Chicago
Freight Rate Hearing.

Chicago, April Reconsideration OF
freight rates on broom corn was taken
up today at the hearing of the west
ern freight rates case before w. M.
Daniel, interstate commerce commits
sioner, in which Al railraod systems
are seeking authority to raise their
freight rates on certain comm ODDITIES.
The shippers who are contesting the
proposed increases called as their
first witness w. F. Oatman of Wich-
tia, Kansas, a large dealer in broom
corn and president of the Mercantile
Warehouse company of New York
The railroads ask an increase of
five cents a hundred pounds on broom
corn, to which shippers object, hold
ing it is excessive.
Mr. Oatman testified in his opinion
an increase of rates would result in
stopping the shipment of the product
for long distances. He declared that
the cheap grades of broom corn
greatly exceeded the better grades in
volume.
Broom corn after harvest is not
perishable,'' said Mr.. Oatman. There
is practically no damage in transit so
higher rates because of possible dam
age claims by shippers are not justi-
fed
waste of so per cent in the manufac-
ture Of brooms- The witness chaI-
lenged the figures of tonnage per car
which were presented by the railways
broom corn was much heavier than
the railroad figures. He said the
straw which was loaded lighter than
broom corn enjoyed the same freight
rates.
STRAW is in competition with broom
corn said the witness. Some manu-
facturers of cheap brooms dye the
straw and mix it in the broons.''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09
NO NEED TO TRY 1T.
One Dollar Real Estate Transfers
Don't Dodge Revenue Tax.

Vendors of real estate who think
they may escape the imposition or the
United States revenue tax by naming
one dollar as the consideration TOT
the transfer of a piece of property
are disappointed whenever they go TO
record it at the office of Ralph
Souires, register of deeds of this
county. An inspection of the records
shows that the item, of a dollar is
entered more frequently now than
ever before, although 1T has always
been a custom when the principals in
a sale wished to keep their business
private.
revenue tax. That is, by order OF the
interior department, levied upon as
near the actual value of the property
as is obtainable and the duty of the
register of deeds is to investigate
every sale and determine the real
consideration of the exchange. so
when a published report of real estate
transfers shows that { 16O-acre farm
or piece of valuable city property
has changed hands for 81, you may
know that the person who recorded
the deed had to contribute to Uncle
Sans war fund pretty close to what
he would have paid had the deed
shown exactly what valuation he put
nDOn it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09

It's original condition. These import
exports for the last fiscal year had an
aggregate value of $4,000, 900, about
SIS 900, 900 worth of which went to
Canada, and the remainder chiefly to
France, United Kingdom, Germany.
Belgium, Mexico Cuba, and, the
Netherlands in amounts ranging
downward from four million to about
one million dollars. The expectation
of foreign merchandise by the United
States, though, is much less than that
of most of the leading commercial
countries of Europe. For example,
the United Kingdom during the last
calendar year exported $475,00O, 900
worth of foreign colonial merchandise,
as against $2,500.0O0 worth exported
from the United States in that period.
Great Britain's exports of foreign
merchandise were thus ten times as
great as those of the United States,
though her exports of domestic mer-
chandise only exceeded those of the
United States in the same period by
1 per cent. In 1913, Germany ex
ported $3.50, 900, 900 worth of foreign
and in 1912 France ex-
ported 1857, 100000 worth, these ship
ments representing chiefly the prod
uctS of the colonial possessions of
those countries. The exports of for
eign merchandise from the United
states do not include the entire ex-
ports of goods brought into the coun-
try, since a considerable proportion of
the raw materials imported are sub
jected to processes of manufacture or
refining and when exported are tech
nically denominated domestic"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL.

When her parkings and the lawns
about her houses are bedecked in all
the glory of their green, and when her
countless majestic trees are clothed
with all of their leafy finery, there are
few cities in this or any other country
that are as beautiful. or such a
nature-town as is Topeka. But mas
much as there is always room for i'm
provement and betterment in all
things in which man has a hand in
the making, it is possible to make To-
peka still more beautiful place dur
ing the several months when Jack
Frost is engaged elsewhere Shrub
berry and flowers will turn the trick.
There are not half a dozen households
in Topeka that shouldn't cultivate
them more extensively. And their
cost, except for the little labor that is
necessary for their care, is trifling.
Topeka should bloom each spring and
summer and autumn like a garden,
one of the old fashioned kind that
of her time and attention to and with
such wonderful results. Many are the
jewellers in other cities, not so favored
as Topeka with plenty of room for
lawns and yards for all, who sigh
longingly for just a little place to
plant flowers in. The best they can
have are window boxes that look for
all the world like seed cups in a bird.
cage as they hang on the perilous
edges of second and third story win
dows and even higher ones. The peo-
pie of Topeka have every possible OPP
portunity to grow all kinds of flowers
and in profusion. Many more of
them should do so, not only for their
own delight but also for the further
Identification of their city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09
PROHIBITION MARCHING ON.

Mr.. Bryan is making it more or less
uncomfortable for the Democratic
party 18th the firm stand he is taking
in urging it's mem bers in all parts of
the country to line up for the cause
of prohibition. It is contrary to the
beliefs and principles of many of
them. But if the Democrats be wise,
they will heed Mr.. Bryan's suggestions
in this particular. Prohibition has so
outgrown its -Swaddling clothes that it
has become a question of paramount
importance the world over, and one
that is rapidly winning converts
among the thinking people of all civil
lied races. 1t is plainly visible among
the handwriting on the wall of these
United States and will be a national
fact, sooner or later, and proba bly,
sooner than most people expect. Even
now it would be possible for a man
to walk across this country from the
Atlantic to the Pacific without putting
his foot outside of prohibition terri
tory. And the politicians who fail to
take places on the prohibition band
wagon, or rather, water wagon, will
find themselves occupying rear seats
in the limbo of things forgotten.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09
Journal Entries

Almost any girl is willing to take a
chance at being a pretty bride.
4 j. =
Maybe some folk talk occasionally
like idiots so they will be sure that
they are understood.
j. J j.
The right fellow is all the physician
needed to cure many a severe case of
heart failure.
Some men seem to go on the theory
that they can make their homes happy
by staying away from them.
j i j.
man ought to quit work that fails
to arouse. his interest, for he'll never
make much of a success at it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09
MINISTRIES AT GRAND
COlOred Amateur Performance Bene-
fit for Kansas Avenue Y. NJ. C. A.

A minstrel show was given last
night at the Grand for the benefit of
the coIored department of the Y. NJ.
&c. A. The proceeds of the entertain
ment will pay off a long standing debt
and leave a balance in the treasury.
This show was unusually good for
an amateur performances The sing
ing and dancing by the girls was
splendidly done and they showed no
nervousness or stage fright. The en-
.tertainment drew large audience.
The colored department of the Y.
NJ. G. A. was organized ten years ago
and has shown remarka BILE growth
since it started. The show last night
cleared off the remaining indebted
ness and the association is on a solid
footing financially. Tomorrow is the
tenth anniversary of its organiza ton.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09
Globe Sights
BY THE ATCKISoN GLOBE.

Very few good spenders carry
purses.
No newspaper ever made the farm
erS drag the roads.
Anyhow, poor people don't have to
crawl under automobiles.
Ridicule, and not dunn dums, in
flicts the most painful wounds.
I'll do all l can for you" means
that he isn't going to do a great deal.
1t doesn't matter so much what a
pitcher has, if he can't put it over.
This time of a year a married man
feels that if he were not married he
would migrate.
People demand justice sometimes
when about the best they can expect
is hung jury.
A society for the prevention of
cruelty to language might save many
an infinitive from being split.
If you spend your money freely
while you are young, you will curse
the government when you are old.
When you ask a man about his
health, and he says, Il feel pretty good
for me-" depend upon it, he is getting
old.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09

Spring came, and still she didn't
come, and Reddy had his three won
derful new babies ready to show her
tool At last he could wait no longer.
"You help me-" he said to Mrs. Reddy.
land We'll take the babies to see har,"
So with infinite work and pains, the
parent squirrels carried their babies
out of the park and over to the old
ladys doorstep
She saw them coming and ran to
the door. you dear Reddy Souir-
re1,'' she exclaimed, delightedly.
you've come all the way to show me
your lovely babiesi" She was 40
happy-just as happy as Reddy had
hoped she would be-and admired the
beautiful babies to his hearts content
And Mr.. and Mrs Reddy felt well re-
paid for their work in making the
Copyright. 1915-Clara Ing
gram Judson.)
Tomorrow Paper Cut-outs for
Rainy Day.
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FURTHER LIGHT ON RADIIJM.

The outburSt of sensational discus
sion of radium a cure for cancer
having subsidized, this method of treat
ment is finding it's true place and
value an aid to surgery. Through
constant study at the hands of many
experts, new and better understand
ing of it's action is being attained. The
latest statement from an authoritative
source is found in the annual report
of the Harvard cancer commission.
At the Coils P. Huntington hospital
in Boston 200 mi1ligrams of radium
are in use under all the advantages
of new and ingenious methods of ap-
plication devised by the hospital staff
AS the result of another whole year
of observation, the Harvard commits
sion repeats it's conclusion first pub
lished in 1914, that the curative value
of radium is limited to certain types
of skin cancer and other localized
forms of the disease. Its value as a
palliative in relieving pain and dis
charge in inoperable cases has been
fully confirmed. 1t has also been
found effective in Ieukemia, a disease
marked by an enormous increase in
the white blood cells with enlarge
ment of the spleen. Large cancerous
growths were sometimes found to dis
appear under the influence of radium
but the spreading of the cancer to
other parts of the body was not pre-
vented in these cases, and indeed it
appeared that patients might even
succumb to the poisons released into
the system as a direct result of the
breaking, up of the tumor under rad
ium treatment. Most significant of
all, according to the Journal of the
American Medical association, is the
statement that radium treatment has
been refused at the Huntington hos
pital in cases where a surgical cure
seemed reasonably probable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09

love and to feel in her glance the re-
Spouse he had become so eager to re-
ceive.
And now" said Molly with a laugh
that was contagious, daddy can
square his conscience about those ices.
he didn't want to let you keep on pay
ing him. But I wouldn't let him stop.
was afraid that you wouldn't come
any more. But father likes you for
have had chance to know you so well
if it hadn't been for those daily visits.
But he has just been saving the fees
to return with interest - Copyright
1915. by the Mcclure Newspaper Syn
dicate.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09
There are two and sometimes more

There are two and sometimes more
sides to every question. And DR..
Benjamin Ide VIII, Ter, president of
the University of California, would
seem to have tossed something of a
bonn bsheu into the camp of the voca-
tional training enthusiasts with his
suggestion that vocational training is
an effort of the aristocracy to hold the
sons of .laboring men in life of toll.
It is trick of the Europeans to side
track boys" At anv rate, the argu-
ments that this observation will pro-
duce in educational and other circles
will be warm and without end
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-09

If Turkeys sultan didn't indulge in
the business of knocking wood he
has paved the way for a possible place
for himself among the large and dis
tinguished company of false prophets.
He declares that it will be impossible
for the allied fleet to force it's way
through the Dardanelles. But maybe
even a little woodworking might not
be sufficient to save his face with such
a prediction. The European war has
been noted for its surprises. One side
or the other has already pulled off the
impossible on numerous occasions.