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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01

all intent and purposes the boys nre de-
partments secretaries and are atgipresent
at work upon social and physical policy
for the conduct Of their: work during
the next three years. IL NJ X {5f
Sociological Work. 81
It is not possible 4 to tell state secrets,
vet It Is 'slt @ to say that no H group or
boys III the South IRE laying more careful
or Intelligent plans than are being laid
for the conducts:of this work under the
more fullyG8developed equipment. It u Is
even whispered that the policy will 5in-
tclude work Of similar nature among
the girls OF the West End.
After thorough examination into the
work, It seems sonly .nr % & say that
Richmond possesses one Of the most prom;
Using sociological works In the South and
in a position to not only do untold good
In our city but also to inspire and in-s
\ fuence similar works In other cities, ISIS
tors are already gladly received : at the
building and While III would seem ms
though: the limited number of workers
had enough to do In managing thelltiv ari.
GUS departments, yet they find time TO
churches and other institutions In the
city, sometimes even responding to- calls
for lectures ana conferences In neighbor-{
ing cltles.y @
: Tho introduction Ola social city paper
is doing much to bring together the var
ious interests OF the different departments
as we'll as furnishing an opportunity to
develop the literary talent so often found
in tho community work. 5s
Schedule Of Work.
IA somewhat better idea Of tho various
activities conducted a Il ST. Andrews may
be gained from the following schedule Of
one week work. which does not include
any but regularGevents, md which would
be Increased by from ono to three events
were special activities to be listed.
}5A yEEllLY3 CALENDAR.
z Monday-AI Morning service In chapel S:l5
to S:45 Day school essiOn from o. a. NJ.
to 1880 p. M; Boys social rooms open
from 3 to 10 p. NJ; Art school drawing
class 4 to Is PM; Sewing school drawn
work class from to 8 p, MI Athletic
training on fields4&tos5 P. M; Carpenter
Night school from to Q. p. NJ.
MISUNDERSTANDING service in chapel rs
usual; Day school session as usual;
Graded gymnasium class z 80 to 0 p, NJ;
N1idweels meeting In the church, 1880,
MISUNDERSTANDING service as usual. In
Lent; Day school session MS usual; Sew
Ing class. 1OGA, Nj, Boys social rooms
open from 3 TO 10 r. NJ; Embroidery
class, p, NJ; Embroidery class, 4 r.,
M; Art school drawing class. 4 to Is r.,
Mr.. Carpenter school woodwork class. 5
to 6 p. NJ; Night school from z to o p.
NJ; Sowing school class, p. NJ: Parrish
gymnasium class, to o r. NJ; knights
of King Arthur meeting 1880 p. NJ; Voice
training class 8 to 0 p, NJ; Music read-
ms class, o to 10 p. M.
Thursday Morning sorvlce as usual In
Lent; Day school session ms usual; Sew-
ne class, 3 p, NJ, School boys baseball,
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for those who can do so. to come al
rectly from their place OF work to the
school, where a bowl OF hot sou ~ with
bread is provided at a cost Of ten cents
a week. Some have awaited themselves
I OF this opportunity and are thus enabled
Ito get the benefit OF all the two hours
of school. 5i IA IA "a a,,
Manual Training.
Cardboard construction mechanical
drawing IN its simpler forms and bench
work are studied in tile Manual Train
Ing Department. The classes meet Mon
day Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
afternoons; Friday nights and Satur-
day mornings. Each lesson is one hour
long except the night classes which last
two hours. Pupils are from nine TO
eighteen years of age.
. Drawing from nature and objects.
simple design and color are taught In
the Drying Department. The aim OF the
work is to develop in pupils an app
probation Of beauty In nature and art,
TO instil Into their minds habits OF care,
neatness and sincercrleffort i.neach piece
OF work undertakeniRan and to encourage
original thought Y.
Every thing made iii the Manual.Traln- !!
Ing Department has some specific use
which calls&out the child's interest and
in many homes can be seen articles made!
at school and used by members OF the
family. or. 4 suitable. rs ornaments. ssj
The Saturday Sewing School. which
meets every Saturday at 10 A. NJ. and
closes at 10 NJ. has an enrolment OF be-
tween 300innd 400 pupils. N Isl
Z There IRE about thirty classes in tho
school under separate teachers. these be-
Ing volunteer workers. IA Miss Arents has
entire charge OF the school.
Tho children are taught all tho plain
hand sewing and also the fancy stitches.
such as are used OH fine white work.
This work covers three grades. After
the hand work is completed tho use OF
the sewing machine is taken up. where
he children are taught tire use Of all OF !
he attachments, etc. THIS work covers
one grade the next grade which Is the
nth. they are taught to- draught pat
erns by measurements after which tho
garment Is cut out and made under, tho
lirect supervision Of the teacher in charge
# the machine department. The work OF
this grade covers the drnughting and
making for all Of the under garments
nd n shirt waist suit. Thechnical work
$ done by classes in all kinds Of embrol-
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$runa. It has been used for more than
thirty years and E cured .thonsan ds q ~
cases as proven by our ties timonials
Revised Formula. s5r
B 5j5 For q number OF years requests have
come to, me from a multitude Of gra te-S
sful friends, urging that Peruna be- given
"a slight laxative duality. I have been
experimenting with a laxntiyc nd d ltioI,s.s:
for quito a. length OF time, and now feel:
8gratlfled to announce to the friends OF
Pe-rn-na# hat have incorporate such,
NJ quality in the medicine which, III my
opinion, can only enhance It's we'll known
beneficial character M
g 81 B.YBIIARTAIAN N. I'M I'D ZEE.
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I Quesada, Cuban Minister tOthe United States.

0El[UI QuESdud UuUd1 1NNISIG u IH6 UnIlEu Odl6
y
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21
I.iINhinnl-NrM SI,Ir

The Clse Of "A German student who
IS reported 10 have been arrested for
stealing flalts oil human hair Is an ex-
ample of what has been called fetch.
isln, It Hot inapt Hse OF III old term
for an old tendency. \ certain de
ceased English uohlcmau Of The pres
Ell generation Wha used Ia pocket the
silver spoons of others when he Went
into society was never believed 10 do
81 In order 10 enrich himself. lie Mns
wealthy. \ few years ago IN Man.
chester eourl an elderly man Of many
convictions was before the Judge He
WIS not i uIcrceaary thief lie Ind
always stolen one particular thing, TO
the exclusion Of NIL others shoyels.
Similarly. one remembers "A woman
thief, With Il long Record OF previous
convictions whose theft WAS always
Of one kind. and that not OF n remu-
lucrative description. Her fetch was
newly washed clothes hanging upon ii
line To- dry, and she never Tried 10 pos
seSs herself Of anything else. Fetch
Ism is moi confined 10 criminal psy-
choloe4 There seems strain Of II In
The normal mind. \ distinguished uni
Yersity graduate and traveller told me
HAT he found fetichism So universal
that much of his recreation In going
through the world lay Ia II constant at
tempt IL discover The fetch OF each
person h. met Manchester Guardian.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21
Iilr..i, ItsrL shines.

Shoes and other articles besides baa-
kets and cabinets are manufactured
from birch bark by the russian peas
nntry. The bark from which these ar
ticles are made * from the inner skin
Of the russian birch tree. common IN
almost all parts OF the empire. 1t is
gathered spring and fail, and the proc
ess Is a very simple one An inclsion Is
first made around the trunk OF the
tree, and the peasants have Il knack OF
tearing or unwlndlnS the bark from
the starting point which gives them
strip Of even width that they wind
into a ball and keep through the win
ter until 1t is dry enough to use. II Il
then made into Shoes baskets and 9TH
er useful articles The bark shoes are
universally worn By Tire Russian peas
nntry. Other shoes used In winter are
made Of sleeps wool These are man
ufactured by itineraut cobtlers who
travel from house To house using the
peasants own matcrlals.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21
CLOSING PEKlNG's CAFES.
Aoiss ceremony Performed Daily at
the chinese capital

Inc closing of the gates ia rchins
lust because il goes on daily and may
apparently ~ on daily for centuries 10
come is probably one of the sights
least Witnessed and talked of save by
those foreigners who may have ehauc.
ed Ia run for il" near closing time.
The daily performance is marked with
Il due ceremony which is quaint and
iull oil interest 10 The Intelligent on.
lonl,or as the closing by no means
signifies the mcre bringing together OF
the heavy Woudcu dours and barring
the emperee,4 highway against all
comerS
At the appointed hour Il preliminary
signal Is Given lay a lafae geng or iron
Shield being struck with hi@ iron bar
nifty timcS in sHch quick succession as
almost to defy calculations This IS
followed Icy signal af l0O blows re-
peatel in precisely tie same fashion
three times When tie third and last
cycle OF gong strokes IS entered on 4
number at old and al this season very
much brWaddcd and mufllcd up old
Charles start a series of diScordunt
wells 10 all and sundry to "hastcn' or
they Will be shut out This eombina.
ton ri sienals Is follaWcd by Jos
llinE stream of proPt, in both dirre.
liuus
Presently tho rush SlackenS until
only 4 solitary pedestrian or possibly
"A man on donkey, full tilt, 4 hclated
rick shaw al ii heavily laden cart strug-
giles through Then 4 movement Is
made With the gates. yelling bursts out
afresh and another rush cnsues. the
gates being meanwhile half closed and
occasionally opened little way again
until. the ontgoers having meanwhile
ceased there Is a final scrimmagc to
get into The city, and The process OF
closing. which hats taken Some half
hour in all. IS concluded
The huge iron plated doors having
changed to, a monster iron pole IS drag
srd up amt placed across them on iron
~upports. heing retained in position by
u padlacl, ot enormous proportions
and Of the we'll known chinese type.
There arc in all nineteen gates. and The
same ceremony Is observed nj each,
but 1t such fhofoushfarrS rs the Ilaia-
men there IS naturally more traffic,
and the process is probably proportions
ately longer Picking Times
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21
Humble pfc.

The term humble pie originally car
rled no opprobrium with II. 1t was a
pie made out of the ''humbIes" or
'.numbles," from the Norman French
''nomhrlls'-l e., the entrails of deer
10 this day it Is highly esteemed In
Scotland aud in northern parts of Eng
land. So late as the time OF Pepys
tumble pie was served rs part of the
menu of Il gentlcman's table on an ex-
traordinary occasion. Some writer's
derive The contumellous use OF the
phrase TO eat humble pie" from an al
legged custom of serving umble pie be-
low the salt. or ut the second fable
Bnt this Is not supported by authority.
II more probably came into Use simply
through The similarity OF sound, there
being no similarity of meaning what
ever between the noun umbles or mum
bles and the adjective humble
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Some mon don't care how dull bust
ness Is If il IS equally bad with their
rivals.
About The lhird time ,ome people
show you a kindness you find they
want [, ~cl You something
Patience is that Which YOU have to
have with others, but which no one X
called upon 10 have with yous
Society is Il good deal like our rich
Kin we ae mighty nice To its face,
hut male fun of il behind its back.
Some people are like worthless
team of horses always hive 10 be
helped when il comes 10 pulling a load
uphill
There one way al starting on the
pathway 10 get rich which IS seldom
Travelled thesc day running Il store
and LIN Ing over il.
II sometimes happens that defer
cnee is shown Il man not in recogni-
lion Of lis greatness. but because he
VIII hc cranky Of il ISN'T Atchson
Glole
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21
The NAMES HE USED.
The, Helped to Sell the Wond"rfwi
Works Of Whistler.


Though tie peculiar nomenclature
Whistler adopted for the output Of his
brush and needle inevitably in its
novelty excited ridicule and cen5ure
and MIS- surely adopted. lust as his hir
sutaI orllamb was carefully eultivat-
cd, mainly us IN advertisement to at
tract the custom of the hunter after art
Eovcltcs aud art bargains even as his
wand and Hat brmmcd hat were as
summed To mark him out to the man in
The street" there Is 10 little TO he said
in faNor Of such nomenclature by those
who recognize the slsterhood Of the
Various fine arts. Nhistlcr's early days
We're passed IN an atmosphere of music,
and. apart from the masterfui craving
of ciratic genius for novelty and his
appreciation on reaching manhood and
looking forth ON the world of the value
of nov processes in systematic self adj
Vcrlisiu@. II WAS therefore not unuatu-
raj that he should use musical termi-
! nOlogy Ia giving titles 10 the output of
! his work Ia graphic art. Why should
| he moi speak OF Thar work NJ sym
phonies OF harmouie3 IN white, in
| green, IN blue. in gray or what not
| Why should the word arrangement
! be confined 10 musical notes? IS not
what IS perhaps his masterpiece, his
mothers portrait really and truly, as
children say. an arrangement" In
black aud gray Critic
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21
The. itnIta,ttAtts

y most curious utensil OF II Bahamau
dwelling Is a big cement oven, like Il
cone, ut the back OF the house In this
the family bread Is baked. Bahalnans
nrc physiolOgically starved, and their
Thin, atteuuatcd forms show It, An
unyaI4ing diet Of fish and fruit Is not
nonrishing enough. and the fact speaks
for itself in these Islanders The white
Eahamans are homclN and snllow mi
less burned So that complexion is
Thing Of the past They rarely some
never Near Shoes; hence feet Ia these
attitudes ar feet aud not merely the
ends Of legs. 1 used TO gaze In admlra-
ton al HE feet tha,t daily aud nightly
visited our schooner. 1he owners Of
the appendages could vail, where
shod foot could not bear to tread The
skin becomes tougher than leather.
Black BahamanS are HE finest speei-
mems OF HE negro race t. he seen ont
side Of Africa strapping fellows with
magnificent arms and chests, but they
are dreadful bcgga"s and dreadful
liars London Chronicle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21
THE LUNGS ARE LIFE.
An odd IiuIc Essay on the Subject
of HrenIhInR.

of breathing.
Everything on, in and under the earth
hreathcs animals. minerals, vegeta-
blcS etc The tides are caused by the
breathing of the earth Itself. This old
eohc must take two long breaths
day, each Inspiration requiring six
hours AMI each expiration the same
period of time. Ii Mother Earth did
not breathe she would In all probabili-
" "husG and blow up. When she
hreathes too hard, as II III II panic. or
because Of some geological excitement,
She cracks The ground ana NeNhave the
earthquake. Her ordinary respiratory
movement merely expands and cou-
tracts the water volume
Singularly enough. air is the most i'm
portnt element provided by natur
\ man can Tive forty five days without
food, several days without water and
about three or four minutes without
air. Take away his lungs. as by pneu-
monia and death IS MS certain as sin.
Does the heart beat make the cireula.
ton of the blood or does tho clrcuis
ton make the heart beat? What
causes breathing? Does breathing
make the heart beat? Does breathing
make the circulation? Important, vi.
tally important. are these questions
You may remove mans liver, kid
ncys, stomach. intestines: you may sew
err arteries and veins; you may even
stab him through the heart or with
draw his brains, and he will still live.
but take away his lungs and he Is
dead. The lungs are the life,-New
York Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21
Ihcy Had NJ DInner.

The Observation-Disclosures of Il certain
well known Scotch professor is not0rl
Gus. Not long ago he invited Il few sc.
lrct friends to dine with him and upon
their nrINal. some shorl time before
the hour set apart tar dinner the pro
lcssnr suggestcd Il Walh through the
conservatory and grounds until the
gong should sound the dtuner hour
After spending shor time inspect
my flowers, plants. ctc., host and
guests came suddenly Ia Il small gute
ut the end of the lawn. All" said The
professor 10 his astoni5hed guests, AS.
surcdly Ibis viii be It much Heafer way
home for YOU than soIng hhek to the
front. And. all unconscious al his in
vtation to dinner, IL opeued the cate
and bowed his guests OIL London An-
~ycrr~
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21

IN veal, persons bleeding at the nose
Is frequently hurltul and should he
stopped without delay, as continued
hciaffhaEc mHy prove fatal II neg;
lcctcd
Th5ze who suffer from poorness Of
blood or anaemia and are sometimes
seized with violent noschlecdlng should
avoid rs far rs possible anything which
may tend To bring IL on. Gentle exer-
else only should be taken. rs violent
bodily movements may provoke Il rcpe-
tilion Of the hcmorrhHge. Even run.
ming downstairs hastily should be
avoided bleeding at The nose is usu
ally 1t sign that something IL wrong
with the system. The cause should, If
possible be discovered and steps taken
To remove IT,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21

The famous asphalt lake Of Trinidad
looks like a great black swamp sur
rounded with fringe OF cocoanut
palms. \ little railway runs across ii,
and men stand In II working, some On
asphalt firm enough 10 support them,
some on asphalt In which they keep
sinking down an inch or two n minute,
some on asphalt 90 soft it Is like quick
sand. Tie stun looks like cross be-
tween black mud and pitch. The Lake
is 10 acres in size. and its depth Is ire
mendous. The thlcl; asphalt, mixed
with water. moves Il little, aud now
and then an Old tree comes slowly up
from the depths. The men work with
pickaxes, digging ont the asphalt in
humps the size Of pumpkins
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-03-21
MARSHAL SOULT.
English Views of the Famous Lieu
tenant of Napoleon.

tenant nf Napoleon.
When | had Sonlt as my opponent
/ could eat. drink and amusc myself
without fear Of being surprised. 1t
Was not that he failed 10 be a great
t4umander. lie WAS wonderful in his
way, lie knew how 10 collect 100000
men ut Il fixed point on a fixed date,
but when he had collected them he
never knew the least in the world
what 10 do with Them"
So said Wellington, and on This oc-
caSion lie actually ate SoultS dinner,
which WIS In course of preparation for
him But, though the capture Of the
French marshal seemed inevitable. lie
WAS already beyond The tolls, having
by supreme effort eXtricuted himself
from perilS rs fearful rs ever heset a
general"
1t WIS mastcrIy retreat and
throughout it he was not only watch
ing for the best advantages Ia he
gained. hut testing the spirit Of his
men. Ills hand WAS almost ON their
pulses, his eye WAS eyer wItchful, and
suddenly. by 4 stroke almost theatrical
in its effect, he drew mp the troops.
2o.0o0 III number, on the position he
had occupied two months before at
the battle OF Braga," thus rousing the
spirits OF his soldiers.
lie continued the retreat facing eV-
cry difficulty Of country and weather.
but never deferred, and finally crossed
The CaNado in full time. for the Eng
fish guns We're laundering On the
rear"
lie had lost about 5.000 men; he had
entered Portugal with fffty-eight pieces
of artillery; he returned without Il
gun Colonel j. lIanhury Williams,
G. Y. q. G. Al G., in Blaekwood's Mag
ayne.
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4 Itu-Lin lt.u,edy.

\ letter written by the late John
Euskn ia Sir Oliver Lodge says ia IT
stIll impossible TO get into any human
head 1T your universities that the eco
monte crisis Is because people will dig
iron oul Of The ground aud build iron
clads. instead oil raising corn and wine
and giving them TO whose needs them?
That Is the one plain two plus two
equals -four that | have tried to teach
these twenty years-the thing OF all
others indlsputuble and needful, and
no mortal yet has taken up the word
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THE MOTORISTS JOYS.
Tribute az the BeEaty and the he
lights of the Road.

A Tribute ~ the BeRuty and the De-
lights of the Road.
10 sec life steadily aud see 1t
whole was Matthew Arnold's ethical
aspiration. That Is how the motorist
sees the hand lie traverses. Ills teach
er Is the road. \ road Is the most In.
tereSting and instructive thing on
earth. 1t Is the chain that binds
country together; 1t IL the artery along
which The likelihood of a people flows
II Is the story OF their past, the exhibit
ton Of their present, the presage OF
their future; it is the book of human
lily, with 4 picture and story and II
lesson on every page. The history of
Rome Is In her roads. Once know and
love the road and you can tolerate no
other transit. Too fast? Read the
wonderful poem W. L. Henley wrote
after a friends motor car had revealed
England 10 HIM
Speed and the range of Gods skies,
Distances. changes. surprises:
Speed ana the hug of Gods winds
beautiful, whimsical, wonderful.
Read the whole OF this 'imperishable
poem rs William Archer calls 1t Il
had the privilege OF giving it to the
public. and never talk TO me again OF
going too fast to see anything" 1t
| is just because we go fast that we see
| everything Henry Norman, NJ. T., IL
Scrihner's.
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bend NJ. DaornnII.

rs dead as "a doormail at first
seems utterly scnseless. bnl Incomes
lively and picturesque when we re
member thai knockers We're once uni
yersally used beneath the knocllcr, in
order to prevent disnsuug the door.
large nail or bolt Wa driven. An I'M
patient cali y. waiting for tbe door 10
be opened. would frequently use the
kn0eker with great force. and the ir-
responsiveness Of thc nail gave rise 10
this expression.
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"surN iXni OF the I'Ittsst."

In ireland from time immcmorlll
candidates Tor political hon0rs have
had To cope not only with Irish brains,
but with the noble Irish oal, in the
shape Of q shIlalah, Il fact which IL
Eliminates u "reminiscences of Galway.
found in l;laebwood's Magazine. When
GcmYe ~. visited ireland an election
for Galway was pending The King in
quired Of - Galway gentleman who
came GP 10 Dublin 10 attend his lcyec
which candidate would probably be re-
turned
"lhr survivor. SIR replied HE gen.
ileman.