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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-07-25
A GnnI LurIc SInnr.

All through the ages the ruby has
been called the stone of good luck. Ae-
cording 10 the old stories, whoever
owned II ruby would never fail in any
thing he undertook. for that beautiful
Jewel held In Its glowing red heart
maggie power which always brought
success. No matter how dangerous the
task, the ruby was sure to give cour-
age and victory. In the days of an
Client Greece when the rich mnn wish
ed to express 10 friend good wishes
for wealth or honor he sent to him Il
ruby engraved with the figures of an
orator Today the ruby Is considered
the lucklest Of stones. though the good
fortune, as we see 1t. lies in the own
Ing Of anything so precious. for even
the diamond IL not so valuable n gem
The ruby IL the stone of July, and the
fire which nbidcs in Its red heart il
truly typical of that burning month Of
summer. According to legend, howev-
cr. this fire varied with the fortune of
The owner. 4 popular superstition in
regard To the ruby was the belief In
lts power 10 foretcll danger or disaster
by the changing of its color. 1t WIS a
favorIte talsman and love token in the
time of the crusaders, st. Nicholas.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-07-25

Sun baths cost nothing and are the
most refreshing, life giving baths that
one can take. whether sick or well
Every housekeeper knows the neces
sity OF giving her woolens the benefit
Of the sun from time to time, and espe
cially after long rainy season or a
sOng absence of the sun.
Many will think OF the injury their
clothes are liable to from dampness
who will never reflect that an occa-
sional exposure Of their own bodies to
the sunlight Is equally necessary to
their own health The sun baths do
not cost anything. and that is mis-
fortune. for people are still deuded
with the idea that those things only
can be good or useful which cost
money. Let 1t not be forgotten that
three OF Gods most benefcent gifts
to man three things the most neces-
sary to good health, sunlight, fresh air
and water. are free to all. You can
have them IN abundance without
money and without price, II you Will.
If you would enjoy good health then
see to 1t that you are supplied with
pure air to breathe all the time, that
you battle for an hour or 50 ia the sun
light and that you drink plenty OF pure
water
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-07-25
I,nn. 1nn,e IcnAN ca

\ Michigan man tells II grinly hui
morous story of lumberman who.
after hard winter In the lumber
camps, appeared IN the streets of one
Of the larger towns ready and anxious
ito have II good time" This lumber
man had with him the sum of $500, the
proceeds of his seasons labar n sum
for which he had tolled and shaved and
rislsed his life In the lumber jams, en-
during the while all the discomforts
and trlbulatlons of the rigorous winter.
With the $500 thus painfully amused
The umberman sought the comparative
civilization OF lumber town. He first
purchased himself II big drink aud an
expensive cigar; then hied him to II
fnro Joint, where he stakcd his entire
fortune on single play. In another
moment he was pcnntless. Shifting
the cigar from one corner of his mouth
to the other, the lumberman cheerfully
observed. "Oh, well; easy come. easy
po"'
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-07-25

In the reign Of James " OF Scotland
John OGrOat and his two brothers,
Malcolm and Gavin, arrived at Cath
hess and bought the estates OF Warse
and Dugisby, situated ON the northern
extremity Of the mainland of Scot
land In time their family Increased
until there were eight households OF
the same name. They lived AS relatives
and neighbUrs in peace and amity and
held yearly reunions in the original
precedence arose among the younger
members, and they disputed as to who
should enter the room first or sit at the
head OF the table. Old Johnnie O'Groat
was made arbitrator of the dispute. He
promised that before the next meeting
he would settle the matter to the salts
faction of all. Accordingly he built an
eight sided house IN which to hold the
annual banquet This oeta gonal house
was fitted with a door and Il window
OH each side and II round table IN the
center of the room, 81 that the head Of
each family Of the O'Groats might
enter by his own door and then sit ut a
table which was practically and actu-
ally without Il head. John OGroat's
house became the best known building
In Great Britain Its site Ii now
marked only by some grass covered
mounds
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-07-25
NATURES WORD SYMBOLS.
beauties of Land and Sea Cannot He
Told la Words.

COlors, sights and soulRs of nature
tality. odors of the forest, breezes
from the sea. delicate urOmas OF the
dawn. eXhalati0nS from dew laden
fields. enhancing pure breath of mfan-
cy-how can We find among dumb, in-
expressive human words any fair
equivalent. ANY just translation OF
such rare effects and sensations In the
world of nature AS thesef How shall
we intc.nret myriad shades OF one
color Ia the few words at our com
mand? How shall We put the feeling
and the ecstasy of nature into the for
mula of mental apprehension and into
the terms of literary expression?
1t Is as hopeless task AS II one stood
as interpreter beside some charming
poet of alien tongue and could catch
only here and there word and could
render that word only by some uneouth
paraphrase or by some term of remote
or unaeeepted meaning. What charm,
what conference even, could we find In
such inadequate transference To anoth
er sphere Of what was so beautiful IN
Its own? SO To say that the sea Is
blue does indeed give a certain impress
sion of one color rather than another
and In crude way suggests IL general
tint to our mental vision But how
opaque aud dead Is the one word blue
when held up as the rejecting mirror
to our minds OF that world OF translu
cent sapphire glory let down from
heaven upon earth, air and ocean-that
suffusion of azure from cerulean reser-
vors which drenches nature on rare
midsummer days, We have seen such
flooding molten turquoise light like
gems lquetied and poured over sea
coast mountain and plain when II has
seemed as If the chalices OF the angels
OF the ether and the sun kept pouring
down new tides of graded sky tones on
the glorined landscape. We have seen
rock and flower, cloud and tree. hill
and valley. SWIM and seem to float In
every graduation of the great monotone
of color around us, while bur after bar
of indigo. violet, blue, lay far upon the
sea, reiterating In II thousand changing
shades that end of the rainbow gamut
of color In the endless entertainments
Of its TREMENDOUSLY sliding. blending.
ever overlapping. infinitely shaded
scale.
Oh again, take the word silence as
the image of that great, full breathing
resonant stiffness of the forest far from
the dwelling OF men. How Hat and un
responsive and echoless IL the word
symbol when hung up as the silVery
sounding board of what nature calls
her stiffness The term silence Is but n
dumb interpreter Of the serene. sound
less. on going life In the deep woods
In that silence there Is speech OF thou
sand tongues, inaudlble and voiceless.
complex and intricate, as the ilesured
interwea wing OF leafy branches over
bead or the gray and gold green tlnts
that sift down upon the ragged roots
and iichened rocks that roughen her
forest aisles.- Christian Work.
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PASSING OF THE LION.
Once Mighty Brute Losiag Ground
Before Civilization.


The lion like the other great cats, is
a relic VI II diminishing race and do
mlnion In the early stone age the
cave lion roamed throughout the
southern half of Europe. and it Is be
lleNed that along the Mediterranean, at
least, its extinction was due 10 prehis-
ioric man.
The battle has gone ON ever since.
Long ago lions were eXterminated
from Afghanlstan. Baluchistau and
northern Persia. century ago they
We're more or less prevalent ON north
western India. but now none remain
save II few In the Cheer, wooded
hilly tract of Kattiawar. where they
are to some extent preserved by the
nawabs of Joonaghoor;" FarsIstaD,
where the marshes about Mrs lake af
ford shelter and the hosts OF pigs
feeding on the acorns of the oak forests
furnish subsistence
Similar conditions enable u few lions
to maintain themselves along the lower
Euphrates and Tigris. but they Were
long ago exterminated from all Asia
Minor, Syria Arabia, Egypt and Alge
ria From Abyssinla and the southern
Sahara southwark TO the Orange river
lions still exist except IN the most pop
ulous districts. and In some places are
very numerous.
There seems never to have been more
than one species. nor, In spite OF the
former belief In the "manpless lions of
Guzerat" and the black named" ones
OF other places is any variety well 10
Called. Lions with full names have
been shot In India as well as those
with hardly any and "out of fifty male
lion skins scarcely two will be found
alike In color and length of mane'-
Ernest Ingersoll's life Of Mammals"
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Why Is the printers errand boy
called the printers devilf" Accord
ing to Moxen. writing ut the end Of
the seventeenth century. because
these Boys In Printing House com
monty black and Duwb themselves
whence the Workmen do loosely call
them Devils, and sometimes Spirits,
and sometimes Flies" 1t Is related,
however, that Aldo ManuZiO, the great
Venetian printer OF the fifteenth cen
fury, had II black slave boy, who was
popularity supposed to have come FROM
below. Accordingly he published no
tice: Il, Aldo Manuzio, printer to the
doge, have this day made public eS.
posture OF the printers devil. All who
think he is not flesh and blood may
come and piucd him
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II am going to tell Harry OF your
good nature. Joan. and have him set
you right with that Mr. Hale l be
lieve you like each other But Joan
cut short this project
"If he thinks ME Il servant girl after
talking to me, let him"
But the evidence Is against you"
Alice reminded her. Be reasonable.
King Cophetua and the beggar maid
belong To the age of romance, not 10
the twentieth century"
You will make no explanation" per
sisted Joan, unmoved "As for your
delightful Harry. you will find he did
not even look at me-"
This statement proved correct
Gives unem barrassed greeting of his
future sister-in-law proved him I'M
hampered by a suspicion that he had
ever eaten dinner OF her serving.
Fridays concert found Joan sorely dis
gruntled She was sure that the unily
of the first violins was ragged. that
the soprano sang carelessly. and was
meditating hasty retreat when some
one spoke softly Ia her ear!
Good afternoon, Maid Joant' Lau-
renee Hale appropriated the vacant
chair at her side i've been looking
for you all the afternoon"
you have discovered my Manner
she asked mischieyously.
NO, but I've discovered something
of greater Importance that your name
does not matter at ALL"
The exquisite strains OF Tschai-
kowsky composition silenced them, and
Joan found the concert suddenly full
of strange delight. The spell was still
over her when they came out into the
street Hale, having gained permits
sion to see ler to car, was silent
"Of course / recognized you the 9th
er night, he said at last. and was too
astonished to reason clearly at first.
But one Of two things Is certain you
are either playing some prank or are
In trouble. II the latter, | want to
help YOU One moment" as Joan was
about to speak You must under
one OF those who laugh at love ut first
sight. l believe In 1t, having expert
enced II. Later | hope to make you
sympathlze. At present l can think
only OF Your position
You mean," Joan's voice sounded
unusually small you like me despite
my being only maid"
The most bewildering maid la the
world"
Don't look at me like that. 1t IL
embarrassing in the street Besides
this is my car" Then relenting as she
waited an opportunity to enter: 1T
was u masquerade to help my sister.
Suppose YOU ever come again, Inquire
for Joan Prince"
"I'll try that suggestion now" said
Hale gratefully az he followed her into
the car
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\ small boy and his smaller sister
Of IA West Philadelphia family were be-
ing interviewed by an admirlng visitor.
She asked the boy how old he was, but
he had an attack Of shyness and could
not tell. His sister. however, did bet
ter and announced that lie was SIX
years old. six years old" exclaimed
tho visitor, "What big boy! And
how tall are your This stumped both
the children. The visitor expressed sur
prise that Il SIX year.old boy could not
tell his height, and even the little sister
hung her head In shame. Then the yis-
itor gave It up and talked OF other
things. but soon the little girl edged
around to her and whispered. 'Yoa
mustn't tell mamma" she said, but
Rob Is just tall enough to reach tbs
jam on the pantry shelf."-Phlladelphla
Record.
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became SO engrossed In their efforts
with the young people that they hard
~ paid any attention to the noise that
stlll went on. They noticed. though,
that after n time there were intervals
of total silence. The two young peo-
Pile occasionally left the house togeth-
er. On rare occasions the young man
carried Il box OF flowers into the
house. and the girl was heard to play
over and over with much feeling the
love song OF paderewskl. At such
times the tive old gentlemen adjourned
TO the back piazza and regarded each
other with deep and solemn joy.
They felt that their plans We're sue
cecding. but how we'll neither OF them
guessed until tho climax was sudden
ly upon them the elimination OF all
their dreams
One evening one of the old women
tapped ut the doors of both flats and
Invited the two families downstairs
rather mysteriously. The girl was
dressed in white and was blushlng,
and the tenor. vIslbly nervous. seemed
When 1t did ring, In Il few moments,
he ushered In the minister Of a near
10y church. where he sang on Sundays.
Then he aud the girl stood up, and be-
fore the old gentlemen knew what was
happening the two were one, musical
unity. The joy of the two old men was
deep very deep. They shook hands
with every one and then with each 9th.
er. And then
where are you going to livef" in
quired Mr.. Adams You must let us
make u little contribution toward your
housekeeping
"oh, that's the best part of it!" cried
bride, groom and both old women ut
once. ''lhe agent IS going to get the
landlord to take out the partition be
tween our flats and make one big one,
and we are all going TO live here. and
we can have the same rooms for stu
dos, SO we can 10 right ON with our
work. Aren't you glad? 1t was you
who brought us together. and now we
can stay right here with you"
Somehow the two old gentlemen got
up their own flight of stairs when the
awful evening WIS done. Silently they
| stood Ia the hail and looked at each
other while their wives laughed heart
lessly. Then without one word they
opened the doors and disappeared with
In their own apartments.
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THE FLAG REVERSED.



One Of the frequent sights In the
ports along the eastern coast Is that Of
fishing schooner coming into the hur-
Dor with an American nag holsted ut
the mainmast head In Its reverse posi-
tlon To the Interested spectators that
Tag always brings II pang of distress,
for II means that one or more of the
crew are missing" through some calan-
ity of the sea. But to the members OF
the craft itself the signal Is not always
an emblem of woe. The flag Is hoisted.
from their viewpoint, 10 notify those
concerned that the complement of the
ship IL not full, and they live on hope
for long time before they ucknowl-
edge that the men who have disappear
ed are really lost
stranger to seafaring ways asked
the skipper of one of these fishing
schooners the other day what the dis
tress signal meant. and he was set
right by the captain who remarked In
the most cheerful way Ia the world:
They're missing out of tn crew, of
course, but we haven't given them up
by long sight We see, they may
have been picked up by some other
boat an carried or TO III other side
oh. no. we don't give them up Just be
cause we've missed them! Its more
than likely they'll turn up et"-New
York Press.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

man isn't beaten as long as he Isn't
discouraged.
Most family skeletons refuse to stay
In the closet
BE sur. that you have an aim in lift
before pulling the trigger
Neyet 40 cny worrying today that
you can just as well postpone until to
morrow
When nun gets a chance to dispose
OF his troubles he always heaps up the
measure
Yes. you may draw the salary. but
your wife earns half the money; iont
forget that
or course It's all right to be born
leader. but the man Ia the rear has Il
better opportunity to get away
Many city chap laughs when he
hears of farmer buying II gold brick.
Then he goes TO the race track and
hands over his money TO the book
makers.-Chicago News
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How many men would be needed TO
pull II weight hauled by nm elephantY
Fifty. The answer is the result OF re-
cent Investigations made to determine
the respective pulling power Of horses,
men and elephants Two horses,
weighing 1900 pounds each. together
pulled $3.50 pounds. or $50 pounds
more than their combined weight. One
elephant weighing 1000 pounds. pull
ed $3.50 pounds or $3.50 pounds less
than his weight Fifty men, aggregat-
ing about I 800 pounds In weight, pull
ed &. 100 pounds, or just as much as the
single elephant But, like the horses.
they pulled more than their own
weight one hundred men pulled f.
900 pounds.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-07-25

Whittier 1hi Emerson were taking a
drive together when they passed a
small implanted house by the road.
side.
There" said Emerson, pointing out
the house. Lives an old Calvinist, and
she prays for me every day. am glad
she does. pray for myself"
Does sher said Whittier What
does thee pray for. friend EmersonY
Well" replied Emerson, when
first open my eyes upon the beautiful
world thank God that am alive and
live SO near Boston"
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rroverb. of Assam.

Here are some rather clever proverbs
OF Assam: The best crops grow on
others fields but the best SONS are at
home" "a bird Is II little thing. but
It builds It's nest on lofty hulung
tree" Buy land which slopes TO the
middle, and marry girl who has
good mother" The biggest jack fruit
always hides under the leaves" III "A
man slips down 1t liz always his eldest
wife's fault. but II his youngest wife
makes mistake he says he will see
about It," "A hasty cook. hasty
broom and the husband goes fasting;
u slow cook, slow broom, and the
husband eats three meals n day"
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The late Rufus T. Shapiey, the bril-
liant Philadelphia lawyer, wrote solid
For Mulhooly," which had an immense
success Once at dinner an editor
congratulated Mr.. Shapley warmly on
'solid For Mulhooly" The editor said
1t was powerfully written. Mr.. Shap-
ley replied: Yes, suppose | am a
powerful writer The other day |
wrote letter of coincidence to the
widow OF an old friend, and 1 under
stand that the lady no sooner read my
letter than, changing her black gown
to pink one, she went to matinee
--Argonaut.
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Dean Swift predicted the death upon
a particular date Of Partridge. tho
CHIEF OF tn. astrological almanac max
ers, aud f. lowed IL with the announce
Poor Part idge protested Ia vain that
he was still alive, for the brilliant su-
thor Of "Gulllyer's Travels" assured
him by the logic Of his own pretended
science that he must actually have
ceas ed to exist
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Mexican tnctI.

Mexico has cactus which grows
toothpicks another, ribbed and thick
ly set with to0thplck splncs, which fur
nlshes the natives with combs. There
Is another cactus, the long curved spines
OF which resemble fish hooks There IL
another which is an almost perfect lmi-
tatlon Of the sea urchin SIN another
resembles porcupine. There is anoth-
er covered with long red hair which
IL nick named the red headed cactus"
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Sir William Grove, the eminent sell
enlist and jurist, never forgave himself
for not discovering the spectroscope.
Il had often observed" he said, that
there were different lines exhibited in
the spectra Of different metals ignited
In the voltaic arc. aud II had had any
reasonable amount Of wit | ought TO
have seen the conyerse-viz, that by
ignition different bodies show In their
they are composed"
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Mosautto Ees..

The eggs OF the mosquito are fastened
together by Il ylscid secretion from the
Insects body. From go to 800 eggs
are laid at a time, and the little boat
shaped mass Is 50 constructed that 1t
will not o crset. 1t cannot be sunk nor
In any way Injured by wind, rain or
water. II is abandoned by the insect
and the egg are Matched by the heat
OF the sun or atmosphere. A temper
allure below freezing Is said not to
destroy the vitality Of the mosquitoes
eggs
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Mrs Hehpeck They can't punish
bigamy too severely No one should
have any sympathy for tho man who
takes one wife too many. Mr. Henpeck
The idea Maria Do you think |
should be sent to Philadelphia
prpsa
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Miss Mueley The idea of his calling
me homely. | may not be very pretty.
but I'm certainly not ~ homely ns no
il. Miss Pert No, dear but that's
simply because he's bigger than you
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Partial Contents for this Month

Course in English for the Beginner
Course in English for the Advanced
Pupil.
How to Increase Ones Vocabulary
The Art Of Conversation. 3k
Should and Would How to use Them.
Pronunciations Century Dictionary.
Correct English in the Home.
Correct English in the School.
What to Say and What Not to Say.
Course in Letter-Writing and Punctu-
alton.
Alphabetic list of Authorizations.
Business English for the Business Man.
Compound Words; How to Write
Them.
Studies in English Literature.
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Al In.

"How q sou feel when you found
yourself orprboardp'
"As II we're all in" gasped the re
suscitated l,ker gurglng rnerrily.--
Philadelphia Ledger.
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Like most men," he said. II have
my shortcomings | suppose, but
"oh, It isn't your shortcomings father
objects to-" interrupted the girl. Its
your long stayings"
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Two Poor Wattsrn.

Hewitt Time waits on no man.
Jewett-I guess that's the name Of the
new waiter at my restaurant.-New
York Press.
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HIa Fatal BIundsr

why did you think he had been
drinking He didn't show It,"
Not until he went out OF his way
to prove that he 't"--Phlladelphla
Press