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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-05-22

PUTTING Off.

How mankind defcrs from day TO
day the best IT can do and the most
beautiful things II can enjoy without
thinking that every day may be the
last one aud that lost time * lost etei'
nally
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-05-22
a Setklar

Friend Didn't your husband rave
when You showed him the dressnak
er's hilf Wife Rather. Friend And
how did you quiet him. Wife show.
ed him the milliner's next, and then he
became absolutely speechless
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Wiilinu TO Accent an Anoloo,

Priscilla tjust arrived Are there
my men here? Phyllis Oh. there are
II few APOLOGIES for men' Priscilla
Well. If nn apology Is offered to me
shall accept It. London Times.
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Trouble.

sometimes | think have more trou
bles than amy other man on earth
NONSENSE, Look at Thompson. He's
got wife, an automobile and II sure
system for beating the races" Les
lies Weekls
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-05-22

Presumption Is our natural and orlgl.
nal disease. Montaigne
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-05-22

There IS no witness 80 terrible. no
accuser 50 powerful, AZ conscience.
Poiybius
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-05-22

From those | trust God guard me,
from those | mlStrust | will guard my
self Italian Proverb.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-05-22
Tie Eallen MiahtY.

A moments patience IL ten years
comfort. Greek Proverb
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-05-22

Apologies only account for that
which they do not alter Dlsraell
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1907-05-22

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.
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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Telephone Notice.

THE MERCHANTS AND FARMERS' TEL.
EPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
have now built their lines into almost all
parts of Hunterdon County and are ready to
rate of $i200 per year for unlimited service
throughout the county.
The system now reaches New Hope, Lam
bertville, stockton, Idell, Kingwood, Ser
geantsvile limoges. Locktown, Croton, Elem
ington, Three Bridges, Baptisttown, Rose
mont, Frenchtown, Milford Bloomsbury,
Little York, Mt. Pleasant, Everittstown, Pat
tenburg, Quakertown, Pittstown, Clinton,
Annandale, Lebanon, Potterstown, White
house and Whtehouse Station
Applications for telephones should be made
TO Charles n. Reading, Frenchtown, N. j., or
Eugene Wilson, Sergeantsviile, N. j.. which
will receive prompt attention
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12
Those Roosevelt Names.

Several months ago the Hon. Thomas
Alexander Smith, recently defeated for
reelection to Congress in the First Dis
trict of Maryland by the Hon. w. H.
Jackson, was standing in front Of the
White House talking to secret service
men when boy came dashiRs out of
the executive mansion.
who's that?" queried the Congress-
man.
That's Archibald Roosevelt" he
was informed.
A moment later another youngster
appeared through the same door, and
Mr.. Smith repeated his question.
That's Kermit" said one of the
guards.
Just then a third boy came swirling
along on roller skates
81 guess that's another one of the
Roosevelt boys,' suggested the Mary
land statesman.
YES" was the answer, that's Quen-
tin."
BY gun," ruminated Mr.. Smith,
they've all got names like sleeping
cars. l feel just as IL were standing
On the platform at home, watching the
limited express shoot by."-New Or
leans Picayune.
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,een and tied your bootlace to mine, by

been and tied your bootlace to mine, by
mistake"
Young Harrington realized, as never
before IN his life, the absolute utility
OF human speech.
The Flapper bent again and fumbled.
Cant you do itT demanded young
Harrington, almost savagely.
"Its very hard" painted the girl,
raising a flushed face. "It's what my
sailor-cousin called "a true-lover's knot,
and seem to have lost the trick OF 1t"
"Thlsll do It," he said, and, with a
glance of purpose, brought out busl-
ness-like looking pocket knife.
The Flapper gave a little scream and
clutched it.
"Oh, mol" she demonstrated excited
". "Not that! I'm very supersti-
tious," she explained. "And to cut q
bootlace means-means a murder IN
| the housed"
"oh, does ltY he growled. II al
most wish"
"What?'
81 almost wish you weren't superstl
tlous, of course he said desperately,
Would the girl keep him In this ridlc
ulous position until dinner timer III
chafed. Worst of all, was Hazel t
come in and find him still hereF l
was unbearable! For what seemed
hours he stood, inwardly raging, whil
that odious and destable child fidgetet
and sighed over the lace AT last
"Ahv she exclaimed. "that's done 1t
I remembered the trick-Tm 50 sorry
Mr.. Harrington"
"I'm SO sorry, Mr.. Harrington" He
speech was echoed by Hazel, who fut
tered In as her sister rose to her feet
"Oh, am so sorry 1t wasn't my faul
"a little boy met in the lane-he'
lost his way"-she was the picture o
pink-cheeked penitence, and altogethe
adorable-"and took him home-an
then it was the wrong address, and
took us hours to find the right one
Oh"-she lifted bewitching, trouble
eyes-"I thought I'd never be back" !"
81 thought So" responded Ted Hal
rington. seemingly unconscious that h
was still holding her hand.
She murmured, 1T was good of 70
to wait so long
"You're worth waiting for longe
than that" he declared, and the FlaI
per remarking aloud to no one In PAL
tlcular that she must see about som
fresh tea, plunged out of the DRAWN
room, her bootlace trailing behind he
She was not at all a bad youngste
as her future brother-in-law told her.
"You may well say that" observe
the Flapper, serenely. IF it hadn
been for me you'd have gone back
your horrible North without ever fine
ing out how awfully much Hazel like
you. And how cross you were abor
that knott Any one would hay
thought" she wound up, with righteou
Indignation, that had tied you up Q
purpose Philadelphia Telegraph.
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1t is a matter of record that upon
the first official celebration of indie
pendence day by the Continental Con.
gress music was secured for the occa-
sion by forcing the Hessian band,
which had been captured by George
Washington at Trenton In the previous
December, to play in the public square
all day, to the great delight and amuse.
ment OF the people. 1t Is also stated
that these Involuntary celebrants were
obliged to practice appropriate airs for
three weeks previously in order that
they could not plead ignorance as an
excuse.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12

Mrs Sims prominent Des Molnes society and holder of the
tona whist Mones
Gently by denouncng bridge whist dancing asserting her intention Of
touching cards
conducted by evangelist the society touched One
ing the evil Of playing and dancing and at the the
1000 made her
unexpected denuncaton of the two amusements
81 wish publicly she sad that will touch cards again.
deliberately, the evil
especially
will abandon
the cards without
Sims national championship loving the whist tour
With Mrs Henry A. Crawford she also
doubles tournament in Cleveland Ohio she
the first prize for
whist playing bad she stated 'bu
appears
cards. shall do all dis
courage | t as a social amusement"
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12
BIRDS CROSS THE ATLANTIC.

Some of Them Can Make Trip in
Less than Nine Hours.
The presence of American birds In
this country raises the interesting
question, How do they cross the inter-
vening 1000 miles of ocean? Can we
suppose bird is capable Of sustained
flight for a sufficiently long period to
accomplish this2 On the supposition
that the yellow shank can fly at the
rate of 100 miles an hour it would ac-
compllsh the distance In fourteen
hours. And then it must be remem-
bered that this bird, being wader,
would be able to rest from time to time
on the water.
AS regards the rate Of flight attained
by birds in their migratory journeys,
some interesting computations are to
be found in Katkes "Heligoland as an
Ornithological Observatory" His fig
ures are 125 miles an hour for the
northern blue throat and 245 for the
Virginia plover. At the last rate the
Atlantic could be crossed in about eight
and three-quarter hours. Some six 9th
er American birds, including the red.
crested snipe and Eskimo curlew, are
recorded from the Sicily Islands.
Other American birds, including the
yellow-bllled cuckoo, have been record
ed in Ireland And in connection with
this crossing of the Atlantic by Amer.
lean birds it is interesting to note an
apparent attempt to cross in the oppo-
site direction. In British association
report for 1887 we read:
"At Rathtlin O'Birne West Done.
gall immense flocks of birds-s -starlings
thrushes and feldfares- passed west
from Dec. IS to %. The nearest land
to the west of this rock island Is Amer.
lea. This Is not an isolated occurrence
The westerly flight of land birds al
stations off the west coast of Ireland
has been noticed on other occasions"
1t would be interesting to know II
any of these enterprislng migrants
ever reached the other slde.-Londor
Globe.
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,klnSSCienCe \
M 1sEaS ANp
s s |SszIflventiOn
~~~~~o~N~~

A new deposit of manganese which
promises to be an important source of
supply, is being opened up in Mysore
State India. 1t Is situated twenty
miles northwest Of Shimoga station, on
the Southern Mahratta railway, $40
miles from Mormugoa.
To detect hidden cracks opening from
the surface of metals, the surface is
first moistened with kerosene, and Is
then dried off with cloth. 1t Is then
coated with chalk. After little while
the oil works out of the little cracks
and stains the chalk. A sort of dia-
gram of the hidden assures and defects
Is thus produced.
The majority of the highroads In Bel
GUM are now planted with trees along
the way, to the great pleasure of trav-
elers and to the advantage of the coun-
try. In total distance of. about ATS
miles there are no less than 100000 OF
these roadside trees. Among them are
included 100000 elms, 10000 oaks, 49,
COO evergreens, 10000 ash-trees and Al, :
900 naples.
/ A process of plating aluminium with
copper by welding methods has been
invented in Germany by Herr Watch
nitz. This is regarded as important
because one of the obstacles to wider
use of aluminium has been Its compara-
tive lack of resistance to the action Of
many fluids and its failure to hold
paint These objections are removed
when 1t is covered with thin plating
of copper, while it's weight Is not ma
terially increased.
A London syndicate will have 100000
tons of Egyptian papyrus plant ready
to ship to its paper mills within the
next six months. This revives an in
dustry which has been extinct for over
1000 years. A long search finally To-
Gated a few plants In Palestine which
were transplanted into Egypt and cul-
tivated. The twentieth century seems
to find frequent occasions to learn from
the vast treasure house of knowledge
of that remarkable people.
Contrary to a widespread belief that
hardwoods give more heat in burning
than soft varieties, the scientists al
Washington are contending that the
greatest heating power is possessed by
the wood of the linden tree, which i:
very soft. Fir stands next to linden
and almost equal to it Then come:
pine, hardly inferior to fir and linden
while hard oak possesses 8 per CEN
less heating capacity than linden, ant
red beech 10 per cent less.
About the time of the San Francisco
earthquake last April new island wa,
thrust up from the bottom of the SCI
nearly forty miles northwest of Una
laska. 1t rose hot and steaming out O
deep water, and attained a height O
several hundred feet. In the imme
diate neighborhood there are two otha
similar islands, both Of wEIfh AhNI
risen from the sea withln u
one of them no longeE
exact date OF the H
the new Island S.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12
stage Readiness.

The London Echo gives the following
anecdote from foreign contemporary !:
Colbert, the French actor, whose spe-
cialty was the impersonation of Napol-
con l., was troubled with an infirmity
OF memory, In consequence of which all
letters handed to him to be read on
the stage had really to contain the
words he was to deliver. In some mill
tary piece or other the Emperor had
to receive a letter from his adjutant
and read it aloud to his assembled Of
ticers. A certain Gautier, the wag of
the theater, acted the adjutant, and
one evening. instead of giving Colbert
the written letter. he handed him a
blank sheet of paper. The actor took
1t, and, perceiving the trick that had
been played him, returned the missive
to Gautier, saying with perfect grav-
lty: Read 1t yourself General"
Gautier, who did not know a word of
the part and was too much taken aback
to extemporize, could not extricate him
self from the position before the audi
ence had discovered his discontinue.
Gobert's readiness was, indeed, almost
as remarkable as that of less cele-
brated actor, whose forte was the part
os Richard III. At the approach of one
Of his best points, hostile clique In.
duced the supers to accost the ira.
gedian with; my lord, we've taken
Buckingham and cut his head of. y
'Tis we'll" replied he; "had 1t moi
been 50. | should have said, on with
his head; 50 much for Buckingham -
thus getting in his great effect after
laII
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ATRUE-LOVtR'S KNOT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
~NNNNN~NN~N

O-o.N~<N~ONO~~N
,Do have some more tea urged the
Flapper.
"Not any, thank you," responded
young Harrington stltlly, and he put
down his cup with clatter of tinality
"Then won't you have-have another
cake? You haven't tried one of these
little pink ones with cherries on the
top. They're awfully nice. Hazel made
them"
Young Harrington's face darkened.
81 won't have any more, thanks" he
enunclated, with great distinctness.
"And I'm afraid must really be"
"Oh, don't go yetw pleaded the Flap
per.
He shot a glance Of unconcealed dis
like at her. it took in the rough name
of hair beneath her tam-o'-shanter, her
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12
THE WEALTH OF POVERTY.

Wealth bides with poverty. The wilding
rose,
Or little violet nesting by the stream,
'Tis these that set the gazing eyes
a-dream,
Not all the beauties Of the garden-ciose.
lis not in mighty tempest where it blows,
Nor in the sea that shouts to cloud and
sail,
That music lives but in the nightingale,
The wee, brown bird that sings at dusk
its woes.
Yea, and the crowns of happiness and
love,
Grace not the troubled brows of king
and queen;
But, Fate's free gifts, they deck the
hearts that move
In lowly state amid the quiet scene.
'Tis not rich Croesus, owner of the SOD,
But passing beggar hath the peace Oh
God
-Munsey's Magazine
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An Ant,-TAira rermer.

Judge-You've got bad record,
You've already served two terms In the
penitentlary. What have you got Ia
say why sentence should not be passed
upon youl
Prisoner-My constitutional rights
Judge. It's the unwrltten law that nc
man should have a third term.-Kan,
sas City Times.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12

short and mud-spattered skirt, the
hockey boots whose laces always SEEM
ed to be coming united. 1t was almost
Incredible that this girl should be own
sister to his dainty Hazel, and yet
better an unattractiye hoyden than a
heartless coquette
Hazel will he sorry to have missed
you. can't think what can have kept
her"
Young Harrington laughed, the short,
cynical laugh of dlsillusioned twenty
three.
In his ears rang the warning of a
man quite two years older than him.
self.
Don't you get let In for making a
fool of yourself over that girl Very
pretty, very charming, but she's an alb
solutely hardened tlirt! I'll tell you
the kind Of thing she'll do-encourage
a fellow up to the top of his bent, say
he may call, fix day even, and then,
when he turns up she's out, If you
please, and he's left to have tea with
Tint Ieggy tomboy Of sister,"
Young Harrington had not been un-
pleased with this report
Morton, the 'fellow" In question, was
scarcely man one would wish "encour-
aged" by Hazel; he had probably
brought the significant slight upon him.
self. But Ted Harrington, without un-
due conceit, had hoped for very
different sort of reception.
But now---
He glanced at the clock.
at Is an hour and half" he OBJ
served lclly, latter the time your sister
said she would be at home. However,
II doesn't matter In the least. VIII you
say good-by to her for me? shall be
going back North tomorrow"
He rose and held out his hand.
''Where-whereabou in the North p
Inquired the Flapper, as 1t were with a
feverish interest
Was the girl making fun Of him?
"Newcastle," he answered curtly.
"oh, yes, they take Goals there. or
something don't theyr responded the
Flapper, with an odd, hysterical sound
ing tremble In her voice.
Yes. She was laughing at him. She
was In this arranged scheme to make a
fool of him.
"Good-by," he said, without looking
Mt her. 81 have to get back now-to-
to pack"
s'I'n come with you to the gate.
rasped the Tlapper hurrledly. II NEAR
I'll show you the short cut through the
orchard. Wait one second while | til
up my boot lace"
She stopped with one Of her coltish
angular movements.
Let me do t." suggested youas Har
rington, lcily polite.
.'oh, nor' protested the Flapper. Hel
name OF hair fell forward over he
hands. 81 can do 1t. want to tie tn,
knot my sailor-cousin showed me-" Sh,
.fumbled busily. 'Therew
AS she rose young Harrington took ,
step forward to the door. stumbled, ant
almost fell.
'What--"
sOhl" exclaimed the Flapper. In &C
cents Of despair 81 am so frightfull,
eorry. Dyou see what I've done? w
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12

There Is another farm job that is
shown in the picture, and that has sent
few millions of boys from the farms
to overcrowd the cities and work in
stores at $40 per. If was going to
make the bad place worse, I'd put all
the sinners up against wood pile, and
let them chop dry beech, elm and chest
nut chunks in stovewood. Knots! Why
the cussedness Of all creation is bound
up in the material that is set before
some of these farmer lads Words fail
me as the memories of those unhappy
days come to the surface Bushnell, in
Cincinnati Post
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A CUP OF TEA.
Hospitality So Long Practiced Had
become a Habit.

Hospitality So Long Practiced Had
Become a Habit.
at isn't what one does with, it's the
spirit in which one does," Miss Thirza
Tackley was wont to say as she presld-
ed over her squatty silver teapot in the
old Taekley homestead. That, at
least, is what l have been taught, and
as long as my friends feel the same, l
have no regrets. There Is little left Of
the family fortune, but only | am left
of the family"
There was, indeed, so little left that
Miss Thirza's economies were of the
closest and her hospitality limited to
her teapot Yet even before the day
OF the gale people felt that she main
tsined worthlly the traditions of the
hospitable Tackleys.
A mighty elm blew down that day,
and in It's fall wrecked the Tackley
homestead, and left only the kitchen ell
unharmed. AS the news spread, the
townsfolk hocked to the scene to view
the disaster and condole with Miss
Thirza, whom they expected to find
overwhelmed with grief.
She was not. They found her in the
kitchen, the door set invitingly wide
open, her best tea-service displayed,
and the kettle singing cheerily on the
fire Every visitor was received and
thanked for his sympathy, directed how
best to see the ruins, told the story Of
the downfall, and refreshed before de-
parting with a cup of perfect tea. Nor
did Miss Thirza forget who. took cream
and who lemon, or how many Jumps
of sugar went to whose cup. She sue
ceeded in Transforming the occasion Of
her own irreparable misfortune into a
friendly tea-party for all the neighbors.
A few silly young people found 1t
funny but the first whisper Of ridi-
cule was sternly suppressed.
Funny! It's fine" declared old
Judge Creation. Miss Thirza Is the
best, as she is the last, of all the Tack.
leys. She'll find herself the heroine OF
the town tomorrow, you'll see."
He was right; but Miss Thirza new
er understood.
1T was quite natural" she protest
ed, in gentle bewilderment. II only
gave my friends cup of tea."
That was all. But there are some
women so deeply hospltable that they
have, as Sydney Smith expressed it, 6
teapot in their soul.-Youth's Compan
| ion.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12
NEW STAR ON THE FLAG.

The War Department has ordered
the alteration of the flag made nee
essary by the admission of Oklahoma
into the Union, now an aggregation of
forty-slx States. The department has
also fixed on the spot for the new star,
and now fiagmakers are hard at work
preparing new banners with an addi-
tional star In the lower rlght-hand cor
ner. 1t is now in order for every patri-
otto American either to provide himself
with new flag or to add a star to the
old one.
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or early In May. The San Francisco
earthquake occurred on April 18th. The
question has been discussed by Presi-
dent David Starr Jordan and others
whether there was any causal connec-
ton between the two phenomena. The
weight Of opinion appears to be that
there was not such connection.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12

Beware Of the man who never MISS
es an opportunity to say that there isn't
money enough In circulation to buy
him. Sooner or later you win find him
on the bargain counter.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12

''You can get shaved at the Eclipse
tonsorial parlor to-day for 10 cents"
I'D be afraid to accept the BARRIERS
cut rates. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12
A Jurors View.

'The defendant In a murder trial
goes through a terrible ordeal. doesn't
hep
81 suppose So" said the ex-juror
lwearly, 'but he has one advantage over
les presumed to be innocent un-
ia guilty." Philadelphia
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12

Her bow tilted high in the arr, her
stern afioat, the steamship Darlington
has been playing see-saw with the rise
and fall of the tide-and has escaped
injury. She went aground on the
treacherous rocks of Ushant, OF the
coast OF Brittany. France, and assumed
the position shown above. 1t was a
marvel that the vessel did not break
her back.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12

Many woman marrIes without I'M
proving her condition but every wom-
an who marries. thinks she is doing
better than she has been doing at home.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-12

IS dIfHcult for a detective
InaI Is It Is for prose-
Is beld him.