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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-11
Past, Present and Future

Get oHt Of the musty, dusty past.
out Of the fog OF old customs and old
beliefs. Climb up on to the hilltops.
into the free air and sunlight
This IS the cry of today. This Is the
cry of youth in all ages
But let us not he too hard on the
past There We're sweetness and nobil
ity in the yesterdays of our fathers.
They followed their light rs we follow
ours, There We're wars for liberty and
martyrdoms in the old days. and the
Christ lived IN the past.
No wholesale dcnunciations of the
generations that were That only
shows II narrow and unapprccialive
spirit. They builded the mountain on
which we stand The coral reef That
rises through fathoms of water to the
air aud sunlight is made of the insect
bodies Of those that gave their lives in
It's building 1t is exactly So that hu-
manlty builds the heights Of civilian
ton
The past is included In the present
She gave herself utterly as Il sacrifice
TO us. She Is the food on which we
live. We devour her as ruthlessly as
Chronos devours hfs children 70 add
insult TO injury. we then abuse her
The Past was our mother. and TO
her we owe our hlIal love aud yenera
ton. but not our obedience for she IS
dead, and the dead have no right to
rule the living
And the Future what OF her. We
must give ourselves Il sacrifice to her
as our fathers gave themselves to us
1t IS 50 we pay our debt What we
cannot return to the dead we hand on
to the unborn. Not with soothing for
the things that have been, but with
love for tue things that are to CONT,
let us go about our work. Let us save
all that ~ sweet and wholesome and
true but let US not burden the chariot
Of progress with the rubbish Of toe
centuries Let us cut loose and go
forward.
Years ago In a western exposition
saw painting that has fingered In
my memory till now. Both the picture
and artist were unknown to fame,
think The work was only fairly well
done, as | remember II. The thing
that caught and held the attention was
the idea
The title OF the painting was Past,
Present and Future" There was a
stairway mounting up into the Infinite
distance, some such stair as the sleep
Ing Jacob beheld mounting to God A
flood of light poured down through the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-11
In the Country.

In every country neighborhood is
material for many novels. Here we
can study the elementals. We get to
the bedrock of human nature Each
strong character stands ont clear and
distinct Ii is n simple life, but not
without an appeal and II charm that
are all Its own. Here Is Il purely
American people for the most part the
only place ii is to be found In the ma
ton The cities and the newer com
munitics of the west are mixed with
Il large foreign element. But In the
eastern, southern and certain portions
of the central states are To be found
Il people whose ancestors have lived
upon the soil for generations, most of
them descended from Revolutionary
stock These are Americans. Where
Is the American novelist To catch their
spirit and portray their life?
To one who WAS reared in the hill
country there Is II certain beauty In its
rocky slopes and pleasant valleys that
cannot be found elsewhere Tie pral-
RTE Is monotonous, the treeless plain
sides OF the hills have n charm that
never grows old
And the trecs-the strong, spread
Ing oaks; The tall 1.-THE and clean
bodied poplars; the white llmbcd Syca-
morcs, the great loeusts, the heeehcs,
the ashes and the elms there Is II
glory in the trees. II strength and II
companlonshlp. In the stately aisles
of the forest one is In communion with
nature and With his own soul There
Is "A holy awe that pcrvadeS 1t all.
bryant caught the spirit of the Trees
when he said. "'Fhe groves We're God )
first temples
In our hours of sorrow, If We car
but 70 TO Nature she gives MS peace
With her calm presence over us. her
cooling fingers upon our brows, she
charms away our troubles. dulls the
edge OF our grlefs and Ia her silent
way imparts To us II comfort and n
hope.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-11
A Hungry Mexican Shark

Pursued by nine foot shark. which
when they abandoned their boat ut the
shore put his front fins on the edge VI
the boat aud ate the fish therein Us y
pig would eat out of II trough until IN
It's greed It swallowed big hook
thrown into the pile of fish. Is the
story told by several fishermen and
people who saw the windup OF the af
fur. The fishermen We're returning to
port with their sloop filled to the gun
wales with fish when they noticed a
great fish pursuing them md rapidly
gaining ON them. although still about
1000 feet away They hurried to the
pier where In terror they scrambled
out of the boat The shark, for such
the fish proved TO be, followed them
and Immediately mounted part way
into the boat, where he began deyour
Ing great quantities of fish IN single
mouthftils. The fishermen hurredly Sc
cured n shark hook, which they threw
In with the fish The shark. after II
mouthful or two, took the hook into
his mouth along with several fish and
swallowed 1t. 4 crowd of people had
gathered By this time. and all lent
hand In pulling the monster in.-Mex-
lean Herald
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-11
Dreaming

Upon an eve of the sweet June tine.
When the moon Is ON the eastern tree +
When the robins song aud the far bell =
chime
And the pipe of the frogs float droWsilN
Il tide like Eladness comes Ia me
Drifting in to the shores of my innast
life
TIL almost forget the things that be
The sorrow. the madness. the misery.
Tie selfish greed and the sickening strife
iill ! almost forget the world Of man
And my soul floats out in the larger plan,
Floats with the song and iiows with the
light
Into tho soul OF the boundless night.
II Is now new world comes to me
While the moonlight and song enter into
my blood.
For my soul goes out on boandless scat
or pillows OF light In noonbeam flood
And strange forebodlngs and glimpses
strange
or u life and death that have been be
fore.
OF II present dream and IA later change,
sleeping and waking and grcruer shore.
Drift Ia 10 me-. while the things that seem
Are fading away In II mist of dream.
And my soul floats out 10 the shores of
thought
In search Of an Eden II cannot lind
Beulah- land that has oft been sought
In the blind. wide sea of the cropping
mind
10 catch II glimpse OF the Things that bn
Ky the hills OF the far eternity
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neecy Napors that here and there hung
about it,
At the foot of the stairway WAS All
old hag Darkness was around her.
She stood upon dead mems bones. by
her side We're the fagot and the rack.
This was the Past.
On the first steps of the stair was "A
middle aged woman. Her face had Il
look of indecison Her eyes were
turned halfway between the darkness
behind and the glory before. She
seemed to hesitate. desiring to go fer
ward, but powcrless. FOR the hays
clawlike fingers were holding her THIS
was the Present
\ step higher WAS II young girl. Her
look was forward and upward. There
was Il glow of angelic hope, of infinite
trust and ambition on her face that
WAS radiant with the light from ahead.
Her arm was around the woman
whom she was trying To lift up. And
this was the Future.
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a Bit of Deceit

bismarck vowed that after passing II
competitive examination II man WAN
never any good that the strain wreck
ed him Still II was examining. the
drumming of the Ingenious mind Of
Lord Chesterfield which brought about
HE reform of the calendar Cram
ming and nattcry did II j hay" been
Of late Il sort OF an astronomer despite
myself, he wrote II was Obliged To
talk some astronomical Iargon, Of
which | did not understand one word
but got II by heart aud spoke it by rotc
rs master" He had 10 make the
peers believe that lac knew something
of the matter land also Ia make them
believe TINT they knew something Of It
themselves. which they did not, For
his own part he said he could MS well
have talked celtic or Shvonian It's as
tronomy ana they would linve undrf=
stood him fully as well They became
parties to the deceit They would not
betray ignorance upon 4 subject rs to
which he credited them with ahound-
lug knowledge Thus they reformed
the calendar
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-11
The Meetina and the Parting.

They had met by chance ut Atlantic
city. They We're strangers to each
other. but he was convinced that she
was II southern girl of high caste,
aud she ia turn believed him to be u
New York man of money.
"You are from New York. aren't
you?" she abruptly asked when they
had paused for II moment after stroll
along the beach.
Yes" he answered, determined TO
reveal himself IN his true station. Il
live IN East Sixteenth street. where
grovel among my fellow clerks ON $40
II week. But YOU YOU are southern
lady of social distinction and
mo" she coidly rejoined; Il live In
East Sixteenth street among the clerks
also
"Anywhere near 25S!" he family
asked.
Next door-o56.'
Then they parted New York Times.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-11
The Great Unknown.

II MAS mauN years before the
Great Unknown WAS Identified At
the publication of the Lay of the
Last Minstrel "Mnrmion, el.udy Of
thu Lake aud finally of Il novel called
'WaNerleN,a popular curiosity VAS cN.
cited, aud the whole Of England rang
With the fame of the "Grcat IL
known" rs Scott WAS called The
secret was we'll kept Sir Waiter
Scott who all his life had been slor-
Ing material and training his mind To
such concentration thai lie could work
In the midst of Interruptions and WAS
able 10 turn out volume after volume
With II rapiditN. two n year. that made
his readers doubt their very scuses.
His Incognito WAS all the u,orc per
fectly preserved In that he kept open
house nj Abbotsford devoting much
Of his time Ia entertaining his gflc8i9
and visiting It was mol until the ,an-
barrassm"nl Of his publishers occur.
red that the identity of the aut hor Of
the "Wayerlcy Novels" was discover
ed The case of Scott furnishes one
of the many Illustrations of the power
of dreelving HE public In literary mat.
t,rS
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-11

Some years ago. when was Emitted
States minister to Turkey" said I'resl-
dent Angel Of the University Of Michl.
gan. Greece was visited by severe
famine great wave of sympathy
and pity swept over the United States
affecting the women particularly They
raised hundreds of dollars for the re-
| lief Of the sufferers With true Yam.
kec husbandry they did not send the
money IN cash, but spent 1t In buying
vast quantities Of cloth. which they
nadc into dresses for the Grecinn wo
men one entire ship. ! believe, was
loaded by this ouipourng of charity
| never was tired Of referring IN dip
lomatie circles TO the generosity of
my country women and for IA time was
the envy Of the representatives OF the
other governments
shortly after the ship arrived and
It's cargo had been distributed | had oc-
casl0n to make "A trip through Greece.
| 1t was In the days when our ladies'
wore extremely large sleeves. but the
| style In Greece was not the same. You
may imagine my surprise and humllia.
tion when saw that the Greclan wo-
men had not known what the American
garments were and had put them on
| their husbands for trousers"
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tinued that he's the hest ever
'Of course he Is" said Miss Merit
man. Haven't | known him all my
life
"Well. I've ouly known him since
came To the summer school said
Robbie. but I'll always he mere of II
man Tor having met him"
They shook hands with cnthusiaSm
and on the steps Robbie paused 10 saE.
Hes going Ia High Rock With us"
But Robbie did not know all tl.e
working If the feminine mind for Miss
Norman. instead of bringing things
TO Il crisis ut the picnic, Kept Away
from the professor Ill day, giving him
only II vagur smile nov and then. ia
stead of her usual frank eempanions
ship. and rs u consequence the profess
or Went home In Il state of Desperate
forlorrness. and even the Wise Robbie
WAS alarmed and wished he had not
intcrfercd.
The next evening. however. Just TIT
the edge of twilight ms the professor
wendell his solitary way through the
ed and slender figure In white calnc
through
Il have come TO see Your roses said
the leap Year lady otherwise called
Miss Mcrrimnn
Are you real" the professor tie
mandcd. or just II tricky spirit. Who
Will Vanish in Il breath
Il am not spirit :" said the leap year
lady. hut I've come to ask Nou n ques-
ton =
The professors face fell y knew II
wasn't just the roses that brought
YOU he said. Il suppose It's some tam
gle in Your Greek 2
No" said Miss Mcrrinan. III isn't
tangle In Greek It's worse tanglc.
And II has something 10 do with roses =
botany" asked the unconscious
professor.
ooh. no" Miss Merriman's voice eN
pressed certain scorn of his dense
ness.
We'll. YOU said 1t had something Ia
do with roscs' the professor told her
helplessly
'Do the roses you send me have any
thing to do with botany" Miss Merri
man demanded.
Nc of course not, the professor
stammercd; "of course not. They have
To do with
what" Miss Merrimahs tone WA
eager Her upturned face pleaded, IIel
eyes We're like stars. \ faint glow
from the little moon turned her hair Ia
gold, and rs the professor looked down
ut her Il great light shone Ia upon his
soul
why they have 10 do with love .
he said
"Of course was the trcmulous re-
spensc. ooh, why didn't You say 1t he
fore
Il WAS afraid" lie whispered aud
took her hands in his.
You see | had To eome=to Your ros,
garden" she explained In the shelte'
Of his arms.
TO stay always" he begged, and n
she murmured always" Wise Robbie
coming NJ the path, saw the tableau II
the moonlight and. ehuekllng as la
went. beat n hasty retreat.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1908-11-11
What Il lasted Like.

The men were at dinner one day
and the orderlies We're hurting buck
ward and forward with steaulng pals
OF soup when Lord Wolseley, passing
by. stopped one Of them and deter
mined 10 see that the food provided
was up 10 the standard he required
"Kcmose the lid from that pail" he
said to the man The man removed
the lid Now let me taste that" he
said
But paze yer"
LET me taste II. say"
Before the man could say or do any
thing Lord Wolseley got Il spoon. dip
ped 1t into the pail and tasted It,
"Disgracefulr' he exclaimed. "Cali
that soup? Why, 1t tastes like nothing
In the world 50 much as dishwater."
.'Plaze yer honor. that's exactly what
il *
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Edgerton's
...Farm.

Copyright 1898. by James A Edgerton
This matter must not be reprinted with
out special permission
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Che Leap
Year Lady.
By VIRGINIA BLAIR.
Copyrighted. l9oS. by Associated
literary Press
By VIRGINIA BLAIR

Il have often wondered why YOU
oidn'l marry, said Robbie Hayes diff
iidently
The professor leaned on the porch
rail and locked over his rose garden.
where the hrehies starred the night
with gold
eRecausr love little lady who
doesn't love me. he said drcamily
and III have no other"
oh Robbie sasped as one who has
come Unexpectedly upon a romance.
There WAS n moments silence, out Of
which Robbie questioned curiously
How do You know she doesn't low
YOU
fIc professor laughed she let : me
see HAT am her good friend. her com
rade but nothing more
"leook here, professor. don't believe
you've asked her. not outright, You
know, Robbie accused
No haven't" the professor admit
ted
81 thought So" Robbie stated. Il
know how modest you are. You'd ncN-
cr believe any one cared II they didn't
tell You Now, had 10 why, profess
or. just had To hang around YOU aft
or eiass and come over here and bore
you and beg You 10 go places with
me before you'd believe HAT thought
You were about the best thing Ed
found in college
The boys Voice was husky with deer,
feeling. and the professor held out his
baud Ia him
Dear lad" he said
And since I've been coming | have
found ont how lonely You are and
We'll, think YOU ought to marry. pro-
fessor
''tlas, said the older man, III it
We're as easy us ii sounds
1T is easy" said Robbie cocksured
k Nv" I've had some experience
with girls. professor.
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NobbIN riS" GROWS SUtH on IdSH
Toned hundred lcaved roses as You. and
when "ehi=up Ia Miss Merrinian's
room The other night To borrow IA book
there was bunch of them "n her
table.
She is very fond of roscs. the pro
lessor lhlirmur"d.
''of your roses liobbie amended
= have no reason to b"lirN" HAT she
cares th"r" Tor my Roses than Tor any
ether, said the professor
We, III bet she does Robbie III.
pued. IN bet she's poi II lot of them
pressed IN the itiblc or her faNerite
book Of poetry.
III" professor rose. u hardly think
Ike Ia bring her name Into this dis
eussion" he said again quietly. and
after HAT he and Robhi" walked In ib'
garden arm IN arm. aud they lalbed
Ut books aud Of men. hul not of Mis-
Merrlhah,
HE next atterno"n B"bhle called on
the nttle teacher
Whhl l" Know II You u cl'ler"i'
solo" Of The summer schoolgirls To n
l'ic4ic 1T High Rock was lis excuse.
But later In the evening he mint ioned
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Necessity 70 stronger far than art.
Aeschylus.
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The doctor was in church He oc-
cupled front pew. The church was
crowded, the preacher preaching clio
quently, and perfect silence reigned
But suddenly u man dashed in at the
door. He held up his hand for tho
preacher TO pause; then he cried
rs DIR. Henry Smith hereT
with all eyes centered upon him,
Or. Henry Smith rose slowly In his
front seat and turned round.
What Is wantedf" he said He had
the grave, weary air Of a man who ~
almost oyerburdened with the respoD-
fiblllties heaped upon him
Are you Dr. Henry Smith"
Il am"
well, doctor. | am Cache & Co.'S
new collector. When VIII 1t be fon-
venient for you to settle that little ac-
count Of theirs"
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Only the good survives only the
truth Is eternal. All that falls short
Of perfection dies the death. But God
and his image In man live on forever.
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This Is truth little child taught
me. We love our own. that which We
shape, that which expresses US God
loves that which Is like himself
The Glenwood post., 1908-08-08
LABOR THREATENS R. R. T|E-UP

WINNIPEG, Man, Aug. 6-The big
gest labor dispute which the industrial
history Of Canada has known culminat-
ed yesterday in the form of a general
strike when the employees of the me-
chanical department of the Canadian
Pacific railroad, from the Atlantic
coast to the Pacific coast, some 5000
in number, laid down their tools and
quit work because the decision of the
conciliation board, which was appoint
ed under the Lemieux act of the Cana
dian parliament, was not in accord with
what they wanted.
Not merely in the number of men in
volved is the magnitude of the walkout
indicated, but in the fact that it in
wolves greater financial interests and
covers more territory than any strike
which has heretofore been recorded In
railroad circles.
The local en- of the event is repre-
sented by the cessation from work of
some 1000 men, who were employed in
the Winnipeg shops. Nearly half of the
men involved are on Western sections
The Glenwood post., 1908-08-08

which will have the choosing of II
United States senator to succeed Al
bert j. Hopkins.
The fight is interesting on both the
Republican and the Democratic sides.
On the Republican side ex-governor
Richard Yates is fighting bitterly to
wrest the gubernatorial nomination
from Governor Deneen, who is candi-
date for denomination, and ex Senator
William L. Mason in the same manner
wants to capture the seat of United
States Senator Hopkins, who neither
desires nor expects to relinquish the
toga for six years to come.
A third aspirant for the seat of Sen
ator Hopkins is Congressman George
E. Foss of this city. He did not enter
the race until after the others had Sc.
cured a good start, but his campaign
has been of whirlwind varieyt that
has forced both Senator Hopkins and
ex-senator Mason to put on full speed
The Glenwood post., 1908-08-08
INCREASE IN COLORADO PROPER.
TY,

DENVER, Aug. 6-When the reports
from all of the assessors of Colorado
have been received by the state audit
or it will be found that the assessment
valuation Of property in Colorado has
increased about $6,0OO,0OO.
Reports have been received from
thirty-ave out of the ffty-nine counties
in the state, and these thirty five eoun-
ties show an increase Of $3,S29, 403.
The counties yet to be heard from are
agricultural counties and they are ex-
pected to practically double the in
crease shown so far.
The greatest increase is in Denver
county and amounts to $4,417 900. TWEEN
ty-four Of the counties which have al
ready reported show increases and
eleven show decreases.
The greatest decrease is in Teller
county, and It shows falling of Of
over $4,000, 900 in assessed valuation
The Glenwood post., 1908-08-08

of the road, the exact number being g.
2ao.
The total number of men on the
Western lines is $500. The total
number on the Eastern lines is 4,5OO.
The total number on the Canadian Pa.
cifc railroad system is 5000. Hr
Without any demonstration, 800 en-
ployes Of the Canadian Pacific railroad
shops here walked out this morning,
the signal for the laying down of tools
being the blowing of the shop whistles
Outside a large number of draymen
waited to carry away boxes of tools,
the men evidently believing that the
strike would be prolonged. One hund-
red men, mostly fremen and appren-
tices, remained in the shops.
Second Vice President Whyte, who
has been to Skagway, is hurrying home
He will be at Vancouver today. The
management Of the company's side of
the strike is now in the hands of Gen
eral Manager Berry, who CLAIMS he can
pull out successfully. Eighty men are
out at Kenor, forty at Ignac, sixty at
! Moose, and -orty at Calgary.
The Glenwood post., 1908-08-08
IOWA EPwoRTH LEAGUE.

COLFAX, Ia, Aug. 6-With an at
tendance unusually large for an open
ing day, the annual state assembly, of
the Epworth League began here today.
Many parts of the state were represent
ed among the visitors who registered
during the day. The program for the
gathering extends over ten days and is
filed with interesting features in the
way of sermons, addresses and confer
ences, which will be interspersed with
music and other forms of lighter en-,
tertainment.