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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27
VESTAL VIRGINS.
They Kept tho Sacred Fires Alisht In
Ancient Rome.

They Kept tho Sacred Fires AIisht In
Ancient Rome.
Ovid tells us that the first temple
of Vesta at Rome was constructed of
waited walls and rooted with thatch,
like the primitive huts of the inhabit-
ants. 1t WAS little other than cir
cular covered fireplace and was tend
ed by the unmarried girls of the COM
munity. 1t served as the public hearth
of Rome, and on 1t glowed, unextn-
gulshed throughout the year. the sa-
cred fire which was supposed to have
been brought from Troy and the CON
tinuance of which was thought to be
linked with the fortunes of the city.
The name Nesta Is believed to be de-
rived from the same root as the San
skirt was. which means Ito dwell, to
inhabit," and shows that she was the
goddess of home, and home had the
hearth as Its focus. A town, n state,
is but large family. and what tho
domestic hearth was to the house
the temple of the perpetual fire be-
came to the city. Every town had its
yesta. or common hearth, and the col
onies derived their fire from the moth
err hearth.
Should vestal maiden allow the sa-
cred fire to become extinguished she
was beaten till her blood flowed, and
the new fire was solemnly rekindled
by rubbing together of dry wood or
by focusing of suns rays. The circu-
lar form and domed roof of the tenn
pie of Vesta were surylvas OF the pre-
historic huts Of the aborigines. which
We're invariably round.-Cornhill Mag
aZipp
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27
RENTING A BRIDAL VEIL.
An Incident Of a Fashionable Wedding
In New York.

An Incident CT Fashionable Wedding
In New York.
Not long ago one of the wealthest
charge customers" of n we'll known
department store in New York pur-
chased $500 wedding veil for her
daughter, which was charged To her
account and duly delivered. The we'd
ding was n large one and celebrated at
high noon in one of the downtown
churches.
1t happened that one of the girls
from n department store went out for
luncheon Mt this hour and, seeing q
fashionable wedding in full swing,
slipped into the church with the crowd
and into one of the back pews After
the ceremony was over she hurried
back to her place behind the counter,
too busy with her special sales to even
think about II.
The next morning, however, when
she read an account of the "magnih.
cent wedding In church and de
tailed description of the wonderful
veil worn by the bride, valued at
$500" she laughingly told her numer-
GUS friends in that department that
she had been one of the honored
guests and had seen that $500 veil
with her own eyes" just ut this thrill
Ing point of her story one OF the floor
men stepped up to her and said:
You are wanted ut the managers
Office, Miss r.
AS she entered the office, to her per-
feet amazement, she beheld the identi-
cal bridal veil just under discussion
Miss b., can you tell me IL you ever
saw this veil before?" asked the man
ager.
Eyes, sir; saw IT yesterday"
where did you see it,
She took from her pocket the clip
ping from the morning newspaper
with the account of the great we'd
ding, the costly veil and n picture of
the bride Laying Ii upon the desk,
she said:
This Is picture of the vel"
"IIow did you happen TO be at this
wedding instead Of In your place here
In the store?"
at was my luncheon hour, and
went 10 the wedding instead of 10
lunch"
The manager smiled.
Can you positively Identify this veil
as the one you saw Yesterday"
Miss Il. took 1t up In her hands aud.
unfolding II. ran her fingers through
the mesh and into the tiny folds where
the orange blossoms were caught, then
with some difficulty picked out three
little pieces of rice and handed them
TO the manager
She went back 10 her counter and
the charge customer" whose ac-
counts ranged In the thousands each
year was rendered n bill for 5000
for the use of bridal veil worn by
her daughter"
A check for the $500 was immediate.
ly sent, and the wealthy "charge Gus
toner SIN continues to charge
cage Record-lIerald.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27
Sakhalin La Oueer

Curious faets have come 10 light
concerning the island of Snkhalln. Off
the eastern coast of Siberia Cold
winds and sea currents circulate
around II. and their effect appears TO
produce ON the island reversal Of the
ordinary course OF nature respecting
the arrangement Of temperature. Usu-
ally the air Is warmcst near sea level
and coolest on highlands aud noun
talna, but In Sakhalin the coolest air
Is found neur the sea. and there the
plants are of nm arctic character. while
In the lofty interior OF the island the
climate Is mild. and even subtropIeai
plants flourish on the heights
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27
A Tree In a Thunderstorm.

Every one Is aware that 1t is not
wise to seek trees shelter In a thun-
derstorn, but II you must take ref
uge there then climb to the topmost
branches. II has been proved that the
upper boug'is Of trees during storm
would be the safest position. and 1t Is
said that birds In the branches are
seldom killed When the tree is struck
by lightning II Is the trunk which, pre-
sumably from lis greater dryness, IL
a bad conductor and which therefore
suffers the most
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27
A Rabelais Hoax.

Radicals. being out of money, once
tricked the police Into taking him
from Marseilles to Paris on charge
Of treason. He made up some pack
ages OF brick dust and labeled Their,
"Poison for the royal family" The
officers took Rabelais 100 miles only /
be told at the end Of their journey
that It was April and the affair was
a hoax. OF course, as Rabelals was
the privileged wit Of the royal family,
he was forgiven.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27
AItooether Different.

Suitor-I ave come to ask you for
your daughters hand. Father Well.
the fact is we are pretty crowded here
as 1t IL. and l. Suitor-Oh. intend
to take her away from home II ! mar
ry her. Father--Oh. well. In that
case But you did give me un awful
start. my boy Boston Transcript
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27

Jimmy said the fond mother to
her smart nine ear-oId, what became
of that fruit cake | made for you ms Il
treat yesterday Did you eat itF
mo. mamma answered Jimmy,
instead"
That was very nice and generous
Of you, Jimmy" compllmcnted his
mother And did your teacher eat
itf'
"Yes. | think So" answered Jimmy.
"She wasn't Mt school today"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27

Hello. Fifty. Where did you get
that black eyer"
"Oh, 1t was only a lovers quarrel"
Lovers quarrel. Why. your girl
did not give you that. did she?'
mo; 1t was her other lover"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27

1t Is remarkable how vlrtuous and
generously disposed every one Is at
play. We uniformly applaud what Is
right and condemn what Is wrong
when 1t costs us nothing but the senti-
ment.-Hazlitt
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27
Tryinu Work.

Thin Haired Man What. A shilling
for cutting my hair? That's outra-
geous. Barber But. my dear sir. tho
hairs on your head are so far apart
that ! had to cut each one by Itself
London Tit-Bits.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27
Very Like a Bull,

An Irish litterateur when eating an
apple pie favored with few green
gooseberries exclaimed with gustO,
"Ah. what n delicious apple pie 1t
would be II II was all made Of green
gOoseberries.'
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27
Impossible to be We'll

1t is impossible to be WE'LL simply impossible, if the
bowels conspated You must pay attention to the
laws of nature, suffer the consequences Undigested
material waste products, poisonous substances must be
removed from the body at least each day. there
will be trouble. sluggish liver is responsible for AMI
immense amount of suffering and serious disease Ask
your doctor about Ayers Pills. He knows why they act
directly the liver Trust him. LCAyer Co. Lo.oe Mass
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-04-27
FLIGHT OF THE EARTH.

Tue, lIIIIh 30, dTIHW'TtU JIl
She wasn't Mt school today"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-08

At the Second National Conserva-
tion Congress at st. Paul, which be-
gan Tuesday, 1t is expected
that there viii be addresses
dealing with everything from water
power sites to conservation of bird
life, but the real interest Of the con-
vention lies in the expected fight Of
the public land states for control of
their own natural resources, rather
than by the Federal government.
Theodore Roosevelt has announced
a creed Of progressive Republicanism.
1t aligns him definitely with the pro-
gressive movement within the party
and places him On record as an advo-
cate of some policies which find favor
with the insurgents and as an oppo-
nent of every special interest,"" which
he believes exercises a sinister influ-
ence on the affairs Of the people. He
declares himself in favor of a wide in
crease in the power of the national
government, SO that 1t might assume
greater activity in control OF the cor
lorations.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-08
WARRINGTON.

Washington-The population of Chi
cago. the second largest city in the
country, probably will be announced
about the middle of the month.
Secretary MacVeagh's ruling on the
term commercial paper" in the inter-
probation Of the emergency currency
law, became known in its full import
here Thursday. The way now is clear
for the banks of the United States to
put into circulation $5oO,0OO,OOo in
emergency money at the first sign of
q stringency. The law provides that
commercial paper upon which emer-
gency currency may be issued shall in
ciude only notes representing actual
commercial transactions, which shall
bear the names of at least two respon.
sible persons and have not more than
four months to run.
Washington.-With an increase of
s3,273,325 in the public debt and to-
tai deficit of $17,371, ,46s.OS, the United
States Treasury closed the second
month of the fiscal year, keeping ON
an even keel, all circumstances consid.
cred. with a working balance of $50.
s26,057.23 on hand and the general
fund down to $S9,523,2O7.59. The in.
crease in public debt, which is a com.
plete turnover of $4.OOO,OOO in round
numbers from the month Of July, is
due largely to an excess of national
bank deposits over redemptions.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-08
WEsrER,,.

Foreman John Williams and three
daughters were asphyxiated in the tun-
mel Of mine at Hollister, Calf. Mon
day.
Burglars during Sunday robbed prac-
tically every office in four OF the big
gest office buildings in Ell Paso, Tex.
and secured several thousand dollars
worth of money and valuables.
The people of Missouri kept up with
a vim the roar of enthusiastic well
come that is following Theodore
Roosevelt everywhere in his wander
ings through the West
Cattle on the ranges in Pecos coun-
ty, West Texas, are dying by the thou
sand as result of the long continued
drouth which has prevailed in that
part of the state daring the summer
months.
Martin Beckins, a candidate for the
California state Senate, Christian
Scientist, has been arrested for cruelty
in trying the methods of his cult on a
sick horse, which afterward died He
had hired a science practitioner.
Forest fires that have been raging
for week in a half dozen different
sections of the Black Hills national
forest, are now believed to be well un-
der control, but owing to the dry con-
dition at this time new fires may be
expected all this month and well along
through the fall.
approximately 679.555 acres in Ari-
zona and New Mexico eliminated from
the national forests by President Taft
as being chiefly valuable for agricul-
tural purposes, has been opened to set
tlement under the homestead laws.
The land will become subject to settle
ment Nov. %, but not to entry until
Dec. 81.
The United States civil service
needs eligibles for positions on the ex.
amining force and examinations will
be held at Denver September 26. The
salary attached to the position is g.,
600 year. The commission also an
nounces an examination to be held DC
tober 5. to obtain eligibles for the po
sition of electrical assistant In the
signal service of New York city. The
Job pays $500 year.
meteor estimated to have been a
least 100 feet in diameter sailed acros.
the Willamette valley shortly aftel
noon Monday and 10 believed to hav,
plunged into the earth west of Nc
Minnville, Yamhill county, Oregon. L
was seen by q number Of persons IL
Portland and by the postmaster a
Mount Angel, thirty-two miles distant
and also by several persons ut Salem
forty miles from Portland.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-08
GENERAL.

That, Professor william James,
Americas foremost psychologist, who
died a week ago last Friday. has &C.
complished his expressed desire to
communicate from beyond the grave is
the statement made by the Rev. Dr..
Frederic A. Wiggin of Brookline, pas.
tor of Unity church and a spiritualist
with whom Harvard's great savant had
discussed this engrossing question.
Frank stahoff, aged 40, was electro
cuted at st. Louis Sunday by stepping
on live wire which was blown down
during the storm of Saturday night
Further reports OF the storm show a
great loss Of property and additional
names to the Ion. list Of injured.
Mrs. Andrew Brandcnberger, Gu
years old, in st. Louis, Sunday after.
noon swan in the Mississippi river.
unafded. from the eastern end of the
Eads bridge to the landing float In the
rear of the Century Boat Club, almost
ten miles. Evidently she can swim
like sixty.
Mrs. Providencia Mascagni of Baltl.
more. who was removed to quarantine
last May suffering from leprosy, has
improved to such an extent, according
to report by Thomas L. Richardson.
quarantine physician, that she may be
completely cured by Christmas.
Louis and Kittie Perle, the latter
leading lady of the Manhattan Opera
Company. were drowned in Lake
Quinsigamond. WoIchester. Mass,
Sunday night. In changing seats
in flat-bottomed boa. Mrs.
Perle fell overheard. Her hus.
band jumped in to save her and called
for help, which did not come IN tina.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-08
SPORT.

Richard Dwyer, the California horse
man. has leased the Ogden half-mile
race track and will open a twenty-day
meeting there on Sept. %.
A purse of $1,000 is being raised at
Grand Junction. Colorado, for q match
race between Saul Halyve, the young
Moqui Indian. and any runner Of na-
tional or International reputation.
Arthur Mitchell, in his attempt to
beat Armstrong; ten.mile record Of .
minutes 10 2-5 seconds, rode the dis.
lance in minutes : Is seconds. rid
ing mile in 50 4-5 seconds. five miles
in 1 minutes 81 seconds, both worlds
motorcycle records for q dirt track.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-08
F0nEIoN.

A wine shortage is impending on &C.
count Of the failure of the grape crop
in Europe-Germany in particular.
German naval designers are at work
on small type Of battleship which
the Vorwasrts learns is expected to
put the great Dreadnaughts into the
obsolete class. The new vessels will
be lightly armed and very speedy. In
general design they viii be similar to
the old Monitor.
This week the Grand Trunk Pacific
railway win celebrate the fifth ami
versary Of the beginning of its con-
struction by opening, the government
section between Winnipeg and Supe.
rior Junction. $50 miles. The great
project Of national railway was
started in September. 1905, when Sir
Wilfrid Laurier turned the first sod
at Fort William.
The Italian Supreme Court rendered
a Judgment affirming the right of the
Holy See TO sell property without au-
thorization from the government. This
decision has created sensation in art
circles. 1t is feared that art treasures
are to be sold, and 1t Is proposed to in
troduce bill in Parliament prohibit
ing the Holy See from disposing of pic
lures.
To study botany in Chile, examine
work on the Panama canal and pos
sibly to make the run over from South
America to England for a brief visit
home. James Bryce, the British am
bassador, accompanied by Mrs. Bryce,
sailed Thursday for Colon from New
York. OF the Panama canal, in which
he is greatly interested. the ambassa-
dor said: II regard the canal - the
most extraordinary improvement of
nature that has ever been made On
this planet"
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-08
POLITICAL.

Governor Deneen has opened the
campaign against return to legislative
power of the bipartisan combine
which dominated the last General As.
sembly.
Lloyd C. Griscom, chairman of the
New York county committee, was in
conference during the better part of
Wednesday with several state leaders,
and issued a statement to the effect
that they would not only present Mr..
Roosevelt's name for temporary chair
man Of the convention, but do their ut.
most to have . direct nomination
plank inserted In the PLATFORM def
to the Old Guard leaders,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-08
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

Requiring no other evidence than ..
small advertisement clipped from a
newspaper. the Columbia river confer,
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
church at Spokane removed Charles H.
Porter Of Portland from the ministry.
Porter. who was listed as supernu.
merary preacher. advertised as .
''chiro-practic, spfneologist and special
ist in female diseases" The confer
ence read the advertisement and acted
uninamously
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-08
"elI1TERINe
eENERALITlES"
THUS TAFT AllU0eS TO NooeE.
vGLr's ADVISORY sPGEcHEs
TO THE PEOPLE.
NEW NATIONAlISM"
RGcGIvES A RAP-SAFETv Lies
IN HOLDING FAST TO the
CONSTITUTION.

Minneapolis speaking at the
Conservation congress In st. Paul Mon
day morning. and at the Minnesota
State fair grounds outside this city. in
the afternoon. President Taft left for
Beverly by way Of Chicago.
In his conservation address, the
president won . quick response from
bis thousands Of hearers. by an appeal
70 practical common sense in dealing
With conservation problems. .
u the opinion Of many who heard
hin. he also made answer to the re-
eent agitation for new nationalism.' -
q . federal Capitalization Of power.
by declaring that the only safe course
to pursue was to hold fast to the limi-
tations Of the constitution and to re-
gard - sacred the power of the states
Mr.. Taft. amid applause, made fire.
auaot references to the services Of
Theodore Roosevelt in the cause Of
conservation, but he declared that the
dme for rhapsodies nnd glittering gen
eralities had passed. He suggested to
the congress that 1t should invite its
speakers to come down to details, to
specific evils and to specific rene
dies.
These sentiments BY the president
seemed to receive the approval Of
nearly all his hearers. They came near
the end Of . long. detailed and ex-
haustive discussion of conservation,
and he ended his speech with the au-
dience on its feet!
Mr.. Taft did not attempt to solve
the problem of water power site con.
troll. as between the states and the
general government, but after stating
the arguments advanced ON both sides
Of the subject. he said he would sub.
NIT the whole matter to the federal
congress for determination. He said.
THE danger to the state and to the
people at large from the waste and dis
sipstion Of our national wealth is not
one which quickly impresses itself on
the people Of the older communities,
because its most obvious instances do
not occur In their neighborhood while
In the newer part Of the country the
sympathy with expansion and devel-
opment is SO strong that the danger
u scoffed at or ignored. Among sci
sntific men and thoughtful observers.
however, the danger has always been
present; but it needed some one to
bring home the crying need for a rem
edy Of this evil so as to impress It,
self on the public mind and lead to the
formation of public opinion and action
BY the representatives Of the people.
Theodore Roosevelt took up this task
In the last two years of his second ad-
ninistration, and we'll did he perform
It."
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-08

u Colorado ten DostDAsters have
siGnifis1 their desire 70 ooadvct pos.
tai savings banks anA seventeea hanks
have sDSlie1 to - Aesisnatsa - q.
positOries.
The Park County Democeatie co..
ventioa endorsed ths ealling Of The *
trs session and comnended the l1sgis.
lature for passing the initiative aaA
referendum.
Gathering pine cones for the govern
ment 10 . new and profitable employ
ment for the boys up about Lyoas. and
10 said to net from 81 to q for six q
eight hours work
While her nine small childrea stared
In horror. Mrs. Lillian jameson Of
Denver. wife OF J. e. Jameson. Tues
day night drank carb0lic acid and died
within few minutes.
A New York expert buyer and seller
OF monkeys proposes to start .
monkey sanitarium In Colorado. where
that bane OF the mOnkey-tuberculos
can be 20 readily cured.
Directors Of the Greeley-Poudre ir-
rigation district are negotiating with
B. d. sanborn for the purchase Of pre-.
ferred water rights out OF Boyd lake.
which the latter owns.
Without . scuttle Of coal, household
ers of Severance are facing q coal IA
mine. the local dealers declaring they
cannot obtain . supply. The many
threshins machines employed in this
district made large inr0ads On the
local stock. causing the present condi-
ton.
With an attendance Of from 10000
to $4,000 and over one hundred walters
delivering pie and trimmings, Long
mont's Pumpkin Pie Day goes down in
history ~ the most successful thus
far held.
The jefferson County Fair is In full
operation this week at Lakeside with
the novelty Of . nighttime duplication
Of the days routine under the glare
Of 100000 incandescents.
There 70 considerable competition
among farmers Of Larimer county for
the biggest yields Of wheat. oats and
barley. So far 95 bushels Of wheat to
the acre 10 the record.
Fort Lupton's eminently successful
Day wound uD with a scene Of
apparent carnage equal to any in the
armored swashbuckling days Of old, in
the form Of a tomato fight.
The first rescue station put I'D -
IN experiment by the government for
rescue work In case of mine disasters,
Is now in operation of rescue. A car
Lin viii be kept at the station In con-
slant readiness to be rushed to any
point in Colorado. New Mexico. Utah
and Arizona.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-09-08

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Brook6eA No.
The Change Of Life = H. most esiu
cal period OF Woman's existence, aA4
neglect Of health as this time invits0
disease and pain.
Wonnen everywheEo should Hs0sQ.
bef that there is no otheI romsdy
known 70 medicine that viii - 0ue.
cesefully carry women through this
trying period - Lydia Z PinkhA0's
Vegetable Compound. made from n
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1oI - years II has bssa curing ~.
men from the worst forn1 o( ts0Al0
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nervous prostrstion.
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