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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-05

Some people, who in company
Keep voices low and quiet,
Will growl in very different tones
When at their daily diet.
Though Katy's argument is long
And never seems quite finished
Her voice in angeF's never raised
Nor her sweet tones diminished. .,
No swear words with naughty sound
Enforce the fact she's stating;
Though she may talk all night, It's with
Politeness unabating. ..r
Her language, too, is very good
Her o Ttas5e W vTeiPs r., TO shCn IT;
Her claim that Katy done it?"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-05

DOLPH and Carl had been kept in by their
much tried teacher and, knowing that pun
y ishment at home awaited them, concluded
they might as we'll make day OF it and BE
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
Failed to Introduce New Clock Idea.

Failed to Introduce New Clock Idea.
About a year ago all America and
England were talking about the new
clock idea-turning the clock an hour
ahead In summer and back again in
winter, so that the whole country
would sleep when 1t was dark and
work when 1t was light. Thus, we
would rise at what was really s, but
the clock would call 1t 6, and retire at
9, but the clock would say 10. There
fore, without changing our daily hab-
its, we could get the benefit Of the day
light and save in illumination.
The idea was introduced into the
british parliament, but failed to be-
come a law. Two cities, however.
adopted it-Birmingham, England, and
Cincinnati, Ohio. Both tried in vain
to enforce 1t on the people, but public
opinion was against 1t, and now it has
been wholly abandoned. 1t Is rather a
shame, for 1t was good plan, and In
time the public might have been
brought to see It's utility.
However, here 1t rests In "innocu-
GUS desuetude" until some progressive
schemer brings 1t up again.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
Witness rurns the Tables.

Samuel Kalisch tells the following
story of famous lawyer he knew sew
eral years ago: This lawyer" said
Mr.. Kalisch, had fashion Of brow
beating every witness that came on
the stand for the opposite side In the
case. Once he was examining a rather
meek looking man who steadyfastly re-
fused to give a plain answer to any of
the lawyers questions. At last in re-
plying to one question the witness an
swered that he was unable to say eth
er yes or no.
CHOW, that is ridiculous answer
said the lawyer. DO you mean to tell
me that you could possibly ask me
question to which could not answer
yes or nor
"'Well,' said the witness, as he lean
ed forward and looked at his tormen-
tor, will you please tell the court, by
answering yes or no, If in your esti-
nation you are really as stupid and
foolish as you look?' "-Newark Star.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
NINE WATCHES IN AN HOUR
New and Ingenious Machinery Makes
II Possible to Manufacture
That Number.

Elgin, HIT Is claimed that the
methods of manufacture adopted by
one American company enables It to
set up, ready for trial within an hour.
no fewer than nine watches. This ran
idity OF manufacture has become DOS.
sible by reason Of the Ingenious ma.
chinery invented for the making of all
the parts of a watch.
The speed with which the various
parts are turned out Is truly remark.
able. Great sheets of brass and steel
are cut and rolled into ribbons. and
punched out into wheels at the rate of
10000 day from each punching ma.
chine. Workers drill the 81 holes in
the roof Of the watch as fast as thew
can count, other operatives counter.
sinking the holes almost as quickly.
Brass wire glides into a machine
that measures off the length of a part.
turns 1t, puts a screw thread on each
end, and actually screws 1t m at the
rate Of 1000 day. The screws are 80
small that 1t Is said so gross of them
can be put in thimble, while Of
others there are 1000 gross t. a
pound.
Balances are cut from the solid
steel. ground down. worked up, and
drilled with their rs screw holes
apiece at the rate of 100 wheels a aav
their teeth cut. couple Of dozen Al
time. some with from 60 to 80 teeth.
at the rate of 1900 wheels day from
each machine
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
DOCTOR MAKES A MISTAKE
Good Story Told of a Popular Physi-
clan Who Made Blunder In Sending
Out Two Parcels.

A droll story is told of one Of the
most popular physicians in Vienna. He
was not little astonished at the con.
tents of two letters which he received
lately. They stated, in terms the re-
verse of flattering, that his drugs had
not merely done no good, but had act
ually aggravated the troubles they
were mentioned to cure.
The doctor consulted his notebook,
and the truth at once dawned upon
him. About six weeks ago, an actress,
brunette, then performing in the
Merry Widow" called upon him. Her
beauty was Of the Spanish type, and
perceptible down which shaded the
finely formed upper lip of the actress
had daily begun to grow darker. She
timidly stated her case and besought
the unwelcome growth. The doctor
promised to send her a remedy with
the utmost privacy.
Immediately after the actress had
gone a young lieutenant came in to
consult the physician. In grave tones
he told his tale of woe. The faint in
dications of his mustache, in spite Of
all his efforts, would not develop as
rapidly as he desired The doctor
laughingly undertook to help him out
Of his difficulty, and promised the
young lieutenant, who was trying In
vain to curl the ends of his mustache,
to send the remedy to his address by
trusty messenger
The scales now fell from the doctors
eyes. Either he himself or his mes
senger had exchanged the small par
cells containing such opposite RENE
dies-thence the bitter complaints and
reproaches. The drugs had, the doc
tor found, acted most effectually. The
actress was obliged to have recourse
to soap and razor to get rid of the lux
uriant growth on her upper lip, while
the lieutenant was ready to tear out
the hair of his head at the loss Of the
few struggling hairs of his mustache.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
FAvoRs NOT APPRECIATED
Gratitude Net Shown to Helper Peo-
pie Do Not Feel Honest In Get
ting Something for Nothing.

It is strange phase of human ma
ture, which does not quite appreciate
or feel the proper gratitude for favors.
| have hardly ever known boy whose
way was paid through college, for ex-
ample, by some one interested in him,
to show the proper regard for his
helper, or to quite respect the one who
boosted him-who furnished clutches
for him when he might have had to
use his own legs.
AS rule, the things that we are
helped to are never fully appreciated.
We experience a satisfaction when we
have honestly earned a thing which we
TO not feel when it is given to US. There
Is something within which rebels at
being helped, because help from 9th
ers tends to kill self respect. We do
not think quite so much of ourselves
after having accepted favors or a po-
sition which we have not earned, as
we did before. The sense Of justice
In us Is violated. We do not feel
quite honest in accepting something
for nothing.
AAc ludu WHO ITlCS u 6cL dlOuS
without satisfying his sense of justice
Is always placed at disadvantage.
lie may try to be grateful for unmer-
tied help, for the assistance in getting
that which he has not earned, for be-
Ing given position far above his mer-
its. through PULL" but he never
feels quite right about 1t. The man
who has been lifted above others be-
cause he was a son or a relative, or be-
cause his father owned controlling in
terest in the concern, never quite re-
spects himself when he goes around
among the employees and sees those
who have struggled for years and have
worked over hours for the position he
occupies, and who In fact have devel-
oped the strength to maintain the po-
sition after they get 1t. His sense Of
fairness Is violated He knows that
1t is not right to take the place which
somebody else has honestly earned,
and who according to merit should
have 1t. He is conscious, too that he
Is not equal to the demands Of the po-
sition into which he has been boosted
Success Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
GAVE TAFTS NOTICE
aristocracy of Beverly Feels
That It Has Been Snubbed.
Explanation Behind the Refusal Of
Mrs. Evans to Rent Her Cottage
to President and His Fam
lily Again.

Boston.-The position Of Beverly
Mass, as the nations summer capital
S threatened. Mrs. Robert Dawson
Evans, owner of the beautiful villa
IN Burgess Point, at which President
Taft and his family have spent the
asst two summers, has refused to rent
he place again to the chief magis-
rate.
The action of Mrs. Evans is no sur
Prise to those who have kept in
ouch with the social gossip Of the
Beverly colony. All summer 1t was
whispered that some of the old fash.
oned folks at Beverly felt hurt be.
.ause of the strict social lines drawn
lround the presidents summer
rome.
Naturally, the president cannot keep
open house, and the residents admit
his. But, they have insisted, there Is
10 aristocracy of both ancestry and
wealth at Beverly that is entitled to
consideration. And because, SO these
yossips maintain, there has been dis.
elimination against some OF those fam.
dies in making up the presidential
Ealing list, the time has arrived for
discreet retaliation.
Wild horses could not drag from
my Beverly matron an admission that
any such reasons lie behind the re-
.usal of Mrs. Evans to rent her cot
.age to the Tafts for next year. Mrs.
Evans herself offers the suggestion
that she has decided to pull down
the pretty building on Burgess Point
and erect an italian villa, with spa
cious gardens, In its place. 1t Is fact
that she has not deemed it worth
while to repaint the cottage this year,
and it is generally known that her
enormous wealth makes her tndepend-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
Outdoor Life Necessary.

The longest-lived men are those en-
gagged in healthy outdoor occupations,
such as farming, simply because they
lead an active. muscular life in the
open air.
Bodily active keeps at bay the dis
eases Of sedentary middle life. Govt
and rheumatism lie in wait for the
man who does not walk five miles In
the week, who hates games and be-
lieves that golf and tennis are silly
and waste of time.
1t is the active. busy woman who
keeps her complexion when she Is past
forty years Of age, and girls twenty
years her junior grow sallow and
anaemic for lack of outdoor exercise.
You must live a sedentary life, you
say? We don't belieev it. Even If
your day Is spent In an office or a
shop, you have the early morning for
a cold bath, and twenty minutes with
dumb-bells. You have your evenings
and you have your week-ends.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
Cats Become semi-WiId.

Domestic cats soon revert to semi
wild state when once they take to the
woods, and are terribly destructive in
the coverts. They destroy pheasants,
cartridges, leverets and rabbits. The
life of these wild Tables is wild in
deed. Every dormant instinct is
aroused; each movement becomes
enthusiastically feline, and when
these creatures revert to life in the
woods 1t Is impossible to reclaim
them. Climatic Influences work re-
markable changes upon the fur, caus-
ing 1t to grow longer and thicker, and
the cats take up their abode in stony
crevasses or hollow trees. In summer,
when kittens are produced, the de-
struction of game is almost incredible.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
Taft's Cottage at Beverly.

ent of any such trifle as the summer
rent of the cottage. When her hus-
band died in July, 1900, he left her a
fortune estimated at s12,000,000 invest
ed in gilt edge stocks.
What the social aspirations of Mrs.
Evans are, If any, is not known, but
certain 1t is that she has decided to
close her property to the Tafts. She is
reported to have told her intimate
friends that the comfort of her own
guests has been interfered with by the
activities of the secret service agents
surrounding the presidents home.
Mrs. Evans occupies another cottage
near the one she leased to the Tafts,
and one of her familiar complaints has
ben that the Taft Cottage stood be-
tween her and the grand view of Co
lem bay, which Burgess Point af.
fords.
Those who have spent this summer
at Beverly smile at such excuses
They say that Mrs. Evans was delight
ed to have the Tafts for guests last
year and never spoke then of any Ital.
ian garden scheme.
Meanwhile Mrs. Taft has a little
list Of available cottages in the
neighborhood. President Taft is de-
termined not to leave Beverly if It
can be avoided. The ties he has
formed there, and the enjoyment he
has derived from the golf links and
the magnificent scenery make him feel
very disappointed over the decision of
Mrs. Evans.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
Hans Herr.

and the grace Of God he made home
for his followers out Of the dark
woodlands and heavy swamps that
constituted the virgin wilderness.
These settlers of the Pennsylvania
woods were believers in the creed Of
Memo Simon, the founder OF the Men,
MONTE church. and were driven step
by step from Europe by the religious
intolerance Of the time. Under the
leadership Of their pastor, Hans Herr.
they sailed for America and became
the pioneer settlers of Pennsylvania.
Since the first breaking of the soil
the county has felt the influence of
many newcomers. There were the
Scotch-Irish in the south and the
Quakers, who pushed over from Ches-
ter county, and the Welsh in the
northeast, among their iron furnaces;
religious aspect, Is as cosmopolitan
as the state of Pennsylvania itself.
But the language, the dress and the
racial types of the early German set
tiers still hold on tenaciously, and il
is well for Lancaster county that the
spirit of the first corners is still the
spirit of the community The wealth
of the community, the fields cultivated
like gardens, the houses as neat and
clean from cellar to garnet as mirrors
and the people, quiet, peaceful, thrifty
and Astounding in business ability and
useful energy, are the heritages of old
Hans Herr and his fellow-pilgrims.
Today the descendants of the little
band which Hans Herr led to the new
world number $4,000.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11

room, where typewriter and great
oak desk hobnobbed with pot Of
pansies on the sill.
Moved by a sudden impulse. he
raised his window and motioned, and
the girl came blushing to hers.
II couldn't help it." she confessed,
across the space: "she is such poor
little creature"
why didn't some of US men think
of it," the judge demanded. 1--WE are
selfish"
"Oh, but men are so busy" was her
defense.
we aren't much buster than you"
mo. but a woman-oh. it's a wona-
ans privilege to do. such things, isn't
it,"
The Judge liked that So many
women of his own world seemed to
have forgotten the claims of COM
passion, and at times the judge, re-
membering his own mother and her
gracious personality. had yearned for
some evidence of brooding tender
ness.
He had certainly not expected to
find it in his Office girl. Yet hero
was Miss Staley looking after q dis
tressed animal as his own lady
mother would have done. feeding it
and making bed for 1t in paper
box; and saying, as that dear woman
would have said, that men were too
busy" and that this was "a woman's
privilege"
He thought about 1t SO much after
he left the Office that the next day
Miss Staley was surprised by large
parcel, upon the delivery of which the
Judge came over to make explana-
tions
Its a basket for the cat. That
old box doesn't look In keeping with
the rest Of the furniture"
He had chosen 1t Of sober brown
wicker, and there we're two linen
covers for the cushion. to be washed
weekly.
"0h, Pussykin, Pussykin," Miss
Staley rejoiced. you won't quite
know what to do with such mangnifl-
cence."
But her eyes were shining as she
thanked him. Nov she can keep
her white fur. 1t Is hard for her,
poor thing. when there are so many
ashes"
The screen made such an effective
hiding place that no one but the
Judge and Miss Staley knew Of the
good fortune that had come to the
office cat 1t furnished them. too,
with little secret and delightful In.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
AN EARLY MENNONITE LEADER
Hans Herr, Who Led a LITTLE Band
20 the New World 200 Years
Ago-Many Descendants.

Lancaster, Pain the early days OF
American history, before men dreamed
of a war for independence, there
crossed the perilous waters OF the At
iantic Rev. Hans Herr, with a band
of followers, driven from Europe by
religious intolerance. With his little
band he landed in America in the year
ITO and began at once to settle that
part of Pennsylvania known now as
Lancaster county. They turned the
hunting ground Of the Conestoga In.
dams into an agricultural paradise.
Hans Herr was pastor of the flock
and inspired by industry, persistence
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
IxzEKA2SEKSA 6ANSKSHKzE|
The Office Cat
By TEMPLE BAILEY


The Judge had always looked upon
Miss Staley as a machine. Every
morning she took his dictation for
an hour and later she brought the
letters to be signed. That was the
beginning and the end of their inter-
course The judge was very busy
man. and 1t was only when some one
interrupted his routine that he gave
exasperated attention. Experiences
was the price Of Indifference. Hence
the first time he saw the human side
of Miss Staley 1t came as something
Of shock
She wasr feeding the office cat.
That forlorn feline, as far back as
the Judge could remember, had been
q thin-bodied reproach to the COM
munity. There was tradition that
she lived by catching rats. But such
living was evidently precarious, for
she had always gone about lean and
lank, and somewhat plaintive. On
warm days she took her airings in
restricted back court, but in cold
weather she curled herself, apologet-
ically, near radiator in corner Of
the hall, subject always to the moods
pf the janitor.
Today, however, things we're
changed. There was a bottle Of milk
on Miss Staley's desk and her sponge
cup had been converted into feed
ing dish, from which the cat ate raw
enousfy while the little lady watched
her with a tender smile on her lips
and a tired relaxing of her slender
figure which made her seem. for the
first time, to the judges eyes ex-
Quisiteiy feminine.
The judges post of observation
was his window, which looked across
an airshaft into Miss Staley's small
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
He Got a Permanent Cure.

The various rulings of the commits
sions and departments at Washington
are oftentimes thought to be arbitrary
and unnecessary. No less parsonage
than David Starr Jordan joked about
the laws of the International Fisheries
commission.
1.-THE fish there have no chance" he
lamented; they have as hard a time
of 1t as the whites in the interior of
China.
"a druggist there said to his clerk
one day:
Didn't see foreign devil come
out of here as came down the street?
Eyes. SIR the clerk meekly re-
sponded. He wanted permanent
cure for headache
And you sold him
"Rat poison, SIR From Affairs
at Washington" by Joe Mitchell Chap
pie, in the National Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
Babes Couldn't SEQ tho Point.

Babes Couldn't Sec tho Point.
Wells got an idea the other day. and,
calling his children around him, he
said:
Nov, my babes, want to ask you a
question, to see how smart you are. for
l want you to grow up smart business
men,"
PROFOUND, old gent" said the ED.
est
That's disrespectful," said Wells;
"but here's the question: What is the
greatest grain elevator in the coun.
try?"
His babes scratched their heads, ex.
amined their toes, and finally "guv 1t
up"
why, yeast, you blockheads, you!
Humph! it's queer l can't have smart
young uns like other people!"-Ex
change.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
RELIC OF QUANTRELL's RAID
Old Revolver Found In Lawrence, Kan,
Thought to Have Been Used In
the Massacre.

Topeka, Kan.-John M. Lopez OF
Pomona, Kan, owns an interesting rel
lc ON the Quantrell raid at Lawrence,
Kan, in the shape of on old
revolver found in Lawrence. The
weapon is what may be called a sir
shot double action cap and ball re.
volver, and was made in 1860 on pat
ents issued in 1856. OF the two
triggers the larger, with the ring was
used to raise the hammer, while the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
A Wonderful kitchen-

Paris.-The largest kitchen in the
world is that of the Bon Marche, the
noted department store of Paris. In
this kitchen is prepared the food for
tne whole of the 1900 employees Of
That great establishment. The small
est Kettle holds rs quarts. the larg.
est S'S quarts. There are so frying
pans, each Of which is capable Of hold.
ing 800 outlets at a time, or OF irving
220 pounds OF potatoes. When there
are omelets for breakfast 1900 eges
are used. The coffee machinery regu.
larly employs so cooks AID 100 kitch,
en- boyS. '
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
Genius, Past and Present.

"You must admit the greatness of
the men who painted the pictures you
are SO anxious to acquire"
"Oh. yes" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax.
Although l can't help thinking of
what lot of respect those old mas
tiers would have had for the men who
are now able to buy their works."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
Just as He Said.

when you sold me that family
horse you said he would eat anything. !"
We'll, doesn't he?"
''He does more. He eats everything"
Washington Star.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
Tho Wisdom Of Solomon.

II don't see any sense In referring
to the wisdom of Solomon" said the
man smartly. "He had a thousand
wives"
Eyes," answered the woman tartlY,
"he learned his wisdom from them"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
What Did He Mean.

Doctor-You must be operated upon
directly! Not days delay!
Jones-Hold on. doc! Stick to your
automobile! Don't begin thinking
about a flying machine!"-Puck.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1910-11-11
plsadvantaaes Of a Fair Voltage.

Disadvantages OF Fair Voltage.
Passenger Con liner)-Steward. 1t
seems to me you don't serve as good
fare on this steamer as you used"
Steward-No, sir. You see, every
body's eating. Nobody's seasick.
Have to cut down expenses. sir.