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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-04-03
The Star Ambition.

For each of us there ought IL ~
some one ambition greater than all the
sailor Uses tue north star he may
see ali the stars, but only one guides
him If we let Que splendid ambition
take bold of MS 1t will direct us. An
ambition does not mean merely get
ting ahead OF some one else. Ii means
that we seek to do one thing and Go
it we'll Then we learn its secrets Ii
opens out TO us not only its own heart
but the heart of the whole world.
Put in your Sky this star of amei-
ton. 1t will always tell you that there
is something for you to do and to be
George Lawrence Parker in St Mich
olas.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-04-03
Tennyson's Queer Ways.

1t was with great difficulty that
Professor Hubert Herkomer, the ror-
trait painter, obtained rennyson's con
sent for sitting. but at last he was
successful and called at the poets
house. After some little delay the door
of the room where the artist was wait
ing slowly opened. and TennySon en-
tered with dropping head He looked
most detected and murmured: II hate
your coming. | can't abide sitting
However, Mr. Herkomer was allowed
to remain. Soon after he had retired
to his room for the night there came
knock at the door. A head was thrust
in and the voice of the poet remarked:
Il believe you are honest Good
night"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-04-03
Bits From Shakespeare.

Users of everyday catchwords are
constantly quoting that ubiquitous per
son Shakespeare Dead as door
nail. long and short of it" getting
even" "tag-rag." birds of feather. =
that's fiat mum "scarecrow,
solid" "miIkSop' "Ioggerhead." bag
and baggage. "a mere song" dane
ing attendance send him packing"
kill with kindness" give and take
IAN eyesore. ito boot" and the man
in the moon are all his.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-04-03
Sounded Ominous.

your father said something about
my staying So late last night. didn't
he?" asked the young man
Yes" replied the dear girl he did
say something. but | don't know just
what he meant. He said if you didn't
go home earlier hereafter there'd be a
kick coming from him. Philadelphia
Press
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-04-03
tmpertinence.

II was born on the Doth of Febru-
ary."
"Remarkablet"
Yes. There are few men who have
that distinction
VERY true. Have you ever done
anything else unusual?'- Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-04-03
Cynical.

The old fashioned woman who used
to get up at , q. IN. to celebrate wash
day now has daughter who has an
awful time getting the stuff together
in time 20 give it to the laundry driver
when he calls at p. m.-Cincinnati
Enquirer
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-04-03
Didn't Know Horse Talk.

Wanted, man who can speak
French and who understands horses. ="
reads an advertisement One of the
applicants wrote. "Oh, yes; l can speak
re Francois, but | know not what
'langue' re 'orses speak. "-London
Standard
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-04-03
Talk of Money.

1t is true that money talks. but its
vocabulary is limited to "goodby" and
one or two other phrases. Philadelphia
Ledger
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-04-03
Beetle Oil.

An African fat used for domestic
purposes Is the oil of a species of bee
tie. 1t is like hardened cocoanut oil
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1913-04-03
"BROOKFIELD"
Trenton's Prettiest Suburb.

Although 81. three years old, Brookfield al
ready l1as more houses than any other Trenton
suburb Of ike agz- Reached by the Hopewell
trolley cars n ) minutes from the business center
and tor 3 cer- fare i offers advantages to Tren-
tonianz Superior . other suburban locations.
Broa17elo has lie plrest of spring water and
the most beautiful scenery. Situate as it is mile
from the ODD Fellows Home, on the Pennington
Road ! : surrounded By the prettiest and most
prosperous farming country in Mercer County,
- - - - caSh or on eaSN naNmentS
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26
Holiday Sale of Dolls
Our Own Importation

had the 10
offering as result OF our
the price, such
which make selection as now on display ana
will until we
make and deliver at
direct. We list few items:
10 inch. Kid Body Seepers at 25c
IA inch, Kidyne Seepers at 25c
Boys Girls Sleepers at 25c
Dressed Boys Girls with caps Sleepers at 75c
DOLL long hair full hip joints at each
$1OO
joined long hair sleepe at $3.50
Kestne Body at Csc to $500 EACH .
pin cushions at 25c &c. 4Oc
to $S5 each.
Kewpes (nonbreakable) $1!OO each
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26
Novelty Calendars

There's something new under
the sun here, for the display OF
beautiful and novelty calendars
on our main floor comprises
charming original designs. There
are dainty brown print picture
calendars and those of hand
painted designs; hundreds OF
pleasing varieties to choose
from. At the end of the year the
calendars may be easily de-
tached and you have hand
some picture for your den or Ii
brary.
Prices range from sc to $500
each.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26
Holiday Handkerchief

Already our as.
S or t m e n is are
complete, and we
advise an early
call if you desire
to choose from
the largest as
sOrtment you've
ever had offered
to you.
Imported Hand
Embroidered and
Madeira handker-
chiefs; splendid
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26

selections to $500 each. (Second Floor
and drawn.
at $75 and $3.50 EACH
embroidered work. seal
loped edge at 35c and Csc EACH
embroidered handkerches with hemsitched
hem at 81 75c Csc, SOC and CSC EACH
excellent of ladies'
hemstched scaloped, Csc each.
handkerchiefs 15c 12c
checked all linen at sc each; 55c the dozen.
a appreciated Xmas gift
of handkerche
box.
embroidered at
Sealpackerchief handkerches in plain
hens put up In sanitary al each.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26
The Merriest Place In Town!
We've Never Seen So Many Happy
Faces as Were Here Yesterday!

children yourselves! just
Christmas collection
paythngs then! Isn't enough to
Riddles know and bring them
Department?
happiness better not ven
of the Merest Place IN Tow"
merriment There
ostensb to bring the
children wonderful gathering OF and dolls
themselves.
else has selected the paythngs you
with the children and
"The merriest Place TOWN.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26

shopping be here quietly and
Come early and avoid the crodne
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26
The New Renard Petticoat

The practical
will fit figure
buttons, clasps elastic necessary
in
colors-Pice $500
Also made of Ealsium Messalne in all $3.50
sale main
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26
A New Home Sewing Machine
a Helpful Gift

What gift of helpful could be imaginable
than sewing machine? We
the moneyThe New Homeup $3.50 EACH Others
$17.S5
sewing durability famed for
running Why a New Xmas gift
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26
Umbrellas for
Christmas

A gift of usefulness always ap-
preciated. The selection offers
wide range in handle designs,
which really is the beauty mark
of the umbrella, but here also
the coverings are dependable.
Most styles are made with de-
tachable handles. Prices range
$1.OO, $1.25, $3.50, $1.75, $500.
$3.50, $2.75, $500, $3.50, $685.,
$4.OO, $4.35. $4.75, $500, $3.50,
$3.50.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26

Csc SO. 90 EACH
Ladies' and chidrens braceets-guaraneed
$3.50 and $500.
cavaliers put in velvet caesgood ho
soc, $15O and $275
all coors red pearl black white etc. in short and
long, 75c and $125.
thimbles-al sizes-guaranteed 10 50c
thing work agat Csc ST.
display in
from 25c $500
fancy hair pin with rhnestones at SOC.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26
TWILL SOON BE TIME FOR SANTA CLAUS!
Our Christmas Displays Are NolO
at Their Best. They're Broader
and More Interesting Than Euer
Before.
Before.

preparing their Christmas lists and
buyinc Christmas time Wise people,
Christmas shopps
they will best served
offer unusually large dverses OF
ehne You tell by considering what
gift itself by the know"
edoe everything OF the
most quaIy-guaranteed to be
You will benefit the saIespeoplc who
you you shopping early in the month and
early the day!
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26
Neckwear for Holiday Giving

NeckWear Tor f10uddy owing
contemplating purchase neckwear for Xmas
makes acceptable presentswi find
acting
until choicest things and the
broken
with val aces insertions,
soc $780,
and white at $125 $500
silk embroidery the newest
soc and $1.25 the sci.
bows jabotsa boxed for Xmas
Gift 81. 90.
collars $275
M $3.50 each.
all well all shades of sashes in all
szes-at 75c $1.00 and $1.75.
ladies' neckwear We neckwear
selection for Holiday all priced
main Floor
Toyand Largest display Toys
in Crawford county.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-11-26
Jewelry and Novelties

From the most inexpensive
trifle up to jewelry that is quite
costly, our stock is complete and
worth your viewing.
Ladies' bar pins for belts or
collars in silver, gold filled,
rhinestone and green gold at
from Csc to $3.50 each.
A well appreciated gift is
bar pin set with imitation pearls,
put up in velvet cases at $1.00,
SIPS and $3.50 each.
Belt pins in Indian ivory, green
gold, silver, in large and small
sizes, at Csc to $1.50 each.
Little collar sets and brooches
in plain and fancy. good assort-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-03

seen anything wrong on any of his
few visits to the Erie.
The next witness was William
Wheeler Congdon, who testified that
he was "an operator and investiga-
tor in the employ of the Rev. DR..
Williams"
C6ngdon was asked what else he
did. He said he was bill collector
and had offices in the Reaper Block.
Congdon answered every question
with a pout:
Congdon testified that he had
gone to the Erie Hotel, April 8, with
a girl named B. r. (For obvious rea-
sons The Day Book is not going to
publish this girls name. If she be
what Congdon and Sensibaugh say
she is her reputation has been suf1-
GENTLY hurt by them.)
Frank L Gavin, attorney for Cline,
wanted to know where Congdon met
B. R., and what he knew about her.
Congdon said the girl was a close
friend of his; that he had been in
troduced to her about two months
ago; that he wasn't sure where this
introduction took place; that she was
good woman, and that once she
had lived on the North Side, but did
not do so any longer.
"How long have you worked for
the Rev. .Williams?" asked Gavin,
with heavy emphasis on the
worked
"Since about the middle of March, 4"
said Congdon. 81 bfielieve that 1 have
received about $40 from DR., Williams
since that time to spend as 1 saw fit"
did you ever live on the North
Side YOURSELF"
mo"
Thernext witness was Mrs. No
Ian, whose home is across Clark
street from the Erie Hotel.
Mrs. Nolan said she had seen dis
graceful things at the Erie; young
girls going into the hotel with men
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-03

tEcg about ten breaths and a yawn
before answering any question.
Under questioning by Attorney Ga
vim, Sensibaugh was disclosed as a
person Of numerous and varied at
tainments.
He was born in Iowa, started in
life as a clothing salesman, took up
dental surgery, quit dental surging
to become city civil service investi-
gator and dropped that to rise to the
proud position of being an inVestiga-
tor for the Rev. Williams.
Sensibaugh declared he had seen
13 couples going up to the Erie Hotel;
had seen one girl take two different
men there within half an hour and
had seen girls soliciting men on Clark
street in front of the hotel. ga
Now" said Attorney Gavin, when
Sensibaugh had told this much,
what is your regular occupation?"
Why" said Sensibaugh, straight
ening visibly, with the city civil SER
vice department"
YOU'RE not working for the city
civil service commission now, are
your" asked Gavin.
"Wa-al," drawled Sensibaugh,
mot now"
No, nor for some time" persisted
Gavin.
ooh yes," said Sensibaugh, 81
was working for the department up
to-up to three months ago"
''WeIl, then" Gavin wanted to
know, what have you been doing in
the last three months besides work.
ing as an informer for the Rev. VIII
Hams?"
Assistant States Attorney Lang
try jumped to his feet and objected to
the term 'finformer." Judge Hopkins
smiled, and sustained the objection.
What have you been doing besides
working as an investigator for the
Rev. Williams?" Gavin re-framed his
question.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-03

Wrone On anv OF lis g about ten breaths q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-04
The Anti-Speed Law

That good work is being done by the
officials in attempting to minimize
the speed evil is admitted ON all sides.
Chief Bodeker's men are active and
alert, and they are being heartily
backed up by Commissioners Exum
and Weatherly in the absence of
Judge Lane. Those found guilty by
the recorder are finding it hard to
obtain remission of the amounts
assessed, and this fact is giving a
respect to the traffic ordinance that
has not been shown in the past.
There should be no slackening in the
campaign. The city is thoroughly
aroused over the situation, and will
uphold the officers of the law in their
efforts to put an end to this most
pernicious practice. The number of
automobile and motorcycle accidents
in Birmingham is out of all proper
ton to city of this size.
"The man who doesn't think" must
be made to think. Those who have
been accustomed to traverse the
streets at speed denoting reckless
abandon must be curbed. An active
police force, just judge and firm
commission can bring this about.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-04

FROM the American Magazine
There are over So leagues under the
national commission, with six to eight
CLUBS apiece playing an average, possibly,
ol LOU games to the season. ] should say
that means daily attendance on organ
lied baseball of 10000 to 100000 people
Perhaps the unorganized clubs draw half
as many more. Thirty million a wear. at
minimum! The Giants alone played to
loo,ooo last season. The worlds series
draw total of $4,000 for eight games.
And even those figures don't begin
to measure ppoular interest You get a
better idea when you add up the amount
OF newspaper space and telegraph Service
that is devoted to baseball every day in
the season. Where is the town that
doesn't get the returns by wire? Think of
the Paragraphs in every major league
city and the crowds they draw, Almost
as many saw the worlds series at the
Madison Square Garden playograph as
actually went TO the games-all the gar
den would hold, anyway. Then the bull
letin boards There is no way of esti-
mating how many people daily watch the
N'NFs'PNi bt'iotiiiSi but IL ls an immense
number
And the extras-every play telegrapied
In by special wire from the grounds. and
the forms made up and gotten off the
press so fast that they meet your trolley
car half way downtown One New York
paper estimated that 1t sold 100000 extras
ualiy during the worlds series. One
cleveland paper sells a 10000 sporting edi-
ton every day. Every morning daily of
any consequence prints box scores. and
you old newspaper men know what tele-
graphing box score means-the h;o
ehanee of confusion in wiring the plav-
ers names and the string of six separate
hgures after eacn one, and then the sum
mary of the game 1t isn't like wiring
a supreme court decision, either. Won
haven't got all night to do it. The news
editor will stand for a holdover once in
a while, but there is nothing doing in
holdovers with the sporting editor nor
with the fans. Now if you recall how
many mistakes you have noticed in all
the thousands of box scores you have
read, you will have a good record for the
service"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-04
Alabama Land Values

During the past II or Is years
there has been a steady advance in
land values throughout this country
In nearly all sections farm lands have
reached higher levels of value.
The south has participated in this
advance in very material degree.
It is easy to recall the SIS and $40
acre farm lands in Alabama. Farms
that sold for $40 an acre 20 years
ago would be considered cheap at $25
or $50 today; and many tracts under
cultivation are reasonably priced at
$50 an acre. The time will come when
Alabama farm land will easily bring
500 an acre.
The Alabama Land congress, which
will hold its second annual meeting
in Birmingham in November, will do
much to exploit our agricultural re-
sources. The fact is that no single
movement in recent years has done
90 much to advance agricultural inter-
ssts in Alabama as the land con-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-04
PILGRIM TRAINS IN INDIA

From the Wide World Magazine.
OF course, pilgrims in India usually
travel third class, and the best of such ac-
oommodation makes no provision for COM
fort. Most of the carriages are divided
wooden benches running along the two
sides. There is no convenience of any
kind. and the travellers are packed into
the compartments like so many sardines
in tin.
on festive occasions, when Hindus jour-
ney by the hundred thousand to the sacred
spots, 1t is a sight worth travelling many
miles to see a pilgrim train bound for
some shrine on the Gangos. When it
stops at a wayside station, scores of in
tending passengers try to force their way
into the already closely packed third class
carriages by batering down the locked
doors, or even endeavoring to crawl
through the windows over the heads and
shoulders of the occupants. The police
use their batons freely to drive the in
vaders away, but usually few manage
to evade the constables and secure foot
bold on the train.
Sometimes the authorities are compelled
to carry passengers in open trucks They
plant themselves in the bottom of these
cars and remain there, exposed to the in
clemencies of the weather for 10, 20, 30
and 10 hours at a stretch, one treading
on the toes of the other-fretful babies
crying, men and women grumblng-untii
the end of the journey is reached.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-04
MANY SEE THE MOVIES
e American Magazine.

FROM the american magazine.
There are certainly 10000 such theatres.
it is said, and probably the daily attend
ance is closer to 100000 than to the
100000 estimated by the proprietors It
easily could be that many at any rate.
since each theatre probably gives at least
four performances day. This means
that more than one-fifth of our entire pop
ulation are patrons Of the movies every
day This means that at 10 cents an ad-
mission, we as a nation are spending So,
100000 daily to witress canned drama.
However, as they never did, it is per-
fectly apparent that a considerable num-
Der of the patrons Of the movies have
not been drawn away from better things.
1t is obvious that many of these 10000, O0O
canned theatre goers never were patrons
of the conventional playhouse. Unfor-
tunately, there are no available statistics
to show what percentage of the popula-
ton attended the conventional theatre
chat is, the theatre where plays are pre-
sented. not vaudeville nor burlesque) eb-
fore the movies were invented, and what
percentage now attends. 1t is however,
pretty generally admitted that the gal
laries of our theatres are no longer filled
as they used to be. Even the most sue
cessful plays on Broadway, plays which
are Selling out downstairs, often show
tiers of empty benches under the roof
This is usually attributed to the movies" /"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-04
The Currency Hearing

The appearance of committee of
financial experts before the Senate
committee on banking and currency
is bound to be of benefit in the draft
ing of a measure to relieve a bad
situation. Of all the classes of the
country, the bankers are the most
directly interested in the proposed
legislation. They have an intimate
knowledge of actual conditions, and
have given deep study to remedial
measures.
There is much in the Glass Owen
bill that meets the approval of the
bankers, but there are some things
that they would like to see changed
before the measure is put upon its
final passage. President Wilson and
other leaders of the administration
all along have declared that they are
striving to do the best possible, and
to that end they are anxious to obtain
the counsel and advice of the whole
country.
Not all that the bankers ask will
be granted. The idea of one central
bank is unpopular in so many quar-
ters that the adoption of such plan
hardly seems probable. But there are
other questions which need a thor
ough threshing out before they can
be regarded as settled.
Currency legislation at the present
extra session now seems assured. The
worst of the hot spell will have
passed before the tariff bill is out of
the way, and the leaders of both par
ties seem satisfied to bend to the will
Of the President in this regard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-04

Whenever a Homeburg man has nothing
else to do at O'clock he steps over
to the depot and joins the long line which
leans up against the depot wall and keeps,
it In place during the crisis. Some of
them haven't missed a roll call in years.
Old Bill Dorgan, the drayman, has stood
on the platform every day since the line
was built, rain or shine. Josh James, the
oolored porter of the Cosmopolitan hotel,
knows more travelling men than William
j. Bryan. If he was absent from his post
the engineer wouldn't know where to
stop he train The old men come crawl
ing down on nice days and sun themselves
for hour before the train arrives. The
boys sneak slyly down on their way from
school and stand In fiocks worshiping the
train butcher, who is bigger than the
Washington monument to them.
There's the headlight half mile down
the track! She's coming fast, 10 minutes
late. and, just because you've been lone
some all afternoon and need exercise,
you slip into your coat and hustle down.
Just as you get to the depot, No. II
comes in with a crash and roar, bell
ringing. steam popping off, every brake
yelling, platforms loaded, expectation in
tense, confusion terrific, all nerves a-tingle
and fat old Jack Ball, the conductor, lam
tern under arm. sweeping majestically by
on the bottom step OF the smoker. Young
Red Nolan and Barney Gastit two of the
station agents lnnumerable amateur help
ers, race for the baggage car with their
truck, making terrible uproar over the
old planks. The mail clerk dumps the
sacks Usually he gets a stranger in the
shin with them. Nothing doing today.
Just missed a travelling man. We still
tell CT the time the paper sack scooted
across the icy platform and stood Mayor
Andrews on his head He wanted to
abolish the whole postoffise depart
ment