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The Arvada enterprise., 1913-12-18
RApTIET CHURCH.

Sunday School at 9.45 a. m.
Preaching at II 100 a. m. B. Y. P.
Z. at 7 :00 p. m. Preaching at 8 100
p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 7:45. Everyone wei
come.
REV. C. NJ. BENIGHT, Pastor.
The Arvada enterprise., 1913-12-18

For a real up-to-date meat
market step in and see George
Muench.
If you want to insure or buy
home or lots or need legal papers
call on j. F. White.
Ask for Your Cash Register
Checks, 2 IL per cent. dis.
count on cash purchases at
CahiiPs.
Are you looking for a house to
rent? If so, see Knapp & New
ton, the real estate men, Arvada,
Colo.
Cahill carries d full assort-
ment of Mems Working and
Driving Gloves and Mittens.
Bottom prices.
We have money to loan on real
+ estate, Knapp q Newton, the
real estate men. 6tf
[ Burton & Chinn has full line
of stove rugs which they are sell
ing at Denver prices. If,
To Trade Modern 5 room cot
tage in South Denver near Wash
ington Park for property in Ar
vada. Phone Arv. 81, l6-tf
Better prices on coal than us
ual at .Pierce's. 20-tf
Golden Seabright bantams, rs
cents per pair, $l.00 per trio.
Phone Ralston 1911. 2l-tf
II. A. Ullery, the druggist has
many unique articles suitable for
Xmas presents. Kindly call and
see them.
Lost A dash board lantern on
ilth Avenue between Perrin and
Wa5rworth. Tuesday night.
Findar please call Aryada 1925
AID UUhge. 25-lp
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Messaline &Taffeta Silk,
Serges, Mohairs, Panamas,
Batiste & Dress Patterns for
Gifts.
The Recht Emporium
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-09-09
REPORTERS IN BIBLICAL DAYS
eFs Of Condensation Seems Not
Really Merlted.

In stray newspaper clipping In
tense admiration is shown for a west
ern editor and the stirring thoughts he
had expressed concerning the repor-
ters Of Biblical days. It seems that he
started with the admonition: Don't
imagine those old fellows did not know
how to write for a newspaper" He
cited the ninth chapter of John, the
story of the miracle of the blind man,
as the finest example of contemporary
reporting. He declared that the repor-
ter was on the ground and that he told
what he saw in clear, short style.
with few exceptions. the words are
entirely monosyllables."
The enthusiasm evinced is catching.
but the short words" must give us
pause. What was the editor thinking
about? Apparently he had the much
praised Saxon of the King James YER
sion in mind, and there is no evidence
that the reporter could have told a
Saxon from hairy Ainu, or that the
words Of either of them would have
been ineligible to him. In fact, a
learned Grecian informs us that these
barbarians were without the vocation
al training for reporting, and that the
story was written down in his Ian
guage. AS an example of the monosyl-
tables in one short sentence he pre-
sents the following: "Hupage nipsai
els ten kolumbethran tou Sloan (ho
hermeneutai apestalmenos)
1t would appear that the editor was
suffering from such a great moral ava
kening that he threw his brain depart
ment out of gear
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FORCED TO EAT COMPANION.
Escaped convicts Resort to CANT
baiIsm Whom They Find TheSa-
selves Lost in Forest

Cannibalism of horrible nature Is
reported at Paris from the penal set
Element In French Guinea. Africa
-Four convicts named Mouillard, Bach
reau, Fossey and Marchevel, arranged
to escape. One Of them, Bachereaa,
VINO had made several attempts to get
away appointed himself leader Of the
party, and procured food and weapons
They left one night, and Bachereau
promised to lead them to a place
where they would be able to dig for
gold and make enough to live until
they could escape from the colony al
together. They left with a sword
apiece, some loaves Of bread, and
some preserved vegetables IN tins
Fossy acted as guide. saying that he
knew the way to the River Mana,
where gold was plentiful. After six
days march Fossy admitted that he
had lost his way. The four men wan
dered about aimlessly for eight days
more living on roots. Starvation over
took them. Marchevel broke down,
and his three companions killed and
ate him. Two days afterwards they
got to river. stole boat with provi-
sions on board, and got to Mana.
where they were able to steal large
boat. They were wrecked at the
mouth of the Maroni, and taken back
to prison at st. Laurent The three
men have confessed to eating their
companion, and are to be tried for
his murder.
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rived at the little town on the coast,
ey were removed to the Lame Duck.
The Lame Duck was worthy Of her
name-an old shore liner owned by
old Jerry's hacker and brother. About
all 1t had was plenty of hold room
Otherwise, 1t was an old tub.
Then there was cruise Of 500
miles south and then somewhere of
the Central American coast the Lame
Duck came to anchor in the port of
the principal island of vast archipel-
ago.
There were natives, thousands OF
them, and one king over them all. 1t
was with this potentate that Captain
Gowan did business. 1t seemed that
on previous voyage the captain had
presented the king with the first hand
mirror he had ever seen. It set his
kingship wild with delight.
They had no money, no postage
stamps, nothing but banana trees and
shell fish on the island, sheep and
birds. Every native had mattress of
the softest down. AS to wool, the is
lands were covered with thorny bush
es that we're just loaded with strands of
precious wool torn from the passing
herds.
The Lame Duck came back loaded
with wool and down. The two part
ners-old Jerry and Walter-left San
Francisco with $4,000 between them.
So the broken mirror led to new,
bright fortune for Walter LAne-to
Leah, patient. loyal Leah. love, con-
tentment and a happy home.
Copyright, 1OlS by w. G. Chapman.l
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-09-09
ACCORDED A HIGH POSITION
Women Of serVIs, Well Educated and
Able, Are Companions Of Their
husbands and Brothers.

There is no country in the world
whore women occupy more dignifed
position in the home than Servia. The
Servian idea Ia quite different from
that of the Turk. who keeps his wom-
en- behind shut doors or the German.
whose ideal woman is hausfrau. In
Servia the woman is the companion of
the man.
A man is responsible for his I'M
married sisters, and throughout the
Balkan states it is considered rather
a breach of etiquette for him to mar
ry before his older sister.
No Servian girl would feel she could
hold up her head In society unless
she could speak four languages. There
is hardly g Servian woman who can
not play some musical instrument.
Embroidery, painting, drawing, and
sculpture are all studied. Politics is
a popular feature among women.
Servian women are very homestead
ed and the highest ladies pay personal
attention to trivial matters of house
keeping.
There are two women doctors prac-
ticing in Belgrade. and several wom-
en- teachers. But public opinion, on
the whole, is rather against women
entering the labor arena.
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SPAN OF LIFE HEIGHTENED
Science, lnventlon and Education Have
Al combIRed to Reduce the
Death Rats.

Whatever pessimistiC scientists may
say about our general claim OF prog
ress-a certain leading thinker Of the
day. for example, going so far as to
deny that humanity has advanced
either Intellectually or morally In g.
o00 years or so-one thing Is certain.
comments q Chicago newspaper edi-
toriaily. Science, invention and popu-
lar education have notably reduced
the death rates and added materially
to the average span of life.
A recent New York health report
shows that In that state, In 20 years,
the general death rate has fallen from
10 to 1874 per thousand. while child
hood mortality has fallen from three
Fights of the total number of deaths
to onecuarter Of II. Despite AZ per
cent increase IN population, the an
nual number OF child deaths is actual
ly less now than It was even Is years
ago.
Three things account chiefly for
these remarkable gains-antitoxin for
diphtheria, the publication Of water
and milk. and the intelligent treatment
Of ineipient tuberculosis
What is true Of New York is true of
every other state and fairly progress
sive nation. And. as we all realize,
the successful campaign against the
rRvages of foul air diseases and i'm
pure water or milk has but begun. A
still greater reduction of death rates
may confidently be looked for in the
next 20 years. Let US see to it that
the longer and healthier lives are also
happier lives. Justice, culture and hui
manity are the conditions of happi-
ness.
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oLDTIMER RAISES A Wall
Defects Of RisIng Generation Pointed
Out, a. They Were Thousands Of
Years Ago.

"In these days. an Infatuated Mis-
soarfan writes, thirty-cent boy starts
out In the world with s26 gun and a
$50 dog to shoot five-cent rabbit"
You have seen the youngster, Of
course7 His father used 30 wear
trousers handed down from an older
brother, and he was In luck II he got
a new suit once in three years. Son
has to. have the latest cut In clothes,
and last springs suit would never do
for this season. Father used to get
up early and build the fires and help
curry the horses and milk the COWS
and carry in the wood. Son would be
insulted at the suggestion that he
look after the furnace or NOW the
lawn. Father got job in the summer
vacation and worked his head on
Son expects to go camping In the
summer, and It's much too hot for
him to do anything except play tennis
Father got his spending money by
earning it, and his Christmas presents
were tippets and mittens that his
mother knitted, and maybe a home
made sled Son has an allowance. and
his list of Christmas presents counts
up in real money to q scandalous fig
ure.
Father made his success by being
thrown on his own resources and be-
ing forced to hustle, says the Kan
sas City Star. He Is doing everything
possible to prevent son from making
a success by eoddling him and keep
ing him from developing any Of the
qualities that make successful man
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WAS NOT BAD LUCK
Breaking of a Mirror Led to Good
Fortune, Love and
Home.

BY GERTRUDE MARY SHERIDAN.
II there was one person in the
world who believed that 1t was bad
luck to break a mirror, 1t was Wal
ter Lane. He had reason for his con-
viction, for he WAS practical vic
tim of that misfortune. The senti-
mental superstitious element did not
particularly appeal to him. 1t was
the hard. real dollars and cents in
volved that brought him face to face
with two gaunt giant facts-discharge
and poverty.
It was no ordinary six-by-ten look
ing glass that Walter had joggled
against and toppled to the floor. It
was an eight-by-sixteen-feet plate
glass mirror, one. OF the finest ever
turned out by Richland & Co., the big
glass firm Of the city In getting it
ready for delivery, some one stumbled
over supporting frame and the cost
" mirror was shivered to atoms.
Walter Lane had been In the en-
ploy of Richland & Co. for over q
year. He was held responsible for the
damage, although personally he had
no hand in the disaster. There were
some hot words. Walter felt the in
justice OF burdening his shoulders
with the entire responsibility; but he
was discharged, his accumulated wages
held back, and threats Of suit to re-
cover the balance of the damages
made.
And about all / know IL the kind
of business that house does, and Of
course. they Will blacklist me every
where with the trade" mourned Wal
ter.
He felt pretty forlorn as he walk
ed slowly homewards. The frown on
hts brow deepened as concurrent trou-
bles assailed his thoughts. There was
the new suit he had paid ten dollars
ON. and no chance of getting the
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GET ALL MIXED UP.
Have First Quarrel When Tur-
nips Instead Of Sweet AIys-
sum Comes Up.
BY FRANK FILsoN.

We'll be as happy as birds in their
nest" said Alice joyfully. as she and
her husband returned from their hon.
eymoon and surveyed the old colonial
farmhouse, standing in Its two acres
of ground. 1t was the ideal of a
country home-such a home as Alice
and Jim had always dreamed of, now
come to fulfillment.
"And we'll grow our own veget-
ables." said Jim blithely.
And flowers. DEAR" said Alice.
smiling.
But who'll take care of them?"
Why, that's easy" Alice answered.
I'll take charge of the flowers, Jim.
and you can mind the vegetables
And-listen, JIM Let's each raise
our own plots secretly, and mind, the
other is not to come into that part of
the garden or look at 1t until every
thing is blooming. Then the one that
has the finest display gets the prize"
(which is2"
"a kiss said Alice, smiling.
I'll take mine now" said finland
he did.
They had only been married a
month and their experience of home
making was delightful. Their gardens
were their pride, and each vigorously
observed the conditions. Jim did. In
deed. grumble little at not being
allowed to have any flowers in his
part Of the territory assigned. and
Alice relented so far as to permit him
to grow Just few. only round the
edges, though. dearest" she said
you know. we must have as much
space as possible for those old veget-
ables. Just think. next fall I'm going
to put up tomatoes and onions and
well, all sorts of things!"
And all sorts of things were planted
and actually began to sprout. Neither
OF them considered 1t anything but
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thoroughly ouaIined.

A family Of four women bought an
automobile. In their search for a
chauffeur they were very hard to suit
At last man applied whose Qualifi-
cation could not be gainsaid. Before
demonstrating his ability to manage
the machine he said:
Il used to be a window dresser, you
know. in a big dry goods store"
Indeed" said the eldest daughter.
And may ask how that helped you
to qualify for this position"
How" he exclaimed. why, great
Scott didn't learn all about drap-
ing figures in artistic style. and can't
pile the robes and furs around you
ladies till you will look Like regular
fashion plates7
It was fortunate for the women that
in addition to that accomplishment the
young man was also a competent
chauffeur. for he got the job without
further questioning.
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Herbert Spencer and Metric System.
Herbert Spencer regarded the deci-
NAL system, which has been adopted
for precious stones by the standard
department OF the British board Of
trade, as most dangerous innovation.
A clause In the philosophers will pro-
vides that, ''if within ten years after
my death bill shall be introduced in
to parliament for the compulsory adop-
ton Of the metric system for weights
and measures, / desire that my pamph-
let entitled, Against the Metric Sys-
tenn shall be reprinted from the
stereotyped plates which were cast
in February, 1901. with such correc-
tons as are Indicated in copy of the
pamphlet deposited in my safe, and
that such reprinted pamphlet shall be
distributed gratis, and at the expense
of my estate, among members of both
houses of parliament, and shall be put
on sale by my publishers at a nominal
price,"
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wiIde's Last EpIoram.

Oscar Wilde's last epigram, before
his reputation suffered SO profound an
elipse, was uttered in a London Turk
ish bath. 1T is strange" he remark
ed. how, as one grows older, his phil
osophy Of life becomes so simple as
to be capable Of reduction to three or
four elementary principles. Now, my
philosophy, for instance, is all summed
up in three fundamental axioms. :"
And what are they?" he was ask
ed. WELL" said Wilde. musingly, the
first OF them Is: Never go to see a
play By Henry Arthur Jones'" And
the other two3@ ooh. the other two
don't really matter II you observe the
firss.s
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Ancient Election custorA.

No complaint with regard to undusl
limitation of polling time was possi-
BILE in the old British parliamentary
days. The danger was that polling
might be prolonged for a fortnight OF
a month. Drastic action to bring the
poll to close once provoked q riot
in the Westminster division Of Lon
don. At the general election that be-
gan on April Is, TAI, the two West
ministerial candidates were on the,
fifth day of polling well ahead; but an
opposition party of electors approach,
ing the hustings. in great force. the
high bailiff (who favored the minis
terialists) declared that he feared q
riot, and closed the poll The bafhed
voters rioted and the military were
called out. The high bailiff had after
ward to apologize on his knees to the
speaker and pay a heavy hne.
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TO INDUCE PROPER sLuMBER
Careful Preparation for Repose, and
q Quiet Mind, Arc the MalA
Qualifications.

A man should make his toilet as
carefully for going to bed as for the
business Of the day.
Certain physical things are con-
ducive to sleep, such as plenty Of
sweet, outdoor air, the absence Of
noises, of lights and of bad odors.
and above all feeling of tiredness.
There are also certain mental and
spiritual preparations.
To be intensely interested IN any
thing is fatal to sleep; 30 also are
the memory Of a ranking failure,
plan-making. problem-solving. appre-
rension, shame and remorse.
The soul must take of It's inter-
estedness as the body must remove
it's vestments.
Passions Of any kind, craving and
all heats are against sleep.
One is very fortunate who has a
habit OF prayer, for there is nothing
can still the soul like purging the
conscience before God; and cares.
prichng annoyances, breads and all
mental tensions can be remedied in
no way more satisfactorily than by
letting the consciousness OF God wash
the soul.
A sense Of friendliness and peace to-
ward the Infinite La the surest medt-
cine for sleep.
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pale with anxiety. Don't you like
them? Why, planted them because
l wanted them to remind me always
Of you"
Eyes. that's It," she sobbed. IT al.
ways knew you didn't really love me,
but never thought you would show
1t in such cowardly, mean way as
this. lists turnip tops. And you
said they reminded you of me-"
Jim stared in horror at the uproot-
ed plants. Undoubtedly the roots had
formed into the small but unmistak-
able connguration Of the turnip. And
even Jim knew that q turnip Is moth
ing but a turnip.
Good heavensi" he exclaimed in
horror. Alice! l planted them al
phabetically and II began at the
wrong end. Come over here. Here
here they arel"
Alice cast one glance at his new
find and began weeping anew.
."Brutel" she sobbed. Those are
cabbage heads"
They made up two minutes later,
but now they have a hired man to
tend the vegetable garden. Jim helps
Alice with the flowers and they have
some real sweet alyssum blooming
round the sweet williams.
Copyright, 1913. by w. G. Chapman)
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vsnetabIss a. Hair Ornaments.


Now that fruit has reached the hair.
in the shape of little oranges for the
brides couture, will it come to vege-
table again. as 1t did among the abb
surdities OF Marie Antoinette's time?
ASK my niece, Nine. de Matignon, "
we read in the memoirs Of the Mar
quise de Cregny, If 1t is not true that
in 1885 she had her head dressed a
la jardiniere, with red check duster,
into which NJ Leonard (the queens
hair dresser) had artistically inserted
a small artichoke. broccoli, fine
carrot and some radishes. When Don
don Picot (the Comtesse de Lameth-
Picot, a rich creole) saw it she was
30 delighted that she exclaimed. Il
will never wear anything but vege-
tables. 1t is 80 simple, and more
natural than flowers"
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Its Gender.

A somewhat angular. severe-looking
spinster was standing on the station
platform outside mail coach. inspect
ing with undisguised curiosity the In
genious net arrangement which Ia able
TO sweep in mail bags while the train
Is In swift motion.
as she working all rightf" asked
one of the officials.
AYE. aye, BILL" replied his mate.
when suddenly the lady touched him
on the shoulder.
why do you call It 'she'2" she in
Quired, az usual athdrst for informar
ton.
Because. madam, its a mail
catcher" replied the courteous official
And the sniff of the angular spinster
almost drowned the shrill whistle of
the engine. then preparing to move on.
London Answers.
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House Martins Revenge.

A correspondent of Country Life tells
the story of two house martins nest
built against an attic window of a
farm, to which the birds came for sew
eral successive years. One spring.
however, before they arrived. an en-
terprising sparrow took up her abode
In one of the nests. Shortly after the
martins returned as usual. and one
day the farm people noticed that the
hole Of the nest which the sparrow
occupied had been blocked up. Next
morning boy climbed up to ascertain
the meaning Of this, and. not finding
any outlet, broke away part of the
nest, to find the poor little sparrow
dead on her eggs, The house martins
had walled her up for daring to take
possession of their house.
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Runkoed.

Hobson (leaving the ball grounds)
BAIL Baseball Is q regular skin
game. Here I paid my money to see
a game, and the game is called on
account of darkness, with the score
nothing to nothing.
Dobson-Heavens mani That is usu-
ally considered q great game.
Hobson-Yes; but I think they
should give one a run for his money,
anyhow.-Puck.
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ssnsItIvsness Of Old and Young

Old people and the very young have
extremely sensitive hearts, and they
must be treated with carefulest con-
sideration.
Aged folk are always most grateful
for a little attention now and then.
In dealing with your venerable rel
atives remember that some day your
years will be many and perhaps your
conversation will be dull and tire
some.
You can't change them when they
become fretty and cross You can
only be kind to them.
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Many fellow boasts that he never
drinks alone because he always waits
for somebody to ask him.
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LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
$40. 500. g 90, 1000. 1000, nl5 a. m. 1920.
$780, 3d. $780, *4.80, $3.50. $780, 10, p. m.
SATURDAYS
$40, 500, $500, 1000, $780, ll15 a.. m. 1890,
$780, 70 90 800, s340 $40. $500, $40, $40, TAO,
p. m.
SUNDAYS
500 $780, 1000, 1000. Ills. M. 1920. *l.s0
go $780, $40. #42O. $780, $40, $500, 100 TAO,
$50. p. m.