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railroad man and civil war veteran;
Rev. DR.: Richard Scannell. Roman
Catholic bishop Of Omaha: Lord Burn
ham. venerable publisher Of the London
Daily Telegraph; Gen. Victoriano
Huerta. Mexican leader who overthrow
Madero: Jeanette L. Glider. newspaper
woman, and NJ. Theotokis. several times
premier Of Greece.
February's list includes Col. william
Barton Hepburn. ex-congressman from
Iowa: Brig. Gen. Henry Clay Cook. U.
s. A. famous Indian fighter; Admiral
Hugo Won Pohl, commander Of the
American-born author, who had lived
most Of his life in England.
March has a longer list than Febru-
ary. beginning with Elizabeth. Queen
name of Carmen sylvia" Then came
Jean Mounet Sully. famous French
tragedian; Rear Admiral Asa Walker,
U. S. N; Henry Gassaway Davis. aged
ninety-two. ex-congressman and one
time democratic nominee for Vice
President; Henry Wolf. well known
engraver, and Cardinal Gotti Of Rome.
Aprirs list includes the names of only
two well known men-James Burrill
Angel, educator and diplomatist. who
had done much to settle our disputes
with Canada over the fisheries, and who
was a regent of the Smithsonian In
stitution, and Richard Harding Davis,
the novelist.
The first notable death in May was
that of Timothy Dwight. the eighty
seven-year-o ex-president of Yale.
Other notable deaths were those of Jo-
seph S. Gallieni, who had recently re-
signed as French minister of war be-
cause of Ill health; James ]. Hill, rail-
road magnate. and John Singleton
Mosby. famous Confederate ranger.
June's roll started out with the name
of Lord Kitchener. Then followed the
names of Yuan Shi-kaf, President of
China; John Roll Mclean. owner and
publisher of the Washington Post and
the Cincinnati Enquirer; Mrs. Glenn
Ford Mckinney, better known as Jean
Webster. author Of Daddy Long Legs" /;
Gen. Count Helmuth Won Moltke. re-
Gently chief of the German general
staff, and Edwin Chick Burleigh, once
Governor Of Maine and member of Con-
gress from that state for some twenty
years.
In July the list Of dead included Gas
ton Camille Maspero, French authority
on Egyptian history; Hetty Green, re-
puted to be the richest woman in the
world: Ellie Metschnikoff. famous bac-
teriologist: Sir William Ramsay, fore
most English chemist and winner Of
the Nobel prize in 1904. and James
Whttcomb Riley, the poet.
The list for August was short. In
cluding Vice Admiral Baron Hikonojo
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BOY OF THIRTEEN DISAPPEARS.
Police Search for Youngster VINO
Sold Flatiron Holders. -"

Police have instituted search for .
thirteen-year-old son of Samuel George
Reynolds, a resident of Alexandria, va.
who disappeared from the vicinity OF
New York avenue and 14th street
Thursday afternoon. The boy was SELF
ing fiatiron holders. the police were
told. and was accompanied by a young
er sister. 80
w. A. Hammer. SIS 14th street. who
asked the police to make the search.
explained that the boy and his sister
reached the Bond building about 4
o'clock in the afternoon. and the boy
told his sister to wait outside the
building until his return.
The child waited until IL O'Clock at
night" said Mr.. Hammer. y,
1t was suggested to the police tiIat
the missing boy may have been spirited
away by some unidentified Individual
or he may have become tired of his
work and gone away OF his own voii-
tion. His parents are alarmed over his
ABSENCE r.
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-dOSE who are engaged in or are
viewing at close range the til
tanic conflict in which all Eu-
rope Is involved can with diff
Guilty appreciate the magnitude of the
events which have transpired during
the past twelve months. Generations
to comes however. looking back upon
this period with a clearer vision, will
recognize the year 1916 as one of the
most tremendous, from a history MAX
ing standpoint. since the world began.
Europe continued its blood-letting
throughout the year with even greater
ferocity than marked the first eighteen
months following the breaking of the
storm The great war rounded out its
second and entered upon its third year
with little promise of an early conclu-
sion of peace. During the past twelve
months new nations entered into the
war. one of them. Rumania. to become
the scene Of some of the most ferocious
fighting of the year; one new nation
Was created. another tottered to its fall.
while on a dozen fronts millions of men
were fed as human sacrifices to the in
satiable war monster.
There were seven outstanding phases
of the war during the year 1916. These
comprised the great offensive of the
Russians in Galicia, which was finally
checked by the Teutonic allies: the
superhuman efforts of the Germans to
capture Verdun. which were thwarted
by the equally superhuman defense Of
fered by the French; the long awaited
grand offensive of the British and
French on the western front. resulting
in the recovery of a considerable area
In the Somme river region. but not
definitely breaking the deadlock in
northern France; the checking of an
Austrian offensive by the Italians and
the launching of a counter offensive by
which the Italians made big strides in
their campaign against Trieste: the con-
quest of Rumania by the Teutonic al
lies: the drive of the Serbs, aided by
French, italian and British troops. in
an effort to regain their lost kingdom,
and the final abandonment by the en-
tente allies of their disastrous Gallipoli
campaign.
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November % New England cotton
mills announced a general increase In
wages Wages were increased during
the year in the packing industries ana
The year was one Of great prosperity
in all manufacturing and agricultural
industries. Foreign trade OF the
United States. as shown by reports OF
q total of $7,463,000,000 in the year
ending November 1. an increase OF
$500. 100000 over 1915. and $2.500.00 000.-
900 over 1914 A favorable trade bal
ance Of approximately $3,000.O00.O0O. Tor
the year resulted in the accumulation
in the United States Of the largest
amount Of gold ever possessed by any
one nation in the history of the world.
The total wheat yield of the United
States in 1916 was only 547.000,OOO
bushels. as compared with 1,011,000.O00
bushels in 1915. and at the same time
there was almost a proportionate fall
ing of in all other grain crops. Gov.
ernment reports showed a decrease of
411.000.000 bushels of corn. 311,000.000
bushels of oats. 54.000,000 bushels Of
100000 bushels of buckwheat The
yield Of white potatoes was 100000
bushels short Of that of the previous
year, and there was a big decrease in
the yield OF apples and other fruits.
While the crops decreased enormously
ously in price. The value of nineteen
staple crops. as based on the November
estimate of the Department of Agri-
culture. was s7.0ss. .33s.031. as compared
with the estimated value on November
l., 1915 of the same crops of that year
Of $6.sS3. .306.817. The aggregate value
Of all farm products, including live
stock. was estimated at $4,000. 900. 900,
based on prices paid to the farmers.
The year was marked by steadily in
creasing prices. which reached. in the
case OF some commodities, the highest
levels recorded since the civil war.
During the latter part of the year in
vestigations were started by officials Of
the Department of Justice to deter
mine whether speculation had been re-
sponsible for the increase in the prices
OF certain commodities. Producers and
dealers asserted that the high prices
were caused entirely by short crops at
home and the great foreign demands as
result of the war. At the same time
a movement was started for the plac-
ing by Congress Of an embargo upon
the shipment of wheat and other COM
modtttes to foreign countries
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Politics in the
United States

tion of the people of the United States
throughout the year 1915. On June D
the woman's party was organized and
onened its first convention in Chicago.
Two DAYS later both the republican
and progressive national conventions
opened in Chicago. On June 10 former
nominated for President by the pro-
gressives and Charles Evans Hughes.
associate justice of the United states
Supreme Court and former governor OF
New York. was nominated by the re-
publicans. The republicans nominated
Charles w. Fairbanks of Indiana Tor
Vice President and the progressives
named John N. Parker of Louisiana as
Roosevelt's running mate. On June IA
the democratic national convention
convened in st. Louis and the follow
ing day President Wilson and Vice
President Marshall were renominated
without opposition. On June 26 Col.
Roosevelt declined the progressive
members of the progressive national
committee. meeting in Chicago. in
dorsed the candidacy of Mr.. Hughes.
The election. on November Z. was
one Of the most unusual ever held in
the United States. the result not being
definitely known until three days later.
when the final count in California gave
the thirteen electoral votes of that state
to President Wilson and gave him VIC
tory. President Wilson won 277 votes
in the electoral college and Mr.. Hughes
254. The vote cast in the election was
larger by several million than any ever
cast before in the. United States. Presi-
dent Wilson receiving a plurality of
about 100000 in the popular vote. The
great increase in the size of the vote
was due partly to the fact that women
voted for President in this election in
twelve states
Four more states voted to adopt
statewide prohibition in this election
They were Michigan. Montana. Ne
braska and South Dakota.
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A year filled with fighting and destruction.
Though relations with Mexico have several times
approached crisis, we are still on friendly terms
with our belligerent southern neighbor.
presidential election that will stand out in history
Growth of woman suffrage and prohibition.
Death of Franz Josef, long expected and dreaded,
occurs comparatively unnoticed
Strikes labor troubles, high cost of living and in
creased wages agitate the industrial world.
Olympic games put off because of European turmoil
and international sports practically abandoned.
Most of the caamities of the year due to the war.
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Diplomatic Diff
fculties growing
out of the war
in Europe con-
tinued to con-
front the United
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The relations of
the United States
with Mexico be-
C a m e m o r e
strained during
1916 than at any
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The iron and steel industry in thu
Pittsburgh region is suffering with In
creased severity on account of lack
of coke due to car shortage. The num-
ber of blast furnaces that have been
banked has grown from the few re-
ported last week to a total Of between
thirty and forty. "a
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signed providing for the withdrawal OF
United States troops from Mexico IN
forty days, conditional upon the Car.
time that it could protect the border
and prevent raids by bandits upon
American territory.
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The Sim Fein
revolt in Ireland.
the establishment
Of a revolutionary
government in
Graara thu o-o
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Congress was
in session con-
tinuously fro m
January 4. when
it re a 8 sembled
after the Christ
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Thousands of
lives were lost
during the year
by the sinking
of merchant ves-
sells and war
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T h e Russians
launched I h e / r
offensive in Cali
cia on the first
day of the year.
On January 8 the
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The toll Of well
known dead of
any twelve
months is i'm
pressiye, but the
men and women
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The presidential
election and the
campaign which
preceded it oc-
cupied a large
part Of the atten-
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The Z outstand-
ing feature Of
the year in the
industrial world
was the threat
,. onad ~frfka ~
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Relv upon. Their. Allies,

Being deprived of all revenues from
heir own country. the serbians have
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NEWS BY TELEPHONE.

For monthly payment of about
$150 two Berlin publishers have of
fered to supply telephone subscribers
in the German capital with a COM
bined telephone news and musical
service. 1t is understood that sub
scribers will be rung up at regular
intervals throughout the day, and a
voice will tell them the news of the
hour from all parts of the world,
stock exchange prices, sporting re-
suits and everything of interest at
the moment.
The telephone newspaper is by no
means a new idea, for a good many
years ago the Telefon-Hismondo, or
Telephone News, was published in
Budapest. The staff consisted Of one
managing editor, four subeditors,
ten reporters and a number of "tell-
ers," or telephone speakers. The sub
scribers, of whom there we're several
thousands, took up at certain hour
every day telephone receivers sup
piled to them by the paper and lis
tened to the news which was spoken
to them by "teller' in the editorial
office.
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REALLY THE GREAT PROBLEM
Curious Student Offered Question Far
More Puzzllna Than tho
Professors.

The conversation at recent social
affair ran to great problems, when
Representative Samuel A. Wither-
spoon of Mississippi was reminded
of the question of a learned profess
sor.
The professor in question was in
structing class in natural philoso-
ply, and during the lecture he
paused and impressiyely looked at
the class.
of hole were bored through the
center Of the earth, from side to
side," said he, "and ball dropped
into it, would it come to a state of
rest ?"
pardon me, professor" interrupt
ed young man, will you permit
me to ask what | consider a greater
question in that connection ?"
"Certainly," was the prompt re-
spouse of the professor. 81 am very
glad to have you ask any questions ="
"What | want to know is this, y
smilingly returned the young man,
Chow are you going to get that hole
through ?"
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NEW effective FLY KILLER
GOD Liver OIL Declared to Be Far
More Valuable Than Anything
In Use.

Doctor Lang, government veteri-
nary surgeon at Noumea, New Gale
donla, has just discovered new vir-
tue IN cod liver oil he finds it is a
powerful insecticide. He has used
it especially against certain flies that
are attracted by wounds upon horses
and cattle, Fostering the poor crea-
lures and infesting the sores. He
wipes the skin of the animal with
cod liver oil the flies come and are
instantly killed.
Doctor Lang says that ticks on
dogs and other animals are killed
by q drop of this oil. He recon-
mends that when wounds are receiv-
ing the open-air and sunlight treat
ment they be covered with cod-liver
oil, as this will prevent any infec-
ton.
Cod liver oil poured on the sur
face of stagnant pools and marshes is
said to kill the larvae of mosquitoes
more surely and quickly than even
coal oil, over which it has this other
advantage-that it does not evapo-
rate.
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MEASURED BY THE RESULT
Accomplishment Alone Should e,
Made the Estimate Of the
Days Work.

A days work, if properly done, is
not measured in time. Eight or ten
hours does not constitute days
FORK, and that length of application
means nothing if there are no results
The hours you put in stand for
nothing, especially when you are
your own boss. At the end Of the
day, however, go home and talk it
over with yourself. Find out if what
you've done during the long hours
you've been on duty really merits
consideration. What have they
brought you in actual results? Have
they been the means of bringing you
business tomorrow? A man may
stand around store many long
hours and still not get anywhere.
What he thinks and what he does
are two entirely different PROPOSE
tons.
Outline tonight what you intend
to do tomorrow. When you go to
work in the morning do what you
have outlined the night before, Make
every hour count. Make 1t bring
business. If all your working hours
are bringing results and paving the
way for bigger business in the fu-
ture, then you may go home satisfied
with what you have done and know
ing that you have put in real days
work. Measure the volume Of YOU
accomplishments not by hours but by
what it represents to you in dollars
and cents.-C. f. johnson, in Cleve
lend ,7a-fo-
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REALLY NO CAUSE FOR GRIEF
Under the Circumstances, Daniel
Might Even Be Excused for In
duleing In Quiet Smile.

Such is the infrmity of human
nature that man seldom makes an
after-dinner speech without depre-
eating the practise There are many
ways of doing it. You can tell a
story, as Mr.. Thornton, the new man
ager of the Great Eastern railway
did, in his first speech made in Eng
land.
81 have always had great respect
for Daniel, the original lion tanner"
he said. I'VE are told that when he
was in the den of lions they roared
and CRASHED their teeth, and yet
Daniel smiled-and smiled. And he
smiled because he knew that, at any
rate, there would be no after-dinner
speaking
The Biblical illusions may not be
authentic, but the point is unmis-
taxable. And then Mr.. Thornton
went on to make considerable
and eloquent speech.
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WITH OPEN EYES.

Those who are really awake to the
sights and sounds which the process
sion of the months offers them find
endless entertainment and instruc-
ton. Yet there are great multitudes
who are present at as many as three
score and ten performances without
ever really looking at the scenery
or listening to the music or observ-
ing the chief actors. Some are too
busy with their books or their handi-
craft and many women, who ought
to enjoy the sights keep their eyes
on their work or their knitting, so
that they seem to see next to nothing
of what is going on.-Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
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IN THE LAND OF FREEDOM
Customs of Great United States Differ
From Those Of Effete European
Monarchies.

The Princess Parlaghy, con-
demning in New York the recent in
yasion of her Plaza suite by the po-
lice, said:
"The way have been treated re-
minds me of a story.
"a foreigner was being shown
over New York by a native. The
two men visited the downtown dis
trict. Here they waded ankle-deep
in old newspaper and straw and
wrapping paper, and every little
while the sidewalk was so crowded
with packing cases and boxes, and
what not, that they had to climb and
leap as if they were up among the
Alps.
eve don't allow anything like
this where | come FROM painted the
foreigner as he prepared to spring
across a chasm between a mound of
cotton bales and stack of flour bar
rels.
THE native answered proudly, as
he leaped from the top Of a piano
case and broke his ankle:
81 know you don't, but this, by
lingo, is a free country"
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Those Who Belong:

Arnett, Geo. w. contractor, Isl n. Union
Ashton, John r., baker, Coryell
Bancroft, J. NJ, grocer, III n. Union
Bailey, Frank, clothing, 5! Church
Booker, j., 5, 10, 25c store, 16 n. Union
Balderston, DR.. T., dentist, 12N. Union
Banchoff, Thos., contractor, 35 Swan
Beatty, w. H., delicatessan, Is n. Union
Butler, Robert, tailor, n. Union
Barkley, Frank, clerk, 30 Coryell
Cane, Mrs. E. r. grocer, Main andSwan
Cifelli, D, confectionery, I'm. Union
Closson, f. w. drugs, Main and Church
Cochran, S. W., drugs, 45 n. Union
Curtis, J. j., Belmont House, Main
Ely, William A., plumber, IA Bridge
Ennis, w. E., Lambertville House
Finger, Samuel A., ladies and mems
furnishings, 45 n. Union
Candy, Miss NJ. b., paper, II n. Union
Holcombe, o. c., music, 80 N. Union
Hazen, Jos. N, Lambertville Beacon,
IA Bridge
Helms, Elmer, hardware, Sc Coryell
Helms, Jacob, hardware, Sc Coryell
Hunt, VIM, paints, paper, 49 N. Union
Iofio, John, moving pictures, Church st.
Jarrett, Paul, newsdealer, 81 N. Union
John, c. c. b., insurance, &c, As But
tonwood
Kerr & Green, clothing, Union & Bridge
Kitchin, Theodore G., Lambertville
Record New Hope News, ~ n. Union
Kline, j.. B. & Son, tobacconist, 80 Bridge
Kramer, II. X, monuments, Franklin
Lambert & Kerr, coal, ice, autos, etc.,
Elm St.
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THE COUNTRY IN THE olTY.

A few years ago there was much
talk and writing about the possibility
of bringing the country into the
city" by means Of tree planting, little
backyard gardens, flower boxes in
windows, and SO on. In Great Brit
ain, if memory serves, national con-
ference was held to promote these
laudable local enterprises and stimu-
late rivalry and emulation.
Mr.. FROST, Chicago's city forester,
applies the term standardization
to this movement. Evidently in the
last few years the distance between
the city and the country, "the real
country" as commuters say with
wistful accent, has grown wider. The
intervening spaces are suburban, and
If we can suburbanize our business
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STRONG CHARACTER.

"Does your father look with favor
on me as a prospective son-in-law? ?"
"I'm afraid not"
"What makes you think SOP
"The way he talks"
"Well, what does he say?"
whenever your name is men
toned he says he's met with a great
deal of trouble in this world, but
probably has strength enough left to
weather one more misfortune"
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DECEPTIVE APPEARANCE.

"You do not speak to him?"
"No," replied the scholarly girl.
when | passed him gave him the
geological survey"
"The geological survey"
eyes, What is commonly known
as the stony stare"
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cRooUET PLAYED BY eAULs.

The game of croquet, which has
again become so popular, is Of an
ancient origin, having been invented
by the Gauls. 1t was then known as
jeu de mail, and was so extensively
played that promenades were strewn
with these games, until the avenues
were called the "mails." but in 1899
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Auto Service

in the city of Lambertville and sur.
rounding country, at reasonable rates.
Local fares, on regular trip, SC. On
calls, 1Oc. or more, according to dist
ance. Country runs, from 1Oc. per mile
up. Waiting on trip, Soc per hour.
Promptand personal attention given
every call. Careful driving of car and
special attention to aged people and
children.
LOUIS OOKS,
54 ELM ST., LAMBERTvILLE, n. J.
Bell Phone 1876
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HAsTY CONCLUSION.

"What's this trouble in the ranks
of the Boy Scouts?"
$50 far as | can Judge" replied
the sarcastic observer, zone faction
wants to make men out of them and
the other wants them to continue
picking yiolets."
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Do Your Mid-Winter
Shopping i'm LambertviIle

1t will save you money.
You will help build up your
community and encourage
progress.
Wherever you see this en-
blem you will find a member
of the Merchants AssOcia-
ton of Lambertville, N. J.
1t is the aim of this or
ganizatiOn to give to every
person a Square Deal. We
want to know of any failure.
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and crowded residential quarters we
shall do well. But, call the process
what one will, trees, shade, flowers,
grass, little gardens are lovely and
attractive under any description
Chicago Herald.
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when Charles IL introduced it into
England, the name was anghcized
into pail mall, from which the noted
London thoroughfare has derived its
name
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OFF HIS FEE.

Doctor-You are suffering from a
complication of diseases least
six.
Patient suppose you'll allow
me discount on half dozen, doc
tor.
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NO PLACE TO LOOK.

"There is one queer thing about
looking for official timber"
"What is that"
"The seekers never take to the
woods"