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The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
D4DDY'S EVENING
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SURPRISE PARTY.

"rhe Elves were asked to a sur
prise Party" said Daddy, (which waS
being given by the Fairies YESTERDAY
morning just at dawn"
"Was it given by the Dawn FalrleS'
asked Nancy.
ave forgotten just which ones they
WERE" said Nick.
"Weu. first to answer Nancys ques'
tion--yes, the Surprise Party was CIV
en- by the Dawn Fairies, and secono'
for Nick's question, the Dawn FAIRIES
are those who are playing and frlsk-
ing about just at Dawn and Wheh
Mr.. Sun shines hard disappear from
view-for they never want to be seen.
"The Dawn Fairies were full OIL
their schemes and plans for many "a
day before they could actually declue
just which day to choose for the Party
Finally they had arranged everything
and they sent their invitations a ia!
ahead to all the Elves in Elfland.
1.-THE invitations were carried by SIX
beautiful Fairies in soft rose-coloreu
dresses. They looked just like the
lights of pink ard rose that are seen
in the sky very early some mornings
These Fairies put the invitations ID
Peonies and in Roses and in the dark
blue Iris Flowers that the Elves nave
always admired so much.
1.-THE Elves were so pleased to each
| receive a Flower with an invitation
hidden in its petals and at once they
began to get their bright green Party
suits ready for the great occasion
"They all arrived just at Dawn, but
they couldn't see q sign of a Fairy.
What could it mean, they asked each
other. Surely they had not mistaken
the day? That would have been
dreadful thing to have done? But no,
they were sure they had looked at
| their invitations so many times they
could never have made mistake In
the day.
"And so they chatted among them
selves. At last one little Elf said:
why aren't we all silly? This
is TO be a Surprise Party. Maybe
the Surprise will be that the Fairies
are somewhere around and we have
to find them. Let's look. Anyway,
I'm sure we haven't made mistake
in the day.
''The Elves began scampering about
looking for the Fairies. and still they
couldn't find them, though as they
remembered now that it was to be a
| Surprise Party they were not worried
about having made mistake in the
| day.
"At last, coming slowly through the
woods. the Elves saw one hundred big
Spiders marching along. Then the
| ELVES stood back to watch what would
happen. And after the one hundred
Spiders had passed along a little dis
| tance, what should the Elves see be-
hind them but long twisted web
which was made very much like a
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
Experimenting on Wheat.

The slender angular head of the
wheat stalk with its needle-like barbs
the characteristic of the American
grown crop-is doomed, if Professor
William F. Freedman, graduate of Cor
nell university, Is successful in expert
ments in wheat production. Professor
Freedman has at his disposal wheat
specimens gathered from all quarters
of the blobe. Among them is the beard
less" and "forked-head" product of
Russia. His experiments aim prima-
rily to reproduce an acclimated Amer
lean wheat that possesses the beard
less" and "forked-head" or tripodlike
properties of the Russian stalk.
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13

One of the cases to which l look
back with the greatest satisfaction
was that of the Miles will. There is
a common impression that the private
detective Is not an prescriptions
person. In this case had the pleasure
of cooperating with one of my opera
tives who had been offered what was,
to him, small fortune to commit a
dishonest act, and who, instead, re-
jected the bribe and was the means OF
confounding the conspirators.
In the latter part of the nineties
Stephen B. Miles, wealthy resident
of Nebraska died. leaving an estate
consisting of lands in Nebraska and
Kansas, bank stock and bonds, and
other property, the whole valued at
several millions of dollars. He was
survived by wife, from whom he had
been divorced; two sons. Joseph II.
Miles and Samuel and a daughter, as
well as a number of nephews and
nieces and several grandchildren.
One of the sons, Joseph, was prom
inent banker and business man of
Falls City, Neb, and also had large in
terests in other towns in that state
He had been telegraph operator in
his younger days. and had amassed
his money by honesty and industry,
and was highly esteemed by all who
knew him as a clean, wide-awake busi-
ness man and good citizen.
The other son, Samuel, was about
forty vaars of ave and rPsidpd with
his family on ranch belonging to his
father In Kansas, just over the Ne
braka line He had been wild in his
younger days, and had caused his IA
ther a good deal of trouble on account
of his dissolute habits.
Shortly after the death of Stephen
B. Miles a will was found in an old
suit case the provisions of which made
the son Joseph executor and trustee
.f the estate and chief beneficiary,
Samuel being left, in addition to a sum
of money. a life interest in the ranch
on which he and his. family we're liv-
ing. After his death and that of his
wife the property was to pass to their
children. The will also provided that
Samuel could neither entail nor dis
nose of the land.
These provisions were. of course,
biphlv unsatisfactory to the son Sam
ueI and he nut the matter in the
hands of LAWYER, at whose sugges-
tiop he beean court proceedings. to
nravent the nrohating of the will. Not
succeeding in this. he afterward
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ness, unless II was entirely out of rea
son. Therefore they merely sat still
carefully noting everything and OBJ
jecting to nothing.
OF course, the conspirators were
anxious to get a strong deposition
was permitted to describe the man
Miles, for whom he was supposed to
have written the will. His description
of the dead man was perfect, and the
st. Louis lawyer kept nodding his
head jubilantly. When the witness
had finished his description of the late
Mr.. Stephen B. Miles to the thorough
satisfaction of the conspirators, he
took the purported will and examined
it carefully.
"The handwriting on that document
looks like my handwriting" he said,
and then added, in loud, clear voice,
but | did not write this or any other
will for Mr.. Stephen B. Miles, or any
other person. / have never met the
man Stephen B. Miles, nor the men
that | have just described. | was in
structed to give the description that
| have given here by these lawyers
pointing to the st. Louis and Kan
sas City lawyers, both Of whom were
present-"and l was expected by them
to testify that had written this will,
and was promised five thousand dol
lars If would do So"
The CONSERVATION that reigned
among the conspirators at the explo-
sion of this bomb in their midst can be
imagined better than it can be de-
scribed Our man left the stand and
the further taking of testimony was
discontinued
Mr.. Miles and his attorneys believ-
ed that this had effectively ended the
efforts of the conspirators, but later
they produced another man who, they
claimed, had written the second will
for Stephen B. Miles. He was young
man, also a lawyer, and had at one
time lived in st. Louis. He had after
ward gone to Mexico, where he was
discovered by the lawyers from Kan
sas City, and he was induced to return
to Chicago, where his deposition was
taken. He claimed to have written
the will for an old man in St. Louis,
but either he was afraid to describe
him or else he could not do so. and
therefore his testimony amounted to
nothing.
The conspirators tried to break the
original will until it was finally pro-
nounced legal and valid by the Su,
preme court of Nebraska, and Joseph
H. Miles's rights were thoroughly and
legally established.
During the course of all this It'll
cation two of the parties in the con-
spiracy died, and the others were
not prosecuted for their completely in
the affair, although their actions had
put Mr.. Joseph H. Miles to consider
able trouble and expense. They had
approached him several times, making
indirect propositions looking to com
promise, but, needless to say, he had
promptly repelled all of them.
Harbaugh's connection with my
service has long since been severed
and he is now in the employment OF
Mr.. Joseph H. Miles, as manager OF
his large stock range in Nebraska
where understand that he Is doing
well.
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
Electricity Kills Insect.

A process has just been developed in
tbe department of agriculture by
means of which insects and pests may
by killed by electricity. The process
consists in the application of salt wa
fer to the ground that is to be treated.
and then causing a current of cleo
tricity to pass through the soil. The
current generates gas which will in
stantly kill all germs, larvae and in
sect pests in the soil, without in any
way iniuring the vegetation. A large
area of ground can be treated by dig
ging shallow trenches in which a pow
erfuI current can be developed.
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names of all who were connected with
a prominent lawyer in Falls City, Neb.
Another was man of considerable
prominence in Omaha, having a big
political pull throughout the state.
Still another was at that time In good
standing at the St. Louis bar.
What will it be worth?" inquired
Harbaugh.
I'VE shall be willing to pay you a
fee of ten thousand dollars as soon as
the will is broken" the lawyer answer
ed. Furthermore, we will send you
to the Paris exposition, paying your
fare and all expenses up to the value
of $4,000.
We'll" answered Harbaugh thought
fully. you'll have to give me few
days to think the proposition over,
It's too big thing for me to decide
offhand."
The lawyer agreed to that, and Har-
baugh left that evening for st. Louis,
where, the next morning, he came to
me and told me of the proposal which
had been made to him, asking me
what thought he had better do about
1t.
There seems to me to be only two
things that can be done in this mat
ter" / answered. "One is for you to
ignore the proposition completely, as
there can be no doubt of the rascality
of all the parties who are in any way
connected with the scheme. The other
and, in my opinion, the right thing to
do is to try and locate this man Jo-
seph H. Miles. and apprise him of the
conspiracy that is being worked UP
by these lawyers and his own brother
If we keep quiet and ignore the mat
ter, they will, in all probability, secure
man who will accept the proposition
and we would be parties to this con
spiracy because we failed to expose
it."
Well" answered Harbaugh, 'you
have told you all | know about the
matter told this lawyer that his
proposition was very important one
and that | should require few days
to think it over, He approves of this
and expects an answer from me in
about weeks time"
at once set to work to locate 10
seph H. Miles, and succeeded after the
lapse of about twelve hours. / found
that he lived at Falls City. as | have
said, and that he was president of the
First National bank in that place. He
had bank in another Nebraska city
and a large interest in bank at
York. Pa. He was very well known
and much esteemed After locating
him wrote him a letter. which ran
as nearly as can recall, as follows;
"Mr. Joseph H. Miles,
"Falls City, Neb.
Dear Sir: If you are the son of the
late Stephen B. Miles, and have a
brother by the name of Samuel Miles
and a number of nephews and nieces
who reside in Kansas and Nebraska,
have important information for you
and will impart it personally if you
will come to St. Louis.
Il would suggest that you bring your
lawyer, as l believe my information
important enough to justify you in
so doing.
"On receipt of this wish that you
would telegraph me. stating when you
will leave Falls City, and at what time
you will arrive in st. Louis. On arriv
ing at st. Louis. go to the Planters
hotel, look at the register, where yor
will find my name, and you can ther
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
Their Part in the War.

Several young clubmen met recently
ind the question of the war became
the chief topic of conversation. They
felt awfully sorry for the poor soldiers
in the trenches. I'VE ought to do
something for them," said one. $50
we should" advised another. A third
member, in speaking of this few days
later, remarked, $50 we drank their
health all evening. ng."-London Mail.
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
Not ENOUGH.

"Yes," said the business man to the
college graduate who had applied for
a job, 81 think l can find place for
you, but of course you will have TO
start at the bottom of the ladder.
Your salary will be $40 week to be-
gin with"
"Ten dollars!" exclaimed the young
man. "Why, my father has been pay
ing me more than that for going to
college,"
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
slnalna Notes of eladnas.

1t is worth while to be a singing bird
in this world in which are so many
harsh and discordant sounds and 60
many cries OF pain. Even birds songs
put little more music into the air II
is yet more worth while to be a sing
ing Christian, giving out notes of ploS-
ness amid earth's sorrows. For most
of us it is not easy to be ALWAYS glad !.
yet we should learn our lesson 90
well that, whether amid circumstances
OF sorrow or of joy, the song shall
never he Observation-Disclosures
Teacher.
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
Had An Eye to Business.

Customer-'Ive called about the
cough mixture l bought. The first
dose cured me-" Chemist-"The in
Simultaneous effect of that preparation,
sir, has been remarked by everybody"
Customer-"It's amazing; and, as
there's only one dose gone, thought
perhaps you'd change what was left
for some Photographic Plates
Punch.
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
Co-OperatorS.

Nearly 100000 persons, largely sue
cessful farmers, are now aiding the
United States department of agricul-
ture by furnishing information, demon
strating the local usefulness of new
methods, testing out theories, expert
menting and reporting on conditions in
their districts-by helping, in short, in
almost every conceivable way to in
crease the knowledge of the depart
ment and to place that knowledge at
the service of the people.
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
Point Of View.

They were standing on busy cor
ner of the great city. What hard
time men have running around try
ing to make little money" remarked
the pessimist. YES" rejoined the
optimist, but look what good time
women have running around trying to
spend it."
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
Safety First.

Bacon-Luther Crawford of West
Fairview, Pa, born without hands, has
been chosen president of the council
of his home town.
Egbert-In some towns l think 1t
would be safer to make man like
that treasurer.
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
Take the Ache Out of Eoot.Aehe.

Battle your feet in hot water, using
Johnson's Foot Soap. Composed of
Borax, Iodine and Bran. At druggists
or sent postpaid for 25c by Thos. Gill
Soap Co., I'll Kent Ave-, Brooklyn, NY.
Adv
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
M yOU OR AMY FRIEND

Suffer with Rheumatism Neuritis, acute or
chronic, write for my FREE BOG X on Rheuma-
ism-Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful book
ever written, it's absolutely FREE. Jesse A.
Case, Dept. G. W., Brockton, Mass.-Adv.
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13

"Why did you discharge your chauf-
feur? Wasn't he good one?"
"Fine. But he took too much time
off to go to jail"
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13
The Reason.

"I am tired of this annual peach
crop talk"
"Well, since the peach crop is q
staple, it ought to rivet attention.
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13

One word always leads to another
no matter whether you are reading the
Bible or a novel.
The Lambertville record., 1916-07-13

The mariners compass performs a
lot of needlework.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-10-10
ROBERT c. TUBMAN
Well-Known Citizen Dies at His
Home at Glasgow" Manor, After
An Illness of Two Years.

Mr.. Robert Constantine Tubman
died at his home, Glasgow" Manor,
yesterday evening about half-past six
o'clock, after an illness that had
lasted for about two years, during
which time his condition became
gradually worse, until it was seen
several months ago that he could on
ly live short time.
Mr.. Tubman was the son of the
late DR.. Robert F. Tubman and
Mary Keene, and spent practically
his entire life Of sixty-three years at
Glasgow" the home of his parents.
He is survived by his wife, who,
prior to her marriage, was Miss Mel
lie e. Covey, and five children, three
sons and two daughters, as follows:
Messrs. Robert E., Granville l., ana
Julian L. Tubman, all of Baltimore;
Mrs. William T. Seabury, of Balti-
more, and Miss Nellie Tubman, of
Cambridge.
It is expected that the funeral
services will be held tomorrow after
noon, although at this tim edefnite
arrangements have not been COM
pleted. Interment will be in the
Greenlawn Cemetery.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-10-10
Sunday School
Convention at Denton

Several hundred active workers in
the Sunday School are expected at
the State Sunday School Convention,
to meet in the Methodist Episcopal
and Methodist Protestant Churches
of Denton, Wednesday to Friday,
Oct. 1920. Mr.. w. c. Pearce, of
Chicago, will be the principal speak
er, with the usual strong array of
other speakers representing all pha-
ses of modern Sunday School work.
A notable feature will be the two
convention suppers of Tuesday and
Thursday nights, with short speeches
from adult class and elementary
leaders. The new General Secretary,
Rev. E. Morris Ferguson, D. d. will
make several addresses. The Mary
land Sunday School Association Of
fee, Fidelity Building, Baltimore, is
sending out information to the dele
gates.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-10-10
Baker Writes About
Big Game At Cambridge

Philadelphia, Oct. 9, 1916.
Mr.. Vernon S. Bradley,
Cambridge, Md.
Dear Friend Vernon:
In reply to your request, I am
sending you our lineup, that will
play on the Eastern Shore:
Maisel, l. f.; Peckinpaugh, s.;
Strunk, C. f.; Eddie Collins, 2b.;
Baker, 3d.; Schang, c.; Davis, h.;
Bush, l. f.; Plank, Bender, Shawkey
and possibly Myers, pitchers.
This team will positively be at
Cambridge. We will have with us
five of the best pitchers in the Ma
jor Leagues, and will start Plank,
and use two others if you want US.
With very best wishes, l remain,
Very truly,
Adv. J. Franklin Baker.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-10-10
Brief Local News
Grand Opera House tonight.

Grand Opera House tonight.
The banks will be closed Thursday,
Oct. 18th, to observe Columbus Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob H. Robbins
are receiving congratulations a
boy.
Rev. H. w. Dunkley, pastor of
Grace M. E. Church, South, is con-
fined to his home on Locust street,
ON account of illness.
| Miss Frances Sawyer, of Cleveland,
Ohio, will arrive in this city on the
train tonight, to be the guest of Miss
Katherine Wallace, at THE Hill"
The big fire scene in 1.-The Writing
On The Wall' is thriller in the ex-
IRENE. 1.-THE Writing On The Wall'
is the big Wise feature on the
same bill with peg O. The Ring"
at the Grand Opera House tonight.
Former Governor Goldsborough,
who since September 1st has been
President of the National Union
Bank of Baltimore, is spending a
short time with his brother, DR.. B.
w. Goldsborough, at his home on
High street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John G.. Mills are
announcing today the approaching
marriage of their daughter, Evelyn
Rouse, and Mr.. Harold Tschudi, We'd
nesday evening, October twenty-fifth,
at eight o'clock, Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church. No cards in the
county.
Mrs. Blanche Baetzel and two
children, who spent the summer
with Mrs. Baetzel's father, Mr.. Will
liam Waller, have returned to their
home in Philadelphia. They were
among the crowds which greeted the
Pennsylvania soldiers upon their re-
turn from the border, Mr.. Baetzel
being a member of the National
Guard.
Rev. w. H. Hoffman, pastor of ST.
Paul's M. P. Church, is spending a
few days in Baltimore, attending the
sessions of the Methodist Protestant
Young Peoples Convention, which is
being held at Lowe Memorial
Church. On Wednesday evening
members of the convention will ad-
dress rallies in the various Metho-
dist Protestant Churches through
out the city.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-10-10
500 Reward, 500.


The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages,
and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca
tarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the consti-
tuition and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY e CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation. Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-10-10
SCHOONER SUNK IN
RIVER A TOTAL LOSS
William And John, Which Encoun-
tered Storm While Enroute For
Cambridge, No Longer Good As
Trader.

The schooner William and John,
commanded by Captain Quinton,
which went to the bottom in the
Choptank river during severe blow
about a week ago, will never again
see duty as a trader. The vessel is a
total loss, as testified by the master,
who returned to Baltimore yesterday
aboard the schooner Sonora, which
also carried wreckage material saved
from the derelict.
The William and John was laden
with a cargo of coal for the Eastern
Shore State Hospital, when the acct
dent occurred, inside Castle Haven
Bar.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-10-10
CHURCH LOCALS.

The regular supper to be served
Thursday night in the Sunday School
room of the Baptist Church will con-
Isist of oysters, ham, potato salad hot
rolls, biscuit, coffee, etc., for Csc.
Chicken salad will be served for 1Oc.
extra. Cake, ice cream and caramels
will also be on sale.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-10-10
Cash Meat Market,

All kinds of Fresh Meats at Great
ly Reduced Prices. No credit, no
books, consequently can sell much
cheaper. Best quality beef, pork,
veal and lamb. Experienced meat
cutters.-Wallace H. Merrick.-Adv.
10-7-tf
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-10-17
MAKE HlGH-COLORED BUTTER
Green Grass Richer in carotin Than
Any Other Dairy Feed-Breed
Has Influence on Color.

Green grass is probably richer in car
otin than any other dairy feed. Cows
fed on it will therefore produce the
highest colored butter. A ration of
bleached clover hay and yellow corn
is practically devoid of yellow pigments
and the milk from cows fed upon it
will gradually lose it's color. 1t Is, Of
course, indisputably true that the breed
does influence the color of the milk
fat; but vary the ration and there will
be a corresponding variation in the
color of the milkfat in each breed.
In the cows of the Jersey and Guern-
sey breeds, the bodyfat is frequently
of such a deep yellow color that some
butchers and consumers look with dis
favor upon beef from these breeds. For
this prejudice there is absolutely no
justification. The yellowness of the
fat springs from the same causes as
the yellOwness of the milkfat, and
there is no reason for .objecting in one
case to the very thing that is priced
in the other.