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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-09

Wilson Company ist
1000 ..,. 9794
wis Cent Sup & Dul
Div & Term lst
1000 .,.. 20
Wisconsin Cent Is
1000 -. 10
5000 go, 90
w & l. Erie Ry AIS
10000 go. so
5000 .... 5O1I
81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-09

SIlllt Nopl'ti 70
5000 ...i07I
City of Bordeaux 6s
1000 .... 02%
City of Marseil's 6s
1000 go. 02
c of n Y AIS OF
May 81
1000 .... 90 "a
c of y Y As of SO
1000 49,. a0s
1000 49,. 30
c of n Y AIS OF
Nov 81
10000 ....1OO
c of n Y AZ of So
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-09
NEW YORK COFFEE MARKET

New York, Jan. 9.--Thcrc was fur
tber realizing in the coffee market this
morning, call prices being IA to Is
points below last nights closing prices
The Brazilian cables We're not fully
up to expectations and this, coupled
with the fact that prices have ad-
vanced upward of two cents per pound
with the past ten days, left the market
omen for a reaction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-09
GOVERNMENT BONDS
CHICAGO BUTTER AND EGGS

Chicago. jan o BUTTER--Hishcr.
Creamery. 53Qp 63c.
EGGS - Higher Receipts. 1903 ases.y
First, Tic; ordinary hrsts, SEQ CSC; at mark.ky
ca ses included G4 "a 7Oc. - n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-09

Allan Coast l. cit 4S
1000 80. 72
1t Coast Line ANS
1000 .... 71h
Atl Char So
5000 .... S1h
Bait & o = l. IL &
West Vir Sys Is
1000 80. 50N1
r & o Swest 3 hs
1000 80. 15M
ANN rSM
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-09
Resources Increased

Resources Increased
The Tenth National Bank has in
creased its resources since last year,
over S2,000,OO0
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22
Turning the Tables

Il bet you dassent!" cried Harry.
you dassent YOURSELF" replied
Eddie, while the braves gave him the
laugh.
We've all done it, Ed" explained
Phil, whom the boys called Big Foot.
That's one of our rules. If you want
to join the Big Toe Tribe you've got
to prove your mettle."
Pm not afraid" said Eddie. ooh,
MOI" chorused the Braves scornfully.
Eddie smiled mysteriously "Pll be
, there tomorrow night" he said.
Later he might have been seen talk
ing to his neighbors twin sisters
named May and June
"The Braves have asked me to join,'
he explained, "but to show how much
nerve I've got to have to go to the
cemetery tomorrow night and sit on a
tombstone for an hour Pm not afraid
of spooks, of course, but l know as
well as anything that the fellers mean
to spring joke on me, and they may
be pretty mean and rough about it too.
They pushed Charlie into a big hole
and pretty near buried him alive. Still
l guess if I'm worth anything l ought
to be able to see it through"
"'Smarties' would be better name
for themn than Braves" said May.
Indie, come here. We're going for a
walk" Indie, their large black cat
jumped lightly down from his favor
tie perch on the rose trellis and saun-
tered along beside his mistress. He
had been trained from kittenhood to
follow them like dog and to perform
many tricks.
Girls are wise not to go in for
rough stuff thought Ed. ga mouse
would make 'em shout"
However he would have been glad
enough to break his promise the next
night as he prepared to go to the GEM
etery. He had said he wasn't afraid
of spooks, but the behavior of his
friends. Still he was not the kind to
give in without a struggle. He had a
plan.
He had often been in the cemetery
which was an old deserted one, and he
had noticed a certain tombstone which
had fallen over. Whoever had put il
up had been economical for it was SC
small and light that Eddie found he
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22

Eddie. 81 don't know as l care about
belonging to the Big Toe Tribe any
way"
But this last was lost to the braves,
for they had gone hastily away.
Ed" called voice from the tree.
Hello, May and June!" replied Ed.
las soon as heard your cat up there
l knew you must be around. What
are you doing here and where are
your"
up in the tree" replied one of the
girls, we came to rescue you from
those smarties."
Down slid the girls and quickly I'M
bound Eddie.
Welt" he exclaimed. "I'll never
say girls are towards again, But for
a minute when your cat began hiss
ing and growing l did think that a
wild cat might be roosting in the
tree"
He did not try to express his thanks
just then but he made up his mind
that he would repay the kindness of
his neignbors if he had to wait ever
so long for the chance. Down from
the tree slid the big black cat, inyisi-
BILE in the darkness except for its big
green eyes. Then they walked COM
fortably out of the cemetery.
When they reached the road they
met the Braves standing in ring
arguing about something.
"Hello!" shouted all three. Braves
Ha, hal"
And then because there were more
Braves than they cared to tussel with
they ran off as fast as they could
scamper for home. Thud, thud, thud
The whole gang was after them
right at their heels They never ran
so fast in their lives. Just as they
reached home Big Foot overlook them
"W-wait!" he painted.
Eddie stopped and turned around.
We've decided to let you in" said
Phil.
ooh, is that ALL" replied Ed. well
I guess 1 won't join, thonk you.
don't like your kind of bravery
"We've decided not to pull off any
more stunts on fellows" said Big
Foot.
Then" replied Ed, I'D be good
and glad to join"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22

could drag it easily to a sheltered spot
under a tree. His bargain was to sit
on tombstone-it wasn't specified
where. He planned to take the tomb
stone beyond the sacred confines, into
the road where things were a little
pleasanter, and there in the dark
! shadow of tree or bush, spend an
hour in peace and quiet
To make things easier for himself
he put on a black costume his mother
had made for him once when he was
friar in play at school. Then he
BACKED his face and hands, and TAX
ing his flashlight with him he fastened
to the cemetery.
The cemetery was a lonely spot just
outside the village on a knoll amid
dark fir trees. Ed. crept softly along
the hedge until he reached a break
which he knew about and once inside
he stumbled slowly in the direction of
the fallen tombstone. His sense of
direction was so good he soon fund
the stone and began to drag it to the
brow of the knoll which was only a
few feet away.
whats that?"
The wind was kissing and whisper
ing in the tree, but suddenly the whis-
pering and kissing seemed to grow
| louder and Ed. heard words
Scared to come. l told you So"
said a voice.
"He may show up yet" said another
voice
"The Braves!" thought Eddie.
They're here, lying in wait for me-"
He dared not drag the stone any
| further so he sat down on it and
waited, and then the first thing he
knew a fashlight was turned full upon
him and a voice, which he knew was
Big Foot Pills, growled; "Who-o-o
are you, dead man."
"Ahau' thought Eddie, they're 60
ing to play the same game on me they
played on Charlie"
He could not escape very well While
! they played the fashlight on him so
he stood his ground grimly. The other
Braves came up with a stout rope
which they tied around their victim
beginning at his ankles until he was
all trussed up from head to foot
"Now, here we shall stay till morn" y
said Big Foot, trying to disguise his
! voice.
"Say now," demonstrated Ed. What
did ever do to you?"
"Silence," growled all the braves.
From the tree above them came a
queer growl then f-aah! Like a cat
splitting. whats that?" they whis-
pered.
'Ha, hal laughed Eddie, "and you
call yourselves brave!"
Gust for that we'll leave you here
with-it!" said Big Foot.
"All right" replied Eddie, "onfy put
me on a tombstone so can get credit
for being nervy."
put yourself on it." retorted the
Braves.
ooh, well, it don't matter" replied
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22

But, while there may be exceptions,
there are many teachers who do love
their work, and are willing to give their
services to worthy people who are I'M
able to pay high prices Tor instruction.
1t is, indeed, difficult for an outsider
to realize the amount of study required
for teacher to satisfactorily. instruct a
bright student, and it is always far
easier for a teacher to succeed in a
family where the parents have had
musical instruction and so can SYM
pathize with the efforts of the learner,
and can realize some OF the difficulties
too, of the teacher.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22

Of interest is the fact that the
League fractures are being enclosed
IN plaster of Paris. Paris is where
they plastered the visiting American
delegate with the diplomatic clay that
was guaranteed not to tarnish. With
this job done Clemenceau is free TO
shoot tigers AMI Lloyd George can
shoot craps. The shooting season is
on, with DR. Cox aiming at Taurus, the
high sign in the Democratic zodiac and
dream book recipes for home brew.
Get the children off the street
they are duelling in Greenwich Viii
lage.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22
Tidbits for Teachers

BY ii.
For the ever-increasing patrons OF
THE ENTERPRISE, and for those who
have in mind the work OF instructing
others in music, especially those who
have not had the advantage of belong
ing for very long to our family of read
ers-for all such and, indeed, Tor many
others not here enumerated-it seems
that few words OF advice and sugges-
ton will not come amiss.
To begin with, no parent should Sc
lect for his child's instruction any So
called teacher. unless it is well known
that this teacher has an Unborn and
natural aptitude for teaching.
1t matters not how good a performer
a person is if he does not love teach
ing he is not likely to be a good teacher
and many OF the best players have not
the faculty of irnparting what they
know to amateurs.
Instruction books are often at fault
Notice Arban's Abridged Cornet
Book, composed by genius who could
not realize that most people are not
born with so much talent, and so he
asks beginners at Exercise 20, on the
fifth page, to play A above the staff
which the Woodworking beginner would
in many cases find difficult to do after
a years work.
1t matters little that prices of neces-
sites are so high. 1t is not just that
teachers should make prices SO high
that ordinary people are unable to have
lessons.
Music teachers, it is true, are hardly
able to earn as much as street sweepers.
carpenters and plumbers, but it has
taken those latter gentlemen time to
learn their profession, and they should
be we'll paid.
However, the prices charged for les
sons by some teachers SAVIOR as much
of profteering as that Of many a vender
OF -four and cloth.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22
The Lunacy OF
LachrymoSity
By STRICKLAND GILLIAN


There are things in this world to
regret, but not to be grieved over
Grieving over things is next to the
| beings, which is saying a good deal,
and the principal occupation of human
beings is time-wastng
Grieving gets you a great deal less
than nothing 1t obtains for you moth
ing, minus; which means nothing plus
some more nothing. You recover
nothing you grieve for, and you get
nothing else so long as your mind is
shifted into the grief-gear. Not a
thing.
Grieving over the past is almost as
bad as anything can be; grieving over
the future is the only thing worse. We
all at heart have profound contempt
for the hob-nailed-liver Jeremiahs who
mourn over things in advance. No
body ever needed one of these warnin-
ings, and the calamity-howling boob
who did the warning wept all the
harder over the fact that they wouldn't
heed him. Who would heed anything
told in that tone of voice anyway? l
have profound sympathy for the
wicked and stiff-necked" generations
who continued the the error of their
ways Gin spite of the warnings of
the major and minor prophets. I'm
spite of your grandmother's goose!
1t was because of If there's anything
in the world that will make a normal
human. wonder if there is anything he
can do that would make things worse,
dervishes batting around about every
thing going to the demnition bow
vows. 1t is human nature to try to
make things worse when told they are
as bad as they can get. If any one
thinks i'll of us, we instinctively add
to that i'll will every time we see them.
Now if everyone of those old dys-
peptic mopes with the sob story had
taken a good, long think Though why
expect it? People with no sense of
humon can't thinkD' he would have
changed his tactics. He would have
gone somewhere and sat down on
bench in plain sight of his fellow be-
ings on whom he wanted to foist
propaganda, and whitfield idly and
Whitfield idly and snickered audibly
without looking at anybody. By and
by some one would have stopped and
watched him. The passer-by would
have drawn nearer and would have
been joined by others. Pretty soon
the nerviest one of the big mob of
rubbernecks would have asked.
''Bo, what's the joke? Why are you
sitting there just a-bustin' of yourself
laughing What's the big idea?"
The old man would have shaken his
head, wiped the tears of mirth from
his eyes and refused to tell them, Civ
ing the reason that they wouldn't
understand, but that the joke was on
them. The crowd would have grown,
the interest would have increased, and
by and by he could have sprung his
stuff on them, cheerfully indicating
that he didn't care, for his part, a
tinker's dam how soon the whole thing
went to pot.
That crowd would have reformed,
almost to a man. Whereas if the old
coot had been sitting there with a
ripe crouch they would have avoided
him like the pestilence.
The new times must bring new
type of prophet-one who can kid the
crowd into intelligent behavior instead
trying to scare it.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22
Famous Fractures
BY GENE FOWTER

Napoleon, in the shadow of the
Sphinx, turned to his army, navy and
social welfare workers. He then
turned to the Sphinx. The Sphinx
had turned to stone. CHANGING at tine
nose of the great paperweight of the
desert he noticed that the proboscis
wasn't there. He said:
Thirty Lambs clubs are looking
down on you. Notice where a bottle
hit the dear old flush on the beezer.
I wonder if John McGraw has been
this way?"
The broken nose of the Sphinx is
one of history's famous fractures.
Liberty Bell is another. It cracked
when it learned that the country vould
go Democratic. Still another is the
ankle of Wilton Lackeye, eminent
actor, who says he was hit SO hard
on the chin when calling on John Nc
Graw that the bone leading to his left
dog was treated to a Potts fracture.
This differs from Jackpot fracture
in that two jacks or better are re-
quired as openers. In Potts fracture,
one or two dukes, signed on the dotted
line of the chin with set of knuckles
is legal tender.
But all fractures pale and grow thin
before the worlds greatest-the
League of Nations. 1t is a compound
ailment that has fourteen distinct
breaks, one for each point Fourteen
points in pinochle is something not to
worry about. But in the League pas
time-known as Democratic Rummy-
the cards are dealt face down, so that
you can't see the pocture boys blush,
and the points are all dealt face up, so
the taxpayers can sit on them.
The League fracture has been
dressed in splints and looks natural in
dice consists of half number of
points included in the League. This
shows the Democratic administration
never dose anything by halves. In
fact, it doesn't do anything at all.
By this time DR.. Cox, who is trying
to reduce the Potts fracture of the
League skeleton, should be an expert
on bones. His party has treated bone
ailments almost exclusively for some
years. Ivory used to be brought from
the Congo. Now it is improted from
the Potomac.
DIR. Cox chirps that the League
bones will knit. Maybe they will, but
a loose inspection of the knitting
shows more dropped stitches and
tangled may knots" than there were
hairs in Elwelps 1000 toupes.
An examination of the Leagues non
inflammable spine shows where some
body planted monkey wrench in the
vertebrae marked Article x. Nobody
can pick up money off the sidewalk
when the back is cracked. Maybe this
accounts for the rush to get enough
scrap iron in the campaign bucket
to keep the splint riveters busy on the
party frame.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22
Tomb Finished
Just in Time

Paris-Madam Bonter, theatrical
woman here, ordered her tomb built
four years ago. Shortage of labor
made the work slow and madame was
afraid she'd die before the tomb was
ready. She sent for her contractor re-
Gently TO speed things up and he told
her the tomb would be ready in three
days. Three days later she was ready
for the tomb.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22
Rumor Mail Bag
Worth $4,000 TO
100000 Stolen

Quebec, Cana report which post
Office and police authorities will
neither confirm nor deny is in circu-
lation here today that mail bag con
tanning large sum of money and ne
gotiable securities is missing from
the Canadian Pacific Railway station
here or from the car in which it was
brought from Montreal on the night
of October 18th.
The report is that the mail wagon
which operates between the station
and post-offfce was short one sack at
the end of his trip and that it held
securities and currency estimated in
value from $4,000 to 100000.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22

Side panels hang loose at the sides
and are of greater length than front
panels.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-10-22

Jenkins-Miss Beggs is much older
than l thought
Tompkins-How's that
Jenkins asked her if she had read
Aesop's Fables, and she told me she'd
read them when the first came out.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-31

We believe IN flowers around the
homes Of the South, Flowers brighten
up the home surroundings and give
pleasure and satisfaction to those VINO
have them.
We have set aside moro than one
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-31
No Compromise ON Peace Treaty
Reached.

Washington, Jan. rs. : The
whole question of peace treaty
ratification was flung back to the
floor Of the Senate with the vir-
tuaI collapse today of the bi-par-
IL n conference. The end came
with amazing swiftness after
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,,
the Republican leader, had in.
formed Democrats, led by Sena.
Tor Hitchcock of Nebraska. thai
there could be no change in the
reservations respecting the Mon
roe Doctrine and the much dis
cussed Article Ten.
Ii the face of this the Demo
Gratis walked out for a private
conference, agreeing to make
reply to Senator Lodge early to
morrow.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-31

AtCp ~ R4tAS tk1C ktUs0eAs ~ss~ss<>>- - 49,.
fected cuts, cures old sores, letter, etc.
Don't You Forget.
Besr In mind that Chamberlain Tab
lets not only move the bowels but inn
prove the appetite and strengthen the
digestion. They contain no pepsin or
other digestive ferment but strengthen
the stomach and enable It to perform
its functions naturally.
Notes Of Final. Proof.
u. S. Land Office at Baton Rouge. La.
January 3. 1920.
Proof made under Act June s, 1912.
Notice is hereby given that Jesse
Lassyone, of Aloha. Louisiana. VINO on
March rs. 1915. made Homesteac En-.
try No. O7462 for northwest q sarIsr Of
northeast quarter tNW3 Of kE3J sec.
ton IL, township north, range west
Louisiana meridian. has filed notice Of
Intention to make thrde year poor, 4
establish claim to the land above de-
tscribed, before clerk Of court, 81 Col.
fax. La, on the 18th day Of Februar,
1870.
Claimant names as witnesses
III. f. Graves. C. w Ferrier. G n
| Stauficid and ]. F. Lssyope. M o
| Aloha, Louisiana 4
Published 10 Colfax Chronicle CSlfax
4 D. CHAMELEON.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-31
Card 81 ,Il.anlrs.

The undersigned hereby OK
presses his heartfelt thanks to
the Democrats of ward six for
the splendid vote they gave me
in the primary election on Jan.
|uary 70.
= = T.ENn1NE
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-31
CHARTER
OF THE
Bertrand Lumber Company Inc.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Grant

Bertrand Lumber Company Inc.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Grant
BE it known that on this the 18th
day| of January, 1920. before me, w.
P. Foster. a Notary Public, duly COM
missioned, sworn and qualified, in and
for the Parish of Grant, State of lou
is,ana, and in the presence of the wit
nesses h .reinafter named andOunder-
signed, personally came and appeared
the several persons whose names are
hereunto subscribed, who severally de-
clared that, awaiting themselves OF the
provisions of the laws of the State OF
Louisiana in such cases and provided,
they have convenanted ami agree. and
do BY these presents covenant, agree
and bind themselves, as we'll as all such
other persons as may hereafter be-
come associated with them, to form
and constitute corporation and body
polite in law, the objects and purposes
and under the articles and stipuiations
hereinafter set forth and expressed,
which they adopt as the charter of tins
corporation, to-wit:
ARTICLE /.
III rara and stvla Of this corpora-
t;nJ shall he bertrand lumber Com
Nc rlv Incornorated and under its said
rarpor.te name e shall have and enioy
b,,ra - av;stanca and succession for
,,lr;od az ninetv-nine wears from. date
aarL.,f. ~ CONTRACT s1e and he sued:
- -, bake and nse q CORPORATE seal. and
sIa| Same n alterand break at pleasure:
- Gid rsce;ve n,,rehase and convey
.s au as Ill mortgage and hvnothe-
rot nro M 20 ii personal and mixed.
carsaral and ;ncornoral- 70 own and
bolf stack : and bonds Of other CORPORA
t;ons. to name and appoint such mana
GERS agents directors and officers as
e. h,,s;ssss ;,tsraets nr convenifAce
nav rsn,,;re and 10 make and Establish
az. 80 yall III alter and amend. from Nme
r. time. such bv laws. rules and n gu-
Iations for the proper government Of
n.s and proper.
hpTIrrro
80
The domicile of said corporation shall
be at Georgetown, Grant Parish, Lou
isiana, and all citations or other legal
process shall be served upon the presi-
dent of said corporation, or in the event
of his absence form the domicile of the
corporation, upon the vice president Of
| said corporation.
! sARTrcT.E
8
/ The objects and pnrposes EQy nasl
tins corI10ratloa = ssofg anixeu and es'
ltablished and the nature OF the pusi-
mess to be carried on are hereby de-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-01-31
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of Grant

thereby certify that the within and
foregoing is true copy of the original
charter now on file and on record IN this
Office. Filed for record on the 18th day
of Jan. A. D.. 1920, and recorded or
same date in book No. l, .of Corpora
ton Charters. at page 81 ct. seq. Of tn
Records of Grant Parish. La.
witness my fficiaf seal and sigma
sture on this the 18th. day Of January
A. D. 1920.
Clerk and Recorder