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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
TOTEM POLES TELL HISTORY
Have Peculiar Significance Among
the Up-Coast Indian Tribes Of
British Columbia.

Totem poles of the up-coast Indian
tribes of British Columbia tell the his
tory of that race. The poles are Of
ethnOlOgic and folklore significance,
have legendary symbolism. and carry
details of the tribe, clan, family and
individual. Their painted grotesques
of birds, beasts fish and men are done
in blue, red and white upon a black
background.
The right to use the totemlc crest
always descends through the woman.
A tribesma1 uses the tribal crest Of
his clan group in addition to those Of
one or more guardian spirits he may
have acquired. If he is easy in max
ing friendships with birds. beasts and
fishes he may have Noah's ark of
them on his pole. The crests are also
carved on canoe prows. painted on
house fronts and woven into baskets
and blankets Of goat hair or cedar
bark.
A man gets his reputation and
standing In the community, among
the up-coast tribes, not by what he
owns, but by what he gives away. II
he wants to be regarded as a "hiyu
tree" or person of special conse-
quence, he aims to do 1t by giving
away more blankets than anybody
else on the coast.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
M anners.

Morals and manners, which give
color to life, are of much greater i'm
portance than laws, which are but
their manifestations. The law touches
us here and there but manners are
about us everywhere, pervading So
ciety like the air we breathe. Good
manners, as we call them, are neither
more nor less than good behavior ;
consisting of courtesy and kindness,
benevolence being the preponderating
element in all kinds of mutually
beneficial and pleasant intercourse
among human beings. "Civility,"
said Lady Montagu, costs nothing
and buys everything" The cheapest
of all things is kindness. its exercise
requiring the least possible trouble and
self-sacrfice win hearts," said
BurIeigh to Queen Elizabeth, land
you have all mems hearts and purses"
If we would only lei nature act kind
ly. free from affectation and artifice,
the results on social good h'mor and
happiness would be incalcuable.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
cEDARS MANY CENTURIES OLD
That Much Sure, but 1t Is impossible
to Tell Age of Lebanon's
Famous Trees.

The age of the famous cedars Of
Lebanon has long been in dispute. Lo-
cal tradition says they were planted
by God at the creation of the world
and that they will endure until the last
day.
That there was a great grove of
cedars on Lebanon in the days Of King
Solomon there can be no doubt, as It
was from them that he obtained the
wood for building the temple. Whether
any of those now standtag were there
In Solomon's time is a matter of specu-
latiOn.
At the present day the grove con-
tains $50 trees, of which only Is are of
large size. 1t is in the center of a great
basin in the mountains, 5000 feet
above the sea. A Maronite chapel is
on mound in the shade of the trees,
and here mass is said and on the feast
of the TRANSPORTATION a great festival
takes place
Several efforts to calculate the age
of the cedars now standing have been
made by counting the rings in the
heart wood of those that have fallen.
These estimates according to Prof.
A. Henry of the Royal College of Sci
ences for Ireland, in an article in Coun-
try Life, vary from 2,230 years to $500
years, although it may be that they are
of slower growth than the specimens
tested in other countries.
The largest of the cedars is 13 feet
Ia diameter.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
Perfect Human Flqure.
Ia diameter

There is much difference of op MON
on the subject of perfect human meas
urements, but according to Professor
Sergeant, one of the best known au-
thoritles on the health of the Ameri-
can woman, the following measure
ments constitute the perfect figure ::
Height, 63.6 inches; breadth of neck
3.S inches; girth of neck. 12.1 inches ::
breadth of shoulders, IA inches !:
breadth of waist, SO inches; girth Of
waist, 246 inches; breadth of hips.
121 inches; girth Of hips. 1874 inches
girth of calf, 1873 incl es girth of up-
per arm, 101 inches girth of thigh
PA inches, and of forearm, 90 inches.
Many other authorities insist that a
woman should measure in height )
feet five inches, or an inch and one
half taller than Professor Sargeant's
perfect woman.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
FORTUNES MADE DAILY
Look-$25 in This Kind Of Proposition
. Has Brought Returns as High as
100000

Small amount of money can be
spared by almost everybody when they
know what the possibilities really are.
Small amount Of money will make you
a partner in the straightest, fairest
and squarest Swell proposition in
the latest tremendous oil fields in
in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania crude oil is $6.10 a
barrel today, and positively going up
to $40 barrel, the highest in the his
tory of the petroleum market. That
means everything to the wise investor.
We are 100 yards from oil producing
wells. Our derricks are going up
shortly. We are about to drill five
wells. Write today if you want to
share in the best and squarest ire
mendous oil boom in Pennsylvania
and we will show facts and truth only.
Address Symes, Pittsburg Life
Bldg, Pittsburg, Pa.
3-26-5t
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
Primitive Summons

New York university has come into
possession Of an original photograph
OF the first janitor of that institution,
equipped with the gong and stick with
which he called the students to classes.
When the university was founded, jan
uary 8, 1880, and students met in the
original building back Of the city hall,
there was, of course, no electric bell
ringing system. The responsibility Of
attendance at recitation was shunted
on the janitor.
Promptly on the hour he would
proceed through the corridors armed
with huge metal gong in one hand
and the gong stick in the other. Paus-
ing outside the classroOms he would
beat his tattoo until the professor
ceased his lecture and the students
moved on to the next room on the pro-
gram.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
GREAT MAN NEVER HESlTATES
seIf-Rellance One Of the Most Impor-
tant Possessions That Can
Be Acquired.

Insist on yourself; never initiate
Your own gift you can present every
moment with the cumulative force Of
a whole life's cultivation; but Of the
adopted talent Of another you have
only an extemporaneous half posses
sion. That which each can do best
none but his Maker can teach him.
No man yet knows what II is, nor can
till that person has exhibited 1t. Where
Is the master who could have taught
Shakespeare? Where is the master
who could have instructed Franklin
or Washington or Newton or Bacon7
Every great man is unique. The Scip-
lonism of Scipio Is precisely that part
he could not borrow. If anyone will
tell me whom the great man initiates
in the original crisis when he performs
a great act, I will tell him who else
can teach him. Do that which Il as
signed thee ard thou canst not hope
too much nor dare too much. Dwell
up there in tie simple and noble re-
gions of thy life, obey thy heart and
thou shalt reproduce the Foreworid
again.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
JEWISH TRADERS IN AFRICA
Are Known to Have Had Depots for
Commerce There In the FIJI.
teenth Century.

Jews of the fifteenth century had
trading posts in northwest Africa and
carried on a vast commerce with the
natives from the Sahara to the Attain
tic, and from Algeria to the Niger, &C
cording to letters recently discovered
by Charles de la Ronciere, librarian
of the national library In France, and
published by the National Geographic
society. Hitherto Africa has not tig-
ured at all in medieval history. 1t
was called the Dark continent" when
Stanley and Livingstone penetrated 1t
about a century ago.
The letters recently discovered were
written in 1447 by Antonio Malfante,
a Genoese citizen, believed to be the
only Christian the Jews allowed to
penetrate their trade region. They
were written from Timbuktu and
Touat. Timbuktu was the Chicago Of
the West African plains, and Touat
the center of camel caravan traffic
that exchanged the wheat and barley
of Egypt for the powdered gold OF
Timbuktu and the precious salt from
Teghazza. Touat was an oasis con-
tanning from $50 to 200 villages, and
each village had a chief.
The civilization of that date was
advanced enough for the residents to
take a census Of their populations.
This was done when the people OF
Timbuktu and rival city, Gao, were
numbered TO decide wager. Bust
ness was done on large scale.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21

way to flight with the best materraI
at hand.
The latest example is that of gypsy
who asserted after a modern Ameri-
can street fight with some of his tribe
the other day that gold coin buttons
of his clothes were missing after the
encounter.
Not often do we see a rival of Solo
mon arrayed as was this gypsy, but
there are some to lend touch of color
to an otherwise drab and mercenary
existence since Hi Henry used to lead
his minstrel parade in similar attire.
In the south of Europe the women
have the fashion of wearing their
dowry woven in chains of coins in
their hair. In northern Europe and in
America some of them wear the for
tunes of their fathers or husbands in
similar fashion in the way of jewels,
but men seem more conservative.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
FINE CITY TWICE DESTROYED
Antigua, Spanish Capital of centrs
America, the Victim Of Flood, Fire
and Earthquake.

Antigua, the glittering Spanish cap.
ital of all Central America, arose high
on the central plateau IN the beauti.
full valley of AImocongo. Its palaces
and churches, its monastaries and hos.
pitfalls, its sparkling fountains and av.
enues were unsurpassed In any part
Of the new world, while above all tow,
cred the sweeping outlines of the
great volcanoes known as the Aqua
and 'Fuego" ("Water" and "Flre")
which were destined TO be her doom.
For twice Antigua was destroyed. the
first time In 1916 by food of water
from the crater of the volcano which
was then appropriately called Aqua
and the second time In 1878 by fire
and earthquake from Fuego. The
Spanlards not being able to remon-
strate with the recalcitrant volcanoes
in the same effective manner that was
employed In dealing with the Indians,
other means were resorted to, and
these mountains were sOlemnly bap-
tized aqua" and "Fuego" and taken
with due ceremony into the arms of
the church In the hope that they would
eschew their heather deities and re-
form their uncouth ways Neverthe-
less, as a matter of terrestrial precau-
ton, the capital city was moved "a
miles distant to safer location, where
1t is now situated. Strange to say,
both Aqua and Fuego seem to have
lived up TO their new responsibilities.
with but few half-hearted attempts
MT backsllding, until the recent great
quakes that in 1917-1s again shattered
the fair city of Qua Observation-Disclosures
Horton Blackiston In the South Amer
lean.
t-<~ Wy---r
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
RETAIN FONDNESS FOR COLOR
Glpsy Who Lost Gold Coin Buttons
In Fight a Fair Representative
of His Face.

According to several different organ
izations now actively engaged In the
work of transforming the alien popu-
tation into real Americans, the melt
ing pot works slowly and sometimes
merely scorches rather than trans
forms its material, remarks the New
York Evening Sun. 1t has been point
ed out many times that the first step
of the process seems to be to rob the
foreigner of all his romance and pic
turesqueness and leave him a rather
untidy, awkward figure In a strange
land.
Occasionally there are found per-
sonalities too strong to be dismayed-
women usually. but once in a while a
man whose soul is above derby hats
and suspenders. Such a one is com
PEELED to forsake much of his gorgeous
ness of anparel. but the spirit finds t.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
ANCIENT CITY is CHAN-CHAh
Today Nothing but a Mas Of Rulns,
but Was Flourishino Before Pr
xarro RavIshed Peru.

Chan-Chan is not, as the name
would indicate. a place In China. It
Is one of the oldest cities In Peru. or
IN the world. The Chimus, who built
Chan Chan, are supposed to have been
an elderly race when the Incas were
yet barbarians. After time the In
cas- became civilized and powerful and
captured Chan-Chan. Then Pizarro
came to plumber and wreck the city
and massacre the inhabitants. So
much of the Chimus' history is de-
Quoted from the remains of Chan-Chan
and old Spanish narratives.
The people who inhabited the old
metropolis were moon worshipers.
The moon. they said, was the most
worthy deity of nature, for 1t shone
not only at night but also in the day,
whereas the sun could shine In the
day only. The sea was supposed to
be under the special protection OF the
moon, because the latter controlled
the tides. Images Of fish and other
sea creatures and temples to both
moon and sea were therefore built by
the Chimus and many have been I'M
covered in the ruins Of their city.
Chan-Chan has since the time OF Pi-
zarro been a heap of wreckage. There
are palaces, workshops, factories and
great battered pyramids built up In
terraces and surmounted by buildings.
These are the mounds in which the
Chimu dead once lay. Like the Egyp-
tians, these people buried with their
dead many articles of their personal
property. From one of these mounds
a Spanish adventurer obtained 49,
100000 worth of gold and silver. For
many years Chan-Chan yielded to the
Spanish conquerors fabulous sums OF
gold.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21

human character of their work has
good and the bad, the rich and the
poor, the high and the low, and they
have won the respect of all not merely
for themselves, but for the cause they
represent.
Marriages, they say, were made IN
heaven. So it was with Brigadier and
Mrs easier. Ispheming, Mich, was
the place where the nuptial knot was
tied. Isphemng is the Indian name
for heaven. The Brigadier won't all
NIT this was the reason the place was
selected for the happy event, but he
does declare that in his own case at
least the Indians must have been gift
&c with a spirit of prophecy.
1t was a real romance Mrs. easier.
then Miss Esther Gibson, was a school
teacher in the little mining town of
Republic, Mich. The future Brigadier
was in command of the Salvation
Army Corps there. 1t was at one of
his meetings and directly through him
that she was converted to the Chris
tian faith. After serving a year and
two months as a member of the corps
she was appointed to lieutenancy In
the Army and was stationed at differ
ent posts. Her mind constantly re-
verified to her conversion as the bright
spot in her life and to the man who
had taken her by the hand and iad her
to the Faith. Respect for him ripene,l
to love, and on November 8, 1891, SHE
became Mrs. easier.
Both have remarkable record of
service for the Salvation Army. They
have together been in charge of eight
cen field corps and four divisions, also
of the Training School in st. Louis
Ever since his conversion by the Sal
walton Army in Charlotte, Mich, on
August I, 1880, the Brigadier has been
constantly active in its service.
"In all that time" he says, mo work
has been more close to my heart, no
friends more kind and true, than the
work and friends I have found in the
dear old New Jersey Division The
ties | have formed here can never be
broken"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21

"Farewelled" is the word they use
in the Salvation Army when an officer
leaves one command to take charge of
another. 1t is a leave-talling coupled
with an ardent wish for his or her
future happiness and usefulness.
Twelve pleasant and useful years
have marked the incumbency of Brig
adler and Mrs. George f. easier as the
heads of the New Jersey Division.
Now the word has come that they are
to be transferred to another command
after they have completed their work
in the Army's Home Service Fund
Campaign, which is to be held next
May 10 to 20, inclusive. 1t is not
known as yet just when they will
leave or where they will 90. The
Army is military organization and
promotes efficiency by transferring its
officers with sufficient frequency to
keep new life and new ideas constantly
stirring.
Mrs. easier is a Brigadier as well as
her husband under the rule that the
wives of officers take their husbands
titles. Under their leadership the Sal
walton Army in New Jersey has come
to its own. They didn't do it all, of
course. The Army everywhere has
made marvellous strides in recent
years, especially by reason of its hero
ic part in the world war But they
did do enough to entitle them to the
especial love and esteem of their fell
low workers in the rank and file and
to the gratitude of all New Jersey citi-
zens who believe in making their State
a better place to live in.
The New Jersey Division embraces
besides the territory in that State the
county of ROckland in New York The
divisional headquarters is in Newark,
where Brigadier easier and Mrs Cas-
Ter have made their home ever since
they took charge of the Division.
Their friends here are legion. There
will be a sincere and lingering note of
regret in the farewell. They have en-
deared themselves by their simplicity
and kindness of character as we'll as
by their devotion to duty. The broad.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
TO OUR CONSUMERS :

The Philadelphia Suburban Gas and Electric Com
pany whose plant Jenkintown has just been forced
to raise its price for This bad for the people
of Jenkntown and vicinity and is bad for
pahy because of the Suburban Companys con-
We purchase all of gas from Jenkintown
taking large fraction of their total output, order
supply you, consumers.
In fact. the Suburban Company has frequently :
had to raise the price during the past
under in which gas price up as their
cost increased All of this due the constantly rising
prices of everything that enters into the of making
gas We have borne these increased charges of Subur
bah Company, and also other higher of
such salaries ppe without raising selling
price
And possible further raise which, if
selling prices consumers in order meet this
emergency.
We make this announcement with sincere regret
though it be evident that such ac
ton is unavoidable.
BUCKS COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE co.
W G. MURFIT w. F. SwAYzE.
Secretary and Treasurer Manager
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-05-21
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
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Catarrh 10 a local disease, greatly in
nuenced by constitutional conditions, and
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BURNERS The perfect combination Of
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
High Schools Of State
In 0ratOriiCaI Contest

Special Dispatch 10 The lntciligencer.
MURGANTOWN. w. Va. May CO.
The final entries in the West Virginia
High School IntersCholastiC league or
atOrical made here tonight shows that
seven of tn" eight districts VIII be fullJ
represented. At the last minute, the
Williamson district was unable 10 take
part
The complete enrolment for the four
events. debate. essay. Grafton and eN-
trmpurancous speech. Is as follows:
Merritt Chambers. Cameron: Elsie Lay
exc Newell: Leslie Hudson, Cameron
Nellie Shirley, WHrwood; Walter Dun
can. Parkersburg: Mable Shaw. Point
Pleasant: Richard Hamilton, Parkers-
burk: Ada Barnett. Point Pleasant;
Theresa bower. Point Pleasant: Garnet
brown, Ea ST brock; Mamie BuforI
Eastbank; Gladys Cadle EastbanK:
Laura May spencer, Eastbank; Casscl
Mowcry. Glarkshurg; Lawrence Green,
IurkhannOn. WstmOre Haughi. Buck-
harmon; Geneva FitZmaster. Lost Creek;
Ward Mcneil. Warrington: Guy Bam-
brick, Marlinton: Blanche Patterson
Grccnhauk: Lucille oliver. Grccnbank;
Eleanor MCElroy. Fairmont: Ncrn
Snidcr. Tairmon,: Ralph Gros. Morgan
town: Elizabeth CLANCY. Warrington;
Francis Warder. Grafton: Frederick
Warder. Grafton: Robert Wclshonca,
Kcvscr: Rusiilcan Fleming. Grafton.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
WEST: Va. FIELD
AND TRACK MEET.
Big High school Meet on Today At
Morgantown-Star Athletes Gather
Last Night for Meet.

Special Dispatch to The lntclliGcncer.
MORGANTOWN. May 20.-Morc than
two hundred athletes had already gath
cred here tonight for tho big high school
track and Hcld meet which begins To-
morrow morning. Conspicuous among
the squads that had arrived tonight
were Huntington. champions for TWO
years past. with a full squad or len
men; ST. Marys. with their star raultcr
and sprinter. Walton. and seven other
athletes: PcmnSh0ru with ten men. IN
Guiding Strickling. Siatl"r. SnndgrasS
and Stricken. who have been Conspiru-
Gus IN rcnnsborO successes on the en-
der path this season; ParkersblTg win
ten men. Including Raruum. tho great
weight throwcr; Clarkshurg Elkins.
Charleston. West Union. Grafton, WcS-
ton with both larE" and small squads:
RuCkhannon is the only school to send
single representative. Stanley Deck:
who won places in IN" 100. go. 40 ana
high jump last year. heing tho sole hut
formidable contestant from Cpshur
county.
Friday morning will he devoted ex-
CluSivclv To IN" elimination trials in tho
shot. pole vault. discus throw. hammer
throw and high jump. Friday aftNr-
noon will witness no less than thirty
six heats Of running races. together with
the elimination trials in tho tavelin and
broad jump.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
WARWOOD SHOWED
UNDER BY LOCAL
HIGH. SCORE 23-3

The Wheeling High baseball team
took no chances In their game with
warwood Yesterday afternoon on the
latters field, and started in during the
first inning. and scored In every inning
with the exception of the fourth. The
final score being Wheeling %. "arwood
Howard and Foster were out OF yes
terday's game. Eidemiller was back al
his old position at catcing and his WORK
was exceptionally good. His pegging to
tho bases was almost perfect.
Brlnkman was the big hitter OF me
times Mt bat, one Of which was three
Dagger and another was good for two
ba ses, Spring pitched good ball ana
was never In serious trouble.
Yesterdays score was the largest ever
stacked up against the Warwood team
this season.
Summary:
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-21
Homestead Grays Want Z!
Bauers Scalp SUNDAY
oo1o1HD A0a1laA1ToN HA4ll
PENN1YLVANfA o01M0 3V46 -
Locals Expect 70 INV tAS xeNgAe04
Opposition Of the Yeaf VITA ~ VA
fest Probable. q.

More than ordinary interest 10 nanis
tested in the approaching settle bstWese
the Bauers and Homestead Gray9 ne1S
Sunday at Tunnel Green. Tho vtSttofy
come with an aggregation OF the oeSs
with a hurler Of no-hit fame. Not 8
fan in the community II unfamiliar WITH.
the standing Of this colored crew - the
team has been playing for the yees
eight years and has q record that spAAN
for itself.
Preparations are being made for the
handling Of the largest crowd or the
season. not excepting the record turnout
for the McConkey-Bauer CLASH, a. ~
feat Is in store for the locals
The Homestead Grays play At 49,
here sunday morning. As the 0nyl
defeated the HallS-a team that eay9i
the Baucrs a tough tussle-fans fScot-,
nize the strength Of the visitors.