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The Lambertville record., 1873-07-09

Tho New York correspondent of tire Boston
Journat says Que of our Doctors of Divin-
ity, who does not think il a sin to drive q fast
horse or to own onc--who believes that two
minute gait Is as pous as u twenty minute
gait, the difference being IN the horse and not
in the time--was coming oil the lane the other
day. The rules are strictly enforced against
fast driving, either in the Park or Fifth Ave-
nue., and mounted horsemen pursue the yio-
lators of law, and usually take them pr mpt-
ly TO the station house. The Doctor seeing a
friend in advance whom he wanted to speak
to, gave bis horse the word, aud flew over the
ground at Il rate Of speed not canonical. As
he rcined his horse up a painting policeman
stood at his side, and said "Sir arrest
you.' The Doctor, not reishing the notori-l
city Of an arrest, adopted little faesse.--
Don't you know me, sir % he said to the
official. /" am Dr." /" Oil excuse me,''
said the official, "you are going to see q pa
tient supposes Bea little more careful in your
rate of speed, oryou may get into troubIe.'
And the minister drove on; rejecting on the
fact that for 2 40 gaitan NJ. D.. is better se-
curity than ID. ID. M M
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DRuNKARD's WARN1Ne.@-A young man
entered the bar room of village tavern, and
called for q drink q MOI said the landlord,
"you have too much already: You have
had delirium trcmans once and | cannot sell
you any moreae lie stepped aside to make
room for a couple Of young men who had just
entered; and the landlord waited upon them
very politely. The other had stood by sulen
and silent, and when they had finished he
walked UP to tile landlord and thus addressed
him: /" Six years ago, at their aye, / stood
where those young men now arc. | was d
man with fair prospects, Now, at The age of
2S; am wreclS--body and mind. You led
me to drink. In this room formed the habit
that has been my ruin. Now sell me a few
glasses more, and your work win be done
shall soon be otit Of the way there Is no hope
for me. But they can be saved they may be
men againl Do not sell il to them. Sell it to
me and let me diej and the world will be rid
of me. For Heavens sake sell no more to
themf' The landlord listened; pale and
trembling Setting down his decanter, he
exclaimed, God helping me, that is the last
drop will ever sell to any onc.s And he
kept his word ifit
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+ RO ETR4syy oA
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
BY GILBERT LYON.


Yes, twenty years have rolled away,
Long years OF pain and toll and care,
And I've come back again, to-day,
To that old mountain school house where
labored weary and slow
In learning, twenty years ago.
Oh how familiarjs each sight;
The same road winds around the hill,
Ard by the willows sparkling bright,
Yon ong-leved, long remembered rill
Still sin in mt. murs soft and low
--- The tule of tHentyy ars agoy- r--r --f--.z
s - sfhe same is every Slope of ground
And every iayorite wayside nook;
Aud adj the hills and woods around
Like dear old friends and kindred look;
And by the grassy pathway grow
Dases OF twenty years ago.
Within the housetah hallowed placel
Each rough old bench remains the same,
And on the walls dimly trace
Full many a.hali i-bargotten name,
In etiers rude, inscribsdto show
Who sat there twenty years ago.
How can it be that twenty years
Have passed since was here before,
When everything see appears
- All all, unchanged sinct daysiof yore?
= Aud still my soul thrills with thu glow
~ ThatAdlied Il twenty years ago. ~
But where are they who gathered there
In yonder seats, or by the stove?
Some dead, some gone-l know not where
Upon the worlds broad face they rove;
But they and are changed know
Children of twenty years ago.
Yes, there is change in twenty years,
However short the time may seem
- With swelling heat aud faldnlSteafs g e7
81 peader DER the sad sweet dream, s1
r While tifroug hniy Brain rush TO and fro
The ghosts OF twenty years ago
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THE Losr COMET. just one hundred yeurs
ago a comet was discovered by Montaigne.
1t was so faint and difficult of observation that
no time could be fixed for its return. In 1926
a comet was found by Won Biela, ard ON com
putting tile orbit 1t proved to be identical Nth
that Of iI72 Further investigation showed
that il was also observed in 1905, but was not
then recognized as the saiuei 1t was, thereA
fore, periodical comet, aud the period of its
revolution was found to be six years eight
months. 1t has since been known as Biela's
comet, from its discovcrer of 1895 The next
two returns were not favorable for its observa.
tion SO that it was not again satisfactorily
detected till 1916. t4was seen in November
and December of that year by a number OF
observers, who noticed nothing unusual but
in January 1t was found to have suffered an
accident such as was never before known to hapz
pen to heavenly body, and Of which no expla-
nation has ever been given. 1t was split in to-
and for some months was observed as two
comets In 1850 it appeared again; and now
the two comets were nearly two million miles
apart: They disappeared from view about
the end Of September; and have never been
seen since although they must have returned
in 1853 and again in 1866 and 1872. The re-
turn of 1866 was quite favorable, but although
the most powerful telescopes searchcd for it,
all was in vain. The comet had vanished
from the heavens. ltig ets
d H
The Lambertville record., 1873-07-09

FIVE STEPS oTHE GALIows.aaA man who
had committed murder, was tried, found guilty,
and condemned to be hanged "A few davs
before his execution, he drew upon the wall
of his prison gallows with five steps leading
up to it. as 9i4a8sssI 8i s5z
On the first step he wrote disobedience to
PARENTS
On the second step, Sabbath breaking.
On the third step, Gambling and Drunken
ness. atssii., .asaa
On the fourth step, Murder.
The fifth step, was the platform on which
the gallows stood.
This poor fellow doubtless wrote the history
of many wasted life.
The Lambertville record., 1873-07-09

RUSSIAN FAIRS.--1he arrival of a caravan
at Orenburg makes a busy scene. The broad
but badly paved streets are full of people,
camels, horses, Sheep bales bundles, dogs,
dirt, and trenches J; the Orient jostles the 0c-
cident; the Mosem utters his prayers to AL
lah side by side with the Russian, who seeks
the favor of the same Divine power; there is
a babel of tongues that might confuse the
greatest linguist of the century and there is
the sound and hustle of the traffic of whole
year concentrated into few days. If the
weather is dry, there are clouds of dust that
fill and tiicken the air, and hang like pail
over the city and if rains have fallen, there
is sea of mud, in which men and animals
wade, and occasionally sink. The range of
the Thermometer is great, and the changes are
sudden: blast to-day, hot as the sirocco,
may come from the Turcoman steppes in the
south, while tomorrow may bring a gale from
the north laden with the glacial chill of the
frozen ocean. The kreeling camels alternate
with restless and half-wild horses, and quite
frequently there Is a commotion among the
animals, resulting in damage to property, and
general yolleyiof profanity In the combined
languages of the East and West. Costumes
maybe studied along with manners and hab-
its. The Bokhariot with his flowing and
loose-sleeved robe, stands in converse with
the Armenian, with his conical cap and wide
trowsers, and the Russian, with his lower gar
ments of European pattern, and his caftan,
wiliehrenlinds you very forcibly of an Ulster
overcoat. Cossack policemen wander through
the crowd, and keep sharp eye on those who
may be thieves or disturbers of the peace
In the open square which forms the market
place there are huge piles of merchandise
waiting to be received in the warehouse, or
transported to the fair at Mini. On rare oc-
be seen, attracting attention by the strange
ness Of his dress and sometimes by the open
mouthcd curiosity which he manifests.
The fairs of Russia are arranged at different
periods SO as toaccommodate to tile merchants
who wish to travel from place to place. That of
Nijni-Novgorod, the greatest in the world,
and having an annual trade of three hundred
millions of dollars, opens on the LIST of July %.
s.; 18th, n. 81, and lasts sixty days. Three
months earlier there is q smaller fair at Oren-
burg, sothat goods may be bought there and
sent to Mini. In January there is great
fair at lrbit, in the Ural Mountains. / have
reason to remember this fair, as was delayed
and vexed and several times overturned by
the hundreds of sleds and slcighs on the Bara-
binskaia Steppe, carrying goods to Irbit.
fortnight after the fair at Irbit there is one at
Minalinsk-which likewise Inconvenience me
in travelling and SO they go on throughout
the year at various places, all having reference
TO the great fair at Mini. The arrivals of the
caravans at Troitsk Petropaulovski, and
Sempalatinsk are timed with reference to the
fairs, and the scenes are much like that have
described at Ofenburg, through, ona smaller
scale.-THoMAs w. KNOX, in Ha,pey's Maga-
zine for July, -
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oLASs.

Nothing is known to a certainty. regarding
the invention and early history of glass, but it
Is supposed that, as the volcano lavas often
cool in rude crystals, the ancients were induced
|toiimitate them; and SO became masters of the
arts. The name glass Is derived from al,
old German word signifying TO shine or glisten.
That the Egyptians understood the manafac-
tufe of glass nt an early period is pruve5i by
relics found with muinniies more than three
thonsandayears old, among which arc richly
carved vases and nrnss paintings on glass ind
artificial gems; in which amethysts, cmerslds
and other precious stones were initiated so
successfully as to deceive the most practiced
eye For many years in ancient times glass
was applied to ornamental purposes only, and
much ingenuity aud skill were exercised to
find substitutes for the useful purposes for
which we now employ it; for windows the in
habitants of Eastern countries used linen or
paper rendered transparent by being soaked
in oil the Chinese shaved horn, split oyster
shells ; the wealthy Romans thin sheets of
agate mica. Among the Esquimaux of bur
day large blocks of ice are inserted in their
snow huts to admit the light. In the fourth
century, glazed windows were introduced into
houses, and justly considered great luxury
before the invention of glass mirrors, plates
highly polished metal were used, specimens
of which are still preserved in many families
as heirlonms. The ricll wines of antiquity
We're kept in leather pouches and quailed from
the horns of animals or from rough stone
cups; as the art Of glass making became more
generally understood it was applied to useful
articles and these rude utensils generally dis
appeared. In a liquid state, glass can be
blown or wrought into almost any form or
shape, from landscapes inclosed in paper
weights toyairy dresses composed of threads rs
fine as the SPIDERS web. Without the aid Of
glass the inventions Of science could not have
been pursued-as the telescope. microscope,
and all other optical instruments, as well as
the Thermometer aud barometer depend en-
tiiely upon it for their various uses. To no
other invention are we more indebted; both
for. luxury and utility, than glass.
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INTIMITALY.

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The Lambertville record., 1873-07-09

There Is a good deal Of sound wisdom in the
suggestion Of the farmer "lf you want
your boy to stay at home, don't bear too hare
on the grindstone when he turns the crank.
The Lambertville record., 1873-07-09

Good, kind, true, holy words dropped in
conversation, may be little thought Of, but
falling by the way-side, borne by some birds
afar, happily thereafter to fringe with beauty
some barren mountain side, or to make glad
some lonely wilderness. sst
The Lambertville record., 1873-07-09

Curly OF VEar.-4Cut part of breast of
veal into moderatc-sized pieces put it in a
stew-pan with itil onion and shallot sliced
line, a slice Of lemon, one ounce Of butter, Il
little parsley and thyme, a tablespoon Of cur
ry-powder mixed with the same quantity Of
flour let the Whole sweat together until the
meat is slightly Drowned add sufficient broth
or water for the sauce let it boil gently till
she veal is done; strain the sauce through a
sieve, pour it over the veal quite hot, and
serve with rice in separate dish.
The Lambertville record., 1873-07-09
THE SLANDERE Err.


Itis hard, says an exchange to imagine
neghborhood difficulty that does not have
its origin In the recklessness Of the SANDER
er's tongue. Aside from individual bitterness
and quarrels that destroy the social pleasures
Of a community the slanderer divides the for
ces of society and thus criprles all enterprises
that require the union of the people. The
practice -ofylibeiling one's neiglbers has its
origin in inherent demonism it serves no
purpose, pays the. pefpetrator nothing for
his dirty work. On the other hand the person
who always speaking i'll of his neigbbors
who can see no honesty or integrity of purpose
in any one, who seizes up every opportunity
20 draw the eyes of suspicion on his victim,
will soon carry the.rnariss Of his business in
his looks and actions. You. can tell the habit
ual villfier, as You can the habitual drunkard
or thief, by his looks. His furtive eye, hang
dog expression OF face, and sneakish self con-
defnnins motions as he moves about in his
desil-born practice, as clearly mark him; as
though liar were plainly branded on every
visible portion Of his sin-sathrated body.
In the country the slanderer cannot find
enough to employ his diaboleal talent in
great cities there is much more than he can
attend to, so that in these two places he usu-
ally abandons his business of abuse and at
tends to his own affairs. But III villages and
small towns, he rises to the full height of
his batefulness. for having just enough to do
and no more, he can be active all the time,
yet leave none unattended to, and knowing
nearly every one in the place, he is enabled to
bring them all within the range of his poisoned
arrows and hating every one. himself inclu-
ded, he hres away with spirit of reckless ha-
tired anda frenzy Of funreasoning jealousy, such
as the arch fiend himself could not improve
--------- - -s-----s os---.s-- --
Some questions very naturally suggest them
selves to an inquiring mind. An amateur far
mer wonders "Why, on all this, fair earth
the ground is spread bottom side up so that
it must he turned over with plow before
crops can be raised 20 fss1
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-24

IScENDlARIsM IN TIE CoUNrE.-Con-
siderable excitement prevailed in the
neighborhood OF Trisdelphia during
the past week, because Of the destruc-
ton OF various barns and outbulidings
on the farm of Mr.. Mcdonald, near
that village On Saturday night two
barns were burned, one OF them with
its contents. On Sunday an attempt
was made to burn the residence of MI.
Mcdonald, and the fire was hardly ex'
tinpuished before the building was fred
a second time. Altogether eight at
tempts have been made to fire the prop
erty. A watch has been kept on the
place to preveuta recurrence OF these
outrages and to discover the "6re bug,
il possible. The citizens seem to have
their suspicious directed toward q Ger
tain person, and his movements will be
closely watched. We hope they may
be successful in capturing The incen-
diary and in awarding him that pun.
ishment he so justly deserves. Mr..
McDonalds loss by these fires have
been very considerable. We have not
learned what insurance he has, if any.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-24

A TALKArIvE COUNCILMAN. The
Hartford (Conn.) Post has the follow
ing item about one of the city fathers
"If by some mysterious dispensation oil
Providence, Councilman Herlitschek,
Of the Sixth ward, should be struck
dumb-well, it would be sad, OF course,
but his fellow councilmen would endea-
vor to endure tie calamity with becom'
ing resignation. Full an hour OF the
three hours session was occupied by
bis everlasting gable" Wheeling has
a councilman, who could talk Herlits-
chek to death and be fouud whispering
in his ear after the corpse was cold.
Our Herlitschek could talk an old
maids tea party into conniption fits
without stopping for breath
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-24
po,,o, Cov,s-Thsrs were Dc

Potion Covaa--Thsrs were dead
loads Of cases before the police court
yesterday. Some plain DRINKS, but
more Of the complicated kind.
On the 3lst day Of May Arthur Bick.
erton and several others went to the
South Wheeling brewery and demands
ed that they be furnished with beer.
On being refused Bickerton reached for
a revolver and protested his ability to
kill, slay and destroy all the persons
about the place. He managed to avoid
arrest until Saturday, when he was
captured. $40 and costs was the price
Of it.
Thomas WEIGH was charged with
using abusive and foul language towards
Mrs. Curry, his neighbor, on Saturday
He was fined 81 and costs.
Martin Brannon was found on Water
street, last Saturday. in an infamed
state Of inebriety. 1t was but a plain,
unsophisticated drunk. g and costs
was the price Of it.
As Mr.. Fredericks, Of North Wheel
ing, was leaning over his gate on Sat-
urJay evening, John Mcneil came
along, his keg pretty we'll filled with
whisky. and commenced throwing
stones at some children who were there
playing. When Mr.. Fredericks re-
monslrated with him, Nc Nell drew of
and handed Fredericks one about as
big as q ten pin ball, on the head. s.
and costs was what John paid for it.
J.P. Barrett was charged with aous-
ing his wife, on Saturday last. The
case was not very strong one, 60 Bar
rett was fined only So and costs.
Samuel Aiken went into Weitzers
confectionery and fruit store on Market
street, and after getting something to
eat refused to pay the bill AID became
abusive. 81 and costs was what he paid
for it.
Edward Good was drunk and disord-
erly on Saturday morning and wanted
to nut a head on his landlord. The
landlord is a conscientious man and re-
fused to fight on Sunday, though he
probably would have accommodated
his boarder on any other day. Good
for not being good on Sunday was fined
Sc and costs.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-24

THERE ia a certain gentleman in
Martinsville who is not very favorably
impressed with our city pavemens.
That part Of this gentleman's anatomy
that presents the broadcast disc, and an
unmellowed stone in the new pavement
in front OF Beck's Block, on Market
street, had dispute yesterday. The
stone WAS the party assaulted, but we
understand that this gentleman receiv-
ed the greatest punishment. With the
assistance of "a passer by he was soon
on his feet again. Examining his re-
mains he finds himself shor: Of part OF
his pants. Before returning home he
replaced the old ones by buying new
pair of II. Frank, the square dealing
one price clother, 40 Monroe street.
N. B.-An orange peel caused the
disturbance.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-24

Rus 1N.-All the trains on the Bal
timore and Ohio were delayed yesterday
in consequence Of the run in OF freight
train on the Cranberry grade. Coming
down the grade the train got beyond
the control of the brakemen and went
pitching down the mountain at q fear
iul rate Of speed, finally jumping the
track and making q complete wreck Of
engine and cars. Strange to say no one
was injured except an engine man,
slightly hurt by jumping from the en-
CINE. Persons familiar with such sights
who saw the wreck pronounce it to be
one OF the most disastrous they ever
witnessed. A second accident, caused
by the breaking of coupling, occurred
near Thornton, but the damage was q
great deal lighter. The first wreck was
cleared away in time to allow the pass
age of trains yesterday morning, and
Yesterday the overdue trains arrived in
this city.-Cumberland Times, 23d.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-24

A WARNING AND PROPORTION.
Acting under advice and not wishing
to distress their parents who are poor,
City Sergean, Davis permitted the boys,
arrested on Sunday for bathing
within the city limits in daylight, to 60
to their homes after warning them that
they and all others who were again
guilty of the offence would be arrested
and punished for it. This daylight
bathing must be stopped, but the boys
must and will battle. Cannot some
thing be done on the part of the city
10 aid the boys in their laudable efforts
to keep clean by providing something
in the nature OF q bathing place for
them? In London, we see by the papers,
they have fenced in portion OF the
river Thames, with high board fence
to secure decency. and permit all who
will 60 in there to battle whenever they
will. This plan is practical
here, and onr citizens We
know would be willing to stand the
expense. An officer detached for that
duty could thus prevent the boys from
remaining too long in the water, while
the boys in the day time and the men at
night, il they chose, could enjoy them-
selves without offending decency.
Swimming is q delightful and at the
same time a necessary art and one that
ought to be encouraged. There 10 a
splendid place for fencing in a portion
Of the river, just above the suspension
bridge and another at the mouth of the
creek. If our citizens move in this
matter and instruct their councilmen in
the different wards to have the bathing
places made, they can hsveit done, and
our boys can have their fun without
offending any one and without being
liable to arrest.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-24

Hor AS BLAzEs.-1t cannot longer be
concealed that Summer has arrived
among us and has brought her trunk
Yesterday was stinger, and perspira-
ton enough was shed before dinner if
accumulated, to float the Great Repub-
lie or the big Ajax and her coal tow.
The streets were all aglare with the
suns rays and the pavements had a
baked appearance. AZ Rev. Beecher
is reported to have said, 1T is
(ahem y hotp The thermometer yes
terday climbed up to ninety and then
Quit because it was too hot to attempt to
climb any farther. Ifthe heat contin'
ues to increase during the next at the
same ratio as the last month, those
people who have nothing else to do
should stay at home and put ice on
their heads The balance OF the worl !,
the working people will get along as
best they can, and, when they cant DO
anything else, get sunstruck.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-06-24

How TO DO IA way has been dis
covered 10 bother the postal clerks. 1t
has been discovered by trial that the pos
tai cards will not copy in the ordinary
way, but will receive an impression as
we'll az need be. One has only to re-
verse the ordinary process-write his
message on the letter paper, copy it BY
aid OF the press on the postal cards
and send the copy in stead Of the orig
inal. The writing is reversed and
needs q mirror to set il straight. Clerks
aud carriers will be terribly bothered
if this cruel discovery be largely util-
lied.