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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-12-03
DEACON CoLEs FARRor.


In an old farm house in Swansea, Mass.
there once lived an excellent deacon BY the
name Of Cole. lie had q son named Stanton,
who followed the sea. On one Of his voyages
he obtained parrot. which proved to DO such
a wonderful talker that he brought 1t home
as y present to his parents. Among its iIsany
accomplishments tho bird could sing. The
good deacon used TO hold conference and
prayer meetings at his house in the long win
ter evenings. At one of these social meetings
Polly Glanced to be left in the room. The
good people commenced singing
.When can read my title clear,
to which pious strain Polly seemed to listen
with wonder and delight She at last seemed
to think that it would he good thing for
her to improve her gifts and not to be back
ward in showing her approval Of cause that
made people happy. Tho hymn ended, and
Polly began
.'Hey, Betty Martini"
The good deacon looked amazed, the young
giggled and the old found it difficult to retain
wonted soberncss. Presently Polly began
HSNiu-
"IIoy, Betty Martin,
Tip toe, tip toe
Hey, Betty Martin,
Tip toe fine /!
Couldn't get Il husband
To please her mind ~
The deacon put an end to Polly's voluntary
by removing the cage at once, the poor bird
not being able to comprehend why her well
intended efforts failed to be appreciated.
The young man, Stanton, who brought
home this bird, went to sca again. Eight
years passed. and as nothing was heard from
him during tho latter part of this PERIOD it
was supposed that le was dead. The old
folks in the retired farm house loved and val
ued Polly more highly rs it became probable
that their son would never come back.
One day, Polly, looked ont on the lane that
led to the dwelling, seemed filled with sud-
den delight. She at last Tapped her wings
and cried Stanton Stanton
The old people started up, went to the win
dow, and saw their son approaching the
house.
This parrot lived to be very old and came
to be considered almt st rs one of the family
at last. In her last years she grew comparl-
lively silent, but used to say mournfully,
"Polly wants to go home; Polly wants to go
home. - Congregafionalist.
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4 GooD LESSON.

If your boys revolt from study, give them
labor, and then let them follow the occupation
they prefer. In nine cases out of ten, books
will carry the day.
.Whcn was boy" said the elder Adams,
~ had to study the Latin grammar, but it
was dull and hated 1t. My father was anx-
ious to send me to college and therefore,
studied grammar till / could bear it no long
CT, and going to my father, told him / did
not like study, and asked for some other en-
ployment. 1t was opposing his wishes, and
he was quick in his answcr.'' g Well, John,
If Latin grammar does not suit you may try
ditching perhaps that will. My meadow
needs ditch, and you may put Latin by and
try that
"Tliis seemed n delightful change, and to
the meadow l went. But soon found the
ditching harder than Latin, and the first fore
noon was tho longest | ever experienced
That day ate the bread of labor, and glad
was when night came on. That night
maidstone comparison between Latin grammar
and ditchng, but said not word about it,
] dug the next forenoon and wanted to re-
turn to Latin ut dinner, but it was humilia-
ting, and could not do it. At night, tot
conquered pride, and / told my father--one of
the sevcrcst trials of my lifc--that If he chose
would go back to my Latin grammar. He
was glad of IT.; and, If have since gained
any distinction, it has been owing to the two
days work in that abominable ditch.'
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The Louisville Ky Commercial recalls to
mind remark that tho late Gen. Humphrey
Marshall made in a.half TESTING way one day,
to the effect that hesthought it wasn't worth
while for the Democrats to get into power
yet awhile. He wanted the Republicans to
go ahead, pay the national debt, get the
Treasury full, and then step ont of the way,
and lot the Democrats have full sweep.
"Thc fact is" lie said, 1--WE Democrats have
not had chance at tho public crib for years,
and we are powerful hungry don't want
anything done to injures the credit of the
Government, and don't want to be bothered
with economy and the trouble of paying
debts and SO think it would be better to
wait till we wont be bothered by considera-
tions Of that kind, and can take our swing at
tho Treasury with unembarrasscd minds.''
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4 PERUVIAN LONG BRANCH.

A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune,
writing from Lima, Peru, describes fash
ionable bathing resort Of the citizens of Cal
lao, known as the point The writer
says "Thcrc are three very large and fine
hotels erected at the Point. They are built
with balconies outside and inside, and are
open SO as to form hollow square in the cen
tire. In this square are the reading-rooms and
sitting and smoking-rooms, and you can come
out on the verandah of the second, third and
fourth floors and look down upon the people
sitting below in the wide open space which
has no roof over it, as there is never any rain.
and which is filled with small tables, at which
are people eating laughing and smoking,
waited upon by small, bright-eyed, nimble
Chinese boys in white aprons.
Crossing the balcony on the lower floor we
come upon the bathing rooms, for gentlemen
on the one side and ladies ON the other Tn
like Long Branch, however, or any of our
watering places by the sea, there is no soft
sand for your feet All bathers wore heavy
white linen shoes, with heavy double soles,
and well laced up around the ankles. Even
then your footing is very uncertain, as your
feet constantly slip on smooth heavy boulders
that strew the ocean bed. They are huge
stones, sharp and slippery and yet one would
think they would be worn smooth by the con-
slant action of the waters. A very heavy surf
always beats and roars here much heavier
than at any of our Atlantic coasts where l
have bathed. In certain months of the year
scorpions lie around among these stones, the
bite of which is death. But more flightful
creature than scorpion, as well as a more
ugly one, never saw. Alarmed at the foot
falls of any one over their hiding places among
the rocks they are much more frightened than
the person himself, and at once beat prccip-
itous retreat. when they arc generally beaten
and stoned to DEATH once got one in my
shoe, and friend bathing had one run up the
loose sleeve of her bathing jacket, and as sud
denly run out again. But when they are corn
cred beyond all hope of escape they will bite
you, and their bite is always death. Sharks
also visit these bathing places about two
months in the year, when all persons bathing
are cautioned against them. 1t is not pleas
ant reflection while taking a sea bath that
scorpion may get into your shoe, or a shark
turn up his voracious Jaw in your immediate
vicinity but at the only time in the year
when sharks are visible within the ropes of
the bathing grounds persons stationed on the
beach with field glasses give due warning of
their approach, and they are shot with long
range rifles. Yet the bathing is more delight
full in the Pacific than at any of our Atlantic
sea places for there Is no undertow, and the
great breakers roll and toss you about like a
toy. Ropes are driven into stakes to form q
hollow square. The Peruvian ladies, and all
the children from the age of two years, swim
like vcritablc ducks"
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THE ROCKING CHAm.---A good rocking
chair is almost as good as an instrument Of
music. 1t has a special note Of various func-
tions When grandma sits knitting and
swaying with the gentlest motion, the rock
ors keep up a low, contcnted purr, sort Of
drowsy crcak, that is given forth to no other
ono. When the old nervous gentleman gets
in, the chair tunes up with sharp, jerking
crack, as if series of small torpedoes were go
ing off. Then when Aunt Sally, who Is very
soft and heavy, sits down, low, melancholy
whine issues from the chair. But when only
the children are in it, the old chair goes
whicketty-whack whicketty-whack, in the
most gleesolne manner. These sociable chairs
never come from modern builders. The old
fashioned rocking chairs with strong joints, =
but every joint with a tongue in it, are these
Natures workmen. Do they not keep up in
their chairs the forest sounds? This very
creak that now hear is like the weary swing.
ing of the bough pleading with the wind to let
i.alonc and suffer it to fall asleep. This sharp
cracking have heard before, when forest,
had screwed up every branch and twig to its
utmost tensencss.- -Beechcr.
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Would you be q gentleman? Then obey
the following rules Never smoke or chew
tobacco, or drink any kind of Intoxicating
liquors Never swear. lie or use profane or
vulgar language, in the presence of ladies, or
in the presence Of gentlemen, or in the pres
cnce Of anybody, or when you are Alone
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FoH THE LApIEs.-Save the tea leaves for a
few days, then steep them in a tin pail or pan
for half an hour, strain through sieve and
use the tea to wash all vanished paint. It
requires very little "clbow polish" as the tea
acts as strong detergent, cleansing the paint
from all its impurities, and making tho warm
ish equal to new. 1t cleans window sashes
and oil cloths indeed any varnish surface is
improved by its application. 1t washes win
dow panes and mirrors much better than
water, and j. excellent for cleaning black
walnut picture and looking glass frames. It
will otdo to wash unvarnished paint with
it.
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POETRY.
STRIVE, WAIT, AND PRAY.


Strive--yet de not promise
The prize you dream of to-day
Will not fade when you think to graspit,
And melt in your hand away;
But another and holier treasure
You would not perchanee disdain
VIII come when your toll Is over,
And pay you for all your pain.
Wait-yet do not tell you
The hour you long for now
Will not come with its radiance vanished
And shadow upon its brow.
Yet far through the misty future,
With crown Of starry light,
An hour of joy you know not
Is winging her silent flight
Pray-though the gift you ask for
May never comfort your fears,
May never repay your pleading,
Yet pray with hopeful tears;
An answer-not that you long for
But diviner-will come one day;
For your eyes are to dim to see it,
Yet strive, and wait, and pray.
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How many troubles might mankind be
spared If they would only stop to hear each
others explanations! How many ailments
both Of body and soul, might be relieved, If
explanations only came moro frequently and
freely.
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When man lives with God his voice shall
DO a. sweet a. tho murmur Of the brook and
the rustic Of the corn.
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LAMBERTvIILE, n. j, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1873

pounds
1t cost the professor $3.50 to ascertain how
much horsepower he represented. Spark Of
Genius.
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HARPER'S WEEKLY.
SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED.
NOTICES OF THE PRESS.

The Weekly is the aest and most powerfully illustrated
periodical published in this country Its editorials are
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prepared by best designers. With circulation of
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blems-L0 Louisville Courier Journal
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= A Repository Of FasAfon, Pleasure and H.
structi0u.v
HARPER's BAZAAR.
NOTICES or THE PRESS.

The Bazcr is edited with contribution of tact and
nal itself is the organ OF the great world fashion,
boston 7farelcr
The Bagm conlmends itself to every member OF the
to the young ladies by its fashion plates in endless varie
IT, the provden matron by its patterns for the chill
dren's clothes to pdteamids by its tasteful designs
embroidered slippers aud luxurious ressing-gowns But
the reading of the Bazdr is uniformly great
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CHARLES UESLEi.
nY my. 7. /. erYLnn, D. D.

Wesley found his inspirations con every
hodge, lie threw off hymns as Spurgeon
throws off sermons. For example, when he
was preaching to crowd of rude stone-cut-
tiers and quarrymen at Portland, he turned his
appeal into metre, and improvsed a hymn, in
which occur the vigorous lines
"Comc, o Thou ali-vic.orous Lord
Thy power to make us known;
Sirik, with the hammer Of Thy word.
Aud IREAK these nEAilrs 81 sunc!"
Standing once on the dizzy promontory of
Lands End, and looking down into the boil
ing waves on each side Of tho cliff, he broke
out into these solemn anil thrilling words:
"Io! on narrow neck Of land,
'Twixt two uniounded seas stand,
Yet how insenslble."
The Lord of Glory bestowed on Charles
Wesley tho high honor Of composing the
finest heart-hymn in tho English tongue. II
tho finest hymn Of the cross Is Rock of
Ages and the greatest hymn Of providence
is Cowpcr's "God moves in mysterious
way" and the grandest battle hymns Martin
Luthcr's :" God is our refuge" then it may DO
said also, that the queen of all the lays of
holy love is that immortal song
Jesus, lover OF my sou.
Let me 10 Thy bpson fly;
while the pillows M" roll
While the Il mpest still II high"
The one central, all prevailing idea Of this
matchless hymn is the souls ycarning for
its Savior. The figures of speech vary, but
not the thought. In one line we see storm
tossed voyager crying out for shelter till the
tempest is over. In another line we SEQ a
timid, fearful child Nesting in n mothers
arms, with the words faltering on Its tongue
Let ne 10 Thy bosom Ny"
Hangs my helpless soul IN Thce!'
Two lines Of the hymn have been breatled
fcrvently and often out Of bleeding hearts
When we were once in the valley Of til.
deatll-sliadc, with one beautiful child in til,
new-made grave, and the others threatened
with fatal disease, there was no prayer which
we uttered oftencr than this:
Leave, ah leave me not alone
STILL SUPPORT AND COMFORT MI"
We do not doubt that tens of thousands 0
other bercaved and wounded hearts have erie.
this piercing cry, out Of the depths" Still
support and comfort me-"
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A failure in good cause is better than =
trump in bad one.
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Some people have their thinking, like their
washing, done out.
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We never need prayer SO much as when we
are indisposed to 1t.
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HARPER's MAGAZINE.

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+" Let me 10 Thy bosom n.y."
~ Ilan,,s my hplpIpss suiil IN The
= Leave, ah leave me not alone.
STILL St-ppo 1T AND COMFORT Nj

We do not doubt that tens of thousands of
other bercaved and wounded hearts have cried
this piercing cry, out Of the depths" Still
support and comfort me-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-12-11
HOME ADORNMENTS.

Those who have money and taste ca I
easily surround themselves with beautiful
things in their homes. Plain bare wall
are not attractive, and these blank sur
faces always need something to break and
relieve the monotony. The glorious ligh,
OF 9 mountain sunset, caught and impris
oned on painters canvas, the free, broad
roll of the blue bounding pillows, or the
angry dash of the foam capped surf on
the shore, may be bought for money, and
may we'll be worth more as educational
and refining influences than any value IN
paper or coin that may be given in ex-
change. But people who have taste aud
have not money need not be disheartened'
Nothing is cheaper than beauty, and
nothing is more accessible. A bright
cluster of autumn leaves pinned up on a
parlor wall or feathery group of ferns
Will have an artistic effect quite as fine
and quite as true as any other bit of celer'
The white and purple immortells which
have bloomed in their serenity by the
roadsides this autumn will keep their
tints and shapes all winter IN the mantle
vase. Grasses, of which the variety are
legion, make beautiful winter boquetS,
either dried or crYstalized with alum,
and iyies, trailing vines, and geraniums
with vivid blossoms will light up and
beautify the very plainest rooms. Moth
ing is prettier than perfect simplicity,
and some of the loveliest interiors we
have ever seen have cost very little in
dollars and Hearth and Home.
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THE SAXON OF TO-DAY.

In recent lecture on the Saxon, Wendell
Phillips, thus describes him
1t does not suit our Saxon men to use their
muscle. The genuine Yankee disdains work
he makes his br.in work for him. This is
not the age of work we make eur brains
do The work of 1000 hands. We work
through sagacity. We stand to-day in Bos-
ton and laboriously lay wire to San Fran
cisco, 5000 miles away, and with one man at
each end of the wire we send q message, and
think it grand achievement. But the men
at each end know what is sent, and could
betray the confidence reposed in them If they
pleased. We think we heve reached the
goal, but the patient ingenuity ofthe Saxon
blood, of the Yankee race, will keep at work
until finally in our grandchildren's day it
will send message from San Francisco to
Boston without wire no man at either
will run both ways OF sthe same time. We
are only touching just on the edge or fringe
of the garment, and undoubtedly electricity,
sRperseding steam, will light our houses,
perhaps lift us in the air, carry us across the
world. and absolutely make man the lord,
without movement, of creation.
But the Saxon has his great dement's. The
Roman god was force. the Greek god was
beauty, the Arabian god sensualitY, the
Mohammedan god exquisite perfumes, the
beauty of woman, exquisite wines,-the
Saxon idea OF god before Christianity had
come TO the race was not an outdoor scene !;
it was nc beauty like The Greek his heaven
was hall, beneath whose roof were gath
cred the victorious warriors, their battle
axes dripping blood, and they were quaffing
J tie means OF intoxication oat OF the skulls
! Of their enemies. 1t represented two ideas
force and the stimulus to victory, and then
enhancing the delight OF the hour OF victory
| By intoxcatiou. And if you Will watch this
Saxon race OF ours as it marches down the
centuries Tor a thousand years, you will find
two great passions, see it in England and
see it here, first, to trample under our feet
every neighboring race, to clear the ground
around US, allow no rival, no competitor.
The genuine John Bull can neither bear a
Scotchman nor an Irishman unless they are
under his feet the genuine Yankee must
absorb Mexico, invade Mex leo and take all
the oGtlaying islands. And it must intens,
fy this glory Of con quest by adding its lntox
icants, and so you find we are the two drunk
enest nations on the face OF the earth.
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The Royal Humane Society ct
Great Britain h as bestowed medal
on Miss Mary Kerridge for saving a
lad Of fifteen, named Steward, who
Sank while bathing at Wentworth,
New South Wales. The boy had
gonc with companion to battle in
the River Darling, and was carried by
a strong current into eepd water
Neither he nor his companion couIc
swim, and he cried loudly for help
Miss Kerridge was about one hundr
ed yards off. and, hearing the boys
cries. ran as fast rs she could to the
spot. plunged into the river, with al
her clothes on, and caugh the lac
az he rose the third time. After con
siderable difficulty, owing to tn,
current, having only one hand a
libetry, and her efforts being impedet
by the weight of her clothes, she
ultimately succeeded in placing the
lad in safety.
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Observation-Disclosures says:-."Do
lang a dismal picture on the wall and
OF deal with sables and gloom in
conversation" Beech9r follows with
az with these fellows who go howl
through life and all the while passing
,irds If paradise. He that cannot
and be gay should look well to
,lf. He should fast and pray until
ce breaks forth into light" Tai
then takes up the strain: "Some
e have an idea that they comfort the
Ell when they groan over them.
drivea hearse through mans sou
! you bind up broken bone Of the
and you want splints, do not make
Of cast-irion." After such counsel
md admonitions, lay aside your l@ng