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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-09
SILENT CHRISTIANS.

Every man Is not borp with the eyiff of NH
lie speech. There are deep.mindef. deyout
and earnest Christians. who can do everything
else better than To address n m;xed assembly.
They are coustitutionally tiu,id and slow.
tongued there is pure gold within them, but
they cannot coin it readily into current words.
One Of the most eminent scientific men in
America united with tbe church in middle
life. and adorned his profession bv All exem-
plary walk but he made 4 stimulation with
the session that they should never call mon
him to take part in any devotional meeting.
With some tin,id persons nublic sneak;no Is 4
moral impossibility. If they attempt to inter
few remarks, they are no sooner on their
feet than their ideas take wings like FRIGHT
ened birds and nothing comes ont of them
but a terrible pcrspi,ation. They sit down
mortified, and determined never to "make
fools Of themselves .srain.n
have a hearty liking for these shv. silent
brethren; especially after | have been nes-
tered with brother Garrulous Glb's stereo-
typed cxhortation, which have lust heard
for the forty-fisth time. These speeobless
Christians number in their ranks some of the
most pure-minded. useful disciples that on
encounter. They love the place of PRAYER.
even If no one heara them there Int that God
who overhears the broathines Of the ;nnost
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-12-09
an INTELLIGENT MARE.

| On the Hafrodsburg road, four miles from
Lexington, says the Lexington, (Ky.) Gasetts,
lives Mr.. Funkhauser. One night as Mr.. n.
was enjoying the profound sleep which fol-
lows an honest mans hard days work, he
was awakened by the repeated neighing Of
his saddle nag. After waiting some time for
the mare to cease, he became impatient, and,
bounding out of bed drove her off. He thought
trather strange, too, that she should come to
the house and leave her colt in tho woods,
where she had been running some weeks
He thought it still more remarkable that his
man, usually very careful, should have left the
gate open, so that the mare could come from
the woods to the house,
While he was turning these things over in
ceding sleep, he was again aroused by the
mare She neighed loud and shrill, and at
last put her head to his window. Her per-
sistency finally suggested that something
might be wrong with her. He got up, again,
but as soon as he approached she started in
brisk trot for the woods and he re-entered
the house. But scarce had he seated himself
III tne Deu when Jne mare was again at tile
window, making more noise than ever At
last he thought Of the colt, and remembering
some wonderful instances of intelligence in
brutes, determined to follow. The mare pre-
coded him to the gate /; when he opened it she
passed through the darkness, and he lost sight
of her When he stood bordering few min
utes, thinking the mare had played rather
sharp game on him to get back to her colt,
and when he had just started again for the
house in no good humor the mare reappear-
ed. AT first he was disposed to go home, but
she actually blocked his way at every step
He took the hint, and again followed her, and
near the middle Of the wood she stopped at a
sink hole. A little examination showed him.
the colt lying on its back at the bottom, and
unable to move He had but one match, and
using this up in seeing the position of the colt
lie found himself unable to extricate it with
out assistance, and it was near morning be-
fore he obtained help and got the colt out
The mare, in the meantime, had prailced
around, showing the livclest interest in every
thing done, and when the colt was finally re-
lieved her joy seemed extreme. Mr. +. made
4 careful examination to ascertain, il possible,
how she got out of the woods, and finally
found where she had thrown top rail of, and
then jumped the fence. She had never been
known to jump fence before.
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THE HUMAN RAcE.-Much has been said
about the degeneracy of ourage 1t is thought
that we have lost the vigor and strength of
our forefathers, and are growing weak and
sickly. But statistics carefully gathered, tell a
very different story. The average size of
Englishmen is larger than it was three GEN.
turtles ago, for the armor worn by the knights
at that time cannot be put on to-day, save by
small men. The average duration of life is
also longer. Accurate registers have been
kept in Geneva since 1860. The average of
life was then only twenty-five years and six
months it is now over forty years, or nearly
double In France, four hundred years ago,
the annual mortality in Paris was one in six
teen now it is one in thilty-two, which shows
about the same ratio in Geneva. In England,
two centuries ago, the annual mortality was
one in thirty three, now it is one in forty-two.
1t is pleasant to know that the world is i'm
proving, and that the vigor and health of our
race are gaining steadily, instead of declining.
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POETRY.
THdT LINE FENCE.


Old farmer Smith came home in milf
From his field the other day,
While his sweet little wife, the pride CT his life,
AT her wheel was spinning away
And, ever anon, a gay little song
With the buss OF her wheel kept time
And his wrathtul brow is clearing now,
Under her cheerful rhyme.
Come, come. little Turk, put away your work,
And listen to weat say
What can do but quarrel brew
With the man across the way?
:" I've bull Tiny fence, but he wont commence
- lay single rail;
His eaS>le get in, and the feed gets thin
I'm tempted to make sale ~
"why John, dear John, how you do go onl
Tin afraid ii will be as they say
No, no, little wife, have heard that strife
In lawyers hands don't pay.
" He Is picking a flaw to drive me to law,
am told that he said he would;
And you know, long ago, law wronged me so.
vowed never should.
$50 what can do that will not rue,ss
To the across the way?n
"If that's what you want, can help you haunt
That man with spectre gray.
"Thrty dollars will do to carry You through,
And then you Rave gained Il nighb0r;
1t will cost you more to peepin the door
OF Il court, and much more labor.
"Just use your good sense; let's build him fence
And shame bud act out of the fellow
They built up his part, and sent to his hart
Loves dart where the good thoughts mellow
That very same night by the candle light,
They opened with interest n letter
Not word was there, but three grecnbaeks fair
said the man was growing better
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STORY OF JUSTICE McLEAN.--Justice Nc
Lean of Ohio, heard q minister preach. lie
had been skeptic, and this minister spoke to
him in such way as convinced him Of the
truth of the Christian religion. He was led to
see how Christ died for bin, and was born
again. He went home. He had hardly got
there before he said; "We are going to have
family prayer; let us go into the drawing
room and pray together" But said his
wife, there are four lawyers in there they
have come to attend court. Let us go to the
kitchen to have prayers" Judge Mclean
replied "It's the first time l ever invited
the Lord to my house, and / don't propose to
invite him to the kitchen by any mcans.' He
went into those lawyers and said MY
friends, have found out that Jesus died on
the cross for me. lave given myself to him,
and now propose to invite him to my house.
You may do as you please, stay or go. But
am now to make my first prayer in my own
house, They said they would like very much
to stay, aud did stay From that day Judge
Mclean lived a consistent Christian life, and
died Christian death.
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| A farmer cut down tree which stood so
near the boundary line OF his farm that it was
doubtful whether it belonged to him or his
neighbor. The neighbor, however, claimed
the tree, and prosecuted the man who cut It,
for damages. The case was continued from
court to court. Time and money were
wasted, temper soured and temper lost, but
the case was gained by the prosecutor. The
last of the transaction was, the man who
gained the cause came to lawyer to execute
the deed of his whole farm, which he had been
compelled to sell to pay his costs! Then
houseless and homeless, he could thrust his
hands into his pockets, and triumphantly ex-
claimed = I've beaten him
This reminds us Of little story. Forty
three years ago young man was teaching a
country school. He had not been in the place
one quarter before he had acquired q reputa-
ton for knowing much more than he did
know, but he was wise enough to take no
pains to disabusc the popular mind of the
favorable impression. If there was one study
that he was more deficient in than another,
it was surveying. But he taught it as wen
as he could and his pupils learned. Two
farmers had chronic dispute as to the line
between their lands, and for many years they
had contended as to the possession in a little
strip. Both Of them were warmly interested
in the Young school teacher, and in happy
moment it occurred to them to ask Linn to
examine their titles and maps and decide as to
the true dividing line. He took the papers,
gave " his whole mind !" to the question, made
map with the line where he believed it
should be both parties, accepted it, set their
fence according to 1t, lived in peace, and to
this day, after the lapse Of nearly half
century, the schoolmasters line Is undisturbei,
though the lands have changed hands fire.
qucntly. The line will doubtless never be
disturbed. How much better this than go to
law, consume their property in vexatious
litigation, ALLEVIATE families, fret themselves,
and bequeath feud to successive genera
tions. Both of the families have long since
gone to sleep with their fathers, but the young
schoolmaster, who judged between them, lives
to make this the first record of his decision
~. !. OJserrcr.
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PLAIN EXPLANATION OF OBSCURE Pro
VERBS" The more the merrier" :
Multitudinous assemblages are the most
provocative of cachinatory hilarity.
Birds of a feather flock together"
Habitants of @ther similarly plumcd gre
gariously congregatc.
"Out of the frying pan into the fire.
Emergence from the culinary utensils into
the devouring clement.
"Too many cooks spoil tho BROTH"
A superiority of artists deteriorates the
value of the mock turtle.
A stitch in time saves nine.'
A connection of cotton link, properly cs-
tablished, is nine-folded economically.
at is long lane that has no turning"
That rustic pathway is Individually longitu-
dinal that hath no circumlocution."
"Those who live in glass houses should
never throw stones"
Dwellers in crystal palaces should refrain
from the propulsion of irregular shaped par
ticles of granite formation.
"That takes the rag off the bush"
That rem,ves the dilapidated linen from
off the garden shrubbery.
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HEdRTY SUFPEIsS.


Eating a hearty meal ut the close of the day
is like giving laboring man a full days work
to do just as night sits in, although he has
been toiling all sass. The fsiloic% body is
fatigued when night sets in, the stomach
takes its due share, and to cat heartily at
supper and then go to bed is giving all the
other portions of the body repose, while the
stomach has thrown upon it four or I've hours
more Of additional work, after having already
labored four or five hours to dispose of break
fast, and u still longer time for dinner. This
ten or twelve hours of almost incessant work
has nearly exhausted its power it cannot
promptly digest another full meal, but labors
at it for long hours together, like an exhausted
galley-slave on ncwly-imposed task.
The result is that by the unnatural length
Of time which the food is kept in the stomach,
and the imperfect manner in which the ex-
haustcd organ manages it, it becomes more
or less acid this generates wind, this dis
tends the stomach, this presses up itself
against the more yielding lungs, combining
them to a largely diminished space hence
every breath taken in is sufficient for the
wants of the system, the blood becomes foul,
black, and thick refuses to flow, and the man
dies, or in dclirium of fright leaps from a
window, or commits suicide.
Let any reader who follows an inactive life
for the most part, try the experiment for a
week of eating absolutely nothing after one
or two o'clock dinner, and see il a sounder
sleen and viporoits nnnetita for raa r., 81 n :,
hearty dinner are not the pleasurable results,
to say nothing of the happy deliverance from
that disagreeabe fullness, weight, oppression,
or acidity which attends overeating. The
great renovating and vivacity which long,
delicious, and connecting sleep imparts, bot
to mind and body, will of themselves more
than compensate for the certainly short and
rather dubious pleasure of eating a supper
with no special relish.--Science Of Heath.
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NJ. P.sraf is the first dscoyerer of a method
OF doing without rain--he has solved the
problem of artificial irrigation. He is known
as a successful chemist and inventor. Those
who wish to know more of him may be in
formed that he is a pupil OF tho College of
France, and felow-associatc with Professor
Schutzenberger. M. Paraf knew that the air
is full of moisture, and he knew that chloride
of calcium would attract aud condense it. He
has applied this chloride on sand-hills, oh
grass, on all sorts Of soil, successfully, and
has ascertained that IT will produce the irriga-
tion of land more cheaply and efficiently than
any other artificial methods. Ons of M.
Parafs applications will produce and retain
abundant moisture for three days, when the
same amount of water introduced by ordinary
methods will evaporate In one hour. M. Paraf
states that his preparation is less expensive
than canal irrigation, and believes that it will
not only produce two blades of grass where
but one now grows, but viii render possible
fields, meadows, and prosperity where now
there is but sand and desert waste.
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| With good appetite three times a dav.
and not an ache or pain in the whole body
the mind all the whilc fully alive to- what is
going on in the world, aud all the time in good
spirits This is said Of the late ex-Gov
Throup Of New York. He retired at nine
and rose at six, taking nap in the forenoon
and sometimes IN tao AFTERNOON also break
fast at eight, dinner at one and tea at san
down. In suitable we>ther he spent j rreat-
er part Of the forenoon IN bis garden, direct
ing his men and assisting them, and for i
short time IN the afternoon was employed IN
the same way. He used no spirituous lquols,
but took clarct wine every day 1t dinner.
There are three things in the above narra-
ton which, IL persistently carried out in early
life, would do more than all others towards
giving all m enjoyable old age.
Regularity III eating.
Abundant sleep.
"A large daily exposure to outdoor air.
Regularity in eating, either two or three
times day, with nothing whatever between
meals, not an atom Of anything, would almost
Danish dyspepsia in single generation as
ieYouhe edltiiS Is tilc cause ut IL III almost all
cases, especially il irregular and fast. Album
dant sleep and rest from childhood make
nervous diseases n rarity to insufficiency Of
regular sleep, and nsuiciency of rest may
well be attributed ninc-tenths Of all sudden
deaths, and premature wearing out before
the age of sixty years. All hard workers,
whether of body or brain, ought to be in bed
nine hours out of the twenty FOUR not that so
much sleep is required, but rest, after the
sleep is over; every observant reader knows
how the system yearns for rest in bed after a
good sleep, and it is a positive gain in energy
to indulge in 1t. Every hour that man is
ont Of doors is a positive gain OF life, If not
in n condition of chilliness, because no In
doors air Is pure ; but pnre air is the natural
and essential food Of the lungs, and the puri-
iier the blood, the want of which puriIlca-
ton is tho cause or attendant OF every disease,
while every maady is alleviated or cured by
an abundant exposure to outdoor air. If
city wives and daughters would average two
or three hours in active walking in the open
air il would largely add to exemption from
debility, sickness and disease, and would
materially add to domestic enjoyment and the
average duration of life--Loirs Journal If
Health.
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GREAT SALT LAKE GRADUALLY ENLARa-
INe.-Silliman's Journal for September gives,
on the authority Of the Utah Mining Journal
some very remarkable statements IN regard to
the level of the Great Salt Lake. The valley
was settled in 1847. The level of the Lake is
now twelve on fourteen feet higher than it
was then. From 1947 to 1852 there was no
noticeable change, From 1852 TO 1856 there
was a rise TO the extent of about six feet above
the lowest level of the aforementioned year.
From 1856 to 1861 a gradual subsidence took
took place, until in the Fall of 1861, the level
was two feet below the lowest mark Of 1852,
and the lake was contracted to about three
fourtlis of its area in that year. But from the
Spring of 1861 to 1868 there went on steady
area in 1861, and its surface stood twelve feet
above the earlier level. Since that time the
rise and fall have been about equal, the ten
dency being, on the whole, to gain, the
fluctuations not exceeding two feet. AS to
the prospect for the future, it is stated that
the humidity of the atmosphere annually in
creascs as the area of cultivation becomes
greater, and, as a consequence, the evapora-
ton becomes less. On the other hand, the
mountain streams are steadily charging.
Thousands of acres of farming, meadow and
pasture lands have been submerged along the
eastern and northern shores of the lake, and
many square miles of valuable lands still oc-
cupied by the farmers will be completely
inundated should the waters rise but few
inches above the level of the past five years,
unless protected by lcvees. A monument has
been recently placed near the shore of the
lake to indicate the fluctuations Of its level.
This will be watched with great into rest for
the next few years.
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FATE OF MODEST MEN.-The world gen.
orally takes men at their own apparent esti-
mate of themselves Hence, modest men
never attain the same consideration which
busting, forward men do. 1t has no time or
patience to inquire rigidly,and it is partly i'm
posed upon and carried away by the man who
vigorously claims its regards. The world, al
so, never has two leading ideas about man.
There is always a remarkable unity in its con-
ceptions of the characters Of individuals. If
an historical person has been crnel in single
degree he is set down as cruel and nothing
else, although he may have many good quail
tiles, all not equally conspicuous. If u liter
airy man is Industrious in q remarkable de-
gree the world speaks Of him as only indus
trious. though he may be also Ingenious.
ChanfbeJ's journal.
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A man called upon lawyer the other day
and began to state his case in rather abrupt
manner. "Sir, have come to you for adj
vice I'm hnsband-in-law." "a what? |"
spoke out the learned counsel. Husband
in-law, sir!" II have never seen that defin-
ed in domestic relations" "Don't you know
what a husband-in-law is? Sir, you're no law
yer you're an gnoramus IL am husband
in-tuar, but not in yf1ct, my wife's run off,"
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METnusALEH's DEATH.-The question is
raised whether Mathusaleh was drowned in
the flood or died a natural death. In the fifth
chapter and twenty-ffth verse OF Genesis it
says Methusaeh lived ono hundred and
eighty-seven years and bcgat Lamech.' lii
the twenty-oighth verse Of the same chapter
occurs the following "Lamech lived one
hundred and eighty-two years and begat
Noah" Now it appears in the seventh chap
ter of Genesis that in the "six hundredth
year of Noah's life the fountains of the great
deep were broken up" etc. Methusaleh lived
900 years, which would make his death the
year of the flood.
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"Ob, gracious me- exclaimed Mrs. Mar
rowfat to Mrs. Quoggs, raising her hands and
speaking in very excited tone. ''She was
SO i'll when her new bonnet came home that
she couldn't get up, but dear sakes Jane,
that didn't matter nothing, for she just put
ternoon.''
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An old farmer and his wife once attended
grand concert Of religious music and, after
listening with apparent enjoyment, the pair
became suddenly interested ip ono of the
grand choruses, All we like sheep have gone
astray." First sharp soprano voice exc'ain-
al. "All we like sheep -. Then an. the
singers at once asserted, All we IKE Sheep
-. 6 Well, don't, exclaimed the Rusticus
to his partner, :. like beef and pork, but
can't bearmutton.
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John Erode is no more. You probably
didn't know him. He lived in Western Mis-
souri,, and on entering the smoke house of a
friend to how the hams got along trap
gun blew his head off
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The SuN's CRUST. Professor Young hns
put forth very novel theory MS regards the
construction of the exterior of the SUM- He
says there can be but little doubt that Faye,
Secchi, and others, who hold that the sun is
mainly gaseous, are correct; while, at the
same time, the phenomena Of eruption, which
are always occurring on the surface, as seen
with telescope, establish the idea that there
is q crust of some kind which Restraints the
imprisoned gases. Professor Young states
that this crust may consist of more or less
continuous sheet of descending rain--not of
water, of course, but Of the materials whose
vapors arc Known to exist in the solar atmos-
phere. As this tremendous rain descends,
the velocity of all til falling drops would be
retarded by tho resistance Of the denser
gases underneath, and the drops would
eventually coalescc until continuous sheet
would result. and several of these sheets unit
ing, would form u sort of bottomless ocean,
resting upon the compressed vapors below,
and pierced by innumerable jets and bubbles
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A "Big Indian strayed away from his
camp and got lost inquiring the way back,
was asked, "Indian lost? /" No, " said he,
disdainfully, i" Indian no lost {; wigwam
lost . striking his breast, he exclaimed, Elm
dian here -
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A negro in a religious gathering prayed
earnestly that he and his colored brethren
might be preserved from what he called their
"upsettin' sins" Brlidder," said one of
his friends, at the close Of the meeting, you
amt got the hang of that word It's "be-
settin',' not upsettin'. Z" ''Brudder," re-
piled the other, "if dat's so, it's SO. But
was a prayin' Providence to save us from de
sin Of intoxication an if DAT amt an upset
tim sin dunno what am"
No man can truly feel for the poor without
feeling In his pocket
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" What do yon know of the character Of
this man?" was asked Of witness at a police
court the other day.. /" What do | know Of
his character? | know it to be unbleacha-
bic, your honor, . he replied with much empha-
sd