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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14

CHINESE CONFERENCE.-The every
Chinaman in Picking (writes foreign cores
pondent) walks about with bird on stick,
which he carries in his hand There is cross
stick on the top as a perch, and the bird is
fastened by small string. A Picking man
seems always to have his bird with him.
What dog is to an EngIishman, such is a
bird to Chinaman. Some persons even con-
vey bird in each hand. Others use small,
neat, round cages. The birds are trained to
fly in the air in peculiar whrls, and return to
the hand. They will fly in circles over the
head while the owner throws up seeds, which
they catch in passing. 1t is beautiful to see
how perfect the birds are in performing vari-
GUS feats of this kind how tame and docle
their training has made them how quick
they are to obey, and with what confidence
they return to their master
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14

After all there are some things that puzzle
the philosophers. In China, and in Scotland
and good many other places, they take thick
muddy water, like the peat water for instance,
and throw in about seven grains Of alum to
the gallon, and instantly the mud collects in
long thick streaks, and is precipitated to tho
bottom, and the water is left clear and pure.
The Chinese found this out centuries ago, but
though the philosophers have squinted and
smeled and tasted, and looked as wise as
owls, they can't for the life Of them tell how
the alum clears the water.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14

BAD BEvERAGEs.-A New York CORES
pondent of the Boston Journal writes /: - Our
community is greatly stirred up by the revc-
lations made on the authorizations of food
The practice runs into confectionery, jellies,
and especially teas and coffees A great many
men are particular about their coffee. They
buy the berry, burn it carefully, anu have the
aromatic beverage made under their own eye.
After they have done all they are only drink
ing white beans. There is machine here for
splitting beans and growing them. They are
then dried to the color of coffee and soaked
in solution which gives the coffee taste.--
Teas are sold here cheaper than the pure ar
ticle can be bought in China. There is not
tea enough in all China to answer the Ameri-
pounds consumed in England alone. The
principal adulteration is in China. There is
mile of houses with boilers and coloriug
matter in the open ports of China, run by
Englishneh and Scotchmen, whose business
1t is to doctor the tea for thctmarkct for which
1t is intended. This impurc1 article made in
huge kettles and dried in pans, is called by
the Chinese cheat tea. We have houses here
that openly advertise that they can color and
make over teas of any brand or style required
and offer to repack it in the chests so MS to
defy detection. The tea trade here requires
q capital of over thirty Millions
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14

fiddle in the church, known only in those days
as "Cage, the fiddler;n but since he had
procured handsome house.organ, and had
contributed a large sum FOR one in the church,
he had assumed the eognomen of " Mr.. Jones,
our exquisite performer and organist--son Of
" Mr.. Jones, our exquisite performer and
organist--son Of Squire Jones, the gentleman
who received such large property from Eng
land" The girls were all ready to sit in the
choir now, without crying-the organist was
noble-hearted fellow, and wasn't it a treat
to borrow his quizzing- glass, to look at the
strangers who happened to enter into church?
Bye the bye there was new event talked
about, for the affairs of the Jones was now
the all-engrossing topic. Sophia was thought
to be engaged to Mr.. Tymphony, the village
storekeeper. Nobody was certain of the fact,
yet every one knew it must come out an en-
gagement; and it was thought his variety
store" was enlarged with that view of the
Squire's purse, when suddenly Mr.. Pinker
from the South, a wealthy cotton planter,
carried her away at ten days notice.
Another was soon married to a speculator,
who lived like nabob, gave large entertain
ments, bought summer residence in Free
hold and made it a perfect Paradise. Every
one of the daughters g married wel" as the
phrase is, and never wanted for the warmest
friends and admirers.
: The Squire and his lady now occupy the
broad aisle of the Episcopal church, and the
bishop and rector always consult with him
respecting church matters. He is father of
the town, and marries more couples than the
ministers, because people are pleased to have
the knot tied in such elegant drawing-rooms
and Mrs. Jones invariably orders basket
of cake at the ceremony.
Cloyes, the barber lives rent free in the
small red house they occupied in the days OF
poverty.
The Squire remembers he used to shave
him for nothing when his pockets were empty,
and be follows the golden rule. Mrs. Jones
has made several donations to her former
help her, Spring and Fall, in her sewing; and
not one of the family have assumed a purse
proud air since they came in possession of
their property. Consequently, they are
deservedly respected and this shows plainly
that they have common sense as regulated
medium, since they cast no reflections upon
the former inattentions of people in their
days of poverty, which is an infallible method
to make them feel that although money
changed them in the estimate of others, the
genuine merit in aemseIces remains I'M
changed. Yet all the while, they are as con-
scious as others that money alone gave them
their present position ia society,"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14
POETRY.
THE COMET.

Everybody has seen the comet recently visible in ii
Northwestern sky but every body has not the 70
lowing bea utifu lines 'The craft in the ofin
of Heaven" by B. +. Taylor, Esq, which were prnte
many years ago.
Twas beautiful night on a beautiful deep,
And the man at the helm had fallen asleep,
And the watch of the deck, with his head on his
breast,
Was beginning to dream that another's 1t pressed,
When the lookout aloft cried sail no, a sail -
"a sail no, sail" Where awayYn Moth
northwest -
4Make her QUIZ" "No your honor !" The dim
drowned the rest
There indeed the stranger her first in these seas,
Yet she drives boldly on in the teeth of the breeze
Now her bows to the breakers she readily turns;
All, how brightly the light of her pinnacle burns
Not signal for Saturn this rover has given,
Not rag or ribbon adjoining her spars,
She has saucily sailed by the red planet Mars; !"
She has doubled triumphant the Cape OF the Sun,
And the sentinel stars without firing agun!
Now nag at the fore and mzzeD unfurled,
. She is bearing right calamity down on the world
Heinl-a-pori -" show a fght!" "she will run
us aground !"
"Whither bound?n
sAyast there, ye lubbers I" Leave the rudder
alone
And she sails with sealed orders, unopened as yet,
Though her anchor she W eighed before Lucifer set
All, she sails by chart no draughtsman make,
Where each cloud that can trail and each wave that
break
Whore each planet is cruising elsi star is a rest,
With its anchor let 20 in the blue of the blest;
Where the sparkling hotilla the Asst eroids lie,
Where the craft of red morning is flung the sky;
Where the breath of the sparrow is staining the
air.
On the chart that she bears you will find them all
there
Let her pass on in peace to the port whence she came
With her trackngs of fire and her streamers of flannel
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14

A LONESOME PLAcE.--The life Of the keep
ers of the Farallon light, ON the California
coast, is singularly lonely and monotonous
Their house is built somewhat under the
Shelter of the rocks, but they live in what to
landsman would seem a perpetual storm the
ocean roars in their ears day and night the
boom of the surf is their constant and only
music the wild scream of the sea-birds, the
howl of the sea lions, the whistle and shrek
of the gale, the dull threatening thunder of
the vast breakers, are the dreary and desolate
sounds which lull them to sleep at night, and
assail their ears when they awake In the
Winter months even their supply vessel, which
for the most part is their only connection with
the world, is sometimes unable to make
landing for weeks at a time. Chance visitors
they see only occasionally, and at that distance
at which steamer is safe from the surf and
at which girl could not even recognize her
lover The commerce of San Francisco passes
before their eyes, but so far away that they
cannot tell the ships and steamers which sail
by them voiceless and without greeting and
of the events passing OH planet with which
they have SO frail social tie, they learn only
at long and irregular intervals The change
from sunshine to fog is the chief variety in
their lives; the hasty landing of supplies is
the great event in their months They can
plants and to a child born and reared in
such place, sunny lea under the shelter of
rocks is probably the ideal of human felicity.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14

Bunyan. the author Of Pilgrims Pro-
gress," ON being cast into prison, made a flute
of the rails of the stool belonging to his cell.
The keeper often heard sweet music, but
could not trace it, as Bunyan on his approach
always replaced the rail in the stool. The Of
fcers searched in vain for the mysterious
sounds, but Bunyan kept his secret, and the
baflied men we're forced to believe them super
natural.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14

The minister should preach as if he felt
that although the congregation own the
church and have bought the pews, they have
not'purchased him. His soul is worth no more
than any other mans, but it is all he has, and
he cannot be expected to sell it for salary
The terms are by no means equal. If a
parishioner does not like the preaching, he
can % elsewhere and get another pew, but
the preacher cannot get another soul.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14

A Scotch newspaper relates that beggar' s
wife, on receiving gratuity from Rev. john
Skinner, of Langside, author of "Tulloch-
gorum." said to him by way Of thanks, "Oh,
sir, houp that ye and a your family will be
in Heaven the NIGHT" 'tWell," said SKIM
Ell, "I'm very much obliged to you, only you
need not have been just so particular about
the time.
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plato, having raised his hand to correct a
servant when in anger kept his arm fixed in
that posture for considerable time. To a
friend, coming in and inquiring the reason of
his singular conduct, he replied, 81 am
furnishing passionate man."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14

Meditation is the mother of devotion, but
the daughter Of retirement.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14

Every man has just as much vanity as he
wants understanding Pope.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-10-14
A LITTLE mIsHAr IN cHtacn.

The following is Max Aslcler's One SUM-
day night, during the sermon in our church,
the gas suddenly went out, and there was
sudden darkness. The minister requested the
congregation to remain perfectly quiet until
the cause Of the trouble could DO ascertained
and other lights procured Old Mrs. Smiley,
it appears, was sound asleep whom the acct
dent occurred, but just after the minister had
finished speaking to the congregation she
awoke. AT first she thought that she had be-
come blind, but as she sat by the window she
Immediately saw the light in the street, aid
then she knew that the congregation had gone
home, and that she had accidentally been
locked in by the sexton. Dreadfully agitated
and frightened at the loneliness aud horror of
her situation. she picked up hymn-book,
and, dashing it through Iane of glass in the
window, she put her head out and began to
scream for help. Her shrek impressed pass
ers-by with the idea that the church was ON
fire, and in an instant the alarm was given
A moment later the engines arrived and just
as the sexton began to light the gas again, one
gang of the firemen began playing through
the broken window, on Mrs. Smley's Spring
bonnet, while another gang poured three
inch stream up the middle aisle with such
force as to wash the Rev. DR.. Hopkins, the
minister, out Of the pulpit and down among
the high hats which were floating around by
the pew doors. Eventually the matter was
explained, and the fire department shut off the
water and went home. But the deacons want
to know how, if Mr.. Smiley refuses to pay
the bill for repairs to the church, he cain ever
look fellow-worshiper in the face again.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
Desperate Struggle with IL Bereayed
GrIZZiy.
From the watsonviile, CAL, Pajaronian.

From the WatsonViiIe, Cal, Pajaronian.
A few weeks ago DR.. Swain, of this
place, went on hunting expedition to
a point about one hundred miles from
here, in the eastern part of Monterey
county. In the company was an old
mountalneer, called g Rocky" who
had become quite famous as a bear
hunter One morning Rocky started
out of camp, and was laboriously toll
ing along Il harrow trail on the side of
a steep canon, when, in a wild portion
of the mountains, he saw on the oppo-
site side of the canon two young griz-
zlies playing on a grassy beach Of land.
Immediately his splendid revolving
rifle was at his shoulder, and he fired.
One cub he killed instantly, but the
other lived long enough to cry, almost
like child, for the mother bear
Soon cracking of bushes
was heard behind, and Rocky
turned just in time to see the
mother, enraged and excited, almost
upon the slayer of her offspring. The
bold hunter again raised his rifle, but
before he could use it the bear, by one
stroke of her powerful paw, hurled it
from his grasp far out of his reach. A
hand to hand encounter was now the
only way out of the difficulty, and
Rocky drew his huge knife. He raised
it, and swiftly it descended, cleaning
through the air into the heart of the
bear, and none too soon, for, as he
struck, the bear also dealt him pow
erfnl blow on the side, which stretched
him insensible some distance from the
scene of the encounter, the knife re
naming buried to the hilt in the bears
side After time the hunter recov-
cred sufficiently to drag himself to the
camp. where he was obliged to remain
for several days before he recovered
from the terrible blow ne had received.
Other members of the party went to the
place and found the cubs dead, and
short distance from them the old bear
also dead
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
4 Mother aud Child Starved and
Fr0Zen

The Rutland (Vt.) Globe gives the
following details of one of the most
terrible cases of starvation we ever re-
member of coming under our observa-
ton: On Saturday, Nov 9th, Mrs.
Brannon, with young child, appeared
in the village of South Berlin, N. Y,
on the line of the Harlem Extension
Railroad. She went to several houses
without gaining admission. At one
place she was given food, and soon af-
ter left. On Wednesday last a gentle
man went into the South Berlin coal
kilns near the village, when he was as
founded at finding the woman buried
there, with nothing but an old door to
protect her from the inclemency of the
weather. She was living, but the child
lay dead at her side, frozen to death.
When found, IN feeble voice, she
said abe had not eaten anything in nine
days. When asked if she knew her
child was dead, answered, eyes; and
that 1t was better off "
She was taken i'll charge by tine town
poormaSter, who Immediately sent for
DIR. E. A. Hull, but the poor woman
died before the physician arrived. The
physician said she had not been frozen.
Her limbs were black, and her BODY in
a horrible condition.
She was married, but her husband
had left her and was living with another
woman.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
& M0nstr0S.tv.

Mr.. J. E. Walker, residing midway
between this place aud Fayette, on
Monday last, brought to this office for
our inspection Il corn-stalh measuring
the enormous length of twenty-six feet
aud eight inches, which was grown on
his farm the past summer The only
product of this mammoth corn stalk
was a strange moustrosity in the corn
line, it being a combination of five
fully developed, healthy ears Of corn,
grown compactly together IN one solid
mass, while at the lower end was Gu
rious formation, closely resem bling a
mans wrist and hand, with SIX perfect
and faultlessly formed fingers, the lat
ter beng blood red, while the balance
of the corn is of snowy whiteness. This
wonderful freak of nature measures
twenty seven inches IN circumference,
and weighs thirty-two pounds. 1t
grew within five feet of the ground,
while the balance of the stalk lowered
aloft like a flagstaff, and was bare as
bean-pole, with the exception of the
tasscl on the top. 1t grew in rich bot
tom land, and although there were forty
acres surrounding it, none others grew
above the usual height. Mr.. Walker
intends sending this monstrosity to the
agricultural museum at Washington
Central Mo- Guard.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
Singular Death.

The Rev. J. T. Wicklein, pastor of a
church near Reading, Pa, was suddenly
killed, last week, under peculiar circum-
stances. Having gone cunning, his
dogs ran rabbit into Il hollow tree.
With tive companions he took hold of
the tree to shake out the RABBIT, when
instantly The entire tree broke into
three pieces and fell with a terrible
crash, the uppermost part striking Mr..
Wieklein on the head, crushing him to
the earth and killing HIM instantly,
The two others were not hurt. The
skull of the unfortunate man was
crushed, and the neck dislocated, 50
that death muse have been lnstantane-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
Foreign,

SIR GILLERY Poor, Baron Of the English
exchequer, is dead.
In the consistoIy at Rome. Monday, the
Pope delivered an allocuhon, and appointed
twelve Cardinals.
THE Dutch troops occupied both banks OF
the river running through Acheen. The Sui
tan seeing defeat inevitable. has given in
has submission to the Dutch commander.
News has been received from san Domingo
that Gen. Ignacio Bczales has been elected
President Of the republic. The new admins
tratian viii probably endeavor to annul the
SANTANA lease.
The troops besiegtng Clrtagena advanced
TO within SEQ metres Of that city and
took SINE prisoners. The Intransigantes
made several sortIes, put were repulsed. The
Minister OF War has compimented the com.
mander of the government forces.
OEE-HALF the supply of food in Bengal ia
exhausted, and 1t Is believed famine cannot
be sVFrte1
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
Russian Prisoners.

On the 5th of September the num-
Der Of prisoners III the empire of Rus
STA was IS, 464. Russia has 620 prisons,
with accommodation for only 80, 200
persons. Over $4,000 prisoners had,
therefore, to be put in temporary quar-
ters, even more nhealthy than the
regular prisons. The mortality OF prls-
oners Is, therefore, Unfortunately large.
In the two years 1868 and 1869, OF
600, 200 prisoners kept for longer or
shorter time in confinement, l5l, So
bad to undergo medical treatment, and
1870 died. That is to say, one out
of every four got sick, and one out OF
every nine died
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
How the Fantee Women Drive the Men
10 War

10 War.
Cape Coast Caste Correspondence of the New York
World.
At the present moment, when battle
is imminent, and is perhaps now being
fought, there are in Cape Coast num-
Der of loiterers who ought to be IN the
front, but who will not go, and cannot
be driven to it by any means that We
can adopt. I say that ne can adopt;
for, if the women of the place were to
take it into their heads to raise the
war-cry, you would not be able to find
a man in or near the town IN an hours
time. They only resort to these ex-
treme measures on an emergency, and
when they themselves become con-
WINGED of The necessity of the men 60
lug to war; but, when they do, their
manner of procedure, although most
peculiar, is most effective. 1t is
as follows Armed with scourges,
and clothed i'll the garb of nature, they
issue forth Oh given morning and
hunt through every street and corner
of the town; and woe betide the skulk
ing coward who may fall into their
hands, as he will receive no mercy
from his captors, who will probably
leave him half dead. A few years ago,
[ think it was in 1868, when the Fan
tees were engaged in besieging Elmina,
a war at the time most popular with
all classes, an officer of the garrison,
who was very sick and was living IN
lodgings in the town, was being at
tended by favorite Fantee servant,
who had been In his service for con-
siderable period. Having one day &C.
caslon to send him to the Castle for
something he required, he was sur
prised to find that be did not return.
So, after waiting for some time, he
sent to make inquiries, when it turned
out that the unfortunate man had
hardly left the house when he
was viewed by gang of
these women. who We're hunting up
stragglers, and inlme diatelv gave him
chase He escaped into the Castle and
saved his bacon but nothing could
induce HIM to again venture out until
some kind of permit was obtained for
his remaining in the town, The reason
assigned for the women behaving in
this extraordinary manner IS that, all
the men being supposed to have lett
for the camp, they have the town to
themselves, and are therefore priv
legged to appear as they please, and to
punish any lurking intruder. | may
remark, however, that this privilege is
reserved for those qui sont meres de
famille; young girls and women who
have been less blessed are compelled to
be content to act as spectators, and
hope for the time when they will have
the glorious privilege of playing the
part Of an Infatuated Lady Godiva for
their country's good.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10
Minus tie Balls.

A terrible duel took place last We'd
nesday, at New Orleans, between a
French Creole. gentleman of the an
cient regime, and young doctor. The
youthful sawbones had piayfully
squirted o pint of aniline in Monsiur's
face, and hence the c0SuS bett5, re-
volvers at fifteen PAGES. AT the third
fire the doctor fell, and a police whistle
announced that the game was up. Like
a frightened deer, the Frenchman fled,
and the dying man was removed to a
billiard saloon. As he laughed over his
wine with his comrades, it was remark
ed that for duel with pistols gtultless
of ball, there had never been more
sanguinary one. Maybe that French
man wasn't mad.
MIS-. II. B. STOWE has gone to her
Florida home for the winter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-01-10

LEBANON RIDGE, KY, was the scene
of remarkable duel about the middle
of last month. Montgomery ROUGH
accidentally shot and wounded dog
belonging to his cousin, James Rouch.
On the following day James announced
that he intended to kill Montgomery
on sight. The parties met, James with
pistol, Montgomery with shotgun
and pistol. Montgomery discharged
the shotgun and fed, James pursuing
and firing as he ran. While running.
Montgomery drew his pistol and shot
james through the heart.