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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-04-28
LANfBERTvILLE Nj, WEDNESDAY,. APRIL % 1875.
here is more vet YOU must know. J,

there is more yet you must know.
As he spoke that smoke internal curled up
and resolved into the form Of a woman.
| She was pale, haggard, and almost skele-
ton. She was clothed in rags, and perfect
picture of wretchedness and despair. There
was nothing really hideous in her aspect, OK
cept the marks Of poverty and want which she
bore. She turned and fixed glance Of re-
proach upon me--a glance which thrilled me
to the soul. l pitied the poor wretch, and
turned away.
looked again-those features were familiar
to me. was shocked, Mortified, as l recog-
nized Lucy Sheldon in the dreadful figure be-
fore me.
Lucy /" exclaimed, with a start Of ter
ror.
"oh, Robert Z" she cried, in agony, as she
threw herself ON her knees before me, "pity
me! Pity our poor children. They are
hungry, they are perishing with cold ! am
hungry, am freezing, but care not for N.Y.
SELF Pity them save them -
"My God, Lucy I"
"Drink no more, Robert. You have re-
uuceu me 10 the 1nOst aDJecJ Oh misery.
Drink no more, as you pity me, if you do not
love me ~
ooh, Lucy Does she too belong to the
cup?" | asked, appealing to the demon.
" She does ; but for the present we keep
her down in the mint and sugar. She will be
one of us bye and Bye" he replied with a
grim
" Robert, Robert" groaned Lucy, promise
me you will drink no more"
"As God is my judge, win not" l said
springing from my chair.
But there l stood in my chamber alone, and
there on the table stood the glass from which
my dreaming fancy had conjured up the de-
mon Of the cup and his friends.
| reflected for time, and then threw the
balance of the cherry cobbler in the CRATE. If
the cup was the abode of such q wretched
crew (my readers all know that it is), deter
mined not to NEEDLE with it agein. -sSmith's
Bazaar.
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GAMDLINe.-No passion can lead to such
extremities, nor involve n man in such COM
plicated traiu of crimes and vices and ruin
whole families SO completely, MS the baneful
rage for gambling. 1t produces and nourishes
all imaginable disgraceful sensations; 1t is the
most fertile nusery ofcovetousness, envy, rage,
malice, discrimination, falsehood, ami foolish
reliance on blind fortune it frequently leads
to fraud, quarrel, murder, forgery, meanncss,
and despair; and robs us in the most unpar-
donabe manner of the greatest and most ir-
recoverable treasure--time Those that are
rich act foolishly in venturing their money in
uncertain speculation, and those that haven
much to risk must play with timidity, and
cannot long continue to play unless the for
tune of the game turn, as being obliged to
qrit the field at the first heavy blow or If
they stake everything to force the blind god
dress to smile upon them at last, madly
hazard their being reduced to instant beggary.
The gambler but rarely dies rich man !;
those that have had the good fortune to
realize some property in this miserable way.
aud continue playing are guilty of two.fold
folly. Trust no person Of that dissipation, of
whatever rank or character he may be.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-04-28
ECLIPSES IN CHINA.

The Chinese view an eclipse with wonder,
mingled, to great extent, with fear and ter
ror, and most of them take some steps 10 aid
hour of need, the principal agents employed
being, of course, gongs and gunpowder, with
out which no ceremonial observance of any
kind is complete. The officials at their sew
eral yamens, official residences 60 through
a regular set ceremonial on these occasions.
They call in the aid of Taoist priests, and an
incenea vase aud pair Of large candle-sticks
containing red candles for luck, are placed on
table in the hua-ting, or audience hail. but
sometimes in the court in front of it. When
the &c ipse is beginning, the red candles are
lighted, and the official enters, dressed in his
robes of state. He takes some lighted incense
sticks in both hands, and bows low in front of
the table, waving the incense about according
to custom before placing it in the vase. He
next proceeds to perform the ceremony OF
"ko-tou," 1it knock head,) kneeling down
thrice and knocking his head nine times on
the ground. He then gets up, and huge
gongs and drums are beaten to frighten the
devouring monster away and finally the
priests march around the table in solemn pro-
cession, repeating certain prescribed formulas
in a sing-song tone, until the termination of
the eclipse
The officials are, of course, always supposed
to be successful in their endeavors to rescue
the sun and moon from their perilous posi-
ton, and the ignorant masses in China fully
believe that the happy results is brought
about by the ceremonies just described.
They have seen the orb more or less oJscured,
or, as they have it, swallowed up by some
monstrous beasts and after time returning
to its former position, and they are quite sat-
sied that the deiverance has been effected
by their own exertions and those of the
officials. We have also heard that OH these
momentous occasions some of the people beat
in their own houses species of winnowing
instrument made of bamboo splints, in the
hope that the din they raise may aid in avert
ing the dire calamity from the sun or moon
and on the occurrence of an eclipse of the
latter, sailors OH board native junks always
beat gongs with very great heartiness and
good WILL and the noise thus made is suffici-
ent to drive any one but a Chinaman distrac-
ted. We do not for moment affect to sup
pose that Chinese officials, generally, actually
believe in these absurd customs and hummer
les though they are obliged to observe them in
obedience to the behests of their imperial
master, and in Difference to to the superstitious
feelings of the populace; for fully two
centuries ago, the Roman Catholic priests who
were then in high favor at the Court of Pc
king taught them the main principles of as
tronomy, how to foretell eclipses, &C., and many
well educated Chinese are acquainted, through
the medium of TRANSACTIONS, with some of our
best works on this and cognate subjects.
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For three weeks this was kept up, and the
teacher suffered. 1t was moonlight but af.
ter the moon had shut herself up for repairs
in the unknown regions, this teacher spent
two days arranging his plan. The second
night, the crowd, augmented by four more
(all alive now and prominent lawyers) entered
the yard. It was dark there, and they found
a great many barrei-hoops In the path, and
large stones to hit their shins and stub their
toes against. They advanced, and all stood
upon the porch ready to enter, when the roof
Of the porch suddenly gave way, and lot four
teen barrels of water and mud upon thom.--
In their haste to get out they stepped down
and into a ditch full of water, and from there
they tumbled and stumbled ever the stones.
every one now and then getting rap ON the
shins from stepping on hoop.
The records were undisturbed after that,
and the teacher slept in peace. He had work.
ed for two days to arrange that trap
In Oakland, near San Francisco, German
had a vegetable garden which be was very
proud of, for in 81 vegetables were very
scarce. He planted fine lot of melons, and
raised a luxuriant crop, which were every one
stolen the night before they were to be pick
ed. One member of the Legislature in Cali
fornia, several lawyers and doctors assisted
that night ut a soiree, or "swarry," as Sam
Weller says, where melons were the point of
attraction.
The next year, DR.. Ed. Gibbons, of Oak
land roicad ana rrn,, nc .ratnua ood In
went down town one evening, and boosted Of
his fine melons, and promised all the boys !"
a feast out of the second crop. He had sold
these, he said.
He went home, as usual, on his old white
horse, and whistled to himself. The next
morning there were no melons In his patch,
and lot of lawyers aud judges sat silently
around the door of the principal saloon and
smoke furously. And out In the back yard
lay a lot of Chinese pumpkns--which exact
ly resemble watermelons OH the outside, but
not in taste--and in several rooms lay muddy
and torn clothes.
The doctor came riding down later in the
day, and, dsmountng, asked the boys in
to drink. They did so lugubriously. As they
had their glasses in their hands, the doctor
said
"Well, boys, how do YOU like pumpkin
raw?'
They looked at him moment, and then
one said
Doctor, how long since you planned this
'rigs'"
Just ono year ago when was helping
you to eat Bagge's watermelons.
Boys let's liquor. Doctor, here's to
you.a And they drank in silence.
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''Ma, when is griddle-cakc Inhabited"
"Why, my dear when there is a little In
dian in it. y
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Group can be cured in one minute, and the
remedy is simply alum and sugar. The way
to accomplish the deed is to take knife OF
crater and shave off in small particles about a
teaspoonful of alum then mix it with twice
its quantity of sugar to make it palatable, and
administer it as quickly as possible. Almost
instantaneo us relief will follow.
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THE SPELLING MATcH.-It is reported that
spelling match in which the leading men of
a goodly town in Maine were engaged, came
to grief over the photography of mosquito"
1t would be interesting to learn what original
ingenuity was brought to bear upon new
combination Of letters which could possibly
be declared inadmissible, since dictionaries
give authority for no less than fourteen SPELL
ings of the word in question, viz. !: Mosquito,
musquito moscheto, moschetto, mosquetoe,
mosquetto, muscheto, muschetto, musketo,
musketoe, muskitto, musquete, musquetoe,
and musquitto.
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AS matter of interest in connection with
Spelling Matches we publish the following
extract -
!" The forlornest hope known of is the fated
band that dares TO face the school master
in the modern spelling school. One by one
they are called up before an eager crowd.
more remorseless than ever turned down their
thumbs in Roman amphitheatre. Every
soldier but one must fall, and loud will be tho
delight as goes down. Baker, cries the
mastcr who begins by playing with his predes-
lined victim. The captain of the first side
spells triumphantly. sBe6g, the master
shouts to the other captain, who successfully
resents the imputation. And then the words
fly fast and faster, and thick as autumn leaves
the dead cover the ground. Common words
they are. too words SO common that every
body Thought he could spell them At last
all are dead but one. She stands alone--it is
always she--and takes her Webster amid the
| paudits of the crowd, each one of whom knows
she could spell every word that was missed.
And they are not SO far out of the way, for the
spel'er, IN the excitement, loses his self con-
troll and down he goes, more than half the
time, ON word whose spelling he knows
perfectly well. The revival of the spelling
school is very curious; but 1t affords pleas
ant and instructive entertainment, and even
the spoilers get used to being killed and soon
come rather to enjoy It. We make two .sug-
gestions Always allow any spelling given
either by Webster or Worcester. Rul6' oft
utterly all words which cultivated person. is
not likely to have met, including all proper
names, technical terms, and very rare or OBJ
solete words.v
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-04-28

Jones made his appearance lately in bran
new suit, including an ulster of the nobbiest
cut, and asked his fellow-clerks to guess what
he gave. "One dollar" said one, the wit of
the store. "Ten dollars" said another
"Guess again." said Jones' "Well, l should
say--you gave your note" "You've hit it
just did that. Cheap, weren't they 20
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POETRY.
THE GENERAL CHORUS.

We all keep step to the marching chorus
Rising from millions of men around
Millions have marched to the same before u.s.
Millions come with sea-like sound,
LIFE, DEATH LIFE, DEATH!
Such is the song Of human breath.
VIII at is the multitudinous chorus,
Wild, monotonous, low and loudP
Earth we tread on, Heaven that's DER us?
in the midst of the moving crowd?
LIFE, DEATH LIFE, DEATH.
That is the burden of human breath!
On with the rest your footsteps timing!
Mystical music flows in the song
client with it,-Born from II !|-loftily Ginning,
Tenderly soothing, 1t bears you along.
LIFE, DEATH LIFE, DEATH
Strange is the chant of human breath.
-FSuzev's Magaziae.
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INHERITED LOVE- EyITY.

Every one has noticed that nearly all the
members Of some families die aged while
those Of others are gone before what would be
called the middle age of the former
1t is generally a common aud correct re-
mark that some are as old at forty as others
are at sixty {" the latter will, in fact, be moro
likely to live twenty years than the former.
The years person has lived is by no means
the most important element for Judging how
health of much more consequences, since it is
often the case that families arc very vigorous
and healthy while they live, yet are not long
lived. They inherit healthy but short lives.
Notice. for instance the Laplanders OBJ
serve the citizens of Zurich, Switzerland,
very healthy, but seldom reaching the age of
sixty while members of one Italian family
living in their midst since the sixteenth
century reach the age of eighty or ninety.
Comparing nationalities the Welsh are the
longcst-lived people in Europe. The Scotch
are the longcr-lived than the English, and tho
Irish shortlived, yet they are all healthy as a
people.
On the other hand, some who do not have
robust health are not to live long. 1t is said
that they attain old age because they take
such excellent care of themselves. Yet
though it is not denied that care is usful, it
will be usually found that they had at least
one probably long-lved parent, and thus in
herited longevity from one side IL not from
both /; for, though it is often the case that
those that die young who have long-lived
ancestry 1t is very seldom that any person
lives to be more than a year older than their
ancestors-parents, grand parents etc.
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The contents of the stomach of trout
weighing forty pounds, lately sent from Mich
igan to Washington, were found to consist Of
eight distinct fishes, six of which measured
twelve inches in length each, and the other
two eight inches each, making total Of sew
en- feet and four inches of fish in a trout forty
three inches long. The eight lay side by side,
the heads and tails being partly digested.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-04-28

Hot and hotter. The First Presbyterian
Church of Baltimore, has had for its pastor,
in the order named, the Rev. Messrs. Furniss,
Bellows, Sparks, Blazoup and turnout
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Cunning often conquers force /; force can
subdue numbers intellect can master cour-
age--but love subdues all.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-01-05
THE JEFFERSONVlLLE
HOMICIDE.

In the brief allusInn made in the
last issue of the News to the killing
of Thomas l. Crockett, of Jefferson
willie, Va. we should have stated that
he was shot by youns man r-amed
Burnett, who is the town Sergeant,
and a nephew of Col. a. j May. the
Mayor who has also been arrested ,
under the charge Of having stabbed
Crockett in tie back, though, 1t IS
sa d, the wound from the knife would
not of itself have caused dee til -
Mayor May aud his nephew. Serg'
Burnett, are both from Kentucky,
some years ago, the former having
practlced law With decided success ia
TazewelI since the war. The trial
began last Thursday, but has net yet
terminated. There has been a erea;
deal of excitement over the matter.
Mr.. Crockett being connected with
three prominent families Of The coun
ty. Mcssrs. Shefcy, Of Snyth. and
Gurbs, of Russell, have been EN-
ploycd by Col. May,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-01-05
communicated
BRISTOL, TENNESSEE,
December. 2llh. 1874
EDITOR OF NEWS /:

BRISIOJI, / EN- NI-SSEE,
December, 24th, 1874 !
EDITOR OF NEWS
In answer to your article of the
End, can only say, | head all my
letters Bristol, because that is our
Post Office; End. am no candidate
for any Office in the gift of the people;
3rd. | wish to cast no discredit on the
Council, they are good men, my
neighbOrs, and men whom | love; |
do not believe they will become often
ded at me, for making a few enqui
lies of you and them, in regard 10
question of so much importaL to
both them and US. As it regards
parks, | do not think you or | need
make any fuss about parks where we
live, for YOU and | are happily situa-
ted, we have a park in front and rear,
and East and West, ard | want no
| park on Frog Level, and | see in 1871,
| YOU then contended this same square
! of ground was too low and TO ggy for a
/ park. Your speaking of my scItter-
! ing article has made re look up some
| old documents, " hen compared with
| them, do not appear so scattering.
! You say in your paper, July /, 1871, in
! ri. ing account OF sale, and also specify
| the number of lots and purchases
amounting to S3l.243. You also state
! the purchase money secured a nett
profit of $500 of individual bonds,
and remainder of Is acres of the
most valuable portion of the land yet
! on hand. y on also state the lin at
profit of the land purchase will be
from SIS 0G0 to so. 600, In your last
communication, you make very nice
showing as far as you 90, but what
we are after is this; we are of the OpIn-
ION that too much of tins money is
spent otherwise, and Johnson don
get his share, all that we wish, is, to
get YOU to help US tur3 the current
that the larger portion may hereafter
go To the liquidation of our debt, and
! know of no better plan than the one
suggested in my former letter, to vote
tO-sell all the land, and to separate the
same f ON the board. Now there is on
lv 3 things more the people wish to
know. LIST. What is the floating debt
of Goodson Corporation. Pad. How
much of the Is acres left over of the
Goodson land purchase has been sold
or traded since the sale of July 9th,
1871. 3rd. What has become of the
deficit. Your statement OF July 1871
makes showing amount of sale S3l, pa
then you say in yOar paper Dec. 22nd
LS74 the whole amount of bonds pass
ed into the Mayors hands aud aC'
: counted for in cash and claims amount
all told. to S24. 727 03. Then would say
deficit appears here Of So, 515 81. 1ot
admit has been expended in improve
menis 50. 467. Well ROW you viii adj
nit that some lots has been disposed o
since sale. you also admit some float
ing debt. Suppose both together on
IN make 4,Ol7 %; this will make the
STA, 900, claimed in former letter. Sc
when you put your figures together
my remarks will not appear so scat
tering rs ut first sight. And If this !:
our big Johnson land purchase. i
turns ont very much like the niger
flsh, 1t is nightly swunked up
respectfully.
Il. l.. BURS0N.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-01-05

Certainly you will admit that this de-
sign is scattering" if your letter is
not.
With all your fault finding against
the coui.cil we must do them the jus
tice TO sag they have never done any
thing like ,lla:, and when. parties have
applied 10 the council to purchase
ground from tie town in-orGer to erect
a Ten Pin Alley on it, that body has
refused to sell them.
Now Ten Pin Allies are not always
very bad tliugs. =. watering places
they are of advantage 20 inval!d1, and
there are other places whore they have
no; been pr.:d;ictiye Of much evil, but
in q tGwn like ours they Will ard do
lead down 70 iGIeness, dissisation and
ruin more young men than any other
one temptation we can HOW call your
attention to. Ifyou succeed in getting
few choice pieces Of the meadow we
sincerely hope you will not put en-
Them amy such nuisance. Some of
your neighbors on the Tennessee side,
from which you write all of your lett
tiers 80 the NEWS, complain already of
the noise which is inevitably made ~
that Alley. We think you have, bow
ever, not intended any annoyance OF
you frie.ds, but that you have mis-
calculated As you have done in regard
to our town finances aud that you have
overlooked the reasons We have allu-
ded TO. In any event it is rc0r FOLEY
and we have cur doubt whether, il
you get upon the beard and get control
of the Johnston laid fund, you will be
a success as a financier, for if you con-
tiEue to put three cent stamps on your
drop letters, as you have on this TO the
News, we will conclude that you have
ceased that wise attention to small
leaks" hy which the most colossal
estates are made and p ererved.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-01-05
FALL OF THE SPANISH RE
PTTREEC

On New Years day Spain astonish-
cd the world with another revolution,
in which size returned to the compan-
ionship of monarchies.
The armies of the republic have
declared for Alphonzo, the son. aged
seventeen, of Queen Isabella, aud
the administration has accordingly
yielded and proclaimed him King.
The young monarch is now on bis way
from Paris to Madrid, and will first
visit the armies. This is claimed to
be death blow to the CarlistS, and
thus ends one Of the TWO republics
on the European Peninsula. France
is now without aid or comfort in her
effort to depcse divine right on the
Continent. Il is worthy of note that
this bloodless revolution goes back
ward and restores the old depOsed
dynasty, We shall be much d sap
pointed if France does not eventually
do likewise by enthronng the young
Napoleon.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-01-05
EVENT and COMMENT

The suicide of Rev. J. n. Coombs. in
Charge OF the Western Presbyterian,
Church of Washingt n City, was one
of the strange events which closed ND
the old year. lie had been i'm the
habit OF avstracting from book sto e
works Of trifiing value aud was caught
at 1t. The Sunday Herald contained
a severe article describing the offense
but not naming Mr.. COombs. II
seems that as he was reading over his
sermon few moments before starting
to church for its delivery, his eye fell
upon the article in the Herald and he
at once was SD mortified thereby that
he cut his throat with a razor. Thu
for a sin enthusiastically less than that
of Judas he paid the PENALTY that JG-
das paid.
Count Won Arnim, late Prussan En-
hassadOr to Paris has been convicted
of abstracting official papers from the
State Department and sentenced tn
three months imprisonment. So
Prince Bismarck having dashed The
brilliant crown of the French Empire
tn atoms, has now turned upon The
most Illus rious o. &c ollicia his
own empire, and even their fame
crumbles ut his touch.
IL has Jared badly Of late with YES
sells at sea. The COspatri"k, an En-
Rlish Emigrant Ship. on its way from
London Ia New Zealand, was burned
off Cape Good Hope and 49, souls per-
ished in the awful alternative OF sea or
fire. The second mate and two others
are all that are known to be saved
These fi0ated for ten days in an open
boat aud ate a portion of their dead
companions.
Two vessels have been compelled to
put into Norfolk for repairs aud one
Of them discharged its entire cargo to
avoid going down.
On the 2Sth ulto.. the fog was go
den-e over and around New York that
navigation was scarcely possible The
Alaska. a ferry boat, collided with the
C0lden. a cattle boat. The Ala ka
was loaded with passengers, one of
whom was instantly killed, one NOR
tally wounded and number injured
The Alaska was damaged 81 200 and
the Golden $500. The collision was in
East river, between New York and
Brooklyn.