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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24

GREEN OR GRAY.-No less person than
M. Chevruel lately raised a curious discussion
before the French Academy of Science in re-
gard to an assertion made by the most famous
and most accurate of French annalists, the
Duke Of St. Simon. When Saint Simon went
to Spain to negotiate Spanish marriage he
declared that he saw Spanish grandee, the
Duke of Albuquerque, who, clad in a suit of
blood-red clothes, had green hair Fifty
years ago, said Mr.. Chcvreul, it would have
been either accepted rs demonstrating the
fact that men sometimes had green hair, or it
would have been rejected and st. Simon's ac.
curacy would have been doubted AS it is,
this question of green hair has more than
once amused the readers of the French
Duke M. Chevfsdr s.ssis.s .....5 st. Simon ac-
tually told only what he saw with his own
eyes, and that since the Spanish grandee was
clad in suit of blood-red color, and had gray
hair, certain optical del,ision occurred, OF
what is called simulated contrast took place,
SO that the gray hairs did appear green. II
is well known fact that IL slip of gray
cloth Or paper is placed upon a piece of blood
red paper this strange optic; effect is pro
duced--that the gray paper looks as if it wal
green. These experiments can be reversed
even, for gray paper will have red tinge i
placed upon very bright green surface.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24

A STICK OF OysTERs.-B have brought
you here to have some oysters. Will you
have stick, my dears? Yes, a stick of cys-
tiers
In Fu-Chow tue passing refreshmeut trade
is supplied, not from cans and kegs. but from
stick, a bamboo stick, apon viii The oys-
tiers, all IN their shells, are set fast. In fact,
they grow upon this stick. At the proper
time these bamboo rods are thrust down into
the oyster beds; and the baby -oysters-all
babies always want something to hold by
while they are growing, you know--sttach
themselves to these rods. When the oysters
into market. most dainty and appetizing
way, think Wide Amake.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24

ARCTIC SP0RTs.--In my sporting expert
ence never saw anything to equal the wild
excitement of such hunt. Five pairs of
oars, pulled with utmost strength, make the
boat seem to fly through the water, while per-
haps hundred walruses, roaring, following,
blowing, snorting and splashing, make an
acre of the sea all In a foam before and
around them. The harpooner stands with
one foot on the thwart and the other on the
front locker, with the line coiled in his right
hand and the long weapon in both hands
ready balanced for q dart, while he shouts to
the crew which direction to take, as he, from
standing upright in the boat, has better OPP
portunity of seeing the walruses under the
water.
The herd generally keep close together, and
the way in which they dive and reappear
again simultaneously is remarkable; one mo-
ment you see hundred gristly heads and
long, cleaning white tusks above the waves I;
they give one spout from their blow holes,
take one breath of fresh air, and the next mo-
ment you see HUNDRED brown hemispherical
backs, the next, hundred pairs Of hind flip
perS uOufisnlng} anu tneH they dIe all uoWi'
On, ON goes the boat, as hard as ever we can
take the oars, up come the sea horses again,
pretty close this time, and before they can
draw breath the boat rushes into the midst of
them.
Whish goes the harpoon birr goes the
line over the gunwale, and a luckless junger,
on whom the harpooner has fixed his eye, is
fast. His bereaved mother, snorting with
rage, charges the boat with flashing eye she
quickly receives the harpoon In the back and
bullet in the brain, and hangs lifeless on
the line ; and now the junger begins to utter
his paintive, granting bark, and fifty furious
walruses close round the boat in a few sec
onds, rearing up breast high in the water and
snorting and blowing as if they would tear
US to pieces Two of these auxiliaries are
speedily harpooned in their turn, and the rest
hang back little, when, as bad luck would
have it, the iunger gave up the ghost, owing
to the severity of the harpooning, and the
Others, no longer attracted by his cries, retire
to more prudent distance.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24

Norman Macleod was preaching in dis
triet OF Ayrshire, where the reading Of i SER
mon is regarded as the greatest fault Of which
the minister can be guilty. When tile con-
gregation dispersed. old woman, overflow
ing with enthusiasm. addressed her neighbor:
Did ye ever hear ony thing sac gran p
Nasha that sermon?'' Bur ali her express
sions OF atm ration being met by a stolid
glance, she shouted, .sspeak. WOMAN! wasna
that sermon - lob, ay. replied her
friend sulkily, but be read it. . \. Read II \
said the other with Indignant emphasis. E I
wadna liae cared if he had whustled it ~
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24
roo AUcH ron TINE TOURING rYx-
GRxM.v


One Of our Mississippi exchanges tells the
following, and being assured that the story as
related is true with hundreds Of other curous
people we would like to know the name Of the
9 touring pilgrim"
1t was clear, bright day, when HE youna
drummer-who was making his first tour
through the South--was seen smiling CON-
placently on fair damscl sitting at his feet
and diagonalIy opposite him, on the half-past
three south bound train from Memphis on the
M. and 7. railroad.
She Was fair and beautiful to behold as he
approached her thus
My good lady, it seems as if you were
travelling alone"
IL am" was the reply.
Well, said the drummer "uothing gives
me more true pleasure than to play the gal
liant to the fair sex, who, like yourself, are
companionless and If do not presume too
much, win be happy to be your escort as far
as we travel together"
" How far are you gofngp she said.
ITO Grenada" was the reply.
81 shall go that far myself"
Well, thou, surely we will have quite a
nice ride together
g But, pray, sir, il | am not too impertin-
ent, may ask what sort of business are YOU
inp'
Oh, no, not at all, my fair lady with
pleasure l can say that am touring pill
grim for a commercial house in Louisville,
Kentucky"
They spead on at the rate of twenty miles
an hour, busily engaged in conversation, until
they arrived at Station 10. By this time he
had changed his seat to the one directly be-
hind hers. When the train stopped their
eyes fell upon poor looking donkey, when
he, thinking to make the young lady blush
was heard to say:
Fair lady have been raised In the city,
and am totally unacquainted with the different
animals that inhabit the country will you
please tell me what sort or kind Of animal
that is over the way there :" at the same
time pointing his finger at the donkey.
She replied by making mischievous wink
at her father who had not long since taken a
seat near enough to hear the conversation.
81 too have been raised in the city, and
am, like you, unacquainted with the animals
that inhabit the country but if would be
left to judge, would emphatically say, from
his silly look and long ears that he must be
touring pilgrim for "a commercial house in
Louisville, Ky. Don't you think so, papa !? .
II do. do, my daughter" The drummer
wilted, and has not been heard from SINCE
Louisville Ledger.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24
NO. E93- I fl

HE CAMPHoR TREE.-One of the most
useful and magnificent productions of the
vegetable kingdom that enriches China. and
more particularly the provinces of Kiang 81
Canton, is the camphor tree. This stupendous
laurei which often adorns the banks Of tha
rivers, was IN several places found by Lord
Amherst's embassy about fifty feet hiab. with
ITS stem twenty feet in circumference. The
Chinese themselves affirm that II sometime.
attains The height 81 more than three Run.
bred feet, and a eireumfereuce greater than
the extended arms os twenty men could en-
brace. s.ssss
Camphor y obtained from tho branches b.
sleeping them, while fresh cut, 81 water Ia
two Or three days +; and then builing Them tin
the gum, IN the form Of white jelly ntiheres
to stick which is used in constantly stirring
the branches. The fluid is then poured into
. glazed vessel, where it concretes III a few
hours.
To purify it the Chinese take quantity Of
finely powdered earth, which they lay at the
bottom of copper basin over this they
place layer of camphor, and then another
layer of EARTH and SO on until The vessel ia
nearly filed, the last or toplnost layer being
OF earth. They cover this last layer with the
leaves of plant called po-ho, which seems to
be species of mentha (mint.) They now
ipvert second basin over the first aud make
1t air tight by luting. The whole is then SUBJ
mitted to the action Of regulated fire for n
certain length of time, and then left to cool
gradually. On separating the veesal tla ,,a,,,
phor IS found to have sublimned, and to have
adhered to the upper basin. Repetitions of
the same process complete its refinement.
Besides yielding this valuable ingredients
the camphor tree is one Of the principal TIM
Der trees Of China, and is used not only in
buildings but in most articles of furniture.
The wood is dry and Of light color, and al
though light and easy to work, is durable and
not liable to be injured by insects.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24

THINGS WORTH KNOWING. Sound travels
at the rate Of 1,142 feet per second in the air.
1880 in the water, 1000 III cast-iron, II, oOo
in steel, $4,000 in glass, and from CSC to ii,
600 In wood.
Mercury freezes at $50 Fahrenheit and
becomes a solid mass, malleable under the
hammer.
The greatest height at which visible clouds
ever exist does not exceed tea miles.
Air is about $40 times lighter than common
water.
The pressure Of the atmosphere upon every
square foot of the earth amounts to 4, 100 lbs
An ordinary sized man. surprising his surface
to be IA square feet, sustains the enormous
pressure of 80, $40 lbs.
Heat rareiies air to such an extent that II
can be made to occupy $500 times the space
it did before. The violence of the expansion
of water when freezing is sufficient to cleavs
a globe of copper of such thickness as to re.
quire force of $4,000 lbs to produce like
effect.
During the conversion of ice into water, lac
degrees of heat are absorbed.
Water. when converted into steam, increas-
es in bulk $4,000 times.
One hundred pounds Of Dead Sea water
contains 40 lbs. of salt
The mean annual depth of rain that falls at
the equator is 90 inches.
Assuming the temperature Of the interior
of the earth to increase uniformly at the rate
of 10 for every as feet, at the depth of 90
miles the degree of heat would be sufficient
to fnse all known substances.
The explosive force OF close-confined gun
powder is six and a half tons to the square
inch.
The greatest artificial cold ever produced is
--91o Fahrenheit.
Water obstructs one-half of the perpendic-
ular rays Of the sun In II feet, and three
fourths in "a feet, and less than one-thous-
andth part reaches the depth of 200 feet
hence the bottom of deep water is in total
darkness.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24

He wore SLOUGH hat and carried whip III
his hand, as he sauntered in Niagara Falls
hotel, and by the home mado style put on,
one could see he belonged around therein
fact, was nothing less than representative
haclsman. But he appeared thoughtful, and
the landlord soon noticing 1t, inquired
" What's the matter, Tom2 Are you sick,
or haven't you made hundred dollars to-day,
or what is up that you should look so pen
sive?.
/" I've heerd suthin', Colonel, that's sot me
tIinkin', . was the reply.
s What is it, Tom?n
/" Wal, there was a gentleman with long
whskers and professorish looking coat,
tsikin' On the Merican side, this MORN, kind.
er wiseisl like, and heern him say as how
he'd figured it out that In $500, 900 years the
Falls Of Niagara will be worn away, and there
will be none left at ALL
'sSuppose there isn't" said the landlord.
jocularly that will not affect you You'll
be dead and gone before them"
" No, l know 1t won't affect me, Colonel,
replied the passenger pirate with feeling,
" but cau't bear to think that the chances
I'm havin' to make money II DO taken from
my children ~
And though the landlord tried to console
him with genealogical calculation Of the
chances yet left for his family, the hackman
would not be comforted, and stalked away to
meet the incoming train with the air Of man
who was bound to make tho most of his OPP
portunity while it lasted
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24


lie is GOING TO REsIoN.--In Forsyth,
one day last week, q gentleman standing in
the street noticed two-mule wagon drive up
to one of the stores. There was nothing pc
culiar in this, but what particularly struck his
attention was the fact that the driver. co.,
ofeo map' mad an exceedingly lengthy pair
OF reins, and was seated III the hindmost part
Oh Inc wagon. When the team stopped, the
negro cautiously fastened the lines to a stand
ard, got out over the hind wheels, and made
circle OF forty or fifty feet to get to the
heads OF the mules This SO excited the gem
tleinan's curiosity that be walked up and ask
co
Look here, uncle, You are not crazy, arc
yeuY' -
Does ! look like crazy nigs d Mars
iomr"
Well, what In the name Of common sense
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24

A li'eral-minded youngster was pickecd up
by visitor of the family, while trotting him
on his knee. said ~ wish had this boy
think there is money in him." To which
the little fellow promptly responded 81
know there is, for I swaller'd cent t'other
day.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24
MISCELLANY.
now BExNY WAs cunEp.

Somebody told Mrs. Bruce that her little
boy said naughty words. Now, Mrs. Bruce
has always tried to impress it upon Benny
mind that it was not only dreadfully wicked
thing to swear, but an ungentlemanly and un-
manly one as well and that, no matter how
brave and bold it might sound to him, it al
ways lessencd woman's regard for any one
big or little, if she heard him using profane
language.
"What shall do, Gussie ?" asked Mrs.
Bruce of her sister. How shall cure him
of this wicked habit he has fallen into? |
have tried moral suasion, and you see it has
no effect. fear | shall be obliged to try
corporal punishment. He shall be broken of
the dreadful habit
g Do you think he realizes the meaning of
the words he uses, Belle? '' answered Aunt
Gussie, who did not believe altogether in
whippings. She said it always seemed to her
sort of relieved expression to the parents
anger, and very often brought on child's
resentment and a feeling of rebellion toward
its parent
6 | think where child knows just when to
say the words, he must realize their purport.
notice children usually use bad words when
they are in bad humor. Benny never says
them in cool blood. can't for my part un-
derstand where he leaYns them His papa
never swears." And Mrs. Bruce looked quite
distressed.
Why, he hears the men out in the field,
of course He knows all the horse and oxen
jargon perfectly, and catches these words in
the same way" exclaimed Aunt Gusse.
"Well, he will have to drop them out Of
his vocabulary, then. l have thought of a
helping Bridget clear the table, smiling as she
spoke.
"What way ?o asked Amt Gussia.
ooh notb;no sovoror ,hon sana,,;,. ), 80
nlied Mrs gruce. langb;no,v
"a sandwich ), ecboed Amt c,ss;o onon
inc ber eves worry wide
eyes a mustard and -tono,e sondw;oh
Wait and 500 how T sbal, c,re Mastar pannv
with those s;mn,e reme,,;os J,
Not very lono aftar th;s oonvorsa.;,, tod
takep n,ace sbr;ll l;tt,e vo;ca mos ha.rd 81.
on the lawn xbont,ng some vary rauahtv
words q, a va,u ,,.,rod cost oe ,,a,
uNov G,ss;o va, sha1I coo -, ,d,.;o,,
cpre ,, sa;d Mrs. Rr,ca 40 sho rosa f,o,,, 10,
sowing and cal,ea n Ronnv f.o,, t,,e ,r;,,do,r
!" Come r;obt in The bo,se r. nanm. J,
BENNY did not a,near 70 c,re aho,t ohan;n,,
for two very relpctant feet cama slo,,,v m ~
niazza stems
"Come here to mo. Rennv >, so;d Nrrs
Bruce. as she came from tho d;n;no room,
where she had taken the mustard. hottie ont
IF the castor uNow look AZ mo ), oort;n,,ad
she in a solemn tone az have triad vorv
hard IN helm Won break vonr tono,e IF .ha
wicked habit II has fallen into. Int 7 400
have not haen able IN cnra n sb.,1 ,o,v
adopt another method. which trust will, ba
more effectual Every time T haar n SOW a
xv;ckod naughty word 7 shall mt some ms
tard r;oht on the snot. and trv in that wav r.
draw ont all the badness that annears N ,;s
there Omen vonr month. and ,et mo sec the
snot .
BENNY opened his month very obedicntlv--
little cnriouslv. too. IT was sucb a funny
thino-to draw swearing out of tonone with
m,stard
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24

A New England man writes: ain the as
sessment roll Of my district, on line of road
half mile in extext, there are seven resi-
dents, nine dogs and a taxpayer And with
a full knowledge of the dogs, believe they
are better characters than their masters"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24

In Auburn, KY. two hens have built their
nests in tree twenty five feet from the
ground, and fly up and deposit their eggs
daily The momentors question which aei-
tates that locality now is how the hens are "a
get their young ores dowu ,slsvn hatrhed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24

An exchange says : 1--WE are in receipt of
two poems, one on the 'Throbbing Brain.
and the other ON Bleeding Heart We
win wait until we receive one on the Stom-
ach-ache and publish all three together"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24
POETRY.


know not what may befali me, God spreads mist be-
fore my eyes;
every step Of my onward path He makes scene,
And every Joy He sends me- comes strange sweet
surprise
see not step before me- tread another year,
But the past is stiln Gods keeping, the future Ills
And what se s DARK In the distance may brighten
draw
For It may be the dreaded future is less better than i
think;
The Lord may sweeten The waters, before s.oop to
Or il Marah must be Marah He viii stand beside the
brink.
II may be He is keeping for the coming of my feet
Some gift of such biessedness joy strange
That my lips shall only trembc with the thanks they
cannot speak.
Oh, happy blessed ignorance, it's better not to know
1t keeps still in the tender that will not let
And bushes my soul to the bosom that loves me
SO go on, not knowing 1 would not IL might,
would rather walk in the dark with God than go alone
in the light
would rather walk with Him. by faith. than go alone
by sight.
Ny heart shrnks back from the trials the future may
disclose,
But never bad sorrow but what the dear Lord chose
So keep the coming tears back with the whispered
word" He knows
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24
FOR SALE.

TIME stock and Fixtures of the Segar Store located
i in the Post Once Building, in this city
For particulars inquire Of
Feb 18th, 1876.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-05-24

AGENTS WANTED +! male or Female, TO
take orders Daniel F. Beatty Washington, New jersey
Feb. TO- 1875.
, 1876-08-26
ORDINANCE

concerning the establishment of
Central Factories and alteration
of the regulations defining the re-
lations between the owners of
Landed properties and the rural
labourers in St. Oroix.
q. 10th June 1876
, 1876-08-26

ON Oprettelsen af Fellessukker-
kogerier og ON F~orandring i
B~estemmelserne ON Forholdet
imellem Observation-Disclosures
og Landarbeidere paa st. Croiv
dat, looe Juni 1876.
, 1876-08-26
Johan August Staker1ann,
Etatsraad,

- LOLT00U,
Con'F't~eret GouCernem for de Dansk- Y@tiadiske Oe,,
Rldder g Danndrog,
1J0R VITTERLTGT: Paa Finantsministe-
81 rlets derom nedIagte aIlerunderdanigste F@orestilling har
det behaget Hans Maiestet Kongen we'd Anerh6iese Bcso -
luton al l6de J9ni d. A. aIlernaaGigst at stadfaste f6Igende
al 81 Irolx C,oIonialraad we'd 3die Behanding den 18de
APrll q, A. vedtagne Anordning ON O~pretteIsen at FeIIes-
5orhoIdet lmeIjem OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 90 Lapdarbej-
dere paa st. Croix.
, 1876-08-26

~ = ATU. -CiO'"BFHucI meu Ell OFundkdDtdI, hVOrat
I'll 2 MiLfoner Kroner tilveiebrfnges we'd def IToy' af o5fa
O4ua' tofo 'HSagIe Liam al StaskaSsen, overtager Gouvene.
nso' 10 ~ 70 oanskc Yestindiske Ger paa st. Croix Commuues
aes 0"o - H+'"S HS
en- Renteg4ranti for den like under Laanet fra S~tatsgasso9
ihqDeI9ttede DeeI at Grundka ptaIen af 5 y. CT. aarEo
lndhl Diet n@Vnte Liam er Ikvideret. G,araotieIo to1a~ s5
BegyndelSe Paa samme lid som Garantien for Diet rnvnto
L Laan' ot"looe d nVad der Meteorological af Drften,
DelesToC Pa d9 0tatuterne bestemte Maado,-altsaa
efter tradrag af de prooenter. der sfatntpaqsi, Smile
~ 9oun@ssvs vi neserveionGen-i noget Aar MATTE mangIe
u s"ioH'e[eue ? ct. af Laanet og 5 p. ct. af den 6vrigo
u CaPlaien, tHSkydes af st Croix Colonialkasso.
DefSom Nettoudbyttet af Drihen ct eIer dere Aar MATTE
0Ferstlge act samlede Bel6b of disse 7oe 5 p. OF. anvendes
oct OVerskydende forlods til at dnkke ColonjaIkassen for
muige tdigere Tilskud AnIodnino of Garantinrne man
l0Vrlgt t%orbeholdes bemeldte Kasse ingen snrlie AndeeI af
0Vefskaddet ndoyer dens Ret som Aktiehaver. Dersom
ue 0Veftagne Garantieri 3 Aar efer hinanden have fordret
~ al Ut. eIIer derover af Colonialkassen, en-
' TtneheHteJ befethget ill paa DENIES Vegne at over
Iage b~es11yreIsen at FpIIessukkerkogeriorn uden I denno
deHSeeHue az VBre underkaStet anden Indsknnknino fra
Selskabets Side, end at det er orpIiotet III nj aHnoce Fl
aarHgt iuldst@ndigt Regnskab og fordele Udbyttet supple.
it u ue garanteredo Bcl6b meIIem S~tatskassen og Aktie-
haVerne Henhold til Low Of 25de Febuar 1875 OF til
otatuteIne. Mar Observation-Disclosures under denne
~bestyrese ! 8 paa hinanden ~f6lgende Aar have giyet ct
Store aarligt Nettoudbytto end de caranterede Bel5b,
ehef mar OoIonIaIkasSen har erhoIdt luId Dnkning for sic
som Hogo al Ga[antierne Ejorte IiIskud, er Selskabet
lgJen pete'uget I'll at fo!dre sig dem ov6rdragne. Som
FoIge al do heromhandede Garantier er Gouvenementet
6erettIget til, we'd Siden af den af Fiuantsministerie foIge
Ioven u1oVede Control med AoIaget, at fore Control med
Driften, saaIedes at Selskabet saa Hensoende har at
uhoerkasto sig DC Bestemmelser, som gives Qf GOuvelne-
mentet.
B. SteampeIfrihed for de al Understandable eucr s,lshabet
paa 81. Crox udstedte Akier eIIer andre Gia'leforskriy-
1mgeI' SaaIedes at dIsSo kunne udstedes pa ustempIet
PaPir og 'ransportercs uden Brug af stemD.t Papir.
fruageIse for Told we'd lndl0reSen iii ST. CroiH af SAINT
Ige III den f0rste Indretuing af les8ukkerhooc forn0d-
ne MateraHer Og Maskiner frsaayidi d. like ailerpdai Hon.
hoId I'll Low 0ngaaend9 Iandelen OF S~Fibsarten paa st.
/. Croix af 30te jun 1856 { il6,oaa fJfGi, ts9@v,I.
som tHtageSe for Snibsafgifter, Kran-og Bro SAINT Lods-
PeI9t' uISse eYentueit ~beregnede af saadan DeoI af Dr@g-
nigheden at de Skibe, hyori bemeldte MateraIier o& Ma
, 1876-08-26

8a25femt der DANES ct Jntereasentskab eIer Actieselskab med
AT lna n a. lFemme Suhkerproductionen pa St. Croix we'd
i G,5GT's 3 s Midfnoe. Forelagender med en- GruodkopltaI, hvoraf
F HJn @ y tn hrqner ti.veiebringes we'd Diet Low af 25le
I nsnIo' Tor d9 danskVestindiske Ger paa st. Croix Commuues
vegne De AoVen foresErevno TorpHgteIser, og endyidere IT,