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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19
zLAMBERTvILLE n. J., WEDNESDAY JANUARY 10, 1915.

bf taxation, can well afford to, and should
leave Untouched by the assessor; all ediiices for
religious worship and the land Upon which
they stand actually necessary for their con-
venient use and SO exclusively used
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

There Is 40 such thing as perfect liberty,
for no man is free IL he is the slave of his con-!
science. But to be a slave to conscienee is
our souls safety.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-01-19

Many Of I'D are keIps in a position Of moral
rectitude, as stones are kept upright IN WALL
by the pressure OF che rest.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27

No one could solve this, and one after
another gave him a 12-kreutzer piece.
And when the ninth desired he should
solve the riddle, he rocked to and fro,
rolled his eyes, and shrugged his shout
ders.
" l am poor jew" he said at last.
What has that to do with it ?" said
the rest. Give US the answer
You must not take it amiss," said
the Jew, " for I am a poor Jew"
At last after much persuasion and
many promises that he would do him no
harm, he thrust his hand into his pocket.
took out one of the twelve kreutzer
pieces he had won, laid it upon the table
and said II do not know the answer
any more than you. Here are my twelve
kreutzers."
When the others heard this they
opened their eyes, and said this was
scarcely according to agreement. Butas
they could not control their laughter,
aS. were good-natured and wealthy Easaa.,-l
!. 3}c.-1- - 5ST--1ad Helped tnem to |
w-1Ie away the time from Saint Welt to |
Sehlampi they let it pass.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
yHY THE JAPANESE SH4PE
HEAD.

Mr.. Grifis, in his admirable work,
"The Mikado's Empire" gives many IN
teresting incidents in the history Of the
japanese. Many of the medieval mill
tary customs were very interesting.
During this period the habit originated
of the men shaving the hair of their
temples and from the middle of the scalp,
and binding the long cue into top-knot'
which was turned forward and laid on
the scalp. The object of this was to keep
the hair out of the eyes during battle
and also to mark the wearer as warrior.
Gradually it became a universal CUSTOM
extending to all classes.
When, in 1873, the reformers persuaded
the people to cut off their knots and lei
their hair grow, the latter refused 70
initiate the foreigners, and supposed
they were true conservatives when, ID
reality. the ancient japanese knew noth-
ing of shaven faces and scalps, or of top
knots. The ancient warriors wore mus
taches. and even boards. The practlcs
of keeping the face scrupulously bare
until recently so universally observed
except by botanists and doctors, IS com
paratively modern.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
AMOS, BOOK-KEEPER

We asked Amos, says the Atlanta Con
stitution, now his boy was getting on at
school.
" "Pleg take dat boy, I done tuck him
way from that school %
why, what for %
ss4t6ca, -..,s,.4. -. a.. Aat DOoA larnln
'Twon't do fer some niggers ter be too
edgikatid."
Why not, Amos %
Well, sab, jess take dat boy, frin-
stance. put dat boy to keep books for
me bout de selin' OBJ de garden truck
dis summer. Wen, sab, he jess rit
down charges dar in de book for all de
truck dat 1 tuck out de garden, an
charges fer all dat sole, an charges fer
all dat we eat in de house, an den
credit hisself wild the little mounts dat
I let him hab long at odd 'casions, an
den he 90 an add dem all up, an struck
er balance, he say"
" And how did yeu come out ?"
" Come out? Fore de Good Marster,
I didn't come out at all Dat boy done
stuck me for bout thutty-fbe dollers,
sides his wages as de book-keepah-now
dat's what de fggers said"
" Well, what did you do ?'
81 jess burn up dat book right dar an
den, 'scharged de book-keepah and hire
him obei agin ter saw wood fer his borde
an clos"
'' You did?"
'' Yes, sab, I did dat Why, boss, ef
dat boy he'd KEEP dat book on me tell now
de'd done own dat hous' an gyardin
patch an bin chargin' me an his ole
nanny for bed an bred? l tell yer dis
hyar book-larnin' is ruin'in' dis young
breed ob niggers, It's shore 2'
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
BURNING OF TIE STE4MER S0UIH-
ERN BELIE.

Mr.. Libans, who narrowly escaped,
says that when the boat landed at Mrs.
Marrineaux's to take that lady on board
went and escorted her back into the
ladies' cabin. At the same time the
boat was backing cut from the landing
[ went to the office to get the key of the
stateroom for Mrs. Marrineaux, and on
returning to give it to her she met me
half way in the cabin and said the boat
was On fire, and to take her off / saw
smoke coming up through the carpets
and through the stateroOms amidships,
and told her that the boat was landing
and to 20 ashore, as | was then engaged
in breaking in staterooms doors to awake
passengers. After doing this 1 ran to
my own room to awake young Willie
Greathouse, who slept in the same room.
When 1 thought l had awakened him 1
ran to the Office where Ely books and
papers were with view to saving them
if possible. After a moment l looked
around and did not see young Great
house, and Immediately running back
again succeeded in bringing him out of
the room and told him to 60 ashore, after
which L returned TO the office a second
time, and was in the act of trying to re-
cover small amount of cash in the
drawer when the flames had nearly sur
rounded nae, and / was forced to leave
my books, and other valuables to the
flames. [ then rushed out of the office,
with my face and hands scoIched.
found that the stairs were in a blaze,
and jumped from the boiler deck on to a
tier of cotton ON the guard, and from
that to the stage and to the shore, where,
on turning around to look at the boat, ]
saw that she was one burning mass from
stem to stern. The boats books and
papers were all burned; in fact, every
thing except what was in the safe. The
Belle had eight hundred bales of cotton
on board and one thousand five hundred
sacks of seed. The following additional
are known to be lost /: A Catholic priest
name unknown, from Bayou Sara; A. c.
Griffith, George Thomas, chief steward
from Louisville, KY; Gus Davis, hal
tender; Carter Roam, guard tender of the
cabin. The four last named jumped
overheard and were drowned, while Mr.
| Won Phul, Droz, Griffith and the pries
are said to have perished in the flames.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
CITHOLTCTSn ~ NEV YORK,

4 New York letter says: This Is one
of the great stronghdds of Catholicism,
being, it is said, the acoud largest Cath
olic city in christendlm, Paris only ex-
We nave .4u.Uoo C5efTs-ga gaassaa.mbered that
600 Irish, o. 1000 FreIch, $1,000 Italian,
10000 Spanish, and several thousand
Portugese and other Europeans, nearly
all of whom are at lest nominal Catho-
lies, our Catholic prepnderance will not
be wondered at I hve no doubt that,
taking into consideration the lukewarm-
ness and skepticism o. many of the par
tisans of the nationalfaith, and the gen
eraI earnestness Of tie Irish, Germans,
Italians and other freigners in their
creed, it Is highly probable that New
York contains more determined, down
right Catholics than any other capital.
The churches here number, it Is said,
nearly sixty of all kinds, many of them
very ordinary, although it is expected
that the new cathedral, in upper Fifth
Avenue, will when finished, be the finest
ecclesiastical edifce in the metropolis.
Cardinal McCloskey, the head of the
Romanists in this city and country, has
no fixed income, but his revenues from
the church are estimated at over $780,
900 a year, and | have heard them put
it as high as Sl5O,O0O. Monetarily, the
Roman church here is on an extremely
sourd basis.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27

will be both sour and sweet-one half
sweet, the other sour. Over quarter
OF century ago one William Babb, how
deceased, in experimenting, took bud
from an apple tree which bore greetings,
and another from a tree which bore sweet
apples. Cutting them in half he placed
the sour and sweet halves together, and,
budding them to the tree, the above has
been the result. Some of the apples are
entirely green in color, while others have
a yellowish cast
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
VIII crqARs BE DE4RER
Neunrk fN. Jl Advertiser.

This years Havana tobacco harvest,
according TO best accounts, is the worst
for many years. This is the one planted
last and gathered last spring. The pres
emf Is about the planting season for next
years crop, and how it may turn out is
impossible yet to say. The crop already
gathered is represented to be of very
poor quality, and such as to furnish
hardly any or none of the best class.
To increase the unpleasantness of the
situation the old stock has run out, and
several of the leading manufactures
have, in consequence, been obliged to
suspend for want of leaf. Over $4,000
bales of leaf tobacco are exported annu-
ally irom Havana to the United States
the average bale being about one hun
dred pounds weight. 1t is all manufae-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27

A paper on Landan's new safety
lamp for use in mines" was lately read
at meeting of the North Stafiordshire
mining institution. The chief peculiar
ity of the invention resides in the feature
that the admission Of gas extinguishes the
flame, so that it cannot under any cir
cumstances be exploded by the lamp.
The whole of the air supply that feeds
the fame must pass through an air
chamber in a limited space at the bot
tom of the lamp, and as soon as the i'm
pure air, such as hydrogen, caruretted
hydrogen, etc, fills up to that limited
space. the passage Of the needful supply
of oxygen to feed the flame is chOked
thereby, and the flame is necessarily ex-
tinguished for want of air. Experiments
made to demonstrate this claim were
quite successful. 1t was further claimed
that the lamp could not be affected by
the strongest current Of pure air, but were
less successful. But while the latter ex-
periments did not show the Landau
lamp to be inferior to others, the former
we're regarded as decided points Of supe-
riority in construction.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
nov 4 r4LU4BnE cow WIS sATED

Paris Kentuckian.
DR.. Keller, of this city, successfully
treated the broken leg of a COW belonging
to John c. Brent, in manner entirely
different from any that we ever read or
heard of One of her hind legs was
badly fractured midway between the
hoof and hook joint The animal was
laid down, the broken bones adjusted;
a bandage put around the broken limb,
a paste of plaster of Paris spread around
this, until six layers of bandage and
plaster had been applied. Over the
whole a good coatingof plaster was spread
and allowed to dry, and the COW turned
loose. When the injury was received,
seeing that the brute was suffering in
tensely, her owner proposed to kill her
to end her sufferings. but when the above
treatment was suggested, readily con-
sented, and in thirty-fye days after the
accident, when the dressing was taken
of, the wound was found entirely lealed.
DR.. Keller, knowing that this manner of
treatment of compound fractures had
been successful when practiced upon the
genus homo, could see no reason why it
could not be equally successful upon
broken bones among the brute creation,
and his plan, if adopted in similar cases,
will save many valuable animals. After
thorough dressing an aperture was
made to allow the running out of any
matter, should it form. This IS a valu-
able discovery in animal surgery, and
will be of great benefit to owners ol
cattle and horses.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
TIE TrILERTIss.

4 letter from Paris to the Philadelphia
Telegraph says. The fate Of the ruins
Of the Tuileries at last has been decided
by official decree. The ruins, massive.
picturesque, and useless, are to be re-
moved, and building erected on their
site which is to serve as a picture gallery
and museum, probably as a gallery for
modem French pictures, as the Luxem-
bourg, now used for that purpose, is no
toriously the worst adapted edifce for
a picture gallery in the world. The
rooms are cramped, the light is bad, and
there is no possibility of an adequate dis
ures tIlsrGs s2IiouIu Ue deposited there. It
was at first suggested that the walls Of
the Tuileries should be left standing,
and merely the roof and interior replaced,
but there were grave doubts expressed
as to the soundness of the foundations,
and so the last vest iges of the historical
palace of Catherine de Aledicis will
shortly disappear.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
SoTHERN NEWS.

ID! ~ s5s l5s1 nnoaf aument fund now amounts t,
dESTsSSfls ,,S nsS das ,sendiE2 about fifty emf
NEW ORLEk ks,s introdn,;-..,.,....,,.--
her street raiAavs. '''r' u III III % oi
A CAR AR 81 'tton caught fire at Dallas,
- eSt1S oaS Iii0 Rty bales were burned. Loss
THE Savann benavoIan+ os-,.ia.;.,, !,
received up tafondsv nau
amount of S65S5. .s3. ''oi'' - '''e
VICKsDURG ribuna xro,,o.,t,1o.-
| coming coming fel9 sree on account of the drouth.
Eyerytnlns = 'erally parched up.
Two dlsguls' roughs broke into an old
man heuse Ear Memphis, knocked him
seIlseiesS an" ieed him 10 deliver up 1870
IN a recent dye north a Texas man lost
hine hungfGu ~ nd OF cattle, but didn't miss
theih uhtll nc Ached his destination and
had q count.
lHE AiabaihAnd Chattanooga railroad
was sold by ord'of court at Mobile, Ala,
TO Boston capiIsts for $4,000, 100000
7les.ad,. Ha HssSfol i.'cii 5sR on Wednesday It
footed UPS s.,aies, and was valued at
157,12690N~~
SAN ANToso Herald. The pecan mast
this year Will | extraordinarily large. The /
export ol this Erorite NUS quite an item OF
revenue to weston Texas
LITTLE Rock Gazette colony of sixty /
russians arrived from ne north yesterday, /
and were taken ap thei-ittle Rock and Fort |
smith read last evenis by special train.
DIR. J. 5. BURys ne man charged with /
setting fire tothe listers Office at Chatta- /
nooga, has been hel without bail to answer /
the charge ofarsonand 81 900 bail each to /
answer charges Of brglary and larceny.
A sTRANGER cam, to Lawrence, Texas. 1
and requested ex-shetf Starke to 90 with /
HIM 20 see a piece Of land, The stranger /
had "A shotgun. Starke Yves found dead /
with a load Of buckshot his head and the /
stranger gone.
TELLURIC ores have ben discovered at
depth of two hundred fet near Charlotte,
North Carolina Tellurim belongs 10 the
sulphur and selenium COUP Of metalloids
and ITS presence is consiered by experts to
be an undoubted eyidene Of large deposits
Of rich ore.
4 LATE Charleston cirllar puts the pres
ent rice crop OF Georgia nd South Carolina
~ 12,puU tlerces or aboutve per cent more
slah any crop since the ar The product
4Es year has been grou at a greatly re-
1uced cost, and with an economy that, until
within year past, was duost unknown.
The Corpus Christi Cex.1 Gazette men
ions big sale of horseat the following fig
lres: One neneda, tweey-eight head, at
'4-25; one menada, twnty-ihree head, at
'4-l2i4; one meneda, t-enty-one head, at
'6.625t; one saddle hors AT $3.50.
THE Atlanta Times sa.s the lady of that
.ity who married the Blston man some days
ince, and was developed out OF about 81 400
y him while on a bridal tour 10 the cen
enuiai, has returned home without the
money, as under the laws OF Pennsylvania
he scoundrel is held % be entitled to his
-ife's money.
CERTAIN cotton-groyers OF Alabama are
lst now trying the experiment. OF sending
nginned cotton To Hgland. The cotton is
rst sun-dried, and tim pressed into bales
S in the case Of lint cotton, Eagged and I
ound, and thus sent market, seed and all
he object is To get tn English market for
he seed and waste aswell as the clean cot
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
THE TURKISH BATTLE HTaN.

An excellent text is furnished in the
Turkish battle hymn, of which the fol-
lowing is portion, for the horrible bru-
talities perpetrated by the Turks in mo-
ments of victory "Allah calls us!
Allah invites! Alasl Up to the
seventh heaven, rise the vile odor and
the insolence of the infdels. Allah callsl
Allah invites The bloody combat opens.
To the conquerors, the prophet will open
the gates Of paradise. Allah is great
The corpses of our brethren will remain
upon the field of carnage, that they may
breathe pestilence, desolation and death
into the camp of our enemies. WeeT
not for theml The avenging sword o
the sons of the prophet will slay by tho
side of each, a hundred as a compensa
tion for their death. Dead or alive, may
their corpses or their weapons sow de
struction and mourning in the rnfide
ranks Weep not for theml Allah L
great The christians crushed, our deaC
will inherit all the joys promised by tn
prophet in his love for his people. II
combat To carnagel Allah calls us
Allah invites usl
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
TARANTULA FIGHT.


In the vicinity of Modesto it is known
that the tarantula abounds. The sand is
its native element, and on the sand
plains he thrives and increases with pro-
life energy. The tarantula mas a nerce
and violent disposition and ungoverna-
BILE temper that make him quarreisome
and given to fighting. Knowing this
the sports of Modesto, when all other
amusements fail, capture these gladla-
tors and place them in an arena where
by irritation, they are driven to attack
each other. The combat is usually long
fierce and exciting, and is witnessed by
scores of eager spectators, who bet heavi-
ly ON the result. These fights take place
nearly every Sunday, and we have heard
Of one man who recently won $50 on hls
fayorite tarantula
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27

tured into cigars in this country. In
the city Of New York alone the manu-
tacture of cigars gives employment to at
least 10000 persons. Many of these are
girls and women, who make on an aver
age so a week. Men average sl4
week. The price oil the best
tobacco, unlike that of most other COM
modities in these times, is stationary at
present, but the dealers say it is more
likely to rise than to fall, in consequence
Of the failure of the Cuban crop. But
no immediate change is apprehended.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
MAGNIFICENT cnors IN LOUISIANA
New Orleans Times.

New orleans lines.
In Louisiana and all the adjacent states,
the corn crop, though not so large as last
kesr seems to be abundant in nearly
Eery district, and with the surplus of
CORN saved over from last year.
q is no fear Of scarcity, except in a
gw small areas, which can be locally
supplied.
The rice has had just the weather suited
to that crop, and all of the largest crop
ever raised in this state has been saved
without any loss, and in the fines. condi-
ton for market.
Cotton is arriving in large excess
over the receipts Of a year ago, owing to
the fine, dry weather, so favorable to
opening and the picking of the staple.
The worm has done no material dam
age in any large district, and wherever
if appeared came too late to do much
harm. as the cotton was too far advanced
toward opening.
The receipts of New Orleans are one
third more than this time last year.
The great crop of Louisiana is sugar,
and though showers of rain would have
given a large growth of cane, yet the dry
weather has not been unfavorable, and
the cool nights with the light frosts have
tended to check the growth of the cane
and rapidly ripen it. With the prospect
of an early winter, this is an excellent
condition of the crop, as it enables
the planter to work off his crop with less
boiling and less expense for fuel and Ia
Dor. Grinding has already begun.
Taking it all in all, the crop prospects
are better than they have been for years,
and the planters are freer from debe
and more Independent than they hav
ever been. 1t has been a year of good
cheer.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27

A CURIOUS APPLE TREE.-There IL
growing in Pochuck, Vernon township
Sussex county, an apple tree which bears
both sour and sweet apples. Not only
this, but sour and sweet apples grow on
the same limbs, and some of the apples
are both sour and sweet. One can PICK
an apple and find it intensely sour,
then pick another from next to it ana
find it exceedingly sweet; still another
can be picked from the same limb and It
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
WHArEvER else may be aid of the. .or-

WHATEVER else may be said of the. or
der of Patrons of Husbandry, there
seems to be no doubt that it has been
useful in introducing new element of
sociability among the farmers. Many of
the grange headquarters have been vir-
tually transformed into club-rooms-
some of them have been supplied with
Libraries; and they are habitually fre-
quented by all the members entitled to
their privileges.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27
THE WEEK PAST.

h FRENCH physician who has inst been
sreceived by the pope thus reports to the
Roman correspondent of the Univers:
Tbs pope is healthy and vigorous; he
has no disease. All his organs are in
perfect harmony, and his countenance
voice and gesture are those of a man of
sixty, not of eighty-five. He can, and
even should, apart from unforeseen ac-
cident. live thus ten years more.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27

A SUBSTITUTE for gunpowder has been
invented in England, in the shape of
paper impregnated with a chemical COM
bination of chlorate of potash, and nitrate
of potash, prussiate of potash, and chro-
mate of potash, coupled with a little
powdered charcoal and tinder. The
paper is rolled around these latter in the
desired sizes for cartridges. The advan-
tages offered are that no danger of ex-
plosion exists except from actual contact
with fire, the interior of the arm is not
soiled, less smoke and less rebound are
made than with gunpowder, and less
damage takes place from humanity.
Very satisfactory trials have been made
Of the new material.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27

THOMAS BRENNAN, farmer in the
township Of Nekimi, Wisconsin, was en-
gagged in cutting his wheat with a reaper
A boy about four years of age was play
ing in the field and finally wandered into
the standing grain, laid down and went
70 sleep. The father. not noticing the
child, drove the machine over him, the
knives cutting one leg egcompletely offand
hurting the other badly. The boy was
still alive at last accounts, although
there is little hope of his recovery.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27

The biological section cf the British
association has lately discussed the rela-
tive merits of hard and soft water used
rs beverages. The opinion of the physi-
clans who spoke seems to have been that
hard water. inasmuch as it contains lime
and phosphates, is good for your children
who need the lime for the building of
their bones, but bad for elderly people
IN whose skeletons there is an excess of
mineral matter. DR.. Homer Bostwick
used to maintain that bread so far from
bein. the " staff of life" was the staff
of death, because of the earthly matter
it contains, which is 0.6 per cent. of the
whole, and so clogs the natural gates and
alleys of the body that repair cannot
keep up with waste, nor waste be elimi-
mated freely; that death supervenes be-
fore the proper span of years has half
been accomplished. Doubtless too little
attention is given to the waters we drink.
though the time will come when caution
in regard 10 them will be locked upon
SIS at least as necessary as il IL in the
matter of food.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-10-27

Crowd at the depot waiting for late
train aftable youngman accosts gruff old
gent Sir, | think have had the
pleasure Of meeting you before. Your
Ice looks familiar" Old Gent Does
"a oll e'lrs afore you're old's I
IN.