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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-12-21
THE GREAT
BURLINGTON ROUTE.

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The Shortest, Speedest and Most Comforta-
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Chicago, and 7. J. POTTER, General Manager,
Chicago.
March is. lssi..4Ot.
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MISCELLANY.
TEMPERANCE VOTES.

Prohibition fs now being agitated in thirty
nj the States Of the Union.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-12-21

The city Of Newton. Kansas. was the FIRST
city in the State to recnguizs the prehibiory
amendment 10 the Constitution, and some two
months before the law went into effect, the
mayor closed up the four saloons. Since that
tinie there has been no Intoxicating liquor
jig beyond all precedent.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-12-21

AN UNNAMED SEA MONSTER. The Sea
Serpent Bones Found in the Noso Jersey Mari
ISts.-The finding of the remains of large
sell serpent in the mari pit of o. @. Herbert
at Marlboro, last week, was supplemented on
Tuesday by the discovery of the remains of
another one. The find of Thursday was
somewhat decomposed, and only two large
tusks and portions of the jawbops of the rep
tile were found preserved, the othor bones
crumbling to pieces when exposed to the air.
The bones found last week are all we'll pre-
served and the tusks are remarkable for their
size and fine natural polish. Prof. Samuel
Lockwood gives the following description of
the reptile 81 was monster of great bulk.
1t had two paddles we'll frontward and two
behind, the body being short aud stout. The
bones of the paddles, from their size and solidi
ty, indicate extraordinary propeling power
The tail was Stout long and serpentine, but a
little tiattish, thus affording great aid in pro-
pnlsion by sculling movement. The neck
was long, and yet thick enough to support the
head high out of water while the monster was
engaged in devouring its prey. The huge
jaws are armed with tusks which were more
formidable than those of the crocodile. The
lower Jaw was very singular in structure, and
had joint like an elbow. In the act of swal
lowing, the reptile could enlarge its gullet by
means Of this elbow joint. The act of swal-
lowing was necessarily slow, and the reptile
no doubt would have had great trouble in re-
tanning in its mouth its struggling prey if it
had not been for supplementary jaw which
was used as grapple. This was armed with
small teeth, which were curved 10 shape and
very sharp. As the large jaw, with their
great tusks, were being opened so as to obtain
new hold, the little grapple jaw held the
struggling prey fast. aud the movements al
ternate until the fish or other prey was forced
down the great throat" The only bones of
this monster reptile of the antediluvian age
known are those found in the mari pits of Mr..
Herbert, and no name has yet been found Tor
i by the scientists.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-12-21

The keepers of whiskey-saloous and dram
shops produce nothing, do not earn anything,
but support themselves and families, if they
have any, on the earnings of others. 1t
would be better for the community TO support
such vendors of alcoholic drinks and their
families by direct taxation, if they will not
work. than to permit them to support them
selves and families by making large portion
of the people poor and miserable, If not Grim
inals, by the sale of their liquors.
Balcom's charge TO Chsmung Grand jury.
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Selected for THE RECORD
THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION.


Saint Andrews University, Scotland, has
lately instituted a new "Lord Rector Sir
Theodore Martin, elected to that honor, in
his inaugural address, uttered many good
things, that are as suitable for America as for
Scotland. His way of speaking of the purpose
ef education is SO sensible, SO practical, SO
right, that THE RECORD will not object to
give room to few sentences. Our American
farefathers, the true founders of our National
greatness, were of the same mind as the old
worthless of Scotland, to whom the new Rector
refers.
"our Scottish forefathers had very clear
ideas on this subject, They took care that
every child learned, both at home and In tho
parish school, that he could not do his duty to
God or man unless he lived an honest, sober,
truthful, simple life, making the best that
circumstances would permit of the faculties
md opportunities God had given hm-earn-
ing the bread that he ate and think ing it the
worst of shamcs not to secure his own indie
pendence, and that of those who had to lean
upon him, by the labor of his brain and hands.
That simple noble creed were i'll exchanged
for the superficial accomplishments which
nowadays pass in many quarters for educa-
ton. 1t made our country what it was the
home and stronghold of civil and religious
freedom it tiiumphed over the disadvantages
cf rigorous climate and barren soil il sent
out our young men to all parts of the world,
10 be the pioneers of industry and improve
ment, to earn honorable rewards in fame and
fortune, and to make the blood of Scotchman
widely recognized as in some measure a guar
antee for integrity, for courage, intelligence
and perseverance.
The great principles by which our ances-
tors were guided in these matters are eternaly
true. To turn out good men and good citi-
zens was their aim and, according to their
lights and their means, they spared no efforts
to achieve it,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-12-21

II win be happy day when smoking in
public 10 | he great annoyance of nOn smokers
finclrding women and the splitting ef tobacco
.fiice shall be prohibited like other public
nnisances and indecent acts.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-12-21

The young ladies of Greenwood, S. c.. give
no eonntenance TO a young man who drinks
liquor, aud will not admit him to the reading
elub on the ground that liquor and learning
DO not 60 we'll together.
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KENDALL's SPAWN CURE.
From
Col. u. II. Foster

YoItvasrowE, ONO, May 10th, 1880.
DR.. B. J. KENDALL & Co, GEfrs:--l had very
valuable Hamheionan colt which prised very highly
he had large bone SPAWN one joint and smaller
one the other which made him very lame nd him
under the charge of two Veterinary Surgeons who ill
ed TO cure him. was day reading the advertise
ment of KeNDALLs SPAWN CURE In the Chicago Ex-
press, determined at to try il aud got our Drug
gists here 10 send for IT, they ordered three bottles
took them all and thought would give It thorough
trial. used it ne ordng to directions and by the fourth
day the colt ceased to he lame aud the humps have en-
tirey disappeared used hut one bottle and the colts
limbs are us free from humps and us smooth is any
horse In the state lie Is entirely cured The cure was
so remarkable that let Two OF my neighbors have the
remaining two bottles who are now using ID.
Very respectfully,
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Kendall's SPAWN Cure.

ASHLAND ScHUYLKILL Co, Pa, June 3d. 1880
DR.. B. j. KENDALL X Co, GENTS "a case of SPAWN
that under my observation entirely cured by
one bottle of your Kendalls Spawn Cure, and the
Horse sold afterwards for two hundred dollars.
Yours truly,
THE " Druggist. CHAs. II. BARNARD.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-14

Resistance to the new p%rohibitory
laws of Kansas has gone so far that
while juries in the cities refuse to con,
vict liquor sellers, eve upon the
clearest evidence, in Atchison the
Common Council, with the CO opera,
ton of its presiding officer, the
Mayor, has adopted an ordinance
providing for the granting %oflicenses
to taverns and saloons. This action
was taken in express ridicule and
defiance of the prohibitory constitu.
tional amendment and the laws based
upon it. The temperance men have
since then had a mass meeting, and
call upon the Mayor to resign, while
Gov. st. John threatened to cal
out the militia and pu. the laws into
execution by force of arms. All this
because the population of the cities
is not willing to be deprived of its
beer by the rural populations tenn
perance predictions.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-14

A correspondent of the New York
EUening Post, who has recently
visited Mexico and studied its people
and institutions, does not give a very
f%attering account of the prospects
of the railroads which have been
projected and in which American
capitalists are solicited to invest
their money. He does not believe it
lis the purpose of Mexico to pay the
subsidies pledged by its Congress,
which already amount to more than
half the gross revenue of the COVER.
ment. But these subsidies of money
and the concessions of land, a good
deal of which can never be made
productive, supply a basis for work.
ing off the bonds, which will imme.
diately be put upon our own and
European markets. Many of the
projected roads in his opinion, will
- = T.aHaE ..sr
suspend before half completed, be.
ginning somewhere and ending no
where in particular, and the bond
holders will be left in the vocative
The Mexican people, whatever theil
government may do, do not want
railroads, and will not use them; and
Notwithstanding friendly assurance;
at the Mexican Capital, they look up
on the American projects as but mi
tiations of a process of absorption o
their entire country. "The Gringo'
will soon own the whole of Mexico
is a common remark there. The cor
respondents ADVICE is to button NJ
your pockets when asked to take
stock in the roads.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-14

The bulletins from Washington up
to the time of our forms being made
up, (Tuesday,) represent President
GARF1ELD's condition TO be good,
and his friends have every reason
for a strong faith in his ultimate re.
covery. The fact that over q week
has gone since the President receiv
ed his wonnd, and a slow but steady
improvement in the case has been
going on all the time, affords reason
for great encouragement. While
there is yet danger, and there must
continue to be more Or less uncer-
tainty for perhaps weeks to come,
there is every reason for believing
that the hope of the country for the
Presidents complete recovery will
not be disappointed, to which every
good and true patriot will respond a
heartfelt amen.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-14
The Presidential Succession.
Plain Dao1ar


The fact-that in case of the Presi-i
dents death, and the death or disa-
bility oil Vice President Arthur as
well, the country would be left with
Tut a constitutional head, has been
commented upon generally by the
press as a possible peril of great
magnitude. Under the law of Con
gress, the President pro tenn Of the
Senate is next in the line of success
ion after the Vice President, and
next after him comes the Speaker of
the House. Here the line of success
ion stops. There is a popular i'm
preston that the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court could the
functions of President in the event
that the President, Vice President,
President of the Senate and Speaker
of the House should be removed or
in any way be incapaci.ated, but
this is a mistake. The line ends
with the Speaker, and in case of his
disability there is no constitutional
way of providing a President until
such a time as Congress would meet
by constitutional provision. If the
President should die and the Vice
President also die or resign or in any
way be disabled from discharging
the functions of the Presidency the
government would be lief. without a
head until the first Monday in De-
cember next, when Congress would
meet in accordance with the consti-
tutional provision. There would be
absolutely no remedy for this state
of affairs because the Senate did not
elect a President pro tenn at the last
session, and the new Congress not
having yet convened there, is no
Speaker of the House. Practically,
however, we do not suppose it would
be a matter of much consequence, at
this time, and it is not at all likely
that the country would fall into an
archy, or that any great disturbance
of things would take place. The
country being at peace, and its af-
fairs in good order, the government
would PROBABLY run along for three
or four months about as we'll with
out a President as with one. The
present Cabinet officers and govern.
ment officials generally would retain
! their places, and the good sense OF
the people would determine them to
acquiesce in the temporary arrange.
ments. 1t is a contingency that
Congress ought to provide against
b by putting the Chief Justice in the
line of succession, but so far as the
: present contingency is concerned we
: do not apprehend that if it should
occur there would either be anarchy
| or a necessity for extra-constitution
al methods. In case of war or grea
: disturbances of some kind heppen
t ing in the interval. it would be ne
cessary perhaps to transcend consti
, tutional authority in order to &c
Congress together and elect a Presi
dent, but under ordinary circum
stances things would probably rul
along smoothly until such a time a
Congress could constitutionally con
yene,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-14
A Startling

Cyrus w. Fields makes the follow
ing startling prophecy in discussing
the future outlook of business pros
poets in the East:
There is a big fight ahead; it isn't
going to be any mock battle this
time; things have gone too far. The
men interested have not been spend
ing all their time in, and efforts and
cash just for mere show, and it need
not surprise us if some men now RI
ted pretty high, are forced down, to
stay down. Mr.. Gould's new cables
will be laid before July is gone, and
then the fight will begin. There is
no way out of it. Gould is net in a
humor to compromise. He proposes
to sweep everything before the sum-
mer is over We shall have our fill
of 1t, and he will be the lucky nap
who is out Of the fight. 1t is hard
to predict who will come off victor.
Rates will go down within twenty
four hours after tile new cables are
in operation, and the public will be
asked for patronage at twelve cents
a word. and the press will be served
for half that rate, but the trouble is
by no mean to he confined to cable
circles. The railroads were never
more jealous of each other than at
present. For the past five years,
more particularly last year, they were
all overwhelmed with business, but a
change has come, or is about to come,
and each railroad magnate is now
busily engaged in charging all man
ner Of misdemeanor against Compel
itors. Every one of the trunk lines
are ready to cut rates and take every
other advantage possible of competi-
tors, in order to keep up it's enormous
earnings of last year. Vanderbilt is
mad with Garrett; Garrett is mad
with Vanderbilt, and they both are
mad with Jay Gould. There is not
one of them but is planning to out
reach the other, and there is not one
of them but will exert himself in
every way, fairness and honesty aside,
to push himself ahead, be the expense
what it may; and this fight will bene-
fit the public, too. 1 believe we shall
soon have rates way down, and
freight will be transported for less
sums than have been expected under
the late trunk line combination.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-14

The Supreme Court of Iowa has
just decided a very important case,
settling the rights of school directors
in certain cases:
In Des Moines the directors estab.
lished a rule that pupils of the pub
lie schools who damage a schoo.
building should pay all damages
and shall be suspended from school
until the amount is paid. A cLil6
of Perry Perkins, while at play OF
the grounds, accidentally knocked q
ball through a window OF the school.
house. The boy was suspended
Perkins denied the right or power Of
the Board to suspend the boy, and
decided to test the question, not be
cause of the amount of damages in.
volved, but to establish the law in
the case; and therefore, by manda
mus proceedings in the Circuit Court
sought to compel the directors to re.
admit his son. The defendants, the
directors, demurred to Perkins peti.
ton, on the ground that the Court
had no jurisdiction, the law having
provided that appeals from the deci.
sions of school directors shall 20 to
the County superintendent, and from
him to the State Superintendent
The lower court sustained the de.
murrer, when Perkins appealed tc
the Supreme Court, and that court
decides that the Circuit Court had
jurisdiction, and was the proper
tribunal; and, further, that the
school directors have nc power oil
authority to make such a rule.
While a child may be expelled from
school for breach of discipline OIL
offenses against good order and
morals, he cannot be for innocent
acts done. The rule in question was
not to secure good order. but to en-.
force an obligation to pay a sum Of
money. The directors have no power
to make or enforce such a rule.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-14

The forthcoming July crop report
of the State Board of Agriculture,
based on estimates from sixteen
hundred township correspondents,
returned july LIST to 9th, will give the
following percentages Of the condi-
tion and prospects of crops, compared
with July 1, 1880: Wheat, n per
cent; rye, SO; oats. "a; corn, rs;
timothy hay, 90; clover hay, 101 red
top, &c, 81: Hungarian, 90: potatoes,
SO; tobacco, 81; apples, 80; peaches,
AZ; plums, 55; grapes, 70. Wheat
prospects May LIST were reported IS
per cent. The loss is due TO the May
drought and to the Hessian fly.
Much of the wheat is thin on the
ground, but has l7ng heads and
plump berry. Nearly the-entire crop
of wheat for Ohio has been secured
in good weather and is in good con.
dition. Seventy-seven per cent O.
last years crop (52,oo9, OoO), IS es.
timated by the State Board Noyem.
Der last would be 10000, 600 bushels
But as compared with the estimate
of the Washington Department (39,
00O, 000) it would be but 30,000,0 0(
bushels. At all events the present
estimate is for II per cent. of las
years crop, schatever that was. The
prospects in Michigan, Indiana, Hi
nois and Iowa are for less than 81
per cent. of last years total, accord
ing to reports received by the Ohio
State Board from official and private
sources. From the latest report re
ceived since harvest is nearly finish
ed, Secretary Chamberlain is Of tn
opinion that thresheis' returns will
not show more than 10 per cent. o
last years crop in Ohio.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-14
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
Il-c 1901

July o., 1851.
Yesterday and to-day people have
betn very hopeful that the President
would not die from the wound re-
ceived on Saturday last, and more
attention has been paid to the assas-
sin Guiteau. The question of his
sanity is everywhere discussed, and
questions connected with his trial
interest all. No snch jury asis re-
quired by law a be found in Wash
ington, for no one doubts that he
shot the President. No medical ex-
animation as to.his mental sound
ness has been made, the prevailing
impression seems to be now, that
while sane on ordinary subjects,
Guiteau has marked mental peculia
rites, which have been strengthen
ed by a vagabond life, and that he
is not really capable of understands
ing the gravity of his offense. The
idea of plot formed by fractional
Republican leaders, has no support
ers here, and parties who gave cur
rency to it during the first excite
ment of Saturday ire strongly con-
demned.
The number of dispatches and
messages of coincidence received is
wonderful, and the avidity Of parties
at a distance for frequent reports Of
the Presidents condition is some.
thing without precedent. In two
days, Saturday and Sunday-more
than half q million words were tele'
graphed hence to newspapers alone
besides an unprecedented number o.
private dispatches. In any one day
prior to this time. not more than
100000 words had ever been tele
graphed from this point. This was
in the time of the last Inauguration
The next largest number was about
10000. being on the day of princi
pal interest>in the Belknap case.
The transaction ofpublic bushes.
was almost entirely suspended or
Saturday and yesterday-Tuesday :
and private business to a great cx
tent. .
Most people will be glad to know
that the quarrel among the physi
clans in attendance on the Presiden
has been greatly exaggerated in thu
telling, and that the curse of treat
ment pursued is approved by physi
clans generally.
One curious result of the grea
crime is the movement on Washing
ton of a large number of half iDsan
persons. They seem to come on ever,
train, and from every quarter. The.
have theories of treatment, they hat
prophetic knowledge ofthe shooting
or they wish to consult with tn
criminal, believing that they can ge
from him a full knowledge of his &C
completes, etc. So far none of then
have exhibited any violence, but tw
or three are in confinement for pru
Dental reasons. DEM.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-07-14

If it be true, as reported that Gen.
Grant has found a purchaser for his
little Missouri farm at the handsome
price of $75.000, the extreme penury
which was to be averted by the relief
fund can hardly have existed. When,
however, it is added that Jay Gould,
the willy king of stocks and railroads,
is the purchaser, it is perhaps sup
possible that he has got all he aimed
at in paying the $4,000, whether he
receives Grants two hundred acres
for it or not.