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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-11-29
FORCE OF IMAGINATION.


During II recent lecture DR.. Noble youch-
ers for the truth of the following anecdote of
Nj. Courthouse, French savant, in illustra-
tration of the power of imagination: NJ.
Courthouse served in Napoleon's army, and
was present at many engagements during
the early part of the last century. At the
battle of Wagran, in 1909 he was engaged
in the fray; the ranks around him had been
terribly thinned by shot, aud at sunset he
was neatly isolated. While reloading his
musket he was shot down by canon bali.
His impression was that the ball had passed
through his legs below the knees, separat-
ing them from the thighs; for he suddenly
sank down, shortened, as he believed, to the
extent of about n foot IN measurement. The
trunk of the body fell backward on the
ground and the senses were completely par
alyzed by the shock. Thus he lay motionless
among the wounded and dead during the
rest of the night, not daring to move mus
Gle lest the loss of blood should be fatally in
creased. He felt no pain but this he at
tributed to the stunning effect Of the shock
W buo piulH iut HoiNouS nyntciu' NJ uhiiJ
dawn he was aroused by one of the med
ical staff, who came round to help tho
wounded.
"Whats the matter with you, my good
fellow 7" said the surgeon.
"Ahl touch me tenderly," replied M.
Courthouse. 81 beseech YOU n cannon
ball has carried OFF my legs
The surgeon examined the limbs referred
to, and then, giving him good shake, said,
with joyous laugh:
"Get up with you you have nothing the
matter with You !"
M Courthouse Immediately sprang up in
utter establishment, and stood firmly on the
legs which he thought he had lost forever.
81 felt more thankful" said M. Bouti-
bouse, ethan had ever been in the whole
course of my life before. had not wound
about me. had, indeed, been shot down
by an immense cannon ball but instead Of
passing through my legs, as l firmly believed
it had, the ball had passed under my feet.
and had plowed hole in the earth beneath
at least foot in depth, into Which my feet
suddenly sank, giving me the idea that l
had been thus shortened by the loss of my
logs"
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a PECULIAR PROBLEM.
Cnhtorninn- Who see Their Hills Undcr-
mined nnd Their Meadows in Peril.


Within five years a change has come over
the surface of the beautiful country that
faces the peninsula of San Francisco from
the east change so startling, when one
comes fully to consider it, that the problem
1t suggests becomes to tho thoughtful San
Franciscan of importance second only to tbe
social and industrious vexations of ooole la
Dor and Monaghan encroachment. This
change Is most apparent in the altered as
pect of the water ways. Instead of flowing
near the surface the water in most of the
streams has cut for itself deep channels,
which are deepening yearly in almost geo.
metrical ratio and to the imminent peril of
both the trees and the land through which
they flow. Tho most readily observable ex.
ample of this is Strawberry creek, within
and below the University grounds, at Der.
kelley. Eight years ago footpath ran
through the grounds in the vicinity of the
lower students club houses skirting the
southern bank of the creek and opposite the
present nursery of economical plants. This
path crossed the creek at point whore il
was so narrow that boy might safely hop
across 1t aud - shallow that when the stream
was bank full it might safely be waded.
The point IN question was one of numerous
similar points above. At the present writ
ing the creek at the point of former crossing
mentioned is fully twenty feet wide and
some fifteen feet deep, it's southern bank be-
ing protected by bulkhead from the en-.
croaehment of the disastrous winter water,
The erosion of slickens, assisted by the in
creased rabidity caused by the frequent arti-
hcial shortening of streams, is constantly
deepening and widening the channels. AZ
least ten thousand acres of the best soil in
Alameda county are in fair way to Join the
mud flats unless something is done to pre-
vent it within the next two years. Tho rat
has been the most active and efficient of the
aisorganizlng forces now ut work in the
Diablo range Millions of him inhabita no.
gion of fastening desolation. They make
contraband incursons into orchard and vine.
yard and grainfeld, carrying their plumber
to their mountain Businesses. In winter
their innumerable systems of cataeombs are
filled by the first rainfall, and the ground
below moistened and its stability impaired
before the surface is fairly wet As result,
the Contra Costa hills and the southerly con-
tinuation of the range form succession of
miniature landslides and breaks of harmo-
NOUS slope, while every grass-grown rivulet
is developing into mountain torrent.-Saa
francisco Chronicle.
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THE TRIALS OF A TEXAS PREACHER

Texas preachers are said to be very eccen-
trio, and their mild unnaturalness has giv9n
rise to great many remarks and few sio-
ries. The following narrative was told us
confidentially by slanderer
minister arose before large audience,
took his text, and began preaching. A brisk
firing of pistols began on the outside of the
church.
Brother Deacon" said the minister. 81
believe those fellows are casting insinuations
at Inc. In fact, l am very nearly convinced"
he continued, as piece of plastering fell
from the wall close to his head.
~ think, parson, that it refers to some
one else" replied the deacon.
The minister raised a tumbler of water,
and was in the act of applying it to his lips
when the glass fell, shattered by shot.
"This is an innuendo no longer" said the
minister, wping the water from his vest,
"this is what term an unmistakable thrust.
The congregation will please sing while / go
out and investigate the matter Is there an
other preacher in the house ~
Yes" said man. throwing down stick
which he had been whiting, arising and
pulling at the waist of his pants like man
who has just Strengthened up after setting
out row of tobacco across broad field.
SCOT on an extra n
eyes"
"Unlimber."
The whiting preacher handed over a
large Remington pistol, which the insulted
preacher took, and drawing one from his
belt, started out. After going out there was
an immediate improvement in the firing bus
mess. 1t was decidedly more life-like, inso-
much that the deacons sat working their
fingers. After while the minister returned,
and placing an ear and the nostril and half
of a nose on the pulpit, remarked: "He
that hath ears to hear, let him behave him.
self" The sermon then proceeded without
interruption. Little Rock Gazette.
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A CoLoRED CAMP MEETING.

A writer in TEXAS Sitstngs gives graphic
account of colored Methodist camp meet
ing, and reports in full the aged preachers
discourse. He says: " It was in the old
mans peroration that he came out strong,
and showed the secret of his popularity.
He described heaven as a city of golden
streets, an elysium of LEISURE milk and
honey land of Canaan; the home of ever
lasting song place where hunger, thirst,
and want never came, and where hoes were
unknown and the sound Of the bucksaw
never heard He painted in brilliant colors
the triumphant entry of the colored soldiers
of the cross into the New Jerusalem, and
their glorious reception by the white-robed
angels wiw' would conduct them to de
table OBJ de Lamb Suddenly his beaming
countenance changed, and with horror in
the expression of his eye and terror in the
gestures Of his hands, he drew n picture Of
the Judgment Day, and of the seething
cauldron of sulphurous hell, where the
wicked shall dwell throughout I'LL the end
less ages of an eternity of woe The groans
Of his audience became louder as he pro-
ceeded, and before the completion of his ter
rible picture, one after another, as many as
dozen of his hearers, mostly on the sisters
side of the arbor, lay writhing on the ground
shrieking for mercy. Some Of them were
very violent, and it took three stout men to
hold each of them They leaped up in the
air, clapping their hands above their heads.
and calling: Mercy mercyl Glory be to
God' &c. Some of them, in their parox-
ysms, tore their own clothes, and thinned
he wool on the heads of those who were
holding them"
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LONDON POLICE METHODS

Ore night late-it might be early morn
ing-I was in Piccadilly, and, attracted by a
gathering of people, came upon Il police
man struggling with n drunken, powerful
woman She had either fallen or been
thrown down, and he had fallen upon her.
There were expressions of indignation being
uttered by the persons around and row
lightly upon the shoulder, saying why
don't You spring your rattle You will hurt
the woman" He jumped up, and Selling
me by the collar, said TT take you into
custody for obstructing me in the execution
of my duty" remained perfectly passive,
and in the meanwhile another constable had
come up and had seized the woman, whom
he was handling very roughly. At this mo-
ment Sir Alexander Cockburn, then Attorney
General, who was returning from the House
of Commons, appeared upon the scene, and
seeing woman, rs he thought, ill-used re-
monstrated in indignant language with the
officer, upon which the constable who had
hold of me stretched out his other arm
whether reaching Sir Alexander or not
could not see-and said. II arrest you
Also" "Arrest mel" exclaimed the aston
ished Attorney General. 'What for ?"
"Oh," said my captor, ''for many things;
you are well known to the police" cannot
surmise what might have become of us.
Possibly we should have spent the night in
company with the very Objectionable female
Ial La1 ,,,fa
people, however, fortunately recognized us,
and we were released took the numbers
of the officers and, being determined to see
the end of the affair, went next morning to
the court where the charge ought to have
been made, and heard that the woman had
effected her escape, which considering had
left her in charge of half dozen officers,
and that she was very drunk, was remark
able feat of prowess. With the concurrence
of Sir Alexander Cockburn, / wrote q full
account to Mr.. Maync q forget whether at
that time he was knighted), and after day
or two received an answer from some subor-
dinate treating my letter with great GOODNESS,
and saying that if had any complaint to
make might go before a magistrate. 10
this communication / replied by private
note to the Commissioner to the effect that
I should select my own mode of vehtilating
the matter. A very courteous reply, prom
Using thorough inquiry, resulted from this
further step. / never heard anything more
about it, and am sorry to say was not pa
triotic enough 10 take any further trouble in
the matter -Frvm Sergeant Batlaatise's
Exper9aees.
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ON OSCILLATION.

1t was by kiss that the iark-browed
Judas gave the pre-ordained sign; it was
kiss by which King Ahasuerus signified to
the trembling Father that her fortunes were
no longer at the caprice of the murcurial
Hannah. kiss dismissed the hapless Es-
sex to the melancholy death which the
whimsical love of the feroeious Ellabezth
made dagger in her life forever after. 1t
was kiss that lulled the victims of Lucretia
Borgia's innumerable intrigues to tho moi
some dungeons of the Castle d'Estes. A
kiss was sign that the perfdious Queen
Katherine de Medici made to the token OF
the weak kings assent to the massacre of
st. Bartholomew. Brutus made his treach-
cry to his benefactor or more odious by a
mis-creant kiss at the very moment his dagger
was uncovered for the slaughter of his
adopted father. William the Conqueror
saluted his confiding kinsrnan Harold on
both checks the moment he meditated
wrestling his kingdom from him. The kiss
isquite as often the sign of inhdelity as II
is of the amenities of love. The kiss, in its
worst and most intolerable form, however,
is when it is mere perfunctory observance.
What meaning can fusilade that salutes
bride have to a sensitive soul2 The smack
of the minister, it is true, gives official, or
perhaps, sacerdotal completeness to GER
emony now stripped of some of its ancient,
unprescriptive picturesqueness On enter
ing the battle of old the knight graciously
saluted the company by kiss on the blade
of the sword. At the battle of Ivey old
chronicles relate that the gallant knights of
France deliberately drew up in line and,
raising their swords, kissed their blades,
then impetuously forward with the lance.
II Homer is to be taken literally, the honest
heroes of the laid made the kiss to preface
nearly every undertaking, from the sacrifice
of bird to the delivery of q battle. Achilles
actually stopped combat in order to give
Paris time to go back and kiss Helen. Men
and women have been known to risk life
and fortune merely to pledge their troth in
the passing eestaoy of kiss. The mere
sensual qualification of lip meeting lip is not
the inspiration that flows from the touching
of the lips. Kisses are the treble aud cletts
that mark the perfectest melody in the song
and symphony Of ife.-Philadehia Psess
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WHY SOME MEN ARE BALD,

bio Lewis accounts for the badness OF
men in simple way--the habit of keeping
the head constantly covered He says you
never see man lose hair below where the
hat touches the skull. 1t will take il off No
clean as you can shave it down to exactly
that line, but never hair below, il he has
Teen bald fifty years. The common black
stiff hat, as impewious ms sheet iron, retains
the heat and perspration. The little hair
glands, which bear the same relation to the
hair that the seed wheat does to the plant
above ground, become weak from the mos.
ture and heat, and finally become too weak
to sustain the hair. II falls out and badness
exists. A man with good head of hair
needs little protection whore the hair grows.
"And YETI he says, eve men wear i'm
mensely thick fur caps, and what amounts
to sheet-irou hats, and do not dare step out
IN chilly atmosphere a moment lest we
take cold 1t is silly, weak, and really a
serious error. The Creator knew what He
was about when He covered mans head
with hair. II was n very important function
in protecting the brain. Badness is seri-
GUS misfortune. It will never occur to any
man who wears such n hat as / do, CON-
mon white silk hat, with 500 holes in the
top, so that there will be more holes thnn
hat. This.costs nothing the halter will do
it when you purchase your hat II the nap
be eombed back the wrong way, and after
the holes are made it may be combed the
right why, no one win observe the peculiar
ty. The hat will wear quite as long--the
matters say considerably longer-because II
is dry instead of moist in brief, there is
not single objection to it, while it will GER
tainly prevent badness, keep the top of the
head cool, and prevent much headache"
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THE STORY OF a FAITHFUL DOG.

One evening last week two men went to
the house of G.. Mead, who lives In Ever
green Township, Sanilac County, Mich, and
asked permission TO stay over night. Mrs.
Mead replied that -lcr husband was away
and they had lately moved into the house
and were not settled, md therefore could
not keep them. They asked when her hus-
band would be back. She replied not that
night, where upon the men would stay any
way. Mrs. Mead started back into thehou
and closed the door, when one of the men
followed and bust the door open. Mrs.
Mead told him to so away; he replied in an
insulting manner and advanced into the
room. Neighbors were distant, and the
only companion Mrs. Mead had was large
shepherd dog, which was faithful animal.
Mrs Mead said to the dog, Take him
Rover" whereupon the dog sprang aud
seized the man by the face and tore the
right cheek off, exposing the entire jaw and
teeth, and telling the man to the ground.
Before Mrs. Mead could take the dog off he
had nearly bitten the mans nose off. The
mans companion ran when the dog made
the attack and has not been heard of since
The man who was SO badly bitten started of
crawling on his hands and knees. Mrs
Mead was so frightened she locked herself
in the house.
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POETRY.


IN the last sweet hours OF -Hnny June,
When summer was ringing her matln chime
fsiood In the shade in sultry noon
In the shade OF the sweetiy scented lime.
IN the cioisters OF the Doughs above
The bees were singing their anthem low:
And the sough OF the wind was soft with love
AS It blew on my heart-when heard 1t blow,
Yet before the roses died away
The love was dying, the love was dead;
And the eyes that burned In ny heart that day,
Burnt all the flowers in my heart instead.
The lips that framed those changeless VOWS
Gave careless greet ngs when we met;
Yet the wind still sighed in the scented boughs,
And the bees were In the branches yet
And voice that was sweeter than wind or bee
Spoke there with such solemn earnestness,
That the face grew pale as It turned ONE;
"No sorrow shall make my love grow less,
For could not live II love were gone.
And feared for none till cared for you"
And the monotone OF the bees went on,
While the soughing wind in the branches blew.
Since, / have wondered many time
Whether stood on that day In June
Aud heard the bees in the fragrant lime,
With the soughing wind-and my heart In
tune,
Perhaps twas a dream, and the dreamer T.
Dreams must be broken. as all men know;
Yet whenever smell the lines sigh,
And the wind seems to curse when hear Il
blow
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oALLANTRY GOES TO WASTE.
The Experience of "a Citizen Who Had Bccn
Asked TO Aid IA Lovely Woman.


The other evening as n muscular citizen
vas passing house on Montcalm street a
lady, who stood at the gate, called out to
him
"Sir, appeal to you for protection !"
"What's the trouble ?" he asked, as he
stopped short.
"There's man in the house, and he
wouldn't go ont doors when 1 ordered him
to!"
"TIe wouldn't, eli? Wen see about that !"
Thereupon the man gave the woman his
coat to hold and sailed into the house, spit
ting on his hands. He found man down
at the supper table, and he caught him by
the mech and remarked:
"Nice style of brute you are Ell? Come
out o. this, or I'll break every bone in your
body!"
The man fought back and il was not until
chair had been broken and the table upset
that he was hauled out doors by the legs and
given firing through the gate. Then, III
the muscular citizen placed his boot where
il would do the most hurt. he remarked
"Now, then, you brass-faced old tramp, you
move ON or I'll finish you"
"Tramp! trampl" shouted the victim, as
he got up, "Pm no tramp! / own this
property and live in this housed
"You do ?"
eyes, and that's NY wife holding your
coat"
"Thunder !" whispered the victim, as he
gazed from one to the other, and realized
that the wife had got square with him, and
then he made grab for his coat and slid
into the darkness with his shirt bosom torn
open, finger badly bitten and two front
teeth ready to drop out.--Det,Vit Free
Press. 30
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A THRILLMG ACCIDENT. II was in the
sabinet-maker's shop and a party Of stran-
gers were looking at the different labor-sav-
ing devices. One gentleman, very short
sighted, had tarried at the bench across the
room. He was examining circular saw
that was whirling its teeth with lightning
like rapidity. Absorbedly interested in the
piece of mechanism, his face drew nearer
and nearer to the cruel teeth tearing round
and round with remorseless energy. At this
instant his friends turned about. They see
his danger. Inevitably the gap grows
smaller and smaller. Spellbound, they are
unable to utter a sound. They cannot en-
dure to see their friend torn and lacerated.
Instiuctively they shut their eyes, Then
comes the awful jar of the collision. There
is a whirling sound and a crash. A shudder
runs through them all. The next instant
they hear the voice of the cabinet-maker:
"Of course you will pay for that saw, sir."
Their friend had escaped uninjured. But
the saw was shattered. 1t had struck his
cheek. He was commercial traveller. -
Boston Transcript.
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iieEs OF ANIMALS. --Camels live from
forty to fifty years horses average from
twenty five to thirty; oxen about twenty /;
sheep eight to nine. and dogs twelve to four
teen. Concerning the ages attained by nom
domesticated animals, only few isolated
facts are known. The East Indians believe
that the life period of elephants is about
300 years, instances being recorded of these
animals having lived 1870 years in confne-
ment after capture at an unknown age.
Whales are estimated to reach the age OF
400 years. Some reptiles are very long
lived, an instance being furnished by a
tortoise which was confined in 1888 and
existed until 1853, when ii persisted by an
accident Birds sometimes reach a great
age, the eagle and the swan having been
known to reach 160.
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QUEER. There is one church in La Crosse
the German Lutheran, that has been struck
so many times by lightning that whenever
sharp thunder clap is heard the people all
look towards that particular church spire
Nobody knows what is the reason why that
church should have to catch all the Lightning,
but the frequency with which it is struck
has played hob with the old saying that
lightning never strikes twice in the same
place. Once the lightning struck the church,
md the bolt glanced across the street and
Knocked the barn in which the pastor of the
church kept his horse into cooked hat, and
then started for the house, but stopped be-
fore it got there, and crawled into hole
The minister was pretty badly frightened,
and now, when storm comes up, he gets as
far from the church as his duties will permit
There is something queer about 1t.
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No CHANCE TOO REVENGE. 1t isn't the
value we care for when neighbor wrings
the neck of chicken and filings the body
over the fence. What hurts is the fact that
he has no dog which can be poisoned by
way Of getting even.---Detroit Free Press.
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what Women should use.

Dyspepsia, weak back, dependency
and other troubles caused me fearful
suffering, but Parker's Ginger Tonic
makes me feel like new being Agreat
remedy. Every woman should use it.
Mrs. CARTE, Pittsburg.
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WnsH CHILDREN. Too much of q strain
upon the mental powers of children often
proves fatal This statement is corrobora-
ted by the burlington Ha,cksys man, who
has ascertained that seven out Of ten chill
dren born in Wales die before they reach
their twelfth year. The others are worn ont
learning to speak Welsh.
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G. a. Dc @. III. SKILLMAN,
Attorue vs.at.l,aw.

SOUTHEAST COR. BRIDGE AND UNI0N SITS.
LAMBERTvILI.E, N. J.
Collections and all legal business Entrusted L
our care will receive prompt and faithful atten
tion.
C. A. SKILLMAN, G. III. SKILLMAN,
Cousselor-at- Lar. .daorney-at-Latr.
July q 1879
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