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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-12-12
IN DANGER FROM RATS.
A Ship Overrnn With Hundreds of the Ite-
dents.


A passenger on one of the small steamers
engaged in the fruit trade and touching al
various points along the Mediterranean,
tells the following story Of his experience
on voyage from Leghorn TO New York;
" Coming on board at Leghorn was IA
vorably impressed by the general appear
ance of the steamer. For some days the
voyage along the shores of Italy was de-
lightful. But my pleasure in the dreamy
languor Of an Italian summer was soon TO
receive check from what at first was simply
an annoyance, but which finally became so
intolerable that sleep became almost impos
sible, and safety could only be found ut the
cost of unceasing vigilance. The secret OF
all our trouble is given in one word--rats
However, beyond occasionally hearing them
at night and general feeling that the ship
contained far more than her fair allowance,
the passengers ladies only being in
cluded in the number-took little notice Of
the matter, and nothing serious occurred
until we left Gibraltar. Then the trouble
began. The cargo, which consisted almost
entirely of oranges and lemons, was Of
sourse almost untouched; and when we
were three days out, the rats, becoming
holder by hunger, began to make their
presence known in a manner which was de-
ddedly unpleasant. To give some idea Of
the number, 1t was not unusual for from
thirty to fifty to be caught and drowned in
single day, and this made no perceptible
difference in the number At first they
confined their voyages to the hold and fore
castle, but finally invaded the saloon and
staterooms. Going to ones room at night
was at last feat requiring some nerve and
courage-the more 80 rs il had generally 10
be done in pitch darkness. Il was not at
all unusual to step down into the saloon
and hear q sound as If hundreds of rats
we're scampering away at yolr approach.
Sleep became luxury to be enjoyed only
by day, for the stnterooms were unbearabls
finally. Soap shoes, trunks, clothes, every
thing in fact was eaten and destroyed by
this ravenoas horde, rendered wild by fam
Inc and bold by countless numbers. Several
If the sailors were severely bitten in their
sleep, aud good sized dog that had show
cd intense hatred for the pests, at the be-
ginning Of the voyage, became shy of going
below at night, and the last ten days before
reaching New York passed his entire time
on deck. He could not be induced to 90
below even in the daytime. When we reach.
ed New York, for days rats were seen leav.
ing the ship at all hours, many hundreds
escaping to the docks in this way. The
reason for the presence Of SO unusual and
fierce horde was said to be the nature Of
the cargo carried out from America, which
consisted largely of provisions and grain
Nsso York Tribune.
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MEXICAN SMUGGLING.

According to an old resident of northern
Mexico, there is much less smuggling Of
goods across the boundary than there used
to be. He says that at one time smuggler
who has made vast fortune by evading
the pay ment of duties had every warehouse
in every town on the way from Monterey to
Texas filed with struggled goods. The
goods were carried ON burros. Travelling
was done entirely by night, and the days
we're passed in the canons along the route.
One of the plans adopted by the wealthy
smugglers he says, was to start "revolu-
ton" They would contribute according to
their means to the cost Of equipping, after
fashion, band of from twenty TO hun
dreds followers, under the lead of some fell
low with more ambition than sense, whom
hey had put forward and while the atten-
ton Of the Government was attracted by
his doings the work Of smuggling would go
ON briskly. Sufficient influence was posses
sed by the smuggler to obtain for the leader
an offer Of pardon and commission in the
army If he would surrender to the Govern
ment, which terms were glsdly accepted.
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A pisBELrEvER.

The Pittsburg Commercial perpetrates the
ollowing
:. am skeptic."
~ regret very much to hear IL, but il II
is chronic case you had better join the
Liberal League" responded the interrupted
writer.
" ] don't mean that. / believe in the
Scriptures, creeds and testimonies, but my
experience teaches me that many things
see in the newspapers amt true. ! never
have any trouble with tallSative BARRIERS
The same man has shaved me for seven
years and cannot recall that lie ever in
formed me what kind of weather we were
enjoying or We're going TO have. am not
annoyed by cats, never throw bootjack
ut one in my life. IL never occurs to my
wife to look under the bed for man, and
Us formy mother-in-law, she is one of my most
valuable acquisitions. 1t is SANDER on all
the goats ever knew to say that their diet
is circus bills and cripoline. know a
dozen Ohio men who never had an Office,
aud never wanted one. Married men don't
all tell their wives that they have been TO the
lodge Out of four daughters who orna-
ment my household there il but one who
eats ice cream. Be funny, my son, be
funny, but put truth on as a side trimming"
With this he went OUTFIT was probably all
ne had to say. R
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sLAoK-rAoED WOMEN OF ALASKA.

At Juneau, Alaska, the women and chill
dren tripped down in their bare feet, and
sat around on the dripping wharf with a
reeklessness that suggested pneumonis,
consumption, rheumatism, and all those
kindred ills from which they suffer so Sc
verely. Nearly all of the women had their
hces BACKED, and no one can imagine any
ding more frightful and sinister on mel
ancholy day than to be confronted by one
Of these silent, stealthy figures with the
great circles of The whites of the eyes alone
visible in the shadow of the blanket. A
dozen fictitious reasons nre given for this
lace backing. One Indian says that the
widows and those who have suffered great
sorrow wear the black in token thereof.
Another native authority makes Il sign Of
happiness, while occasionally a qiggling
lame confesses that II is done to preserve
the complexion. Ludicrous as this may
seem to the bleached Caucasian and the
ladies of rice-powdered and enameled coul.
tenances, the matrons of high fashion ana
the swell damsels Of the Thhnket tribes
never make canoe voyage without smear
ing themselves well with the black dye that
they get from certain wild root of the
woods or with paste of SCOT aud seal OIL
On sunny and windy days ON shore they
protect themselves from tan aud sunburn
by the same inky coating. On feast days
and the great occasions, when they wash OF
The black, their compilations come out as
fair and creamy white as the palest of then
Japanese cousins across the water, and the
women are the" saen to be so;se six shades
lighter than ths van-colored and coffee-col-
ored lords Of their tribe. The specimen
woman at Juneau wore thin calico dress
and thick blue blpnket. Her feet were
bare, but she was compensated for that loss
of gear by the turkey-red parasol that she
poised over her head with all the compla-
oency of q. Mount Desert belle. She had
blacked her face to the edge of her eyelids
and the roots of her hair; she wore the full
parure of silver nose-ring, liprings. with
five silver bracelets on each wrist and fifteen
rings ornamenting her bronze fingers, and
more thoroughly proud and self-satisfed
creature never arrayed herself according to
the behests of high fashion, Correspond.
snce 50. Louis Globe Democrat
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Taking him in his arms, holding him fast
with wonderful strength, he started for the
shore, swimming with the grace of young
sea god. It was hard battle with the
waves, but the shore was gained in safety,
md in few moments more was bending
,ver my lovers insensible form, weeping
md wailing, and denouncing Paul Lamar
as his murderer, for there, in Robert Dan.
forts side, WAS bullet-hole, great, gap
ing hole, from which the red blood was
pouring.
q Gabrielle !"
Iglanced into Paul Lamar's stern face.
g Can it be possible" he groaned, that
you believe me guilty OF such dreadful
Iced How low must have fallen in your
estimationln
but" criad, wildly, he had no other
enemy, and you swore to take his life, Paul
lamar!
His face blanched to deathly whiteness.
" Gabrielle here turned; slowly, when
Robert RECEIVERS consciousness he will cor
roborate my story. He was accidentally
wounded by his own rifle. which was in the
boat with hint
Paul had worked away meanwhile with
oil his might, TO resuscitate poor Robert.
He opened his eyes at last, and sitting there
with his head upon my knee, while Paul
flew to the village for physician, listened
while Robert in faint, broken tones assur-
red me that Paul Lamar's explanation was
true.
He had been hunting and had started to
return in his boat, that being the nearest
way, when his rifle had accidentally dis
charged, but, thank heaven! the wound
was found, when the physician arrived, to
be not serious. They removed Robert to
our cottage, and mother and nursed him
back to health and strength again. And
three months later / became his wife, the
happiest little woman in the round world.
We meet Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lamar very
frequently. Yes, he was married soon after
my own wedding she was pretty little
blonde, and Paul declares emphatically that
there never existed such paragon of per.
lection as Mrs. Paul Lamar.
And my dream? All, we'll, dreams
often go by contraries,' you know Yet,
after all, it was strange coincidence
Mrs. e. Burke Collins.
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A CONSCIENTIOUS CONDUCTOR.

g How did ! become Superintendent o.
answered the railroad official Why, II
was this way: / was conductor Of the
morning passenger express, and one day as
We were coming down by the junction we
struck misplaced switch and ran into a
freight train that was standing ON the sid
ing. As we were running about thirty.fiye
miles an hour, of course it piled things up q
good deal Our engine was smashed all to
pieces, the smoker telescoped the bag
gage car, and the forward pnssanser coach
ran mp ON the heap and rolled over. / was
standing on the platform at the time the
thing happened, and luckily was slung of
about thirty feet beside the track. When /
picked myself up everything was confusion,
the mir was filed with clouds Of escaping
steam, aud about fifty passengers were
somewhere in the wreck. or course, 1t was
what you might call On emergency but
there's no such word as that in the COM
pany's dictionary. l had my orders, and
knew what to do. The roof Of the smoking
car lay near me, and I heard man crying
out from underneath it. After about ten
minutes. work, got the stuff all cleared
away, and reached him. He was very weak
and grooming. Oh, heayens!" he said,
this timber presses on me so, Ican't move.
Both my legs are broken below tho knee
Think you'll be here till the next train?
asked Oh, yes he moaned. Then
you'll need a stop-oyer check, SIR said,
mud I made out pasteboard and gave it to
htm. Young man, ho said, Il observe
that you have neglected TO I'LL in the day Of
the month, but, under the circumstances,
your omission is excusable. / am director
Of the company, and, II survive, your at
tention to duty shall be rewarded The
old gentleman pulled through, and Is now
Vice President. That's how Pm Superin-
tendont, and he continued musingly, a.
be- fingered his lantern watch-charm, ~
believe in the old saying that the company
has rights which the public Is bound to re-
spect, and rules which they must conform
to.p-LiE.
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CHANGE OF CIRCUMSTANCES,

Two negro vagabonds who have been MP
before the Recorder innumcrable times hap
pened to meet in the corridor of the Court
House. One Of them held his nose up high
in the air and put on great deal Of style.
The other was III the custody Of apolicenan.
The prisoner said to his old friend What
de matter wild you, niggah Has you won
de big prize in de lottery dat yer holds yer
head so high {" 81 doesn't want ter. be
familiar wild de criminal. elemint. I don't
know you, sah.s Well, den, what does
yer blow yersef out so much for7 We hes
been in Jail for weeks and weeks tergedder.
We has stole chickens tesgedder more dan
forty times" {. wants yer to understand
dat for once doesn't come inter dis Court
House in de capacity oh a malefaoter- On
dis heah proud occasion Is here in dc CO.
pacity OBJ a witness for de State. and not -
10 prisoner at de bar, an wants ter be NJ
spectsd accordin'. --Twas SJyings.
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POETRY.
with the Cnrrenr

With the Current
Rarest mood OF all the year |
Aimless Idle and content
SKY and earth and atmosphere
Wholly indolent.
Low and clear ana pure and deep,
Ripples Of the river sing
Water-lilies, half asleep,
Drowsed with listening.
Trennulous reflex OF skies
Skies above and skies below
Paradise and Paradise
Blending even so!
Blossoms with their leaves unrolled
Laughingly, as they were lips
Cleft with rudy beaten gold,
Tongues of petal tips.
Hush and reed, and thorn and vino
dumped with grasses 1.-THE and tall
And web of summer shine
Woven round It all.
Back and forth and to and fro,
Flashing scale and wing as one,
Dragon flies that come and go,
Salttlea by the sun.
Fairy songs and lullabies
Fine as phaHtasy eoneeives-
Echoes wrought OF cricket cries
sifted through the leaves,
Ger the rose, with drowsy buzz,
htngs yae bee, and stays his kiss.
Even rs my fancy does,
Darling, over this.
Lo, let us forget all care,
And as listless as the day
Drift adown it, half aware,
Anywhere we may.
Drift and curve and deviate,
Veer ard eddy, float and flow,
Waiver, swerve ana undulate,
As the bubbles 60
flames Wbftcomb Rttp
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'oinure' wen, I'm sure l nope So"
sru,ipieo roo's' l haven't md anything
soou W cav SINCE .ne iast time we were az
h'others. Lo'oesf courier.
MORAL oohamty Az sunday school
picnic the superintendent, passing among
.he crown JUST settilng down TO lunch IN
.ne grows overheard an angry leuton III
,iie ',l''S' Q, group OF children unburden-
my nis i,i,ii" WIN vigorous profanity
Aouon'hs MN On 'ne sno"iaef the supefin-
'enoen. sa'o NY Trend, you must not
s"eM hers. Noe schwear ond W
40. why These children must not hear
sueh awiul words ven, yosn't dose
lnsh. sne children ! vas schwcsrin' at?
lie 8 e
Why they sold we'll I: g Yes," said the
tobacconist, I. I thought at one time that |
should get stuck on those cigars. | bourht
fifty thousand of them cheap. and tried To
sell them for five cents apiece, hut ii was
ne use. One day the tifteenecent label rot
INTO a box Of them by.nistake, aud / sold
hundred Of them in less than twenty min.
utes. | tumbled to the racket and kent the
libel in the box. Have gone off like hot
cakes since then, and these are all iva col
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Under the Apple-Tree.

D"NNh AHC 6Vptp~ANNGs
Shake, shake the branchesl
Make the beauties drop
Pity It's the reddest ones
Are always at the top!
Oh, what a merry chimel
Sing all togetherD
Trip in time and ring q rhyme,
In the autumn weather.
Shake, shake the branches
Gather every one,
Rosy-golden rogues they are,
Rlpening in the SUM-
Tommy holds hts apron white,
tslng all together
Fire bright Will roast lem right,
In the autumn weather.
Shake, shake the branches
Down, down they FIJI;
We're TO have q bun apiece
II we gather all.
Now we're marching home again
tSlng all together y
Let the rain fall amain--
Well not mind the weather.
St Nicholas.
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Headquarters for Rubber Boots and
Shoes of all kinds, at Louden's, corner of
Union and Coryell SITS. II.
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C.. A. d c.. III. SKILLM4N,
Att0rneys-at-LaW,

SOUTHEAST COR. BRID0B AND UNION SITS,
LAMBERTvILI4E, n. ].
Collections and all legal business lntrusted to
our care will receive prompt and faithful atten-
ton.
G.. A. SKTLLMAN, G. II. SKILLMAN,
C0unsellog-di- Lar. .4norneg-at- Lar.
July ? 1879.
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Largest stock of Wall Papers a
Moore's Book Store.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-31
CANDIDATE IRELAND AND
GOV. IRELAND.

Tho articloo ON Governor lrelhuu's innugu-
raj, from the ,Tacp tNANIsES, viii rather sur
prl-- tho-o who noted jhc very cool support
If support 10 might bee termed, which that pa
per gave To candidate john irnlani. The pie e,s
OF 1eNa, almost universally commenl' the
tone aud expression of the inaugural. --Clarks-
vile standard.
The EXAMINER hopes it will always
be able to be just, whether discussing
men or measures. Nor does it lay
claims to degree of inta,libility that
prccludcs the revision of an estimate
or even OF convictions. To be frank
1t was not impressed with candidate
John lrcland'- availability for the po-
! sition of Governor, although il pre-
fcrrcd hin rs compared with g. w.
/ Jones. But COY. ireland IL pursuing
( course that deserves and command,
] appreciation, aud the ENAMfNER,
without anv axe 10 grind or end to
subscrvc, finds graf flcation in observ-
ing what hc is doing or attempting
I to do. For this we commend him in
all sincerity and shall continue to do
SO, for he is trying to serve the state
well and inlcIigently. This is all
there is about it, friend Standard.
The EXAMINER learned long ago that
there Is ouly one class Of people who
never char Ve their minds.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-31
ASSIMlL ALTON
SSlBLE.
SOCIAL.

NAsHINoToS, January -. The supreme
court rendered = decision to-day IN which &, Il
held that the law OF Alabama prohibiting mis-
ceg nation Is.not In conflict with the fourteenth
amendment TO othec,ustitutlon or with the civil
r shts legislation founded ioL 20, for The reason
that II applis. tn same punishment to both Of
fordcrs white and black, without disoriml
nation.
The above item, which appeared in
the EKAMiNER's telegraphlc columns
yesterday, will have the effect OF
bringing to a close quite number OF
suits now pending IN the federal
courts, appeals from state courts, and
growing ont OF state laws respecting
mi-ccgcnation, on the inter.marriage
Of white and colored persons. Ii is n
complete viudication of the law which
has been placed on the statute books
OF elc cry southern state, Texas among
the number There has been a great
deal of sentimental gush at the north
concerning the southern legislation
against race assimilation, and federal
Judges haye been found to iguore aud
set aside such statutes, Oh the
ground of their uucOusiitutiOnality.
Any student of history. 1t
would seem, should haye recognized d
that the south, in this question ot ms
cegeuation, has based her policy upon
the experience of centuries and all ma
tions. In every age the superior
Aryan race has refused assimilation
with the negro. a Rome conquered
the world there was assimilation with
the Gaul, the Spauiard or the lily.
riau; by virtue Of the laws and inter
marriage they sll became Romans, for
they were all Aryans. But the Egyp-
tiau, the Nubian or the African never
assimilattd socially with the conquer
ing and superior race. 1t was aud il
against the law Of nature. The law
may and does make the negro the
white mans equal ut the ballot boAiit
may and does give him every civil
privilege necessary in tie
enjoyment of life, liberty and
the pursuit Of habpiness-but il
cannot help mm or torce mm to sociaI
assimilation. Eufranchisemcnt and
education arc alike powerlcss 10 re-
muyc the eternal statute that comes
OF the legislation OF Nature. Left to
himself, the negro, as an almost uni
versal rule, recognizes the fact and
the distinction. With the penalty Sc
plainly defined tina there eau be 1t
doubt as to ITS iniliction, it will no
be decade before we shall hav,
/ heard the last OF mi-cegcnalion il
7 this country. The supreme court ha'
rendered civilization service by il
authoritative uitcrancc in thi'
. unutt.r
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-31
PRACTICAL CIIROPODISA
Twelve Years Experience.

have opened au Office at tNe Pacific
Shaving Parlor, under the Pacific Hot I
Corns, huninns, in-growing toe nailt
aud all defects of the feet trented, Per
man Mt cure guaranteed or No pHy. Gail
Vt privat" residence 10y request. Cornr
extra ted positively without pain, an
immediate relief given.
PROF.. l.. b. ASsoN, Chiropodist.
l2lqtc
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-31

The average depth OF water on the
bar Of Mobile harbor is now % feet
aud it is deepening all the time. Not
many years ago the greatest depth
was only II feet. With deep water
Mobile should know growth and
prosperity again, and her experience
should also afford encouragement to
Galveston, with her scaut IA feet of
water.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-31

INhrlUlIe n. { UhsIfyer.
Shortly alter the Air Line train hHd
pulled out from Atlanta, Captain McCool,
the conductor, passed through tie cars,
collecting fares. A man whom he recog.
niIel as ia lEe Owens NaS sitting in a
scat by himself, 10 alI app Arsnc,s sound
asleep. The conductor shuoh HIM, but
could not wnkg mm. The ju ge Nas ii e
ting bolt updght "a the seat, hi, chin
resting on HE hreas., stone dead.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-31

The Cincinnati dramatic Jubilee
will begin on Monday evening, April
3Oth, and will continue one week.
Julius Caesar" "Romeo and Juliet, ,"
much Ado About Nothing. j"
"Othello," Hamlet" and "lhe
Hunchback" will be presented. Me-
Cullough, Baarett, Murdoch, Nat
Goodwin, Mary Anderson, Clara
Morris and Miss Rhca are expected to
participate.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-31

some Legislators at Austin talk of
another constitutional convention,
feeling sure, they say, that the people
VIII defeat amendments. Ii they will
defeat JudiclOus amendment is it not
TO be apprehended that new consti.
tnlon would share similar fate e?
Ihe legislature should FIRST try the
temper Of the people ON tow amend
ments' Ii they are not ratified il viii
then be time to talk about u comven-
tion and al out aud out new consti-
tuition.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-31

when he walked upon the senate arena
everybody looked at him. one OF the
ilr-t to greet him was Mthcne, and the
contrast between the two WAS vef, strk-
ing. Butler weighs about 200 pounds;
Malone cannot tip The beam Tor more
than nir cty-Odd. Willie the two were
shaking hand. theru Joined them another
tigurr-it wis Tom o hil,rec. As the
three stood taking, N unanimous ver-
diet was passed that tue collection WIS
complete.