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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24
MIXED BLOOD IN LOUISIANA.

In New Orleans trace of negro blood ia
oever forgotten-the record is preserved for
centuries. Some twenty years ago men,
Der of one of our first families was elected
10 the City Council His opponent obje ted
TO his being sworn in, on the ground that
he had negro blood in his VEINS md was in
eligible to Office To test the que ton, the
gentleman against whom this charge was
made brought suit for damages, declining
in the mean while to take his seat in Council
until the matter was determined. The rec
ords of the old parish church of St Louis,
now the cathedral, were investigated, aud
the ancestry of the plaintiff traced back un-
til it was found that one of his ancestors, nj
the beginning of the last century, had been
III esclave"-a slave. He acknowled 5ed
this, but replied that this slave was not ne
yress but an Indian sqnaw.
In the colonialtlays of Louisiana the French
reduced the Choctaws and Horelnas to slav.
Fry, aud ut one time New Orleans boosted
If M many redskn slaves rs Guinea negroes.
These Indians have long since melted away
into the African race, like the bead and
basket Indians Of Niagara, and are represent
I'd to-day by race of mestizoes mixing the
blood of all three races, the whit, bla;k,
aud red. II is a common boast of many
New Orleans colored people that they ara
Of Indian rather than of negro descent
The white people laugh at this negro van
ity, but it is more than half true as is prov
en- by the aquline noses and straight, stiff
hair TO seen ON some of the very blai.kest
negroes. Then the damage suit rested on
the question whether this shave ancestor WAS
Choctaw or Congo. This, of course, could
only be determined by oral testimony. The
oldest inhabitant was called in for testinio-
n.y. An incident occurred in this case prob
ably without parallel since the days of
Methuselah. An ancient creole dame, who
had been called on to testify as to the race
OF this man, recalled the fact that she
Maria } had kept shop on Charities street,
before the big fire that burned that portion
OF the city. Nobody remembered this fire,
and Martens History OF Louisiana had to be
brought into court to find the date of the
conAagration. 1t was then discovered that
it bad occurred just century before This
testimony of the witness could scarcely be
credited, and she was carefully cross-exarn-
ined She never wayered for second, but
proved conclusively that she could relate,
from personal knowledge and observation
facts occurring more than century pre-
vious. The old lady claimed to be 40, per-
haps an exaggeration of ten years or 80, but
A. ..,t tl,o~r,,s,b ..r,s xa tinn laff fha
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24
HINTS TO TRAVELLERS.
Removing Disaareenbie Incumbrances and
Avoiding Unpiensant Experiences.

Recreation bright, well printed monthly
Journal conducted by Mr.. E. Fl. Mott, who
q attached to the General Passenger Agents
Department of the Erie Railway, publishes
the following suggestions ON travellers and
travelling:
Always purchase railroad tickets at the
regular Offices OF n company. Never trust
TO the declaration of strangers or runners.
who have tickets in their possession for sale.
There can be no doubt about the tickets
bought at the company's office. but there
always more or less chance of the irreg-
Mar ticket being invalid. Don't take the
,hance of being forced to pny your fare over
lgain or he put off a train to save dollar or
Two on the price of ticket
Never start on pleasure trip unless you
take light heart with you. Resign yourself
to possible annoyances and mishaps, and
take things contentedly as they come. The
srumbler and the oroaker extracts no enjoy.
uent from a journey, and leavens the lump
Of others or their happiness with his own mis-
anthrs by The light-hearted and tolerant
tOuflht RETURNS rum h'o tth'taNio AosuPeA
ated, refreshed, and happy. The misan-
tbrope comes back reinforced only with new
,ub!ects to grumble about.
II travellers would remember that no rail
road or transportation line Intentionally sub
inits them TO delay, mishap or annoying cir
,umstances that the lines themselves are
more deeply injured aud feel the force OF
any delay or annoyance much more ketny
than any of their pair ,ns, they would save
many displays Of ill-temper, and the better
tit themselves for extracting good over their
Journey 1t IN to the vital interest OF every
railroad to cary its passengers safely,
quickly, and promptly to their destinations,
and every means is employed and no effort
left untried TO accomplish those ends. No
road Intentionally does anything to mar the
comfort or pleasure of its passengers
least no road that courts and values the pub
lie favor as the Erie does. So II you chance
to be delayed by some untoward aud uniore-
seen circumstance, don't abuse the road and
officials and employees, from the President
down to the brakeinen, but argue that &C
cidents will happen even in the best regu
lated families," and accept the situation with
good humor and patience. Let the con.
ductor and train-men do the swearing
and Tuning, II any is to be done, for they
are getting decidedly the worst of the bar
gain.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24
A BATTLE OF rARANruLAs.
The Novel PrlEe-FiRht Tint Interested a
Denver Crowd six Hours.


Many stories have been told of the ven-
omous nature and vicious habits of the Ari-
zona tarantula, but Messrs. Mammen & Co..
and few of their patrons recently saw an
exhibition of the ugly creatures disposition
which shows that be is not afraid to battle
with his own kind on an equal ground.
Among other curiosities brought here with
the collection referred TO were two of these
huge insects, both of which were full grown
One was OF the brown and the other of the
black variety. The brown fellow was Gagged
in common cigar box and the black one in
q glass jar. As they could not be exhibited
to advantage Ia contrivances of this kind,
and as they were not very pleasant company
to have running about loose, box almsss
two feet square, with glass top, was pro-
duced. on the bottom of which layer OF
sand was spread TO make the animals feel at
home. The cover wes then drawn and the
two spiders pitched into it from their sepa-
rate cages.
No sooner did the one discover the others
presence than they rushed at each other as
viciously as two panthers and Immediately
closed in deadly embrace. They came to.
gether with q bound and then twining their
long, hairy legs about each other rolled over
and over in the sand, biting each other saw
agely, and then tugging with all their might,
as il end avoring to crush each other by
sheer muscular power. Incredible as it
may seem, this sort of warfare was kept up
for six hours, during most of which time ii
could not be seen that either was gaining the
slightest advantage, as neither showed any
sign of disposition to end the fight except by
the death of his adversary At last the
black one succumbed and rolled over dead
on the sand, while the victor Immediately
proceeded to reap the spolls of his long bat
tie.
Selling his vanquished enemy in his stout
horns or pincers. or whatever contrivauce he
has for that purpose he rapidly tore him
limb from limb and coolly proceeded. in true
cannibalistic style, TO make zeal of him.
In very short time nothing was left except
little pile of legs and pieces of shell TO
mark the spot where one tarantula had fall
en- aud another had d.ned Many persons
who have passed the window within the
past two or three days have doubtless mis-
taken this little pile of tarantula debris for
the real live animal, when closer inspec.
ton would have shown the living vermin
hidden away in one corner of the box lazily
digesting his meal Denoer Tribune.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24
POETRY.
THE LITTLE BRIDGE.

They parted on the Little bridge
When spans the running water,
The bdght-eyed youth with fluent tongue.
And she-the yeolnan's daughter.
A few fond words, stolen kiss,
A little golden tr1nket,
Twas all but taat his heart could change
She did not dare TO think It.
de journeyed to bright southern lands
Where tropic skies 6ent Ger him,
And wooed blind Fortune Till Sue cast
a slower OF gold before him.
Then Fame took up her trumpet, tuned
To sound his praise in story,
For much that TO his life belonged
Was what the world called glory.
A ribbon marked his high degree,
His name had added letters,
And not on him was any sign
OF Lies more Calling letters
The maiden's path lay toward the north;
Sac toiled for daily guerdon,
And meeGly bore her low estate,
Nor felt her task a burden.
TIL hope deferred her spirit broke,
And thorns seemed springlng round her;
Anu tuOushlS Jhht OilCc were puIeSL JOYS
Had only power TO wound her.
A poor old maid with fading cheek
Tolls on from early morning,
With scanty thanks, and little praise,
And Outlines heartless scorning.
And yet sometimes she sees the bridge,
And hears the river flowing,
When memory lifts the snroud o. years,
The dead past calmly showing.
And sometimes he, in Idle mood,
Mid silence all unbgoEen,
just wonders II the bridge still stands
Where their last words were spoken.
The little bridge still lightly spans
The ripping, running water;
But no bridge spans the gulf twixt him
And her The yeoinan's daughteri
Chambers Journal
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24
ALTON TAMER's METHOD.
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24
OPIUM SMOKING.

Ten or twelve pipes produce de'icion'
twenty five pipes is followed by dream
torpor, the "heaven' which the opinn
smo ser madly seeks An emblem Of the lpl.
sleep TO which he blindly hurrics. III
habitnal opium smoker has palli check
vacuous eyes, and is untitled for any en"'
getic employment. The functions Of IT,
stomach and intestinal organs become disa'
ranged and weakened. In indulgence, 10
idiot smile aud death-like stupor OF an OPP
nm debauchee has something more awful y
the gaze than the bestiality of the drunktr
from spirits. The pain he suffers when i'
prived Of the dru, after long habit, no Ian
guage can explain; aud il il only TO a Get
tain degree under it's influence that his fs
Mites are alive. Persons of mature .
occasionally become opium smokers, hnt,
habit ms rule, is acquired in yor,
Hence the great evil of il; for when on
fully acquired its horl il only broken
DEATH II is well known among the initia q
that physician in New York who claims I,
cure victims of the opium habit, aud la
built an asylum for that purpose, has MOI
been able to cure himself, and daily indulge
IN its use. Those WHO pretend that the,
can relinquish the habit may be found hang
ing about Opium places, and do not den,
themselves a pipe now and then. The,
are simply moderate smokers for tire
and eventiia ly fall back to an excessive us.
of the drug. No opium smoker will deu,
the fact that the In III has ruined him men.
tally and physco"v 1oleio Bltdo
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24
SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN GIRLS
Wherein the Northern Specimens Dihes
From Those of the sunny south. a =

Riding does not in3 much patronage Is
cept from Northern guests, who think this u
the thing to do when they come TO this
chivalric section. The Northern young LADY
is, in the main, a tennis player, practical, Ut
good figure, bealthful, not pretty, but NJ
tractivelv interesting in feature. She ha-
learned to think of Southern Young womsf.
as being the prize of tournament riders aai;
as being the easy going beauty, soft in trA
ture of skin, slow in graceful movement, yet
impulsive and reckless in daring sport and
ready at all times to mount racer, be he
ever so hoyden and limber-limbed. This
the Northern young lady is not slow to imi-
tate though, perhaps, she can never initiate
it passally If she would by turn dress IN
matronly black, wear her hair old. read nov.
els and play tennis in a practiced, athletic
kind of a way, she would appear much more
natural and in taste.
To fact, in a contrast between North aud
South, it is not to be forgotten that the GU.
is thickly settled, devoting its time to manu-
facture and mercani lie pursuits, ignoring
from necessity of say ng time all else save
E.
the main chance They meet one another
SO often at the North that a conventional
mode of greeting is fond that to the South.
ern living in an agricultural district sont
distance from his neighbor would appea,
perhaps brusque. For in the nature oi
things they cannot see one another Often.
and therefore the hand is warmer in the
shake and the bow lower and more hearty
in the meeting. As long as the South LAS
large area and few manufacturers or trained
laborers, so long will there be the means Of
outdoor pleasure created by the reaction
from idleness that is incident to country liv
srs. Thus il is, perhaps, that fne horse.
prevail, aud Thus it is that duels prevail
Wherever horses are the companions Of tn.
people, there romance must live. Grsas,
brisr Letter In the Richmond State.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24

Why We SOMETIMES Cnoss OVER. ~
often cross the street to avoid meeting
man." says Mr.. Beechsr, mot because
have anything against him, but simply be-
cause do not feel like speaking to him.
suppose all men are this way" Yes, nearly
all men are that way, Mr.. Beecher, and we
are glad that you have mentioned the sub
ject. for it gives us chance to agree with a
great man. We sometimes cross the street
and climb fence TO avoid meeting man /;
not that we have anything against him. but
because he has something against us--a BILL
Mr.. Beecher. Arknnsan Tynpeler.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24

DANGEROUS RESEMBLANCE. Mr.. and Mrs.
5amnslson attended a social gathering on
Austin Avenue last week. and the converse
ton turned on hunting jack rabbits Some-
body remarked that at a short distance they
resembled small donkeys. Mr. Samuelson.
who is very small man, remarked that he
and number of friends expected to go out
shooting jack rabbits No you are not,
said Mrs. Samuelsou, "you might get acct
dentally shot" There was a general smile.
-2sxas SUtinas
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24
G.. n. d. g. III. SKILLMAN,
Affnrsn aVS-a I'll a wv

SOUTHEAST cor BRIDGE IND Union SITS,
LAMBERTvIl4LE, N. j.
Collections and all legal busne Entrusted to
our care will receive prompt and faithful atten-
ton.
c. A. SKILLMAN, C. III. SKILLMAN,
Cogaseiior-af- Lac .InorHeg-at-LdW.
July 2 1879.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24

WISE ORoANIsr.--'' Plunged in gulf
of da,k despair, was the cheering tune
which greeted the ears of newly-'narried
couple as they were leaving the altar recent
ly in an out-of-town church. The organisi
was probably married man.--4. Quad.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-01-24

Additional reading matter on fourth
page.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-11-30
HUMOROUS.

An exchange SAYS: "Science is pro-
nouncng against covering the walls of
houses with paper. Ornamental tiles
are suggested as substitutes. All
right. II science will put up the cash,
we will have our house tiled Immediate
ly.-N. Y. Mail.
"A sky light: The sun---The wom-
ans cause: Because--A tough time:
Roughs on a spree--A dose of salts:
Several sailors sleeping bird of
freedom: An escaped jail -bird--Gen-
orally on themending hand: The Thin
ble.-Boston Courier.
Afraid in the Dark
A beautiful maid in Bismarck,
When the lamp was turned down for spark
Snuggled up to her Fred
And trembingly said.
1 always feel skeered in the dark!"
Bismarck Tribune.
"A gentleman who sent poem to
an editor said in note: Il hope you
will do me the kindness of excusing
the errors in my manuscript" The
editor replied: 81 have excused all
the errors. In fact, have excused the
entire poem" ."-Arkansaw Traveller.
Waiter: Be careful, sab, you
are spelling your lunch" Guest: "In
what wayP" Waiter: "Why, sab,
you just took your napkin and rubbed
the quail on toast off your plate" :"
Guest: $50 I did. How stupid of
me! ! thought it was fy-speck. -
Chicago Hera d.
"A novel writer tells how "the
words crashed through her teeth A
CLEAN of revenge may have also "thun-
dered from her eyes" and smile of
scorn "paralyzed her lips" but when
we reached the place where the words
further. -Norristoton Herald.
:. Look a heah, sab" Indignantly
exclaimed colored gentleman, "does
yer mean ter call me thief" "Dat' s
whut / means can why, sahp
'Splain yerse'f, ur take de rough conse-
quence.' "'Case seed yer when yer
stole coat" "Wall, dat's all right,
but eff yer hadn't seen me L d er whipped
yer, sho'. Better be pertic'lar how yer
fools wild me, man, case 1 comes from
proud family. y."-ArkansaW Traveller.
=" What's mesmerism P'' asked
Poots' little boy the other day. Mes
LucTlSIu, SUI, 10 tuO-Wcll-- . oCc.
how can make you understand itP 1t
is the-,-where's your dictionary But
no, never mind. Ill explain it in
another way" and then Poots, who
thinks he has remarkably powerful
mind, undertook to exert mesmeric
influence on his son. Fixing his eyes
on his son in a way that made the boy
shudder. he said, as he pointed to the
clock 81 See that pretty bird! Hear it
sing! Let's catch it and put it in a
cage" and he got up and dragged the
unwilling boy after him. "Pretty bird!
pretty bird!' he said, as he patted the
clock. Then the boy broke away with
an awful yell, knocking the clock down
in his terror, and yelling: MA! ma!
Pas got the jims again" And that
wound up Poots' experiments in mes.
merism.-BoSton Post.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-11-30
Personal AND LITERARY.


Miss Edith jeffrey is very wealthy;
yet she writes poems for Harper's Mag
azine, supports and educatcs two young
girls, and finds time for numerous char
tiles.
George ID. Robinson will be the
third Governor of Massachusetts directly
descended from Dolor Davis, who came
over in 1885. The other two were
John Davis and John d. Long. Boston
Post.
Miss Bessie Jones is the editor of a
newspaper Mt Athens, o., and is de-
scribed as "tne wittiest and brightest
girl that can be found between the ris-
ing and the setting of the sun. IN y
Graphic.
Agnes May Fleming died several
years ago, but novels bearing her name
are still published in pursuance of an
arrangement with her family, who have
sold the use of her name to a story
writer. Chicago Herald.
William NJ. Evarts is getting thin
ner and more nervous than ever, and
now weighs scarcely a hundred. New
ertheless, the ex-Seoretary is still hard
worker, and reaps over one hundred
thousand dollars a year from his law
practice. Y. Times.
President Arthur's Cabinet is thus
described by writer in the Troy
Times: "Brewster is the most punctil-
ious member, Frelinghuysen the most
aristocratic, Lincoln the quietist,
Gresham the ablest, Folger the most
judicial. Teller and Chandler are the
two who keep track of things general
ly and the hardest workers"
Judge Thomas Drummond has been
on the Federal bench continuously for
thirty-three years - first as United
States District Judge for Illinois, then
as United States Circuit Judge for
Northern Illinois, and since 1869, as
United States Judge for the Seventh
Circuit, embracing Illinois, Wisconsin
and Indiana. Members of the bar
speak and think of him as still in his
prime.--Indianapolis Journal
"A recent issue of the american Req
lister contains the following terse criti-
cism of the novelists of to-day: "The
modern novel is drifting as far away
from plot as modern music is from mel
ody. A sentiment is now elaborated
and called story, and characters are
little elae than catalogues of peculiari-
ties. selected from varied sources, and
fastened upon one impossible individu-
atty A bit of real flesh and blood,
that speaks the language of everyday
life, is becoming rarer and rarer in fic.
tion, which appears to be running to
seed in pursuit of mere style"