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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-12-31
A QUEER CITY in THE AIR.

The pueblo of Acoma, situated ninety
miles west of Albuquerque, is one of the
most remarkable communities in New Next
co or the United States. In the middle of a
valley, six miles in width, stands a butte,
and on the top of this is Alcoma. Eight
hundred people are living there and they
and their ancestors have gathered there the
sum of their possessions for nearly three
centuries. This butte is one of the many
that are the remnants of a mesa that has
been worn away by the erosion OF the ages
and survives only in flat-topped mountains
here and there. The valleys between are
fertile, and untold generations of men have
seen them covered with grain and flocks of
sheep Sometime in the seventeenth CEN
tury the Laguno, or valley Indians, made
war upon the Acomas for the possession of
the country and the latter being the weaker
occupied this butte as defensive position
believed TO be impregnable Their iudg-
ment has been abundantly indicated. 1t
has proved Gibralter of strength and
safety. The comparison is not inappropri-
ate, and in approaching it from the north
was struck with the resemblance to the pic
lures have seen of that grim fortress that
frowns over the strait of the Mediterran
can. The height above the valley is nearly
400 feet and the walls in several places
nearly perpendicular. There are two means
OF nscent, one by flight of steps cut in the
face of the wall and rising at an angle of
forty-iive degrees, and the other by fis
sure in the rocks leading up to the heart of
the mountain. Both ways have been trod
den by human feet until the steps are hol-
lowed ont like shallow troughs. Either one
is exceedingly difficult and neither tolerably
safe. This stairway is precarious footing
along The sides of cash in rugged noun
tain. With all the danger and fatigue, it is
a laughable sight TO see person-some
other person-mal the ascent. One has to
stride over the tissure, one foot on the right.
hand side and the other on the left, and nj
the same time press the hand alterna to
ly against the rocks for support An In.
dian will throw u live sheep his neck
and go quite rapidly without touching
either hand to the rocks. An accident oc-
CURED on the stairway few generations
ago. Several mem started up, each with n
sheep on his back. When nearly to the top
the sheep carried by the foremost man be-
came restless, and the shepherd in trying to
hold it fast lost his footing, and in FILLING
swept his companions over the precipico.
and they all fell on the rocks at the foot in
a lifeless heap The Indians have carved
representation of the accident on rock
near where it occurred, which scarcely
serves to steady the nerves of those who 90
by that route. Correspondence Laurence
(Ks.) journal
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THE RULING PASSION.
President Lincoln Tells IA Funny Story A.!
Solemn Time.


Said Ex-Governor Curtin, of Pennsyl-
vania -" just before the battle of Frede-
rieksburg, knowing that large number of
Pennsylvania troops were with Burnside,
md that general engagement between the
two armies was imminent, went to Wash
insta1a mn .lslSoc TJf transportation 70 the
front. A tug was placed ut my disposal
and | reached the army in time TO witness
The battle The terrible slaughter of our
troops on that disastrous day we all know
When our defeat was beyond question,
knowing TIE strain of anxiety in tho mind
of the President for news from the front,
| boarded the tug and hastened to Wash.
ington, hoping, rs railroad communication
was impossible, to forestall the exaggerated
rumors that might be expected, and to al
lcyiate even in only slight degree the
shock of unwelcome tidings, but keenly
sympathetic nature, in whatever language I
couchod the sad news.
1t was considerably past midnight when
| reached Washington, but / proceeded di-
rectly TO the White House. 1t was no sur
prise to me to learn that the President had
aot retired. l was Immediately ushered
into his presence. As he aecosted me and
read in my face the character of the news
had to communicate, he sank into chaii
with n sigh of Distress"
"What news, Governor ?" said he.
:" Bad very bad"
Tell me all !" lie rested his head on
his hands while / gave the outline and the
results of the battle. He heaved q heavy
sigh and looked Mt me with mn expression
Of intense suffering, and remarked =
II heartily wish I might be welcome
messenger of good news instead-that /
could.tell you how to conquer or get rid of
these rebellious States"
Looking up quickly, with marked
change of expression, Lincoln said =
I" That reminds me of two boys in Illinois
who took short cut across the orchard anG
did not become aware of the presence of q
vicious hog until it was too late TO reach
either fence. One was spry enough to es-
cape the attack by climbing tree, but the
other started around tree with tho hog in
hot pursuit, until, by making smaller cir
Giles than it was possible for his pursuer to
make, he gained sufficiently to grasp the
hogs tail, and held on with desperate grip
until nearly exhausted, when he hailed his
companion and called to him to come down
What for ?" said the boy.
81 want you to help me let this hog CO.
of I could only let them co. said tn,
President, in conclusion " but that is Tho
trouble. am compelled to hold on to them
and make them stay"
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MORTALITY ON THE PANAMA CANAL.

There are 10000 men employed on the
canal, distributed all the way from Colon or
Aspinwall to Panama. The distance by rail
is not over thirty miles between these two
points. / was machinist and engineer and
made, by working overtime, $3.50 per
month, but l could not stand the climate.
The wages for skilled workmen is $3.50 per
day and for laborers SO to "A per day. The
latter are recruited among the natives and
runaway sailors, who will leave 1913 o
month and take chances of sickness and
death for the SO or "a per day. You ask
about the mortality? Well, that is fright.
full. Hundreds die monthly, and the hospi.
tails are constantly filed with the sick. /.
is said that nine out of ten of the patients
who are sent TO these hospitals die there. II
the dead man has money or influence, lie
is put into pine box and buried; other
wise his body is dumped into pit and
quicklimc thrown over him. There is o
saying that every tie OF the Panama Rail-
road represents tombstone for some poor
unfortunate. Now, it is true that every foot
Of excavated ground symbolizes grave.
The canal is twelve feet deep and from
eighty to ninety feet wide. The rains, which
are abundant, not only interfere with work,
but often cause the banks to cave in and fill
up the canal Board that one can get in
New York for $3.50 per week costs there
from $40. so to $15 per week. x George Moo
Jray In Neao York Times
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HIRING A COOK.

About noon yesterday met family man
steaming down Fourteenth street toward
Sixth avenue in state of considerable men,
tai excitement
Those internal servants of mine are
bothering mo again." he explained holly,
and Pm going to fix things up this very
morning. / know n capable girl when l see
her, and my wife doesn't. That's the diff
ference. Hitherto my wife has done the
hiring, but now propose to take hand.
Come down and see me hire cook"
When we rushed into tho Office five min
utes later the SOLEMN woman at tho desk
did not look up, but the two rows of domes-
lies turned fifty heads towards us with
more or less interest.
81 want cook" said my friend sharply,
ga good plain cook"
The woman ut the desk continued to write
without even looking Mt us. 1 sat down on
the windowsill and tried to figure out the
percentage of American faces in the two
long rows, while the man who wanted n
. ok stormed up and down, explaining his
did not notice. After tedious wait she
folded her letter, sealed it, and put it in
small box. Then she wiped her pen care
fully on nm old rag and put it in the
drawer. After examining her nails casually
she rang the bell and said Twenty-soven y
sharply paper lay on the desk. She
took it up, opened it calmly, and, turning
her back, began to read with entire ABSORB.
ton.
Twenty-soyen wore jersey, sneer,
pair of lace gloves, and mouthful of
yaregated and full-sized teeth She walk
ed forward, planted herself before my
friend and said, before he had time to
speak:
House or hat?" Hu-ho--hat."
"Boarders 7" "No. Iwant---n
Children ?" Two my
"How many in tn fammerly ?" "sx
But see here"
Cup town" emo"
"What d'y' pay2" eighteen dollars. )
"Pah I"
With which tho cook turned on her heel
with whitening contempt, and the Man Who
Wanted Cook and / went mecltly forth
As glanced back 1 thought l saw fur,
tive smile lurking about the corners of the
mouth of the solemn woman in black. -
Chicago Tribune Correspondent.
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THE STEWART PALACE.

Speaking of tho Fifth Avenue, the lone
liest place in this city is the Stewart palace
There is the usual display Of fashion ON the
pave of the Fifth avenue, but &c does not
penetrate tho darkened windows and mas
siye walls of tho grand house. The latter
stands back from the street fully thirty feet,
for Stewards taste required q dignifed re-
tirement. Viewed in front the immense
structure appears like the abode of silence.
The curtains are down and the broad porch
which graces Thirty-fourth street is seldom
sntered till evening, and, in fact, the vast
establishment resembles mausoleum.
What is to become Of IL This is very in
teresting question. II is now occupied by
an old widow with her houselseeper and the
servants. The former, since her return
from Saratoga, seldom leaves the building,
but the latter can easily step out by the rear
gate, for they never use the'grand entrance.
Judge Hilton or Mr.. Libby frequently
makes each short call. DIR. Marcy is oc.
casionally in, but these exceptions hardly
break the long monotony. How strange
seems this house of silence in the very cen.
ire Of fashionable activity In the future
disposition of this property Judge Hilton
will probably inherit the picture gallery,
which contains some of the finest modern
masterpieces, and then the rest of the i'm
mense estate will probably go to Mr. Stew
arts nioces, the Clinchee and other rela-
tives. The palace will be emptied by the
auctioneer, and the splendid building will
probably become club house
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SLAVES IN pETTIcoATs.

In Germany women do most of tho men
tai out-of-door work. Switzerland is tho
only country in continental Europe where
peasant women are not obliged to do all the
hard work. A woman was seen recently in
Naples carrying coffin on her head, chit.
ting gayly with n man who walked empty
handed at her side. Not infrequently wo-
man and COW are seen together pulling a
coal cart through the streets Of o North
German city, man touching them up,
gently to be sure, with whip as he walks
beside them. In Denmark ii is not unusual
to see n woman high up in cherry tree
picking the fruit, while man lies Mt the
foot waiting to place the ladder when she
shall be ready to come down with her bur-
ben. " In upper Austria writes a CORE
spondent, 81 saw light and very pretty
young girl carrying the mortar up TO the
second story of building, while man
waited there to put it in place when she ar
rived" A correspondent reports having
seen woman in Holland drawing canal
boat, bent nearly double with the leathern
harness as she trudged along the towpath,
man sitting at his ease in the boat smok-
ing. -CAicago Times.
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THE SUMS SUPPLY.

From an illustrated article on The SUMS
Energy" by S. P. Langley, in the Century,
we quote the following How is this heat
maintained2 Not by the miracle of per.
petual self-sustained flame, we may be sure
But, then, by what fuel is such fire fed
There can be no question of simple burn
ing, like that of coal in the CRATE, for there
is no source of supply adequate to the de.
mand. The State of Pennsylvania, for in
stance, is underlaid by one of the richest
coal-helds of tho world, capable of supply
ing the consumption of the whole country
years to come. II the source of the solai
heat (whatever that is) were withdrawn, aud
we were enabled to carry this coal there and
shoot IL into the solar furnace fast enough
to keep up the known heat-supply, 80 that
the solar radiation would go on at Just its
actual rate, the time which this coal would
last is easily calculable. II would not last
days or hours, but the whole of these coal
beds would demonstrably be used up in
rather less than one one-thousandth of n
second We find by similar calculation
that ii the sun were itself one solid block of
coal, it would have burned out TO The last
cinder in less time than man has certainly
been on the earth. But during historic
times there has as surely been no noticeable
1imnution Of the suns heat, for the olive
and the vino grow just rs they did three
thousand years ago, and the hypothesis OF
an actual burning becomes untenable. II
has been supposed by some that meteors
striking the solar surface might generate
heat by their impact, just as cannon-ball
fired against an armor-plate causes q fasl
Of light, and heat 30 sudden and intense
as to partly melt the ball at the instant Of
conclusion. This is probably real source
of heat-supply az far as it goes, but it can
not go very far and indeed, If our whole
world should fall upon the solar surface
like an immense projectile, gathering speed
as 1t fell, and finally striking (as il would
with the force due to rate of over three
hundred miles second, the heat developed
would supply the sun for but little more
| than sixty years.
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NEW YORK POLICEMEN.
How the Diuecoats Like the Now Service
stripes.


The new rule of the Police Board, passed
at Commissioner Porters request, requiring
the wearing of service stripes similar to
those of the army is agitating the police
force to the outermost patrolman. Some OF
the bluecoats talk mournfully of the addi.
tional expense to them, and others regard
it Us good Joke. According to the new
rule, members Of the force having served
Eve years are to wear on the left sleeve Of
the overcoat, dress coat and blouse,
chevron Of light blue five inches In length,
to be placed across the sleeve, just above
the cuff seam. The superintendent, inspec-
tors, captains and sergeants are to have
gold braid three-eights of an inch wide, and
rnUunteu ofiicers are TO have yellow chew.
ron. For every additional five years Of ser.
vice another bar is to be added.
"Popn Eldridge is the Oldest man on the
force. He is oighty-six years of age and
has q tramped his beat" for fifty years.
His coat sleeve will have to be heightened,
he said, TO take in his ton stripes. Superin-
tendent Walling will be resplondent with
eight gold stripes, Inspector Dilks will be
decorated with six and Inspector Byrnes
will wear four. Captains Caifrey, Bennett,
Davis, Allaire, Cherry, Copeland, Williams
and others will have from five to three gilt
tering bands on their sleeves and about 900
patrolmen will be proud of from six to nina
stripes.
I" It's all nonsense" said one o: the
Broadway Squad, "and only makes our ex-
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DIDN'T KNOW WHAT n WAS.

ITO illustrate how ignorant people are
Of the appearance even of the Government
bonds let me tell you Of an instance. About
ten years ago an industrious Irish woman
attended an auction sale Of second hand furni.
ture in this city with view of increasing
her slender household outfit by purchasing
some much needed articles. She was very
much pleased with an old-fashioned book
case which she bought, intending to use it
as safe place in which to keep her best
dishes out of the reach of her numerous
brood of children and promising young
collection of poultry that were joint occu-
pants of her kitchen and very destructive of
breakables by fluttering among her crockery
whenever anything eatable was visible In
examining her new purchase she found be-
hind drawer an envelope containing five
papers of a greenish color with figures on
them. They We're pretty, she thought, and
she gave them to little Mike and Biddy tc
play with. few days after this the priest
came to call on her and saw these papers.
Why, Mrs. Maloney,' said he, do you see
what your children have got tor" Sure,
an do she said It's only some paper 1
found in nue. new cupboard and gave to
the children to play with. WHAT said
Father -. She then told him the story
of her purchase. Mrs. Maloney,' said the
good priest, those pictures are each worth
81 ,000 7 He then went to the auctioneer.
and without telling him anything of the
find, endeayored to find where the old book.
case came from. 1t was one of several lots
of old furniture bought some years ago,
and they were not able to tell just where
that particular article did come from.
Why, said the man, is there anything
wrong? We did not warrant 1t, you know,
continued the seller with grin. No;
there is nothing wrong tho priest said. J
simply asked where it came from reason
of my own. Good morning. So the widow
was five thousand and some odd dollars
better OF, and she always considered that
Providence had interviewed in her behalf in
special way. The romance of the Treas
ury Department has yet to be written, but
you can SOC from what have told you (and
there are many things stranger than any re-
lated that have not mentioned) what an
interesting field there is here in Washington
for the novelist that is absolutely unexplor.
cd. ~ Washington Herald
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APPLICANTS FOR OFFICE.
An Interesting Sight That Can be Seen a
Any Time In Washington.

The Secretarys door is always point OF
interest. Beside il sits his colored messen-
ger, like black angel at the entrance to
the Chamber of Fate for many are the
anxious applicants for government office
who sit just outside in an adjoining room
waiting with feverish impotence TO hear the
verdict pronounced which will gather them
in or deny their admittance to the govern
ment pantry.
Here Senators and Members, Commits
sioners and chiefs, fresh applicants and
clerks, whose troubled faces denotes that
their positions are endangered, can be seen
by the public, free of charge, upon any day
between nine and twelve A. M. The pomp-
Gus, Sleek well fed looking gentlemen in
new clothes, who appear to be strangers and
yet look over every ones head are the Sem
ators. Slowly and deliberately, bit with
deadly meaning, they approach the Secre-
tary's door, hand the messenger card, and
nine times out of ten are shown in at once.
The oager-eyed mon, with cigars in then
mouths, who seem in such rush whose
clothes partahe of the general agitation OF
| the wearer, and ruff up like feathers-these
men are the Members. Some day they ex-
pect to be Senators, and then it will be time
enough to slow up and grow fat and impos-
ing. When members aro new and green
they are apt to be polite to every one
through ignorance of the situation. and
are willing to wait and read the Patent Of
Gce reports for an hour or SO; but the ma
ority come in like whirlwind, and when
told that the Secretary is engaged with SEN
ator Virgins, from Schowhegan, Me-, they
fall to pacing the hall as though they were
measuring it for n carpet. The Commits
sioners are simply grand. Hands off and no
familiarity is written oil over their smooth
surfaces. Their manners are SO highly pol
ished that it is thought some of them may
be able to hire out as reiectors when Glove.
land wishes their positions. Somehow they
seldom wait for any one to come out, but
seem to melt right through the Secretary's
! door, Crowds outside may be waiting their
| turn. 1t matters not. Commissioner
| turn is turn that don't wait and the Eerv.
GUS looking women and restless men, who
are trying all of the different leather covered
chairs in the waiting room adjoining the
secretarys office, are applicants for govern.
mont positions. They pretend to read, to
write, to look out of the windows; but, in
fact, they are simply watching the Secre-
tary's door with an eagle eye and bated
breath.
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DR.. Austin Flint of New York says
!" The expression to catch cold is sole
cism. People frequently talk about CATCH
Ing cold as if it were a purely accidental
matter, whether the cold caught him or he
caught the cold. If q physician were to be
asked what he considered of the greatest
Importance in treating the sick, he would
undoubtedly reply to keep them from
catching cold.' For this reason the rooms
of the sick are poorly ventilated. The air
becomes laden with impure gases, and the
patient oppressed by them. Instead of be-
ing steady stream of pure air flowing into
the room, it is kept shut up like tomb. A
reform is needed in this matter. Very few
of the many diseases ascribed to catching
cold ; have anything whatever to do with
colds. The old axiom, A fever patient
never catches cold,' ought to become rec
ognized fact in other diseases Plenty Of
pure air is necessity in every sick room.n
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POETRY.
Freedom.

Ffee0oml.
otd''i 50 fair In summer gone
While yet thy fresh and virgin SOIL
Informed the columned Parthencn,
The glittering Capitol;
81 fair In southern sunshine bathed,
But scarce OF such majestic mien
AS here with forehead vapor-swathed
In meadows ever green;
For thou-when Athens re.gn'd ami Rome,
Thy glorious eyes were dlmm'd with lain
To mark in many froeman's home
The slave, the scourge, the chain;
o follower OF the Vision, still
In motion to the distant CLEAN,
Howcer blind force and bra.nless viii
May jar thy golden dream,
Who, like great Nature, wouidst not ma.
BY changes all too fierce and fast
This order OF our Human Star,
This heritage OF the past;
o scorner of the party cry
That wanders from the public good,
Thou-when the nations rear on high
Their idol smear'd with blood,
And when they rolled their idol down
of saner Worship sanely proud;
Thou leather OF the iawless crown
AS OF the lawless crowd;
How long thine ever-growing mind
Hath stilld the blast and strown the wave,
Though some of late would raise a wind
To sing thee to thy grave,
Men loud against all forms OF power
unfurnished brows, tempestuous tongues,
Expecting all things In an hour
Brass mouths and iron lungsl
Lord Alfred Teat,yson
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Qaick work In CoIoraao.

"Talk of your quick work." remarked
the Colorado man, !" once knew man to
clear twenty feet of land" That's moth
ing he ought to have cleared that much in
half day" Half a day2 He did it in a
second" How was that 2" 1.-THE Sheriff
was after him and he cleared it at bound"
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Murder, in the n,,,,,h ,re,ro,o,,..

Says the 81. Juass' Ga,ette: 'Murders
of the most atrocious character are now
common incidents, and there probably
never was time when, if the truth were
told, life was SO unsafe as IL is ia London at
the present moment"