davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12
FUGrEAN SCENERY.
A Landscape In the Land of Wonder
full TwilIahts.


A remarkable landscape tits /; picturesque
beyond description, and altogether unlike
tho idea generally entertained OF Fuegian
scenery. That portion of il which an artist
would term the " foreground is cove,
which is shaped somewhat like the shoe of
| mule, running about hundred yards
into tho land, while less than fifty feet
across the mouth. Its shores, rising abrupt
ly from the beach, are wooded all around
with q thick forest, which covers the steop
sides of the eneircling hills as far rs con be
seen. The trees, tall and grand, arc of
three kinds, almost peculiar to TERRA del
Fuego. One is true beech; another, as
much birch as beech the third, IN aromp
tic evergreen of worldwide celebrity, the
Winter's-bark." But there is also growth
Of buried underwood, consisting of arbutns,
barberry, fuchsias, Towering currants, and
a singular fern, also occurring in the island
Of Juan Fernandez anl resembling the
saRsin of Australia. Nra
The sea-arm on which the cove opens Is
but little over mile in width its opposite
shore being Shear cliff, rising hundreds Of
feet above the water, and indonted here
and there by deep gorges with thickly
wooded sides. Above the cliffs crest the
slope continues on upward to q mountain
ridge of many peaks, one Of them grand
cone towering thousands of feet above all
the others. That is Mount Darwin, wrapped
in o mantle of never melting snow. Along
the intermediate space between the cliffs
crest and tho snow-line is a belt OF wood
land, intersected by what might be taken
for streams OF water, were it not for their
color. But they are too blue, too noiseless
10 be water. Yet, in way, they are water,
for they arc glIciers; som3 Of them abut-
ting upon the soa-arm, and filling mp tho
gorges that open upon 1t, with facades as
precipitous as that of the cliff itself. There
are streams of water also which proceed
from the melting of the snow aboys; catar.
acts that spout out from tho wooded sides
of the ravines, their glisteniny sheen wildly.
Conspicuous amid the greenery OF the trees.
Two of these curvin5 jets, projected from
walls OF vordure on oppo'ite sides of o
gorge, inset midway and, minsling, fall
thence perpendicularly down; changing,
long ere they reached the water below, to a
column of white spray. Aaaah5 S.sit
Little would ono expect 20 find pasrots
and humming-birds In that high latitude;
yet flock Of the former chatter in the ever,
greens, feeding on thu berries Of the win,
tsr's-bark while numbers of the latter are
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12
MAKING AN ENGRAVING ON woop.

- Z
OF course, you know that such pictures
as you see in books orlin 81. Nicholas have
to be engraved upon some surface from
9hich an impression can be taken, before
they can be printed in the book or the
magazine. And you probably know that
the kind of engravings generally used in
such books are wood-engravings. 94sat
In wood-engraving, the lines that are to
INK the paper are left standing, while tho
parts between are cut away from the sur
face of the block, SO that when an ink roller
is passed over an engraving of this kind it
leaves all the lines tipped with coating of
ink, to be picked up by the sheet Of paper
which comes in contact with it, So, you
will see, the wood-engrayer must sink two
lines in the block to make one line which
will print. OF course, considering the
hardness of the wood and the delicacy re-
4uired for the lines, this is very slow and
tedious work. You may easily. form same
idea of how tedious it is by placing penny
over any portion of an engraved picture,
making light mark around the penny
with O black leadpencil, and then by the
aid Of a nagnifying glass counting the
lines within the circle. You will see that
your penny has covered more than one
hundred lines and then you must remem.
Der that at every place where the shading
In the drawing which the engraver is en-
craving grows lighter or darker he has to
change the width of the line for Just in
proportion to the thickness OF the black
line left between the two white ones viii be
the g tint +" or color " Of the correspond
ing portion of the printed picture. These
changes are called by engravers stops"
And where there are many. Of these, one
square inch of engraving is o fair days
work. Ff.
have spoken of q drawing, for the en-
graver always has drawing to work from.
Sometimes it is made upon the wood block,
but 1t is more frequently made by The artist
much larger than the block on which It is
to be engraved, aud redu,ed copy of it
produced upon the block by photography.
By this plan, the artist can work much
moro freely, and the engrhver Is embed to
have che large drawing in front of hiing be-
sides tho reduced copy of the sameg which
he is cutting into lines upon the block.
From" an Engraesr On Wheels" 6y w.
Leaois Fraser, IN SO. Nicholas.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12
TEACHING ANIMALS TO CONVERSE.

Sir John Lubbock, the distinguished an.
thropologist and naturalist, sends to the
London Nature q brief discussion of SUBJ
jet which is full of interest and always pc
culiarly fascinating.
From tho earliest times the speaking OF
birds and beasts has been tho subject OF
fable, and every lover of dog or horse
has mourned that only In fable was there
speech between man and the brute Sir
john Lubbock, however, seriously consid-
ers the possibility of teaching animals to
converse with man. 1t has occurred to
me-" he says, whether sono such system
as that followed with deaf mutes, especially
by DIR. Howes with Laura Bridgman, might
not provo very instructive if adapted to the
case of dogs" rt-.5t
Accordingly he has tried experiments with
his dog. He printed in legible letters Cd
pieces Of stout cardboard such words as
food, bonc," " out" The dog WAS a
black poodle, breed which, by the way is
generally known to be quick at learning
tricks; and Sir John Lubbock got the head
master of deaf and dumb school to assist
at the experiments. They began by giving
;he dog food in q saucer, over which was
laid the card on which was the word
food" and beside which was placed an
Empty saucer covered by piain card
Van," the poodle, soon cd learned to
distinguish between the two Afterwari hs
was taught to bring the card which express
ed his wants. '.This he now doos," says
Sir John Lubbock, ssand handssit to me
quite prettily, and then give him bons
or little food, or take him out, according
10 the card brought. Us still brings some.
times plain card, in which ictse. I point
out his error, and he then takes it back and
changes it, That mistake, however, is
not often made by Van. H. has learned to
distinguish between the card with the word
and the blank card, no matter how often
their relative positions are changed
This is only the beginning of the very in
teresting experiments Sir John Lubbock
proposes b. make. He means TO multiply
the cards SO that the dog may be enabled to
communicate freely with him. He also ex-
presses the wish that other owners Of dogs
which have displayed especial intelligence
and docility, would conduct similar expert.
ments 30 that the results may be collated and
compared. ! confess" he concludes, ~
hope that some positive results might fol.
low, which would enable us to obtain
more correct insight into the minds of ani.
mails than We have yet acquired
-
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12
the ART OF BURGLARY,
Morals and BIsthods Of nm EnterprisinB
.1lhgaA l Housebreakcr, t 10 sgfi.r

h ss tHt saI d 49, a. i. Q.
Never kill man save in self-defence !;
get caught rather than drop man. was
the prudent motto of celebrated cracks
man. 1T is only the tyro or the bungler
who Aourishes revolvers and quickly APP.
peals to the bludgeon." in
6 What is the prime quality in your bust
ness ~ 5..s4 - 1000.
ID" Nerve-nothing else.n s36l5 na83@
"What is the best method2p d3
!" Boldness. Many a job haveqI done
right before the eyes of people done il
just as though it was the regular thing, and
I was just where ought to be. have had
my pal taking things out of house when a
couple of cops were walking by, and Istood
with apencil in my hand keeping tally of
the things. They thought it was all right,
rs looked right at them tell you per
son wants to keep perfectly cool and know
what he is doing, and what he is going to
do, every time. ai b56adaa sa .4el1s1i
The right kind of mon are somehow
lacking. They are either too tirnid or too
rough. It wants q fine man, real Damas-
eus blade, to do neat job. There ore
plenty Of opportunities, if there were only
the men to fill them. But was speaking
Of chances The people IRE asleep; you
are awake. They are timid; you are per-
fcctly cool, You know just what to do.
You know Just what they will do if they
wake up. They don't know how many are
in the house, nor where you are. Most
people are towards in the night Without
any. odds you could get the best Of them,
but in the night, with tho bugbear and the
reality of burglar in the house--and they
have spent all the years Of their lives in
working up dreadful fellow in their imagi-
nations-in such a plight, mans house is
like foreign land to him, and he is per-
feet stranger to the situation in his own
home" zslsf. "a sszlz5 - 49,
| Then you trust most to bewilderment
and fear.p sid kHa# affa9 ~ =eaaIl.=s
No, we don't. A good job means get
ting in and out again without stirring things
up. II il comes to the worst, then the dread
and fear and confusion which we cause all
help us, and sometimes the more fuss there
is tho easier We can g1t of" 6saIf 81
"How do you feel when you are alone in
house ct midnight running such terrible
rigks." .5sf..F s...f..
There, now, you have got as much non.
sense into that question as they usually do.
In the first place, midnight is not the usual
hour when house is worked. Things are
not so quiet generally as they are at two
/ A
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12
The Ph@be-l,ird.

Yes, / was wrong about the ph@be-bird
Two songs 1t has, and both OF them I've heard
did not know those gtrains OF JOY and sorrow
Came from one throat, or that each note could
borrow
Strength from the other, making one more brave
And one as sad as rain-drops on q grave - "a
But thus 1t Is. Two songs have mon and maidens,
One is for heyday, one is sorrows cadence.
Our voices vary with the changing seasons
OF LIES long year, for deep and natural reasons
Therefore despair not. Think not you have
altered,
II, at some time, the gayer note has faltered-
We are as God has made us. Gladness, pain,
Dellgh; and death, and moods OF bliss or bane,
With 1--we, and hate, or good, and esil-all, - -
At separate times, in separate accents call; a &
Yet tits the same heart-throb within the breast
That gives en- impulse TO our worst and best /
doubt not when our earthly cries are ended. T
The Listener 1nds them In one music blended.
George Par sons Latiarop, Ia Century
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12
The passe.s rro..I.s stallion.

Since his retirement from competition on
the track Smuggler, the fastest trotting
stallion the world has ever known, has been
in easy retirement in breeding quarters and
in oil probability will never again trot an
other race, as he Is now seventeen years
old. The fast son Of Blanco, whose record
of 2;t53 In 1876 has never yet been equaled
by q trotting stallion, has been little heard
of for the past four years, as, during the
seasons of 1879, 1880 and 1881, he was in
retirement at Cynthianna, KY, and most of
the time since then has been on the breed
ing farm of John Woodruff, at Minneola,
Long Island. Heis as fine looking to-day
as he was seven years ago. His owner is
Colonel II. 8. Russell, of Milton-Boston
Herald.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12
POETRY.
A saa sssnatiou.


said IN the tender spring time,
When the flowers had bloomed awhile,
am weary OF this wild beauty,
And long for sunmer's smile;
The glorious, passionate summer
All glowing with fervent heat,
When the winds come up from the southland
And the days are long and sweet.
The summer slept:on the hill tops,
The south wind walled and sighed,
The robins song grew drowsy,
While the roses bloomed and died;
Twas then thought or the autumn, ~
And longed for the thoughtful days,
When the trees should don their purple,
And the hill tops hide in haze.
Then autumn came In her grandeur;
The grass grew old and brown,
And splendor lay in the forest,
And the leaves came drifting down; Y {
Twas then longed for the winter,
The winter cold and pale,
And my restless heart grew weary,
And the autuma's charms were STALE sss,s
And now IN the heart Of winter,
sigh for the spring again, ~
And think In wild Impotence
OF the flowers on hill and plain;
And yet, ere the spring has vanished,
My heart Will tire, I know.
While the Jewel, Content, j seek for, -
VIII never be mine below.
- --4tlahta Consolation
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12
. NOTED ACTRESS, YOUTH

A Louisvill, acquaintance Of Mary Ander-
sen writes to the New Orleans Times Demo = J.
erat the following incident sc The stories :
that reach us OF her triumphs abroad, the.
illusions in the papers TO her Jewels eandl
gorgeous costumes, the descriptions Of her
luxurious summer home at Long Branch,
always carry me back in memory to the,
time, seven years ago, when / visited her in
the little old house on Walnut street, in ,
Louisville, which was then her home. I
was at the time a. school girl, and Mary An
derson was sixteen or SO yenteen years ofage.
Her tall, little, slender figure lacking the
roundness to make itt- beautiful, and
earnest face that wore an almost moody ex4
preston of studions abstraction impressed 2
me idelibly when l. first met her. ION this
occasion Professor Noble Butler had taken
several of his pupils to his protegee, this
young girl, who, from having been q pupil
under him, had gone to Now York to, be
under tho instruction of Vandenhpf, & and =
now had returned to louisville for brief
interval of rest, before pursuing her studies
further The houss,. which has since be- 2
como historical, was IN old tumbiedown-
looking structure, which, Notwithstanding
the poverty Of its furnishings, had yet an
air Of homelike comfortin tho. small front
bedroom into which we were .ushered. faI /
remember there was an open piano at which
Mary had been praeticins, and something
was said about her possible intention Of
ultimately going on the concert u stage,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12
r.e p.,er,.a cl.y Of .hs cem..oe,

The Deserted CITY OF The toMstocHs
Eight years have passed since the found
ing of Virginia City, New, and the town is
o wreck. The $4,000 people dwindled to
5000. The banks have retired from bust
ness the merchants have closed up and
left the hotel is abandoned tho gas COM
pany is bankrupt, and scores of costly
residences have either been taken to pieces
and moved away or given away to bats. All
this because the Comstock mines have gone
y.--Chicago Herald.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12
~ 111l1I7--I17I y - p" , 7I7T77TFN
Large Reduction in Prices. i5

A Large Reduction in Prices. asii fssG asrn
lam now offering my entire stock Of.
parlor stoves and heaters, Office and shop
stoves, at greatly reduced prices. Now
is the time to secure bargains at J. ].
LARS, Al Bridge ST., IAmbertville.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12

Orders taken for Sheet Music, at
Johnson's Drug Store.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12
INTERESTING STORY.
THE GOLDEN EGG.

1t was Phil Barrada's wedding might, and
the. girl he was to have married had Tilted
him-gone OF with another man, at the last
moment
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12

Why don't you subscribe ?
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12

America supplies the world witt turpen-
tine. salE
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-03-12

III you think of going to hoasekeep-
ing this Spring, look at Titus Furniture
before purchasing, 33 Coryell st. Big
stock. Well made. Low price.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

When the railway supervision bill
was pending in the House of Repre-
sentatives, Mr.. Houston, of Monroe,
offered to amend the fifth section by
adding the following prooiso:
"Provided, That in case of legal
proceedings being instituted enjoin-
ing said Commissioners from exercis-
their authority under this act, the
salaries of said Commissioners and
Clerk shall cease during the time
their duties may be held in allegiance
by such legal proceedings"
When this amendment was propos-
ed the members of the Legislature
knew that the various railroad COM
panies would apply to the US. Court
for an injunction to restrain the Su-
pervisors from interfering in any
manner with their business,and hence
the proviso offered by MIR. Houston
was eminently proper, and should
have received the hearty support of
every honest man in the House. That
great statesman from Carroll county,
the Hon. Mr.. Williamson, being wise
beyond his generation, at once arose
and with all the dignity becoming 50
great a man, moved to lay the amend
ment of Mr.. Houston on the table,
which was promptly carried by vote
of 50 ayes to 80 nays !-[Vicksburg
Herald.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
Our UndevelOped Resources.

We publish this morning an inter
esting and instructive communica-
ton from Prof LAWRENCE G. JOHN
SON, of Holly Springs, Miss, now of
the United States Geological Survey,
in reference to the undeveloped re-
sourses of our State. This letter is
drawn out by an editorial that ap
peared in the Examiner of April 10th,
and we congratulate ourself and our
readers upon the result.
We can assure our able cores
pondent that in that editorial we had
no thought of censuring the authori-
ties at Washington on account of the
conspicuity of the absence of Missis-
sippi from the tables, shelves and
cases Of the great museums and art
and industrial collections at the Fed
eral Capital; on the contrary we ap-
piled whatever of censure was in
dulged in, to the State we love and
the people whose reputation is of all
things dear to us; and we wrote in
the hope that by pointing out the
crime of omission-for it is crime
we might be able to suggest RENE
dy and awake great Common wealth
to effort commensurate with the i'm
mensity of its resources and the pride
and ambition of its children; and to
the fact that we have in some meas
ure succeeded in our purpose, the
communication from one of hissis-
sippi's honored scientists that APP
pears in the Examiner this morning,
bears witness.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
A SOUTHERN SOLDIER.

Not long ago, writes Bill Arp in the
Atlanta Constitution, met Gen. Early,
on the train, and journeyed with him for
some time. His talk was chiefly Of men,
cries of the war. He wears patriarch s
beard, and shows age both in speech and
motion, but his hazel eye is bright and
his emotion seems as strong as ever. He
was laughing freely, both about men, and
measures. should say that he was man
with no secrets. He thinks aloud and
talks slow. but talks all the time. He
puts the Georgia troops who sdrved un-
der him i'll the front rank for courage and
endurance. He told me about a captain
in the 18th Georgia--a man then about
80 years old--wh0 refused to surrender
his company and the colors when the
regiment did, but cut loose from them
and fought his way out, because he SAID
the women gave 'em the flag, and he
promised to take it back to 'em. He WAS
court-martialed but never punished. On
the contrary, he somehow got command
of the regiment, and on one occasion
charged the enemy furiously and with
success, without any orders to do SO, land,
when repremanded, his excuse was that
his ammunition had got low, and was
about to give out 81 wonder what has
become of him." Sal the general. "Hs
Was fine officer, and Drawer man nev-
er lived. ae never was anything but q
captain, but l put him in command OF a
brigade once in an emergency, and be
handled it well. I've thought of the man
thousand times. He made every man
brave about him, andyet he was prudent
and not reckless"
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08

KELLOGG, whose trial for bribery
n the Star Route Cases has been
from time to time postponed or con-
tinued at the request of the Govern
ment Counsel, was on the 3rd inst
acquitted by the jury in compliance
with the instructions of the Court,
for the reason that the proceedings
were barred by the statute of limita-
Gon.
II Attorney General Brewster did
not know this before proceedings
were instituted, he is proven to be
an ignoramus; aud if be did know it.,
and nevertheless persisted in push
ing Hprosecution involving immense
exI euditure of public money without
hope of conviction, he deserves to be
impeached.
The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-05-08
New Orleans Exposition.

The o. 5. Commissioners for the State
of Mississippi to the New Orleans Expo
sition, respectfully announce the follow
ing Committees of Ladies who it is hop
ed and believed will interest them selves
in procuring exhibits and encouraging
their preparation, for the Mississippi
Department All works of the pencil,
crayon, brush, sculptor's chisel, ETC.,
should be sent to Mrs. II. d. Money at
Winona, during the month of October,
and by the goth of that month if posi- e
BILE; and specimens of needle work and
embroidery to Mrs. II. l.. Muldrow, at
Starkvile, during the same month.
1t is important that these contribu.
tons should be massed as suggested, ut
certain points III order that proper care
may be given to their shipment, and re-
ception in New Orleans;and also in order
to enable the State Commissioner to
make proper arrangements Tor putting
them III place in the Exposition building
The Committees are as follows
COMMITTEE TO COLLECT WORKS OF ART.
Mrs. II D Money, Winona.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, Beauvior.
Mrs. Ii f Claiborne. Natchez.
Mrs. A NJ Hillman,. Clinton.
Mrs. A G Peyton, Hazlehurst.
Miss Sallie Anderson, West Point.