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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-07-09
THE ELECTRIC WORLD.
Frenchman's Dream of Electricity Al OIL.
ishing Night.

La Vie ModegRe amuses its readers with
one OF those visions of the future which
have been in vogue since science began to
astonish the present age with its marvellous
performances. This time it is electricity
which furnishes the substance of the dream.
The coal mines were giving out and THEN
use was almost discontinued except foi
manufactures gas had become extraordi-
narily dear. To take its place in Paris an
American~-it is always the Americans now
who do wonderful as we'll as eccentric thinrs
IN France-had conceived the project of
erecting tower $50 metres high on the
open space in front of Notre Dame, for
whose summit an enormous nickel-plated
reflector 1S7 metres in circumference should
shed down flood of light over all Paris
that would simply abolish night On the
top of the column dynamo was to be re-
quired merely to keep the gigantic carbons
ut due distance from one another at the
base in great cellars were 1900 elements,
each couple of which was to absorb daily
four tons of water and 1900 Kilograms of
acid.
In six months it was done, and Paris
awaited the first lighting with an interest
frightened by the news that three men,
who, during one of tho experiments, had
been in tho focus, had been melted and
evaporated, and the American chief eneiy
neer, M. Allison, who was taking spectre,
SCOPE observation, had been fortunate
enough to note the lines of the human spec
trum7-or spectre. Their expectations were
not disappointed. < A food Of light poured
over the city, and (unlihe, wemust say, any
electric light which we Americans have sue
ceeded in producing in our country il turn
ed round corners, entered the houses, went
up stairs and lighted not merely the parlors
but the passageways.
But now comes difficulty. Paris AWAY,
keeps late hours, but it ends by going te
bed those who amuse themselves moder-
ately seek home at midnight; those who
try hard to enjoy life leave off at three or
four at latest. But why leave of ut all in
broad daylight, or perhaps We should say +,
in broad nightlight2 And how could one
sleep without darkness? For few DAYS
Paris was perplexed. II lost its reckoning
o time entirely, and at Inst it was found
necessary to fire q morning and evening gun
in every ACCOMPLISHMENT to lot the people
know when the change WINS made from arti.
fetal to natural, and from natural to arti.
ficial sun. The new light cost for the city
less than half as much as oil tho private
lights which it displaced. or course gas
stocks went down, down, lower than Union
Pacific has boon going here tho last two
weeks. Nine. Mackay, unwi ling to have
anything so cheap in her house, threw oil
her shares into tho fro. Many persons were
ruined, but moro gained by being relieved
from the cost of lighting, and the Lutetiar
race, constantly bathed in living light &c.
CURED force, q beauty, an energy worthy
of tho Homeric ages.n
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AN iNsuLTEp AMATEUR.

For several weeks past q number of young
people Of Austin have been getting up some
private theatricals, the performance Of
which is TO take place Of the Clifton mansion
on Austin avenue. Mrs. Peterby Clifton is
bossing the whole affair, the object of which
Is to erect now gable end on the parson-
age of local clergyman. The grand per-
Torrance will take place tomorrow night
provided Gus De Smith, who has leading
role consents to act, which, at the time OF
writing this, he positively refuses to do.
Gus says he was insulted by Mrs. Clifton,
and he will have nothing to do with the per
Torrance. II seems a few evenings ago
there WIS q rehearsal, and it passed OF very
pleasantly, but after it was over Mira. Cliff
ION said 10 Gus, who personates tho leading
Villain !?
% Mr.. De Smith, hadn't you better invite
mob In the third act. Our mob is too small
We should have dozen moro men in il al
least"
That would be good idea" said Gus.
eyes" continued Mrs. Clifton, you
have great many intimate friends who
could take part To make the scene eifcc-
tive we want to have as many depraved-
looking wretches as possible in the mob.
You will be sure to be ON hand with your
friends, will you not, Mr.. De Smith P''
No wonder Gus is mad, although Mrs.
Clifton has disclaimed any intention Of in.
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THE MOSQUITOES BILL.

We have long held the opinion that the
mosquito is on unmitigated scoundri, who
could give our own lively flea six stones and
q beating over q long course, but we are
now convinced, A gentleman has examin-
cd Mr.. Mosquito under microscope, and
his description is, to say the least, startling.
1t appears that in the bill I" of the little
beast alone there are no fewer than five dis.
tinct surgical instruments. These are de-
,cribed as lance two meat saws, suction
pump aud small Corliss steam engine. 1t
appears that when q " skeeter settles down
to his work upon nice tender portion Of
the human frame the lance is first pushed
into the flesh, then the two saws, placed
back to back, begins to work up and down
to enlarge the hole, then the pump is in.
serted and the victims blood is siphoned
up to the reservoirs carried behind, and
finally, to complete the cruelty Of the per-
Torrance, the wretch drops q quantity of
poison into the wound to keep it irritated.
Then the diminutive fiend takes fly around
just to digest your gore, and makes tracks
for fresh victim, on if the first one has
been of unusually good quality he returns
to the same happy hunting ground. The
mosquitoes marvellous energy, combined
with his portable operating chest, makes him
at once q terror and a pest. Our English
skin-grazers are doves in comparison with
them
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CRAZY AT TIMES.


Every Person "a Lunntic Now and Then.
Prof. David Swing says The fact that a
druggist of this city has ended human life
by putting up wrong medicine awakens
much indignation. He says many CUSTOM
ers were in the store he was in hurry !;
be put up morphine instead of some similar
drug The inquiry arises whether the clerk
is able to fill an order only when he has no
customers in the shop? How empty must
the shop be in order to secure safety? Must
the street in front of the drug store also be
empty9 What it q fire-engine goes by ?
What il a dog fight occurs while the drug
gist is reaching for quininep Is he justified
In taking down strychnia2 Whnt if his
mothcr-in-law has come to visit him2
Such questions come up and properly !;
but there is another side to the fact of Or
ring druggists, and that is that most per-
sons are crazy part OF the time. The excep-
tons are rare. Each one is now and then o
fool of the most complete order and species.
All the laws and penalties in the world will
not avail to make druggist or anybody else
have his full senses through all his life
Crazy moments or seconds will come. A
wise man will step backwards of porch
or into mud-puddle, great philosopher
will hunt for the specks that are in his hand
or on his forehead, q hunter will sometimes
shoot himself or his dog, barber will somc-
times forg It his job and slice off piece of
o chin or end of the nose. girl at work Mt
Marshall Fields had been feeding great
clothing knife for ten years. Last week she
watched the knife come down slowly upon
her hand. Too late she woke out of her
stupor with one hand gone. For n few sec
onds her mind had failed and she sat by her
machine temporary lunatic and Ind watch
ed the knife approach her own hand.
The man recently murdered on North
Clark street of Chicago saw the enemy como
up with murder on his face, saw him draw
a revolver, and, instead of making light.
ming spring at the man, he stood bewilder.
eli and thus fell dead. His reason left him
in the second of his greatest need.
One of the distinguished professors in
one Of our colleges was teaching near q
canal. Walking along one evening in sum
mer he walked as deliberately into the canal
rs he had beon walking along the path q
second before. He was brought TO his
senses by the water and mud and the alb
surdity of the situation. He had on n now
suit of clothes and new silk hat, but,
though the damage was thus great, he still
la, x..l.a i. A..
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THE ouINrNE HABIT.
What nn Obseryant Old Doctor Has TO Say
of Its Increase, aud the Dangers of
Its Indulgence. faf

ii
Said n DISTINGUISHED n,ed;col ,yoct;,;oner
who has grown gray in his nrofession
speaking of the report that The use Of oni
nine as n stimulant 10 becon,ino q vorv con,
mon habit amono men Of bns;,ess and
ladies' in society
eyes, IL is nnouestiono,,lv tr,o ,hot tho
great increase in the sales of op;,,;no dur;no
the last five years Inv retail drna,;s,o e Wv,
largely reforable to what NAV he stv,od ~
ouinine habit and Il ia fnlIv no fyoo,,ert
among women in soc;etv 90 a 70 ,ritI, 80,
whose nerves are overtaxad Nv bord ,vorl,
And may say to Won tbouob MANY will
dispute IL, that of tho two the ou;n;ne habit
is more rapid in its rovages when orco ,bor
oughly established. more d;nienlt IN break
and more dangerous in every resnect tbon
the habitual nse. of onium or he ,ro,,a,o
lions. Few save praetieino nhvsiciana are
aware of the tremendous notenov ~ this
drug in it's effects upon the nervous svstem.
| As you know. depending anon tho ouont;,v
| taken, quinine POSSESSES fonr very d;st;,o,
properties being. in very smnil doaea
tonic and neryine /; in moderate doses az
rectly stimulant in large doses sedat;ve
and soperific and in very large doses in.
INSTRUMENTATION n peculinr snec;os ~
drunkenness similar in its featnres 70 mosl.
ed epilepsy, in which. while nerfo,Y,;no
customary actions and talling with tl,e
Conference of n person in full nossassion Of
his senses, the victim 10 really rsrfsctIv mn
conscious of what he is doing and totally
irresponsible. There ia no oneat;on that .ha
regular use of the drug as n stimulant il
RAPIDLY increasing among tbe b;ohor .losoas
and the fact is one of tho NEST lamsntable
that has come under NV NOTICE fnr ,,aava
The way q man gets into IL in tho first nlace
In very simple. He feels a I;ttIa rnst,,,,o
and ont of tune. perhana and so cons,lts
the family physician. who anogoats q fov,
doses of quinine. In n dav or two .ha fealo
singularly in,nroved. b;s b,a;n "a oIano,
and bright his nbvsica, anero;ao soo,,, ~
have renewed their yonth Eiataa win tha
result, whenever he feels down an;ritaa =,
out of sorts, he resorts. OF course 10 ,be
remedy that has once served his nurnose so
we'll and very soon bas aoouired tho half,
of using The drug In reonlar do;lv aoees Tn
three months. so insidious nre its effoc.s
the ouinino habit Ia f,,,,, oata,,,;ah.s -
the probability IL that tbo man 1or ra,,, as
M The case NAV ha1 has No, az -
live Worse still 90 nacuIior ara ,ha So ~
of Tho salt On ,ha norao,,, ,,,,a,a,,, i.
strong probability TINT tho y;ct;,,, n;,, ~"
n suicide. for n il 4 sin,,,,or ~, ~. ~
toxic in tho ,ootor;o ,,ad;a, - -.
md rnnidlv. 10 nr,duco eu,c;aol ,,.oa;a,s'a:
ton and imnuIso Mor,,h,a bal W. p',,
effect deplorino oa ,ts rovooes ora M
mornhia habit oonoro,,v ,sona,,.,s, ~
most truthful man or wo,,o,, 80, ~ 'ns
nve,erote liar in Tho oo,,rso - 80 s .,io''
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MILLIONS OF ORANGES.
Twenty -Four Steamboats, Which do Little
Else Than Bring Foreign Fruit.

II is said that twenty -four steamships arc
kept busy by one firm in bring fruit from
Mediterranean ports to New York. Twelve
of them are passenger vessels, the greater
parts of whose cargoes arc composed of
fruit. The other twelve are freight vessels,
whose westward cargoes IRE composed who'll
ly of fruit. The cargoes are discharged at
a Brooklyn pier, near the Wall street ferry.
The firm has just finished an extensive
salesroom, which is said to constitute the
most extensive fruit market in this country.
Sales take place at noon on the day after
n cargo has arrived. A crowd of importers,
brokers, grocers, vendors, and Western
buyers is always on hand Each importer
TO whom fruit has been consigned opens
two boxes as samples, and the contents of
these are overhauled by prospective buyers
When the auctioneer mounts his stand in
the salesroom, men who look like tramps
jostle their fashionably clad fellow bidders,
and when they raise their hands the auction
neer is quick to catch their bids, for he
knows theii checks are rs good rs wheat.
Many of the purchased goods are hurried
OIL to Chicago, st. Louis, and other West
arn shipping points in refrigerator ears. In
the steamships the boxes of fruit are piled
so that air can circulate freely all about
them, and strong currents of mir are kept
up through the holds by means of wind
sails.
A box Of oranges landed in Brooklyn has
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-07-09
HOW 70 MAKE ICE CT EAM.
seasonabie Hints About tho summer Des
SORT of which Most People Are Fond.


At home it is quite possible to produce
all the many varieties of ice cream with
more on less care and expense. "The SO.
eret of making good ice cream of any grade,
says Miss Juliet Corson, whose recipes are
hero given, lies In the freezing. The old
way of freezing cream, which is still in use
among small confectioners, consisted of oc-
casionnlly stirring tho cream while il Is
freezing in tin can, set in tub of leo and
salt. more easy and expeditions method
is within the reach of the average house
keeper in these days of patent freezcrs The
ame principle underlies all the best known
patents, i. O., the mixing of the cream by n
wooden beater. which revolyes inside the
can by the same motion that slightly
changes the position of the can in tho outer
tub Of ice and salt. This freezing mixture
should be composed OF three parts of crush
ed ice TO one of coarse salt, of which care
should BIO taken that IL does not reach high
enough around the sides Of the can to pene.
trate to the interior, and so spoil the cream !;
the water formed in the outer tub by the
drawn of while the cream Is being frozen
unless it il likely 10 get into tho can, be
cause the water il intensely cold. II IL is
desired to pack the cream after il is frozen,
the water may be drawn of and enough
moro ice and salt placed around the can to
reach nearly to the top. Ice cream packed
in this way can be kept over night, or
longer, II the freezing mixture i, properly
renewed. When ice cream is moulded
or packed in the moulds Of fancy shapes all
the openings should be closed with butter,
or oiled paper fixed about the aportures OF
she mould with paste or gum tragacanth.
g Ice creams of the most ordinary sort nie
made with milk thickened with arrowrooi
or corn starch, in the proportion of table
spoonful TO n quart, dissolved In cold water
and then boiled in the milk, which Is cool.
ed, sweetened and favored before 1t is
frozen. The sort Of ice cream usually made
at home is composed Of milk, with q small
proportion Of cream, with eggs and sugar
added TO II for instance, dissolve half n
pound Of sugar in q quart Of milk place it
ONbE tLe iifc hnu icb ~ Lctt " Douiuk pOlut
meantime beat three eggs to cream, pour
the boiling milk into tilom, return TO the fire
and stir until it begins to thicken then at
once remove il from the fro stir until it is
smooth then flavor It, cool IL, and when it
is cool, freeze il according TO directions
given. Frozen custard Is made in the same
way, only five eggs at lcast are added to a
quart Of milk.
"French ice cream, thick and yellow, is
made by boiling quart of cream with q
long vanilla bean, and then cooling and
straining it then the yolks Of twelve eggs
are beaten smooth with threo-quarters OF a
pound Of sugar tho favored cream is then
mixed with tho eggs und stirred over the
fire until it begins to thicken, take it from
the fire and stir It for 6yo minutes then
cool it and freeze It,"
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a FUNERAL AT cGuR D,ALENE.

stumpy wicks was dead. The mountain
fever had killed him. A few DAYS before he
had started off into the hills. telling the
bows he would find something rich. or never
90 out again. He did not find ANYTHING
rich, and he never went ont again The
fever laid Its grip on him and in three DAVIS
he was dead. He had gone over The
range, ss.s boys said. II became necessary
TO bury Stumpy wicks. And how WINS he
to be buried BY his relatives He had
no relatives. BY the town There was no
town. by his pard He had no pard.
Forty years ago Stumpy Wicks had left his
home--no one knew where-and his people
mo one knew whom--to wander alone in
the West. He died alone. His wife. his
mother, his sister, IL he had one, will never
know where ho died or what hands laid him
In his grave. IL WINS the boys They cot
together and made n eotY,n ont ~ n bov or
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" Get married, indeedl' he continued,
muttering to himself. "There amt more'n
one girl in q hundred I'd have, an like as
not that one wouldn't have me. If there
was girl, now, that thought of anything
besides a-curling her hair and dressing her
self up in silks an furbelows, am had any
idee of what home ought to be, l dun
know but might But, pshaw! if there
is any such girls, I've never come across
'em, an never expect to. I'll be an old
bachelor and live by myself like Uncle
Tom"
=" Bless me, Hazsl," cried Aunt Comfort
one bright summer morning, here's your
Cousin John an Arvilly a-eomin' out in the
spring an man with 'em. Who
kin it be? "Tain't tho minister, know, fur
he's moro grizzled lookin' an hain't got a
p'inted moustache like this one"
1t was baking day, and Hazel was in the
kitchen, her sleeves rolled up, and her
checks flushed to bright damask red.
hope the best table-cloth is clean,
the oven at a pan of cherry -tarts, that were
almost swimming in their own crimson
juice. 5es
The stranger with the "p'inted mous.
tache proved to be Mr.. Nicholas Bycroit,
who had stopped on his journey to spend
week with his Cousin Arvilla, John Null
ford's wife.
8
Mr.. Bycroft's first visit to Cherry Farm
was by no means his last one and for some
reason or other, his weeks visit stretched to
month, and the month had almost doubled
itself, and still he fingered at his cousins,
near Dripping Springs.
One summer night, he stood with Hazel
ON the latticed porch at Cherry Cottage, the
soft moon-beams filtering down through the
scarlet bean-yines overhead.
There amt another woman in tho world
ever wanted to marry, Hazel-only you !"
whispered Nicholas, earnestly. :" want a
wife that can help mo to make home and
TO enjoy il after II Is made Think OF my
Ng ranch, out in Texas, now. I shall live
there a lonely old bachelor all my days, rin-
less you go with me. Say, Hazel will you
go?"
And SO, much to tho delight Of Cousin
Johns folks, and the surprise of other rela-
lions, the wealthy cattle-rancher carried
Hazel of, to be mistress Of his Texas homo.
Aunt Comfort was left in possession Of
Cherry Farm, rent free, for the rest of her
days and here, Mel2ena milford was glad
to seek an asylum when she returned from
the seashore, with only remnant of her
Legacy left, and with no prospect of mar
riage settlements on hand.
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POETRY.
A Grars.

A Glove.
An, yesterday found glove,
Grown shabby, full OF tiny rips,
But dear to mo because my love
Once through it thrust her hnger-tips,
A glove one would not care to see
Upon his arm In public street;
Yet here own there is for me
No relic in the world more sweet
A faint, far scent of lavender
Steals from IL, as the cover smelt
When through the fields walked with her
And piucked the blossoms for her belt
Faith but loved the little hand
That used to wear this time stained thingi
Its slightest gesture OF command
Would set my glad heart flutterlng.
Or it touched my finger, so,
o, smoothed my hair--why should speak
or those old days ~ 1t makes you know,
The tears brim over on my cheek.
Poor stained, worn-out, long wristed glovei
think II almost understands
That reverently and with love
hold 1t In my trembling hands
And that 1t is so dear to me,
With Its old fragrance, far and faint
Because my mother wore It, She
on earth my love, in heaven my saint,
James Berry Bensel.
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Dr. FAR, an English scientist, says that
If Que were TO watch the march of l ,0O0, 600
people through life, he would observe that
nearly 10000 would die the first year,
So, 900 the second, $4,000 tho third, less
than 1000 in the thirteeth, and at the end
of 1903 years there would be but one suryi-
vor. Then we shall not undertake to watch
.he march Of 1 900. 900 people through life.
The occupation would be too gloomy some
thing like reading comic weekly; and il
would be just our luck not to be tho one
survivor at the end of 1903 ars.--Norris
TOM Herald.
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az never had a home of my own," she
said, "and guess the old place will sup
port me and Aunt Comfort as well as the
robins that live up in the cherry-trees"
And when the three tiny rooms Of the
little cottage were secured as clean as soap
and water could make them, the walls new
y whitened, and the rooms filed with the
pretty household furniture Hazel bought,
and which Cousin John brought out with
his OK team, the young mistress of Cherry
Farm felt serene content in her possessions
that all the illnatured forebodings of the
milford clan failed to disturb
That you air, Hazel-snug as bug in
rug !" said Cousin John, hopping his face
with his red cotton handkerchief, ms he
started the, numbering oxen on their home.
ward way. /" An when you git yer plumber
all put to rights, me an Arvilly'll come an
make you a visit"
&c Be sure you do" cried Hazel, brightly.
And whom the cherries are ripe, Arvilla
can have oil she wants to put up"
Melzena milford, Uncle Hezckiah's other
legatee, was no less loud in her denuncia-
ton of Hazel's investment.
How does she ever expect TO git married
I'd like to know" she commented, "away
of in that lonely old place, with nobody
but poky Aunt Comfort for company? But
don't care, Tn sure, If she wants to make
an old maid Of herself, I'm a-goin' to have
the good of my money while Pm young"
She accordingly INDUCED herself in the
purchase of numerous and expensive dresses
and gew-gaws, banged and frizzed her haii
in the latest style, carried scarlet parasol
in her village walks, and after enjoying the
triumph of exhibiting herself and her new
possessions TO the inhabitants of Dripping
Springs, she announced her intention of
going to the seashore for the summer.
Going a-husband hunting" declared
the gossips. There amt nobody good
enough for her in Dripping Springsl"
But IL Melzena heard them she paid no
heed to their gossip, but packed her big
new Saratoga trunk with her new finery,
and set out ON her journey.
As the weeks passed on, Hazel and Aunt
Comfort enjoyed themselves in their new
home, in spite of the evil representations.
And indeed, though the dissatisfied kin
folk still shook their heads over Hazel and
her doings, they were very well pleased 10
drive ont to the farm on summer afternoons,
and cat their fill of the ripe black-heart
cherries, or drink tea from Hazel's Powered
china tea-cups; or to spend the day, and
dine on fried chicken, green peas, new pota-
toes and other early vegetables, raised by
The industry Of Hazel and Aunt Comfort,
with little help from Cousin John and his
hired hand, Mike. skS5 t5hAa8}lfH
.
'sMarlied? No nor don't never ex-
pect to be-" solemnly asserted Mr.. Nicholas
Bycroft, as he fastened. the, hasp of his
trunk, and took down his breecii-loading
rifle to see that it was in order.
For Mr.. Nicholas was making final prepn-
rations for his journey to Texas, where he
was going into stock-raising on cattle
ranch of several hundred acres.