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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-03
HOW WEALTH is GUARDED.
khe Army of Watchmen Who Protecs
Property i'm New York.

Only where the accumulation of enormous
Talues justifes or demands the maintenance
II corps Of armed watchers, as in the Sub.
Treasury, the Stock Exchange and in some
of the large safe deposit vaults electricity
d the chief feature of the protection
afforded at night. Yet even these are con.
nected with the nearest police station by
wires that enable them to summon aid in an
emergency. Uncle SANS funds and the
bullion in the Assay Office are protected by
drilled body of armed men who, from
their arsenal in the upper story of the Sub
Treasury, might keep mob of thousands
at bay. The Stock Exchange and most of
the big safe deposit companies pin their
faith to stone walls and iron bars, and to
time-locks that, until they unlock them
selves, shut one body of watchers in and
another out, as hopelessly apart as if the
ocean lay between them. By night Wall
street fairly bristles with policemen and
cracksmen give II wide berth. at Police
Headquarters the Treasurer's safe and the
Property Clerks Office are guarded by cleo.
trio alarms that connect with the telegraph
office in the basement. One night some
years ago, at time when charges of dis.
honesty, that were afterward disproved,
were pending against the then treasurer of
the board, the big bell rang in the telegraph
office and scared the officials into fits. The
late Inspector Thorne and policeman
made haste slowly up the broad stairs to
The huge safe to find that il was q rat, and
not Police Commissioner, who had been
fooling with the wires. The Blocker Street
Savings Bank also connects with Police
Headquarters, and the wind and the rodents
have more than once caused Inspector
Byrnes' detectives toll and vexation of spirit
at midnight, to no purpose.
The mass of property in the business part
of the city is yet guarded by night by
watchmen who are either the employees OF
she owner, or in the pay of private corpora
lions who hire them out as special police.
men at SO much per night, or per week or
month. Frequently store has an outside
and an inside Waterman who communicate
by electrical signals at stated intervals.
Failure to send in the signal betrays mat
tention on the part of the man inside, or
trouble. The alarm was silent one night
last winter, in Worthington, Smith 4 Co.'s
store in the Century Building, in Union
square, and the watchman could not be
reused. When the door was broken open,
he was found dead in his chair. He had
shot himself with his revolver in fit of in.
sanity brought on by suiferings from neu.
ralgia. Property along the shore is watched
at night by picked men in private employ,
as well as by police. Pinkerton's and other
detective agencies furnish men to watch
property when desired and there is no lack
of private corporations organized specially
for this purpose. Their employees may be
encountered on the streets any night. They
wear badges and clubs, occasionally uni
forms, and exercise powers delegated b,
the Board of Police, and in exceptional in
stances by the State by special law.
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A STRANGE WEDDING.

A wedding under romantic circum stances
occurred in Des Moines recently. The sud-
denly accepted groom ia Loren f. Bishop,
a good looking young man, who keeps a
bakery in East Des Moines. Miss Mary
Shoemaker, pretty figure that is the per-
lection Of grace, came into Mr.. Bishops
bakery to buy some fresh rolls, and she
irresistible way that he was quite beside
himself with admiration. Miss Shoe
maker" said he, "you look 80 pretty that
have half a mind to go right with you and
get married"
II never refuse dare" said The pretty
girl, with flushing cheeks and eyes that
sparkled with roguish light.
Well, shall go aud get my coat and go
and get license %
"If you wantto you may, and pll go with
you, too"
The young mans face sobered down lit
tie, but he went and got his coat.
DO you still want to CO." he gently in
CURED.
"Why, I thought it was you that wanted
70 CO." said the maiden, hesitatingly.
''Well, l do, but I thought maybe you
would give 1t up" ~
If that's all, we'll CO." was the reply.
Lorden was caught and he had the good
sense to see it. They went to the County
Clerk and got license, and before the sun
set they were married.--LouisoiRe CONNER.
cial.
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CITY PcSTMASTERs.
What Salaries the Postoftices In Different
Cities Pay.

Tho Postmaster of New York city alone
receives salary of $4,000. e., the same
as the Postmaster General, for which reason
IL will, presumably, mover be increased. In
the next group of 5000 salaries IL ia seen
that the idyllic though big Quaker City is
on the same footing with Chicago, although
having $4,000 more inhabitants. The
rank, though counting nearly half a million
less inhabitants than Philadelphia. Even
Cincinnati, with its quarter of million
souls, is in the same rank. The next salary
So, 000-is paid in Baltimore, San Fran
cisco and Washington. Thus Cincinnati re-
ceives moro than Baltimore, though 1t has
nearly $4,000 less inhabitants. Baltimore
is simply hedged in between Philadelphia
and tho national capital, which receives,
with only LAT, 1913 inhabitants, the lions
share" owing to its exceptional position.
Among the post offices receiving 49, 800
will be found Pittsburg and Buffalo, placed
on n par with Brooklyn. The group OF
towns in which the postmaster's salary ia
$3,700 comprises New Orleans, Cleveland,
Louisville and Detroit. Thus New Orleans,
though called the "Queen of the South" 10
on plane with the Garden City of the
North, which has fully $4,000 less inhabi-
tants 1t does not even surpass Louisville,
with 100,0 900 less inhabitants. Kansas City,
though having 10000 inhabitants less than
Milwaukee, Is in the same class, owing tc
It's being, like Cincinnati, centre of q
dense rural population. Among the SO, 400
places Newark with It's 1876, 900 inhabitants,
ranks, owing to Its being oyershadowed by
the great city beyond the river, only with
Richmond, the reviying capital of the old
Mother of Presidents" and with tho in
dustrious New Haven. In the same clnss
are found Syracuse, Columbus, Toledo, vie
ing with Cleveland and Detroit, also Hart
ford beneath the shades Of learned inetitu-
tons. Among the $3, 300 post offices it is
noticed that the dourishing manufacturing
cities of Worcester and Troy rank with the
capital of Tennessee, while Des Moinei
stands on par with Eastern cities of faI
greater population. In the group of 3d.
200 offices, Jersey City, with Its 120, 900 in
habitants, ranking as the seventeenth city
in the listed States, is overshadowed by
the metropolis across the river. Even
Lowell, with much smaller population, Ia
ranked with sleepy Jersey CITY. Numer-
GUS other similar discrepancies will be
noticed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-03
cHlLpREN,s TOYS.
Man Who has Made n small Fortune by
Making and Selling Them.

A reporter who was strolling up Second
avenue few evenings ago had his attention
drawn to number of children in front of
small store, They were eagerly scrutiniz-
ing and admiring number of many-color
ed wooden and rubber balls in the window
The writer, upon entering, found a multi
tudinous assortment of children's toys. The
salesman and proprietor, all in one, was
asked which assortment of toys pleased the
little ones most and met with the greatest
demand, and replied, with as much serious
ness as a man who did million dollars
worth of business in year
That all depends on the season of the
year, my friend. Just now the bouncing
ball is in season. What is bouncing ball ?"
repeated the man with apparent amazemeni
at the ignorance of childrens playthings.
"Why, here it is. Let me show you how
Il is worked, for guess the little thing was
not in vogue when you were young"
The vender of the so-called bouncing
ball, which had an India rubber string at.
tached TO IL, bounced " it in all directions,
catching it scientifically in his hand as it
bounced back. At the end of the string
was small loup through which the opera
tors finger is inserted, thus leaving the
hand in position to be open so as to re-
ceiye the ball.
"Do you sell many of these toys was
asked.
Thousands" came the prompt reply.
60 frhav ara cbao,1 a,d hae;dao aoe;l,y Loot
Then again we have the India rubber ball
which is most sought after because il is not
80 liable to smash windows or looking
glasses. The wooden bouncing ball as you
can see is of very hard substance and
sometimes give the youngsters hard knock
Pve seen many of them with pretty good
Jumps on their faces from their efforts to
catch the ball as it rebounds back
How do the prices ranger"
"Ali the way from one to fifteen cents.
Come round here any Sunday particularly
and you will see o stream of children going
and coming from here that would do your
heart good.n
"You seem to be making good living"
was remarked.
Yes, have lived here for nearly eigh-
teen years. and have been in no other bust
ness than selling children's toys in all that
time. am not millionaire, but / have
plenty, thank goodness. please the young
folks, and they please me, God bless them
1t was through their patronage l bought
this little house few years ago, SO that I
have made up my mind that will cater to
the little ones until l am called away. am
busy all the year round between kites,
skipping ropes, tops, hooples marbles,
sleighs and many other kinds of toys for
children"
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POETRY.
sleep.

Sleep.
ny little child, holding battered toy,
Resisted slumber at the close OF day,
Because he would not leave his pleasant play
But sleep at last seized the rebellious boy.
de knew not when-nor 1; his treasures small
Lay all about him; no low-isped "good.
night"
Fell from his lips; in the fast waning light
| laid him down and kissed him; that was all.
Baby caresses would have touched my lips
II he had known; he would have said a
prayer;
1 should have seen the mystic quiet there
Touch his blue eyes ana rosy finger-tips.
We fall asleep at eve, forgetting all
The pleasure and the pain that filled the day;
II in our slumber we should pass away,
And silence on our hearts and lips should fall,
We should go out from our accustomed places
Without regret, nor crave the life we leave;
No bitter parting would our spirits grieve;
We should be spared the last sad fond embraces
loving friends and true, comes not to weep,
II should sleep, and painless pass away;
He whom God loves has little need to pray;
Surely to His beloved comes death In sleep.
Helen Et'trhls Grte9, in Home Journal
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NO. 500
PRISON LIFE.
How the Horrows Of Confinement are En-.
dured.

II is singular" says Dewitt, "that I
have met very few men In prison who in
looks or talk gave me an impression Of be-
ing truly miserable, no matter what their
length of punishment, or contrast between
their present and past habits of life. Men
must feel and must regret the change from
liberty and often luxury to the fearful re-
straints of the felon's life. Still, with all de-
sire to dissemble, they must have betrayed
their misery If they really had been much
more unhappy than other people. Every
one, no doubt, has felt that mental gain has
its limits. The same trouble fails to move,
and the nerve that throbbed has ceased to
vibrate. There is also in jail, as in ship,
great freedom from anxieties of q certain
kind. But the great sustainer Is Hope, that
reigns eternal in the human breast. No
where more needed, and nowhere" says
Davitt, $50 constantly present and power
full as in prison. Prisoners, even under
life sentences, are commonly buoying up
their existence with the hope of something
being done for them by some fortunate
agency or other. The first two years are
the hardest. Liberty has only Just been
parted with. The picture of the outside
world is still imprinted on their memory,
and home, and friends, and perhaps dear
or object still, haunt their recollection with
memories of happier days. A prison ia the
Paradise of castle builders. Alnaschar
never conjured up SO gorgeous picture as
will the convict in his lonely CELL" As to
hoping against hope, the attendant at the
criminal ward at Bethlehem Hospital told
me he believed thai there were none with
out hope of release. Oxford, who shot at
the Queen, was, after twenty-five years, as
rare instance, released and sent abroad.
He played the mailman, but was never con.
sidered mad by the doctors"
Davitt paints the horrors of solitude al
Millbank. A man will pick his oakum,
though done sufficiently, over and over
again, to while away the time. Only two
hours day is he out of the cell, for chapel
and exercise, and then no talk with others.
Big Ben at Westminster adds, every fifteen
minutes, to your horror by counting the
minutes, during which " iron bars will q
prison make" The faint strains of band
OF st. james, Park tell of merry days, and
the railway whistle suggests a Journey 10
home, sweet home. London Society.
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A Small Boy Beat. III. islva..

Two little Upper Main street boys in
skirts are laying siege to the heart Of q wee
damsel who sits on the front seat at the pri-
mary school, and who is dividing her atten-
ton between both of her admirers, who are
dead in love. A funny thing was that which
one Of them did one day this week. His
papa give him nickel for being good
boy. He didn't buy candy, although that
was the original plea by which he obtained
the nickel. Not at all. He went over post
haste to the abode Of his little lady and gave
her the money on condition that she would
hold his and his hand alone ON the way to
school the next day. The trade was struck,
and the next morning the programme was
carried out. The fond mother Of the little
Miss saw, as the result of this secret trans
action, one fearful little boy in a blue blouse
waist and skirt weeping bitter tears over the
front yard fs.nce, while down the street, in
proud consciousness of having euchered a
dreaded rival, marched the other boy hand
in hand with the little girl. Both were CALL
cd back, and it was less Joyous trio that
next went up the street. The father has
great hopes Of his boy who struck the bar.
aain.--Lesoistoson (As) Journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-03
HABITS THAT BECOME DISEASES.

Not q few of the diseases of which so
much complaint is made are diseases of
habit. All of the vital organs get into habits
of acting in certain manner OF certain
times, and II is no easy matter to break il
up.
Coughing is often nothing more than o
habit; so may splitting be, yawning, laugh
ing, crying, cracking the fingers, scratch
ing the head, squirting, or rolling the eyes,
ioliing the tongue out, biting the finger
nails, picking ears or nose, the repetition Of
words, feigning surprise and horror, and
many others. II is well known amony ply
sicians that the stomach and liver .are both
given to foraing bad habits, and very bad
ones, too. These are more difficult to break
up than acute attacks OF disease.
Mankind is subject to great deal Of silly
habits, or at least little ones which do no
special harm, and are productive of no good
except as far as pleasing the individual for
the time being. These often become sec
ond natures, and there are few persons but
have more or less of them.
There WIS Bon. Johnson who could nos
rest in his bed much less go to sleep, un-
less his shoes were placed heel to toe in a
particular corner of the room. He had nc.
customed himself to doing this for short
time, during which it became habit and
finally became necessity. This seems like
very silly thing for an intelligent man to
be guilty of, but habits of less consequence
than that will make men miserable.
just recall those Of your acquaintance
whom You know to have little peculiarities
OF their own, and see how easy II is to trace
them to some habit which was considered
too trifiing to merit even passing notice.
In looking for these in your neighbors and
acquaintance you may find some In your.
selves which may be Topped off without in.
jury to the body Ftts6urg DispdtcA.
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IN THE HANDS OF OUTLAWS.
An UnpIeasant Incident That Occurred 70
Judge of the Montana Courts.

Chief Justice D. s. Wade is having @
rough time of IL, sort of persecution wal
being waged against him by the former fol.
lowers Of Con Murphy. Not long ago the
Judge was passenger on stage coach 60
ing from Jefferson to Boulder City, and
during the trip, which was twelve miles
over the Prickley Pear range of mountains,
the coach was held up by gang of desper.
ADDS and the Judge was compelled to sur.
render Internationally. To use his own
words =" We all sprang from the coach
and were confronted with the muzzles OF
six Winchester rifles in the hands of six
masked men with their fingers on the trig.
gers, and you may be sure we were not slow
in holding up our hands.
These masked ruffians were but a few
steps from us and they looked like giants,
and the muzzles Of their guns, which we
could look into, seemed large enough for
cannon balls If We stepped about the guns
moved to cover us. II was very silent en-
tertainment. II was not sociable. Not q
word was spoken. But II is wonderful
what an amount of thinking person will
do even under such unfavorable circum.
stances. did not know exactly what was
coming. Iknew that in my fourteen years
service on the bench had sentenced sever
al hundreds persons to the Penitentiary,
and as ! stood there looking into the muz-
zles Of those guns, realized that the sen.
fences had not been half long enough, but
I knew that any number of them had sery-
ed out their time. knew that my reputa.
ton among these fellows was not good, and
there had been some threats. thought
that perhaps q tribunal had been organized
upon this lonely mountain summit to try
me. realized what IL was to have the
drop on a fellow, but was the wrong fol.
low and then how mad I became
The Judge goes on OF length, and then
completes the interesting description as fol-
lows -" After waiting with our hands
held high in the air for what seemed nins
years, but in fact perhaps ten minutes, one
of the masked fellows, who seemed to be in
command, and who stood like statue,
said 80 Get into the coach; be quick
about 1t don't look back, and drive like
Ill We got on board and the driver
put the horses to such speed that I began
to think the terrors of road agents were
more endurable than those of driver un-
der such circumstances. The cause OF the
robbers sudden change Of tactics was the
Sheriff of an adjoining county and another
man coming down the road In o buggy,
whose opportune arrival put final to the
little drama being enacted in the lonely
mountain pass.
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lie was tame curate in the wild black
country Of Australia and he was waiting in
church to marry couple of sborginese.
Enter one of them, the man, in hurry
and his working clothes, with his hands
and face covered with antique dirt.
".Aw've KUN to We'd" ~ respond
ed the curate, aghast. In that garb9 \
is improper. Why, you are downright
dirty" Me dirty Wait till you see her."
London Truth.
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"Whats the matter? ?" called mother,
turning to her little boy who set up howl.
What are you crying about?" az want
Iomething." "What do you want ?" ~
have forgot what it is an that's what makes
me CRY. "--Arkansaw 1ragslier.
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,Twus Ever Ttu,.

7" You did not dare speak to mo in that
manner before l married you, sir !" she in
dignantly exclaimed. mo, nor you didn't
dare come cayorting around me in curl
papers and rag-carpet slippers before ]
married you, muml" he retorted. Then
she cried and he profanifed. - Chicago 7ri.
5une.
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The Spanish earthquakes ara said to have
remarkable curative effect. During the
shakings at Malaga most of the Silk people
forgot their diseases and took to the open
air. The change agreed with them 30 well
that only few have returned to the hos
pitfalls. boston Journal
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-03

Two good houses for rent, at low
rates. Apply to
8. F. MARTINDELL,
Central Bakery.
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buy your Carpets at CARVER &
WILLIAMS. Mar. 1S.-tf
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-07
ASSEMBLING :oF CATHOLICS,
me herman Roman Catholic Central So.
ciety Meet in New yo,E

eiety Meet in New York.
NE" YORK, Sept. THE delegates OF
'he GERMAN Roman Catholic Central society
met saturday at the Office of Tie Katboj.
shes Noiksblatt, Is Barclay street. the
oidce OF which paper was handsomely dec.
GRATED with flags After partaking of a
luhcn the delegates were corted TO Ger.
mania nall, Brooklyn. which thew win
maze their headquarters The del-
egates are here from nearly every
state in the union to attsnd
the thirtieth annual convention
d tne society, the object of which is to pro
tect the members families in case Of a nam
oer's death There are $50 subordinate so
cle1tes In the association and the total mem
eer'hIp IS IS, 900. The rates ara divided into
TWO eisSe'; THE first-c'aes being for 81 900 and
the second class for $500 The ,ubortinata
societies also psy SICK members a henefj. OF
from 80 to $ 10 per Week according 20 the
number # members IN tie organization
Among the arrivals were Henry J. Suaun-
horst, the pro iiant, and Theodore FehIie
the secretary OF TIE society, from s. I, mis-
together with the ST. Louis DELEGATION
sunday the delegates will meet in Cfernaania
hall, where they viii be addressed by Mavor
Low, after which they will proceed to the
Church of ths Most Holy Trinity. where the
1t Rev. Bishop L1ughlin viii celebrate a
pontlticial higb mass On MONDAY tnara
Will lie "a grand parade in honor OF The DELE
gates in Bro kiyn, in which thu Catholic So
ciatleS viii participate Tuesday aul
Wedne iay will be devoted to the bu.inea.
of the convention, land on TAursl lay the
delegates will have banquet at Coney
ISlant
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-07

have been treated by Dr. Mrs. Eeck aud the
benefits l taye received from her advice and
treatment are oHdeTful had suffered from ca
trrh for over twenty years; it d effected my
whole system very badly | had polypus in my
nostrils so I could not breathe through my nose :
these she removed by medicine not having per
formed any operation. can now breathe freely
through my nose My sense OF smell is now re-
turning, which left me twenty years ago; she Ia,
done more toward removing my CUtarrh than all
the physicians ever hnd, my brain wa diseased
and had been insane; was at independence asy-
lum for eight months, aud feel sure would be
there now if it were not for the b ,ucdts | rrcciy
ed from her; do not now have the asthma thai
have suffered with for four years, neither do
suffer with the misery sn] pam IN my lcG, side
and spleen. Nv kidneys wore badly diseased:
was boat At aud my liver wdf Affected; cuu .hcd
a crcHt de- and nov Hose symptoms have mostly
disappeared. ! en- highly recommend thi- lady
a. h, stefan. WILLIAM " FuNK.
eostrr City May ~ l>S.