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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-07
THE EVOLUTION OF THE SKATE.

Many man of to-day can remember the
long curled toe, steel runner imbedded in o
solid piece Of wood that formed the skate of
his boyhood days. To the wood were at
tached the long straps and the screw in the
heel that fastened the skate to the foot.
This skate, too was guttered, and the fellow
that had pair of " smooth bottoms " was
the envy and wonder Of all the other boys
The curly-toe gradually disappeared, the
long straps gave place to the double toe.
straps, and the the heel-strap that with its
harness rings always remained one of q hal.
ter, took fight with the old wood-screw tina.
used to be bored into the boot-heel. Other
changes followed rapidly. Some bright
skater concluded that better speed could be
attained If less Of the steel touched the ice,
and the rocker skate made it's appear.
ance. Another happy thought knocked the
toe-strap out in one round, and gave the
steel clamps, frightened by means of dou-
BILE screw and wrench, in place of them. A
plate in the boot-heel, and knob on the
skate, said goodbye" to the heel-strap,
and very shortly afterward clamps similar
to those on the toe made the heel of the
skate nearly perfect. A simple turn of the
wrist connected the two sets of clamps with
Alever, and the skate was made. -Milsoaukee
Globe. 1.-THE Globe might have added that
the process of evolution has to very large
extent done away with ice skates, and sub.
tutedrollers, which are now all the craze. /
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-07
TORRENTS OF THE TROPICS.
The Insects that Annoy Travellers In Cen.
tral America.

According to Maya dialect, tho word cam
pcche signifies that demon among insects
known as the garyapOta, or in English a
tick.
Not least among the perils of this south
ern country are those same garrapotas. One
may prepare for jaguars, mountain lions,
boa constructors, and tarantulas-but to be
totally vanquished and put to rout by ticks
is defeat too inglorious for Christian resig-
nation Not only is the earth infested with
fieas-so large that dare not describe them,
and 80 numerous that our donkeys, wading
for days through the hot sand, became liter
ally black with them-while gnats, mosqui-
tos, and singing insects abound in incred-
BILE numbers but the traveller is obliged to
protect himself from thousand before
unheard-of burrowing and crawling crea.
cures, by wearing thick veil, SO closely
tucked inside that no glimpse of face OF
neck is visible, long leather gauntlets, and
the tallest of rubber boots securely tied at
the tops. Betsy and did not pride our
selves much upon style as we sailed forth
on mule-back thus caparisoned.
There is tiny, innocent-looking fly Cor
rather there are billions of them) which
comes singing along in the most absent
minded manner, and goes by without caus-
ing you to suspact that he has 80 much as
noticed your existence. But the little wretch
has managed to accomplish his purpose, by
probing you unawares with an invisible
lance, and leaving under the skin an in
initesimal egg, ct first producing no pain
or sign of injury. This egg develops with
marvellous rapidity into u worm, which be-
comes n hale and hearty grandfather in ten
days time, and the whole interesting family
multiply at this rate and wriggle beneath
your tortured skin, till your courage rises TO
the point of amputation to get rid of them.
One poor soldier Of our escort was 80 care.
less of precautions that before the journey
through lower Campeche was accomplished
his form had undergone SO many carving,
that we likened him to that Abyssinian COW
which Stanley assures us is kept alive as
long as possible-a sort Of perambulatine
misunderstanding slices cut from hel
sides whenever fresh meat Is required.
But even worse than these wandering
flies are the garrapotas. - Correspondence
NeW York Eeening Post.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-07
The single Wornun.

There is no sweeter and more interesting
character, whether in fiction or real life,
than the spinster who has, for some good
reason, refused a lovers proposal, and be-
ing now past the hour of old maid. The
ordeal through which she has passed seems
to have refined her feelings, and of itself in
sensibly drawn to her the regards of all who
know her history. Such one is eminently
lovable and sympathetic, forward in all
good works, the warm friend of married
men and women, the confdante of many O
tender passion. Age does not wither the
beauty of her disposition. She never Sian.
ders, never retails ill-natured gossip; but
%. the other hand, though prompt to put in
sensible word on crisis, does not deem
it her mission to set oil the people around
her right. She makes an admirable aunt,
and Is very necessary to q large circle OF
cousins. Many young fellow on the thres-
hold Of life bears kindly remembrance OF
her for the good nature and tact with which
she helped him to steer clear of shoals
where he might otherwise have been
wrecked
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-07
A REAL ROMANCE FROM THE o RENT.
C0nnubiai Infelicitics of &c Gildcd Youth
In the Flowery Kingdom.

In the Canton S1ea Ye DO, appeared the
following story -
| Ten years ago Zip 10 Shan was q million.
Aire in this city, his wealth being estimated
at 4, $50, 900 taels ($5 ,05o, OoO). He lived
in elegant style, and for each of his ten
wives he provided mansion and retinue
of servants. His habits were the same as
those of our jeunesse doree J; he frequently
paying $50 for a perfumed bath and $500
for dinner or evening supper. Beyond
this extrayagant living he INDUCED in cards
| and speculation on the Bourse. His wives,
and especially wife No. 6, became alarmed
and repeatedly besought him to change his
ways and give up his spendthrift practices.
He promised TO reform, but was unable TO
! carry il into effect. His wives held coun-
Gil of war, and after long and thorough
discussion among themselves and their
friends and counsel, left Zip with what
property they could lawfully take. Wife
sconding with about $50, 900 taels. Instead
of fleeing the realm, she went to another
part of the city, and there, under tho assum-
ed name Of Mrs. Woo, bought handsome
residence and settled down to live.
Zip persevered in his evil habits and in
another year had lost his entire fortune and
become street podler. He possessed con.
siderable poetic and literary ability and
made miserable income by printing and
selling his poems and other literary produc-
tons at about one cent copy. Thus for
nine years he managed to keep body and
soul together, making sometimes ten sales
inson week, and sometimes, when he met
the friends of his past, two or three thou
sand. He was not altogether friendless, as
Wife No. 6 kept her eye on him, and, time
and time again, when business was very
bad and he was penniless, she would buy
up his stock of songs and essays at full
value.
On the 18th of last month, when his wife
and son were celebrating the latter's birth
day, he entered the house to sell his latest
poems. BY accident the servant, ON ignor.
ant woman from Yun-Nan, showed him into
the sitting room Of the house. His son,
whom he did not know, bought several
copies, and had Just paid him, when the
| door opened and wife No. appeared. The
recognition was mutual, and after ten min
utes of explanation and promises to never
return to his former practices, reconcilia-
ton was effected. Yesterday o written
| agreement was filed in the Yamen's office
| Cor Mayors officer), whereby Zip was rs-
sured IN annual income of 10, 900 taels, sub.
ject to revocation by his wife and son on
six months notice in writing to Han Qua,
the banker, who has assumed the trust He
has given up, however, poetry as a retail
attired in silk worthy of Viceroy of Man.
keen.-Traaslatecl From Original By Wong
| Chin Foo
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-07
THE coasr OF ALAsxa.
iestic Views Surprising Even Th0ne Of
Norway md Switzerland.


From Departure Bay to Wrangel there ia
opportunity afforded one of enjoying some
of the most picturesque, as we'll as sublim.
est, scenery in this or any other country.
Possessing all the grandeur of scenes in
Switzerland, the country is as weird as parts
of Norway and as wild as neglected sections
of Maine. Now the ship sails through chan
nels from mile to five miles in width and
from ten to forty miles in length, and again
enters what seems to be guarded
lake without entrance or exit. On all sides
rise the mountains, high, tree-coyered,
grand, and massive. Now heavy lodges of
granite crop out above the trees, and here
streams of water, formed from the deep
banks of snow that are visible in the dis.
lance, leap from the heights above and fall
in silvery masses into the waters over which
we glide. Many of these falls are exceed.
ingly beautiful, seen gliding down the deep
green slopes and glistening in the sunlight,
and many IRE dashed into steam-like spray
as they fall upon some projecting rock and
are there broken into o thousand fragments.
EARLY in the season, in May and June, the
waterfalls are larger and stronger than in
September, and plough great gullies as they
lear down the mountain sides, and the hills
Are covered with scars showing where the
torrents have torn the trees away. In one
If the channels which we sail through,
known as the Seymore Narrows, the width
of water is not over half mile, and the
Il Il = L.
mile wide. Here the mountains are higher
than in most places, the depth of water is
seventy fathoms, and the current runs at
the rate of nine miles an hour. Full of hid
den rocks, narrow and tortuous, the chan
mel is as dangerous as the St. Lawrence
Rapids, and it still holds United States
ship which lies rotting seventy fathoms be-
low the surface. Another passage of small
width is Greenville Straits, forty miles long
and as straight as IN arrow. Ranges OF
mountains guard it ON the east and west
md its waters are as calm as mill pond
and reflect the trees, the rocky headlands,
and the snow-covered peaks that rise from
the waters edge. Sailing up the narrow
way, one must imagine that Arizona has
been flooded, and that he is sailing among
its mountains, for here as there the peaks
are sharp pointed and grow family blue in
the distance, and there is the same wild rug
gedness which renders the southern terri
tory 80 attractive. aa
This is better than seeing the fjords of
Norway" said the artist, as he gazed at the
varying colors and watched the clear refec-
tons oil about us.
1t is like sailing through the canons Of
the Rockies" I said. Correspondence Of The
Neao York Eoening Post.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-07
CLEVELAND AND SETH GREEN.
"IIe is IA Truthful MN IA Dramatically
Told Story.

Seth Green says President-elect Cleveland
Is truthful man. He was asked by re-
porter how he knew it, He said: Cone
year ago last fall Governor Cleveland was
spending his vacation in the North Woods,
at Woodruff Lake, shooting and fishing.
The dogs were put out and deer started.
The Governor was put on favorite run.
way, he heard the hounds, they were com
ing his way, my word for it. The thought
of Office seekers and political enemies went
out of his head and the blood went tngling
through his veins he did not think of any
of his friends-not even Bill Bowman nor
Bob Roosevelt, or r.. U. Sherman. He is
said to have great affection for all his
friends, but as the hounds neared him /
knew it was the best music he had ever
heard. have been there and my opinion
is that the blood welt surging in and out of
his heart 1t sounded as loud to him as q
bass drum, and the only thought ho had at
the time was to see the deer and keep that
heart still 70 that it would not scare him be-
fore he came in sight. Well, the deer came
and stopped broadside within six rods of
the Governor. He stopped for some cause.
[ do not think it was the humping of the
Governors heart that stopped the deer, but
The Governor may have thought different.
Well, the deer stopped. don't think the
Governor lost his head, for he had gun
and he fred it off and the deer raised his
flag and bounded off without scratch.
Tint flag looked as large to the Governor as
good-szed sail as the deer went bounding
off. If the Governor had had little talk
with me before he went he would not have
missed the deer. would have told him TO
not shoot at the whole deer, but to pick out
little spot just back of the shoulder and
draw bead on that spot. He would have
killed him. Soon after the Governor got
The shot friend of mine thought to screen
him, and wrote me from Woodruff that the
Governor came very near getting shot Of
deer-there was only q little point of rocks
that hid the deer when he passed and
when met the Governor told him heard
he came very near getting shot OF a deer
His face lit up rs he said, l did get shot
AT piB puch s'ahuih8 hot over Blk rouS
from me and missed him. Now the man,
and an amateur at that, who would not tell
lie under the circumstances can be beliey-
ed at oil times without putting his hands on
the Bible; his word is as good as his bond
That story about George Washington and
his little Ratchet is good one he grew up
and was great and good man. The Gov.
ernor missed the deer and said 80"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-07
u.roI.u, for science.

Professor yulpian. OF Paris, recent.
swallowed a lot Of cholera microbes ant
still lives. One of his patients died from
cholera and the bold experimentalist swal
lowed four centimetre cubes of the ELECTED
matter in the form of pills coated with gum
This extraordinary experiment was made II
the presence of Drs. Charpenter, Pinet ant
Marcus, of the medical faculty Of Paris
singularly enough, two guineapigs that ha.
received cutansous injection Of the sam
matter both died. Not the slightest incon
venience has DR.. vulpian felt.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-07
Law in Regard 10 Married women

1t will interest married women in the
state to know that tho general term of the
supreme court in New York city recently
decided that married woman doing bust
ness on her own account may employ her
husband at stated salary. The husband
cannot enforce the payment of his salary
by an action against his wife. The hus-
band may assign his claim, and the assignee
may sue the wife. A creditor of the hus-
band may maintain legal proceedings
against the wife to get possession of any
unpaid salary due him.
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SktlIfuI Euruery.

II a child is so unfortunate as to chop of
one of his fingers with meat axe it does
not follow that he is to remain mrtilated
for life. DIR. Fave, of FinIstere, was called
TO one whose first finger was hanging by a
small piece of skin. Not being willing to do
surgical work at night he put the finger in
place and braced it with couple of corset
bones. Next day the finger was doing SO
well that he did not disturb it. In four
days there was evidence of union, in ten
days the child could move the finger and
in month he was completely cured. No
stitches were used. DIR. Fave thinks that
there is too much hasty surgery, and the
editor of the Journal de Medicine, in agree.
ment with him, says that with modern sur.
gicai dressings fingers may often be saved,
even when completely severed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-01-07
MaytIme In alldw,ntcr.

Maytime In Hlidwintcr.
Tho world, what Is 1t to you, dear,
And me. II its face be gray,
And the newborn year be a shrewd year
For flowers that the fierce winds fray.
You smile, and the sky seems blue, DEAR
You laugh and the month turns May.
Your hands through the bookshelyes fiutter;
Scott, Shakespeare, Dickens, are caught;
Blake's visions, that tighten and mutter;
Moliere-and his smile has nought
Left on 1t OF sorrow, to utter
The secret things of his thought.
No grim thing written or craven,
But grows, If you gaze on 1t, bright,
lark's note rings from the raven,
And tragedys robe turns white;
And shipwrecks drift into haven;
And darkness laughs and is light.
Grief seems but vision OF madness;
LIES keynote peals from above
With nought in 1t more OF sadness
Than broods on the heart OF dove;
AT sight of you, thought grows gladness,
And life, through love OF you, love.
-Stcia5aGme
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= Rcnarlie.e Play.

II has been forty-three years since Dion
Boucicault, lad, wrote London Assur-
ance." Yet it is not so old but that it can still
draw houses. How many of Boucicaulrs
cotemporaries will be known by their plays
forty-three years hence?
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POETRY.
Little Somebody.

Somebody crawls into mammals bed
Just at the break OF day,
Struggles up close and whispers Ioud
somebody's come TO stay"
Somebody rushes through the house,
Never once shuts door;
Scatters her playthings all around
over the nursery floor
Climbs on the fence and tears her clothes
Never bit cares She
Swings on the gate and makes mud pies
Who can somebody be?
Somebody looks with rogulsh eyes
Up through her tangled hair;
"Somebody'S me-" she says, "but then
Somebody doesn't care"
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Found, sum Of money several dol
lars, The owner can have it by calling
at the office Of Joseph Smith & Co., and
establishing ownership.
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DIa NJ. prae,,ee wna. she raus.,,

It was school teacher who had just been
instructing her class in the science of natur-
al philosophy. When she got off the cars
while it was in motion, she of course step.
ped off backward, with the usual result.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-25

| :. ". Mci.i"r, Of 900 South Fourth
| set, X. Louis, l. twenty wears of age
| ld has been sufferer from chronic
| i'trlh. which had become quite often
.Tg. When he came 10 DR.. Hartman, two
| . Jg,t Is ago, lie WAS told it would take six
months to cure him. But he has pro-
| .rc,scl beyond all expectations, and
nearly al signs Of the disease have dis
appeared. b. ore being treated he could
not breathe ont of the nose, and now he
las perfect control of the nasal organ.
| PERUNA did the business.
James Dunn, of 1910 Cav street. St.
Louis, has suffered from catarrh since
| 1870. The gentleman told the reporter
the following straightforward story of
| his case. /" | took the disease in Mem
| phiS. 1t commenced in my head and
| extended TO my throat, and bad cough
| followed. | went TO number of ply
sicians, and they told me my trouble was
liver disease, and one said il was papita-
| ton of the heart that caused the cough.
For the last year have been practically
worthless. | could not ascend flight OF
stairs without suffering from shortness of
breath and fast beating of the heart, and
my appetite was very defective. After
eating | often coughed so hard that |
would throw up everything in my stom-
ach. | could not walk any distance with
out painting. Five weeks ago | went
under the care of DIR. Hartman and now
my cough has disappeared and feel like
a new man. PERUNA was his treat
ment.
Nextcame George Sauerbaum, residing
at 1929 Carr street, St. Louis, who is an
old patient of DR.. Hartman. He stated
that he had suffered most intensely from
chronic catarrh of the head and lungs, but
is now almost cured, his lungs being en-
tirely well and his head greatly improved.
The gratitude of this gentleman was
almost boundless. and he expressed it to
the reporter in the strongest terms. say
ing PERUNA will cure any disease
1. P. Dukchart, of Cumberland, Md,
superintendent b. & Q. r. r Co s Hotels
Conductor on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road for twenty eight years, and previous
ly druggist, writes: DIR. 5. b. HART
MAN & Co, Columbus. o. | have used
but one bottle OF PERJNN between myself
and son. He lad dipthcretic sore throat,
and is now well. As for myself it has en-.
tIrely relieved the dullneSs in my head
which has been of long standing-the re
suit of chronic malaria. never took
anything in my lie that gave me such
great satisfaction. My wife is now tax
ing It also"
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-25

The Piute Indians of Nevada were in
the habit of paying annual visits to the
California coast town, and some OF
their women married Spaniards at
Santa Cruz, which made them acquaint-
ed with the Christian religion. Through
the influence of the wives Of the Span
iards. their kindred, several of their
leading men and women We're baptized
each year when the annual trip was
made to the sea-coast. Their own re-
ligion is not bad one, and from it to
any orthodox Christian religion is but a
short step. Strange as it may appear,
they are praying peo2le-are a peo-
pie always ready to either pray or fight.
The Princess Sarah Winnemucca's book
is full of instances where her people
We're assembled in prayer, and she her
self was wont to pray to the Great
Spirit whenever she got into trou Bile
praved aloud a> she fled before her
enemies on u wild cayuse across the
deserts. - Virginia city (Aer.J Enter
DriS9
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-25
A Matter of Luck.

A gutter band consisting of five Ger
mans was footing an eXcruciating tune
in front of beer saloon on Druid Hill
avenue yesterday morning. The musi-
clans were incased in thick clothing,
and three of the cOrnetists wore nit
tens, making it impossible for them to
sound one note without closing all the
valves on their instruments. The larg-
er instruments were incased in bags TO
prevent the cold weather and the Wig
orous blowing of the players from split
ting the brass.
.'Say, Jim, give them fellers a nick
eln' shouted potato fakir to his part
ner, who was passing the band. The
vender Immediately went down in his
pocket and gave coin to the little
stout fellow who was Justify blowing
the cornet with icicles.
'.Is it customary for arabs to give
money to gutter bands?' asked re-
porter.
.'Oh. yes," replied the peddler of
vegetables, as he changed five huge
potatoes from one hand to another.
'.You see, we have to do it for luck.
I'll bet a dollar we sell out befc re noon,
an if we had let that darned band pass
we'd ben kept reddling all day.
Boston Herald.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-25
Married.

Mr.. Charles NJ. Brown, one of the Oldest
and best compositions on the GLoBE-REPUB BLIc,
and Miss Dora D. Pence, a well-known
young lady of this city. were married last
evening by Rev. VIM. Fl. Warren, at the res
ideuce OF the latter. The wedding was pri-
vste, only few of the most intimate friends
of the contracting parties being present. Az
ter the ceremony the bride and groom re-
ceived the hearty congratulations of those
present. A happy and agreeable sur
prise awaited the young couple when they
went TO their future residence Mr.. Browns
iellow-workmen in the news-room, pur-
chased fine chamber-set as wedding pres
ent, and while the ceremony was being per-
formed, this was placed in Mr.. Browns room.
The young couple begin welded life with the
warmest wishes of their many friends. As
Charlie is young msn OF considerable aver
duPoise, the bride may be said to have Sc
cured ''iat take