The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-03-25

Here and There.
The Kansas House of Representatives has
four girls among its pages, and its docket
clerk is woman.
Baltimore city owns Baltimore and Ohio
Railway stock to the value of $5, 416, 900,
On which it realizes handsome dividends.
If there is any kind of weather you
haven't had and want, please ask for it.
This climate of ours esteems it pleasure to
show goods.
A colored turnkey OF Cincinnati police
station is 65 years of age and worth $50, 900.
He is known as !" Doctor Jem Clark, and
claims to be son of one of Kentucky's
early Governors.
The last symptom of the lady" craze is
In recent advertisement in a New York
paper, which says. "A young lady would
like position as Dish Washer in n restau-
rant.n ~
Texas is paying 100000 a year in pen
sions to GOO alleged survivors OF Sam Hous-
toms command in the war of 1857 New
applications are coming in all the time.
Gold, says Georgia editor, Is found
in thirty-six counties in this State, silver in
three. diamonds in twenty-six and whisky
In all Of them, and the last gets away with
all the rest. y
II is reported that General Sheridan is moi
popular in Washington because he takes
more pleasure in paying attention to his
own wife than to other mems wives. Until
he reforms in this particular he will never
acquire what may be called great popularity
in society,"
Senior Nicholas Anchelena, of Buenos
Ayres, recently deceased, is said to have
been the richest farmer in the world. He
had ITO square miles of land, $4,000
cows, 10000 sheep aud $500 horses. His
assets footed 1920, 900, Oo0
" should think" says Mr.. Labouchore,
g that the most astounding elopement ever
known is one which TODD place at Cardiff
last week, when n woman of thirty-one ran
of with her father-in-law, who recently cele.
brated his eightieth birthday, taking with
her nearly $500 of her husbands money"
Three thousand visitors n year go through
the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky Tho cave
is on the line of the Louisville and Nash
vile railway, ton miles from the nearest
station. The cost of stopping over, includ-
ing moderately extensive exploration of
the cave, is about $40 to each person.
The Code OF Dakota reads: !" Whom ami
mails are loft hitched in the open air during
cold weather or in the night time, they shal
be taken care of by an officer, and til,
charges therefore shall be lien upon the
animal, and upon conviction any person 80
leaving thom shall pay fine not to exceed
$25.p
A New Orleans doctor calls attention to n
very simple fact which merits attention from
medicine takers. If the medicine is mixed
with very cold water, and few swallows OF
the water be taken as preparatory dose,
the nerves of the organ of taste become suf.
fciently benumbed to make the medicine
nearly tasteless The method will not dis
guise bitter tastes, but acts we'll in oils and
ssiines
One of the crack military companies Of
Houston was out one day last week practis-
ing target-shooting Ono of the members
was told to shoot at the door of deserted
barn. He did so, but missed the entire barn.
The captain was very angry and told the
young man how bad it would be, in case
the enemy were shooting from behind tho
door, that none of them would be hit.
Yes, but wouldn't the hostile enemies thc.t
were coming around the corner of the barn
catch fits ?" replied this Texas Bogarius. -
1eras Siftiass
The waterways of Holland are being util-
lied for the defence of the country, after a
fashion peculiarly characteristic of Dutch
ingenuity. In time of danger, by opening
certain dnms and barriers, and flooding vari.
Gus lands, Holland can surround herself by
water. line of sixty miles in length, and
from five to ten miles wide, etfectually
blocking all advance from Germany on the |
east. A few narrow roads, guarded By
Notifications, will intersect the foundations
which, though kept shallow to avoid hostile
vessels approaching, will conceal numerous
deep trenches to prevent the enemy from
wading through the stream. In winter,
when the waters freeze, the depth of the
foundations will be increased and, after the
surface has frozen, the waters below will ne
drained of. leaving thin ice crust ready
to give way under the weight of troops, anf
plunge them into the trenches below.