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

tality ana destroys the manhood of boys /
as smoking.
Rev. John Scarlet, one of the oldest |
members of the Newark NJ. E. Confer |
ence, recently celebrated with his wife |
the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage.
First Assistant Postmaster-General
Malcolm Hay studied law with Chief-Jus-
tice Beasley at Trenton, and was admit
ted to the New Jersey Bar in 1865.
The Emperor Williams eighty eighth
birthday was appropriately celebrated
throughout Germany, Sunday, without
untoward incident.
Secretary Manning is authority for the
statement that President Cleveland pro-
poses standing by the tariff plank in the
| Democratic platform as adopted at
Chicago last Summer. This is encourag.
ing SO far as it goes. 1t must be rcmem
bered, however, that the plank in gues
tion was decidedly flexible and was used
| with vigor as favorable both to protection
and free trade.
| According to some of our medical jour
| pals the use of MULLEN as palliative for |
the cough of phthiss seems to be meeting |
with favor in various quarters The Gus
tomary form of administration has been |
a milk decoction of the plant. More re-
Gently the smoking of the leaves has been |
recommended as more agreeable and |
effective method OF administration
Instances of persons cutting their third |
set of teeth have been compare lively nu-
merous of late, but none more remarkable |
than that of a Bridgeton IN. j. woman,
who, notwithstanding she has been tooth
less for more than twenty years, and is
| almost an octogenarian, is cutting new
teeth, it is said.
| Another bed of salt has been struck on
farm just west of East Aurora, New
| York. Down to the depth of $50 feet
the geological formations arc reported to
be almost identical with those of the oil
regions in Pennsylvania. At this depth
belt Of solid salt was struck, which fur
Their drilling proved to be sixty-fve feet
in thickness.
The Territory of Dakota pays more
revenue to the Post Office Department
than any one of thirty two States of the
Union, and has population as large as
| Nebraska or Connecticut aud nearly twice
as large as Vermont and Florida. 1t
boasts $500 miles of railway, 1000 school
houses and 275 newspapers, or more per-
iodicals than any New England State ex-
cept Massachusetts. -Brchange.
Some of the Democratic newspapers
are parading Mr.. Beecher's reception in
the South as remarkable evidence of
the extinguishment of the hates and ami
mosities of the ante belum period But |
the slight circumstance that Mr.. Beecher
did not venture to go South until he had |
abandoned and defiled the grave of the |
grand old party should not be forgotten.
We should not feel altogether confident
of his reception if he had proven tue TO
his earlier and nober impulses.
A worker in the ranks of the Salvation
Army at Wilkesbarre Pa, was arrested
on suspicion of attempting to enter
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad pay
car. When searched key was found in
his possession which unlocked the car.
The police think he is thief and using
religion as cloak to cover crime. From
letters in his pockets it is known that he
recently served term in one Of the New
York prisons. He is also suspected of |
being implicated in robbery at Atchley.
He was committed to Jail until the case is
fully investigated
The series of war letters recently pub |
lshed in the New York Sun are of more |
than contemporaneous interest. They are I
genuine letters written during the war by |
Confederate Governors and men high in |
authority in the Confederacy They |
show clearly that Jefferson Davis was
very unpopular. They prove that there
was period in 1864 when four leading
Southern States came near casting aside
their ties to the Confederacy ard return
ing to the Union. Had they done they
would have received even more favorable
terms than were given at the close of the
war.
The number of births in Massachusetts
during 1888, exceeded that of any year
since 1854, although the rate of living
births (23.S2 per 1000 is the lowest, with
two exceptions, for twenty years. For
the first time since 1878 the number of
children born of foreign parents exceeded
those born of native birth, this excess be-
ing 776. OF the children born, 1888 were
twins and 10 were tripets. The marriage
rate per 1000 of population was 1889,
and ratio of divorces to marriages | to |
27.7 that for the past twenty-ons years
being to 49,
March 3rd was great day in Russia.
The late Gar, in his famous ukase, used
the words :-"Cross yourselves, orthodox
people, and ask Gods blessing for new
life." And on that day new era was
inaugurated in Russia. Chattels became
freemen. On the anniversary of this day
the freed serfs of Russia voluntarily alb
stain from work aud dedicate the day to
thanksgiving and prayers In the last
year of his reign the Gar lberator or
dered and the Holy Synod sanctioned
the decree that henceforth the 10Th day
of February March 3rdj should be OBJ
served throughout Russia as a legal
Church holiday. This is the only holi-
day the Russian peasants have during the
year. and they celebrate 1t to the number
Of As, 600.
In pursuance of Governor Abbett's
declaration of war to the knife" against
every Republican in power, Assembly
man Chapman, of Hudson county, has
been made State Superintendent of Public
Instruction. Mr. Apgar, whom Mr.. Chap
man dispaces, has been Superintendent
for eighteen years, through successive ad-
ministrations: Republican and Demo-
cratic. He found the educational system
of tho State chaos; he has raised it to
the first rank among the States of the
Union. Mr.. Chapman has distinguished
himself in the Assembly as the defender
and apologist of the Governors partisan
course. tits to Mr.. Chapman that we
are indebted for the phrase accidental
coincidence" as applied to the condition
of things in tho State Board of Educa-
ton, where non partisan membership
has been displaced by distinctive PARTISAN
ship. Verify, | say unto you, he shall
have his reward.
Now that Congress has adjourned and
is fairly out of the way, the few Congress-
men who remain in Washington are try
ing to discover what Congress did or did
not accomplish in the way of business.
1t is found that many things are in the
approved bills that nobody thought were
there, and many others are out that were
supposed to be in. For example, an item
of $780, 900 for the armament of the new