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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
HOW HE MADE MONEY.
Smnll Invaster Who Specialized n
Special Bargains.

Bpectht DuFAufuBs
Yes, it's q great thing, and would NOT
tell 1t to any ono else besides you," remark.
ed neatly dressed young man to a dilapi-
dated-looking companion, within hearing OF
reporter recently, as the two stood on a
corner opposite State street bazaar. The
answer was made to n question by the seedy-
looking individual, as the two met sudden
ly, as to what great thing he had struck that
enabled him to " tog out" so nicely.
well, pard," continued the first speaker,
"when left you two weeks ago I didn't
have cent, and you know my clothes we're
worse than yours. Well, got chance to
carry in some coal and clean some windows,
and make an even 90. After l had been
paid sat down on box in the street, and
was thinking what I would do next when I
noticed daily paper lying at my feet 1t
was two days old, but got to reading it,
and my eye was caught by an advertise.
ment from State street general store which
said they were selling camphor for ten cents
pound. Now, used to be in the drug
business myself and sold many pound in
days gone by, and was surprised at the
cheapness of it. I made an inquiry, and
found that II was selling OF wholesale for
twenty-five cents pound Here's chance
Tor spec,' said to myself, and went down
there, but they would only sell two pounds
at time. wasn't going to let them down
me that way, 80 just hired nine boys to
each go in and get two pounds. Then
took 1t over to store, explained to them
what was doing, and that It was my only
chance to get stake and they bought,
paying me twenty cents pound. I then
paid the boys forty-fve cents and, getting
new lot, invested my $3.50. I kept this
up for three days and made q clear $50.
Then I got some good clothes and had a lit
tie capital left. then looked about me,
and found another firm selling for nineteen
cents popular soap which costs ct whole
sale twenty-one cents. AT another place
found them selling ammonia and quinine
below cost, and powder for ten and half
cents which costs eighteen. I worked 'em
all to queens taste, and am still doing IL.
l now stand my good clothes and over 800
ahead and am living high. It's a good bust.
ness, and IL you have the nerve we'll WORK
1t together hereafter" The men then start
cd off and visited convenient barroom.
The reporter then visited a mercantile
friend and told him what he had heard.
Yes, it's fact that great many firms adj
vertise leaders below cost, and wouldn't
be surprised II outside parties made money
on them by buying and reselling, although
they endeavor 10 prevent this by refusing
to sell but small quantity of the stuff to
one customer"
But how can they afford the loss ?" ask.
ed the reporter.
"Don't fret my dear boy" answered the
merchant, as he winked slowly. They
make IL up In various ways."- Chicago
Neos.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
THE WEST INDIAN pLaNrnR.

The Life of the planter is not an easy ONE.
He has to be abroad early to go round his
estate and keep very sharp eye both on
canes and negroes. Over and above the
ordinary anxieties incident TO sugar plant
ing, and all other cultivation, there are the
depredations of the negroes to guard against
before the crop is reaped. During CROP
time he must be in the fields, or in the
works, morning, noon, and night. Every
Barbadian who does well Is sure either to
begin or end as planter. Sugar is the only
thing for which they really have a liking;
planting is their sole ambition, and the only
result is that too many take up the business
with insufficient or borrowed capital and
become heavily involved. Once in the
power of the great West Indian firms, which
are to the planter what the children of Is
rael are to the Engli shman, he will hardly
shake himself free. A life of burden and
retrogression is sure to follow, ending SOON
er or later in complete ruin. Half the prop
erty in the island is said to belong to these
firms really IL not ostensibly, and it being
to their interest that estates should not be
broken up into small holdings, and that
things should remain as they have done for
the last two centuries, the island suffers
greatly from such an incubus. Happily one
great blow has been struck at them by the
abolition of the law giving priority to the,
consgnees lien, which ensured to them the
power of keeping estates, to the owners of
which they had made advances, in their own
hands. The upset price of sugar land in
Barbados is s100 an acre, and the size of
estates ranges from about so to 800 acres,
$50 acres being, SO far as / can recollect,
about the average. II smaller portions
could be bought, many could be worked
without borrowed capital but the Shylocks
will not permit this. If a planter fails, and
an estate is sold, they will take il all over to
prevent its being broken up.--Macmillan's
Mo00vssaa
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
BETTER THAN A oovERuMENr PLACE.
A Georgian Who Went TO Washington for
Ohice and Got Something Mach Better.

One man who came for an office has sue
ceeded so much better than he expected that
his case is worth recording in the Sun. He
came from Georgia, and relates his expert
ence thus; Being Democrat and not
having much luck at getting ahead at home,
though would get an Office in Washing
ton il 1 could. Letting no one but my wife
and friend know what was up to,
started. After landing here l saw Just as
plain as day that the water was too deep for
me- besides, hundreds of others great
deal smarter at the business were ahead of
me- l had not much money, and So instead
of paying much attention to the Office,
began to look around for work or something
TO make living while I stayed. To tell
you the truth, had not been much away
from home, and never in so large q place
before. Somehow I kinder felt I could
make 1t go il only got chance and after
! had looked around some and clapped my
eye over things thought saw chances, il
only they were worked right. I have q
fancy l have natural gift for knowing q
chance as soon as see it. got this idea
all at once when l saw 80 many ways and
things; so many persons selling everything
and so many buying. had about SIS, and
with it concluded to start. l had looked
around the market, where more money is
spent in day than In my town in q whole
year. Why can't have some Of 1t though
I. Well, launched out 81 for Florida
oranges and so cents more for basket.
That day sold half the oranges and had
my money back. How did work, though
went everywhere, into the houses and
stores, and somehow people bought willing.
y. Maybe 1t was because was 80 earnest
about it. The third day had all the
oranges sold, with nearly So profit In my
pockets. Better'n Office, began to think.
While I was looking around for another
chance the dealer from whom had bought
offered me two other boxes, the last of
lot, for $3.50; nice oranges, too, knew ct
once what could do with them. The next
morning l sold them for "a box, $3.50
profit without breaking bulk. had never
before made money SO fast in all my life.
noIe oh Aoi tWo Wooho, COulun DO
hired to take the Office was after. began
to think how well could fix myself right
here in Washington, with my little wife and
baby and the boy, who by rights ought TIC
be going to school. You don't want to heal
it all. It's but two months and two days
since came, aud l have got $50 and every.
thing paid up. What's better, there are
couple OF dealers in the market who say
they will back mo for anything in reason I
want TO do. I'm thinking I'll keep on the
line I've been going for the present. l see
so many chances that sometimes l don't
know which to take. / wonder anybody
that can work wants an Office here. flome
of the Georgia fellows hanging around here
have come to me for money, but I tell 'em
to go to work, for there is heap more
money in it than in any Office l know Of"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
miorAKEN FOR A DETECTIVE.
Experience Of the Mn who Wore a badge
Among the AIoonshiners.


Just before leaving Cincinnati" writes
aGeorgia correspondent, ~ bought new
and fancy pencil-clasp-a large, bright disc
of nickel to pin on the vest, with delicate
clasp in the centre that one would not notice
without close inspection Everywhere in
the hills saw the folks eye it rather curl
ously, but thought this rather natural in
those not familiar with such things. But
in several places well up in the mountains
could not but see that was looked upon
with suspicion. Calling at cabin in Daw-
son county, created regular panic among
the women, and on two occasions horn
blew loud and long after left. All this
rather amused me, but when was hunting
the Ralston gold mine, some four miles
south of Dahlonega, Ind queer reception
at mountain cabin. 1t was occupied by
three young women, who were thrown into
CONSERVATION by my appearance. As they
were regular giantesses, either one Of whom
could have whipped me in fair fight,
tried to talk them into calmness, but it was
n. 6. One of them took to the woods and
another went out with anxious straining of
The eyes. SO mentally voted them set
of fools and passed on. On relating this to
General Longstreet he was almost convuls-
ed with laughter and gave me the solu-
tom
Why, man, you were in danger of be-
ing shot If you went near q mountain still
with that piece of bright nickel on you.
Won aouId,,,k have 1<,,a n ,,,axo foa1;.l. III.
No doubt they thought you we're a big reve-
nue. official just from Washington. I'll ven
ture that your description is scattered in
every gulch before this. They probably
said - Here's bold one--n big bold one.
He amt afeerd to come right in with his
badge on' And If you had by accident
run into the moonshiners they'd have
thought-and its astonishing how quick
those fellows do think Well, he's got us.
Now we got to kill him or go to the Peni-
Tertiary, aud to think and to act is one
with them. No doubt you'd have got it
right in the breast and never been found.
Don't you do 1t again, my friend don't you
do 1t. You're marked man."
And sure enough, this was the actual
state of the case. For in town i met De-
putty Marshal w. Y. Carter, who had Just
come in with an alleged moonshiner."
frst-class specimen Of the cracker type,
who rejoiced in the name of Speed Stone
cypher. and from the Marshal learned
enough to make me take of that innocent
peneil-clasp immediately and place it in the
deepest pocket of my saddle-bags to be
sported no more in the mountains. 1t is a
pretty ornament, but am not proud. Mar
shall Carter said was the best-adyertised
man in Dawson county. Their description
Of my appearance, l regret to say, was
far from Hattering. They were uncharita.
BILE enough TO say -" He doesn't look like
miner or CinciHnati man, luther and It
doesn't stand to reason that an editor or a
Cincinnati man would walk through the
hills with some old saddle-bags over his
ehpuldsr."
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
Dogs and Sheep.

I have good remedy for killing OF sheep
by dogs. Nothing provokes man SO much
as to kill his dog. Whenever O sheep of
mine Ia killed in the pasture consider, for
the sake of peace, that II is wolves that have
done 1t. leave my dead sheep where !
found II and place q lot of strychnine in IL
In order to catch the wolves when they 70
turn. BY some accident I find large num-
Der of my neighbors' dogs lying dead upon
the premises. Ny neighbors lose their dogs
and regret that their good, honest dogs
should be eating poisoned mutton that had
placed In my pasture for wolves. This treat
ment has made wonderful reform In dogs
In my neighborhood. The large Newfound-
land, the shepherd and the rat-terrier have
sole possession in my region. The spaniel
has lost his vocation there.-Austin Dis
patch
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
A COWBOY IN a SLEEPING CAR.

"Where do / camp ?" he inquired, and
was shown the lower berth, next to me.
That's my pigeonhole, is it All right,
my son; just watch my motion, while file
myself away"
At this juncture he was desired to turn
over hissreyolver to the porter, which he de-
clined to do in very spirited manner.
:" Old Dad This revolver and lime always
sleep together, and we don't want no di-
vorce," he explained.
The conductor demonstrated, but was adj
vised not to try to braid this mules tall"
This here's sleepin' car, amt it ?" he
inquired.
Goes"
"Well, why in - don't you let people
sleep, then when they've paid and gone into
your gamer If you're aiming to keep peo-
pie awake and want company, just dance
into the next car there's lots of folks there
don't want to sleep, nohow, and'll be glad
to see YOU"
The conductor withdrew, and my friend
pulled of his boots and stretched himself,
with many comments in an undertone on
the poverty of the surroundings.
In about ten minutes this erratic person
had his head out in the aisle.
"say, you boy" to the porter.
Well, sab ?n
"Come runnin'."
The porter drew near, and pillow about
as big as pincushion was handed to him.
"Take that gooseha'r thing away" said
the cowboy.
"Dont you want pillow sab ?" asked
the porter.
"That amt no pillow, and I don't want
II, nohow, I'm afraid it'll get in my ear"
After this, silence, and for short time |
slept. reused up, however, at an excla.
nation on the part of my neighbor.
Hold on there, my son Jist drap them
boots !"
"I was only jest gwine to black 'em,
boss"
Drap EN-"
They drapped.
"Jest gwine to pull them spurs, l reck.
on. Now, don't monkey round my camp talk
ing things no more. Il you want anything
speak for 1t. If You can't speak, make
signs, and If you can't make signs, shake
bush. You h'ar me?"
Yes, sab rn
After this, silence. The wheels and rails
again sang together, and the car again kept
approving time, and presently slept with
out interruption. City Times.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
----- go -
% Poor nInn,s GuIch.u

A miner, named Noah Helm, toiled sea-
son after season in the gulch on Butte
Creek, CAL, but grew poorer every year,
and his neighbors often advised him TO pull
up stakes and leave. He had confidence in
the claim, however, and said he proposed
TO starve there or make o strike. One day
Helm struck a bonanza in the claim, moved
down into the valley, and purchased a
ranch, built ON elegant mansion, brought
bis family from the East, and is now one Of
the most prosperous farmers in the country.
Although the spot finally turned out well,
it has always borne the title Of Poor Mans
Gulch," given by the miners.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
SINGING PA. RIOTS.
Fancy Prices for Highly Accomplished
Birds--Thp Method of Teaching.

An advertisement called for singing par
rot, with the addendum that the price must
not be fancy one, and that no dealers need
apply.
Are singing parrots rare ?" "a bird fam
cier was asked.
Singing is an accomplishment that very
few parrots acquire" he replied, land a
good singing parrot--one that knows three
or four songs and sings them WELLS very
rare indeed. The advertiser will hardly
secure one without paying fancy price
His warning to dealers not to apply seems
unnecessary, for if dealer CHANGED to
have good one he certainly would not care
to sell him cheap. But dealers do not very
often have singing parrots in stock, for the
birds only learn to sing we'll in private FAM
lilies, where music is an everyday recrea-
ton, and some one is patient enough to give
them lessons. After they are once taught
their owners are not willing to part with
them.
The African and Mexican parrots are,
by long odds, the best singers, as they are
the best takers and whistlers. They are, in
fact, by far the most intelligent, and SO, Of
course. much the easiest to teach. II one
of either kind is q pet in a musical family,
and the person who feeds him sings to him
while he is eating he will quickly learn
both the words and the tune of the song
learn them so we'll that if his teacher lie
guilty of a false note it will be difficult to
Late l.
thoroughly mastered before another is at
tempted, and no effort 9, Loud be made to
teach parrot to sing before he has passed
his first year. If parrot is well and pa
tiently taught he will sing SO accurately.
both as to the tune and the pronunciation
of the words, that it will be found, after a
time, wholly impossible to distinguish his
singing from that Of the human voice. We
have had, though rarely, such birds, and IL
one of them We're placed out of sight, but
within hearing, would defy the sharpest
musical ear in the world to detect anything
in his song indicating that it was bird
singing and not o man or woman; for he
sings always with voice pitched after the
manner of his teacher.
"Of course, such birds are very expen.
sive, and it is folly to advertise for q cheap
one. Some time ago we had an African par
rot here that sang Pretty Polly Perkins,
but not very we'll. We sold him to denler
for $50. He was perfected in Polly Per-
lins, and sold for $780, Later, having
learned second song, he brought 5000,
and finally, n finished master of three songs,
he was bought by gentleman in this city
for $500. Yon could not purchase hiai now
for love or money, no knows so many songs
and whistles such q number of tunes, to sny
nothing of his conversational powers.
The birds learn to sing in German.
English, or French indinerently. The lau-
guage of their songs is dependent upon the
nationality of the family by whom they are
brought up. Some sing in more languages
than one, and such are highly valued
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
r.nsve,ps BuII.

1t is no credit to cowboy to catch bull
by the horns, for he cannot be thrown by
them and is simply held as prisoner, but
the skill in throwing lasso is to pitch the
moose in front of an animal when he Is 60
ing at full gallop, SO that the next step he
treads into it. The cowboy tried it on q
bull while both of our ponies were jumping
along on dead run. The old fellow was
going about as fast as we were, but the fatal
loop shot through the aif at tangent and
fell, wide open, just in front of him on the
groand. The left fore foot plunged square
into the circle, the rope was frightened with
sudden jerk and the steer rolled over in
the dust, as cleverly caught as anything
ever saw. The broncho, too, understood
his part of the business thoroughly, for he
bore at the right moment in the opposite
direction, else he might have been thrown
instead of the bull, to which he was much
inferior in weight.--Fort KeogA Cores,
poadence Of the Cleveland Leader.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
pa.l Complexion. for Photos.

Colored people are more successfully pho
Iographed, as rule, than white people are,
says an experienced photographer, the mo
dunn mulatto making the finest photograph
In the world. Light compilations are hardest
TO take. II Is impossible to photograph
diamond, as It looks like pebble or fish,
scale. In taking pictures of animals the in
Simultaneous process 10 best. Cats are the
best sitters.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
TRUE SYMPATHY.

what lou IN mourning J" sne exclaim'
ed, as she entered the car and caught sight
Of an acquaintance.
Eyes"
Some one dead ?"
eyes"
"Dead and buried, chr"
Eyes"
"Well, that's too bad. Died of pneu.
monia, suppose ?"
"No-of brain fever"
dear me, but that's awful" How do
you like my new hat ?"
The newcomer ratified on in this fashion
for twenty minutes, and then left the car.
As II started again after leaving her at the
crosswalk she made vigorous motions to the
conductor, and when he had brought the
vehicle to halt, she said:
won't you please ask that lady friend
Of mine If 1t was her husband or one Of
the children who died. I forgot to find
out |"
She didn't find out on that trip Detroit
Free Press
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
The wc.tcruer,s preonu,Ions.

Unless q man has been vaccinated, and
has cyclone pit near his house, he never
feels quite safe in some of the Western
States, no matter how rich he may be-
Neso ORLEANS Picayans.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-06-10
POETRY.
he world would BE Bette, For 1t.

The World Would BE Bettes For IL.
II more would act the play OF life,
And fewer spoil It in rehearsal;
II bigotry would sheathe its knife
TIL good became more universai;
If custom, gray with ages grown.
Had fewer blind men to adore II;
II talent shone for truth alone,
The world would be the better fori
II men were wise in little things
Affecting less in all their dealings;
II hearts had fewer rusted strings
To isolate their kindly feelings;
II men, when wrong beats down the right,
would strike together and restore It,;
II right made might in every fight,
The world would be the better for It.
-cautoa ~ ~ CHIEF
Chain of circumstances.
Angleworm a promenade in the sunlight mild
and hazy,
Robin cycling him askance, but Just little lazy !;
Black cat watching Redbreast from the porch,
says " There's daisy;
Walt a bit, I'll nab him for my lunch, or know
the whyin
Dat creeps stealthy down the steps, but Robin
never knows it,
Thinking only Of his deal in worm, and how to
close IT.;
Suddenly boy appears with brick and gently
throws Il
With aforethought malice at the feline sleek
and sly.
Robin with his beak a-water, vastly discon-
tented
Feline sadly limps away--her lunch thing
lamentedi
When swift woman's righteous wrath upon the
boy is Vented
"Rascal, will you hurt my cat ?n-and stars
are In his sky
81 Paul Herald.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-14
The City Printing.

The disconsolate proprietors of the
greenback> republican organs adopted a
new scheme to secure the city printing
last night, which met with the same fate
as their former efforts this year-it died
aborin'. 1t was in the shape of petit
ton from the Twin City Typographical
Union" which organization, to all out
ward appearances, was spawned" for
the occasion. Although we have seen no
notice of such an organization being
formed, nor does the directory contain
its name among the different socities, we
will not question its existence, however,
as the Daily Union appears to be its
chaperon.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-14
RASMUSSEN'S CARD,

In calling attention to the fact that and m
Studio making not only the complete the bandsom
est in this vicinity We also wish
Photographic work. recently MANY novel ad
pleasing positions and effects of light and varying size from
miniature 6x2O inches We have old and cmne
tent critics that by far the finest display cv ur
artistic success largely due to the fact that greater effort to
excel than unde and bring
gathered from II continuous (hang Photo
graphic boy in 1867 which x
months either sickness vacation long
appreciate the Importance of effects Photo op
ing is fitted with of consisting wall bal
ustrade stone and rustic bridges and fences boat rocks
water ies saway variety of back grounds posing
chairs table statues what the Chicago Bureau
equaed in gallery in this vicinity butW plainly nd
easily demonsae that the
amount of our Instruments don't boast
sale and used BY predecessors for % years. CONTRARY our
instruments the latest improved makes containing among
Voiaende Enscope and Dameyer Instantaneous
CELEBRATED LENSES
pleased patron the best advertisement and
the advertisement the excellence In order
satisfactory results show of three
ves different positions and all of these and should
suggest themselves restngs will gladly be made
charge Gallery 18th and End Rock Island
msrQd w1y