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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-23
rLo.oxraphIns a Cyclone.

What would make a finer panorama than
series Of pictures Of Kansas town struck
byla cyclone, showing it, first, in its ordi
nary state ; second, with the big black cloud
which presaged the storm in the back
grounds; third, with the inhabitants fleeing
for shelter to their cyclone pits; fourth,
with the buildings hurting wildly through
the air and the few inhabitants who did not
reach cover in time mixed up among the fly
ing debris and last, with the houses and
stores mostly in ruins, and the people eau
tiously crawling out of the pits to view the
wreck ? If, instead Of FIVE, 500 views should
be taken few seconds apart, the whole
could be arranged, on the same principle as
a well-known children's toy, in a swiftly
revolving SERIES no as to represent the whole
scene just as it occurred. The only diff
Guilty in making sets of views like these
would be to have the photographer ready
with his camera aud set of plates just at
the right moment, and to prevent him and
his machine from blowing away with the
rest of the things. But surely modern
science can easily solve such trivial diff
guilty as this. The possibilities of instantan-
sous photography are just beginning to be
developed. -Neo York Mail and Erpress.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-23
MR.. wAIrnErs EXPERIMENT.
How the Secretary Of the Navy satisfnc.
torily Demonstrated n Fact.


Secretary Of the Navy Whitney is an old
New Yorker, and SO familiar with the city's
characteristics. He stood in the corridor of
the Fifth Avenue Hotel in light converse
ton with Secretary of the Interior Lamar,
and the topic of conversation was con-
fdence robbery that had been perpetrated
upon guest Of the hotel that day. Whit
ney maintained that, while some men were
astonishingly gullible, the majority were
unreasonably cautious.
ITO illustrate my point" he said, " let
my young friend Joe Barnard, here, offer tc
give ten-dollar bill for one dollar, and moi
man in this corridor will accept the
Offer" w
The experiment was ut once made. Joe
was good-looking, well-dressed fellow,
with nothing in his inspect to suggest
roguery. Whitney handed a crisp, new
ten-dollar note to him and he set out ON his
round.
81 beg your pardon, SIR" he remarked
politely to General Dan Sickles, who was
stamping round on leg and crutch,
"but will you please give me one dollar for
this ten ?" and he held the note SO close to
s:ckles' eyes that its genuineness ought to
have been visible.
A half-sarcastic, half-angry grin came
over the Generals face, but he deigned nc
reply and contemptuously turned away
The proffer was soberly made to nine men.
none being witnesses Of the others refusal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-23
Provisions for an Ocean steamer.

Few persons are aware of the extensive
nature Of the victualing on board the great
ocean steamers. Each vessel is provisioned
as follows for the passengers and crew; 81
500 pounds Of butter, 5000 hams, 1000
pounds of biscuits, exclusive Of those sup
piled for the crew; 5000 pounds of grapes.
almonds, hes. and other desert fruit; II
500 pounds Of jams and jellies timed
meats, 5000 pounds; dried beans, 5000
pounds; rice 5000 pounds onions, 5000
pounds, potatoes, 40 tons hour, 800 bar
rels; and eggs, 1000 dozen. Fresh vsge-
tables. dead meat. and live bullocks, sheep,
pigs, geese, tufteys, ducks, fowls. hsh, and
casual game are generally supplied at each
port, SO that il Is difficult 10 estimate them.
Probably two dozen bullocks and GO sheep
would be fair average for the whole voy-
age, and the rest may be inferred ID pro
portion During the Summer months, when
travelling is heavy, Is fowls are often used
in soup for single dinner. London Times.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-23
POETRY.
The Strength 81 she Hills.


~ thoughts gohome to the old brown house,
WITH its ROOT sloping down to the east
And its garden fragra with roses and thyme
That blossom no longer, except IN rhyme,
Where the honey bees used 20 feast.
Araf ID the west the great hills rose,
Silent and steadfast and gloomy and gray;
thought they were giants, and doomed to keep
rheir watch, while the world should wake or
aeep,
TIL the trumpet should sound on the Iudy-
ment day.
used to wonder Of what they dreamed
Ashley brooded there in their silent might,
While March winds smote them, or June rains
fell,
Or the SHOWS OF winter their ghostly spell
Wrought in the long and lonesome night
They remembered a younger world than ours,
Before the trees on their top were born,
When the old brown house itself was a tree
And waste were the fields where you now see
The wind astir In the tasselied corn.
And was as young as the nils were old,
And the world was warm with the breath
OF spring, ~
And the roses red and the lilies white
Budded and bloomed for my hearts delight,
And the birds In my heart began to sing.
But calm In the distance the great hills rose,
Deaf unto raptures and dumb unto pain,
Since they knew that Joy is the mother OF Grie,,
And remembered butterhys life Il brief,
And the sun sets only to rise again.
They Will brood, and dream, and be silent, as
now,
When the youngest children alive to-day
Have grown TO be women and men, grown old,
And gone from the world Ike tale that is told,
3 Andeven whose echo forgets to stay.
Louise Chandler Moultoa IN Harper's Mag.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-23
YELLOW TOBACCO CULTURE.
A Branch of Agriculture Tint Is Profitable
in North Carolina.


The worn-out soil Of North Carolina has
been made to yield profit to the owner moi
anticipated by agriculturists of that region
before the war. The cultivation of yellow
tobacco, which is spoken of as happy nc
cident, has proved to be bonanza, as val
liable to the owner of the land as yellow
gold. Since 1858 the industry has grown
until it has become enticing even to the
INDECENT negroes, who see millions in it as
clearly as their white neighbors. 1t grows
on poor soil md requires very little dressing
to enable it to obtain a good size. The
plants turn golden yellow before they are
cut and when cured are ga rich lemon
color " of very fine grain. 1t is said that
during the war, when the manufacture of
tobacco increased in the North, this yellow
leaf was sent here to be used for plug wrap
pers. 1t was thought to be superior for
this purpose to any other kind, rs it would
stand very heavy pressure without turning
black. 1t is also claimed that the yellow
tobacco of North Carolina is of better quail.
ty than that of other States, which is so oily
that it turns dark under pressure. The de.
velcpment of this branch of agriculture has
caused the price of land suitable for its cul-
tivation to rise exorbitantly, and has caused
new towns to spring up, forming centres for
shipment, and new railroads for transporta-
ton to be built, and the tobacco regions of
North Carolina are at present among the
liveliest sections Of the State. 1t Is notice.
able that for this product the best suited to
the production of corn or wheat are value.
less compared to the soil which il rejected
as too thin for those purposes Incomes Of
IS, 900 year are mentioned as derived from
the cultivation Of yellow tobacco, and some
crops have been sold at nm average of $10,-
900 annually. Disappointments are record
ed, but on the whole the planter seems to
have been amply remunerated for all the
labor and capital expended.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-23
Giving tho story Away.

The improbable feature in the story that
there is strip of land lying between the
official boundaries of Utah and Idaho which
is not claimed by and does not belong to
either Territory lies in the statement that
the discovery was made and disclosed by
railway company. A railway company
stumbling on such find of land as this
would quietly gobble it..up and say nothing.
- Washington Star.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-23
NIachine.srade Love Letters.

A spirited young lady of this city is re-
ported to have sunxnarily ended an inter
esting and promising love match simply be-
cause her adored young msn insisted on
conducting his part Of the correspondent.
with the aid of type writer. She declared
she could easily read his manuscript, and
did not propose to file away any more ma
chine-made love letters. Cincinnati Com
mereal Gazette.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-23
One I,etter DId II.

Tho village editor wrote that the railroad
masnate was "a man Of unbounded capaci-
ty," but when he saw II printed in the pa
per go man Of unbounded rapacity" he
concluded not to send around marked
copy and ask for pass. -Somerville Jour-
nal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-23

"A servant girl wanted for country
town. Good situation for the right one.
Apply ut THE RECORD office.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
LATER NEWS.

EX-GOVERNOR B. GRAFT BROWN died sud
denly at his residence in st. Louis on the
morning of the 18th, at the age of tifty-nine
years. Mr.. Brown was United States Sen
ator i'll 1868, Governor of Missouri in 1870,
and candidate for Vice-Presiden, on the
ticket with Horace Greeley i'll 1872. He
leaves a wife and nine unmarried children.
TIE funeral services over the remains of
the late King Alfonso, of Spain. took place
in Madrid on the 18th.
Miss JENNIE HEAGLE, a music teacher, of
Dayton, o., committed suicide by poison
ing on the 18Th, and a husbands neglect
drove Mrs. Hutchinson, of Aberdeen, ID. T.,
to a suicides grave.
THE will of the late William II. Vander-
b;lt was filed for probate in New York on
the 18th. BY the terms his eight children
receive :lo,000,O00 each, the widow is given
the use of the family residence and per-
sonal property and an annuity of $500, 600
per year, about 81, ZOO, 900 is devoted to
charity, and the remainder of the property
is divided between the two eldest sons,
Cornelius and William *. which makes
cheir share Of the estate about $50. 600, 900
each.
WHILE R. 7. Smith, of Mink's Prairie,
Tex: was absent from home on the 18th I'M
known persons entered his house md muir
dered his wife and two children, aged six
and seven years.
A FIRE on the 18th in a tenement house at
Plymouth, Eng, burned twelve persons to
death, and many others were seriously in
jured by leaping from the windows.
TIE burial of Louis Riel, the recently
executed Northwest Territory rebel, took
place on the 18th at st. Boniface. Mani
tobn. There was a large attendance at the
funeral ceremonies, but no disturbance took
| place.
TIE new Mehdis followers were being
massed on the 18th in great force and the
advance of the main army on Egypt had
begun. The British and native outposts
We're falling back before the advancing
hordes of Arabs.
AT twenty-six leading clearinghouse in
the United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
$1,o3l, 746,6l9, against 81, Oh, 81, 3SS the pre-
vious week. As compared with the CORE
spending week of 1884: the increase amounts
to 800 per cent.
THERE were eighty-six deaths from small
pox in Montreal and adjoining principali-
ties during the week ended on the 18th.
The number is the same as for the previous
week.
THE United States Senate was not in ses-
sion on the 18th. In the House the Speaker
presented Il large lumber of Executive COM
munications and a resolution was intro
duced from the Connecticut Legislature
asking that a bylaw be passed for the as
certainment and counting Of the Electoral
vote. Adjourned to the 14th.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
FOREIGN

AT the opening of the Minister assizes III
Ireland on the Sth the Jude announced an
alarming increase in the lumber and gray
ity of crimes.
CnoLERA had become endemic in Britta-
ny on the sth, and was committing fright
full ravages, the scourg, being worse at
Audierne than it was at Narseilles.
IT was announced on tie Sth that Prince
Alexander had rejected Ling Milan's pro-
posals for peace, and tie war in Bulgaria
would probably be renewed.
THE latest returns on the 9th from the
election in Great Britain indicated that in
the new House of Commons the Liberals
would have 1874 members, against 329 Con-
servatives and Nationalist.
THE war preparation! of Bulgaria con-
tinued undated on the )th. Overcome hun
dred thousand ~Servianswere encanped at
Nissa.
SERvIAN troops on the 10th attacked the
Bulgarian outposts at three points, and
were speedily repulsed. King Milan noti-
fed the Powers that he could not accept the
dishonorable conditions imposed as the
price of peace. Forty Servian soldiers were
shot for mutilating themselves to escape
military service.
ADvIcEs of the 10th from Berlin an
nounced that he aged Emperor William
was seriously i'll.
MONTREAL expended over $780, 900 in fight,
ing the smallpox. Two deaths occurred on
the 10th i'll the eastern extremity of the city.
OWING to the activity aud increasing
strength of the rebels in the Soudan, orders
were on the 18th issued for thereoccupation
of Dongola by British troops.
THOMAS P. O'CoNNoH, Mr.. Painell's polit-
icnl lieutenant, declared i'll a recent inter
view that what is sought for Ireland is a
Government similar in character to that Of
Canada.
THE forces of the acting Governor of
Nuevo Leon, Mex, fired on General Reyes
and party at Monterey on the 18th, killing
an officer and three privates and ~wornding
six men.
ENGLISH cablegrams of the 18th reported
the coolest weather known for the past five
years.
TIE Irish National League, according tc
a cablegram of the 18th, has returned
eighty-siN members of Parliament and is
absolutely master of the situation.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
UNCLE SANS LEGAL AFFAIRS.

Principal Points and Suggestions Con-
tanned in II Annual Report of Attor-
ney-General Garland.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1O.-The annual re-
port of the Acknowledgement says that dur
ing the year 1868 civil suits and 1877
crimina prosecutions were terminated i'll
the various United States courts, lcav-
ing 2,14G of the former class and 3,S0S
Of the latter class pending at the
close of the year. The aggregate
amount OF judgments rendered in favor
the year was $67S, 1888, and the amount
actually collected OH these judgments was
$l70, 457, while S37, OPS was obtained dur
ing the year on judgments rendered in for.
mer years for the United States, anu
SAB, 452 was otherwise realized in
civil suits. The aggregate amount OF hnes
forfeitures and penalties imposed during
the year in criminal prosecutions was S4el,-
$50, and the amount OF these fines, forfeit
urcs and penalties collected during the year
was S62, 124, while Sc, 1877 was realized on
fines, forteitures and penalties imposed
in former years. The aggregate
amount OF court expenses paid
during the year was S2,sl4,' 100
The Attorney-General suggests the ad-
visibility Of building jails at each place IN
the country where United States courts
are held; the necessity OF building a
Government penitentiary, where all persons
convicted of United States otfenses corld
be confined, and the propriety of erect
ing on the grounds adjoining the Depart
ment Of Justice a proper building for the
accommodation of the Supreme Court ana
other proper courts and commissions OF the
United States. The Acknowledgement
makes a number of other recommendations.
The report closes with a brief statement
of the Union Pacific Railway litigation
and says that a motion will be filed by Tue
Government in the Supreme Court in a low
days to advance the appeals on the docNe.
50 as tc Gave a speedy determination o.
them.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

WHILE conversing on business matters
with Mr.. Garrett in his residence in New
York on the afternoon of the Sth William
H. Vanderbilt was seized with paralysis of
the brain, and, falling from his chair, died
instantly. Mr.. Vanderbilt was born in
New Brunswick, N. j., May S, 1921, and had
lived in New York sine eighteen years of
age. He died worth $500, 100000, and leaves
a wife and eight children.
A rulnor of the death of
Samuel j. Tilden was spread throughout
the country on the 9th.
The North American Union of Radicals,
with headquarters in Milwaukee, on the 9th
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25

issued a memorial to Congress askilg Tlat
the Constitution be so amended as TO ;bol-
ish the office of President. The mcmrial
proposes to vest the Executive power o the
Government in an Executive Council b be
chosen by Congress.
SAMUEL w. PATCuEN, one of the best
known and wealthiest men on the New
York Stock Exchange, was Instantly killed
on the 10th in Brooklyn by fallint down
stairs.
THE official canvas on the 10th Of the
vote of New York in the recent election
gives the following Democratic plu,alities:
For Govsrnor, Hill, 11,134; Lieutenant
Governor, Jones, 3,15G: Secretary Of State,
Cook, 14,GOS; Comptroller, Chaplin, / 2,245;
Treasurer, Fitzgerald, 1859; Attorney
General, O'Brien, 1903; State Engineer,
Sweet. 2.2249c.
DIR. E. G. FRANKLIN, the leading homeo-
pathic physician of st. Louis, dice in his
office on the 10Th while sitting in his chair,
at the age of siXty-three years.
AsoLEMN requiem mass for the repose OF
the soul of King Alfonso was on the 10th
celebrated in st. Matthew's Catholic
Church at Washington.
TIE New York Chamber Of Commerce
adopted on the 10th a memorial asking
Congress to repeal the silver dsllar coinage
act of 1878.
A GENERAL order was issued on the 10th
from the headquarters of the Gtand Army
of the Republic informing the membefs
that Washington had been seleded as the
site of the proposed Grand Army mo,ument
to General Grant.
THE funeral INC burial of tie late Will
lam II. Vanderbilt occurred i, New York
on the 18th. The funeral, which took place
in st. Bartholomew Episcopal Church,
was very simple inf characte.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
e

THE discovery of rich gold and silver
mines in st. Lawrence County. N. Y, was
reported on the Sth.
w. H. YATES, n minister at Barkersville.
Pa. was fatally stoned on the streets of
that place on the Sth by Elder Kountz and
other leaders of an opposite religious faith.
WINTHROP w. GILMAN. an aged million.
aire miseI, who denied himself the piainest
comforts of life, died at Frostburg, Md.
a few days ago.
. THE annual report of the Chief of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing shows
that there were furnished and delivered
during tue last fiscal year 1886. 536 sheets
of notes and securities of the face value of
S43l ,9l2, 1850: 19, 177,0 OF sheets of internal
revenue and customs stamps, containing
400 ,0OS stamps, and drafts, checks, certifi-
Gates, licenses, and other similar work
amounting to 1SS,666s sheets. The total ex-
penses of the bureau during the year were
1865. 1875.
The steam-barge Britain, feared to have
been lost with fourteen persons in the re-
cent gale on Lake Michigan, was on the 9th
reported safe. The barge was slightly dam
aged.
A WAGON containg Rev. H. I. Wilson and
his two daughters was struck by an engine
near Bryan, Tex, on the 9th, and all were
killed.
AN explosion early on the morning of the
9th wrecked the Kansas City gas works and
seriously injured the engineer. The CITY
was left in darkness.
Two NEGROES, Nelson Stewart and Ander-
son Davis, were executed for burglary at
Charlotte, N. c., on the 9th.
INCONSISTENCIES ia Alabama recently way
laid and murdered Deputy Marshal W. d.
Kellet, near Valley Head.
TIE annual report of the Attorney-Gen-
esal says that during the year 1,65S civil
suits and 1877 criminal prosecutions were
terminated in the various United States
courts, leaving FLAG of the former class and
3,see of the Latter class pending. Judg-
ments amounting to s677 1888 were rendered,
and sl10,45' i'll tincs were collected.
A HEAVY snow-storm on the 9th prevailed
throughout Wisconsin. Iowa and Illinois.
Railroad trains were blockaGed.
The PoEleroy Sons w%oolenlaill at Pitts
field, Mass, was destroyed by fire the other
night, the loss reaching 500, 900.
A NEGRO burglar was lynched by a mob
AT henton, Tenn. on the 9th.
II was announced on the 9Th that g
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25
The lannon's Victoria bridge {

-rhe famous Victoria bridge at
Montreal, is to be supplemental by
another bridge crossing the St. Law
renee from Lachine to Caughnawauga,
four miles above the city. 1t will DC
of iron trusses, the eight spans meas
uring three thousand feet, and WI
cost, with its approaches, Sl,25o,oo
1t will be finished by November, 1850
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25

An Arizona paper tells of two wen.
known local sports who shot each otsss
to death the other day, and concludSs
by saying: 1.-The sad affair is espcciaily
to he regretted as both the gentlemen
were Jealous reformers."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25

Serving as a doorstep to a store in
Cuthbcrt, Ga, is Il rock which many
persons believe is the pctrilied body Of
a human being, SO perfect is the re-
semblance. 1t was dug out of "A
nelghboring quarry a few months ago.
Inc matter is to be scientifically in
vestigated.- Chicago HeralQ.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-12-25

From the earliest ages mermaids
have had a legendary existence. the
sirens OF the ancients evidently belong
ing to the same remarkable family.
The orthodox mermaid is half woman
and half fish, the tishy half being some
times depicted as Observation-Disclosures
ton Bu00et.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-29
DRY unnna.

PRINTS Merrimack, fsrcy, b l.g. lfrn-
chester % Arnold, "; American, O.;
Iacinc, bl-2i Hamlltor, q; Clouclster,
Oh Gloucester mng- l.2t G,Cusecter
silver grey bhi Allen, o; Lodi, a;
simpson, o. Eddystone, @; simpson mnt.,
o. Allen pink and rurplo,G; Simpgon gil-
yer grey, g. Richmond, pink and purple, o;
Dunnell BhlrtinR,i L.; Ragetta shifting,
Eii Allen check, 5z; Peabody, black, o 10;
simpson, black, 6; Rosedale, 1l.2
Brown SHEETING-CrOwn, 7 l-2; Au-
gusta, o. Eltrich LII, s; Charter Oak, 3 10;
1--we Onk, 11lniernatiOnal, o H.; Laurence
IL, q Glendale, %; Enterprise, O; Glen
dale, ~ Boat AL, l-2; Admission, 6l-2
brown sHIRTlNG-Cast Iron, s; Farm
crs, IL; Honest, Tia; Pocghontas, ii;
Ailendale, !; Century GIG; Dwight, I ii;
RIA.
BLEACHED sHtRTING-New York ,IOl-2;
Wamsutta, lO1l; Langdon, o.; Lonsdale, ~;
lonsdnla cam6ric, u; Masonyllle, I'd ~;
ttrull OF The Loom, s. Gold Medal, ? l.2;
TIcKISG-Amoskoag A q A, 10; Amos.
keag A. II; swift River, ~; standard
q, Y fnslon NN, lO14i Eastrn "A, M;
Oakland fancy, "a; Acme ODD, So;
Ralsigh, 100; Standard z, o; Pearl River,
l2hi hihley Awniug, 10.
srRIPEs-uamnion, 100; Thorndyke.
10; American, D; Rock River, 81; Enlolrh,
Eii Unknown, S-3, 94; Jcweit City, n;
Unknown 2, 10.
DENNIS -AmOslsong, l9its Oils, iyH
York, l6- WarrOu, ~
CliEUK8 AND pLAins-Mount Pleasant,
q Cotrubn, ~; Old Dominion, Z, Mem.
phls, Ia, Queen City, o l-l; Augusta, 4;
tennessee, 10; CuttOndulc, Z; Cumberland
check, Z; Nihley, ~
GtNGHAMs-Bates,S Ia; Satervllle, s,
Wcslvllle,7 2; Bates Dress Plaid, y; scotch
-, F.t II 10; Amoskeag, 4 1T; Bcllevlow,
l.2; Washington, 0; MiudOmCrc, 7l-g
CuEvtots--O akanlc, . IL; sterling, 10;
Unknown. u, D., o III; Slblcy, 02-i; Glen
Riddle, 10 l.2; Harrisburg, s II; slater, 81;
Everett, Z l.li Boss, s.; sIvcr1nlc, y; Ar.
Mngton, ~ Victoria, N; GCrmnnl., u 10;