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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-14

And Ms. Rapney and Mrs. Iathrop glared
At each other across the table, and passed
the cheese and pepper With the frozen cour.
tesy that belongs to an armed neutrality,
while Mr. and Mrs. Arundel sat smilingly
opposite, taking everything for granted.
Do you think that they will agree,
Rachel ?" said Mr. Arundel, somewhat
doubtfully.
"oh, there's nothing else for them to
do" said Mrs Arundel.
But my mother-in-law is person of a
very peculiar temperament, hesitated Mar.
tin.
And my father-in-law has most decid-
ed will of his own,n cried Rachel laughing
What are we to do ?" said Mr.. Arundel,
with troubled brow.
Dearest Martini" said Rachel, with that
smile of hers which was like an embodied
sunbeam, why should we go half way to
meet trouble? dare say it will all be right
II not
"well?"
Why, then, one or the other of them
win have to look out for new homel"
II suppose it will come to that" said
Martin, with resigned air.
In the autumn Mr. Arundel took his wife
away for six weeks trip among the noun
tains. When they returned Mrs. Lathrop
met them at the door.
I" | hope you've had nice time, said the
old lady, lugubriously. afa
And you, mother?' said Martin. as he
kissed her affectionately.
"I? Oh, am going away"
81 thought So" sighed Martin. 81 was
afraid that you and Mr.. Ranney-"
He's going away, too" said Mrs. La
throp.
At this moment Rachel uttered an excla-
nation of surprise and pleasure.
Look at mothers new silk dress ~ she
cried See the white satin ribbons in her
cap! Mother mother may guess ?"
Well, there's no use in trying to keep 1t
secret said Mrs. Lathrop, not without q
little embarrassment We were married
last week; and Mr. Ranney has taken the
Highland Cottage for our future home.
We're not young, TO be sure, but we seem
to suit each other, and there's no reason that
We shouldn't take as much comfort as posi-
ble"
Mr.. Ranney appearing at this instant,
clothed in a brand-new suit, drew his elderly
brides arm within his own, and received
the congratulations of Mr.. and Mrs. Arundel
with the grace of past generation.
believe" said he, that we have done
,most sensible thing and the only ques-
lion that puzzles me is what relations we
are to you and Rachel now"
And Martin Arundel wrinkled his eye
brows, and said g give it up"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-14

Phil Thompson, the ex-Congressmar
from Kentucky, has located in Washington
and is making great deal Of money in the
Practice of the law. He is social fellow
and is capital talker. Not long ago q
party Of Western visitors called on him,
and one of them seemed especially amused
at his stories. Bill,p said one of the
others, after they had left Thompson ;
" Bill, You liked Thompson, didn't you p
" Nav, not particularly" said the interro-
gated party. I" But you seemed to-" per-
sisted the other. You laughed egregious-
ly at all his jokes" Laugh? Well,
should nyther say did, )" replied the first,
solemnly. "And you'd ha' laughed, too,
If you'd known the man who was telling the
jokes That Teller Thompson has killed
eight or ten men, and jest made up my
mind when he started in to amuse us that
I'd be amused"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-14

had occasionally taken a Whit or two
at my pipe and watched the feecy clouds of
smoke float slowly upward and dissolve into
space before something sent an electric mes
sage to my finger from the other end of the
line. II was a faint message scarcely felt,
but distinct enough to tell me what was
there A moments pause and then it was
repeated this time it was emphatic. for the
fish picked up the bait in its mouth as daint-
lily as neatly gloyed lady would pick up an
orange and then let it fall again. Aha my
boy. You are an old hand at the business
and know by past experience that sometimes
even the most tempting morsels are danger
GUS. A moment more it is picked up again,
and yet again, and then ii is carried cou-
pie of yards or so before it is dropped and
then back again then further off Our fish
is playing with the bait as coquette with
hearts. The very moment novice would
think that he was going to take it It's drop
ped and he is gone again. No, not gone,
only swimming around in circles, keeping
one eye on the prize and keeping away all
such intruders as sharks and catfish.
"' Now for it. The bait is picked up,
seized with q vim as though he meant busi-
ness, and away he starts with it. Here the
inexperienced would jerk the line and per-
haps lose the fish, or at least have the whole
formula to go over again. But wait; the
successful sportsman must practice pa
tience. Again the bait is dropped, but not
for long. In moment it is seized and this
time there is no feint about it. He darts
off, the line is drawn tight, then sudden
jerk and wild plunge tell that the game is
safely hooked. And now commences the
struggle for life. Away he goes up the
stream for fifty yards or more, straining
every nerve to get free then down, then
back again, while the line is pulled just hard
enough to draw him in little nearer the
shore then up and down, each time still
shorter distance. At each effort 1 feel his
powers give way, and then as he makes a
turn we pull his head toward the shore and
keep it there. Now is the critical period !:
now, il at all, the line will part or the hook
break. l haul the line in rapidly, hand
over hand, keeping it taut, for the least
slack or a failure to grasp the line firmly
would perhaps lose the game. Swerving tc
and fro draw him rapidly in, and with
such force does he come that far up the
shelving rocks we land our prize, thirty.
pound bass, magnificent fellow, his scales
glistening like FURNISHED silver in the moon.
ight.,n
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-14
virginia Goose.

A goose farm is one of the curiosities Of
agriculture on the eastern shore of Virginia.
Within an area of about 5000 acres live
5000 geese, of several varieties, attended
by herders and regularly fed with corn, etc.
The object is the collecting of down for
quilts and pillows, and once in about six
weeks q plucking takes place. Only the
breast and sides under the wings are pluck
ed
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-14

One or two railways Of the South use the
standard guage Of four feet eight and . half
inches, but all the rest, with mileage Of over
$4,000 miles, IRE run under the fve-foot
gauge. This is all 70 be changed, in conss-
quence Of action taken at recent meeting
in Atlanta of Southern railway officials.
The change is to be made between 8 q. m.
4 p. M, june list.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-14
a Hearsle.. country.

God help the stranger that is taken sick
there" writes m officer of the United States
steamship Galena, speaking Of AspiEwall.
1t IS not uncommon for people TO lie down
In the street and die in brosd daylight, and
when dying receive no offer of assistance,
even In answer to nm appeal for drink Of
water. The people appear to be heartless,
as If their familiarity with death had made
them callous.'
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-14
SIGN. 81 r1eneaI Dsrangsmen,.

Mrs. Plnnket 81 am getting uneasy
about my husbands intellect or his memo
ry, perhaps should say" Mrs. Dorsey
" In what way ?" Iasked him for fifty dol
lars and he gave 1t to me without q word"
Why, that was strange But what lead
you to feel concerned about his memory n
Why, the fact that he didn't ask me what
had done with the fifty cents which he
gave me last week"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-14

He was new man in Washington, and
was the guest of Congressman who hadn't
been Congressman for more than hun
drsd years. They were dressing for o
reception. 81 say, Colonel" inquired the
guest, are gloves de rigeur p " DANCED
IL ] know" replied the Congressman.
Mine are kid"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-14

Why are CARVER & WILLIAMS sell.
ing so many carpets? Because they have
new and handsome patterns at low prices
March 23, 1885.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23
AZ Editors TFibuIaiiOns.

We borrowed a mule and buggy last week and started out to stir up our dellnquents. We rode twenty-five miles the first day, had our new hat smashed by coming in contact with an overhanging limb, wore out buggy whip that cost sixty cents, and col lected S1.50 in cash and a bushel and a half of corn. The second day we rode twenty-two miles, missed our dinner, dunncd seventeen of our be- loved patrons, and didn't collect a cent. The third day we arose at 4 o'clock a. m., missed our breakfast, lost twenty minutes trying to wake up Jlm Alexander as we passed his house, rode twenty-four miles and collected S450. The fourth day we traversed the whole country, lost a goose one of our friends had given us for a Christ mas dinner, and collected $3.50.
 We then came home, turned the mule out to die and went to bed. Ii anybody wants to Bqy a good printing office, with ample assets and small lia- bilities, and large latitude for fame, &c., we are prepared to offer bargain. We have been rendered the position of night clerk Tn brick hotel in Arkan- sas, and would be glad to accept it i! we can work off our present enter prise on some unsuspecting citizen. In writing for information don't for get to inclose a stamp-that is, if a reply is expected.-Donough Georgia Weekly.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23
Senator COhe's Views.

Speaking in favor of Beck's silver resolution in the Senate, Coke (D.) of Texas said the question of the sus- pension of silver coinage was one of such transcendant importance that the arguments of the President and Secretary of the Treasury on the sub feet should be considered on their in- trinsic merits, and should not be ln- fuenced by the fact that they were arguments co1ling from high officers of the Government. Suspension Coke regarded as tantamount to the com plete stoppage of our silver coinage. Silver, he said, had not Appreciated, but gold has risen in value. He showed by statistics that taking nine ty leading articles of merchandise, there had been an average tall of 26 per cent since 1870, while there had been a fall of only g per cent in silver bullion. It was, therefore. an abuse of terms to say that silver had depre- ciated. Silver constituted one-half of the quantity of all the coin in the world, and the stoppage of it's coinage would deprive the world of one-half of its coin supply and would double the purchasing power of the ether half. Tins would be an enormous contraction.
 EngIand's income from her foreign trade was S50,O00.0OO annually. She was a creditor country and wanted her debtors to pay her in gold-that is, she wanted dear money, money that would have the largest purchas- ing power. When Germany had se- cured S1, S1,200,O00000 in gold from France she demonctized silver for the same reason that England had done. It was done upon the cold calculation of self-interest. The same reason act uated the creditors of these United States in the sections where the big banks and large bondholders were, The fight against silver was a fight against the people by the banks and bondholders. It was a fight against labor. Had Andrew Jackson been in the White House at any time since 1878 the silver question would have been settled. He would have executed the laws of the United States, and would have taken by the throat the conspiracy against those laws.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23
PeiilcOHt Influence.
Washington Cor. N. Y. T.legraml


 Here is the place where the "pettl- coat influence holds well nigh undis- puted sway. A great many outsiders have laughed at the announcements which frequently appear in the society papers that "Mrs. Jones, of the army, will receive on Wednesdays in Janua- "" or Mrs. Smith, of the navy, will give a tea on Tuesday," but perhaps Mrs. Jones" and Mrs. Smith" have really more to say in relation to some of the most important matters con corning the service than their hus- bands. Women are matchless and peerless in the management of the hundreds of intrigues which abound everywhere at the capital, and which have for their object the advancement of one officer or the humiliation ot an- other. Strange to say, some of the most powerful lady schemers are the wives of retired officers of the army and navy. If one of these elderly danes happens to have an eligible daughter, the young officer on duty here must be very sure of his ground before attempting either to win or avoid her. If his conduct is not satis- factory. he will suddenly find himself ordered away with celerity that will take his breath away. It may be that he will not be able to understand how it was accomplished and the reasons therefore, but he will at least realize that he knows who received the blow. An instance of this nature happened here only short time ago. A young officer connected with the naval estab- lishment, and who has been on duty here for some months, began paying the most assiduous attention to the fair daughter of lady who is a pow CT in the ring" He was poor but proud, handsome but lmpecunious! As brilliant alliance Is expected by the old lady, she made up her mlnd to put an end to the affair, which really had not progressed very far. One fine day this official received an official doe umeut ordering him to a station about 5000 miles away. While he was mak- ing the necessary preparations for his departure, the young lady was sent out of town ito spend the holidays with some friends" Her whereabouts were unknown to the officer, so he was obliged to take his departure without the painful pleasure of "a sweet part ing" Some of the oficerss friends l have ascertained that the mother ac- tualIy secured the orders. Thus was one incipient match blighted,
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23
Tntlrcss at the opera.

Society is very much aroused over the appearance of a certain well-krown lady at her box at the Metropolitan Opera House the other night. She wore her dress very low in the neck and with simple straps across the shoulders, and the color of her vast material she got as near flesh tint as could be found, so that at little dis tance it was impossible to see any dividing line. As she sat in her box the effect was startling and every Op- era-glass ill the house was leveled at her. while the men in the audience who knew her hastened, between the acts. as a committee of investigation to see what it was she had on or had off. The effect produced by her dress ing was exactly what she wanted, and yet she Is a young woman, a married woman, mother and not an immod- est woman. If a man should acciden- tally see her with the waist of her dress off, though she wore a high necked underwaist, she would be ready to faint; and yet she would sit i'll her box at the opera showing as much of her flesh as she dared, and with the avowed intention of looking as though she was undressed. l do not know what it is that makes women do these things, unless it IS the love for social notoriety. They seem to want to do something to break the monotony of ordinary social life, and rack their poor brains for some novelty in dress or some cccentricity that will make them more talked about than their friends.-N. '. letter in Boston Ga Zette.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23
Invcsti=ailIg CEoak.

Delegate Joseph is going to have the management of the Indian cam paign by General Crook investigated. He has introduced a bill into the. house providing for a committee of investigation to be sent to the scene of the troubles and make report. It is to be hoped that this committee will make a more thorough investigation than General Sheridan did when he was sent out here to investigate. He spent several long and weary hours in Arizona but did not take the trouble to interview people who were thor oughly posted in regard to the situa- tion. He heard Crook story, accept
 ed his lying report as true and left the Territory. He reached Deming where he thought he was compara- lively safe from Indians and stopped here for some time in order to create the impression that he was in the wilds of the west investigating" :" The truth IS that he was studying up the story about the ten Apaches" which he told through the east and which has made him appear so su- premely ridiculous in the eyes of everybody who stops to consider how ten Apaches could manage to kill if teen times their own number and es- cape twenty troops of cavalry for eight months.-Deming Headlight.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23

idents of Arizona murmur because of their burdensome taxes and their con- tinued liability to the blood-thirsty Apaches, we may say, "Go to; we have sent you our own fnan oial and war like ex-Surrogate. Newark has re- luctantly parted with one of her most useful and ornamental citizens for the sake of Arizona s peace and prosperity. What more would you have?" The Territory is to be tranquilized and made prosperous and happy. This, at least, is the hope and expectation of
 MANY CITIZENS"
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23

In this new year of our Lord, 1886, Washington's birthday comes on Mon day, Valentines day on Sunday, St.. Patrick's day on Wednesday, April Fools day on Thursday, Memorial day on Sunday, Fourth of July on Sunday, and Christmas on Saturday; Lent begins March 10; Easter Sunday will be the 25th of April.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23

When you see a man tormentiug a monkey you may know he has NerE little respect for his ancestors
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23
GIIa County.

Judge of District Court-William Porter. Clerk of District Court-B G. Fox. Judge of Probate-G. A. Swasey. Sheriff-Benjamin F. Pascoe. Under Sherif-Thomas A. Pascoe. District Attorney-J. D. McCabe. Reeorder-Chas. T. Martin supervisors-F. W. Westmeyer, Jos. Eedman, S s9ilson.
 Clerk of Board of Supervisors T. Martin. County Treasurer-G. S. Van Wagenen. Public Administrator-T C. Stallo.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Territorial.

Governor-C. Meyer Zulicz, Prescott. Secretary James 4. Bayard, Prescott. Treasurer-Thomas J. Butler, Prescott. Superintendent of Public Instruction-R. L. Long, Phoenix.
 Auditor-E. P. Clark, Prescott.
 Supreme Court-Jno. C.. Shields, Chief Justice, Prescott; William Porter, Associate Justice, Phoenix; H. Barnes, Associate Jus tice, Tucson.
 U S. District Attorney-J. A. Zabriskie, Tucson. U s. Marshal-W. K. Meade, Tucson. Surveyor General-Royal A. Johnson, Tucson. U. S. Internal Revenue Collector-Thos. Cordis, Tucson.
 Delegate to Congress c. Bean, Prescott. Judge of First Judicial District-H. Barnes, Judge of Second Judicial District-Wil Porter Phoenix.
 Judge of Third Judicial District-Jno. c. Shields.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23
Bringing in a EcFJict-

At little backwoods settlement in Vancouvers Island, an Indian had been stealing potatoes from farm be- longing to 1Ir. Sproat, the local jus tice. One day, in order to frighten thls Indian, the man in charge, who was a Western backwoodsman, fired his gun vaguely in the direction ofthe potato field. To his astonishment he found that he had shot the native dead. An inquest had of course to be held. The woodsman did not look upon the slain Indian as a very great affair, and several came to MT. Sproat and said, You are not going to trouble Henry about this, are you, sir?" MT. Sproat being not only the man master, but a magistrate, had to reply that however much he felt for the mans misfortune, he must let the law take it course. But where was surgeon to be found to make the post mortem examination? A careworn looking man stepped off pile of lum- Der where he was working and said he was a surgeon. This statement being naturally received with some hesitation, he produced from an old army chest a commission, his degree, and ample proof of not only having been a medical man, but of having once been a staff surgeon. He per formed the post mortem, and soon produced a shot from the lung and proved that the Indian had died from gunsbot wound in the chest. Other evidence was forthcoming, one of the witnesses testifying that the prisoner had said, "Jack, 1 have shot an h. dian" The judge laid down the law to the jury, which was composed of the most intelligent of the men, and they were sent into another room to i consider their verdict. ft was n5a. y half an hour before they returned. The foreman then sald,-
 "We find that the Indian was wor- ried by dog
 "A what?" the judge exclaimed.
 "Worried by dog sir" said an other juryman, thinking that the foreman had not spoken plainly.
 Assuming a proper masisterial gravity, his worship pointed out to the jury the 1ncompatibility of the verdict with the evidence, and again went over the case, and calling their par ticular attention to the medical evI- dence, and the production of the shot by the doctor, found in the body ofthe Indian, he agaln dismissed them to their room, begging them to come back with verdict reasonably con- nected with the facts. They remained away longer than before. When they at last returned, the judge drew a piece of paper toward him to record their finding.
 Now, men, what do you say?' l Their decisive answer was.-
 "We say that he was killed by fall ing over the cliff
 The Judge shufied lis papers to- gether, and told the jury that they might go to their worh, and he would return verdict for them himself.
 The jury was not so conscientious as another Tn the same part of the world composed of the friends of some peo- pie accused of stealing pork; We find the defendants not guilty; but believe they hooked tue pork.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23

Distance from Globe to tho railroad at Wilcox, ovel Woods and Norton & Stewards lines (route fol From Globe to Casa Grande, crossing the Devils Can yen, and touching at Pinal and Florence 90 miles From Globe to Casa Grande via Pioneer. 90 miles Elevation above sea level at Globe 36OO feet Latitude 3S degrees, PC minutes, longitude 11O de trees, 45 minutes.
 Highest maximum temperature, July 1lth, .lfO deg Lowest minimum temperature, Jan. 10th, .1G deg Aiean teIhperstDse 0" de5 4SAillul TOT 4oS-,- o--iO- Prevailing direction of wind, .......... Southwest An observation extending over several years, dis closes the remarkable fact, that there has not beer day without more or less sunshine.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23

There is positively no limit to liber- ality, and Massachusetts philanthropy has found fresh vent in the distribu- tion of no less than six thousand Christmas cards to the inmates of almshouses, homes for incurables, in sane asylums and other charitable in stitutions throughout the State, and especially in the immediate vicinity of Boston. It is to be hoped that when Valentine Day comes round these un- fortunates will not be forgotten. To a really poor man, next to a bit of something to eat nothing can be more comforting than a Christmas card3 while along in mid-February, when he has in a measure gotton over the sur felt from pastcboard, highly eolored valentine would be positively s5imula- ting.-N. Y. World.
Arizona silver belt., 1886-01-23

In idea of the intensity of the recent cold snap ill Kansas, may be gathered from the statements made by passen- gers on a recent incoming train. The storm was without doubt the most severe ever known in the history of the state. Several persons are re- ported frozen to death in the vicinity of Dodge City and on the Cimarron, in one instance an entire family en route west. Even the hogs Groze to death on the streets of Coolidge The hills along the banks of the Arkansas are black with cattle that starved to death. One party arriving from Cool idge states that he saw five hundred head of dead cattle between that place and La Junta and as many as eighteen in one bunch. Prominent stockmen 1n western Kansas place their loss at between 25 and 8 per cent.-Kansas City Journal.