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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-02-17
A Boy,s DIean Trick.

They were gradually working towards .
sopartnership on the usual arrangement
The woman to look after the Office and the
man to do the outdoor work. He was 60
ing to take her to the theatre. She was
decked out most handsomely, and her love-
ly scent-bottle lay tempting young BROTH
er, who was looking about for mischief. He
picked 1t up and disappeared with it. Then
he carefully poured out tho fragrant per
,ume and filed it with whiskey. Then the
happy couple departed, and Mephisto Jun
Tor chuckled to himself with fiendish glee.
They sat entranced in one another, fondly
believing they were enjoying the ballet.
He, in kind Of dream, reached over and
took her scent-bottle. She let 1t 60. He
unscrewed the top and took long sniff.
His dream was dispelled. He did not say
q word. The love died from his eyes, from
his heart, and she did not find out till she
had gone to her room, fearful and sad,
what had caused the change. She has
old him since of her young brothers joke.
He smiled sadly. He believes her. But
the smell of that whiskey forever comes DO
tween him and her.---Sdn Francisco Post
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HuLI. EIGnTINa IN MEXICO.
ifxpericnce Of New Yorker Among ths
People.


wish to give you an account of Mexi.
can bull fight, which was the main cause
OF my visit to Piedras Negras. Bull fight
ing Is one of the features of Mexican life, as
much rs horse racing and trotting matches
IN the North. AT a bull fight both sexes
SOLICIT. The Mexican greaser is a more
wretched individual than the Southern
negro, and my observation of them since
The close OF the war shows that they are as
bad almost as anything American can be.
There We're Mexican soldiers-about as
awkward with their guns as cat would be
Mexican police, with sword by their side
and revolver in their belts, but with no
idea OF drill or discipline Mexican gentle
men with broad-brimmod, high felt hats
deliberately trimmed with twisted gold lace
where the band should be, and ornamented
1t the side with embroidered flowers in gold
md colored silks; Cowboys with their
oroad-trimmed sombreros, skin clothing
and rifles, and Mexican ladies with their
broad-brimmed hats completely hiding their
flashing dark eyes and foreheads from ordi-
nary beholders.
The bull ring is an enclosure something
like Northern baseball ground, but much
larger. 1t form q complete amphitheatre,
around which the spectators sit. In some
respects it reminded me of the firework
grounds at Coney Island The spectators
pass in and out through door in the high
fence, over which nod cocoa palms and
other tropical trees. A short distance from
The enclosure number of houses built of
stone and mud are located. But the i'm
mediate vicinity of the bull ring is vacant
ground. The spectators are seated high
above the fighting ring, which is surround
ed by another fence with gates on the level
with the ground. Through these gates the
bull is driven into the arena while the fence
serves as vaulting place for the torredos,
or bull fighters, to loap out of the way of
the enraged bull when really mad. Whom
l visited the place every one seemed ready
to fight except the bulls. They appeared
to be lazy. Red cloths were flashed before
their faces, and although they would occa
sionally make dash for tho holder, q.
soon us be leapod over the fence the bull
would become quiet. Mexican, armed
with spear or lance, and mounted on a
,wift-running horse, would try to stir the
bulls into fighting mood; but beyond a
sudden dash for the rider, very little fight
could be got out of the animals. Still il
was very interesting to one who had never
seen bull fight, and even hundreds of
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From paper ON the woods OF tho United
Statcs and their destruction, in the Century,
MIR. J. e. Chamberlin sums up as follows /;
The reasonable conclusion Of the whole
matter would seem to BIO that while there il
no serious menace to the eastern half Of the
United States through the loss Of forests,
there is good reason to urge tho preserve
ton of as much Of them as possible and the
encouragement Of tree plantations while in
the western half Of the country the immedi-
ato withdrawal from sale of the whole body
of forests belonging to the Government is
highly desirable. There should be an OK
haustive inquiry, at the hands of compe-
tent Government commission, into the sub
ect OF the extent Of forests belonging to
the Government, their location. value,
character, etc., the proportion of private
ands now wooded, and the apparent de.
pendence or independence, as the case may
be, Of oil sections of the country upon the
modifying effect of forests. Exact infor-
nation is now needed, which could scarcely
be obtained except through ths efforts OF
such Il commission.
Sentimental considerations, suppose,
are to be held secondary to the practical in
the matter; but they are powerful, and
should be aroused in behalf Of no object
more readily than the woods, which have
occupied so large place in the sentimental
life of man from the earliest times"
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srEALlNe ANGELS, LIVERY.
The Extent to Which Bible Smuggling and
differentiation nre Carried on.

An endeavor is to be at once made to
suppress an evil in the book trade that has
of late grown to considerable proportions.
This is the smuggling of Bibles through the
mails. They are sent from Canada ct
prices much lower than they can be sold
for in the regular way, and the result is
that the trade has been not a little injured
in this and other cities. So serious has the
subject become, that the Secretary of the
Treasury has been communicated with.
The duty is about 20 per cent.
Mr.. II. Z. Simmons, the business mana
ger of the American Tract Society, said to
reporter; Thousands of Bibles are sold
in the United States in this way, and 1t not
only hurts the trade directly, but causes in
jury also in leading people to think that
the booksellers who pay duty are charging
too much. Tho Bible that is chiefly snug
glod in this way is the Bagster's Bible. 1t
is published exclusively in London, and is
valuable for its handy size, special notes
and peculiar binding. They are sent almost
entirely from Toronto and Montreal by 0
well-known house, which openly advertioes
the fact in the papers Of this country. The
not price Of the Bible abroad is about 81,
and the duty we have to pay on them is
over 81 each, 80 the price here ia about SO.
But these people advertise TO send them by
mail for $5 or less. Tho trouble is that in
the smaller towns the postmasters, seeing
that il is small book and also Bible, and
probably not wanting to offend q neighbor,
shy Oh, that's nothing; we'll let it CO.
As nm instance OF its effect on trade, only
the other day man in Arkansas wrote me
asking the price of these Bibles. l sent
him the price they cost US to import. He
.Jplied that no could get them very much
cheaper and was offended when I told hi'a
had sent him the price of smuggled goods.
Action in this matter has already been
taken by the Postoffice in this city, and
now they hold tho Bible, after notifying
tho buyer, until the duty is paid. Another
thing that many of us are sore about is that
we can go TO agents hero Of certain manu-.
facturers abroad and buy their books foi
the same figures current ON the other side,
consequently we have stopped importing
these manufacturers Bibles and other
books. / can only account for this through
differentiation. It is not generally known
that, according to law, We pay duty on tho
Wholesale price of Bible abroad. Thus
the only way this thing is done is to cut
down the price en- the invoice. What we
want is q seizure Of some of these goods
and the punishment of the men engaged in
this husinassr
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DahIias Ia Mexico.

The forests are full Of wild daliIias, grow
ing about three feet high and producing
only single blossoms Of pale yellow They
are perennial in Mexico, and from this
country were first carried across the sea.
The double flowers, with their 100 tints
and varieties, have been produced by cult
walton, and manya wealthy Mexican who
imports bis garden dahlias from Europe at
great expense has not the remotest idea
that the plant is indigenous TO his own soil.
Dahlih roots are staple article of food
among the Indians, who eat them boiled
and salted. Though somewhat insipid to
thetaste, they are decidedly preferable to
the wild potatoes aud perhaps the day is
coming when these bulbs, made succulent
by horticulture, will furnish our tables
with new delicacy. Quien sabe Cor
respondent cfN N. r.. Sun.
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81 know that / am ugly and poor, and
hat as general thing the girls do not i'd
nire me-" said Gus DeSmith, but" he
added, Miss Birdie McGinnis paid me tho
highest kind of compliment last evening
at the ball." "How did she come to do
that 2" asked Judge Penpybunker, cyni-
cally." 81 don't know how it came about
She usually puts me fifth or sixth on he,
list of dances.' That's where you ought
to be. You never would be missod.'
" Don't get of that Mikado gag any more.
Well, rs was saying, ball before last she
put me on her programme for the fifth
dance, but last night she put me down for
the very first dance OF ALL" ~ know she
did," replied Pennybunkor. i" asked her
what she meant by such eccentricity, and
she said that she danced the first dance with
you to get you of her mind so shc could
enjoy herself the rest Of the evening. She
compared dancing with you to taking Q
dose Of castor oil.--1egas Siflings.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-02-17

BY examining map Of the United States
small strip of land several millions Of
acres In extent, marked "Public land"
will be seen dividing the States of Kansas
and Texas. This strip of the country was
left out by mistake in the original surveys
and is not included in any State or Terri
torial Jurisdiction. Neither is il reached by
United States law. It is wholly without
judicial authority and is consequently the
abode Of the very worst CLASSES in the coun-
try. Cattle-thieves and criminals of all
kinds resort to it as refuge from justice
and lately cattlemen have partly taken pos
session OF it to evade the action Of the
President excluding them from the Indian
Territory. There they have established
their ranches, without fear of molestation.
The bill introduced by Senator Plumb and
which will be reported favorably by the
public lands committee, Of which he IL
chairman, is intended to destroy the nest Of
criminals and outlaws and place that strip
Of country within the limits Of law and
civilization. The bill extends the United
States law over it and for judicial purposes
attaches IT to the State Of Kansas
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-02-17

1t sc ems that in Germany the drift OF the
population to the cities is exceedingly
marked. Berlin is increasing in population
very rapidly; other cities nro growing much
faster than the population ut large, and as
matter Of course the rural districts nre de-
clining in numbers as we'll as in intelligence
and influence. This tendency of the coun-
try to tho city is the same in France, in
Great Britain, in New England. 1t is q
sign Of tho times no argument prevails
against IL ; it must work out its own cure as
it will, in q measure. In the meantime the
evil Is as clear ms it is irremediable. We
talk about industrial schools, but the sons
of our farmers no more intend to become
mechanics than they intend to till the soil.
They mean to live without manual labor,
and so they crowd to the cities, living q life
of semi-dependence, and ignoring then
birthright or proprictorship and Of social
and political goyernorship. -Proofdenct
journal.
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Selling n Fur Farm.

There are some mighty green men in
this world, said passenger from the West,
and struck one Of 'em q week or two
ago. II hadn't wouldn't be here now.
Last spring went out into Western Nc.
braska and homesteaded quarter section.
l hadn't seen the land, but took it suppos-
in it was all right. But when l got there !
found it already inhabited. About $50
acres of the 100 were covered with prairie
dog town. Well, L concluded to settle
down and see what l could do, and I'm
mighty glad now TINT did. About two
weeks ago was up TO the railroad station
trying TO get trusted for some bacon and
discouraged. was out of money and grub,
and the winter WINS comm on fast, an
couldn't see any way out of it but to eat
prairie dog, an they're mighty hard te
catch. But that day was the turning point
in my luck. While was at the station nm
he was out West lookin' for place to make
an investment. Said he'd heard O. the fur
business, ON wanted 10 know il he was out
in the fur country yet.
go Furs,' says I, there haiDt no fan
just then On Idea struck me, an changed
my tune. Furs,' says I, there hain't no
better fur country than this on 'arth. just
come out to my place till show you my
fur farm
And he went out with me, an showed
him the prairie-dog town, an', MS luck would
have 1t, ii was bright, sunny day, I'M
the dogs was out scootin' around by thu
hundreds.
- Talkin' about furs.' says I, what dye
think of that I've been ak years CROWN
those mink. an hain't sold n hide. It's all
natural increase. Guess they's bout 1000
Of 'em now, nm they double every year.
How many will there be in ten years?'
. You ougllter seon that Englishman's
eyes open us he took out his pencil nm ng-
urod it up. He made ii z, les, 900 mink
80 Well, says /, call it 5000, 600, to be
on the safe side. 1t won't cost 81 to keep
EN-, either, an If they're worth n cent
they're worth 81 apiece There's millions
In it,
"Then we got right down to business,
an IN less than an hour had sold ont for
$1,000 cash, an the next day paid $500
Tor the homestead at tho Land Office, got
my patent, transferred 1t to him and took
the first train for the East. Step into the
buffer with me partner, .an' take drink. {"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-02-17

Thin Legs Made stout, and Narrow Chcsts
Made Broad.

There is a profession which many people
know nothing Of It is that of the man who
models the human figure. but not in clay.
He models in cloth. An expert in this art
can demand large salary, and is always
sure of employment in the large tailoring
houses. A reporter visited fashionable
uptown tailor to have talk with ono of
these artists. He was introduced to dap
per little Frenchman OF about As years.
You have had large experience in
your profession, suppose ?' asked the re-
porter.
have given it my constant study for
nearly twenty years, and tho moro sec OF
it the loss faith have in the common sense
of most of my patrons"
"That's rather broad assertion to
make"
Nevertheless it is true and becoming
more 80 every day. You Americans are Of
all people the least satisfied with what m.
ture has givcn you. You are always trying
TO go one better than NATURE and instead OF
trying natural means in tho way Of taking
plenty of mir and muscular exercise, you
substitute the pad and the corset"
Will you tell me the latest idea Of q
good figure from dudes standpoint"
"That depends a great deal upon what
the dude wants. If he wants fnely-de-
veloped pair Of calves, can supply him.
II he lacks breadth of chest, / can furnish
him with ms fino chest rs you could wish
to SEQ Should tho deficiency be in the
shoulders, can produce pair that Atlas
himself would envy. The process of pro-
ducing these is very simple. But first
must inform You that have nothing to do
with tailoring. / simply mako cloth coats
or pads which answer the Same purpose to
the talors ns lasts do to a shoemaker. To
do this it is absolutely necessary to have nm
accurate idea of the proportions of the GUS
toner, otherwise il would lead to very
amusing confusion. Once had custo-
mer who wanted to possess a shapely pair
of legs. The original ones were sufficiently
full for all practical purposes, but he want
cd them more full. made some pads fol
the thighs, calves and hips. They were
made of fine chamois leather, and when
finished they were sewn into tho trousers
The result was the gentleman walked on
Fifth avenue next morning with finely
shaped legs, but intirely out of proportion
with other parts of his body"
do many people wear pads of this de-
scription ?"
"Quite large number. Most gentle
men profer to wear padded undergarments
by this means they avoid the bulky appear.
ance which padded clothes gives them.
The cheapest outfit costs $S5."
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POETRY.
Don,s You rhink So /.

Don't You Think SO Z
It's all very well TO be Jolly
When everythings going just right;
When, In summer skies showing no hint OF
A shadow, the SUMS shining bright;
When around you your merry friends cluster
With many laugh bringing JEST
And wherever you turn you discover
The world in its gala robes dressed.
But, an tits sublime to be jolly
When mirth-loving spirits have fed:
When your path is In gloominess shrouded,
And the tempest bursts over your head;
When fainter hearts beg you to cheer them,
Though your own heart be lonely and drear,
And you scarce can help doubling II ever
The darkness viii quite disappear.
The bird that sings sweetly when golden
The earth is and gentle the wind,
When the bees hum their joy DER the honey
That, hid In the flowers, they md,
When, vying in beauty and fragrance,
Red roses and white lilies grow,
And butterflies, splendid in raiment,
Through their airy realm fit to and fro,
Is dear little songster; but dearef
Is the bird that its Joy giving strain
Undaunted trills loudly and gayly
III spite OF the chill and the rain;
For that to be jolly tits easy
In sunshine there Isn't a doubt;
But, ah It's sublime to be jolly
When there is naught to be jolly about.
Margaret EVtitsge, IN HdT'per's We'll ~
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There are simple means by which the
hands may be kept in presentable condi-
ton, as the use Of glycerine or honey after
washing them, and little bran or oatmeal
TO be used sometimes instead Of soap.
Wearing gloves when the work Is rough or
dirty is quite admissible. Ladies' who have
rough, coarse hands should rub them with
cold creamsat night and may wear loose
gloves. Should the hands become hard and
horny, treat them with pumicestone and
lemon. Lemon is always good for the
hands it cleanses them rs well as soap and
makes them soft. You should clean the
nails with brush, If necessary, but it is
better to rub the fingers and nails with the
half of lemon, thrusting the fingers into
1t and turning until the nails are perfectly
clean. Lemon will likewise prevent the
skin OF the root Of the nails from growing
upward. Use cold cream and gloves at
night, which will keep the mills soft and
prevent them from cracking.
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The difficulties Of arranging system Of
convict labor that shall be just to the felon,
the least burden to the State and without
competition to honest toilers are very great.
The county Jail commitments, running from
one to six months, are chiefly recuperating
periods for diseased or dissipated bodies,
and the capacity of such for labor is meagre
and when utilized secures but trivial re-
turns. The State prisons are the great hivea
where regular employment is o necessity
and from whence come the goods that
create the issues raised.
Under the spur of labor organizations
the contract system has in four states been
given up, and this winter this is to be pro-
posed for Massachusetts. The piece plan
and the State account plan have been tried
rs substitutes at the solicitation of the
labor regulators" but they now turn from
these dissatisfied, for the goods made in tht
prison undersell the free production be
cause of the less cost to manufacturers.
lis now decided by these friends Of
labor to cut off this rivalry in the market,
and make the prisons literary and educa-
tionai asylums and rather than utilize tho
conyict's physical abilities, train his mind,
brighten his mental faculties and graduate
when the terms of sentence expires not
well-trainod mechanics, but intellectual
giants.
The activity of the body and the engross-
ment of the mind 30 necessary to prison
discipline, it is claimed, can be secured By
the gymnasium and the grammar, and thai
the thousands necessary to be spent in thess
eleemosynary rather than corrective meth.
ods will be we'll invested in the elevation OF
the man and the relief of the laborer.
The average man would call this scheme
tomfoolery; but when 1t comes linked with
The Endorsement of prominent men, and is
ret before legislators by tho manipulators
who work the labor element for its voting
value, it behooves thinking people, who
have homes and property to protect. to
look sharp that rascality has not its alma
mater in the penitentiary. Boston Budget
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A &. atlenan wel'eiknown ia ahis CON-
munity was presented the other day with
pet coon by countryman who thought he
could not show his appreciation of his city
friend in better way. The gentleman (the
coon) was taken and OF once endowed with
all the franchise that an American citizen
can possess in q city home. He made him
self at once perfectly at home, and the first
thing he did was to crawl up on the satin
covered sofa and proceed to take nap.
The mistress of the house seeing this re-
monstrated by taking the young friend by
the chain that hung from his neck and lift
ing him off the sofa, the coan in the mean
time turning round like he had jumped
from fiywheel, and catching of everything
in his reach with all four feet ct the same
time. In his exit he got his hind leg around
the support of an ornamental stand, and
the irate lady, thinking that he had hold of
the sofa, gave him yank that almost
pulled his head of and brought down the
table with thirty-five dollar vase on it,
The coon seemed to take in the situation
with perfect GOODNESS, and while the lady
was picking up the pieces, he walked lei
surely out into the hall and disappeared in
the cellar. About an hour afterward the
gentleman OF the house came homo, and after
listening to the threats of hot water, tea
kettles, &C., from Mrs -, he concluded
to hunt up the coon and started on the
search but the coon was nowhere to be
found. Finally, on passing by tho pantry
door, which bad been left open, and where
a tub of water stood that had been used in
washing out the pantry, he espied the coon,
out the coon had turned white. This per-
picked him. He called his wife, who came
at onco, and the cause of the Wilderness was
soon explained. The coon had found the
water, and near by was an open flour bar
rel he had bathed in the tub and had
crawled into the barrel, and had evidently
been continuing this amusing process for
some time, for he had worked up lump OF
dough twice his own size, and was sitting in
the water rolling the pieces in his paws. He
was lifted out, washed and sent back with
many thanks " to tho countryman, with
The intimation that wild cat, young bear,
ground hog or anything else would be pref
cradle. Tho gentleman says tim. anybody
that wants coon is richer than he is.--
Knoruilte (1'enn.) Chronicle.