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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-21
The Mayors Decision.

Reform has reached a little town in
Dakota, the Mayor of which has the abso-
lutte power of removing any policeman, fire.
man or other member of the service. A
popular policeman somehow incurred the
Mayors wrath, and was removed from
Office. Like some other reformers the Mayor
was known to be more or less inexoable IN
his DEGREES. Finally the Chief of Police,
knowing that the Mayor had acted rashly,
and would be glad to retrace his steps, got
Inc popular policeman reinstated by diplo-
macy. Your Honor" he said when he
made his next report, and asked for instruc-
tions, Policeman Bumbleman, a very in
fiuential gentleman, arrested one OF your
personal friends for drunkenness and has
been removed by your order. Was he to be
removed for one day or for two?' :" Fol
fne was the curt answer.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
The Wonderland on the Pacific Ocean
-Nature,s Beautiful Work.

Southern California is beautiful. 1t is a
wonderland. 1t has deep blue sky, the
warm, rich sunlight, the flowers and birds,
oil the perfumes and the colors which peo-
pie love. Its climate is as near perfection
as anything on old EARTH 1t is close by the
ocean, that vast repository of the wonderful
and delightful. While you Eastern people
have been suffering with the cold, the ther-
mometer has ranged from seventy degrees
to ninety degrees in the day and from forty
five degrees to fifty degrees Mt night. am
wearing the same class of clothing as that
with which left home in the evening ono
always needs an overcoat. We have been
in Los Angeles two weeks and have not yet
seen drop of rain. The fall of moisture at
night, however, in the form of dew, is very
heavy. The ioveliness of the land, which
is concomitant of so equable and congo
NAL q climate, cannot be exaggerated. One
cannot pick out corner anywhere that is
not picturesque. l am writing in COM
monplaoe honse in a commonplace portion
of the town. A rose bush in full flower
covers the whole side of the house and
reaches out to fasten upon the long leaves
of a date palm which grows hard by. An
artist could take this bit of grace in green's
aud fashion picture ofit which would fasci-
nate all beholders. But nature has done
about everything for Los Angeles that has
been done. In all Christendom there is not
q place of 10000 where the accommodations
are so bad Us they are here. The hotels are
vile-literally and absolutely vile. With an
excellent market TO select from and sur
prising cheapness of vegetables, which is
the consequence of Chinese labor, the peo-
pie who keep hotels might furnish excellent
tables But they don't. The city has, in
truth, been spoiled by the excursionists.
Its mission, now is understood TO be to lie
in wait for that unlucky individual and TO
rob him as ruthlessly and as completely 40
possible. Carriage hire is nearly MS high as
the. mountains, while as for the street cars,
during these dusty days they are ruin to
the raiment of anybody who takes seat in
them.
Southern California is an @stheticism--a
delightful picture-a beautiful toy. 1t was
made for the enjoyment of man--not for
his pecuniary enrichment. II is the place
to spend money the holiday land of the
United States. When the Pacific roads
shall conclude to run their trains ut the rate
of forty miles AN hour, making the time
from Omaha two days and a half instead of
five, the valleys of this section of the Gold
en- State will be filled in winter with de-
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POETRY.



We question OF the silence vast.
OF souls that people distant spheres;
What OF their future and their past,
Have they our sorrows, joys and fearss
DO the same flowers make glad their sight?
The same birds sing? On their great seas
Do ships like ours with canvas white,
Move stately, answering the breeze:
Have they their Christ, their Christmas day
Know they Mahomet? Buddhas one,
Or all or none7 And do they prays
And have they wrought as we have done?
We cannot guess; it's hard indeed,
Our own Orb's tale OF Its dim past
Through centuries unfold to read
And who its future shall forecast?
We know the hand that holds In check
The whirling worlds, each in its course,
And saves the universe from wreck
And peril This tremendous Force
Holds likewise all our little lives;
The suns and stars do all obey
His bidding; never planet strives
10 swerye from its appointed way.
The dangerous boon alone to us
Is given, to choose 'twixt III and well,
Rebellion or obedience; thus
TO build our heaven, or dir our hell
But one great thought our strength upholds,
Nothing shall perish Though HIS rod
smites sore, His mercy still enfolds
His own: Gods souls are safe with God
Celia Tha1ter.
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II Is the rule for the men of the plains,
and particularly for cowboys to speak most
contemptuously of Eastern fashions and
Eastern dudes" But in fact, they them.
selves are as much the slaves of fashion az
any one. No man, who can by any posi-
bility avoid it, engages in any part of the
business of cattle raising, however subordi-
nate, without first procuring white felt
hat with an Immensely broad brim, and o
band consisting either Of a leather strap and
buckle, or of silk twist like whip lash.
These are expensive, like a fine Panama,
frequently costing from fifty to seventy-five
dollars. A cowboy must also have pair Of
fancy chapareras, or overalls, made out OF
calves skin, or stamped leather. Boots with
high French heels are indispensable. Our
men all wore them, and when compared
them with my own shooting boots with
broad soles and low fiat heels, asked them
why they wore such absurd affairs, was
told that there was no sale in Montana for
boots with anything but French heels, and
consequently none others were imported.
The small boys of Bozeman, Montana,
appeared to spend their spare time mostly
on horseback. Their great delight was TO
be able To dress in regular cowboy fashion,
with leather ovenlls and Mexican spurs /
noticed one, the bride and headstall Of
whose pony was composed of twisted hair.
red, white and blue a cowboy luxury which.
/ was told, cost nearly hundred dollars.
The boys, of course, rode at full gallop and
through all the mudholes wherever there
were any. How it was that they never rode
over any one, did not exactly understand,
but they did not seem to do it. One small
youth, who bestrode restless little broncho,
paid so little heed to the laws Of grayitation
as to neglect to fasten his " clinch," q. e..
saddle girth) the saddle being simply bal
anced ON the horses back. When his at
tention was called to this slight overnight,
be merely remarked that he g knew Il, p and
continued his wild career without attempt
ing to fasten it. was told, however, that
the influences of towns like this ON boys are
not good, and that it was difficult for
parents to properly control and bring them
up.
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FEDERAL CEM ETERHES.
How the National Government Cares
For Its Dead.

Major Il. j. Kirk United States Quarter
spection of the national cemeteries located in
his department and placed under his super
vision by the government.
A reporter called upon him, and in n short
interview learned much of the manner in
which the United States government takes
care of the remains of the federal soldiers
who fell during the war in defence of the
Union.
There are in the department over which
Major Kirk has supervision twenty-five ma.
iional cemeteries, located as follows: -Four
in North Carolina, two in South Carolina
four in Tennessee, two in Georgia, three in
Mississippi, four in Louisiana, one in Ala
Lama and two in Florida. with n total Of
about 49,, 900 interments.
The lodges or residences of the superin-
tendents in charge of the cemeteries IRE mado
OF brick or stone, and in some instances both
of these materials were used in their con-
struction. The superintendent in every in
stance are honorably discharged officers or
soldiers of the federal army, who are APP
pointed for life ON good behavior. When an
applicant applies for one of these positions
he is sent to one of the cemeteries, where he
serves term of six months probation under
the superintendent
When he has served this term he goes TO
his home, where he remains until vacancy
occurs, when he is appointed to that vacancy
An applicant only a few days since ended
his six months term of probation and left
for home, where he will remain until q
vacancy occurs. The superintendent are
furnished from time to time with such assist
ance as may be deemed necessary by the
officer in charge They ave required to make
monthly statements of the condition of the
cemeteries committed TO their care showing
the condition Of the grounds, the trees, the
,hrubbery, and in fact everything of interest
that relates to the cemetery, or any event of
interest that may have happened since the
previous report was made out and forwarded
TO the officer in charge. All of the cemeteries
are kept in fine condition. good deal of
money has been expended in identifying
tneih III every nnaginaDle way. Inc grounds
are sodded and ornamented with shade trees
md eyergreens, kept neatly and tastefully
trimmed, and fine drives and walks have
been laid out in all of them. These ceme-
teries, or the most of them, were made from
grounds that, previous to their being taken
for the purpose, were anything but beauti-
full. Money and taste have made barren
wastes what they ART to-day-beautiful
grounds appropriately decorated to such
purposes, and suitable i'll every respect for
the use to which they have been applied
Atlanta Constitution.
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nEcLAumING LANDS IN FLORIDA.
Great lakes Being Drained 10 MAX
Thousands Of Acres Of Good Land

Great Lakes Being Drained 10 Make
Thousands Of Acres of Good Land
The Disston Land and Improvement Com
pany is doing some marvellous work in
Florida, in redeeming thousands of acres OF
land which is now under water. Already
immense tracts have been thus made avail
able, and it has been demonstrated that
there is no better land in the State than
that thus reclaimed. The company operates
pne-haf of the land rendered available, and
expects to reap rich harvest before it fin
ishes the improvements contemplated.
The South Florida Railroad, from San
ford TO Tampa, crosses the State ON divid-
ing ridge, and from this ridge, looking
south, there is q continual but gradual de
preston in the lind to the southern ex-
tremity of the State. The land to the south
of this ridge is different from that on its
north, in that 1t is not at all undulating, but
spreads out in q vast plain, gradually in
clined toward the north. The Disston Com
pany is utilizing this work of nature.
Lake Kissimmee is in the midst of series
If lakes, and its northern point just touches
the South Florida Railroad at Kissimmee
City. This lake is very long and narrow
one, reaching toward Okeechobee, witt
which it has been connected by canalline
the intervening series of lakes. The lakes
around Kissimmee have been connected to
it by canals, giving n continual outlet to
Okeechobee. Thus the areas of these lakes
are lessened by the immense flow which
finds its way to Okeechobee. and from
thence to the Gulf on one lside, and to the
Atlantic on the other, canals reaching from
the immense lake to these two great bodies
of water ON each side. BY this canalling
process the level Of Lake Kissimmee has been
lowered six feet and that of the lakes sur
rounding it proportionately.
In this manner the Disston Company pro-
poses to reclaim thousands of acres of land,
one-half of which will go to the State and
the other half to the company. The land
which is thus made useful is not only that
Immediately surrounding these lakes, but
extends in many places over miles of swampy
bottoms. Since these lakes have been con-
nected, it is now an easy matter to start by
boat in Lake Kissimmee, in the centre of
lower Florida, and proceed by water through
Lake Okeechobee TO either the Atlantic or
the Gulf.
II is said that Georgia's great swamp, tho
Okfeenokce, can be as easily reclaimed.
This immense morass, forming a distinct
basin much lower than the surrounding
country, is, at its lowest point, within but q
few miles Of the st. Mary's River, the level
Of which is below that Of the swamp. Those
two connected by canal, the great Okfeeno-
kee is drained and magnificent area of
land is ready for the plough. It is only a
question of time.
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The quickest way to tell who are the
good railroad men" said a prominent off,
eial, is on pay day. The man who draws
his full months earnings at one time can
almost invariably be put down as trust
worthy, temperate, industrious, and valuable
man. One of our men issued orders last
month against his pay for larger amount
than was due him. His place win probably
have to be filed soon. Every time an order
is filed against mans pay it injuries him in
he eyes of his employers. OF course there
are times when sickness makes it necessary,
but such cases are usually distinguished by
previous good record.
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Virtue Receives lis Just Reward.

At q theatrical entertainment few weeks
ago young lady with three-story hat sat
Immediately in front of newspaper man.
Noticing that her exaggerated headgear
obstructed the journalists view of the stage,
where temperance lecture or q scriptural
panorama or something was taking place.
the young lady, with sweet smile, removed
her hat and placed it in her lap. The news
paper man was profuse in his thanks. The
next day he caught severe cold, contracted
pneumonia, and died q week later. When
his will was read it was discovered that he
had added codicil, giving the young lady
who sat in front of him in .he theatre 3d.
DAT 468
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His Name was q. w.

One of the managers Of home for desti-
sute colored children tells funny story
about the way washington's Birthday was
celebrated at that institution. She went
out there in the afternoon to see how things
were going on, and found youngster, as
black as the inside of a coal mine, tied to q
bed post with his hands behind him.
"what's that boy tied up 80 for n she asked
the attendant. For lying ma'am he is
the worst lying niger ever saw What's
his name ?" George Washington, ma'am, :"
was the paralyzing reply. Washington
Capitol
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The uncertainty Of the law is e.emplifed
in case just ended in Boston. In February
1881, boy about nine years of age, while
riding on the runner of sleigh in Brook
line, suddenly jumped of into the road
without looking behind him, and was run
over by sleigh and hurt. He sued for dan-
ages and got verdict for $1,000. A ney
trial was granted on the ground Of the in
sanity Of one of the jurors, and the second
verdict for the plaintiff was 80, 500. On final
appeal this has been set aside, and the boy
gets nothing.
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SOLICITATIONS.


Many of our gestures Of salutaticn and
civility owe their origin to the warfare of
the days of chivalry, indicating Difference,
as from one conquered to the conqueror.
The head movement was simply the hand
unarmed that he met, being removed, the
party was at his mercy. The hand ungloy-
ed was in like manner the hand ungaunt.
letted. Shaking hands was token of truce,
in which the parties took hold of each
others weapon hand to make sure against
treachery. We consider it an incivility to
shake hands with gloves on, and il is con-
trary to the etiquette of the European courts
to wear gloves in the presence of the queens.
A gentleman's bow is but the offer of the
neck to the stroke of his adversary, and the
lady's curtesy is but the form of going on
her knees for mercy. Kissing the lips, by
way of aifectionate salutation, was not only
permitted, but customary, among near re-
latiyes of both sexes in patriarchal and also
later times. In former days the English
said, "God save you, sir" and Good
bye" is for g God be with your Our fare-
well Is direct translation of the German
le6e'Ocyl, good living being, it is presumed,
appreciated by the Anglo-Saxon. It is
highly probable that saying and writing
''your servant" and taking off the hat
were originally demonstrations of obedience
to those who claimed it.
The different forms of civility connected
with bodily gestures are even more remark
able than the words mutual contact, such
as the pressure of hands, embraces and
kisses being always regarded as the express
sion of kindly intercourse, although the
words may to a certain extent be consid-
cred as an index of national character. The
theory Of firing salute is that it leaves the
guns harmless and at the mercy of the
other party, and this is SO true that firing
salutes with blank cartridge is a modern in
noyation, occasioned, however, by the tact
of complimentary cannon ball proving
fatal once to the parsonage whom it vas
meant to honor. When an officer salutes
he points his drawn sword to the ground,
and the salute of troops is still designated
presenting arms--that is, presenting them
TO be taken.
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A lady writes to Ba6yhood !" should
like to suggest plan have tried for pro-
tecting babies from draughts while on the
floor, consisting of a box two feet by three
feet, and just high enough to allow baby to
look over the top as she sits on the bottom
of the box. Fasten strong cleats to each
end, and into these put good casters. Pad
the sides and cover with pretty calico. Put
several layers of newspaper on the bottom
and cover with carpet. In such a warm
box my little girl spent most of the winter
Her playthings were within reach. In 1t
she learned TO creep and stand, the sides
being so soft a bump did not hurt her. Her
little brothers amused her by rolling II
about the floor. II did not take up as much
room MS baby and her scattered playthinga
II deserved the name the children bestowed
upon TIT Palace Car"
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Why are CARVER & WILLIAMS sell
Ing so many carpetsp Because they have
new and handsome patterns at low prices.
March go, 1886.
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within a Hundred uIlc. Of the Moon.

The largest refracting telescope in the
world is now in process of construction in
the modest workshop of the venerable Alyen
Clerk, the eminent telescope maker, in Cam
bridgeport, Mass. The two disks of glass
go to form the lens of the great Lick tele
scope, which will be placed in the observa-
tory ON the peak of Mount Hamilton,
bequest Of the California millionaire, James
Lick. These two circular glasses are valued
at S25, 900 EACH and II destroyed they could
not be duplicated within the next six months
for millions of dollars The disks were cast
In Paris, the order being given five years
ago, but the failures were 80 numerous that
they were not received by the Messrs. Clark
until last September. When finished the
lens will be thirty six inches in diameter.
When completed the two lenses will weigh
about 700 pounds. The work of polishing
the disks has now reached that stage where
the removal of few grains more or less
from the wrong place would ruin them.
The only instrument used is the hand
smeared with rouge, polishing substance
finer than the finest emery. Some idea OF
the power of the instrument may be gained
from the statement recently made by an as
tronomer that, gazing at the moon, 100000
miles away, that orb by this telescope will
be brought to within less than one hundred
miles from the eye of the beholder.
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The Possibilities Of n Goose Farm.
Several gentlemen from Virginia have
been looking around through the mountain
counties Of western Pennsylvania, says the
PittsJu,yh Dispatch, with a view to estab-
fishing "goose farm Among the party
are James Bench. Henry Bailey, and James
Connor, all of whom are from Baltimore,
Md. The latter said
g Yes, we want TO secure q farm Of several
hundred acres, with stream of water with
rock bottom running through it, to start in
the business of raising geese. 1t may seem
like rather curious business TO engage in,
but there il money in it. We got our idea
from the great goose farm started some time
ago down on the eastern shore Of Virginia.
Within an area of about 5000 acres there
live 5000 geese OF several varieties, attended
by herders, and regularly fed with corn,
&c. The object is the collection of down
for quilts and pillows, and every six weeks
a plucking takes place, only the breast and
sides under the wings being plucked. Every
goose will produce one pound of feathers
per annum, which can readily be sold at
80 cents per pound. We want to start with
about 500 geese, and calculate that they will
raise 5000 goslings year.
I'm addition to the money received for
feathers, we propose to sell of the young
geese, and can realize from rs cents to 81
apiece for them. We have several farms
in view along the line of the Pennsylvania
road, and up the Monongahela River, but
will not make a definite choice for the farm
for few days yet. Geese live forever, you
might say. Five hundred matrons will
weather the storms of 40 winters at least,
barring accident. They raise their young
with the utmost care, and, counting six Cos.
lings to brood, you have 5000 marketable
fowls each fall besides the down. OF course,
we expect to increase tho stock as circum-
stances will permit.
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SCENE OF THE DADE mAssAcRE.
Something About the 100 Victims Who
Sleep at ~. Augustine.

few days ago q small party of gentlemen
visited the scene of the Dade massacre
which is within quarter of mile of the
track of the Florida Railroad and Nayiga-
ton Company, ON what is known as its
Panasoifkee branch, and about two miles
lorth of the station of Catherine, otherwise
sailed Massacre, the name of the post office.
The scene of the well known episode of
the first Seminole war is one possessing
many natural Us we'll rs historical attrac-
tons. A small lake or pond lies TO the
northwestward, and the old Tampa trail
along which were marching the unfortunat.
victims of the massacre, passes in u direc-
ton nearly due south. Giant pines, with a
young underground of water oaks inter-
,persed among them, rise gradually all
around like grim and stately sentinels guard
ing the spot whore the noted sacrifice upon
the altar of patriotism occurred.
On this historic spot persisted the heroic
little band of 108 men overwhelmed by u
force of 800 Indians, who, divided into
three separate bodies, completely encom
passed them. But not oil. Two men, con
scious of their impending doom, 30 disguised
themselves among the dead bodies of their
,omrides that they We're not noticed by the
,ayages and later escaped in the darkness.
After travelling together for time pru-
dence suggested their separation, but only
one succeeded in reaching the military post
at Tampa, whence the little party had set
forth only day or two before. A few days
utter the horrible occurrence detachmen
of troops was sent to bury the victims, who
we're inferred on the spot where they fell.
Some years later the remains were taken up
and reinterred in the United States cemetery
It st. Augustine, and monuments COM
memorating the event were erected over
their last resting place. Since then persons
claiming that the remains of the officers of
the command had been overlooked and
never removed, made numerous excavations
in the vicinity seeking for them, but withou.
avail. A number Of interesting relics have
from time to time been found and taken
from the scene, and the little party of pill
grims above named brought away with them
q short bayonet Of ancient pattern, deeply
corroded with rust, and other mementoes Of
he event.-St augustine Fiorda) Weekly.