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The Lambertville record., 1886-12-29

When at home Judge Thurman keeps a
goodly supply Of the famous bandanna
handkerchiefs in an old writing desk which
formerly belonged TO his grandfather. A
visitor, who was quite intimate with the
a'nily, tells how the old statesman prepares
for tour around town First he opened
small drawer and took out a white pocket
handkerchief, which he placed in an inside
pocket OF his coat. Then silk handker-
chief Of the same color was put in an upper
pocket, and from another drawer flaming
red bandanna was selected and put in the
outside pocket Of the overcoat, where Il
would be handy after an inspection of the
snuifbox, which the judge always carries
full of sneezing material This was all done
before removing his slippers and just be-
fore the finishing touches were given to his
toilet. Mrs. Thurman appeared and put on
her husbands shoes, which she carefully
laced and tied securely"
How long have you done this 2" inquir.
cd the visitor.
Ever since our marriage" replied Mrs
Thurman, "and trust the Judge will bt
spared to me for many years to wait on II
the same manner"
Then there was careful inspection O:
the bandanna pocket and with kindl,
look and cheerful word the Judge was sen
out to mingle with his associates for th
day in a most happy and contsnted fran
mind
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THE WASHINGTON wILLaaDs.
Three Brothers who Have Grown
Rich in the Hotel Buszmess.

Three HrOshern who Have Grown
Rich in the Hotel Business.
The willards in Washington are three
Vermont brothers, Joseph, Henry and
Caleb, named in the order of their ages.
The latter is the proprietor Of the Ebbitt,
worth one or two millions. Henry owns
much property and bonds. With Joseph,
the elder, be is joint owner Of the Willard
Hotel, which they kept for many years.
His estate is away up in the millions and
growing. Joseph Is the richer, as well as
the elder of the three, and is said to spend
much of his time cutting coupons from
bonds. He is in no active business. He
is a widower and one son is the only heir.
He lives the life of recluse. If he In moi
good lover he is good hater. He has
little TO do with mankind in general, albeit
he has the appearance of mild hammered,
benevolent-minded gentleman Of 65 years.
He and Caleb have not spoken for years.
Joseph does the hating and Caleb the grin
ming and bearing. The latter owns a long
row of property on + street, beginning
with the Ebbitt. Only one strip of twelve
feet interrupts his continuous ownership
from Thirteenth to Fourteenth street. 1t
is next to the Ebbitt. The strip Joseph
owns. Caleb has tried every means to buy
it. Joseph holds it solely to spite his
brother. It is occupied by tenantlesa
one story structure. Not great while ago
suave, business-like gentleman called
upon Joseph and stated that he was looking
for location to establish candy manufac-
tory. He was impressed with the F street
location and wanted to know II II was In
the market. Joseph Willard replied that
he would sell IL he could get his price.
Then his visitor asked the terms. Looking
up and catching tho business mans eye he
said my price is $500, 900. You 60
back to G. @. Willard, who sent you here,
and tell him that" 1t is said that Joseph
has SO fixed it in his will that the property
can never fall, into Caleb's hands or the
hands of his heirs. That he is insane Is
not suspected. He loves his mother, and
makes daily visit to her in the house Of
the brother he 30 hates. He and Henry
though not alienated have little intercourse.
There is nothing the matter between Henry
and Caleb. The singularity spoken of is
lodged specially with Joseph. He dresses
neatly, does not seek intercourse with his
fellows, and only few persons have deal
lines with him. General Boynton has his
confidence and is sometimes the medium OF
communication between him and others in
business transactions. He appears to be al
happy as anyone and attends the church Of
which he is member. He is tall and
handsome and active. His wife was one
Of the handsomest women in Washington.
Henry and Caleb are enterprising citizens
and loving brothers. Both contribute liber'
ally to benevolent objects, especially to ths
churches 10 which they belong.
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Work Om the Tunnel Connecting
Ekob0ken and New York.


Hkob0ken and New York.
There are signs of life under the Hudson
river bed and IL is claimed in engineering
circles that the twin tuDncls designed tc
connect Hoboken and New York will be
finished before very loag period of time
has elapsed. One of tho tunnels ON the New
Jersey end has been run 600 feet and on
the New York end 900 feet. Some WORK
has also been done on the companion tun,
mel for the other track. From the New York
side the road will be continued underground
to Fourth street and Broadway, where the
depot will be built. All railroads now end
ing at Jersey City and Hoboken will run
their passenger ard freight trains through
to Broadway. About 81 100000 are re-
quired to finish the tunnel now under con.
struction at cost OF $50, 200 month. II
will require eighteen months to complete this
tunnel.
When Trenor w. Park died few yenrs
ago work or. the tunnel was suspended.
Had he lived, the tunnel wonld have been
finished long ago. The work IL now in the
hands of ID. G. Haskins and will be done
under his patent process The soil Ia the
silt, which proved 80 treacherous at the be-
ginning Of the enterprise, when several lives
were los., but under the Haskin system not
life has been sacrificed. Animmense iron
cylinder Is pushed through the silt and in
side Of this the brickwork is built The silt
hardens all around the tunnel and as time
passes nature will coat the tunnel with 0
solid wall of cement. This Is the opinion Of
the engineers in charge.
The tunnel was recently pumped out and
was found to be in perfect order. Its length
H. 5000 feet and its diameter 23 by "a feet.
capitalists have been recently making efforts
10 secure control Of the organization of the
Hudson Tunnel Railway Company, and an
English syndicate is anxious to buy II ont
right. The company was organized with a
capital stock of $40, 900, ,000 and is bonded
for that amount One million one hundred
thousand dollars Of the stock has been paid
In and expended on the work. The COM
pany is out of debt Whether American or
English capital viii control this gateway to
New York will depend on the terms offered.
Mr.. Garret G. Anderson, who has the mat.
ter in hand, says that 80 far the New Yorb
men who have made offers have been toe
grasping in their demands.
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Tnn rnAvnns, mann ror.
The Trials, Fatigues and Sufferfngs
Undergone by Actors ON the Road.

Undergone by Actors ON the Road.
A lady who has for many years been
prominent in the theatrical world and who
was on the boards playing leading roles long
before the combination system became SO
universal, writes to friend of some of the
inconveniences the travelling companies are
subjected to. The actress in question ie
playing prominent character in one of the
first travelling companies. She says:
Since we left Philadelphia, month
ago, we have had five o'clock starts every
morning. We had an all day trip last week
and were detained couple Of hours for q
train. On arriving, we had to go right to the
theatre; not a monthful of supper, and all
we had on the road was a sandwich,
snatched by the gentlemen during few
hours wait One place we arrived at
shall not name 1.-THE ladies were put into
places not fit for pigs; disgusting drawings
and writings on the dirty walls; piece OF
coarse board tackled on to two upright pines
served for dressing case the sill of the
window was broken and the wind poured in
and on the sill stood dirty basin and
pitcher, looking as if they had been soaked
in mud. The ladies' room, all of this des-
eription, were parlors compared to those
allotted to the gentlemen, who were put
into the cellar, and the coal and dirt had to be
takenout before they could get into the place
assigned them. Is there no remedy fol-
such treatment to people who have to travei
and work as we do? Strikes are the
order of the day; | think actors and act
'esses ought to strike for decent accomoda-
tons. Why such surroundings are depress-
ing; uniting people for the work required
of them. This alone, if nothing else, ought
to break up the combination system. Diff
ferent companies arriving constantly the
people at the theatre don't care as long as
they get their terms. There is no cleaifer
kept for the rooms; rarely anyone enters
them except boy or woman to fill empty
basins without first wiping them. Oh, the
glainor of the stagel Sometimes after
travelling all night we are called for rehear-
sal at eleven in the mo. ming. where we re-
main until three in the afternoon. The
following day the newspapers commented
upon our wont Of spirit in acting"
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Amu.eme.ss IN New YORK.

/ counted In morning paper no less than
thirty-two advertisements Of leading and
regular places OF amusement. Estimating
the average attendance at these resorts
nightly to be 200 persons, and allowing
for an equal or greater attendance at the
score Of variety theatres, concert halls and
the like, II Is fair to conclude that fully
$1,000 people are thus amused every
twenty-four hours. II now we include
Brooklyn and Jersey City in the cal
culation and take the account for week,
remembering that Sunday night has its pro-
gramme Of entertainments also we shall
reach an aggregate of about half million
people, who are patrons Of one or other Of
the places Of amusement in the metropoli-
tan district. use the word patrons in its
specific sense, for the reason that, upon an
average, no one goes to the theatre more
than once week. When, therefore, half o
million people can afford such iuxuries 1t Is
trustworthy indication Of the absence Of
bard times II Litter IN Ms brooklyn Citi-
s<n.
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POETRY.
Cupid and Death.

Cupid and Death.
Cupid and Death bargain made
Twas in the days of long ago
That one should hunt the upland glade,
And one the gloomy vale below.
MY heart, = said Death, .sis stern and cold,
My bow Is long and stoutly strung
So shall slay the grim and old
And you may wound the fair and young"
Then Cupid hung his hammock where
An orb OF roses twined above,
And waiting for the young and fair
He pierced their hearts With wounds of love.
And Death went down into the vale,
And dwelt within a gloomly cave;
And many a travellers cheek grew pale.
While passing by new-made grave,
But Cupid left the vale one day
Grown tired OF the roses BREATH
and, wandering to the vale, he lay
Asleep within the cave OF DEATH
The culver at his side fell o'er,
And all his arrows tumbled out
And lay where Death upon the floor
Had strewn his deadly shafts about.
AZ length he woke, but VINO can tell
The evil in that moment dones
He Srasped the arrows where they fell,
And some We're Death:s and some his own.
And now he speeds his mingled darts,
And finds them oft nafalthful prove,
And carry deif,i To yolthrul hearts
That should have felt the shafts OF love
And Death himself Oft ees With rage
His arrows fail to stop the breath,
And wound with love tho heart OF age,
That should have felt SAs shaft OF death
Lee O. Harris
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Threatened to Forbid the Bann..

Asss sos~ecAAS~A w = W. WV s.ae As<Ss@sH"s
Baltimore society has had something to
talk about in q wedding which took place
3 re recently. The invited guests noticed
n large number Of policemen around the
door and the ushers seemed to be on the
lookout for guest who was not wanted.
The story goes that the bridegroom, quite
prominent business man there, had been told
That II he persisted in marrying the lady he
had selected, another lady, who claimed to
have prior right to his affections, said she
would appear at the critical moment in the
ceremony and forbid the consummation Of
the marriage. But the groom was not
frightened by these threats and secured the
services Of an extra number Of police and
had his ushers on the lookout for the lady,
The lady Is well known there In musical cir
cles and, it Is said, created quite scene at
the gentleman's place Of business when she
heard that bis wedding with her rival was
announced to take place. The geDtleman's
friends persuaded the lady TO calm herself
and retire, which she did, but threatened to
re-appear at the wedding and break up things
generally. Luckily, the lady's better sense
came to the rescue and no scene occurred
at the church. But the affair Is causing
some little gossip.
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Dynam,,. No, Very Dangerous.

dynamite is not nearly so dangerous q
substance as people suppose" said Mr..
Schrader, Of the Atlantic Dynamite Com
pany, TO a reporter. 1--WE have been en-
gagged for over seventeen years In its manu-
facture. With experienced workmen safety
is almost assured. People have an erron-
cons idea concerning its destructive quail
ties. Why 1t cannot compare with ordi-
nary black powder as a destroyer. Take
for example, the attempt to blow up the
British houses Of Parliament. II the same
amount Of black powder had been used the
effect would have been far more disastrous.
Why2 Because dynamite is instantaneous
and local in its action, while powder Is
slower in expansion and more far-reaching In
it's destruction. Dynamite grinds into atoms
everything within its reach. Powder breaks
things into pieces. but does not atomize
them. Dynamite will not explode In q fire.
II is exploded only by conclusion"
Then how does 1t happen that dyna-
mite projectiles thrown from guns and NOR
tars escape exploding in the concussion OF
the powder used in projecting them9
"That is easily explained. At the base
Of the cartridge Is affixed layer Of rubber,
which breaks the force Of the concussion.
It is when 1t strikes and the cap attached to
the head of 1t explodes that the cartridge
goes of. This is the only way that dyna-
mite can be employed In guns. II It were
used like powder ii would blow the gun to
atoms"
"How do You pay your worknlen?"
"we pay them $3.50 and 50 per day.
We do not consider their occupation any
more dangerous than that Of an ordinary
miner. The men employed on the new
aqueduct lan far more risks than our mer
do"
The Lambertville record., 1886-12-29
oAMpAreN ABUSE.
How George Washington G0t HIS
share, Like the Other Presidents.

How George Washington Got HIS
share. Like the Other Presidents.
A political campaign now looks to me less
like duel about some point of honor than
prize-fght between the two great parties,
with little more at issue than to SEQ which
can beat the other. They abuse each other
ad R6itunl, as hard as they know how. But
they don't mean it, aud everybody knowsit.
Their abuse is oil sham. After the fight,
like two slnggers they shake hands almost
affectionately and act IS II they never had
believed the opposing candidates to be any
thing but good and honorable men.
In this respect the campaigns of old were
different have an illustration of 1t before
me now, recorded In DIR. BensonJ. Lossing's
attractive new book Mary and Martha,
the Mother and the Wife of George Washing
ton,n Not only was Washington scandal
2fssas4n tsfs 4 a sss.sA.
his encumbency of the Office, but after the
Father OF his Country had retired from
office. Three days after, says DIR. LOSING,
/" q writer in the aurora newspaper asserted
that when a retrospect is taken of the
Washington administration for eight years
II is the subject Of the greatest astonishment
that single indiviflnel should have can
kered the principles of republicanism in an
enlightened people just emerged from the
gulf of despotism, and should have carried
his designs against the public liberty 80 fnr
rs to put into jeopardy its very existence.
Such, however, are the facts, and with these
staring us in the face this day ought to be
jubilee in the United States"
A few days before this appeared, Thomas
Paine, In whose behalf Washington had re-
fused to exercise his influence and power to
have him released from prison in Paris, pub
lished scurrilous open letter addressed to
the President, in which occurred such words
as these "As to you, sir, treacherous in
private friendship and a hypocrite in public
life, the world will be puzzled to now decide
whether you are an apostate or an impostor,
whetheryou have abandoned good principles
or whether you over had any" Evidently
In those good old times" abuse did not
stop with the election, nor even after apub.
lie characters retirement to private life.
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and father shall smoke all over the house.
II he likes, and If Miss Peckham shows her
wrinkled old face within quarter OF mile
of the place, Wen set the dogs on her, Tru-
man and l."
Mary Mary ~ calculated her mother;
but it was not without singular sense of
relief that she heard her daughters inds-
pendent plans.
For, you see, father she said to her
helpmate, when Mary was safely married
and out of the way, Mary was too spirit
ed like--she never would do as Aunt Peck
ham wanted-and, to tell you the truth,
she told me last week that unless Mary
could be disposed of some way, she should
go back to Luke Storrs' house."
I--Tm very glad Mary concluded "a
have Truman Lilly" said Abiah, cringing.
ly. IT'S all-important not to disoblige
Aunt Peckham, especially now that I'm
Inortgagin' the farm to get money to pay
for the new wing, and papsr-hanging, and
things.n
The Car of all the Russias was not halt
limited domains. II there was a momen-
tary cessation of homage, she had only to
say, 81 guess I'll see Lawyer johnson
about altering my will" and they were
fguatisely speaking -prostrate before her.
To be sure, Abiah Traven sometimes
contracted his brows over the numberless
expenses into which the old woman's whims
and humors led him; but he invariably
consoled himself by mentally remarking
Never mind. she can't last very long,
and it'll be all right when Tget her money"
And one day Miss Peckham. being very
old and feeble, bethought herself to die,
which was perhaps, the best thing she could
have done.
Now for the money ~ chuckled Abiah,
!" It's been long siege but l guess it'n
pay
The will was produced. in full family
conclave, Luke Storrs' family being all
present in deep mourning-Truman Lilly,
his young wife, aud little Dick the orphan
= How much :" shrieked Abiah, as the
legal man sonorously read out the long
phrases.
:. To be equally divided between my
nephew Luke Storrs, and my nephew, Abiah
Travers," shouted the lawyer, the sum of
fifty dollars! !"
" Is that all ~ fairly shouted Abiah.
" Is that all ?n echoed the infuriated Luke
Storrs.
That's all, " said the lawyer, dryly, TAX
ing pinch OF snuff.
:" But look here." calculated Abiah, TAX
ing him by the sleeve. I" Where Is Miss
Peckham's money z"
That's Miss Peckham's money"
"All?n
"All!n
"And you knew it oil along"
"Why, yes, Of course / knew it, but II
wasn't my business to say anything" said
the lawyer, intensely enjoying the discom-
future of the two fortune hunters.
9 Aarl who is to pay for the new addition
% my house and the painting and paper
ing-anl the Franklin oye--and-and all
the expenses she has brought upon me !"
-" Ah--who. indeed ~ remarked the law
yer. " That is certainly subject for grave
consideration y
Aud tina, was the end of all the golden
dreams OF Abiah Tmvers and bis wife.
While Mrs Truman Lilly observed, with
great citlmncss
T" | told You how it would be- Helen
Forrest Grases.
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There is popular notion that sealskin ae
we see II at the furriers' Is just as IT is taken
of the animal. Nothing, however, could
be more contrary TO fact. Few skins are
less attractive than this at frat, ns the fur
Is completely covered and hidden by the
dull gray-brown and grizzled oyerhair.
This mask has then to be removed, and this
is an operation requiring very great
amount Of patience and skill, with conse-
quent increase in price. The unhairing Is
effected by warmth and moisture, which
softens the roots Of the overhair and en-
ables II to be pulled ont, or by shaving the
inner side very thin, which cuts of the
roots Of the hair, which penetrate deeply,
aud leaves untouched those Of the fur which
are very superficial. Whichever method Is
employed the hair must be taken of uni.
fornly or the fur will never lie smoothly,
but always have rumpled look, which can
never be corrected by any subsequent treat
ment. This will explain TO some extent the
cause Of the high price Of sealskin jackets
and cloaks, and also the cause Of the differ
ing prices one hears of, as a good many
skins are more or less spoiled in the dress
ing. Another cause, too, Is the quality oi
the dye and the workmanship employed in
its use. The liquid color is put on with q
brush, and the points of the standing fur
carefully covered, the skin is then rolled
up fur inside, and then, after little time,
hung up and dried. The dry dye is then
removed and further coat applied, dried,
removed and so ON till the requisite shade
is obtained. One or two of these coats are
laid ON thick and pressed down to the roots
of the fur, making what is called the ground
From eight to twelve coats are needed to
produce good color. No wonder first
class sealslin Is expensive; II is just as true
now as ever it was bnt In these days Of
universal cheapness one is apt to forget
that II You want really good thing you
mast pay o good price.
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shoe. pn,,ade,ph,a Lad.s. Wear.

A salesman for boot and shoe factory at
Lynn, Massachusetts, says q popularity of
the Philadelphia trade is that shoes for
ladies' must be made with square toes.
Shoes of this style" said he, "are manu-
factured expressly for Philadelphia. No
where else in the United States, can such
goods be sold. II through some mistake a
Philadelphia merchant returns case of
ladies' shoes, We cannot dispose of it outside
Of that city, but must wait until some other
Philadelphia shoe merchant gives an order
for similar goods.
The local dealers confirm the statement of
the Lynn gentleman. One of them said
yesterday The demand for ladies shoes
is confined almost exclusively to square toes
and low heels, and has been for the pasttwo
years. A Philadelphia lady cannot be in
duced TO look Mt a shoe with round, mar
row toe and high heel, because they find the
other style so comfortable. The merchants
do nothing to encourage this; they simply
meet the popular demand"
The Lambertville record., 1886-12-29

Ghc NkOSA Oh
The average American householder drops
his cube of sugar into his morning cup of
coffee, while his wife applies the condensed
sweetness in hundred ways to the ordi-
nary culinary processes of the household
and his children fill themselves to surfeit-
ing with the tempting productions of the
confectioner with scarcely thought of
what sugar is, where it comes from or how
much of 1t is grown or consumed. In all
probability he does not even know how
much Of it is consumed in his own house
hold. If he is penurious he grumbles at
his sugar bills and If he is generous he is
rather glad that sugar enough is available
to sweeten human natures daily food with
out entirely bankrupting him. And yet it
would seem that on article of which an
average of fifty pounds is annually consum-
I'd by every man, woman and child in the
United States and which furnishes the
United States Government with fifty mil
lion dollars of its annual revenue is of sufi-
cient Importance 10 receive more than pass
ing attention.
Ahe ortuhafy sugar or commerce Is made
from sugar cane and beets. There is very
little difference in the quality of the two va
rieties. The bulk of the cane sugar is grown
IN the tropical regions of North and South
America, the East and West India Islands,
British India and Southern China. The
beet sugar is produced chiefly in France,
Germany, Russian Poland and Austria
hungary. The relative amount of cane
and beet sugar is very nearly equal, the
prospective crop of cane sugar for the cur
rent year in what are known as exporting
countries, being 2,455,O0O tons, while
the prospective crop of beet sugar will
be not far from 2,525, 900 tons, making
total available supply for the year OF 4, $780,
900 tons.
This production is divided as follows: