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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-11-17
PRE- IN NEW voRK.
Who Eat This Kind of Pastry in the
Metropolis.

The manager of an old-time restaurant
near Washington market, which feeds more
persons during the day and night than any
other in New York, says that about one
person in ten orders pie. As about 10000
patrons are served during the twenty -fou
hours, 1000 pieces, or $50 whole pies, are
eaten each day. At this place, as at the
Aston house, apple pie leads in favor the
year round.
AT the Hoffman house and at Delmonico's
uptown, the pastry, outside of the staple
APPLE peach and mince, is of the tutti-
trutti order, such as lemon and cocoanut
,ream embellished with artistic designs in
frosting.
Downtown pies are more substantial. A
Wall street broker, who insists that he
knows what he is talking about, claims that
the average brokers' clerk is the biggest pie
fiend in New York. Each day, with unvary.
ing regularity he fills up on pies, and his
order as a rule runs something like this /.
One sandwich, one piece of pie, one beer ;
or, one cut of pie, one TART one glass Of
icewater. These he devours with eagerness
and rushes madly away.
Pies not mentioned in tho lists of the
bakeries are made by housewives, such as
grapes, raspberry, mulberry, prune, orange
and cornstarch Some odd kinds of
pies are made of potatoes, barberries and
sumac. The Germans make blood pie.
In rural New England the frugal house
wife concocts thin and insipid pie out
of moiasses and vinegar, in texture and
consistency not unlike the well-remembcred
leather" pie of the army sutler. On the
plains and in the mining camp prune pie ia
almost the only dessert of the unvarying
meal of bacon, potatoes and bread. Away
back in the nearer western states dried
apple pie is the standby in the winter
months. As whole, however, the pie-eat-
ing taste is essentially the same in the diff.
ferent sections of tho country, and the
same materials for constructing the supple
ment to the hearty meal of the day are
equally available.
Except in the west, pie on the breakfast
table is an innovation. Here 1t is served
only at lunch and dinner, and though
physicians declare that pastry Is indigesti-
BILE at any time, pie at dinner usually tops
of full meal--a sort of Pelion on Ossa.
Il Is an old-fashioned saying that if cold
mince pie be eaten just before retiring one
will dream of his or her grandmother.
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In the German army the Fatherland
kindly provides very roomy boots for Ito
warriors. There is very serious incon
venience, however, attending the dispro-
portion between the sizes Of boot and feet.
In very soft tenacious ground the boots are
left sticking, while the man goes on, cast
ing an affectionate farewell look behind
him, but halt he cannot. When the Eigh-
teenth Army Corps, two years ago, defiled
before the Emperor at Strasburg across a
ltubble field, which rain had rendered very
sticky and muddy, the boots Of the infantry
were pulled of by the hundreds, SO that q
fatigue party had to be told of. amid great
laughter, to gather up lost property. This
Is no exaggeration, and in military history
the occasion Is still known as the boot
parade" Three or four years ago at the
maneuvers near Berlin we saw thousands Of
men suffering agony from boots that wrune
their feet. This is q very important mat
er, and would tell seriously in campaign
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MINING CHANCES.
Fluctuations ia Stocks That Quickly
Make Owners Rich or Poor.

Fluctuations ia stocks That Quickly
Make Owners Rich or Poor.
Talking about wildcat mining stocks
said Denver gentleman the other day,
"Tve seen 'em depreciate till it was waste
of paper to print the certificates. There
was time when the druggists of Colorado
used nothing but these certificates fer
wrapping up medicine in. They were
printed on large sheets of tough paper and
they were just the thing for wrappers.
got q pointer ON one mine in Boulder
County that was generally thought to lie
worked out, but which was told had still
some rich pickings, and went around till
fonnd out which druggist was using the
certificates. l discovered an apothecary
shop on Fifteenth street which had whole
bundle of the securities and / began trad
ing there. purchased patent medicines.
and corn cures, and cod-liver oil, and soap,
and sassafras, aud licorice, and sponges,
and quinine, and blue mass till had
enough truck to start a laboratory with my
$75 worth of medicine had secured be.
tween five and six thousand shares of stock,
but when came to prove the thing up i
found was sold worse than the original
investors. So the Fifteenth street phar-
macy lost good customer. Then there
was Bill Ragsdale, of Georgetown. Bill
owned two-thirds of the Holy Terror mine
in Chewing Gum Canon, but he hadn't
taken out twenty-five cents day from the
mine for his share, and he was about dis
gusted. He pulled up and went over to
Gunnison. When he put up his shanty il
was in the dead of the winter, and, to keep
out the cold, he papered his cabin with hi,
Holy Terror certificates. They were printed
on big sheets of parchment in red and gold,
with huge blue notarial seal in the corner,
and by the time he had pasted up his stock
the interior of the cabin looked quite gor-
geous had hole in the side of the same
hill, and one day in the following spring
Bill came over to my place in dreadful
hurry aud asked mo If has any hot water
handy. hadn't, but asked him what he
wanted with it. Was it for supper ? Sup
per ? said Bill. The Holy Terror has be-
gun giving out dividendsr"
That reminds me that o young lady in
north side fiat has papered the walls of hel
bedroom with the envelopes which have in
closed the letters she has received for the
Last few years. As these are OF various
sizes and variegated colcrs, and bear a
variety of handwriting and old collection
Of stamps, the effect is very quaint This
is not uncommon custom in the Eastern
colleges.
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samuel sloan.

President Sam Sloan, of the Lackawanna
Road, formerly President Of the Michigan
Central, fits through Wall street with the
agility OF o youth of 90, though he is fast
nearing his 10th year. He is small man,
with sharp-cut features and lips that denote
earnestness and determination. A good
crop of gray hair covers his head and
light fringe of white beard depends from
under his chin. Mr.. Sloan is native of
he North of Ireland. He is q quick, nerv-
ous man, who will never permit the grass
70 grow under his feet. In manner he is at
times brusque, but those who know him
speak well of his kind and sympathetic
nature. He is hard worker, and employs
neither private secretary, stenographer nor
typewriter. He takes lively interest in
the Horticultural Society, of which he is
President.
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Rosenthal Learns something,

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no caneu at Nat hosentnafs clothing
estaohshment, and, selecting pattern,
oruereo elie ciotnes put up IN the very lat
est srs'Ie regardless OF cost. They were to
Do ready the Following week, and upon the
appointed gay ne called Tor them. Before
taxing them away, however, and preyiour
70 paying Tor the clothes, he fitted them or
at tne store. Ihey appeared almost per
rect yet they dld not please him. He OBJ
Jected TO tins and that point, found fault
with the pantaloons, and kicked upon the
vest. Mr. hosenthai offered to alter them
o. DO anything the young man desired.
Stating that he would not wear altered cloth
ing ne refused to take them, and left very
indignant
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The umbrella industry is o great one in
this country, the principal centres of it be-
ing here and in Philadelphia. The whole
number made annually in the United States
Is estimated at about 5000, 900, which, ac-
s)rding TO the last national census, would
be but one TO six persons. A good many
of them must, it is plain, be family UNI
brelIas. Some 500, 900 are imported, prin-
cipaIly from France and England. Only in
1900 did we begin to make our own UNI.
brellas, derived from the Italian word ON.
brella, meaning little shade. The UNI
brella is, in the east, very old aud print
tive symbol of royal authority, and is doubt
less borrowed from the gigantic leaves of
the palm. Its origin is very ancient, as it
has been found sculptured on the ruins of
Nineyeh and the monuments of Egypt 1t
seems to have had religious significance,
since, In one the sacred books of tho Hin
dus, Vishnu is described rs going to the
neither world with On umbrella in his hand.
In this country ordinary mortals find no
difficulty lin going TO hades without an
umbrella, which shows the process of eyolu-
ton. The old Greeks and Romans had
umbrellas very similar to ours but they
we're carried only by women. Some time
after their introduction here their use by
men was thought to be eifeminate. A large
number of patents have been taken out in
Europe and the United States but the
umbrella has not been materially improved,
except in lightness, in a thousand years.
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POETRY.
rhe weight of a Wo, d.


dave you ever thought OF the weight OF a word
That falls on the heart like the song OF bird,
That gladdens the springtlme OF memory ane
youth
And garlands with cedar the banner OF truth,
That moistens the harvesting spot OF the brain
Like dewdrops that fall on meadow of grain,
Or that shrivels the germ and destroys the fruit.
And lies like worm at the lifeless root9
| saw farmer at break OF day
Hoeing his corn In a careful way;
An enemy came with drought in his eye,
Discouraged the worker, and hurried by.
The keen-edge blade Of the faithful hoe
Dulled on the earth In the long corn row;
The weeds sprang up and their feathers tossed
over the geld and the crop was-lost
sailor launched on an angry bay
When the heavens entombed the face CT the day
The wind arose like beast In pain
And shook on the pillows his yellow mans;
The storm beat down as II cursed the cloud
And the waves held up a dripping shroud-
But hark! Der the waters that wildly raved
Came word of cheer and he was-sayed
poet passed with a song OF God
Hid In hts heart like gem In a clod
dis lips were framed to pronounce the thought
And the music OF rhythm Its magic wrought;
Feeble at first was the happy triil,
Low was the echo that answered the hill;
But jealous friend spoke near his slcr,
And on his lips the sweet song-ded.
A woman paused where chandelier
Threw in the darkness its poisoned spear;
Weary and footsore from journeying long,
She had strayed unawares from the right to the
wrong.
Angels were beck'ning her back from the den,
He'll and It's demons were bsck'ning her in
The tone OF an urchin, like one who forglves
Drew her back and In heaven that sweet word =
lives.
Nordsi words They a.e little, yet mighty
and brave
they rescue nation, an empire save
they close up the gaps In fresh bleeding heart
That sickness and sorrow have severed apart {,
They fall on the path like ray OF the sun,
Where the shadows OF death lay SO heavy upon:
They tighten the earth over our blessed deas.
A word that will comfort, OH Leave not un
said
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MOMAN,S WORLD.


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for DaiIv Work.
IT, in astonishing how ,n,,ob t;oa ,,eonie
lose for want Of svstem Tho minutes have
such an odd trick of slipninu awav so swift
ly that if they are not caught and applied
TO a good purpose the Years are left neriod.
ically blank The woman who dawdles
about DRESSING and over her breakfast finds
the hest mart Of tba ,av oons before she IA
ready to set herself abont ANYTHING. The
same is true in the life Of man. Then comes
the inevitable hurry and worry which weary
both mind and body more than any amount
n svstau,at;zaa tol,o, o.,a,,;..t;o,, &C..
md annl;cation afterxvard ora noyerfpl
motors and lubricotors of the machinery
that inclination or necessity sets in motion
Women ara nart;cnlarlv nro,a n n lach
Of system in anv occpnation thew under
take. and IL ia this which is one of tb,
.,reatsst cloos IN their advancement Tn M
yav nerbons ia tb;s fapIt mora o,,,,oror,
than in housekaeniuo which 10 aa mncb n
business as is bookkeeping a,tbouoh Int
few housekeeners ever look nj n in that
light. To begin with there sbonld he a
place for everything and evervtbino in ;,s
place. This rule strictly adhered to will
ave a great deal of vexation. loss of time
md extra labor. Being obliead 10 hunt for
,nythinp. and If in a hurry not be;no
.ble to find il. is a great additional burden
to the housekeeper's WEIGHT of care. and ;s
easily ayoidable. Putting THINGS wbere
thew belong is very much a matter Of habit
and is Just as EASY as putting things where
they do not belong. And not only is the
housekeeper herself the caiper NV this
method, but every member of her family is
benefited.
Many kitchens are inconyenient and have
not proper closets for the reception of cook-
ing and baking utensils. or labeled drawers
for spices, etc. This NAV seem very
small thing in the household economy. but
let the housckeeper who has never had
these conyeniences insist upon having them
and she will wonder how she ever fopnd
time and patience to hunt for each reou;rea
article in pantry and cupboard. The row
of little drawers over the thinking table. -
each plainly labeled with the condiment
which it contains. will save wonderfuI
teal Of running in the course of the wear
and do away with a great amount Of
friction and wear and tear.
Another stumbling block which the aver
age housekeeper encounters is not having a
regular routine which she follows in her
work. Homework, to move smoothly,
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Bride. I'm washington.

4 II Is the time Of year, according to the
Washington Star, when brides and grooma
are numerous in the national capital. They
arc said to go around more and see less than
any other class of people, and in this re-
spect they are something like our respected
congressman, who talk more and do less
when they are in Washington than almost
any other set of individuals.
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Music ana q in,c.

Statistics have been compiled to show
that ninety per cent. of tn, murderers,
burglars and other bad men arrested annually
are devoid of musical talent. Perhaps,
though, the musical talent of the other ten
per cent. is what drives these men to do
wicked deeds.
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A young man found handbag at Tus-
cola, III. 1t contained $25, and belonged
70 widow in Antwood, and when the
young man returned II she rewarded him
by marrying him the next day. We hate to
print this item. It is such discourager to
honesty to young men.
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The Cautious Gear.

Some American sent the Gear of Russia .
glass paper-weight with turtle in it, but
the young man didn't propose to have his
head blown off in that way. He ordered it
soaked in a tub Of water for three weeks
before it was pronounced safe for use.
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Effect Of Geni, i,

There are some men who have SO much
genius that they can't do anything but sit
around all day and think about it.
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We keep constantly on hand all kinds
of Fresh Meat. G.. J. Fisher.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-22
Sunday iniMexico.

Sunday in Mexico IS one on long feast 81 1,
sof champ lyme. without q headache the
next day When the first streak,s 81
dawn appear in the East people bob
out from this street and that, hostlers
hurry horses off to private residences,
gay riders whirl by as IL eager to5
catch the shades Of night as they are
sinking in the West, and BY halfspastg
( six it looks as il all Mexico was on
horseback Ladies' wear beautiful
Costumes, dark habits, short skirts.
Silver and gold buttons and hrnai
\ ombreros.t Men display rateryariety
q costumes . some were yellow buck
Ssk g SUMS trimmed with gold or silver
iothers have q drab skin suit artisti.1
Scally trimmed, still others wear liphtj
cloth suitsSand high boots, buttoned
at the side. and reaching the knee. a;
belt olding q revolver, and d Aiexican
saddle TO which is fastened q sword,
complete this beautiful riding si1it.s
And then what ridersl It is the poets
w of motion; they are as but part 81
the perfect horse they ride. Take tiia
beautiful horses, artistic outfit. GRAND
eyes glancing at you from beneath 81
5prepty sombrero md you have a Mex
.ean scene ar which 10 irresist fble. Even
Americans are a THOUSAND Times hand
& s 70, r y hen they don this outfit, and
q ~ 70 safe to wager thatsif the niei, IN;
the States would adopt the Mexican
riding suit there would not be d single
man lett alter two months trial
Pittsburg Dispatch. 81 gs
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-22

b. y -
Judge Barrett, Of New York, who en-.
Joys the distinction Of being the first
American magistrate to sentence boy
cotters for blackmail and conspiracy,
makes a decided distinction between
plain boycotting and the same otfense
with the blackmail attachment. The
+ i've We men convicted ofextorting 81, 900
from Thesis, the concert hall proprie-
tor, received terms in til lit entiary
ranging from eighteen months to three
years and three months, while seven
sof the Bohemian bakers convicted o.
5boycotting Mrs. Landgraff's bakery
have been sentenced to from ten days
to one month each. T.. IS
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-22

Judge Fullerton is a New York lawyer
Of eminence. Recently, in contendine
before q committee of Congress for the
payment ofeertain Confederate bonds,
he declared, in d theatrical manner.
that he was q blican, but it was
his opinion that these bonds ought to
be, and some time would be, redeemed.
This was q bold assertion in the face
Of clause 4 Of the fourteenth amend
tnent to the constitution Of tho United
States Congressman Reagan OF Tex
as IS not only q Democrat, but served
as q Cabinet officer ii the Confedera-
~. He differs ID opinion with Fuller
Ton, and declares that the argument
of the Judge produces q hurtfuf effect
upon the public mind. Mr.. Reagan
odds: 4 Fnllert 70 assumption that
because the United States forbade the
States paying the debt, the United
States made itself liable for damages
resulting from constitutional proyiis.
Ions, y clearly without the supported
any recognized legal principle. When
the Confederate Government ceased
70 exist oil the rights, powers, duties
and obligations on The part Of any Of
the States which comp the Con-
sfederacy to pay III debts $50 ceased
d Il i, u 1900 .fls a,
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-22
Serious Fires in Iowa.

A destructive fire occurred at Cedar Falls
on the 18th, caused by the explosion OF q
can OF gasoline in Humbert g. Co.'S oil house.
Seven buildings were burned, and two bust
ness blocks badly scorched. The loss was
about $25, 1000, and the principal losers
and insurance are as follows:
Humbert & Co., drug store. loss $4,000,
insurance $4,000; Case & Tate, loss on
building. $4,000, insurance $4,000; Riven-
burg d Son, agricultural implements ware
house and three dwellings, loss SIC, 900, in
surance 81, 900; Curtis Ford, livery stable,
loss, So, 900, no insurance; L. H. SEVERN,
loss on building, $1,000, no insurance;
Harris, factory. loss, $1,000, covered by
The other losers were Ed Winslow, boot
and shoe stock damaged by water; Boehln-
Ter Thomson, hardware house burned,
and o. Peterson, barn burned.
On the same day fire at Traer broke out
in Bonney's drug store and DESTROYED sew
eral business houses. Help was sent by q
special train from Vinton and Dysart. The
total loss was $4,000 and $4,000 insur-
ance. The principal sufferers are O. D.
Bonney Sc, 600; McCormick' 8 lumber yards,
SIS, 900. y, -
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-22

The San francisco Chronicle calls
attention to the fact that the Cana
dian Pacific railroad from Port Moody
on the Pacific to Montreal is about
400 miles shorter than the Central
and Union Pacific to New York, and
says that if steamers at Montreal
were as swift as those plying between
New l York and Liverpool, passengers
by the Canadian route would beat
those by the American route not less
than three days. If ever the Canadi-
an Pacific people put on a line of
Steamers from Port Moody to China
md Japan, the Chronicle thinks
american transportation lines will
We to look to their laurels.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-22

\ In q private letter from Virginia,
Rev. DE-. Lorimer Of Chicago, the emf
nent Baptist divine, gives the full de
balls Of the occurrence which came near
costing him his life. He was travelling
on q train and had spent several
hours in conversation with Gov. Fitz-
hugh Lee and several other prominent
3qirginians. When the conversation
Jagged be went into a forward car,
when q pistol ball crashed through the
window and passed out Of the other
side Of the car near the roof. DR..
Lorimer says that had he not been
STOPPING at the time the ball would
have gone clear through his head.
Gov. Lee who came rushing in the car,
promised to use every exertion to
earn who fred the shot.
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Why He was Nicknamed stLatch-
Key Ward. - - II ..s i5.

NeH OK LeGGer. 4. ~. 5FF44ts5S
There was g marriage announced q
short time ago which created d mild
sensatiois.aAd a good deal Of newspa--3
per comment. the groom was alluded
to with much bonhomie as Latch
key Ward, or even the ..Great w ard. =
In private life this much-wrltten Of in
diyidual is known as Raym Ward,
and not nine people out OF ten, though
his name was once in everybody's
mouth, remember how he came by his
queer nickname. There is little
story connected with it whichis worth
telling. One night some FIVE years
ago, Mr.. Ward was sleeping III 4 room.
IN the st. James hotel. It was a hot
night, and the window was open.
Through this window entered a burg
lar, pistol.girt, stocking; Voted, and
stealthy Decisive action being neces-
sary in his craft, he lost no time in
turning out the pockets Of 4 Mr..
Wards trousers. Mr.. Ward woke
up. He lay in bed watching the
burglar 81 and thinking. He had
no fire. arm near; i'll fact, the only
article within reach was a latch-key
lying on the table. The KEY glittered
fuIrtively in the moonlight, which
glitter, catching Mr.. Ward 5 rowing eye,
suggested q course Of action. AS IL
suddenly awakened he sprang OUT Of
bed, grasped the key and leye1ed it at
the intruder, requested him to drop
the trousers, and with the other hand
he pressed the AUTOMATIC button.
The burglar seeing the moonlight
strike q line Of light off the barrel Of
the WEAPON pointed at him, found his
case too desperate for resistance. He
dropped the money, and, on d second
request, put at the point Of the latch
key, deposited his pistols on the table,
and surrend Tered. The anito Of arriving
breathless at this stage, the interloper
was bound and walked OF. AS he
went Mr.. Ward showed him the key.
He looked at it for a moment then
cursing regretfully, observed, IF I'd
! know q that 8assa key, you'd have
been getting pretty stiff BY this time.,,