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WHEN A DRESS CATCHES FIRE.
----4-
What 10 DO When such an Accident
Occurs.


A girl or woman who meets with this ao-
cident should Immediately lie down on the
floor, and, so, any one who goes to her as.
sistance should instantly, If she is still erect,
make her lie down, or If needful, throw hei
down into horizontal position, and keep
her in it. Sparks fly upward and flames
ascend. Ignition from below mounts with
fearful rapidity; and, as result, well
known to experts, the fatality or disAgure-
ment in these lamentable cases is due to the
burns inflicted about the body, neck, face,
and head, and not to injuries of the lower
limbs. Now, the very moment that the
person whose clothes are on fire is in hor-
izontal position on fat surface, the flames
still ascend, but only into the air, and not
encircling their victim. Time is thus gain
ed for further action, and, in such crisis
in fight against fire, few seconds are
precious, nay, priceless. Once in the prone
position the person afflicted may crawl to
bell-pull or to door, so as to clutch at the
one or open the other to obtain help. The
draught from an open door into the room
would serve to blow the flames, if any, away
from the body; or, again, still crawling,
the sufferer may be able to secure rug or
table-cover, or other article at hand. to
smother any remaining flames. say re.
naming flames, for as soon as the horizontal
position Is assumed they have no longer
much to feed upon, and may either go out,
as the phrase is, or may be accidentally OF
Intentionally extinguished rs the person
rolls or moves upon the floor. In any case,
not only is time gained, but the injury in.
fiicted is minimized. In the event of the
conditions not being those of self holp, but
of assistance from another, if it be q man
who comes to the rescue, having first and
instantly thrown the girl or woman down,
it is easy to take of his coat and SO stife
the diminished flames with this or some
other suitable covering, the flames playing
now upward from the lower limbs or lower
part of tho body of the PROSTATE fellow
creature. If it be woman who rushes u
give aid, this last-named condition suggests
that the safer mode of rendering il is to ap-
proach the sufferer by the head, and fling
something thence over the lower part of the
body, for fear of setting fire to herself
If, in these fearful accidents, the horizon
tai position be assumed or enforced, there
would be, in short, comparative immunity
and limited injury. If not, what must hap
penn The fire will mount; the flames (and
1t is these which do the injury will envelop
the body, inside and outside the clothes, and
will reach the neck and head, and then, in
deed, they may be smothered by coat or
wrapper, or rug, while the victim is fright
fully disfgured or Is doomed to perish.
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two years ego" replied the proprietor of
The Mt. Holly Mills.
{" You can show this by your books 2"
g Yes, sir"
The books were shown and admitted.
:" In other words, this will is written on
paper that was not manufactured until eight
years after the date Of the will"
" Yes, SIR"
dence could not be refuted. Walter stuck
to 1t, and won his point amid prolonged up
plause from the public. The will was de-
clared forgery.
g The next thing is to apprehend the for
ger" said Walter, " and ON that point my
evidence is equally clear. Will the court
order the arrest of Ralph Martigny ~
Curse himn muttered Martigny.
Where did he get his wits ?p
Mr.. Perry was in dilemma between satis-
faction and discontinue. Walter Carlisle
had proved himself one of the shrewdest
young lawyers at the bar, and when the
sentence of imprisonment was passed upon
Ralph Martigny, Walters fame rose like a
rocket, His fortune was made.
" There is more in him than thought"
Mr.. Perry admitted when Ethel came into
her fortune by natural succession, Ralph
being the son of half-sister. Besides"
ne added, you are rich enough now to
marry whom you like, and suppose you
will have your own way anyhow"
This was wholly true ON all sides. II was
not long till Ethel and Walter were married.
The members of the bar are fond of telling
this story. They never get tired Of talking
about Carlisle's case of forgery, and how
old Mr.. Perry had to give in. Ralph Mar
tigny committed suicide in prison, and SO
passed out of their lives forever.
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The Standard Gauge on naill

The Standard Gauge OF Railroads.
A correspondent asks Why was the
standard guage Of rairoads..fxed at feet 81
inchesY What was the scientific reason for
adopting the fraction of an inch z"
Mr.. FELTON,, Vice President of the New
York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad,
replies, s'There is no scientific or any
other reason for it, except precedent and
custom. In fact, all the scientific or prac
teal considerations that can enter into the
question are against it. When Mr.. Stephen
son built the first locomotive, he, for some
reason best known to himself, built it to
the gauge of the old tramways--for vehicles
drawn by horses-in England, which was
feet 81 inches. Tint became what was
known as the marrow gauge" in England,
and was naturally followed in this country
to very great extent. Some of our roads
have a gauge of 4 feet 81 inches, other 4
feet 81 inches, and still others feet
inches. In England they have 6-foot
"broad" gauge, and ut one time, for very
little while, tried 7-foot gauge. The Erie
toad, built originally by English capital,
was at first G-foot gauge, but in 1875 the
,hanging of it to 4 feet 81 inches was be-
gun, and now it is all of that gauge. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company uses
gauge of 4 feet 8 inches, because that is a
compromise gauge between the former
gauge of 4 feet 81 inches on its eastern line.
and feet 10 inches on its roads west OF
Pittsburgh. 1t would be we'll if the 4 feet
81 inches gauge could be widened little,
TO enable greater width of the fire boxes Of
locomotives, and consequently more power
full engines such as it would be desirable IN
employ"
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An Indians FuncraI.

An Indian funeral procession in eastern
Oregon is thus described: "The defunct
had been set upon horse, and stick had
been dashed along each side of his body to
keep 1t in an upright position. The head
was not supported in any way, and as the
horse trotted along the body seemed bowling
in every direction and the head shaking in o
horribly grotesque manner. The widow,
dressed in her mourning paint, trotted along
behind on lazy mule, to which she kept
vigorously applying the whip"
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A Runaway Baby Carriage.

A baby carriage containing nine-months-
old infant got away from the nurse and
rushed violently down a steep place in Eau
Claire, Wis. Fortunately a mail carrier
with the unheroic name Of Sloggy grabbed
the carriage just as 1t was about to jump
the sidewalk and fall eight feet to the road
beneath
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How Visitors 90 the Tonmbs Of Lin.
coin and Garfield Arc Taxed.
Mr.. w. A. Holmes, an Intelligent Boston
travelling man. makes this statement
81 have matter to which public atten-
ton ought to be directed to-day visited
Garfeld's tomb and found photographs of
the proposed Garfield monument on sale
there at 81 apiece, and contribution box
for donations to the monument fund in
front of Garfeld's temporary tomb. That
reminded me of my visit to the tomb of
Lincoln the day following Decoration Day.
found at the tomb fleshy man wearing
40 collar, but possessed of manner Of deep
tolicitude to get fee of twenty five cents
from each visitor. In fact, the place has
been turned into dime museum, except
that the admission fee is twenty-five cents
instead of dime. A poor man with three
ladies and child, who had come q long
way to visit the tomb of the martyred Presi-
dent, was much taken aback when told that
he would have to pay quarter apiece for
the members of the party He would no
doubt haye gone out, but there We're stran-
SO. He handed dollar to the guide, who
extended his hand, saying Twenty-Five
cents more, please. You'll have to pay for
that child The poor man gave up quar-
ter more, and then, in an unpleasant frame
of mind, went through the tomb.
Part of it is devoted to the exhibition of
relies, which the guard describes in an un-
changing lingo This from Philadelphia
this from the box where Lincoln was
shot: those stains on it are Lincoln's
blood I that was worn by an actress in the
theatre where Lincoln was killed, and that
is Lincoln's whiskers letter. / was curl
ous to know what the whiskers letter was
and found upon inquiry that it was o mis-
sive penned by Lincoln to an artless little
girl who advised him to shave off his beard.
Having shown us through the museum, the
guide took us into the place where the re-
mains OF the dead lie. He pointed out each
compartment with nm explanation as to
whose remains lie there, and, with equal
care as to details, showed vacant compart
ment with the assertion that that hole is
for the body of Robert Lincoln when he
shall de- confess that the whole affair
shocked me. The man is not to blame.
He is employed, rs understand 1t, by the
Monument Association. The citizens have
protested against the arrangement to no eff
feet. The Monument trustees argue that it
costs money to keep up the monument, but
the attention of tho public should be direct
cd to the matter in order that some plan Of
sustaining the monument by government
control can be adopted and the disgrace of
turning II into o museum be stopped.
"a prominent Springfield business man,
who was friend of Lincoln's, and has
iesk that the President presented him, ask
cd me to present the case to thenewspapers.
If the guide must be paid, let him conduct
the visitor as does the guide at the Phila-
dolphin Mint, who, after having shown the
caller about, offers book for sale. The
visitor, while not compelled to buy the
book, usually does 50, and out of that the
guide gets his remuneration. Such plan
would be less Questionable than the one
| nov f0fiowes NJ nshcoins toinD.
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As to the relative merits Of hard and
soft steel rails, the investigations in Cor
many seem to leave the matter of wear in
discriminate, with the conclusion that the
wear of rails depends more upon the i'm,
purity Of the steel than upon Its hardness
or softness
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NJ. L.. TRIMMER,
COT NSELOR AT LAW,

SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER,
REAL ESTATE AGENT, DC.
Oiiee-Brdge St adjoining l.ambertville House,
IAMBkRTvILLE, N. j.
All legal business promptly attended TO. Special
attention given to the settlement OF estates fore
closures and collections.
May 20, 1855.
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The safe recently used in the Post
Office--large and of extra make--is for
sale. Apply to CLARK PETERSON.
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WALTER r. UA YHURST,
COmnsellOr.at-LaW.

.tOLTCYTOR, AND MASTER IN CA NCEi }
AND NOT1RY PUBLIC.
OFFICE 81 NORTH UNION STREET,
IANnRRTyILLE, N. J.
March 3, 1850.
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Members OF the Rrate Creation Ths
TsEpnsnseaNvas.

\
Amuse Themselves.
Dogs, though not able to squander their
time over a newspaper, viii spend hour after
hour seated at a window Watching all going
on in the street or, in the evening, regard
ing mouse hole-not with the slightest idea
Of gain or profit, but merely as an agreeable
means of passing the time. Then there are
the long continued flights of tame pigeons
about our houses the quadrille of the house
fly across our ceilings, the gambolling of
gnats and the lowering in the sun OF those
bright colored, two winged flies we some
times call drones. Even the patient ass,
that beast of many woes, is naturally light
hearted, though his ordinary relaxation sell
1om goes beyond q roll in the dusty road
when off duty, but those who have kept and
Jared for one know well enough his loud
bray Of honest recognition and joy at the
sight of any one to whom he is attached
while an under worked, joyous donkey,
fond of sport, Inns been even known TO in
dulge in hunting pigs round farm yard,
catching and holding them by the tail until
their squeals brought the owner to the rescue.
No boy out of school shows his sense OF
happiness or freedom more strongly than a
horse or pony does when first turned loose
for run at grass-tearing round the pad
dock, now stopping for moment to snort
and fill his lungs with mir, and then, with a
kick up of the heels, continuing his gallop.
These spells Of play continue longer with
some horses than others, depending often
upon the length of time the animal has
been stable fed. A horse that is daily
turned out merely trots off few yards with
q merry laugh of pure delight before begin
ming to nibble the grass. In their stable
the amusements Of horses too often take the
form of wanton mischief, or some such
horse play as unlocking a stable coat and
tearing itup, on biting holes in their own
clothing, kicking their stalls to bits, &C.,
while very playful pony has been known
10 indulge in pulling the feathers out of
tame pigeons tails. Talking of pigeons re-
minds me of the quantity OF small talk,
gossip or scandal indulged in by them and
certain other birds ON retiring at night OF
beginning work for the day. House spar.
rows starlings and rocks are all very chatty
ut such times, while birds who lead more
solitary lives nearly always end and begin
the day with song of joy.
Dogs do not chew or smoke, but dog
nearly always keeps store of fayorite old
dry bones by him, one of which he loves to
bring to the Preside to pass away half an
hour before going to bed, gnawing at it;
while light hearted dogs viii often end a
spell Of chewing bone with game of pitch
and toss with it. / have known dog to
play that game with one pellet of shot. One
sees more of the dog and cat at their play
than of other animals, but 1t is likely that
in state of nature most beasts spend as
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Met Thrice in a nailroad station.

Once there was romantic young Bos-
tonian who, after three meetings with a
young lady in as many railroad stations,
wrote to her proposing marriage. She &C
septcd, and If she had not afterward changed
her mind or he his, they would presumably
have made each other miserable for life.
The first time the fair unknown dropped
her hand basket of small packages from q
shopping expedition at the feet Of the very
good looking youth, and of course he as
sisted her in gathering them up. At the
second encounter the hero of the romance
fortunately appeared OF critical moment
when drunken hackman refused to sur
render the check for the young lady's trunk
unless she gave him dollar extra for it.
On the third occasion they CHANGED to havs
to wait the arrival Of friends by belated
train, and had half an hour Of conversation.
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POETRY.


We Fling Away Our Gold.
We fling away our gold,
Ease, comfort. pleasures never beg in vain.
From starving. homeless ones our mite with
hold
Wnen seed thus sown might whiten all the
plaini
We fling away our gold.
We send away our thoughts,
Half clothed and senseless soft they snaef
away,
When, like the gorgeous tapestry tnwrought,
They might add luster to each passing day.
We send away our thoughts.
We throw away our time,
That golden gift we never know to prize
TIL hfe's high goal unreached, too weak to
climb,
me last rev moments pass our closing eyes
We shrow away our time.
We cast away our love-
We plant its flowers upon lifes shifting sands
We bend the tender blighted blooms above,
Watered by tears within our feeble hands s.
We cast away our love.
>.-sss-.>
The MAN Who Advertises.
He's Just bit eestatic, but not whit rheumatic,
and he does 1t up emphatic when he sends
business sad
AND ne cuts knowing caper, saying " Put 1t in
the paper, ut top OF highest column, II you
want TO make me glad
Start 1t with your bgges. letter set It up little
better, than that other feller's ad. across
the way.
want 1t fixed up nice at the cheapest kind OF
price Pm going to see IL advertising doesn't
pay"
NOW every spring and winter he rushes to the
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MISS EMILY PIERSON,
Teacher of Piano & Organ,

cuRYELL STREET. EAST OF UNION,
LAMBERTyII.LE. Nj.
Feb. 49, 1851
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JOHN LILLY,
Attorney and Solicitor,

MASTER AND EXAMINER IN CHANcEAl
SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
oniee-No 80 Bridge street (fist hoor). opposite
tho Lambertyille House." Lambertyille, Nj.
aug. y. 1877.
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House for rent back of Cottage Hill.
Apply to B. II. Taylor, Bridge St. Att
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Gentlemen, you can get your clothes
cleaned and pressed at 80 Swan St., as
good as at any place in the country, none
excepted. Overcoats $3.50; Coats 500;
Pants 10; Vest so. Ladies' goods at
reasonable prices. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. w. RoUaHToN.
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further information from the Gov.
ment, there was from His Majesty's
Envoy, that, in consequence of
pressure from here, there was
great deal of discussion among Sen
ators-and the Senate is the body
that has most to do with the pas
sage of treaties. There was prop
osition emanating from the Senate
that there should be special con-
cession-namely, the cession Of
Pearl Hal bor-which he could as
sure the Assembly the Government
at Washington was not in favor of,
and which His Majesty's Envoy
had been instructed to state that
this Government would not enter
tain for u moment. There had
been further discussion about limit
ed possession of Pearl Harbor, such
as by lease, but His Majesty's En-
voy had been instructed-and
further instructions TO the same
effect were going by today's mail
that, whilst the Hawaiian Govern
ment recognizes the United States
as our nearest neighbor and one OF
our best friends, and express it's de-
sire to maintain intact the present
cordial relations between the two
Governments, yet His Majesty's
Envoy was to say that, to ac-
commodate this great neighbor
and friend, we could not concede to
to her more than we could
to any other great power, and would
not consent to her receiving any
special privilege in Pearl Harbor or
any harbor of the kingdom except
as general privilege TO be shared
by other powers as well. He begged
to say that he knew nothing of any
private correspondence except this,
that there was pressure of opinion
going from here to determine
opinion in Washington, but he would
state that from his own point of
view there was nothing whatever to
apprehend with regard to the Gov.
eminent of the United States.
There came from that Government
continued assurances of cordial and
friendly regard, and of determine
ton to continue friendly relations
with this kingdom. Such was the
assurance from her Secretary of
State, that the Government desired
no trammel to be imposed on this
kingdom. Whatever opinions there
might be here or in Washington
there was no occasion for the anxiety
that had been created in Europe by
reports of new negotiations. There
was no ground for apprehension,
and the United States continued to
be friendly.
Rep. Nahale presented a resolu-
ton for an appropriation of SIS, 900
for translating the first, second and
third volumes of Greenleaf on Evil
dence into the Hawaiian language.
Laid on the table to be considered
with any bill the introducer may
submit.
At 1:47 the house, on motion Of
Rep. Brown, took recess till 80.
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PASSENGERS.

For Kahului, Maui, per steamer Like
like, June l4th--W Goodale, Mrs Center,
G p Wilder, A ii Smith, j Titcomb, w
L Bailey, Parker n Makee and about so
deck.
For San Francisco, per S Zealandia,
June l5-Cabin: B Gage and wife, ii
Laws, c Gordon and wife, Miss Malone,
Miss Alexander, + Burr and wife, Capt
A w Peirct and wife, Miss M Burbank,
Mrs ID Dayton and children, Miss A
NJ Burke, S G Wilder, Jr, II 5 Moore,
Rev LiDdholm. Storage: Jesus, +
Parvas and wife, Kufer, M Pavio,
wife and 3 children, Mrs Dyer and
child, G Katier, j w Hardwick and
wife, G Sopher, L Shultz, j Aleg. j
Mckenzie, wife and children.
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Continued from page 2.

Rep. Brown moved the commit
tee rise, report progress, and ask
leave to sit again, which carried
On the house resuming, the re-
port of the committee was received
and, on motion of Rep. Richardson,
adopted.
The President appointed, as a
select committee to consider the
mausoleum and postal items, the
following members: Reps. Kauna-
mano, Dole, Hayselden and Kalua,
and Minister Gulick.
On motion Of Rep. Aholo the
house adjourned at LAO till 10
o'clock tomorrow.
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TIE departure of the $. S. Zea-
landia at noon for San Francisco,
though not so largely attended as on
former occasions, and the passengers
being fewer than on several previous
steamers, the gayety was not in the
least diminished. The Band was on
the wharf and played merry tunes
The steamer took 81 cabin and 81
steeraSe passengers and cargo
valued at $152,704.54. The principal
shippers of sugar by the steamer
were Irwin & Co., 10, 400 bags; Wide
mann, 3,110, and c. Along, 1922.
Among the passengers We're Captain
and Mrs. A. w. PIERCE who are on q
visit to California and will be absent
several months.
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AT the meeting OF Pacific Hose No.
/, last evening, it was.voted to drop
the name of Julius Asch from the
company roll because of his alleged
action towards that company at the
election OF engineers. The vote,
however, was supe huous, rs Mr..
Asch being elected to the Office of
First Assistant Engineer, according
to the rules of the Fire Department,
is no longer member of any com
Dany
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SnAKESPEARiAN RECITALS.

Mr.. Locke Richardson will give
two more Shakespearian recitals
during his stay in Honolulu, at Mrs.
Dickson's residence, Beretania
street. The first will be "The Mer-
chant OF Venice" on Friday eve
ming next, June 18th, and on Tues
day, the 22d, he will recite Shake
speare's immortal comedy, "As You
Like It," at the same place.
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WEDDING CAKES

of the finest and richest FLAVORS
and ornamented from plain to the
highest. STYLE OF ART which not
only cannot be initiated nor much
less excelled, at the Pioneer Steam
Candy, Ice Cream and Cake Factory,
Hotel street, between Fort and Nuu-
anu streets. so Wv
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Miss A. M. Burke, formerly in the
millinery department of the Temple
of Fashion and lately with Mrs. j.
Lyons, took passage by the Zealandia
to-day for her nome in Alameda
county, Gala, where she intends to
remain.
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A CHINESE egg-vender, while out
on the plains yesterday with two
baskets full of eggs, was attacked by
several native rowdies whc, out of
sheer wantonness, Knocked the
Chinaman down and broke all the
eggs. The peddler yelled for help
with all his might, but no policeman
was within hearing.
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WANTED,

A GOOD, sober, reliable, steady man,
IA one used TO the country. To take
care OF horses, milk few cows, and at
tend TO grounds at a private residence
on Maui. None need apply unless fully
able TO meet the above requirements.
Wages, $50 a month, board and lodging.
Apply to J.E WISENAN,
814 Gen'l Business Agent.