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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
JONES, FAITH IN PROVIDENCE.
How He Got "a Match I'm the sierrn
Ncvadas.

" Speaking of Jones'" said Comstocker
in the Office of the Palace, the Nevada Sena-
tor being under discussion" speaking Of
Jones, he's the cheerfulest man / ever saw"
Why Z" asked n cut-rate tourist in search
of information.
" Because he trusts in God" answered
the Comstocker. 81 don't say that Jones
is pious man, for have no desire to in
fuence Eastern sentiment wrongfully but
1e's got more faith in Providence than all
The rest of the Senate put together. When
ne made his first race for the seat in IL /
was working hard for him. At one stage of
the fight it looked mighty blue for John p,
and said so.
90 Don't you worry says Jones. Provi-
dence is looking out for me, Joe.'
"' Providence y says |, bewildered, for
couldn't see what Providence could lave TO
DO with Nevada politics.
Yes, Providence, says Jones. I've
always believed in Providence since one
day, years ago. when | was Sheriff over in
Shasta county. II was rooster of a day,
and was returning on horseback from q
hunt for some sluice robbers. ! was slowly
following q faint mCuntain trail, and The
sun was just baking me, and my horse was
in a lather came rndcr the shade of a
big rock and thought it would be pleasant
q get off and have smoke. ] sat down on
L cool bowlder, cut pipeful from my plug,
filed my pipe and fet for match. Well,
Joe, there wasn't match anywhere in nay
pockets. / searched fnd searched, but there
was no match. | tell you, Joe, / felt worse
over that disappointment than I've done
since when the market has gone back ON me
But while / sat there ON that bowlder
wrapped in gloom what dye suppose my
eye suddenly fell on? match, by heaven,
lying on the trail nor six feet away from
me? used it-though | was little afraid
70 touch it at first and had my smoke So
you needn't worry about how this political
fight is going to come out. man for whom
Providence will go TO the trouble of proyid-
ing match for a smoke in the wilds of tho
Sierra Nevadas, where mans foot scarcely
ever treads, isn't likely to get left when il
comes to a commonplace little thing like be-
ing elected to the United States Senate.
+" Ever since that time" concluded the
Comstocker, 1--WE never refused dollar to
person, and have generally done my best,
in an unobtrusive wpy, 10 make myself solid
with the people who have the pull on Provi-
dence. San Fydncisco Post
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
POETRY.
The Song of the Carbon


weird, sweet melody, faint and far,
humming murmur, q rhythmic ring,
Floats down from the tower where the lenses
are;
Can you hear the song which the carbons singa
Millions of icons have rolled away
In the grand chorale which the stars rehearse,
Since the note, so sweet in our song to-day,
Was struck In the chord OF the universe.
The vast vibration went floating on
Through the diapason OF space and time,
Till the impulse swelled to a deeper tone,
And mellowed and thrilled with a finer rhyme.
backward and forward the atoms go
In the surging tide OF that soundless sea,
Whose pillows from nowhere to nowhere now,
As they break on the sands of eternity.
Yet, through all the coasts OF the endless All,
In the ages to come, as In ages gone,
We feel but the throb OF that mystic thrall
Which binds responsive the whole in one.
We feel but the pulse OF that yiewless hand
Which ever has been and still shall be,
In the stellar orb and the grain OF sand,
Through natures endless paternity.
fhe smile which plays In the maden's glance,
Or stirs In the beat OF an insects wing,
IS OF KIN with the northlights spectral dance,
Or the dazzling zone OF the planets ring.
From our lonely tower aioft in air,
With the breeZes around us, tranquil and free,
When the storm rack pales in the lightnngs
glare,
orthe starlight sleeps In the sleeping sea-
We send our greeting through breathless space.
To our distant cousins, the nebul@
And catch In the comets misty trace,
But drifting leaf from the tribal tree.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
How shad ARE Caught.

Fishing for those ferocious denizens Of
the sea, known to scientists as diosa prgsta-
bills, and to the epicure as Delaware shad
has peculiar fascination, particularly when
some one else acts the Izaak Walton. /
fshed for shad in this way and this is how
did it-by proxy. There was riding in the
cove big rowboat, rugged to be propelled
by eighteen " sweeps" or oars, each oar be-
ing fifteen in length. Upon the stern of
the piscatorial argonaut WAS seine about
$50 fathoms in length. All true nautical
New Workers know that on the Hudson or
East river fathom is six feet This gives
us net about two-thirds of a mile in length.
other end Of the rope being fastened to the
shore. At last the signal, !" Let her CO." il
given the men at the oars pull hard against
the current, and the proverbial strength OF
the South Jerseyman takes the fat-bottom-
ed boat 800 yards from shore. The rope
fastened to the stern ia all the time being
g run out" by q man in charge. This rope
is all that connects the men ON land with
the men in the water. The order is now given
by the water captain the net is dropped
and the boat runs up stream. At last she
begins to head toward shore, and in her
wake Is n row of corks about eighteen feet
apart, which bob up and down, each rise
and fall marking the death Of fish. After
the net has been entirely run out" the
boat still heads for shore, with q line play
ing out in the rear.
The beach is soon gained and the rop,
is then fastened TO Spanish windlass The
situation at this time mny he thus express
ed In front of the beach is vast net
" sweeping" about four square miles of
river front. Its shape Is semi-ellipse, tax
ing the shore line as the diameter The
lines connecting the seine and the land are
about 700 yards long. Now comes the pro-
cess of shortening the lines. Several men
turn the windlass while, If the catch is
large, dark horse is sprung on the conven-
ton. The lines grow shorter, the net grows
heavier, the men exert their muscle, and
soon the cry, Landed all hands fall in
and help" makes the welkin ring. The
vast seine is now drawn on ashore and the
=" net proceeds" are large. Great six, eight
Or even ten-pound shad leap high in the air,
their sides iridescent in the sunlight. To
perform this work requires superintend-
ent, water captain and twenty assistants,
and land captain and twenty assistants.
The pay is from $40 to $22 per month.
During the season. which lasts from about
x,r;l tx 20 lima IN from IN 00n 4o ~ oll0
shad are caught
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09


American dentistry is ut premium in
Europe, where dental science has never
made much of mark for itself There are
native dentists English, French, Swiss and
German-and some of them nre good, but
as rule their knowledge is slight, their
methods are superficial and their outfits are
inadequate. Allthe most important and yalu-
able dental implements and apparatus in
use are imported from America, and when
an American dentist comes along, too, and
sets up his Office his services IRE in great re-
quest. Twenty years ago there was but one
American dentist in Paris now there are
ten. In London there are Mt least twenty
or twenty-five: in Berlin, half n dozen in
Frankfort-on-the-M Main, three, and in
Lucerne, two, and MI have Ms much rs they
can do. They are generally thoroughly
educated practitioners, some of them from
Boston schools, and are generally held in
high professional rcpnte,
II Is not uncommon for patients to travel
MI the way from Spain, or even Italy, to
get to nm American dentist mt Paris, Frank
fort or Berlin. . had curious time with
German baron to-day" said DIR. Merrill,
of Luccine, to me g. was treating his
daughter and when he asked for my bill lie
demurred, though ii was moderate, and
offered me half the amount, which of course
| refused. He said the sum he had offered
WINS the usual Swiss price. | told him
could not help that l was not a
Schweizer,' was an American dentist.
Then he offered to split the difference, to
which replied that l would have nothing
more TO do with the case. Finally he paid
the bill. Thore are 30 many American den-
lists now practising in Europe that they
have dental society of their own"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
Expensive Dog Collars.

In 1879 there was not over 81 900 invest
I'd in the United States in dog collars, while
;o-day over $500, 600 is annually expended
In this line of canine adornment. Many {
dog belonging to Boston or New Yorl
dude or dudine possesses a collar which COST
more than the entire wardrobe of many 6
nan or woman Of respectable social stand
ing, and it is said that once New York
gentleman sent dog collar worth $13, 900
to young lady whom he fnncied rather
than her dog. The collar was made of gold
and ornate with diamonds, rnbies and gar
nets Two hundred dollars is considered 0
aot extrayagant sum in these fashionable
cities to be expended on their fayorites, o.
rather 5000 is quite an ordinary sum to pay
sor dog collar. There is as much fashion
N dog collar ms there is in the cut of 6
cont, for each breed of dog has q different
collar to suit his particular line Of beaut,
or the color of his hair.
There are collars which nre gems of artis
tic skill, then there are other collars which
almost strike awe into the beholder from
silk, velvet, sntinnnd feather collins dccorat
ed with bells and bangles. In the cities OF
Philadelphia and New York the bangle col.
lar is extremely fashionable and il is con.
sidered quite u mark of honor for a young
lady 10 ask her gentlemen friends for their
monographs or new IS piece to attach to
their dogs collars. Many n proud pug,
when pug was fashionable, could be seen
In the cities with o $500 dog collar and
about twenty $5pieces attached to his collar.
In truth, the manufacture of the dog collar
has brought about the necessity Of the dog.
Ladies who before detested dogs have beer
known to purchase largely after they cam.
under the fascinating influence Of an expen
siye dog collar. Dog men will tell you that
fashionable Boston and New York ladiet
generally purchase their collars first and
then have the town secured for dog TO fl 1t.
Men, too, who have determined to be ultra
fashionable are not unlike in this respect.
The handsome dog collar brought ON the
dog craze. faFtMI
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09

The superstition of luck in horseshoe
has been verified by the continued pros
perity of the possessors of the shoes worn
by Maud s. in her early triumphs as trot
Ter. One of them, through the influence Of
his " Mascot as he judges, married the
woman of his choice, and has been so tri-
nmphantly happy in all other ventures that
he has paid homage to the mysterious tails
man by plating and framing it, and con
'iders it the most potent Of household gods
Bair, the driver of Maud s. had one of her
shoes stuffed into the cushions of his sulky
and attributed his unvarying success with
the little mare to that fact
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
WOMEN FARMERS IN Dakota.
Two Buffalo Women Who Have Sue
ceeded There.

Buffalo is represented by two clever bust
ness women, Mrs. Bemis and Mrs. Talcott,
among the army of pioneers in that land OF
promise, the wheat fields of Dakota. A
woman with 81 900 can Mt once take up her
homestead at cost of about $3.50. Her
next expense will be $500 for team of
horses, wagon and harness. Five hundred
dollars will build her very good house and
800 more will build her fine barn, with
small room for grain, Her next outlay will
be for a breaking-plow, $2s, and an ordi-
nary walking-plow, about 500 II she goes
ON to her claim by April she can build her
house, barn, chicken houses and so forth
before the farm work begins. As early as
May she can commence breaking ground
for sowing aaxseed and putting in her gar
den. The wages of competent man to do
The heavy work would be from 1922 to 1926 a
month, and with two horses man can
usually break about two acres day. Thus
by the last week in May she would be ready
to put in from thirty to forty acres of fax.
She could also put in two acres of corn on
the sod and one of potatoes. Other ordinary
vegetables will grow ON the sod After the
flax is in the man can continue to pillow, and
our lady pioneer could afford to hire fifty
acres broken Mt 81. 60 per acre, as her own
man can do the back setting in the autumn.
This should be done before the fax ia of,
and then after the flax is off the first break.
ing should be back-set. The fiaxseed would
be all cleaned for Fl so, and will sell any.
where at from so to 80 cents. She could
buy her mower for $40 and hay-rake TO,
1886, and with these cut her flax and have il
raked ready for thrcshing.
The cost of threshing varies, but it is safe
to count on getting ii done for from 16 to
20 cents bushel. This will relieve the
woman farmer of all the care and expense
of paying and boarding men. One may ex
pect net profit of from SIS to go cents per
bushel on flax In July. Wien ii is too late
to break sod, the man should put up his
hay. A COW will cost from $45 to $50;
dozen chickens, 50; two pigs, s5. This
will include about all the outlay for the first
season and thus our woman pioneer will
have only her table supplies to buy.
The total outlay of the first season, as we
shall see by summing up the above figures.
will be over 81 300, or ms follows:
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
1'urm,ne states Evidence.

An old negro, much alarmed, went to a
judge and said ledge, dar's or lot err
haugs been stold down in my neighborhood
lately, an fust thing yer know somebody's
gwine ter be crested. l knows who tuck
'em, an il you'll let me turn States ever.
dence I'll tell yer" g You were concerned,
ell Z" " Yas, sab an if yer'll let me turn
de ovcrdence I'll tell yer zackly who tuck
dem haugs" can right" =" Won't do
nothin' wild me p Not q thing" win
yer sw'ar til" g Yes, if necessary" but
will yer put 1t in writin' ~ +" Yes" The
Judge drew up IN agreement and when he
had read it the old negro said Dat souns
sorter like 1t. Sho' dis dokyment'll stan ?"
"Of course il will. Now tell me who stole
the hogs" Won't do nothin' wild me ?"
mo- g Well, Jedge, stold dem haugs
by merse'f. Good-day, sab. / thanks yer
fur yer kindness. ~ Arkansa,o 7rareller.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
Econo,nical China,,,e,,.

Living among the humble classes OF
Chinese working in San Francisco is very
cheap. A man who earns only four cents a
day will live on two cents and two meals !:
the remaining two cents will pay for the
shelf on which he lies at night and what
clothing he may need. For ten cents day
Chinaman can get in Chinatown two mealf
of rice, salt fish and vegetables, and wast
each meal down with cup of good Cargon.
Ten persons eating twice q day Of two kinds
of meat and vegetables, and the never alb
sent rice and tea, can board for Sl.25 each
month.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
Total number OF children (out OF
100 01O) registered under the

HDUVU UWtIIVJ -TIFo HHrnooI 'U7,o9~
It will be observed that these twenty-five
titles belonged to about two-thirds of the
LOG. 900 children. 1t is also evident, ON ex-
animation, that however great the variety of
the names divided among the remaining
third there was but one name to every
26. 80 persons. There is good reason for
surprising that the table affords fair SAM
pie of the proportions in which personal
titles nre distributed among our own popu-
lation in general, and we do not wonder ut
the confusion that often arises in large
classes. as in our public schools, on acco lni
of SO many children bearing the same ma no.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
ob.eryation. Of Tree Lie.

The Department of Agriculture, in its
Forestry Division, has prepared schedule
for observations of tree life and accom-
panyipg it, Of weather conditions, for the
purpose of aiding an interest in forestry
work and to arrive at certain results ex-
planned ON the schedules. 1t is desirable,
that these observations should be noted by
a very large number of persons; and every
body interested will be welcome to apply
for the blanks, to the department. As the
season is rather advanced not all the points
required may be taken this year, but even
o partial report will be acceptable.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
To Keen Rnts AWAY.

One correspondent drives the pest from
his cellars, stables and cribs by the use Of
copperas and whitewash. He mikes enough
copperas in the whitewash to make it yellow
and then whitewashes the walls and ceiling
of the cellar and sprinkles the crystals about
and in their rms, and about the corners of
the floor. He claims perfect stampede of
rats under such management. can recon-
mend the use of eopperas with whitewash
as disinfectant, and for this alone it is
well to use it at least once year in the eel.
lar. But if one has time and would be very
particular he will find benefit in the fire.
quent use of copperas. The family that
will at least twice year clean out thorough
ly the cellar and whitewash with lime and
copperas all the walls, hooks and corners
and will keep the cellar clean and barrels
and boxes off the floor, will not be troubled
with rats or typhoid or malarial fever.
Instead of inducing rats to come, as many
do, by leaving butter, fruits and dishes un-
covered in the cellar, let nothing be left un-
covered for them to nibble Mt or repnle
themselves with.
Shut out the rats from the house and
cribs, and keep them out by carefulness in
not leaving things lying around for them to
get. Such care, with n good eat or two,
will make rats scarce about the premises.
Rat poisons will be wholly unnecessary
about the premises SO cared for. II ene is
careful in building houses, cribs and pig.
geries, so as not TO give favorable quarters
for rats, their numbers may be diminished.
Piles of rails and old lumber make hnr-
bors. These may be broken up, aud the
place made to look better, too, by having n
rack to set rails and old boards against Rats
will not harbor in them when set ON end
80 dogs and cats may pass through. Pests
and nuisances generally disappear before
thoroughgoing neatness and order in al
parts of the house and farm
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
A Frog story.

A Baltimore housewife found living frog
in bottle of chow chow the other day. He
was too big to get out through the neck of
the bottle, and must have grown consider
ably during his confinement in his air-tight
prison. The story is vouched for by Bal
timore newspaper.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
Experience Of Uncle Sol.

Ef 'er man specks ter be ennything in
dis wurrel he halter wurk. Cos you dun
freed er coon, you needn't 'speck ter git
him by settin' on de ground lookin' at 'em.
You'se got ter cline en- shake him out.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09

jury in Philadelphia lately rendered a
verdict for Sc, 900 damages in favor Of one
woman against another for making too free
with her good name. For the first time in
the worlds history woman's right to say
what she pleases has been called in ques-
ton
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-06-09
Use Of SIMILAR Christian Names.

The following table exhibits the popular
names of the day. 1t is based on the first
or leading names of 100, 900 children-50,-
900 males and SO, 900 females registered in
England in 1882
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-11-27
A Quack's success.

A medical writer tells this story of
a celebrated English quack: He was
once visited by an old acquaintance
from the country who addressed him
as Fam"
sim glad to see Incest got ON SO
vinely zam," said the rustic, ''but
how is It man ? Their know'st thee
never had no more brains nor q
pumpkin
Taking him to window the quack
babe him count the passers-by.
'How many has passed ?" asked the
quack after a few minutes.
Monty or mayhap hundred"
"And how many wise men do you
suppose were among this ed?"
"Mayhap one"
"Well all the restare mine
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-11-27

The trial of ex-Alderman James
McQuade, of New York, for bribery,
was begun yesterday.
Over 1000 cells were caught in s
fish pots placed in the South Branch
Of the Potomac in Grant county
few nights since.
Samuel Simmons, aged nineteen,
was killed in the shafting at the EN-
pre- works, at Akron, o.
The jury in the case of Daisy Car
rol, for alleged embezzlemet, ut
Springfield, o., failed TO agree.
The second annual convention of
the National Veterinarian and SAM
tory commission is in session in Chi
cago,
The steamer Normanton, from
Yokohoma to New York, is report |
to have foundered and seventy two
persons lost.
Renewed efforts are said TO have
been made at Dallas, Tex, for fill
clustering scheme against Mexico.
The new company will be called the
"Rio Grande Socialistic Confedera-
ton"
Miss Amy Hewitt, daughter of
Mayor-elect A braham S, Hewitt, was
married in New Yorlsto James o.
Green, son of Norvin S. Green, pres
ident Of the Western Union Tele-
graph company.
Gen. Lucius Fairehild, of Wiscon'
sin, commander in-chief of the G. A.
r., and Col. Conger, department
commander for Ohio, were welcom-
ed to Cincinnati by the department
Justice Fritchey, in the tally
sheet forgery cases at Columbus yes
terday gave his decision, holding
Algernon Granville, Robert B. Mont
gomery, G. II. Montgomery and Otto
w. Horn over to appear before tbs
court of common pleas for forgery