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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-21

She WAISTS Infinitely, Yet Never Seem
IN


go TO Want.
Among the views of living nature, and
indeed of the inorganic universe as well,
which receive tacit acceptance and sanction
from ordinary thinkers, there are certain
phases deemed incontrovertible in their
plain everyday demonstration. Before our
eyes, for instance, we see Madre Natura
spending her wherewithal in apparent
thriftlessness and woeful waste. The prov.
erb, {" Waste not, want not, y so thoroughly
and repeatedly dinned into youthful ears.
would seem to have no application to the
works and ways of the prodigal All-mother
Shat surrounds and Encompasses US. The
hower that blooms unseen and wastes its
sweetness on the desert air" is very mild
Illustration of a nature-spirit which appeals
in more forcible ways to the mind as an ex-
ample of needless continuance, wasted effort
and useless prodigality. We fly to Tenny-
son for that apt quotation concerning the
fifty seeds produced, and whereof only one
comes to the full fruition of its race. Every
summer day shows us how true apparently
the poetic axiom holds, Every spring time
seems to teach US the same truism. The
pines and other cone bearing trees discharge
their pollen or fertilizing matter in clouds
The winds, as Nature intends, sweep this
pollen from their branches, ON the flowers
of which it has been produced Carried
through the air for miles, so much of the
pollen cloud will fall on the receptive
Il. Al.
them into seeds, whence new dynasty OF
trees may arise. But countless showers OF
pollen are spent in vain, ire vocably lost
and sent abroad TO no purpose whatever.
They fall on barren ground they litter this
earth miles away FROM their parent trees,
or cover the surface of lakes for miles with
yellow film-their purpose futile and their
production vain. True it is, rs the botanist
will tell us, that more pollen must be pro-
duced in the case of unidentified plants
than is found in that of insect-impregnated
flowers. II is case of " hit or miss y with
the wind fertilized trees while it is an illus
tration of an exact calculated aim with the
flowers. Hence Nature has to provide for
the contingency which awaits her efforts in
the former instance by providing a very
copious supply of pollen. She is in the
position here, not Of the marksman who
takes deliberate aim at the bullseye with
his rifle and single bullet. Oontrariwise,
she uses her Gatling gun or her mitrailleuse
in the act of fertilizing the trees. She
showers her bullets at the object in the
hope that some of them will hit and with
the equally plain expectation that many
must miss altogether.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-21

Elevators i'm Dur Big Public Build.
inGs and Private Housesa

ings ana Private Housess
When the additions to the Washington
and Equitable buildings are completed, the
elevators in these structures, together with
those in the Potter and Standard Oil Com
pany's buildings, will be the fastest running
in the city," said an officer of a well-known
elevator company in response to the inquir-
les of a reporter, 1.-THE rate of speed viii
be between 450 and 500 feet minute No
there is not q particle of danger in this rate
Of speed, for the introduction of hydraulic
apparatus as motive power allows this &c
be done with perfect safety As far Ms
that Chicago is far ahead of this city, the
common rate there being 500 feet minute.
The general run in this city is only from
$50 to 800 feet. The number of elevators
now in the city is about $500, while for
some time after the war there was not such
a thing as a passenger elevator anywhere
here. Why, remember twenty years ago,
when Peter Cooper and other owners of
comparatively high buildings held meet
ing on the subject of what to do with the
upper stories of their buildings. Now there
are la elevators in the city running to a
greater height than 100 feet Quite mum
Der run still higher. In the Washington
building the distance travelled by the ele.
vator will be 100 feet in the Potter build.
ing it is 1873 feet; in tho Equitable, lac
feet; the Standard Oil building, 1874 feet
the tower of the Produce Exchange, 225 feet.
There are sixteen in the Central Park apart
ment houses, running 143 feet each. Tho
one running the highest in the world is of
New York make, in the Washington Monu-
ment 1t runs $50 feet We have sent Gle
vators to India, China and Australia,
and have sold fully 100 to go to Great
Britain and the continent of Europe. The
cost of ON elevator is from $4,000 to So,
000."
What about their use i'll dwellings, ?''
'sThe use of elevators in private houses
is only very recent idea but now most of
more elaborate residences have them. Mr.
Cyrus w. Field was the first to set the fash
ion, and now it is a popular thing Some
people even have the cylinder nickel-plated.
:" What about the inspection of eleva-
tors ?"
Only expert men. skilled in the work are
competent to do this. They must llnow
everything about the construction and cree.
ton of an elevator and have practical
knowledge of the strength of material used.
We pick these men from those who have
been years in our employ md whose work
has proved fully satisfactory. They are
ccnaantly atwork and are regularly detail
ed to make their inspection, ut least once in
two nionths.r
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-21
Cleared Of Metaphor.

:. = In the Maiden, Mass, high school, not
long ago, the principal asked the class in
rhetoric to clear the following sentence of
metaphor: ''The sanctity Of the lawn
should be preserved" The class set their
wits to work, but no one seemed wise. The
principal exclaimed ''Can no one answer
The question 2" A bright lad of fifteen
threw up his hand. ''Well, Master s., you
seem TO be the only one in heclass to an
swer. What is i'll" Amid profound
silence Master S, said keep off tho
grass !. fF itsstitB Asq4f eE
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-21
Thirty Years, cold coinage.

Between 1850 and 1880 the world rninted
sl, 022, 900, 900 of gold, yet the stock of
gold coin in the latter year exceeded that of
1850 by only fl90,O00,000 the money had
been twice minted in thirty years. During
shat interval the average coinage Of the
world had been E34 900, 900 per annum, of
which ELS, 900, 900 consisted Of old coin and
the remaining G1G,000,0oO were made up
partly from the mines, partly from old
candlesticks, snuff boxes, &c, Of the last
generation. m
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-21
Un,,suaI TI,rif..

ride down town every morning in five-
cent Herdic, and often have the chief of
Government bureau rs my seat-mate. He
is q man well known throughout the coun-
try, and he receives salary of So, 600 year.
have noticed that he always takes seat
nearest the fare box and he buys package of
six tickets for quarter when he sits down.
tie takes pains to offer to pass up all the
'ares, and puts them into the box for his fell
low passengers. Whenever a nickle isgiven
him he changes it into his pocket and puts
into the box one of his tickets, SO that when
he has received fyes nickles he is one ticket
ahead. He thus gets his ride free. e''s
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-21
sOT
n.ausaO.n U.sfca.

The practice of drinking lemon juice and
water before breakfast as prophylnctit
against biliousness is rapidly growing in
popularity, and many physicians think that
the benefit derived from it is more thar
doubled by taking similar dose at night
Aso
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-21
And Alice st. Avon answered

They are very happy together now, Mr.
Worden, his lovely young wife, and the
little fair-haired boy; and Alice sees in all
the gloomy past Gods hand leading her on
ward to that haven of serenity. Helen For
rest GRAVES.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-21

Brides and grooms, when passing through
the rice-throwing seige, ought to keep their
eyes shut There was wedding not long
ago across the water--at Bethnal Green
where the new-made Benedict caught sew
eral grains of rice in his eye, and the poor
fellows honeymoon was spent in a hospital
ward. 1t was case where the enthusiasm
Of the friends Of the couple for good luck
resulted disastrously. The veil of the bride
protected her. There are amusing phases
as the joyous and serious to weddings. Not
long ago groom spent most of the time
during the ceremony mentally swearing at
his tailor, who had made his vest 10 tight
that it was binding the spirit out of him.
Another stood with his hand clenched
behind him as if to emphasize the look of Il
say-old-boy- just hurry this business up
will-you, which lighted up his countenance
No matter how nervous bride may be the
day before she stands at Hymen's altar, in
ninety mine cases out of hundred she is as
cool rs q cucumber when the supreme mo-
ment arrives, while the groom-elect imagines
he is walking on eggs. The moment the
sentence, " I pronounce you husband and
wife," ia heard, an end is put to all nervous
ness.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-07-21
TESTING A INTERPRETATIONS.
How AN Advertisement Pat n Dealer
I'm an UnenviabIe Position.


=" Fifty dollars to the man who can prove
that any two things put into this ice chest
will taste of the otherl"
He had a refrigerator run out to the
curbstone, hung the above sign over each
side, and retired indoors TO await the ex-
pectcd run of customers. People passing
up and down the street jostled each other in
their hurry, glanced at the ice box and its
sign, and went on.
After some hours of disappointed hopes
and expectations, the dealer saw pedes.
trim halt, calmly pernse the wonderful an
nouncement, and rather hesitatingly advance
to the door.
DO you mean it 2" he inquired in an
anxious tone, pointing over his shoulder to
the sign.
" Yes, stree ?' emphatically responded
the dealer.
''Put up your money! insinuatod the
stranger
No, sir !" replied the dealer, in n pomp-
rus style. "My word is rs good as the
ASH
MI fiBHt, IL tahe YOU, IcSPOuucu tuc
stranger as he departed.
He returned shortly after with box
under each arm.
Stick to your agreement ~ he quoried.
OF course / will !" answered the dealer,
wondering what in the name of Christopher
Columbus the man had in view.
The stranger set his boxes down on the
sidewalk, and crowd began to collect. He
told the dealer that he was afraid that he
the dealer) would back out of the bargain,
but the latter asserted his readiness to put
up the money If necessary. The stranger
opened box, lifted out cat and placed
her in the refrigerator Then he opened
the other box and took therefrom a large
wire cage containing large rat.
"Now, mister" said he, you jest shut
that door in hurry when flop the rat in
side and I'll go You another fifty that one
will taste Of the other in less thnn Ave min
utes."
The crowd yelled and the dealer slammed
the refrigerator door and slid into the store,
with remark about fools and swindlers.
He still refuses to recognize the stran.
gers claim to the $50, but has taken his
sign 10. : Washington Hatcdst. #
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-03
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Durham Recorder hoists the name of
Maj. John W. Graham for Congress
The friends ofMr W. T. Dortch are pressing
his claims for Congress in the Goldsboro dis
trict.
The Chatham Record says that it is reported
that Mr.. John Nichols will be the republican
candidate for Congress in that District
The Monroe Enquirer Express hoists the
name of D. A. Covington, Esq, as suitable
candidate for Congress in this, the 9th district
twill be of interest to our readers to know
that the Fourth Congressional district will not
have to go unrepresented in Congress. The
following are the candidates thus far: C. NJ
Cook, of Franklin; B. H. Bum, of Nash; j.
II. Abel, of Johnston John w. Graham, and
F. n Strudwick, of Orange; w. R. Cox and
John Calling, of Wake. From this list we
ought to be able to get very good representa-
tive Graham Cleaner.
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CURRENT COMMENT.

1t costs $500 for license to retail LIQUOR in
Statesville and 5000 to wholesale it. Other
towns should follow the example of Statewide
in this matter. This plan would shut up all
the little bar rooms and would pay as much
revenue to the towns as they now receive
Wilson Aduance
Judge Clark certainly believes in max
ing violators of the law help the cause
of education. The amount of fines imposed by
him last week greatly exceeded the amount
imposed by any judge who has held court here
since the war. According to law all fines are
paid to the public schools Chatham Record
Raleigh Knights of Labor denounce the
Socialists and Anarchists. There ia no more
sympathy between an honest laboring man
and an anarchist than there is between pure
angel of God and the blacklist of the devils
imps The man who synpathizes with an an
archist is unfit to be called a man. Wilson Ad-
vancs.
If Grover Cleveland would put himself in
accord with the party that nominated and
elected him, by giving the country an old FASH
Toned Democratic administration of the An
drew Jackson stripe, and then pool interests
with David 3. Hill, all that would be left of
in this country could be colon
lied in Vermont.-Louisville Times.
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PERSONAL.

General R. B. Vance has in preparation for
the press . volume of his own poetry.
Col. VIM. Saunders, Secretary Of State has
been engaged for . number Of years in prepar-
ing the Colonial Records of North Carolina for
publication.
Hon. John 8. Henderson is working to get
an appropriation for Improvements on the
Yadkin river which will enable steamers to go
up rs far as Bean Shoals.
Mr.. Alex. Graham. of Fayetteville, will be
the superintendent Of the State normal school
at Washington. He will also be a professor in
the Wilson normal school.
DR.. Horny E. Sheppard will be member Of
the Faculty at the Wilson Normal School this
summer. He may be Principal-his election
would give assurance that it will be great
success.
Gen. John C. Fremonts memoirs are nearly
ready. He married a granddaughter Of North
Carelina-Jessie Benton, daughter of the emf
nent Thomas II. Benton, of Missouri, who was
born in this State.
County Treasurer, A. D. Jones, has stuck out
his shingle at Raleigh and enters the legal pro-
fession with more than fair prospects, being
already well and favorably known in Wake
and adjoining counties. The SENTINEL wishes
him great success.
NarthCarolinians will be pleased to learn that
the condition of Hon. David Davis, who has
been suffering from carbuncle is somewhat i'm
proved. His wife, it will be remembered is a
native of Fayetteville, and kinslady of Col
Wharton J. Green.
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A BUsINEss PROPOSITION.

The efforts that are made from time
to time to give our readers new at
fractions cost money and we look to
them for the "wherewithal, to defray
these extra expenses. Notwithstand-
ing this has been very dull year,
HE SENTINEL is to be congratulated
upon the promptness with which it's
patrons have come forward and paid
their subscriptions. There are still a
few who have neglected this impor-
tant duty either from force of circum-
stances In some cases, and others from
force of habit. These readers are
just as warm friends of THE SENTI-
MEL as the more systematic ones, and
can at almost any time cancel their
arrears. 1t is our desire that all our
subscribers stand on the same footing,
and to bring ABOUT this result, we
make the following offer:
We will peesent, one of our hand
some Autograph crayons of Governor
SCALES to every subscriber who be-
tween now and the 1st of July pays
up to January 1st, 1887. We want.
to begin the new year OF 1887 with
clean books and we make this early
start to do it. After each account is
settled up to January 1st, it will be
no difficult matter for all of our sub
scribers to make their annual payment
henceforward us they become due. By
this adherence to business method, we
will be relieved of the unpleasant task
of reminding our readers of their AZ
rears, and it vii. allow us to expend
more time and money and energy in
improving The SENTINEL, and MAX
ing it even more popular newspaper
than its present increase in circulation
would justify us in believing it to be.
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SHEER MONS ENsE.

To the henpecked husband life is fowl ex-
istence.- Philadelphia Herald.
The chaps that raise the most dust when
they strike are the earnest beaters-Bostou
Courier.
A Sioux Indian is in cnllege near Alexan-
dria, Va, studying to be tobacco sign.-TTd-
Bits.
Baseball player in New Jersey is named
spuyder. He catches lots of fies-Bu,4inq-
ton Free Press.
Those who paint the town red generally
manage to leave trace of the carmine on
their noses.-PhiladslpAia Ne,os
Nantasket Beach was strewn with shingles
Wednesday morning, the result, probably, OF
spanking breeze.-Bosto,, Commercial.
A striker who was found with two cans OF
tomatoes in his pockets was arrested for carry
ing can sealed weapons.-LotceU Citizen.
Some one asks, "What does man make by
getting married?" Grimsby, "a sour old bach
elor, says he makes mistake.-B Boston Post.
new novel is announced with the title of
"The Wind of Destiny Naturally there
has been great deal of blowing about it
Philadelphia Call.
White jersey shirts, warranted nos tn shrink ,
are remarkable bargains. : You use them as
shirts one Summer and as neekties the next.
-LosoeU Citizen
Just because an Indiana girl broke off her
engagement the fellow married her widowed
mother. Her rash step drove her to step
father.-P Philadelphia Herald
Just because the commander o. the English
cutter Galatea is one Lieutenant HEM our
yachtsmen must not imagine that they are GO
ing to have any scratch races with her.
Yonkers Statesmen.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-03

NEWSPAPERS all over North Caro-
lima are making serious complaints at
the constantly occurring loss of news
papers in the mails, and the general
irregularity with which this class of
mail is received. If the State Press
Association gets into a practical mood
during the coming convention, it might
be a good idea to take some action
looking to an investigation in this di-
rection by the North Carolina mem
bers in Congress.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-03
a GOOD FARMER'S PAPER.

To all new cash annual subscribers
to The SENTINEL received previous
to May 25th, we will send Country
Homes, for one year, without extra
charge.
This is a four page, 16 column pa
per published at Asheville, N. c., and
is devoted specially to the interest of
the farmers, industrial pursuits, and
the development of the natural re-
sources of the State and South. Print
ed on good paper, clear type, stitched
and trimmed, and the subject matter
properly arranged in departments
thus making it an attractive and val
liable paper for any family.
This offer is open only until May
%. When you send your subscript-
ion, say you want Country Homes.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-03
THE REASON WHY.

Ma # yo,s receive this copy of The
Weekly Sentinel soithoatt havi,sg order
ed 1t, you soiU understand that your
name has been given us as acide-aaoake
representative citizen of your section
scho aoo1ld be likely to aad a auorthy
newspaper an reaching the intelligent
readers of has county, and of the entire
State.
We ask at your hands careful IN
spectio,a of the paper, and ,chen you
hare done so, hand this copy to uoa.r
meighbor and then see If you can't get
as up club Of subscribers IN your
neighborhood.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-03
The record Of The SENTI

The record of THE SENTINEL's
circulation for the month of May
just past, shows an extremely crafty
increase over the same month last
year. Each week in. May, 1886,
4 ,O74 copies were issued IN EXCESS
OF THE NUMBER issued each week in
May, 1885. And from the way our
subscribers everywhere, seem determ-
ined to still further augment our cir
culation by kindly sending us individ-
ual subscriptions, and clubs of two,
three, FIVE, and often more, there is no
telling how many more copies we will
issue each week in May next year
than were issued by US during the
same month of the present year. The
editor feels deeply grateful to these
friends for the substantial efforts they
are making in behalf of the paper,
and he assures one and all, that no eff
fort Of his shall be overlooked in ORD
er that The SENTINEL may merit the
good wishes and opinions which have
of late been so lavishly bestowed upon
il
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-03
WE acknowledge the receir

WE acknowledge the receipt from
Mr. GEORGE ALLEN, New Berne, of
a copy of his FIFTY Lessons in Book
Keeping" This popular work is
highly endorsed by prominent school
men in this and other States, and is
rapidly gaining a foothold in our lead
ing schools. The first edition sold in
about six weeks and was scat
tered from Calais, Maine (Which took
Sc copies for its public schooD to
Texas. The second edition will prob
ably meet with a similar experience.
The book sent postpaid for one dollar.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-03
STRAY SHOTS.

A justice of the peace in Lenoir
county has been arrested, hauled up
before another justice and bound over
to court in $500 for accepting a bride
of 81.
Mrs. George Simmons, of Mont
gomery county, is rs years old and
weighs S2S pounds. The Troy Vsdette
supposes that she is the largest woman
in the State, but probably not.
The Southerner says ive-year old
child, from Pitt county, was brought
to DIR. l.. L. Station, of Tarboro, to be
treated for catarrh from which it had
been supposed sufferer for three
years. DR.. Station probed its nose
and extracted a button that been
therein lodged for just three years.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-06-03

Mr, &. K Denmark has received a
twelve-hundred dollar appointment in the
Treasury Department He is citizen Of
Goidsboro, and therefore one of Col. Green's
constituents, to whom he owes his new DO
sition.
Thus reads the Charlotte Observers
Washington correspondence. Mr..
Denmark does not owe his appoint
ment to Col. Green or to anybody
else through political influence. He
stood a Civil Service Examination.
aud came out ahead.
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o1TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA FORSYTH

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, FORSYTH
~ COUNTY, c. S. Hauser, Clerk of the
Superior Court for said county, do hereby certi-
fly that j. NJ Rogers President, j. W. Fries LIST
Vice President, w. A. Whitaker Cd Vice Presi-
dent, and George Corrie Secretary and Treasur-
er and others have duly entered into articles of
agreement to become incorporated under the
name of the chamber of Commerce of Wins
ton and Salem, North Carolina" which articles
have been acknowledged before me and record
ed in my office, and said parties having fully
complied with the law, as prescribed in section
677 and 67S of chapter Is of the Code, and as
amended in chapter 19 by the General Assem-
bly, on the 9th day of January, A. D. 1885.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the
premises, hereby declare said premises and
these who executed said articles of agreement,
and their successors to be Corporation for their
purposes and according to the terms prescribed
in said articles.
In witness whereof hereunto set my name
and the seal of our said court at office in Win
son, this 9th day of May, 1886. C. S. HAu-
SER, Clerk of Superior Court. 1t.