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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-15


Did you ever encounter q demonstrative,y
drunken woman IN a street conveyance, where
you could not relieve yourself OF her presence
within certain time without Inconvenience!
did, the other day--or rather the other
night, for was on my way to down town
theatre. She was young woman---perhaps
IS Her dress was neat enough, but tawdry,
and she carried pretty babe III her arms,
which could not have been more than months
old. The car was well filed, but not so we'll
as she was. Suddenly she removed a stony
stare from fat man in the corner, and en-
deavored to look out of the window behind
her, maintain the upright and hold the baby
simultaneously.
"Won'er where we areEi she said aloud.
'sGuess we'll be late home, baby. Do you
hear, mammals pet Who caresl Hoop Ia.
Everything goes-don't it, baby, heyr,
Three or four whisky laden kisses here at
tested the mothers affection. The ladies
present shuddered, the gentlemen scowled,
and the young man who was smoking a bad
cigar on the rear platform grinned, while a
newsboy engaged in stealing ride peered
through the glass and tried to fiirt with the
infant. For few moments tho exhilarated
female seemed lost in thought, during which
time the little one was only saved from a
descent to the floor by n kindly disposed
neighbor. Then she made a sudden dive for
her pocket.
s'Hullo--aint got my night key. / say,
baby, what you think o. thati We've lost
the key Wen, everything goes, and sup
pose we've got to make racket to get In.
Whoopl It'sall right anyhow-ain't it, babyl
Say, conductor
Here she glared at the man with bad
cigar, and he stopped grinning and looked
smother way.
"Hulo this is bobtail. No conductor ON
bobtail. Forgot all bout that--ha! hal Well,
that's funny, too, amt 1t, babyl But every
thing goes, SOS all right. Whoop! Say,
mister, where's Houston street, wanter get
off at Houston street This is-that's all
right. Come along, baby. Won'er where that
keys gone, anyhow Scuse me-"
Here she nearly sat down on the fat man.
The ladies' present drew back Us she passed
them, and tho men looked the other way.
The man with the bad cigar said "Where
yer gettin' to--brace up" when she staggered
against him and nearly dropped the baby.
The ncwsboy got Off the step, seized her arm,
piloted her to the curb, whistled at the baby
and waited for the ne xt car.-tClara BELIEF
in New Orleans Times-D Democrat.
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The Hospital Fad.

Ladies OF the Vanderbilt family have mag.
nihcently endowed O women's hospital the
Astor's have done the same for cancer hos
pital and these notable examples have set
others at work in smaller ways Of the same
kind. There are many institutions in which
beds can be bought, the owner being thereaf
ter privileged to select a succession of occu-
pants. Thus she can control her own benevo-
lence From this comparatively inexpensive
method TO that Of maintaining an entire
ward, or Of establishing a complete hospital
on a minor plan, our modish women have
gone rather extensively into the hospital fad
This is a good thing for the poor sufferers,
who by means OF it get the best medical and
surgical treatment. But ii is almost comical
to see the swell philanthrophists eagerly
searching for beneficiaries. They seem afnbi
tious to secure the worst possible cases, and
arc downright proud when they find some
thing horrible or unique. At an afternoon
tea, over cups Of the fragrant beverage, and
accompanied by dainty nibble Of cake, a
good matron remarks to a crony:
"Oh, have discovered the most delightful
subject you can imagine for my bed Mt the
hospitals boy with one leg like and the
other like an s. They are going to straighten
him out, and expect there will be report
OF it in the medical journals. New York
Sun.
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upon the principle of leaving the readers in
Doubt as to the character Of the heroes, is
but piece of intellectual dissection in dis
guise, and would better be read for work
than for rest.
Everything that relates to history, science,
philosophy and the deeper studies Of human
nature should be handled as work, Yet
nature rewards the worker by making in the
end what at first was difficult, a charm to
him. So that the specialist must be upon his
guard lest he neglect the work of reading
what he knows he needs for the more con-
genial occupation Of reading what TO others
would be work, but to him has become
pleasure. The life of Charles Darwin, lust
published, shows that he brought on prac-
tical ''atrophy of the BRAIN utterly changed
his tastes, and became the slave of lines of
association to which he had surrendered him
self wholly.
What is work for one person may be rest
for another; and it is equally important to
consider that what may be work for per-
son at one time may be rest at another.
Newspapers require no work, and he who
reads them exclusively will in few years
be unable to do intellectual work. Many
books Of a literary character require little or
no work. Books made to sell belong gener-
ally to the class that can be read as fast as
the eye can discern the letters. Every per-
son should select his standard authors with
out regard to their popularity. 1t is rare
that a really good book, to be mastered by
work, has a large sale. Restful books, from
their very nature, may become popular,
except among those who make utility their
god and restrict the definition of utility to
what can be turned to practical use, or has
technical or commercial value, and those
whose intellects are SO small and sensibilities
so abnormally large that they need exhaust
ing excitement TO hallucinate them into the
belief that they are happy.-Rev. j. NJ.
Buckley in The Chautauquan.
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In the matter Of mechanical ability, for
instance. examine the tool box OF an Eskimo
when he considers 1t well furnished, and what
does 1t contain A well yorn file, an indiffer-
ent saw, few rusty nails, q cheap penknife,
and q very inferior sheath knife. What
would the ordinary mechanic Of civilization
accomplish with such implements as theseg
Yet with these poor tools the Eskimo will
repair the locks Of their guns, make harpoons
and spears, put together their kayaks and
umiaks, and manufacture all sorts Of things
out Of walrus ivory. They will take the
blade out of one penknife, alter it so as to be
Of suitablesize and place 1t in another handle,
drilling with broken needle the hole for the
pin ON which the blade turns, having first by
means Of fire carefully untempered the part
Of the blade TO be drilled. Macdonald
Oxley in American Magazine.
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The Mourning Of the Poor.

Nothing is more pitiful than the eInbiems
OF mourning Of the very poor. On one side
Of the doorway Of one Of the most poverty
stricken and repellant tenement houses bit
Of white mourning futtered in the bitter
winter air. IL was cheap mourning, aud
therefore moro mournful than any other.
Composed Of q rosstte Of coarse m-s.in, with
a painfully small knot Of the poorest white
satin ribbon, 1t told its story Of restitution
more forcibly than language could possibly
portray 1t. Tho hall was a mass Of snow and
Ice. Itsdoor stood wide open, and no tunnel
could DO colder. Every window in the mis-
cradle building was dark aud dirty as coal
mine. Yet, within these hideous walls human
beings lived, suffered and died. Who could
help looking upon that pathetic bit OF mourn
ing and keep from saying: ut Is well with
the child. He viii walk In no evil ways; he
win know no evil thought; he will do no evil
deed. New York Press Every Day Talk. {"
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READING FoR REST.

Effects OF the Restfui Book--The Deeper
Studies to he Considered Work.
Nothing is more restful to the mind than
wisely selected work Of travels, description
or a judicioiisly selected romance The ro-
mances most common are too weak, and
their wit sinks too near to the line OF silli-
ness, to offer much repose to person famil-
lar with the best WRITER'S and the effect Of
such productions is to deprave the taste or
to excite irritation. A restful book to tired
brain must produce in the mind OF the reader
a sense Of satisfaction with moderate stimu-
lus. tame moral essay, a story In which
all behave we'll, go to sleep every night at Q
and rise every morning at > to listen to the
birds sing, viii not suffice; and, on the other
hand, narrative that requires the closest
analysis, and which appears to be constructed
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-15
GUM CHEWING AS AN ART
You Can Read Character In 1t and Tell
who win Win the Game.


The habit of chewing gum by men, women,
babies, young and old, in the west, is grad
ually working its way east. 1t is a matter
of common practice at most health resorts,
and strikingly so at Hot Springs in Arkan-
sas, and nearly all the physicians in these
sanitariums commend the exercise as ma
terially aiding digestion, cleaning the stom-
ach, and as help of breaking Off ohewers
from the use of tobacco.
A few years ago, and even now, in staid
eastern cities, young lady who chewed
gum would be Stunned by other fair ones
and held up as an example as one on the
direct road to perdition. Whereas, in Chi
cago, Kansas City, st. Paul, Minneapolis
and all the rest of the progressive west and
northwest cities and towns, if one can't chew
at least o nickels worth Of gum per day one
is not up to the standard IL seems odd. but
there is a perfect dial to the thoughts in the
way the gum is chewed. Let any one chew
ing gum become excited or enthusiastic, say
at horse racing or any other interesting EN-
joyment, and the mouth will work quickly
and with an automatic regularity. Entire
rows of men and women, watching a baseball
contest, will show ON which side the chewers
are betting. When good play Is made ON
one side the hackers of that side chew
ferociously; the losing side chew and work
the gums alphabetically. A home run causes
the masticating and crunching to go on as
though worked by Keely motor.
A young lady visiting the east from one of
the western cities neglected to bring with
her stock of genuine gum. Life seemed in.
tolerable, until thoughtful friend sent her
bundle of sweetly scented chewing gum.
To watch another chewing gum very long
will make you hungry, and the young lady's
mother, having watched her "chewn for
long time and seeing the evident relish with
which she chewed, asked for paper. After
chewing for five minutes she suddenly threw
the gum indignantly out of tho window.
Later. when the young lady's mother re-
marked that the habit Of chewing gum was
pernicious, unladylike and vulgar, the
daughter understood TINT the neophyte in
gum chewing had a swollen tongue, chewed
jaws and a bleeding lip. There are slips
even in gum. Baltimore American.
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North America,s INLAND ocean.

First OF ALL word or two In reference to
Hudson's bay itself. The proportions of this
inland ocean are such as to give it a promi-
nent place among the geographical features
Of the world. One thousand three hundred
miles in length by 600 miles in breadth, it ex-
tends over IL dogs. Of latitude, and covers an
area Of not less than bali million square
miles, or the five basins into which Canada
is divided, that Of Hudson's bay Is immeasur-
ably the largest, the extent Of country drain
ing into it being estimated at !, 000, 900 square
miles 70 swell the mighty volume Of its
waters there come rivers which take their
rise in the Rocky mountains on the east, and
the Labrador wilderness on the west, while
southwark its river roots stretch far down
below the forty-ninth parallel, until they tap
the same lake source whence flows stream,
into the Gulfof Mexico. ~ Macdonald Oxley
IN American Magazine
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-15

In this monstrous and constantly more
nionstrous growing town extremes meet iii-
cessantly. spent the evening with friend
lately, in gigantic apartment house near
Central park, where he spent 5000 a year
rent for a fiat like a Venetian palazzo, and
has over 100000 worth of furnishings and
decorations in his hired rooms. Within q
couple OF blocks found myself in a mob in
front OF a miserable alley way leading to a
tenement house in a back court. A tenant
was being evicted for non payment of rent.
The amount OF said rent, which was for u
room and bedroom, was $40 month--$l20
year, as against tho $1,000 had lust left,
Quite a contrast, is it noti But, bless you'll
it is nothing when you are used to IL, as you
must become in New York.
know man whose entire property con-
sists of tenement houses. He owns them in
solid blocks. He himself lives in the Dakota.
our most colossal of swell apartments. He
pays more than the whole rental he receives
from two Of his tenements for his fiat; that
Is TO say, some twenty or thirty poor people
have homes, and good homes OF their kind,
for no keeps his tenements In good style, for
the money he spends on dozen unfurnished
rooms. He can afford to live in New York.
The poor can afford it, for they have no
social duties and would be Just as poor any
where.
But the young business man, who derives u
handsome income from his business, or the
man vino lives ON modest Investment can
not remain here unless he is willing to sink
all social ambitions and go in for life of
modesty and economy, such as a literary man
or an artist might enjoy, but no man with
aspirations to u place In society can. SO,
there are forming all around New York, as
In the London suburbs, little fashionable
colonies OF well born and well bred people,
where they entertain handsomely, keep their
stylish turnouts, and where metropolitan life
finds imitation in small way IN the winter
dances and entertainments, that the papers
are at present chronicling at great rate,
and where what would be poverty in the
squandering town Is abundance If not ac-
tual wealth. Alfred Trumble in Pittsburg
Bulletin
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-15

Talk OF originality Il was original and
pretty, and an astonishing idea for an unseen
timental man to conceive Of. A lady up town
was showing to her friends a very handsome
ring her husband had given her. IL was all
oval OF diamonds, with three pretty little
Opaque BLUSH white stones in the center.
Nobody could tell what those stones were,
and everybody got curious to know. She did
not know herself, Her husband had not told
her They insisted on his telling.
swell, my dear, those are the first little
teeth cut by our three children. saved them
one by one, and-there they are. SIAN Fran
cisco Chronicle
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LOYAL 20 the Core.

Miss Stuyvesant tof New York. What do
you think Of Donnellys claim that Bacon
wrote Shakespeare
Miss Lakeside (of Chicago)--Mr. Donnelly
Is a resident Of Chicago, isn't hes
'fYes'
well; then. you can bet anything he says
goes. New York Sun.
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An odd cembinatiop.

An odd combination Of wares il offered by
q shop in the Italian city OF Bari, on tho
Adriatic. A sign informs would be CUSTOM
ers that within can be obtained ssLeeches,
bread sold in slices or loaves, and tuition in
mathematics. ~ Chicago News.
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Really wonderful.

Mr.. d. Sappy--Ya-as, time works Won
ders. Why, when l was born l was the
youngest in my family, and now have faw
bwothers all younger than myself.
Admitting Crowd Isn't it extraordinary
-Tffa
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-15

Key West. Fla, gets great deal of its fro
wood from the Bahama Islands.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-15

The older we get the fewer friends we
make. We haven't time to try them.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-15

II you are annoyed by q balky horse sell
him to somebody who has more patience
than you have.
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There are about 800 900 people engaged IN
keeping bees in North America, and the
honey product Is lo0,o0o,00o pounds, valued
at S15,OO0O0O.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-15

Folks what laughs wild yer en- not at yer,
dee makes de house full err sweetness ez or
comb be err honey.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-15

When Boston girl reads one of Howelis'
love stories she is generally affected to tears,
and little icicles form on her cheeks.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-02-15

chills don't prosper whar de red pepper
Stands
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Lambsrtville Select School.

Thorough Instruction in English and Higher
Branches, Backward pupils receive special atten-
ton. Is years experience.
REV, w. NJ. WELLS, PRIV.
School York st. Residence fi0 N Main ST.
Dec. ii, lssT,-iy.
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Asiatic Tribes whose Land is Almost a
Sealed Book to the white DIan--sahara
Lands - South America The Polar
Regions.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-26
Cable Sparks.

DUBLIN, October 25.-The Parnell de-
fense fund now amounts to Ell 900.
ST.. PETERSBURG, October 25.-Woehr-
man & Son have suspended payment.
PARIS, October 25.-The Chinese Com
mercial Convention passed first reading
in the Chamber of Deputies to-day with
out debate.
PARIS, October 25.-Lunch was given
at Cherbourg to-day in honor Of the
officers attached to the Russian squadron
ct that port. There was general inter.
change of International good wishes.
ST.. PETERSBURG, October 25.-To-day
was the fiftieth anniversary of the en-
trance Of De Giers, foreign minister, into
public service. A reception was held at
the Foreign Office in honor of the event.
DUBLIN, October 25.-The Frseman's
Journal asserts thatover 200 Irish police
men have been placed at the disposal OF
the London Times as witnesses who may
be useful in proving it's charges against
the Parne.lites. 1t also declares that
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-26
Benton,s Hair Grower.

II who are BALD, all who are becoming
BALD, all who do not want to be BALD, all
who are troubled with DANDRUFF or ITCH
ING of the scalp, should use Bentons Hair
Grower. EIGHTY PER CENT. of those using it
have grown hair. 1t never fails to stop the hair
from falling. Through sickness and fevers the
hair sometimes falls off in short time, and
though the person may have remained bald for
years, If you use Benton's Hair Grower accord
ing to directions you are sure of a growth of
hair. In hundreds OF cases we have procured
good growth of hair on those who have been
aid and glazed for years. We have fully sub
aDtiated the following facts:
We grow hair in every case, no matter how
long bald.
Unlike other preparations, it contains no su-
gar OF lead, or vegetable or mineral poi
sons.
1t is specific for falling hair. dandruff and
itching of the scalp.
The Hair Grower is q hair food, and its COM
position is almost exactly like the oil
which supplies the hair with its vitality.
II your druggists have not got 1t, we will send
it prepaid on receipt of price, $1.OO.
For sale by G. H. Hance.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-26

copies OF the letters belonging to Matthew
Harris, seized when the police searched
his house. have been given to the Times.
BELGRADE, October 25.-Bishops De.
metius, OF Nissh, and Nicanor, of Cacak
have been dismissed because they op-
posed the Metropolitsn's action dissolv-
ing the marriage Of King Milan and
Queen Natalie.
LONDON, October 25.-Jem Smith, the
pugilist, was arraigned in police court this
morning charged with drunken rowdism
and using obscene language while return
ing from the Newmarket races yesterday
He was fined.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-26
A aandsome Endowment.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, October 25.-
Daniel Hand, an aged and wealthy resi-
dent Of Guilford, has given the Ameri-
can Missionary Association of New York
city, 81 600, 900, to be held in trust, the
interest to be devoted to the education OF
the colored people in the old slave States.
He was in business in Charleston when
the war broke out, and was obliged to
fly, leaving his business in the hands of
Southerner named George w. Williams,
who developed the original investment Of
$3.50, 900 to the present sum, and paid it
over to Hand since the war. Hand re-
turns it in the shape of this bequest.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-26
REGISTERED NAL RIFLED.
Thirty.Five Packages of Registered
Mail Made Way With.

= -..A - - . OCA0B CO VI AACk
Mail made Way With.
CHICAGO, October 25.-A mail pouch
which 1eft Boston Tuesday and arrived
at Chicago last evening over the Michi-
gan Southern road was robbed of all reg
istered matter, and the supposition is
that large amount of money was OBJ
tanned by the thief The bag had been
cut open, the robber taking the package
containing the frst.class matter only.
This leads to the belief that the perpe-
traitor is some one connected with the
postal service. The robbery is supposed
to have been committed between Boston
and Cleveland.
WHAT THE POUCH CONTAINED.
BosToN, October 25.-News of the
robbery of Boston mail pouch came in
. Chicago dispatch received this morn.
ing at the registered letter division of the
postofice. The pouch left Boston at s
O'Clock Tuesday morning and contained
thirty-6ve packages of first class matter,
much Of this going beyond Chicago.
Some of the letters were addressed to
San Francisco, only twelve pieces going
to Chicago, all the others further west
Each package contained from one to
twelve letters, all of which must have
contained either money or checks.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-26
THE PARNELL CASE,
High.Handed Remarks Of Att0r.
ney.General Webster.


LONDON, October 25.-On the re-assem-
bling of the Parnell Commission to-day
Attorney-General Webster resumed his
addressin behalf of the Times. He dilated
on the relations between the Parnellites
and members of the American League and
contended that the League originated
in America, and declared that it was a
conspiracy hatched in America, effected
by American money. Members Of the
League in America were dynamiters and
advocates of murder and they had the
Parnellites as accomplices. He de.
nounced Finerty, Redpath and Rosa as
dynamiters who had plotted the most
villainous forms of outrage. He said it
was absurd to say that Parnell had no
relations with Patrick Ford, as host of
facts proved intimate connection between
the two.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-26
Cure For Piles.

Itching piles are known by moisture like
Perspiration, producing very disagreeable
itching after getting warm. This form as well
as blind, bleeding and protruding piles yield at
once to the application Of DR.. Bosanio's Pile
Remedy, which acts directly upon the parts
affected, absorbing the tumors, allaying the
so cents Sold by G. H. Hance, 79 North
Spring street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-26
New GASps.

W, Il. Toler VS.. NJ. B. McQuade and
Louis G. Meyer = Complaint alleges
that plaintiff leased to defendant $50
acres OF land in Orngethorp District, De.
cember %, 1886, and the defendants hav-
ing failed to comply with all the stipula-
tions OF said lease, judgement is asked
against them for 81 $50, and interest on
81 900 thereof from December %, 1887.
Buyer & Rirch VS.. w. U. Masters and
Geo. W. Sheaff-Complaint on promis-
ory note for balance of $353.79.
Wilhelm Sutler vs.. Chas. Bauer and
Chas. Gollmer-Suit for Sic, 900 damages
for injuries sustained September 10, 1883,
while washing bottles for defendants
with bottle washing machine, it being
aliedged that the machine was defective,
whereby bottle was broken and piece
OF the glass striking the eye of the plain
tin, he has permanently lost the sight
thereof.