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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-08-08

There is good deal more sense in a frog
farming scheme than you will find In
lots OF these hare Drained patents which are
advertised extensively. Ofcourse, every one
smiles at the suggestion of growing frogs for
food, and Col Bill Waddingham came In for
his share Of censure when he innocently pro
posed 10 utilize some OF the useless swamps
Of southern Illinois close to st. Louis, where
n good demand for frogs at fancy prices al
ways offered encouragement to shippers.
Tho improved frog is fat, plump and lus-
cious, most delicious morsel that melts In
the mouth, while the swamp croaker IL a long
drawn out creature that has moro spring
than fat to his underpinning. The breeds are
as different and wide apart ms the Texas long
horn and the Hereford shorthorn.
Any man who has q pond on his farm can
try the experiment Of raising his own frogs
First, let him buy, say six pairs Of fine New
Jersey breeders and dump them into the
water. With these for starter you may select
quantity of domestic bactracean and then
you will have the nucleus for q fortune
Don't interfere with your water investment
for year any more than to keep your grow
Ing stock well supplied with focd. They re-
quire an abundance, but as they are not very
dainty In their taste, the expense win be
light. For young farm two barrels a day
of hotel table scraps will keep the frogs in
splendid shape, so that at tho end Of twelve
months you can begin marketing all you can
fish out at the same price as spring chickens.
Give mo the time and facilities and will
wager that at the end Of two years I win be
living on an income Of 81, 900, and my frogs
win pay all expenses. st. Louis has no good
frogs, as local epicures depend on the labors
of farmers lads, who 60 fishing with shot
gun In midwinter, when the ground Is
frozen hard, we have to bring our frogs from
establishments In New Jersey. -Globe-Demo-
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The remlnlne chlneso rest.

The feet of Chinese women are made small
in very simple manner. Tho process begins
at the age OF five or six years The foot Is
tightly bound, so that the circulation of
blood ceases and the toes are crushed to-
gether The bandaged foot is inserted in
short, narrow pointed shoe, In tho heels OF
which block Of wood Is placed, so that the
girl appears TO be standing on her toes.
Sometimes bandages are wound around over
the shoe The foot Of ees.sse .e9Qygy4t tffJUf,
't,do, que the ~ ~ * T..
skin, seems round and plump Stockings are
not worn. II everything goes all right the
foot assumes the desired form In two or three
years, being gradually shriveled up. The
poor girls often have to undergo great pain.
Sometimes the skin and flesh burst under the
terrible pressure, and occasionally incurable
injuries result. It Is dangerous to hasten the
process, and especially so when at the begin
ming Of the operations the girls are beyond
the usual age. Not infrequently the attempt
Is made with fifteen or sixteen year old
daughters In such cases the process is diff
cult, for the foot has almost reached its full
growth, and the pain is unbearable.
The practice Of deforining the feet prevails
only among the upper Glasses and those who
affect the manners and customs OF their ST.
periors In rank. Among the lower classes,
where the deformity would unfit girl for
necessary labor, the feet are allowed to grow
naturally. This establishes q sort Of caste
sign. The father of tiny footed maiden win
not permit her TO marry a man whose mother
or sisters have not artifcially diminutive
feet. The written laws of the land do not
refer to this custom in any way; 10 would be
much as II American legislation should deal
with tight lacing. Chang Tae In Philadel-
phia Press.
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.Ideal aar,len.y Arc surre.tea.

An agricultural paper suggests the posi-
bility Of 'ideal gardens in different sections
OF the United States 1t says: "Our country
offers to the landscape gardener wonderful
adTantngo9 in &c emdless variety ~ sceHtfy,
the unriyaled richness OF its fora, and such
diversity of soil and climate, that somewhere
within its borders every extra tropical plant
will grow" 1t declares the imagination can
conceive nothing more beautiful and ire
freshing than spring garden In New Eng
land, when vegetation bursts suddenly forth
from the restraints of long winter.'' "And
what field for the landscape artist is offered
In the warm, rich valleys of the southern
Alleghanies, the home of the most beautiful
deciduous forests In the world Here he can
collect all plants belonging to tho temperate
zone"
Another ideal garden could DO made on
our northwest coast, where plants that luxu-
riate in moist regions would be at home;
while In Southern California could be gath
cred the trees Of the Mexican plateau, OF the
Mediterranean basin, Of Australia, and OF all
the dry countries In the world; and hero
gardens might be made surprising In rich
ness and variety Of interest even those of the
Riviera 1t is not clear whether the sug-
gestion 10 that public gardens representative
Of the fora Of vast sections be established.
The idea would not be a bad one, IL that be
intended. Globe Democrat.
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Tho Increase of srendIoancy.

The growing tendency to believe that char
ity Is the mother Of pauperism and that our
easy and disorderly dispensing of aid to mem
dicants is increasing beggary, is confirmed
and strengthened by the experience of the
city Of Brooklyn. In the five years from
1874 to 1878, inclusive, the number of per-
sons who asked and received outdoor relief
from the city increased between 80 and GO
per cent, while population was increasing
less than Ia per cent. The inference seemed
fairly to be drawn that the masses were
growing relatively poorer and poorer. But
In 1873 outdoor relief was wholly put an end
to. 1t was feared by many that this would
lead to vast suffering; but it did nothing Of
the kind Not only was the 40 900 drawing
from the authorities dropped, but this drop
ping caused, or was accompanied by de-
crease of applicants to the public aud pri-
vate societies. The true inference was that
our system OF charities encourages beggary
and creates mendicancy Globe Democrat.
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just What a whanr Is.

In the wisdom of the ages there has come
to be something in name. good house
wife in a suburb Of Lewiston, whose reputa-
ton is of thrift, and whose wits are as keen
as the razor's edge, issued cards not long ago,
tits said, for an afternoon parry at her home,
terming 1t a "whang.p A whang is an un-
known term in that vicinity, although they
had heard it employed in a metaphoric or
symbolic or hyperbolic sense many times to
the country Jubilee of various kinds The
good ladies who were summoned didn't know
what to do or how to dress, but they went
just the same, full OF curiosity, and in their
most stunning toilettes. The hour was early
viz, l p m.-when the larger part OF them
started. Bets were even against the field that
it was aquilting bee, one to three that it was
rug bee, and even against the field that It
was just an ordinary party. When they got
there they found the house in disorder, and
everybody scrubbing for dear life. A whang
is housekeeping party, and some of tho
ladies are sorry they didn't dress accordingly.
Lewiston Journal,
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RED MEDICINE IN THE NORTH.
How the Sioux DTagicians Prepare Their
Spells--Herbs and Imares.

How the Sioux DTagicianS Prepare Their
Spells-Herbs and Images.
As the medicine bag contains the red doc
tors stock In trade, he guards 1t with jealous
care. 1t Is kept away from the prying eyes
and itching fingers of the whites, and the
medicine man would as soon lose his life as
to have the contents OF his pouch inspected
These bags are made of the skin OF some wild
animal, and are variously ornamented with
fringe and now and then with beads. We
did not get chance to look into one during
the prevalence Of the dog feast, but not long
afterwerd number of Christianized medi-
cine men reached the post and turned their
pouches over to the missionary who had con-
verified them.
A complete catalogue Of the contents of
single medicine bag would excite the readers
wonder and provoke a smile. When the dis
carded OF had been turned over ON the
occasion just referred to, went through the
first that came In my way. This particular
medicine chest had once been the skin of
some animal in embryonic state-I should
say young wolf-and had been taken Off In
manner which caused it to retain its nat
ural shape. I found that each article had
been carefully incased In covering Of
birch bark. The wrapper was marked with
certain totemic symbols which went to In
struct the medicine man a. TO the contents OF
the package. The assembled medicines
would have formed an unique collection, and
q general laugh went around as the Indians
materia medica stood displayed.
There were dried herbs in quantity, leaves,
banks, roots, and stems. Here claw, there
tooth, yonder an ear. One package con-
tanned beak and a feather, another human
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images of wood carefully wrapped and
labeled. These were the totems that preside
over the use and effects Of the medicines, and
without their presence in the pouches the
skill of the Indian doctors would avail moth
Ing. The images are Of rough workmanship,
but they answer the purpose for which they
were designed as well as il they came from
the hands OF the skillful carver. We found
In the bag we examined representations OF
the sun and moon, aud some odd pieces Of
wood carving supposed 20 represent the
human figure.
The medicine Of one tribe differs from that
of another. The shapes Of the healing pouches
are different. No Indian can aspire to the
position OF healer of the sick unless he Is ply
sically without q blemish, though some
tribes tolerate manned medicine men. This
would indicate that among some nations MEM
tai characteristics go further than physical
ones in the choosing of doctors. The iuitia-
ton into the fraternity of medicine men dif-
fers, as do the schools they profess to prac-
tice In the far north the candidate Is
compelled to devour alive young dog while
the assembled crowd dance around him. In
other instances physical torture can lift one
to the dignified position OF medicine man, and
some enthusiastic aspirants have been known
to endure excruciating pain for days in sue
cession. --Drake's Travellers Magazine.
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Over SIS per cent of the sheep examined in
Colorado last summer, according to a report
made by DIR. Cooper Curtice to the Biological
society at a recent meeting, were infected by
q tape worm which is apparently indigenous
to the western country Similar parasites
have been described in 1856 by DR.. X. NJ
Diesing from specimens obtained by Natesen
from Brazilian deer; but since that time the
species was apparently unnoticed. This spe-
cies is interesting, first, on account OF its pc
culiar anatomy and the life history Of the in
dividual parasite: second, because OF the
history OF this species, which indicates it to
be the first acquisition of Il native parasite
BY the sheep on this continent, and its subse-
quent distribution in the United States and,
third, from an economic standpoint, the dis
cussion OF 1t including consideration of tie
disease produced In sheep-the actual loss in
death rate, in wool and mutton, due to the
parasite--and OF the problem OF cure and
prevention Of the disease.
As this species has not been described In
Europe, and has not been noticed in eastern
United States, it seems to have been acquired
by the sheep sincs their importation into this
countyys-7ScienCa.
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A Girl Of Nerve.

The way vassar student with limited
means helps herself through college Is thus
told by correspondent: Some Of the girls
who come to Vassar are as helpless as babies.
They are the daughters Of millionaires, and
never brushed their OWL hair or sewed a but
ton on their boots in their lives. They are
only too glad to have some one do these
things for them, and that is how the poorer
girls make pocket money. Last year pretty,
blue eyed girl came to college, and stated
during the first week that her tuition and
board were paid by kind relative, but
every penny for dress. car fare and the
thousand and one little incidentals she must
earn herself Soon after her arrival the
following announcement appeared ON her
door:
Gloves and shoes neatly mended for 10
cents each.
Breakfast brought up for 10 cents each.
Hair brushed each night for 25 cents q
week.
Beds made up at 10 cents week.
That little freshman made just $50 the
first year, and that paid all Of her expenses
and a good part Of her tuition fees. Boston
Advertiser.
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Public sentiment in this country will
never reach its proper level until it
ostracises a vile man as remorselessly as
IL does vile woman. The wretch who
betrays girl and starts her OBJ the
road to eternal ruin must be Stunned
as systematically as his victim. Often
the woman is more sinned against than
SHINING. AT present she has before her
nothing but dark and cheerless future
BIT the wretch who blighted this young
life is received Into the best society and
treated as though he we're hero. ALI
this is wrong. II any creature on earth
deserves the scorn and condemnation OF
virtuous people it is the liberiine. And
il the good of each community were to
form league Offensive and defensive
against the human wolf who preys upon
virtue they would not only be doing
their duty but would save many from
folly and ruin. But so long as the
libertine is welcomed to homes thai
should double bar their doors against
him while the woman is driven into
obscurity great wrong and greal
outrage will continue.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-08-08

The following anecdote admits of wide and
varied application. Most of us can apply it
to ourselves if we will. IL was story of a
minister who, preaching in the pulpit of q
brother clergyman, said some strong things
about racing and fast horses
He was told after the sermon that he had
touched one of their best members at ten
der point.
"Well, "said the preacher, 81 cannot change
my sermon for him.
In the evening the man was introduced to
the minister, who said, ~ understand that
what 1 said touched one Of your weaknesses.
/ assure you that / was altezr hev .,-iaop-
acf ~ = IN. >.-xaAas-z,suii1 4 IL.
"Oh, never mind,p said the man. at is a
poor sermon that does not hit me some
where. ~ Youths Companion.
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The Successful Literary Life.

The ambition to ''be literary" Is an un.
worthy one The aim should be to render
by the pen some definite and Substantial ben.
eft to tho audience" Perhaps none of us
can consistently live up to this ideal, but
here, as well as In greater matters, the prin.
ciple Of the Master may apply, "Whosoever
will save his life, shall lose it; but whatsoever
viii lose his life for my sake, the Same shall
save it.p A successful literary Life Is life
Of unselfsh service; and, as with all other
unselfsh service, the recognition that IL no,
demanded as recompense is graciously ten,
dered as benediction. I close WITH postu
late: Nothing should be published, the sup
preston Of which would be o loss chiefly K
the author. Harlan Fl. Ballard in Tn.
Writer.
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On the LIST of June, 1886, the Phila-
delphia Times" now an embarrassed
advocate OF free wool, had an able edi.
torial beginning in this vigorous style:
Brother Singerly, the free trade en-
thusiast of the Record is the real
father of the textile free wool movement.
He is nothing if not impetuous. lie
owns the pret.iest newspaper building,
he runs first class newspaper, he
amuses himself with mammoth paper
mill, he builds houses on his ground
with bricks from his own yard aud
woodwork from his own mills, and he is
large textile manufacturer. He wants
free pulp for his paper mill +; he wants
free coal for his machinery he wants
free attractions for his museum he
wants free lumber for his buildings, and
he wants free wool for his factory. He
wants to cEeapen his products, multiply
his labor and increase his profits, all OF
which could be done II he obtained all
his raw material free and is protected In
what he produces.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-08-08

Samuel Fowler is making an active
canvass for the nomination for Congress.
and when last seen had bright hopes OF
success. Hon. John Carpenter, 10 his pa.
per, the Clinton Democrat comes out
strong for Fowler. We understand also
that he has great following in Warren
county. He has come to an understand
ing with young Johnston Cornish, of
Washington, who II Is said win be can
didate only under certain circumstances.
There Is hardly any doubt but that young
Cornish eovets the Office and has the bee
in his bonuet. 1t Is conceded on all sides
that Sussex is entitled to the nomination,
and the man from this county who goes
there with solid, or nearly solid, dele
cation will hold powerful lever. Many
believe that solid delegation flom this
county Is entirely out of the question.
While this may be true, 1t Is not denied
that the followers of Congressman Pid-
cock will hold the great majority Of the
delegates Of the county. This being the
case, 1t is believed that Ia the end the
nomination will go to Mr.. Pidcock, II be
desires il, thus making complete depar-
ture from the rules. All these facts will
make lively caucus meetings 10 this dis
trict. -Sassec Independent.
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An Afr,oan uw.ke.n

According to news from the west coast of
Africa there have been some human sacri-
fees in consequence of tho death of son Of
the king of Grand Jack. Selected victims
were obliged to drink ''sass water,p poison
Gus liquor and were then pitched into tho
surf on the seashore. When the rollers
dashed them ashore men, women and chill
dren cut at them with knives until they were
dead. The chief of the tribe flies the British
flag, and the captain Of a trading vessel re-
monstrated with him in vain.-London
Standard
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Air--aOld TTroinav.n

Air-"Old Pirqinny'
Says Grover .1ll go to foreign shore
To get my salt, say;
American wells may all go dry
And the workmeT get no pay"
But the workmen draw their eyslids down.
And nothing green display;
And they're whOoping it up,
They're whooping 1t up
For Harrison every day.
Says Grover: "I'll go to Canadian ports
To get my lumber, say;
You may pull the teeth Of American saws.
And the axe you may throw away"
But the woodmen laugh in ghoulish glee.
And the sawyers work away.
Ind they're whooping 1t up,
they're whooping 1t up
For Harrisea every ass-
To get my wool. say
American sheep may die in the field
And the farmers get no psy.r
But the farmers smile knowing smile
To their children at their play
And they're whooping Il up,
They're whooping ii up
For Harrison every day.
Says Grover Z" III go to The English mill
To get my iron made;
American wheels may all stand still
And the mill hands go to the shade"
Blu. the fires burn and the chimneys smoke.
Aud the anytls ring, say
And they re whooping ftup,
They're whoopiDg It up
For Harrison every day.
Says Grover q I'll save the nations gold
III veto this pension bill.
The veterans old may ragged 60,
And his CHI ildren hungry still.s
But the nation frowns at the unkfnd word
Frowns at the taupt say
And we're whooping IL up,
We're whooping it up
For Harrison every day.
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To save Drowning Men.

A United States navy officer has invented
a life saving device for the dreaded emer-
gency of 'man overheard" which promises
to be of value. A raft buoy OF sufficient size
to support man is attached to the vessel by
a long and strong but light wire rope. The
buoy IS stocked with Q small supply of pro-
visions, and is furnished with potassium
compound which upon contact with the water
ignites and burns brilliantly for twenty mir
utes. II the drowning man, aided by the
fame, succeeds in reaching the raft he can be
drawn to the vessel without tho necessity of
lowering boats. Should the rope break and
his own vessel lose track of him, he has, with
the provisions, chance of sustaining life
until picked up by others. Frank Leslie's.
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A n,.co,.o,.ts wiz.

II don't believe In these secret societies."
said one Austin lady to another.
"That's very singular" replied tho other;
"your husband is a Forester, a Knight Of
Pythias, and a Knight of Honor, and you
will have at least 5000 when he dies.
"But what good does all that do ne9" was
the fearful response, "when he never diesf
and the poor creature burst into tears. =
Texas Siftings
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The evidence brought out by the Con
gressiond Investigating Committee, con-
corning the character of large part Of
the mass of immigrants who now land up
on our shores, confirms the impression
that is generally entertained about their
room being far better than their COM
pany." This country has reaped great
advantage 10 the past from the large in
fiux of foreigners who have been actuated
to share our lot by the legitimate and
praise worthy object of making for them
selves homes 10 the United States aud as
Stunning the duties and privileges of citi-
zenship. This is now largely changed.
Thousands of the strangers who have
landed In recent years are the ignorant off
springs of Europe. the best OF whom only
seek to compete with the lowest grade Of
labor in, this country, and to return to
their native land, after the lapse of year
or two, with their savings. However
honest these laborers may be, the very
fact that they are able to exist here on the
| pittance of twenty five cents day, as
some of the Italian witnesses have testi-
| fed, Is enough to show, in general way,
the undesirability of large accession Of
so ignorant q class, even for a temporary
period, to our population. Neither upon
industrial, political nor social grounds
should we consent further to this danger
GUS hospitality. The fact that it has
been the shameless custom in recent years
of the Bayarian Government to send ha.
bitual criminals to us, Is an outrage that
would be easy to check il the State De-
partment would exercise proper diligence.
All that is required is ordinary vigilance
on the part OF the Consular and Diploma
tic Corps In Germany, similar to that ex
ercised under Republican Administra-
tions, when the various German States
sought to make Botany Bay Of the Uni
ted States. This, however, is simply an
incident in the matter under consdera.
tsiSrts The grAat evil d the iFrupklon Of
,sH0sdes OF iRnofant ftlnlig fRhts upon us
who cannot be assimilated to American
ways and 10 American ideas. To root
this evil out requires radical legislation.
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rha rdItar.a 1n.o,,,,,,.

Patient--I wish you would prescribe for
me, doctor. am nervous and restless and
my sleep is disturbed by Nightmares hideous
enough for delirium tremens.
Doctor-Possibly your heart is diseased.
Do you lie on the right slider
Patient Great Scott, doctori ] thought
you knew that am running an independent
newspaper and have to lie on all Sides De.
troit Free Press.