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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-08-22
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Boucicault says that men Of today do not
know how TO walk
John Ruskin is travelling in France in the
best of healsh and spirits.
Edwin Booth does not like Newport, and
will sell his cottage there.
Prince Bismarck has been presented with a
valuable yacht by Stuttgart admirers.
DR.. William A. Hammond asserts that the
brain is not an organ absolutely essential to
life.
Among the poverty stricken kings Of this
world Milan, Of Servia, is said TO wear the
crown.
Bishop Vinton's place as manager OF Chau-
tauqua is being taken this year by his son
George.
The earl Of Buckinghamshire was s15 a
month farm laborer in this country some
seven months ago.
English gossips still claim that Joseph
Chamberlain and Miss Endicott are TO be
married in the fall.
6tagg, Yalc's great pitcher, is at the head
Of the baseball nine at Chautauqua. The
nine is still invincible.
Sitting Bull, the renegade Sioux, says he
Is getting to be an old man. He has been an
old rascal good many years
Sir Richard Owen, the great comparative
anatomist, has entered his eighty-ffth year
In capital form, mental and physical.
victorien Sardou says that Alphonse
Daudets most relentless enemy IL not the
French academy, but the French grammar.
They say Sam Jones Is capital illustration
Of his own remark that "when God wants a
good man be makes him as ugly as a mud
fence.n
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A Case Of SER Abpcy.tIon.

Charles Lambs devotion TO his insane SIS
ter was one of those instances of self abnega-
ton which are as a silver lining to the darker
and more sinister traits Of human nature,
but it. is, perhaps, more thnn equaled in some
respects by an instance OF unselfish devotion
on the part Of man in one OF the institu-
tions near New York such as Is rare outside
of the pages Of fiction. 1t is the case Of q
man and wife. They lived happily together,
but by one Of those strange visitations OF
fate the happy wife became insane. Cases
are not rare where husband has shown de-
votion to an insane wife. Thore are others
in which the husband has sought to play the
role Of Mr.. Rochester in Jane Eyre" and
ignore tie which he speciously argued had
been sundered by stroke Of fate, though in
most, il not all, Of our states, at least, irsan-
ity subsequent TO marriage is regarded as a
disease, and no more a ground for divorce
than consumption or any other ailment
But In this case the husband forsook his
home in New York, where he had lived ON a
small income received from wealthy parents
In Europe, and sought and secured position
as bookkeeper in the workhouse close by the
insane asylum where his wife was confined,
receiving no salary for his services, and re-
mains there now, amid forbidden surround
ings, simply that he may be near his stricken
wife, who smiles vacantly at him or talks
with pathetic volubility and earnestness OF
her fixed delusions across that dark mental
gulf which separates the Gehenna of mad
ness from the relative paradise of sanity.
His only thought Is to soften the blow to his
wife as much as possible, TO ameliornte as far
as may be her sufferings, a pathetic attempt
TO make the hand OF fate seem, ike yelvat
instead OF iron. For seven years he has re-
manned faithful in his devotion to his men
tally dead wife, sepulchred, so to speak, us
a hopeless lunatio in the cemetery OF the
mind, an insane asylum, a man not, perhaps,
endowed with the intellectual qualities which
command tho admiration OF men, but illum-
ined by unselfish devotion as with sacred
nimbus. Oscar Willoughby Riggs
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STRAY BITS.

William Shakespeare is now managing a
London theatre.
The cost OF public education In Prussia Is
IL cents per head.
The largest grape crop ever known In Cali
fornia is now maturing.
Vancouver Island coal Is to be mined at
the rate Of 1900 tons day.
Snobisme is tho latest word which Franco
has borrowed from England
Irrigation has produced great crop Of
mosquitoes at Los Angeles, Cal.
Executions by electricity will BIO compul-
sorry IN New York after Jan. next.
The French propose to send pigeon mes
sages from ship to ship upon the broad seas.
A French laundryman cleans linen with
out soap by rubbing II with boiled potatoes.
The '10OO-foot tower at the Paris Expo
sition will be only 0S4 feet high. 1t will take
100000 rivets to put 1t up.
American plays, actors and actresses In
England are getting a good share Of atten-
ton.
One hundred road wagons have been
shipped from Middlebury, VT, to Buenos
Ayres.
Memphis Ia the greatest inland cotton
market in the world, receiving from 700
to 1000, 900 bales yearly.
A Butte tCal.) man who began farming on
rented land ten years ago has this year s6l,-
900 worth OF wheat TO sell.
The deaf oftenShear conversations when
there is music going ON, which they could
not hear when there was no music.
An artesian we'll sunk under the salt waters
OF New York bay, on the Jersey side, pro-
duces pure fresh water In abundance.
Florida Is to grow opium. 1t is expected
that sixteen plants will grow an ounce OF tho
drug, and that an acre will give $1,000
profit.
Tho municipal council'of Paris has granted
ground upon which to construct the Jovis
balloon, in which he proposes to cross the
Atlantic.
A Kansas ranchman predicts that cheap
beef and mutton OF the future will come
from the immense grassy plains Of Brazil and
the Argentine republic. 81 N
The Panama canal lottery has not proved
q success. The canal will require only about
$500 900 more to complete 1t, making
about $3.50 ,000, 900 in all.
Some high dignitaries Of the Chinese en-
pire who were lately detected In selling
"false decorations and credentials" like
Wilson, President Grevy's son-in-law, were
condemned 10 be beheeded
A society has been formed out in Oregon
for the Importation Of German song birds,
to be turned loose in the country, where 1t is
hoped they. win increase, multiply and make
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SLEEPING AFTER MEALS.
A Widespread but mistaken 1seiief Rest
~. 4N,n Is..ni.,


There is a widespread superstition, cher
ished by the great majority of the people,
that to sleep Immediately after they have
taken food Is to endanger health, to favor
the onset Of apoElexy, etc.--a superstition
based on the assumption that during sleep
the brain is normally congested There is,
no doubt, such thing as congestiye sleep,
but during normal sleep the brain is anmmic
When person has taken fairly abundant
lunch or dinner the stomach demands a
special influx of blood wherewith to accom-
plish its work Of digestion; no organ can
more easily comply with that demand than
the brain, which, when in full activity, Is
suffused with maximum amount of the
vital fluid.
But derivation Of blood from the brain
TO the stomach can only take place, except in
exceptionally full blooded and vigorous per.
sons, on the condition that the cerebral func-
tions be meanwhile partially or wholly sus-
pended. Hence many people after taking
dinner feel indisposed for mental action, and
not q few long for sleep. The already par
TALLY an@mic brain would fain yield up
to the stomach still further supply
Of blood and yield itself up to re-
freshing sleep. Doing so il gains new
strength; meanwhile digestion proceeds en-
ergetically, and soon body and mind are
again equipped TO continue in full force the
battle of life. But superstition, tho child Of
ignorance, intervenes, declares that sleep
during digestion is dangerous, admonishes
the would be sleepers TO struggle against
their perilous inclination, and, though telling
them that after dinner they may sit awhile,
assures them Of the adage, "after supper
walk mile"
The millions of its victims continue, there
fore, the STRIFE TO which IL condemns them,
and ignore the suggestions offered to them
by the lower animals, who have always prac-
ticed the lessons Of sound physiology by
sleeping after feeding whenever they are al
lowed to do So Hence the human brain and
human stomach OF such victims contend
with each other during the digestive process;
the brain, impelled by superstition, strives
to work and demands blood to work with,
while the stomach, stimulated by its con-
tents, strives to carry on its marvellous chem
istry, and demands an ample supply Of blood
for the purpose. The result Of the struggle
is that neither Is able to do Its work well
the brain Is enfeebled by being denied its
natural rest during the digestive process, and
the healthy function OF the stomach degener-
ates into dyspepsia. w estminster Review.
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A visit to simon Cameron.

It is true that he daily receives a very
large number of visitors, but he has knack
of treating every caller well, yet disposing Of
him quickly, unless he happens to be some
oongenial spirit with whom he feels III tho
humor of chatting. But no man ever did or
ever will 60 away from Gen. Cameron's curt
yet courtly presence dsgrintled without
good and sufficient cause. He has always
been prominently manager Of men. He
has taken care TO watch when the tides in
public affairs were liable TO rise, and when
the ebb came he was pretty sure to see its APP
proach before most other people This has
been the secret OF his political success. In
speaking of his career in politics he likes to-
day TO talk to his intimates in strain some
thing like this;
people always said of me when | was in
active politics that Cameron was a boss; that
no man could be candidate for office unless
Cameron first selected him and gave him per-
mission to run. This impression became so
strong that aspirants for political prefer
ment would come to me months before the
primaries or nominating conventions and
ask II they might have the Office they sought,
believing that my word Of support was equiv
alent to an election. 1t wasn't anything of
the kind, you know. I invariably answered
such questions by asking the candidate
What is your strength or How many dele
gates can you count onf Show mo your flg-
ures and then can tell you whether can
afford to support YOU This would say TO
all who came. Then when found the man
who was pretty sure to win with the little
support could give him he was made the
Cameron candidate. l got all the credit for
the victory, and the candidate himself be-
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when tho Mountain. wer. Made.

When tho mountains Were MADE.
The chief beauty OF Mount Desert Island is
in It's mountains From a little distance they
seem TO rise grandly out of the very blue Of
tho sea- The highest, Mount Green, reaches
an elevation Of nearly 1900 feet As you
approach the sunshine flooding their rounded
peaks gives them bronzed, metallic appear
ance. But from a league away their real
beauty and grandeur break lovingly upon
the vision Verdure clad in places, again
showing massive bulwarks Of rock, and from
each height sloping In graceful fluctuations
to the sea, rare and winsome charm, as
well as a broad and stalwart majesty, pos
sesses them Wherever one may be within
sight of the splendid masses it is impossible
TO cease their contemplation. Thus musing
on them in the spirit Of geologic conjecture
and revelry, half unconsciously asked my
skipper IL he had any idea Of their age.
"A lee-tle up'ard n hundred year, he
answered promptly. looked at him with
anazement, and it nettled him
"a lee-tle up'ard IN hundred year~ hc
repeated stolidly, setting his teeth hard upon
his tobacco and cycling me nskance as II
with initiatory feelings Of resentment at my
unaccountable ignorance. "Them ar thir-
teen mountings amt thar fur nuthin'. Them
ar thirteen self same mountings riz plum up
outen the bay the very day they dciar'd
'pendence to these Yooniterd Stntesi Them
as seed it lived right hereabout."
"But, captain,nI pleaded, aghast at this
startling revelation, "you know De Monts
and Champlain discovered the island just
2S4 years ago; named 1t L,Isle des Monts
Deserts from the dreary appearance Of the
tops OF those very mountains; and Briard
and Masse, the French Jesuits, established a
mission over there ON the western shore Of
Some's Soundr'
In tones Of awful scorn my skipper merely
answered; ibid, did theyf Wall, spose
sech scailops comes from schoolin, say no
man livin' was In these parts afore my fore
fathers; an them that's dead and doubtsdp-
this with contemptuous grief-s'seed with
their own eyes them thirteen mountings hist
up their heads Howsumdever, there's no
argerin with sneerersI'-Edgar L. Wake.
mans Letter.
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About the maddest man In North Carolina
is he who, while In New York, ordered the
"pie with the biggest namen on the hotel bill
of fare, and found "nothin' but buckle
berry," which be had eaten all his life, and
worse, that when lie got home some wag told
all his neighbors Of it.-New York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
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Sir John =. Millais is popular with his
models. He pays them well, treats them
kindly, and never sends one away without
good dinner.
It is said that Gen Won Moltke kisses oil
the babies he meets in the course OF his morn
ing walks, and that no is much pleased when
a fond mother waynys him with malice pre-
pense.
John Detwiler, Of Mansfield, o., claims TO
be the oldest active travelling salesman west
of the Alleghanies. He has been on the road
constantly for thirty-fvo years.
James Payn, at nearly GO years Of age, Is
square headed, broad browed and specialized,
looking like prosperous doctor rather than
an author. He has eleven daughters.
Emperor William III assures Frau Wagner
that he considers it his sacred duty to protect
the Wagnerian performance at Beyreuth. 1t
will be remembered that William has an
affection Of the ears
Lieut.. A. @. G. Quay, son Of the senator
from Pennsylvania, who was graduated
lieutenant from West Point last June, has
been assigned TO service in the Eighth cav
airy, and will be given a chance TO win his
spurs In Dakota,
The deaths of Emperors William and Fred
ericl has cost the princes of Thurn and Taxis
the enormous sum of 100000, because, as
feudal lords OF the Prlssian domain Of Kro-
toszyn, they have to pay $4,000 on the de-
cease Of every king Of Prussia.
Gen. G. Is. Fisk, tho Prohibition candidate
for the presidency, is an epicure in sea food
dishes, and nothing ticlsles his palate SO much
as a delicately prepared fish dinner. From
having made his fortune in the fish and
oyster trade he is sometimes known as "Clam
Bake Fisk.
King Ja-Ja, Of Opobo, the deposed West
African sovereign whom England exiled TO
the West Indies, Is being somewhat feted ct
81 Vincent He Is invited TO lawn tennis
parties and various social functions, where
he struts about in an admiral's uniform and
kid gloves, bearing himself with kingly dig
nifty.
Baron Albert Rcthschild has purchased
the largest mirror telescope that has been
constructed at Paris for 10000 forms, and
presented 1t to the Vienna observatory. A
gallery for it has also been built and en-
dowed by the baron. The total cost OF the
scientific gift viii sraocrt - moro than
$4,000.
A noted old time statesman who Is occa-
sionally seen in Washington is Galusha A.
Grow, OF Pennsylvania, who was speaker OK
the memorable war congress which was
called In special session on July a, 1851. He
Is well preserved and although politically on
the shelf has lost none Of the amiability for
which he was distinguished.
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s.nnas lust az Rad.

In the VoIapuk language tho word drunk
is "dlinkadik" It sounds more like pigeon
English. 1t would be quite as disgraceful
for a man to be seen "reeling homo dlinka-
dix as it would to bc seen staggering home
drunk. n--Norristown Herald.
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THE UNSEEN VICTOR.

There are no perils that the valiant hearted
WI fear to meet, il they but serve the right.
noble purpose planted in the spirit
Will give to every man an arm Of might
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Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which is the
fountain Of health, by using DIR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery, and good digestion, q
fair skin, buoyaht spirits, and bodily health
and vigor will be established.
Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors,
iron, the common pimple, blotch, or eruption,
to the worst Scrofula, or blood-poison. Rs
peciAlly has it proven its efficacy in curing
Salt rheum or letter, Eczema, Erysipelas,
Fever sores, Hip Joint Disease, scrofulcns
Sorss and Swellings, Enlarged Glands, Col
tire or Thick Neck, and Eating Sores or
Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
ton (which is Scrofula OF the Lungs), by its
wonderin blood PURIFYING invigoranng,
For Weak Lungs, Splitting of Blood, Short
ness of Breath, Catarrh in the Head, Bron-
chitis, Severe Coughs, Asthma, and kindred
affections, it is sovereign remedy. II
promptly cures the severest Coughs.
For Torpid Liver, Biliousness, or Liver
an uuequaled remedy. Sold by druggists.
Price S1.00, or six bottles for $500.
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~of all seasons Of the year, DR.. Diagnosis
sbA said to young physician who was help
ing her look at the moon. (which do you
most preferr
II think prefer the watermelon season.
he replied in low business tone Of voice. =
The Epoch.
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Scudder & 0unham.
TRENroN, Aug. %, 'SS.

shall offer most remarkable list of
bargains. Profit by past experience
and don't miss this opportunity.
Druggets or Crumb Cloths, 5
yards long by Q yards wide, at
$1.50. Cheese Cloth Bed Spreads,
filed with finest Sea Isle cotton,
tufted with fancy worsted, $l.99 to
$2.49. Bulgarian Summer Curtains
of soft finished cotton duck striped
in gay colors, $2.49 the pair.
Black Silks, satin finished, soft US
a glove, wear guaranteed, SO, SO and
&c.,, $l.19 and $I.25. A new in-
voice of black and colored ali-silk
Rhadames, reduced from $l.25 to
99c. Black aud colored FailIe Fran
eaise, SI.l8 and $l.25. Fancy col
ored Surah Silks, Acc. The best
Surah, in colors and black, 79c. !;
was CSC. Handsome plaided Surah,
in 20 different styles and colorings,
was $l.25; now 99c. Black More
or Watlered Silks, 99c. aud $I.25,
down from $l.25 and $l.49.
Cashmere Shawls and Scaris, in
all colors and black Shawls from
99c. to $3.50, 2 yards square; Scarts
from $l.25 to $1,000. Silk Gloria
Cloth Umbrell as, worth $2.76, at
$l.59. Travellers outfit, including
bags, telescopes, straps, trunks, &c. !;
bags from 99c. up, straps loo. up,
trunks $2.49 up. Tourist Ruching,
8 yards in a box, lac. Fans in
everything from Palm Leaf at lc.,
a Japanese Folding Fan at &C.,
Parchment Fans at l0c., up to a
hand-painted Satin Fan at $500.
90 dozen Ladies' Fancy Bordered
Handkerchiefs, at BE-; worth l0c.
See Greene street window display as
sample of the handkerchiefs.
Black silk finished Princess Royal
Henrietta, lower than you ever knew
them the $1.39 kinds reduced to
$l.l0; the Sl.29 quality reduced to
&c.; the all-wool Armure and
Serges, AZ inches wide, was S9 and
&c.,, now 50c.; 8 yards full dress
pattern; Silk Nuns Yelling for
Wells, $1.l9 to 1927 Nuns Veil
ing for Dresses, so and 59c.
All silk Ribbons, worth Zoe, at
lOc. wide all silk Sash Ribbons,
59 and CSC. 3 inch fancy effects in
Silk Ribbons, worth 50c., at 2 &c. !;
Children's Derby Ribbed Hose, all
sizes, IL and I9c., worth % and
Doc. Ladies' Black Lisle Hose, full
regular made, &c.,; 46-inch white
India Linen Shirting Embroidery,
worth 99c., at 50c.; 9-inch Suisse
Embroidery Flouncing, l0c. 1000
yards fine Hamburg Edgings, 3 and
8 inches wide, l0c. black all silk
Skirting Laces, AZ inches deep, 99c.
to $I.49. !.
Sateens for Fall wear, 10, IL and
l5c. Outing Cloth in new shaded
stripes, l2ac.; Tennis Striped Elan
mel, l23c. and l5c.; Linen finished
Crazy Grapes, lee. Checked Main
sock, 8, 10 and 12c.; Challies, lOc. /;
best standard Calico, 4c.; Apron
Ginghams, &C.; Dress Ginghams,
dark rich plaids and stripes, reduced
from Is and l0c. to l2c.; French
Ginghams, reduced from 20 and 25c.
to Is and zoe.
Flags, Bandannas, Badges, Bunt-
ing, Stripes, Bars and Decorations
Of all kinds. Estimates given for
Club Flags and prices as low as the
lowest.
Do you want to buy Carpet?
If SO. now is the time. You can
save from 10 to rs per cent. Bring
in your orders. We will store free
Of charge till You need them.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-26
SAM HARRIS, One Price Square Dealer, 1855 Main street,
 Danbury.

Platt, Walter l.. Mitchell and Almon B.. Downs were chosen delegates from the Congregational Sunday school to the State convention in Willimantic, next month.-Mr and Mrs Edward L.Mitchell were dismissed, Sunday, to the Congre- gational church in Bellevue, Ohio, where they intend to make their future home. Miss Perkins is quite sick with pleuri- sy, but was better, Tuesday morning. The pastor of the Congregational church will take next Sunday as his vacation and the people are invited to join with the Methodist brethren in worship.-A district convention of Good Templars was convened here and a public meeting Congregational, church in the evening, l at which Rev o. J. Range of Essex spoke for nearly an hour. and was followed briefly by Reys G. l.. Coburn and $. M. Keeler.-Rev G. l.. Coburn was called to Meriden by the sickness of friend Miss Hattie Asherton has visited his fam ny.-Rev Mir Wisegarver will occupy the
 NJ. E. pulpit here and at Southbury Sunday.-Anson Ward is repairing the barn of James Adams.-There will be a
 Prohibition incoming at the Town Hall here, November 1.-The Republicans ot
 this district have nominated Selectman D. M. Mitchell for Senator; Southbury delegates Henry Russell, D. c Platt. w
 $. Hooper, H. P. Downs.-W. $. Hooper is home from Danbury.-Miss Martha Cam of Bridgeport visits her sister, Mrs Gideon White.
The Newtown bee., 1888-10-26
HUNTINGTON.

Our stage will commence leaving Bridgeport at l D m, November l, arriy- ing here two hours earlier.-Carpenters have commenced work at Cnmmings's s corner and, as the foundation of the new house is not quite ready, they will put up new barn in the rear of Mir Nash's house. Several of the men board at Hor- ace Lyons. Mir Park has been in Weston.-Howard Hubbell has returned from his visit in | orlx State and occasion ally assists E.J Buckingham in the store. "A goodly number went from here, last week Thursday evening, to Birmingham and heard Chairman Dickey's speech.- The Prohibition caucus will be held next week Thursday evening, at Shelton to nominate candidate for Representative. Stephen Morris is still on the sick list :; Dr Dawson attends him.-Mr Eldred is moving his family from Bridgeport into the upper part of Miller Curtis's house.
 Antony Zimmerman is having a big pile of wood sawed by Sternborn's horse power.-Commissione meeting at the Town Hall, Saturday, for the settlement of the estate of the late Harvey Bucking- ham. Lawyer Williams appeared on the side of $. F. Buckingham ct al. and Ed ward $. Hawley for his mother. No de- cision was rendered.-Wilbur Bassett has left the employ of Elisha H. Hubbell.- Charles Quick has quit the milk business. Elisha Hubbell sells milk in Birming- ham, taking the route formerly owned by Homer Clark.-Some farmers are dig ging potatoes; late ones turn out poor ly.-Frederick Beard narrowly escaped fracturing a leg while handling logs Howard W. Hubbell is home from his New York trip.-Our sportsmen are beat ing records at taking partridge, wood cock and quail.