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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-08-28
what chirorodist rhinka,


Year before last had two women
patrons to one man," said a chiro-
podist. "But last year, and so far this
year, the falling off in the former pat
ronage has been more than one-half.
But there has been no decrease in tho
number of my male customers. How
do / account for all thisp Easily.
Fashion in shoes is responsible for It.
A year and half ago the high,
narrow French heels were the fashion
in women shoes, and they are one of
the best friends chiropodist can have.
They are regular and rapid breeders of
corns. No woman can wear pair Of
such shoes long without looking up a
corn doctor. But the low, Hat heel is
now the fashion. II the rest of tho
shoe fits the foot these shoes arc
the natural enemy of corns and tho
chiropodist has to suffer. IL is gem
orally beloved that women are more
vain of their feet than men are of
theirs, but my experience has shown
me that quite the contrary is tho fact.
Men will insist on making their feet
look small, and any shoe that will do
that is the fashion for them. "--New
York Sun
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a SCENE IN THE TOWER OF LONDON.
A Ceremony That Has been Enacted Every
Night for Eight Hundred Years.

Your hanson is allowed to drive in
after hailing the gate, but You will
notice that a soldier marches in front,
partly as guide and partly because it
Is fortress into which you have pene-
trated, and past o'clock. You go at
almost q foot's pace down the hill and
then to the left along the inner road
parallel with the Thames, between
grim granite walls, where the gloom
grows darker, through grim gates, be-
meath grim archways; the burden Of
this mass OF masonry lying heavier on
your soul at every step; the shadows
weighing on you; and the sky on this
clear night--for it Is clear outside
seen by glimpses, looking infinitely
more remote than the usual London
heavens, which are for the most part
canopy of smoke, as it were, just
over your head. Presently out you
come into the barrack-yard and a
blessed expanse of air and evening
light.
Three hours later, as 1 said good
night, my host stopped me. sPhere
Is something you would like TO see,
and 1t is just time. Come along" As
we went out an officer Of the Guards
rushed by In full uniform, sword ring
ing against the stone steps, huge bear
skin helmet and all the rest, and cried
out to us: "You will be late If you
don't hurry" and away he went at the
double-quick across the moonlit par
AIDE. 1t was rather soon after dinner
for constitutional, but we followed
and found the guard already turned
out under the gallery by the Bloody
Tower. A moment later appeared q
little squad of men, one of them in a
flowing scarlet robe with lighted
lantern, coming up the steep slope
that leads from Traitors Gate. The
sentry challenged sharply:
"Halti Who goes thereP"
The warder halts and answers.
.'Thc keys
"Whose keysp"
Queen Victoria's keys"
pass, Queen Victoria's keys" The
warder In tho flowing scarlet robe,
with the lighted lantern, followed by
his little squad, starts of again, but
halts again and cries aloud,
"God save Queen Victoria!"
Inc Rudtu cotucs W Inc pftScnts INC
officer brings his sword to the salute,
officer and men respond In chorus
three times with kink OF cheer:
'sAmen, Amen, Amen"
Again the warder sets out, passes,
turns square to the left, and vanishes,
he and his flowing scarlet, and his
lantern, and his little squad. He is
carrying the keys Of tho Tower 10 tho
Governor of tho Tower. It was but a
minute. The guard are dismissed. the
officer marches leisurely of. My
friend and l are left there. Only a
minute, yet that selfsamc ceremony
has been transacted on that same spot
at the same hour every night for
something like 800 years. Back
through all those crowded centuries of
English story you hear nightly that
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-08-28
He Carried the Baby.

Virtue is not always its own reward,
as the following story from the New
York World shows: He was heavy
swell from London, stopping at the
St Denis Hotel, and no was standing
Wednesday at the corner of Four
teenth street and Fifth avenue waiting
for tho parade, when no saw well
dressed woman with baby helplessly
struggling in the dense crowd that
packed tho sidewalk. Politely lifting
his hat the dignified Britisher said:
MADAM, that child will be crushed.
Where do you want to gopn
''Oh, sir" said the perspiring
mother. with an appealing look. Il
am trying to get into Sixth avenue.n
"All right; l will help you, as want
to get to the elevated station,n was the
reply. "Let me take the baby"
The child was transferred to the
arms of the sturdy English dude. who
pushed his way through the crowd.
and in few minutes had reached the
middle of the avenue. Looking around
for the mother, she was nowhere to be
seen. and the Englishman started for
the place where he had left her. He
wa s stopped by policeman, who re-
fused to let him pass and said he would
have to Ego the other way
"Will you please take the baby,
then; its mother is lostPn
Nov, young TELLER, you can't give
me any story like that" was the re-
ply.
just at this moment the infant set
up loud howl, its tears running down
the neck Of its protector as it hung
about his shoulders, and tho crowd at
the same time awoke to an apprecia-
ton of the scene. There were cries of
Hi, Jimmie, get onto his jags wild de
kidln "Why don't hc marry the girlP'
and, sit doesn't like its daddyin A
thousand people by this time were
laughing at the Englishman, who stood
helpless and uncomfortable in the mid
die of the street, looking about as IL
for some place to throw the child,
when policeman asked him to give
an account of himself and how he
came into possession of the squalling
infant. Finally the mother struggled
to the scene, grabbed tho child, and,
stopping for a moment to accuse her
new acquaintance of trying to steal 1t,
rushed off.
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An Economical Millionaire.

John l. Blair, of Blairstown. N. j.,
is reputed to be worth $50, 100000, yet
such is his strong sense of merely hold
ing his wealth in trust for the benefit of
.h1sstallQ W men That he. amanda nnon
himself Iesz tilifOst Wan i paid TO bis
humblest workman When Mr. Blair
stops at the hotel, if he intends to stay
over night. he usually asks for small
inside room on the parlor floor. If il
is In Winter, and too cold TO sit with
out fire, he sits in the public lobby.
1t he intends to leave before midnight
he does not take room at all but oc-
cupies the public room downstairs, and
II he wishes to change his shirt he slips
into the little wash room behind the
offices. ~ never offer or refusc,n he
said jokingly. to gentleman who
offered him a cigar Rttsburg Conn
nlcrcidl.
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Fruit shortcaIses:

Fruit shortcakes are BY no means so
warmly appreciated as they deserve.
There are many people even yet who
have never tried thom except In straw
berry time, and some Ut Is fact,
strange as it may secm) who have not
so much as heard or thought of any
fruit shortcake but strawberry short
cakel Yet they may be made of nj
most any kind of soft fruit or berries,
and an orange shortcako Is almost rs
mistake Is made, / think, In making
the shortcako too rich. 1t Is not only
moro wholesome, but may be eaten
more freely and frequently without
cloying the appetite, and with a bet
ter relish, II made quite plain severe-
ly so, according to some rich stand
ards. Make the shortcaie light and
of generous thickness, and use plenty
of fruit II will split more smoothly
If hot knife is used. Another great
improvement on tho common practice;
After the fruit has been spread on tho
under crust, lay on the upper crust
with its upper side down, next the
fruit. so that the last layer of fruit
may be spread ON tho fresh-cut, inner
surface, Of the upper crust. Try this
once. and you will always practice 1t.
And do not BIO too sparing Of butter
IL you want the best results. There Is
no handler tea dish than q good short
cake, and some suitable fruit is always
in season. - Good housekeeping.
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rho ichneumon and the Carpenter
Bee.


There are certain enemies OF the car
their objects by fair fight. Ono of
these, light airy insect. with scimi-
tar-shaped body, belongs TO tho
Ichsleumonidc, family noted for de-
ceitfulness aud immoral conduct. to
say nothing OF bloodthirstiness. This
designing creature loiters about and
watches the Ceratina building her
nest. When the nest builder has filled
q cell with pollen and deposited an
egg, and has departed to seek material
for partition, tho ichneumon sneaks
slyly In and lays one Of its eggs in the
cell. too; SO, when the bee comes back,
she unconseiously walls in with her
child its deadliest foe. When the
young bee has nearly attained full
size, the ichneumon egg matches into
vorncious little grub, which evident
ly looks upon the fat bee-larva as q
hungry child might look upon choice
beefsteak. II at once falls to eating
the helpless creature, which convent
emily proves to be sufficient food to
nourish the little interloper until the
later has completed its growth. When
sufficiently grown. the young ichneu-
mon spins beautiful silken cocoon
about itself, in the most innocent
manner, and changes TO pupa. In
this state it waits until the bees in the
tunnel above it have matured and de-
parted. and then issues forth fully
developed ichneumon, and flies into
the world to play its hereditary tricks
upon any unwary insect it may chance
TO meet We fonnd one of these
ichnemon cocoons in the middle cell of
q Ceratina nest. Only one of the
mature bees was found in the tunnel
below the cocoon, and 1t had its head
pointed downward; thus telling as
plainly us words could have told, that,
disgusted with the creature 1t found
obstructing its upward pathway, it had
turned about with firm intention TO
dig out by way Of China. or die in the
attempt! And, undoubtedly, many
which escape being eaten by the para
site. die thus from imprisonment
Annn Botsford Conistoct, IN 50. Nicholas.
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A man named I,enthers of Pitts
ford. Mich. died from tho effects Of
drinking maple sap to excess.
The Cuar 40 Rnss;a 10 laarn,ne IN
NAV the cornat mi. NAV acceunt
Tor the recent attacks on his life,
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an ~, ose @ - a. ., mh ; \. ~
~ ss ..v ov'o.s r ~ .no aMpow = sno
p'ouasS = ~ .s's"oi' NV, non
III siu men - nurnasiig H., v I'LL,
a. mva, $1,000 uV ~ oL, aS o v.y
D"s 20, - .no '0"A "on' ~ 40.
Bishop Potter Of New York ana
.he sI Eno noan nost,,,,1a oi hreaahss
a. nv ,h ha era vL ,v's' y ~ sS''''
Mr. fulver OF yineland: N. - mas
eaten an egg every Jay LOT tne last
nar;n oo s5i A. ~ " ""'' ~ "A' r.
's -,
Brazil SENDS us oO per cent OF Inc
total amount OF conee imported ana
.ne cost per Pounu y o-V u = cons
onoapo. 'nan any o'no'
Rice BIRDS are setting IN immense
groves on Alabama oat neios anu uo-
ing much damage: hunters are To-
quested 70 take notice.
A Bay City, Mich. constable went
70 serve q commissioners notice on 2
woman OF that place, ana she threw .
cup OF hot tea IN his face. dc ned.
Nine. Rukmabai. famous Indian
lady, has arrived in London to be
educated In medicine ana become the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-08-28

Carl Rosa's marriage with Parepa
was signally happy. He had fallen
desperately in love with the beautiful
Greek, and travelled with her all
through America with the Bateman
Company. During the journey he
talked SO necessarily to persuade her
to listen to his suit that at last, as she
would say: II was forced to accept
him, or / should have gone mad for
want of sloep." From the moment of
his marriage everything went prosper
ously with him.
Mr.. Augustine Hamilton, Of North
CoIebrook, uses three times week a
razor with which his grandfather,
Ebenezer Edgerton, Of CRANKY, used
to shave the face OF George Washing
ton. While serving In the Revolu-
tionary War, Edgorton, being then
only 16 years of age, rescued two
soldiers who had broken through tho
ice on river. This brought him under
the especial notice Of General Wash
ington, who made him his valet. The
razor has a line edge and a clear ring
to this day. 1t is said to have been
very satisfactory to the Father OF his
Country.
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Il Had BECOME an old story.

Many and many q time tho little boy
had madc an honest little dime Of
pocket money by getting himself in
the way when George came to court
his sister. He had got it down to a
science. But one night he was put to
bed after having been taken in to look
Mt his sister in bridal veil and orange
blossoms. He had caught sight OF the
minister and a lot of prettily dressed
people gathered, and he was told that
his sister was to be married. They
went away on their wedding trip and
then they came back to live with the
old folks while new house was being
built for them. The small boy missed
his dime while they were away, and 1t
was with great joy he hailed their 10
turn. They had hardly unpacked
their traps before they noticed him
providing around and appearing sud-
denly from behind curtains and sofas
at odd moments. They did notunder-
stand until her mother came and told
them that Freddy had approached her
confidentially and said;
"Mamma, George don't put his
arms around Emma and hug her on
the sofa as he used to do, at ALL
San francisco Chronicle.
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challenge ring out; nightly that bless
ing invoked on King or Queen, with,
/ suppose, an interval when Oliver
Protector got the benefit of it; nightly
the clash of steel which tells the Cor
stable of the Tower that all is we'll;
and nightly those keys have made
their singular journey into the hands
of the Kings Lieutenant. London
Letter ils the New YORK. Tribune.
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Pertinent Inquiries.
: "cheapu food the cheapest.

Is "cheap" food the cheapest.
DO diamonds and dino novels go
well togetherp
Is not secret safer with one than
with half dozenp
Which is the worstp To BIO worried
by fortune or misfortunep
Is it not better to wait until the day
is done, before boasting OF It's achieve
mentsP
Does not he who picks quarrel
sometimes find the sore on his own
person, which the picking" NADER
Good Housekeeping.
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Gu the same Farm since 1924.

There is living near Sycamore, Mass,
a family that occupies a farm that is
said to have been handed down from
father to son for six generations.
When the father Of this line. Thomas
Topper settled on the land in 1924 the
place was an Indian village known as
Shaun.
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Accounted For.

Giles-Old Brown must be getting
generous to offer you a cigar.
Merritt-His wife made him q
present of q box. Burlington Free
Press.
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A hairless calf Is owned by Mr..
Freeland, of Howe Township, Dauphin
County, Pennsylvania.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-01
Weather Forecast.

q. 8. SIGNAL OPYIcE
Washington, D. C. Sept, 81.
For the next "a hours for Illinois:
Fair; cooler.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-01
NEW FEDERAL OFFICERS.

Boss Wells in the Postofhce and
Harr Bossoek L. Deputy Collector
"A Happy Pair.
As per arrangement. Mr.. August
Huesing gave Boss Wells formal possess
sion of the Rock Island postoffice at the
close of business hours yesterday. The
boss did not 60 home to supper, prefer
ing to enter upon his new duties after
fasting. and he was on hand before the
time came to turn on the lights. When
he finally realized that he was postmaster
in reality and had actually got hold of an
Office, he let escape from his lips yell
that drove every employee of the Office
out into the street in state of terror.
He finally Gained down, however, and
entered upon the discharge of his duties,
and this morning he made up for omis-
sions in the matter of diet.
Miss Annie Huesng desired to retire
from her position as money order clerk
with the retirement of her father, and
formally rendered her resignation, but
upon Mr.. Wells solicitation she consent
ed to remain another month and instruct
her successor. Miss Della Stone. in the
requirements of the position. No other
important changes will be made in the
forces of the Office for the present.
Mr.. l.. B. Merriman, Of Peoria, ar
rived last night. and this morning he
transferred the Office of deputy internal
revenue collector of the Fifth district
from Mr.. Geo. w. Henry to Mr.. Harry
Bostock. He paid the retiring deputy
marked compliment on the condition of
his records, and retained his services for
the month. to accompany his successor
over the district and properly instruct
him.
The transfer of the office of guager
will not he made right away.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-01
Chief h ersIer ENnnerafed

For some time the Davenport Times
has been waging a vigorous warfare on
Chief Kessler and the Davenport police
force in general, charging the chief with
not only failure to properly discharge
his duties, bul with absolute dishonesty
The chief. II erefGre, sought an investi-
cation as to any criminal practices in his
manner of conducting his office. The
grand jury made a searching investiga-
ton, summoning the city editor of the
Times as a witness. and yesterday i,
made its report, declaring. "as our I'M
animous op Mon. that SAID newspaper
charges are untrue; that there is no evil
dence to sustain such accusations agains,
Chief Kessler or any member of the Da.
yenport police force" The closing SEN
tence of the report is. in conclusion
we say, in cur opinion the course of such
newspaper (the Times) in publishing
such sensational and unwarranteC
charges against our police force is calcu.
lated to weaken its efficiency, and doe.
not meet with our appreciation"
Frank Eessler has the reputation Of
being one Of the.best chiefs of police in
the west, and all who know him will bs
pleased with his vindicstion, coming as il
does from q source where he had NJ
means of defense and where his enemie.
had full scope to do their worst, a priv,
lege the obnoxious grand jury systems Of
this country affords
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-01
Police Points.

Matthias Spoo and wife were before
Wivill this morning. charged
by Mrs. VIM. Lloyd with assaulting her
and dragging her about the floor OF
Spoo's saloon on Fourth avenue, by the
hair. A continuance was taken until
this evening.
John Siegrist got on one of his period
ical sprees last night and raised such q
disturbance about his house that his wife
was obliged to have him arrested. Mag
istrate WIvlll imposed fine of IS and
costs.
Phillip d. Cridden was fined SIS and
casts for intoxication.
John Snlder. a strange negro, who has
caused some annoyance on Moline ave.
nue., was run in by Officer Muloueen and
sent down for twenty days for vagrancy.
A jury in Magistrate Wivill's court last
evening acquitted Benz. Greene of the
charge of assaulting Solomon Harris.
Prentis K. Bowker. postmaster at
Rapids City, was assaulted upon the
streets of that place by John r. Bell last
evening. Bell was former aspirant for
the postofice. A warrant was sworn out
for Bells arrest and the trial set for
Thursday before Magistrate wivill.
Marshal Monesmith. of Geneseo, ar.
rived at II p. m. Saturday night and took
the man Goodrich, arrested by Officer
McElravy, back with him on the $3.50 a.
m. train Sunday. He says Goodrich is
the man they want for horse stealing, and
Officer McElravy will get reward OF $50
for his capture. Goodrich is also sus
pected of burning barn and seventeen
head Of horses some time ago near Gene
SEQ. and there is reward of $3.50 offer
ed for the culprit. So it is probable that
the arrest may prove quite financial
plum for Mr.. McElrsvy -Muscatine
Journal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-01
GOurf GullinGs

The civil docket was opened again in
the circuit court today with the case of
Prof. G. E. Griffith for 5000 damages
against the city of Moline. McEniry &
McEniry appeared for the plaintiff and ].
B. Oakleaf for the defense. The Jurors
are Geo. S. Church, Chris. Heber, James
Hasson. Gilmore Reynolds. Monroe Rob-
erts. Sam Lambert, Fred Hanecke, By
ron: Drury. Chas. G. Spickler, w. s. Pid-
cock, Je-re Pearsall, Judson NJ. Golden.
Sheriff Silvis left for Joliet this morn
ing with John Clark, John Crane and
Geo. King.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-01
A HOP AT THE HARPER.
Tri-City Society INDUCES in n Merry


Evening-WhO Were Present.
There was a delightful hop at the Hsr-
per last evening in which the society
folks of the tri-cities joined. The spa
cious DINING hall was at the disposal of
the dancers, Schillinger's orchestra fur
nishing the music. The menu was
one of Steward O'Connor's best. There
were present:
Rock Island-Mr. and Mrs. Tim Muir
ply, Miss Maggie Dart, the Misses Kem>
BILE. Miss Rosenield. Fred J. Kinney, T.
r. Harper, Stuart Harper. Mr.. Robinson,
Gus Tegeler, Lee Gait, John Gait, Geo.
Peasants. Maj. John r. McGinnis, John
Weyerhauser, W. B. Myers, Will Dart.
Moline--Dr. and Mrs. Merryman, the
Misses Deere. Miss Csdy, Miss Velie, Miss
Anderson, John Cady, Rsbt. Swan.
Davenport-Mr and Mrs. Will Wads-
worth, Miss Richardson, Miss Belle Bal
lard. a. r. Wadsworth. John F. Cook,
Frank Mccullough.
New York-Miss Wimau.
st. Paul-T. J. Buford.
Peoria-Fred B. Smith.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-10-01
At the Theatre


Last evening Fenner & Cranes drs
matte company opened weeks engages
ment at Hsrper's theatre in Augustine
Days great sensational society comedy
drama, "Pique." 1t was a strong presen-
tstion of the familiar play in the hands of
a strong cast. Indeed il has never been
more satisfactorily presented in Rock
Island. The Capt. Stsndish" of E. NJ
Crane, the Matthew Standish" of Geo
Hanna, and the DIR. Gossett" of Lloyd
Melville were successfully handled, while
the Sammy olympic" of Rob V. Fergu
son was creation in itself, Ferguson,
whose face is familiar to the theatre go
ing people OF Rock Island. being come
dian of the most modern school. Miss
Amelia Melville acted the part of Mabel
Renfrow" in highly meritorious manner
and Miss Ida Valance was perfection as
MARY Standish." The other parts were
well sustained. The company appears in
"a Sea of Ice" tonight.
This evening at the Burtis opera house
Davenport. the sensational drama of the
day, "Mr. Barnes. of New York" with
all its wealth of scenery and its senss-
tional climsxes will be presented. There
will be an immense audience present, OF
course.
Manager Steel has booked Karl Gardner
in his romantic and picturesque comedy
OF fathefland. Gardner Is a man viii
a sweet, mellow voice. GRACEFUL in man.
ner and an original interpreter of German
domestic characters. He is to appear
next Monday night.