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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-03-05

A prominent railroad official stated
the other day that but for the fact that
two-thirds Of them use passes the men Of
wealth and prominence in the nations
affairs would be among the best patrons
OF the roads.
"As it isl he added, "they are the
most frequent passengers. Some of them
spend as many hours in railroad cars as
they do at their homes and journey all
the way from twenty to forty thousand
miles year"
The registers of all the well known ho-
tells reveal the names of men who come
here every week or two, travelling hun
dreds of miles and thinking little or moth.
ing of the trip.
In fact, Mr.. George Pullman has be-
come 80 popular as host that many men
do large part of their dictation and cor
respondence while in his charge and take
their SECRETARIES along with them for
that purpose.
A rapidly growing tendency, too, is
for man to have his own car, request
the railroad president to "dead head" 1t
over his line and branches, and thus he
brings his family and all his friends
along. When any express train is be-
hind time ask the conductor the reason
for the delay, and nine chances out of
ten he will answer:
1--WE had to hitch on Mr.. So-and-So's
car. He's making the trip with u.s."
But there are still a great many people
who cannot indulge In the luxury of a
$50, 900 house on wheels, and IL you can't
put that amount of money into one there
is no use sending your order to the works.
philadelphia Press,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-03-05
A Funeral from tho Tenements.

A funeral in crowded east side street,
From every window in the giant tene-
ments human heads are thrust, in every
doorway is group of women, and clus-
tered on every hand are little knots of
children, on whose peaked faces is
stamped the desire to lose no portion of
what is going on. Stretched along the
curb is long string of coaches, headed
by q hearse decked out in all the trap
pings of woe. The drivers, q brawny
set of men, used to such scenes, stand to-
gether idly talking. In the mouth of one
Of the tenements stand dozen women.
"She must be heart broken" said one
"Indeed she must" said another, "oI
she'd never have spent SO much money!
eth cost heap to pay for such q
beautiful funeral"
"And she hasn't cent, poor thing
She'll have to work her fingers TO the
bone to pay for it,
"And the poor children; what'll they
dor
There is q clatter of heavy footsteps on
the stairs, and rosewood casket comes
humping down on the shoulders of six
struggling men. II is rolled into the
hearse, which moves slowly away, and
the first coach takes its place. A wild
shrill cry, half moan and half a shrek
of pain, is heard, and out comes the
widow, gaunt faced woman Of middle
age. She sways her body to and fro,
and rubs her eyes viciously with her
handkerchief. A crowd gathers around
her, and she is hustled out of sight into
the coach with three other women in
rusty black clothes. A little boy in well
worn knickerbockers climbs up in the
drivers seat and there graciously recog.
nizes crowd of little chaps on the side
walk, who gaze at him with envioui
eyes.
"Are ye goin' to ride up there, Dinnyg
asked one.
"Of COURSE" was the reply; faint il
me folders funerals' And the sombel
procession moved slowly away.-New
| York Sun.
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The IDOL.

have known It young, have known it old,
/ have found an idol OF purest gold,
And yet there has always come a day
When 1 saw that the idols feet were clay.
OF purest gold was fashioned the rest,
In that one idol loved the best;
And ah that there should be this to say
That the feet were clay the feet were clay.
You may watch till watching outdoes your might
Never the gold is a whit less bright;
The idol never shall lose a ray
But the feet are clay the feet are clay.
had counted, half knowing, the cost before:
''If only the idol is mine to adore"
cried, sit is naught If the trumpets bray
That the feet are clay, the feet are clay.
IF the thunder's voice should bear it afar
That the idol is what all idols are;
II 1 take them for gold, what matters 1t, pray,
If the feet of the idol are only clayi"
And yet the news one day must come
With tune Of harp or rattle of drum,
In strife of squadrons, on moonlit bay,
That the feet after all are nothing but clay.
Let the people tell it, and let them repeat
What tales they like OF the idols iSSt,
To this assurance my life I'll hold.
That the idols heart is of purest gold.
A worshiper must be brave and wise
The gold is a dauntless gazeris prize;
IT'S the blind who chant in the same dull way
That the feet of our idols are always clay
Let the darkened eyes of the blind awake,
Let them see the truth for the truths own sake,
They shall know It's foolish tale is told
That even the feet are of aught but gold
Let the blind but open their eyes to the light.
Nay, let them see truth in their visions of night,
So shall they an idol fashioned behold
Through and through of the purest gold.
Walter Herries Pollock in Longman's
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safety Pilot for Railway Trains.

An apparatus which promises to ma
terially lessen the danger to human life
in case of collision on railways has just
appeared. 1t consists of collapsible
buffer, which, attached to and propelled
in front of train, will receive the force
of the shock and permit the train to be
brought to standstill without being in
iured or derailed. The apparatus is pro-
vided with series of air chambers con-
nected to telescope together and permit
the air to be gradually driven out, and
mounted on rolling support, which may
be held near to, or removed some dis
lance in advance Of the train by the fold
ing or unfolding of the stelescoping sec
tions. Either compressed air. or steam
may be admitted as desireait to both series
of air chambers. New York. Telegram.
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A Man with I.ar,at.


A man was found nearly buried in the
sand near San Francisco. Two deputy
coroners could not pull him out. A
horseman was sighted. This is what
happened: He rode up to them, and
when the situation was explained, calm
ly alighted, united o long lariat which
was coiled at the back of his saddle, and
without a word began to make one end
of it fast about the upper portion of the
dead mans body. The rope was passed
under the arms and tied in a knot at the
shoulders. Having accomplished this the
stranger paused, and looked up at the
astonished morgue officials as much as to
say;
"What's the matter with thatT'
"What are you going to do next?
asked the deputy coroner.
"Do2 VIII I'm going to pull him
OUT
"Wen, you might as well give up that
idea," returned the deputy. sit would
take half a dozen men like US to move
that man."
Maybe it would, replied the stran-
ger, with u chuckle that was certainly
little out of place, considering the oc-
casion; maybe 1t would take dozen
men such as we are, but it will only take
one horse such as this is. y
As he said this he pointed to his steed,
| which had hitherto stood motionless,
watching the movements of his master
with evident interest. Without more
ado the stranger mounted his horse, and
taking turn around the horn of his
saddle with the free end of the lasso,
moved slowly ahead until the line was
drawn taut. Then, in response to gentle
cluck from his rider the animal settled
his feet down into the sand and steadily
bent his strength against the rope. There
was no jerking. 1t was an even, steady
pull. The line vibrated rapidly under
the heavy strain as the intelligent equine
hauled away upon it. In moment the
loop frightened about the corpse, and the
body was drawn, slowly at first, then
with swish, from its bed in the sand.
Having accomplished this the mysteri-
GUS horseman removed the loop from the
body, recoiled his lariat, mounted his
horse, and, after saluting tho wondering
officials in q highly dignified manner,
rode silently away. no one knew whittier.
San Francisco Chronicle.
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Is the Sun BIue?


one OF the shining lights OF astronom-
zeal science has this to say in regard to
the color OF the sun:
1t may be asked; What suggests the
IDEA that the sun is bluer My own at
tention was directed this way many
years ago, when measuring the heat and
light from different parts OF the suns
disk. 1t is known that the sun has an
atmosphere OF Its own, which tempers
It's heat, and, by cutting OIL certain radi-
atoms and not others, produces the spec
trai lines with which we are SO familiar.
THESE lines we usually study IN connec-
ton with the absorbing vapors OF sodi-
UNI, IRON, ETC., which produce them; but
my owp attention was particularly given
to the regions OF absorption, or to the
color 1t caused.
In these Investigations l found that the
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An in His Ear.

A middle aged colored man entered a
Brooklyn car the other evening with u
basket containing wine in his hand, evil
IDENTIFY sent to make delivery. He man
aged to get a seat, and when the conduc-
tor came around to collect his fare he
never bothered about pockets or pocket
books, but simply placed his hand on one
of his capacious ears and drew forth the
shining nickel. To say that conductor
and passengers were surprised puts it
mildly. The conductor, on recovering
himself, thereupon remarked: "Why do
carry your money there, captainY
"Cause it's handy, sir" replied the son
Of Ham, and the passengers all laughed
at the wrinkle in money pouches. Itwas
observed that he carried another nickel
In the other ear.--New York Herald.
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Monkey. a. Crab catonsr..

The way in which monkeys catch land
crabs is described by sportsman who
made an expedition to the jungles around
Singapore, and there enjoyed sport which
makes the contemporaneous records of
Indian experiences pale into insignif-
canoe. The monkey lies down fat on its
stomach, feigning death. From the
countless passages piercing the mud in
every direction thousands of little red
and yellow crabs soon make their up
pearance, and after suspiciously eying
for a fen minutes the brown fur of the
monkey, they slowly and cautiously slide
up to him, in great glee at the prospect
of a big feed off the bones of Jocko. The
latter peeps through his half closed eye
lids, and fixes upon the biggest of the as
sembled multitude. When the crab comes
within reach, out dashes the monkeys
arm, and off he scampers into the Jungle
with cry of delight to discuss at leisure
his cleverly earned dinner.
"Rarely did the monkeys seem to miss
their prey" adds the describer of this
scene. 81 saw, however, one old fellow
do SO, and it was ludicrous in the extreme
to see the rage it put him in. Jumping
for fully minute up and down on all
fours at the mouth of the hole into which
the crab had escaped, he positively
howled with vexation. Then he set to
work poking the mud about with his fin
gers at the entrance to the passage, fruit
lessly trying every now and again to peep
into it." These same monkeys, the so
called pig tailed variety, are taught by the
Malays to pick fruit for them in the for
ests. The monkeys select the ripest fruit,
and their masters, by following their
movements, catch them in cloth before
they reach the ground. The monkey is
too well trained to attempt to eat any
fruit while at work, but when sufficient
are gathered he is duly rewarded for his
self denial, Globe
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The Love of Hulnbug.

II one may be INDUCED in the use of a
little slang, it makes wise man tired to
see how persistently his compeers run
after and are beguiled by the latest
shams, and seem never SO happy as when
they are being deceived. Especially is
this trait noticeable in the matter of
physical ailments. The family physician
may measure out his prescribed doses of
quinine or SIENNA, give the patient u
plain, practical talk, and depart with the
consciousness of duty done and the GER
tainty that the subject will leave the
powders untouched on the mantel, I'M
less he becomes frightened, and that his
reputation as a physician will suffer in
consequence.
But let some travelling fakir come
along, pitch his tent, swing out his flag,
with ringing of bells and blowing of
horns, and lol the public is at his feet
ready to be healed, willing to swallow
the most nauseous mixtures, il only they
be christened with unpronounceable and
untranslatable names, anxious to pay
double the fees of q respectable, respon-
sible physician, and bold to assert after
aweek's diet of bread pills and rain water
sweetened with molasses, that they are
perfectly cured of imagined ailments,
and are urgent that their friends shall
share in their good fortune.
Science doesn't always receive thesup-
port Of the universal public; humbug-
gerry does. The street wizard, with
tangled hair and picturesque garb, can
extract teeth painlessly by the same pro-
cess which nearly murders the patient If
performed by an educated dentist, dressed
in Nineteenth century clothes and located
in well appointed office. The noble
aborigine, in war paint and feathers,
dealing out "Sagwa" and mystic oils,
will carry off all the spare change of a
community, while the village physician
grows poverty stricken. -Milwauke Sen
tinel
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$500 REWARD

BUueftu Dy LHU EMhus
ufacturers Of d.. Ssee's Cstarrh Remedy, for
cannot cure. by It's mild, soothing, and heaf-
ing properties DR.. Sage's Remedy cures the
worst cases, no matter how bad, or of how
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New York Trfbune.


Private Allen. the humorous m
OF the House. was entertaining grc
friends the other night in one OF the s.
lobbics when the subject OF TIVE miuuze IT,
bate in the House happened TO come ~.
IL was very much amused" sal ~.
Allen, when General Sp;noIs. OF su
York, in recent rough and tnmI e.
bate on the floor, incidentally rems
j see my young friend over there 81
1.-The discussion ~ as on war mattsg
pensions, and Representative Wis d
the state Of Washington. thinking TIL tie
New Yorker meant to convey the in res
sion that he WILSON, was too ycung 20
have been in the service. arose to correct
the statement. General Spinola then said
that he was not referring TO Wiz
SON but TO the gentleman from
Massachusetts,. with the Shske<reresn
forehead. That brought Mr.. Morse. OF
Massachusetts. 10 his feet. where1pon Gen.
erai Spinola had to tell him that he. too.
was mistaken. as he had referred 10 Repre-
sentative Greenhalge, of the Bay state.
81 could not help thinking" added Mr..
Allen. ..of case was trying once in Mis-
sissippI 1t was that OF man prosecuted
for drunkenness. He was lawyer. and
made speech in his own defense why,
gentlemen OF the jury said be. n thing
that is nabi,ual Is certainly different from
. thing that happens sometimes. Now. az
my house we have biscuits sometimes. but
that doesn't mean that we are IN the hab6r
Of having biscuits * our house every DIV
and because get drunk sometimes. does
not signify that am in the HABIT of get
ting drunk. Why. the mot distinguished
lawyer in the state OF Mississippi gets
drunk sometimes. but he is nos IN the
habit OF getting drank every day There's
q biz difference
Just then an old lawyer over in the
other end of the courtroom arose. and
looking sauarely az tue maa who was plead
ing, said:
lyon are mistaken. sir: decidedly mis-
taken get little mellow occasionally.
but never get drunk
II am rot abiding 10 you. general, >
said the defendant
When the case was concluded the gen
eral approached nae" concluded Private
Alien, "and said: That fellow claims that
he was not ssiuding 10 me. bat G----a him.
Alley. h~ was | knew he WAS
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a eooL THIkF.


sraKa.s. April zs,-t sssskeszaasl--A
efew saass. French sessaurateur on
FvSdrw street. between Post and Monroe.
wns esesefiy robbed on Saturday. although
the facts we're kept secret antl yesterday
The thief WIS S&rers cook. r C7aude
ard he disappeared with sal The was OF
the matter WAS this Csande arrived in
sha csty week ago from Seattle. lie had
ba@D N Nanes's esn riey a. that place. and
assrnsng that h< was in ;cwn and running
new restaurant. he asked him for JOB.
lie ted Sansr that be was down "a bis last
dollar. and for ed .tsH1es' sake assosl him Il
be couldn't give him a position So eoak.
Ssaxr having. ~ be told Justice Duuning.
re kind heart. consented. and Claude
was forthwith established a. chef = lie
nndefsioo+ THIS ksasinsss ard ali was salts
fsesary untii saturday On that day Ms.
saEsr. who is ssae fasnc.er a the house.
had occasion "a sraw oa her hank Tor
sanaf san 81 money. The e4nk w4s An
iFofs-eound sruzk which SAT Ia one corner
O. fass kitchen. sad contained a. that tisse
deposits amounting to $40. sud sraOtlon
over, Ia hl.is.
afs. SAa~r wsnt e. lie hxrk. unloeket
Il. soek cas- shat she wsnssf. and ts,sa
sraak A. sl-Enes naasl have Il Claaae
~as In the kssrhsn nj the ta4e, and 10 ali
appearances baESaiy engaged ~ shiaine his
pans he vas not 70 ssssv. howevsy. s.,4t
What he sosieed Tie tempting roll sf Sis
ard The key lssi In sise lock Atsw Ealausss
lsssr be flaoed ths money Ia ais v<seket.
taes OF bis apron. dunns3 hts epAt and has.
snd Walking into the rss tzarsni ield NJ
ssuss he wtsAes to - eat aaT she sitter
tsoex. ana asked the a8vwnee a. 81 ca ais
se@xss sss2ry. fiss sec0nz sao~asting sps.
rsases rosspisea and Claude stspEed cat q
The tsaes wiIa sAsl ia bis pssssssiosa.
easne TINE after hssaepsrfare Mrs saasv
3lscNverva tse theft The nsan@y Yrs.s4.
seated thstr little al. and sAsy wsrs ovxf.
cesae Nv is losS
Yesterday NJ. Sa9sr sn!t TIE story 10
1assser hannsax, snd had warrAnt Swara
g fpE saaas.s' srsesI A. yei. howrver
sh< nngssssful 'sflanksy hAs not beea
sppftSsRsisa,
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A wsgl-known ChiraeoAn recenfiy spent
q sunday IN fhe insAne &xy tum af Kankst
kee. He went there 10 see enc Of she pa
ssents. sna be tcok dinner with him. CO
cupying seatsat ore OF the sahses - apart
for .'miad cases. Daring shF peogress Of
TIE meal patient At another NAhie arose
carefully deposited his uspkln n III side
of his plase. AMI salslns per 10 ~ NEXT
sahio. csaGhi another rssisus wkh : power-
aal appercas under the ear. EA<fes" -
cried, .'fhasn teach voa better thAnsto 81
wash wear xrsfe In memsnt moFe Soe
axsressor was ss,xet BY alert 4tssn1AHts
snd hurried away 20 hsS own room IsQas
explained that tais Vas as one haizue1Nae
sson--he became aid whenever be $50 =
man esssnw with his knise. On his w1y
hack On the train tAe Chicago vlsf1Or
tAoaghs whas ar awsus task this poox I'll
Ios wesssd havssf tss xss allowed soess -
certain lgsc1s rsstanrsrn and ho<e1x. Whxre
a. ie2<s bail OF the guests Arx kncwu il the
vsraseaa4s Is WORD susssoWexs-~
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THE STRANGE xEcKTIE.
Leavenworth's Murder Mystery May Be
Cnr4velled-
81. Iouis Repnblic


John Metsiman. the man charged with
the murder and awful mafiiation of his
wife near Leavenworth. was released today
on ssbond OF 5000. Ex-Mayor Nicely was
one OF the signers OF the bond. Mettiman's
examination viii occur next Wednesday.
The charge of completely in the murder
fled against Miss Rouszahn. Me.tsman's
daughter, vas dismissed. Public senti-
meat, so strongly against them at the start,
has undergone change The police 50 far
have failed 10 establish any evidence con-
Meeting Mettiman and his daughter with
the crime
A elew thaf may lead to- the detection Of
the murderer Of Mrs. Mettiman has been
discovered. On Sunday Mrs. Rouizahn,
while in jzil, was suddenly impressed with
the importance OF an accident which she
hal not before recalled since the murder
OF her mother. She told her story TO the
wife OF the jsiier, who in turn impaired il
to her husband Il seems that at 10
o'clock on the Saturday before the murder
IVES committed q man named Benson
called at the house of the Mettimans- He
was met at the gate by Mrs. Roussahn and
inquired for her mother. Leaving him in
the front yard she went into the house.
and she said her mother returned to where
BENSON was waiting. Mrs Metfiman said
10 her daughter:
May. You had better go into the house !"
Mrs. Routzahn returned 70 the house.
While talking with Benson. Mrs. Ron,zahn
noticed that he wore q neck-scarf 10 inches
wide and of Q peculiar pattern. She des-
critics this scarf so infinitely that Chief
Doree considered that the gag which was
found on the reservation. and which had
been used 20 stifie the outcry Of the muir
dered woman. was q portion OF the scarf
that Benson had worn. He brought it TO
Mrs. Rousxahn. and she identified II as
such. Benson bears an unsavory reputa-
ton He has disappeared and no trace of
him can be found
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1870 - ---a---s s-'7rss
DEATH or INSANITY.
The Fate OF Searehers fer q Mysterious
Barred Treasure.


The insanity Of man who was searching
for supposed hidden treasures. near Colurn-
bis City. adds another chapter TO tradition
which has been current IN tais state from
the earliest pioneer days. Il is said that
in isii a spanish bark dropped anchor oy-
posite the present town site of Goiumhia
city. and near the farm now owned By Esx
COPPER. There was large amount OF treas
nre aboard ard the crew consTired TO OBJ
tain possession OF II. They maiiniei. assas-
siiased the captain and barred the gold aud
silver soaewh here on the Couser farm.
Seine say that the treasure VAS buried
before the captain was killed. sns. that the
naa who barred i disappeared ilnne-
Giate.v afserward. Others claim that il
was barred after the faasinys aud that the
men were frightened away by a band OF
redskins. At any rate. the mutsneeTs
failed to ha3 the treasure when
they returned. Others who became ac-
guAinted with the fact that great for
time bad beer b8ried oa or near Cop
aesss farm made uBsacces.ful efforts e,
end H. sat always vIth serious conse-
quesces TO ore or more Of the searching
parties. Al spsrisa2iistic meeting IN
this city. scEne I've or six wears ago,
spgr.tnaAiss claimed - have revelation As
10 The identical spcs here the Spsnlarsss
had covered up Their ;il-eottsa weAsfh.
Several spirltussssts. re;-o<snr con6 3ence in
the revelation. visited Coplsrss s4rm, saa
AFTER searching several DAYS. discovered
large Gepos Il Of small rocks at a depth OF \
fcct. aud suppressed the money 70 Re barieS.
beneath il. ahen saey we're ~ work ~
moving the roeSs, oue % The men dropped
aea3. This created such condemnation
among the resi- that the party abandoned
their iahorS@
No further esorts 10 Sscare The hidden
treasure were pat forth antsl last wess
wisea another PARTY went On this wsld
goose chase Among them ~as waiAsa
Matthew. who succeeded In beating the
rock deposit Wasse aesvisg under
meath IL he sfrack q Msss o. IN
man hcxsss. Daring the few moments
consumed n examining shem MxfsAsws
was transformed into a raying sn&asze-
Ate. ihas his associates also abandoned
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IVA. re,isseh aa eowsehaa.

Chief Ciennqacs. Of the Cowichan tribe
Of lnilaas. Is ou a tour OF al the reserves
"a BrilsSa Columbia and Washington. 70
invite the sisashes fromsfar and nea- to
attend a grand potsach TO he held ia Cowi-
chan some siuse IN Nav. The rogiatch -
20 Re given in honor 81 Her Majesty birth
d.y. bat viii not be hstd on the @ith TIE
programme IS 10 consist OF canoe ard
foot racing. Jumping, etc. for which
tss chief has offered $50 ira prizes The
farmers q the district also in tend contrib
stiBg 20 the fune- This posissch Wi he
different 20 the usual ores. which generally
consists ut giving presents and drinking.