The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-07-30

Baggs (moeting friend - Hello, Squirm.
] hear you met with an accident
! Squim- Yes. car ran over me and
broke three OF my ribs.
. Baggs-W Well, ! s'pose you'll get heavy
damages sA@
Squirm--On the contrary. I'm just
congratulating myself because the Com
pany has Withdrawn a suit they had
against me for impeding traffic while
they were pulling me out. /
IA New York druggist, who spent the
Winter in Texas town for his health,
was asked by the genial hotel clerk: ~
H." Stranger, what might your business
be ?" isss,s,~.sssAaxsss~.
lam pharmacist" VI
( "a what did you say Z"
! an pharmacist" --.-.ss
q "Oh. yes, pharmacist Well, you
can buy as good farming land in this
neighborhood as you can find In Texas.
You have struck tho right locality,
stranger, II you want to farm. I'll take
you out this afternoon In my buggy and
show you one I've got to sell. I:
~ Deacon Sllck--Sec that ar boss 2
saint MORN week since city Teller
offered mo $400 for him. Kinder wish
now I'd a-took 1t. Too valuable AMI
NAL for me to keep. Say, II you was
sorto lookIn' for bargain In boss flesh,
/ might waes
!. Stranger--I don't care to purchase.
am the tax assessor. (Writes) lone
horse valued at $500
Deacon Slick Hold oni Hold oni
Ever since he took the blind staggers.
that boss hain't been worth
Assessor But, the city mans offer ?
DeaconB Before could close the bar
gain with him. the keepers came along
an snaked him back to the insane asy-
ium. Put the boss down ON your list as
dear at %.
] The largest YlReypS9 u she world e
5Wiaa b Senator Stanford. and Is a u
hama County, Cal l: covers ., S20 acres.
There are now thirty thousand disci-
pies Of Buddha's doctrines In Paris,
where the Buddhistic cult is growing
with remarkable rapidity.
alEalcb Leongood, wealthy resident Of
fottsville, Pa, is probably the greatest
peanut eater In the world. He has been
known to eat six quarts at sitting.
Jan abandoned copper mine that was
proftably worked at Bristol, Conn, fifty
years ago has lately been re-opened by o
sew company and promises big returns.
The charred stump OF " Old Sequoia,"
she giant Of California forests. 10 Al feet
In diameter. 1t has been calculated
that the tree must epes have been nearly
800 feet in height.
! Nudes great iiBiary In London has
put into circulation since its foundation
nearly 100000 books. An annual
ticket costs q guinea, and for this sum .
diligeht reader can peruse books that 1t
would cost him about 81, 900 to buy. \
A needle, one-and-a-h half inches pung,
was recently removed from the side OF
Mrs. Counsellor Cole, OF Frederioks-
burg, Va. Mrs. Cole says that she
swallowed the needle forty years ago,
and has never felt any inconvenience
from 1t. -
A steel splinter that had become Inn
bedded In the eye OF an Albany workman
was drawn out by means Of q powerful
magnet and the patients eyesight saved..I
The bit Of steel was about three-eighths
OF an inch long and nearly sixteenth Of
an inch thick. !.
A great volcanic eruption has been
reported from Alaska. The scene Of
the disturbance 10 Bogostova, an island
which rose from the depths OF the ocean
some seven years ago amid much flame
and smoke. 1t Is nearly due west from
ounalaska Island. I
A man named Fields has Just died near
Danyille, KY, who, though 87 years
old, never slept a single night out Of the
house In which he was born, and never
ate but one meal away from home. He
was only twice outside OF his native
county, and then only for an hour each
time.
The Mexican Government has granted
to Gen. 6turm Of the United States q
concession on railway from the city Of
Mexico to the Pacific coast, via Cuerna-
vaca and Oaxacs. 1t Is assumed that
the Government Is In this way making
returns to Gen. Sturm for favors to
Mexico done by him In time Of need. 4
The Japanese ladies' are in worry.
Some years ago European dress began to
come Into vogue In Japan, but reaction
has set in. The Japanese women are not
Satisfied with the ordinary dress styles Of
civilization, but they are unwilling to re-
turn to their old dress. and hence they
are now considering rational dress ad-
vocated by the various feminine dress
reformers. VI
I. AT the Queens drawlng-roomv re-
Gently the American guests appeared in
court dress. Henry White, as Charge
d'Anaires, and his wife acted for Minis
ter Lincoln and his wife, who are In
mourning, and did their work as though
to the manner born. Mrs. White wore a
remarkable dress made up Of old cloth Of
gold embroidered with flowers Of differ.
ent coiors, and train Of hefiotrope velvet
lined NTH <yt-e<ox. coftr,s V1Ss a.>osf, t,.~s,