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The Russian National Hymn.

The great part which the Russian ma
tional hymn has played in western Eu-
rope since the French determination with
Russia has started much inquiry about
its origin. According to the Frank
furter Zeitung, the hymn is not yet sixty
years old, and was first used for its pres
ent purpose under Gar Nicholas. When
he made his tour in Prussia and Austria,
in the year 1888, he was accompanied by
Adjutant General Alexei Feodorowitsch
Luoff, passionate violinist and a COM
poser of some skill The car was Inn
pressed by the fact that every regimentai
band in Berlin and Vienna greeted him
by playing the national hymn OF their
own country, and this was apologized for
by the known absence of any recognized
national hymn in the great empire which
he ruled
Nicholas was much impressed by the
deficiency, and during his return jour
ney toward st. Petersburg had much
talk with LuoH upon the subject, and at
last ordered him to compose hymn for
the Russian military bands. Luoff here
upon set music to Schulowsky's "God
Be the Cars Protector" The Schulow-
sky-Luoff hymn was first played pub
liely before the car ON Nov 20, 1888,
and SO pleased the sovereign that by q
ukase Of Dec. 4 of the same year he or
dered it to be adopted rs the national
hymn of Russia. Luof was not only re-
warded by the gift of gold snuff box
set with diamonds, but permission was
given to him and his heirs to adopt the
first line Of tho hymn as the family
motto
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-04

People who read of tarring and feath-
ering know that the punishment is a
very unpleasant one. but few imagine
how terribly painful and dangerous it
is. In Wyoming | once saw man who
had been tarred and feathered, and al
though he fully deserved the discipline
could not help plying him. Hardened
tar is very hard to remove from the skin,
and when feathers are added it forms q
kind Of cement that sticks closer than a
brother. As soon as the tar sets the VIC
TINS suffering begins. 1t contracts as
1t cools, and every one of the little veins
on the body is pulled, causing the most
exquisite agony. The perspiration is
entirely stopped, and unless the tar is
removed death is certain to ensue.
But the removal is no easy task and
requires several days. The tar cannot
be softened by the application of heat,
and must be peeled off bit by bit. sweet
oil being used to make the process less
painful. The irritation to the skin is
very great, as the hairs cannot be disen-
gagged, but must be pulled out or cut off
No man can be cleaned of tar in a single
day, as the pain Of the operation would
be too excruciating for endurance, and
until this is done he has to suffer from a
pain like that of 10000 pin pricks. Num-
bers of men have died under the tor
ture, and none who have gone through
it regard tar and feathering as anything
but most fearful infection.
in st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
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Rlinh Now York Berrar..


A rather clever trick which is success
fully done by number Of beggars In
this city is to turn their eyeballs up until
they appear to be blind. With their eyes
In this condition they grind small.
wheezy hand organ, or stand on some
prominent corner and hold q tin cup in
their hands. thus mutely appealing for
charity. A few of them attempt to sing.
but they soon realize that 1t is too much
to ask of mankind to listen to their sing
ing and then give them money. To do
this successfully for any length Of time
Is very straining on the eyes, and may
result in genuine blindness. But some
of them have practiced 1t until it Is i'm
possible to discover by looking at them
that they are not really blind. New
York Cor. Chicago Herald.
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One of the best Of all authorities on
wealth, gentleman who has undoubt-
eddy rubbed shoulders Familiarity with
greater number OF millionaires than any
other person living or dead, remarked to
me that he was sure that Cornelius Van
derbilt had u larger fortune than any
other tenant of this planet. He was
entirely familiar with the riches of the
Rothschilds. and knew some of them
personally. None of them could match
Mr.. Vanderbilt in plethora of millions.
The scores of millions of Jay Gould
and John ID. Rockefeller did not equal
Cornelius Vanderbilt's possessions. This
gentleman, however, did not credit the
estimate of John d. Rockefeller's wealth
at $125, 100000 He thought 1t would
hardly exceed half that amount
Blakely Hall in New York Truth
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Rnr and Law.

The ironclad Merrimac which haIs
assed the Union fleet, and was herself
finally disabled by the Monitor, made
during her first unquestionable triumphs
victim of the frigate Congress- After
the fight had continued for some time,
the Merrimac was so fortunate as to take
ss9ch position relative to her enemy
that the destruction of the Congress be.
came only u question of moments
Her commander was slain, she had
been repeatedly set ON fire, and her decks
were covered with dead and wounded.
She was accordingly run ashore. and
there hoisted the white flag.
The Merrimac now sent alongside two
tugs to take possession and remove the
prisoners. but these were driven back bv
sharp firing from the shore.
General Mansfield had directed the
Twentieth Indiana to deploy along the
beach. behind sand ridge, and two
guns were wheeled into position to pre-
vent the enemy's making awav with its
prize.
Captain Reed. who was us good law
yer as soldier, raised question of mill
tary law.
"Since the ship has surrendered. said
he, "has not the enemy the right to take
possession of herr
Then General Mansfield uttered one
of the shortest and most conclusive opin-
ions on record.
II know the old ship has surrendered. "
said he, "but we haven't" 5.z.
That settled it. Unable to take pos
session of the prize, the Merrimac opened
upon her with incendiary fire and then
withdrew. The remnant of the Union
crew was brought on Shore and that
night, when the fire had reached her
magazine. the Congress blew up That
lightning decision had at least saved her
crew. Youths Companion.
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ehaksspeare,. Knowledge OF Insomnln,

Shakespeare's Knowledge of Insomnia.
Touching upon the question of insom.
mia, DR.. Charcot, the great specialist,
made remark which was not only in
teresting in itself, but which proved his
thorough acquaintance with the works
of England's greatest dramatist at is
curious to note" he remarked, chow
feelingly Shakespeare dwells on the
question of sleep, not only in the famous
passage of Macbeth beginning, Mac
beth hath murdered Sleep but in many
other places in his plays. made at one
time a collection of fifty quotations
from his works on that subject. So
am inclined to think that he suffered
from insomnia"
remarked that perhaps the death of
the great poet when so few years past
middle age might have been caused by
the vast mental strain consequent on the
production of his marvellous works, and
in that case insomnia would certainly
have formed one of the symptoms of his
condition. 'Great genius" remarked
the doctor. lis almost invariably the
offshoot of i'll health, either mental or
physical. THAT was hardly the case, y
| responded. with Victor Hugo, who
lived to be past eighty and was always
as sturdy as an oak" "But you forget,
madam, that he came of a family of
maniacs." was the response. His
brother died insane and his daughter is
the inmate of an asylum for lunatics."-
Paris Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph
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A Eur
idea.

A matrimonial louse is among
recent innovations - IL European city.
1t Is n large, roomy building, divided
into several apartments, in one of which
portraits Of each woman subscriber are
exhibited, with full descriptions of her
age talents, fortune, color of hair, eyes,
etc, size of hands and feet, and meas
urements of the bust and general con
tour. There is also a brief account of
her life, whether widow or spinster, and
of her particular penchant in alliance
with bachelor or widower, merchant,
lawyer or jurist, etc, all nicely tabu-
lated and set forth In another room
are the portraits of men candidates for
connubial bliss, but the descriptions are
less elaborate. and confne themselves to
an enumeration Of the social status of
tho candidate and his financial condi-
ton
A general reading room provides a
medium for mutual meeting, and Is pre-
sided over by an ancient dame who knits
interminable stockings. There are also
private rooms for more confidential tete-
a-tete. One Of the curious rules OF the
place is that only ladies may enter the
room where the mems portraits are, and
men only are admitted to the women's
gallery. They must meet in the COM
mon room. The establishment is con.
Quoted on moral principles, and the mum.
Der of matches on its books approximates
1,000.-New York Sun.
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Every inventor has some idea of dis
covering a great useful article, which
will benefit the whole human race and
carry his own name down to posterity as
great man of genius. Often these am
bilious schemes are never realized, but
the best part of the inventors life is
spent in vain efforts to accomplish this
great result. Such high aims ennoble
and dignity his work, and, though they
may never be realized, he has the salts
faction of knowing that others will come
after him to take up the work which he
has left unfinished.
Many OF the great inventions of today
have not been the product of one mans
genius, although he may enjoy all of the
credit, but the result Of generations of
thought, experiment and suggestion of
dozens of scientists and inventors. -
George Z. Walsh in New York Epoch.
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NO. 992
nabblls Laarnlng 70 clirsn.


The effects upon animals Of change
In the conditions of their life Is favorite
topic among biologists, who find that
nearly every species of animals existed
in some other than its present form at
some previous epoch of the world. The
whale, for instance, was once land ami
NAL. Forced to take water for living.
he became in time much more like a fish
in shape than like land animal.
According to a Tasmanian paper a
modification of the form of familiar
European animal is going on in the
Australian world under the eye of the
people there
The Australian rabbit, imported from
England, is acquiring nails on his feet
and learning to climb. AS is we'll known,
the rabbits of Australia have increased
to such enormous numbers that they
have become a great pest, swarming
over the land and devouring the farm
ers' crops
In order to protect their fields the
farmers put up wire netting in place of
fences The rabbits could not get
through these, but they presently began
to burrow beneath them.
Then the farmers sank the MEETINGS sir
or eight inches into the soil. This stopped
the rabbits from getting in by digging.
but they presently began to attempt to
climb over the netting.
As the result of this climbing, 1t is
said, the rabbits are developing nail in
their toes. The nail development has
been noticed in Queensland, and still
later in Tasmania.
According to the theory of natural
selection, it is likely presently to happen
that in certain districts only those rab-
bits will survive which can climb at
least little, and in this way race of
climbing rabbits may be developed.
Chicago Mail
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The Nutmeg Tree.

The nutmeg is the kernel of the fruit
of severed species of trees growing wild
in Asia, Africa and America. The cul-
tiyated nutmeg tree is from fifty to
seventy-fiye feet high and produces fruit
for sixty years. The fruit is of the size
and appearance Of roundish pear, yell
low in color. The feshy part of the
fruit is rather hard and resembles can
died citron.
Within is the nut, enveloped in the
curious yellowish red aril known to as rs
mace. Up to 1896 the Dutch, being in
possession of the islands producing the
only valuable variety Of the nutmeg,
1ealoasly tried to prevent the carrying Of
the tree or living seed of it into any
territory independent of Dutch rule
Foods and Beverages.
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NE SANG "ooMRAogs.p
Baritone Gets Applauded by an Au
dience Ninety Miles Away.

dience Ninety Miles Away.
John d. McWade, the well-known
baritone, was at the Columbia with Hal
len and Harris " New LatcF On" Mr..
McWade, it will be remembered, is the
singer who popularized Comrades" but
he is nice fellow in spite of that. He
and his little family have a delightful
homo at Mount Vernon, near New York
city. During the summer Mr.. McWade
sang in light opera in Milwaukee, and in
every production, whether the scene was
laid in Venice or Japan, the audience
howled for Comrades" until John
stepped to the footlights, winked at the
leader Of the orchestra and proceeded to
render that venerable ballad rs he only
can render it.
When here he and his wife stopped at
the Windsor hotel. Early one morning
Chief Clerk Jasper received u message
saying that Baritone McWade was want
ed at the public telephone station, where
party in Milwaukee desiredptto hold
converse with him. MFR. Jasper carried
the message to tho McWade parlors in
person.
The baritone was indulging in his
morning nap, or beauty sleep, when he
learned what was wanted. He hastily
arose, donned his clothes and rushed
over to the telephone station, where he
entered the long distance telephone box
and took up the receiver.
"Hellom he shouted, .'is that Mil
waukee?"
Eyes" came the answer, faint but
clear. as that John McWadel"
ut is, replied the singer. "Who is
that?"
"Pm Billy Crosby, from Chicago"
Hello, .Billyl what are you doing up
there?"
'Had to run up here on business last
night. Say, John, want you to do me
a favor, if you will.'
with pleasure. What is it?"
Just sing me the first verse and
chorus of Comrades, will your"
"Well, I'll be -" said McWade half
to himself and the other half to Crosby
in Milwaukee.
$50 ahead, John. I've paid the tolls
I'd give five dollars to hear Comrades
now. If you'll sing I'll open small
bottle when meet you tomorrow"
"All right; here goes" replied Nc
Wade with laugh, and he started in
on Comrades. singing it as he never
sang it before. One of the messenger
boys tiptoed over and quietly opened the
door Of the long distance box.
Then the whole force of the office
knocked off work and drank in the
superb melody as it rolled from the bari
tones lungs to Milwaukee by wire. As
he wound up the song with high note
he heard Crosby say, "Wait minute,
John" Then he plainly heard the Mil
waukee receiver drop and Crosby clap
his hands vigorously in front of tho
transmitter 1t was genuine applause
from ninety miles away. and it sounded
us sweetly to the singer as though it had
been the roar of vast audience
Thanks, John. That was great. The
bottle goes Tell Clayton to put it on
ice now" came the faint voice "Good-
by"
"Goodby," said John, and he chuekled
all the way back to his tel.-Chieago
Post.
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Tim Trmn AVnv

Tho True Way of Looking at Failures.
81 have made n practice all my life"
said very successful man, "of looking
upon failures as stepping stones, rungs
on the ladder of life, anything but dis
couragements When | was young and
struggling and | met with some unex-
pected check or disappointment would
say stoically to myself. Another difi-
Guilty is behind me- and would really
feel that the future held just one obsta-
Gle the less in my road to success" What
brave spirit is shown in such view of
life-the splendid Anglo-Saxon quality
of mot knowing when one is beaten"
which makes heroes out of common clay
and enables a man to conquer fate.
"Such a delightful view to take Of my
spoiled canvases" sighed young artist
who was an interested listener to his
comforting theories 1T is the only
true way to look at things, believe me,
my dear young lady," he answered.
1--WE are all so miserably finite that 1t
becomes, after all, simply question of
degree; and If we struggle bravely and
patiently toward any goal that we place
before, SO we are bound to advance. ~
New York Tribune.
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A Collection OF Crowns.

A whole collection of crowns Is kept
at the royal palace (the Kremlin) at Mos
COW, Russia. These relics of departed
greatness-they nearly all come from
countries which have been subjugated by
the Russians-are kept in what is known
as the "Throne Room" of the Kremlin.
Here are shown the crowns of Poland,
Kazan, Georgia, Astrakhan and Persia,
besides the thrones and other royal In
sigma too numerous to mention. Be-
sides the crowns of conquered nations,
those of almost all the czars may be
seen in that vast treasure house.
The most curious one Of the lot is the
double crown made for Peter the Great
and his half witted brother; the most
costly that of the Empress Catherine,
which contains 1886 diamonds of the
first water.-St. Louis Republic.
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TwlTTERINe SWALLOWS.
n and out and under the caves,

In and out and under the caves,
Blown about like the falling leaves,
Twittering swallows spend the season
Now the days are shorter and chill,
There come from many " musical bin
Notes of instinct that sound like reason.
Well have they dined ON bug and nudge.
Now they are perched upon the ridge
or the old barn, that's warped and hoary.
There they sit. bright birds Of n feather.
Holding twitter-talk all together.
Each telling an after dinner story
They will follow the summer bland;
TO them no land is foreign land.
One exclaimed, with joyous filter
True cosmopolitans are we,
Home Is where we happen to be,
And swallows understand our twitter."
Then, in soft notes scarce could catch
One spoke of nest under the thatch
of a cottage where waves the willow
Another shook his velvet head,
And with his noisy neighbors plead
To fly with him DER field and bilow
They talked about all sorts of things;
Sharpened their bills and preened their wings
Then away, away, the tourists started.
Sailing over river and main,
VIII they ever return AGAIN
To the old home from which they've parted
o happy tourists of the air,
Unburdened, free of debt and care
Would that | had swift wings to follow
In the flight over land and sea,
With heart as light and wing as free
As the happy travelling swallow
George w. Bungay in Harper's Bazar
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All In His Favor.

"Do you ever expect to succeed in bust.
ness, writing such an illegible hand as
you dor"
Certainly. My contracts are always
in my handwriting and they can neve,
be read except as l want 'em to co.
New York Epoch.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-04

Young LADY, paid you high price
for these kid gloves, and friend of
mine, who is an expert, says they are
not kid at at all. He says they are made
Of catskin.
Dealer-Shust vat | said, mine tear
young lady. | tole you gay was kit
gloves Good News.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-04

There is deeply rooted suspicion in
Scotland that May marriages are UNI
lucky, and are bound to turn out badly
In April, 1891. there were 2,055 mar
riages in Scotland. in May there were
but 1908. while in June the number
jumped to 4.14s. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1891-11-04

The surface roads of New York city
carry more passengers annually than are
carried by the copbined steam railroads
Of New York state in the same interval.
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A Likely piapnos,s.

Doctor believe you have some sort
of poison in your system.
Patient-Shouldn't wonder. What was
that last stuff you gave mea-New York
Weekly.
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Tratns from Phitadelphtn ana

Leave Lambertville for Manunka Chunk s27
g.S1 m, l.35, 5.32 and $40 m Sunday $40 n m
For Philiipsburg and Easton only 632 D IN week
days.
Leave Frenchtown S59 Il. 03 M 207. s 81 N m
weekdays. For Phiipsburg and Easton only
706 p. M. ""'
Arrive Phillipsbnrg 1856 and TO- 40 m Q 70 a "a
"A and 80 m. sunday, 8. 80. D m
Leave Phillipsburg 1926 1886 and TO- 40 a m Q 20
653 and $3.50 p IN. Sunday $50 M
Arrive Belyldere 800, 1904 aud Hi a nj. a "a
ZOO and 9.57 m. Sunday, o. 81 m
Arrive Manunka Chunk sos 1910 II1s m
$50, 7.0l and 1908 pm. Sunday 1903 D m.
Additional trains leave Belyidere for Manunka
Chunk GAO, lao a, m, ard 2.25 D. m Sunday a. a
IA Returning, leave Manunka Chunk for Belyi.
dere 1910 NJ, 40, 1905 n. Su nday 10 05 n n,
Freight or mixed trains leaving Mamma
Chunk at sos a. M, Belyidere eli a. M. Martin's
creek at $40 M arriving at Lehigh Junction AT
40 a. m, Will carry passengers and make stops AT
nag stations north OF Phillipsburg. Trains ieav.
ing MRnunka Chunk at 8.25 IN, and 80 u m
viii carry passengers to Belvidere
Connecticut 10 made at Manunka Chung with
Delaware, Lackawanna a. Western Railroad lie.
nigh Junction with Lehigh Valley ,Lehieh 4 Sus.
quehanna Morris Essex and New e rsey Central
haiiroaas; AT Lambertville with Flemine top Rail.
road AtTrenton with trains to and from New
York, Camden, &c. '"' ~"
Forfurther Information see timetables which
can ca, De obtained atthe ticket Offices.
caAs. e PUGH, in. WOOD,
r. W JACKSON.
Gen'lsupt. U. X R. MI Div.
WILSON BROWN. Supt. Belvidere Div.
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Darwin has said that large per cent.
Of all sweet fcented flowers are white;
now Michelet has proved that there are
no poisonous sea plants.
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Four counties in nlinois-Douglas,
Moultrie, Coles and Edgar-supply a
large proportion Of the worlds stock of
broom corn-nanely, about Il, 900 tons,
valued at 81. 100000.
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IN VARIOUS LINES.

hereporter suppresses nearly as much
as he publishes. He goes out to cover u
murder He plays detective and I'M
earths many things that are news to the
police, He reports to them and keeps
the public waiting day or two that the
ends Of justice be not defeated. He is
| ubiquitous. He works ON every clew
II the victim is unidentified and the
name John Smith" Is found on the
body he runs down every John Smith in
town until he finds which one is missing
If there are rumors of an impending
financial crash in Wall street the re-
porter visits the banks and houses said
to be involved. He talks with their off
GERS, he sees the bank examiner, he in
terviews leading bankers, and from u
mass OF conflicting statements he gives
the public clear idea of the situation.
Confidence is restored or panic precipi-
tated by his pen.
All our big daily papers have report
ers who are experts in different lines of
work. Each man knows how to get in
formation quickly and accurately, as
well as how to write under the direction
of editors, who marshal them as gen
eral marshals his troops. They go out,
gather every item Of information that is
obtainable, write their articles and hand
in their copy.
Careful copy readers edit the matter
and write the head lines-an art in itself.
When in type the proof is submitted to
the editor and the paper is made up.
All this work requiring care, accuracy
and thought is done with rush. The
great American public reads its bulky
newspaper in the morning with com
placency, oblivious of the great amount
of work that the closely printed pages
ent.--New York Recorder