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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-04-27
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Said one Of the Oldest and most sue
cessful legal practitioners of the city bar
TO one Of his rising young students short
time ago: my dear young fellow, never
fail to remember that in the successful
career Of lawyer there is no one item
SO important to his reputation as red
tape You may smile at this remark,
but 1t Is as true as Holy Writ, and the
proper use Of it in binding up o legal
document has saved many court paper
from being handed back for perfection
or revision to its legal sponsor. In ear
lier life / practiced in the court of one
Of the most particular judges in thu.
commonwealth. ! presented, as l be-
lieyed, well prepared report which
asked for confirmation, and to my sur
prise the judge unfolding it and looking
1t over found q hundred and one faults
and directed me to prepare another one,
but In better form, as he said. ! was
utterly nonplussed.
my time was SO limited 1t was utter
ly impossible. An idea struck me. That
night In my Office / put on a snowy OUT
side wrapper, with O hand Endorsement
Of the title, with the most liberal supply
Of the widest red tape that I could find
in graceful bows. The next morning 7
rervously presented it again. The judge
received it smiling, adding: That's the
correct way all papers for the court
should be drawn up There's nothing
like red tape. Philadelphia Press.
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whr we Hare Leap Yearr.


Why is it that there have to be leap
years-that all our years are not of the
same length? 1t arises from the fact
that the year does not consist of an ex-
act number of days. The length of the
day and that of the year are the meas
ures of the motions Of the earth. The
globe we live on moves In two ways. It
turns itself around like spinning top,
and at the same time it goes steadily
forward like bullet shot from gun.
1t turns itself once completely around
In twenty-four Of our hours, as shown by
the clock; this amount of time we call
day. It's forward or onward motion
carries it around the sun in path that
is nearly circle; the time it takes to go
completely around we call year. The
first motion gives US day and night fol-
lowing each other in turn (the word
"day' here having now o different
meaning namely. not twenty-four
hours, but the time Of daylight.
The second motion gives us days (that
is, periods of daylighD growing gradual
ly longer and then gradually shorter,
one end Of the earth turning more to-
ward the sun for half the time and the
other end for the other half; and this
brings US summer and winter and tho
seasons. Now the length Of the year is
found to be nearly 1854 times the length
of the day of twenty-four hours; that is,
the year is 1855 days long and nearly six
hours more. It is these six hours that
give us our leap years, and it is in the
'.nearly" that we find the reason for
1900 not being one Of their number
Rev. George Macarthur in st. Nicholas.
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A Question 10 rnsz,s c.,.s-.

He was q 'slikely" looking Afro-Amer-
lean, and as he boarded the elevated
train at Twenty eighth street attracted
no small amount of attention. He be-
took himself to one of the cross seats,
facing the rear Of the car. AS he set
tied himself comfortably, one OF the
two male passengers seated opposite
said to his companion in what was
evidently intended to be an undertone,
but which wss nevertheless plainly au-
dible. "Do your people permit colored
folks to ride in first class compartments
in public conveyances?' What the re-
ply to the question may have been viii
never be known. AS for the occasion Of
the query, he did not betray by SO much
as the movement Of muscle or the
CULVER of an eyelash that he had over
heard what had boon said.
But just before Blocker street was
reached he Strengthened himself up and
addressed the inquirer. eds yere amt
no question of the Fiftyent' mend.
marts, he said. 4 knows right plain
dat me and my race has all de rights OBJ
de white peoples to ride in desc yer
keers SO long ns we got de money and
HAYES ourselves, So. dat amt de ques-
ton. But what would like to have
you gemmens tell is dis, How kin man
be cclored when he's born sol"
And as he stalked out of the car the
passengers all looked at one another and
wondered II they had been given new
problem in socio.political economy to
puzzle over.--New York Times.
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A traveller in the course of morning
walk in Amsterdam came upon q group
gathered around well, into which q
strongly built man had just been let
down. A pipe, whose mouth was at the
top Of the well, had been opened, and a
stream of water from it was flowing into
the we'll and gradually filing it. The
man below had quite enough to do, If he
did not want to be drowned, to keep the
water out by means Of pump which
was at the bottom OF the well.
The traveller, plying the man, asked
for an explanation Of what seemed to be
a cruel, heartless joke.
"Sir," replied m old man standing
near, that fellow IS. Us you see, healthy
and strong, 1 have myself offered him
work twenty times, but he always al
lows laziness to get the better Of him,
and will mako any excuse to beg his
bread from door to door, though he
might easily earn 1t IL he chose.
1--WE are now trying to make him real
lie that he must work. II he uses the
strength that is in his arms he will BE-
saved; II he let's them hang idle he will
be drowned. But look" continued the
old Dutchnan as he went to the edge OF
the well, "the fellow finds out that he
has muscles already; in an hour we shall
let him ont with better resolutions for
the future"
The traveller watched until the mar,
was liberated from his watery prison.
and felt sure that at least q temporary
cure had been Effected
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one Mani. ghare,

The other day o politician OF national
prominence sat In 1.-The amen corner"
as it is called, of the Fifth Avenue
hotel, where Republican big guns go in
batteries. Across the corridor sat q
keen eyed, swarthy life insurance agent
Presently o newspaper man. who makes
his headquarters ut tine up town hotels
entered and nodded Familiarity to both
politician and life insurance agent. They
were both under obligations to him.
In the most natural way in the world.
from talking to both at almost the same
time, he introduced them. Soon after
ward he strolled on. Now this particu-
lar life insurance agent had been watch
ing for months for an opportunity o.
making the acquaintance of this particu-
lar politician. He was not slow to i'm
prove the opportunity, now that he had
1t, and he wrote life policy of $4,000
as the result. The next day the journal
list who so innocently introduced the
hunter and his prey received by mail q
check for $400. Now this shows great
many things--among others, the enor-
nous profits life insurance agents must
make when they can give such commits
sions. John A. Cockerill in New York
Recorder.
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The Goyernor,s ouiII..

The governor of this commonwealth
signs every bill with quill. This isn't
because he is fonder Of that particular
kind Of pen, but it is rather in obedience
to well established custom that has OBJ
tanned with the chief magistrates Of the
last decade. There are always few
members Of the legislature that have the
collectors passion, and requests are
regularly received by Private Secretary
Roads from lawmakers and others for
pens that the governor has used for
signing bills. Accordingly dozens Of
these quilts are purchased ever so often,
and the governor makes his signature
each time with new pen, which Is
carefully preserved and set aside for the
next quill hunter that calls. Boston
Globe.
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worms Eat Lead Pipes,

In The Gesnndheits Ingenieur the fact
is communicated by correspondent
that when tracing the leaky places in a
lead pipe there was found in one OF the
leaks live WOODWORK with its head
protruding in the wall of the piping, the
outer opening Of the cavity being Of OBJ
long form Z BY A millimatese, and the
inner surface Of the same showing fine
indentures. That similar cases have oc.
casionally been met with appears to be
the case, the fact being stated in one OF
the best known German text books OF
technical chemistry that certain wood
worms sirex gigas-perforate sheet
lead, the holes produced showing q
rough surface, with fine indentures-in
one instance holes up to OF millimeters
diameter being found in sheet lead, the
latter affixed to some timber work.
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When the horse comes in from his
work rub him all over from his ears to
his tail and down to his knees with wash
as near the temperature of his body as
possible. To make this wash take one
part alcohol. two parts pure witch hazel
and three or four times as much soft
water as the combined quantity Of al
cohol and witch hazel. Every muscle
should be rubbed thoroughly. Throw O
medium weight blanket over the horse
now, and let him stand until you have
put the bandages on.
Use the same wash for the legs as for
the body. but have it cold. After put
ting the wash on the legs, rub them well
with the palm Of the hand, always rub
bing down, never up. Put the bandages
on Immediately after the rubbing. Rub
all his heels perfectly dry with clean,
dry rags. Care should be taken in this,
as cracked heels are very stubborn and
often lay horse up for the season.
Throw the blanket back from the
head and scrape out all wash that re-
mains. most of 1t will have entered the
pores Of the body; cover up his shout
ders and scrape the rest Of the body;
take clean. dry rag and rub him all
over lightly. always rubbing with the
hair as much as possible; now put n
light hood on him and IN extra blanket
over his loins. and after looking at his
heels again walk him out for about FIVE
minutes, then bring him in, and should
he have broken out any while walking
scrape him again lightly, after which
give him another light rubbing for say
four or five minutes, when he should
again be walked for about ten minutes,
and again taken in and rubbed slightly,
after which put on lighter blankets and
continue to reduce the weight as the
heat leaves the body Rider and Driver
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why southerners Have Good voices.

Life in the country, especially in our
southern country, where people lived
far apart and were employed oftentimes
at o considerable distance from one an
other, and from the houses or hemes in
which they ate and slept, tended, by ex-
ercise in communicating with one an
other, to strengthen and improve the
voices for high and prolonged notes. A
wider range to the vocal sounds was
constantly afforded and frequently re-
quired,
Haliooing, screaming, yelling for one
person or another, to their dogs, or at
some Of their cattle on the plantation,
with the accompanying reverberations
from hilltops, over valleys and plains,
were familiar sounds throughout the
farming districts of the south in the
days gone by. 1t used to be said of my
fathers old negro foreman that he could
be distinctly understood mile or more
away.
Hunting, which was enjoyed and in
dulged in more or less by nearly every
citizen of the south, was also conducive
to this characteristic development. DIR.
j. Harvie Dew in Century.
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NO. lOl7
RceoI,ections or oxford.

My not being at o public school has,
have no doubt, strengthened my love Of
my university and my college. In my
time the .head masters" had not had
everything their own way. It was pos
sible to enter Oxford at the age of nine
teen-it was nothing wonderful to get
scholarship before eighteen or even
earlier still. And to be scholar and fell
low of Trinity from 1641 to 1S47 was
something to be. It was indeed a circle
to look back to Of which fifty years ago I
was chosen member, acircle of whicha
man is much to be blamed If he is not
wiser and nobler for having been one.
But love Of the foundation. the feeling
Of membership, of brotherhood, in an
ancient and honorable body, the feeling
Of full possession In ones college as
home, the feeling Of personal nearness
to benefactor of past times, all that
gathers round the scholarship that was
something worthier than a mere prize,
the fellowship that was something
worthier than q crnmmer's wages all
this, / hope. has not even yet utterly
vanished, but under the hands Of one re-
forming commission after another, such
feelings have undoubtedly greatly weak
ened in the Oxford to which I have come
back.
| In the unreformed university, the nm
! reformed college in which had the
happiness to spend my youth. we had
time to learn something, because we
were not always being taught We
were not kept through our whole time,
yexed by examination after examination.
examined in this subject one term, In
that subject the next term, all ingenious
ly combined for the better forgetting OF
one thing before the next was taken in.
We had one examination, and search
ing one, the successful passing of which
could not seem to any but fool to be
the goal Of study, but which, by the
reading it required, gave man the best
possible start for study in several
branches of knowledge.-Edward A.
Freeman in Forum.
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HEARING A SHELL SCREAM.
A Hidoous Sound That Tries the Nerv.
of the New Soldier.


of the New Soldier.
The talk turned upon personal cour-
age in conversation had the other
day with an aid-de-camp of General
Alexander Hays. The veteran, who had
the name of being the most daring aid
on Hays staff. said: "You ask me how
! felt when ! first smelled powder, so to
speak. Well, after the lapse of all these
years I'm almost ashamed to tell you. I
was panic stricken, scared out of my
senses, my courage oozed out of me in
an instant, and q small boy could have
captured me without trouble. This aw-
full experience camo after | had been
about year in the army. The regi-
ment of infantry in which Twas was pre-
pairing to go into camp. We were few
miles outside of Yorktown, which was
in the possession OF the Confederates,
but none of us, not even our officers,
realized the proximity Of the enemy.
There were some cattle with the army,
and some how or other some Of my COM
rades and were part of the crowd that
drove the beeves to the place where they
were to be slaughtered.
I'VE formed circle, sort of bull
ring, and fell to skylarking and firing
our pistols at the cattle as they ran
hither and thither. It was oil laughter
and shouting. Suddenly, without the
| slightest warning, q sound that we had
never heard before rose above the clamor
1t was sort of whirring howl, lasting u
few seconds only. but long enough to
strike terror into our hearts. The men
who had been as gay and noisy as school
boys minute before were dumb.
don't remember how they behaved. My
own affairs kept me busy. / felt us If
my boots were nailed to the ground.
They wouldn't move, neither would my
legs-in fact had lost control of my
body. / was perfectly limp and mr.
knees sagged out.
"That was the first strange sound, rs
Of some hideous, deadly bird flying over
head. hardly realized, mind you, tina.
the enemy was Smelling Us. AL knew
| for sure was that somehow my life,
which had enjoyed SO much minute
before, was in danger. WANTED to run,
but my legs wouldn't obey me. Two
shells passed over me before / could
shake off the paralysis. Then ran as ]
never ran before or since, with profess
sional sprinter's speed, to the shelter Of
the woods from which our regiment had
only just emerged. A second terror
seized me as reached the first scatter
ing trees. had selected one, big fell
low, as my refuge, and when / reached
it three other men who were crouched
behind it pushed me violently away,
saying there wasn't room for more.
Shells were still in the air, and with ter.
ror pursued my fight. When at last
fell exhausted upon the ground beyond
the range of the enemy's artillery, al
most lost consciousness for awhile.
"Nobody was killed by those shells
but the 'Rebs' must have laughed to sec
us run, and laughed louder yet wher
our cattle ran into their lines as th-s
did. Ifeltmore Or less uncomfortable
always in going into battle afterward
but never again lost my nerve as dit
at my fire baptism before Yorktown. y
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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cripples ut tho Capital.

Strangers in the capital express much
surprise at the number of cripples to be
seen here, and offer various explanations
Of the sight. The majority of manned
citizens are office holders, who were Grip
pied during the late war. The form in
which they are mostly injured is the loss
Of an arm, oftener the left one, as obser-
walton shows. Many have parted with a
leg, and tho suppliers of substitutes in
willow, cork or rubber in Washington
aver that this is one of the best markets
in the country for their profession. Be-
sides these injuries received through
violence, there are scores of people in
the government service who are afflicted
with natural deforrnities. They are to
be found particularly in the treasury de-
partment.--Kate Fields Washington.
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IANdBERTVILLE, n. J. WEDNESDAY. APRIL q, 1892.
A METAMoRPHosIs

A roaring, clustering beast Of March
Set free from out cloud hung arch
In pallid skies; as dim of dye
And cold as frosted violet's eye.
A lion March that shakes his name
To fright those steeds OF golden rein,
Whose charioteer drives on apace.
With steady splendor, godlike grace.
For sand by sand, and hour by hour,
And dry by day, Apollo's power
Repels the dark. encroaching night
With long and longer shafts Of light.
The lion halts. Hisrolling eyes
Are fixed as with spells surprise,
For emerald grasses rock and rise
Beneath his feet like lullabies.
The soothing zephyrs charm his ear:
The Psyche butterflies appear
On restless wings aflame, and fatn
To search for missing Love again;
The blossom bells are swaying fine
To rhythms of somo thought divine
The lion in the path of Spring
Has couched, and low is listening
To melodies, like waterfalls,
OF choiring birds, whose crystal calls
Make herald's way before her feet
Who comes like Una, pure and sweet.
In BLUSH haze-her lucent veil
And trailing garments virginia.
OF green and white, all blossom wrcathed-
The fairest fancy heaven hath breathed
Or earth has crowned. The lion dumb,
With desert vision, secs her come.
Beside him sweeps her fragrant gown;
Her hand Is laid like thistledown
Upon his head. Oh. wondrous sightl
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catarrh.

People who are subject to catarrhal
ailmenis have special need to be particu-
lar in regard to their feet covering; they
should see to it that their feet are COM
fortably clad, their shoes should have
substantial soles, and should come well
up the ankles and not be laced or but-
toned tight. Light merino stockings OF
half hose may be sufficient for warmth.
but whenever by reason OF much exer-
else the feet have become damp. and
especially IL the leather has absorbed
wet, 1t Ia wise for change to DO made
in BOTH stockings and shoes.-
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It Is said that the manifestly corrupted
word, ''isinglass," owes its change from
o foreign to its English dress to the pop
ular fancy, which, finding the Dutch
term. s'huixenblas" (sturgeon bladder).
meaningless In English, quietly changed
1t into ssisinglass" and secured its easy
remembrance from association with the
s'icing" purposes for which It is used
and the s'glassy" appearance it presents.
--Chambers' journal.
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If a corset is perfect in
other respects and has the
usual metal eyelets, the laces
will break at the most annoy
ing times; for the eyelets cut
them.
There is a better eyelet
made Of loops of corset lace
soft eyelet we callit. 1t costs
no more, is neater, more such
as a woman would make for
herself, besides the convent
ence of not wearing out or
cutting the laces.
The Ball and Kabo corsets
are eyeleted with it.
You can get these corsets
and wear them two or three
weeks; and, if you do not
like them, return them. The
makers pay the merchants to
sell them so.
cnicAso CORSET CO.. chicago and New York
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A roaring, clustering beast Of March
Set free from out o cloud hung arch
In pallid skies; as dim of dye
And cold as frosted violet's eye.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-24

An Imperial Russian decree has been
promulgated in Astrakhan emancipa-
ting the Kalmucks from the Asiatic
serfdom and villanag underwhich they
have been subjected to native Khans
for centuries. This anxiety of the
Muscovite Government for the welfare
Of tribe Of wandering barbarians,
when under its orders thousands Of
Russian men and women charged only
with political ofenses are either Ian
gushing in prison or dying amid the
SHOWS of Siberia, is akin to the senti-
mentalism Of Sterne, who shed tears
over dead donkey and yet allowed his
mother to starve.
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One Of the most important tests q

One Of the most important tests Of
possibilities in the development Of great
destructive agencies is that making al
Perryville N. Y, where the Board OF
Ordinance of the War Department has
been experimenting with the Justin dy-
mantle shell. So far the experiments
have been successful and seem to have
solved the problem Of Using ordinary
guns IN the firing of high explosives.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-24

Tire Beers have invaded the P0rtu-
gnese colony OF Angola, in West
Afraca, and have proclaimed Repub-
lie: When these sturdy farmers once
get a foothold anywhere it is hard to
move them; and certainly Portugal
could offer but feeble resistance to the
men who, under Pretorius, successful
y withstood the soldiers of England
and founded the Transval Republic.
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In commenting upon the report that
the German Emperor proposed TO visit
the Worlds Fair the. Chicago news
papers PAT themselves ON the shoulder
and say: Eve have had royalty here,
had know how to- receive it. King
Kalakaua paid us visit once" They
have forgotten to add that the then
Mayor introduced the dnsky monarch
as the King Of the Cannibal Islands.
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-24

The marriage Of Count Herbert Bis
rmarck and Countess Marguerite Hoyos.
whichtook place in Vienna yesterday,
has caused more comment than have
roysl wedding. Councils of State have
3,sea found necessary TO decide just
how far the affair might be recognized
without compromising imperial digni-
ty, and there is no telling what might
have happenedif the German Ambassa,
dor at Vienna should have been within
hearing of the marriage bells. The
whole business smaeks of the absurd,
ty Of opera bouffe. Al