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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06
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The season of dissipation will soon be
over and the people returning home to
sober-up 1t would be truly interesting
to know how many people so to Europe
and other summer resorts for the benefit
OF their health and come back perfectly
restored when nothing was the matter
with them. 1t also would be interesting
and instructive to know how many peo-
Pile kill themselves in search after health.
CIEvENGER.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06

A general reduction has been made in
the salaries of the officers, department
heads and clerical force of the Trenton Iron
Company. The cut is twenty-five per cent.
and amounts to considerable, because it
cuts all the high p ice men IN tha employ OF
the concern. 1t takes effect Immediately
and will remain in force until business
improves and the financial outlook is bet.
ter. The pay of the operatives has not
been interfered with, but may be within
the next ten days.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06

have been great sufferer from catarrh
for over ten years; had it very bad, could
hardly breathe. Some nights could net
sleep and had to walk the floor. l pur.
chased Ely's Cream Balm and am using il
freely, 1t is working cure surely.
have advised several friends to use it, and
with happy results in every case. 1t Is
the medicine above all others for catarrh
and II is worth Its weight in gold.
thank God have found remedy car
use with safety and that does all that Is
claimed for it. 1t is curing my deafness
b W. Sperry, Hartford Conn.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06

The flag on the Railway House was
hoisted Union down. Monday morning.
The mistake was first noticed by some
people passing in train. A crowd gath
ei ed 10 front OF the hotel and notified the
proprietor to take the flag down and hoist
it properly. The demand was made in
anything but gentle way. The proprie-
tor complied and then went down upon
the porch and explained matters. He
said he sent the porter to put up the flag
ard failed 10 remember that the man had
only lately landed and knew no better.
The crowd cheered the proprietor and
then the flag.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 6. 1898.

AS- Administrator and executors of
estates who wish their notices to appear
In this paper Will please instruct the Sur
rOgate to that effect, as the law gives
them full control OF the business, and he
can act only with their consent or
through their neglect.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06

The two members OF the Bermuda
government who appeared before The
Ways and Means Committee OF the House
on Monday and argued for lower duties
on the Vegetables and other productions OF
that island, declared that the present
duties on their products amounted to $40 a
head of the population of Bermuda. Not
OF this country, mind you but OF Bermuda.
They also acknowledged that il the duties
were reduced the Bermuda growers would
reap the benefit. Mr.. Watson, one Of these
commissioners, laid down the proposition
explicitly, that the producer and not the
consumer paid the duty.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06

The "Alexsaukcn" correspondent of
the Hope,UeU Herald wrote thus in last
weeks issue:
"To give some idea of the condition
of the peach market in Lpmbertvile we
will say that farmer having peaches to
sell called at house in that town and Of
fered to sell his peaches at % cents per
basket. The lady of the house declined
to buy, and the farmer offered to take 90
cts. The lady still declined He then
successfully offered to take 10, then 10,
but as she still declined, he offered to give
them to her, but she still refused, when
be offered to give her ten cents il she
would accept the peaches, which offer she
grudgingly accepted. The man left for
home thankful TO get clear of them so
cheaply."
II the peaches were am thing like some
that we have seen on sale at our stores
We wonder that the lady didn't ask more
money.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06

The annual reunion of the survivors Of
the Goth New Jersey Volunteers will be
held at Red Bank, Wednesday, Sept. 9th.
The committee are making arrangements
for an enjoyable day.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06

II is announced that the Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company has paid off about
$500, 900 Of its floating indebtedness since
the property was surrendered to the olfi-
GERS by the Reading Company, reducing
the aggregate from 1000, 900 TO So, 800, :
600
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06
Arrival and Departure of Mails.

Mails are dispatched from the Lambertyllle Post
Office at the following hours:
For New York and all points East of Trenton. and
for all Foreign mail matter-6.45, 500, A. M !;
las. 4.10 and TOO P. Nj.
Philadelphia. West and south-s.OO A. NJ; las
4.10 and 700 p. NJ.
Trenton-S.O0 A. NJ; Las. 4.i0 and 200 P. NJ.
New Hope, Pa'-S30 A. NJ; 2.20 and 80 P. NJ.
Flemington-920 A. NJ; 500 P. NJ.
stockton, N. j. and East0n Pa.-5.09 P. M.
All points between Lambertville and Belyidere,
500 A. NJ.
All points between Lambertvile and Trenton,
l.45P.M NJ.
All mail should be at Post Office 80 minutes before
time of departure of trains.
MAILS ARRIVE AS FoLLows:
From all points-S.30 A. NJ.
From Trenton New Hope, Ringoes, Mt. Airy and
Oak Dale-1.S5 p. NJ.
From all points on the B. D. R. r., North of Lam
bertville-9.09 M.
Pennington and New HOpe-4.i5 p. NJ.
From Trenton-5 80 p NJ.
From New York and Philadelp hia-6.S0P p. NJ.
Post Office opens $50 A. NJ. Closes 800 p. M.
CHAS. A. SLACK. P. NJ.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06
NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY. PA.

The Republican State Convention paid
Bucks couple of compliments; in the
nomination of Judge Fell for the Supreme
Bench, and the appointment of B. F.
Gilkeson, Esq, for State Chairman.
The Union Paper Mills in New Hope
are at present shut down, and extensive
repairs are being made 10 the machinery.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06

The saddest thought Of many men !:
1--WE voted for Grover and not for Ben. !"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06

Kline still has run on s.Lambertyille
Puffs"--a first-class segar at low price.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06

bIBT ct AND I1EAINuION hVED NHIC""V'
directly South of the Ferris Wheel, and only two
blocks from Fair entrance) cool, comfortable ana
quiet; only two stories high, all outside 70 oms
European Plan S1.00 per day. Reduced rates for
families and parties II you arrive at any OF the
downtown depots, take the Elevated RAJ lroad 70
arriving by the Lake Shore Rock Island, wabash,
Erie, G. 4 Il. l., or Fort Wayne roads. leave train
at Eagewood, take the 6lst St. Electric car east
to Lexington Avenue and 6ist st., less than half q
block from the Hotel.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1893-09-06

List Of letters remaining unclaimed in
the Post Office at Lambertville, N. j., for
thirty days:
Miss Kate B. Quick.
Mrs. Mary Reed.
CHAs. A. SLACK, p. NJ.
LAMBRRTvnLR, N. j., Sept. 2, 1898.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29
Antbrax In Mud of sheep wells.

An epidemic of splenic fever broke out
among some sheep on farm in the south
of Russia. Thinking that the disease
might be connected with the use of a
particular well water, the matter was
bacteriologically examined. Diatroptoff
was unable to discover the anthrax ba-
cillus in the water, but an investigation
Of the mud at the bottom of the suspected
well revealed the presence of an organ
ism, which, ON incubation into animals,
was proved beyond doubt to be the ba-
cillus anthracis. On the we'll being
closed, no further cases of anthrax oc-
Cured.
That the germs of the anthrax had in
some manner gained access to the well
is certain and opens up the possibility Of
the communication of this disease by
means of drinking water. Moreover, Il e
likelihood of such contamination tal1in z
place through the drainage from 8, |
points to the desiIability of destroying
the carcasses of infected animals by Gre
nation rather than burial.-London Na-
ture.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29
Stoves Without Flues.

About this time of year the fool killer
is whetting his AK. Heis making it very
sharp. He is preparing to follow in the
wake of the agent who offers for sale
what he calls stoves without fues. But
the fool killer is not going to kill the fell
low who sells the stoves. Oh, no! He
is lying in wait for the man who buys
them and believes the story of the sweet
ly buzzirs agent that there can be such
a thing as a stove, fireplace or lamp that
needs no vent in the outside air.
Fire is union of oxygen with the
combustible substance of the fuel, what
ever that may be, wood, gas, oil or coal.
The supply of oxygen is drawn from the
air of the room about the fire. When the
oxygen unites with the fuel, it forms
carbonic acid gas vapor and smoke. Gas
and certain other forms of fuel make
very little smoke when burned. But
they do throw off into the atmosphere a
deadly amount of poisonous gases. I'm
lSoo GhCoS ~ up Iho SulLnLbN lhOO OhO
fue and outdoors, where do they go? In
to the room, of course, that is heated by
the so called fueless stove.
1t is easy TO kill ones self with car
bonic acid gas or common illuminating
gas. When the S. P. G. A. wishes to
put stray dogs painlessly out of the way,
it simply shuts the CANNES gently into a
close room and turns the gas on. The
dogs go to sleep, and they never wake
up any more. If you want to put your
self gently and painlessly into your last
sleep in hurry, remain in rooms heat
ed by hueless stoves. If you want the
process to extend over several months
or years and be quite as effective, have
your living rooms lighted by big lamps
or gas burners and keep the windows
shut tight.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29
How q Logbook Is Kept.

How many landsmen know how log
book is written up? 1t seems just as
complicated as double entry bookkeeping
when one does not know, but after lit
tie careful attention and study it's as
easy to keep logbook as to eat hot gin
gerbread. There is list of letters ar
ranged, and they look like so much
Greek to the uneducated.
The letter b, for instance, stands for
blue sky, whether there be clear or hazy
atmosphere; means cloudy or detached
opening clouds; denotes drizzling rain.
small j, fog; capital F, thick fog; e,
gloomy, dark weather; h, hail; l. light
ming, and m, misty or hazy so as to in.
terfere with the view.
The letter represents overcast OF
when the whole sky is covered with one
impenetrable cloud. Passing showers
are noted by the letter p, and q indicates
the weather to be squally. Continuous
rain is indicated by an r, snow by an S
and thunder by a t.. Any ugly threat
ening appearance in the weather calls
for the letter u, and visibility or distant
objects, whether the sky be cloudy or
not, is represented by the letter V. A
small w is wet dew. A full point or dot
under any letter denotes an extraordi-
nary degree. AS an example of how the
letters are used take q p d l t. This
reads very hard squalls and showers of
drizzle, accompanied by lightning with
very heavy thunder. Numerals denote
the force of the wind. A cipher indi-
Gates calm, light air, 2 light breeze, 9
gentle breeze, moderate breeze, 8 fresh
breeze, 6 strong breeze, z moderate gale,
8 fresh gale, 8 strong gale, 10 whole
gale, II storm, 10 hurricane. This sys-
TEN of abbreviation is generally adhered
to on all merchant vessels.-Geograph-
ical Magazine.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29

The New York Sun discusses the ques-
ton of what would happen if in re-
Spouse to angry demands from the I'M
ionists Queen Victoria should dismiss
Mr.. Gladstone from the prime minister
ship and call on Salisbury to form gov
eminent for the purpose of Immediately
calling new parliamentary elections on
the home rule issue. The Sun finds that
a British sovereign has dismissed a min
lister three times in the past century. The
last time this was done by Queen Vic
toria herself in an indirect way in 1889,
soon after coming to the throne. The
prime minister, Sir Robert Peel, demand
ed that she should dismiss the Wing la
dies of the bedchamber. She refused,
and he resigned. While it is undoubt-
edly the sovereign's prerogative under
the British constitution to dismiss prime
minister at will, yet such has been the
growth Of democratic sentiment since
the American republic was founded that
the British people would not be likely
now to submit to it.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29
North Pole Hunters.

Three of them have started out this
summer of 1898. Our American Lieu
tenant Peary will sail northward to In
glefeld gulf and make his base of sup
plies there on the Greenland coast
Thence he will go still on to Independ-
ence bay on the north coast of Green
land, and accImulating supplies will, if
necessary, spend the coming winter there
in latitude 81 degrees 80 minutes north.
Next spring he will push northward and
eastward, exploring the coast and hoping
to be led to the pole itself. He will travel
with dogs and sledges over ice and earth,
if there is any earth there.
DR.. Nansen, the Norwegian explorer,
approaches the north pole by water,
with the New Siberian islands off the
coast of Asiatic Siberia as his point of
departure lie believes all he has to do
is to remain in his ship and that the
polar currents which he believes in,
though most scientific men do not, will
drift him to the pole. He has construct
ed ship which he is confident cannot
be crushed by ice foes.
Mr.. G. R. jackson, an Englishman,
starts from Franz-Josef Land north Of
the European continent and not far from
Nova Zembla. On the west shore of
Franz-Josef Land, in latitude so degrees
north, is Ezra harbor, and here Mr.. Jack
son will make his headquarters. Thence
next spring he will start for the pole,
taking along both sledges and whale
boats. General A. W. Greedy, writing
of the three explorers in The North
American Review, giving it as his judg-
ment that Jackson is the only one of
them that has shadow of chance for
success.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29
Finishing and Rlanohinr.

Blushing is not an art. Neither is 1t
an absolute sign of i'll breeding, as some
unkind folk maintain. The fact is it is
just as natural for some people to blush
on one occasion as it is for others to turn
pale on another. The same laws of ma
ture which govern the one rule govern
the other. The capillaries or small blood
vessels which connect the arteries and
veins in the body form, particularly over
the cheeks, network so fine that it is
necessary to employ microscope to.dis-
tinguish them.
Ordinarily the blood passes through
these vessels in normal volume, leaving
only the natural complexion. But when
some sudden emotion takes possession Of
the heart its action increases, and an
electric thrill instantly leaps to the
cheeks. The thrill is nothing more than
the rush of blood through the invisible
capillaries. The color is nothing more
than the blood just beneath the delicate
surface Of the skin. The causes that
bring about this condition in the circu-
lating system are called mental stimuli.
lney consist or JOY, anger, shame and
the many other emotions.
Sudden horror, remorse or fear, on
the contrary, influence the nerves which
control the blood vessels, and the face
becomes white. Blushing and pallor re-
suit from the sudden action of the mind
on the nervous system. So if the mind
be forewarned and prepared for emo
lions both habits can at least be partially
overcome. But when the nervous sys-
tenn is highly strung it would be life
long if not futile task to endeavor to eff
feet perfect cure. 1t is the sensitive.
nervous girl who bushes easily, while
the girl stolid by nature or who by edu-
cation has her nerves under perfect
control seldom blushes.-Philadelphia
Times.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29
The lyrical American.

There is going to be one, Mr.. h. q.
Cutler assures us in The New England
Magazine, and te is almost here now.
He will be not at all like an Englishmsn,
says our writer, for which prophecy the
Briton will doubtless thank Mr.. Cutler.
He will not be like the representative of
any nationality now on the globe, but
will Just be Ibis own SELF" and nobody
else. When the pilgrim fathers migrated
from Holland to New England, it was
not to secure religious liberty, for that
they had already where they were, but
solely that they might be in country to
themselves, where they could preserve
the English blood, language and tradi-
tons pure and unmixed for their pos
terity. They would not that their sons
should turn Dutchmen.
Their ideal and that of New England
to this day is distinctively English, but
the New England ideal is unable to
stamp itself upon all America. The
contract is too big.
The south developed Il character en-
tirely different. In the south were HUI
guenots of the best blood of France,
and Englishmen of the cavalier and
aristocratic stamp. Climate, social in
situations and different strains of blood
made the northern and southern natureG
almost opposite. These two natures
came together in tremendous clash dur
ing the civil war. Then they forgave
each other and worked together. Since
then and only since then the general
national American type has begun to
be developed.
Electricity is the lymbol and stamp
of the American. He is somewhat like
an Englishman and Frenchman min
gled in one. 1t is proved that the true
American who results from the proper
blending of the northern and southern
characteristics ''resists and overcomes IA
tigue, disease and wounds more readily
than any other person can" He is quick,
kindly and brotherly. The United States
is now reaching far and wide for the
commercial dominion which she will OBJ
tain, but not in the English or northern
way, by the determination Of savages
and the Selling of their lands. 1--WE will
give the world better things to eat and
wear and more of them than any other
nation can. We will demonstrate that
it is to the mutual interest of nations to
be decent, forbearing, social and in time
even kind" The American unites in
himself the blood of the civilized races;
therefore he will feel brotherly to all
mankind. The countenance of our ma
ton shines today with light which is
the dawn of a higher America"
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29

If you want to be college professor,
determine beforehand whether you will
be very great one or only an average
one, for President Harper of the Chi
cago university has investigated the
matter and finds that the small college
professors income is about on par with
that of the skilled workman in the
chanical industries. The next grade Of
professor gets about as much money as
the superintendent or foreman in large
manufacturing or commercial business.
In no case does the income of even the
best reach that which is attained by the
successful manufacturer, merchant or
professional man.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29
Good Use of a Flag.

In Havana there was one evening q
great row in the streets, and man was
killed. Every one ran away except an
Englishman, who did not see why he
should run off, but stopped to do what
he could for the wounded man. The
city was then, as it often was, under
martial law, and in few minutes party
of soldiers came up and walked the Eng
lishman off. He was tried then and there
by sort of drumhead court martial and
condemned to be shot the next morning
at o'clock.
He managed to get the news conveyed
to the English consul, and at 7:45 o'clock
next morning the consul appeared in his
coach and four, uniform, cooked hat and
sword. all his orders on, etc. The shoot
ing party were drawn out, and the
prisoner was there too. The consul
walked up to the officer commanding
the party and demanded the life of his
countryman.
every sorry" said the officer, "but ]
must carry out my ORDERS" and he
showed the warrant signed by the gov
ernor. WELL" said the consul, "at
least you'll allow me to shake hands
with him before he dies" 81 can't re-
fuse that" was the reply. On which the
consul stepped up to the Englishman,
put his hand into his breast coat pocket,
drew out union jack, unfolded it,
threw it over the man and then said,
"There, now, fire if you dare!" The
lieutenant was staggered, the matter
was referred to the governor, and the
Englishman was saved.-London Spec
fatOr
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29
NO BLANKS IN THIS co.:PET1oN.

No BLANhb IN THIS COHPETION.
This is a competition of rather an I'M
usual nature. 1t is common to offer
prizes for the best story, or picture, or
architectural plan, all the competitors
Tisking the loss of their labor and the
successful one merely selling his for the
amount of the prize. But the Press
Claims Company's offer is something en-
tirely different. Each person is asked
merely to help himself, and the one who
helps himself to the best advantage is re-
warded for doing it. The prize is only
stimulus to do something that would
be well worth doing without it. The
architect whose competitive plan for a
club house on certain corner is not ac-
cepted has spent his labor on something
of very little use to him. But the person
who patented a simple and useful device
in the Press Claims Company's competi-
ton, need not worry if he fail to secure
the prize. He has a substantial result to
show for his work-one that will COM
mand its value in the market at any
time.
The plain man who uses any article in
his daily work ought to know better how
to improve it than the mechanical ex-
pert who studies it only from the theo-
Tetical point of view. Get rid of the
idea that an improvement can be too sim
pie TO be worth patenting. The simpler
the better. The person who best sue
ceeds in combining simplicity and pop
ularity, will get the Press Claims Com
pany's twenty-five hundred dollars.
The responsibility of this company
may be judged from the fact that its
stock is held by about three hundred Of
the leading newspapers of the United
States.
Address, the Press Claims Company,
John Wedderburn, managing attorney,
61S f street. N. W., Washington, d. G.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29

This question has been asked: Since
the earth is composed of three-quarters
water and one-fourth land, why is it that
more people do not know how to swim?
One enthusiast says that natatoriums
ought to be connected with the public
schools and all the children taught swim
ming. AT any rate it is incomprehensi-
BILE how people can live near body of
water as much as four feet deep all their
lives and never learn to at least float
upon its surface.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29

A movement looking to the abolish
ment of free lunches is on foot among
the New York State Liquor Dealers as
sociation. They think apparently that
it does not pay these hard times. The
funny man of the New York Tribune
suggests that they keep up the lunches
and let the bar go.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29

All this summer the German papers
Of America have been sadly exercised
over the ACCOMPLISHMENTS
gen. Their editors wax thin and pale. If
the Worlds fair directors had known
their action would give rise to word
like that, they never would have tried to
open the show on Sunday.
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1893-09-29

We have our opinions of people who
are always pretending they want to
hide from newspaper interviewers and
and who abuse these nice
young gentlemen and ladies as nui-
sance. The fact is, it is the newspaper
that makes people nowadays. The per-
son who is never interviewed does not
amount to much.