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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-10-24
LAMBERTvILLE N. j.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER "a. 1894.

anxious to get into some good bank lift.
They waited about week and then got
word from Newark that the bank was
ripe. was delighted when Taylor told
me could go along, and carried some
Of the jimmies.
when we reached the Pennsylvania
depot in Jersey city, we split up, and /
went to a lavatory. / found bootblack
there, and gave him message for
headquarters here and the chief of the
Newark police, informing them of the
attack that was TO be made on the saw
ings bank. The boy did his work right,
and when we reached Newark / saw
that we were picked up by some of the
local police on the dead quiet We went
to the house of Red King and learned
that hole had been pushed through
the wall of the building adjoining the
bank. When we left Kings to go to the
bank, saw three New York detectives
ON the way. / could not arrange for
any signal and did not know when the
attack would be made upon us.
"a dozen policemen were in the bank
Office waiting for us, and after we had
got through the hole behind the safe
and were getting ready to go to work
the police rushed in ON us. dashed for
the hole and fell ON purpose SO that
blocked it, and IS every man was COW
cred with gun there was nothing to
do but surrender. went in with the
gang, and they did not learn who was
until the next day. The gang swore
they would kill me, but haven't done
it yet. Taylor and Connors were sent to
Massachusetts, ON the Pittsfield affair,
and the rest of the gang got taste of
Jersey justice. New York Recorder.
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Pennsylvania railroad Time.

There was time when folks used to
set their watches by the town clock.
Nowadays the railway timepiece seems
to set the pace There is so much travel
ing and so many have to catch trains
that men try to keep railroad time.
Few think, however, how difficult it
is to keep that same railroad time
straight A bad watch or false time,
even to the extent Of minute or two,
might easily involve the destruction Of
train and many lives. Conductors
time keeping watches, but they must
have very accurate standard of time
to go by. All clocks vary, but most
clocks vary too much for railroad 40
curacy.
All over the great Pennsylvania sys.
tenn the clocks are regulated every "a
hours by telegraph from Altoona, where
they get the standard time in seconds
from Washington. The conductors and
engineers running out of Philadelphia
get their time from the clock in the ro-
tunda at the Broad street station, the
big one in the center just outside the
waiting room, which occupies the same
position in the new station that it did
in the old. This clock, which cost over
$500, is considered a wonder and in the
old station seldom varied more than
two seconds in the "a hours. 1t has not
been doing quite so well since taken
down and put up again, but is improv.
ing and is SO much bette" than any 9th
er clock known that nobody thinks Of
changing it, and in all probability in q
little while, when it gets accustomed tc
its position and surroundings, it will
come as near perfect accuracy as it ever
has in its history. Philadelphia Times
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Brasses end Bronzes of the mindoos.

The brass and bronze trade is kept
alive by the religious customs of the
Hindoos, who are not allowed to use
wooden and oarthenware vessels freely,
and brass and bronze are to them as inn
portant as glass and china to the west
erners. Almost all Hindoo utensils are
of brass, copper or bronze, and it is the
custom to present the female portion Of
q Hindoo family with valuable bat
terie dc cuisine, made either of brass or
copper, and still existing Hindoo GER
emony is that of carrying tho utensils in
a procession at tho wedding. The result
of this custom is that almost all the
platters, trays, bowls, nut crackers and
all brass and copper utensils are most
beautifully ornamented, and there are
lovely combinations of brass and copper
an& silver and copper. All Hindoo wo-
men used to have lovely brass Baskets
covered with Communications called chel-
lams, manufactured in Malabar, in
which they kept their jewels, but these
are fast being replaced by the vulgar
English japanned dispatch box. At Siv-
aganga beautiful but seldom patron
lied brass trade exists, which makes
toys and most lifelike representations
Of animals, lizards, frogs, etc.-Chica-
go Tribune.
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That Friend of Your Youth.

Next to the lynx eyed younger brother
with his terrible memory and his great
eloquenoe tho friend of her youth is the
being whom every woman wishes most
to avoid. The friend Of ones youth re-
members and recalls in public all ones
early follies. She asks if you have for.
gotten the day you ran away from
school, the afternoon you were whipped
for playing with the boys around the
corner, the day you painted your face
with the artificial roses on your moth
er's bonnet and the night you demolish
ed whole jar of jam at sitting. She
generally does this when the minister is
calling or when your prospective moth
er-in-law is eagerly drinking in the sto-
ry of your youthful crime
Then the friend Of your youth goes on
and enumerates forgotten love affairs,
recalls your successive fiirtations and
conveys to the listeners the impression
that you were very gay person indeed.
She feels free because Of her position to
criticise your clothes, your manner,
your fiance and your looks. For the
same reason she considers herself at lib
erty to borrow any Of your possessions,
from handkerchief to the contents of
your purse. And when she has done all
these things she sits down and senti-
mentalizes about the past and makes
you agree that such halcyon days will
never come again. New York World.
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The following peculiar incident is
told by Baltimore man as occurring
to his fox terrier: lone day, while the
cellar door was open, the dog descended
In search Of rats at about o'clock. At
$3.50 the dog was searched for and
thought lost No further notice was
taken in the matter until the next morn
ing at II o'clock, when I was attracted
by dog yelling. After careful search
in the cellar, which revealed only
pile of sand by the wall, / noticed the
dogs nose protruding through an inch
board at the top window Of the cellar
looking into the yard. went immedi-
ately up stairs and removed five bricks
from the pavement and pulled the dog
out After careful inspection dis
covered he had dug under the founda-
ton of the house in the sand, which
had caved in on him. Finding no other
means of escape, he dug up to the sur
face, distance of six feet, and on ar
irving at the brick surface, which had
been recently paved, dug toward the
window, distance of three feet, and
had nearly eaten through the board in
his efforts to free himself. He was near
ly exhausted when found, having been
30 hours underground. One eye was
entirely closed from sand, the other
nearly so. Baltimore Sun.
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Port Louis. nrnnrltlus.

From the sea Port Louis has pictur-
esque and oriental aspect. but the streets
are less SO than one imagines. They are
wide and resemble those of Cape Town.
Numerous European shops also line their
fronts.
Lying behind the town is the Champ
de Mars. 1t is used as place Of amuse-
ment, and opening into it are the streets
of Burbon and Corderie, while to the
left of the quays is the bazaar or market
place. II is surrounded by an iron rail
ing, las several gates leading to the
principal streets and is divided into
two equal parts by Farquar street.
A broad avenue also traverses its ell
tire length, lined on either side by COW
cred sheds, where the wares are exposed.
Fruit stalls occupy the upper end, and
here is exhibited marvellous variety,
a collection that would make the fruit
sellers of the west mad with envy.
Plantains in great yellow heaps are side
by side with oustard apples, alligator
pears mangoes, pineapples and others
too numerous to mention. Mangoes are
the most esteemed by Europeans. The
lower market contains tho butchers
shops, where fowl, fish and kid are
conspicuous. ALI the Year Round.
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THE PRICE OF A WIFE.
gavages Place Varying Value Upon Thei
Chosen HeIpmates.

Eavages Place u Varying Value Upon Their
Chosen Helpmates.
In the earliest times Of purchase q
woman was bartered for useful goods or
for services rendered to her father. In
the latter way Jacob purchased Rachel
and her sister Leah. This was a Beena
marriage, where man, as in Genesis,
leaves his father and his mother and
oleaves unto his wife, and they become
one flesh or kin--the woman's. The
price Of bride in British Columbia and
Vancouver island varies from e20 to
$40 worth of articles. In Oregon an In
dian gives for a wife horses, blankets
or buffalo robes; in California, shell
money or horses; in Africa, cattle.
A poor Damara will sell daughter
for one COW. A richer Kaffir expects
from 3 to 80. With the Banyai, if moth
ing be given, her family claim her chill
dren. In Uganda, where no marriage
recently existed, she may be obtained
for half dozen needles, or coat, or
pair of shoes. An ordinary price is
box of percussion caps. In other parts
a goat or couple of buckskins will buy
girl. Passing to Asia, we find her
price is sometimes to 80 rubles, or at
others CARLOAD of wood or hay. A
princess may be purchased for 5000
rubles.
In Tartary woman can be obtained
for few pounds of butter, or where a
rich man gives 20 small oxen poor
man may succeed with a pig. In FIJI her
equivalent is whales tooth or a mus
ket. These and similar prices elsewhere
are eloquent testimony to the little value
a savage sets on his wife. New York
Advertiser.
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$1,000 A SHOT.
1t Is Economical, After All, II Considered
Properly.

1t Is Economical, After All, II Considered
Properly.
One thousand dollars shot is rather
expensive shooting, but when you come
to figure it out you will find that it is
not quite as much in proportion as 500
q shot under certain conditions The old
smooth bore cannon, short in barrel and
short in tho breach. had to be trained
with the greatest patience and care on
the object aimed at, and If the 100
pound ball didn't land exactly where it
was intended it did very little harm.
With the big pneumatic gun at Sandy
Hook it is impossible to make miss.
You just touch her Off at 81, 900 per
touch, and if the projectile drops within
one-sixth Of mile of where it was in
tended to drop there is immediate and
serious trouble and in all probability no
necessity for the expenditure of another
dollar ON that particular target. 1t costs
more to fire the big Krupp gun than it
does our dynamite gun, but the execu-
tion bears no comparison. One hundred
gatling guns, fired at short intervals for
one hour, would cost $40, 900. Even if
the object shot at was within range the
shooting would not be one-tenth as eff
fective as the shooting of the Sandy
Hook terror New York Mail and Ex-
DreSs
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A Now Umbrella Stand.

A funny incident of a drawing room
meeting was recently noticed. A grave
looking gentleman. with an unusually
tall hat, entered, and seeing no rack in
the hall placed his hat ON the floor just
behind the door. Pretty soon another
grave man entered with large, drip
ping umbrella, and peering anxiously
for the usual receptacle saw in the
gloom the hat resting ON the floor. His
eyesight was probably poor, for he mis-
took it for one of the new umbrella
holders. and in 1t he deposited his drip
ping umbrella This was an example
for those who followed, and in q short
time the solemn looking hat was stanch-
ly holding dozen umbrellas. At the
end Of the meeting the water in the hat
was an inch in depth. London Tit Bits
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He Was Smart Enough.

II witnessed very interesting Incl
dent when l was in Washington cou-
pie of years ago, said Francis T. Gray
of st. Louis, and ! have frequently
laughed over the lesson it taught. I was
strolling out one of the broad avenues
in the residence part of the town, Con-
nectiout, think it was. Well, couple
of Cinnamon, attired in robes Of silk
and satin of the most gorgeous descrip-
ton, came pushing along at the charac-
teristio gait of their race The superior
appearance of the Celestials did not APP
pear to affect number of small boys
who were lettering on corner, for there
was an immediate chorus of 'Chinamen
eat rats as the men approached The
Cinnamon took no notice Of the juve-
niles, who followed in their rear, contin-
uing their shouting. Farther up the
street q youth was standing ON the side
walk, and as the Cinnamon passed him
he, evidently inspired by the boys, ask
ed them what shirts We're being washed
at He apparently thought the China
men didn't know word of English.
You can imagine his discontinue then
when one of them turned to him with
an expression of the deepest comnisera-
tion on his face and remarked in excel
lent United States:
You seem to be a very nice look
ing fellow. What makes you such q
fool?' Washington Star.
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Girl Babies OF Sicily.

In some parts of Sicily the birth of q
girl is looked upon as such misfor-
tune that black flag is hung out the
window to proclaim the sad event. Hav-
ing to be supported by the family as
long as they are unmarried, and being
Obliged to dover the bridegroom, they
are looked upon as expensive luxuries.
Boys, OH the other hand, are very soon
self supporting, and when the time
comes for marrying increPso the family
wealth by bringing homo bride and
her dot The girls live in seclusion, are
most kindly treated, and at the age Of
IA or 6 they are disposed of i'll marriage
on a purely financial basis. New Yart
World
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1t is the one garment the fashion of
which never changes, writes Ruth Ash
more in Ladies' Home Journal. The
years may go and come, and yet she who
cloaks herself in this mantle is at once
happy herself and tho giver of happi-
ness. In cut it never changes. II is al
ways largo and full, so that it can en-
velop those who are unhappy and give
them warmth and comfort. Like the
cloak worn by the prince in the fairy
tale, it is invisible to all but those whose
eyes are made clear by faith. 1t Is the
garment that ! would like my girls to
wear. 1t is true that much patience and
much self denial are required before
this cloak is put on, as it should be, for
all time, but once assumed the amount
of joy to be got from it and the happy
heartbeats to the wearers Of it cannot
possibly be overestimated.
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FAMOUS ARcHERS.
ssorie. of wonderful skin with Bow and
Arrow.

Stories of Wonderful Skill With Bow and
Arrow.
Tho expression drawing long bow
does not of necessity mean the telling
of falsehood 1t sometimes refers to a
wonderful story, which may be true
enough, but which is so marvellous as
to require firu trust in the veracity
of the narrator to enable the bearer to
believe it. Some of the longest bows of
this sort have been drawn about bows
and arrows.
These stories began long ago. Virgil,
i'll the "Anoid, tells of four archers
who were shooting for prize, the mark
being pigeon tied by cord to the
mast of a ship. The first man hit the
mast the second cut the cord, and the
third shot the pigeon as it flew away.
The fourth archer, having nothing left
to shoot, drew his bow and sent his ar
row flying toward the sky with such
speed that the friction of the air set the
feathers on fire, and it swept on. like
meteor, to disappear in the clouds
The stories told of Robin Hoods
archery, illustrated by his wonderful
performance as Locksley in Scott's
"Ivanhoe, are also a decided strain
upon a sensible PERSONS oredulity. The
famous story of William Tell, doubted
by many persons, is believed by others
to have foundation of fact There was
Dane named Foke of whom the same
story is told, and William of Cloudes-
ley. an Englishman, is said to have shot
an apple from his sons head merely to
show his experiences.
Most stories of bows and arrows re
late to the accurate aim of the archers,
but a Frenehman, Blaise de ,Vigenere,
tells one that shows tho tremendous
force with which an arrow may be pro-
PEELED if the bow be strong and long
enough. According to his own account
of the matter, he saw Barbarossa, a
Turk, admiral of a ship called the
Grand Solyman, send an arrow from
his bow right through cannon ball. -
Philadelphia Times
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Aluminium and Glass.

M. Charles Margot of the physical
laboratory of the University of Geneva,
says L'Industrie, has made curious
discovery. He has found that by rub
bling ON glass with an aluminium point
we obtain clear metallic lines, which
cannot be removed by washing, no mat
ter how often repeated. Many applioa-
tions can be suggested for aluminium in
this direction. 1t can be used instead of
the engraver's tool in cutting designs
on glass. With the aluminium pencil
diamonds can DO distinguished from inn
itation, since it will make no mark ON a
diamond. 1t is possible that the new
discovery may make great difference
in the making of cut or engraved glass
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EDWIN BOOTHS UNHAPPINESS.
To His Daughter He Says He Was Never
Really Happy.

hAppys
A number of letters written by Edwin
Booth to his daughter and intimate
friends are published In The Century.
The following one to his daughter gives
an index to the melancholy that was so
marked in his disposition:
New YORK, Jan g. 1888.
have seen Rose several times and shall say
goodby tomorrow. l do all can for hor. but
nothing on earth can render her lonely life less
weary poor SOUL AS for Gods reward for
what have done, can hardly appreciate
1t. TITS more like punishment for misdeeds
(of which I've done many than grace for good
ones (if I've done any. Homelessness is the
actors fate, physical incapacity to attain
what is most required and desired by such
spirit as am slave to. II there be rewards,
certainly am well paid, but hard schooling
In lifes thankless lessons has made me some
what of philosopher, and I've learned to take
the Bullets and rewards Of fortune with equal
thanks, and in suffering all to suffer-I won't
say nothing, but comparatively little. Dick
Stoddard wrote a poem called "The Kings
Bell, +" which fits my case exactly (you may
have read it). He dedicated 1T to Lortmer
Graham, who never knew an unhappy day In
his brief life, instead OF to me, who never
knew a really happy one. You mustn't suppose
from this that I'm Ill in mind or body. On the
contrary, am well enough In both. Nor am
/ pessimist. merely wanted you to know
that the sugar Of my life is bitter swoet-per-
haps not more 30 than every mans whose ex-
perience has been above and below the surface.
business has continued large and increases
little every night. The play win run two
weeks longer. Sunday at o'clock start for
Baltimore, arriving there at 10 o'clock.
Tomorrow meeting Of actors, managers and
artists at breakfast to discuss and organize, IL
possible, q theatrical club like the Garrick Of
London.
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stammering Children.

1t is safe to say that, out Of every
1000 children in the Boston schools,
seven stutter or stammer. or all boys
In the schools liz per cent are stutter'
FRS, while only 42 per cent of all girls
ltutter. This is in accord with observa.
tions of European experts, who say that
three or four times as many boys as
girls stutter habitually. Boston schools
show smaller proportion Of Sufferers
than German and Russian schools
Boston Transcript.
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A STORY TOLD.

A little work, little play,
To keep us going-and so good dayi
A little warmth, a little light
OF loves bestowing-and so good night
A little fun to match the SORROW
OF each days growing-and so good NOR
rowi
A little trust that when we die
We reap our sowing-and SO goodbyi
George Du Maurier in "Trilby."
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Public executions in Paris prove very
profitable to the owners of houses com.
handing the scene. Windows are LEI
out for the occasion, the landlords
watching for the first sign of the exc
cution and then at once sending word
20 the persons who have hired the room.
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Too Tough For Thorn.

Two runaway convicts took refuge in
a church which was having an expert
ence meeting. They listened to the sto-
ries told by several of the regenerated
until one of the fellows exclaimed in IA
whisper to the other: "Come, Jim, let's
get out o. this It's tough crowd, and
no mans life's worth copperl' And
out they lit.-Boston True Flag.
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Norwegians give Gods heads mixed
with marine PLANTS to their rows to in.
Gease tho yield of milk
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DIR. EUGENE C. BATTEN,
VETERINARY SURGEON,

Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania,
80 YORK STREET,
LAMBERIvILLE, N. J,
Office Hours Until A. NJ; to 2; aud 7 to
P. NJ. March 81, 1894
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Death of Famous Cachucha Dane.

Mrs. Lyme Stephens, whose funeral
in England took place recently, had SO
completely outliyed her celebrity that
she does not find place in Men and
Women of the Time, yet when the
century was young the name of Mile.
Duvernay was a household word. and
the author of the ''Ingoldsby Legends"
puts into the mouth of Lord Tomnoddy
when addressing Tiger Tim" fireworks:
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Malibran's dead,
nrvarpav,a Aasl

DuVernay 8 uedi
Taglioni has not yet arrived in her stead.
Tiger Tim, come tell me true,
What may a nobleman find to do?
Duvernay, the dancer, dying at 81,
has survived Malibran. the singer, So
years. The former married Mr.. Lyme
Stephens, wealthy man, who left her
life interest in his seat in Norfolk and
also most of his property. She survived
him over 80 years. Mrs. Lyne-Stephens
also had residence at Roehampton,
where she took deep interest in the
convent
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How Nellie Scott, the Notorious Shoplifters
Was Detected and Sent TO Sing sing-A
Quiet Way of Taking Thieves Into Camp
Employed In a Big Store.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-07-26
California.

California.
Ever been there?
1t is an ocean Of ozcne for in
valids.
"A sea of sunshine for strangers.
"A world Of wealth for workers.
The Mid-Winter fair Worlds
Fair Jr.) ought to attract you to San
Francisco in 1894.
Those who marveled at the dis
plays in the California building
Jackson Park, should il vestigate
further, by taking trip to the Pa
ci6c Coast.
1t will be found thaE the half has
not been told; the reali ty exceeds the
promise.
Personally cond acted parties
every week, IN TOURIST 5leepers on Last
express trains. Thou sands have pat
ronized them.
Very low round trip rates now
effective, good any d ay and on any
train.
If you write to Jas. e. Watson
P. g. IA. A. T.&f;. +. r. r.. Atchi-
son, Kansas, he will mail, fra, Of
charge, an enter janing book, ITO
California and Back" profusely il
Illustrated.
1t will inevitably confirm the Is
tent desire to SEQ California face To
face.