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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1894-03-28
Are You Any Good at Puzzles?

The genius who invented the eff
teen" Puzzle, "Pigs in Clover" and
many others has invented brand
new one, which is going to be the
greatest on record. There is fun,
instruction and entertainment in it.
The old and learned will find as
much mystery in itas the young and
unsophisticated. This great puzzle
is the property OF the New YORK
Press CLUB, for whom it was in
vented by Samuel Lloyd, the great
puzzlist, to be sold for the benefit of
the movement to erect a great home
for news paper workers in New
York. Generous friends have Civ
en- $25, 900 in prizes for the success
full puzzle solvers. TEN CENTS
sent to "PREss CLUE BUILDING
AND CHARITY FUND" Temple
Court, New York City will get you
the new mystery by return mail.
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Christmas In Calcutta.

The sun shines gloriously overhead,
the sky is pale, cloudless blue, and the
foliage around us shows every shade and
tint from brown to scarlet, from the
palest to the deepest green. We saun-
ter along the grass under the trees be-
side the avenue and find quiet spot,
with pool of clear water haunted by
swans, before us. The ground is car
peted with soft grass and shaded with
trees. On one side, 800 yards away, is
a bank of shrubs with the most gorgeous
variety of coloring from mauve and Ii
lac to crimson red; on the other three,
cool, restful green leaves. On such a
Christmas morning it is good to be alive.
Let us think of it as we shiver over
our fires in England. We spread our
rugs and coats on the ground and lie
down and smoke lazily. Presently the
Khidmutgars arrive with hampers. We
do not move, for in India we have not
that irrational and idiotic notion that
picnic is no picnic unless you wait upon
yourselves, lay your own lunch and burn
your own fingers over your kettle. The
lunch is admirable, from the solids to
the fruit, from the drinks to the ice.
Nothing has been forgotten, for once a
Khidmutgar has been taught thing
he may be relied upon to do it again
with absolute exactitude on similar
occasion till the crack of doom unless
he is idiotic.
A picnic is complete rest, with
nothing to do save to lie still and enjoy.
No one even talks unless the spirit
moves him. For the most part we sit
quiet, drinking in the beauty of the
scene. The servants pass silently to and
fro handing dishes, which are accepted
or rejected as silently. 1t is waste of
energy to speak. The cool breeze fans
us gently. There are no mosquitoes. All
is peace. Last of all come the coffee
and the cigars. Saturday Review.
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Bacon For Song Birds.

We have received the following plea
for the birds: "Sir, it may be interest
ing to your readers TO know that for
years / have fed the birds of the Re
gent park with Jumps of fat bacon tied
upon the balcony ledge. One day |
counted 40 visitors-a blackbird, a
thrush, robin, two tits, several star
lings and host of sparrows. In sum
mer l am rewarded, as the blackbirds
and thrushes take up their abode near.
l grieve to say they squabble good
deal and rush from one piece of bacon
to the other, thinking their neighbours
better than their own, but in this way
they are singularly like their bet
ters( p. London News.
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Genius ApprecIated,

"Look here" said the editor to the de-
tective, "some fellow has been running
found the country representing himself
Is debt collector of ours. He has been
taking in more money than any two of
ihe men we have, and / want him col
jared as quickly as you can"
"All right, sir. I'll have him in prison
IN less than week."
"Great Caesar, man! l don't want him
put in prison. want to employ him
Srooklyn Life
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usenuprne n,pnaoe..

A Toronto man has gone through the
alphabet naming his nine children, be-
ginning with Alice Beatrice Caroline
and ending with Xerxes Yorick Zenith.
All nine are living, and the Oldest is
only IA years old, but there is one pair
of twins in the list, which used up six
letters of the alphabet The children
are easily nicknamed by calling their
initials for short.-Toronto Empire.
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LOVE.
Deep in the moving depths

Deep in the moving depths
OF yellow wine
Iswore I'd drown your face,
Oh, love of mine!
All clad In yellow hue,
So fair to see,
You crouched within my cup
And laughed at me.
Twice DER learned page
turned and tossed,
For could not forget
Tho love lost.
All stern and ROBBED in gloom,
You read II too.
could not see the words
Saw only you.
Within the hungry chase
thought to kill
You, love, who haunted thus
Without my will,
But in the gentle gaze
OF fawn and deer
Your eyes disarmed my hand
And shook my spear.
Beneath a maids dark lash
swore you'd drown
Sink in the laughing blue,
Give in, 60 down.
But, mol While bathing there
Right joyously,
Out from her liquid eyes
You laughed at me.
Dora Sigerson in London Sun.
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HuRRYINc HOME.

Hurrying home as the daylight dies,
Goes the weary, toiling throng-
Some where q joyous welcome lies,
Children's prattle and jocund song;
Others who know but lonely room,
Cherries hearth and tasteless fare,
Hurrying home in the deep'ning gloom,
Some with their Joy and some their care.
Hurrying home as the years roll by,
Onward moves the worlds great throng.
Some to discover their resting nigh,
Others the way both hard and long;
Some by the beacon of faith are led
Trustingly over the path they roam;
Some In the gloom of a mystic dread,
All of them, all OF them hurrying home.
Charles s. O'Neill in Donahoe's Magazine.
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There has been much dispute as to the
causes of earthquakes. They are often
associated with volcanic phenomena.
When the lava of volcano contains
much water, the latter is converted into
steam and produces explosions which jar
the ground for miles. The explosion OF
the great mine at He'll Gate, in New
York, occasioned tremblings of the earth
which were observed IT'S miles away.
Washington Star.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

EsrATE OF JONATHAN PrDcocK. DECEASED.
Pursuant to the order of Isaac CTamer. Snrro-
gate Of the county OF Hunterdon made on the
ninth day OF February A. D. one thousand eight
hundred and ninety four notice is hereby given
to all persons having claims against the estate OF
Hunterdon, TO present the same under oath or az
Hrmaton TO the subscribers. Executors of said de-
ceased, within nine months from the date OF said
order; and any creditor negiecting to bring 10
and exhibit his or her claim under oath or affirm
atioBl within the time so limited, will be forever
barred Of his her action therefor against the said
Executors.
JIMMIE E. PIDC0cK. / Exaor,o,s
GEORGE II. CARR,
Dated Feb 8, A. D., 1894
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Two Quotations.

This quotation appears on the bed
room door in south Lancaster eng
land) hotel, Il will lay me down In
peace and take my rest, for it is thou,
Lord, only that n1akest me to dwell in
safety" Below which the proprietor
has penned, lowing to the frequency OF
hotel robberies, you are requested to
bolt your door. London Globe.
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CO. ORPHANS, COURT OF

HUNTERDON ca ORPH ANS COURT OF
III DECEMBER, TERM, 1898.
Presentations. q. p. Chamberlain, Henry p.
Cullen and Peter Martenis. Judges In the matter
OF the application of Carrie Martindell. Admins
tratrix of :. Forman Martindei deceased for
order to sell Real Estate to pay debts. Rule to
show cause.
Carrie Martindell. Administrative Of 8 For-
man Martindell. deceased, having made and ex-
hibted 10 this court, under oath. just and true
account of the personal estate and debts of the
said deeedeut as far as she can discover thesame.
by which IL appears that the personal estate Of the
said decedent is Insufficient TO pay his debts ;
whereupon application of the said Carrie Mar
Nartindell. deceased. setting forth that the said
S. Fotman Martindell died seized Of Real Estate
situate IN the City of Lambertville, in the County
of Hunterdon. and leaving his widow him suryiv-
ing who hath an estate in dover lit said lands
and praying the aid OF this Court In the premises
1t Is ordered by the Court that all persons inter
ested in the Ian Is, tenements, hereditamenis and
real estate whereof the said ). Forman Marlindell
died seized do appear before this Court On Mon
day, the Twelfth day o { February 1894 in the
term of Dec, mber 1894, TO show cause, II any they
have, why SO much of the Real Estate whereof the
sad s. Forman Martnd I'll died seized rs afore-
said should not be sold as will be sufficient to pay
his debts. the residue thereof the case may
require. and II Is further oriered that this notice
be published In the LAMBERTvILLE RECORD for six
set up as the Law directs
Done III open Court and dated Surr0gate's Office,
Dec. llth 1898.
ISAAC cRAMER,
Clerk Hunt. Co Orphans Court.
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A Boston paper states that Chicago
grocer sells soap every tenth cake OF
which contains in its center gold dol
lar, and that the citizens of Chicago are
In consequence getting to look tolerably
clean.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-19
THE EAST.

GEN. JAMES Il. Fry, who was retired
in 1881, died at his summer residence
at Newport. 4. l.. after brief illness.
For causes unknown William Wy
ant. a wealthy farmer, aged IS years.
shot and killed his wife at Whites
burg, Pa, and then suicided by blow
ing the top of his head off.
THE republicans of the Twenty
sixth Pennsylvania district renomina-
ted J. c. Sibley for congress.
FLAMES destroyed the chemical
works at Carteret, \. J.. the loss being
s5OO.OOJ.
The National Educational associa-
tiOn i'm session at Asbury Park, n. j.,
elected Prof Nic1 olas Murray Butler,
of Columbia coll re, as president.
THE firm of /. ID. Alexander & Co.
commission merchants in New York,
failed. with liabilities of $500, 900 and
assets Of $4,000 less.
FRANK 4. DANE, painter at New
Haven, Conn. shot Miss Mary C. Perry
because she refused to marry him and
then killed himself.
PRoHIBITIoNIsTs in state convention
at Weirs. y. H.. nominated Rev. ID. c.
Knowles, treasurerof Tilton seminary.
for governor, and DIR. Edgar L. Carr
and David Head for congress.
An order was granted by Judge Bar
rett, of New York. admitting Erastus
Wiman to $50. 900 bail
n New York George VI. Pullman
made public statement in which he
explained his refusal 10 arbitrate diff
cuIties with his employees. lie said he
was running his shops at loss and
merely for the benefit of his men. and
because they were refused more money
they struck.
For the week ended on he 14th the
percentages of the baseball clubs in
the national league were: baltimore,
.612. Boston. .G6T: New York. .597;
Pittsburgh, SOS; BROOKLYN, $50; Phila-
delphia. SIS; Cleveland, .53S; Cincin-
natl, 40: st Louis. .429; Chicago, 1913;
Louisville. .32s: Washington, .275.
THE cruiser Minneapolis in her trial
trip at Boston made 23.O5 knots an
hour. breaking all records and earning
a premium of S4OO, 600 for her builders
FoREsr fires swept an area OF more
than 5000 acres in the vicinity of Egg
HarbOr. y. j.
IL New York receivers were APP
pointed for the uU' brella trust by Judge
Gildersleeve, the liabilities being es-
timated at sI,2OO.OO
The steamshinagents in New York
say the steerage war now on has
created rush of foreigners to their
homes and the labor market will thus
be rrlievel
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SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
strikers Set Death-Trap for %sgf
Miners In tlabama.

strikers Set n Death-Trsp for Negro
Miners In i1abama.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 1s.-A fierce
battle occurred Monday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock at No mine at Pratts be-
tween mobs of striking miners and
deputy sheriffs in which six were
killed and nearly score wounded.
A mass-meeting of striking miners
was held during the morning on the
creek near the Pratt: mines. and it was
decided to take the law INTO their own
hands and kill or be killed. When the
employees quit work and came out of
the mines mob of men was secreted
In the woods near by. As the negroes
came out one by one the men in ann
bush fired upon them.
After the third negro had fallen the
deputies opened fire on the mob and a
fierce battle took p ace. ID. w. fierce,
the commander of the deputies, fell to
the ground A Winchester ball had
pierced his body just above the heart.
Almost at the same instant one of the
strikers was seen 10 fall, but he
arose again to his knees and
taking aim with his Winchester fired
four times AT the deputies. The depu
ties Kept reloading their guns and fir
ing and the mob began dispensing.
The deputies then made tour around
the wounded striker, VINO was still FIR
ing, and after time succeeded in
silencing his guns. lie proved TO 10 q
Frenchman.
Another section of the mob made an
attack on a train which was carrying
the negroes from mine No. to their
home. Several of the guards were on
the engine and the attack was made
with fusillade OF bullets. No one
was injured.
kilograms were sent 20 the town in
haste for help and Sheriff Morrow sum
moned twenty-five deputies. Gov.
Jones, who is still in the city, hastily
summoned the birmingham bat
talon of the state troops. At
noon the Second regiment was
relieved from duty. The East Lake
was still in camp guard
ing the tents, and they were marched
to train and hastily carried to Pratts
with the deputies. The governor or
dered the Second regiment into camp
and closed all the saloons in the
county.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-19
LATER NEWS.


CHICAGO, July 17.-Eugenc V. Debs.
George w. Howard, L. W. Rogers and
Sylvester Keliher. the officers of the
American Railway Union, were com
mitted to Jail today by Judge Seaman.
in the United States circuit court. for
alleged violation of the injunction
issued by Judges Woods and Grosscup.
The four leaders of the strike in reality
went to Jail in default of bail, for the
court offered them their liberty until
next Monday, when they will have a
hearing on the charge of contempt
Their bail was fixed at 80, 900 each, but
the men refused tn give il, and the
court committed them. Debs and his
companions were taken to the Jail by
Marshal Arnold, and before they left
the court room Judge Seaman instrut l.
ed the marshal to take them out of Jail
at any reasonable time or times, in
order that they may have abundant
opportunity to consult their attorneys
between this and next Monday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-19
HORSE TALK.

DoS'r be afraid to buy horse boz
cause he is thin. In other words, look
out when buying fat one. Flesh hides
blemishes-
BETTER muzzle the horses than him
der the free use of their necks by
checking while at work. Checked
horses sweat more and grow thin faster
than free horses.
A TEAM that is yelled at and jerked
will become so nervous that they do
not know what they are about; they
grow thin with half the work of one
that is used kindly and steadily. The
manners of the team show the temper
of the driver.
IL for any reason the horses have not
shed their coats or are unthrifty, give
them a little oil meal in their feed
daily. Begin with a tablespoonful and
gradually increase until feeding a pint
twice per day. Few feeds viii give a
horse so much strength and make him
look so well.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

OFFICIALS estimate the cost to the
United States of putting down the
railway strike in the west at fully
81. 600. 900.
The president. it was sail. would
appoint committee TO inquire into
the railway strike and recommend
methods for settling il.
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 18th aggregated
SSS5,; ~, against SS52. SOC, OS7, the
previ ,us week. The decrease, com
pared with the corresponding week in
1898. was Ill.
In the United States there were 273
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 18th, against 164 the week
previous and 374 in the corresponding
time in 1898.
IT was thought that congress would
adjourn not later than August IL. All
important legislation, with the excep-
ton of the tariff, was out of the way.
EXPORTS of merchandise for the wear
ended June 80 were Ss92, III, ESQ and the
imports were 1854. S35. s13.
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THINGS WELL TO KNOW.

RUE patent-leather tips of shoes oc-
casionally with sweet oil applied with
a bit of flannel; it viii keep them look
ing like new.
PUT stale crackers in a shallow pan
and set in the oven for a few minutes
before using; they will be as crisp as II
freshly baked.
SICK headache can often be elleviated
and even cured by cup of strong cof-
fee, without sugar, to which the juice
of half lemon has been added
A SMALL lump of sugar added to tur-
nips when cooking viii correct the bit
terness which sometimes spoils this
vegetable. If to be served mashed, it
viii greatly improve them to put them
through colandcr.
USE the asbestos mats under pots and
pans on the stove to prevent burning
the food. They are practically indie
structible, and conduct the heat per-
fectly. They cost but few cents, and
can be bought at all house-furnishing
shops.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

By a collision near Odessa between
The steamer Vladimir and the Italian
steamer Columbia 100 passengers of
the Vladimir lost their lives.
IN Cnnstantinople and vicinity four
more shocks OF earthquake were felt
ard hundreds of persons were killed
b. falling buildings.
DURING a storm twenty Spanish fish
ing boats were lost and seventeen men
persisted.
II field at Delno, Prussia. thirteen
men and women were killed by light
ming.
IL Germany the spread of cholera
was causing alarm and strict measures
were being taken at the frontiers to
keep out the pest.
LATER advices say the earthquake
shocks near Constantinople killed over
go persons and damaged property to
the extent of sea, 900, 900.
IN Russia the cholera epidemic was
assuming alarming proportions. the
present visitation being of a much
more intense and fatal character than
were the outbreaks of the two previ-
Gus years.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-19
AICHIson oLoeuLEs.

MARRIED men are always preferred
as workmen. They are more docile;
they know what it is to be bossef
WIEN we meet proud person we
wonder what it is about We never
knew anyone who had reason to be
proud.
TIE first face child sees is full of
kindness, and the last 70 bend over him
when he is an old man and dying is
full of plying tenderness. 1t is the
faces he sees in between that cause him
his troubles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-19
THE RAILROADER.

TIE African state railways in Cape
Colony and the Orange Free State
yielded dividend of close upon five
per cent. during last year.
RAILWAY employees in England arc
now instructed in first aid to the in
jured under the auspices of the St
Johns Ambulance association.
A RAILROAD train in Spain recently
made a run OF twenty-five miles in little
over an hour, and the papers are full
of jubilant articles about the achieve
ment.
THE Marquis of Dufferin and Ava Is
said TO be the owner of the smallcat
book in the world. 1t is an edition of
the sacred book of the Sikhs, and is
half the size of a postage stamp.
A MOVEMENT is on foot TO consolidate
all the street railway lines in st. Louis.
As the legal limit of capitalization in
Missouri is $40, 900, 900 the state legisla-
ture will have to make special provi-
sion for the capitalizatio ton of 500, 000, 900.
with bonded debt Of nearly the same
figure Sun.
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CROWNED HEADS.


PRINCESS VICTORIA of Wales, accord
ing to her father, can eoncoct a more
tempting Welsh rarebit than any other
woman in England.
The annual salary of the Queen of
England is 81 ,925,0OO. The prince of
Wales gets 100000, and the rest of
the royal family somewhat smaller
amounts.
MULEY MAHoAAIEr has been impris-
oned by his brother Ab4ul Aziz, sultan
OF Morocco. Abdul holds that there is
room for only one pantata in his coun-
try.
THE princess of Wales has sent q
birthday gift in the form of shilling
for every past birthday to Mrs Sarah
Thompson, aged 1O5 years, the oldest
lady in Wales.
THE best dressed woman in The world
is said to be Queen Margaret, of Italy
Her wardrobe includes a countless
variety of elegant costumes. and she
seldoms wears a dress more than once.
THE 3O0th anniversary of the birth Of
Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden,
will be celebrated this year with great
pomp in that country. Invitations will
be sent TO all other countries to take
part in the tribute to that famous ruler.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-07-19
TRIALS OF A LONE DUCK.
Compelled to Fight Murderous Toy Ships
His Victory.

The children up at the pond at Sew
enty-sixth street, on the east side of the
park, have great fun with the solitary
duck inhabitaut. This duck has none
of the shyness of the squirrels He is a
bold and brazen bird. and will make
futile attempts to climb up the per-
pendicular stonework surrounding the
pond in the hope of finding a cracker.
Crackers are his chief article of diet
Not ordinary crackers, but fancy ones
in queer shapes at twenty-five cents a
pound Little rich children, who are
bored to death by the necessity of look
ing after their French nursemaids
come to the pond every morning for the
purpose of fattening that duck on sweet
crackers.
They stand on the brink and shout
'Dutty, DUTY: tum an Diet a t-atter,"
and every few minutes one of them
falls in.
The duck doesn't let this disturb him
however. His mind and soul are on
crackers, sweet crackers in animal
shapes preferred but in the absence OF
these he'll eat anything from bread
crust to doughnuts.
Undoubtedly he would soon grow sc
fat that he couldn't paddle but for the
enforced exercise he gets every after
noon. Then children of a larger growth
come aud sail toy ships when there Il
wind, and if there is one thing that the
duck breads more than another it is a
toy ship.
No sooner is one set in the water
than, squawking, quacking and flap
ping his wings, he fees to the utter
most corner, only to fin another there,
perhaps.
His afternoons are one wretched sue
cession of wild twistings AMI turnings
and divings.
One day last week, having been
hemmed in corner by three boats, he
dived and came up outside the block
ade, only to find a miniature schooner
bearing down on him.
With squawlS of dismay he swerved,
and sloop on the other tack took him
squarely amidships.
Down he dived deep, stayed there for
a few seconds, and just as his head
came out of the water a big sloop
bumped into him. Then there was
trouble.
His duckship arose. AMI then there
was wrath in his quack. With his bill
he seized the bowsprit of the sloop and
pulled it down under the water.
Then he grabbed the jib, tore that off,
tackled the mainsail and ripped it up
the middle, and with note of triumph
tapped big wing over the stern and
tipped the boat over.
Flushed with triumph he proceeded
leisurely To demolish the rigging and
all else breakable or tearable. while
from the bank the walls of the ship
owner were waited afar on the air.-N.
y. Sun.