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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-03-06
THE END SEAT IN THE PEW.
It Is the Place Occupied by the Protector
of the Family.

1t Is the Place Occupied by the Protector
of the Family.
"It is common enough" said Mr..
Gratebar, ito see man sitting In the
aisle end of pew in church get up on
the arrival of some other member Of the
family, step out into the aisle to let the
late conner in, and then resume his seat
at the end Of the pew. 1t seems to me
that I have read that this custom origi-
mated in New England in the early
days, when the men all sat by the aisle
so that they could seize their guns and
get out promptly in case Of attack by
Indians. We don't have much to fear
from Indians nowadays, but the seat by
the aisle is still occupied by the head Of
the family. He stands in the aisle while
the others pass in, and then calmly
takes his place in the end seat, at the
head of the line, as a sort of general
protector.
Sometimes in these days, we are so
very free from Indians now. the head OF
the family thinks it is safe for him to
stay at home when he has headache,
and then the young son takes his place.
I imagine that he talks 1t over with his
mother ON the way to church, so that it
is all understood. When they get to the
pew, he stands in the aisle while his sis
ters and his mother pass in. / fancy that
his sisters are rather glad when they are
all seated and no longer conspicuous,
but upon his mother face as she brushes
past him into the pew there is smile
Of affectionate pride. and then he takes
his seat In his fathers place and sits
there with fine boyish dignity. New
York Suu
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Mrs. Ellie Erisman, sec'y.
For THE RECORD.
FIRE HYDRANTS.

1t is an injustice to the Lambertville
Water Company, as we'll as to the LAM
bertville Fire Department, to have the re-
port circulated that at the time of fire,
and when they were badly wanted, sew
eral OF the firc-plugs were frozen up. II
there was frozen plug on the night of
the Hunt fire, it lie the first time since the
introduction of the water works. There
Is doubt in the minds Of several persons
whose opinions in such matters are Of
weight that the hydrant in question, at
the corner Of Union and Bridge streets,
was frozen, but that something else
prevented the flow Of water. 1t was tried
a short time after the fire and was found
all right. II 1t had been frozen 1t would
never have thawed itself out In so short a
time. Some people were disposed to
blame the Chief Engineer for not trying
the hydrants during the cold weather, to
see il they were frozen or not. The fact
is this: Chief Engineer Robertson has al
ways been particular to know the condi-
ton of the hydrants and has often tried
them, but he had been advised by ex-Chief
Van Solver not to do so, and the ex-Chief
is backed up in his views by the Superin-
tendent of the Water Company, the promi-
nent plumbers and gas filters, and all who
give the matter study. The Chief has not
shirked any duty devolving upon him and
has more than earned bis paltry salary OF
twenty dollars in looking after the
city's interests.
While on this subject, 1t is time that an
amount sufficient for the work actually
done should be paid the chief officer Of
the department, whoever he may be.
Cities that boast live fire departments,
good water supplies, electric and gas
lights, street cars. drainage, good schools
and homes, excellent pavements, good
government and everything else up to
date, arc those which get ahead and say
"Follow me-" and not those ten to
twenty years in the lurch and always in
the mud. PLUa.
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1T will be a matter of interest to some
Of our readers to know that the Judges Of
the Court of Common Pleas in Union
County have decided, in the cases Of the
persons from Railway who were indicted
for selling liquor without a license, that
the County Court has no jurisdiction In
such cases. 1t is said that the recent de-
cision OF our Hunterdon County Court
was cited as precedent and the two de-
cisions are founded on the same grounds.
1t is quite remarkable that on the same
date az the above decision, a saloon keep
er from Trenton, who was indicted for
selling without license, was convicted
and sentenced and 1t is fact that the
Ordinances OF the Trenton Excise Board
are almost identical with our own.
In the same connection, Prosecutor
Samuel e. Perry, of Atlantic County, is
authority for the statement that he has
had convictions and there are men now
serving time for selling without license in
Atlantic City, where the laws and ordi-
nanccs applicable are practically the same
as in Lambertville, Railway and Trenton.
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On the LIST of March, 1895, the ladies of
the Lambeitville Branch of the Needle
work Guild forwarded 151 new garments
and 81 partly worn garments, to Elizabeth
D. Troth, McCook, Red Willow County,
Nebraska.
Through the kind efforts of Mr.. Gest,
Superintendent of the Penns. R. R., the
Adams Express Company forwarded the
box free OF charge. Elizabeth D. TroLh,
to whose care the box was sent, is Friend
in good standing In the Quarterly Meet
ing of Burlington, N. j. and to whom the
Yearly Meeting at Fifteenth and Race
streets, Philadelphia, has forwarded i'm
portant sums of money for distribution.
The ladies of the Guild desire to thank
all contributors for their gifts and gener-
Gus response to their appeal. at is more
blessed to give than to receive"
A note OF thanks to the Lambertville
Branch of the Needlework Guild has been
received (Feb. 2s) from the Board of
Directors Of the Mercer County Hospital
for the valuable donation OF sheets, tow
els, &C., forwarded to the Hospital In Oc-
tober, 1894.
BY order Of the President,
Mrs. p. A. STUDDrFoRD.
Mrs. Ellie Erisman, Sec'y.
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INFANT PRopLolEs.
Some Famous Men Whose Childhood wa
as Remarkable as Their Maturity,

some Eamous Men whose childhood was
rs Remarkable as Their Maturity.
Sir Christopher Wren was prodigy
In youth, as in maturity. Oughtred, the
first mathematician of his day, declares
in the preface to his great book that an
ingenious boy, gentleman commoner
at Wadham," had enlarged the sciences
Of astronomy, gnomonics, states and
mechanics by most brilliant disoov-
cries, "praeolaris inventis." This was
Wren at the age Of 10. A year before
that he had taken out a patent for an in
strument to write with two pens at the
same time. In the same year he was APP
pointed demonstrating assistant on anat-
omy at Surgeons hall.
Wren lived to justify his early prom
Use, but Dugal Stewart tells us of a boy
who, as he hoped, would rival the
fame of Sir Isaac Newton" This was
the son of Count Pusgstall '.I cannot
help considering him." wrote the
Scotch professor, ''as the most extraor.
binary prodigy of intellectual endow-
ment that has ever fallen under my
knowledge" This is great saying in
deed from Dugal Stewart, who was not
given to enthusiasm nor careless express
sion.
Unfortunately we have no detailed
information about the youths acquire
ments in later years. He died at 10 Of
general decay apparently. But Mr.. Lee
maistre met him in his travels and pub
lished an account in 1906, the boy be-
ing then years old. HE sits on car
pet, surrounded by his books, and when
the gravest and most acute remarks fall
from the lips Of this little person q
spirit seems to speak rather than child,
and the fine expression which sparkles
on his countenanoe tends to strengthen
the idea"
Among other tests, Mr. Lemaistre
asked him to make map Of the Vene-
tian empire, which he did with accuracy.
Those competent to judge the fact will
readily believe that the child of years
who performed 1t was an animated mir
aole. The French armies barred nearly
every road in Europe to an English
traveller at that date. Mr.. Lemaistre
asked how he could get home without
touching Hanoverian, French or Dutch
territory. The child Instantly traced
ON the globe tho single road remaining
open. 1t is we'll for this gentleman s
credit that Dugal Stewards evidence,
long afterward, makes tho story posi-
BILE. Chicago Times.
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Salt For Insanity.

A physician, In treating an insane pa
tient, found it admirable to make use Of
simultaneous injections of salt. The pa
tient bad obstinately refused all nour-
ishment, and the salt was given as an
experiment in nutrition, this treatment
having been made use of some time pre-
viously. To the DOCTORS surprise, some
Of the worst symptoms Of insanity dis
appeared. Further trials convinced the
faculty of the value Of this discovery,
and, according to all indications, there
Is In this course the germ of discovery
that will entirely revolutionize the
treatment of the insane. We are told
that the human body consists OF about O
dozen elements. When these are present
in too great quantity or are lacking, we
are i'll. The great art is to decide just
what element needs regulating. When
this is done, we are restored to health
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NEW HOPE AND BUCKS COUNTY. Pa.

Many raccoons have been caught in
Bucks county since the blizzard. They
seem to be numerous this season.
"A postponed meeting of the Solebury
Farmers Club will be held at the residence
of Watson Kenderdine next Saturday.
There are seventeen cases on the list
for Argument Court at Doylestown this
week-six in the Quarter Sessions, three
in the Orphans Court, and eight in the
Common Pleas.
Mrs. Kugler, OF Carversville, was
badly cut by the explosion of a big bottle
of "lightning yeas" which she was hold
ing In her hands, few days ago. She
narrowly escaped bleeding to death. She
was trying to uncork the bottle when the
accident occurred.
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THE WEALTH OF THE WORLD.
Great Sum of Foreign Securities Held IN
England and France.

Great Sum of Foreign Securities Held I'm
England and France.
The reported valuation of all proper
ty in the United States by the census of
1890 was 500, 037, 091, 1877, or 81, 036 per
capita for the entire population. This
enumeration, however, dealt with prop
erty located in the United States and
did not go into the question where it is
owned. If the estimate of Mr.. Robert
Giffen is correct, that So, 900, 900, 900
In foreign capital was invested in this
country in 1880, probably an even lar
ger amount is SO invested at the present
time Deduction should also be made
for the high value put upon waste pub
lie lands in the census, with the net re-
suit that the per capita valuation of the
United States would BIO reduced to
about $3.50 or 81, 750 for family of
five. Estimates made by careful econ
omists, who come pretty near agree
ment among themselves, put tho valu-
alton Of Great Britain about nine years
ago at 900, 600, 600, 900 and that of
France at $40, 900. 900, 900. This would
afford a per capita valuation of 1888
for Great Britain aud 81, 08i for France,
making the valuation for family of
five So, 600 in Great Britain IS, 405 in
France. The figures Of France are
placed higher by some authors, and the
total in both countries includes careful
estimates of the large holdings of for
eign securities, some of them covering
property located in the United States.
The great holdings Of foreign securi-
ties, estimated to amount In Great Brit
ain to about IS, 900, 900, 900, explain to
o large extent the adverse balance of
foreign trade constantly shown by the
British statistics. Great Britain would
long ago have been denuded of her gold
and become bankrupt If the excess of inn
ports over exports shown by her trade
statistics were a true measure Of her
financial condition. The fact that about
$400, 900, 900 Is due her annually in
interest charges upon British capital
placed abroad explains how she can af-
ford to import several hundred million
pounds sterling Of foreign merchandise
In excess of the domestic merchandise
which she exports. France is estimated
to hold 81, 600, 900, 900 of foreign securi-
ties, largely Italian and Spanish, and
she also has been able to show large
balance of imports of merchandise over
exports during the last two decades,
while piling up in the vaults Of the Bank
of France and distributing through her
monetary circulation a larger mass Of
coin than any other commercial coun-
try.-United States Investor.
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Housekeepers, Attention F,

T. A. Brashear aud his force of sales
men are located at Hopewel and are
representing the Wrought Iron Range
Company, of st. Louis. They have sold
quite number through the country and
everybody seems 10 be pleased with them.
Anybody wanting good cooking range
ought TO see the " Home Comfort
HILLTowN, Pa.
Wrought hon Range Co.
Gentlemen-It gives me pleasure to say
that the "Home Comfort Range" we
bought OF your statesmen gives entire sat-
isfaction and we can cheerfully recon-
mend it to be all that is claimed for 1t,
and one hundred dollars would not Eft it
out of my house.
Respectfully, SAMUEL BAooRN.
Wrought iron Range Co., 50. Louis
Gentlemen-Having used your range
with the greatest of satisfaction In every
respt ct since the 18th day of February,
can say it is in reality as we'll as in name
Home Comfort
Mrs. CHAs. J. SMITH,
Buckingham, Pa.
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way TO cure deafness and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness 10
caused by an inflamed condition OF the
mucous lining of the Eustachian tube.
When this tube gets inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when 1t is entirely closed deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to it's
normal condition, hearing will be destroy
ed forever. Nine cases out OF ten are
caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but
an infamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case OF deafness Caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. j. CHENEY 81 CO.,
Toledo, o.
e7g~ Sold by druggists. Zoe.
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-Locktown Grange, No. ss, P. of H.,
will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of
its organization on Friday Of this week,
commencing at 1880 P. M. The program
will consist of singing, prayer, history Of
the Locktown Grange since its organiza
ton, by Fl F. Bodine; address by Worthy
Master of the State Grange, John T. Cox !;
address by Worthy Past Lecturer Of the
National Grange, Mortimer Whitehead.
A cordial invitation is extended to all. A
private meeting will be held in the even
ing, at which Mr.. Whitehead will exem-
plify the unwritten work OF the Order.
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nothing venture, nothing have.

Rev. John Reid, Jr., Of Great Falls,
Mon, recommended Ely's Cream Balm
to me. / can emphasize his statement,
"It is positive cure for catarrh If used
as directed. Rev. Francis w. Poole,
Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena,
Mon.
II is the medicine above all others for
catarrh, and Is worth its weight in gold.
can use Ely's Cream Balm with safety
and it does all that is claimed for it.--B.
w. Sperry, Hartford, Conn.
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AS has been stated in these columns
heretofore, the big brick structure on the
corner of Main and Capner streets In
Pennington, and known as the "Capner
Building" has come into the possession
of W. Howard Lake, who proposes to
turn the building into hotel. 1t will re-
quire considerable changing 10 fit it for
the purpose, but il the weather permits
carpenter John B. Case will start at it this
week, the first business In hand being the
erection OF the stables and sheds in the
rear. Some of the material is now on the
ground. = Hunterdon Democrat
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Apropos OF the loss OF the Eide and t

Apropos OF the loss Of the Eide and the
experience of La Gascogne, the ReVieao
of ReUieys for March calls attention to
the comparative safety, under ordinary
conditions, Of modern ocean travel. In
the editors opinion the New York or
Chicago suburbanite incurs greater risk
Of accident 10 going back and forth be-
tween Office and home during seven or
eight consecutive days than does the pas
senger on the Atlantic ferry.
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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 6, 1895.

az Administrators 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.
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The meeting OF the Piano Club, which
was omitted 10 February on account Of
the blizzard, will be held this Thursday
evening" In the club room. Selections
from modern and classical composers, will
be rendered. These concerts are de-
lightful feature in our town, and all who
have had the pleasure of listening to them
testify to their excellence. AS there is to
be but one more public concert after this,
it would be gratifying TO the organization
TO have large attendance.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE OF ANN ELIZA BAINBRIDdE, DEcEAsED.
Pursuant to the order Of o. II. SPRouL, Surro-
gate of the county OF Hunterdon made on the thir-
tee nth day Of February, A. d., one thousand eight
ali persons having claims against the estate OF
Ann Eliza Balnbridge. late OF the County Of HIM
terdon, deceased, to present the same, under oath
or afi rmaton to the subscriber, Executor OF SAID
deceased. within nine months from the date OF
said order; and any creditor neglecting to bring
In and exhibit his or her claim (under oath or
aft rmation). within the time 30 limited, viii be
forever barred OF his or her action therefor
against the said Executor.
Dated February 10, A. ID. 1885,
JONATHAN p. H0LCOMBE, Executor.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE OF CATHARINE HORTON, DECREASED.
Pursuant to the order 70. II. Sproul. Surrogate
o fthe County Of Hunterdon. made on the Twenty
fifth day of February, A. ID. one thousand eight
hundred and ninety five, notice is hereby given
to all persons having claims against the estate OF
Catherine Horton, late Of the County OF Hunter
DON deceased, to present the same, under oath or
aft rmation. TO the subscriber, Executor OF said
deceased, within nine months from the date OF
said order and any creditor Deglecting TO bring
In and exhibit his or her claim (under oath or
afiirmation), within the time limited, will be
forever barred of his or her action therefor
against the said Executor.
Dated February 25th, A. D. 1895.
ISAAC W. H0LCOMB.
Feb. q, 1895. Executor.
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FOR RENT.

The rooms In Masonic Hall, Bridge sire ct. Lam
bertyille N. j., now occupied by Miss J. Gardner
as book store. Possession given April LIST. 1895.
Feb. g, 100.
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LAMBBRTVILLE NATIONAL BANK,
LAMBERTvILLE, N. j.

The Bank will be opened at o'clock, A. M, and
close at O'Clock. p. NJ ON all buslne s. days, ex
cept Saturdays, when the closing time win be
O'Clock, p. NJ.
All legal holidays observed.
Stated meetings of the Directors every Monday,
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES TO RENT at Ave and
seven dollars per year.
Coupons cashed and dividends and interest col
lected.
WILLS, when enclosed In sealed envelopes and
accompanied with written instructions as to their
delivery. In case Of death, will be receipted for
and kept, free of charge.
STOCKS AND SECURITIES PURCHASED for
patrons of the Bank, at market prices.
We respectfully solicit accounts, and offer every
accommodation consistent with conservative
banking.
ISAIAH p. SMITH,
Cashier.
Feb. 10, iss2-tf
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Hoods f.ss:aIii. Cure:

Hoods Pills cure all Liver Ills, Billousness.
Jsundlce, Indigestion. Sick Headache. 2Dc.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-05-29
They Argue at Last.

The gold mono-metaIists have
come down to business. They are
beginning to argue. Abuse, ridi-
cule and headed assertions have
been tried by them in vain, the sill
yer procession moved on. Tomtoms
and bugaboos and scare hobgoblins,
never swerved it an inch from the
path. The gold people have at last
found out that reasonable people,
honest people, well informed people
ofalI sorts and conditions of men,
are not of their way of thinking.
So they have begun to reply to the
arguments of the silver people.
This is a healthful sigu.-Wetzel
Democrat.
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Teste: r. E. MITCHELL, CLERK.
Notice 70 Take Depositions.

To Jacob Rugh, Take notice: That on the
Sth day OF June, 1895, between the hours Of g
O'Clock a. N. and o'clock p. M, at the law
office of J. B. Menager, in the town of Point
Pleasant, Mason county, West Virginia, 1
man and others 10 be read in evidence in my
behalf in a certain suit in chancery now
pending in the Circuit Court of the county OF
Mason, State OF West Virginia, in which
am plaintiff and you are defendant. If from
any cause the taking of said dispositions shall
not be completed on the day aforesaid the
same shall be continued from day to DAY or
from time to time at the same place and be-
tween the same hours until the same shall
have been completed
GLARIssA ]. RUGH.
By J. B. Menager, Sol.
may l-3w
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We Must Get Rid OF the Gold Standar,
to Preserve Cur National Existence,

We Must Get Rid OF the Gold Standard
to Preserve Cur National Existence,
Benjamin Trapnell, writing from
Charles Town to the Register, says:
at is a proposition too plain to
be disputed that a people which
values its independence will never
rest content with a monetary system
that puts its whole trade and bust
ness at the mercy of a few sordid
and grasping money sharks. The
fact that we do not know who these
money sharks are, and have no
means of ferreting them out, only
makes the case worse; and no one
can doubt their existence, for how
otherwise can we be ut their mercy2
The greatest objection to gold as
a money standard is that by reason
of the peculiar qualities of the metal
and the conditions of its production
and distribution, it Is subject to be-
ing "cornered' secretly by the mon
ey sharks; and we all know that IN
der such circumstances its value
must be enhanced artifcially, and
want and suffering will result as
surely as if food supplies were cut
of. While l do not pretend to
know what these peculiar and dan
gerous qualities are, nor to under
stand the process by which the cor
ner is operated, do not therefore
feel deferred from asserting the fact
and basing arguments upon it; for l
have never seen nor heard of any
explanation of the matter even from
its discoveries and those who most
confidently believe it; it is plain that
if there are money sharks, and if
they corner all the gold coin in the
country from time TO time and hold
it until the demand for the money
of redemption becomes an agonizing
strain, paralyziDg business and
sitting industry, then we must do
something to get rid of this gold
standard in order to preserve our
national existence"