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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-09
A Ranchman's Luck.

A story is told about a panther that
was trapped by Luke Anderson. who
has small ranch in the Smut Greek
valley of tho Big Horn mountains.
Smut creek is small stream about five
miles long, flowing through the ranch
from n series of springs up among the
mountains Near one of these springs
Luke set his trap, big steel affair
weighing II pounds and usually used
for big bears.
Luke thought that panthers were
stealing his sheep, and that they lived
somewhere among the thickets about
tho headwaters of the creek He went
to tn, rap on four successive days, but
found i at nothing had disturbed it. He
skipped the fifth day.
On the sixth day, when he approached
the trap from down stream, he heard a
groaning sound and the rustling of
leaves. He peered over n rock mt the
place no had set his trap.
The place had been disturbed some
what. Every small bush within five
yards was torn up by the roots. A dead,
rotten log that had served as side of
the trap pen was torn and scattered
about in fragments. The ground itself
had been ripped up and plowed clear to
the bed rock two feet beneath. No trap
or beast was in sight. Luke looked
about quickly. He could hear the groans,
and they sounded uncomfortably close.
On tho far side Of tho rock behind
which he was Luke saw tho tips of the
ears of an animal. Luke slid oGt of that
quickly. He backed away with rifle
cooked and made a detour of several
rods. Then. to his surprise, he saw, not
one but two panthers. One of the two
had its leg in the trap. The other was
beside it, licking down the trapped ones
neck tenderly, as an old cat ticks kit
ten. The wounded one was groaning.
Luke shot tho untrapped one and then
killed the other. He found that the
trapped animal was male, with an
ugly face. The other was sleek coated
female.
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total Given DURING q mos. lSs7. S40,8OO.OO

her. Jealousy had quickened her mem
DRY. She knew it by heart.
Refolding it, she Enclosed it with that
other in an envelope. addressed i'll Mel
lies pretty, graceful, caligraph to
"Ralph Stanton, ESQ.,, /" and sealed it
carefully.
1t was necessary to destroy the missive
originally intended for Ralph and to in.
dite another one to Mr.. Graham if dis
oovery was to be avoided.
Two years later DR.. Stanton was jour
neying northward. The London season
was over, and the famous physician had
been on the point Of starting for his hol-
iday-when he was summoned by tele-
gram to Sir Christopher Knott, a wealthy
patient trimming over with govt and
crotchets
Thinking? 1t was neutrality-suspicious.
ing of slim, petite figure and fluffy
golden hair and gloriously blue eyesi
Yes, though she had refused him he
loved her still. Her home was at Grim
stone.
Would he see her? What folly Doubt
less she was married, and, IL not, had
she not told him in the cruel little let
ter, which was even now in the breast
pocket of his coat, that it could never
be-?
"Grimstone! Grimstonep' shouted a
porter, and SO his reflections came to an
end, but only to awaken into lively in
terest. From second class carriage a
girl alighted--a girl in a neat little hat
and gray dust cloak. Underneath that
hat was a piquant little face and clus-
tering fringe of fluffy golden curls.
Nellie was alone,in the drawing room.
Suitors had wooed in vain. She was the
! orthodox Clergyman daughter, with
her duties to perform as they rose fresh
each day, and in tho past nameless
disappointment.
Her thoughts had turned on that visit
to Oakbrook two years ago, when the
waiting maid brought in a card-"Dr.
Stanton"
"This is. indeed, pleasant surprise, !"
she said with rosy flush that told its
own story. II am sorry mamma is not
ut home."
81 am staying in the neighborhood
professionally and could not leave with
out calling on you. 1t is the privilege
of friendship, and you desired that we
continue friends =
Nellie looked puzzled. II do not UNI
derstand you. What do you mean?''
81 beg your pardon for the allusion,
Miss Saville, but you cannot have for
gottenp The words were in your letter
letter / have kept because you wrote
it, in spite of its contents. -
Indeed, you are under u mistake.
never wrote to you in my life. y
"Then you never wrote this or re-
ceived this?"
And he placed III her hand the two
unfortunate letters.
When the primroses looked like stars
in the grass and the air was filled will
the odor of violets, a wedding took place
at Grimstone church. And three months
later q society journal announced that
Mrs. Stanton, widow Of the late George
Stanton, Esq, of Melton Willows
Berks, had bestowed heart and hand
upon Count Horenza, an impeounious
Italian nobleman.--Odds and Ends.
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Leave Lambertville for Manunka Chunk 1913
1920 m, 1877, 507 and S.25 m. Sunday. 8.25
For Phillipsburg and Easton only 6.2s m week
days.
S.64 m week days, S.54 m Sundays. For Phil
lipsburg and Easton only 7.02 m.
Arrive at Phillipsburg 940 and 1l.22 a. m, 2.i5,
5.5s, 30 and s:3i p. m. Sunday 9.sl p. IN.
Leave Phillipsburg 7.25, 945 and IL 27 m, ESQ.,
6.04 and 9.S5 p IN. Sunday, 9.S5 IN.
Arrive Bevidere 1853, 1922 and 1888 m, 1927
$50, 1902 p m. Sunday 1902 M.
Arrive Manunka Chunk sos, 1870 and 1l.59 m
1888, 63S and 1910 IN. Sunday, 1910 IN.
Additional trains leave Belvidere for Manunka
Chunk 100 and $50 a IN. and $50 m. Sunday,
100 m. Returning, leave Manunka Chunk for
Beyidere s.26. 1913 m, 420, GAO and 1918 p M
Sunday, l0,l5 pm.
Freight or mixed trains leaving Manunka
Chunk at 500 m, Belyidere 6.l5 m, Martins
Creek 8 .35 m, arriving Lehigh Junction 5S ~,
will carry passengers and make stops at flag sta
tons north of Philipsburg.
Passengers for Broad Street Station, Philadel-
phia, by trains leaving Manunka Chunk 7.25 M
daily. and l2.25, 5.2l M weekdays, and leaving
Phillipsburg SEQ a daily, 100 and 5.56 m
weekdays go through without change at Tren-
ton. A through car for Manunka Chunk is at
tached TO trains leaving Broad Street Station at
$50 $40 m, 1900 noon, and 81, m. BY all
other trains passengers to or from Broad Street
change cars at Trenton.
Connection is made at Man1nks CHUNK with
Delaware. Lackawsnna q Western Railroad; lie.
high Junction with Lehigh Valley ,Lehigh 4 Sus-
Quehanna Morris Essex, and New j ersey Contra
Railroads.. At Lambertviiie with Fleming ton Rail,
road Al Trenton with trains to and from Nss
York, Camden, &C.
Ferfurtber information see timetables which
szn ks obtained atthe ticket ofiees.
JR WOOD.
General Passenger Agent.
s. N. PROVOST,
General Manager
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OFFERED A SQUARE GAME,
How a Young Lawyer Collected Bills From
Chicago Gamblers.

How q Young Lawyer Collected Bills From
Chicago Gamblers.
A young attorney just starting out in
his profession in Chicago was commits
stoned to collect a number of bills by
prominent tailor of the town. All these
accounts were against gamblers. Some
of them had been sued on and Judg-
ment had been obtained. These judg-
ments, however, had not been collected.
A liberal percentage was offered the
lawyer if he could succeed in collecting
any of them. The attorney had his own
notion as to how to go to work on these
accounts and listened to the tailor's adj
vice about "going for them hot' with a
dubious smile.
He selected bill Of $75 for one suit
of clothes against quite noted knight
of the green cloth and proceeded to try
his plan. Calling ON this man, he told
him that he had not come to threaten
him with lawsuit or to bluff him; that
if the bill was correct he would call at
any time the debtor would designate
for part or the whole of the bill; that
if the debtor would say he would not
pay the bill the lawyer would not call
again; that all he asked was square
deal; that he would call only when the
debtor made an appointment to pay
money, as he did not propose to inaugu-
rate system of "dunning. y
The gambler heard him through with
perfectly impressive face and then said:
'"That's fair. The other collectors didn t
know their business. They tried to bluff
me, and they 'dunned' me. Your game
is square one. and I'll give it whirl
Here is my card Call Tuesday, and /
will pay you half. Have you got any
more bills against the boys?'
On being told of the other accounts
he sat down, took dozen of his cards,
wrote across them so. K, and said to
the attorney, "Hand one of these to each
man you go to, tell him your game and
you will get your money.
The lawyer did so. In not one single
instance was bill repudiated, and in
every case all appointments and agree
ment to pay were kept with scrupulous
fidelity Every account was finally paid
to the last penny, and the tailor won
dered at the collection of these, to him,
desperate accounts. - San Francisco
Chronicle,
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MILLIONS OF BUTTONS.
A Man of Figures Makes Some Calcula
tions on the Subject.

A Man of Figures Makes Some Calcutta
tions on the Subject.
We live in an age of buttons. The
people of the British isles unbutton
400, 900, 900 buttons every night when
they prepare for bed, and next morning
rebutton the same number, unless few
millions have been lost in the strug-
gle, says an English writer.
Tho world has become so accustomed
to buttons that it has forgotten that
there was ever q time when buttons
were unknown. 1t is safe to say that SO
ont of 100, if asked TO name the date OF
the first button, would anticipate the
actual date by several centuries. In the
fourteenth century there were buttons,
but no buttonholes. They were purely
ornamental, lacking buttonholes, and
the question voluntarily arises how our
ancestors managed to keep respectfully
covered.
Two hundred years ago there were
not as many buttons in the world az
could be found in a small old clothes
shop today, and even those were made
by hand. 1t was not until 1745 that
any considerable mandatory was es-
tablished. In that year the famous Soho
works were opened at Birmingham,
where steel buttons were made Of such
beauty and finish as to command aprice
of 9140 gross, or 81 apiece.
In these modern days we are apt tC
boast that this is an age of paper, point.
-
paper boots, paper carpets and the
thousand and one novel uses made OF
this material as proof of our assertion.
1t is curious fact that as far back as
1884 we find mention of paper buttons.
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Hanged aud yarnished.

An English custom of not so long ago
was to hang smugglers ON gibbets ar
ranged along the coasts and then tar the
bodies that they might be preserved a
long while as warning to other cul-
prits AS late as 1922 three men thus
vanished could have been seen hanging
before Dover castle. Sometimes the
process was extended to robbers, assas-
sins, incendiaries and other criminals
John Painter, who fired the dockyard at
Portsmouth, was first hanged and then
tarred in l776. From time to time he
was given fresh coat of varnish and
thus was made to last nearly IA years.
The weird custom did not stop SNUG
Cling or other crime, but no doubt it
worked some influence as preventive.
--Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-09

One of the latest. and certainly most
effective, methods of making artificial
flowers is the use of fresh bread.
All that is required is lo of fresh
bread, some wire and a little coloring
matter. According to a we'll known
maker of artificial flowers in the west
end of London, this novel method is
likely to supersede all others. Not only
do these bread flowers look exactly like
the real article when freshly made, but
rs the bread grows stale the flowers as
sumo slightly withered appearance,
which is almost identical with that of a
flower beginning to fade.
As rule, ordinary artificial flowers
can at once be detected by the unnatu-
rally bright and fresh appearance they
present after being i'll the heated atmos-
phere of ballroom or elsewhere for
several hours, but the fading power of
bread flowers practically insures them
against detection, even from the eyes OF
an expert. London Answers.
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sLUMBER SONG.


Elumber, slumber. little one, now
The bird Is asleep in his nest on the bough.
Tho bird is asleep, he has folded his wings,
And over him softly the dream fairy sings:
Lullaby, lullaby lullaby
Pearls In the deep,
Stars in the sky,
Dreams in our sleep.
So lullaby
glumber, sluinber, little onei Soon
The fairy will come in the ship Of the moon.
Tho fairy will come with the pearls and the
stars,
And dreams will come singing through shad-
owy bars:
Lullaby, lullaby. lullaby
Pearls In the deep,
Stars in the sky,
Dreams in our sleep
30, lullaby
Glumber, slumber, little one, 30.
The stars are the pearls that the dream fairies
know,
The stars are the pearls, and the bird in the
nest,
A dear little fellow, the fairies love best.
Lullaby. lullaby, lullaby
Pearls in the deep,
Stars in the sky.
Dreams in our sleep.
&c. lullaby
IF. D. Sherman in Ladies' Homo Journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-09
The Spider Reasoned.

A gentleman said that some time be-
fore he had broken the guy of a large
spiders web. The spider came out Of
his den, made careful examination Of
the aocident--for accident he evidently
took it to be--and then whatf Resecured
his web by two guys instead Of with
one, both Of them differently attached
from the one that was broken. am
dead sure" that the spider reasoned. =
Dog Fanoier.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-09
LAMBERTVILLE NATIONAL BANK,
LAMBERTvILLE. N. ].

The Bank will be opened at O'Clock, A. NJ, and
close at 3 o'clock. P. NJ on all business days, ex-
cept Saturdays, when the closing time viii be
O'Clock, P. 81.
All legal holidays observed.
Stated meetings of the Directors every Monday,
at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES TO RENT at five and
seven dollars per year.
Coupons cashed and dividends and interest coll
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 1921
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Biackheads.

The simplest and surest remedy for
blackheads is the bathing Of ones face
every night with very hot water, drying
IL with a soft towel and then rubbing
in very gently some cold cream. per-
fumed or not, as Jon fancy. In the
morning wash your face well with hot
water and soap and then give il bath
In tepid water. SO that all the soapsuds
may be removed.
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'ODSunlDfOl
AND rTs &CURE

~ To THE EDITOR IL have an absolute
remedy for Consumption By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been already
permanently cured. So proof-positive am
of its power that consider it my duty to
send tsoo bottles free to those of your readers
who have Consumption, Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, if they will write me their
express and postofice address. Sincerely,
7, A. SLOCUd, M. c., 1873 Pearl ST., New York.
ns- The Editorial and Business Management OF
this Paper Guarantee this generous Proposition
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Escaped by . Mock.

"Alas, - she exclaimed, 81 shall be
thrown upon my own resourcesl'
In order to understand the situation
it has to be known that her face was her
fortune.
However, her approximations were
groundless. She was thrown upon the
back of her head. Detroit Tribune
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-09

The expression used by the prophet
Joel with regard to the locusts-that
''they darkened thesun '-has often been
corroborated by subsequent observers
Even in southern Europe swarms of To-
Gusts have been seen in such numbers
that they quite obscured the light of the
sun.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-09
Improving.

81 don mind the city SO much now.
I'm getting accustomed to its ways"
"Are you? Howl"
well, used to turn two somersaults
every time L got off street car, and
now turn only one. "-Chicago Record.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-09

The Roman naval crown was given to
the admiral triumphant at sea. 1t was
of gold and its decorations were the
prows of ships.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-09

In 10 days time the distance between
New York and ST. Petersburg may be
traversed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-09

One side OF square acre will require
88 pounds of three line barbed wire for
fencing.
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Paid For.

MRS. Cumrox's children seem to be
very fond of their school?'' remarked
one woman.
''What makes you think sop
..They are always speaking Of their
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UtHr tedCl6f.
"Oh, Nj. Cumrox insists on thatl
He says that. considering how much he
pays for extra tuition, it's only proper. "
Washington Star.
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PROPERTIES FOR SALE.
Feb. 10, 1921

Quarter Acre Lot on Brunswick Turnpike, near
city limits.
Acre Lot with small Frame House and Barn
near LambeTtville.
/ Eight Room Brick Dwelling with cellar aud
attic and large lot, on Cottage Hill.
10 acre lot with frame house and barn and apple
orchard, near Dilts' Corner in Delaware township.
Frame Houses rooms each, on North side oil
Elm street, near Main street.
Brick Houses, on South side of York street,
near Franklin street.
Ten Room Frame House and Barn, with large
lot on Cottage Hill.
very desirable Lot, So feet 'front.' on Delaware
avenue.
8 Small Frame Houses, Wilson street. on in.
stallments.
Frame Houses, rooms each. Franklin ST.,
near Swan, terms easy.
Vacant Lot Frank lin street, near Swan.
2 Small Houses, S. Main St., near Weeden.
Frame Houses, N. Uuion St., above Elm.
Small Brick Dwelling, Brunswick avenue, Cot
tage Hill.
Room Frame House and large lot, Brunswick
avenue Cottage Hill.
20 Acre Lot, in West Amwell township, between
Rock Road and Turnpike.
Acre Lot with House and Barn. in Delaware
township, near River Road. ~ miles from city.
rs Acre Farm along York Road in West Am
well township, cheap.
Oct. l6, 1895.
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Leave Lambertyille for Pennington s As a m, 2U7
and 500 m, weekdays.
Arrive bennington 9.l6 m, 2.5S and $40 m,
weekdays.
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-08

1t Is a great pity that Mr.. Sewall had
not elaborated in his letter of acceptance
the process by which he expects to smash
trusts and monopolies by cheaper dol
lar. That it can be done by the silver
dollar is q favorite idea of the silver
men but no one has YET explained the
modes operated. To the common mind
it looks aa If cheaper dollar by raising
prices and lowering the wages of labor
would be distinct benefit to the
monopolies, enabling them to crush the
poor more and more easily. But Mr..
Bryan says this is not 10, and Sewall
as in duty bound says so too. But Meth
er Of them explains the process OF smash
ing the trust with the cheap dollar.
They talk about ramparts and entrench-
ments and use various other military
terms which suggests that they have
formed some plan Of campaign, but If one
asks for deta ills they are dumb as oys-
tiers. bs4e e
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-08

Free and unlimited coinage of silver
is the sole remedy with which to check
the wrongs of today, to undo the ruin
of the past and for our inspiration we
have the justice Of our cause and those
cherished principles of Jefferson and
jackson which shall be our guide on our
return to rwer. equal and exact JUS
tice to all men, absolute acquiescsnce In
The decisions of the majority, the vital
principles of republics. the honest pny-
nent of our debts and the sacred preser-
Walton of the public faith. ''-Arthur
Sewali.
Free and unlimited coinage of silver
will cheat every debtor in the land out
of nearly half his debt. 1t will reduce
tho purchasing power of the working
mans wages nearly one half. 1t will
cheat every man or woman who has lent
the government money out of half of
what he or she lent. Hence when Sewall
appeals to the justice of his cause for In
SEPARATION he appeals to what does not ex-
list. His cause is saturated with injustice
The Portland daily press., 1896-10-08

Silver, with the aid Of many views and
portraits. Dr. Emil Kraepelin desori bes
a new Measure of Mental Capacity.
Another article fully illustrated with
views and portraits Is Some Beginnings
In science, In which Prof. Collier Cobb
describes early scientific instr uotion at
the University of North Carolina. The
Leading facts concerning Acetylene, the
New Illuminant, are set forth by v. j.
Youmans. y. Schuyler Mathews calls
attention to The Significance of Leaves,
giving illustrations Of some Of the diver Sc
forms that leaves take. Henry l.. Clapp
writes on The Educative Value of Chill
drens questioning, which his experience
leads him to rate high. In The Self and
its Derange ments. Prof. william Ro-
maine Newbold discusses those GLASSES in
which person forgets his past life for
days and sometimes for months. r.
hegnault writes nn ExRgReration as an
Aesthetic Factor; Helen Zimmern con-
Guides her statement OF the views of
Enrico Ferri on Homicide, and there is q
Sketch, with Portl ait. of Robert Empire
Rogers, the youngest Of four brothers
who made their mark in American
science.
The Review of Reviews for October con-
tinues it's admirable record of the Presl-
DENTAL campaign. In the July, August,
and September numbers the Republican,
Democratic, and Populist convention
we're reviewed, together with the careers
OF the nominees. In the October number
tho movement Of the ''sound- money
Democrats, eliminating in the Indian
apolls convention, receives similar atten-
tion. No other publication In the ooun-
In, al ,n1n has N
wealth of political portraiture. or SO
vide range OF cartoon illustrations.
Every noteworthy phase of the canvass is
fully and tmpartially presented. Mate
rial is gathered from every source and
carefully diRested.
No reader of the Bonnie Brier Bush
stories can fail to be interested in the
opening article In the October MoClure's.
1t is an account of Ian Maclaren, the
author of those most genial tales. by an
ultimate personal friend, the Rev. d.
M. Ross. To the same number Rudyard
Kipling contributes one OF his strongest
ballads-Oholera Camp. Other contribu-
tions of particular interest are remark
ably vivid and real account OF the Lin
coin and Douglas debates Of 1858, drawn
from the personal "reminiscences of Lin
coins and Douglass contemporaries and
neighbors; a paper of personal obssrva-
tions and reool1ections of LII Hung
Chang and his labors for the advance
ment Of China, by the Hon. Chester
Holcombe, who for many Years lived in
close personal and official relations with
| the vioeroy; Mr.. Will H. Lows remlnis-
oenoes of reception day at the French
Salon, and impressions of Fortuny, Dag
nan-B ouveret, Cain. and other impor-
tant recent painters; and, finally, a
paper by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, giving
her reuolleotions Of the poet Edward
Rowland Sill, and telling very inter-
esting story Of collaboration with her
OF these papers are fully illustrated.