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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-08-19
Bird Hunters In ceylon.

A more disagreeable object than O
scorpion of Ceylon it would be difficult
to imagine. Although. as rule. it does
not measure more than seven inches in
length, there is a species found in the
woods that are longer than foot. They
crawl out of some dried wood, and tax
ing up their position on a convenient
rock or stone, looking, as they hold
their great jointed sting curved over
their backs and their claws held aloft,
the very picture of aggressive warfare.
Here they stretch themselves in the
broiling sun and await their prey.
These are the small, beautiful honey
birds that dart from flower to flower
and take the place Of the humming birds
of the east.
AS one approaches the scorpion seems
to shrink into the stone until it becomes
almost imperceptible. Suddenly the
great insect will raise its claws and
dart at its beautiful victim, which in
moment Is destroyed. Strand Maya
zine
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RAILROAD YARD TERRoRs.
Even Trainmen Cannot Cross tho Tracks
at Night Without Fear.

AT HiRnC W1tnOuB rear
cts hard for the ordinary traveller to
realize the terrors of the average rail
road yard, " said an old and experienced
trainman at ono of the big Jersey City
terminals to reporter. 1.-The commuter
who scans the yards daily as he Is
smoothly riding through them naturally
enough fails to appreciate the mass of
detail in tho duties of the men who are
employed to switch him safely into the
station. OF course the routine work we
do, fraught with responsibility and dan
ger ms il is, becomes mechanical enough.
to us in time, but there is one thing that
I have never been able to do with cool
ness in all the years l have been en-
ployed here, and that is to cross this net
work Of tracks at night. The experience
of Thomas Bouker, the freight clerk at
the Lehigh Valley station in Communi
paw, is proof that l am not the only
hardened railroader afflicted in that
way. Bouker was run down by an en-
gine because he got bewildered in the
maze of tracks. | don't blanc him.
Why, it's enough to give man heart
disease to attempt to cross such an ag-
gregation of rails, with lot of head
lights moving all around him and
scores of bells and whistles ringing in
his ears.
EVERY time that am compelled to
make such trip--and | only do so
nowadays when am compelled to-
get the lay of the land well in my mind
and note which engines are moving and
which are not, but it is Of no use. By
the time Pm in the middle of the yard
my head is in whirl, the headlights
are dancing all around me, and | skip
and dodge around frantically until get
safely on the other side Usually most
of the locomotives are standing still in
the train shed, but it's hard to believe
itwhen you are in front of them. Some
commuters who work in Jersey City
have trick Of walking into the station
from the yard to save the trouble of go.
ing around by the regular way, but
when / can always warn them of the
danger of doing SO. New York Sun.
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The Greatest charm of Granada.

But when all is said, in the end as in
the beginning, for us the great charm OF
Granada was in the grove. with its cool
shade. it's soft green light, its incompar-
able outlook. Here was perpetual twi-
light when all the land beyond lay grill
ing in the sun. The chant of locusts was
loud in the gardens of the Alhambra,
loud the water carriers oeaseless cry of
'AguaI aqua frescat' White hot, the
sky met the now snowless heights of the
Sierra Nevada; as from an oven came
the air that blew over the vega, burned
and scorched the towns white houses,
climbed its triple hill. Yet under the
elms planted by the conquering English
man there was always rest from blind
ing light and pitiless heat Elizabeth
r. Pennell in Century.
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"Aow DO YOU pow
The French Lady Thought 1t Question
to BE AnaMared.

An American lady who spent some
time in Paris says that she had friend
there French lady, who wished to
learn little English, and did so.
Among her acquisitions in the language
was the expression, "How do you doP"
to which she was careful to learn the
proper response.
One day the American lady met her
French friend on the street. The Amer
lean lady said, "How do you dor" with
smile, and passed ON. She did not
stop to notice that she had left the
French lady standing ON the street in
astonishment
Soon afterward she called ON her
Friend, and was received very coldly by
he French lady. As she did not know
If any reason why the lady should be
offended with her, she pressed her to tell
what was the matter.
"Have done anything to grieve
youF' she asked
Anything to grieye mep' answered
the French lady. You meet me ON the
street, you ask me how am. you do not
wait to find out how am, you pass on,
and then you ask me whether you have
done anything to grieve mel"
Then the American explained that it
is not customary for Americans to wait
for an answer to their inquiry, 'How
do you dor" that they commonly utter
the words and pass on, or If they stop
to speak, at once begin to talk Of other
matters.
The French lady could hardly express
her establishment. 1.-THE Americans dc
many very, very strange things, she
said, but this is the strangest Of alp
The French, when they are of the de-
gree of acquaintance that justifies in
quiry as to the health of another, STOP
and hear oil about it, and all about the
health of the respective families. When
all this information has been exchanged,
the two persons part with many adieuz
and elaborate good wishes for each 9th
er's continued health and happiness.
The Italians frequently embrace one
another in public places and shake
hands several times and commit one
another in parting to the care of God.
The Americans and the English are the
only people that question each other al
to their health without stopping to fine
out anything about it.--Youth's Com
panion.
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TACKS.
Made In Great Variety and For Many DIFF
ferent Uses.

Made IN Great variety and FOR many Dit-
ferent Uses.
The best taeks are made of imported
Swedish iron, the next grade of Ameri-
can soft steel and the cheapest of COM
mon American iron. Tacks are also
made of copper Some tacks are timed,
and for ship use tacks are galvanized.
Tacks are made of sizes ranging from
n half ounce to 24 ounces. The tack COM
monty used as carpet tack is an eight
ounce tack. A "a ounce tack is about
/ "a inch in length.
There are many kinds of tacks, made
for great variety of uses, and they are
put up in many different forms There
are gimp tacks, looking glass tacks, up
holsterer's tacks, trunk tacks, lace
taclls, basket tacks, brush tacxs, coffin
tacls. shank tacks, lasting tacks, min
er's taclls cheesebox tacks and taclSs for
many other uses. Within the past dozen
years the sale of double pointed tacks
has increased tenfold with tho greatly
increased use of electrical wires, Dou-
BILE pointed taells are also used for tack
ing down straw mating and for other
purposes.
Tacks that are sold in papers are put
up i'll full weights, half weights, and
quarter weights, the weight indicating
the size of the package Almost all
kinds of tacks are also sold in bulk i'll
25 pound and 90 pound boxes and III
100 pound kegs.
A one ounce tack machine will make
in day about 100, 900 tacks altogether,
The iron is fed into the machine in a
plato which is of width little great
er than the length of the finished tack,
so as to allow of material to be upset
for the head. An eight ounce machine
will make about 200 pounds of taeks a
day, 900 to the pound, about zoe, 900
| tacks. Tacks that are put up i'll papers
are weighed out and tho papers filed
by hand. Comparatively few taclIs are
put up nowadays i'll tied up papers
They are put up mostly i'll little PASTE
board boxes. These boxes ARE packed i'll
larger boxes and in turn i'll cases for
shipment A common tack package is a
case weighing about 100 pounds.
The annual tack product of the eoun-
| try is estimated mt about 90 600 tons
If these tacks We're all put up i'll papers
Of the usual assortments Of sizes and
weights, the papers would number about
300, 600, 600, or something more than
four papers per capita Of the population.
New York Sun
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of himself When the man who runs an
engine hears an unusual sound about it. he
stops Immediately and looks it up If he
finds a little looseness, or a little crack, il
Is remedied Immediately. If it isn't, there
will come a break presently II break
that will wreck the engine. Likely as not,
this same man will totally ignore the call
for help from some one of his own organs.
He will let the trouble grow and grow until
II lays him out in bed. If he keeps OH
working with damaged body, he will soon
wear it out. The strain on his nerves will
tell on his constitution. lie will not be
hearty when he is old. The chances are he
never will be old at all. DIR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery restores health 1t
Is not only cure for disease, It is pre-
ventive. Whenever a man feels that he is
not quite as we'll as he ought to be, when.
ever he is listless, without energy and with.
out vitality, whenever he finds that he is
losing weight and that his ordinary work
gives him undue fatigue, he needs the
"Golden Medical Discovery" No matter
how his trouble shows ITSELF this wonder
full remedy will cure him. We say 1t is
wonderful because of its wonderful results,
and not because there is anything super.
natural about it-not because 1t does any
thing that Is unexpected, or anything which
its discoverer did not mean it to do. That
1t cures many different so called diseases
is the most natural thing in the world
when you understand that nearly all dis
eases spring from the same thing II bad
digestion and consequent impure blood.
The Discovery f" makes the appetite good,
the digestion strong, assimilation easy, and
the blood rich and pure. No disease Of the
blood can Withstand its action.
Learn more about ii from DIR. Pierces Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser, 1908 pages, profuse-
ly illustrated which will be sent free on receipt
of twenty-one l2i) one-cent stamps to cover cost
of mailing only. Address. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association Buffalo, N. Y.
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REVIVAL OF ROMANCE.

Too long, too long we keep the level plain,
The titled, tame fields, the bending orchard
bough
The byre, the barn, the thrashing floor, the
pillow
Too long have been our theme and our re-
frain.
Enough, my brothers, of this Doric strain.
Lift up your spirits and record vow
To gather laurel from the mountains brow
And bring the era of rich verse again.
Ye painters, paint great Nature at her height
Seas, forests, cliffs upreared In liquid air,
And touch with glamour all things rough
and crude.
And We who fiction weave for our delight,
Give Us brave men and women good as fair
And shame our hollow Sadducean mood.
Edith NJ. Thomas In Century.
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A Variable Preference.

what is your fayorite color?' the
young woman inquired.
under what circumstances? Col
onel Garter rejoined
WHY should think ones favorite
color would be the same Mt all times.
Decidedly not, miss. Decidedly
not. Now, If happen to be admiring a
sunset, my favorite color is red an yell
low an something Of that sort But II
1t should happen that l am engaged in
friendly game with select circle OF
buffect gentlemen, in which pokah chips
appear, / have very strong prejudice
In favor of blue. Washington Star.
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GROWTH.

Blow, windsi Your rage but shakes tho tree
And roots 1t surer in its place.
Scatter your rain, ye cloud and free
The buds that wait your frowning gracel
Roll down, o river. to the sea
And widen in your onward racel
Peace through sunny span may keep
His garden in some quiet glen
Whilst others sow for him and reap
And tend his fioelxs on moor and fen.
The flowers OF peace are death and sleep.
The strife of living makes us men.
All, Joy it is to win the goal
BY tireless work and dauntless will,
Yet may the life rise orhed and whole
From clouded hopes and loss and i'll,
Our baiiied tolls upbuild the soul,
And failure SO is victory still
"A. st. John AdcoclE in Spectator
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A new wrinkle about palms which u
London florist indorses is that the leaves
should be washed, not with pure water,
but with milk and water, which has u
wonderful way Of preserving them and
preventing the appearance of the brown
spots which are SO disdguring. Another
suggestion about plants is that II little
cold coffee poured over the earth at the
roots occasionally will be found bene-
fetal. Coffee is good fertilizer. This
treatment is specially recommended for
hyacinths. New York Times.
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Solid Cookery.

81 made these biscuits ! yself, Bill
GER" said Mrs. McSwat, Nth honest
pride.
"They look very nice, Lobelia, " re-
Piled Mr.. McSwat, picking one Of them
up and making an effort to split it.
"And they are still hot. How long ago
did you-ah-cast them?" = Chicago
unr;bt1po
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Force and perseverance,.

There are two ways of attaining an
important end-force and perseverance,.
Force falls to the lot only of the privi-
legged few, but austere and sustained
perseverance can be practiced by the
most insignificant. Its silent power
grows irresistible with time. Mime.
SNVatchina
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Why is IT that one
man Is old and de.
crepid at IS, and
/ an other hale and
Hearty at SO? The
accident of birth has
som ething to do
with 1t. Some men
are born stronger
than others, but fire.
quently the strong
man becomes weak
and the weak man
strong. 1t depends
on the care he takes
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Childhood.

Man begins life helpless. The babe is
in paroxysms of fear the moment its
nurse leaves it alone, and it comes so
slowly to any power of self protection
that mothers say tho salvation of life
nd health of young child is perpet-
Ial miracle. Emerson.
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SniIefnI.

'I cannot understand why my hus-
band should give me finer present ev-
cry year we arc married.
II suppose he does it to compensate
you for growing old .
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Mr.. Impressicnist-That's my last,
there on the easel. Now, that is pic
ture, Squibs
Squibs--Yes, SO it is. can tell that
by the frame. Harlem Life.
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Foroe of Habit.

1.-THE preacher made great mistake
ON Sunday, and lost good collection. l."
"How?"
well. he appointed bill collector
to 60 round with the plate, and bless
me If every man in the congregation
didn't ask him to call again on the
10Th. London Answers
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A WAN vial,or A. .ha churon ralr.

"You look so tired" said the fair
young girl. won't you have glass
Of water?'
The visitor was cautious.
"How much is it?" he simply said
PHILADELPHIA Call.
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DAUCHY'S ADVERTISEMENTS
July 8, 1s96-4w
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NOTICE TO CREpIToRs.

ESTATE OF WILLIAM H. MAYOR. DECEASED.
Pursuant to the order Of 0. II. Sproul, Surrogate
of the County of Hunterdon, made on the fourth
day of May, A. d. one thousand eight hum
bred and ninety-six. notice is hereby given to
all persons having claims against the estate of
William II. Naylor. late Of the County of Hunter
don, deceased. to present the same, under oath or
affirmation. 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 affirmation, " thin the time so limited, will
be forever barred Of his or her action therefor
against the said Executor.
Dated May 4th, A. D., 1896.
A. D. ANDERSON.
May 6, 1896. Executor.
Evening journal., 1896-09-19
A paneerous nIusIcel Ins.rument.

1t has been discovered that the oboe
is the most dangerous instrument that
is played on-dangerous TO the player.
A profound German medical authority
says that it is doubtful if healthy man
playing any instrument in a correct
method ever suffers through playing
upon any reed or brass instrument, but
those who have any weakness Of the
heart or circulation may be injured by
playing any wind instrument.
AS it is quite easy for a musician to
inspire between the phrases Of the
music, but impossible for him TO expire
without overblowing his instrument it
follows that the instruments that re-
quire the least expenditure Of breath are
the more injurious for the reason that
the player must hold his breath for long
intervals.
This is the case with both the oboe
and the futo. The charge is probably
true that the curious tickling of the
lips that is caused by the double reed
mouthpiece Of the instrument frequent
ly causes cancer.
The eminent scientist who has dis
covered these things about the compar-
htively harmless oboe should now as
certain whether accordion and concer-
tina playing does not superiDduce mus
cular paralysis in an aggravated and in.
incurable form. New York Journal
Evening journal., 1896-09-19
PueNAclous BISMARCK.


How He Almost Precipitated Second
Conflict With France.
The rapidity with which France was
repairing the disasters of the war and
the ease with which she met the finan-
oial obligations it imposed on her as
tonished Europe and perturbed the
statesmen ut Berlin. Her military force
was being judiciously reconstructed,
and it seemed also as if the calculation
Of Prince Bismarck as regards the con-
stitution Of her internal government
might be falsihed. The German chan
cellor desired to see established what a
Russian diplomatist happily described
as a repubbque dissolvante.
Notwithstanding his efforts to bring
this result about and the impracticable
character Of the Comte de Chambord,
which rendered the restoration of mon
arcby for a time impossible, there were
indications that a stable system Of gov
ernmont would be founded which would
enable France to recover a strong posi-
tion in the community of nations Prince
Bismarck was resolved this should not
be, and suddenly, in May, 1875, Prince
Hohenlohe, the present chancellor Of
the German empire who was then em-
bassador i'll Paris, appeared at the
French foreign Office and asked for ex-
plantations regarding the scheme for the
reconstruction of the French army. The
Duo de Broglie, in his interesting ac-
count of the embassy Of NJ. do Gontaut-
Biron to Berlin, describes the consterna-
tion which followed this attempt to pro-
yoke another quarrel with France. An
other war seemed inevitable England
and Russia interfered to prevent it.
Prince Bismarck could easily have dis
regarded tho circumstances of both.
England would certainly not take up
arms if he paid no attention to her rep
RESERVATIONS, and Russia would have
thought twice before mourning the hos
tility of Germany in view Of coming
events in tho Balkan peninsula.
The fact, though not generally known,
is that the greatest influence in prevent
ing war was that of the Grand Duke Of
Baden. While the relations with France
We're becoming complicated the Emperor
William happened to be staying at the
Meinau, the seat of the Grand Duke of
Baden, on the Lake Of Constance. One
morning the grand duchess, who was
the emperor's daughter, came into her
fathers study and showed him num-
Der of extracts from the press. He per
ceived at once that the country was
drifting into war, and, after a cousulta-
tion with his son-in-law, who was
strongly opposed to provoking a war,
which, however successful for the mo-
ment. would have been most disastrous
TO the name and character Of Germany,
the aged monarch went off that very
evening to Berlin, and Prince Bismarck
had to beat a rotreat.-Quarterly Re-
view
Evening journal., 1896-09-19

Church choir and will hereafter leat
the choir of the Church of the Sacred
Heart
Mr. and Mrs William Smith anc
Miss Magaret Smith are visiting Mrs
Steele, at Chesapeake City
Alvin R. Morrison went to New
York for short stay to-day.
Miss Florence Egee has returned
from an extended visit to Chesapeake
City.
Miss Emily Ferrell, Of Yorklyn, Is
visiting in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. f. Gerhauser and
son, Of Port Deposit, are visiting in
Wilmington.
Frank Matthews and Howard Zeb-
ley are spending a week in New York
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Gayley and child
are spending some time at Quebec
Canada. They Will remain there until
October l.
Jones Otey, who is connected with
the police department of Richmond,
Va, is in Wilmington.
Mrs. Andrew Jones is visiting Mrs.
Margaret Clayton at Middletown.
Miss Eta Dilworth, of Port Penn, is
visiting in Wilmington.
Miss Annie Platt has returRed from
a visit to Middletown.
Mrs. Annie Pote,i is the guest of Mrs
G. M. D. Hart, of Townsend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Mcintyre arc
visiting in Middletown.
Miss Nina Scott, of Townsend, il
visiting in Wilmington.
Josiah Marvel is in Middletown unit
Monday.
Isaac Kay, of Bancroft's Banks, VIII,
has been spending two months witt
relatives in England, is expected q
arrive home on the Belgenland to-mor
row.
Miss Maggie Humphreys. Of Philadel
phia, is visiting the Misses Eberhardt
in Wilmington.
Miss Anna H. E. Regan, who ha
tau'Sht for the past two years at Van
dyke school, near Townsend, Del, ha
assumed charge Of the school at Ruth
by, Del
Miss Mary Reybold, of Delaware
City, has returned from visit to vii
lmington.