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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
ORCHIDS GUARDED BY DOORS.
Plants Worth a Fortune That NO Man
Was Able to Approach.

There died about a year ago famous
orchid hunter named Fosterman. But
before he died he told of wonderful
orchid which he said existed in Brazil,
and which it had been the ambition of
his life to secure.
Landing ON the coast of Brazil, a few
degrees south of the equator, he met a
native chief, who told him of Village
of the demon flowers to the westward.
Further questioning convinced him that
the "demon flowers were orchids Of
the rarest and most wonderful kind, so
he decided to find this village at any
cost.
He had travelled through forests about
six weeks and was calculating that in a
fortnight more he would be in the neigh
borhood of the ''village Of the demon
flowers" when, one afternoon, three of
his forward guards threw up their arms,
and, with a cry, fell senseless to the
ground.
He had noticed a peculiar, siokening
odor pervading the heavy, heated air.
and quickly gave the order for the other
men to advance with caution and drag
back the three fallen ones from the spot
where they lay.
They did SO, and, returning, reported
that they had seen through tho forest a
little farther on the vast "village of
the demon flowers. ~
Accompanied only by his Portuguese
interpreter, the orchid seeker started
forward, their mouths and noses muff1ed
as u safeguard against the awful odor.
They managed to reach the spot where
the three men had been stricken down,
but could go no farther
They could see, 100 yards ahead Of
them, great mass of orchids. Trees,
underground and everything were load
ed down with them. They were of huet
moro brilliant than he had ever seen OF
dreamed Of seeing.
But, like barrier, the wall of awful,
sickening, overpowering odor rose be-
tween them.
The mass of brilliant orchids might
have been a mirage painted on the
clouds so far rs reaching them was
concerned. Tho Village" was perhaps
an acre in extent, and the two made a
complete circuit of it, but everywhere
rose the awful odor.
The odor was simply the perfume of
this vast mass of orchids. 1t is a curious
fact that. though many orchids are al
most scentless, the handsomest ones
have most unbearable smell.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
DIGGING PoRcuPINEs.
A Chase by Moonlight In South Africa.
Something Like n Coon Hunt.

A Chase by Moonlight In South Africa.
Something Like n Coon Hunt.
In the Adirondacks, in Maine or in
Canada, wherever the American por-
cupine is found, it is not sought by
hunters as game BEAST although
hunters seldom fail to kill porcupines
at every opportunity because Of the
damage they do to dogs. On the other
hand, from Bower Wei, near Yelling
ton, Cape Colony, South Africa, Walter
H. Gerard writes to the London Field
to tell how he hunted the porcupine
with dogs, after the fashion of coon
hunters, by moonlight.
Tho party included parson and O
magistrate, banker and landowner.
The dogs trailed a porcupine, came up
with it, and bit it. The foolish dogs bit
tho quilts, but the smart ones seized the
nose When the quilts had been removed
from the foolish dogs noses, the hunt
went on. The next head "a game sighted
was huge pig, which was chased until
it took to burrow. Another porcupine
was soon after sighted. This porcupine
was large female. and led the hunters
a regular coon chase before she died.
The hunters were then seven miles from
home, and it was 80 a. m, and the
branches were thick with dew that
trickled down their necks and soaked
them from shoe leather to head cover
ing. But after awhile they got home
and sat down to q mess Of savory satia-
ties Of Malay connections.
The porcupine hunters didn't know
American coons, but the coon hunter
would enjoy South African porcupine
hunt by moonlight with pack of un-
calmly mongrels. and the porcupine
hunters would appreciate harvest
moon coon hunt.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
Altar of Rose,

The rose, the queen of flowers, that
has been said to preserve "all the fra
GRANGE of summer when summer is
gone" yields its fragrant altar or
otto to the villagers Of Turkey and
the peasant proprietors Of Grasse.
Cannes, Nice and the Valois in no mig
gardly quantity. Yet the true altar does
not satisfy the needs Of the toilet. Pure
altar of roses Is of extreme rarity, and
is worth its weight in gold. the rose
altar Of commerce being largely adul-
terated with sandal, or with altar Of rose
geranium, which is largely grown for
the purpose in France and Turkey. The
characteristic rose scent is shared by
P@onia albifiora fragrans Gan ally Of
the lovely rose scented china peonies
of our gardens), the root Of Rhodiola
rosea "a species of sedum growing on
damp rocks on the high mountains Of
Scotland, Ireland and in the north Of
England, and ON sea cliffs), and by the
rasped wood of the Brazilian tulip tree.
Chambers Journal
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TARPoN FISHING.
4 Texans Experience With the Most
Thrilling Sport In the World.

AhrhAuk spOfb Al INC NoEAue
A Texas sportsman, in Forest and
Stream, gives an account Of an exciting
experience while fishing for tarpon In
Galveston bay. He says:
GAS I had made my arrangements to
return to Houston at . o'clock, told
the boatman that if he would give me
one more fresh mullet l would bait the
hook, and, when that was taken, we
would go in. He gave me the mullet,
put his oars in the locks and was ready
to start when threw my bait over
board. had not got three feet from the
boat before there was mighty splash.
Water was thrown all over me, and my
mullet was taken by tarpon. was
scarcely prepared for him, but at the
same time prevented his getting toe
much line, and the reel sang the pref
test kind Of song, until he had gone
about 90 feet, that 1 ever heard. At
this distance he jumped at least 10 feet
out of the water, and, finding I had
him safe, gave him no more slack
whatever. He turned Immediately out
the channel to sea against the tide and
continued his rapid gait, jumping clear
of tho water every 100 feet or SO until
he had jumped nine times He kept up
the pace until he had gone miles to
sea and into very deep water.
81 had no control Of him whatever,
and he had taken on several occasions
during this outward sea movement
nearly all my line, at least 900 feet
After this distance he turned to the left
and went at least 2 miles, until he
got into or @ feet Of water. Then
he turned back across the channel and
went on the opposite side of it, probably
116 miles. After az hours he went
back into water Q "a or feet deep. and
l had some hope Of getting him into
water where 4 could gaff him. But,
without warning, he turned to sea again
and did not stop until he had gone 1 1T
miles, This fish took us around over
the bay for 8 q hours, and distance of
not less than 10 or ID miles. I found /
had no control over him, and knew /
had him foul in some way, because no
pressure that l dared bring to bear
seemed to turn his head, and when
got him broadside toward me and en-
deavored to hold him would draw him
broadside to me, and not head foremost
which told me had him hooked some-
where in the side.
After had worn out Captain Frank
Marsh, my boatman and myself, and
we had on several occasions almost de-
cided to cut the line and let the fish go,
we began to have little control over
him, and worked him toward shallow
water, and at q 10 got him into water
about 8 y feet deep, and the captain got
into the water himself and worked up
to the fish and gated him, as he had q
gaff with q handle about feet long.
After he got the gait into the tarpon he
drew him toward the boat, and I killed
him with an oar. "
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
Moltke and His Poem.

One morning, at Versailles, in Janu-
airy, 1871, the letters from homo were
being looked through while Moltke was
present. In one of them was q long
poem in his honor, full Of all imagina-
BILE eulogies, such phrases as 1.-THE sage
orderer of battles, "the great silent
man." ETC.. constantly occurring. He
sat quiet while this great composition
was being read out, and when 1t was
over he smiled calmly to himself and
remarked to us, well, you know, il
we had not conquered, the poem would
have begun with the words, Thou old
fool. Forum,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
RELEASE oE A GYPSY MOTH.
A Careless FYenchman's Experiments Hav
Led to Trouble.


On certain i'll omened day in 1869
gentle breeze rippled through the
streets of quiet town in eastern Massa-
chusetts. 1t left chimneys unframed
and hardly rippled tree, yet if it had
been cyclone it could hardly have done
moro damage, for in bare little frame
tenement house on side street stood
Pandora's box full Of troubles waiting
to be spread broadcast over the land,
and the breeze furnished tho needed
key. Presently the owner Of the house
and Of Pandora's box, Frenchman,
known to his neighbors for his curious
experiments in silk raising and for his
absorption in the study of strange in
scots, was seen searching anxiously in
the grass outside his window. People
who saw him said that he seemed much
disturbed at the failure Of his quest.
Well might he be, for he had just let
loose one Of the plaques of Egypt upon
O fair and fertile land. He had lost "le
zigsag," and the new world has gained
the gypsy moth.
Mr.. Trouvelot, tho silk grower of
0euIOTu, Gull IiuTulJ tApStb W hafS aAAo
name pleasantly remembered among
his quondam townsmen and country
men, but he should be given credit both
for intelligence to foresee the conse-
quences of his negligence and for the
candor Immediately to give notice OF
the danger to which tho public was ex-
posed. But his warning fell on deaf
ears. No one realized that the pest,
which is a nuisance rather than dan
ger in Europe, would gain such head-
way in new home, and, freed from
its hereditary enemies, was to deviate
wherever it went. It would have been
economy, If the future could have been
foreseen, to appropriate 81 900, 600, II
need be, to quarantine the whole neigh
borhood, to fell the trees, to raze the
houses to the ground, to pillow the fields
under and leave that part of the town
q desert. But no one rose to the emer
gency till it was too late. Springfield
Republican.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
The Christian Err.

The Christian era" was suggested
or devised by Dionysius Exiguus, Ro-
man monk, who. in 527, began its use
and proposed that all public and private
documents should be dated in the year
of our Lord. - 1t did not come into gen.
eral use in France until the eighth GEN.
tury, nor in England until July, BIG;
in Spain it was not adopted until the
eleventh century in Portugal was made
legal in 1415; in the empire Of the east
it was established by royal edict in
1863, few weeks before the fall of
Constantinople.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
A MUSICAL NUISANCE.
John Leeoh Was Literally Driven to
Death by Organ Grinders.

Death by organ Gr4nuerss
Look at the case Of John Leech,
which may be taken as typical When
Leech got into his Dutch house at Ken
sington, he thought he had settled down
to an existence of unalloyed happiness.
But the house had one terrible defect,
soon to be discovered. 1t stood where it
was enoircled by streets and news in
Tested by organ grinders. The nuisance
was insufferable and yet incurable, and
worse for Leech from his studio being
at the top of the house. where the sound
from five or six instruments was heard,
all playing different tunes at the same
time. When timid messenger was
sent out. some truculent offenders were
unflndable-hidden deep in stable yards
--and others were SO far away for all
but noise that it seemed unreasonable
to require their removal. This horrible
torment, which went ON then, as 1t does
now, from early morning till late OF
night, was practically the cause of
Leech's death.
When Mr., Holman Hunt returned to
town, after an absence for time, he
AOuuu ulIu letAllluB upon u bblChb llko AZ
invalid. There was the man of spirit
and infexibility, but he stood as il the
foundations had been loosened. YES"
he said, with grievous candor, 81 am q
doomed man. Nothing will save me ex
cept as an invalid, and will tell you,
in all sober and solemn earnestness.
what has killed me. 1t would be laughed
at as absurd by many, but it is the
naked truth, which you will understand
(although the men in parliament who
talk SO glibly about their delight at see
ing the poor amused in back streets
would not do sol, it has been the inces-
SAINT vexation of organ grinding and
the need of doing my work while the
wretched instruments of torture were,
from different points, turning out their
discordant notes into my brain" This
declaration from his lips had, perhaps
in its precise sense. been inspired by
some recent annoyance of special kind,
but in its larger bearings 1t could not
be doubted. Heavily burdened and sore,
like the CALLED jade, Leeoh had been
driven to death. Nineteenth Century.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
A simnia PreoantIon,

Landlady (of country inn, on the eve
of a popular holiday. to her daughter,
who is kneading the dough for cake)--
Reset, you'd better put a couple of eggs
and bit Of butter into the cake. II
looks as II we were going to have q
storm, and If the townsfolk don't stir
out tomorrow we shall have to eat 1t
ourselves. ".-Ruhrbote.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
"Whoai"

The word "whoa, used in calling on
a horse to stop, is merely variant and
emphatic form of "ho. formerly used
in the same sense. This is easily proved,
for Chaucer has "ho'' in the sense Of
"halt" Canterbury Tales"). When
King Edward ~ had to use this
exclamation, he actually turned 1t into
"whoo." Then the kyng, perceyving
the cruell assaille (onset), cast his staff,
and, with high voice, cried whool"
("Excerpta Historical" page 211.)
Which stopped the tournament, and no
wonder. Notes and Queries.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
A nanenroua Text.

"Well, Uncle Rasbury, how did you
like the sermon?"
"Pow full fine sermon, Marse John.
"Where did the preacher take his
text?"
From dat potion OBJ de Scripture
whar de Postol Paul pints his pistol to
de Fesions. Washington Times.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
A Great Relief.

Tramp-Please, ma'am, 1 haven't a
friend or relative in the world.
Housekeeper-Well, I'm glad there's
no ono to worry over you in case you
get hurt Here, Tigerl-Boston Tray
eller.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02

The "Tyrian era." which prevailed
extensively in Syria for many ages, be-
gan Oct. 10, b. Q. 1875. 1t commemo-
rated the Independence of Tyre from the
yoke of the Syrian kings.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02

and their brains of steel. They eat as if
they had copper stomachs and bowels of
brass. By and by, overworked nature re-
bells. Then come headaches, nervousness,
bad blood, liver and kidney troubles; health
goes and strength goes. 1t is really won
derful how much abuse the human body
will stand 1t is equally wonderful how
quickly it will recover from abuse if one
helps in a rational, natural way.
1t was to give just such help that DIR.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets were prepared.
They are for constipation and torpid liver,
and in curing those derangements-cure
many complications and resultant diseases,
such as sick and bilious headache, dizzi.
ness, sour stomach, loss of appetite, indi-
gestion, or dyspepsia, windy belchings,
heartburn, pain and distress after eating,
and kindred arrangements of the liver,
stomach and bowels. They are mild in
action - merely experimenting nature.
They are the result of years of study and
experience, and there is nothing else like
them-nothing SO effective. If your drug
gist tries to sell you something else he is
either ignorant or makes more money out
of the other thing
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02

The Pisan era, commonly used in
France during the twelfth century,
was originated by monk of Pisa. 1t
antedated the Christian era by one year.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02

"What helped you over great obstacles
pf life?" they asked q successful man.
1.-THE other Obstacles" he answered. -
Y. s. O'Connor.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02

Copper wires are used for Mexican
telegraph lines, SO that they will hold
the weight Of the birds and monkeys
that crowd them at night.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02

The first purchase Of copper to be used
In the United States coinage was In
1899, Sept. IL, six pounds.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE OF WILLIAM II. MAYOR, DECEASED.
Pursuant to the order of o. H. Sproul, Surrogate
of the County of Hunterdon, made on the fourth
day Of May. A. ID. 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 oil
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, W thin the time limited, will
be forever barred of his or her action therefor
against the said Executor.
Dated May 4th, A. D., 1896.
May 6, 1896. Executor.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-09-02

\ lmost every man
in America has
some digestive
trouble. When
m en- m e ct, tn e
greeting usually Is
" We'll how are
your" That de-
ve1ops health
talk. The man
who has no stom-
ach or bowel
trouble Is almost a
curiosity. Trouble
is men take no
care of tn e IN :
selves. They work
as IL their bodies
were made of iron
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-09-28
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
DIR. II. r. MURRELL.

DIR, 7, E. MUKKEIL.
Practice limited to diseases of the eye,
ear, throat and nose. Office with Dr.
Crosson, Palace avenue. Office hours:
10 to IL a. m.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-09-28
CATRON'S DENOMINATION.

The denomination of T. B. Catron as
the Republican party's candidate for del
egate in congress is the logical sequence
of the boss idea in politics that has been
fostered by the Republicans of New Mex
loo for fifteen years. Catron had abso-
lutely no claims upon the Las Vegas con-
vention beyond those of the party boss.
His record in congress gave him no
shadow of right to seek denomination,
and, as matter of fact, five-sixths of the
delegates we're earnestly opposed to him
scores of them frankly told him SO in
person-yet the boss pulled the party
whip on them and forced them to do his
bidding.
And now as to the platform. After the
straight out gold element had coerced
the convention, and Catron felt as
sured of the nomination, the
screws were again applied and
Catron secured platform that stands
before all honest western men as the most
cowardly make-shift imaginable. Free
coinage of the American silver product
Forsooth! What rank misrepresenta-
tion of the true principles of finance as
viewed and considered by the friends Of
free coinage everywhere. 1t says, in Of
fect, to the people of the country that the
representative Republican citizens Of
New Mexico care nothing for the welfare
of the nation at large, for the integrity
and individuality Of the American gov
ernment, but seek only to secure "pro
lection" for the product of the silver
mines-a criminally selfish suggestion
which the gold advocates have ever used
as club for hamm ering western people
And, politically, it was a grievous erro1
on Catron's part not to have stood up fol
the straight Republican platform. Now
in case of McKinley's election, wha
strength can he and his supporters il
that onvention-they having repudiatet
their national party platform-possibl!
hope to have with the administration
It appears to Us that the Republicans o
New Mexico, in SO blindly following th'
dictates of the Catronist element, hav'
placed themselves in a very awkward
position.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-09-28

HERE'S a proposition set forth in the
Silver City Eagle which the NEW MEXICAN
commends to the prayerfal consideration
of the taxpayers of Santa Fe county:
"Several thousand dollars year might
be saved in this county i'll the matter of
salaries, and it is high time that the tax
payers we're looking after their interests
in this direction. No business man would
think of paying such salaries as are paid
to the county officials for an equal amount
of work and there is no reason why the
county should pay them"
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-09-28
Democratic Call.

Santa Fe, N. M, Sept. 8, lS96.-Where-
as, at meeting of the Democratic terri
torial central committee, held in Las We
gas, on June Is, 1896, the city of Santa Fe
was selected as the place for the meeting
of Democratic territorial convention
for the nomination of Democratic can
diGate for delegate from New Mexico to
the 55th congress of the United States;
and
Whereas, The date of the holding of
said convention was left to be fixed by the
chairman and secretary of this committee
at such convenient time as would In their
Judgment best serve the interests of the
party; and
Whereas, Said proposed convention was
authorized to be constituted, as to repre-
sentation from the various counties of the
territory, on the basis of one delegate for
each 100 votes cast for Antonio Joseph in
each of said counties at the last general
election and one additional delegate for
each fraction of 100 votes 30 cast amount
ing to fifty or more,
Now, therefore, by virtue of the author
ity in US SO vested, a convention of the
Democratic party of New Mexico is here
by proclaimed to be held in the city of
Santa Fe, at the hour Of l o'clock p. M,
on the 29th day of September, A. d. 1896,
for the purpose of nominating Demo-
cratic candidate for delegate from New
Mexico to the 55th congress of the United
States and for the transaction of such
other business as may properly come be-
fore it related to that primary purpose.
According to the authorization of this
committee, at its said meeting, the appor-
tionment of delegates to said convention
from the various counties is as follows,
to wit:
Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-09-28

re- Entered as SecondClass matter at the
Santa Fe Post Office.