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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04
ZULU JINRlKlSHA MEN.
Head Decorations That Are AN Grotesque
AS They Are Ingenious.

Head Decorations That Are AN Grotesque
They Are Ingenious.
Tho Zulu jinrikisha men are com
PEELED by tho English authorities to
wear uniform--a white linen tunio
and loose white trousers cut off above
the knee They wero like children play
ing Mt horse in the nursery, and they
uttered continuous native gurglings,
partly like turtledoves and partly like
the halleluliah CALCULATIONS at one Of our
African Methodist camp meetings. They
all appeared very happy during this
performance, which continued so long
that | calculated tho amount of energy
expended To represent about ten miles
Of unpaid travel Though the body
dress was uniform, there was magnifi-
cent diversity regarding head decora-
ton. One would wear common straw
hat hung around the brim with tassels
suggestive of a pagoda, and tho chief
delight of the wearer WAS in shaking
his head for tho pleasure Of making the
tassols dance. Another had fastened IA
pair of cow horns ON either side of his
head Immediately above tho ears. and
no grinned at mo SO eilusively that
concluded he must have taken great
pains with the construction Of this
hideous headpiece. Tho kinky top of Il
third had been iutcrlaced with an cnor-
nous profusion of long strings Of wool,
to which small fluffy balls were at
tached at short intervals
Tho head Of negro so decorated
looked like hugo black mop or ono
Of those Skye terrier dogs about whom
ono is never safe in saying which is the
other end. In repose it IL uncanny. but
when your jinrikisha Zulu springs
about in the shafts and throws his head
up and down like colt impatient Of
the bit the effect upon the newly ar
rived il akin to what | once experienced
when long black log Of wood upon
which | proposed to rest myself turned
out to DO II huge black snake resting
from his gastronomic exercises -Poult-
ney Bigelow in Harper's Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04

This Is II story that an Albanian
tells about Senator Pettus and OK Sena
tor pugh During Mr. Cleveland $
first administration Mr.. Pettus was
anxious To fill the place ON the supreme
court bench to which Senator Lamar
was afterward appointed. He applied
to his friend Senator Pugh, and the
latter made an earnest and sincere APP
peal for the appointment of Mr.. Pettus.
The president inquired rs to the age of
Pettus, and when informed said he was
too old. Senator Pugh communicated
this fact to Pettus, and also suggested
to another eminent but younger lawyer
i'll his state to apply for the place, as it
was Il settled fact that n southern man
would surely succeed to the vacancy.
Senator Pettus heard of Senator Pugh'
letter to the other friend, and it made
him mad Coming to Washington, he
called ON Pugh and asked him why he
did not stand out for him. Pugh ex-
planned that Mr. Cleveland would not
alter his determination about not ap-
pointing man of Pettus' age, but this
did not satisfy Pettus. Before leaving
Pugh Pettus said, Well. l may be too
old to sit on the supreme bench of the
land, but | am not too old to sit in the
senate, and your seat will just about fit
me-. Pettus was as good as prophet
He succeeded Senator Pugh on the 4th
of March last, and if am not mistaken
occupies the identical seat which Pugh
occupied during former term. Sena-
tor Pugh was n last December. Sena-
tor Pettus is rs. Washington Post.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04
THE LOBSTER TANK.
An Aquarium Exhibit That Many View
WIN IiNelN Interest.

An Aquarium Exhibit That Many View
with Lively Interest.
There are few tanks at the aquarium
moro interesting thin that containing
the Holsters. Tho Holsters there now are
not great like some of tho monsters
that have been exhibited, but they are
lively and i'll good condition. and the
display of their characteristics as they
move about or pause to eat is almost
startling To enc unfamiliar with the
lobster in life.
Whoever has picked up II live lobster
in n market and found the big claws
dropping. as they will if tho lobster
hasn' { much life left i'll him, is sure to
be interested when he sees tho lobster
here walking off briskly on his slender
legs, carrying his big claws In front of
him elenr of the ground and his heavy
tail clear likewise. His ordinary mnn.
ncr of progression Is forward, and when
he turns he swings his heavily Weighted
projecting ends with facility, but If he
meets an obstruction or an enemy his
usual way is to dart backward and per
haps diagonally upward through the
! water, which the lobster can do with
great suddenncss
The lObster's feeding apparatus is
wonderful About the mouth there AFRO
lots of little attachments, all tho time
i'll motion when the lobster is feeding,
which slice the food Off in little shreds
as the lobster holds it up to his mouth,
If another lobster should como up, this
lobster would know it. even though the
other came up behind or at the side, and
would turn to defend himself or to fight
or to flee or to warn the other away.
The lobster's long fcolcrs he can pro
jeot one i'll ono direction and the Other
in another, and with these, us he mover
forward, bnck on sidewise, he guard
| atfaisi9t danger
There arc perhaps dozen Holsters il
the tank In the center of tho tank theT,
is n littlo rock There is lilsoly to BE-
seen upon this rock little lobster, not
dull, old lobster lying down. but an
alert young lobster standing up and sup
porting easily his big claws and his
powerful tail--a young lobster ready to
eat, to fight or to run away. New York
Sun
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04

plaques kill in fifty. Tens of thousands of
intelligent people recognize that they are
threatened by this deadly disease, but take
no precautions against it.
Consumption approaches its victim step
by step. First there is a little out of
sorts " feeling, the digestion isn't just right
the appetite falls off the liver is inactive
the assimilation of the lfe-giviug elements
of the food is imperfect, the blood gets i'm
pure and the body is improperly nourished.
These conditions get worse and worse. The
heart through the arterial system is pump
ing thin poisonous blood into every organ
of the body. The organs that are inherently
weakest break down first Ordinarily the
lungs As the last straw that breaks the
camel's back comes a cold, however slight.
This with the accompanying cough, COM
pletes the work and an invasion of the germs
Of consumption follows. Dr.. Pierces Cold
Ell Medical Discovery cures % per cent, OF
all cases of consumption. 1t corrects the
conditions that lead up to it, II is the great
est blood maker and flesh builder known.
X {. McIiu Esq, of Kempsville, Princess
Anne Co. Va writes When l commenced
taking your Discovery was very low with
cough and at times spit up much blood. was
not able to do the least work, but most OF the
time was in bed. was all rundown, very weak
my head was dizzy, and l was extremely des-
pondent. The first bottle took did not seem to
DO me much good, but had faith in il and con-
unued using it until had taken hiteen bottles,
and now do not look nor feel like the same man
| was one year ago. People are astonished and
thought that you would be living now. ! can
thankfully say am entirely cured OF disease
which but for your wonderful Discovery would
have resulted In my death"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04

Sailing up tho coast in native craft,
you may almost fancy yourself one Of
the early explorers skirting tho lovely
shores Of some undiscovered country.
As you sprawl ON the bamboo decking
under the shadow Of the immense palm
leaf sail-which is 50 ingeniously rig
ged that, IL taken aback, the boat must
turn TURTLE unless, by tho blessing Of
the gods, the mast parts asunder-you
look out through half closed eyelids at
very beautiful coast Tho waves
dance and glimmer and shine in the
sunlight, the long stretch Of sand is az
yellow as Il buttercup. and the fringes
Of graceful casuarina trees culver like
aspens in tho breeze and simmer in
the heat haze. The wash Of the waves
against the boat + side and tho ripple Of
the bow make music i'll your drowsy
ears. and NJ you glide through cluster
after cluster of thickly wooded islands
you lie in that delightful comatose state
in which you have all the pleasure OF
existence, with none Of the labor OF
living TN Court and Kampong, "
by Hugh Clifford
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04

Doctor. just an instant, please" ex-
claimed caller ut the Office of u man
of physio rs ho caught sight OF the
physician disappearing in his private
Office.
"lll SEQ you shortly, sir, was the
curt reply.
90. "eaaoa - III .,ant. - pe-
sisted tho caller.
"I'll SEQ you directly. SIR" with
stornness
Tho visitor took "a seat in the gener-
nj reception room, read tho afternoon
paper through looked ut the pictures,
played with tho dog and took u nap.
After 30 minutes or moro had passed
the medicine man came out of his den
IND with an mir If condescension said
TO tho visitor.
"Well, now, my man, l am at your
service. Your turn has come. What can
do for your"
"Oh, nothing i'll particular, was
Tho reply. Il just dropped in to tell
you that your neighbours three cows
have escaped from tho barn and are
having picnic in your garden and
flower beds. Strand Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04

to become Tennessee. Virginia once
seemed old and effete to Kentucky.
The great west" once lay upon the
Ohio, but has since disappeared there,
oyerlaid by the changes which have
carried the conditions of the least" to
the great lakes and beyond.
There has never yet been time in
our history when we were without an
cast and west" but tho novel day
when we shall ho without them is now
i'll sight. AS tho country grows it will
inevitably grow homogeneous. Popula-
ton will not henceforth spread, but
compact. for there is no new land be-
tween tho seas where tho west" can
find another Judgment. The conditions
which prevail i'll tho ever widening
"cast" will sooner or later cover the
continent, and we shall at last be one
people
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04
A WONDERFUL POND.
Human Eyes Are often Inhabited b,
Large Numbers of Living Creatures.

Human Eyes Are often Inhabited by
Large Numbers of Living Creatures.
The water contained in well de
velopcd, we'll formed eye i'll which the
sight is not impaired, more especially
where a person is farsightod, presents
many curious phenomena. Looking
through an open window iii daylight
upon hazy atmosphere or upon fog
such rs is seen in any city, or looking
TO tho north upon gray atmosphere,
one will see, if conditions are as above,
strange disks fitting and jumping about
IN the eye water. 1t has been my priyi-
lege to watch these organisms for sew
eral years. fitting about in the eye
water. jumping toward each other again
i'll strife and combat, i'll the which the
water would become comparatively
clear of amUbiform organisms, only TO
be again full of miorococci and the com
! bats us above
The various shapes of these animal
eulG are surprising Some are attenu-
ated, with fino iilaments. Again. others
are like wee bits of fine porcelain, with
little projections, reminding one of
turtles hopping about. Again, others
present the appearance of oyclops and
daphne.
How these organisms get into the eye
water is II mystery-perhaps i'll the
water we drink or foods we eat, either
or both. The fact that the eye water is
inhabited, like all other bodies of water
is il truth that can be proved positively,
beyond peradventure, by any oeuhst
WHEN he may extract II diseased eye
and place the fluid under the glass
May not the accumulation of these
organisms III the eye water, their rapid
growth and the survival of the fittest
or strongest be the cause of much blind
ness, wherein may be casts, coagulation
Of the eye water, so called paralysis of
the optic nerve. catnraets and other
forms Of disease?
May not numerous headaches and
other pains be caused by the overae-
emulation or growth of these minute
organisms. in which they stop the cir
culution of the active principle of life
i'll the arterial circulation or the merry
Gus forces? The same organisms are seen
when looking upon drawing paper. -
William w Goodrich in New York
| Herald
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04
HER ONLY FAULT.

As went TO my bachelor chamber one night
And reflected ON life as put out the light
] resolved that the clubs would visit no more.
But devote my affections to dear lsadore.
She is faultless in figure and lovely in face,
Every movement the very perfection of grace-
So eonfidng and gentle, congenial and sweet
That the stoics and cynies are all at her feet.
Like the wings of the hmnmiug bird over tho
keys
Fly her tapering fingers in Iiszt : potpourris;
She cXccls ON the harp and the Spanish guitar
And her voice is soprano that reaches TO fa.
She Is witty and brilliant in quick rcpartees
And she sings cavatinas with marvellous E's,
Conversation in German and French sus.
tain,
And has travelled in Italy, Egypt and Spain.
All the tender emotions SO secuted before
Mere aroused in my heart for the fair lsadore,
But my growing affections are nipped in the
bud.
For she will drag her skirts through the streets
in the mud
w. II. Morris in New York Ledger.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04
THE WOODPECkER.
Four Characteristics Of the Little Drum
mer of the Woods

Four Characteristic Of the Little Drum
mer of the Woods.
There is an article by Frank NJ.
Chapman i'll st. Nicholas on The
Little Drummer of tho Woods, giving
much curious information concerning
the woodpeeker Mr.. Chapman says:
If we had n woodpeckcr iii our hands.
we should see i'll the beginning that its
bill liz not slightly hooked, with the
upper mandihle turned down at its end
and overlapping the under mandible, as
i'll the crow and other birds that pick
up living but that both mandihles
are OF equal length and cut squarely
off ut the tip 1t is, therefore, like
wedge or chisel.
Perhaps the tip of the bird = tongue
will be seen appearing through its near
ly closed mandibles, and our attention
is at once attracted by its peculiar
shape We discover that it is remark
ably long, and when fully extended
reaches almost if not quito an inch be-
You'd the point of the bill 1t is net
flat, like the crows, but round and
tieshy, and has u sharp, horny point,
which, by looking at it very closely. we
seo has II series of harhS ON both sides.
In tho meantime our hands have
doubtless been prieked by tho birds
tail feathers, each feather being stiff,
brstly and pointed mt the end. Some
of the larger woodpeckers-tho pileated
and iVoryhll for instance-havo this
singular kind of tail feather highly de
veloped. The main stem or shaft of tho
feather is much larger than usual, and
each barb growing from this shaft is
curved downward and inward and is
strong and pointed. Comparing tins
feather with the flat tail feather of IA
crow, we see at once how different it is
in form.
Tho wings do not impress us M i'll
any way unusual They are neither
very long nor very short but the ar
rangement of the toes il Sc peculiar
that they We're at once commented upon
by II blind girl. TO whom had handed
specimen of one of these birds In
stead of the disposition common to most
birds, three toes directed forward and
one backward, We discover two front
toes and two hind ones, and we will
note also that each tee is armed with u
strong curved nail.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04
Our Queer Language.

1t is little wonder that foreigners are
in despair in learning to speak the Eng
lish language. One of the greatest diff
eulties is the way in which the same
syllabic sounds have often very different
meanings
you'll get run in, said the pedes-
trian to the wheelman without light
You'll get run into" savagely re-
sponded the cyclist as he knocked the
pedestrian down and ran up his spine
You'll get run in, too, said the
policeman rs he stepped from behind a
tree and grabbed the wheel.
And just then another scorcher came
along without light, SO the policeman
ran in two. -Exchange.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04
NO DANGER OF CIVIL WAR.
why Uncle Sans Zig Family VIII Hence
forward Live In Peace.


forward Live In Peace.
There is no longer any danger Of u
civil war, snys Woodrow Wilson In The
Atlantic. There was war between the
south and the rest Of tho nation because
their differences were removable In no
other way. There was no prospect that
slavery, the root of those differences,
would ever disappear i'll the mere proc
ess Of growth. 1t was to DO apprehended.
on the contrary, that tho very processes
Of growth would inevitably lead to the
extension of slavery and the perpetual
ton Of radical social and economic con-
trasts and antagonisms between state
and state, between region and region.
A heroic remedy was tho only remedy.
Slavery being removed. tho south Is
now joined with the west-joined with
it in stage Of development, as a region
chiefly agricultural, without diversified
industries, without multifarious trade,
without those subtle extended nerves
which come with all round economic
development, and which mako mon
keenly sensible Of the interests that link
tho world together, as it were. into a
single community But these are lines
of difference which will DO effaced by
mere growth, which time will calmly
ignore. They make no boundaries for
armies to cross.
Tide water Virginia was thus sepa-
rated once from her own population
within the Allegheny valleys - held
two jealous sections within her own
limits. Massachusetts once knew the
sharp divergencos of interest and design
which separated the coast settlements
upon the bay from the restless pioneers
who had taken up the free lands of her
own western counties North Carolina
was once comfortable and indifferent
least" to the uneasy "west" that was
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04

Mr.. Hutchinson, while British resi-
dent at Kumassi, had Il panther pre-
sented to him by the king of Ashanti.
This animal he succeeded in tanning
and transformed from forest terror
into domestic pet. Charles James Fox
had a young tiger which showed great
affection for him, until one day, while
licking its masters hand, it scraped off
the skin. At the first taste Of blood its
dormant instincts returned, and its
glaring eyes revealed to Mr.. Fox his
danger Without attempting to remove
his hand he led it by gentle words into
the next room, where loaded pistol
hung over the mantelpiece. Reaching
it down, he shot his now dangerous pet
through the head.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04
THE ARTISTS PRIVILEGE.
No Phase of Life which the Reaiist May
Not Touch.

No Phase of Life Which the Realist May
Not Touch.
In dcfonse of his literary methods
Arthur Morrison. the English novelist,
writes in The New Review:
Il have been asked, in print, il 1
think that there is no phase of life
which the artist may not touch. Most
certainly think this; more, l know it.
IL is the artists privilege to seek his
material where he thinks we'll, and it
is no mans privilege to say him nay.
If the community has left horrible
places and horrible lives before his
eyes, then the fault is that of the COM
munity, and to picture these places and
these lives becomes not merely his priv
ilogc. hut his duty. 1t was my fate to
encounter "A place i'll Shoreditch where
children were born and reared In cir
cumstanoes that gave those children no
reasonable chance of living decent lives.
where they were born foredamned to
criminal or semicriminal career. 1t
was my experience To learn the ways of
this place, to know its inhabitants, to
talk with them, eat, drink and work
with them.
For tho existence of this place and
for the evils it engendered the COM
munity was responsible. and every
member of tho community was and Is
responsible i'll his degree. II had been
rich man, might have attempted to
discharge my peculiar responsibility in
one way if | had been statesman, l
might have tried another. Being neither
of these things, but simple writer of
fiction. | endeayorcd to do my duty by
writing talo wherein hoped to bring
tho condition Of this place within the
comprehension of others. There are
those who say | should have turned
away my eyes and passed by on the
other side, ON the very respectable
precedent of tho priest and the Levite
in the parable. "
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04

The following curious definitions of u
carpet knight were recently given i'll an
English examination: "Ono who RS
ceived his knightinR upon tho field Of
the cloth of gold, I'm knight who stood
on carpet and bad another thrown
over him while being knighted, " the
common black beetle which, when
squashed, resembles all the different
shades of a brussels carpet, y "a knight
which sleeps ON II carpet, "a man
like, for instance, Sir X. 81 Co, who is
one of the best carpet makers. and be-
cause he did make them so well he was
make knight
A shot was said to go off because
the sudden shock in "a sort Of way
frightens the bullet And it was de
clared that Il dog turns around several
times before settling down TO sleep "to
make sure he is not sitting on any un-
pleasant object, such as Il black beetle,
min etc
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viii Learn.

Jabsloy--Thcso novelists make me
tired. The idea Of IL whitening glanoer
As If any ono could be withered by
mere look
Wickwiro-You are young yet, Jabs-
ley. You never stepped on your wife's
train at ball. "-Pearson's Weekly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04

At the beginning Of the present cen
fury the Bible could be studied by only
one-fifth of the earth population. Now
1t is translated into languages which
make it accessible to nine-tenths Of the
worlds inhabitants.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04

Canon Knox Little told good story
once at n church congress. He said he
remembered Itch gate in front Of a
beautiful church, which had been re-
stored and made very nice. There was
painted over tho door, This is the gate
Of heaven" and underneath was the
large notice, Go round the other way
-IInnsnhnld Wnrds
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The Boer does just as little work az
will help keep himself and his family
alive, and most Of that he gets done by
KaiIir servants, who, in the more out Of
the way districts. at any rate, are prac-
tically slaves
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Preeepts OF Experience.

He, sobbed the verdant bride,
docs not love me any more. "
you arc lucky. said the seasoned
matron, III he does not love you any
less "-Pittsburg Chroniele-Telegraph.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04

In some Of the cities Of Europe the
cost of putting out IA fire Is made a
charge upon the property of tho person
for whose benefit the fire department IL
called out
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-08-04

Teapots are used in China only by
the poor. Among the wealthy it is Gus
tomary to put the tea leaves in each cup
and pour water on them