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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-11-03

A mans health is the rope which he
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very thing he neglects more than anything
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-11-03

Vice Chancellor Stevens last week
issued an order requiring the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company to show cause
why an INDUCTION should not be served
upon them to restrain them from in
terfering with the driveway under
their bridge at Copper Hill. Action
was brought by the Township Com
mite of Raritan. The road which is
crossed by the railroad is the one turn
ing directly to the west at the foot of
the hill at Copper Hill, The drive
way under the railroad bridge is now
two rods wide. The railroad people
came last week to make repairs to the
bridge, and began to build abutments
so as to reduce the driveway to only
eight feet in width. The Township
Committee plead for at least sixteen
feet, and were refused Hence the ap-
peal to the courts The wagon road is
much travelled. The Railroad Com
pany asks for two weeks time DEM
ocrat-Adrcrtisor, 2sh MI.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-11-03

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
!, c. C. G. fail TO cure, druggists refund money
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-11-03

List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the Post Office at Lambertville, n.
j., for thirty days
j. S. Holcombe,
William Hoagland,
James Lawyer,
A. f. Lambert,
Master Edward McDevitt,
John McQuillen,
Mrs Sale Lam.
f. W. CLossoN, p. NJ.
Lambertyille, y. J., Oct. 30, 1897.
To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic loo OF 25c
II e. c. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-11-03
COMMON COUNCIL.

The monthly meeting of Common
Council WAS held last Monday evening.
with all the members present
The Treaswer's report which was
received and ordered filed. shows the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25
Homes FOR Themselves.

One of the best possible facts in the
latter-day progress of this country Is
the increase in the number of homes.
In crowded centers Of population, such
as New York and one or two other
cities, the fat and the hotel must al
ways be necessary, for space Is too val
liable to be monopoliZed by the humble.
But even around the very large cities
there are being built thousands and
thousands Of suburban cottages and
country residences. and all through the
length and breadth of the country, in
the towns, villages and cities, artistic
homes are increasing at an astonishing
rate. If anyone will take the trouble
to look up the literature on the subject
he will find that in this country there
are more than n hundred papers de-
voted to these builders, giving
them each week plans and suggestions.
The number of books upon low-priced
architecture written in the past fifteen
years, exceeds the total for century
previous. A wider education is being
spread, and the gain in every way is
enormous.
A man who owns his home is better
citizen, even If there is n mortgage on
II. There is a feeling Of personal part
nership In the protection Of property
and the preservation Of public order
which makes him stand for what Is
best in law and government. 1t is the
best possible thing for his wife and
children: best for him and best for the
country
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25
AN UNKNOWN aooM.


Sealed Up for Years In New York'a
Court House.
A room the existence OF which was
known to few, II any, present 0l-ce
holders, was discovered last week In
the County Court House. 1t is the
southeast corner. under the Office of
the Surrogates clerks. 1t was tightly
fastened, and, 1t is said, has rot been
opened for twelve to fifteen years. No
one in the building had any control
over the room or its contents, but on in:
quiry 1t was found that the room had
been taken years ago for the deposit of
records of the Comptrollers office. The
inquiry was pursued until key to the
room was found filed away In the Of
fee of the Comptroller and the room
was opened.
The dead air inside nearly knocked
over the curious men who looked In,
and the door was quickly shut up
again. The hasty glance taken Of the
interior showed that 1t contained a lot
of books and bundles of vouchers and
such papers. 1t was the unwholesome
odOr that hung about the Surrogate's
office, where nine clerks are employed
In a small room, that led to the search
which resulted in the discovery Of the
sealed apartment. 1t Is thought that
some Of the waste pipes have sprung a
leak in the room.
1t Is understood that this secret room
is the only part of the building re-
tanned for the Comptroller after an
effort OF his part several years ago to
secure quarters I'm the County Court
house. The difficulty, as explained to
the writer by Justice Van Brunt some
time ago, arose through Comptroller
ANDREW III. Green insisting that he had
the right TO take possession of quarters
in the County Court House under au-
thOrity of the Commissioner of Public
Works, In whose charge are the mu-
nicipal buildings. The Comptroller
was partly installed before the Justices
Of the Supreme Court got into action.
He wanted the lower floor on the west
side of the building, chiefly the part
now used as docket clerks rooms.
we toiu hin, sdlu the JuStice, that
the State had subscribed something
like 100000 for the building. and that
the State would have something to say
as to how the building was used. Mr..
Green was told that he would be
brought before us for contempt IL he
did not yacate, anu he vacated"
The room now appears to show that
the Judges We're condemned just lit
tle.-New York Sun.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25
Arrested a Whole Funeral.

1t has long been the custom of
funerals the world over to proceed
slowly; not so, however, with funerals
in the outskirts Of Brooklyn. The
other day in that city funeral was
spinning along when the hearse driver
carelessly ran over a boys bicycle and
ruined 1t.
The policeman, who gave chase, over
hauled the hearse, climbed up on the
box and arrested the driver for his
recklessness.
Cali you people follow mew the po-
liceman shouted to the drivers Of the
carriages in the funeral cortege.
Thereupon he turned the horses
toward the police station and started
them at trot. The hearse driver was
dumb with establishment. All the car
riages dutifully trundled along behind.
Imagine the establishment of the citi-
zens of Brooklyn upon seeing a whole
funeral procession trotting toward the
lookup. The unhappy occupants of the
carriages. knowing nothing Of the rea-
son for the change in their itinerary.
were full of Indignation.
The sergeant refused to entertain the
charge against the hearse driver, ana
he advised the boy to get warrant for
the driver IL he wished to prosecute
him. Thereupon the funeral procession
resumed its journey toward the Gene
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25
Royal Affections.

The French Minister of Foreign AZ
fairs, II is said, asked the King Of
Siam why he did not leave his foreign
minister ut home to take charge of
things. Because he is my brother"
returned Chulalongkorn. with grim
smile; II should probably have found
him on my throne when 1 got back to
SIAM" But you have your other
brother with you" "Yes, but his ma
ture is even less benevolent. He would
not only have seized my throne, but
cut of my head as quickly as return
ed" You all seem on excellent terms
together" exclaimed the astonished
Frenchman. Exactly" said tic ENG.
land, as ! like to be on good terms
with them, ! always take them along. /"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25

or the fair plaintiff were adjudged to
be worth over $4,000. This is prob.
ably the largest award for sighted
love ever made in breach Of promise
court. The story Of the circumstances
out Of which the case arose Is an i'm
pOrtant one.
John II. Germand has long been con
sidered the wealthiest man in Dan.
Vile, Ill. He was a real estate owner
for several years and his property
brought in large returns. He had
many tenants, among whom was Mrs.
Carrie COrbett, beautiful widow OF
30 years, who lived with her little -
year-old son. Germand visited her
once a month, but claims his visits
were at first of purely business ma
ture. One day he went to the house
to give some instructions 10 some
painters who were at work when Mrs.
Corbett asked him to come into her
apartment. This he did and the two
sat upon the sofa. This was the begin
ming of long courtship, in the course
OF which Germand took her out for
carriage drives, and on several occa
sions they journeyed to distant towns
together, and once both went to Chi
cago on a vacation trip. or course
they were always properly chaperoned.
1t went along this way for long
time, and then came a trip that led to
a disruption. Mr.. Germand was going
to the convention Of Christian Endeav-
orers in San francisco. Mrs. Corbett
expressed her desire to go along, and
her sweetheart bought the ticket and
paid the other incidentals Of the trip.
On the way Mrs. Corbett paid particu-
lar attentions to delegate on the
train, and carried on a Irritation with
him all the time. Germand was jeal-
Gus, and so the trouble came on which
eliminated in the breach Of promise
case as above Indicated. Germand Is
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25

in readable way under the title The
Great Adventurer" in the English H.
Illustrated Magazine.
a short time ago Mr.. Graves of Pail
Mall, London, in some manner got hold
of cast of the death mask of Ma
poleon. This extremely valuable pos
session he sent at once to this coua-
try, where he Immediately found an
eager buyer at fabulous sum. ar.
Graves did not even offer the cast for
sale in England, preferring to reap a
harvest in the United States, where the
Napoleon cult has many followers.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25

obtained from the Spanish Govern
ment a grant Of land containing G,OS5
acres. which Is still known as the Aus
tin survey, and includes a portion of
Potosi townsite. In the year 170S Aus
tin built costly mansion just opposite
the site Of the present court house, and
was mt that time the finest structure
west Of the Mississippi River. He was
extensively engaged In mining on the
claim, and In his report to the Govern
ment In 1919 reported 200 miners Mt
work on the claim. He built the first
furnace In the Southwest.
In the year 1921 he explored the I'M
known province of Texas, and after
ward secured grant to enter ana col
onize. He returned to Missouri In 1893
for the purpose of organizing a colony,
but was taken sick and died and his
remains were inferred I'm the Protest
ant cemetery. His plans were success
fully carried into effect by his son,
Stephen f.. Austin, but as his father
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25

tered through the rocks of the eastern
spurs of the Allegheny Mountains. But
the ore is mixed with the rock in such
fine particles that it could not be mined
with the ordinary methods, and was
therefore looked upon as one Of the
wastes OF nature. The furnaces in the
East were compelled to look for their
supply of high-grade ore to few iso-
lated deposits and to ores imported
from foreign countries. The former
being limited, and the cost Of procur-
Ing the latter having almost reached
the prohibitory point, the trade in high
grade ore for the manufacture of Bes-
semer steel began to shift westward
60 Michigan and Minnesota. Iron mills
In The East were shut down and many
thousands who depend on the smelling
Industry for living were thrown out
Of employment. Walking along the
Long Island shore Edison one day no
ticcd pile of black sand. He took
some OF it home for investigation
PIacing an electro-magnet near the
mass, he was surprised to see little
dark grains leave the heap and move
like so many ants toward the magnet;
the ants proved to be little grains of
iron ore. On the basis of this find he
evolved Ms famous ore-separating ma
chine. When the aforementioned Curl
GUS condition of the iron trade in the
East was brought to Mr.. Edison's at
tcution eight years ago he remember
ed his experience with the sand, and
IN order to assure himself of the exact
he invented magnetic needle which
would dip" toward the earth when
ever II was brought over u large de-
posit OF iron. With this he made tour
q the mines Of New Jersey. To his
amusement his needle indicated that
the greater portion of the ground over
which he travelled was undertake with
Immense deposits of iron.
With his magnetic needle. or. as he
calls It. his magnetic eye" he tested
every large body of gneiss rock ex-
tending along the eastern coast of the
United States. from Lower Canada to
the great Smoky Mountains of North
Garolins.
He found immense deposits of iron.
Fer instance. in the 5000 acres imme-
diately surrounding the village of Edi-
sen. there are over 200,000,OO0 tons OF
Bsw-grnde ore. In the entire district
there are 10000 acres in which the de-
pssit is proportionately as large. The
worlds annual output of iron ore does
sot. at the present time. reach 6O,0O0,-
eO0 tons; SO that in the paltry two
miles surrounding the village of Ed
son there Is enough iron in the rocks
10 keep the whole world supplied for
ono year or the United States for three
years. even with the natural increase
IN demand Sixteen thousand acres OF
twenty-hve square miles Of land con
tain encugh iron ore to keep the whole
wsFSi supplied for seventeen years, al
lowing, OF course, for all natural In
crease Of demand. due to the needs OF
3 growing population. These acres
wesId more than supply the United
States with iron, including necessary
exports. for the next seventy years
aaa they contain more than has beer
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25
A Great Authority on Evolution.


There Is a sketch of "A Great Natu-
ralist," the late Edward Drinker Cope.
in the Century. 1t is written by Henry
Fairfield Osborn. Prof. Osborn says:
His pioneer exploration came early In
the age of Darwinism, when missing
links, not only In the human ancestry,
but in the greater chain of backboned
animals, were at the highest premium.
Thus he was fortunate In recording the
discovery In northwestern New Mexico
of by far the oldest quadrupeds known,
in finding among these the most yen
cradle monkey, in describing to the
world hundreds of links-in fact, whole
chains-of descent between the most
ancient quadrupeds and what we
please to call the higher types, especial
ly the horses, camels, tapirs, dogs and
cats. He laborcd successfully to con-
meet the reptiles with the amphiblans,
and the latter with the fishes, and was
as quick as a flash 10 detect in the pa
per OF another author the oversight of
some long-sought link which he had
been awaiting. Thus in losing him we
have lost our ablestand most discerning
critic. No one has made such profuse
and overwhelming demonstration OF
the actual historical working of the
laws Of evolution, his popular reputa-
ton perhaps resting most widely upon
his practical and speculative studies
In evolution.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25

Thus In small plastic nAeset6 the ore
drops into the bricking machine and
comes out In small blocks which are
thrown on conveyors to be carried 10
the great ovens to be baked. On com
ing out Of the ovcns It II ready for
shipment. Fast freight cars are at
hand % haul it away to the fu<naces.
From the time the ore is blasted with
It's native rock out Of the mountainside
until 1t Is loaded In the form OF com
mercially pure iron briQuettes on the
cars 1t Is not touched by human hands.
The never-ending and never-resting
stream of material constantly circulates
through the various buildings, crushed
by the stored momentum Of gigantic
rolls, hoisted skyward by steam, pulled
earthward by gravity, detected by
magnetism, dried, sifted, weighed,
gagged, conveyed, changed from rock
into dust, and from dust into compre-
henslve Jumps, mixed with due pro-
portion Of adhesive material; churned,
baked, counted, and sent flying to the
furnaces by fast freight; and not once
In Its course is 1t arrested or logged on
ward by human agency. ~
The pockets of ore from which the
United States has drawn Its chief sup
ply are rapidly becoming exhausted.
There Is, 1t must be understood, plenty
Of iron ore In the country, but 1t is not
the kind of ore from which steel can
be made. Steel can only be made from
ores In which the per cent of phos-
phorus Is very small. Edison with his
crushing process has entirely elimi-
mated the phosphorus element from
the ore. 1t therefore remains inevita-
BILE that this must ultimately become
the only serious method Of producing
ores from which steel will be made. II
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25

5Niueo ao4VtS<otS-So e"ss
lie discovery ~ 5sl 4.
Here ,Mas an opportunity for the In
vcntor apd be set to work to plan Out
great Industry, II has taken him
eight years to do 1t. but the result has
justified all the trouble and money
which he has expended upon 1t. En-
gineers used to large enterprises OF the
kind have smiled incfedulously. Some
of them have spokenSof II as Edison's
hobby, ana others as his folly. Some
have shown him on paper that no ma
chine could be CONSTRUCTED powerful
enough to crush flte, six and seven ton
rocks, or II such a machine were con-
structed It would never stand the jar
and strain exerted upon 1t. This par
ticuiar difficulty Mr.. Edison surmount-
ed SO completely that less than 100.
horse power II required to reduce rocks
weighing six and seven tons to dust In
three seconds from the time they are
thrown into the crushing machine. He
Is crushing rocks and dropping the re-
.sulting powder past powerful electro
magnets. The sand is not attracted by
the magnetism but passes straight on,
the iron ore is attracted to one side and
falls In a heap of its own. This is the
whole principle; yet In the actual
working out II becomes one of the
most tremendous processes In the
world. 1t is, after all, no small matter
to crush the very vitals out of noun
tain and then extract all of the ore
from the millions Of tons of sand.
This is not all theory which Mr..
Edison has evolved and left to some
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25
HYGIENiC VALUE OF SINGING.

1t Develops Lungs, Chest and Many
other Bodily Organs.
When one considers how many thou
sands of young men and women are
studying the art of singing, and how
very few of them ever learn 1t well
enough to earn their living by 1t, or to
give anybody much pleasure, one feels
inclined to look on the vast amount OF
time spent on vocal exercises as so
many hours wasted. But there is an
other point of view which is not often
enough emphasized. In recent num-
Der of a German journal devoted TO
laryngolgy DR.. Barth has an article dis
cussing with German thoroughness the
utility of singing from hygienic point
of view. Every bodily organ is
strengthened by exercise; singers exer-
else their lungs more than other people;
therefore, he says, we find that singers
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25
one else to put to practical use. IL

one else to put to practical use. In the
village of Edison, \. j., he has estab-
lished a smelling plant on the principle
of his invention ,that;is practical
demonstration of the feasibility Of his
theory. The methods by which the ore
is extracted are all unlike any other,
and all are the product of his inventive
genius. The ore-bearing rock Is blasted
into powders and then laid on fiat cars
with steam shovel. IT is then con-
veyed to the crushing plant. The ears
are run in under each epd of the crush
ing mill. The trays containing the
rock are lifted by the cranes to the
second story of the MILL where the
rock is dumped into large square pit.
Ten feet below the edge of the pit re.
volve immense iron rollers weighing
100 tons. .'+sy. - st,
The surface of these rollers is stud
ded with teeth. and the space between
them Is less than foot wide. Never
theless six-ton rock dropped into the
pit passes between the rolls in less than
three seconds. Far down beneath these
rolls Is another set of smaller size, but
nearer together. From the heavy rolls
above the rock falls into this lower set
and is crushed still smaller. 1t has
now been reduced to pieces the size of
mans fist, and from the lower set of
rolls drops into an elevator or endless
conveyor which carries the pieces up to
the top of another part of the building
and dumps them into n shaft leading
down to three more sets of rolls set di-
rectly beneath one another. As the rock
passes through these rolls the latter are
found to be placed nearer and nearer
together until with the last or third set
the two rolls composing 1t are set
tightly against each other, SO that
when the rock ultimately passes
through 1t has been reduced to dust.
After the crushing process 1t Is car.
ried to the top Of the magnet house and
dumped into space to find its way
through many sleeves of varying mesh
es and past many magnet faces OF
varying strength. As 1t descends the
ore Is drawn by the magnet into a long
pipe by itself while the sand falIa to
the ground. The value o. the sand
alone is no small consideration. 1t Is
sold to, builders and contractors at O
good price, being more suitable fol
their purposes than any other obtain
able. The pure ore Is now allowed tc
drop downward and pass through q
room where blowers rid 1t of any dust
that may have accompanied 1t on Its
travels. AFTER leaving the blower room
It is really stream of pure. fncly-di
vided iron ore, which drops into con
veyors and Is carried to a storehousc
which holds 5000 tons. Z. Here it may
rest temporarily ~ 1t psy pass on by
means of other conveyors to the mix
ing house. 1t cannot be smclted in tn,
form of iron dust. 1t must be made
into briquettes, and in order to do thi'
1t must be mixed with some adheslv,
substance which win prevent 1t from
disintegratine when brought under thu
action of the furnace. To make thi,
substat5de No Edison had to perform
6,6O0 experiments before he got 1t O
such a consistency as to be satisfactory
l..f ~ tfsf lsarI NJ VI
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-11-25
Edison,s Latest Triumph.

Es0tsOh A<at(5t
This century has produced host OF
thinkers whose penetration Of intel
lect, keen observation and careful rea-
SCALING have chained the forces Of ma
ture and made them the servants of
man. OF these there Is probably none
more deserving Of the Highest place
than Is Thomas A. Edison. He has
n,sde more than score of inventions.
any one Of which would entitle him to
. name and place among the fore
most men in the scientific world, and
yet he goes ON and strives for more and
greater conquests. The marvellous In
vcntions with which his name Is asso-
eiated have not been achieved In day.
hut are the result of patient toll, In
domitable perseverance and cOncentra-
tion of purpose. Nothing he has done
heretofore has required so much Of his
Individual attention, taxed his inven-
tive ingenuity so fully, or in the aggre-
gate consumed his vital powers more
than his latest accomplishment.
Billions of tons of iron ore lie scat