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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-12-15
Machinery and Modern Farming.

The smallest implement upon II big
wheat farm is a pillow. And from the
plow to the elevator-from the first
operation III wheat farming to tho last
one is forced To realize how the spirit
of the age has made itself felt here and
has reduced the amount of human labor
to the minimum The man who plows
uses his muscle only incidentally in
guiding the machine. The man who
operates tho barrow has half dozen
levers to tighten his labor. The "sower
who goeth forth to SOW, walks leisure
ly behind n drill and works brakes. The
reaper needs II quick brain and IA quick
nor powerful back He works sitting
down
The thrashers are merely assistants
TO machine, and the men who heave
the wheat into the bins only press but
tons The most desirable farmland Is
not the fellow who can pound the
"mauling machine" most Justify Mt the
county fair. He is the man with the
cunning brain who can get the most
work out Of machine without break
ing it. The farm laborcr in the west to-
day, where machinery is employed,
finds himself advanced to the ranks Of
skilled labor and enjoys position not
widely different from that of the mill.
hand in the east Each is II tender of IA
machine. William Allen White in
Scribner'H
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A sbofs5.,nii with a fat rod face ran
ont of tho Eric railroad depot at the
foot of West Twenty third street tho
other forenoon and chased n crosstown
car which was midway between Elov-
enth avenue and the ferry. Ilo was n
fast runner and held his hat in his loft
hand AZ he gained ON the ear. Tho pas
sengers on the rear platform, in spirit
of mirth, encouraged him:
Don't give up You'll make it,
Make squirt, old boy. This is your
last nance to get car before two min
utes, ono Of them said.
AT Eleventh avenue he caught up,
and, pcrspiring profusely, sprang upon
tho rear platform. He appeared happy,
and when he handed his fnre to tho con.
ductor he said "These Blocker street
cars that run down Ninth avenue do
not 90 often, So | ran to catch this one "
The conductor rang up tho fare, and in
matter Of fact way answered.
''This car goes to Thirty fourth street
ferry. Get out and wait for Blocker
street car.
The sprinter got of as somo of the
passengers cried out;
you can run anyway. 1t is better
to run and lose car than never to per
spire at all New York Commercial
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A Timely Netreal.

a young botanist was showing par
ty Of ladies and gentlemen through the
conservatory and explaining to them
tho properties Of some of the choicest
plants
Among the visitors was II would be
young looking middle aged lady, who
at every description volunteered the
statement that the plants and flowers
she had ut home were quite equal to
anything exhibited here or indeed any
where just as they were passing a
giant cactus she was heard to exclaim:
We'll, this is nothing extraordinary.
] have cactus at home that IL still
larger planted and reared it myself. "
Reared it yourself" the professor
gently observed. "IIow remarkable
This specimen is G3 years old and if
yours is still larger -
Tho lady did not stay to hear any
more, but executed strategic move
ment to the rear Pearson Weekly
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Ealing In LnYe.

ut is not everybody who can fall
desperately in love" Andrew Lang de-
olares. Many n young woman knows
that she, for one, is not born heroine.
We cannot all have genius for passion.
Indeed that genius is, first, rather un-
usual, and, secondly, is apt not to be
confined to single object. Girls ought
not to be educated in n belief in the
coup dc foudrc. Most of them will find
some good fellow who is much attached
to them M they will BIO to him. They
will marry, if they have luck. and never
think of losing their heart, III the style
Of Dido or Medea. This has always been
the prose fact of matrimony, and thus
'Hymen peoples every town. II young
women wait for the coup dc foudre and
the handsome knight who comes riding
through the forest, they will Golf st.
Katherine or lead apes In hell. Novels
prove the inadequaoy of the ideal. The
heroine always loves the unsatisfactory
poet, is Tilted, meets the solid squire or
business man and finds that what she
had taken for love was. etc. we all
know the formula-and lives happy
ever after -
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-12-15

One day in 1880 senator Hampton
was going on his crutches from tho son
ate chamber to the house of representa-
tives. In the middle Of tho big rotunda
he met very large man, also on crutch-
os. Ho WAS member of congress from
Illinois, Republican, whose name |
cannot now recall Hampton stopped
him and kindly asked his name and
how he had received his injury. After
giving his name tho congressman said
amputation was necessary by reason Of
shot he had received in fight with
Hampton s cavalry. He did not dream
he was talking to Wade Hampton him
self II am Wade Hampton, said the
senator. "If you have the leisure, please
sit down and let us talk " Hampton
had lost his leg after the war, when
thrown from "a mule while deer hunt
ing The amputation was identical with
that Of tho congressman, and they fell
attacking. Up to that time neither had
found cork leg he could wear, and
they discussed cork legs for a great
while. They parted, after mutual pro-
LESSONS Of esteem. The next morning /
heard the congressman toll the story in
the committee room, and there never
was man who had a higher regard for
Wade Hampton than he had | believe
Hampton later found leg he could
wear. Louisville Courier Journal
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TEXAS SNAKE STORY.
A Rather and "a Mexican Ahoat on
Plank For Hours

mum hot Ahouhbs
Il have heard of many men being
placed in odd predicaments, " remarked
Captain Jenkins, but one Of the most
peculiar situations that ever hefell m
individual was assuredly that of an ig
nornnt Mexican u good many years ago
near Indianola, Tex, at the time the
town was SO nearly destroyed by trop-
ical hurricane or cyclone. have heard
the story many times. although it hap
pened So long ago. 1t was during tho
extrome height of the cyclone. Houses
in lndianola were going to pieces like
SO much paper, boats We're being wreck
ed and it looked decidedly bad for tho
individuals who were located i'll ex-
posed portions of tho coast. 1t was
about this time that little Mexican
settlement on ono of tho coast islands
adjacent to lndianola began to go to
pieces, tho water having risen over the
top of tho sand dunes and the waves
smashing tho loosely constructed build
ings of tho settlement into kindling
wood. Jose Barotti, one of the inhabit-
ants of the settlement, was separated
from the remainder of his family, and,
clinging to II long plank. was driven in
to the inner bay over the ruins of the
settlement
When the day broke, he was out of
sight of land The waves had Gained
down and the storm was gone. AS he
cast his eye about in tho early dawn, to
his horror he found the other end Of
the plank occupied by an immense rat
tlesnake, AS soon MS the snake observed
the Mexican he began to writhe and
coil i'll an odd sort of manner, and ap-
parently To make attempts to reach the
poor fellow, whose hair was then stand.
ing ON end i'll manner wonderful To
behold. The hours went by. Tho snake
kept up his antics, but for some reason
did not get any nearer tho Mexican.
Tho uniortunSte fellow was afraid ia
leave tho plars. knowing that no would
drown, and at tho same time he WAS in
horrible fear Of meeting death i'll a moro
terrific manner from snake bite. He lay
on tho end of the plank with his eyes
fixed ON tho RATHER In fact. they both
eyed each other, and this they kept up
until midday, when u fishing smack
came sailing along ON the lookout for
oastaways.
Tho Mexican was seen from the
bont, and in short time WAS hauled
on board more dead than alive He
pointed weakly at his kissing compan-
ion The sailors ON the smack killed the
rattlesnalte and found that he had jam
med his tail through small lnothole
III the plank The immersion of the
buttons of the rattle in tho salt water
had caused them to swell, and he was
unable to remove his tail from the hole.
To this fortunate circumstance tho Mex
lean owed his life. The fact that the
eoast islands contain many rattlers nc
counts for the presence of tho snake on
tho plank. BY tho Bye in New Or
leans Times Democrat.
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BEWARE THE THIN BANANA.
II Was Picked Too Soon and VIII Always
Prove Puckery aud Sour.

Prove Puckery and Sour.
When you are buying bananas, never
purchase the long thin ones unless you
want fruit which will quicker your
mouth. No matter how we'll ripened
these thin bananas may appear to be
they will always be found both sour and
acrid. This is because the bunch which
contained them was picked too soon.
The banana grows fastest at first in
length, When 1t has reached its full
development i'll that direction, it sud
denly begins to swell and in few days
will double in girth. 1t is ut tho end OF
this time that il begins to ripen natu-
rally, and the effort of the banana i'm
porter is to have tho fruit gathered ut
the last possible moment and yet before
the ripenipR has progressed even enough
20 'i'aEa tho bright 1raen of tho frpit
with yellow. A difference Of "a hours
ON the trees at this time will make q
difference in the weight OF the fruit of
perhaps 20 per cent, and all the differ
ence in its final flavor, between puck
cry sour and tho sweetness and smooth
ness which are characteristic of the ripe
fruit. To get tho bananas to our market
in good condition requires fast steamers,
which must be provided with ventila-
ton and other means of keeping the
fruit from ripcning too fast in the hold.
Much of the finest fruit does ripen In
tho few days of passage, and this IL sold
to hucksters for street sale. New York
Sun.
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BLOWN QUITO SEA.
Helpless Birds That Are Driven to DeAtI
by Fierce Gales.

Helpless Birds That Are Driven to Death
by Fierce Gales.
Birds driven before the wind are toss
ed ab6ut relentlessly, and they rarely
recover their balance after once being
caught by tho gale. Shore birds are
either dashed upon the waves and made
TO swim for their lives or they are hurl-
cd violently against trees or other OBJ
jects and killed Shore birds. when fac
ing gale, will take every advantage of
trees. houses and hills as defenses
against the wind They will close their
wings and sink SO close to tho ground
rs to get the protecting shelter Of II
hedge fence, and then swoop up again
with renewed Roadway. They frequent
ly advance before tho gale by series
of side eyolutions, flying ut right angles
to the wind until they have attained oon-
siderable velocity, and then wheeling
about straight against the wind and
making some Roadway before it over
comes them. This operation is repeated
continually until the desired place is
reached.
During our fall and early winter
gales cartridges and quail are quito fire.
quently blown out to sea by strong
hurricane, where some of them have
been picked up by fishermen In nearly
all such instances they are caught by
the gallo when high i'll the air, and be
fore they can recover themselves they
are hurried out beyond tho shore and
dropped into the water. With their
plumage soaked with the spray they in
stantly become helpless and cannot
reach the shore III tho face of the wind.
On our inland lakes and rivers this is n
moro common sight than along the
ocean shore.
When once blown out to sea, the
shore birds have little chance of escape.
Unable to battle against the heavy
wind, they yield themselves to their
fate and drift about until the storm
subsidies. BY that time they are likely
to be so far from shore that they cannot
reach it again, and they either fly or
swim until they stnrve to death or die
of exhaustion, Their dead bodies, along
with those of the hapleSs gulls, terms
and herons, are finally driftcd upon
some shore, where the waves leave them
high and dry. After every heavy storm
hundreds of such luckless victims can
be found on the beaches of our Atlantic
coast Our Animal Friends
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FOOD WASTED IN COOKING.
Life Sustaining Value of Meat and vegs-
tables Lost Through Ignorance.


tables Lost Through Ignorance.
A series of Investigations by experts
connected with the United States de-
partment of agriculture go to show that
there Is an immense amount Of popular
ignorance i'll the matter Of cooking:
that. while the greater part of the food
OF man is prepared for use by cooking,
yet the changes which various foods un-
dergo during the process and the losses
which are brought about have been but
little studied Few persons know, for
instance, that IN 100 pounds Of unoooked
cabbage there are but 7 " pounds Of dry
matter, and of this dry matter from 2A
to 3 pounds are lost in the cooking pot
Experiments with potatoes showed that
in order to obtain the highest food value
potatoes should not be peeled before
cooking; that when potatoes are peeled
before cooking the least loss is sustained
by putting them directly into hot water
and boiling MS rapidly rs possible
Even then the loss is very considerable.
II potatoes are peeled and soaked In
cold water before boiling, the loss OF
nutrients is very great, being one fourth
of all the albumenoid matter. In
bushel of potatoes the loss would be
equivalent to n pound of sirloin steak.
Carrots contain less nitrogen, but rela-
lively more albumenoid nitrogen than
potatoes, and therefore furnish more
matter available for building muscular
tissues In order to preserve the greatest
amount of nutrients In the cooking Of
carrots, the pieces should be large rather
than small. Tho boiling should be rapid,
so that tho food value of the vegetable
shall not be impaired, as little water as
possible should be used, and IL the mat
ter extracted is made available as food
along with the carrots loss Of 20 to
30 per cent or even more of tho total
food value may be prevented. In the
cooking of cabbage the kind Of water
used has more effect on the loss of nutri-
ents than the temperature Of the water
at which tho cooking Is started In any
case the loss is large. The losses which
occur in tho cooking of potatoes, carrots
and cabbages vary with the different
methods of boiling followed. -Pittsburg
Dispatch
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HE DlSOBEYED ORDERS.
A brilliant French Oniccr's Flrst Achieve
ment ON the Field OF Battle.

Lejeune, the brilliant aid-de-camp
Oudinot. gives very interesting ao-
count of his first achievement ON the
field of lnttle, The French army was
crossing the Alps and found itself COM
PEELED to attack ut great disadvantage
town which the Austrians were de-
Tending.
Young Lejeune, who was anxious to
participate in the engagement, was
greatly disappointed when he was or
dered to remain Mt his post in the rear
When tho firing began, his heart beat
furiously, and as the attack progressed
he felt that he could not remain passive
while his fellow soldiers were perform
ing deeds of valor.
Believing himself unnoticed he hur-
ried forward, forgetting that the sol
dier's first duty is obedience, and lust
where the fray seemed to be thiokest he
found himself face to face with his COM
manding officer. The general looked at
the rash young soldier coldly.
Since you have quilted your post, ="
he said. "you may take this order and
recall that company that has gone into
bad position.
Lejeune heard tho order with u
strange sensation for this was an er
rand from which he was not likely to
return alive. There was no escape, how
over, and touching his cap he started on
his perilous mission with quaking
heart.
For some distance he crept along be.
hind IL pile of rocks that protected him
from the fire of tho enemy, but at last
this shelter came to an end Before him
there remained 100 steps to be taken
under the fire of 200 guns pointed
straight at him.
To go forward 'sas. he believed. GER
tain death. To go back would DO eter.
nal disgrace Tho whole army seemed
like an amphitheater around him
Should he prove himself coward or u
hero?
IF | die. thought he, sit will be
only tho just penalty Of my disobedi-
ence; if accomplish my mission,
shall have proved that l am worthy yet
to fight in the emperor y army"
So thinking. he rushed across tho
open space amid storm of cannon balls
and musket shot Not ono of tho mes
sengers of death touched him, and as if
by II miracle no arrived safe and sound
in tho French lines. The delivery of
that order saved tho battalion and de-
eided the destiny of the young officer
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1t is little WonGor that foreigners are
III despair III learning to speak the Eng
lish laugaace one Of the greatest diff
culties is the way i'll which the same
syllable sounds have often very different
meanings
You Il get run in, said the pedes-
TRAN to the wheelman without a light
"You II 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 as he stepped from behind n
tree and grabbed the wheel
Aud just then another scorcher came
along without light, 20 the policeman
ran in two -Exchange
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-12-15
A Timely Friend.

With perfect propriety may we call
that excellent remedy, Salvation Oil,
a timely friend This liniment rapidly
cures rheumatism, neuralgia and pains,
when other remedies fail. Mr.. Jno.
M. Hall, Ashland, Va, writes II
suffered with rheumatism in the ankle
and the muscles connected Herewith.
Salvation Oil at once relieved the sore
ness, reduced the swelling, and cured
the pain. No other liniment that ever
used did me SO much good"
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Poor Old Man.

THAT = Il strange case of the aged
gentleman who moves in tho highest
circles, isn't it?''
II hadn't heard of it. "
Hadn't you? Why, tho Yerkes tele
scope is authority for the story that the
man in the moon is all burned out -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Heat Him Down.

Two Irishmen were cleaning win
dow in a tall building. TO facilitate
their work they had stuck board out
OF the window. and Pat stood on the end
Of it which was outside and Mike on
the end inside to balance Suddenly
Pat shouted:
"Moike, I've dropped me sponge. 3"
"Thot $ all roight. III go down and
git it, -
When he got to the street, he found
Pat in a heap on the sidewalk and ex-
claimed:
well we'll, how did yen git down
here so quick, Pat? | ran all the way
down, but bedad yez hoy beaten me. "
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Better Protected.

He was crying, but he finally man
aged to blubber through his tears:
~ wisht | WAS girl. "
why do you wish you were "A girlP'
asked the father, who was mainly re.
sponsible for the tears.
'Tain't 40 easy to wallop them,
answered the boy, hardly realizing how
great the truth he had hit upon. Chi
oago Post.
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Tom--Iiow do you like that novel ]
brought you yesterday?
Alice don't like it at all / don t
care to finish it,
Tom-lIow much have you read;
AlIco-One chapter.
Tom-Tncn you really haven't got
into the story. The first chapters mere
ly a sort Of Introduction.
Alice--But the first chapter isn't the
one I've read, and the heroine dies. No;
you may take it back Chicago News.
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A Life Saved.

Marvellous cures Of throat and lung
affections are made daily by DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. Miss Annie Swan,
Petersburg, Va, writes: my brother
was attacked by bad cough and cold,
and it was thought he had consump-
ton. DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup was
used, and to our great surprise it made
him well and hearty. There is no
better cure In the world than this
Syrup" DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is
sold everywhere for rs cents.
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THE SMILE OF A CHILD.

The smile Of child to a weary heart,
Like dew on the thirsty earth,
Is a springing we'll whence teardrops start
In flow of Joy from living worth.
The smile of a child is n gift from heaven,
Frightening the way of toll;
Like golden clouds floating at even
Bathing with beauty Gods flower gem
med soil;
Like incense IA its fragrance waves
And floats on the air the while
Meath richly soulptured architraves
Or thiclSly peopled aisle.
Give me knowledge, give mo health
But in grief and sorrow Wild
Give mo the wealthiest known OF wealth
The artless smile of u child.
Clark W Bryan in Good Housekeeping,
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ever after.


mere trihes. First little indigestion, per
haps; or headaches; or an occasional bilious
turn. II is hard TO realize how you are be-
ing tangled up in the strands of sickness
until you are fairly caught.
Nearly all serious Illnesses begin with
some stomach or liver trouble or with a
costive condition of the bowels These
functions have got to be put in good condi-
ton before there can be any recovery from
any disease no matter what its name or ma
ture and IL is because DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery acts directly upon the
liver and digestive organs that it has such a
marvellous effect upon all diseases of NAL
nutrition.
1t gives the digestive system power to
assmilate nourishment and make good
blood il drives out bilious posons; it
creates the red, vitalizing, life-givng ele-
ments in the circulation; and builds up the
weak and wasted places in every corner Of
the constitution.
Taken in conjunction with DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets, il relieves obstinate con-
stipation and keeps the bowels in per-
fectly natural condition.
Mrs Ella Howell. of Derby, Perry Co, Ind.
writes " In the year of 1894 was taken with
stomach trouble dyspepsia. There was
a GOODNESS in my stomach. and weight which
seemed like rock. Everything that ate gave
me great pain had a bearing down sensation;
was swelled across my stomach had ridge
around my right side, and in short time was
boated. was treated by three of our best ply
sicians but got no relief Then DR.. Pierees
Golden Medical Discovery was recommended to
the and got it and commenced the use of it,
began to see change for the better was So
weak could not walk across the room without
assistance. ] took DIR. Pierces Golden Medical
Discovery and his Favorite Prescription and
one bottle of the Pleasant Pellets began to
improve very fast after the use OF few bottles.
The physicians who attended me said my disease
was leading into consumption. ! had quite
cough. aud the home physician gave me up to
die. thank God that my cure is permanent
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A PERFECT NEWSPAPER.

To publish ALL THE NEWS promptly and
succinctly and in the most readable form
without elision or partisan bias; to discuss
its significance with frankness to keep AN
OPEN EYE FOR Pubic ABUSES, to
give besides complete record of current
thought, fancies and discoveries in all de-
partments of human activity in its DAILY
EDITIONS Of from 10 TO "A PAGES, and to
provide the whole for its patrons at the
nominal price of ONE CENT-that was
from the outset, and will continue To be
the aim of THE RECORD "
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AT the beginning of the present cen
fury the Bible could be studied by only
ope-fifth Of the earth population. Now
It is translated into languages which
make it accessible to nine-teuths Of the
worlds inhabitants
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At the French Crystal palace WAS
shown lock- that admitted 1874, 1856
combinations Fichet was four months
in unlocking It,