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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-07-05
FOOLED THE CATAMOuNT.
And the Ugly Beast Plainly Showed
That His FeeIInRn We're Hurt.


People who imagine that animals
haven't got feelings don't know what
they are talking about" said the yell
lowstone Park guide as he sat clean
Ing his rifle. 81 was cutting a trail
around one of the sproutin springs one
day, and, getting warmed up, I threw
my coat over the end of log. BY and
by went off to hunt for a drink of
water. and It was perhaps half an hour
before l returned to my work.
when l came up, 1t was to see a
whalin big mountain lion ereepin along
to spring on the coat. 1t was over the
log In n way to make II look like man
stoopin down. and the lion was nicely
deceived. He skulked up to within 1S
feet OF the log crouched fiat for mo-
ment and laid back his ears, and then
he made two jumps of It, Creased
lightnin wasn't In 1t with that critter.
1t was like big ball of fur shot from
a cannon, and as he flew he uttered
screech which brought my hair on end.
II that coat had been man he would
not have had time to say gum. The lion
ready for business, and In five seconds
the garment was cut into carpet rags.
'"Then he realized the cheat, and you
never saw human beln look so fool
ish. His tail went down to the earth.
the fire died out of his eyes and he'd
have given $40 for some one to kick
him up hill. His chagrin was SO plain
that l laughed right out, and that
broke his heart. lie looked at me and
whimpered like n puppy, and when I
asked IL his mother knew he was out
he fetched a sort of sob in his throat
and sneaked Off like dog caught kill
In sheep. IL l could have run fast
enough to have caught him by the tail
he would't have even looked back He
knew he had made fool of himself.
and he wanted to go OFF and hide and
have long think. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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1T SEEMED LIKE MAGIC.
How the High Class Expert Picked
Out the Old Masters.

speaking of old pictures" said a
New Orleans dealer, "it is very inter
esting to see a really high class Euro
pean expert making an examination.
The extent and diversity of the infor-
nation of such men are something as
tonishing. Some years ago spent
couple of days with 4 gentleman who
is recognized as one of the foremost
eonnoisseurs of Paris. We visited sew
eral country places which contained
pictures said TO be of great value, and
in all he inspected upward of two doz-
en- canvases.
IN every instance he settled the
questions of date, period and painter
beyond all reasonable doubt. The warp
and wool of the canvas, the wood
composing the backing, the nature of
the borings made by worms, the work
manshlp of the lacks, the character of
the pigment and certain minute pecul-
iarlties In the mounting were all like
| 80 many pages OF print TO him. lie
was Intimately acquainted With the
style of hundreds of different artists,
the models they used, the colors they
most affected, their tricks of compost
ton and their peculiar methods OF ex-
pressing the effects of light and shade
ITO an outsider 1t seemed like magic.
"A copy he would say. for instance.
after a swift glance ut n painting. 1T
was made by So-and-so, Il pupil, who
had very much the style of his master.
The date is about (here he would
name it with infallible accuracy, and
| If you clean that left hand corner
dare say you VIII find the signature In
| vermllion.' In several cases he was
fully borne out by documents In pos
| session of the owner, and In all he was
| sustained by clrcumstantIal evidence.
He told me very modestly that he had
devoted 40 years to the close study of
his profession and was just beginning
TO apprehend dimly how little he
knew" - New Orleans Times Demo
crat.
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HER UP TO DATE ALBUM.
The Chicago Girls Travels Recorded
by Photographs of Herself.


by photographs of Herself.
The Chicago girl that knows her
business-and where Is there one who
doesn't ?-has an album or card case
devoted exclusively TO collection of
pictures of the one person whom she
thinks more of than anybody else in
the world-namely. herself There are
several laws regulating the collection
of personal gallery of this kind. In
the first place, no two pictures shall
be alike; what is equally important. no
two shall be taken In the same town.
From n glimpse ut this second condi-
ton, II is obvious that the young wo-
man who has n popular collection of
her own photographs must be some
thing OF n traveller
In order TO give added interest TO
this pursuit of herself in miniature.
each photograph is stamped In violet
ink, with the name of the town where
taken. the name Of the artist and the
date of the sitting. There are also
margins for recording any other Incl
dents connected with the occasion
that may be considered worthy of
note.
In this way the business of photo
graph collecting Is kept on system
attic, methodlcal basis, and the book of
photographs becomes an abridged bio
graphical history of travels In an In
definite number of chapters. 1t is
evident that the more pictures II con-
tains the more comprehensive VIII be
the text, hence the ambition of every
young woman possessed with the craze
to become a globe trotter.
There are few standard towns that
are absolutely necessary to the reputn
tlon of any album, such as Chicago
New York, Niagara and the prominent
intermediate points. beyond these,
the more distant and romantic the
places the greater the interest attach
cd to these pictorial histories of the
world rs seen through maiden's eyes.
Chicago Times Herald
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EIre nj WeddinKs.

Fire IL an essential In some wedding
celebrations. In Persia the service Is
read In front Of n fire. In Nicaragua
the priest, taking the couple each by
the little finger, leads them to an
apartment where fire Is lighted and
there instructs the bride In her duties.
extingushing 1t by way Of conclusion.
In Japan the woman klndles torch.
and the bridegroom lights one from It,
the playthings OF the wife being
burnt then and there.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-07-05

Women and peryersity are one. says
the phIlosophlc street car conductor,
who asserts that she always does the
wrong thing In travelling on the trains
She wants to get aboard on the wrong
side of the street; she allghts tho wrong
way, facing backward, before the car
stops. aud she'll crowd in between two
fat passengers near the rear door OF
the car rather than walk a few steps
forward where there is plenty Of room
She may have nickcls and dimes In her
purse 10 burn. but she'll fish and hunt
around for minutes looking for five
coppers to unload upon the long suffer
ing servant Of the road. Exchange.
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Reasaure1.

They had been married seven years.
The doctor had been called In and pro-
nounced him very sick man. As his
wife entered the room after the doc
tors last visit he called her to his bed
side, aud In tremulous voice he re.
marked
Darling, am going"
Leaning over him, she stroked his
head gently and reminlscently replied:
Cheer up. Clarence! That remark
assures me that you VIII live. Don't
you remember how often you said
that during our counting days and how
persistently you didn't gor'
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-07-05
The One He MIsaed.

~ was elected by the votes Of eight
different nationalities. declared an
east side alderman as he tucked his
thumbs in the armholes Of his vest and
struck an attitude
THAT sol What were theyf'
Irish. German. Polish. English.
Italian. French and Greek.
'"That's only seven
What the deuce was the other now
There were eight sure.
Americans. suggested reporter
'"That's II. Couldn't think Of them to
save me- Detroit Free Press
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-07-05

Horseshoes are an important branch
Of industry In Norway. About G,00O
tons are exported every year Great
Britain and France, where horseshoes
are used not only for horses, but also
for donkeys and oxen employed AZ
beasts OF burden, divide almost the
whole Norwegian expectation between
them In about equal quantities.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-07-05

Mrs. Mild--You seem to differ from
the usual idea about coddling q man
to win his consent According to your
theory. scoiding IL the best medium
for winning satisfactory results,
Mrs. Wild-That, my dear. Is In ac-
cord with one Of the laws OF nature,
Everything has got to be blown up
before IT will come down.-Richmond
DISPATCH
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Arr and Nature.

The mllkmaid with the picture hat
and the brocaded silk skirt tossed her
head
I'm society. suppose. should be an
impossible person." she exclaimed,
but it's different in art"
And after all. to be perfectly candid,
there is nothing essentially degrading
about milking an art cow.-Detroit
Journal
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-07-05

''The pillows In this boarding house
are the hardest / ever struck" COM
planned the new boarder at the break
fast table. II wonder what they are
made OFF,
Perhaps" said the star boarder,
"of feathers from taiiors goose
Detroit Free Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-07-05

Sharks We're almost unknown In the
Adriatic until the Suez canal WAS
opened. Now the harbors of FIume
and Pola are so Infested with them
that residents dare no longer battle in
The open sea.
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A PERFECT NEWSPAPER

suecinctly 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 Il complete record Of current
thought, fancies and discoveries in all de-
partments of human activity in its DAILY
EDITIONS of from 10 to Ia 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"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-07-05

When you are particularly busy Ii
the hour to expect call from the man
who uses ten words where one would
To.-Atchlson Globe.
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The
Philadelphia
Record

after u career of nearly twenty years of
uninterrupted growth is justified in claim
ing that the standard first established by
its founders is the one true test of
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-07-05

eWhat forY querled Jones,

''In every city Of reasonable size,"
said Brown, they ought to have n
Mothers Exchange"
what forT queried Jones,
"Why. every woman knows exactly
just how every other woman's child
ought to be raised, and by trading
mothers every child could get proper
training. City Star
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THE ONLY WAY.


call to you little In the night
Quite softly so should not hurt your rest,
And not with any cry OF sorrow, lest
Ny darkness should break In upon your light.
Yet call sadly. for my heart is sad
But then think you far away,
So very far that as my voice draws near
Tho sorrow will be lost, and you will hear
Just murmurings not the sad things that say.
speak So softly. yet long. long
To let my heart forth. tell you all my pain
And now the passionate tears begin to flow,
And sobs come-nay. sorrows too strong, and so
The only way Is to be quiet again.
From @, Calmore's points OF View. and Other
Poems"
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Qingle
Otandard

only is possible, whether az a test of excel
lence in Journalism, or for the measurement
Of quantities, time or values: and
The Press., 1899-01-19
No Small Change.

Dean Monahan relates an incident
which illustrates the absence of small
change in the early days of Kansas. In
1868 he went into the postoffice at Hays
City, threw down u quarter and asked
for postage stamp. "Want only one?''
queried the postmaster "Only one. " re-
piled the novelist, whereupon the post.
master handed him stamp and raked
in the quarter Don't get any
changer" demanded Monahan "Change
h-Ip' replied the governments official
1--WE have no change in these parts
smaller than quarter!'
And this was strictly true. In Hays
City the smallest coin known was the
25 cent piece A glass of beer sold for a
quarter, and the same charge was made
for pound of crackers or cigar. 1t is
related in the early annals of the town
how the saloon and dance hall keepers
held an indignation meeting to take &C.
ton in the case of a new man who ad-
vertised to sell two glasses of beer for a
quarter The meeting resulted in the de-
parture OF the innovator for pastures
new. AS late as 1879 there was store
in Hays City which never gave any
change smaller than the 25 cent piece.
II the customer had, say, 15 cents COM
ing, he was at liberty to help himself to
glass of whisky from barrel which
stood in the corner. but he need not ex-
pect his dues in money.-Kansas City
The Press., 1899-01-19

Golf can be played all the year, indie.
pendently of atmospheric vicissitudes,
during all the seven ages of man, by
delicate young girls as we'll as by strong
athletes, and even by decrepit old men
whose declining powers do not admit of
severe exertion. 1t combines exercise,
pleasure and fresh air without risk
of injury to heart, lungs or nervous sys
tenn, as is the case in certain other exer
cises in which there is high blood pres
sure and arterial tension. There is abso
lutely no danger attached to the game
and consequently no accidents ensue.
The obesity and degeneration of mid
die age, when the biceps have diminished
and ones energy is failing, may be help
ed by devotion to golf 1t is pre-emi-
nently in functional nervous disease
that our great Anglo-SaxOn game is to
be recommended. No exercise or recrea-
ton is better fitted for the mentally
overworked the -hysterical, the melan-
cholic. None so helps to preserve the
concerted action Of eye. brain and mus
Gle known as the psychological moment
None, perhaps with the exception of
swimming, gives one so good an appe-
site. There is not more sovereign rem
edy for dyspepsia, and as to insomnia
such thing scarcely exists among the
devotees of golf. -International Medical
Magazine
The Press., 1899-01-19

To prevent the engines of a vessel
from tracing when the screw rises
above the water, Signor E. Putalo has
invented an electrical regulator. The
continuance, according to Industries
and Iron, consists of two vessels of mer-
curry, connected at the bottom by tube
and mounted fore and aft in the ship
The vessels are about half full at nor
NAL depth When the ship pushes for
ward SO as to raise the screw, the rods
connected with the resistance are sub
merged one after the other, SO that an
electro magnet is brought into play, the
whole resistance being short circuited
when the screw is quite out of the wa
ter. The electro magnet operates throt-
tie valve in the main steampipe, which
is thrown open by another magnet. By
this arrangement the steam is turned
off and on. From experiments it has
been shown that the mercury vessels
need not be more than "a inches apart
on ship 800 feet long.
The Press., 1899-01-19

"A few nights ago, writes Trans
vaal correspondent, II, i'll company with
a chum, took a stroll round the Native
Location which lies about 200 yards
from the railway station, We made for
a row of huts, four in number, in the
front of which wood fires were burning
"On reaching them we noticed the
natives were in the act Of catching To-
Gusts, flying ants and other queer look
ing insects which were swarming around
in hundreds, being attracted by the
bright light Of the fire.
AFTER their wings had been singed
through coming in contact with the
Are, the insects were scooped into q
large hole dug in the sand. We waited
several minutes wondering what t~ths
motive for all this could be, when the
niggers formed a circle round this hole
and commenced taking out handfuls OF
these hideous looking things and eating
them.
This. as We ascertained, formed the
niggers' evening meal, they informing
us it was 'mooshla scott mice food. -
London Answers
The Press., 1899-01-19
They Married,

Perhaps he repented, perhaps he did
it only for fun. Said he, my darling
Ethel what would you say if were to
tell you that cannot marry your
81 would say, my dearest love, that
have big brother who would make
it warm for you and that l have some
of the sweetest little billets doux that
would make it expensive for you.
George, dear"
"'But, you know, haven't said it. -
81 know you haven't, my pet
$50 we'd better get married, hadn't
WEI
81 think SO, my precious. London
Tit Bits
The Press., 1899-01-19
His Brain Bell.

You know" said man who writes
things for a living. theresa bell rings
ON the typewriter when You get to. the
end Of the line to warn the operator
that the end has been reached, and he
must stop and take fresh start. Ihave
NO bell in my brain, but have some.
thing there that tells me with no less
certainty when | have done MY stint,
and it is tame for me to stop. for the
day. And / sometimes wonder if the
gentle reader doesn't think that my
brain bell ought to rinE earlier. New
York Sun.
The Press., 1899-01-19
A Simple Sunshine Recorder.

Procure All empty quarter plate card
board box, and in the top Of the lid cut
hole about half an inch in diameter
close to the edge of one side Then paste
bit of stiff brown paper over this hole,
and when dry prick hole in the brown
paper with o pin
To use the sunshine recorder place a
piece of paper in the bottom Of the box,
but sensitive side uppermost, and On
this place q glass plate to keep the pa
per fat. Now put the lid ON containing
the pin hole, and stand the whole thing
fat on a window ledge, the pin hole side
facing the south and make pencil mark
all round the box, SO that you always
place it in the same position, and change
the paper once day, when very clear
record Of every peep Of sunshine will be
found. New York Mail and Express.
The Press., 1899-01-19
Smith { Murray,
y

Here's an index to items which
we are selling at prices which
mean money saved to you.
Jewelry at changed prices.
Enamel Ware, new prices.
Sheets and Pillows, ready to use, for
price cloth would cost you.
Continuation OF Gloves and Corset sale.
Jewelry.
Stick Pins, Dc, 4c, Sc, TO, gle each,
were &c TO 50c each
Brooches, 17c, Gle, e9c, 42c each,
.... g.. were 39c to o each.
Cuff Links, Zoe, 17c, 2lc, 29c, Acc each,
:" were 25c 10 81 each.
Hat Pins, Be, Sc, lie aud csc each,
- were &c to 50c each.
Sterling Silver Thimbles, 15c each,
were 29c.
Cold Cream Jar, sterling silver top,
% &c each, were 25c.
Ink Bottles, sterling silver top,
Zoe each, we're 25c.
Sterling Silver Pocket Knife, 2 blades,
= l0c, value 37sc.
Enamel Ware.
A big purchase enables US to sell these
household utensils far below retail prices.
qt! Gray Enamel Rice Boiler,
15c. value pic.
got. Gray Enamel Teapot,
l5c, value 25c.
LOT. Gray Enamel Teapot,
10c, value 15c.
4qt Blue and White Coffee Pots.
19c, value 33c.
S-qt. Gray Enc mel Tea Kettles.
Bic, value soc.
Wire Cushioned Oil Can,
25c, value SOC.
Ground moor salesroom.
The Corset Sale.
The department was crowded yester-
day, but the stock Is big enough to thrcng
that section for a week yet.
This sale comprises such leading makes
as Warmers Royal Worcester, p. d., J.
p, bonita c., Dress Reform, Beauty, p.
N, =. g., Ideal, c. b., G. p, 444, 866,
A. A. A, Guaranteed, Fashion, and u
dozen or more other makes.
We cannot afford space to enumerate
each grade and each price, because of
Warmers Co. sets there are twelve kinds,
and so on In proportion Of other makes.
W. simply tell you that we have ar
ranged them In five lots, as follows =
Corsets, SOC, actual value soc to 75c
Corsets, soc. actual value 81 to 81. 80
Corsets, 98c, actual value &1.75 to 81 80
Corsets $l.25, actual value $3.50 TO 90. 90
Corsets 80, actual value $500 to ~ so
q North store.
Ladies' Kid Gloves.
From the auction sale last week.
Prices mean a saving to you OF third.
Mote these g
Two-cissp Kid Gloves, In Tan, Red,
brown and Mode, never retaiied IN up.to-
date stores less than TIC n pair, this sale
for 5Sc pair.
.Two-clasp Suede Gloves, In Tan, Mode,
Butter and White, actual retail price
ares, this sale for SOC pair.
The Press., 1899-01-19
The He1PeWW.

Askey-Where's the rich heiress
you're engaged to:
Tellum-You see that lovely girl in
pink at the other side of the room?
Askey-Yes I say. old man. what .
superb
Tellum-Well, it isn't she It's that
grand old ruin in yellow sitting next
her.-London Tit-Bits.
The Press., 1899-01-19
Had Other Chances,

II wouldn't have refused that young
man il I'd been you, said a maiden
aunt to her young and frisky niece.
IT dom t think / would either il I'd
been you, " retorted the saucy maiden.
-Haxpsr's Bazaar.
The Press., 1899-01-19

The Poletti's little cottage stands in
a field and is semidetached. Like many
of their class in Italy, they have great
love for and pride in their home. The
furniture is we'll polished. the tools and
utensils arranged with an attempt at
decoration, and all is clean and neat
It is two roomed house. On the ground
floor is the kitchen. where the boys bed
stands under the stair which leads to
the upper room. Here are two large
beds. one for the parents, the other for
che two girls.
In the kitchen stand q walnut wood
table and sideboard of antique design,
an heirloom of the mothers; a walnut
chest holds the bed and table linen and
another old chest the best clothes; the
everyday clothes are kept in chest up
stairs. They try to add something every
year to the house linen. Sometimes the
mother and daughters beg the use Of a
little plot OF ground, which they SOW
with fax, and the year following they
spin and weave it themselves, borrow
ing loom from farmer. Their stock
compares fasorably with that of the
better off English cottager, to say moth
ing of the quality Of this homemade
linen compared to that bought cheap al
q country shop.-Fostnishtly Review.
The Press., 1899-01-19

In the vote for U. S. senator at Harris
burg, Pa, Tuesday, Senator Quay receiv.
ed sixteen votes short of an election, and
yesterday reached thirteen. The indica
lions are that there will be a deadlock
lasting some days. 1t is hoped that the
final result will be the defeat of Quay.